Chapter 729 Who made the rule?
The two came out of the cafeteria.
Gao Yang said: "Let's... find a place to sit for a while?"
Lin Ruochu still had a wooden face and said nothing.
Gao Yang wanted to scratch her head, and she tried to take two steps forward.
Lin Ruochu followed her footsteps.
Seeing that she had caught up with him, Gao Yang took her to a cafe on campus.
The two sat down.
Gao Yang asked: "What do you want to drink?"
Lin Ruochu said: "Whatever."
Gao Yang was speechless. Whatever? If the coffee shop had the drink called "whatever", she would order one for her.
She looked at the drink menu and ordered a latte for herself and a passion fruit tea for Lin Ruochu.
Soon, two drinks were served.
Lin Ruchu held the cup of fruit tea and her nose began to feel sore again.
The master still remembered that she liked passion fruit flavored tea. Once when she was completing a one-dragon mission, she went to pick up a takeaway of fruit tea and mentioned it to the team.
Seeing that Lin Ruochu was about to cry again, Gao Yang quickly said, "Is it not to your taste? I'll order you another cup."
Lin Ruchu shook her head, "No need."
"Then... shall we talk?"
Lin Ruochu raised her head and looked at Gao Yang, "What do you want to say?"
Seeing that Lin Ruochu was willing to talk, Gao Yang straightened her face and said, "Regarding my gender, I really didn't intend to lie to you. I should say that I didn't intend to lie to anyone in the game. I also spoke on the microphone, although maybe... I spoke less when I spoke, but I didn't use a voice changer. It was all my natural voice. I never thought that people would misunderstand me..."
Lin Ruochu was annoyed, "Don't you realize that your voice sounds a bit like a boy's?"
"Uh..." Gao Yang said helplessly: "None of my friends and classmates think my voice is a male voice..."
Lin Ruochu smiled bitterly.
She also knew that she had preconceived notions that her master was a male player, and her voice sounded like a boy's voice. Now that she knew Gao Yang's gender, she heard her voice again and it was indeed a female voice with some heroic tone.
In fact, there are some sounds that are difficult to distinguish between male and female.
Lin Ruochu said again: "You, you said you didn't want to lie, then why do you play a male character?"
Gao Yang explained: "I used to play a female character, but I was always called a shemale, so I just created a shemale character. I'm not lying on purpose. Even when I played a male character, I never deliberately concealed my real gender. Besides, there are so many male players playing female characters in the game, so what's wrong with me playing a male character?"
"Also..." Gao Yang organized his words, trying not to sound so sharp. "I feel that many of the equipment and costumes of female characters in the game are, how should I put it... too much attention paid to aesthetics. Some equipment only has a few pieces of materials, covering up key parts, which makes me feel a little awkward. They are not as powerful as the equipment of male characters... This is also one of the reasons why I am not very willing to play a female character."
Lin Ruochu was stunned when he heard this.
She had never thought about this aspect of the problem, but now thinking back to the female characters in the game, it seems to be true. Many equipments reveal arms and legs, and also highlight big breasts and thin waists.
She had never thought there was anything wrong with these things before, and she even thought that the female character equipment was very beautiful. She would also buy some costumes even if they had no attributes, and would feel proud of collecting all the costumes.
Gao Yang added, "We have played the game together for such a long time. In my heart, you are my apprentice who is easy to teach and my comrade in the game. We have downloaded many books together, completed many tasks, fought gang battles and group battles together. We cooperate well and trust each other. I really like the experience of playing games with you. You are a rare and compatible friend of mine in the game. I thought you felt the same way. I really didn't expect...you would do this to me...well, if I have ever done anything that caused you to misunderstand, I apologize to you."
After hearing what Gao Yang said, Lin Ruochu's tears immediately fell again, dripping into the passion fruit tea she was holding...
How did she develop a crush on the Master? When did it start? She couldn't quite explain it.
The master took special care of her in the game. He was gentle and patient. He taught her many operating skills. Moreover, the master never discriminated against her like other male players did, saying that female players were not good at operating skills; or teased her after they formed a team a few times, asking her if she was in a relationship or something like that.
Later, they added each other as friends through the union group. She found that the master was handsome and a top student at the University of Peking, so she admired the master even more.
It's hard for her not to fall for a "boy" like this with a good personality, who is patient, considerate, respectful to her, good-looking, tall, and a top student.
Seeing Lin Ruochu crying again, Gao Yang felt like crying too. "Sister (Boundary), please stop crying. If you keep crying, you'll have a headache tomorrow when you wake up."
She handed a tissue to Lin Ruochu and asked the waiter for a glass of soda water.
She pushed the cup of water to Lin Ruochu, "You've cried all your tears, so drink some water."
"Heh..." Lin Ruochu was angry and annoyed, but also amused by her.
She gave Gao Yang a coquettish look and took a sip of soda water.
After putting down the cup, Lin Ruochu sniffed and said, "Can you blame me for misunderstanding you? How many girls can play games as well as you? How many girls are over 42 meters tall like you and wear size men's shoes? And your voice is not feminine, you have such short hair, and your clothes are so neutral. You don't wear makeup or jewelry, and you usually act like a boy. You...how do you think you are like a girl?!"
As Gao Yang listened to Lin Ruochu listing the ways in which she was not like a girl, her brows gradually furrowed.
After Lin Ruochu finished speaking, Gao Yang looked at her and asked seriously, "What do you think women should be like?"
Lin Ruochu looked at Gao Yang's serious expression and met her sharp eyes. She was frightened for a moment and her mind went blank for a moment.
Gao Yang didn't need Lin Ruochu to answer, she continued: "Why do you subconsciously think that female players are not good at playing games? I have been playing games for so many years and have met many female players with good operation skills. However, in comparison, there are far fewer female players who play combat professions than female players who play support professions. Why is this? Because when some girls are about to play games, they will hear such voices: girls should play nurses, play support professions, or become life players. These are the advantages of female players and what female players are good at. Therefore, many girls will be inexplicably marginalized when playing games, and even become vase roles. Isn't this a kind of discipline?"
Lin Ruochu opened and closed his mouth several times but couldn't utter a word.
Gao Yang continued, "Also, since I'm a girl, can't I be decisive and quick in my actions? Since I'm a girl, can't I be over 1.80 meters tall, have big feet, have short hair, or wear more comfortable clothes? Do girls have to be delicate, petite, love to wear skirts, put on makeup, and wear jewelry? Who stipulated these? Does the fact that I'm a woman have to be defined by these? I have XX chromosomes, I have menstruation, and my body develops the physiological characteristics that all women have. Don't these prove that I'm a woman?!"