Alex threw himself onto the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. His heart felt heavy with a suffocating pain. He had just been dumped. They had been in a serious relationship for six months, and he had thought it would last forever, but it had ended without a trace.He had been dumped, and the other person had broken up with him very suddenly, taking Alex by surprise. He tried to win her back, putting aside his pride and going down on his knees, but the other person's attitude was very firm, leaving no chance of reconciliation.The reason given was that they had grown apart while they were together, and that was the end of it. They owed each other nothing, and they were both better off.Better off? The other person might be better off, but Alex just felt miserable.It was now the third day since he broke up with her, and he still felt depressed and suffocated.He had truly loved her, but in this world, the more you love, the more you lose.There is a saying circulating on the internet: "There is a type of guy who doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, isn't unfaithful, doesn't go clubbing, has a good temper, always replies to messages immediately, and is even willing to give everything up for a girl, regardless of the consequences. I used to think that this type of guy should be very popular with girls, but I have only just realized that this type of guy is the most unloved."Alex never imagined that this sentence would come true for him.Alex, male, 27 years old, 173 cm tall, quite good-looking, graduated from an ordinary undergraduate university in Zenia, full-time writer, monthly income 10,000.Because his work is different from other traditional jobs, and he has more freedom in terms of time and space, Alex did not choose to stay in the big city, but returned to the small county where he was born – Riverdale.Before, Alex was the type of person who preferred to stay at home. As long as he had a computer and a mobile phone, if there was nothing to do, he would spend his time alone creating, reading novels, watching movies, playing games, and staying at home without ever going out.Until about a year ago, perhaps because of his growing age, or perhaps due to the pressure from his parents and relatives, he suddenly realized that he gradually had the idea of finding a partner.And so began his nightmare.From childhood to adulthood, he had a blank slate when it came to relationships. He was a typical straight man who didn't know how to chat with girls, get along with them, or what they liked. He had no idea what their personalities were like either. In the year that followed, apart from being rejected and making a fool of himself, he had achieved nothing.And this recent breakup can be said to have dealt Alex another heavy blow.Alex just lay there on the bed, doing nothing, and soon it was dusk in the afternoon."Son, come down to eat," Alex's father's voice called from downstairs."Coming," Alex answered.After lying on the bed for another five minutes, Alex slowly got up and walked down the stairs to the second floor.His family owned a small building in Riverdale, with four floors and 50 square meters per floor. It wasn't spacious, but it was enough for the family to live in.It was built 20 years ago when Alex's father was young. At that time, you could buy land and build this kind of whole building. Now that the policies in Zenia have changed, if you want to buy a house, you can only buy the kind of commercial housing developed by real estate developers.At the dinner table, Alex's mother looked at her son with some concern."Son, just let it go. What's done is done. That girl has no ability, a bad temper, and is so arrogant. To be honest, I don't even look down on her. If you miss this kind of girl, you've missed her, there's nothing to be sorry about.""Yes, your mother is right, just let it go," the father chimed in."I know, I've let it go, I'm not sad," Alex said with a smile, his face relaxed.Of course, he was just pretending. In front of his parents, Alex always put on an expression of confidence and optimism, he didn't want his parents to worry too much about him.How could one forget and let go of a relationship that they had truly invested in?His rational mind told him that he should forget everything that had happened and pick himself up again, but the truth was that he still couldn't help thinking about the girl who had given him such pain, and then he couldn't help feeling miserable.After dinner, as usual, Alex accompanied his father for a walk. His father's blood pressure was high because he loved to drink, and half a year ago, Alex started to take his father for a walk along the river after dinner if he was not doing anything.Walking along the riverside of the small town, Alex's father gently patted his son's shoulder: "Son, you don't have to pretend in front of your father anymore. I know you're sad inside. Just let it go. Your mother was right. This kind of woman really isn't worth it. Our family's situation isn't bad, and neither are you. You'll definitely be able to find someone better in the future.""Dad, I know," Alex nodded. "I just need a little time. In time, everything will be fine."Alex's father nodded and said no more.After returning home, Alex lay back on the bed again. After half an hour, he slowly sat up and picked up the phone that was lying next to him.The most effective way to get over a relationship is to find something to do and distract yourself, so that you don't have time to think too much.Time is also the best healing agent. As long as enough time passes, no matter how strong the emotions are, they will fade away.Alex has three ways of killing time: watching movies, reading novels, and playing games.After watching a movie for a while, he still couldn't get into it. Watching the people in the movie laugh and smile, Alex just felt like they were from a different world, and there was no emotional resonance.After turning off the movie, he read the novel again. In this novel he was reading, the male protagonist was omnipotent, loved by everyone, charming everyone he met, and attracted countless beautiful women. Alex used to read it with relish, but now it seemed that the gap between the novel and reality was even more distracting.The gap between the novel and reality was really too big.Forget it, I'm not going to read it anymore. I'd better play some games.Alex hadn't played games for months. The reason was that she didn't like him playing games.For her sake, he could compromise and change himself, but she had never made any compromises or changes for him.Now that he thought about it, it was really laughable.He had thought that by doing so, he might be able to move her, but now he thought about it, he could only move himself by doing so.There were still a lot of games in the mobile game mall, with a dizzying variety of games, numbering at least tens of thousands.Among them, stand-alone games only account for a very small part, and the vast majority are online games.As for games, Alex doesn't have a particular favorite genre. Whether he is reading novels or watching movies, or playing games, he is an omnivorous creature.As soon as he opened the app store app that came with the phone, a top recommendation on the homepage caught Alex's eye.'Want to understand the true meaning of life? Want to live a wonderful life? The World of Spirits welcomes you to join! '