Chapter 118 - Dating Like Doujinshi* Do
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Underworld Player Chapter 118 - Dating Like Doujinshi* Do

-8.30 p.m., Sunshine Cinema-

"Is this really necessary?" said Lin XiaoYi after a momentary pause, as she looked perplexedly at the earpieces that Xia Wen had thrust into her hand.

"I'm going to be the wingman, you know, your wingman!"

Xia Wen smirked as she handed a pair of tickets for adjacent seats to her friend.

"You have no dating experience, after all! Having an operator monitoring the situation from the sidelines is going to help avoid a repeat of your last botched attempt."

''But neither do you!" Lin XiaoYi whined exasperatedly at Xia Wen, who, with a hood over her head and her face hidden behind a surgical mask, looked exactly like someone up to no good.

"Daijoubu, daijoubu**! I've seen pork chops, even if I haven't seen pigs run***.

Xia Wen waved her hand confidently.

"All my research into doujinshi isn't for naught! Besides, I also study a fair bit of the works featuring pure love. Quite a few of those even made it to the silver screen, so under my guidance, your successful seduction of this boy is all but guaranteed!"

"The hell do you think I'm worried about? It's precisely the questionable experience you've learned from your doujinshi...."

Lin XiaoYi's mouth twitched incredulously, and she let out a sigh.

"Don't think I'm clueless as to the contents of those books, I'm not the protagonist of such smutty fare, not even of those pure-love stories... I'm telling you right now, if you try to make me do anything wildly inappropriate, I'm going to put you six feet under once it's over."

"Err... 'inappropriate' how?"

"Don't act cute with me, you... you sussy pervert, I know all about the fantasies th-that go on in your head."

Lin XiaoYi blushed, as if she had thought of something unspeakable, then rolled her eyes at Xia Wen.

"I-if it's you, I just know it's... Just don't make me do anything bad!"

"Heyheyhey, we haven't even crossed the river and you're already burning bridges?

Xia Wen said, slightly miffed.

"Like I said, I read doujinshi for the art. If your lifelong happiness didn't hinge on

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Translator Notes

*Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels, in this case, referring to erotic manga.
**Japanese for "it's okay".
***Chinese idiom used to imply a skill isn't hard to learn.
^Chinese figure of speech to refer to public displays of affection. Possibly coined by netizens pained by these reminders of their singlehood (single people are also referred to in Chinese as "single dogs") as a self-deprecatory joke or resentful passive-aggression.

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