《Please Sign: Your Runaway Wife Has Been Captured》 Chapter 1 Marriage of Convenience If someone asked Zheng Xiaoguang what the most exciting part about playing an online game was, she would immediately curve the corners of her lips up 45 degrees into a smile and replied that it was being protected by a capable big brother. Zheng Xiaoguang''s big brother was Blooming Pear Tree. He was the gang boss of the Matchless, which was a major gang on this server. Blooming Pear Tree was quite a somebody in this zone. He was a highly-skilled player and always at the top of the PK (Player Kill) list. He often splashed out a lot of money on equipment in the shop without even blinking an eye. He was not only good at protecting his fellow gang members but also excellent at fighting and slaying monsters in instances. As such, Zheng Xiaoguang always felt great during a mission. Nevertheless, this good feeling had ended abruptly last week. Last week, her big brother had "sold" her to Bluegreen-Clad, the boss of another major gang called the League of Strong Families, as he wanted to ally himself with this Bluegreen-Clad. Yes, Blooming Pear Tree had sold her out. What Zheng Xiaoguang was playing was a 3D multiplayer online game named Shiny Sky Online. It was set in a world similar to ancient China, and thus the game characters were all dressed in ancient Chinese clothes. The operator of this game claimed that many stars played this game too, including the one who had become enormously famous recently. The server Zheng Xiaoguang played on was Zone 109 Watery South. Within this zone, there are three major gangs. They were called the Matchless, the League of Strong Families and the Sacred Temple respectively. As this zone was newly opened, it was impossible to organize a powerful team here to slay some World Boss (a top-notch monster). The biggest problem here was the contradiction between the increasing number of players and the limited number of regions for them to upgrade levels. As such, the players, especially members of the three major gangs, competed fiercely with one another in this zone every day. The happiest person was of course the game master, since the "Kill and Rob" equipment in the shop remained to be in great demand since Zone 109 Watery South had been opened a month ago. Such equipment included "Virtue Pills" which were used to change one''s colored ID from red to white (as a way to cover up his or her crimes), and "Clairvoyant", which was used to check one''s coordinates. At present, these three gangs were similar in strength. In this newly-opened zone, most players were still working to gain levels instead of improving equipment. They usually used skills to fight and never backed off during a melee, which often broke out when they were busy gaining levels. Such melees prevented everyone involved from gaining levels smoothly, and thus no one could benefit from this. To change this situation, Blooming Pear Tree, the gang boss of Matchless had a talk with Bluegreen-Clad, the gang boss of the League of Strong Families. They decided to form an alliance and work together to fight against the Sacred Temple. Blooming Pear Tree chose to ally himself with Bluegreen-Clad because he did not like the Sacred Temple''s gang boss and his wife. Blooming Pear Tree and Bluegreen-Clad avowed their commitment to their alliance just by sending a message on Public Chat channel to everyone that they formed an alliance now and their gangs would fight side by side and slay monsters together. When Zheng Xiaoguang and Blooming Pear Tree discussed the alliance on YY¢Ù. she illustrated her ideas with a metaphor. ¡°Such an alliance counts for nothing. It¡¯s similar to the relationship between a couple who call each other husband and wife but aren''t legally married. They can hold a wedding ceremony and invite all their friends and relatives to the wedding, so that everybody know that they''re a couple. However, when one of them suddenly becomes rich or something and starts to detest his or her partner, he or she don''t have to apply for a divorce and can walk out on his or her partner directly. The one who¡¯s abandoned can only admit defeat. Without a marriage certificate, he or she can never safeguard his or her legal rights. "This is nothing new nowadays." She had a point. Ties between these two gangs were quite weak, as this was a newly opened zone, and players here were not familiar with one another and usually did not have any personal grudge against one another. The League of Strong Families could make an alliance with Matchless after a talk. It could kick Matchless out and form an alliance with the Sacred Temple in breach of its promise at any time. After all, the League of Strong Families and the Sacred Temple were not deadly enemies. When that happened, Matchless would be placed at a significant competitive disadvantage no matter how strong it was. Someone suggested merging the two gangs into one, but this suggestion was rejected immediately. The system of this new zone did not allow that to happen, and even if it was allowed, Blooming Pear Tree would never promise. He would rather fight against the League of Strong Families and the Sacred Temple on his own than disband his own gang to join the League of Strong Families. It was also impossible for Bluegreen-Clad to disband his own gang to join Matchless. As such, Blooming Pear Tree suggested marrying his sister Flowing Light (Zheng Xiaoguang''s game name) off to Bluegreen-Clad to strengthen the relationship between the two gangs. That was easy. They just needed a marriage certificate issued by the matchmaking god. Blooming Pear Tree believed that by doing so, he and Bluegreen-Clad would become brothers-in-law and Bluegreen-Clad would never think of forming an alliance with the Sacred Temple anymore. "What a ridiculous idea. A marriage of convenience? Am I a princess of ancient times? Come on, I remember the Qing dynasty ended a long time ago," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. She hated political marriages. In her eyes, only some useless men in ancient times would choose to exchange some women for peace, and this was a shameful display of cowardice. "Think about those poor princesses who were married away by her families. Their stories never have happy endings, and most of them were never able to come back," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. If she had been online at that time, she would have never agreed to marry Bluegreen-Clad. If only she had been online at that time. Unfortunately, she was not online when she got married off by his gang boss and when she was online the next day, she found that a "husband" had been added to her friend list and she had received a lot of Private Chat messages. [Private Chat] Half a Cup of Lovesickness: You got married, Flowing Light. Congratulations. But why didn''t you notify me in advance? I heard that you had a splendid wedding last night. Alas, I missed it. How could you do that to your friend? ©ƒ_©‚~~ [Private Chat] Cool Names Taken by Dogs: You''re such a dumb*ss, Flowing Light. You told me that you would never get married. Liar! [Private Chat] Mulberry on the Grave: Congratulations. I''ve sent you a wedding gift. ... Most of the Private Chat messages were congratulation messages. Zheng Xiaoguang scrolled down the page and finally saw Blooming Pear Tree''s message. "Hey, sis, I''ve found you a husband. He''s a god-like player. You don''t need to thank me." "It was him. He logged into my account and did this ridiculous thing to me!" Zheng Xiaoguang thought angrily. She had never taken it seriously when Blooming Pear Tree first suggested marrying her off to Bluegreen-Clad. Back then, she had even wanted to bet her big brother 300,000 taels of silver that the gang boss of the League of Strong Families would never agree to such an awkward "arranged marriage". "Not to mention whether Bluegreen-Clad has a wife or whether he''ll abandon his wife for this ''political marriage'', as a gang boss, he must have a high enough IQ to understand that Matchless just wants to plant a ''spy'' in his gang and bond the two gangs together. Matchless'' intention is so obvious, only an idiot will agree to this marriage." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang had never paid much heed to this thing before. During the past few days, she had just focused on handling her must-do tasks and occasionally teamed up with her friends to gain levels. She never believed this thing until it became a reality. "Maybe Bluegreen-Clad is really an idiot," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. She suddenly remembered the metaphor she had made up when talking with Blooming Pear Tree on YY. "I did mention ''marriage certificate'' at that time. Maybe that inspired him to think of this ridiculous idea. Oh gosh, did I shoot myself in the foot?" Zheng Xiaoguang thought ruefully and felt that she really wanted to slap herself hard across the face. In a fit of remorse, she earnestly typed a sentence and sent it to Blooming Pear Tree. Note: ¢Ù YY: YY instant messenger is an instant messaging software typically used by online game players to communicate with one another. Chapter 2 The Ringleader [Private Chat] Flowing Light talks to you: I want a divorce. Upon seeing this Private Chat message from Flowing Light, Blooming Pear Tree was so shocked that his stocky body shook. [Private Chat] You talk to Flowing Light: No, don''t act on impulse. Sis, come to YY896797***. Let''s talk it out. A minute later, both of them got into the YY chatroom. Zheng Xiaoguang started by asking, "Big brother, did you hold a splendid wedding ceremony last night?" "Yes, I spent 6,666 gold ingots on that wedding and redeemed a packet of wedding candies for your character. How is it? Your big brother treat you well, right?" Blooming Pear Tree, the ringleader of the whole thing, said smilingly. Shiny Sky was not a generous game. A character above level 40 needed to pay 100,000 taels of silver to get a marriage certificate at the temple of the matchmaking god, and if this character and his or her partner wanted to hold a wedding ceremony, they had to splash out lots of gold ingots on it. Many players in this zone had gotten married by now, but only Blooming Pear Tree had held a wedding ceremony for Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light. "It''s really nice of him to pay for my wedding. Shiny Sky''s wedding candies are really great. They can be used to recover one''s health and magic power, and during this process, I even have chances to unlock new materials, equipment, and adventurous missions. The official line is that only the newly-wed couple can use gold ingots to redeem wedding candies from the matchmaking lady during the wedding. It costs a character 10 gold ingots to redeem a wedding candy, and 10 gold ingots equal RMB one yuan. Uhm, that''s good." "Wait a minute. What am I thinking about now?" thought Zheng Xiaoguang. "I still want a divorce even if this wedding cost you lots of gold ingots," Zheng Xiaoguang said affirmatively. "You silly girl, why do you want a divorce?" Blooming Pear Tree continued to persuade her for five minutes, trying to win her over intellectually and emotionally. He told her that if she divorced Bluegreen-Clad right after they got married, the League of Strong Families would feel that it was played and humiliated by the Matchless and would never ally itself with the Matchless. Blooming Pear Tree said that the League of Strong Families might even work together with the Sacred Temple to fight against the Matchless if Zheng Xiaoguang really divorced Bluegreen-Clad. Zheng Xiaoguang understood this, but she still whined feebly. "But why does it have to be me? Are you still my big brother?" "Of course, I''m still your big brother." Blooming Pear Tree nearly clapped his breast and made a promise. "It''s because you''re my sister that I''ve decided to marry you off to Bluegreen-Clad. You know our gang members. We don''t have many girls in this gang, and I''m not familiar with them. You''re my old friend and followed me to leave the previous game for this Shinny Sky. I trust you more than anyone else in this gang." Nowadays, no online game could stay in business for more than 10 years or keep all of its players. Many gamers knew that no matter how great a game was, they would have to leave it someday for various reasons. Some of them left because they joined the army. Some of them left because of career changes. Some of them left simply because they were bored with the games they played... Nevertheless, gamers of a gang would never easily part after they left a game. They would always treat one another as brothers and sisters and never forget how they had fought together, gotten red names together and dominated a zone together. Once one of them started to play a new game and told it to his or her fellow gang members, they would gather again. Take Zheng Xiaoguang and Blooming Pear Tree for example. They lived far apart and had very different lives in the real world. Since leaving their previous game, they had not had many ties in the real world, but one call and one message from Blooming Pear Tree had held them together as a team again. "Sis, let''s play a new game together." Upon receiving that message, Zheng Xiaoguang had promised without hesitation. Nevertheless, as to this marriage... "I''m not familiar with that Bluegreen-Clad at all," grumbled Zheng Xiaoguang She thought, ¡°Even if it¡¯s just a marriage in the game and we don¡¯t have to be in love, we should be friends before getting married at the very least. However, I¡¯ve never even played with that Bluegreen-Clad, the gang boss of the League of Strong Families. "It''s really awkward to marry such a stranger." . "Now you guys know each other, don''t you? You''re my adorable sister. I know you well and have confidence in your ability." Blooming Pear Tree paused and then added, "By the way, Bluegreen-Clad is a good guy. I''ve played games for years and seldom met such a capable player." "Well, you top-notch players really appreciate each other," Zheng Xiaoguang twitched her mouth and said. Zheng Xiaoguang had never known Bluegreen-Clad as a friend before, but she had heard a lot about him. He was a magician from Floating Cloud Island, and his current level was 100, topping the power ranking of Watery South. Like Blooming Pear Tree, he was often referred to as a god-like player, but he had much more female fans than Blooming Pear Tree did. Compared to Blooming Pear Tree, who often used foul language and engaged other players in battle on the battlefield, Bluegreen-Clad, the gang boss of the League of Strong Families was more like an "idol" in this game. He had focused on leading his team to explore new regions since the open of this server and never flirted with anyone online. As such, he had a good reputation and was admired by many female players. These female players sent out lots of Public Chat messages every day, proposing to him. If they had known that Zheng Xiaoguang was not willing to marry him, they would have rushed over to scold her for being hypocritical. "As Bluegreen-Clad is such a god-like player, will it be great to be known as ''Bluegreen-Clad''s wife'' around this zone? He has been voted Most Desirable Husband and Most Desirable Lover by the female players of this zone. Now that, I''m his wife, I''ll become..." "I''ll definitely become the common enemy of all the female players in this zone!" thought Zheng Xiaoguang. Apart from the congratulation messages from her friends, she also received many insults and humiliations from a bunch of strangers. [Private Chat] Happy Little Bird: You''ve really capable of being shameless just to marry our god-like Bluegreen-Clad. Bah! Shame on you. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad Lady: You bitch, you stole our god-like Bluegreen-Clad from us. [Private Chat] Baby520: You bitch, you''ll die a miserable death. ... Thinking about her current situation, Zheng Xiaoguang had goosebumps all over her body and started to cry while sighing secretly, "What did my big brother do? Why did this stranger say that I was capable of being shameless just to marry Bluegreen-Clad?" wondered Zheng Xiaoguang. "Big brother, tell me what you did after you logged into my account yesterday, except for getting married..." said Zheng Xiaoguang. "Well, your big brother is busy. I have to go now. I''ll talk with you later," Blooming Pear Tree hurriedly said goodbye to her and then added, "if you have time, remember to gain levels for me and buy some more Ghost Recruiting Orders¢Ù." Knowing that she was unable to get an answer now, Zheng Xiaoguang left the YY chatroom and switched back to the game. The moment the opened the game, she saw that everything was in darkness and her pretty 3D character Flowing Light was lying quietly at the South Sea, a region for characters at level 80 to gain levels. Game Message: You''ve been killed by Baby520. Please choose the solution that you would like to adopt: going back to the city to resurrect yourself or waiting for help. Note: ¢ÙGhost Recruiting Order: Ghost Recruiting Order is a kind of equipment sold in the shop. It is must-have equipment for players who are willing to pay for equipment in the game. Once a Team Captain uses a Ghost Recruiting Order, he or she will be able to bring his or her whole team into an instance. There are many monsters in this instance, and they come in waves. Unlike regular regions for players to gain levels, this instance does not update game date automatically. Once the players slay all the monsters in this instance, the game data will be saved as a separate file automatically. The players will gain 20% more experience in this instance than they do in a regular region, and the monsters in this instance are comparatively weak. Given this, this instance is considered to be the best place for players to gain levels. With the help of this instance, Blooming Pear Tree has reached level 100, which is the highest level a character can have now in this game, when most of the other players are still around level 70-90. He has three extra levels'' experience stored in his separate file, so technically he is at level 103 at present. Chapter 3 Why Does She Hate Me So Much? At present, nearly all the players in this zone were around level 85. The most popular region for players at these levels to gain experience was the Countertide, as it was easy for them to find monsters in this map. The South Sea was a region frequented by players at around level 80 and seldom visited by teams who were seeking to gain levels. Zheng Xiaoguang had begun her game by sending her character Flowing Light, a doctor from Ghost Valley Island, to the South Sea before leaving to have a talk in the YY chatroom. She had planned to mine at the South Sea and see if she would meet a team who came here to slay monsters and gain levels. Once she met such a team, she would join them to gain experience. Unfortunately, she forgot to send her character to a safe zone before switching to the YY chatroom. "I was not robbing anyone of his or her monsters just now, and I''m not a red name. Why did I get killed? Wait a minute, this ID looks familiar." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang opened the enemy list of her contact list and searched for Baby520. Soon enough, she got the result. Baby520 was a level 90 female assassin from Blackout Island, dressed in four-star professional costume. She was a member of the League of Strong Families. "Oh, yes, she''s one of the strangers who came to scold me. Is she a fanatical pursuer of Bluegreen-Clad? She clearly hates me for marrying her god-like boss. Did she kill me because of this?" "Love really blinds people. Netizens often say that you never know whether you''re talking to a person or a dog online. No matter how amazing Bluegreen-Clad is, he''s just a pile of game data. Who knows if he''s a sloppy old man? Why are these girls all crazy about him?" "These girls are so shallow. I''m different. I''m only crazy about the male stars who have handsome faces and sexy bodies," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. If she chose to return to the city to resurrect herself, she would lose some experience points and drop to level 80. As it was not easy to gain a level, Zheng Xiaoguang sighed and scrolled down her friend list, trying to find someone to help her. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: Lovesickness, can you come to save me? I''m at the South Sea [235,114]. [Private Chat] Half a Cup of Lovesickness: Okay. Half a Cup of Lovesickness was a level 86 doctor from Ghost Valley Island and a member of the Matchless. A long time ago, she and Flowing Light had fought together to gain levels. As Blooming Pear Tree was busy with his work now, Zheng Xiaoguang needed to spend nearly half of her gaming time gaining levels for him. Gradually, Zheng Xiaoguang''s level became much lower than that of Half a Cup of Lovesickness, and thus they seldom teamed up together recently. When Zheng Xiaoguang sent out the message to Half a Cup of Lovesickness, the latter was selling goods on a market stall in the imperial city of the Celestial Dynasty. Upon receiving her friend''s message, she swiftly packed up her things and went to the South Sea through NPC transfer. She displayed "Bringing the Dead Back" skill, and then a beam of green light was shot on Flowing Light. Game Message: Half a Cup of Lovesickness, level 86 disciple of Ghost Valley Island, is going to bring you back to life. Please choose whether to receive her help: Yes/No. Zheng Xiaoguang clicked yes, and then her character, Flowing Light, stood up. Game Message: You''ve received Half a Cup of Lovesickness''s help. You''ve lost 11000 points in experience and 2306 points in wealth. As this help was from a physician, the system automatically deducted 10% of the money in her backpack and paid it to her rescuer. The system also deducted 30% of her experience. "Great, at least, I keep my level", Zheng Xiaoguang thought gladly. Right at this moment, she saw a beam of black light come at her. Zheng Xiaoguang''s character Flowing Light had just stood up a moment ago. She fell to the ground again before Half a Cup of Lovesickness could refill her blood. Game Message: You''ve been killed by Baby520. Please choose the solution that you would like to adopt: going back to the city to resurrect yourself or waiting for help. "What? That player guards my corpse¢Ú. Why does she hate me so much?" Upon seeing Flowing Light fall down again, Half a Cup of Lovesickness wanted to save her again. When she was about to resurrect Flowing Light, she got ambushed. She tried her best to refill blood and power for herself but still fell down beside Flowing Light after suffering the damage. Baby520 was an assassin. An assassin''s offensive power was much stronger than that of a doctor. After killing Flowing Light and Half a Cup of Lovesickness, Baby520 strutted over to their corpses and stepped on them. After that, she even tossed their corpses up and down for fun. Once a character got killed in the game, the other characters could toss his or her corpse up. This behavior was called corpse tossing. A character would do this to humiliate his or her enemy when he or she was not content with just killing the enemy. As Baby520 was a member of the League of Strong Families, Zheng Xiaoguang did not want to make a fuss about this thing. Besides, she was no match for Baby520. As she had to help Blooming Pear Tree gain levels, her own character did not have a high level or a piece of good equipment now. "Baby520 has gone too far this time. She not only guarded my corpse but also killed my friend, Half a Cup of Lovesickness. If I tolerate this, how can I continue to play this game in the future?" With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang planned to use Blooming Pear Tree''s character to get back at Baby520. When she was to about to log out of her own account to log into Blooming Pear Tree''s account, she saw a startling message. Game Message: Your husband Bluegreen-Clad is online. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Hello, honey. Where are you? [Private Chat] Flowing Light: ... Hehe, I''m enjoying the scenery. Before Zheng Xiaoguang was able to tell him that she was getting offline, she saw the god-like player fly to her corpse through couple transfer. Bluegreen-Clad was indeed a rich and god-like player. When most players'' characters were still dressed in professional costumes, he was dressed in "Carefree" fashionable clothes. He wore a blue-green outfit, a flowing white belt, and a casual jade headpiece. Zheng Xiaoguang had heard about him but had never met him (technically, his 3D character Bluegreen-Clad) before. Now suddenly seeing him flying here on the back of a shining white phoenix, she somewhat felt that he really looked like a carefree immortal. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Didn''t you say that you were enjoying the scenery? [Private Chat] Flowing Light: Uhm, I''m enjoying the scenery right now~ As she was killed by a member of the League of Strong Families, Zheng Xiaoguang did not want Bluegreen-Clad to know about this. Nevertheless, Bluegreen-Clad happened to get online at this moment. "Will he believe that I''m really enjoying the scenery when he sees me lying here?" wondered Zheng Xiaoguang. "It seems that he has just seen Baby520 toss my corpse..." [Nearby] Half a Cup of Lovesickness: the god-like Bluegreen-Clad, your wife was killed by your gang member Baby520. I came to save her but got killed by Baby520 too. ©ƒ_©‚~~ [Nearby] Bluegreen-Clad: Honey, is that true? "Hey, wait a minute. Why do you suddenly get so used to call me honey?" wondered Zheng Xiaoguang. [Nearby] Flowing Light: @_@ a fragile character has nothing to say. What Zheng Xiaoguang meant was that she was just a fragile doctor, and it was not surprising that she got killed. She wanted to remind Bluegreen-Clad that this was her own business by saying this, but Baby520 clearly distorted her words. [Nearby] Baby520: Shame on you. Knowing that you can''t defeat me by yourself, you go to find a god-like player. What makes you think you''re such hot stuff? You bitch never deserve our gang boss. Shame on your the Matchless! Boss, don''t get hoaxed by this bitch. Note: ¢Ù Four-Star Professional Costume: Professional costumes are wearable equipment for different professions. For instance, an assassin can only wear a professional costume designed for assassins. Four-Star refers to the forging level of the professional costume. The more stars a professional costume has, the better its performance will be. A character above level 40 can use Forging Stones to upgrade his or her equipment. Upgrading a piece of equipment from one-star to two-star costs two Forging Stones, and the equipment must reach level 40 before this forging process. Upgrading a piece of equipment from three-star to six-star costs two Forging Stones, and the equipment must reach level 80 before this forging process. Upgrading a piece of equipment from seven-star to eight-star costs four Forging Stones, and the equipment must reach level 100 before this forging process. There is a chance that one will fail during this forging process. If one fails to upgrade an equipment which has one to four stars, it will remain the same after the failed attempt. If one fails to upgrade an equipment which has four to eight stars, it will lose a star after each failed attempt. As such, the shop also sells Guarantee Talismans, which can be used to ensure that the equipment will not lose a star after a failed forging process. ¢ÚGuard One''s Corpse: When a character guards another character''s corpse, he or she is planning to kill this character again when this character comes back to life. Chapter 4 God-like Bluegreen-Clad Upon seeing what Baby520 said, Bluegreen-Clad hopped off his white phoenix and killed Baby520 easily with a move called "Cold Bone". [Nearby] Bluegreen-Clad: I thought no one can interfere in my marriage. Zheng Xiaoguang was really impressed by Bluegreen-Clad, although he was just a pile of game data. After killing Baby520, Bluegreen-Clad used his "Revival Talisman¢Ù", a piece of equipment brought from the shop, to resurrect Flowing Light and Half a Cup of Lovesickness. Half a Cup of Lovesickness said that she had to return to her stall and left, leaving the newly-wed couple alone. In the meantime, Baby520 went back to the city to resurrect herself and sent out Public Chat messages to criticize Flowing Light. [Public Chat] Baby520: Flowing Light from the Matchless is such a shameless bitch. She seduced our gang boss and deluded him into marrying her as her big brother is the gang boss of the Matchless. Shameless, shameless, shameless... "Is she serious about this? Some woman is just not clear-minded enough to understand these things. Every time, the man she likes marries another woman, she''ll accuse that woman of seducing her man. Thinking about those ancient harem intrigues, those stories are terrible. The women within the harem had a life-and-death fight in contending for a man''s favor. Sigh, why does a woman have to give another woman such a hard time?" "If an ox doesn''t want to drink water, can you guys force it to do so? As to Bluegreen-Clad, I really don''t know how Blooming Pear Tree persuaded him to marry me. However, I''m sure that he was not forced." "This Baby520 is obviously an idiot. She blamed only me for this and even told Bluegreen-Clad not to get hoaxed by me. So, what about her? A goddess of light guiding lost warriors?" With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang opened Public Chat channel. Baby520 was still talking nonsense on this channel. Gang members of the Matchless could not stand this anymore and began to talk back. [Public Chat] Baby520: Flowing Light from the Matchless is such a bitch. She seduced another woman''s fiance. Bitch, bitch, bitch... the Matchless is a gang of bitches! [Public Chat] Soft-heartedness is a Disease: Baby520, are you stupid? I would''ve gone over to kill you, if it had not been for the fact that our gang boss allied himself with your boss. We ignored you, and now you get even more excited? Did you grow up eating sh*t? If you dare to abuse Flowing Light again, I''ll forget about the alliance and go over to kill you! [Public Chat] Imperial Merchant 111: Guarantee Talismans and Forging Stones for sale. If you want them, continue to yell yell yell at each other. [Public Chat] Half a Cup of Lovesickness: Baby520, are you insane? Does their marriage have anything to do with you? You ambushed her. Shame on you. [Public Chat] ¡ïYou Can''t See Me*: ¨èWow, there''s a good show to watch. Wait and see. [Public Chat] Mulberry on the Grave: Baby520, watch your mouth. [Public Chat] Baby520: Whew, you guys look so eager to help her. Have you all slept with that bitch? All of you like such a cheap bitch, who charges only 200 yuan for a night. Are you all blind? "Why does this Baby520 act like a crazy dog and bite anyone she meets?" wondered Zheng Xiaoguang. However, compared to this, she cared more about another problem. [Private Chat] You talk to Bluegreen-Clad: Did you have a fianc¨¦e? [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad talks to you: No, I didn''t. [Private Chat] You talk to Bluegreen-Clad: But Baby520 said on the Public Chat channel that I stole someone else''s fiance... [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad talks to you: ... "Did he admit it?" wondered Zheng Xiaoguang. "Sigh, my big brother. See what you''ve done to me. The god-like Bluegreen-Clad had a fianc¨¦e. Why did you log into my account and married him? This is not making an alliance. This is obviously breeding enmity." She swiftly pictured in her mind a pure looking girl saying behind the god-like Bluegreen-Clad''s back, "It''s alright. I know you were forced to marry someone else. I know you love me. I''ll wait for you." Her body shook all of a sudden as she thought, "Oh my gosh, that''s terrible. I don''t want to be such a vicious woman who steals another girl''s lover in this story." [Private Chat] You talk to Bluegreen-Clad: Urm, Bluegreen-Clad, if you really like someone else, we can get a divorce. Our gangs can make an alliance without this marriage between us. Hah, hah... And I really don''t like to be a third person and get verbally abused on the Public Chat channel. Bluegreen-Clad did not reply. Zheng Xiaoguang did not know whether he was busy checking the Public Chat messages. After a while, she received a lot of game messages. Game Message: Player Bluegreen-Clad sends you a gift, a set of "Untroubled" fashionable clothes. Game Message: Player Bluegreen-Clad sends you a gift, a flying mount "white phoenix" ... "What? What is he doing?" Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat overwhelmed upon seeing that the god-like Bluegreen-Clad fill her backpack with all kinds of equipment from the shop. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad talks to you: I''ve never been in a relationship with any women except you. "Oh? Does he mean that I''m not a third person? Is he trying to comfort me and make it up for me by sending me so many kinds of equipment as gifts?" wondered Zheng Xiaoguang. [Private Chat] You talk to Bluegreen-Clad: A good girl never takes someone else''s belongings. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad talks to you: No, I''m not someone else. I''m your husband. [Private Chat] You talk to Bluegreen-Clad: But the equipment from the shop... These things were too expensive. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad talks to you: They''re specially designed for your character. If you don''t want them, just throw them away. "Well, what a rich guy. My backpack is filled up with gifts now," Zheng Xiaoguang was convinced and decided to keep these things. After all, she did not like to waste things. Comment (0) Chapter 5 A Purge After reading the Public Chat messages, Bluegreen-Clad opened his Gang channel in his chat window. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: Baby520, I give you one minute. Come out and tell me why you killed Flowing Light. Otherwise, I''ll issue a Hunting Order¢Ú on you. [Gang] Baby520: We thought that you were going to marry Venus. Why did you marry that Flowing Light bitch? The Matchless obviously intends to plant her as a spy in our gang. Why did you even help her to kill me? What you did really disappoint me and all the other gang members of the League of Strong Families! Several other female players in the gang echoed. [Gang] Bluegreen Belt: Yes, we thought that you were going to marry Venus. [Gang] Vine Flower: Sister Venus treats us so well and never hesitates to help us whenever we need her. Flowing Light is not eligible to marry our gang boss at all. [Gang] Little Girl: Yes, we like only our Venus! Bluegreen-Clad thought for a moment and remembered that there was a female player in his gang named Venus Will Cry. She was a Hall Leader of his gang, and his gang members had mentioned before that they were meant for each other and even referred to her as the future wife of the gang boss. He never took it seriously, but his female gang members clearly thought that they were in a relationship. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: I''m surprised to know that I need everyone to agree before getting married. Upon seeing that, all the gang members who had clamored their disappointment a moment ago became silent. No matter how much they liked Venus, they could not get their gang boss, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad, to marry her. After all, Bluegreen-Clad was the one who topped the power ranking in this game. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: Now Flowing Light is my wife. No matter which gang she''s from, she''s the wife of the gang boss in the League of Strong Families now. Baby520, if you dare to kill her or scold her again, I''ll kill you for ten times. This is your last chance. Go to apologize to her on the Public Chat channel. Otherwise, I''ll kick you out of the League of Strong Families. He had just used his Clairvoyant to locate Baby520. As he found out that she was in a safe zone now, he chose to talk to her. Otherwise, he would have gone to kill her now. [Gang] Baby520: I''ll never apologize to that bitch! Boss, how can you do this to Venus? She did so much for us. How can you betray her? ¡°Betrayal?¡± Bluegreen-Clad smirked and thought, "I''m not familiar with this female player, how can she accuse me of ¡®betraying¡¯ someone? This is ridiculous." When he was about to kick Baby520 out of his gang, Venus Will Cry came out. [Gang] Venus Will Cry: Boss, Baby is just being impulsive. Please forgive her. She''s a good friend of mine. That''s why she acted like this. Please don''t kick her out of the League of Strong Families. Bluegreen-Clad checked the profile of Venus Will Cry. She was a level 95 doctor and the doctor who had the highest level and the best equipment in this gang. He had teamed up with her before but never thought of marrying her. The female players in this gang always liked to think him and this Venus to be a couple. He did not want to make them look bad, so he never explained too much about this thing. Now they really went too far, he had to stop them. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: Baby520, this is none of your business. If you want to kill Flowing Light again, think about what I''ve said today. [Gang] Baby520 is kicked out of the gang by gang boss Bluegreen-Clad. [Gang] Venus Will Cry: Boss, Baby has been with us since the opening of this zone. How could you kick her out because of such a trifle? She''s on bad terms with the Matchless now. How can she survive after being kicked out of the League of Strong Families? This message sparked a heated discussion in the gang. Although Flowing Light was married to their gang boss Bluegreen-Clad now, she did not have any friend in this gang. Baby520 had just killed her once. In the gang members'' eyes, it seemed quite unnecessary for their gang boss to treat Baby520 so harshly. [Gang] Little Girl: Boss, Baby520 has been with us for such a long time. You kicked her out because of such a trifle. You''ve really gone too far. We can''t accept it! [Gang] Vine Flower: Yes. Baby was never absent from our missions. You kicked her out due to such a trifle. We feel hurt. [Gang] Bluegreen Belt: Our gang boss has been seduced by that woman. Why do we have to stay here? I want to bow out of this gang now. [Gang] Vine Flower: Let''s Leave! Otherwise, we''ll be kicked out by our gang boss someday because we accidentally offend that Flowing Light. ... Upon seeing those messages sent out by those female players who spoke for Venus, Bluegreen-Clad frowned slightly. "What? Do they really believe that I''ll feel unsettled by these comments?" [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: It''s not a trifle. As a man, I''ll never let anyone bully my woman. When he thought of what Bluegreen Belt had said just now, he added. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: As to the ones who think that I should not protect my own woman, I''ll never stop you from leaving this gang. Note: ¢ÙRevival Talisman: It is a piece of equipment used to resurrect a character but can not be used in a battle or a competition instance. It costs 5 gold ingots. If a character carries a Revival Talisman, he or she can use it to resurrect himself or herself after being killed without losing any experience or wealth. Nevertheless, a character can only use Revival Talismans for a limited number of times within a week. ¢ÚHunting Order: A character can put his or her enemy on a wanted list by issuing a Hunting Order on that enemy. Chapter 5 A Purge After reading the Public Chat messages, Bluegreen-Clad opened his Gang channel in his chat window. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: Baby520, I give you one minute. Come out and tell me why you killed Flowing Light. Otherwise, I''ll issue a Hunting Order¢Ú on you. [Gang] Baby520: We thought that you were going to marry Venus. Why did you marry that Flowing Light bitch? The Matchless obviously intends to plant her as a spy in our gang. Why did you even help her to kill me? What you did really disappoint me and all the other gang members of the League of Strong Families! Several other female players in the gang echoed. [Gang] Bluegreen Belt: Yes, we thought that you were going to marry Venus. [Gang] Vine Flower: Sister Venus treats us so well and never hesitates to help us whenever we need her. Flowing Light is not eligible to marry our gang boss at all. [Gang] Little Girl: Yes, we like only our Venus! Bluegreen-Clad thought for a moment and remembered that there was a female player in his gang named Venus Will Cry. She was a Hall Leader of his gang, and his gang members had mentioned before that they were meant for each other and even referred to her as the future wife of the gang boss. He never took it seriously, but his female gang members clearly thought that they were in a relationship. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: I''m surprised to know that I need everyone to agree before getting married. Upon seeing that, all the gang members who had clamored their disappointment a moment ago became silent. No matter how much they liked Venus, they could not get their gang boss, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad, to marry her. After all, Bluegreen-Clad was the one who topped the power ranking in this game. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: Now Flowing Light is my wife. No matter which gang she''s from, she''s the wife of the gang boss in the League of Strong Families now. Baby520, if you dare to kill her or scold her again, I''ll kill you for ten times. This is your last chance. Go to apologize to her on the Public Chat channel. Otherwise, I''ll kick you out of the League of Strong Families. He had just used his Clairvoyant to locate Baby520. As he found out that she was in a safe zone now, he chose to talk to her. Otherwise, he would have gone to kill her now. [Gang] Baby520: I''ll never apologize to that bitch! Boss, how can you do this to Venus? She did so much for us. How can you betray her? ¡°Betrayal?¡± Bluegreen-Clad smirked and thought, "I''m not familiar with this female player, how can she accuse me of ¡®betraying¡¯ someone? This is ridiculous." When he was about to kick Baby520 out of his gang, Venus Will Cry came out. [Gang] Venus Will Cry: Boss, Baby is just being impulsive. Please forgive her. She''s a good friend of mine. That''s why she acted like this. Please don''t kick her out of the League of Strong Families. Bluegreen-Clad checked the profile of Venus Will Cry. She was a level 95 doctor and the doctor who had the highest level and the best equipment in this gang. He had teamed up with her before but never thought of marrying her. The female players in this gang always liked to think him and this Venus to be a couple. He did not want to make them look bad, so he never explained too much about this thing. Now they really went too far, he had to stop them. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: Baby520, this is none of your business. If you want to kill Flowing Light again, think about what I''ve said today. [Gang] Baby520 is kicked out of the gang by gang boss Bluegreen-Clad. [Gang] Venus Will Cry: Boss, Baby has been with us since the opening of this zone. How could you kick her out because of such a trifle? She''s on bad terms with the Matchless now. How can she survive after being kicked out of the League of Strong Families? This message sparked a heated discussion in the gang. Although Flowing Light was married to their gang boss Bluegreen-Clad now, she did not have any friend in this gang. Baby520 had just killed her once. In the gang members'' eyes, it seemed quite unnecessary for their gang boss to treat Baby520 so harshly. [Gang] Little Girl: Boss, Baby520 has been with us for such a long time. You kicked her out because of such a trifle. You''ve really gone too far. We can''t accept it! [Gang] Vine Flower: Yes. Baby was never absent from our missions. You kicked her out due to such a trifle. We feel hurt. [Gang] Bluegreen Belt: Our gang boss has been seduced by that woman. Why do we have to stay here? I want to bow out of this gang now. [Gang] Vine Flower: Let''s Leave! Otherwise, we''ll be kicked out by our gang boss someday because we accidentally offend that Flowing Light. ... Upon seeing those messages sent out by those female players who spoke for Venus, Bluegreen-Clad frowned slightly. "What? Do they really believe that I''ll feel unsettled by these comments?" [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: It''s not a trifle. As a man, I''ll never let anyone bully my woman. When he thought of what Bluegreen Belt had said just now, he added. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: As to the ones who think that I should not protect my own woman, I''ll never stop you from leaving this gang. Note: ¢ÙRevival Talisman: It is a piece of equipment used to resurrect a character but can not be used in a battle or a competition instance. It costs 5 gold ingots. If a character carries a Revival Talisman, he or she can use it to resurrect himself or herself after being killed without losing any experience or wealth. Nevertheless, a character can only use Revival Talismans for a limited number of times within a week. ¢ÚHunting Order: A character can put his or her enemy on a wanted list by issuing a Hunting Order on that enemy. Chapter 6 Its Lousy to Have a Low Level [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: I hereby declare that I have no other woman apart from Flowing Light. Many thanks for the Matchless members who have spoken for Flowing Light today. I''ve kicked Baby520 out of the League of Strong Families. If someone follows Baby520''s example and insults Flowing Light, I''ll definitely make him or her suffer. Bluegreen-Clad''s words sparked a heated discussion in the game. His quick reaction deeply impressed members of the Matchless, who had not liked him very much before. [Public Chat] Soft-heartedness is a Disease: Bluegreen-Clad, you''re a real man. I''m impressed. Now all members of the League of Strong Families are my brothers. [Public Chat] Half a Cup of Lovesickness: Flowing Light, your husband is awesome. [Heart Eyes] No wonder they envy you and attack you here. Zheng Xiaoguang exclaimed secretly, Bluegreen-Clad is always so awesome. "No wonder so many female players get crazy for him. Well, looks like it''ll be hard being his wife." As Bluegreen-Clad promised her to take care of everything, Zheng Xiaoguang did not ask him any question about how he would honor his promise. Bluegreen-Clad seemed to be content with her attitude. He even put her on his own team and took her to gain levels together. "I''m just a level 80 doctor and clearly not well-matched to a god-like player who has the highest level in the game. I should focus on gaining levels for myself now", Zheng Xiaoguang sighed and then followed Bluegreen-Clad''s team to upgrade herself. Both Bluegreen-Clad and Blooming Pear Tree were level 100 players, but the former had accumulated more experience than the latter. Now Bluegreen-Clad had enough experience to upgrade to level 105, and his teammates were all around level 100. They needed to go to regions suitable for level 100 players to gain levels fast, but it was too hard for Flowing Light to gain levels there since monsters there were above level 100. Given this, Bluegreen-Clad led his team to a region of level 90 monsters. It was quite awkward for them to gain levels here. A level 80 player like Flowing Light and a level 100 player like Bluegreen-Clad were only able to accumulate half of the experience points they got here. Despite that, the teammates who were above level 95 just followed Bluegreen-Clad to this region and did not say anything for the sake of their friendship in the beginning. An hour later, someone started to complain. [Team] Son of Heaven: Hey, boss, are we going to slay level 90 monsters here all day? Now we''re about to reach level 100. For us, double experience here is the same as the regular experience we gain at a level 100 region. Why do we have to waste our time like this? [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: We''ll leave when Flowing Light reaches level 90. One hour had passed, and Flowing Light was only level 82. [Team] Son of Heaven: Sigh, come on, boss. Why do you act like Cloud Top after getting married? Do you guys really think that you need to pamper your wives like that? If you continue to do so, you''ll become someone like Cloud Top someday. Son of Heaven was a warrior. A warrior was good at fighting one-on-one battles but had limited attack range. A magician, like Bluegreen-Clad, was able to cause Area Effect Damage to slay all monsters on the screen at once. Given this, Son of Heaven was busy running around and pulling monsters to a spot for Bluegreen-Clad all the time. Every time he came back to the spot, he would see Flowing Light say with Bluegreen-Clad, doing nothing. Son of Heaven could accumulate only half of the experience points he got in this level 90 region, and there was a member on his team who did nothing. He roughly calculated and found out that during the past hour, he had accumulated even less than half of the experience points he could get in a region suitable for him. [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: You guys can withdraw from the team and go to level 100 regions to gain levels. I''ll take Flowing Light to a level 80 region. Bluegreen-Clad was clear that his teammates were not satisfied with the experience points they got here, but he really wanted to help Flowing Light to gain levels fast. Although he had promised to protect her, he could not be online all the time. Sometimes, Flowing Light had to rely on herself. [Team] Flowing Light: I''ll withdraw from the team. She knew what Son of Heaven meant. Her big brother Blooming Pear Tree did not like Cloud Top, the gang boss of the Sacred Temple, and his wife Saori because every time he gained levels and slew monsters together with them, Saori would just stay idle all the time. Cloud Top was an archer from Flying Island. As an archer was good at long-range attacks, a warrior like Blooming Pear Tree had to stay in the front slaying monsters. Saori was the doctor of the team, but she only refilled blood for her husband and herself. Most of the time, she just stayed still as if she was away from the keyboard. As a result, Blooming Pear Tree had to rely on his own equipment to protect himself, such as "Blissful Pills" (red pills used to refill blood). As the teammates of Blooming Pear Tree and Cloud Top were all highly skilled, they were able to gain levels without the help of Saori. Although they were quite dissatisfied with her performance, they never said anything. One day when they had been fighting a powerful monster together, Blooming Pear Tree had gotten killed by the monster. Blooming Pear Tree asked Saori to bring him back to life, but Cloud Top asked Blooming Pear Tree to resurrect himself with his Revival Talisman as Saori was away from the keyboard and watching TV at that moment. Blooming Pear Tree flared up. If it had not been for the fact that he had consumed all his Revival Talismans for this week, he would have never asked that useless doctor Saori to help him. That Saori did not know when to help her teammates to add blood. He kicked Saori out of the team and added Flowing Light to the team to save him. Although Flowing Light''s level was lower than that of Saori and could not add as much blood as Saori did, the team slew monsters faster than before (This was because the team members did not have to pause to take their red pills). In the end, after they slaying a powerful enemy, they unlocked a level 80 doctor''s sword. The team thought that they should give this sword to Flowing Light although she was still at level 75, as she was well versed in positioning and helped the team a lot more than that Saori did. They checked the contributions and confirmed this judgment. Right at this moment, Saori was back. She coaxed and pestered her husband, Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top, trying to get the sword. Flowing Light thought that she just came here to help her big brother and that sword''s level was too high for her, so she persuaded her big brother to give it to Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top. After this incident, Blooming Pear Tree refused to team up with that couple again. It was probably also because of this that he chose to ally himself with the League of Strong Families instead of the Sacred Temple. Flowing Light did not like that Saori either and would never want to become someone like her. She had tried to pull some monsters for Bluegreen-Clad under "Moonlight¢Ù" right after she had been added to his team, but she nearly got herself killed since her character was too fragile. As her level was low and her equipment was not very good, no matter how hard she tried to refill blood for herself, she could hardly succeed. Upon seeing that, Bluegreen-Clad forbade her from going out to pull monsters anymore and asked her to stay with him. Zheng Xiaoguang felt uneasy to stay idle. Upon seeing that Son of Heaven compared her to Saori, she felt that she could not stay here anymore. She did not want to be a burden for Bluegreen-Clad. She was never a shameless person. [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: Stay here. Let them leave. I''ll take you to gain levels. [Team] Flowing Light: No, thanks. I have my regular team. They''re calling me now. You and Son of Heaven can leave for level 100 regions. [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: Okay. With these words, the character Bluegreen-Clad stood up, slew the last group of monsters nearby and then threw 10 Double Orders and 10 Captain Orders to Flowing Light. Shiny Sky gave every player 5 double-experience hours every week. Apart from that, a player could also use a Double Order, a piece of equipment bought from the shop, to give himself or herself one more double-experience hour. A Captain Order, also a piece of equipment bought from the shop, could increase all the team members'' experience points by 20% within one hour, but only a team captain was able to use Captain Orders. A player could use these two kinds of equipment for a limited number of times a week. [Team] Flowing Light: Uhm, I don''t need them. My big brother has given me lots of Double Orders. Blooming Pear Tree had given her a lot of equipment, but as she had been busy with gaining levels for his big brother and she had not consumed those things yet. [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: Give them back to him. Use the equipment I gave you. = = Note: ¢ÙMoonlight: Moonlight is a doctor skill, which gives a player a protective cover. This cover can absorb and reduce damage for the player. Chapter 7 Flowing Lights Friends After leaving Bluegreen-Clad''s team, Zheng Xiaoguang teamed up with Soft-heartedness is a Disease, Mulberry on the Grave and Cool Names Taken by Dogs. Soft-heartedness is a Disease was a warrior from Dragon Swamp Island. He was eager to gain levels, but as he was still a student and could only play the game during his vacations and after school, he was still at level 77. He was straightforward and enjoyed fighting and playing all kinds of copies. As to his PK skills, he still needed more practice. Mulberry on the Grave was a level 80 assassin from Blackout Island. He was a quiet person and did not have many friends. Compared to the other professions, assassins and warriors were better at slaying monsters and PK. However, as both Mulberry on the Grave and Soft-heartedness were at quite low levels now, they could not take on many enemies at once. Besides, a low-level assassin was quite fragile. As such, no team would like to add them. They had been on Zheng Xiaoguang''s team since she had added them. Cool Names Taken by Dogs was the last one to be added to this team by Zheng Xiaoguang. He was a magician, which was an indispensable role in ensuring that a team could gain levels, but he was not very popular among the players because of his game name. The first question that Zheng Xiaoguang had asked him after adding him was not "Do you have enough blue(mana)?" but "What do you think about my name?". Cool Names Taken by Dogs seemed to have really spent some time studying her name before answering her question. Zheng Xiaoguang was prepared to kick him out of her team if his answer was "Yes", but Cool Names Taken by Dogs replied casually, "[Thinking Face] Ordinary." A moment later, he added, "The other team members'' names are also ordinary." As such, Zheng Xiaoguang''s team happily accepted him as their new teammate. She also added them to the Matchless to play together and chat together. When the four of them gathered together, Soft-heartedness walked around Flowing Light and looked her up and down. "Carefree" and "Untroubled" fashionable clothes were indeed most suitable for characters with magic power. These clothes were elegant and simple. Dressed in her "Untroubled" clothes, which were a matching outfit to Bluegreen-Clad''s outfit, Ghost Valley Island''s female disciple Flowing Light now looked like a classic beauty. She wore a long white dress, a blue-green silk belt and gold, and jade tassel headpieces. This beauty could even fly above everyone''s head on the back of her shiny flying mount, the white phoenix. She really looked like a goddess now. [Team] Soft-heartedness is a Disease: F*ck, Flowing Light, you must have cosmetic surgery. [Team Captain] Flowing Light: Uhm= = Bluegreen-Clad gave them to me. "And he made me keep them", Zheng Xiaoguang sighed secretly. [Team] Soft-heartedness is a Disease: I knew that I should''ve registered a female account and married a god-like player. [Team] Cool Names Taken by Dogs: Whew, I prefer your old looks. Now you look like a demon, and I really want to give you a blow to see if I can unlock some equipment here. With these words, he really gave a blow to a little monster beside Flowing Light. [Team Captain] Flowing Light: = = A team could have 5 members, but Zheng Xiaoguang''s team had only 4 regular members. Now they needed to find another one to join them. As Soft-heartedness had a good impression of Bluegreen-Clad, he said on Public Chat channel, "We need one more teammate, members of the Matchless and the League of Strong Families first." Soon enough, Slightly Defected Moon, a level 80 Summoner from Flowery Island, applied to join Zheng Xiaoguang''s team. Flowery Island Summoner was a new profession in this game, featuring manipulative skills and abilities to summon treasures of different functions. This profession sounded great, but it was not easy for a low-level summoner to gain levels fast. A low-level summoner was even more fragile than a low-level assassin. Players who were really interested in this profession would choose to change into summoners when their levels were high enough. [Team Captain] Flowing Light: Now we have five members, I''ll open a Captain Order. Slightly Defected Moon, we have only one magician on our team. Let him stay in the center of the map and slay monsters. We go out in all four directions to pull monsters for him. [Team] Slightly Defected Moon: [Equipment: Black Spirit Sword] I can cause Area Effect Damage. We can split into two teams. Send someone to form a team with me. We can slay monsters faster in this way and maybe we''ll reach level 90 today. Zheng Xianguang clicked the equipment sent out by Slightly Defected Moon. [Black Spirit Sword]: A magic sword specially designed for level 80 Flowery Island disciples. This sword had already been forged into a Six-Star sword. (A level 80 player could forge his or her equipment into at most Six-Star level.) A Magic Stone+6¢Ù used for boosting magic damage was embedded in this sword. "Wow. That''s really great," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. [Team Captain] Flowing Light: Warrior is strong and resilient. Soft-heartedness will go with you. Old Tomb and Dogs will team up with me. Zheng Xiaoguang nicknamed Mulberry on the Grave "Old Tomb", as she thought only an old and seldom-visited tomb would have some plants growing on it. Slightly Defected Moon, the new member of the team, was indeed an amazing fighter. Soft-heartedness kept telling the other team members what Slightly Defected Moon had just achieved on YY. He also ridiculed Dogs. "Hey, Dogs, you know what. I never saw such an amazing Area Effect Damage before when playing together with you. Although a summoner''s attack range is smaller than that of a magician, but sister Moon is really able to slay a group of monsters within a second." When Zheng Xiaoguan checked their experience points, she was shocked. "If we continue like this for the whole night, we''ll reach level 90," exclaimed Zheng Xiaoguang. "Whole night?" asked Soft-heartedness. "Tomorrow is Saturday. Soft-heartedness, you can play for the whole night, can''t you?" Zheng Xiaoguang smiled meaningfully and continued, "It''s really great to have such a capable teammate to play with us. Go to persuade her to join us as a regular member." "With pleasure," Soft-heartedness replied obediently. At night, when Blooming Pear Tree got online, he was surprised to find out that Zheng Xiaoguang was gaining levels for herself instead of gaining levels for him. He sent a Private Chat message to her. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: Big brother, you''ve already got the highest level in the game, but I''m still at level 80+. If I don''t start to gain levels for myself now, even you''ll feel embarrassed to have such a low-level sister. [Private Chat] Blooming Pear Tree: Wow, so you finally grow up, my great doctor? I heard that a female assassin wants to kill you. Is it because of her? When Zheng Xiaoguang was about to send out a [Speechless Face], she saw all the monsters near her character being hit by a shower of needles enveloped in a black fog. After that, Baby520, who had remained invisible beside Flowing Light all the while, revealed herself. A doctor might court envy, as he or she usually just needed to add blood for others during a fight against a powerful monster. However, doctors could hardly compete with assassins in pulling monsters. Besides, compared to her, Baby520 had a higher level and better equipment. Given these facts, Zheng Xiaoguang could only let Baby 520 pull all her monsters away. "Baby520 again? Now she dares not kill me, so she plans to disgust me by snatching some monsters from my hand?" wondered Zheng Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang and her teammates had come to this level 90 region Seaside after they had reached level 85 and accumulated a lot of experience. They chose this place as the level 85 regions were too crowded. After playing here for only one hour, they ran into Baby 520. Level 90 player Baby520 seemed to be busy gaining levels here with her teammates. When she and Flowing Light first met here, neither of them said anything. The last time when Baby520 had come to rob Flowing Light of her monsters, Slightly Defected Moon happened to be there and slew those monsters. Now, Baby520 came to snatch monsters from Flowing Light''s hand again. "Why does this Baby520 keep coming here to rob me of my monsters? Does she want to stop me from gaining levels? How can I tolerate such behavior?" thought Zheng Xiaoguang. Note: ¢ÙMagic Stone+6: Magic Stones are different from Forging Stones. Forging Stones are used to forge a piece of equipment, and each piece of equipment has its own function, vitality, defensive power, and offensive power. If a player uses Forging Stones to upgrade his or her equipment by one-star level, the function, vitality, defensive power and offensive power of this piece of equipment will be upgraded accordingly. However, a Magic Stone has its own function and can be embedded in a piece of equipment. Magic Stone+1 means the player has only one Magic Stone. Magic Stone+2 means the player has two Magic Stones of the same function merged together, and so on. Magic Stone+6 is six Magic Stones of the same function merged together. The level of a Magic Stone is never influenced by its owner''s personal failures. The game requires a player and his or her equipment to reach a certain level before he or she starts to add Magic Stones to this piece of equipment. These requirements regarding the levels are almost the same as those for the use of Forging Stones. Chapter 8 A Melee A Fake Title Chapter 8 A Melee (A Fake Title) Baby520 remained invisible and followed Flowing Light for about 10 minutes to get to know her regular route. After she found out that Flowing Light always traveled back and forth between the upper-right corner and the center of the map, she stopped following her and chose to stay at a spot in the middle of her regular route, waiting to rob her of her monsters. When she saw Flowing Light running toward her with a herd of monsters again, she mocked in her heart, "Idiot." She clicked her Area Effect skill and robbed Flowing Light of her monsters again. To her surprise, she saw a Map Boss¢Ù running and making threatening gestures among the monsters. Receiving one blow from the Map Boss cost one-fifth of her blood. The other little monsters were not that powerful. However, there were a lot of them, and many of them also succeeded in hurting her. Seeing Baby520 being chased around the map by the Map Boss, Zheng Xiaoguang felt satisfied. She had taken many red pills and wedding candies and kept refilling blood for herself just to pull this Map Boss all the way here for Baby520. She did this at the risk of her life. Fortunately, she succeeded and got rid of Baby 520. Now she could ride her white phoenix to pull monsters for her team again. After getting rid of Baby520, Flowing Light and her teammates gained experience faster than before. Slightly Defected Moon advised the team to go to unlock level 85 Purple Outfits to equip all the team members when they reached level 90. Now the team members'' outfits were so different. Some of them were quite good and the others were not so good. Slightly Defected Moon said that if they continued like this, it would be hard for them to gain levels after reaching level 90. Slightly Defected Moon said that it was quite efficient to gain levels together with them. She promised that if the team promised to unlock enough Purple Outfits for every one of the team, she would join them as a regular member. She also said that if the team did not want those Purple Outfits now, she would leave and team up with other players. "She is right. It''s not enough to have only levels in this game. We need good equipment. With this in mind," Zheng Xiaoguang readily accepted Moon''s advice and did not give the other three team members any chance to speak. When everything was going smoothly for Zheng Xiaoguang, Blooming Pear Tree sent her a message. [Private Chat] Blooming Pear Tree: Sis, come to level 100 region Mount Mangshan. Your husband and I are surrounded and beat up by the Sacred Temple members here. You join my team and come here to save us. "What?" Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised. Despite that, she immediately told her teammates that she would be away for a while. Slightly Defected Moon promised to take the team to unlock Purple Outfits first and wait for her to come back. Zheng Xiaoguang thanked Slightly Defected Moon and then quitted the team to team up with Blooming Pear Tree. The moment she entered Blooming Pear Tree''s team, she saw that faces of Blooming Pear Tree and Bluegreen-Clad had already turned gray. "What? They even killed my husband." Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised. She immediately pulled Blooming Pear Tree up and refilled his blood. Right at that moment, an assassin came at her, she clicked a Flying Talisman and flew to a random place on the map. After that, she immediately flew back to Bluegreen-Clad with the help of the couple transfer. When she arrived, she saw many members of the League of Strong Families there. They were outnumbered by the Sacred Temple members, but they were very brave. She pulled Bluegreen-Clad up and clicked on her healing skill heavily, trying to refill blood for him. Nevertheless, her character Flowing Light just stood still. ¡Ñ©n¡Ñ The internet was down... In her eyes, the three most painful things in this world were suddenly realizing that there was no toilet paper left after taking a dump, failing to find any flavoring powder in an instant noodle bowl and finding out that the Internet was down when playing an online game. "I''m finished this time", Zheng Xiaoguang thought and felt that she was about to spout three liters of blood. When she was about to bury her face in her pillow, her cellphone rang. She grabbed her cellphone without looking at it and thus answered the call without knowing who was calling. "Hello..." she said sadly. "Honey." It was a strange but attractive male voice. Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang shivered with excitement and sprang out her bed, while saying, "Uhm...?" She checked the strange number on her cellphone and continued, "Is that Bluegreen-Clad? Why do you have my number?" "Yes, this is Bluegreen-Clad. I asked your big brother to give me your number," Bluegreen-Clad chuckled and said, "It was quite a dangerous situation just now. Why did you come?" "Oh my gosh, Bluegreen-Clad''s voice is incredibly attractive. He sounds like a young gentleman instead of a weird old man." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang completely forgot her complaint about Blooming Pear Tree, who had given her number to another man without telling her in advance. "I had to go to help you. My big brother asked me for help. By the way, how are you guys doing right now?" asked Zheng Xiaoguang. "We''ve won the battle and driven those Sacred Temple members away. Honey, you''re still fragile. You''d better not come to join a battle like this," replied Bluegreen-Clad. He had just seen her being killed a Sacred Temple warrior after refilling blood for him. He flared up upon seeing that and hunted the Sacred Temple warrior down until the warrior logged off. Zheng Xiaoguang thought that the god-like player must have underestimated her and said, "My Internet was down just now. Rest assured, I''m very skillful, although I''m still at level 80. At least, I''m able to escape from dangers by myself." Bluegreen-Clad chuckled and said, "Uhm." "It looks like he doesn''t believe me," Zheng Xiaoguang thought and emphasized again, "Believe me!" "Wait for me to gain some levels first. When I''m at a high enough level, we can PK." "Okay," Bluegreen-Clad replied. He sounded gentle and nice. Thinking about gaining levels, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but sigh, "Alas, I found a great teammate today. If my Internet was alright, I would be able to reach level 90 after playing for a whole night. My teammates were still waiting for me, but I can''t even log into my account now." "Are Slightly Defected Moon and the other teammates still waiting for me to gain levels together? They''ve gone to unlock level 85 Purple Outfits. Is everything going smoothly for them now? Have they unlocked anything purple for a doctor? If they have, it''ll be tragic for me. In the tomb copy, all the equipment unlocked there will be bound on acquire. I''ll have to use a Unbinding Water, which is the most expensive thing in the shop, to unbind the equipment from the teammate. Ahaaaaa, my level 85 Purple Outfit. I don''t have anything purple." "What a bad internet connection here", Zheng Xiaoguang sighed secretly and made up her mind that she would call to complain later. "Girls can''t play too late," Bluegreen-Clad said in a caring tone. "Give me your account number and password. I''ll log into your account tonight and explain everything to your teammates. Have a good rest today. Go to sleep." Zheng Xiaoguang blinked her eyes, She did get sore eyes after staring at the screen for such a long time. Now that the Internet was down and she could not play the game, she could only go to bed earlier. "Wait... Bluegreen- Clad," said Zheng Xiaoguang. "Huh?" said Bluegreen-Clad. "Did anyone tell you that you have a nice voice?" "Yes, probably." "Then did anyone tell you that I''m a huge fan of attractive voices?" Note: ¢ÙMap Boss: For each hour, each region where players gain levels has only one Map Boss. Monsters at level 25+ regions will initiatively come at players, but Map Boss will never initiatively attack players. By slaying a Map Boss, a player can unlock a piece of equipment which is five levels below the level of the Map Boss (The best equipment a player can get after slaying a Map Boss is a piece of blue equipment). ¢ÚLevel 85 Purple Outfits: Colors indicate the levels of equipment in Shiny Sky: White Equipment_<~~~" Blooming Pear Tree flared up and said that he was going to kill that female doctor. Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly stopped him, while thinking, "Killing her? Come on. Venus Will Cry is good at playing the weak and pretending to be innocent. If my big brother really goes to kill her, she''ll grab this chance to make trouble for me again." "To deal with such a girl, I have to be particularly careful not to fall into her trap. I can''t harm her either to let her hold this thing against me. I just need to leave her alone, giving her no chance at all." The only thing that Zheng Xiaoguang was not sure about was Bluegreen-Clad''s attitude. He had never said that he wanted to give the necklace to Venus. Nor had he tried to ask Son of Heaven to give the necklace to her. She thought that was probably because he did not want to argue with Son of Heaven. She felt confused, as the god-like Bluegreen-Clad had not said anything to her or sent her any message since she had left Son of Heaven''s team. "Is it because he just doesn''t care what I think at all?" With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but search him in her friend list. She found out that he had stayed in the instance all this while. "Is he still playing the tomb instance with Son of Heaven?" wondered Zheng Xiaoguang. "Venus Will Cry has just shown off her newly-gained level 85 purple coat in the chat group of the League of Strong Families. Did she get it from Bluegreen-Clad''s team again?" "That''s alright. Bluegreen-Clad is the gang boss. It''s natural for him to give his gang members some equipment he unlocks. But why does he have to give it to this Venus Will Cry?" Zheng Xiaoguang thought and felt somewhat annoyed. After all, this Venus Will Cry seemed to have a thing for her husband. Besides, Venus was also hostile toward her and was trying very hard to make some trouble for her. [Gang] Venus Will Cry: Flowing Light, are you here? Have you unlocked a level 85 necklace for a doctor? [Gang] Flowing Light: Yes, I''m here. I lack only the level 85 necklace. [Gang] Venus Will Cry: Sigh, I should''ve insisted on telling gang boss that I don''t want it. Do you have a high-grade Unbinding Water? You can give it to me. I''ll unbind this necklace for you. I don''t want to make you get into a fight because of such a trifle. "A high-grade Unbinding Water is much more expensive than a level 85 purple necklace. This Venus just wants to put on a show here. Hur, hur, well, I''ll take you on and fight to the end," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. [Gang] Flowing Light: Although Bluegreen-Clad worked together with Son of Heaven to unlock that necklace, it was Son of Heaven who worked as the Team Captain. I have no reason to be mad at Bluegreen-Clad. And you should thank Son of Heaven. After all, it was he who gave you that necklace. How can you only thank my husband Bluegreen-Clad? Zheng Xiaoguang was clear that Venus kept mentioning this thing just to irritate her. After being ignored by Flowing Light back in Son of Heaven''s team, Venus went to the chat group of the gang to show off. She just wanted to goad Flowing Light into having a fight with her by repeatedly emphasizing that Bluegreen-Clad had given a purple thing to her instead of his wife. Much to Venus'' disappointment, Flowing Light remained calm all the time. Zheng Xiaoguang thought no matter how much she was displeased with Bluegreen-Clad, this was just between Bluegreen-Clad and her. She would never go to quarrel with Bluegreen-Clad as Venus wished. Apart from remaining calm, she also planned to talk back to Venus Will Cry in the chat group. Right at this moment, Cool Names Taken by Dogs sent Zheng Xiaoguang a Private Chat message: Dumb*ss Flowing Light, team up with me. Zheng Xiaoguang was in a fit of anger and refused him directly. [Private Chat] Cool Names Taken by Dogs talks to you: Cut the crap! Come on, team up with me as fast as you can. Zheng Xiaoguang thought that maybe he really needed some help during a mission. When she was about to team up with him, two new game messages caught her eyes. Chapter 14 I Will Give You the Bes t Game Message: Congratulations to player Bluegreen-Clad. A Spiritual Deer Necklace has just been forged into the eight-star level. Game Message: Congratulations to player Bluegreen-Clad. A Magic Stone+8 has just been added to an eight-star Spiritual Deer Necklace. [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: [Equipment: Spiritual Deer Necklace] My dear Flowing Light, come here to take your level 85 purple necklace. This message sparked a heated discussion on the Public Chat channel. [Public Chat] Han Meimei: Wow, Bluegreen-Clad is indeed a god-like player. It''s really great to be his wife. [Public Chat] Smily Beauty: No wonder so many girls want to marry a god-like player. It''s awesome to have such a player to take care of you. [Public Chat] Li Lei: @Han Meimei, dear, watch out. Your saliva is about to fall from your mouth. [Public Chat] Big Shrimp Has Nothing to Eat: Sigh, all the girls on this Public Chat channel like a god-like player. I''m destined to be single. [Public Chat] Fallen City of Charm: [Face Blowing a Kiss] The god-like Bluegreen-Clad, do you want one more wife? Take me into consideration. I don''t need any eight-star equipment. Seven-Star equipment will do. [Public Chat] Stunning Beauty in a Disordered World: The god-like Bluegreen-Clad, don''t get hoaxed by the sissy above. If you want to have another wife, you can contact me. I can have voice chats and video chats with you. I can even meet you offline. [Public Chat] Fallen City of Charm: Don''t you know that now gays prevail in this world? The god-like Bluegreen-Clad is mine, mine, mine... [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad Lady: All of you are just daydreaming. I''m the legitimate wife of the god-like Bluegreen-Clad. ... [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad talks to you: Honey, join my team. "Did I blame him wrongly? Has he been away to work on the purple necklace all this while? Is this the reason he did not come to comfort me just now?" thought Zheng Xiaoguang. [Private Chat] You talk to Cool Names Taken by Dogs: Dogs, I''ll go to pick my necklace now. I''ll team up with you guys later. After sending this message to Cool Names Taken by Dogs, Zheng Xiaoguang joined Bluegreen-Clad''s team. A moment later, she found Bluegreen-Clad at Lotus Garden, the most secluded place of the Celestial Dynasty. Game Message: Player Bluegreen-Clad gives you a Spiritual Deer Necklace. "You''ve remained silent for quite a long time. Were you working on this necklace?" asked Zheng Xiaoguang. "Yes. I guessed that you were displeased upon seeing Son of Heaven give that necklace to another doctor. Given this, I summoned another team to unlock a necklace for you. I unlocked it by myself, you don''t have to share it with anyone else," Bluegreen-Clad replied smilingly. Back then, when Son of Heaven had decided to give the purple to Venus, Bluegreen-Clad had not said anything. This was because he did not want to argue with his friend, Son of Heaven, in the team. Besides, as the Team Captain, Son of Heaven had the right to give the equipment his team unlocked to anyone. Bluegreen-Clad was not stupid. When he detected that Zheng Xiaoguang was a little upset, he quitted Son of Heaven''s team and went to play the tomb instance by himself after the game. The moment he unlocked a Spiritual Deer Necklace, he happened to see Venus Will Cry show off her necklace in the chat group of the gang. Fortunately, his wife Flowing Light remained calm and talked back nicely to Venus to make her shut up. Upon seeing that his wife still remained composed and did not say anything inappropriate in the chat group of the gang when she was irritated, he smiled and decided to give her a pleasant surprise by forging her necklace into higher levels. When he was about to use his Forging and Magic Stones, he received a message. At first, he thought that it was from Flowing Light, who was probably pissed off and wanted to have a fight with him now. Nevertheless, when he clicked it open, he found out that it was from Venus Will Cry. [Private Chat] Venus Will Cry talks to you: Boss, Flowing Light seems to get mad at you, as you gave this necklace to me. He did not want to talk with her at all and closed the window. To his surprise, she sent him another message. [Private Chat] Venus Will Cry talks to you: Boss, you''d better treat Flowing Light well, even if you just married her to make an alliance with the Matchless. "Who said that I married Flowing Light just to ally myself with the Matchless?" wondered Bluegreen-Clad. After that, he thought of something and squinted his eyes. In fact, he chose to make an alliance with Matchless because he wanted to marry Flowing Light, but he thought that no one would believe it at present. [Private Chat] Venus Will Cry talks to you: Boss, how about you give me a high-grade Unbinding Water? I''ll unbind this purple necklace and give it to Flowing Light. Bluegreen-Clad felt somewhat annoyed as Venus kept sending messages to him. In the end, he blocked her as he thought to himself, "I''m Bluegreen-Clad, and my wife won''t lack anything. It''s just a necklace. I won''t give her a second-hand necklace, I''ll give her the best." As such, he spent the rest of the day working on the necklace in the instance and he had good luck today. He quickly forged the necklace into the highest levels allowed by this game now. The moment he succeeded, two game messages were automatically sent out on the Public Chat channel, courting lots of envy from others. He was overjoyed. He felt even happier than when forging his own equipment into high levels. He immediately sent a Private Chat message to Flowing Light, asking her to take this necklace. Upon seeing her receive this necklace, he finally heaved a sigh of relief and thought, "Now, she won''t get mad me." "Put it on," said Bluegreen-Clad. "Honey, you don''t need to envy anyone. I''ll give you the best." He promised her solemnly. In the meantime, in a tomb instance, Cool Names Taken by Dogs was staring in a daze at a doctor''s purple necklace on the ground. He had sent messages through the loudspeaker on the Public Chat channel and spent lots of silver coins on this purple necklace, but in the end, Flowing Light still chose to go to Bluegreen-Clad. Now this necklace was useless for him. "F*ck the god-like player. I can never compete with this god-like player! I can''t give her a necklace at such high levels, but I tried my best. Why can''t she understand?" he thought. Note: ¢ÙLoudspeaker: A message sent out through the loudspeaker will be displayed in a floating window, which is placed above all the other messages on all the message channels, until the next message it sent out through the loudspeaker. Chapter 15 One of the Most Important Things in Ones life Thinking about Bluegreen-Clad''s words "I''ll give you the best," Zheng Xiaoguang flushed with gratification, but then she mocked herself in her heart, "Bah! That''s nonsense. I''m about to turn 26. At my age, I should not behave like a young girl and feel so good just because someone said some sweet words to me in a game on the weekend." "Nowadays, young boys really have high EQ. Maybe that Bluegreen-Clad is just a 17 or 18-year-old boy. I can''t be attracted to him because of some sweet words." "Calm down~ Calm down. I''m mature now. I should keep my cool." "Xiaoguang, what''re you doing here in the ladies'' room?" Suddenly, someone patted her shoulder from behind. Zheng Xiaoguang embarrassedly turned her head to look back. When she saw that it was her good friend Yang Sisi, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Nothing, I just stood here in a trance just now." Yang Sisi rolled her eyes and said, "How old are you now? Can you stop being so dazed all day long? Don''t forget about what you''re going to do this evening. Behave well!" "What am I going to do this evening?" Zheng Xiaoguang wondered. When she was about to ask, she saw Yang Sisi staring at her with big eyes, as if she were prepared to stare her to death if she said that she forgot the thing. Due to this threatening stare, Zheng Xiaoguang finally remembered what she was going to do tonight¡ªa blind date. "Now you remember, don''t you?" Yang Sisi could tell that Zheng Xiaoguang remembered the blind date upon seeing the change of her facial expression, so she added, "Your parents are really worried about you. Look, they even asked me to find a boyfriend to you. Take this thing seriously! Don''t keep talking about games during a date like before." Zheng Xiaoguang ashamedly admitted her mistakes in the past and promised that she would behave well during the blind date and try her best to find a boyfriend for herself as soon as possible. Zheng Xiaoguang was quite envious of Yang Sisi''s good luck. They had gone to the same high school and they had worked for the same company since their graduation from colleges. They were similar to each other in many aspects, but Yang Sisi had much better luck with men. Two years ago, Yang Sisi, who had just entered the company, had gotten married and thus accomplished one of the most important things in her life. Zheng Xiaoguang, however, had been single for more than a year since breaking up with her last boyfriend. She did not like to be compared to another person, but her parents kept comparing her to Yang Sisi. They were worried that she would never be able to find a husband for herself if she continued to live like this. Zheng Xiaoguang was also somewhat worried, as many of her schoolmates and colleagues had already gotten married by now. Zheng Xiaoguang was quite a cute girl. She had a baby face and long hair. Once she put on some make-up and got dressed to look young, many people would believe that she was just 20. She had quite a few admirers, but she just could not decide what kind of person she really wanted to marry. The man that Yang Sisi introduced to Zheng Xiaoguang for the blind date was her husband''s school mate. She spoke highly of him, but Zheng Xiaoguang did not feel reassured until she met him in person. "Well, Yang Sisi didn''t lie to me," thought Zheng Xiaoguang, when she met the man. He was a short-haired, handsome young man, who stood more than 175 centimeters tall. As now was summer, he wore a T-shirt and looked neat and fresh. "Uhm, although he''s not a hot dude like Li Chengshuo, he is not short or bad-looking. I can try to date him," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. Thinking about what Yang Sisi had said to her before the date, she did not act casually as usual. She sat silently and smiled slightly at the man, pretending to be a sweet, quiet girl. The man nodded to her and gently pulled the chair out to take a seat. "Nice to meet you. My name is Tong Xiangyang." Zheng Xiaoguang pretended to be shy and replied, "Nice to meet you. My name is Zheng Xiaoguang." As they dated after work, now was around 6:00 pm. It was time for dinner. Tong Xiangyang was nice and asked Zheng Xiaoguang if she wanted to eat something. Zheng Xiaoguang had heard before that this restaurant was famous for delicious Crab Meat Pots, but as she wanted to behave like a lady today, she ordered a steak instead of a Crab Meat Pot. "Uhm, I may have to use hands when eating crabs, and now crabs are not delicious enough. I can wait until the middle of autumn," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. Tong Xiangyang ordered a steak too, and then he asked Zheng Xiaoguang if she wanted to drink something. As Zheng Xiaoguang did not drink wine, he ordered freshly pressed juice. Zheng Xiaoguang did not like blind dates. Choosing a boyfriend or a girlfriend was very different from choosing a friend. Most of the time, two people just wanted to find out whether they were matched to each other during a blind date. If one failed to impress his or her date during their first meeting, he or she would not be able to date that person again. "I heard that the probability of falling in love at first sight during a bind date is less than 1%, and I''m never a lucky person. I bought quite a lot of lottery tickets before, but never won anything. My past blind date experiences also proved that I''m not lucky." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat uneasy and at the same time, she could tell that Tong Xiangyang felt uneasy too. They just asked each other some simple questions during the dinner. She felt that now they were like two people playing table tennis in a totally non-aggressive way. Every time one of them served the ball, he or she would serve it to a point where the opponent could return the ball easily. Later, when they began to talk about hobbies, Tong Xiangyang suddenly asked, "Nowadays, many young people love to play games. What do you think about it?" Chapter 16 Inexplicable Attachmen t "What do I think about those young people who love to play games? Well, unfortunately, I happen to be one of them. I think I can only remain calmly seated and quietly look at you," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. The next moment, she thought of the date tips that Yang Sisi had given her before and said solemnly, "Well, I think it''s wrong for them to waste their time on video games. They should focus on their studies or their careers. In my eyes, these young people are throwing their lives away. I''ll never become one of them!" While saying this, she could not help but sigh secretly, "Oh, this is so ridiculous. I''m definitely one of them. Why do I have to belittle myself like that?" Upon hearing Zheng Xiaoguang''s reply, Tong Xiangyang smiled slightly without saying a word. After that, they spent the rest of their dinner time in silence. After the dinner, Tong Xiangyang politely asked Zheng Xiaoguang for her contact information and then drove her home. The moment she reached home, she was immediately surrounded by her parents, who were eager to know everything about her date. "Uhm, he asked me for my number, and I gave it to him," Zheng Xiaoguang simply replied. When she was about to run away, her mother grabbed her and said, "Don''t go back into your room so fast. Tell me more about him. What does he look like? How tall is he? I heard that he has bought a car for himself. Is that true?" Zheng Xiaoguang had no choice but to slump on the sofa and tell her mother everything about her date. She assured her mother that she had behaved in a way that fully met her requirements and had not mentioned anything about games throughout the date. After hearing that, her mother concluded. "Well, according to your description, that young man is a nice and polite person. He asked for your number. That means he thinks that you''re alright. You should try to spend more time together with him." Zheng Xiaoguang was rendered speechless. The next moment, she forced herself to promise her mother by saying, "Um, if he invites me to go out with him again, I''ll let you know." That being said, she was well aware that Tong Xiangyang did not seem to be interested in asking her out again. She thought, "Well, he asked me for my number, more out of politeness. He probably just didn''t want to embarrass me. It''s hard to tell whether he''ll call me in the future. "Anyway, I did everything as my mum and Yang Sisi requested. They can''t blame me, if that Tong Xiangyang doesn''t contact me again." After escaping the "clutches" of her mother, Zheng Xiaoguang wearily walked into her room. She checked the current time. It was just half past eight. As such, she opened her computer and logged onto her game. She checked her friend list first only to find out that most of her friends were not online, including her husband Bluegreen-Clad. She felt somewhat disappointed. She immediately exited the game and turned off the computer. She stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window in her room. She looked at the bright shiny lights and the fast moving cars outside, while feeling somewhat sad. She turned on her cellphone, put on her earphones, and tap on the screen to play the song "Snow". At times like this, she would think of that person and wonder, "If he had never betrayed me, I would''ve probably gotten married to him and even had a child now. If I was married now, my parents would not have to worry so much about me. Maybe their hair would not turn gray so fast." In front of her parents, she always behaved as if she cared nothing about her love life. Only when she was alone, she would admit to herself that she did feel lonely sometimes. She perfectly understood why her parents always dissuaded her from playing games too often, but she really needed to use these games to get rid of her loneliness. Most of her friends were married now and had families to take care of. They seemed to enjoy their lives and seldom hung out with her nowadays, although they often said that they were envious of her because she was single and still had enough time to play. Suddenly, her cellphone rang, and she clicked a button on her earphones to receive it without thinking too much. The next moment, she heard Bluegreen-Clad''s voice. "Hey, honey. Why did you log off shortly after logging onto the game? Is your Internet down again?" Zheng Xiaoguang chuckled and asked, "How do you know that when you weren''t online?" Bluegreen-Clad answered her with another question, "Honey, did you log off because I was not online?" "... Don''t flatter yourself!" Zheng Xiaoguang refused to admit it. Bluegreen-Clad did not seem to mind it at all and said, "Well, I''ll stop teasing you. There''s a service you can choose in the game system. If you choose it, a text message will be sent to your cellphone to inform you that your friend so-and-so logs onto the game when you''re offline. Do you know that? I chose it, so when you logged on, I received a message from the game company." Zheng Xiaoguang sneered and said, "So were you waiting for me?" To her surprise, Bluegreen-Clad said, "Yes." Upon hearing that, she felt a warm blush rise to her cheeks and blurted out, "Do you often flirt with girls you meet in games?" After a moment of silence, Bluegreen-Clad replied assertively, "No, never." Zheng Xiaoguang was afraid that she had sounded a little offensive just now, so she tried to ease the situation by saying, "Alright, alright, I was kidding. You''re a god-like player of our zone. You never need to hit on any girl. The girls will hit on you, just like that Venus Will Cry..." "So honey, are you jealous?" Bluegreen-Clad said somewhat teasingly. Zheng Xiaoguang coughed awkwardly and said, "Come on, I''m your legitimate wife in the game. Why do I have to be jealous of them? Besides, maybe you''re still 20 or 21, but I''m 26, no 27 now. I''m not so childish as you guys." Suddenly, Bluegreen-Clad interjected, "I''m 28 now. Honey, it''s okay to be jealous of your rivals." "What? Wait, Bluegreen-Clad. Are you sure that you''ve never flirted with a girl before?" Chapter 17 When They First Me t That night, Zheng Xiaoguang chatted with Bluegreen-Clad for a long time. Somehow, she felt much more comfortable around Bluegreen-Clad than she did around Tong Xiangyang. She felt really awkward to talk to Tong Xiangyang during the dinner, but felt so free to talk to Bluegreen-Clad. She was not sure whether she perceived Bluegreen-Clad as just her husband in the game or as a good friend in her life. When Zheng Xiaoguang went to sleep, Bluegreen-Clad looked at the clock. It was about 9 p.m. He thought that it was early. Thus he logged into Zheng Xiaoguang''s game account "Flowing Light" to play the game. In fact, he had met Flowing Light in the game a long time ago, when he had played the game using his friend''s account "Never Deeply Attached". It was about two weeks after the opening of Watery South. Back then, Bluegreen-Clad and Never Deeply Attached liked to gain levels together at night and download the instance data the next day. One night, Never Deeply Attached told Bluegreen-Clad that he did not have time to play and asked Bluegreen-Clad to gain some levels for him. Bluegreen-Clad promised his friend and logged into Never Deeply Attached''s account when he finished gaining levels for himself. He wanted to play instance NPC again to gain levels for Never Deeply Attached, but he needed at least two teammates to play this instance together. Only when he teamed up with another two players, he could open this instance again, and only by playing the instance with a team, he could gain more experience points for Never Deeply Attached. Besides, he had to slay a great number of small monsters before he could meet the powerful enemy in the instance. If his teammates could assist him in fighting the monsters, it would be a great thing for him. As such, he sent out a message on the Public Chat channel. A moment later, some players teamed up with him, and one of them was Flowing Light. When they opened the instance, the girls on his team marveled at his equipment. [Team] Lazy Little Cat: Captain, you look fierce. I guess you can play this instance on your own. Can we just sit on the floor and watch you play? Bluegreen-Clad never really expected them to help him. He just needed a team to open this instance. As such, he replied, "As you wish." Upon seeing that, his teammates all sat on the floor and watched him playing by himself. It was not very difficult to play this instance alone, since there was only one powerful enemy inside it. As the instance itself was at a low level, players could only unlock some low-level equipment here. At that time, there were no sects in the game, so there were only two types of equipment: non-magical equipment and magical equipment. He was lucky that night. He unlocked a pair of non-magical blue boots by slaying a small monster and a magical blue belt, by slaying another one. Nevertheless£¬when he fought the most powerful enemy in the instance, he nearly got killed. This was because he was not familiar with playing as an assassin in the game. Upon seeing that, most of his teammates remained unmoved, including the female magician Lazy Little Cat, who had just taken the magical blue belt from him. He guessed that they were probably away from the keyboard at the moment. Suddenly, a female doctor named Flowing Light came up and added blood for him. He discovered that she was not well-equipped and wanted to ask her to stay away to avoid being killed by the enemy. To his surprise, this low-level doctor was exceptionally skillful and helped him a lot. In the end, they slew the enemy together and unlocked a magical purple sword. Bluegreen-Clad immediately picked up the equipment and a Team message was automatically sent out by the system to inform all the team members of this incident. Upon seeing that, Lazy Little Cat cheered and begged him to give her the magical sword. As Never Deeply Attached was an assassin, who did not have any magical power, he was unable to use such a magical sword. [Team] Lazy Little Cat: Dear Captain, please give this sword to me. I can sing a song for you on YY. [Team Captain] Never Deeply Attached: You''ve just gotten the blue belt. At that time, purple magical swords were quite rare in the game, and even Bluegreen-Clad himself did not have any purple equipment. [Team] Lazy Little Cat: Please give it to me, dear captain, my generous captain. Thank you~~~ Lazy Little Cat was obviously one of those flirtatious girls who often asked a male player to give her equipment for free in the game. Bluegreen-Clad disliked such a girl, but he felt somewhat annoyed upon seeing her coquettish messages. He wanted to stop her by giving her the sword. Right at this moment, he saw a Team message from Flowing Light. [Team] Flowing Light: [Humph] Honey, didn''t you promise to give me this magical sword? What? Do you want to give it to some other girl when I''m still alive?! Bluegreen-Clad was surprised, as he did not know this Flowing Light at all. The next second, he received a Private Chat message from Flowing Light: "Captain, if you don''t want to give her the purple sword, you can just give me an answer on the Team channel." Upon seeing that, Bluegreen-Clad immediately understood what Flowing Light intended to do. He smiled and replied to her message on the Team channel. [Team] Never Deeply Attached: Yes, it''s yours. Game Message: Team Captain Never Deeply Attached assigns a Wildwave Sword to Flowing Light. Lazy Little Cat felt embarrassed and remained silent afterwards. When the team left the instance, she immediately quit the team and fled. The other team members also quit the team one after another until only Flowing Light was left in the team. Game Message: Flowing Light applies to trade a Wildwave Sword with Bluegreen-Clad. Bluegreen-Clad rejected it directly. A Wildwave Sword was a piece of purple equipment. In this game, once a character was equipped with something purple or golden, he or she would start to glow. As such, purple and golden weapons were also referred to as "luminous weapons" and favored by female players. However, if the levels of these purple and golden weapon were low, they were quite impractical. Bluegreen-Clad thought that it was meaningless to spend money forging such a low-grade and impractical weapon, and he did not want to sell it or just leave it in his warehouse. He would rather give it to Flowing Light than give it to some players that he disliked. This was why he had decided to give the purple sword to her just now. When her trading request was rejected by Bluegreen-Clad, Flowing Light directly threw the sword back to him and said, "Well, I give it back to you for free! I pretended to be your wife and asked you to give me the sword on the Team channel just now, because I didn''t like that Lazy Little Cat. You could just give an answer to me without really giving me the sword. Didn''t you worry that I would quit the team and flee with the sword after getting it? What a fool!" With these words, Flowing Light quit the team and left. Bluegreen-Clad even did not have time to add her as a friend. He kept the Wildwave Sword afterwards. Chapter 18 The God-like Player Is Also Scheming Every time Bluegreen-Clad saw the Wildwave Sword in his package, he would think of the female doctor Flowing Light and search for her on the Public Chat channel. Once he saw her calling for more team members to complete some regular weekly missions together. [Public Chat] Flowing Light: We want a player at around level-80 to complete weekly missions together. Team up with us as soon as possible. Bluegreen-Clad happened to have nothing to do at that moment, he applied to team up with her but got rejected. [Private Chat] Flowing Light talks to you: Come on, you''re a level-99 god-like player. Did you just click the wrong link? "What? I have good eyesight. How can I click the wrong link? I just want to help you guys and team up with you," Bluegreen-Clad sighed secretly and applied again. The next moment, he received a Game Message which read, "The team you apply to join is at full strength now." "Well, looks like I even don''t have a chance to get close to her," Bluegreen-Clad thought dejectedly. Later he saw someone propose to her on the Public Chat channel. [Public Chat] Cool Names Taken by Dogs: Flowing Light, as you''re single and pathetic, I''ll reluctantly marry you. Bluegreen-Clad found this proposal very ridiculous, but he was still worried that Flowing Light would agree to it. [Public Chat] Flowing Light: Well, Dogs, I won''t get married in the game even if some god-like player suddenly gets blind and wants to marry me. And I won''t get married just to let my teammate use the couple transfer. So... No!!! Upon seeing that, Bluegreen-Clad said to himself, "Fortunately, she said no." He quickly shook his head and mocked himself, "Wait, why do I have to care so much about this Flowing Light?" He wondered, "Is it because she has once pretended to be my wife in front of some other players? Am I such a petty person?" "Because you liked her," a woman sitting opposite him said, while looking at him mockingly. She was tall and pretty and had long, wavy chestnut brown hair. He frowned and said, "Come on, Yue." "What?" The woman raised her eyebrow and said, "Am I not allowed to talk about this?" "No," Bluegreen-Clad said smilingly, "I just want to ask you how can I marry her in the game when she''s determined to remain single in the game?" The woman deliberately ignored him. She kept her head down and continued to manicure her nails. "Lu Mingyue?" Bluegreen-Clad raised his voice. The women still refused to look up at him or offer him any advice. Bluegreen-Clad sighed and pleaded. "Come on, sister?" "Only when you ask me for help, you''ll call me sister." Lu Mingyue twitched her mouth and continued, "Well. I can tell you something. When I started playing this game, I joined her gang. According to the gang members, she''s their gang boss'' younger sister. And their gang boss is a very principled person. He never takes advantage of others..." Upon hearing that, Bluegreen-Clad got an idea. After observing Blooming Pear Tree, gang boss of the Matchless, for two days, he found out that this Blooming Pear Tree was busy collecting material to forge a Yellow Spring golden weapon. He contacted him. [Private Chat] You talk to Blooming Pear Tree: What else do you need? I''ll give it to you. Blooming Pear Tree distrusted Bluegreen-Clad''s motives, but he still replied to this message. [Private Chat] Blooming Pear Tree talks to you: I need 10 celestial plumes. How much money do you want? [Private Chat] You talk to Blooming Pear Tree: Here you are. I give them to you for free. [Private Chat] Blooming Pear Tree talks to you: ?????? After that, Blooming Pear Tree sent many Private Chat messages to Bluegreen-Clad, but Bluegreen-Clad replied to none of them. Not long after that, a game message was sent out by the system on the Public Chat channel to inform all the players in the zone that Blooming Pear Tree had successfully forged the first Yellow Spring golden weapon in this zone. Upon seeing that, Bluegreen-Clad contacted Blooming Pear Tree to make his offer. Bluegreen-Clad: Do you want to ally yourself with me to fight against the Sacred Temple? Blooming Pear Tree: Is this what you want from me? Okay, I promise. Bluegreen-Clad: Verbal statements are no guarantee. Blooming Pear Tree: Hey, do you really believe that you can buy my gang with 10 celestial plumes? I''ll never disband my gang and ask my gang members to join the League of Strong Families. Bluegreen-Clad: That''s not what I want. Blooming Pear Tree: Then what do you want? Bluegreen-Clad: Don''t you have a younger sister? Marry her off to me. Blooming Pear Tree: My sis? Flowing Light? Bluegreen-Clad: Yes, and she''d better join the League of Strong Families after getting married to me. Blooming Pear Tree: No. I can promise you anything except that. Bluegreen-Clad: If you don''t agree, I think there''s no need for us to become allies. Blooming Pear Tree: So what? Even if your League of Strong Families will work together with the Sacred Temple to fight against the Matchless, I won''t promise to sell Flowing Light to you. By the way, I''m not afraid of fighting both of your two gangs at the same time! Bluegreen-Clad had never expected Blooming Pear Tree to refuse him so decisively. Fortunately, he still had a trump card. Bluegreen-Clad: If so, can you tear down your Yellow Spring golden weapon and give my celestial plumes back to me? He thought that Blooming Pear Tree would feel hesitant, but to his surprise, Blooming Pear Tree still remained unmoved. Blooming Pear Tree: Alright, I''ll tear it down. Do you think I fear you? Bluegreen-Clad: Wait, that''s the first Yellow Spring golden weapon in this zone. If you tear it down now, you''ll lose the Yellow Spring Spirit. You exerted great effort to find it, didn''t you? Do you really want to waste it like that? Besides, the chances that you''ll retrieve all the materials after tearing down the weapon are not high. If you fail to retrieve 10 celestial plumes, you''ll have to accept my offer. Blooming Pear Tree: ... Come on, what the hell do you want? Bluegreen-Clad: I really like your sister. Blooming Pear Tree: Are you serious? You did this because you like her? Bluegreen-Clad: Yes. Otherwise, why do I have to use these super expensive celestial plumes to set you up? Blooming Pear Tree: F*ck, you scheming b*stard. Chapter 19 A World Boss The next day, Zheng Xiaoguang went to work as usual, and Tong Xiangyang did not call her after work. This made her believe that her last blind date failed again. She did not feel sad or pleased about that."Well, he doesn''t like me. I don''t care. I can go home to play games now!" she thought excitedly. When she logged into her account, she was surprised to find out that Bluegreen-Clad had already forged her purple suit into a eight-star suit and upgraded all the Magic Stones on it from +6 to +8. She had once told him that she was willing to accept all his gifts, but she could not help but feel astonished now, as this equipment upgrade probably had cost Bluegreen-Clad tens of thousands of gold ingots. She wondered, "Should I give the upgraded equipment back to Bluegreen-Clad? But he''s a magician and can''t use a doctor''s equipment. Besides, if I give it back to him, he''ll probably think that I''m hypocritical." She thought for a moment and then sent a Private Chat message to him. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: [Laugh Out Loud] Hey boss, I''m strong and well-equipped now. Whenever you need my help and no matter how dangerous the situation is, you can just ask me to go with you! Although she did not have any superb weapon, she was equipped well enough to protect herself. Besides, she was a doctor and could add blood for herself. She believed that no one could easily kill her now. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: [Touch Head] She thought that it was really a strange relationship. She and Bluegreen-Clad were strangers in real life, but in the game, he took such a good care of her and treated her as if she was his real wife. He never asked her to do anything for him in return, such as singing a song for him on YY, having a video chat with him or dating him. After reaching level 90, she was no longer eager to gain levels for herself. She often teamed up with Bluegreen-Clad recently to venture into some dangerous places, searching for and slaying World Bosses, which were quite a lot in this game. They were lucky today. After flying over the sand dune map for about 10 minutes, they spotted a level-85 World Boss, Banished Warlord Yellow Dog. Yellow Dog was this World Boss'' nickname, and his real name was Yellow Spring. He got this nickname because of a fighting strategy he often used, which was named "Close the Door and Unleash the Dogs". He could trap a player for six seconds and during this period of time, he would summon a group of wolf dogs to attack the player. [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: Wait here, I''ll bring more people here to fight the World Boss together. [Team] Flowing Light: Okay. Bluegreen-Clad quickly brought his friends here. Among them, the level-98 female archer Han Meimei and level-100 male magician Li Lei were a couple. They had gained levels together with Flowing Light before in some region of level-90 monsters. The last team member was a warrior and the main strength of the team, Son of Heaven. The moment he entered the team, he asked a strange question. "What? Our wet nurse is not Venus?" Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "Looks like they often slay bosses together with Venus. And this Son of Heaven doesn''t seem to like me." [Team] Han Meimei: [Slap in the Face] Stop talking nonsense, Son of Heaven. Our gang boss'' wife is a doctor. We don''t need the other doctors anymore. Zheng Xiaoguang found their conversation quite funny and thought, "Han Meimei is really a smart girl." She glanced at Bluegreen-Clad and discovered that he had changed his title from "Gang Boss of the League of Strong Families" to "Flowing Light''s Husband". She thought for a moment and changed her title to "Bluegreen-Clad''s Wife" without saying a word. It was not an easy thing to slay a level-85 World Boss. They could not complete the mission while typing. As such, Bluegreen-Clad brought all his team members to his gang channel on YY where they could talk to one another freely. "Let''s get started," Bluegreen-Clad commanded. Zheng Xiaoguang had never fought this World Boss before, so she just obeyed all the orders from Bluegreen-Clad without saying a word. As a doctor, she just needed to add blood for the other players and opened protective cover "Moonlight" for them when they needed to use some magic spells. As for the other team members, they often played together with Bluegreen-Clad and thus cooperated smoothly with one another. When the World Boss had only 30% of his blood left, Zheng Xiaoguang warned the team, "I saw a sneaky player nearby." She did not want some other player to take this chance to slay the boss. Li Lei said casually, "Come on, sis. Don''t worry. No one dares to steal kills from your husband. Last time when someone from the Sacred Temple stole a kill from him, he hunted him down until he logged off." "Yes, no one dares to steal kills from your husband, especially this time. If some unlucky guy does that, he or she won''t be able to survive in this zone anymore," said Han Meimei. Her voice sounded sweet and crisp. Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but exclaim secretly, "Wow, Bluegreen-Clad is fierce." The next moment, she wondered, "But what''s so special about this World Boss? Can Bluegreen-Clad unlock something that he always wants by slaying it?" According to the rules of the game, a player could not unlock anything after slaying an enemy who was 10 levels below him or her. That meant, if the team want to unlock something today, they had to let Flowing Light slay the World Boss in the end of the fight. When the World Boss had only 1% of his blood left, Bluegreen-Clad asked the other team members to stop and then asked Flowing Light to kill the World Boss. Flowing Light felt somewhat nervous and prayed secretly, "Heaven helps me, I have to unlock something that Bluegreen-Clad wants." Game Message: The brave Flowing Light slays Banished Warlord Yellow Spring. Golden Spring Spirit comes to the world again! "Yes, we got it. It''s a magical one," Bluegreen-Clad heaved a long sigh of relief and said on YY. With these words, he immediately picked up the golden cube on the ground. Yellow Spring Spirit was an indispensable material in the making of a Yellow Spring golden weapon. Since the opening of this zone, it had come out for just a handful of times. It could be magical or non-magical. A magical one could be used together with some special materials to forge a Yellow Spring Sword, which was one of the most-loved equipment now. Magicians, doctors and summoners from all sects could use this sword. As for the non-magical Yellow Spring Spirit, it could be used together with different special materials to forge a Yellow Spring Dart for an assassin, a Yellow Spring Staff for a warrior or a Yellow Spring Bow for an archer. These golden weapon were also rare in this zone. "So this is what Bluegreen-Clad wants. I''m really lucky," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. When she was about to say congratulations to him, someone said congratulations to her. "Congratulations, Flowing Light!" Han Meimei said smilingly, "Our gang boss really adores you. He asked us to come here specially to unlock this Yellow Spring Spirit for you. And you''re really lucky today, you unlock it at the first try." "What? Bluegreen-Clad plans to give it to me?" Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised. "My wife is such a nice person. No wonder she''s so lucky. Honey, I''ll forge an eight-star Yellow Spring Sword for you," said Bluegreen-Clad. Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang finally thought of a joke that she had come across on the Internet before. "In the living room, a young man asked his girlfriend what she was playing, and then he was surprised to find out that she was about to get married in the game. His girlfriend wanted him to agree to this virtual marriage, but he refused and accused his girlfriend of being so stupid to take a game seriously¡£ "His girlfriend flared up and retorted that he should not belittle her feelings and that the male player''s feelings for her were also true. She said, ''Every time when I was about to be slain by a monster, he would come to my rescue in time but you would just sleep soundly beside me. He has spent 8,000,000 buying equipment for me in the game, but you even refuse to spend 800 yuan buying me some clothes!''" Most people never took the virtual world on the Internet seriously and often mocked those who were addicted to online games, but Zheng Xiaoguang firmly believed that one could definitely tell who treated him or her well in the virtual world. Although the virtual world was different from the real world and the equipment in a game was nothing but some data, this equipment could still be sold for real money. Besides, 8,000,000 in a game was not necessarily less than 800 yuan in the real world. Furthermore, this was not just about the money. Zheng Xiaoguang knew that people differed in income and wealth, but she believed that if a guy was willing to give you the best he could offer, he definitely adored you. She thought this rule applied to both the real and the virtual worlds. Chapter 20 The Legendary Yellow Spring Golden Weapon Bluegreen-Clad had collected the other materials for the making of a Yellow Spring Sword a long time ago. After slaying the World Boss, his teammates quit the team one after another until only he and Flowing Light were on the team. Bluegreen-Clad brought Flowing Light to his warehouse to get the materials, and then they went to a Celestial Dynasty NPC together to forge the weapon. Game Message: The wind rises and the clouds begin to gather. Suddenly, a beam of golden light shoots out. Bluegreen-Clad fixes his eyes upon it. It is a Yellow Spring Sword! This game message sparked a heated discussion on the Public Chat channel. Many players asked Bluegreen-Clad to show the sword to everyone. [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: [Yellow Spring Sword] Stop sending Private Chat messages to me. I''ll forge this sword into an eight-star sword and give it to my wife. I won''t sell it to anyone. [Public Chat] Imperial Merchant 111: Chivalrous Bluegreen-Clad, you must be loaded. [Drooling Face] [Public Chat] Stunning Beauty in a Disordered World: God-like Bluegreen-Clad, to be serious, do you want one more wife? [Public Chat] Half a Cup of Lovesickness: I''m so envious~~ God-like Bluegreen-Clad forges top-notch equipment for you every day. Flowing Light, your husband really adores you. [Rumor] A Hidden ID: Be careful, Bluegreen-Clad. You spend so much money for your wife. Don''t you worry about being cheated on? [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: I''m happy to give all these things to my wife. The hidden ID, you just worry about yourself, okay? With these words, Bluegreen-Clad made Flowing Light the Team Captain and asked her to bring the team to any place she liked to have some fun. He needed some time to upgrade the sword to eight-star level. Flowing Light agreed. She summoned her flying mount white phoenix and invited Bluegreen-Clad to fly with her. The next moment, Zheng Xiaoguang watched the two 3D characters mount the white phoenix. She clicked different spots on the map, taking them to fly around. When they reached Phoenix Terrace, Zheng Xiaoguang clicked the white phoenix to let the two characters land on the terrace and then send the flying mount away. Game Message: Are you sure you want to hug player Bluegreen-Clad? Yes/No Zheng Xiaoguang clicked yes and then watched the female doctor Flowing Light give the male magician Bluegreen-Clad a long and affectionate hug. As Bluegreen-Clad was a head taller than Flowing Light. She could put her head against his chest and seemed to really relax into the hug and enjoy it. Zheng Xiaoguang immediately took a screenshot. After a while, it began to rain in the game, but Bluegreen-Clad still remained silent. Zheng Xiaoguang thought that he had not come back. She clicked her character Flowing Light to make her release Bluegreen-Clad. After that, she let Flowing Light open an umbrella and hold it up to cover both of the two characters. She took a sceenshot again. When the rain stopped, Bluegreen-Clad still remained silent. Zheng Xiaoguang made her character Flowing Light put the umbrella away and sit beside Bluegreen-Clad while playing the Chinese lute. After Flowing Light finished playing a tune, she began to dance. Zheng Xiaoguang watched this while mocking herself in her heart, "Well, it''s hard to believe that I''m doing these ridiculous things now." [Team Captain] Flowing Light: Bluegreen-Clad? He remained silent. "Looks like he''s still away from his keyboard." Zheng Xiaoguang thought and planned to do something even more ridiculous. She clicked a button in the upper right corner of the screen to begin recording the screen. After that, she let Flowing Light point her sword at the tall magician, who was dressed in a "Carefree" suit. [Nearby] Flowing Light: [Evil Smile] Hey, cute young man. Come here and have some fun together with me. Upon seeing the Nearby message appear above the head of her character, she drove Flowing Light to lift up the handsome Bluegreen-Clad. As Flowing Light was much shorter than Bluegreen-Clad, it looked like that Flowing Light had buried her face into his chest. [Nearby] Flowing Light: [Drooling Face] Hey, handsome boy, if you serve me well, I''ll let you enjoy a good life. You can eat whatever you want and have numerous nice clothes. [Nearby] Bluegreen-Clad: Okay, what do you want me to do, honey? Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang was so surprised that she immediately threw her mouse away. Flowing Light: Ah, when did you come back? Bluegreen-Clad: When you came to hug me. Flowing Light: ... Why did you remain silent all the time? Bluegreen-Clad: I saw that you were having so much fun, so I didn''t want to disturb you. Flowing Light: = = Bluegreen-Clad: Honey, I''ve upgraded your sword to seven-star level and all the Magic Stones on it to +5. It''s not easy to upgrade a golden weapon''s star level. You take it now. Tomorrow I''ll log into you account and continue to upgrade it for you. Game Message: Player Bluegreen-Clad gives you a Yellow Spring Sword. It was a level-90 Yellow Spring Sword. Zheng Xiaoguang believed that Bluegreen-Clad must have spent some money to refine it, as its offensive force was exceptionally strong. The moment her character Flowing Light was equipped with this seven-star sword with offensive magic stones embedded on it, her offensive force increased rapidly. "How come I suddenly got such a god-like husband? No wonder some other girls wanted to kill me and frame me. I must''ve courted too much envy by marrying him," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. Flowing Light: Thank you. Bluegreen-Clad: You''re welcome, honey. What''s mine is yours. Do you feel better now? Flowing Light: Uhm? Bluegreen-Clad: The last time I called you, you did not sound very happy. As I can''t stay by your side to comfort you, I think maybe you''ll feel happy upon seeing this Yellow Spring Sword. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought of many things. She thought of one of her blind dates before. During the date, the man who was only about 162 centimeters tall looked up at her and said, "I ask very little of my future wife. If you can buy a car for us, I''ll agree to marry you." Zheng Xiaoguang who was 167 centimeters tall replied, "I ask very little of my future husband. I just want him to be taller than me." ... She thought of a young man, a music student that she had met a few times. Once when she met with him and his mother, the young man said to her, "Alas, how can I become a businessman? I don''t want to go around asking for help everywhere. And I''m really tired of being a tuner. I don''t want to do this job any longer. What? To take the Civil Servants Examination? No, I''ve just finished my college education and I don''t want to hit the books anymore. I''m a college graduate, although I''ve just graduated and don''t have much experience. I think I should start by working as some supervisor. As to my driving license, oh no, I don''t want to go to practice because the weather is really hot..." The young man''s mother said to Zheng Xiaoguang, "A man will grow up and work hard after getting married. That''s why we want to find a wife for him now. To tell you the truth, many young women, including girls aged 17 or 18, like my son and think that he looks attractive." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang replied smilingly, "Wow, the competition is really fierce, so I think I''d better quit now." ... After having quite a lot of failed blind dates, she did not even bother to have a serious talk with her date anymore. Once her date wanted to talk to her about some serious matters, she would start talking about games to drive him away. She had not mentioned anything about games during her previous blind date with Tong Xiangyang, but he did not seem to like her either. When she thought back to these failed blind dates, she wondered, "Maybe, I won''t be able to find a husband my whole life." She did not feel sad or happy about that. She was really surprised that Bluegreen-Clad had keenly perceived her emotional vulnerability that night. This sever-star Yellow Spring Sword with Magic Stone +5 embedded on it cost at least 3,000 or 4,000 yuan nowadays, but he just gave it to her to make her happy. Even her big brother Blooming Pear Tree had never given her such an expensive gift. Zheng Xiaoguang sighed and said, "Although I said that I would accept all your gifts, you''ve spent too much money on these gifts recently. It isn''t worth it." Bluegreen-Clad said solemnly, "I think my wife can have anything in this game. It''s not a big deal. Why is it not worth it?" Suddenly, Zheng Xiaoguang became interested in him and began to wonder, "What does this Bluegreen-Clad really look like? Last time, when I told him that I liked his voice, he said that he was 28. Does he wear a pair of glasses? How tall is he? Is his skin white as milk? Is he fat or slim..." Zheng Xiaoguang could not help imagining his looks. As such, she deliberately said, "No, I''m still not happy." "So what should I do to make my wife happy?" Bluegreen-Clad asked. She chuckled and said, "I want to know what you really look like." Chapter 21 The Real Look of the God-like Player Zheng Xiaoguang regretted what she had said the moment she finished the sentence. No matter how much a couple was in love in a game, they would probably break up upon meeting each other in the real world. Sometimes, they were so disappointed by each other''s real appearance that they would get divorced in the game and refuse to talk to each other in the game again. Zheng Xiaoguang had heard many such sad stories. She thought worriedly, "If I find out that Bluegreen-Clad is actually an ugly guy, will I feel disgusted or embarrassed upon meeting him again in the game? Besides, I''ve never planned to make friends with him or date him in the real world. Why did I have to put up such a meaningless, stupid request? I''ve already told Bluegreen-Clad that I want to know what he really looks like. And I can''t retrieve my words now. Oh no, I''m so stupid." "Do you really want to know what I look like, honey?" Bluegreen-Clad replied. Zheng Xiaoguang, who had not yet made up her mind, felt intrigued and very tempted again. "I''ll add your QQ and send my photo to you, okay?" said Bluegreen-Clad. "How come he promised me so readily?" Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised and gave her QQ number to him without thinking too much. The next moment, she felt hesitant again. "Forget about it. It''s not a very important thing for me to know what you really look like," she gritted her teeth and said to Bluegreen-Clad on QQ. Meanwhile, she thought, "Now everything is good enough for us. I don''t want to ruin it all." Bluegreen-Clad: "Ahem, I''ve already sent it to you." Upon seeing the flashing QQ message, she could not help but click it. She felt that her heart was racing, and this feeling somehow reminded her how she had felt back in the school when the exam results had been released. When she clicked open the photo, she was nearly moved to tears. This was not because Bluegreen-Clad was ugly but because he was a super-cute guy. Zheng Xiaoguang carefully looked at the photo again. It showed a young man standing on a grassland with a white labrador lying down beside him. The young man had clear facial complexion. He wore a white shirt and a pair of gray jeans. He looked about 1.8 meters tall and had a good figure. He was not thin or fat, but it was hard to tell whether he was muscular, as most of his body was covered by clothes. The photo looked clear and sharp. Zheng Xiaoguang could see a few wisps of hair hanging over his forehead. As he did not wear glasses, she could see his dark chestnut brown eyes clearly. He had a heart-shaped face and his lips, which were not thick or thin, looked quite kissable. She exclaimed in her heart, "Wow, I bet someone guys will go to find their cosmetic surgeons with this photo in hand and claim that they want to have this face! "The god-like player turns out to be a handsome young man. Am I dreaming? Do I need to bite my own arm to wake myself up? If this is not a dream, it must be some dumb luck. "Ah, no, no, no, it''s good luck." In the meantime, Bluegreen-Clad wondered, "Why does she remain silent after receiving my photo?" He felt somewhat nervous and said, "Honey?" Zheng Xiaoguang finally remembered that she should say something at this moment. "Ah, your dog looks cute." Meanwhile, she mocked herself in her heart, "Uhm~ why did I say this? Well, I really like dogs and always want to keep one, but how can I say this at such a moment?" "Yes, it''s very cute," Bluegreen-Clad replied while thinking, "What? She only thinks that my dog is cute?" Zheng Xiaoguang took a deep breath and planned to ask him whether the young man in the photo was himself. Nevertheless, the next moment, she asked, "Can I see your dog?" Meanwhile, she thought, "Oh, come on, just slap me hard and kill me." Bluegreen-Clad felt a little helpless and replied, "It went out to play. I''ll let you see it next time." "It went out to play?" Zheng Xiaoguang became somewhat suspicious and thought, "No one will let a labrador go out to play by itself. Besides, it''s getting late. It''ll become a target for dog thieves. "Did Bluegreen-Clad sent me someone else''s photo? As he''s not the young man in the photo and doesn''t have that dog, he could only tell me that this dog went out to play. "Usually, if a person looks alright, he or she will just use some software to beautify his or her selfie before sending it to another person, No one will pretend to be some other good-looking person in a photo unless he or she is really... ugly. "Well, if Bluegreen-Clad is really such a super-cute guy, he should spend the night with his girlfriend instead of playing some online game here." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang even began to pity him. "Alas, fate is always cruel. No one can have a perfect life." "Well, then forget about it." Zheng Xiaoguang said tentatively, "Actually, appearance is not very important, hah-hah." Bluegreen-Clad did not really understand what she meant. He just looked at the clock and then advised her to go to bed early. When Zheng Xiaoguang went to sleep, someone opened Bluegreen-Clad''s door. He looked up and said, "Yue, did you bring Xunxun back?" Lu Mingyue looked down at the labrador, who kept rubbing itself against her calf, and said, "Yes, Xunxun ate a lot recently. I walked it around for quite a long time. It got so excited that it almost didn''t want to come back." "Xunxun, come here," Bluegreen-Clad stretched out his hand to the labrador. Upon seeing that, the labrador immediately left Lu Mingyue and threw itself into Bluegreen-Clad''s arms. It kept wiggling and licking his hands in his arms. Lu Mingyue twitched her lips and said, "It''s getting late. Are you hungry? Do you want me to order some food for you?" Bluegreen-Clad shook his head and said, "No, you can go to sleep now." "Well, okay, if you''re hungry, you can go to the kitchen to get the noodles I bought for you. It''s late. You''d better go to bed earlier," Lu Mingyue yawned and said. She felt very sleepy. If Xunxun had not been so excited, she would''ve returned a long time ago. "My company is going to launch a new advertising campaign. I need to review the proposal tonight. I''ll go to sleep when I finish it." The next moment, Bluegreen-Clad thought of something and asked his sister, "Yue, do you girls like the way I look? Who you like better, me or Xunxun?" "Huh?" Lu Mingyue looked at the handsome face of Bluegreen-Clad and felt really surprised that he would ask her such a question. She wondered, "He''s such a handsome young man. Every girl will like him. As for Xunxun, it''s a dog. Why did he ask me to choose between him and a dog?" Bluegreen-Clad felt somewhat awkward too and added, "It''s nothing. I''m just curious. You can go to sleep now." "No, there must be something." Lu Mingyue touched her chin and asked, "Do you meet a girl you like?" Bluegreen-Clad remained silent. Lu Mingyue chuckled and said, "Is she the girl you met in the game? Haven''t you married her in the game? What else are you thinking about?" Bluegreen-Clad sighed secretly, "But Flowing Light seems to think Xunxun looks more attractive than me, and..." He sighed and said, "She told me that I can divorce her when I meet someone I like in the future." "Whew, looks like your wife is always ready to leave you," Lu Mingyue teased her brother, "I never expect you, who have many secret admirers since childhood, to have such troubles." Bluegreen-Clad frowned and said, "Come on, sis." Lu Mingyue shrugged her shoulders and said, "Alright, I''ll stop teasing you. Based on what I''ve seen these days, she''s a good girl. I can accept that she becomes my sister-in-law. You can just continue to chase after her." With these words, she turned around, walked out of his room, and closed the door for him. After Lu Mingyue''s departure, Bluegreen-Clad picked Xunxun up and said, "Xunxun, you gain weight again." Xunxun stuck out its tongue, trying to lick his face. Upon seeing that, he immediately raised his hand to stop it. It whined a little after that. Bluegreen-Clad put it down and sighed, "Alas, I failed to outshine you today. I''ll send her a photo showing only me next time and won''t let her see you again." Xunxun came up to rub itself against his legs. "Woof, woof~" "What? Are you saying that you don''t like this idea?" Bluegreen-Clad bent down to touch Xunxun''s head and said, "You know what. She didn''t send me her photo, but I found one on her QQ. She looks cute just like I''ve imagined. If she gets dressed in a real female doctor professional suit, she''ll look even cuter. Given this, I should approve this advertising campaign." With these words, he sat up, opened the proposal on his desk, and signed his name¡ªLu Mingxuan. Chapter 22 Never Let Her Off "Be careful, Bluegreen-Clad. You spend so much money for your wife. Don''t you worry about being cheated on?" This rumor from a hidden ID was actually sent out by Venus Will Cry. The moment she sent it out, she felt that her heart was racing. Nevertheless, Bluegreen-Clad did not react the way she had expected. He just said, "I''m happy to give all these things to my wife." She fixed her eyes on the Public Chat message and remembered what Son of Heaven had told her. According to him, the Yellow Spring Spirit used to forge this Yellow Spring Sword had been unlocked by Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light. Venus held her mouse with a trembling hand as she thought, "I was the one who was supposed to become Bluegreen-Clad''s wife. I''ve put in a lot of effort into gaining the gang members'' recognition. "Every time a gang member needed my help, I would just rise to the occasion. Every time I lent gold ingots to them, I would not urge them to repay the debts. When most of the gang members didn''t care much their equipment, I managed to collect a complete set of seven-star equipment just in order to become a strong doctor, who could team up with Bluegreen-Clad. "When I became the doctor who had the best equipment and the highest level in the gang, Bluegreen-Clad finally noticed me. He would team up with me every time he needed a doctor. "I believed that we were close enough and all I had to do was to wait for him to propose to me. Suddenly, he married Flowing Light from the Matchless! He even chooses her instead of me to team up with himself to play the game now. "On that day, when I saw Flowing Light propose to Bluegreen-Clad on the Public Chat channel, I believed that he would turn her down just as he had done to the other girls who had proposed to him. However, he said yes to her. They even got married and held a wedding ceremony on that very night." Venus Will Cry had stood quietly in front of the temple of the matchmaking god and watched Bluegreen-Clad getting married to Flowing Light. Back then, he had been dressed in red clothes and surrounded by joyful music and numerous gift flowers. That scene had broken her heart. "It should''ve been me. Bluegreen-Clad is mine. Why did this Flowing Light suddenly pop out from nowhere and snatch him away from me? I''ll never let her off," thought Venus Will Cry. Although she failed to win Bluegreen-Clad''s favor in the game, members of the League of Strong Families still remembered her good deeds and thought highly of her. Given this, she deliberately pretended to be the victim to make the other gang members pity her. As a result, when Flowing Light joined the gang, she was not received warmly by the gang members. After that, Venus incited her best friend Baby520 to kill Flowing Light. Baby520 was an impetuous person and had once received lots of help from Venus. As such, it was easy for Venus to manipulate Baby520, and everything went smoothly for her in the beginning. She hoped to incite a war between the League of Strong Families and the Matchless to embarrass Flowing Light, but she never expected Bluegreen-Clad to resolve the conflict so efficiently. After this incident, the alliance with the two gangs was actually further enhanced. After that failed attempt, Venus still refused to give up and used the simple-minded Little Girl to set up Flowing Light again. When Little Girl accused Flowing Light of snatching monsters from her team and showed the evidence to everyone, Flowing Light was clearly at a disadvantage. However, just when Venus was about to succeed, Bluegreen-Clad spoke up and proved that Flowing Light was innocent. Afterwards when Bluegreen-Clad''s team unlocked a purple necklace, Venus managed to get Son of Heaven to give the necklace to her instead of Flowing Light. She could have bought it from someone else, but she insisted on getting this one since it was unlocked by her gang boss Bluegreen-Clad. To her surprise, Flowing Light did not get upset or have a fight with Bluegreen-Clad because of this incident. Not long after that, she knew the reason. Bluegreen-Clad gave Flowing Light a better necklace. Today, he even gave her a Yellow Spring Sword! Venus was driven mad with jealousy. "Why does that Flowing Light get all these things? They should belong to me! If it was not for her, I would be the one that everyone felt envious of now." [Private Chat] Son of Heaven: Team up with me. Let''s go to unlock some purple equipment. "Huh, just purple equipment," Venus thought dejectedly upon seeing Son of Heaven''s message. She opened her friend list to find him and join his team. The moment she entered the team, she was surprised to find out that there was only Son of Heaven in the team. She asked tentatively, "Son of Heaven, why are you alone here? Didn''t you always team up with gang boss and his friends?" [Team Captain] Son of Heaven: Boss went to play with his wife. "So, Flowing Light, again." Venus tried her best to suppress her anger and said, "Our gang boss really adores his wife. I somehow feel that I''m made redundant in the gang now. Do you think so, Son of Heaven?" [Team Captain] Son of Heaven: You joined the gang long before Flowing Light. Who can make you redundant? [Team] Venus Will Cry: But everyone in the gang knows that gang boss and I used to... If I continue to stay inside the gang, I''m afraid that Flowing Light won''t feel happy. [Team Captain] Son of Heaven: If she''s such a mean girl, I think she doesn''t deserve our gang boss. Don''t be afraid. If she bullies you, I''ll help you out. [Team] Venus Will Cry: Thank you, Son of Heaven. You''re such a nice person. Venus knew that Son of Heaven liked her. She had first discovered this when Son of Heaven had decided to give that purple necklace to her instead of Flowing Light. Baby520 had discovered this too, as Son of Heaven had helped Venus and her team out many times to complete different missions. He never refused Venus. As one of Venus'' regular teammates, Baby520 felt grateful for Son of Heaven. She had once persuaded Venus to accept Son of Heaven''s love. "We''ve tried quite a few times, but Bluegreen-Clad still remains unmoved. I think you can change your mind and marry Son of Heaven. He always treats you very well. Why can''t you just forget about Bluegreen-Clad?" Venus perfectly understood what Baby520 meant. Now there were only three big gangs in Watery South, and the other small gangs had all allied themselves with different big gangs. The Sacred Temple was an enemy of the League of Strong Families. Blooming Pear Tree, gang boss of the Matchless and even his entire gang disdained her very much because of Flowing Light. If she refused to accept Son of Heaven after her failure to marry Bluegreen-Clad, she did not know where else she could find a good husband. Despite that, she still did not want to admit defeat and give up. Chapter 23 Han Meimei and Her sHusbands Because of Bluegreen-Clad, Zheng Xiaoguang quickly got familiar with Han Meimei and her "husband" Li Lei. Sometimes when Bluegreen-Clad was not around, they would gain levels together. Han Meimei and Li Lei had first met on the Internet, and Shiny Sky was the second online game that they had played together. As they lived far apart in the real world, they often dated online by playing the online game together. Li Lei and Han Meimei spent a lot of time in the game, but they were not eager to gain levels. As such, when Bluegreen-Clad was not online, Li Lei often handled affairs in the gang as the deputy boss of the League of Strong Families. As Li Lei and Han Meimei were names often seen on the Enlish textbooks, every time Zheng Xiaoguang saw their names, she would have the illusion of seeing them chatting with each other in Enligsh. "A: Hello! My name is Han Meimei. What is your name? "B: Hello! My name is Li Lei. "A: How are you? "B: Fine, thank you." "Well, that''s all I can remember. Sigh, I was never good at English back in school," Zheng Xiaoguang sighed secretly and covered her face with her hands in great embarrassment. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: Meimei, is there anything between that Venus and Bluegreen-Clad? Days ago, Zheng Xiaoguang had received a message from a hidden ID after receiving that Yellow Spring Sword from Bluegreen-Clad. The message told her that Bluegreen-Clad liked Venus. As she was new to the gang at that time, she did not know who to ask about this. Now Han Meimei and she were friends, she wanted this "insider" to tell her the truth. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: [Laugh Out Loud] I swear on my eight-star suit that there''s nothing between them! Han Meimei was a very straightforward girl. She was happy to tell Flowing Light everything to make her feel assured. According to Han Meimei, Bluegreen-Clad was always a well-principled man and never flirted with any girl in the game. "He''s highly skillful, well-equipped and always ready to help low-level players. He''s indeed a gold-like player," said Han Meimei. "There are quite a lot of rich guys in the game, but not all of them are "god-like" players. Our god-like Bluegreen-Clad is of course very attractive to girls. Many girls like to send out marriage-seeking messages on the Public Chat channel. Bluegreen-Clad would see girls propose to him almost every day. "There were times when Bluegreen-Clad got fed up with it and even refused to team up with girls. Gradually, he got a regular team and all his regular teammates are men except for me, a married girl. "When we reached high levels, we could not unlock anything by slaying monsters by ourselves. As such, we had to team up with some low-level players. Son of Heaven went to the gang and found Venus Will Cry. That''s why we usually teamed up with her before. "Bluegreen-Clad never said that he liked Venus. He even seldom talked to her. He would just ask her to slay a monster at the end of a fight. I don''t know who started this rumor about their relationship. It''s not true." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang put her palms together and exclaimed secretly, "My big brother Blooming Pear Tree, what did you do to get the god-like Bluegreen-Clad to agree to marry me? Anyway, thank you very much, big brother." Han Meimei did not seem to like Venus very much, as she said, "Many gang members think highly of this Venus. They even felt that it was unfair for her when Bluegreen-Clad married you. But in my opinion, this idea is quite ridiculous. "It''s said that Venus is a rich and generous girl. Those gang members who want to derive benefits from her will naturally speak for her and even extol her to the skies. They often say that she and Bluegreen-Clad are just meant for each other. "But I don''t think that they''re so well-matched. Does Bluegreen-Clad has to like a rich girl like her? That''s nonsense." Han Meimei hated Venus as this Venus always regarded herself as the "future wife of the gang boss". There were times when she nearly quarrelled with Venus. At such times, Li Lei would stop her and ask her to let the gang boss take care of it. Han Meimei disliked Venus'' friends either, such as Baby520. "Bluegreen-Clad never promised to marry Venus. Why do she and her friends always act as if she is betrayed by the gang boss?" thought Han Meimei. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: It seems to me that you don''t like that Venus very much. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: Come on, you know what a kind of person she is. She always pretends to be a nice person. Do you remember what she said to Little Girl? She''s such a hypocrite. She can only delude some over-compassionate guys and simple-minded girls into pitying her. Her tricks can never work on me. Be careful when dealing with her. Don''t get cheated by her. I think Bluegreen-Clad is a very reliable guy. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: Uhm, I think Bluegreen-Clad is a great guy too. Sometimes, the friendship between girls is very strange. Once they hate the same person, they will become friends. When Zheng Xiaoguang and Han Meimei found out that they both hated Venus Will Cry, their friendship was further enhanced. According to Han Meimei, Bluegreen-Clad''s regular teammates were Son of Heaven, Li Lei and herself. She said that Bluegreen-Clad had often played the game together with an assassin a long time ago, but that assassin had disappeared for a long time. As Son of Heaven often went to play tomb instance nowadays, only Bluegreen-Clad, Flowing Light, Li Lei and Han Meimei would usually team up to gain levels at some level 95 regions on the map. For a couple, they would gain more "relationship points" by gaining levels and slaying monsters together. Once their "relationship points" were high enough, they would gain some very special and practical "couple skills", such as resurrecting and adding blood for each other. When a couple''s relationship points reached 100,000, they would be able to get another special couple skill, which was to have a baby. Han Meimai and Li Lei were working hard toward that goal and often talked about their plan to have a baby. [Team] Han Meimei: Hah-hah, honey, we''ll be able to have a baby after getting 10,000 more relationship points! [Team] Li Lei: Uhm, when you give birth to a child, we can ask Bluegreen-Clad and the other friends for red money. [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: Do you guys forget that I''m also married now? [Team] Flowing Light: What? Do you plan to ask me to give birth to a baby... [Team] Han Meimei: Yeah, that''s a great idea. We can have babies together and let our children get engaged. Similar to pregnancy and childbirth experiences in real life, pregnancy and childbirth in the game were very troublesome things for a girl. Once a female player was pregnant, both her offensive and defensive capabilities would be drastically decreased by the system. Pregnant female players might even suffer miscarriages when fighting monsters. As such, pregnant girls could only sit on the floor and watch her teammates play in the game. When a pregnant player was about to give birth, she would become extremely fragile, and once she got killed, she would lose her baby. She had to be extra careful during this period of time. Shiny Sky players often said that if you wanted to make sure if your wife love you enough, you should ask her whether she was willing to have a baby with you. Bluegreen-Clad: Honey, do you want to have a baby with me? Flowing Light: ... You''d better buy a house first. Shiny Sky had put a lot of efforts into setting up rules to make money. If a couple in the game wanted to have a baby, they had to not only accumulate 100,000 relationship points but also buy a house. Bluegreen-Clad: Rest assured, honey. I''ll prepare a nice home for you and our baby. Chapter 24 A Siege Battle Before Flowing Light and Bluegreen-Clad began planning details for their future, they were told that their gang finally got permitted to fight a siege battle. Thus Han Meimei was required that she could not get pregnant before the end of this week. The most prosperous place on the map of Shiny Sky was the domain of the Celestial Dynasty. The Celestial Dynasty was surrounded by four cities: Azure Dragon City of the east, White Tiger City of the west, Black Tortoise City of the north and Vermilion Bird City of the south. A gang had to apply two days in advance to get permission to attack a city. Once the gang succeeded in seizing the city, its gang boss would become the city governor, and the gang would receive a lot of rewards. A gang could choose to attack an unowned city, which had never been occupied by any gang before, by defeating the garrison government there. It could also choose to take another gang''s city by defeating that gang. Bluegreen-Clad chose Vermilion Bird City as his target, which was currently occupied by the Sacred Temple. The Sacred Temple was the common enemy of the Matchless and the League of Strong Families now. They had been at loggerheads since Bluegreen-Clad and Blooming Pear Tree had been ambushed by the Sacred Temple. The first city that the Sacred Temple had seized was Azure Dragon City, which was occupied by Blooming Pear Tree''s gang now. The Sacred Temple had tried twice to recapture Azure Dragon City but failed. After that, the left to occupy Vermilion Bird City. They thought they could finally enjoy some peace as the Matchless had to guard Azure Dragon City and did not have time to attack them now. To their surprise, Bluegreen-Clad, gang boss of the League of Strong Families, challenged them to a battle again. It would be super humiliating for their gang boss Sacred Temple¥áCloud to fail to defend his city again. As such, he required all his gang members to defend the city, and if any of them refuse to join the battle, he would kick them out of his gang. When Bluegreen-Clad told his gang members that they were going to siege the Sacred Temple''s city this weekend, everybody was thrilled. They had fought against the members of the Sacred Temple for many times and felt very confident of winning the siege battle. Besides, most of them were free during the weekend and could focus on fighting this battle. They had only two days to get prepared for the siege battle. As Bluegreen-Clad was not often online, Li Lei was put in charge of the pre-war preparation and busy collecting pills everywhere. As the gang was afraid that some spies would be planted in the gang before the battle, it stopped recruiting new members during these two days. On the weekend, when Bluegreen-Clad brought all his gang members to his gang channel on YY, the chatroom became very noisy with voices. After quieting his gang member down, Bluegreen-Clad began to deploy his troops. According to the strengths of different professions, Bluegreen-Clad put them into different teams to make sure that each team had strong magical and non-magical offensive forces and at least a doctor to take care of the entire team. As doctors were not endowed with great offensive forces, most of the time, they just assisted their teammates in battles. As Flowing Light had reached level 95, she was put on Bluegreen-Clad''s team to heal and add blood for Bluegreen-Clad, Han Meimei, Li Lei and Son of Heaven. When Bluegreen-Clad finished deploying the troops, Li Lei gave each team some pills, which could be used to improve the team members'' health, magic power upper limits, defensive and offensive magics, and non-magical defensive and offensive forces. Vermilion Bird City had three city gates, which led to three different Vermilion Bird Terraces. Once the attacking troops captured a terrace, they would be able to unlock a key. When they gathered three keys, they would be able to open the gate leading to the main hall of the Vermilion Bird City. Once they entered the main hall and drove all the defending troops out of it, their gang boss would occupy the city through the NPC in the hall. As Bluegreen-Clad''s team was the main strength of the troops, it was put in charge of breaking through the front gate of the city and attracting the attention of the Sacred Temple members. As every player knew the strengths and weaknesses of different professions very well, every team placed the fragile summoners and doctors at the rear of its formation, magicians in the middle and warriors and archers at the front. Assassins would usually lie in wait near their teams. In this way, members of a team could protect and cooperate with one another well. As Zheng Xiaoguang had fought many battles together with her big brother Blooming Pear Tree before, she was experienced and knew for sure what she should do in a battle. To win a battle, the gang members had to trust and cooperate with one another. As a doctor, she would have to run around to add blood for her fellow gang members and help them combat Negative Effects. Once she had a chance, she could use one of her Area Effect skills to slay some enemies with poison. Soon enough, the gang channel on YY was filled with exciting news. In order to let everyone hear Bluegreen-Clad''s orders clearly, only he could use the mic of the channel. The other gang members could only send out text messages. A warrior named Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze reported on the situation of the left city gate: Boss, we''ve reached the left Vermilion Bird Terrace. The Sacred Temple''s deputy gang boss Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City is defending the terrace. They keep us away from the key by launching Area Effect attacks on us repeatedly. "Try to disarm that Empty City and ask your doctor to unlock the key under the ''eggshell''¢Ù," Bluegreen-Clad said calmly. "How is everything going with you guys on the right terrace?" An assassin named One-inch Monk reported: Still fighting, f*ck, that summoner has so many Negative Effect skills. "Ask your magician to transform that summoner into a fox¢Ú, and you guys have to take this chance to slay their doctor." Bluegreen-Clad remained collected and composed while instructing his gang members to unlock the keys at the Vermilion Bird Terraces. Soon enough, they received a game message which said, "The left Vermilion Bird Terrace is captured. The right Vermilion Bird Terrace is captured." Now, only the middle Vermilion Bird Terrace was still in the hands of the Sacred Temple, so the Sacred Temple members flocked to the middle terrace to defend it. Members of the League of Strong Families also gathered in the middle terrace to fight against the Sacred Temple. As there were so many players gather together, the images began to stutter. During this melee, many doctors got killed and kicked out of the city. One-inch Monk: F*ck, our doctor is slain. We need a doctor to help us combat the Negative Effects. It''ll cost a summoner so much magical power to do so. Zheng Xiaoguang: Give me your coordinates. A female doctor named Nine-Tailed Red Fox: What should we do now? Once we get kicked out of the city, it''ll be hard for us to enter the city again. Flowing Light: Don''t worry. Doctors who got kicked out don''t enter the city through the front gate. Most of us gather at the left Vermilion Bird Terrace now. Try your best to break into the city through the left gate. We will receive you guys at the left gate. Upon seeing that, Bluegreen-Clad said, "All the doctors outside the city follow Flowing Light''s lead." Venus Will Cry had gotten killed and kicked out just now. When she was trying to break into the city again with the other doctors, an assassin named Shallow Sleep lying in wait nearby ambushed her. She lost one third of her blood and was muted by the assassin. Within the next five seconds, she could not use any of her skills. When she thought she was going to die again, Flowing Light popped out and emitted a beam of green light toward her to give her 2,500 points of blood. Upon seeing that, Shallow Sleep came at Flowing Light. As Flowing Light was well-equipped now, even a doctor''s nemesis, an assassin, could hardly slay her with one strike. She used her skill to batter Shallow Sleep unconscious the moment she met the assassin. As the unconscious assassin could not move, Shallow Sleep quickly got slain by the members of the League of Strong Families. In the meantime, Bluegreen-Clad finally got the third key inside the city and opened the gate of the main hall. A game message was automatically sent out to inform everyone of this event. Most members of the League of Strong Families rushed into the main hall together with their gang boss, and Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze led a few teams to guard the gate. Li Lei and Han Meimei used their Area Effect skills to slay all the Sacred Temple''s assassins who were hiding inside the hall. The wife of the Sacred Temple''s gang boss was really useless. She even failed to break through the gate of the hall. As such, the Sacred Temple''s gang boss Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top was left alone in the hall. Note: ¢ÙEggshell: Eggshell is a nickname for the doctor''s defensive cover "Moonlight". ¢ÚTo transform someone into a fox: A magician can transform a character into a small animal to stop him or her from using any skill, and this transformation will increase the character''s speed and defensive force. Chapter 25 Do You Dare to Duel with Me? All the players listed in the power ranking of the game were highly-skillful, and Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top was only second to Bluegreen-Clad on the ranking. Nevertheless, in a gang war, no matter how capable an individual was, he or she could never win the battle on his or her own. For example, in a duel, Zheng Xiaoguang would never be able to slay the assassin named Shallow Sleep, who was exceptionally fast and aggressive. However, she had killed Shallow Sleep for three times just now with the help of her fellow gang members. Bluegreen-Clad had also used this crowd tactic to suppress the very powerful summoner called Bitter Tea. He had picked several assassins and warriors and sent them to surround and attack Bitter Tea. By doing so, he had successfully stopped the summoner from getting close to the main hall. During gang wars, individual skills and strengths were not as important as tactics and teamwork. Although Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top had succeeded in breaking into the main hall, he could never defeat so many members of the League of Strong Families by himself now, not to mention that these members were the strongest players of the League of Strong Families. [Nearby] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: Bluegreen-Clad, don''t you feel ashamed of yourself for defeating me with the help of a group of people? Do you dare to duel with me? If I lose, the Sacred Temple will give up the city. If you lose, you have to leave this city with all the members of the League of Strong Families and promise to never come back again. Generally speaking, Bluegreen-Clad did not need to grant this ridiculous request from Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top at all. With the help of his fellow gang members, he could easily slew Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top and capture Vermilion Bird City. He did not need to feel ashamed about that, as this was a battle between two gangs not a fight between two players. Nevertheless, Bluegreen-Clad promised him. [Nearby] Bluegreen-Clad: Alright, I''ll duel with you, but if you lose, I won''t make you promise to never come back again. Everyone was surprised and thought, "Wow, our god-like Bluegreen-Clad is so confident. He was telling Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top that he was not afraid of fighting him one-on-one or fighting another gang war against him." Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top was irritated and used his archer skill "Hail of Arrows" to attack Bluegreen-Clad. The gang members who stood close to Bluegreen-Clad got accidentally wounded but they just withdrew instead of fighting back, since their gang boss had promised to fight Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top one-on-one. When Zheng Xiaoguang went to add blood for the wounded gang members who were injured by the "Hail of Arrows", she saw Bluegreen-Clad transform Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top into a fox which quickly began fleeing with its tail between its legs. As the main hall was not very spacious, Bluegreen-Clad quickly caught up with Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top and used his skill "Cold Bone" to injure him, making him lose more than half of his blood. Upon seeing that Critical Damage, everyone was surprised and thought that Bluegreen-Clad must have added some Critical Damage Magic Stones to his weapon. When Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top transformed back into an archer, he did not have much blood left. He attacked Bluegreen-Clad using his single attack skill called "Precise Long-range Shot". By doing so, he would seldom miss his target and would be able to cause severe damage. To his surprise, Bluegreen-Clad managed to dodge the attack and then slew him with an advanced magician skill before he could be able to launch another attack. Everyone was stunned by the speed of the god-like Bluegreen-Clad. Upon seeing Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top being slain by their gang boss, members of the League of Strong Families were thrilled and sent numerous congratulation messages to him. [Gang] One-inch Monk: Boss, I''m so impressed that I even want to kow-tow to you now. [Gang] Big Fish Eats Small Fish: Boss, I admire no one but you. [Gang] Li Lei: Now you guys know why Bluegreen-Clad can become our gang boss even when he doesn''t manage the gang very often. He''s the peerless ace of our gang, our trump card. [Gang] Thump-thump-thump: Boss, I want to have a baby with you. [Gang] Small Fish Eats Small Shrimp: Thump-thump-thump can never have a baby. He''s a man. Flowing Light, just ignore this gay man. [Gang] Flowing Light: [Calm Face] It''s fun to have so many interesting gang members. There were still 10 minutes left for the siege battle, but the Sacred Temple did not come back during the 10 minutes. As such, Bluegreen-Clad quickly found the NPC and captured the city. Game Message: Congratulations to the League of Strong Families for capturing Vermilion Bird City of the Celestial Dynasty under the lead of their gang boss Bluegreen-Clad. Let''s cheer for them! The system had sent the message to all the channels for ten times. Bluegreen-Clad changed the settings on his YY gang channel to let everyone have a chance to speak. "It feels so f*cking great!" One-inch Monk laughed out loud and then added, "Our gang boss is fierce, and thank you very much, Flowing Light." Compared to their always trustworthy gang boss, the gang members were actually more impressed by Flowing Light''s performance during the battle. She had not only managed to take care of Bluegreen-Clad but also helped the other gang members such as One-inch Monk a lot. Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze echoed. "Yes, yes, Flowing Light is great. Our gang boss did marry a right person. Hah-hah." A female doctor also echoed. "Yes, Flowing Light. You''re a fierce doctor." The gang members who had not liked Flowing Light very much before gradually accepted her as their new friend. They thought, "Our gang boss was right. No matter where Flowing Light comes from, she''s one of us now." Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but admire Bluegreen-Clad even more while seeing the gang burst into cheers. She thought, "Bluegreen-Clad is always such a great guy. He''s good at fighting a duel and commanding a battle. And he''s very..." [Private Chat] You talk to Bluegreen-Clad: Did you deliberately wait for me to become well-equipped enough for this siege battle? [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad talks to you: Honey, you''re really smart. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "I''ve guessed right. "Since joining the League of Strong Families, I''ve seldom had a chance to make friends with the other gang members except for Han Meimei and her husband. In the beginning, they didn''t like me very much and even treated me as an outsider. "I felt quite helpless at that time. I was a new member in this gang and before joining this gang, the Matchless and the League of Strong Families often fought against each other. Besides, back then, my level was low and my equipment was not good enough. It was indeed hard for the members of the League of Strong Families to accept me as their gang boss''s wife. "I thought that Bluegreen-Clad never gave much thought to my adverse situation, but now it turns out that I was wrong. The reason he worked so hard to unlock level-85 purple equipment and to forge Yellow Spring Sword for me was that he planned to let me impress the other gang members during the siege battle. They wanted me to take this chance to gain their recognition." Bluegreen-Clad''s plan worked. After the siege battle, more and more gang members liked to make friends with Flowing Light instead of Venus Will Cry. Female doctors in the gang often asked Flowing Light how to gain levels, complete missions and forge equipment. [Gang] Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Flowing Light, can you tell me how you''ve forged your Magic Stones? I discovered during the siege battle that you could provide much more blood than me. [Gang] June: Yes, yes. I nearly got slain by Bitter Tea from the Sacred Temple during the battle. It was Flowing Light who added blood for me in time to save me. At such times, some gang member would feel displeased and retort bitterly. [Gang] Little Girl: Humph, she''s fierce because of the top-notch equipment that our gang boss has forged for her. Do you guys really believe that she can teach you anything? She''s only able to teach you how to seduce a god-like player. Zheng Xiaoguang usually chose to ignore her to avoid quarreling with this simple-minded girl. She just explained all the details for the female doctors who needed her help. [Gang] Flowing Light: Yes, our gang boss forged the equipment for me, but I can tell you the secret tricks. You can add Critical Damage and the other offensive Magic Stones to your weapon and necklace and add blood-adding and defensive Magic Stones to your clothes and other equipment. [Gang] June: Critical Damage? [Gang] Flowing Light: Yes. Doctors are endowed with great defensive magics, but compared to magicians and summoners, our offensive magics are much weaker. Once you add some Critical Damage Magic Stones to your weapon and necklace, your offensive force will be increased by several times. With the help of those stones, you can cause Critical Damage once every two times you strike and you''ll be able to provide more blood and contribute more to the team. As for our defensive force, we just need some non-magical defensive stones to incease our originally low non-magical defensive force. [Gang] Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Oh, I see. [Gang] Flowing Light: I''m not very professional, but I can tell you all that I know. So just feel free to ask me. [Gang] Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Great, thank you, Flowing Light! Gradually, Flowing Light became increasingly popular in the League of Strong Families, and Little Girl and Venus Will Cry who always hid behind Little Girl became silent on the gang channel. Chapter 26 Hypocrisy Vine Flower: Sister Venus, look at that Flowing Light. She really considers herself as the first lady of our gang now. Venus frowned slightly upon seeing the message on her team channel. Venus Will Cry: She''s indeed the first lady of our gang now. Vine Flower: What? In my eyes, only you''re qualified to be the first lady of our gang, sister Venus! That Flowing Light is so shameless. She stole your fiance. What a b*tch! Little Girl: Yes. I really don''t understand why our gang boss chose to marry her. Bluegreen Belt: Maybe she''s a prostitute from some hotel. Such girls are good at seducing guys. Little Girl, Vine Flower and Bluegreen Belt were Venus'' regular teammates. As Venus was always generous to them and denied them nothing, they always spoke for her in the gang. Even in front of her regular teammates, Venus still liked to pretend to be a nice person. Venus Will Cry: Well, stop talking nonsense. As our gang boss chose to marry her, she cannot be a bad girl. Bluegreen Belt: How can you be so sure? If our gang boss had not chosen to ally himself with the Matchless, he would''ve never married that Flowing Light. Vine Flower: Yes, yes! Flowing Light is such a shameless b*tch! She knew that our gang boss had a fianc¨¦e but still married him. Venus Will Cry: I know that you want me to marry our gang boss, but now he''s married to Flowing Light. I hope that you''ll stop talking about this matter in the future. Upon seeing that, Vine Flower and Bluegreen Belt fell silent. The straightforward Little Girl felt dejected and began to complain. Little Girl: Yeah, you''re right. No matter what we say, we can''t change the fact now. Venus did not really want to stop Little Girl and the other regular teammates from acting against Flowing Light, so she deliberately said something to stimulate them. Venus Will Cry: I''m not afraid of being elbowed out by Flowing Light, but I''m afraid that she''ll crowd you out. You''re my good friends. I really don''t want to get you to be kicked out of the League of Strong Families because of me. Just as she had expected, Little Girl was irritated upon seeing that and said: Humph, I''m not afraid of that Flowing Light at all! If she really elbows you out, we''ll leave together with you. Bluegreen Belt: Little Girl, calm down. Now in Watery South, only the League of Strong Families, the Matchless and the Sacred Temple are able to slay World Bosses. Once we leave the League of Strong Families, how can we slay those World Bosses to unlock the equipment and materials! Vine Flower: That''s right. I got all my level-85 purple equipment with the help of the god-like players in the gang. It would''ve taken us a long time to collect all the equipment by ourselves... Little Girl: But how can we swallow such insult and humiliation silently? Bluegreen Belt: I''m not saying that we should swallow the insult and humiliation silently. I just think that Flowing Light should be kicked out of the gang. We''ve stayed in the gang for such a long time. Why do we have to leave? Little Girl: How can the gang boss kick her out? He protects her all the time. Bluegreen Belt: A shameless b*tch like her will make mistakes someday. Let''s just keep a close watch on her. Although Venus felt pleased while watching her teammates slandering Flowing Light, she still hypocritically stopped them by saying: I know that you girls care about me. Bluegreen Belt, I heard that you need a level-5 blood-adding Magic Stone? I happen to have one in my warehouse. I''ll give it to you later. Bluegreen Belt: Really? Thank you, Venus. You''re the kindest person in the gang, unlike that Flowing Light, who only give some so-called advice to June and the other girls. Venus did not say anything. She took out a Forging Stone and some Guarantee Talismans out of her backpack and gave them to Vine Flower. Venus Will Cry: Hey, Flower, I discovered that you lost a star¢Ù when forging your weapon. The next time when you don''t have enough Guarantee Talismans, you can send a message to me. These Guarantee Talismans are all that I have now. Take them and hurriedly get that one-star level back. Vine Flower was excited upon receiving the Guarantee Talismans from Venus. Vine Flower: Thank you so much, sister Venus. You''re a perfect goddess in my heart~ It''s such a pity that our gang boss is seduced by that Flowing Light b*tch. He''s really stupid to marry her. Sister Venus, how can you remain unmoved upon seeing her acting as the first lady of our gang? Venus Will Cry: Flower, don''t blame our gang boss for that. He had no choice. And I... I knew that he just wanted the League of Strong Families to become the strongest gang in this zone. As such, I don''t want to act against Flowing Light to embarrass him or to undermine the alliance between us and the Matchless. Little Girl: Hum, why do we have to ally ourselves with the Matchless and accept such a first lady from that gang? She must be a spy that the Matchless has planted in our gang! Venus Will Cry: Don''t talk like that, Little Girl. And don''t act so impulsively or do anything that Flowing Light can hold against you. Oh, I remember that you failed to unlock your purple belt last time. I''ll get in touch with Son of Heaven to ask if he has time to unlock the belt for you today. Little Girl: Really? That''s great. Thank you. Venus Will Cry: That''s alright. You''re my best friends. I''m happy to help you. After disbanding the team, Venus did not contact Son of Heaven but sent a message to Baby520. Venus Will Cry: Baby, are you there? Baby520: Yes. Venus Will Cry: Meet me at the warehouse in the main city. I''ll give you some Forging Stones and Guarantee Talismans. You still need a non-magical offensive stone, don''t you? I''ll give one to you. Baby 520: You''ve given me a lot of things before. Venus Will Cry: That''s alright. You''re my best friend in this game. Even Little Girl and the other regular teammates cannot compete with you. Because of me, you got kicked out of the League of Strong Families and hunted down by our gang boss. You even lost two pieces of equipment at that time. Therefore, I have to try my best to make it up for you. In the meantime, Venus thought, "Besides that, I''ll need you to help me in the future, Baby520." Venus was never a passive person. She avoided butting heads with Flowing Light now just to get well-prepared. Once she got a chance, she would use her friends to set Flowing Light up again. She planned to crush her once and for all. Note: ¢Ù To Lose a Star: Once a player fails to forge a piece of equipment into a higher star level with Forging Stones, the star level of this piece of equipment will be reduced. For example, a piece of three-star equipment may be reduced to a piece of two-star level equipment after a failed forging process. A player can use some Guarantee Talismans to avoid losing a star level during the forging process. As for the Forging Stones, once they are used in a forging process, they can never be retrieved after a failed forging process even if the player uses Guarantee Talisman. Chapter 27 The Top Assassin Now that members of the League of Strong Families were familiar with Flowing Light, they often invited her to play instances or complete missions together. [Gang] One-inch Monk: Flowing Light, we''re going to slay some level-95 monsters. Do you want to play with us? Even when Bluegreen-Clad was not online, and Han Meimei and Li Lei were in the safe zone (because Han Meimei got pregnant), Zheng Xiaoguang could still choose to team up with the other gang members . [Gang] Flowing Light: Okay, send me the invitation. The assassin named One-inch Monk quickly accepted Flowing Light into his team. The other three team members were a warrior named Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze, a doctor named Nine-Tailed Red Fox and an archer named Evely. [Team Captain] One-inch Monk: Let''s welcome the first lady of our gang to help us gain levels today. The other three members of the team immediately sent out a lot of clapping hands signs on the Team channel. Zheng Xiaoguang checked the levels of the team members. Most of them were still at level 90-95, but her character Flowing Light was at level 98 now. She thought,"Wow, I did gain levels faster than the others by playing the paid instances together with Bluegreen-Clad. Well, money is indeed powerful." [Team] Flowing Light: Ah, hah-hah. I''m just a doctor and may not be very helpful for you guys. [Team] Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Come on, I admire your ability very much! Big fan~~ [Team] Flowing Light: Although I''m always thick-skinned, but you really make me feel shy by saying so. [Team] Evely: Come on, Flowing Light, don''t be so modest! After exchanging pleasantries for some time, they began to gain levels at a level-95 PVP region called Snow Peak. About a dozen minutes later, Evely suddenly lost all her blood. Generally speaking, a well-equiped player like Evely would never be easily slain by even a Map Boss. As such, she was very surprised and immediately sent out an SOS message on her Team channel. Evely: Help me! Snow Peak£Û28,68£Ý Nine-Tailed Red Fox: I''m near you. I''ll come to save you. Flowing Light: What''s going on? Evely: Members of the Sacred Temple snatched monsters from my hands and killed me. Zheng Xiaoguang frowned and thought, "What? Do those members of the Sacred Temple want to get back at us?" Nine-Tailed Red Fox: [Cry Out Loud] They''re guarding your corpse. I don''t dare to get close to you by myself. Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze: How many of them are there? Nine-Tailed Red Fox: [Cry Out Loud] Four... Flowing Light: I''ll go to save you girls together with One-inch Monk and Spring Breeze. Hide yourself well. Don''t let them find you. Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Ah, they saw me. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang sighed secretly, "Alas, this girl..." She quickly mounted her white phoenix¢Ù and flew to [ 28,68 ]. When she arrived, Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze was already there, and Nine-Tailed Red Fox was hiding behind his back, adding blood for him. To her surprise, she found out that the four members of the Sacred Temple were their gang boss Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top, their deputy gang boss Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City, and their two elders named Shallow Sleep and Bitter Tea. These four players were the strongest members of the Sacred Temple, especially Shallow Sleep, who she had fought against during the siege battle. Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze was a warrior, who was endowed with great defensive force, and had a doctor adding blood for him. Nevertheless, Shallow Sleep, the assassin from the Sacred Temple, could make Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze shed one third of his blood with just on strike. Evidently, this Shallow Sleep had upgraded his weapon to create Critical Damage. "Wow, the top assassin of the Sacred Temple is indeed fierce!" Zheng Xiaoguang exclaimed secretly and then gave a "Magic Healing Touch" to Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze. When she turned around and was about to use her only offensive skill to stun the enemies, she was muted by Bitter Tea, the female summoner from the Sacred Temple As such, Zheng Xiaoguang''s character Flowing Light was frozen. She could only watch Shallow Sleep slay Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze and One-inch Monk, who had just arrived. [Team] Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze: Run, Nine-Tailed Red Fox. Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze had to admit that his team could never defeat the four members from the Sacred Temple. Flowing Light had already been frozen by the summoner, and the other doctor of his team, Nine-Tailed Red Fox, had only half of her blood left. To his surprise, Nine-Tailed Red Fox refused to flee alone. She used her skill "Bringing the Dead Back" on him at the last minute. By doing so, she could give Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze a chance to resurrect himself on the spot after her death. [Team] Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze: Nine-tailed, why are you so stupid? [Team] Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Hee-hee, I''m just a fragile doctor. I can''t run away very fast, so I would rather give you a chance to resurrect yourself on the spot. When they''re relaxed and unprepared, you can resurrect yourself. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang wondered, "This Nine-Tailed Red Fox could''ve used a Flying Talisman to fly away just now. I did that all the time. Did she choose to stay there and die for Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze because she felt grateful that he always protected her?" [Team] Evely: How about we go to ask for help in the gang? [Team] One-inch Monk: But now the gang boss and the other strong players are not online. The others will be slain here if they come. Look at the enemies, they probably plan to guard our corpses. If we keep asking for help and resurrecting ourselves, we''ll perhaps turn this into another gang war! [Team] Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze: So are you suggesting that we can drive them away by lying here as corpses? Zheng Xiaoguang looked at the dead teammates and felt dejected, as her character Flowing Light was still frozen by Bitter Tea and could not move at all. [Nearby] Flowing Light: If you want to kill me, just go ahead. She did not want to be made fun of by her enemies. [Nearby] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: Who told you that we came to kill you? Bitter Tea froze you just to keep you from coming at us. If you promise not to attack us, I''ll ask Bitter Tea to release you. Zheng Xiaoguang thought in surprise,"What, to release me? They''re clearly up to something." [Nearby] Flowing Light: Why don''t you kill me? [Nearby] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: My brother Shallow Sleep found you quite interesting during the siege battle. He asked us not to kill you. "Huh?" Zheng Xiaoguang confusedly looked at the assassin named Shallow Sleep, who was guarding the corpses of Nine-Tailed Red Fox and Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze, and thought, "I remembered that during the siege battle, I stopped him from slaying Venus Will Cry and then killed him together with the other members of the League of Strong Families. "He found me interesting? Does he ask his friends to keep me alive because he plans to kill me himself?" [Nearby] Flowing Light: Cut the crap. I killed him in the battle. Shallow Sleep, if you want revenge, just come to kill me as soon as possible! [Nearby] Shallow Sleep: [Wiping Sweats] I never plan to get back at you. [Nearby] Flowing Light: Then what do you want? Do you come here to chat with me? [Nearby] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: To tell you the truth, Flowing Light, my brother likes you. Do you want to marry into the Sacred Temple? "What?" Upon seeing that message, Zheng Xiaoguang was startled. She could hardly believe what she saw on the screen. If she had happened to be drinking water or something else just now, she would have gushed the liquid out on the screen. [Nearby] Flowing Light: Shallow Sleep, don''t tell me that you fall in love with me and miss me after being slain by me. [Nearby] Shallow Sleep: Well, that''s pretty much the truth. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought in disbelief, "What do you mean by saying that''s pretty much the truth? Are you serious?" [Nearby] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: Flowing Light, just think about it. My brother is the top assassin of Watery South. If you divorce Bluegreen-Clad and marry into the Sacred Temple, we''ll work together with the Matchless to fight against the League of Strong Families. Note: ¢ÙWhite phoenix: A white phoenix is a flying mount. A character can get a 50% traveling speed raise by riding a white phoenix. Once a white phoenix is shot down, the character''s traveling speed will get back to normal. ¢ÚMagic Healing Touch: A blood-adding skill of a doctor. By using this skill, a doctor can provide the most blood that he or she can offer. Chapter 28 To Drive a Wedge between the Husband and Wife [Team] Bitter Tea: Boss, I don''t think that Flowing Light will promise to marry into our gang. Just as she expected, Flowing Light rejected the offer from Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top by sending out a Nearby message. [Nearby] Flowing Light: You''d better just kill me here. I''m not that stupid to believe such a thing. [Nearby] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: But Shallow Sleep doesn''t want you dead. We can''t kill you. Well, let''s go. [Team] Bitter Tea: Are you sure, boss? We just let her off so easily? Bitter Tea was a little reluctant, since it would be difficult for them to capture Flowing Light if Bluegreen-Clad was online. [Team Captain] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: Uhm, Empty City and I will leave first. Bitter Tea, you follow us but remember not to kill her. [Team] Bitter Tea: But she hasn''t promised us anything. [Team Captain] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: We don''t need her to promise us anything now. Her teammates, the four members of the League of Strong Families, see we release her and know that Shallow Sleep wants to marry her. That''s enough. I believe that once they tell this to their fellow gang members, Flowing Light will have a hard time, While saying this, Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top thought, "They''d better make a fuss about this thing and manage to get their gang boss Bluegreen-Clad divorce Flowing Light. My gang will benefit from the conflict between the Matchless and the League of Strong Families." [Team] Bitter Tea: Boss, are you sure that Shallow Sleep will marry Flowing Light after she divorces Bluegreen-Clad? Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top remained silent for a while as he thought, "Now it''s my friend Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City who is using the ID Shallow Sleep. Once Shallow Sleep himself logs onto the game and finds what we''ve done, things surely will be awkward. "But I have no choice now. I never expected that the Matchless and the League of Strong Families would suddenly form an alliance. The gang boss of the Matchless even married her younger sister Flowing Light off to Bluegreen-Clad, gang boss of the League of Strong Families. "Every time I think of their alliance, I''ll get a headache. Whenever we want to siege a city or start a gang war, the Sacred Temple has to fight against the other two big gangs. If I knew this earlier, I would try every means to marry that Flowing Light!" In order to undermine the alliance between the Matchless and the League of Strong Families, Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top had once tried to ask his deputy gang boss Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City to seduce Flowing Light but gotten refused directly. Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City: I can''t do that. I''m not interested in that Flowing Light at all. Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: That''s not important. You''re still single. Why not sacrifice yourself to help our gang win the Matchless over? Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top would have tried to compete with Bluegreen-Clad by himself, if he had not been married to Saori. Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City: Bro, I really want to help you out, but I''m chasing after Bitter Tea now. I really don''t have time to do that for you. Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City had refused the request from his gang boss as he did not want Bitter Tea to misunderstand him. Sacred Temple¥áClod Top had always planned to rope in the female summoner Bitter Tea, as she was a powerful player and an old member of his gang. As such, after being rejected by Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City, he shifted his gaze to Shallow Sleep. Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: Shallow Sleep, do you remember the girl who killed you for three times back in the siege battle? It''s said that she''s Blooming Pear Tree''s younger sister. When Blooming Pear Tree allied himself with the League of Strong Families, he married her off to the League of Strong Families. Are you interested in her? Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top and Shallow Sleep had first met and become friends in Watery South of Shiny Sky Online. Shallow Sleep was a man of few words but a highly skillful assassin. No assassin could compete with him in the entire Watery South. As such, he was considered to be one of the strongest players in the Sacred Temple. Shallow Sleep: ... Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top had once sent his wife''s female disciple Catalpa Tree to hit on Shallow Sleep, trying to invite him into his inner circle and increase his loyalty to the gang. Nevertheless, as this Shallow Sleep only liked to slay enemies, PK with other players and gain levels, he bored Catalpa Tree to death. Because of that failed attempt, Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top always considered Shallow Sleep to be a professional player. Although he really wanted Shallow Sleep to seduce Flowing Light, he did not have high hopes for this plan. Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: If you''re not interested, forget about it. I was just curious. After knowing that Shallow Sleep was not interested in Flowing Light, he did not mention that thing to Shallow Sleep again, as he did not want to irritate the assassin. Once in a while, he would complain. "How come that Flowing Light suddenly married Bluegreen-Clad?" Once when Saori heard about his complaints, she felt upset and asked him whether he began to regret marrying her because she did not have a big brother who could top the PK list of the game. In fact, Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top never regretted marrying Saori, as she was such a lovely and pretty girl and even promised to meet him offline in the near future. He just did not want the Sacred Temple to be put at a disadvantage. Therefore, he led his team to set up Flowing Light today. He planned to drive a wedge between her and her husband before she gained a firm footing in the League of Strong Families. With this in mind, he replied to Bitter Tea. [Team Captain] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: That''s not a big problem. We just need to destroy the alliance between the League of Strong Families and the Matchless. Once we achieve that goal, it''s not necessary for him to marry that Flowing Light. In the meantime, he thought, "Yes, that''s what I want. I can''t let Bluegreen-Clad stay married to Flowing Light, even if she refuses to marry into the Sacred Temple. I want the three big gangs to become isolated from one another again just like before." [Team] Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City: Cloud Top, do you think whether Shallow Sleep will get upset after knowing what we''ve done today? Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City felt somewhat worried, since it was he who sneakingly logged into Shallow Sleep''s account, albeit at the behest of their gang boss. [Team Captain] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: Don''t worry. When he gets online, I''ll explain everything to him. ''No guy cares about being involved in such ''gossips'','' thought Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top. Chapter 29 You Must Be a Spy "Dirty! Shameless! How come I never found members of the Sacred Temple so annoying before?" Zheng Xiaoguang thought angrily. She was eager to fight them till death, but as her character Flowing Light was still controlled by Bitter Tea and could not move at all, she could only watch Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top and Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City leave the current region one by one, [Nearby] Bitter Tea: Flowing Light, I sincerely hope to fight together with you in the Sacred Temple as soon as possible. With these words, Bitter Tea flew away. Four seconds later, Flowing Light was finally able to move freely again. She immediately resurrected Evely, Nine-Tailed Red Fox and One-inch Monk. Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze also clicked to resurrect himself on the spot and stood up again. They remained silent for a while, feeling awkward. Zheng Xiaoguang could tell that every one of them must have seen what had happened just now. She thought, "They must become suspicious of me now. Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top made such an offer to me just now, and that Shallow Sleep deliberately slew everybody on the team except me. "Uhm, as to that Shallow Sleep, I don''t believe that he fell in love with me because I stole some kills from him. The Sacred Temple must''ve made up this story to drive a wedge between me and Bluegreen-Clad. They probably just want to gain benefits through undermining the alliance between the Matchless and the League of Strong Families! "These guys from the Sacred Temple are so scheming. They deliberately choose to frame me today, as I''ve just begun to gain my gang members'' recognition with the help of Bluegreen-Clad. As a new member of the gang, I can hardly convince the other gang members to believe me." [Team Captain] One-inch Monk: Flowing Light, what''s going on? Suddenly, One-inch Monk called her Flowing Light instead of the first lady of the gang. [Team] Flowing Light: Believe it or not, there''s nothing between me and that Shallow Sleep. I just took advantage of the chaos to kill him during the siege battle. [Team] Evely: Then why didn''t he kill you when he killed all of us? Who''ll believe that there''s nothing between you two? And the gang boss of the Sacred Temple even invited you to join his gang! [Team] Flowing Light: I''ll never join the Sacred Temple! While saying this, she thought, "Even if Bluegreen-Clad and I are just a ''contract couple'' , and even if he might have sent a ''flattering photo of himself'' to cheat me, I''ll never betray the League of Strong Families. I can''t put my big brother Blooming Pear Tree in such an awkward situation. I can''t turn the two big gangs against each other. I''ve already accepted Bluegreen-Clad as my friend. I cannot let the scheming guys from the Sacred Temple achieve what they wish. "If Bluegreen-Clad finds someone that he really likes and divorces me someday, I''ll return to the Matchless. Even at that time, I''ll still treat Han Meimei, Li Lei, and the other doctors and members of the League of Strong Families as friends. I''ll always support the alliance between the League of Strong Families and the Matchless." [Team] Evely: Save it! I suspect that it was you who sent our location to the gang boss of the Sacred Temple. Otherwise, how could they happen to come here and kill us shortly after we arrived here? [Team] Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Evely, don''t say that. I don''t think that our first lady is such a person. [Team] Evely: She''s not such a person? What a ridiculous explanation! Nine-tailed, just think about it. Deterred by our gang boss'' fighting capacity, the Sacred Temple members have seldom come at us since the siege battle. How come they suddenly popped out together with their gang boss and ambushed us when our gang boss and strongest players were not online? I don''t think this is a coincidence. Someone must''ve tipped off them about our location. Evidently, Evely was suggesting that Flowing Light was the spy. [Team] Nine-tailed Red Fox: Evely, maybe it''s really a coincidence. [Team] Evely: As you saw, the members of the Sacred Temple slew all of us except her! Is this not enough to prove that she is a spy they planted in our gang? Zheng Xiaoguang felt grateful for Nine-Tailed Red Fox''s trust. For all her new friends in the League of Strong Families, she decided to explain to them. [Team] Flowing Light: I''m not a spy. If I was a spy, I would ask them to kill me first to protect my identity. Why would I let them do that to expose me? After all, I can always resurrect myself after death in the game. It''s not too much trouble. If I really asked them to kill you guys, why would I have to ask them to leave me alive alone? [Team] Evely: Huh, it''s hard to say. Who knows what you think? [Team] Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze: Evely, don''t talk nonsense. We should trust our first lady. [Team Captain] One-inch Monk: I don''t think we can convict Flowing Light based on a few words from the members of the Sacred Temple. If she really colluded with the Sacred Temple, why would she help us during the siege battle? Although One-inch Monk did not fully trust Flowing Light as Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze and Nine-Tailed Red Fox did, he did not totally agree with Evely. [Team] Evely: Maybe she''s not a spy of the Sacred Temple, but a spy of the Matchless. As she thinks that she has already won our trust by fighting the siege battle together with us, she begins to tip off the Sacred Temple about our plans. Once she successfully turns us against the Sacred Temple, her big brother Blooming Pear Tree can reap all the benefits! Upon seeing the message, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but touch her forehead and thought, "This is quite strange. How come this Evely is such a conspiracy theorist? Or, is she trying to frame me? However, I''ve never offended her before. And she''s not one of Venus'' friends. Why does she suspect... or slander me like that?" [Team] Flowing Light: No matter what you say, I just want to tell you that I am not a spy. Sister Nine-tailed, Spring Breeze and Monk, don''t be deluded by the Sacred Temple. I suspect that they deliberately said that in front of you guys to frame me. They want you to misunderstand me and elbow me out. By doing so, they can undermine the alliance between the League of Strong Families and the Matchless and turn us against each other. [Team] Nine-tailed Red Fox: Yeah, I believe our first lady. We''d better not make a fuss about a few words from the scheming guys of the Sacred Temple. It''s a stupid thing to do. [Team] Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze: Yes, first lady. Nine-tailed and I trust you. Zheng Xiaoguang smiled and thought, "At least two of them trust me and will speak for me. As for One-inch Monk..." [Team Captain] One-inch Monk: Sorry, Flowing Light. I think I have to report this thing to the gang boss and let him decide what to do. "Well, it looks like One-inch Monk wants to deal with this thing in the most rational way," Zheng Xiaoguang thought and decided to stop persuading him. She never planned to hide this thing from Bluegreen-Clad. She knew for sure that she was unable to do so, since the Sacred Temple was obviously trying to blow this thing into a major controversy, not to mention that there was Evely who clearly distrusted her very much. [Team] Flowing Light: Okay. Impressed by Flowing Light''s open and direct manner, One-inch Monk added. [Team Captain] One-inch Monk: Please rest assured. I''ll tell him nothing but the truth. Zheng Xiaoguang took a deep breath and thought, "Well, this is probably the best situation. Compared to letting Evely talk nonsense in front of Bluegreen-Clad, it''s better to let the calm and rational One-inch Monk to inform him of this incident." Unfortunately, Zheng Xiaoguang forgot an important thing. Evely never promised her not to talk about this incident inside the gang. Chapter 30 Remove Her from the League of Strong Families Right after quitting One-inch Monk''s team, Evely sent a screenshot to the QQ chat group of the League of Strong Families. On the screenshot, Flowing Light seemed to be standing by and watching her teammate lying dead at the feet of the gang boss of the Sacred Temple. Evely: Flowing Light hooked up with the Sacred Temple and tipped off them about our location this afternoon. We got ambushed and slain. If Flowing Light can''t give me a reasonable explanation, I hope that the group manager can remove her from our chat group! Venus'' friends Little Girl, Vine Flower and Bluegreen Belt, who resented Flowing Light, were excited upon seeing the screenshot and felt eager to substantiate Evely''s story. Vine Flower: Wow, she gives away her evil intentions so fast. She joined us not long ago. She''s indeed a nasty, ill-bred b*tch. One-inch Monk: Evely, don''t talk rubbish. We''ll discuss this thing after our gang boss gets online! Evely: What? I talked rubbish? It''s a real screenshot! The truth is that all of us got slain except her! She did not only tip off the Sacred Temple about our location but also seduce Shallow Sleep, an elder of the Sacred Temple. (An elder is a senior member of a gang and usually a top-notch player.) She cheated on our gang boss! With these words, Evely sent another screenshot to the QQ chat group of the League of Strong Families, which showed that Sacred Temple¥áClou/d Top was asking Zheng Xiaoguang to marry into the Sacred Temple. Evely: Look at this. If she didn''t hook up with this guy from the Sacred Temple a long time ago, why would the Sacred Temple''s gang boss suddenly say that one of their elders wants to marry her? Flies do not bite seamless eggs! Bluegreen Belt: It seems that she has not only seduced our gang boss. Humph, what a two-timing cheater! Venus Will Cry: Bluegreen Belt, don''t talk like that. It''s Flowing Light''s freedom to like any guy. Upon seeing the conversation between Venus Will Cry and Bluegreen Belt, Zheng Xiaoguang decided to delete the words that she had just typed while thinking, "Public clamor can melt metal. I can never explain the thing clearly when these girls are talking in the group." Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Stop talking nonsense. I don''t think that our first lady is such a person. There must be some misunderstanding! Evely: Can there be any misunderstanding? Nine-tailed, I know that Flowing Light gave you some Magic Stones before, but I never know that you can be bought. Nine-Tailed Red Fox had once tried to forge some Critical Damage Magic Stones according to Zheng Xiaoguang''s suggestion, but she did not have enough Magic Stones to do so. As such, Zheng Xiaoguang took out some Magic Stone from her warehouse and gave them to Nine-Tailed Red Fox. None of them had expected that this thing would have been used against them someday. Nine-Tailed Red Fox: No, I can never be bought off! Zheng Xiaoguang felt tired out upon seeing their conversation. She found Nine-Tailed Red Fox in the group members and asked her to stop explaining this thing. Nine-tailed Red Fox: But they''re so mean... Flowing Light: That''s alright. Let''s wait for Bluegreen-Clad to get online. Zheng Xiaoguang felt grateful for Nine-Tailed Red Fox''s help, but she really didn''t want to drag her into this mess. Zheng Xiaoguang closed her QQ and began to think about the questionable points in the incident, "Just as Evely said, why did the Sacred Temple happen to run into us and slay us when Bluegreen-Clad and the other strong players of our gang were not online? I didn''t tip off the Sacred Temple about our location. Who did this? "That Venus Will Cry? No, she was not on our team and could never know our location. "Is it Evely? She''s clearly hostile toward me. But I''ve never met her before." Zheng Xiaoguang felt confused and sighed helplessly. Suddenly, her game message box flickered. She clicked it open without much thought. The next moment, she saw some very comforting words. Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze: Flowing Light, don''t leave because of a bit of an argument. Once you leave, the gang members will think that you admit that you''re a spy. June: Although I really don''t know what''s going on, but I trust you, Flowing Light. She also received messages from the couple. Game Message: Player Li Lei invites you to join his team. Please choose whether to accept his invitation: Yes/No Zheng Xiaoguang clicked yes and soon she reached the region where the team was. [Team] Han Meimei: Flowing Light, we were away from the keyboard just now. What happened? Why do the gang members suddenly accuse you of being a spy of the Sacred Temple? Han Meimei was very confused as she wondered, "Even if they want to frame Flowing Light again, isn''t it more reasonable to accuse her of being a spy of the Matchless?" [Team] Flowing Light: Shallow Sleep, an elder from the Sacred Temple, said that he wanted to marry me. [Team] Han Meimei: [Scared Face] [Team Captain] Li Lei: [Wipping Sweat] I''ll give a call to Bluegreen-Clad to ask him to get online. Nevertheless, in less than three minutes¡ª [Team Captain] Li Lei: F*ck, he didn''t answer my call. Forget about it. I''ll ask the gang members to calm down. The QQ chat group of the gang was in the midst of a heated discussion when Li Lei came. Evely: I strongly demand that group manager kicks Flowing Light out of our gang! Bluegreen Belt, Little Girl and Vine Flower hurriedly echoed. Venus Will Cry hypocritically persuaded them to quiet down by saying: I think everyone should calm down now and let our gang boss decide whether to kick her out. She talked as if Flowing Light had already been convicted. Li Lei: Stop arguing! This is not her first day in the League of Strong Families. Every one of you saw how many people she saved during the siege battle, didn''t you? I guarantee in the name of your deputy gang boss that Flowing Light is not a spy of the Sacred Temple. Bluegreen Belt: [Disdains] Maybe she was putting on an act together with the Sacred Temple, trying to deceive us. Vine Flower: We must kick Flowing Light out. Otherwise, she''ll tip off the Sacred Temple about our plans again in the future. Han Meimei: That''s enough. Don''t make such wild guesses about our own fellow gang members! Bluegreen Belt: Cut the crap, Han Meimei. You''d better watch out. A b*tch like Flowing Light just likes to seduce all the guys she meets. Have you wondered why your husband spoke for her just now? Maybe he did that for some "reason". Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned upon seeing that. She had never expected them to be able to gush out so many hurtful words. They not only slandered her but also drove a wedge between her and her friends. She felt overwhelmed. When she was about to dissuade Han Meimei and Li Lei from arguing with the other gang members, she was surprised by a game message, which said, "You have been kicked out of the League of Strong Families by Hall Leader Venus Will Cry." In the meantime, she received a QQ message which said that she had been removed from the gang''s QQ chat group by group manager Venus. The next moment, she saw a Loudspeaker message on the Public Chat channel. [Loudspeaker] Venus Will Cry: I''m sorry, Flowing Light. Before you''re cleared of all the suspicion, you can''t return to our gang. If you''re proven innocent later, I''ll apologize to you for kicking you out of our gang today. However, if you''re proven to be a spy who has colluded with the Sacred Temple, please don''t blame us. This Loudspeaker message sparked a heated discussion in Watery South. [Public Chat] Soft-heartedness is a Disease: What the f*ck is it? What''s going on? [Public Chat] Half a Cup of Lovesickness: Hey, Venus Will Cry, how can you call Flowing Light a spy? She refuses to tell even us anything about the League of Strong Families. How can she suddenly become the Sacred Temple''s spy? Are you insane? [Public Chat] Cool Names Taken by Dogs: Can anyone offer me real-time coordinates of Venus Will Cry? Sent me a private message. I''ll pay good money for it. [Public Chat] Smily Beauty: Wow, The Matchless and the League of Strong Families split up! Well, I never really believe that these two big gangs will become a big happy family. [Public Chat] Mars Brother: Does this even have something to do with the Sacred Temple? Gee, what a good show put up by the top three gangs of Watery South. [Public Chat] Stunning Beauty in a Disordered World: Wow, Flowing Light, you''re my idol! Please tell me how you hook up with all those guys! Even if I''m not attractive enough to No.1 powerful player Bluegreen-Clad or No.1 assassin Shallow Sleep, maybe I''ll still have a chance with the other strong players on the lists. Chapter 31 Are You Really Interested in Her? As the saying goes, good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spreads far and wide. In less than half an hour, the rumor that Flowing Light made secret deals with the Sacred Temple spread throughout Watery South. When the Public Chat channel was in the midst of a lively discussion, the Sacred Temple joined the "war of words". [Loudspeaker] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: Gee, I didn''t expect people of the League of Strong Families to be so heartless. Flowing Light, it''s better to join the Sacred Temple than suffer indignities in the League of Strong Families. I sincerely invite you to join us. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang was so angry that her fingers trembled slightly. She thought, "Is he trying to make things worse for me? This person is just as disgusting as Venus Will Cry." In the meantime, she received three game messages, inviting her to join different gangs. Game Message: Li Lei invites you to join their big family the League of Strong Families. Please choose whether to accept his invitation: Yes/No. Game Message: Soft-heartedness is a Disease invites you to join their big family the Matchless. Please choose whether to accept his invitation: Yes/No. Game Message: Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top invites you to join their big family the Sacred Temple. Please choose whether to accept his invitation: Yes/No. [Team Captain] Li Lei: Flowing Light, accept my invitation! [Team] Flowing Light: Li Lei, I''m just curious. Evely and Venus are so certain that even I, myself start to think that I''m a spy. Why do you and Meimei trust me so much? Have you ever wondered if I''m really a spy? [Team] Han Meimei: Flowing Light, don''t give up on yourself! Our god-like Bluegreen-Clad will flare up, if you leave. Come on, good girl, come back to the gang. I''ve already taught Venus a lesson and stripped her of all her posts. She dares not to kick you out again, and she''s unable to do so now. [Team] Flowing Light: No, it''s too messy now. I''d better stay outside for a while. After sending out this message, Zheng Xiaoguang quit the team and put her character Flowing Light into a beginners'' PVE region and turned down all the invitations. However, her message box still kept flickering because of the numerous incoming Private Chat messages. [Private Chat] Soft-heartedness is a Disease talks to you: Flowing Light, just leave the League of Strong Families and come back! When the gang boss in online, let''s go to slay those guys of the League of Strong Families. The gang boss he was talking about was Blooming Pear Tree. [Private Chat] Half a Cup of Lovesickness talks to you: Are you alright, Flowing Light? Why did you turn down my team invitation? [Private Chat] Cool Names Taken by Dogs: I bought Venus'' coordinates. Do you want to go to kill her together with me? These messages from members of the Matchless reminded Zheng Xiaoguang that her old friends still cared about her. She felt somewhat relieved and quickly replied to all of them, asking them not to kill anyone to stir up more conflicts, which would be used against them in the future. She told them that she did not want to join any gang, as now she just wanted to have a little peace. She told her friends that she was alright and they did not need to worry about her. [Private Chat] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top talks to you: Join my gang. I promise you that you''ll never have so much trouble in my gang. "Well, aren''t you the one who caused me so much trouble?" Zheng Xiaoguang thought grumpily and ignored all the messages from him. She stood up and went to the living room. After that, things went beyond her expectations. At 6:33 pm, when the Public Chat channel was still buzzing with gossips about the female doctor named Flowing Light, Shallow Sleep logged onto the game. He usually did not care much about gossips. Nevertheless, since being slain by a female doctor called Flowing Light for three times during the siege battle, he had become somewhat interested in her. When he scrolled down the page to scan the Public Chat messages, he spotted an interesting one. [Public Chat] Stunning Beauty in a Disordered World: Wow, Flowing Light, you''re my idol! Please tell me how you hook up with all those guys! Even if I''m not attractive enough to No.1 powerful player Bluegreen-Clad or No.1 assassin Shallow Sleep, maybe I''ll still have a chance with the other strong players on the lists. Upon seeing that, he wondered, "Does this gossip have something to do with me? But... when did that Flowing Light hook up with me? "And why did my character appear at that region when I logged onto the game? I didn''t usually log off there." He frowned and gradually came to realize what had happened. He thought, "Did the gang boss log into my account to hit on that Flowing Light when I was not online? He said that he wanted me to seduce that girl before." He quickly opened his friend list and found his gang boss. When he asked his boss what had happened, Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top plainly told him everything. Shallow Sleep was irritated upon hearing that. Shallow Sleep: I said that I can lend you guys my account, but I didn''t say that you can do anything you want when you''re using my account. Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: I just want to turn the Matchless and the League of Strong Families against each other. Do you want them to work together to fight against us? Don''t worry, I don''t really want you to marry that Flowing Light. We were just putting on an act to deceive her gang members. Shallow Sleep: It''s easy for you to say so. But do you think it''s alright to use another person''s account to commit such foolish acts? Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: Shallow Sleep! Shallow Sleep sneered and thought, "Humph, it looks like it''s useless to talk with such a ridiculous man like him." He opened his gang channel and quit the gang. The next moment, he received many Private Chat messages. Bitter Tea: Shallow Sleep, why did you quit the gang? Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City: Shallow Sleep, come back! Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: Shallow Sleep, you joined the Sacred Temple since the openning of Watery South. How can you quit because of such a small trifle? Aren''t we brothers? Upon seeing that, Shallow Sleep mocked in his heart, "Brothers? Do you really think that I don''t know what you''re thinking about, Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top? You recognize me as your brother just because I''m the strongest player in your gang. Otherwise, you would never notice a quiet person like me. "And that Catalpa Tree, I knew that she got close to me for a reason. She did that at the behest of Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top and Saori. "I knew everything, but I remained silent. I just didn''t want to make the situation awkward for us. I didn''t want to marry that girl or pretend to be close to the gang boss." Shallow Sleep: I''m just too lazy to make any change. Once I join a gang, I seldom quit. But what you guys did today really goes beyond my bottom line. Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: So you quit our gang for a woman? Shallow Sleep, are you really interested in that Flowing Light? Shallow Sleep quit the gang not only because of Flowing Light. He really hated to be pressured and manipulated. Shallow Sleep: Do I have to tell you which woman I like? You should feel lucky that you didn''t kill Flowing Light today. Otherwise I''ll not only quit the gang but also get back at you guys for her. Although Shallow Sleep was never an aggressive person, he was not afraid of fighting against Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top. Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: Hehe, great. I never know that you prefer a woman like Flowing Light. You even betray your gang for her. Shallow Sleep refused to talk to Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top anymore. He entered the shop to buy a piece of equipment called Clairvoyant, and then he typed Flowing Light''s ID into it to locate her. When he found Flowing Light, she was sitting on a small bridge. He sent a Private Chat message to her, but his message got rejected. Upon seeing that, he thought, "She probably has received way too many Private Chat messages today." As such, he tried to talk to her through Nearby messages. [Nearby] Shallow Sleep: I''m sorry for what happened today. He thought that he had to apologize to her. Although he did not do this thing to her by himself, it still had something to do with him. To his surprise, Flowing Light remained silent, but she did not leave. "Is she away from her keyboard now?" Shallow Sleep sighed secretly. He let his character sit beside Flowing Light while thinking, "If so, I''ll wait for her here." Chapter 32 Got Caught on the Spo t When Zheng Xiaoguang went to the living room to get some water, she happened to see her mother watching a TV series that she had watched before. She sat on the sofa and watched TV together with her mother. After finishing the episode, she returned to her room. The moment she sat at her computer and saw Shallow Sleep, the elder from the Sacred Temple, sitting beside her character Flowing Light, she was frightened to death and thought, "What? It really looks like that we''re dating. "Oh, no! "Why does the Sacred Temple try so hard to frame me?" She felt that she nearly started to spout blood and immediately made her character Flowing Light ride on her mount and flee. The moment she arrived at a new place, she received a Nearby message. Shallow Sleep: Are you back online? ... She really did not want to talk to this guy. Shallow Sleep: I''m sorry for what happened today. Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned and thought, "What? Does he mean that he''s sorry for framing me? Does he think it''s alright to just apologize to me after that?" She decided to ignore him and then moved her character Flowing Light to another seldom-visited beginners'' region. When she arrived, Shallow Sleep popped out again. She wondered, "Did he buy a Clairvoyant to check my coordinates?" Zheng Xiaoguang tried to move to another region, and Shallow Sleep quickly found her again. Flowing Light: Hey... That''s enough. Can you stop following me? If you continue to do so, I''ll have to log off. In the meantime, she thought worriedly, "Once someone happens to see us being together and take a screenshot to prove that we''re dating. I''ll never be able to shake off the suspicion." Shallow Sleep: Do you really like Bluegreen-Clad? (¡Ño¡Ñ)¡­ Zheng Xiaoguang was rendered speechless. She had to admit that she had never thought about this carefully. She considered Bluegreen-Clad as her friend but was not sure whether she really liked him. Suddenly she thought of a handsome young man and felt hurt. Flowing Light: This is none of your business. Shallow Sleep: Don''t get me wrong. I just think that two men should not use a woman to secure the alliance between them. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang mocked in her heart, "Well, that''s funny. You speak as if you guys from the Sacred Temple were noble and unsullied." Flowing Light: Why did you say that you wanted to marry me? Are you trying to cozy up to the Matchless or to undermine the alliance between the Matchless and the League of Strong Families? Shallow Sleep: I admit that I did notice you. The fight against you in the city is my worst defeat so far. Flowing Light: So, you want to get back at me by setting me up? I got kicked out by the League of Strong Families. Are you happy now? Zheng Xiaoguang finally got a chance to vent her anger. Flowing Light: Are you satisfied with the result now? If you are, please leave me alone. You don''t have to follow me around to see how embarrassed I am. Shallow Sleep: I''m really sorry. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xianguang thought, "Apologize to me again? This guy is such a hypocrite." Flowing Light: Do you really think that saying sorry actually does any good? Can I kill you now and then apologize to you? Shallow Sleep: You don''t need to apologize to me. You can kill me now, if it''ll make you feel better. I promise you that I won''t fight back. Zheng Xiaoguang could not help mocking in her heart, "Well, that''s moving, but this trick doesn''t work on me." Flowing Light: If I hadn''t seen you slay me teammates and frame me together with your gang boss with my own eyes this afternoon, I would''ve believed that you''re a good guy! Shallow Sleep remained silent for quite a long time, and when Zheng Xiaoguang thought that he finally gave up, he sent her a message, which stunned her again. Shallow Sleep: How about I establish a new gang and let you be the first lady of my gang to make it up to you? Zheng Xiaoguang was shocked and thought, "Uh-huh? Can someone tell me if there''s anything wrong with my eyes? I seem to have some visual hallucination. How come this Shallow Sleep suddenly wants to establish a new gang and marry me?" She really wanted to ask Shallow Sleep if there was anything wrong with his head. (She had wanted to ask Bluegreen-Clad the same question when she knew that Bluegreen-Clad agreed to this marriage arranged by Blooming Pear Tree.) Nevertheless, before she could ask Shallow Sleep the question, she was dazzled by a flashing beam of white light. Bluegreen-Clad reached here through the couple transfer. Zheng Xiaoguang checked her messages and found out that she had missed an important game message. Five seconds ago, when she had been stunned by Shallow Sleep''s offer, the system had sent her a message to inform her that her husband was online. "Gee, what''s going on here? Did Bluegreen-Clad see what Shallow Sleep said just now? Sigh, did he come to check whether I was cheating on him?" Zheng Xiaoguang looked at the screen and clearly felt the tension between the two guys. She thought dejectedly, "If someone else happens to see this and take a screenshot, I guess that I''ll see my name in tabloid headlines on the Shiny Sky forum. Alas, why do I have to talk to this Shallow Sleep alone when I know that we''re rumored to have an affair. I''m really stupid." The three of them remained silent for a minute. Zheng Xiaoguang looked at the two silent guys and felt extremely awkward. She thought, "I have to leave this place now. Otherwise, I''ll get stressed out. But if I flee, I''ll probably irritate them and die a miserable death..." [Nearby] Bluegreen-Clad: Flowing Light, let''s go. Game Message: Player Bluegreen-Clad invites you to join his team. Please choose whether to accept his invitation: Yes/No. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought worriedly, "Uhm... he doesn''t call me honey today. He calls me Flowing Light. Does he really believe that I have an affair with Shallow Sleep? My big brother Blooming Pear Tree, you''d better get ready to collect the corpse for me." Zheng Xiaoguang obediently clicked yes to join Bluegreen-Clad''s team and left with him. She thought that Bluegreen-Clad was going to find a quiet place to talk with her, but to her surprise, he just took her to complete some weekly missions. She arrived at another region together with the team and awkwardly followed Bluegreen-Clad when he rapidly slew waves after waves of monsters. As Zheng Xiaoguang always remembered Bluegreen-Clad as a nice and humorous man, she found his unusual silence somewhat scary. To break this awkward silence, she decided to take the initiative to talk. Flowing Light: God-like Bluegreen-Clad, are you angry with me? There''s really nothing between me and that Shallow Sleep... She was careful about what she said to him, but he still remained silent. Flowing Light: Everyone has feelings, so do I. You guys have been so nice to me since I joined the League of Strong Families. How can I betray you for some guy from the Sacred Temple? I''m not stupid or insane. The god-like Bluegreen-Clad had given her eight-star purple equipment and a legendary Yellow Spring golden weapon, making her the most enviable girl in Watery South. Even if he did not have good looks in real life, she would never betray such a nice friend. Besides... she was well aware that once the god-like Bluegreen-Clad firmly believed that she cheated on him, she would never be able to survive in Watery South. No matter how capable her big brother Blooming Pear Tree was, he could not protect her 24 hours a day. She herself would never be able to resist the many members of the League of Strong Families and the numerous female fans of Bluegreen-Clad. Zheng Xiaoguang sighed secretly, "Does he really think that I''m so stupid to cheat on him? Only someone like Venus, who always wants to kick me out, will easily be ''deceived'' by the Sacred Temple." Flowing Light: God-like Bluegreen-Clad, please trust me, okay? Chapter 33 Each Person Has His or Her Own Way Bluegreen-Clad was angry with himself. He regretted not having stripped Venus Will Cry of her positions in the gang and in the gang''s QQ chat group while knowing that she hated Flowing Light. Otherwise, she would have never gotten the chance to frame Flowing Light and kick her out of the gang. Before marrying Flowing Light, he had heard Li Lei mention this Venus. Li Lei said that they had better make this Venus a Hall Leader of the gang since she was often online and good at keeping the conversation lively. As Bluegreen-Clad always trusted his deputy gang boss Li Lei to handle the affairs of the gang, he agreed with this suggestion without giving it much thought. Now, to his surprise, Venus even dared to take advantage of her positions in the gang to bully his wife Flowing Light. If Han Meimei and Li Lei had not reacted so fast and removed Venus from her posts, he would have kicked this girl out of his gang now. Ironically, this Venus suddenly came to "comfort" him. [Private Chat] Venus talks to you: Boss, I''m sorry, It was I who kicked Flowing Light out of the gang. Back then, the gang members were very dissatisfied with her and highly suspected that she was a spy. I was afraid that this small thing would become big, so I kicked her out for the time being. [Private Chat] Venus talks to you: Boss, as I was not on her team today, I really don''t know what was going on there. But I hope that you can find out the real spy in our gang and... don''t be indulgent towards this gang member''s mistakes. The truth may be cruel, but we cannot ignore it. What do you think? Bluegreen-Clad replied to none of her messages, since now he was eager to contact Flowing Light. He felt somewhat worried that Flowing Light, who had not been willing to marry him in the beginning, would divorce him and run away. He opened his friend list and invited Flowing Light to join his gang, but his message got rejected directly. After that, he invited Flowing Light to join his team and sent some Private Chat messages to her, but his messages got directly rejected again. In the end, he had no choice but to use the couple transfer to find her, while thinking, "That''s good. She didn''t divorce me." Beyond his expectations, when he arrived, he saw Flowing Light staying together with Shallow Sleep. He also saw the Nearby message from Shallow Sleep. "How about I establish a new gang and let you be the first lady of my gang to make it up to you?" Bluegreen-Clad had heard of Shallow Sleep a long time ago. After all, there were only a few famous players on the PK list of Watery South, and Shallow Sleep was one of them. He was probably the most skillful player of the Sacred Temple. Li Lei had once tried to invite him to join the League of Strong Families but got refused, which made Li lei feel somewhat sad for a long time. Bluegreen-Clad had never expected that this Shallow Sleep would have such an offer to his wife. He thought grumpily, "Good. That''s good, Shallow Sleep. You''re really bold." The next moment, when he asked Flowing Light to leave with him, she behaved very obediently and immediately joined his team to complete weekly missions. She quietly followed him, which made him feel even more annoyed. He wondered, "Does she really want to marry that Shallow Sleep? Or is she tired of being bullied and abused because of me?" With this in mind, he stopped slaying the monsters and let his character stand there. When he was about to say something to persuade her to stay married to him, she began to explain to him. She said that there was nothing between her and that Shallow Sleep and tried her best to give him many evidences... Flowing Light: God-like Bluegreen-Clad, please trust me, okay? Upon seeing that message, he felt relieved and thought, "The reason she remained silent just now was that she was afraid that I was suspicious of her." Bluegreen-Clad: I always trust you. Bluegreen-Clad never believed that Flowing Light cheated on him, as she had already given him her account password. He felt annoyed just because he had a sense of crisis now. He looked at the little female doctor on the screen and thought, "Well, I did play some tricks to marry her, but we''re happy together after getting married. I just never expected that someone else would feel attracted to her and want to marry her. It was really wise for me to act quickly. "But it looks like... I haven''t done enough to take care of her. After getting married to me, she encountered so many problems and troubles. She was suddenly ambushed and killed by Baby520. After that, she was framed by some members of my gang, and I used that as an excuse to delude her into joining my gang. Now, she was set up again by the members of my gang... I really should be held accountable for that." Bluegreen-Clad: I''m sorry. I fail to keep my promise. I promised your big brother that I would never let you be wronged in the League of Strong Families. Flowing Light: Ah? Hah-hah. That''s alright. That''s not your fault. Don''t blame yourself for that. Upon seeing that message, Bluegreen-Clad thought, "She is always like that. She''s excessively polite and restrained in front of me..." He sent a hug invitation to her before he realized what he was doing. She hesitated for a second and agreed. The next moment, he saw the cute doctor Flowing Light gently embrace the handsome magician on the screen. It was such a sweet love scene. Even the sudden appearance of a scorpion monster in the background could not destroy the sweet atmosphere. The petite female doctor quietly put her face on his chest, her black hair flowing in the wind. After a moment of silence, she said with gratitude: Thank you for believing me. Bluegreen-Clad: Come back to my gang. As long as I''m there, no one dares to give you a hard time. Game Message: Bluegreen-Clad invites you to join their big family the League of Strong Families. Please choose whether to accept this invitation: Yes/No. Zheng Xiaoguang thought for a moment and clicked "no". Flowing Light: I''ll return to the gang after I purge myself of the suspicion. I''ve thought it through and I have to admit that Evely is right about one thing. This thing is such a coincidence. Maybe there''s really a spy in the League of Strong Families. If I return to the gang without giving everyone a reasonable explanation, the gang members will still be suspicious of me. Bluegreen-Clad: But what can you do by yourself? Shallow Sleep sat in front of his computer and watched Flowing Light leave with Bluegreen-Clad. He mocked himself in his heart, "Evidently, she prefers to stay married to Bluegreen-Clad. That''s alright. ''I'' have just set her up. How can she believe me? "We''re never friends, and there are even personal grudges between us. During the siege battle. She slew me for three times and I slew her once." Shallow Sleep began to recall what had happened between Flowing Light and him back in the siege battle."Well, I have to thank a female doctor named Venus Will Cry for giving me the chance to slay Flowing Light. Back then, when I was fighting against these two doctors of the League of Strong Families, Venus could''ve added blood for Flowing Light, but she just did not do anything to help Flowing Light out. "When I was trying to break into the city again, I bumped into this Venus. When I was about to slay her, Flowing Light added blood for her and saved her. "Flowing Light is a good girl. Although she doesn''t have extraordinary PK skills, she''s always ready to help her gang members for the sake of her gang''s victory without thinking of personal grudges. I always respect such a person. Even she''s not in my gang, I''ll never want her to suffer such injustice because of me." Shallow Sleep lowered his head to look at the flickering message inbox. It was a Private Chat message from Bitter Tea. Bitter Tea: Shallow Sleep, come back! It''s wrong for the gang boss and the deputy gang boss to do this to you. Come back. Let''s talk it over. Shallow Sleep: How did you guys manage to find Flowing Light''s team today? As smart as he was, he could tell that his gang boss did not just happen to run into Flowing Light today. Bitter Tea remained silent for a long time, seemingly hesitant to tell Shallow Sleep the truth, and then she sent him a message: Boss told me that someone from the League of Strong Families tipped us off, and it was this person''s idea to frame Flowing Light. Shallow Sleep: Tell me who this person is. Bitter Tea: Shallow Sleep, are you planning to help the League of Strong Families to find out this traitor? Bitter Tea was smart too. Shallow Sleep: I''m never afraid of the League of Strong Families and never absent from any battle against them. I never show our enemies any mercy, no matter who they are. But Bitter Tea, I can hardly accept what you guys have done today. Bitter Tea: Is this why you left the gang? Shallow Sleep, I think you seem to care about that Flowing Light... Shallow Sleep: I just need you to tell me the name of that traitor. Will you give it to me or not? Bitter Tea: I see. I''ll try to persuade our gang boss to tell you who the traitor is. But in exchange for this, can you return to the Sacred Temple? Chapter 34 Setting a Trap A girl who wore her brown hair short in a bob was sitting quietly in front of her computer while beaming. She thought excitedly, "Flowing Light finally gets kicked out of the League of Strong Families and dares not to come back." She clicked her mouse to make her character in the game dance cheerfully again and again. She felt thrilled as she believed that she saw her impending victory. Suddenly, an incoming Private Chat message interrupted her train of thought. She grumpily opened the Private Chat channel and was shocked by the message. Shallow Sleep.: It was great to work together with you. I hope that you can help me one more time. She wondered, "It was great to work with me?" She was alerted and sent out a message: What do you mean by that? What''re you talking about? I don''t even know you. Shallow Sleep.: Didn''t you help us turn the Matchless and the League of Strong Families against each other? You let me pretend to have an "unusual friendship" with Flowing Light to drive a wedge between her and her husband. It was a great idea. Thank you for tipping us off. Otherwise we would have never succeeded. She frowned and thought, "I just tipped off the gang boss of the Sacred Temple and asked him to never mention me to anyone, even his best buddies in the gang. Why does Shallow Sleep know what I''ve done?" She tentatively sent out another message: What do you want from me? Soon enough, she received a reply. Shallow Sleep: As I said, I hope that you can help me one more time. She lost her patience and wanted to end this conversation as quickly as she could, so she replied: I can''t help you. The other party refused to give up and added: Don''t be so anxious to turn me down. Although I don''t know why you, a member of the League of Strong Families, want to help us drive a wedge between Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light, I think you will not mind letting their relationship deteriorate further. Upon seeing that, she was intrigued, excitement flickering within her eyes. She dropped her guard and replied: Are you really interested in that Flowing Light? Shallow Sleep.: Just tell me if you''ll help me. She smiled and typed a few words into the chat box: With pleasure. Shallow Sleep.: Great, I''ve found out that now Flowing Light is at [79,87], a beginners'' region called Bashu. I''ll go to find her now. You''d better come after a while. Remember to take some screenshots. "This guy is indeed with me." With this in mind, she replied cheerfully: Okay. About three minutes later, she arrived at [79,87], the beginners'' region called Bashu. She saw Flowing Light meditating under a tree by herself but did not see Shallow Sleep. She waited for another two minutes and could not help but send a message to Shallow Sleep: Where are you? Now Flowing Light is alone here. It''s a rare chance. She was eager to take some screenshots, which she could use to prove that Flowing Light had an affair with Shallow Sleep of the Sacred Temple. She believed that with the help of these "evidences", she would crush Flowing Light once and for all. Beyond her expectations, Shallow Sleep replied: Evely, it was you. She was confused and wondered, "What? Yes, I''m Evely. What''s wrong with this Shallow Sleep?" She checked all the messages from Shallow Sleep carefully and was surprised to find out that his ID was not "Shallow Sleep" but "Shallow Sleep." and all his information was hidden. Only then did Evely realize that she had been cheated. She immediately clicked her mouse, planning to make her character run away, but her character somehow got frozen. She watched Flowing Light stand up and approach her character. [Nearby] Flowing Light: Evely, why did you frame me? Upon seeing that, Evely thought, "It was Flowing Light who used the ID "Shallow Sleep." to test me. Hehe. I never expected that a cautious person like me would make such a careless mistake." [Nearby] Evely: Since you know everything now, I don''t want to deny. I just hate you. Who do you think you are? Why did you suddenly become the first lady of the League of Strong Families? I just want to plot against you. I just want you to get kicked out of the gang. Do you dare to make this scandal of our gang known to everyone? I am not afraid of you. When she was shouting at Flowing Light, she received a game message which informed her that she was attacked by player Bluegreen-Clad. In less that 30 seconds, her character lay dead on the floor. [Nearby] Bluegreen-Clad: So, are you afraid if I say that I''ll hunt you down until you quit the game? "What? Bluegreen-Clad is here too." Evely was irritated and thought, "Why does he always protect this b*tchy Flowing Light? Why can''t he pay more attention to me?" [Nearby] Evely: Boss, I admit that I want Flowing Light to be kicked out of our gang and want her to stay as far away from you as possible. That''s why I came here. I just wanted to find some convincing evidence of her infidelity. Everyone in our gang now knows that she has an affair with Shallow Sleep. I''ve never framed her. While saying this, she thought, "Fortunately, I was vigilant enough and never admitted that I had used the Sacred Temple to set up Flowing Light. Even if Flowing Light sends screenshots of the conversation between me and that Shallow Sleep to the chat group of the gang, she can not prove anything." [Nearby] Evely: Boss, if you want me to quit the game, I''ll quit. You don''t need to hunt me down every day, but no one can prove that Flowing Light is innocent. She can never purge herself of the suspicion and return to the League of Strong Families. "Maybe I can''t make Bluegreen-Clad hate Flowing Light, but I can make Flowing Light bear this accusation forever." With this in mind, she clicked to quit the game and never came back. Chapter 35 My Offer Is Long-term Effective Zheng Xiaoguang sighed helplessly. She had suspected that it was Venus, but now it turned out to be Evely. It had taken her a lot of time to set this trap. She felt really dejected that she had failed to get any compelling evidence and purge herself of the suspicion this time. Besides, she never expected Evely to quit the game and never come back. [Nearby] Bluegreen-Clad: That''s alright. I trust you. Upon seeing that message, Zheng Xiaoguang somehow blushed. [Nearby] Flowing Light: But... I don''t want to put you in an awkward situation... When she was vexed at her failure, Bluegreen-Clad suddenly sent her a Private Chat message: Honey, check the official forum. "Is there some explosive news?" She wondered and hurriedly logged on Shiny Sky Forum. The next moment, she saw the first stickly post''s title "Evely, Traitor of the League of Strong Families". It was posted by an ID that she had never come across before, but it contained screenshots of conversation between Evely and a hidden ID. The screenshots clearly showed how Evely had plotted against Flowing Light and how she had told the hidden ID when she wanted Flowing Light''s teammates dead. All the details matched those of the incident that had happened yesterday. After reading this sticky post, Zheng Xiaoguang thought excitedly, "So now everyone knows that I''m innocent." [Private Chat] You talk to Bluegreen-Clad: Did you post it on the official forum?It''s really a brilliant idea. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad talks to you: No, it''s not me. "Huh? Then who is it?" Zheng Xiaoguang wondered, and suddenly she received a Private Chat message from an unexpected person. [Private Chat] Shallow Sleep talks to you: I''ve already found out the traitor of the League of Strong Families and posted the evidences on the forum. By the way, I want to tell you that it was not me who set you up. My gang boss logged into my account and pretended to be me to deceive you. I never planned to get back on the League of Strong Families by improper means. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought to herself, "Shallow Sleep really seems to be innocent. I could tell that from Evely''s reaction when I pretended to be him and talked to her. Besides, he said that he had helped me to purge myself of the suspicion. He''s probably trustworthy." [Private Chat] You talk to Shallow Sleep: Thank you. [Private Chat] Shallow Sleep talks to You: Flowing Light, I''ve come back to the Sacred Temple, and now we are enemies. If I meet you on the battleground again, I''ll never show you any mercy. Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised and thought, "Ah? Why does he suddenly mention this? Well, this is good for me. Upon seeing these words, no one will think that I have an affair with him anymore. Hum, this Shallow Sleep is indeed a great guy." [Private Chat] You talk to Shallow Sleep: Well, I won''t show you any mercy on the battleground either. After a long time, Shallow Sleep replied. [Private Chat] Shallow Sleep talks to you: As to the offer I made to you, it''s long-term effective. One day when you want to leave the League of Strong Families, you can come to find me. Zheng Xiaoguang was lost in thought, "The offer he made to me..." She quickly thought of that message from Shallow Sleep ¡ª "How about I establish a new gang and let you be the first lady of my gang to make it up to you?" "Ah... Does he mean..." She felt that her heart began to race as she wondered, "Is this the indispensable drama in every legendary online game? Two god-like players compete for the hand of the same girl, and no matter how indecisive the girl is, the god-like players will never give up... (1,500 syrupy words are omitted here). Both of the two god-like players will tell the girl, ''Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble, my will will remain firm.'' "Do I suddenly become super charming and make numerous guys fall for me? Hah-hah, maybe I suddenly become attractive to all god-like players. Once I gazed at a god-like player, he''ll fall in love with me~" Zheng Xiaoguang got carried away by her romanticism for one minute. She quickly got back to reality. She looked at the handsome magician standing in front of her character Flowing Light and smiled. [Private Chat] You talk to Shallow Sleep: Thank you, but I think that I''ll never leave the League of Strong Families. Shallow Sleep was surprised upon seeing that and sighed secretly, "Sigh, I''ve hesitated for such a long time before telling her this. But it looks like I still get turned down." He looked vacantly at the last message on his Private Chat channel for a while. After that, he quickly got over this crush and thought, "It''s nothing. It''s just an online game, and she''s just a somewhat interesting girl. Maybe we''ll meet on the battlefield again in the future. "I won''t show any mercy to my enemy. "So, Flowing Light, as you refuse to be my wife, you''d better become a tough opponent for me." In the mean time¡ª The girl who wore her brown hair short in a bob was gritting her teeth while reading the sticky post "Evely, Traitor of the League of Strong Families" on the official forum of the game. As the screenshots showed conversation between her and the gang boss of the Sacred Temple, she thought grumpily, "Even if it''s not the gang boss of the Sacred Temple himself posted this, he can never say that he has nothing to do with it. "Two days ago, he promised me that he would never sell me out. Huh, what a fickle friend! These guys are not trustworthy at all. Fortunately, I haven''t staked my reputation on this plan. "But why did this post become sticky so fast? Does the person who posted it has direct connections with the Shiny Sky company?" "What can I say? Chance always contrives better than we ourselves." She felt dejected as she failed to kick Flowing Light out of the League of Strong Families again. On second thought, she felt lucky as she had used her alternate account instead of her main account to contact the gang boss of the Sacred Temple. She wondered, "Why Bluegreen-Clad trust Flowing Light so much? If I had a big brother like Blooming Pear Tree, would he treat me differently too? How can I become such a resourceful person to attract Bluegreen-Clad''s attention? What can I do to make him stay with me forever?" Her hair on the right side of her head slid down. She tucked them behind her right ear and logged on Shiny Sky again. Twenty seconds later, Shiny Sky Elf told her: Dear Venus Will Cry, welcome back to Shiny Sky Online. Wish you a happy tour in the online gaming world. Chapter 36 Beauty Contes t Because of the sticky post on the official forum, Zheng Xiaoguang finally purged herself of the suspicion and received Bluegreen-Clad''s invitation to join the League of Strong Families again. Bluegreen Belt and the other friends of Venus were not pleased with her return, but they did not dare to complain. Venus Will Cry "sincerely" apologized to Flowing Light in the gang and said that Flowing Light would have never been misunderstood if she could have dealt with other men besides her husband in a bit more principled way. Zheng Xiaoguang felt quite uncomfortable upon seeing the message, but as Venus did not verbally attack her, she decided to ignore it. Probably because of this frame-up, the Sacred Temple had kept a low profile recently. The entire Watery South enjoyed an unprecedented run of peace. As peace was never preferred by the scheming game operator, Shiny Sky''s official website announced that the game system would let players to upgrade to level 110 in two weeks. More importantly, it also announced that it would hold a beauty contest called "Shiny Sky Beauty Contest" in the near future. Players who wanted to participate in the "beauty contest" had to log into their game accounts to sign up for the contest. They were also required to upload some of their personal information and their photos. The player whose photo won the most votes would be awarded the title "Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky" and a mysterious gift. Shortly after the announcement, many players from Watery South signed up for the contest, but most of them just did this for fun. Only a few of them were really attractive girls. The competition was not fierce in the beginning. As such, when Saori, the first lady of the Sacred Temple, uploaded her photo to the official website, she immediately attracted numerous voters. Zheng Xiaoguang also went to check out Saori''s photo, and she had to admit that Saori was a beautiful woman. She had bright eyes, red lips and white teeth. The only problem was that she wore quite heavy makeup and was dressed in a somewhat sluttish black dress. Upon seeing Saori''s photo, Han Meimei commented scornfully. "No wonder the gang boss of the Sacred Temple adores her so much and lets her sit on the floor to gain levels every day. Whew, this world is indeed obsessed with appearances." Zheng Xiaoguang laughed without thinking too much. Good-looking female players were important for every online game. Shiny Sky enticed the female players to upload their photos to its official website by creating this beauty contest and promising them generous rewards, because it planned to use these beautiful girls to attract more male players to join the game. In this way, Shiny Sky could ensure that they could operate the game in the long run. Watery South had not attracted many new players recently. When high-level players significantly outnumbered beginners here, this zone would be merged into another zone. It was reasonable for the company to hold such a contest now. Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top, who had felt humiliated after losing Azure Dragon City to the Matchless and Vermilion Bird City to Bluegreen-Clad successively, now felt great about himself. When his wife Saori uploaded her photo to the official website, he become the envy of nearly all male players. Not long after that, he became city governor of White Tiger City. (As he knew that he could never defeat Bluegreen-Clad, he gave up the idea of recapturing Vermilion Bird City and led his gang to occupy the unowned White Tiger City.) As this beauty contest was hyped up, many male players heard of Saori, and some male players even came from the other servers to Watery South for her. Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top was immensely proud. As a level-100 player, he had nothing to do before the game system allowed him to gain more levels. As such, he asked his wife to fly around together with him on his flying mount "Fiery Phoenix" to court envy every day. Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top thought proudly, "Yes, I was defeated by the Matchless and the League of Strong Families, but what''s the big deal? I have a hot wife. My wife is a woman of enviable beauty. Do Blooming Pear Tree and Bluegreen-Clad really think that they can compete with me in everything? Hah-hah." Blooming Pear Tree, who was never married in the game, did not care much about Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top and Saori. Bluegreen-Clad''s wife Flowing Light did not take part in the beauty contest and always kept a low profile. As for Bluegreen-Clad himself, he seemed to care nothing about this contest. Zheng Xiaoguang and her friends did not pay much heed to the beauty contest, but Saori tried really hard to arouse her attention. Saori was a pretty girl, but she sucked at the game. As such, she considered this contest a huge opportunity for her to make a hit in the game. She kept sending out Loudspeaker messages, asking Flowing Light to upload her photo to the official website to compete with her. [Loudspeaker] Saori: Hey, the first lady of the League of Strong Families. Can you upload your photo to the official website for us? As Flowing Light did not reply to her message, she began to mock her on the Public Chat channel. [Public Chat] Saori: The first lady of the League of Strong Families must be ugly. Otherwise, why is she so afraid of unloading a photo of herself to the website. As on any other server of any other online game, most players on Watery South just played the game to kill time. Some of them really liked to stir up disputes between rival gangs or gossip about some other players. At present, the most popular topic among these "gossipers" was "What does Flowing Light really look like?" When Zheng Xiaoguang used her alternate account to sell goods on a market stall, she saw players in the market talking about it. [Nearby] Gossiper 1: Is the first lady of the League of Strong Families really ugly? I heard that she even dared not to upload her photo to the official website. [Nearby] Gossiper 2: I think she''s probably really ugly. Otherwise, why didn''t she upload a photo of herself to the website. How could she let Saori openly humiliate her? [Nearby] Gossiper 3: You know what. I heard that the first lady of the League of Strong Families is actually a transvestite! [Nearby] Gossiper 1: Gee, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad spent so much money for a transvestite? Really? Does the god-like player actually like men? ... Gossipers really enjoyed talking about this topic. Every time they met, no matter whether they were friends, they would ask one another, "Have you heard that the first lady of the League of Strong Families is ugly?" The gossipers just talked about this for fun, but members of the League of Strong Families could hardly tolerate the spreading gossip about their gang boss'' wife. Gossips, if repeated enough, would be accepted as truth. Gradually, more and more players firmly believed that Bluegreen-Clad married a transvestite. [Gang] One-inch Monk: First lady, if you see some people gossiping about you, just tell me. I''ll slay all of them. I happen to have an itch to kill. We have to teach these gossipers a lesson! One-inch Monk regretted not having chosen to trust Flowing Light when she had been framed by the Sacred Temple before. He wanted to make it up to her and thus showed great enthusiasm for helping her out now. He was the first one in the gang, who made such an offer to Flowing Light. [Gang] Big Fish Eats Small Fish: Those gossips are really ridiculous. All of us have heard our first lady''s voice on YY. She''s a girl, not a transvestite. [Gang] Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze: First lady, I firmly believe that you''re a pretty girl. I trust our gang boss'' opinion on that. I believe that you''ll win the title "Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky". Come on, first lady, join the beauty contest! We''ll support you all the way! Keep it up downstairs! Chapter 37 A War between Beauties Upon seeing the message from Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze, Zheng Xiaoguang tensed up. She really hoped to tell him that she was flattered but she did not think that she could wIn the beauty contest. Actually, she did not mind uploading her photo and being compared to Saori. After all, no one wanted to be called ugly. Although she was not a stunning beauty or a super popular girl like a romantic novel heroine, she was not ugly. Nevertheless, when she compared a photo of herself to the photo of Saori, she really did not think that her doll face looked more attractive than Saori''s womanly face. [Gang] Small Fish Eats Small Shrimp: Come on, first lady, join the beauty contest! We''ll support you all the way! Keep it up downstairs! [Gang] Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Come on, first lady, join the beauty contest! We''ll support you all the way! Keep it up downstairs! [Gang] June: Come on, first lady, join the beauty contest! We''ll support you all the way! Keep it up downstairs! ... There were at least 20 or 30 gang members who sent out the same message, asking Flowing Light to join the beauty contest. Zheng Xiaoguang was stressed out and really wanted to disappear from this chat group forever. [Gang] Bluegreen-Clad: Stop talking nonsense. A decent woman like my wife will never showcase her beauty to the world like that Saori did. The gang members were rendered speechless. [Gang] Li Lei: It seems that our first lady is indeed pretty. Our gang boss just doesn''t want anyone else to see her. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but mock in her heart, "Huh, Bluegreen-Clad doesn''t know what I look like at all." In fact, Zheng Xiaoguang often felt somewhat worried that Bluegreen-Clad would ask her to send him a photo of herself. However, Bluegreen-Clad never made such a request or seemed to be worried about whether she was ugly. She could not help but wonder, "Doesn''t he want to know what his wife in game actually looks like? Or does he just need to marry the 3D character Flowing Light and care nothing about me? "Oh, come on. What am I thinking now? I''ll feel stressed out if he really asks me to send him a photo of myself. Why do I have to vex myself to think about this issue when he never asks me to do so?" With this in mind, she laughed and felt much better. No one in the League of Strong Families talked about the beauty contest anymore, but Saori still kept urging Flowing Light to contest with her by sending out messages on the Public Chat channel every day. This was really annoying. As such, Bluegreen-Clad decided to take some counter measures. Whenever he saw Saori calling Flowing Light ugly on the Public Chat channel, he would go to find the Celestial Dynasty NPC to apply for a duel against Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top. After that, the system would automatically send a dozen messages to all the channels to inform everyone that Bluegreen-Clad challenged Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top to a duel, but Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top dared not to accept the challenge. Upon seeing that, members of the Matchless and the League of Strong Families would call Saori and Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top cowardly on the Public Chat channel. One day, Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze and One-inch Monk even asked Saori whether she dared to duel with their first lady Flowing Light. Zheng Xiaoguang was excited upon seeing that and immediately opened the Public Chat channel to talk back to Saori. [Public Chat] Flowing Light: First lady of the Sacred Temple, if you can defeat me in a duel, I''ll upload a photo of myself to the website. In this online game, a duel was different from a gang war and the other types of combat. A duel winner''s ID would not become red because he or she slew another player. A player who got killed in a duel would lose experience points and equipment endurance points. More importantly, once a player got slain in a duel, a game message would be automatically sent out to inform everyone of this incident. Saori was not equipped with good PK skills. During the siege battle, she had been slain for many times. As she had fought against Flowing Light during the battle, she knew that she would never defeat Flowing Light in a duel. She thought, "I can''t be humiliated. Wait, why not let Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top to log into my account to duel with Flowing Light? No, no. Maybe Flowing Light will ask Bluegreen-Clad to log into her account and duel with me." With this in mind, Saori finally stopped verbally abusing Flowing Light, but she still continued to showcase her beauty every day. To her surprise, two days later, another pretty girl uploaded her photo to the website and quickly attracted a lot of attention. She was a member of the League of Strong Families, and her ID was Venus Will Cry. The photo on the official website really flattered her. She looked like an Internet celebrity in the photo. Her complexion was clear, and her skin looked tender. She wore her hair short in a bob and looked really like a doll. She had a heart-shaped face, slender eyebrows and big shiny eyes. She also had a high nose and a small mouth. In the photo, she put an index finger over her mouth indicating silence. Many players left comments under her photo. Male players praised her beauty and said that she would definitely win the title "Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky". Some of them even asked her for her number. Female players were different. Some of them praised Venus''s beauty. The others felt envious and teased that it must have taken her a long time to PS her photo. Anyhow, no one could deny that Venus would go viral. Members of the League of Strong Families felt pleased and thought proudly, "Who says only the Sacred Temple has a pretty girl? Our gang has a beautiful girl too. And she''s still single." In some ways, pretty single women were always more attractive than pretty married women. Many of Saori''s fans now shifted their gaze toward Venus from the League of Strong Families. Saori felt envious and began to mock Venus Will Cry on the Public Chat channel. [Public Chat] Saori: Shame on you, Venus. You always pretend to be a pure and innocent girl. Do you dare to post photos without makeup? Saori was very confident that she would still look attractive without any makeup, so she sent out such a message. She was a very straightforward person. Compared to her, Venus, who always pretended to be innocent, was much more crafty. [Public Chat] Venus Will Cry Venus: I never planned to join the beauty contest. It was my friend who posted this photo of me on the forum. If you''re not happy about it, I''ll contact Shiny Sky customer service now to see if they can disqualify me. [Public Chat] Saori: Bah! What a shameless ugly girl! Stop pretending. Do you think that I''m afraid of competing against you? No! Saori become increasingly furious, but Venus remained calm and composed all this while. [Public Chat] Venus Will Cry: I really don''t want to join this beauty contest. Women are more than just their appearances. Why do you care so much about it? The words "woman are more than just their appearances" really hurt Saori''s pride. This girl was good for nothing in this game. Players here just liked her for her good looks. [Public Chat] Saori: Honey, kill this b*tchy Venus for me. Venus, if you have the guts, never go hide in the safe zone! Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top really adored Saori. Although he thought that she did make a fuss about a trifle, he still went to slay Venus. To their surprise, Venus did not complain about that. Neither did she ask anyone to get back on the couple for her. [Public Chat] Venus Will Cry: I''m sorry. Shiny Sky customer service told me that they can''t disqualify me for the beauty contest now. Do you still want me dead? If it can make you feel better, you can come to kill me at any time. I won''t fight back. Chapter 38 The Beautiful Girl and the B*tchy Girl After killing Venus a few times, Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top felt somewhat embarrassed. After all, he was the gang boss of the Sacred Temple. It was really awkward for him to hunt down a female doctor every day. Although he usually did everything Saori asked from him, he did not want to make a fuss about such a trifle anymore. Because of this incident, Venus was pitied by nearly all the players on Watery South, and many male players even volunteered to protect her. They encouraged her to continue competing in the beauty contest, as they did not want the crazy Saori to win the title "Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky". As the matter did not concern herself, Zheng Xiaoguang did not pay much attention to it until one day when some gossip about Venus and herself suddenly spread across Watery South. Rumor had it that Bluegreen-Clad, gang boss of the League of Strong Families, had once planned to marry Venus, but Blooming Pear Tree, gang boss of the Matchless, forced him to marry his sister Flowing Light. Many players believed that Bluegreen-Clad must have bitterly regretted his decision to marry Flowing Light after seeing Venus'' photo. Some of them sincerely felt sorry for Bluegreen-Clad, some of them sympathized with Flowing Light, and the others just waited to see what would happen next. The rumors got increasingly exaggerated as they spread. As Venus went viral, everyone became interested in her past, especially the love triangle among Bluegreen-Clad, Flowing Light and her. Perhaps someone just wanted to satisfy everyone''s curiosity or keep up the hype and thus posted a thread on the official forum. The title of the thread was "The Beautiful Girl and the B*tchy Girl". The post deliberately distorted the facts to whitewash Venus'' image. It accused Flowing Light of being b*tchy and coming between Bluegreen-Clad and the beautiful and kind Venus. It even commented that it was just a piece of cake for Venus, who was going to become "Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky", to get Bluegreen-Clad back. Gossipers enjoyed reading this thread and posted numerous replies to it. Venus was highly praised for her kindness by the commenters. Flowing Light was called shameless, and some commenters even asked her to quit the game as soon as possible. Some of the commenters also pointed out that Bluegreen-Clad had really bad judgment in choosing a wife. They urged him to divorce the b*tchy Flowing Light and marry the beautiful Venus. Upon seeing this thread, Zheng Xiaoguang thought of something that Han Meimei had said before. She sent a message to Han Meimei. "You''re right. This world is indeed obsessed with appearances." >_<~~~ As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend! As Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top refused to hunt down Venus for her, Saori turned to Flowing Light. [Private Chat] Saori: Hey, first lady of the League of Strong Families, it''s time for you to teach that b*tchy Venus a lesson. I''ve read the thread on the forum. Don''t you think that it must''ve been posted by one of your gang members? That person clearly knows a lot about your gang. Maybe, it was that bitch herself posted it. Aren''t you angry with that? [Private Chat] Flowing Light: = = [Private Chat] Saori: Forgive me for being blunt. I hate that Venus. I''m sorry that I offended you before. Now we''d better work together to make that bitch disappear. [Private Chat] Saori: Well, I admit that I just don''t want her to take the title "Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky" away from me. I think that you can see that this Venus is interested in your husband. I want to remind you that guys always feel attractive to pretty girls. Even my Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top seems to like her now. Do you really believe that your Bluegreen-Clad is not interested in her at all? That bitch posted a thread on the forum, telling everyone that she was going to hold a contest to pick a husband for herself. If you continue to be indulgent toward her behaviors, you''ll definitely lose your husband someday! As Flowing Light did not reply to any of her messages, Saori decided to go straight to the point. [Private Chat] Saori: Just think about my proposal. Even if you''re too cowardly to accept it, I''ll continue acting against this Venus by myself. If your gang gets involved in this, you''d better not hold me back. She never really expected Flowing Light to help her. She just wanted to make sure that the League of Strong Families would not back Venus up in the future. After reading Saori''s messages, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "Although this Saori is quite annoying, she''s actually a very straightforward and simple girl. Compared to her, Venus, who always pretends to be innocent, is much more crafty. It''s just impossible for her to outwit Venus." Zheng Xiaoguang knew that the thread on the forum probably had something to do with Venus without Saori telling her. She just decided to ignore this thread while thinking, "Out of sight, out of mind. I won''t feel annoyed if I don''t go to read it." Han Meimei had told her before that there was absolutely nothing between Venus and Bluegreen-Clad. According to Han Meimei, they even seldom talked with each other. Given this, Zheng Xiaoguang thought that she really had no reason to distrust Bluegreen-Clad and paid no attention to the thread. Gradually, when players on Watery South began to talk about this thread everywhere, she felt annoyed. She even dared not to use her alternate account to go to the market, because she found the gossips there very intolerable. [Nearby] Venus'' Fan 1: Don''t you think that Flowing Light is exceptionally shameless? Now everyone knows that she stole Venus'' fiance. How can she continue to play on this server? [Nearby] Venus'' Fan 2: Yeah. You know what. I heard that Venus and the god-like Bluegreen-Clad were happy together before, and members of the League of Strong Families all referred to Venus as the future first lady of the gang. They were mean for each other, but this Flowing Light suddenly popped out and seduced Bluegreen-Clad. How b*tchy she is! [Nearby] Venus'' Fan 3: Yeah, who knows how she hooked up with the god-like Bluegreen-Clad? Have you seen any photo of her? Saori, the first lady of the Sacred Temple, used to urge her to upload a photo to the website, but she apparently did not have the courage to do so. She must be ugly. Why did such an ugly girl marry a god-like player like Bluegreen-Clad? This is ridiculous. If I were Bluegreen-Clad, I would divorce her and get Venus back. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "Well, this girl seems to feel unfair. She''s probably wondering, ''Why didn''t I get the chance to marry such a god-like player, when he was blind and cared nothing about his wife''s appearance.''" She could not remain calm while seeing these players say how much Venus and Bluegreen-Clad were meant for each other and how she, a scheming and ugly bitch, came between such a couple. Nevertheless, she thought that she had no reason to talk back. She wondered, "Did Bluegreen-Clad ever tell me that he likes me? Did he ever say that he wants to have a relationship with me in the real world? "No, he didn''t." In Zheng Xiaoguang''s eyes, the thread "The Beautiful Girl and the B*tchy Girl" distorted many facts, but it was right about one thing¡ªBluegreen-Clad did marry her to enhance the alliance between the Matchless and the League of Strong Families. She comforted herself by thinking, "It''s alright if Bluegreen-Clad really wants to divorce me and marry a pretty girl. After all, it''s just a game. People can get married and divorced in the game as much as they want. It''s not a big deal." Nevertheless, she could not deny that this idea made her feel somewhat sad. Chapter 39 Deserve It or no t Zheng Xiaoguang turned her cellphone on and saw the message that Bluegreen-Clad had sent to her a few days ago¡ª"I''m busy these days and may not have time to play the game." She wondered, "Since Saori stopped verbally abusing me on the Public Chat channel, Bluegreen-Clad has seldom gotten online. Is he really busy? Or is he deliberately avoiding me after seeing Venus'' photo on the official website? "He doesn''t have to avoid me. If he really likes Venus, he can just divorce me. I won''t make any trouble for him, although I do feel somewhat reluctant to divorce him." She looked at the crowded street of the Celestial Dynasty on the screen and felt somewhat dejected. She wondered, "They say that if you get used to being accompanied by someone else, you''ll feel lonely when you''re alone. When did I get used to being accompanied by Bluegreen-Clad?" She had many missions to complete in her mission list, and she had not yet played any of the weekly instances. Despite that, she just did not want to do anything for the time being. She waited for a long time, but Bluegreen-Clad still did not log onto the game. She felt somewhat agitated and logged off. She lay on her bed, trying to sleep, but she just could not stop herself from tossing and turning in her bed. As she could not fall asleep now, she got up and logged into her game account again. She ticked the system service, which would send a text message to her cellphone when Bluegreen-Clad was online. Bluegreen-Clad did not log onto the game during the following two days. There was onetime Zheng Xiaoguang heard her cellphone ring and hurriedly picked it up. It turned out to be Blooming Pear Tree asking her if she was alright. Since marrying her sister off to Bluegreen-Clad, Blooming Pear Tree had been busy with managing the gang by himself. After joining the League of Strong Families, Flowing Light seldom asked about the situation in the Matchless and could not help his big brother managing the gang again. In the beginning, Blooming Pear Tree found out that Flowing Light enjoyed her marriage, so he did not want to disturb them. When he heard about that thread on the forum recently, he felt worried. Zheng Xiaoguang guessed that her big brother was probably reproaching himself for marrying her off to Bluegreen-Clad. After all, this was her big brother''s decision. She did not want her big brother to feel worried about her, so she told him that she was alright and just busy with her work. After putting down her cellphone, she felt disappointed. After work, Yang Sisi grabbed Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand and said, "Xiaoguang, come to my home for dinner this evening," Upon thinking that Bluegreen-Clad did not have time to play the game, Zheng Xiaoguang nodded to Yang Sisi. The community where Yang Sisi lived was close to their company. It took them only 15 minutes to walk to her home. The moment the door was opened, Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised. A young man with glasses was sitting on the sofa in the living room. Yang Sisi said, "This is a relative of my neighbor. I used to tell her that I want to find a boyfriend for you. She immediately introduced this young man to me." In fact, Yang Sisi did not want to force Zheng Xiaoguang to go on a blind date in this way. She really had no choice but to trick her into meeting this young man at her home, since Zheng Xiaoguang refused to have any blind date recently. Before leaving for the kitchen, Yang Sisi whispered to Zheng Xiaoguang, "Go to have a talk with him first. I''ll go to the kitchen and cook some nice dishes for you." "I was set up." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang walked toward the young man and then sat as far away from him as possible. Upon seeing Zheng Xiaoguang take a seat, Yang Sisi asked her husband to help her in the kitchen. The young man with glasses looked at Zheng Xiaoguang and said, "How about put the things down first?" Zheng Xiaoguang discovered in surprise that she was still carrying the fruit that she had just bought downstairs and felt somewhat embarrassed. She hurriedly stood up, put the bags on the table in the living room and took out some jackfruit and longans. As she bought them at a supermarket, they all had price tags. The young man with glasses glanced at the price tags and said, "Why do you buy such expensive fruit? It costs 30 yuan per box. "And the longans, the cheap ones cost only 8 yuan a kilo. What you bought today cost 12.8 yuan a kilo." "I didn''t think that much. I bought them because I wanted to eat them." Zheng Xiaoguang replied bashfully. Jackfruit was expensive, but she only bought two boxes of it. Longans that cost 8 yuan a kilo were the ones that had been picked out and left behind by the other customers. She did not want such longans, so she bought the ones that had just been put on the shelf. They were expensive, but none of them were rotten. She really did not feel extravagant spending less than 100 yuan on the fruit today. Although, she did not earn much a month, she could still afford to eat some good quality fruit every day. Upon hearing her reply, the young man with glasses was surprised and said, "Come on, nowadays prices of property and other goods are so high. You''d better learn to save money in your daily life. None of us is rich. Why do you have to live such an extravagant life?" Zheng Xiaoguang felt annoyed, but the young man failed to notice that. He continued, "I can tell that you also buy your clothes at high street shops. Such a shop will charge you at least several hundred yuan for a piece of clothing. Forgive me for being blunt, you women buy lots of new clothes every year and throw them away after several months. Why do you have to buy expensive ones? You''re not loaded. Don''t waste your money like that." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang knew for sure that she did not like this guy at all. She thought, "Well, many girls want to get married, but no girls want to lower their standard of living after getting married. "Besides, I earn enough money to support myself now. I''m sure that I''ll be able to support myself after getting married. But this guy just keeps criticizing me for buy some good quality fruit and clothe. This is ridiculous. Maybe he just thinks that a woman like me doesn''t deserve these things. "If I married such a guy, I would never be able to have some jackfruit again." Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but think of Bluegreen-Clad. Days ago, he had given her a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword and told her that his wife deserved anything. He said, "I think my wife can have anything in this game. It''s not a big deal. Why is it not worth the money?" She thought, "Bluegreen-Clad is indeed a great guy. He never thinks that I don''t deserve something. He''s only worried that the things are not good enough for me." "No wonder they say that you''ll never understand it without experiencing it yourself and that once you meet a great guy, you''ll find that you''ll never be able to fall for someone else." The young man with glasses added, "As both of us are looking for a spouse, I think I can get straight to the point. To be frank, I have several brothers, and my family really doesn''t have enough money to buy me an apartment. I''m wondering if you and your family can pay the down payment after we get married. I''ll pay the mortgage every month, as long as you agree to add my name to the real estate certificate..." Yang Sisi and her husband quickly put several dishes and bowls of rice on the table. Zheng Xiaoguang had a hard time finishing this meal. After dinner, Yang Sisi wanted her to stay a little longer. Zheng Xiaoguang refused by saying that she had something important to do and had to go home right now. The young man with glasses did not seem to like her very much. He even did not ask her for her number before her departure. Zheng Xiaoguang left Yang Sisi''s home and went to the supermarket again. She bought three boxes of jackfruit there and then took a taxi home. When she got home, she immediately opened her computer and logged onto the game. As the background music sounded, a female doctor dressed in "Untroubled" fashionable clothes appeared in a city of the Celestial Dynasty. In the meantime, many messages were flickering on her friend list. Chapter 40 Competing for the Hand of Venus Zheng Xiaoguang checked her friend list and found out that her husband Bluegreen-Clad was still a gray color. She sighed and thought to herself, "He''s not online again." [Private Chat] Soft-heartedness is a Disease: Is everything alright with you and your husband? Why didn''t you get online during the past few days? Do you want to stop playing this game? [Private Chat] Flowing Light: No. We''ve spent so much money on this game. We won''t stop playing it. [Private Chat] Shallow Sleep talks to you: What''s going on between you and Bluegreen-Clad? [Private Chat] You talk to Shallow Sleep: Nothing. He''s just busy recently. [Private Chat] Cool Names Taken by Dogs: Come on, stupid Flowing Light, what''s the big deal? If Bluegreen-Clad really marries that Venus, I''ll marry you. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: No, please. If some girl is really able to go around with the title "The Wife of Cool Names Taken by Dogs", I''ll really admire her courage. Zheng Xiaoguang had advised Cool Names Taken by Dogs to change his name when she had just first taken him into her team. Girls in the game usually preferred guys whose names were cool or elegant. Zheng Xiaoguang was 100% sure that few girls would have the courage to marry Cool Names Taken by Dogs. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: Flowing Light, when will you get online? I sit on the floor every day without anyone chatting with me. I''m bored to death. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: Here I am. Zheng Xiaoguang received Han Meimei''s invitation to join a team shortsly after responding to her massage. Now Han Meimei was "waiting for delivery" and extremely fragile. As such, Li Lei would just take her to complete some plot missions every day and let her sit on the floor all the time. During the past few days when Zheng Xiaoguang had not gotten online, many things had happened in the game. Han Meimei only told Flowing Light some important things. According to her, no one in their gang cared much about the thread on the forum, except Venus, who always pretended to be innocent. She asked the gang members who post it on the forum and said that she never planned to come between Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light. Saori of the Sacred Temple kept a low profile recently. That was probably because she had quarreled many times with her husband Sacred Temple¥áCloud in recent days. The most eye-catching news now was that Venus was going to pick her husband by holding a contest. A female Shiny Sky player could hold a contest to pick her husband and only single male players could sign up for such a contest. Its rules were similar to those of a 1v1 battle arena. Venus had attracted a lots of male players since joining Shiny Sky beauty contest. Many guys chased after her and even joined the League of Strong Families for her. It would be easy for her to find a husband if she just wanted to marry a strong male player. Nevertheless, she set two rules: 1. Only members of the League of Strong Families could join the contest, as she did not want to marry someone from another gang. 2. Her future husband must give her a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword as an engagement gift. "A guy from the League of Strong Families who can give her a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword?" Zheng Xiaoguang wondered. Han Meimei sneered. "Well, look at the rules she has set. She said that she never planned to come between you and Bluegreen-Clad, but she is clearly still thinking about Bluegreen-Clad." Bluegreen-Clad was the strongest player of the League of Strong Families, and only he had forged a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword in the game by now. He had already given the sword to Flowing Light. "Maybe she just doesn''t want to make compromises. She just wants to marry some guy who is as great as Bluegreen-Clad. By the way, Flowing Light, what is he doing these days?" Li Lei said while slaying monsters. "He''s busy and doesn''t have time to play the game," replied Zheng Xiaoguang. "How can he be away at this time?" Han Meimei complained. Because of the thread on the forum, now everyone player on Watery South knew the thing about Flowing Light, Bluegreen-Clad and Venus. Besides, as Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light had not gotten online during the past few days to give everyone an explanation. This thread had given rise to much discussion. Zheng Xiaoguang wondered, "No wonder Blooming Pear Tree said that it was good for me to stop playing the game for a few days and stay away from the discussion. He was worried that I would get verbally abused." As the gossip spread, even Blooming Pear Tree could not make everyone shut up. Some people just had nothing to do and enjoyed gossiping. Some hated to see the alliance between the Matchless and the League of Strong Families and tried their best to fan up the flames of trouble. Some people, who were obviously strangers to Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light, analyzed all the details of the thing to determine that the third person Flowing Light must have felt ashamed of her looks after seeing Venus''s photo and never dared to log onto this game again. They also expressed that they were looking forward to seeing Bluegreen-Clad and Venus being toghther again. Upon seeing this, Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned and thought, "Wow, what an interesting story. It''s more interesting than the TV series airing at 8:00 pm. Did Bluegreen-Clad really have a thing about Venus?" She thought of the Whispers (messages from hidden IDs), which she had seen when she had just gotten online. [Whisper] Someone talks quietly to you: How dare you log onto this game again? If you don''t want to be called shameless, you should quit the game now. [Whisper] Someone talks quietly to you quietly: Get out of here, shameless bitch! ... Zheng Xiaoguang thought helplessly, "Well, do they really think that it was I, ''a cruel and shameless bitch'', that came between their godlike Bluegreen-Clad to the beautiful Venus?" Fortunately, not everyone was hostile toward Flowing Light. One-inch Monk comforted her by sending her a Private Chat message. "Sigh, guys just like pretty girls. There''s nothing we can do about it. Anyhow, in my eyes, you''re the best first lady of our gang." Besides him, there were many other people sympathized with Flowing Light. They thought that once Bluegreen-Clad divorced Flowing Light and married Venus, everyone would believe that the thread on the forum was ture. One that happened, Flowing Light''s reputation would be ruined, and she would be too embarrassed to log onto this game again. Of course, most of those people who expressed such sympathy toward Flowing Light were guys. They thought that if Bluegreen-Clad did not marry Venus, they would still have a chance. Many guys sent Private Chat messages to Flowing Light, asking her if she could sell her seven-star Yellow Spring Sword to them. At 8: 30, the system announced that the contest held by Venus began. As she was considered the future Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky, this contest attracted the attention of many players. As Zheng Xiaoguang and her friends did not care about the contest at all, they kept slaying monsters in the instance and did not go to watch the contest. Despite that, they still knew what happened in the contest, as the system kept announcing the results of the 1v1 fights, such as "So-and-so is defeated by so-and-so. He sighs and leaves." Many male players went to fight in the contest, but up till now, none of them had won three 1v1 fights in a row. Most of them were not members of the League of Strong Families. They just did this for fun. "Rest assured. I believe that Bluegreen-Clad is not such a fickle guy." Han Meimei comforted Flowing Light. "Let that Venus hold the contest. Bluegreen-Clad is not even online. No matter what she does, it''s useless." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "Han Meimei has a point. No matter what the others have said, as long as Bluegreen-Clad does not go to fight for Venus, everything will be alright. Such a contest lasts at most 1.5 hours. It''s 9:30 now. It''ll end half an hour later." "I know." Zheng Xiaoguang pretended to be relaxed and replied. This was the first time that she had felt so sure that she did not want to divorce Bluegreen-Clad. Suddenly, her cellphone rang and at the same moment, the system sent her a message. Game Message: Your husband Bluegreen-Clad is online. As the male magician dressed in "Carefree" fashionable clothes logged onto the game and appeared in a bustling crowd, he was enveloped in white light, and the corners of his garment fluttered in the wind. Game Message: Welcome Bluegreen-Clad, the city governor of Vermilion Bird City, to log onto Shiny Sky Online. Chapter 41 Return of the God-like Player Bluegreen-Clad stood in the market of the Celestial Dynasty. It usually was the most crowded place in the game, but today, he did not see many people here. There were numerous incoming messages from his friends. Bluegreen-Clad did not have the patience to respond to them one by one. As such, he set up an automatic reply and went to play. He walked for a while and then discovered that he was followed by a group of people. [Public Chat] ¡ïYou Can''t See Me*: Wow, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad is online! Bluegreen-Clad saw that this Public Chat message was from a male assassin nearby. He felt confused and frowned slightly. He opened his friend list to find Flowing Light and applied to team up with her. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad accepts Team Captain Li Lei''s invitation to join the team. He found the NPC and joined Li Lei''s team within less then two minutes. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Honey, here I am. [Team] Flowing Light: Huh, why do you suddenly get online? Just now, when the system had told her about the return of Bluegreen-Clad, Zheng Xiaoguang had felt somewhat nervous and thought, "Why did he suddenly get online in the last half hour of Venus'' contest? Is he coming to divorce me for the contest?" To her surprise, Bluegreen-Clad replied: Your big brother called me and told me everything that happened these days. Bluegreen-Clad had really been busy with his work recently. After the announcement of "Shiny Sky Beauty Contest", he started to prepare for the next campaign, a "reality show". As he was not satisfied with the proposal made by the marketing department of the company, he decided to arrange everything by himself. It had taken him several days to find advertising channels and rent a venue and the needed equipment. Before he could have some rest, he received a call from Blooming Pear Tree. The moment he got through, he heard Blooming Pear Tree shouting to him, without giving him any time to react. "I really have enough of this. How can you treat my sis like that? If you really like that Venus, you''d better divorce Flowing Light as soon as possible. My sis is such a nice girl. Many guys want to marry her!" Bluegreen-Clad was stunned and confused. Blooming Pear Tree asked him to check the hottest thread on the official forum of Shiny Sky. He spent five minutes reading the thread "The Beautiful Girl and the B*tchy Girl" and the thread announcing that Venus was going to find a husband by holding a contest. Upon seeing these threads, he could not help but wonder, "These rumors are really horrible. These people call her ugly and accuse her of stealing another girl''s fiance without knowing her at all. With these rumors floating around, Flowing Light must have a hard time in the game." "What do you say?" Blooming Pear Tree snorted and asked, very grumpily. Although this thread was not posted by Bluegreen-Clad, Blooming Pear Tree still put the blame on him. After all, Flowing Light would have never needed to suffer this if she had never married Bluegreen-Clad. Blooming Pear Tree was also angry that Bluegreen-Clad failed to make this Venus shut up earlier. If Zheng Xiaoguang had not stopped him, He would have hunted down that Venus to make her never dare to log onto this game again. Bluegreen-Clad smiled helplessly and said, "I really didn''t know this before." He had been really busy and always come home at midnight in recent days. As he wanted Flowing Light to have a good sleep, he never logged onto the game to find her or called her when he was at home. If he had known about this thread a few days ago, he would have contacted her in time, instead of just sending her a message to tell her that he was busy. "Well, now you know. And everyone on Watery South knows it. If you can''t solve this problem to my satisfaction, I promise that the Matchless will never make peace with the League of Strong Families," Blooming Pear Tree said angrily. He really flared up upon seeing his sister being bullied by the other players and was willing to do anything within his power to seek revenge. (Zheng Xiaoguang: Great, the author still remembers that I have a big brother.) Bluegreen-Clad knew that Blooming Pear Tree really cared about his sister. He sighed and replied, "I understand your feelings. Flowing Light is my wife. I''ll take care of this thing. Please rest assured." "Well, I''ll wait and see how you are going to handle it." Blooming Pear Tree paused for a moment and added, "Don''t forget that it was you who asked me to marry her off to you." With these words, Blooming Pear Tree hung up the phone. Bluegreen-Clad dialed another person''s number, and that person answered the call respectfully. "Mr. Lu, what can I do for you? It''s quite late now." "Xiaotan, ask the IT department to delete a thread on the Shiny Sky Forum. It''s called "The Beautiful Girl and the B*tchy Girl". If I can see it ten minutes later, the person in charge of the forum doesn''t need to come to the company tomorrow," replied Bluegreen-Clad. "Okay, Mr. Lu. You seem to have paid a lot of attention to the forum recently. That sticky post..." "Just do your job." "I see." After sending someone to delete the thread, Bluegreen-Clad stood up and walked away to wash his face. When he sat down in front of his computer again, he immediately logged onto the game. When he logged onto the game, he instantly went to his friend list to find his wife Flowing Light. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Honey, I''ve just known the thread on the forum. I''m sorry to let you have a such a hard time these days. Upon seeing that short message, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "What? He doesn''t come to divorce me, and he does not plan to marry Venus." She suddenly felt delighted. [Team] Flowing Light: Well, that''s alright. [Team] Han Meimei: Don''t just say sorry. You''d better solve this problem now. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: I''ve called Shiny Sky customer service just now and asked them to delete the thread. [Team] Flowing Light: What? Did they agree? Although the content of that thread was false and even slanderous, it was very eye-cathcing and could be used to hype up Shiny Sky''s beauty contest. As such, Zheng Xiaoguang thought that the game operator would never agree to delete such a thread. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Yes, they''ll delete it. In fact, Shiny Sky customer service would never promise any customer to delete any thread on the forum. Bluegreen-Clad just did not want to tell them the truth now. Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly opened the official forum of Shiny Sky. To her surprise, she found out that the thread "The Beautiful Girl and the B*tchy Girl" was gone. What she did not know was that the ID who had post the thread was also banned from the forum. [Team] Han Meimei: [Mighty] I told you that those people are wrong about Bluegreen-Clad. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: What do they say about me? [Team] Flowing Light: They say that as the strongest player on Watery South, you should marry the future Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky. In fact, she really wanted to ask him what he thought about Venus after seeing her photo. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Honey, I''ve told you that I''ll marry only you in this game. "Well, he really doesn''t have a reason to lie to me at this moment. It looks like there are still some guys in this world, who won''t be fascinated by beauties," Zheng Xiaoguang thought gleefully. Before she could enjoy the moment, Han Meimei interjected. [Team] Han Meimei: Oh, stop courting envy by showing that how much you love each other. My dear husband, come back. Let''s court some envy too. [Team] Li Lei: Okay, honey, muah. Bluegreen-Clad, if you have time, come here to help me fighting this Boss. Bluegreen-Clad went to help Li Lei. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang also went with him to help them fighting the Boss. The moment the three of them defeated the Boss in the instance, a Public Chat message was sent out to everyone. It was about the final winner of the contest held by Venus. Chapter 42 Miscalculation Part 1 Chapter 42 Miscalculation (Part 1) A guy named Motherf*cker was the final winner of the contest held by Venus Will Cry, the future "Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky". Venus remained seated beside the arena, while feeling anxious. Motherf*cker was one of the most infamous guys on Watery South. He was a well-equipped assassin and well-versed in fighting, but he was notoriously nasty and often harassed female players. He had hit on nearly all the female players on Watery South. Once he got refused directly by a girl, he would slay her to vent his anger. Venus thought helplessly, "How can I marry such a shameless man?" [Nearby] Mother f*cker: Hi, beautiful. Come on, leave with me. Forget about that seven-star Yellow Spring Sword. I have an eight-star sword. Upon seeing the nasty guy harassing the beautiful Venus, the onlookers were filled with indignation and left numerous comments. [Nearby] Onlooker 1: Motherf*cker, you''re just a greasy old man. You don''t deserve Venus! [Nearby] Onlooker 2: This is disgusting. How can a pretty girl like Venus marry a vulgar man like Motherf*cker? Motherf*cker flared up upon seeing that. He stormed out of the arena and shouted to the onlookers. "Do you dare to fight me in the arena? If you dare not to do so, stop talking nonsense here. Otherwise, I''ll hunt you down until you''re too afraid to log onto this game again." Everyone would rather become an enemy of a decent man than begin hostilities against a hooligan like Motherf*cker. Upon thinking back on how he had treated those girls before, everyone remained silent. Motherf*cker went back to the arena and showed Venus a eight-star Yellow Spring Sword in his backpack through the Nearby channel. [Nearby] Motherf*cker: Hi, beautiful. As long as you agree to marry me, I''ll join the League of Strong Families. What do you say? Venus told everyone that she wanted to marry a member of the League of Strong Families and wanted a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword as an engagement gift. This was not only because she felt jealous of Flowing Light and wanted to keep up with her. This was because she really hoped that Bluegreen-Clad would come to this contest. She had once told everyone in the gang that she never planned to come between Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light, but that was just a lie. Venus had felt quite uncertain about this plan before announcing that she was going to pick her husband by holding a contest, as she clearly remembered how mercilessly Bluegreen-Clad had slew her alternate character Evely to protect Flowing Light. She was always worried that Bluegreen-Clad would not come to fight for her just after seeing her photo. Baby 520 kept comforting her. "That Flowing Light must be ugly. Saori urged her for such a long time, but she still refused to upload her photo. You''re such a pretty girl. As long as Bluegreen-Clad is not blind, he''ll definitely choose you instead of that Flowing Light." Upon seeing Baby520''s words, Venus thought confidently,"Yes, Baby520 is right. No man wants to stay married to an ugly girl when he has a chance to marry a beautiful girl. Bluegreen-Clad won''t stay married to the ugly Flowing Light. This will make him the laughingstock of the entire zone. "Besides, my thread on Shiny Sky Forum has already caught lots of attention by now. Well, I have to thank the gang boss of the Sacred Temple for betraying me. Otherwise, I would''ve never thought of using the forum to create this public opinion against Flowing Light." In the thread, "The Beautiful Girl and the B*tchy Girl", Flowing Light was described as a vicious woman who came between Bluegreen-Clad and Venus when she knew that they were engaged. The thread said that Flowing Light forced Bluegreen-Clad to marry her with the help of the Matchless, and Venus had no choice but to compromise for the sake of her own gang. There was only one vicious person in this story, which was Flowing Light. Bluegreen-Clad was described as a guy who had been deluded into marrying a woman that he did not like and now finally knew the truth and wanted to reunite with his true love. Beyond Venus'' expectations, Bluegreen-Clad had not logged onto the game for several days in a row. Nor had he talked to her privately. She felt really uncertain about his attitude. Baby 520 comforted Venus again and again. "Oh, come on. Don''t worry! Bluegreen-Clad must be deliberately avoiding Flowing Light. He just hopes that she''ll divorce him when she gets stressed out. "Only in this way, the Matchless won''t put the blame on him." Venus still felt somewhat uneasy and asked, "Are you sure about that?" What worried Venus most was that Bluegreen-Clad suddenly quit the game. It was a common thing in the gaming world. She thought worriedly, "If Bluegreen-Clad really quits the game, this plan will be useless." Baby 520 noticed that Venus was worried and said, "Relax. Look at that Flowing Light. She has not logged onto the game for days. Let''s wait and see, we''ll have a chance." Venus thought frowningly, "Flowing Light has indeed not been online recently, but Bluegreen-Clad hasn''t logged onto the game too!" She asked, "What if Bluegreen-Clad doesn''t know that I''m going to hold this contest to pick a husband? What can we do?" Baby 520 immediately understood what Venus meant and replied, "That''s not a problem. I''ll post an announcement on the forum for you." Venus curled her lips into a smile and replied, "Baby, I know that you''re my best friend." Chapter 43 Miscalculation Part 2 Chapter 43 Miscalculation (Part 2) Baby 520 posted an announcement on the official forum of Shiny Sky, telling everyone that Venus, the goddess of Watery South, was going to give her admirers a chance to compete for her hand in a contest. As Venus had attracted a lot of attention during the "beauty contest", the anouncement posted by Baby 520 quickly became a sticky post on the first page of the forum. When Venus thought that everything was ready, she saw Flowing Light get online. She thought, "This shameless bitch." Upon noticing that Venus was upset, Baby 520 decided to help her and sent many Whisper messages to insult Flowing Light. The contest held by Venus began at 8:30 pm. During the first hour of the contest, Venus did not see Bluegreen-Clad get online at all. She felt nevous and thought, "Why doesn''t Bluegreen-Clad come to fight for me? Is it because Flowing Light is here?" With this in mind, Venus hated Flowing Light even more and lost interest in the contest. She sighed secretly, "It''s useless. No matter how many guys come to fight for me and no matter how many guys praise my beauty, it''s still useless. "All of this is meaningless, unless Bluegreen-Clad come here." Venus felt dejected and even wanted to quit this game and leave this battle arena now. Nevertheless, every time she thought that Bluegreen-Clad might come in the next minute, she felt reluctant to leave. At 9:30 pm, Bluegreen-Clad logged onto the game. Upon seeing that, Venus felt that her heart skipped a beat. She thought, "Great, he gets online, so he''s going to see the Private Chat message I sent him." In order to prevent Bluegreen-Clad from thinking that she just wanted to marry someone better than himself, she had sent him a Private Chat message to tell him that she would wait for him at the battle arena tonight. She kept telling herself, "Bluegreen-Clad will come to fight for me. He''ll marry me, and I''ll become the first lady of the League of Strong Families and the wife of the city governor of Vermilion Bird City." Many players were talking about this matter on the Public Chat channel, and nearly all of them thought that Bluegreen-Clad got online at this hour to fight for Venus. At 10:00 pm, Bluegreen-Clad still did not show up in the contest held by Venus. Someone had seen him go to find the Celestial Dynasty''s instance NPC after getting online. He seemed to have disappeared since then. Venus Will Cry felt anxious and sent him a message to ask him what he was doing right now. To her surprise, she received such a message: Busy playing an instance with my wife. Please don''t disturb. She thought bitterly, "It''s obviously an auto-reply, and the wife he''s talking about must be Flowing Light. Oh, Flowing Light again..." Venus'' eyes were red-rimmed as she thought sadly, "Why? Does Bluegreen-Clad really like that ugly girl who dares not to show her photo to everyone? I can''t accept this..." She felt even sadder when the final winner of her contest turned out to be the disgusting man Motherf*cker. If it was someone else who had won this contest, she would have been able to refuse to marry him. Nevertheless, she dared not to refuse Motherf*cker, a notoriously hooligan. She thought worriedly, "If I refuse to marry him, he''ll hunt me down every day in this game." She looked at the other guys around the battle arena. They all remained silent. She sent out a Nearby message: There are still 12 minutes left. Does anyone of you want to fight for me?" There were many guys around the battle arena, but they all took a wait-and-see attitude toward the incident. Some of her admirers really wanted to try but did not have the courage to challenge Motherf*cker. [Nearby] Admirer 1: Who doesn''t like a beautiful girl? But this Motherf*cker is fierce. I can never defeat him. If I challenge him to fight, I''ll be slain within several seconds. [Nearby] Admirer 2: Yes, that guy was really beaten up by Motherf*cker just now. It''s humiliating. I don''t want to be ridiculed after failing to get a pretty girl. That''s double humiliation. [Nearby] Motherf*cker: Hey, pretty girl, just marry me now. No one here dares to challenge me. Just rest assured. I promise you that you''ll live a good life after marrying me. If you agree to meet me offline and * (some dirty words bleeped out here), I''ll buy you fancy bags and clothes and anything you want. Venus felt disgusted and thought, "What? This disgusting man wants to make me his sugar baby?" Venus felt anxious and thought desperately, "I don''t want to marry such a man. Anyone else is better than him. Someone just comes to save me, please!" [Nearby] Onlooker 1: Tut-tut, did you see that? Motherf*cker just said in front of eveyone that he wants to have a sugar dating with our goddess. What a troubled world~ [Nearby] Onlooker 2: Sigh, nowadays this is nothing new. Lots of pretty girls have sugar daddies in the real life. Ordinary guys like us had better log off and go to sleep now. [Nearby] Onlooker 3: This is really boring. Another pretty girl ends up with a greasy old man. Everyone just stood by and did nothing. Venus almost despaired. Right at this moment, her savior came to the battle arena. It was Son of Heaven. [Nearby] Motherf*cker: Son of Heaven, why do you have to make trouble for me? Son of Heaven did not reply. He directly went to apply for a 1v1 fight against Motherf*cker. Son of Heaven was a warrior, and Motherf*cker was an assassin. Both of them were equipped with great non-magical offensive force, but an assassin clearly outshone a warrior in the terms of Critical Damage and Dodge skills. Even though Son of Heaven had great defensive force, he could not avoid falling into a bitter battle. Venus nervously watched them fight. Three minutes later, she heard a game message. "The contest held by Venus Will Cry ends, and the final winner is Son of Heaven." Motherf*ck angriy left the battle arena while swearing. Son of Heaven ignored him and came up to Venus. He talked to her by sending out a Nearby message: I won the contest. Venus had never expected this contest to end like this. She stood up and sent a Nearby message back to him: And a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword." This was the last excuse she could use to refuse Son of Heaven. She knew that he liked her, but she never planned to marry him. Even if he had saved her this time, she still did not want to marry him. [Nearby] Son of Heaven: I''ll give you a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword. I promise. The onlookers burst into cheers and wished Venus and Son of Heaven a happy marriage, especially members of the League of Strong Families. They all thought that this was a happy ending. Son of Heaven was also a god-like player of Watery South, albeit not as strong as the legendary Bluegreen-Clad. He was second only to Blooming Pear Tree in the power ranking of warriors and the one with the strongest non-magical offensive force in his gang. Although he did not have a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword now, he was good enough for Venus. [Public Chat] Little Girl: Get married! Get married! Get married! [Public Chat] Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze: I''m looking forward to your wedding! Keep it up downstairs! [Public Chat] Bluegreen Belt: I''m looking forward to your wedding! Keep it up downstairs+1! [Public Chat] Small Fish Eats Small Shrimp: I''m looking forward to your wedding! Keep it up downstairs+2! ... Upon seeing that, Venus thought to herself, "Is this the end? Is this the final result I get?" "No! It''s not!" She stared at her screen and thought, "This isn''t the end for me or the end for Flowing Light and Bluegreen-Clad." Chapter 44 Honey, Lets Make a Baby When the contest ended, the onlookers who had planned to witness the reunion of Bluegreen-Clad and Venus dismissed. The thread "The Beautiful Girl and the B*tchy Girl" disappeared from the forum. Only a few players would occasionally talk about it and sigh, "Is the god-like player, the gang boss of the League of Strong Families, really blind?" After returning to the game, Bluegreen-Clad resumed the habit of calling Flowing Light now and then. "Bluegreen-Clad, I''m just curious. Have you seen Venus'' photo before?" "I never develop the habit of asking female players for their photos." Bluegreen-Clad replied assertively. Actually, he had only been interested in Flowing Light''s real looks, and he had seen her photo even without asking her to send one to him. "That Venus is quite pretty, and she seems to like you..." said Zheng Xiaoguang: "What does that have to do with me?" Bluegreen-Clad said flatly and seemed to care nothing about being called blind by the other players. "Don''t you like her? Really? Don''t you regret it?" asked Zheng Xiaoguang. "No. Honey, you know what, Just consider me blind." Bluegreen-Clad teased. Zheng Xianguang was somewhat annoyed and said, "What? Why do you call yourself blind? I''m not ugly." "So show me your photo," Bluegreen-Clad chuckled and said. "Alright, I''ll send you one now!" Zheng Xiaoguang replied assertively. She sent a photo to Bluegreen-Clad, and Bluegreen-Clad said approvingly, "Good, very cute." Now, Bluegreen-Clad and all of his friends, except Flowing Light, had reached level 100. Bluegreen-Clad even had accumulated enough experience points to upgrade to level 105 by now. Once the system allowed him to upgrade, he would reach that level immediately. Flowing Light was still at level 98. She finally reached this quite high level and was eager to gain more levels to catch up with Bluegreen-Clad. As such, every afternoon she would nip straight home to have dinner after work. In this way, she could ensure that she could log onto the game at 7:30 pm. Now her regular teammates were Bluegreen-Clad, Li Lei and Han Meimei. Bluegreen-Clad did not need to gain more levels. He just came to gain some relationship points by teaming up with his wife. In order to give birth to the baby earlier, Han Meimei had recently spent about 12 hours per day on this game. Now she finally delivered her baby. It was a cute boy crawling behind her all the time. As he did not have a name yet, he went around with the title "Li Lei and Han Meimei''s Baby". Han Meimei had not fought in the game for a long time. Now she looked exceptionally excited and was busy attacking and annihilating monsters everywhere with her baby boy crawling behind her. As such, the boy often got buried by the bodies of the dead monstors. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but feel somewhat worried. [Team] Flowing Light: Why not give him a name? [Team] Han Meimei: I like his current title. Everyone will know at a glance that he''s our child! [Team] Flowing Light: [Sweat Like a Waterfall] Li Lei explained honestly that they had not decided on a name for the baby, and Flowing Light sincerely told them that any name would be alright unless it was another name from the English textbook. Suddenly, Bluegreen-Clad, who should be busy slaying monsters at this moment, sent a formal invitation to Flowing Light, asking her to make a baby with him. He said that he had already bought a house and picked a name for the child. Han Meimei hurriedly echoed and urged Flowing Light to give birth to a baby girl to give her son a "child bride". In the past, she would have found an excuse to refuse such a request, but now, she promised without any hesitation. The only problem was that now Bluegreen-Clad and she had only 30,000 relationship points. Fortunately, their considerate game operator offered them another way to gain relationship points fast. They could buy each other roses and chocolates from the shop to rapidly increase their relationship points. (What a shrew businessman!) Soon enough, Flowing Light got pregnant and thus could not fight anymore. As the game was going to allow the players to upgrade to at most level 110 five days later, everyone was eager to accumulate experience points now. Flowing Light also wanted to accumulate enough points for herself to reach at least level 100 five days later, even though she was pregnant now. Bluegreen-Clad, Li Lei and Han Meimei would not mind letting her sit on the floor to gain levels easily, but as their team needed another player to gain experience points together, Flowing Light was worried that it was not easy for her teammates to find such a person. She thought of Soft-heartedness, but now Soft-heartedness had a regular team too. Zheng Xiaoguang did not want to make troubles for her. She told Bluegreen-Clad her concerns and not long after that, he brought Blooming Pear Tree into their team. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "How come I forgot about my big brother? Only he is not eager to gain levels and won''t mind letting me sit on the floor to gain levels easily now." Blooming Pear Tree did not mind letting Flowing Light sit on the floor to gain levels. He had accumulated enough experience points to upgrade himself five days later and did not have many things to do in his gang now. As he was not a magician and not good at helping low-level players to gain levels fast. He would just occasionally help his gang members fight a Boss or a melee. When he heard that Flowing Light got pregnant by Bluegreen-Clad, he was stunned and sent out a lot of emoji faces to the Team channel to express his shock. [Team] Blooming Pear Tree: [Stares] [Stares] [Stares] [Team] Blooming Pear Tree: [Surprised Face] [Surprised Face] [Surprised Face] [Team] Flowing Light: [Shut up] Hey, big brother, just fight. As such, two magicians, an archer, a warrior and a female doctor who kept sitting on the floor began to gain levels at a level-100 region. This was the first time Zheng Xiaoguang had realized how great it was to sit on the floor to gain levels. She thought, "No wonder Saori of the Sacred Temple sits on the floor all the time. It''s easy and feels great." One day, when Bluegreen-Clad was not online, Blooming Pear Tree suddenly asked Flowing Light to accompany him to Phoenix Terrace of the Celestial Dynasty. Flowing Light teamed up with Blooming Pear Tree, and the two of them quickly came to Phoenix Terrace, the most exquisite place of the Celestial Dynasty. They sat beside the terrace and talked privately. [Team] Blooming Pear Tree: My dear sister, I heard that Bluegreen-Clad adores you. He thought that although Flowing Light had met quite a lot of troubles after getting married to Bluegreen-Clad, Bluegreen-Clad had solved all the problems well. As such, he had nothing to complain. [Team] Flowing Light: Um. She thought that she did not need to say too much, as this was a fact known by everyone. [Team] Blooming Pear Tree: [Sighs] I''m happy to see you find a great husband, but you should not be confused by his sweet talks and all these gifts. Zheng Xiaoguang heaved a long sigh and clicked open Flowing Light''s backpack. Game Message: You give player Blooming Pear Tree some garbage. [Team] Flowing Light: Big brother, are you alright? [Team] Blooming Pear Tree: [Embarrassed Face] Sigh, a grown girl can never be kept at home. Well, I''m just worried that you get coaxed into doing anything for that guy because of some sweet talks and good equipment. [Team] Flowing Light: Wasn''t it you who married me off to him? I nearly forget about that, if you don''t mention it. You also gave him my cellphone number. [Team] Blooming Pear Tree: Ahem, that''s not important. I just want to remind you if you let him easily get what he wants, he won''t cherish you. Do you understand? ? ? Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but roll her eyes and sigh secretly, "Oh, this big brother..." Chapter 45 A Life for a Life That day, Zheng Xiaoguang, as promised, logged onto "Sitting on the Floor". Bluegreen-Clad, Li Lei and Han Meimei were already online. Blooming Pear Tree could not play as she had something on. She passed her account number to Zheng Xiaoguang. Flowing Light: Haha, I can''t sit on the floor today. I am feeling a little sad. Bluegreen-Clad: [smiling faintly] Where did Big Uncle go? Huh- This time Big Uncle should let Blooming Pear Tree hear all about it. Flowing Light: He returned briefly to the "Flying Deity" game that we played before. I heard that in that game, Blooming Pear Tree met a girl who became very important to him. Her name was "Rose". However, he did not treasure the opportunity. When "Rose" disappeared, he finally discovered his own feelings. However, looking for her was like finding a needle in a haystack. Moreover, they were separated by the virtual world. Hence, he never found any news about "Rose". In these two years, he continued to play computer games and asked all his gaming friends to help him find out news about the girl. But it was all in vain. His friends advised him to give up but he just wouldn''t. Finally, last night, a friend who had played "Flying Deity" suddenly told him that they had encountered a girl named "Rose" in the new region of "Flying Deity". Hence, Blooming Pear Tree planned to return to Flying Deity today to try her luck. Hence, today, Zheng Xiaoguang would refresh her levels with the name of "Blooming Pear Tree" and her own gaming character would be left in the lower right corner of the 100th level of gaining levels fishing village. Zheng Xiaoguang had helped Blooming Pear Tree play this name of "Warrior" many times. Even though she had rarely logged in using the name of "Blooming Pear Tree" after marrying Bluegreen-Clad, she was no stranger to it. Bluegreen-Clad, Han Meimei, Li Lei and she then went down to the four different corners of the map on their own to kill monsters. Seeing the numbers above the heads of the characters that swiftly increased, Zheng Xiaoguang felt deeply comforted- indeed, his efforts had reaped rewards. After killing monsters for about an hour, Zheng Xiaoguang axed Blooming Pear Tree''s playing screen. He adjusted Flowing Light''s gaming interface, deciding to assess her character experience. But little did he see that Flowing Light''s screen had already turned black and white. Game Message: You have been killed by Baby520. Please choose the solution that you would like to adopt: going back to the city to resurrect yourself or waiting for help. Game Message: Because of your character''s death, the treasure in your tummy had an accidental miscarriage. You glanced pitifully at it and it was actually a fully-formed male infant. (Automatically entering the condition of miscarriage, within 24 hours an internal character''s attributes had declined 50%, and was unable to reconceive as a result of the miscarriage.) It''s Baby520 again! The last time, she had already let her go. How dare she come back again and hurt the child! Zheng Xiaoguang activated Blooming Pear Tree''s clairvoyant abilities and started to trace Baby520''s coordinates, the results of the search being that she was indeed in the fishing village [159,288]. Following which, she had no hint of hesitation at all, immediately flying over on the name of Blooming Pear Tree, riding a "Night Kirin". Seeing Baby520, she used her warrior capabilities without a second word to knock her out with "Severe Warning". Later, she called up with the skills of a group of warriors and simply did not care about any group or individual abilities. Blooming Pear Tree''s defences were excellent. They were so good that under conditions of rage, Flowing Light''s several capabilities were thrown over and Baby520 had turned into a corpse immediately. Blooming Pear Tree: Come, try me if you dare sneak attack again. Baby520: You are Flowing Light that bastard? I will f------- kill your whole family! Blooming Pear Tree: You lone woman don''t have that strength! Flowing Light, who had lost some of his wits in his rage used the shop equipment''s Revival Talisman on Baby520. Blooming Pear Tree: Get up! However, Baby520 chose to return to the city to resurrect instead, the corpse vanishing before Zheng Xiaoguang. This time, even Bluegreen-Clad noticed this side was amiss. Bluegreen-Clad: Who killed you? Flowing Light: It was Baby520! Han Meimei: Huh? She sneak attacked you? According to Flowing Light''s current rank and defences, it would be very hard for Baby520 to win if she went for an assault head-on. Flowing Light: Yes. [Public Chat]: The whole area wants Baby520. It would be no surprise if anyone who is with her gets killed. Zheng Xiaoguang used Clairvoyant to check Baby520''s coordinates and this revealed that she was at Seaside. Flowing Light: She is at Seaside [337,124]. Bluegreen-Clad: Li Lei, Meimei, leave the group. Dear wife, your character is injured now, return to the safe zone. It is enough for me alone to hunt her down and kill her. Li Lei: OK. Han Meimei: Received! Flowing Light: Bluegreen-Clad, she killed our son, I absolutely cannot tolerate this matter. Bluegreen-Clad: Good. Watching Bluegreen-Clad turn around to leave, Zheng Xiaoguang sent his character back to the safe zone of the entire city. Han Meimei comforted him in the Private Chat saying: Flowing Light, are you fine? I have never seen you lose your temper. Even if the "Goddess and N¨¹wa" poster were to spread to the entire region of the Watery South, Zheng Xiaoguang would never lose his temper. Flowing Light: She killed the son of mine and Bluegreen-Clad''s! It was only when Zheng Xiaoguang sent out this message that she had realized that she was indeed a little impulsive. The so-called Players and their Children were no more than a sequence of the Game Message. The children who were conceived were no more than an exclusive NPC, similar to the Summoner''s favorite child- it might not even be more useful than summoning the favorite child. Moreover, the miscarriage had only added 24 hours of negative effect. It is still possible to conceive 24 hours later- it was not as though it is impossible to conceive any longer. But why would she be so angry? Her and Bluegreen-Clad''s son... Han Meimei: Flowing Light, you told me secretly, did you fall in love with the gang boss and everything associated with him and that''s why you treasured this child so much? Love? Bluegreen-Clad? Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly shook her head. Didn''t she decide not to fall in love easily with anyone? But what''s this feeling towards Bluegreen-Clad- the last time when Bluegreen-Clad suddenly disappeared, she had even the idea of quitting the game- what had happened to her? Only because she had been used to Bluegreen-Clad''s company, or that she had already started to waver long ago? Han Meimei: View the Public Chat quickly. Zheng Xiaoguang only came to his senses now, discovering that Baby520 was no longer on Bluegreen Clad''s radar and was begging for mercy on the Public Chat. [Public Chat] Baby520: Bluegreen-Clad, didn''t I just kill your wife once? What''s this killing me 10 times? Doesn''t the forced resurrect book in the shop require money? The resurrect book in the shop is different from the Revival Talisman. It could resurrect the dead players in the game by force but its price is significantly higher than the Revival Talisman. In the past, Zheng Xiaoguang felt that this equipment was chicken feed. Never did he think that it would be a great instrument for revenge. If Bluegreen-Clad had used the resurrect book to kill Baby520 10 times, then Baby520 would have dropped at least three levels. [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: You killed my wife and my son- it''s a life for a life. [Public Chat] Baby520: I say Bluegreen-Clad, are you sick? You had already killed me 15 times, isn''t that more than a life for a life? [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: What I mean by a life for a life is to turn you into a dead person in the Watery South area- in other words, to kill you until you quit the game. [Public Chat] Baby520: Bluegreen-Clad, just for an NPC child- are you crazy? [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: You have offended me- either you quit the game, or you can get killed by me every day online until I quit the game. Chapter 46 Golden Finger Issuing Candies Wilfully Chapter 46 Golden Finger (Issuing Candies Wilfully) [Public Chat] Baby520: Bluegreen-Clad, you used the resurrect book to resurrect me by force, and then kill me. I want to see if you are really that rich! Everyone in the region was watching the show. [Public Chat] Smily Beauty: I say that Baby520, I don''t know if god-like player is really that rich but according to the killing technique of god-like player, even if you didn''t quit the game, you would be killed and forced to drop 30 levels sooner or later. [Public Chat] Big Shrimp Has Nothing to Eat: Sister Baby520, I would advise that it is better that you do not offend god-like player. An ordinary person would not spend so much, and it''s better if you change the game early. [Public Chat] Soft-heartedness Is a Disease: I strongly support god-like player! Baby520 had dared to kill our Flowing Light. I, Soft-heartedness Is a Disease will kill you whenever I see you. Zheng Xiaoguang had already calmed down. She sent Bluegreen-Clad a private chat: "Bluegreen-Clad, why don''t you stop killing? The resurrect book is very expensive." Bluegreen-Clad replied her in this way instead: No worries, I''ve got this. Flowing Light: But it''s too much effort to kill a good-for-nothing like her. Bluegreen-Clad: It''s not a waste of effort¡ªit''s to avenge the death of our child. Zheng Xiaoguang''s heart moved momentarily¡ªWas he as concerned about the child as her? Was he so very concerned about her too? Flowing Light: Forget it, I feel that she would not dare to rile us in future. Bluegreen-Clad: Then kill her a full hundred times. If she can handle it, then I will stop killing her. At most, I''ll kill her everytime I see her like Soft-heartedness Is a Disease. Yes. It was indeed best not to offend the family of god-like player. Zheng Xiaoguang searched the coordinates of Bluegreen-Clad and wanted to run over to persuade her again. However, when she had managed to rush over, Baby520 was no longer there. Flowing Light: ?? Bluegreen-Clad: She was already offline at the 35th time. Alright, she had really thought that Baby520 would really want to hang on until Bluegreen-Clad had white-washed¢Ù her? Flowing Light: Then let us... go back? Bluegreen-Clad: Good. Zheng Xiaoguang brought Bluegreen-Clad to the safe zone. Bluegreen-Clad looked at the time¡ªit was already eleven at night. Bluegreen-Clad: It is late, and you had better rest. Usually at such times, Zheng Xiaoguang would go to bed obediently, but she did not want to go offline this time. Flowing Light: I''m not tired. Bluegreen-Clad: Do you want me to sing you a song? In the past, Zheng Xiaoguang would say deliberately that she did not want to sleep so that she could hoodwink Bluegreen-Clad into singing for him. Flowing Light: No... but whenever I think of our son, I would not be able to sleep. Why does it take 24 hours to be able to conceive? I can''t wait to give birth to him sooner. Bluegreen-Clad: Hold on for a while. I want to make a call. Not understanding why he would make a call at eleven at night, Zheng Xiaoguang still agreed obediently: Good. Bluegreen-Clad picked up his phone and made a call to Little Tan. On this end, Little Tan picked up the call very quickly, but felt very groggy all over. "Yes..." Bluegreen-Clad: "Little Tan, go contact the Information Technology department that is working overtime tonight. Let them make me a piece of equipment within half an hour." "Is it Manager Lu?" Little Tan immediately perked up. "Manager Lu, what kind of equipment do you want?" Bluegreen-Clad: "It is possible to remove the equipment of female players'' miscarriage status and let them put it directly into the purchasing limit of the shop." "Ah?" Little Tan, like Second Zhang and Monk could not figure things out but were used to doing things honestly. "I will keep in touch with the people from the technical department." After hanging up, Bluegreen-Clad returned to before the computer, when Flowing Light was leaning on his character and sitting down. He smiled faintly and made a call to Zheng Xiaoguang. About three seconds later, Zheng Xiaoguang picked up the call. Her voice belied a faint nervousness. "Ah, are you done with making the call?" "Yes," he replied. "That..." she hesitated a while and then asked, "It''s already so late. Who were you calling just now?" Bluegreen-Clad thought for a while and decided to conceal the fact. "Something cropped up at the office. I called to settle it." Zheng Xiaoguang harrumphed. "The company needs you to settle it at such a late hour? Your boss has no morals." Bluegreen-Clad was crying a little inside. That heartless boss which Zheng Xiaoguang had described must be him, no? Sigh, it was all to make his wife happy. It was all very difficult to him. "I''ll sing a song for you, go sleep." He tried to negotiate with her. She smiled. "Okay. What song can I pick?" He replied quickly, "As long as it''s a song that I can sing." "Then, Jeff Chang''s ''A Little Moved''." In the quiet night, Bluegreen-Clad''s soft and moving voice reached Zheng Xiaoguang''s ear through the phone. "We¡ªman and woman¡ªcannot escape love/ Who would give their hearts so unreservedly and courageously... I am a little moved by you/ but I am so scared of looking into your eyes/ I am a little moved by you, a little hesitatingly/ I can''t believe my helplessness/ I am a little moved by you/ no matter if the end is sadness or happiness/ I am a little moved by you, a little hesitatingly/ afraid that I would lose you after I love you/ it''s hard to refuse/ oh, man''s greatest fear is falling in love/ even though he would not want to deny seeing or listening/ he falls into the trap of love..." After the song has been sung, Bluegreen-Clad spoke softly, "Wife, let''s make love." Zheng Xiaoguang was in disbelief. "Ah? I thought players who have miscarried can''t make love?" Bluegreen-Clad said, "You are lucky, tonight''s purchase limit had drawn a white phoenix pill that nobody will fight with you for. I have bought it. You can eliminate the status of miscarriage after eating it and I had also looked a little at its distinctive characteristic¡ªafter players have eaten it, the chances of conceiving increase by a hundred percent one hour after consuming it." Zheng Xiaoguang turned on his already sleeping computer. Seeing how the bag indeed carries the "white phoenix pill" that Bluegreen-Clad had gifted her, she ate it and it did eliminate the negative side-effects of miscarriage. Bluegreen-Clad: "Come make love at my place." To conceive, this gaming couple would need to go to one of the family''s gardens to find Ah Ma to unlock the love-making function¡ªthe luxuriousness of the family''s gardens can increase the chances of conceiving. Very soon, Zheng Xiaoguang had reached the Bluegreen-Clad''s home. Before, carrying treasures was accomplished completely by Bluegreen-Clad¢Ú. She was not sure of the love-making power. When Bluegreen-Clad had applied for the love-making function successfully, her gaming screen had blacked out suddenly. She was so shocked that she rose to her feet, but she saw a friendly prompt that appeared on the screen: get lovey-dovey and all cozy with your lover all night. "My God, this game... it''s simply disgusting," thought Zheng Xiaoguang About 10 seconds later, the screen returned to normal. Grandmother happily congratulated: "Congratulations to the lady for conceiving little treasure. In the meantime, I would wish for the master to treat the lady well, and raise a healthy prince as soon as possible." System: Because you had used up the mysterious white phoenix pill equipment, you have gained an extra reward¡ªthree days later, you will be able to conceive little treasure. Zheng Xiaoguang happily told Bluegreen-Clad of this news: "We will be able to give birth to little treasure three days later!" Bluegreen-Clad smiled: "Yes." "Looks like that group of fellas at the technique department is very caring. They know what features to add without him telling," thought Bluegreen-Clad. Note: ¢ÙWhitening: Players below level 30 are not allowed to PK. Characters who are killed will lose their experience. Once experience has gone to the level of 30, it would be termed "whited"¡ªgetting killed to a level of a white novice level. ¢ÚDouble-opening: It refers to a single person operating two gaming characters simultaneously. Chapter 47 Quitting the Game "I have already said it, Bluegreen-Clad only has eyes for Flowing Light that scoundrel!" Baby520 harangued irritably. "You see, in order to stand up for you, I killed Flowing Light''s child. Bluegreen-Clad actually killed me for 35 times! If it weren''t for my quick escape, I might have dropped to level 30 now." In reality, she has already dropped from level 95 to level 88. "Sorry, baby, I know you did everything for me. I will buy equipment from the shop to make up for the levels that you have lost." In YY''s little room, Venus tried her best to cajole Baby520. Baby520 thought of the news that Bluegreen-Clad had sent her and was irritated to the max. "No need! Bluegreen-Clad said it, in future if I get online again, he will continue to kill me until I quit the game." Today, she had really gotten to know the power of the rich. Whatever rich equipment was nothing in their eyes. To a normal person like her, however, it was irresistible. Venus also knew that Bluegreen-Clad had sent a message on Public Chat but she did not expect such an outcome. She was angry with Bluegreen-Clad for ignoring her and how he had actually unwaveringly gotten together with Flowing Light and even had a child with her. No, she did not want that child given birth. Even if they were to be able to conceive in future, or even if it only means delaying the time they have a child, she will let Flowing Light have a hard time. Baby520, who had gotten the most benefits off her, was unable to turn her request down. She could only risk getting killed by Bluegreen-Clad in her sneak attack on Flowing Light. However, Venus still decided that it was just an NPC treasure and even without it, Bluegreen-Clad would still kill Baby520 several times to vent his anger. Who knew that to Bluegreen-Clad, his anger was absolutely irreconcilable. Did Bluegreen-Clad care so much about the child that Flowing Light was carrying? For that child, he had actually spent so much money buying the resurrect books. She discovered for the first time that she did not understand this man who usually looked so calm. No, he still looked very calm. Only, he changed whenever it was a matter relating to Flowing Light. "Venus, I am quitting the game today," Baby520 said coldly. "Why?" Venus asked immediately. Baby520 was the "gun" that she had painstakingly raised, so how can she lose it just like that? Baby520 said bitingly, "What can I do apart from quitting the game? Bluegreen-Clad will not let me off, and I have better things to do than to let him kill me everyday." "I''m sorry, it''s all because of me," Venus said apologetically. "But can you not quit the game? If you were to go like that, I would be very guilty. I will go plead for mercy with the gang boss, and ask him not to pursue this matter, okay?" Baby520 grunted. "Just save your energy. Even if the gang boss were to let me go, what about the Matchless people? Can I defeat them just by my own efforts? The new gang that I had joined even kicked me out of the group in fear that they would get implicated by me! I''m no longer able to play this game, and I don''t want to play it anymore!" Actually, Baby520 regretted it now. She shouldn''t have accepted those things that Venus had given her. It was true that accepting favors from others had not gained her an advantage but caused her to be beholden to them. She couldn''t blame Venus¡ªShe could only blame herself for being greedy, thinking it was actually free lunch that fell from the sky. It seemed better now. The numbers that she had painstakingly trained for have now all gone to waste. "Then train for another rank, and I''ll help you." Venus suggested. Baby520 rejected decisively. "No, I really don''t wish to play anymore. You are rich, so you can afford it. But I can''t." If she were to continue staying, she would get implicated in the affairs of Venus and Bluegreen-Clad. But she did not want to create trouble anymore. Even if it meant starting the game all over again, she would choose another area. Venus noticed that Baby520 had made up her mind. It was useless to say anything now and she was a little disappointed. "Alright, let''s play again when we have the chance." Indeed, this was just lip-service. Baby520 also understood and she sighed. "Venus, give up on Bluegreen-Clad. If he even cared about you, he would not have been so lovey-dovey with Flowing Light. We were all mistaken at the start, thinking that he was hiding from Flowing Light when he wasn''t online for several days. But look at his attitude towards Flowing Light later¡ªhe clearly likes Flowing Light!" "That might not be true. Perhaps he just wants the power of the Matchless." Venus insisted. Baby520 furrowed her eyebrows. "What''s the difference? Isn''t it all the same outcome? He could not divorce Flowing Light and marry you again. In that case, why don''t you choose the Son of Heaven who is so in love with you?" Son of Heaven? Before, Bluegreen Belt and Vine Flower had already stood on his side, persuading her to give up on Bluegreen Clad. Now, even Baby520 was saying the same thing. Venus'' eyes drooped, thinking of those days when the Son of Heaven was accompanying her. The Son of Heaven did treat her very well. That time, when she entered the beauty contest, Saori wanted the gang boss of the Sacred Temple to kill her and the Son of Heaven had almost wanted to go to the Sacred Temple to confront that couple. Thankfully, he was stopped by her. In the competition for relatives, it was also the Son of Heaven that saved her in the nick of time, allowing her to escape Motherfucker''s harassment. Later, Motherfucker teased her repeatedly again in the wilderness and it was the Son of Heaven who helped her out of it. She was deeply grateful to him but had never thought of getting together with him. But when she heard about the real truth about the Son of Heaven while asking around, she regretted it. In truth, the Son of Heaven was no more than an errands boy, weathering the storms everyday outside. He aged more rapidly than others, and earned his money through the hard way. No matter how diligent was his, he could not ensure that every customer could be his. His earnings every month fluctuated- sometimes they were high, other times low. When his earnings were low, he could only secure the base earnings. Just like this month, the Son of Heaven told her that his sales earnings were not good. He had to run a large order outside and would not be able to play for a few days. Just as well, did he think that she would miss his company? Lately, she had been completing missions with Son of Heaven everyday and could not help but think back on the photo that he had sent her in the past. He was just a 26-year-old man, and because he dropped out of school very early, he looked like a 36-year-old. That sunburnt skin and unconcealable wrinkles at the corner of his eyes, unkempt hair and beard, skinny frame, and a word or two of dialects made him unacceptable to her. Venus thought that if anyone associated her with him, saying he was her fiance, even if it was only in the game, she would have felt disgusted. Also, that unstable income of his, if it was only the base income, he might not even have enough for himself to spend, let alone buying things for her in the game. Could such a Son of Heaven hold a candle up to her? It would only be for an ulterior motive if she were to get together with the Son of Heaven. Only, she would not tell this to Baby520. Chapter 48 Reality Show After three days of pregnancy, Flowing Light and Bluegreen-Clad''s treasure had finally been given birth. Han Meimei must have nagged her sister-in-law, lighting joss-sticks as she did so. Flowing Light gave birth to a baby girl and named her Green Barley (directly using Bluegreen-Clad''s "Green" as her surname) At the public declaration, Shiny Sky opened the limits of its characters, publicly announcing that the second round of the "Shiny Sky Beauty Contest" would be a "reality show", its contest venue and rules. Yes, almost forgetting. In the previous virtual beauty contests, players only uploaded their photos. But the profiteers of the profiteers, Shiny Sky the game operator thought of a frightening idea. In the past, there were many beauties who joined the beauty contest in Shiny Sky were aplenty. However, Shiny Sky the game operator would only invite the top six online best-rated beauties to join the "reality show". Even though Shiny Sky''s official website did not limit the gender of players, participants were usually females. Hence, this time, the players who had entered the second round of the contest, the "reality show" were all females. Also, at present, Venus was voted most highly, followed closely by Saori behind. Both of them would probably accept the invite to the "reality show". But it was uncertain if upon meeting, Saori would give Venus a hard time. But back to the topic, it was heard that in order to prevent players from cheating, including uploading the photos of other players in the competition, photoshopping too much, Shiny Sky game''s A-listed filming base had rented a space, inviting the six most highly voted players to the filming area, wearing the six major sects'' costumes designated by the Shiny Sky''s official website, letting professionals take footages and uploading them onto the official website to facilitate the second round of the competition. By then, the results of the first competition would be zero, and judging would take place all over again. Shiny Sky would continue to use the methods of online voting in the second round. The most highly rated would be conferred the title "Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky", awarded a mystery gift, and be signed as representative of the Shiny Sky game. In order to sate the curiosity of Shiny Sky''s players, the Shiny Sky website would keep recording live videos of the contest and upload them onto the official website. Also, Shiny Sky would reward some players of Shiny Sky free invites to the second round of the live contest recording venue as guests. They would try on the costumes of the six major sects, and make customized personal albums. Now the price of this rumored invite had already skyrocketed to 5,000 yuan on the game trading network and was so expensive that there wasn''t a market for it. Zheng Xiaoguang also wanted to see. Thinking about the costumes of the six major sects professionally tailored by Shiny Sky in the first batch made her drool. However, the guest invites would probably only be extended to the rich in Shiny Sky. How could she get it? Sigh, she could only watch in envy. Besides this matter, lately, things had been smooth-sailing for Zheng Xiaoguang. As Flowing Light, she carried Green Barley and turned pro with the son of Han Meimei. Later, she went digging for treasure maps with Bluegreen-Clad. Once she had been adequately prepared, remembering the PK duel with Bluegreen-Clad, she invited Bluegreen-Clad to the PK arena¢Ù. Because bragging in front of Bluegreen-Clad, Zheng Xiaoguang was very diligent. The attack skills of the doctor were mainly in poisoning. But offensive magic was naturally lower than the magician and Zheng Xiaoguang was not at an advantage in this match. But the doctor had shielding skills and could refresh her own blood¡ªit was definitely a career of the weak but strong. As long as Bluegreen-Clad could not shoot her, he might not exhaust her. Zheng Xiaoguang thought that this was a foul duel. After all, the website designated the doctor sect as a complementing career but she had actually won so effortlessly... She won... And even scored the title "Buster of Bluegreen-Clad"! [Public Chat] Flowing Light: You gave in to me deliberately. You did not use your trump card on me. Moreover, when she threw her technique at him, he just stood there absorbing the hit. How could he not lose to her? [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Wife, well, you are my buster. Bluegreen-Clad the god-like player had already doted Zheng Xiaoguang to the sky. Even if people had rumored that Bluegreen-Clad must have been blind to give up on Venus to choose Flowing Light, they couldn''t help but admire his caring attitude towards Flowing Light. Everything was turning for the better, only one news made Zheng Xiaoguang perplexed. Her leveling-up team had lost a member. But when Soft-heartedness Is a disease told her that Cool Names Taken by Dogs had quit the game, she was extremely sad. Soft-heartedness Is a disease had already gotten used to going to the battlefield with Slightly Defected Moon. Old Tomb, apart from increasing in rank with the team, would go to different maps to massacre the BOSS when he had nothing to do. And Zheng Xiaoguang, after marrying Bluegreen-Clad, had neglected her friends, essentially being together with Bluegreen-Clad online everyday. The doctor who leveled up with Soft-heartedness and the gang had already turned from Flowing Light into Half a Cup of Lovesickness. But Zheng Xiaoguang had never forgotten about these pals. She still remembered when she first joined the game, Soft-heartedness Is a Disease did not know anything and died many times when she stepped on the maps, becoming a laughing stock for a whole week. Old Tomb was almost the veteran of the game, and was skilled in researching the strategies on the official website. His greatest love was axing the Map Boss. That time, everyone''s preparations were terrible, relying completely on Old Tomb to axe the Map Boss across the map in stealth mode. He was in green camouflage and blue dress. As for the purple equipment, it was used sometimes and was incomparable to the purple equipment in level 85. Later, he met Cool Names Taken by Dogs. This fella might seem slovenly but was easy-going. He and Old Tomb were half an RMB player but they had no need to defend themselves in the previous season. The magician''s defenses were not naturally good, so everytime he rushed to the fore facing a swarm of monsters, Flowing Light had to add blood at the rear. That time, whenever Zheng Xiaoguang called pulling-monster Soft-heartedness and Old Tomb back, she would call out, "Close the door, and let out Dogs!" These things flashed back, but some people were already not here. They were clearly good friends in the game like confidantes, but because everyone belonged to different corners of the world, once they left the game, it was hard to meet again in this lifetime. Zheng Xiaoguang sighed. This was a game and every encounter was a rare affinity. Every goodbye was also ordained. Cool Names Taken by Dogs had told them before he left, but many in the game left without saying goodbye. Of course, there were those like Zheng Xiaoguang and Blooming Pear Tree who were very close, and became friends who would play together in future. But this was rare. Hence, after a few days of relaxation, Zheng Xiaoguang started to ruminate again. What would happen to her and Bluegreen-Clad? Would he leave without saying goodbye? Note: ¢ÙThe PK arena is a field where players compete against each other. There are no monsters in the arena. Players can freely PK each other here and players who die will not lose experience, wealth, defense and endurance. Winners can earn fame and rewards, which can hopefully redeem equipment and other defenses in the PK arena and NPC area. Chapter 49 Guest Invites It was hard to deny sometimes that the divergent thinking of girls was exceedingly powerful. When Zheng Xiaoguang had the idea that Bluegreen-Clad might leave without saying goodbye, she started collecting evidence for this very idea. Bluegreen-Clad had been treating her very well but she knew little about him. What his name was, what he did for a living, which city he lived? About his real life, he never mentioned it. Of course, he never asked anything about Zheng Xiaoguang too. It was as if he wanted to keep a distance between them¡ªif he were to leave the game at any time and change his phone number, she would never be able to find him again and he would have nothing to do with her. If Bluegreen-Clad were to leave without saying goodbye, would she continue playing this game? Zheng Xiaoguang did not know why others would get addicted to this game but she would continue persisting in this game because her friends were there. If in the beginning Blooming Pear Tree, Soft-heartedness Is a Disease and Old Tomb were not around, she would not have played alone until now. A game, its rankings and its equipment were just a thread of numbers in the game master''s eyes. The 3D characters, no matter how embellished, were just a model. The only thing different about the characters were the names above their heads¡ªbehind these characters were people of blood and flesh. It was these people with blood and flesh that made this game interesting. People brought in new friends, from one team that grew into a family clan, into a gang. The more the merrier; if not, how different would it be from a stand-alone? Zheng Xiaoguang was a very sentimental person. While her friends might not be many, she feels very sad for the loss of every single one of them. For instance, Cool Names Taken by Dogs, who had not left any contact details was harshly scolded by Zheng Xiaoguang for being heartless, while she reminisced those days when they were all increasing their ranks together. However, because there were still many friends in this game, even if she was sad for a while, she could continue playing. What if this person today was Bluegreen-Clad? Could she bring Green Barley to the places that they had gone and then slowly forget Bluegreen-Clad? The answer seems to be no. She liked to hug him on the Phoenix Terrace, watch the scenery with him on the maps of Shiny Sky, step on Boss, play city battles, sit on the floor, him supporting her and chatting with her... She seemed to have fallen in love with him. If he was no longer playing, she would be very sad. She might even quit the game so as to not feel lonely reminiscing about the past in the game. Zheng Xiaoguang touched Green Barley, who was jumping up and down on the screen. Bluegreen-Clad used to bring them both to up-ranks, and Green Barley had also increased much experience and was already level 50, looking just like a five or six years old. She had two ponytails, wearing a red blouse, and would even follow Flowing Light, cutely calling her "dearest mum". "Hey, Yuanyuan, what if father left us both?" Bluegreen-Clad had just returned, and brought back an expensive invitation. He invited Flowing Light''s team upon logging into the game, and used the couple ability to fly to her side. Watching his cute girl follow behind Flowing Light, he clicked the mouse sign to carry Green Barley, and the system instantly changed the target that Green Barley was following into him, only hearing her cry: "Daddy". In the game, even though marrying and divorcing was very common, if husbands and wives had given birth to treasures, most of them would not divorce each other because the child given birth was different from a deity pet¡ªit could not be let out in the wild or abandoned. The child would follow one of the couples for the long-term after divorce. Moreover, no matter who had asked about the child''s traits, his or her parents would be revealed. Hence if it was a divorce, the child''s presence would be exceedingly awkward. Moreover, Shiny Sky personified maters by opening something called alimony. That party who was not responsible for the child would have to pay for the child''s expenses every month. Hence, when the feelings of both parties were not stable, if they were to marry, they would not give birth to a treasure at whim. [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Wife, do you want to watch the "reality show" that the Shiny Sky official website has organized? [Public Chat] Flowing Light: Yes of course, but it is too expensive, and I can''t believe it is out of stock. It was good that she wanted to go. All his efforts were not in vain. [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Don''t have to buy. I have an invite here. If you want to go, I''ll give it to you. [Public Chat] Flowing Light: Ah, [drools] how do you have it? [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: The Shiny Sky''s official website gave it to me. If you want to have it, give me an address, and I''ll mail it to you. When this message was sent, Bluegreen-Clad felt nervous suddenly. He used the authority of his work, using the "reality show" to lure her to A city, but not knowing if this timing was right or not, whether she would harbor defenses and reject him. Who knew that Flowing Light, under such temptation, immediately gave Bluegreen-Clad an address that could not be anymore detailed, and even added her real full name. So she was named Zheng Xiaoguang. Bluegreen-Clad curled his lip faintly and said to her, "Send me your height, I will send your message to the Shiny Sky server. They need to collate such information in order to provide the suitable clothes for the invited players." Zheng Xiaoguang undoubtedly showed all her cards. Bluegreen-Clad took down all details meticulously, and opening up QQ, sent these height measurements to Little Tan, telling him that the several fashionable clothes and doctor sects female clothings which he had personally ordered would all follow such measurements. Little Tan, without much asking, followed all orders, carelessly assuring that the clothes would be ready in two days. This was the reason why Bluegreen-Clad brought him under his wing to be his secretary¡ªno questions asked, with strong work ethics. He was furthermore a guy, it would not be amiss to ask him to complete tasks¡ªno matter how late, there would be no misunderstandings. Thinking about how Zheng Xiaoguang would be dolling up into a cute female doctor to take a series of personal photos for his collection, Bluegreen-Clad''s spirits lifted up significantly. At this moment, Zheng Xiaoguang had been happy for a while. She asked him, "Can you still go when you have passed me the invitation?" Shiny Sky the game operator must have seen how Bluegreen-Clad had spent so much money in the game and thus given him the invite. Of course, she wanted it very badly, but she was afraid that Bluegreen-Clad would only have that one invite. She felt that this was an opportunity¡ªif Bluegreen-Clad had two invites, does it mean that they would be able to go together? Bluegreen-Clad did not reply to this message immediately and so, Zheng Xiaoguang quickly added, "I saw that your phone number was also of A city''s. You must be more familiar with A city. If you would like to go, can you bring me alone too? I have no sense of direction. If I were to go alone, I might not even find the right road." Speaking which, she felt that she had been a bit too direct and she was afraid that Bluegreen-Clad would reject her. Because he had always been very direct in the past and did not treat her as anyone other than Flowing Light. He might not have wanted to mix reality and the virtual world. Now that she wanted to meet him, would he agree? Zheng Xiaoguang was still in a conundrum when the team channel flashed a new message. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Alright. Take the high-speed train here. I will get you at the train station. Chapter 50 Surface Area The second round "reality show" had started in the weekend. Zheng Xiaoguang knocked off on Friday and carried her suitcase to catch the high-speed train. Zheng Xiaoguang''s home was at R city, just two hours on the high-speed train would get her to A city. But tomorrow''s "reality show" would start at nine in the morning. She researched the timings of the highspeed train and felt that it was most suitable to rush there on Friday night. Because they made a date to meet outside the train station, Zheng Xiaoguang got sown the train and pulled her little luggage towards outside of the train station. Her sense of direction was average and could only follow the crowds before her. Reaching the designated point, she saw a man who was very tall and wearing a white shirt under the street lamp in the distance. That was the place where Bluegreen-Clad and she had arranged to meet. It was already nearing nine at night, the street lamps were already lit and the light fell on the man in the white shirt, almost as if it was a theatrical effect on the protagonist. Zheng Xiaoguang''s heartbeat raced at the moment and pulling her luggage, she walked quickly over. When she reached the man, she saw his face clearly¡ª"his" face and the face in the picture he sent her before were identical. Such a handsome man, was really her husband? "You, you, you are Bluegreen-Clad?" Zheng Xiaoguang said directly. She always thought that the picture was meant to sugarcandy her, and Bluegreen-Clad could not look so suave in person. She even thought that Bluegreen-Clad rejected the "olive branch" offered by Venus because he felt he was ugly and could not compare to Venus. Now that she had seen him in person, and seen how handsome he actually was, she had the rash feeling of having "a bolt of lightning striking her to death". The man under the street lights smiled faintly at her. He was already handsome and his smile made him dazzling. His left hand naturally took over the trolley luggage from Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand, and his right hand touched her head that was beneath his chin. "Yes, let''s go." Zheng Xiaoguang must have been overly shocked. She could only obediently follow Bluegreen-Clad. It was more secluded beside the station and cars raced to and fro at a higher speed. Bluegreen-Clad turned around to see her walking very slowly. His empty right hand reached over. That hand was very white, its palm facing upwards and its fingers very long and slim. Zheng Xiaoguang gently placed her pinky on it and felt the warmth of his palm. Even though it was summer, the high-speed train had air-con, so the temperature was very low. She felt her hands were chilly when she walked outside of the train station. Bluegreen-Clad tightly grasped her hand and said, "This cold? Let me first bring you to eat." "Yes, yes." Zheng Xiaoguang agreed to whatever Bluegreen-Clad said. Bluegreen-Clad retrieved the car and put Zheng Xiaoguang''s luggage at the bumper, bringing her to a cozy restaurant for food. Perhaps Zheng Xiaoguang had not recovered from her shock, she was very quiet throughout the meal. She ate whatever Bluegreen-Clad gave her. "Come over to stay at my house," Bluegreen-Clad spoke coldly and directly. The fish in Zheng Xiaoguang''s chopsticks dropped into the bowl before her. "What did you say?" "You are a single lady staying at the hotel¡ªI can''t have peace of mind." Bluegreen-Clad looked straightly at Zheng Xiaoguang. "Don''t you like Xunxun too? He''s at home." "Xunxun? That labrador?" Zheng Xiaoguang''s eyes shot gleams of light. She could not conceal her love for dogs. He had actually resorted to using Xunxun to tempt her? Bluegreen-Clad smiled helplessly. "Eat quickly. After this, I''ll bring you home to see Xunxun." Bluegreen-Clad''s home was a three-storey house¡ªZheng Xiaoguang was not very surprised. Bluegreen-Clad was often generous in the game and his financial situation must be very good. They had just entered the house and switched off the light, and she saw a labrador come rushing at them. "Xunxun, sit." Bluegreen-Clad feared the dog would scare Zheng Xiaoguang and shouted at it to sit. Xunxun sat down obediently before Bluegreen-Clad and Zheng Xiaoguang, looking at them with pitiful eyes. Zheng Xiaoguang was not afraid however; she walked over to caress Xunxun''s head and felt its warm fur. Because it was already late tonight, Bluegreen-Clad brought Zheng Xiaoguang''s luggage to the second floor''s guest suite, letting her wash up and rest; tomorrow he would bring her to the live scene of "reality show". Zheng Xiaoguang looked at the time: Ten fifteen. She was not sleepy, perhaps it was because she had just seen Bluegreen-Clad. He could only bring her to the study room and accompany her while she played games. There was a computer in the study room and an electronic diary, downloaded with Shiny Sky. Bluegreen-Clad and her each used one to play the game. This was Zheng Xiaoguang seeing Bluegreen-Clad playing the game in front of her, sitting. His fingers were swiftly moving over the keyboard and over here, her computer showed messages from the system. Their team challenge instance was a success. Someone seemed to say once that a serious man was an attractive man. Hey, a serious and handsome gamer was also very charming. She looked at him and could not control her laughter. "What are you laughing at?" Bluegreen-Clad turned his head slightly to the side. Zheng Xiaoguang rolled her eyes. "I''m thinking what''s your real name?" She wanted to know more about him. Now that she was here at his house, how can she not know about his name? Bluegreen-Clad lowered his head and typed a few words. Zheng Xiaoguang looked at the computer, only seeing the team channel send her three words: Lu Mingxuan. He said, "I''m Lu Mingxuan." "I''m Zheng Xiaoguang." She firmly believed that it was impolite to not be friendly. "Call me Xiaoguang." Actually she had already told him the last time. Bluegreen-Clad smiled faintly. "Okay." "It is usually just you alone at home?" she asked. The three-storeyed building, even if it was just residents using the luxury room, would also appear very empty. He thought for a while. "I''m single, while my parents have a house of theirs and don''t stay with me. Sometimes my sister will visit but yesterday, she had gone for work and will only return about next week." Two days ago, he said that he wanted to invite a friend to A city, and his sister, Lu Mingyue had immediately guessed his friend must be Flowing Light. Hence, she had asked over Aunt Zhou, who helps out at their parents'' house. She cleaned his room and even bought fresh flowers. In addition, Lu Mingyue was very accountable. Aunt Zhou also bought many snacks and fruits, fresh vegetables and seeds, eggs and meat, which filled up the two big fridges in the kitchen. Yesterday night when everything was prepared, Lu Mingyue felt the ease of mind and went for work. Before leaving, she used a very warm gaze and looked at him, saying, "You must take your chance..." Then, Bluegreen-Clad was dumbfounded. "Yue, don''t overthink." Lu Mingyue was nonchalant. "You are all adults, and should grab this chance. What do you understand?" "Are you leaving or not?" Bluegreen-Clad''s face was full of black lines, preparing to flare up. "Yes, yes, I''m going," Lu Mingyue said, shrugging her shoulders, later smiling mischievously. "Rest easy, without your consent, I will not reveal this to mum and dad." Chapter 51 This Was a Misunderstanding No wonder Bluegreen-Clad had dared to ask her to stay at his house; he did not stay with his parents. Zheng Xiaoguang''s face flushed. Did this mean that they, a pair of singles, were cohabiting? Her mind raced ahead, scenes from movies and dramas flashing before her. In the end, it was always the same¡ªa confession was necessary at such a juncture. But it seemed unlikely that Bluegreen-Clad would confess to her? In actuality, Zheng Xiaoguang''s motive for coming to A city was simple¡ªViewing the recording studio of Shiny Sky''s "reality show", trying on the doctor sect''s costume and taking a beautiful set of photos. Later. Plus, she would see Bluegreen-Clad, seeing how he actually was in person. She had seen the actual person just as she had wished, and she was really in for a shock. Perhaps you liked someone not for his looks, but if the person you liked was also a handsome person, then you would be smitten. Moreover, from bringing her to eat to bringing her home, he had been genteel and generous, which were plus points. But how could such a handsome guy not have any girlfriend still? It truly was the meat of Monk Tsang Sen... "Why?" Bluegreen Clad put down the plate of fruits he was holding. They were no longer playing games. Zheng Xiaoguang sat on the sofa in the living room, lifting her head and watching him wash and cut the fruits in the kitchen. He placed the freshly cut mango on the plates in front of her and she was still watching. Could there be something wrong with him? Zheng Xiaoguang had wanted to say something before Xunxun bit something and ran down from upstairs. It dashed towards Bluegreen-Clad, like showing off its prowess, waiting for Bluegreen-Clad''s praise. When Zheng Xiaoguang saw the thing that Xunxun was biting, she had almost fainted. Anti-wolf alarm! My God, she had put it in the outermost zipped section of the luggage. How could it be taken out by Xunxun? Indeed, she saw Bluegreen-Clad''s face turn dark? He took out the item from Xunxun''s mouth. "This, what were you trying to do with this?" Did he even require an explanation? After all, she was going to see a friend she met online. It was better to err on the side of caution when there were so many scams online. If she were to enter into a trap without any item for defense, wouldn''t she be dead meat? Even if it wasn''t to protect herself from Bluegreen-Clad, she could also be fending herself from burglars. It was better to be safe than sorry. However, now that it had been discovered by Xunxun, and caught by Bluegreen-Clad, she was mortified. "Hey, it''s a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." Zheng Xiaoguang waved her hands. Game master, could she apply for the doctor''s stun power to knock Bluegreen-Clad unconscious and erase his memory? Hmph, it was all Xunxun''s fault. She glared at him from the corner of her eyes. Seeing Zheng Xiaoguang use such merciless gaze on him, Xunxun could not help but pretend to die and lie beside her, exposing his belly. This dog was such a people-pleaser that she could not be angry at him for long. Bluegreen-Clad put the anti-wolf alarm on the table and told Zheng Xiaoguang sternly, "This thing can only sound the police reporting alarm. If you had really met a fierce burglar, it would be useless." Had she been spoken to so disdainfully? Zheng Xiaoguang looked at that little anti-wolf alarm, Xunxun who was lying on the floor and Bluegreen-Clad who was standing before her, thinking that if the other anti-wolf alarms had also been neutralized, she would be buying an electric baton and stunning him into unconsciousness. Of course, it was just a passing thought. She had better choose to go into her room obediently. Before sleeping, she stood before the room''s door, peering closely at the locking function of the door. Bluegreen-Clad was perplexed. "Xunxun would not come upstairs at night." "Haha..." Zheng Xiaoguang laughed dryly. Bluegreen-Clad continued to explain, "Don''t worry, I won''t enter this room anyhow without your permission." Heh, she was actually not afraid of Xunxun or him. Zheng Xiaoguang''s whole body burned with embarrassment. She couldn''t ever say that she feared she could not control knocking on his door in the middle of the night which was why she locked herself in the room, no? Handsome and pretty boys were indeed trouble... After a super harmonious night, waking up early the next day, a groggy Zheng Xiaoguang pushed the door open, wearing her pyjamas preparing to wash up. If it weren''t for Xunxun who came over to rub against her leg, she would have forgotten she was not at home. This was Bluegreen-Clad''s home. She looked down the house, seeing Bluegreen-Clad making breakfast in the kitchen, and her mind floated the word "virtuous". He was her husband indeed¡ªgood-looking from all angles, and looking even more handsome when making meals. However, when making the food, Zheng Xiaoguang finally realized that no one in this world was perfect. God gave him good looks and intelligence, and would never give him culinary skills. She felt like crying eating this meal. How bad were his culinary skills? Was it to avenge the anti-wolf alarm yesterday, to poison her? "Is it very unpalatable?" Bluegreen-Clad asked. "If it''s yucky, don''t eat it." Zheng Xiaoguang with tears in the corner of her eyes shook her head. "No... it''s good." In order to express how this meal was truly alright, she forced herself to swallow everything down and even smiled at him. "yes, it really is very nice." Bluegreen-Clad said, "Stop fooling me. You look like you are crying." Zheng Xiaoguang said, "Rubbish, I am moved." After the meal, the two prepared their luggage and rushed to the Shiny Sky''s "reality show" recording venue. There were definitely personnels ushering guests in and checking their work passes. Zheng Xiaoguang took out her invite to got a seat number and Bluegreen-Clad... walked in with her. Zheng Xiaoguang said, "Don''t tell me an invite can let in two people?" Bluegreen-Clad smiled warmly and said, "Go in, it''s starting soon." Forget about it, who cared as long as they were able to go in. Zheng Xiaoguang happily followed the directory sign and walked into the recording studio where there were seven or eight personnels. There were two people who were waiting at two simple changing rooms, and there was a tidy row of the six big sect''s costumes adjacent to the rooms. She had wanted to walk over to look closely but was stopped by a working personnel. "My apologies, we are about to start filming immediately. Guests, please take your seats in the blue area." "Yes, thank you." Zheng Xiaoguang thanked the other person politely, pulling Bluegreen-Clad towards the blue area which the man mentioned. The filming area that Shiny Sky had rented was an ancient scene that revealed how many of its parts were mimicked from the gaming scenes. Even though she had dismissed how the Shiny Sky game operator was a conman, but having put so much effort into organizing a "beauty contest" was really something remarkable. When it was about half past eight in the morning, every working personnel had taken their seats and contestants who had tried on their clothes also walked out, standing before the camera. Zheng Xiaoguang counted; why are there only five people? Chapter 52 Diary of a Couple Bluegreen-Clad scanned the answers at hand, lowering his head and telling her softly, "Look at those contestants'' clothes with numbers pasted on them, and those numbers must be placed in accordance with the ranking of the first round of competition. Looking at this, it seems that the first place has not emerged from the first round." Wasn''t the top contestant Venus? Why was she not here? Zheng Xiaoguang looked around closely a few times, realizing that there was indeed no face resembling Venus in the photo. Even though Venus had said that she didn''t want to join some "beauty contest", Zheng Xiaoguang did not believe her. Even if Bluegreen-Clad had not married her for that poster, Zheng Xiaoguang did not believe that she would have given up easily, and not turned up for "reality show" even. Perhaps she was held up by something? "If she''s not coming, then what?" Zheng Xiaoguang blinked. "Then she would be immediately disqualified," Bluegreen-Clad replied flatly. After all, such a contest could not be waiting for Venus alone. Zheng Xiaoguang nodded thoughtfully. "Oh." Speaking truthfully, Zheng Xiaoguang did not wish to see Venus here. Yes, a beautiful woman was not scary. But a beautiful woman who still hankered over her husband was. If Venus could get the first place of "reality show", then she would surely use her title of being "Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky" to continue making waves in the gaming world. Hence, Zheng Xiaoguang came up with this conclusion¡ªjust as well that Venus didn''t show up. Bluegreen-Clad did not know that Zheng Xiaoguang was thinking so much. Seeing her zone out, he reminded. "It''s started." Hence, Zheng Xiaoguang started to watch intently. They had started recording the introductions of players. Whether it was the blue area where Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad were seated or from the side, they could not see the show clearly and this made her feel disappointed. "Many reality shows are like this. Audience seated at the side can only view from the side, and apart from feeling the heated atmosphere, it''s not better than watching it at home." Bluegreen-Clad caressed Zheng Xiaoguang''s little head, his hand sliding down her long hair. "Especially since we had come early, and the other audience had not arrived, hence it seems a bit deserted here." Zheng Xiaoguang looked at the ten over chairs in the blue area. "I estimate that few had actually received the invite, for they had only rented such a small place." This way, even if the rest had arrived, it would not be too crowded. "After all, the main activity is to take photos and recordings of the place. It would be troublesome having too many people here." Bluegreen-Clad pulled her and stood up. "Come, let''s take our photos in the sect''s costumes when there are not too many people." Thinking of that beautiful 3D female doctor, Zheng Xiaoguang drooled. "Yes, yes." Bluegreen-Clad brought her to ask personnel where they could take photos and they were taken to another recording studio where there were three cameramen waiting. Finally seeing people come in, the three cameramen, who were probably feeling bored, became exceedingly enthusiastic. They verified the invite and number in Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand. One of the beautiful ladies, with large eyes pushed a row of clothes over. Zheng Xiaoguang was well aware that apart from the female doctor''s sect costumes, there were other beautiful fashionable clothes, including that "Untroubled" which Flowing Light was wearing in the game. "Beautiful lady, are you Zheng Xiaoguang? Come, this is your female doctor costume. Try it on first." The pretty large-eyed lady passed the clothes to Zheng Xiaoguang and pointed to the fitting room at the back. The clothes were undoubtedly custom-made. They were extremely well-fitting. Zheng Xiaoguang walked out after changing. The large-eyed pretty lady helped her to adjust the corners of her clothes and pushed her in front of the mirror. She stood before the mirror and spun around. The clothing was truly exquisite. Bluegreen-Clad looked at her and praised her. "It suits you very well". "Come, pretty Xiaoguang lady, I''ll help you make-up." A woman with red lipstick pulled Zheng Xiaoguang, and plopped her on a chair before the makeup room, starting her "buingbuing" makeover magic. Before, Zheng Xiaoguang had taken her own photos, and knowing this makeup was for cosplay, it would be thicker than normal makeup. But when she saw the results, she was shocked. Even though the makeup was not thin, it did not change her five facial features very much; she could still recognize herself and not any common beauty. There was a red tattoo on her forehead, which made the whole cosplay even more convincing, as if she had become that female doctor in the game. After asking Zheng Xiaoguang''s opinion, the red-lipped beauty said happily that Zheng Xiaoguang was ready to shoot. The last yellow-faced man stood up, showing how he was actually the cameraman in charge of the photoshoot. The exacting yellow-faced man was very serious in his shooting and asked Zheng Xiaoguang to change multiple poses. Everytime he was done with a pose, he would ask her to come over to look at it. If she was not satisfied, he would retake the photo, showing very professional skills. But this way, the photoshoot became very time-consuming. Zheng Xiaoguang''s eyes drifted over to Bluegreen-Clad every now and then but he did not appear irritable but watched her calmly as she modeled for her shoot, a faint smile on his face. About an hour later, the yellow-faced cameraman completed the shoot for the female doctor costume and let the wide-eyed beauty push the fashionable clothes before Zheng Xiaoguang. "You are the first guest who is here to take photos. There is still time; choose another set of clothing to change into." So lucky? Zheng Xiaoguang''s eyes gleamed. "Does this fashionable clothing have my size?" "Your figure is very standard, these clothing fit you perfectly well." The wide-eyed beauty took set after set of fashionable clothes before Zheng Xiaoguang and waved them around. "Which one do you want to try?" Zheng Xiaoguang''s favorite was of course that "Untroubled" that Bluegreen-Clad had gifted her; when she saw the clothes rack had a male version for couple wear, she pleaded the three personnel. "Can you let him try the fashionable clothes too so that he can take the photo with me?" "Of course." Red-lipped beauty pointed to the fitting room. "Put these on, I''ll wait to put makeup on you two." Zheng Xiaoguang put the "Carefree" into Bluegreen-Clad''s hands hurriedly. "Try these on quickly; see if it fits you." Bluegreen-Clad smiled, taking over the clothes. "Yes." When he had tried on the clothes and walked out, Zheng Xiaoguang felt that he was very handsome but looked a little awkward at the same time. She wondered, deep in thought, was there something wrong? The red-lipped beauty looked at her perplexed face, smiling. "Men in short hair will look a little strange in ancient clothing. No worries, he will look fine once I give him a wig." Finishing which, the red-lipped beauty whipped out her professional tools and transformed Bluegreen-Clad''s short hair into a waist-length hair. That awkwardness faded away. Zheng Xiaoguang looked at how Bluegreen-Clad had utterly transformed from the "Carefree" god-like player in fashionable clothes just like in the game, and her heart raced. With this effect, even the red-lipped lady could not help but give praise. "Well, gentleman... you are truly very handsome indeed!" Chapter 53 An Intimate Encounter for the First Time Thankfully, this time, Zheng Xiaoguang did not care too much about the red-lipped beauty. She changed into "Untroubled" and Bluegreen-Clad, who had put on "Carefree", both stood before the beautiful backdrop scenery, as if they had walked into the gaming world. "Yes, yes, gentleman please wrap your arm around this beautiful lady''s waist. Come, beautiful lady, put your hand gently on the man''s shoulder." The yellow-faced photographer hurriedly directed Bluegreen-Clad and Zheng Xiaoguang into forming a concave shape. "Yes, just like this, smile." Bluegreen-Clad cooperated fully, hugging Zheng Xiaoguang''s waist intimately and looking into her eyes smiling. Zheng Xiaoguang looked straightly at him, but showed embarrassment. "Come, put your head on the man''s shoulder, then turn your head a little to this side, and gaze deeply at the gentleman." The yellow-faced photographer walked over. "Beautiful lady, you have to loosen a bit. We are going to take photos of you kissing later." Kissing? Zheng Xiaoguang looked hurriedly at Bluegreen-Clad, as if not knowing what she should do. "Relax." Bluegreen-Clad reached over and helped her adjust the hair by her ear. "We have a daughter. What''s difficult about kissing your husband?" Zheng Xiaoguang glared at him. "That was a game..." However, the yellow-faced photographer only heard Bluegreen-Clad''s words. "Of course, you two just treat it as a taking a couple shot or a wedding shot. Show your love for each other generously. Don''t bother about the cameramen!" (o.o)... the cameraman would actually mistake them for a married couple? Zheng Xiaoguang looked at Bluegreen-Clad who appeared calm and said softly to him. "You see you are bluffing¡ªthey must be thinking that we truly have a daughter in reality." Bluegreen-Clad rubbed her little head. "What''s the problem?" This very simple interaction caused the yellow-faced photographer to start shooting like crazy, almost as if he had just discovered the New World, muttering, "Yes, just like this, pose something that looks more natural." "I want to shoot something with more story in it." Receiving inspiration, Zheng Xiaoguang thought of something. "Let''s play out what we did together in the game, shall we?" Just like how they stood on the Phoenix Terrace, he played the piano while she danced. Just like how they kicked the BOSS'' ass together, he was killing one monster while she was adding blood. Just like how they were sitting in the game''s home, he was planting flowers while she was watering them. She wanted to keep these memories all in her photo album, as if she could keep all the good times like that. Bluegreen-Clad looked at her shining eyes, saying, "Good." Hence, the photoshoot continued. Under Zheng Xiaoguang''s suggestion, the whole "couple photoshoot", apart from the two''s "daily intimate moments" also included many combat scenes. This included them going into battle fighting alongside each other carrying their swords, and Zheng Xiaoguang, holding Bluegreen-Clad who had fallen, and helping him clean his wounds. The photos, which came out one by one, seemed like movie scenes which changed incessantly, depicting the story of a female doctor and male magician who knew each other and then fell in love. And finally when the plot ended, they were hugging each other and enjoying the bliss of this land. Under the request of the yellow-faced photographer, Bluegreen-Clad carried Zheng Xiaoguang completely into his arms. Because of the interior lighting, the powerful air-conditioner in the middle of the room filled the room with cold air. This unexpected hug warmed her whole body. "Are you cold?" Speaking softly, Bluegreen-Clad''s nasal breath blew softly on her ear, which tickled. "A little." Zheng Xiaoguang''s face flushed red. Thankfully the make-up artist had painted her face with blush, and hence her embarrassment did not appear particularly obvious. Bluegreen-Clad smiled faintly and carefully hugged her even tighter. In order to present the characters'' intimacy, Zheng Xiaoguang also stretched out her arms to hug Bluegreen-Clad''s waist and plastered her face on his neck area, also smelling the faintly charming scent from Bluegreen-Clad''s body. In that very moment, Zheng Xiaoguang wished that they could stay in this position forever. "Yes, it''s shot well." The yellow-faced photographer opened his mouth "at the wrong time". "Hold on, don''t move." Bluegreen-Clad did not let go of Zheng Xiaoguang immediately. His one hand still continued hugging Zheng Xiaoguang, while the other hand gently lifted her chin and tilted her head so that she looked at him. "Eh?" Zheng Xiaoguang blinked her eyes in disbelief. Bluegreen-Clad revealed a comforting smile and then lowered his head, gently kissing her on the lips. In that moment, Zheng Xiaoguang felt that she had turned completely into a cooked duck~ She wanted to push Bluegreen-Clad away but did not do it, only hearing the yellow-faced photographer shooting happily away. "Yes, don''t move. Just like that!" She gazed at Bluegreen-Clad''s face which was just inches away from hers and reminded herself continually¡ªhe was only doing this for the photoshoot, only for modeling. However, his lips still plastered onto her lips and even though it did not go further, it seemed like it was only for the photoshoot. Only Zheng Xiaoguang knew that her heart was beating so quickly. The photoshoot continued until one in the afternoon and disrupted the rest time of the cameramen in the afternoon. Zheng Xiaoguang apologized. "Let me treat you to lunch." The wide-eyed beauty and the red-lipped beauty looked at each other and hurriedly rejected. "No, no. We have a lunch meeting with each other already." The yellow-faced photographer knocked on his camera playfully. "Beauties, I have received your sentiments but I need to go through the photos again to make full use of the time. It''s rare that we meet such a well-matched couple. The feeling that comes out from the shoot is simply incredible." "I said we are not a couple~" Zheng Xiaoguang muttered in low tones. Before Zheng Xiaoguang had managed to rebut, Bluegreen-Clad walked over naturally, holding her hand. "Let us make a move first then." Following which, Zheng Xiaoguang, who was left behind by Bluegreen-Clad, did not hear the conversation between the red-lipped beauty and the wide-eyed beauty. Red-lipped beauty said, Heh-hey, Chairman Lu looks like he dotes on his wife a lot." Wide-eyed beauty said, "Chairman Lu is not married yet. That must be his little girlfriend. I heard that Chairman Lu, specifically prepared this recording studio in order to make her happy. He must have put in a lot of hard work." Red-lipped beauty said, "Sigh, I am so envious~" Leaving the recording base, Bluegreen-Clad brought Zheng Xiaoguang for a simple lunch outside. However, compared to the special breakfast that Bluegreen-Clad had prepared, the simple lunch had already made Zheng Xiaoguang very grateful. After having lunch, Bluegreen-Clad casually brought her to shop in the market for a while, and also for a movie. Because they had bought a couple seat, she realized when she and Bluegreen-Clad sat down that there were all cuddling couples around them. Of course, huddling was okay but when the movie started, some started to kiss!!! Zheng Xiaoguang, being the fake couple, felt very awkward and embarrassed. Even though she watched the movie intently, the couple in front of them, who were kissing for half a day as if they hadn''t been deprived of oxygen, were really distracting. Facing such a scenario, she couldn''t help but think of Bluegreen-Clad''s kiss. Suddenly she felt her hand being grasped and Zheng Xiaoguang lowered her head. Of course, Bluegreen-Clad''s slim and white fingers had wrapped around her little hand. She had a mysterious feeling, as if after taking all the photos, her relationship with Bluegreen-Clad underwent a beautiful change. But she could not put her finger on it. Chapter 54 Big Gossip When they had finished watching the movie and returned to Bluegreen-Clad''s house, it was already six thirty in the evening. When Bluegreen-Clad said that he wanted to make dinner, Zheng Xiaoguang immediately rejected it bitingly. "As the old saying goes, ''a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen'', let me make you dinner instead." Tomato fried eggs, Pleurotus eryngii fried with green pepper, ribs with sugar and vinegar, and a fish-head tofu soup¡ªthe job is done. Her culinary skills were average, and could only make some everyday home dishes. If it were in the past, she would not have shown off her average skills and embarrassed herself. However, after trying Bluegreen-Clad''s culinary skills, she felt that it would be safer if she herself had made the dishes. Even though these few dishes could not compare to that of a great chef''s, at least they were edible. Zheng Xiaoguang poured some dog food for Xunxun, and called Bluegreen-Clad over to start the dinner. This dinner had indeed gotten Bluegreen-Clad''s approval. If this approval had come from someone else, she might have felt that he or she had simply been courteous. However, coming from Bluegreen-Clad, the praise sounds convincing. Another an hour has passed as the two finished their meal. Xunxun, who had finished its food leaned against Zheng Xiaoguang, slumping lazily on the floor. Bluegreen-Clad was washing dishes in the kitchen, letting her play games for a while. Zheng Xiaoguang hugged her diary and logged into the game, seeing the message that Han Meimei had left her. [Public Chat] Han Meimei: Smelly Flowing Light, where have you and Bluegreen-Clad run to? Why are you not online? [Public Chat] Flowing Light: I''m coming~~ Hence, at the moment when she was returning the message, Han Meimei had replied to her. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: Why are you coming online so late tonight? Zheng Xiaoguang did not wish to tell anyone about how she had gone to A city to find Bluegreen-Clad and hence she simply said that she had gone shopping and movie-watching with a friend. Thankfully Han Meimei did not press on further; she started to talk about the latest gossip of the day excitedly. Today was the first day of Shiny Sky''s "reality show" but Venus, who got first place, did not go. Everyone was guessing if she was held up by matters but who would have known that she was actually playing games the whole day with Son of Heaven. Everyone in the last battle for relatives knew that the Son of Heaven had gone to suppress the swarm of monsters, eventually winning the crown, which was why he and Venus were now publicly recognized as a pair. Son of Heaven used to not see Saori eye to eye and despised Flowing Light who trailed behind Bluegreen-Clad always. However, when it was his turn to find a wife, he did not have any superior tactics. No matter Venus wanted to level up or to put up her defenses, he would be completely there, turning into an outstanding "slave to the wife", being a team with Venus. Moreover, both of them were so busy playing games today that Venus could not even turn up for the reality show. Saori from the Sacred Temple did not like Venus from the very start. Seeing this was a good chance, she dragged her feet purposely, jibing in the Public Chat that Venus had used someone else''s photo or that she had photoshopped it too much; which was why she did not dare turn up for the competition. As long as Venus did not appear, Saori would keep attacking her with accusations of being a "Fraud and an Ugly Monster". Later, Son of Heaven could not take this lying down and went directly to the wilderness to kill Saori. Saori was the loser of the PK and even if Son of Heaven had given way, she was no match for Son of Heaven. Hence, basically, she was killed without even a chance of retaliation. However, her husband was the gang boss of Sacred Temple. Seeing his wife getting killed by another man, how could a man be a coward? Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top immediately brought his men to block Son of Heaven, killing Son of Heaven and Venus Will Cry in the wilderness. The men the League of Strong Families, seeing their elder from their clan getting killed by the Sacred Temple quickly went over to render aid. Hence, this day, the two clans fought for half a day and revenge became a large brawl. Until the afternoon, Venus went back again to the official website''s forum and wrote a paper slip, also explaining publicly in the Watery South region''s Public Chat channel, saying how it was her friend who had signed up for her in the competition; she had not wanted to join. She had already gained the ire of someone the last time and so this time, she would definitely not want to join the "reality show". She did not think that she would have attracted so much trouble, and did not know what would please the other person. Even though no names were called, everyone knew that Venus was referring to Saori. Hence, Venus'' hardcore fans could not take it any longer, knowing that their goddess was so kind-hearted and even gotten waylaid by Saori, but had actually earned humiliation from the other party. Hence, they all ran to the Public Chat''s channel, scolding Saori for being jealous that Venus was prettier. Angrily, Saori logged off. Here, Han Meimei said that Saori was truly pitiful, having to eat humble-pie everytime she met Venus. Zheng Xiaoguang also hurriedly agreed, saying how Saori the beauty was truly pitiful, having to lose to Venus everytime. They sighed inwardly out of convenience, any hard man who met a woman who caused him to get weak in the knees now or later. Son of Heaven must have really fallen for Venus. "What are you laughing at?" Bluegreen-Clad had finished washing the dishes and walked over to see Zheng Xiaoguang laughing foolishly at the computer screen. Zheng Xiaoguang raised her head to look at him. "Nothing much, do you want to play computer games?" Bluegreen-Clad smiled, saying. "If you want to play, I will accompany you for a while." Zheng Xiaoguang of course wished that Bluegreen-Clad would accompany her and hence the couple went together to NPC to receive their instance tasks. Coincidentally, they bumped into Han Meimei and she asked them both to enter the team for the tasks. After entering the team, Zheng Xiaoguang realised that everyone was present, including Venus Will Cry. Only Li Lei was not present. [Public Chat] Flowing Light: Why is she here too? No matter if Venus was now the fiance of Son of Heaven, as long as she and Venus were still in the same team to do the instant tasks, Zheng Xiaoguang felt uneasy. [Public Chat] Han Meimei: [speechless] You must know that Son of Heaven used to be in the same team as us. Today both you and Bluegreen-Clad are not around; he and Venus roped me and Li Lei into up-rank. Just now, he went offline as he had something on, saying how he would come tomorrow. But Venus would not want to go, and I thought it would not be nice to kick her out of the team so I could only bring her along to up-rank. Son of Heaven was originally in a fixed team and had not been together with Han Meimei for a while. It was natural that he wanted to be coming back now. Shiny Sky''s team could only form a group of five. The two couples (Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light, Han Meimei and Li Lei) and Son of Heaven were just right to form a five-people group; of course, bringing Venus along would be a little difficult too, so Son of Heaven usually did not bring Venus and the two couples to form a team. However, today, Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light happened to not be around. Hence, Son of Heaven pulled Han Meimei and Li Lei along, forming a team of four to start a mission. No matter how Han Meimei disliked Venus, on account of the Son of Heaven, she would not dare to put a strain on their relationship. Actually, even though she had not gotten used to seeing Venus rely on Bluegreen-Clad, it was because Bluegreen-Clad himself had never expressed his feelings for Venus. If Venus had suddenly come to terms with everything, and was able to form a good relationship with Son of Heaven, it was not a bad deal as well. However, being women, Han Meimei also understood the uneasiness in Zheng Xiaoguang''s heart. With the matter of that poster, who would have no worries? But if Son of Heaven had really wanted to marry Venus, surely everyone could''t go on like that. Perhaps this time, going together in a team can assuage everyone''s anxieties? Sigh, hopefully, Venus was really interested in Son of Heaven and would forget Bluegreen-Clad. Chapter 55 A Weird Grouping Zheng Xiaoguang knew that Han Meimei was in a tough spot. Forget it, after all, it was not as if she would be spending every day with Venus. This time, it was a task for a team of five anyway¡ªlet''s go together. But this team was strange indeed, if it were to be seen by the gossipers, who knew whether it would go onto the front page of the Shiny Sky Forum¡ªsome god-like player carrying a new love while still being in love with the old in this instance. Han Meimei opened the transcript, and the five people were all transported to Peony Square. This transcript talked about how a flower was forcibly seized by the Lord of Evil and the story of how her old flame went to save her. The early part of the story required the player to follow the flower''s old flame in order to beat up the small monster and save Flower, then defeating BOSS the Big Evil Master. Everyone in the team was an expert and it was very easy to kill the small monsters. But after rescuing Flower, Young Master Evil got angrily easily and released large numbers of small monsters to kill Flower. Still, players were unable to add blood for Flower. If players didn''t kill Young Master Evil before Flower''s death, then the transcript challenge would be counted as a failure. Bluegreen-Clad brought them to kill the monsters on the road and indeed met Young Master Evil. Seeing his beauty about to get abducted, he rushed forward to challenge Bluegreen-Clad to a duel. After receiving hits, Young Master Evil had only 50% blood left when he started the rage function automatically, his attack power increasing by 100%, at the same time starting to call large numbers of small monsters to assault Flower. [Nearby] Young Master Evil: What I can''t have¡ªI will not let other people have it either! Because Young Master Evil''s attack power had suddenly increased, and no one in the team had the close attack power, Bluegreen-Clad, Han Meimei and Li Lei the three main strikers had all lost half of their blood. Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly backed them up with blood. However, increasingly she found that something felt amiss. Why did Venus only add blood for Bluegreen-Clad? In a normal team, without a lead man with offensive power, the doctor would have to prioritize attacking the highest occupation because the player that inflicted the greatest damage on BOSS would easily gain his ire. Now, there were only two doctors in the team. As the main force in the team, Bluegreen-Clad could afford to add blood for them. But as "Bluegreen-Clad''s former fiance", not voluntarily attempting to avoid suspicion was one thing, but even taking the initiative to take up this position was something intriguing. Being Bluegreen-Clad''s wife, such words should come from Flowing Light. Moreover, be it operating techniques or defences, it was Flowing Light who gained the upper hand. Venus stood no chance. But Venus did not wish to play second fiddle. Zheng Xiaoguang could only wait for Han Meimei and Li Lei, when she had extra time, to use the blood-sucking technique to prolong the period that BOSS had to call out the little monsters. Han Meimei and Blue-green Clad attacked BOSS, while Li Lei was in charge of killing the small monsters let out by Young Master Evil at the first instance. [Nearby] Young Master Evil: Han Meimei, do you also wish to taste my prowess? This was the omen that BOSS'' hatred was turning towards Han Meimei. Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly added blood for Han Meimei and Venue was still refreshing blood for Bluegreen-Clad, whose blood was full. [Nearby] Young Master Evil: Li Lei, death will strike fear in you. With only 10% of blood left, BOSS started to unleash his hatred in all directions, which would hit any player in the attacking team. Zheng Xiaoguang immediately gave Li Lei the shield and started to refresh blood for herself and Han Meimei and her husband, not knowing who BOSS would want to kill. It was thus most important to ensure everyone had full blood. [Nearby] Young Master Evil: Venus Will Cry, death will strike fear in you. Following the last threat, Young Master Evil was killed by Bluegreen-Clad while the beautiful female doctor, Venus Will Cry, also collapsed on the ground pitifully, whited out by BOSS. Venus must only have added blood for Bluegreen-Clad and overlooked her own bloodline. Being a highly-ranked doctor, it was strange that she would still have made this mistake. Zheng Xiaoguang pursed her lips and pulled her up. As BOSS'' corpse lay on the ground, the Game Message announced that this team''s transcript challenge had succeeded. Han Meimei felt the defence equipment that had just appeared, and everyone quickly sent out their transcripts. After leaving the battle arena, Zheng Xiaoguang wanted to leave the team immediately; but who knew that Venus suggested again to challenge the other usual tasks. Today, besides fighting with Temple, Son of Heaven did not bring her to complete them. [Team] Flowing Light: I''ll never join the Sacred Temple! Bluegreen-Clad raised his head and looked at Zheng Xiaoguang who was sitting opposite him. "You don''t want to play anymore?" Zheng Xiaoguang''s face looked melancholic. "I don''t want to play missions with them anymore." [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Li Lei, we are leaving now. Flowing Light and Bluegreen-Clad hurriedly left Han Meimei''s team. Venus, seeing the notifications in the team hurriedly flung the wireless mouse out of her hands. It fell onto the floor with a clang¡ªit was dead. After the city battle the last time, the League of Strong Families that Flowing Light had belonged to increase more and more. Even when Bluegreen-Clad was not around, One-inch Monk would invite Flowing Light to take up the mantle of making the decision. Seeing Flowing Light''s status grow increasingly stable, Venus started to worry very early on. With "Shiny Sky Beauty Contest", she had thought it was a good chance; which was why she signed up for it, but who knew that it would be an empty surprise. She could not take this lying down. How was Flowing Light stronger than her? Her only advantage was in having a gang boss of the Matchless as her brother. Or else, how could Bluegreen-Clad have been with her! All this while, she had sent Bluegreen-Clad messages; but he replied to none of them. Once, she went completing transcripts with Son of Heaven, finally convincing him to form a team comprising of Han Meimei, Li Lei and Bluegreen Clad. But Bluegreen-Clad, seeing a team at full strength without Flowing Light, immediately retreated from the team, saying he wanted to wait for Flowing Light to play missions together. Flowing Light, Flowing Light, it was always Flowing Light. Venus did not understand why Bluegreen-Clad treated Flowing Light so well. It was just a game and how many male players, who had married their wives, still liked flirting with beautiful ladies, chatting up so many mistresses. Including that time when she was dueling to find relatives, there were many "married men" who had also sent Private Chats to her, wanting to keep her as a mistress. Also, there was a guy whose reputation was not good in the game, liking to tease girls everywhere¡ªhis name was Motherf*cker. In more direct terms, he wanted to keep her as his mistress. Men, they were all the same¡ªeating what was in their bowls and looking at the pot. She had seen enough of that even in reality. But only Bluegreen-Clad wanted to be with Flowing Light singleheartedly. The more devoted he was, the more she wanted to grab him back. Every time Venus expressed it to Bluegreen-Clad and used excuses of being too busy with her missions to spend alone time with him, he was either nonchalant or said, "Wait for Son of Heaven instead!" Even though Bluegreen-Clad had treated her as the wife of Son of Heaven, kept her respectfully at arm''s length and even rejected any chances of spending alone time with her, it meant "not cheating on his friend''s wife", no? But why did she spend time still with Son of Heaven? Was it to take advantage of Son of Heaven and to get closer with Bluegreen-Clad. It was no easy to get close enough to Han Meimei, and get the transcript with Bluegreen-Clad''s team. It was more regretful that Flowing Light had taken Bluegreen-Clad so soon. When Flowing Light and Bluegreen-Clad had left, Han Meimei was still gossiping behind her back in the team; how she should have known her limits, how could she still fight with Flowing Light to add blood for Bluegreen-Clad? Venus was not caring. She had wanted to use this opportunity to break them up; it was best to let them argue between themselves, or ignore each other for days. If not, why should she have entered this team? Was it to see Flowing Light and Bluegreen-Clad get closer? However, how could she admit such a thing? Hence, she pretended to say that she had gotten used to it when she was killing monsters with Son of Heaven and that it was not to fight with Flowing Light deliberately. Han Meimei did not say more and asked when she and Son of Heaven were going to be married. [Team] Han Meimei: The duel for relatives had happened a week ago, if you don''t wish to marry Son of Heaven, you should let him know earlier; I would not prepare the red packet for the money then. Venus knew that Han Meimei was still suspecting her and thus used the excuse of the date with the Son of Heaven''s Yellow Spring Sword to pacify her. But she knew in her heart that she could not use this excuse anymore. Lately, Son of Heaven had kept bringing up the Seven Stars'' Yellow Spring Sword, only missing success by a little material. By the looks of it, she had to start doing something about it. Chapter 56 Husband After quitting the game, Bluegreen-Clad stood up and touched Zheng Xiaoguang''s forehead while saying, "I''ll wash some fruit for us. You play alone first." Zheng Xiaoguang watched Bluegreen-Clad walk toward the kitchen in a daze. After a while, she got up and followed him. When she entered the kitchen, she saw him washing grapes in the sink. A dish of peeled jackfruit was placed beside him. It looked golden and delicious. She crept up behind him, plucked up her courage, and gently pulled the hem of his shirt while saying, "I don''t like to see Venus adding blood for you all the time. It''s my job." She thought, "This Venus is just like an ordinary clerk who always strives to go over her supervisor and to do all the supervisor''s jobs just in order to draw the attention of the general manager. No supervisor will like such a clerk who appears so eager to replace himself or herself. "It''s great to see Venus taking such an active part in the game. But does she really think that I''m stupid? "What if there''s only one doctor in the team? Does she really believe that she can help the team getting through the instance by adding blood only for Bluegreen-Clad? Teamwork is clearly more important under such circumstances." Zheng Xiaoguang had felt annoyed just now when playing together with Venus, but she managed to suppress her anger for the sake of the team. As for Venus, she ignored all the other team members and kept adding blooding for Bluegreen-Clad even when his blood was full. She showed no respect for the feelings of Flowing Light, who was also a doctor. She seemed not worried about irritating Flowing Light at all. Zheng Xiaoguang thought grumpily, "As this Venus is always able to subdue Saori, she can''t be stupid. She does this in front of me on purpose. She must think that I can only endure this as I can''t accuse her of making any obvious mistake. "But she''s wrong about me. I''m not the one to be bullied." Bluegreen-Clad continued washing the fruit and said, "If you don''t like it. We just don''t team up with her anymore. There''s nothing between her and me." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "Well, I know that there''s nothing between you two. "Han Meimei explained this thing to me a long time ago. Although Bluegreen-Clad seems to care nothing about the attractive appearance of Venus, I just can''t stand by and watch this pretty girl hitting on my husband. "As the saying goes, only a determined thief is a real worry. Venus is obviously determined to seduce my husband, regardless of the fact that she has never voiced her thoughts. As she seldom makes mistakes, it''s not easy for me to find fault with her. This is really disgusting. "Anyhow, I have to do something about it. I won''t just sit back and watch her stealing my husband from me." With this in mind, she sighed. "But what if she stalks you no matter where you go? If she asks you for a favor when I''m not online, what will you do?" "You don''t want me to do her a favor?" Bluegreen-Clad turned the faucet off and said. The two of them remained silent for a while. "No," Zheng Xiaoguang replied assertively. She just did not want anyone to covet her husband. She thought that this was probably because of greed. In the past, she had always felt that Bluegreen-Clad and she were married for the alliance of the two gangs. Because of that, she had never treated Bluegreen-Clad as her husband or cared too much about Venus before. She thought, "We got married just to strengthen the alliance between the Matchless and the League of Strong Families. Many loving couples in the game end up getting divorced. A couple like us, who got married for benefits instead of love, will probably not end well either. Now we''re good because the League of Strong Families chooses to work with the Matchless to suppress the Sacred Temple together. But if the Sacred Temple collapses some day, and there are only two big gangs on this server, the League of Strong Families and the Matchless will perhaps get on bad terms. When that happens, we''ll definitely get divorced. "I''m always prepared for such a situation. I gave Bluegreen-Clad my account password because of that. All the valuable items on that account are bought by him. When we get divorced, he can take all those things away anytime he wants. "But somehow I''ve just grown used to his company and don''t want to give him to anyone else now." She continued, somewhat awkwardly. "You''re my husband. I just don''t like to see some girl hitting on you all the time." Even though Bluegreen-Clad reacted nonchalantly to Venus, Zheng Xiaoguang still felt disgusted when playing together with the girl. Bluegreen-Clad wiped his hands dry and turned around to look at Zheng Xiaoguang. She thought that he was going to persuade her to stop being so petty and to "make peace" with Venus as she was a member of the gang. She turned her face to the side embarrassedly to avoid making eye contact with him. She thought, "I know how I should treat my gang members, but if he really fobs me off with such excuses, I should not mention this to him again." To her surprise, Bluegreen-Clad asked her smilingly, "Hey, honey. Are you jealous?" While knowing that was probably just a joke, Zheng Xiaoguang still blushed as if some of her deepest secrets were discovered by him. Bluegreen-Clad touched her head and said, "I told you that I''ll marry only you in this game." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang sighed in her heart, "Well, this promise, again. He does keep his promise and treat me well all the time, but..." "Just don''t play with that Venus anymore. I don''t like her." She spoke boldly and acted as if she was really Bluegreen-Clad''s wife. Bluegreen-Clad remained silent for a really long time. Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat suffocated and embarrassed. She thought worriedly, "Does he think that I''m too nosy? But it''s too late to take back my words now." She earnestly looked at Bluegreen-Clad and waited patiently for his answer. Bluegreen-Clad looked back at Zheng Xiaoguang seriously. After a while, he nodded, his lips curling into a smile. "Okay," he said. "Not just her. You''re not allowed to talk to any girl who hits on you in the game!" added Zheng Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang never forgot about the gossipers that she had run into in the market. They clearly hated her for the fact that she was the wife of Bluegreen-Clad. She was pretty sure that these girls liked her husband too. She did not believe that they were just taking up the cudgels for Venus. "I don''t have a say in the personal affairs of Bluegreen-Clad in the real life, but I have to defend my position of being his wife in the game," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. Bluegreen-Clad smiled helplessly and said, "1812255****, yaokong****." "What''s that?" Zheng Xiaoguang stared at him in surprise and asked. "My account number and password. All my property in the game is held by this account. Now I give it to you," Bluegreen-Clad shrugged his shoulders and asked, "Now, do you feel assured, honey?" "What£¿He gave me his account which is worth tens of thousands yuan," Zheng Xiaoguang thought in surprise. She bit her lips and asked, "Aren''t you afraid that I ransack your account¢Ù?" Bluegreen-Clad shrugged his shoulders again and said, "That''s all right. You and I have a child now. I believe you." Zheng Xiaoguang had never expected Bluegreen-Clad to trust her so much. She felt somewhat hesitant and stuttered, "But..." Bluegreen-Clad interjected and teased. "Besides, I know where you live now. If you ransack my account, I''ll go to your home to find you. If you agree to repay the debts by marrying me, it''ll be alright." Zheng Xiaoguang suddenly remembered that Bluegreen-Clad had sent her the invitation before. "So, he does know where I live," she thought and stuttered, "You... You..." "Alright, I''ll stop teasing you." Bluegreen-Clad touched her head again and added, "What I have is yours. If you find something you like in my warehouse, you can just take it away. If you want to buy something, you can use my gold ingots. If the gold ingots are not enough... Just tell me about it." Zheng Xiaoguang thought that these gold ingots and even the account which was worth tens of thousands yuan were not a lot of money to Bluegreen-Clad, but she still felt moved by his trust in herself. She wondered, "Bluegreen-Clad treats me so well. Is it because I''m a sister of Blooming Pear Tree. Or, is it because he''s married to me in the game? Does he like me?" With this in mind, she shook her head and said, "I don''t want the money. I just hope that you won''t suddenly disappear and stay out of contact for days like last time. Even when you don''t have time to play the game, you can at least sent me a message. The last time you disappeared, I thought that you... quit the game." "I''ll try my best to spend more quality time with you in the future," Bluegreen-Clad said in a soft voice. "If I''m too busy, I''ll call you, okay?" "That''s good..." Note: ¢Ù To ransack one''s account: Once someone hacks into a game account, he or she can ransack the account by selling all the valuable items held by the account (such as top-notch equipment, gold ingots and game currency) for real money. Some guys will play female characters to delude male players. Once such a conman gets a player''s account number and password, he will sell the property of the victim and sometimes even the game account of the victim for money. As such, you guys had better be cautious when exploring the online gaming world and never give your account number and password to any stranger. Chapter 57 sLook, a Mouse Is Eating Your Rices Zheng Xiaoguang remembered a joke about a new bride. On the wedding night, when the bridegroom excitedly removed the bride''s red head covers, the bride was bashfully looking down at the ground. Suddenly, she chuckled and covered her mouth with a hand. She pointed to the ground with the hand while saying, "Look, look, a mouse is eating your rice." The next morning, when the groom was still sleeping, the bride saw the mouse eating the rice again. She threw her shoe at the mouse and shouted in anger, "Damn mouse! How dare you steal my rice!" The groom woke up with a start and then smiled. He was pleased to know that his bride began to consider herself a part of his family now. Being a guest was totally different from being a host. When Zheng Xiaoguang had first come to the League of Strong Families, she had considered herself as a guest. To avoid putting her big brother Blooming Pear Tree in an awkward situation, she seldom accepted favors from the gang members. Even when they offered to give her something that she needed to complete a mission, she would insist on paying for the thing. Everyone thought that she was nice, but actually, it was just because she had not yet regarded them as her friends. In fact, some members of the League of Strong Families still considered her an outsider now, and even she herself still firmly believed that she would return to the Matchless sooner or later. As such, although she got married to the gang boss of the League of Strong Families, she seldom regarded herself as a member of the gang. Beyond her expectations, this trip to A city somehow made her totally accept her husband in the game. She thought, "As I''m ''married'' to this handsome gang boss, I should work harder for our fellow gang members." Since coming back from A city, Zheng Xiaoguang had taken an active role in the gang. As the "Shiny Sky Beauty Contest" was hyped up, many new players were attracted to this game and this server Watery South. It was a good opportunity for the League of Strong Families to recruit new members. Give this, Zheng Xiaoguang encouraged the high-level players in the gang to help the low-level new member to gain levels as a way to attract new members. After all, for any gang in Watery South, it could only develop and grow by constantly recruiting new members. At present, nearly all the gang members of the League of Strong Families had reached the highest level allowed by the system and did not have to be busy gaining levels for themselves every day. As such, most of them, especially Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze and One-inch Monk, responded positively to Flowing Light''s call and actively helped the low-level new members. Zheng Xiaoguang had a talk with Bluegreen-Clad. She said, "I remembered that some great man has said that it''s immoral to encourage people to work hard only by making empty promises to them. "Although the high-level gang members are willing to help us now, we can''t let them work for free all the time. As time goes by, they''ll probably lose interests in doing this again. We should take out some good things from the warehouse of the gang and give these things to them as material rewards." Bluegreen-Clad agreed with her idea and asked her to do anything she wanted. As a result, Zheng Xiaoguang handed out assignments to all hagh-level gang members including Bluegreen-Clad. Nowadays, every time Bluegreen-Clad got online, he had to help some low-level members to gain experience points. Occasionally, he would go to the Phoenix Terrace together with his wife to enjoy the scenery. Bluegreen-Clad was in charge of instructing the gang members to get through all kinds of missions, and Zheng Xiaoguang was responsible for picking out and inviting new members to join their gang. Everything went smoothly for them most of the time, but there were times when Zheng Xiaoguang just could not help but flare up. Something that happened today really irritated her. She and Bluegreen-Clad teamed up with a few new members who were at level 45 or above and played a level-50 instance together. In this instance, they had to rescue a young lady of a wealthy family, who fell into a nightmare and could not wake up. To get through this instance, they had to enter the young lady''s dream and slay all the monsters there. It was not a very difficult task. There were five waves of small monsters, namely fireflies, dragonflies, bees, moths and butterflies. Each wave had about 30 small monsters. Players could accumulate a lot of experience points by slaying the five waves of monsters. After slaying them, the low-level players would reach lever 48. After the five waves of small monsters, they had to fight the Boss of this instance, a giant human-faced butterfly. Given the level and equipment of Bluegreen-Clad, it would be just a piece of cake for him to slay all the small monsters and the Boss. They would only meet a challenge when the Boss popped out and transformed one of their team members into the young lady of the wealthy family, Once a player''s character got transformed by the Boss, the character would become immune to all damage but could not use any skill before transforming back. This skill was similar to the fox-transforming skill of a magician. It would not bring too much trouble to a team who had enough offensive force. Unfortunately, this team happened to lack offensive force. Among all the team members, only Bluegreen-Clad was able to deliver a strong offensive blow. The low-level players did not have strong offensive force or defensive force. Once the Boss transformed Bluegreen-Clad into the young lady, no one would be able to pull the Boss. When that happened, the Boss would begin to attack the other team members randomly. Under such circumstances, the whole team might get annihilated. To avoid getting slain for too many times, which would cause the team to lose experience points, a high-level player would usually cross the bridge alone to fight the Boss and ask the low-level players to stay at the other side of the bridge. That was what Bluegreen-Clad did today. He asked the low-level team members to stay behind and went across the bridge to pull the Boss by himself. The low-level players had nothing to do, so they clicked their sitting emotes¢Ù to make their characters sit on the floor. After that, they began to chat with one another on the Nearby channel, and these Nearby messages were invisible for Bluegreen-Clad now, as he was too far away from them. Low-level female player 1: A god-like player is indeed fierce. He slew all the small monsters within a few seconds. My experience points surged before I realized what was going on. Now, I have enough points to upgrade to level 48. What about you? Low-level female player 2: I''m going to upgrade to level 49 after the death of this Boss. Alas, I really want to marry such a god-like player. It feels great to gain levels easily with the help of such a guy. Low-level female player 3: Does this god-like player have a wife? Low-level female player 1: I don''t know. Why don''t you ask him? Low-level female player 3: Alright, I''ll go to ask him. I warn you first. As it''s I that ask him first, if he really doesn''t have a wife, none of you can compete with me. Low-level female player 1: Look at you. Don''t get carried away. A god-like player in a game may be a sloppy old man in the real life. Low-level female player 3: I don''t care. If you''re worried about that, don''t compete with me. Low-level female player 1: No. I like this god-like player as well. We should play fair. Low-level female player 2: What are you bickering about? Maybe the god-like player likes me. After I get married to him, I''ll invite you to gain levels together with us. Hee-hee~ When the girls were busy chatting with one another, they suddenly saw a large number of experience rewards floating over their heads. [Team] Low-level female player 1: Have you just slain the Boss, god-like Bluegreen-Clad? [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Yes. Come closer to me. I''ll distribute the equipment. The girls went across the bridge to find Bluegreen-Clad. After that, they saw lots of Team messages which informed them of the equipment distribution. Bluegreen-Clad gave all the equipment that he unlocked here to the low-level girls. [Team] Low-level female player 3: You''re awesome, Bluegreen-Clad. You take my breath away! I admire you so much. Will you marry me? Note: ¢ÙEmotes: A player uses an emote to communicate an action or an expression. By using different emote commands, a player can make his or her character sit down, lie down, sleep, greet someone else or hug someone else. Chapter 58 Marriage Wreckers In an online game, god-like male players were always popular with the female players as they were as scarce as good-looking female players. Zheng Xiaoguang had predicted such things to happen upon knowing that her big brother Blooming Pear Tree planned to marry her off to Bluegreen-Clad. What Baby520 and Venus Will Cry had done to her confirmed her prediction In the past, she had seldom felt worried about her marriage with Bluegreen-Clad, as he always gained levels together with Han Meimei and Li Lei and never showed much interest in helping low-level players. As such, the low-level girls did not have many chances to get close to him. Upon seeing these girls hitting on her husband, Zheng Xiaoguang felt stressed out. She thought grumpily, "Alas, can''t these little girls see his title, which is ''Flowing Light''s Husband''? How can they hit on a married man? Don''t they think that they''re too shameless?" [Team] Low-level female player 1: [Face Blowing a Kiss] God-like Bluegreen-Clad, do you want to keep a "sugar baby". I''ll video chat with you. I''ll even warm the bed for you. These words reminded Zheng Xiaoguang of someone else, and the corners of her mouth twitched. When Bluegreen-Clad said impatiently that he was married and did not want a ''sugar baby'', another low-level female player popped out and said that she wanted to become his apprentice. [Team] Low-level female player 2: God-like Bluegreen-Clad, can I worship you as my master? [Shyness] [Kiss] Zheng Xiaoguang looked at this girl and thought angrily, "Come on, you''re a summoner, and Bluegreen-Clad is a magician. How can he become your master? And this [Kiss]. Does she really think that we don''t know what she''s up to?" [Team] Low-level female player 4: That''s enough. Can you stop hitting on the god-like player? Upon seeing this message, low-level female players 1, 2 and 3 were irritated and shouted toward low-level female player 4 together. [Team] Low-level female player 1: Huh? Who the hell are you? Do you think that you have a say in this matter? [Team] Low-level female player 2: Why are you talking like this? Are we in your way? [Team] Low-level female player 3: Yeah, we can do whatever we want. That''s none of your business. [Team] Low-level female player 4: Why can''t I say something about this? The god-like player has just told you that he''s married. Why do you keep pestering him? Do you want to be marriage wreckers? [Team] Low-level female player 3: What? Is he your husband? Zheng Xiaoguang thought helplessly, "This is ridiculous! "Is she saying that if I''m not his wife, I''m not allowed to say something to stop these marriage wreckers?" Zheng Xiaoguang looked at the message sent out by low-level female player 3 and smiled. She quickly typed out some words and sent them out. [Team] Low-level female player 4: Yes, he is. Low-level female player 4 was Fluffy Rabbit, which was Zheng Xiaoguang''s alternate account. She often used this account to sell things on the market. As both Bluegreen-Clad and she did not have much experience in helping low-level players, Zheng Xiaoguang used this alternate account to team up with Bluegreen-Clad to gain some experience. Besides, this Fluffy Rabbit was an apprentice of Flowing Light. Once she upgraded, Flowing Light would gain some mentorship points, which could be used to buy some cool things. As for Flowing Light, Zheng Xiaoguang had left her at Phoenix Terrace. Bluegreen-Clad and Fluffy Rabbit had waited together at the gate of this low-level instance for some time before teaming up with these three girls. The three girls did not see Flowing Light in team, so they began to hit on her husband. This was totally beyond Zheng Xiaoguang''s expectations. When she flared up and shouted at the three girls, low-level female players 1 and 2 were surprised and stopped talking, but low-level female player 3 still refused to back down. [Team] Low-level female player 3: You''re lying. The title of the god-like player is "Flowing Light''s Husband". His wife is Flowing Light. [Team] Fluffy Rabbit: If you don''t believe me, you can ask the god-like player. Zheng Xiaoguang said assertively, but low-level female player 3 still refused to believe her. [Team] Low-level female player 3: God-like Bluegreen-Clad~~~~ [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: @Fluffy Rabbit, honey, don''t get mad. Let''s leave this instance now. Let''s go to enjoy some pretty scenery. Upon seeing that, the three girls fell silent. Without Zheng Xiaoguang urging them, they swiftly quit the team. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: I told you not to let me help these low-level players. A long time ago, Bluegreen-Clad had often helped low-level players to gain experience points. As his level grew and his equipment upgraded, there were more and more low-level girls pestering him. As they just kept asking him to give them some equipment or offering to be his "sugar baby", he felt annoyed and decided to stay away from such girls. [Team] Fluffy Rabbit:: I really can''t understand why girls act like this nowadays! Forget about it, I won''t ask you to help any low-level girl again. I''ll log out of this alternate account. You can team up with my main account now. Let''s go to complete the weekly missions. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: It''s up to you. Gradually, Zheng Xiaoguang discovered that her Bluegreen-Clad was not the only married guy who got pestered by low-level female players. As many new players joined the game, many marriage wreckers popped out recently in Watery South. The most ridiculous part about this phenomenon was that all the marriage wreckers came from the same gang. It was a small gang named "Speaking Flowers", and their gang boss was a female magician named Lazy Little Cat. It was said that most members of this gang were girls, and many of these girls had joined the game recently and thus did not have high levels. Just like the three low-level girls who had teamed up with Bluegreen-Clad, these girls often hitted on high-level male players in Watery South. Even Zheng Xiaoguang''s big brother Blooming Pear Tree, who never planned to get married or have a baby in the game, got harassed by these girls. He claimed that even if he suddenly wanted to get married someday, he would never marry a girl from the Speaking Flowers. He dealt with these girls in a brutal way. Once a girl started pestering him, he would kill her without worrying about getting a red ID at all. After killing several girls from the Speaking Flowers, Blooming Pear Tree seldom got harassed by them again. Upon seeing that, all the male members of the Matchless followed their boss'' example and quickly got rid of those girls. Gradually, girls from the Speaking Flowers began to avoid members of the Matchless. The situation got worse for the Speaking Flowers when Saori, the first lady of the Sacred Temple ordered her husband Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top to stay away from the girls of the Speaking Flowers. Despite of being marginalized by the two big gangs, the Speaking Flowers still managed to survive on this server. Girls from this gang continued seducing all kinds of high-level male players in Watery South, making their gang get increasingly unpopular. One day, Zheng Xiaoguang chatted with Han Meimei. "The girls of the Speaking Flowers are really ridiculous. How could they even think of seducing Blooming Pear Tree? But, at least, he''s single. No girl will accuse them of wrecking their marriage. "They''re really shameless enough to try to hook up with a married guy." Han Meimei said bluntly, "What else can they do? Do you think that there are a lot of rich players like your big brother?" Chapter 59 Husband Stealers Watery South had been open for quite a long time by far. Except for the new male players who joined the game recently because of the "Beauty Contest", most male players on this server had high levels and great equipment now, not to mention god-like players, such as Bluegreen-Clad and Blooming Pear Tree. Unfortunately, most of these high-level players were married. As such, when girls of the Speaking Flowers wanted to marry high-level guys, they had no choice but to steal the other girls'' husbands. "It''s easy for a girl to find a guy and get married in this game. After all, male players significantly outnumbered female players here. However, some girls are just determined to marry high-level guys." Han Meimei snorted and continued, "My husband Li Lei started from scratch, and I''ve accompanied him all this time. In the past, there were not so many husband stealers. Look at the current situation... " Guys usually outnumbered girls in an online game. The same went for Shiny Sky Online. It was easy for a female player to find a male partner to play together, but just like the husband-seeking girls in the real life, most female players had high requirements for their male partners in the game. They just wanted to marry "successful male partners". As a result, a male player at a low level could hardly find a wife in the game. As for those "successful male players" who were popular with the female players, they usually had not only high levels but also wives who had accompanied them for a fairly long time. As an old saying went, a barren farmland would usually be left uncultivated, but once it was turned into a good farmland by someone, others would want to steal the land. Gradually, more and more wives of the high-level male players got mad at the husbands stealers. Zheng Xiaoguang could see the wife of a high-level guy shout on the Public Chat channel and call so-and-so from the Speaking Flowers a shameless bitch every day when she got online. She thought, "Sigh, how can this small gang survive with such a bad reputation?" To her surprise, although the Speaking Flowers stank its reputation, its girls still managed to hook up with some high-level married guys successfully. One of these guys got caught by his wife. His wife kept taunting the guy and the marriage wrecker and calling them adulterer and adulteress for a day and a night on the Public Chat channel. Nevertheless, she still failed to get her husband back. Later, someone teased on the Rumor channel. "It looks like girls of the Speaking Flowers must be super cute or good in bed. Otherwise, how could they succeed in seducing so many married guys. I just want to advise the abandoned wives to take it easy. Fickle guys aren''t worth your love." Even under such pressure of public opinion, the "adulterer and adulteress" still stayed happily together. That guy divorced his wife and married the marriage wrecker. He even joined the Speaking Flowers for her. Upon knowing this, Zheng Xiaoguang was amazed and could not help but sigh in her heart, "Now, all the gangs are busy recruiting new members. The competition is fierce. The Speaking Flowers uses this kind of method to attract new members. These girls do think outside the box." When Zheng Xiaoguang continued to monitor the situation, Venus Will Cry found herself in trouble. Since Zheng Xiaoguang had "replaced" Venus in Bluegreen-Clad''s regular team, Son of Heaven had seldom teamed up Bluegreen-Clad. Nowadays, he usually teamed up with Venus and her friends to gain levels. Sometimes, he would also team up with some strangers. Son of Heaven and Venus played instances together in recent days. One day, when they needed a magical offensive force, they sent out a team invitation on the Public Chat channel and then teamed up with a female magician named Shallow Grass. Sallow Grass seemed to like Son of Heaven very much and often teamed up with him to complete different kinds of missions after that day. Every time Venus got online, Son of Heaven would send her a team invitation. Recently, every time Venus joined Son of Heaven''s team, she would meet Shallow Grass there. [Team] Shallow Grass: Son of Heaven, can you help me unlock level-105 purple equipment today? There are not many strong warriors in my gang. I''m about to upgrade to level 105, but I still don''t have anything purple. [Team Captain] Son of Heaven: Okay. Upon seeing that, Venus tightly gripped her mouse and thought, "What? Why didn''t he ask for my advice first?" She suppressed her emotions as usual and sent out a smiling face and said on the Team channel. "Son of Heaven is a warrior, and I''m a doctor, We just need some offensive forces anytime we want to play together." She implied that Son of Heaven and her were regular partners and that the other offensive forces could always be replaced in this team. Just as she expected, Shallow Grass could not help but talk back: A doctor is fucking useless in a team when there''s no offensive force. This was what Venus wanted. [Team] Venus Will Cry: [Sad Face] Son of Heaven, did I say something wrong that upset Shallow Grass? [Team Captain] Son of Heaven: Shallow Grass, don''t misunderstand Venus. She didn''t mean anything else. Shallow Grass felt grumpy but did not say anything else. Venus invited Little Girl and Bluegreen Belt to join the team. When a team decided to go to unlock some purple equipment, it would usually choose members of different professions. Now, as Venus brought Bluegreen Belt into the team, there were two magicians. Once they unlocked some purple equipment for a magician, they had to decide who they should give this piece of equipment to. [Team] Shallow Grass: Our team has a magician now. Why didn''t you bring an assassin or a summoner into our team? [Team] Venus Will Cry: I''m sorry. We''re a regular team, so... Venus was implying that Shallow Grass was the extra magician. When Shallow Grass was about to say something, Son of Heaven made a decision. [Team Captain] Son of Heaven: Alright, stop it. Once we unlock something for a magician. You two will roll the dice. After that, they went to play the level-105 instance together. As the front-line offensive force, Son of Heaven was busy fighting the Boss and did not notice what Venus did behind his back. When they fighting against the Boss, Venus often "forgot" to add blood for Shallow Grass. A magician was quite fragile. As such, Shallow Grass was slain for several times during the fight. For the sake of the purple equipment, Shallow Grass endured all of this and managed to get through the instance and slay all the Bosses together with the other team members. Unfortunately, they unlocked only one peice of purple equipment for a magician that day. Much to her disappointment, when she rolled the dice, she got only 22 points and lost the equipment to Bluegreen Belt who got 56 points. The system automatically distributed the level-105 purple coat to Bluegreen Belt, a level-102 magician. [Team] Shallow Grass: I don''t want to play anymore. Upon seeing that Shallow Grass gave up so quickly, Venus could not help but smile. To her surprise, Shallow Grass sent out another message. [Team] Shallow Grass: Son of Heaven, do you want to join the Speaking Flowers? I''ll ask my gang boss to make you the deputy gang boss. In recent days, Son of Heaven had often discussed with Venus whether they had to leave the League of Strong Families and join another gang. He was afraid that Venus would feel awkward if she continued staying in the League of Strong Families. Upon seeing the message from Shallow Grass, he was intrigued. [Team Captain] Son of Heaven: I will consider it. Venus was surprised. "What? He said that he would consider it?" She bit her lip and continued to think, "I know that he wants to leave the League of Strong Families, but I don''t want to. If I leave, it''ll look like that I admit defeat to Flowing Light. And this Shallow Grass, who suddenly asks Son of Heaven to join her gang, is clearly up to something." Venus, who always pretended to be a nice and simple girl, could not voice her thought now. Fortunately, she had her friends here. [Team] Bluegreen Belt: Shallow Grass, why do you ask our Team Captain to join the Speaking Flowers?Do you like him? [Team] Shallow Grass: Yes, I like him. So what? [Team] Bluegreen Belt: Don''t you know that Son of Heaven is the winner of the contest held by Venus? Everyone knows that they''re a couple. What do you want to do now? [Team] Shallow Grass: If they''re really a couple, why don''t they get married? To make myself clear, now I tell this to you, Son of Heaven. I like you. Do you want to join my gang, the Speaking Flowers? Venus considered this a good opportunity. As she did not like Son of Heaven, if he really left with Shallow Grass, she would not have to worry about marrying him someday. After all, she had just used him to get close to Bluegreen-Clad in the past. Despite that, she still felt somewhat reluctant to let Shallow Grass get what she wanted so easily. Even though she did not like Son of Heaven, she would never want to give him to Shallow Grass or anyone else. She just did not want anyone else to replace her in the heart of Son of Heaven. [Team] Venus Will Cry: If you don''t like me now, you can leave with her, Son of Heaven. I respect your decision. I won''t pester you in the future. Shallow Grass knew clearly what Venus was up to and disdained her even more. [Team] Shallow Grass: Save it, Venus. You keep Son of Heaven by your side all the time and never plan to marry him. You''re taking up space in the **without** (Inappropriate words were omitted by the system automatically.£© [Team] Venus Will Cry: No, it''s not like that. I never force him to stay with me. Son of Heaven just could not tolerate seeing Venus being wronged. [Team Captain] Son of Heaven: That''s enough, Shallow Grass. I like only Venus and will stay by her side forever. I''ll go wherever she goes. You can leave now. [Team] Shallow Grass: You''re stupid, Son of Heaven. She doesn''t like you at all! [Team Captain] Son of Heaven: I don''t want to talk to you anymore. Just leave now! Don''t team up with me again. Upon seeing that, Shallow Grass had no choice but to quit the team. [Team] Shallow Grass: Son of Heaven, you''ll regret it sooner or later. After successfully driving Shallow Grass away, Venus Will Cry asked hypocritically, "Son of Heaven, do you bear a grudge against me for refusing to marry you?" "I know that you want a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword," said Son of Heaven. As Son of Heaven did not reply yes or no to her question, she thought that he must have felt somewhat displeased with her. She thought grumpily, "That''s Shallow Grass'' fault. She deliberately mentioned this thing to drive a wedge between us?" She pretended to be thoughtful and said, "In fact, I don''t really need such a sword. I know that you''ve tried your best. It''s difficult to collect the materials. It''s not your fault." She added, pitifully. "But I just feel unfair. Why does Flowing Light have such a sword? Do you think that I''m inferior to Flowing Light? Why can''t I have such a sword?" Just as she expected, Son of Heaven took pity on her and comforted her by saying, "Just rest assured. I''ll give you a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword." Venus replied gratefully, "Thank you, Son of Heaven. You''re the best." Chapter 60 Counterattack of the Legitimate Wives Flowing Light: What? Are you saying that Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top has agreed to merge the Speaking Flowers into the Sacred Temple? Zheng Xiaoguang could hardly believe what she had just heard. Han Meimei: Yes, it''s really unbelievable. I was also surprised when I heard about this thing. It''s said that it was Lazy Little Cat, the gang boss of the Speaking Flowers, that offered to give her gang to Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top. Flowing Light: Does he really want to accpet such a group of girls? Han Meimei: Who knows? Lazy Little Cat made this offer to Li Lei before, and I refused her directly. We have a "big trouble" in our gang now. Those girls of the Speaking Flowers will bring us even more trouble if we agree to recruit them. Zheng Xiaoguang wondered, "''Big trouble''? She probably means Venus." Flowing Light: So this Lazy Little Cat really casts her net wide. Recently, Lazy Little Cat had made similar offers to not only the League of Strong Families and the Sacred Temple but also the other big gangs in Watery South. Upon seeing the words "casts her net wide", Han Meimei felt somewhat grumpy and said to Flowing Light: You know what. I don''t think she really plans to merge her gang into a big gang. She probably just uses this as an excuse to get close to the god-like players. She sent Private Chat messages to hit on Li Lei before. As the deputy gang boss of the League of Strong Families, Li Lei was also popular among the female players. Flowing Light: She sent Private Chat messages to Li Lei? How do you know that? Han Meimei: I have Li Lei''s account number and password. I know everything when I log into his account. What? Hasn''t Bluegreen-Clad told you his account number and password? Flowing Light: Yes, he''s told me. Zheng Xiaoguang would not log into her husband''s game account unless it was necessary. She just did not want to pry into his personal affairs. Flowing Light: By the way, what''s Li Lei''s attitude toward her? Han Meimei: Attitude? How can he have an attitude toward her? He dares not think about such a thing at all! Flowing Light: Well, you''re really good at controlling your husband. Han Meimei: Of course. Li Lei and I are the model couple of Watery South. Zheng Xiaoguang thought for a moment and could not help but agree with Han Meimei. "Han Meimei and Li Lei are so good at courting envy in the game. No other couple is able to challenge their position as the model couple on this server. No wonder she''s not worried about Lazy Little Cat at all." Upon noticing that Zheng Xiaoguang seemed to feel somewhat envious of Han Meimei, Bluegreen-Clad asked her: Honey, do you want to court some envy too? Flowing Light: Huh? Before she realized what was going on, Bluegreen-Clad had already set off some fireworks on the Public Chat channel. Game Message: [Fireworks] Bluegreen-Clad affectionately talks to Flowing Light: I''d take only a spoon of water out of the entire ocean. I''d admire only one flower among the sea of flowers. Jianghu is a big world, but I''d love only you. [Public Chat] Loving Dogs: Nice poem. The couple upstairs really make me envious. [Public Chat] Half a Cup of Lovesickness: Flowing Light, my eyes are sore upon seeing such a public display of affection. I demand financial recompense for this¡£ [Public Chat] ¡ïYou Can''t See Me*: This is a really extravagant way of showing affection. The fireworks are expensive. [Public Chat] Big Fish Eats Small Fish: I''m a poor guy. I felt hurt upon seeing you spend so much gold ingots on the fireworks which last for just a moment. I feel even more pain now, as my wife orders me to set fireworks for her. So my dear gang boss and first lady, I hope that you won''t do that anymore. Do you agree? This was the first time Bluegreen-Clad had openly shown his affection toward Flowing Light on the Public Chat channel. Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but smile. The next moment, they sent out the same message on the Pulic Chat channel at the same time as if they could communicate telepathically. [Public Chat] Flowing Light: No, we don''t agree. [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: No, we don''t agree. [Public Chat] Big Fish Eats Small Fish: [Vomiting Blood] [Vomiting Blood] [Vomiting Blood] As none of the god-like players of the League of Strong Families got seduced by girls of the Speaking Flowers, wives of high-level male players now began to worship Zheng Xiaoguang and Han Meimei blindly. As they firmly believed that these two girls were capable wives and well-versed in dealing with marriage wreckers, they set up an association named "The Nemesis of Marriage Wreckers" and invited Flowing Light to serve as the president of their association. They were determined to eliminate all the shameless husband stealers in the game. Upon receiving the invitation, Zheng Xiaoguang laughed so hard that tears ran down her face. She thought, "Not long ago, because of the thread ''The Beautiful Girl and the Bitchy Girl'' on the official forum, I was considered a shameless bitch who stole Venus'' fiance and despised by everyone. Little Girl of the League of Strong Families even kept sending me Private Chat messages every day, urging me to give Bluegreen-Clad back to Venus. "Why do they suddenly think of asking me to represent the legitimate wives in the game and be the president of their association ''The Nemesis of Marriage Wreckers''? Do they forget about that thread so quickly? "The public opinion changes so fast. Venus will really cry for this." When she discussed this with Han Meimei, Han Meimei thought of a reasonable explanation. "Maybe they finally understand that every guy may have several girlfriends before he gets married, but only a legitimate wife who has a marriage certificate issued by the temple of the matchmaking god has the right to defend her position. "They finally realized how ridiculous to speak for Venus. After all, Bluegreen-Clad never married her. They just played the game together sometimes. Even if she was his ex-girlfriend, it would be ridiculous to accuse you, his legitimate wife, of stealing her man. I guess every guy has ex-girlfriends nowadays, but only his legitimate wife is protected by the law. No one can accuse the legitimate wife of stealing some ex-girlfriend''s man." Zheng Xiaoguang agreed with Han Meimei and then exclaimed in her heart, "Girls on this server are really capable. It looks like that they won''t let those husband stealers off easily." Despite that, she was not interested in becoming the president of "The Nemesis of Marriage Wreckers". She would rather wander around on the Shiny Sky map and go shopping on the market together with Bluegreen-Clad than quarrel with those girls from the Speaking Flowers every day. More importantly, she thought that she did not suit that job at all. It was not because of her that Bluegreen-Clad did not get seduced by some girls from the Speaking Flowers. Bluegreen-Clad simply ignored all temptation. The well-principled Bluegreen-Clad would join his regular team the moment he got online. The girls just did not have a chance to get close to him. Given this, Zheng Xiaoguang really did not know how to teach the wives in the association to deal with marriage wreckers. She really did not have a lot of experience. That being said, she herself would never want to accumulate such experience. As the "The Nemesis of Marriage Wreckers" expanded, the rumor that the Speaking Flowers would be merged into the Sacred Temple spread far and wide. Han Meimei: I can''t believe this. What does that Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top think? How can he agree to recruit such a bunch of girls? Everyone in Watery South knows that he has an excessively jealous wife. Saori will never agree to accept those girls. Just as Han Meimei expected, Saori refused to recruit the girls of the Speaking Flowers, and Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top hurriedly announced that he would not let the Speaking Flowers merge into his gang on the Public Chat channel. No one knew whether he had promised to recruit the members of the Speaking Flowers before. Nevertheless, everyone knew for sure that Lazy Little Cat had totally irritated Saori, as she issued a Hunting Order on Lazy Little Cat. She kept acting against Lazy Little Cat every day. It seemed that she would never stop until the Speaking Flowers was destroyed. Chapter 61 A Virtual Relationship Is Going to Become Real Today, when Zheng Xiaoguang got online and teamed up with Bluegreen-Clad and his friends as usual, Li Lei suddenly asked for a leave. She was surprised, as Li Lei logged onto the game on time every day and could be considered the most hard-working deputy gang boss of the year. Li Lei: Bluegreen-Clad, I can only be online once in a while at night this week. Please allow me to take a leave and manage the gang by yourself this week. Bluegreen-Clad: You can''t take a leave without giving me a reasonable explanation. Li Lei: [Vomiting Blood] I have to take this leave to handle an important thing which will affect me for the rest of my life. Is this a reasonable explanation? Flowing Light: Huh? Han Meimei: Uhm, Li Lei is going to come to my home to meet my parents~ Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised upon seeing that message. She had heard about the romantic relationship between Han Meimei and Li Lei in real life a long time ago but had never expected that they would have intended to get married so soon. Flowing Light: Congratulations~ Han Meimei: Sigh, I kept begging my parents for a long time before they agreed to meet Li Lei. People their age just don''t trust our online friends. Li Lei: Given this, I have to behave well to impress them. Boss, you understand it, don''t you? Bluegreen-Clad: As a single dog, I don''t understand. ("Single dog" is a Chinese Internet slang used by single people to mock themselves.) Li Lei: What? Don''t you have Flowing Light now? You''ll meet this problem sooner or later. Just be considerate, please. Zheng Xiaoguang felt awkward upon seeing that and thought, "Hey, why do you drag me into this thing?" Flowing Light: You know what, Li Lei. The relationship between Bluegreen-Clad and me is very different from the one between Meimei and you... Bluegreen-Clad: Now you see. I''m a single dog. Li Lei: Huh? Are you serious, boss? Even I''ve succeeded in getting Meimei. Why haven''t you gotten Flowing Light? You two have been together for a quite long time. Zheng Xiaoguang sighed secretly, "Alas, we''re just good friends, and he never chases after me." When she was about to explain this thing to Li Lei, she saw a message from Bluegreen-Clad. Bluegreen-Clad: Well, if you manage to make Flowing Light promise to be my girlfriend in real life, I''ll grant you a leave. I''ll even allow you to take a marriage leave and a paternity leave in the future. ... Later on, Han Meimei had a private talk with Zheng Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang felt really awkward. "Don''t you like our gang boss, Flowing Light? Just tell me the truth. This is between us. I won''t tell them," asked Han Meimei. "Uhm..." Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat embarrassed and said, "I really want to help Li Lei to get his leave request granted, Meimei, but..." "Hey, who kind of person do you think I am? I won''t force you to become our gang boss'' girlfriend in real life just to get his leave request granted. I''m just curious. Don''t you think that Bluegreen-Clad and you are well-matched just like Li Lei and me?" said Han Meimei. "Bluegreen-Clad..." Zheng Xiaoguang sighed secretly and thought of that kiss again. She asked Han Meimei, "Is this the first time you''ve fallen in love with someone you met on the Internet, Meimei?" "Yes. Is there anything wrong?" said Han Meimei. Zheng Xiaoguang was lost in thought. "When I first fell in love with someone I met online, I was full of expectation just like Meimei. I used to think that I found the love of my life..." She gently closed her eyes, and that person''s final words still rang in her ears. He dumped her mercilessly and said, "We should never have been together." She took a deep breath and said, "To be frank, Meimei, I''ve once fallen in love with someone I met in an online game, but I was not as lucky as you, so..." Upon hearing that, Han Meimei sighed secretly, "So, she has been betrayed before." She had never expected Flowing Light to suddenly tell her such a secret. She felt somewhat awkward and said, "I''m sorry, Flowing Light. I never mean to remind you of your ex." "That''s fine," Flowing Light chuckled and said. "I''m alright now." "Then, what about you and Bluegreen-Clad?" Han Meimei hesitantly asked. Zheng Xiaoguang plucked up her courage and said, "Bluegreen-Clad treats me well. I''ll accompany him until he quits this game." She thought, "This is what I can do now. I''m really not sure whether I should love him." "I think that you''d better carefully reconsider your relationship with Bluegreen-Clad, Flowing Light. Although I don''t know what happened to you before, I think Bluegreen-Clad is a well principled guy. If... I just want to say if you really like him, you''d better seize the opportunity when it arises," said Han Meimei. Zheng Xiaoguang remained silent. Han Meimei continued, "Yes, you can play the game together with him, but you should understand that people come and go quickly in an online game. Once you stop playing this game, you probably won''t be able to meat each other again." After a moment of silence, Zheng Xiaoguang said, "Thank you, Meimei. Just give me some time to think about it." After talking with Han Meimei, she made her character Flowing Light mount her white phoenix and fly to the Dreamland, which was the most beautiful place on the map of Shiny Sky. As flying mounts were really expensive in this game, now she could see only Flowing Light flying in the sky above the Dreamland. When Flowing Light flew above the blue lake in the Dreamland, she clicked her mouse to let Flowing Light fall into the lake. When the screen turned blue, she felt an inexplicable stabbing pain in her chest. She wondered, "What if it had been Bluegreen-Clad that I had fallen in love with before? If I had never met that guy, I would''ve probably been more brave now. "But no one is able to change what happened before in real life. Although I always pretend to be alright, every time I think of him, I know that I have been lying to myself all this time." About five minutes later, Bluegreen-Clad dived in the lake to find Flowing Light. At the bottom of the blue lake, he picked her up and then walked step by step to the shore of the lake while carrying her. (A couple would automatically respond to each other''s emotes in the game.) Bluegreen-Clad: Why did you come here alone? Flowing Light: Um... I just came to enjoy the scenery. Bluegreen-Clad: Let''s enjoy the scenery together. Bluegreen-Clad summoned his white phoenix and invited Flowing Light to fly together with her. The next moment, they flew together above the Dreamland. Suddenly, the white phoenix chirped, made a 360-degree turn and flew toward the pink sun of the Dreamland. Clouds began fleeting away, and then the screen was filled with wonderfully dazzling pink light. Flowing Light: What''s that? Bluegreen-Clad: This is a skill of the flying mount. When you''re riding the white crane, you can click the button in the lower right corner of the screen to activate this special effect. Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised. "Is there such a special effect?" Since receiving this white phoenix from Bluegreen-Clad, she had never carefully studied its skills. Flowing Light: That''s amazingly beautiful. Bluegreen-Clad: So, let''s try it again. The white phoenix sped up again. Zheng Xiaoguang could hear its wings flapping when it was making a 360-degree turn again. She made Flowing Light tightly hold Bluegreen-Clad and watched the clothes of the two characters fluttering in the wind. When the special effect was over and the white phoenix was flying steadily above the lake again, she finally asked Bluegreen-Clad by sending a message: I''m wondering if you were joking just now. You deliberately said that to tease Li lei, didn''t you? Bluegreen-Clad: What do you think? Zheng Xiaoguang firmly believed that a guy like him would not lack a girlfriend in real life. She laughed scornfully at herself and asked him another question: Are you really planning to stop him from meeting Han Meimei''s parents? It''s not easy to find someone you love in an online game and develop a relationship with that person in real life. Bluegreen-Clad: Do you think that a virtual relationship can become real? Flowing Light: Of course! Even if we quit this game someday, we''ll still be friends, right? Zheng Xiaoguang believed that all online and offline encounters were predestinated, but she was just not brave enough to expect too much from Bluegreen-Clad now. She thought that if she did not have high expectations of him, she would not feel hurt. Chapter 62 The Hidden Pas t Bluegreen-Clad: Yes, we''ll still be friends, if this is what you want. After sending out this message, Bluegreen-Clad sighed and thought, "Did I jump the gun by making such a request to Li Lei?" He shifted his gaze to a photo on his desk. Among all the photos of Flowing Light and himself in the photo album, he liked this photo the best. In the photo, he and Flowing Light were hugging and kissing each other. He wondered, "When will we become so intimate? What makes her hesitate so much? Perhaps I should ask someone else for help." He found Blooming Pear Tree on his QQ and sent the photo to him. Just as he expected, Blooming Pear Tree gave him a response immediately. Blooming Pear Tree: Hey, Bluegreen-Clad. It''s just a game. Why do you ask her to meet you offline? Bluegreen-Clad: As I told you before, I like her. Blooming Pear Tree: You''d better not ask her out just because you have a crush on her, Bluegreen-Clad. When you asked me to marry her off to you, you promised me that you would never make her sad. Bluegreen-Clad: I admitted that I didn''t handle some things very well before, but I really plan to have a relationship with her in real life. Bluegreen-Clad was quite confident about his plan as he knew that Zheng Xiaoguang also believed that virtual relationship could become real. Blooming Pear Tree: A relationship? Are you serious? If you don''t plan to take her seriously, you''d better not play with her feelings. She''s not a casual girl. Bluegreen-Clad: What makes you think that I won''t take her seriously? Is it because of the distance between us or something else? Blooming Pear Tree: No. I can tell that distance is not a problem for people like you. For you and for me, problems that can be solved with money are not real problems. But, Bluegreen-Clad, how long can your crush last? Upon seeing that, Bluegreen-Clad realized that Blooming Pear Tree was worried that he was fickle in love. Bluegreen-Clad: You know what, Blooming Pear Tree. I''m a planner. Once I decide to do something, I''ll never give up. I told you that I want to have a relationship with her in real life because I''ve already thought it through. No matter what difficulty we meet, I''ll overcome it together with her. Blooming Pear Tree: If your family opposes your relationship with her, will you still be so determined? I guess your family is much wealthier than ordinary families. Don''t tell me that your parents have no requirement for their future daughter-in-law? Bluegreen-Clad: Well, my family is not so rich and powerful like those families depicted in some TV shows. My parents really don''t have high expectations for their future daughter-in-law. They respect my choice. Even if they really don''t like my girlfriend, I won''t have to listen to them. After all, I have my own career and enough money to support my self and my wife. I can marry the girl that I like. He knew that in real life, many guys chose to break up with the girls that they really loved because of the complaints of their parents. In his eyes, these guys were just not capable enough to strive out on his own and solve all the problems by himself. Fortunately, he did not have such a problem. He had his own business and had already bought a house and a car. He just wanted to find a girl that he really liked. He was confident that he could solve all the practical problems for his relationship. He was also confident about another thing. Bluegreen-Clad: I trust my own judgement. I think that she''s a good girl. I believe that my family will like her too. Upon seeing that, Blooming Pear Tree drew a cigarette from his cigarette case, lit it and then put the filtered end of the cigarette between his lips. His bitter memories came flooding back into his mind. He had once met a girl in an online game, who truly loved him. Her ID was Rose. At first, he stupidly believed that Rose was a swindler. He decided to teach her a lesson and deliberately got close to her, while planning to fool her. In the end, this "swindler" told him, "Li Hanyu, I don''t care what you think of me. I just want to tell you that I like you. You may continue despising me and refusing to believe that a person like me will truely love someone, but I really love you." It was a pity that he did not cherish her. He kept torturing her until she got desperate. He successfully drove her away. Before she disappeared, she smiled bleakly at him and said, "I guess that this kind of feeling will never come back to me again." He had firmly believed that what he had done to her was right until he knew the truth. Only then had he realized how stupid he used to be. Much to his disappointment, he never saw Rose again no matter how regretful he was. Over the past years, He had played many different online games using the same name, which was Blooming Pear Tree, but had not met his Rose again. Because of this bitter memory, he had sincerely hoped that Xiaoguang and Su Han would have stayed together forever. He did not want them to separate because of some misunderstanding like him and Rose. He somehow felt that he could make up for his own regret by helping Su Han and Xiaoguang become a real couple in real life. Beyond his expectations, he trusted a wrong guy and dragged Xiaoguang into trouble. When Blooming Pear Tree thought of Su Han, he cursed secretly, "That son of a bitch. He was even worse than I. I was just stupid, and he was typically irresponsible. "What a jerk!" He gently blew a ring of smoke and shifted his gaze to the photo of Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad again. He thought, "Although her facial expression looks a little unnatural, but she indeed looks happy. This silly girl probably really likes Bluegreen-Clad." Blooming Pear Tree had not liked Bluegreen-Clad very much before, but when Bluegreen-Clad bluntly told him how he devised a scheme to marry her, he was really impressed. Back then, he had thought, "Maybe this Bluegreen-Clad is different from Su Han. Su Han did not have much trouble in getting Xiaoguang, Maybe that was why he did not cherish her. Once he met with difficulties, he fled. Bluegreen-Clad is different. "He has exerted so much effort to get her. Maybe he''ll really cherish her. After all, they say that when a man really cares about a woman, he''s willing to do anything for her." With this in mind, Blooming Pear Tree had promised to marry Flowing Light to Bluegreen-Clad. Since getting married to Bluegreen-Clad, Xiaoguang had met lots of troubles. Despite that, Blooming Pear Tree found out that she was happier than before. He thought that it was really good for her to have this husband in the game. Not long ago, when Venus had uploaded her photo to the website and caused a stir, Blooming Pear Tree had been worried that Bluegreen-Clad would have wanted to marry this pretty girl from his own gang. As such, he told Bluegreen-Clad that he wanted his sister back. To his surprise, Bluegreen-Clad never wavered from his decision to marry Flowing Light. He adored her even more. Because of this incident, Blooming Pear Tree trusted Bluegreen-Clad more and thought, "I seem to have found a good man for my sister this time. I''ll continue to observe him." Today, he received this photo from Bluegreen-Clad. While looking at the photo, he thought, "This Bluegreen-Clad moves really fast, but I''m not sure whether I should let him have a relationship with my sister in real life now. I''ve asked him so many difficult questions. "But he has answered all of them pretty well. What should I say now?" Blooming Pear Tree: Xiaoguang has met a jerk before and had a hard time. Because of this, she acts cautiously now. I''m not trying to give you a hard time. I just don''t want her to get betrayed by some guy again. If such a bad thing happens again, I''m afraid that she''ll never dare to love any guy in the future. Bluegreen-Clad: Do you want her to stop loving any guy and find someone to get married now? Blooming Pear Tree fell silent. He did not want his sister to avoid love. He just did not want her to get hurt anymore. He sincerely hoped that she could find someone she loved and stay with him forever. He was just not sure that Bluegreen-Clad was the right person for her. "Hey, Rose, what do you think?" He muttered to himself. "Should I help this guy?" Chapter 63 Brother and Sister Zheng Xiaoguang''s character in the game, which was Flowing Light, was at level 110 now, but she still wanted to gain more levels for the next update of the game system. At that time, Shiny Sky would allow players on Watery South to recreate their characters and reselect their professions. Zheng Xiaoguang did not intend to leave her profession, as she enjoyed playing as a doctor and was not interested in the other professions. Despite that, she still wanted to recreate her character and go back to level 80, since only by doing this, she would be allowed to upgrade to level 120, which was the highest level in the game, in the future. In Shiny Sky Online, levels were important for characters. A level-110 character was only allowed to wear a level-105 Purple Outfit or a level-110 Golden Outfit, whereas a level-120 character could wear a level-120 Celestial God Outfit, which was the best Golden Outfit in the game. According to the players who came from the old servers, if a player wanted to continue playing this game, he or she had to upgrade his or her character to level 120, since a level-120 character could easily defeat a level-110 character like defeating some rookie. To upgrade his or her character to level 120, a player had to recreate his or her character and complete some reborn missions. Apart from that, once a player recreated his or her character, its level would go back to level 80. While completing the reborn missions, a player would be given by the system a chance to reselect his or her profession. Magical professions were convertible into non-magical profession and vice versa. After reselecting a profession, a player would get back his or her stat points that he or she had accumulated before reaching level 80. According to the official website of Shiny Sky, the system would allow players on Watery South to recreate their characters and reselect their professions after the Chinese Saint Valentine''s Day. Bluegreen-Clad and Zheng Xiaoguang told their friends that they would not leave their professions when recreating their characters, but Han Meimei said that Li Lei wanted to recreate himself as an assassin. Li Lei was a magician now. He could become an assassin, which was a non-magical profession, but none of his current equipment could be used by an assassin. Li Lei and Han Meimei heard that Bluegreen-Clad''s friend Never Deeply Attached was an assassin and had stopped playing this game a long time ago. Given this, they wanted to ask Never Deeply Attached to lend Li Lei his assassin equipment. After talking with Bluegreen-Clad and his friends, Zheng Xiaoguang asked Blooming Pear Tree about his plan. Just like her, Blooming Pear Tree did not want to reselect a profession, so he did not need to worry about his equipment. At this moment, he really wanted to discuss something else with Zheng Xiaoguang. [Private Chat] Blooming Pear Tree talks to you: Hey, sis, did you meet Bluegreen-Clad offline? [Private Chat] You talk to Blooming Pear Tree: "Well, yes. Did Bluegreen-Clad tell you that? [Private Chat] Blooming Pear Tree talks to you: [Vomiting Blood] He showed me your cosplay album. "Oh, that album of Bluegreen-Clad and me," Zheng Xiaoguang immediately realized what her big brother was talking about. She had received the album a long time ago. As there was only one copy, she decided to keep it and just sent Bluegreen-Clad an electronic copy of the album. She thought gleefully, "Those photos are really well taken and edited. Bluegreen-Clad said that the official website of Shiny Sky bought this idea with gold ingots in the game and planned to use it for the Chinese Saint Valentine''s Day campaign "Shiny Sky is really good at hyping itself. It held a beauty contest and let Saori and Venus fight against each other to attract attention. Because of the fight, the popularity of these two girls gradually fell. In the end, Shiny who ranked third during the first stage of the competition won the final victory and the title ''Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky''. "When this result surprised everyone, Shiny Sky kept its promise and rewarded Shiny with many prizes and signed a celebrity endorsement agreement with her. It took this chance to market its cosplay costumes for the six different professions in the game and sold them wells. Many players want to take a photo or make a video while wearing these costumes. Well, there are indeed many rich players in this game. "As the official website of Shiny Sky has attracted lots of players, it begins to promote its mysterious Chinese Saint Valentime''s Day campaign now. Although no one knows what Shiny Sky is going to do, I guess cosplay costumes for couples and couple albums will be hot promotional products. "As the game is becoming more and more popular, someone may adapt it into TV shows or even a movie someday." Flowing Light: [Sweating] Huh? Did he show you the photos? Blooming Pear Tree: [Raising an Eyebrow] What? Did you plan to hide this thing from me? Zheng Xiaoguang lowered her head and nervously played with her fingers while thinking, "Well, I did want to hide this thing from Blooming Pear Tree. I just went to meet Bluegreen-Clad. I think I don''t need to tell others about this. Besides, my big brother is overprotective sometimes." Blooming Pear Tree: Bluegreen-Clad told me about this, but I want to know what you think about it. How are things going with you two? Flowing Light: It''s nothing. He just took me to watch the reality show of Shiny Sky. Then... we took some photos together. It''s a gift from the game company. Blooming Pear Tree: [Anger] [Pounding the Table] [Vomiting Blood] Fuck, this guy seduced my only sister! Flowing Light: Hey, big brother, you''re really forgetful sometimes. Don''t forget that it was you that married me off to him. Blooming Pear Tree: No! I just thought that it would be great to find a husband for you in the game. He can help you complete missions and unlock equipment. That''s all. I''ve never promised him anything else. Flowing Light: ... Does Bluegreen-Clad know that you plan to use him like that? Blooming Pear Tree: What can he do when he knows it? You have to take things slow with him to give me more time to observe him. If he''s not a good guy, you can only treat him as a husband in the game and stop meeting him offline. Anyway, I can''t let get hurt you again. It''s enough to meet a jerk once in a lifetime. Upon seeing this message, Zheng Xiaoguang suddenly felt a heartache and thought of the name that she had tried so hard to forget¡ªSu Han. She remained silent for a long time and sent a message back to Blooming Pear Tree. Flowing Light: It''s all over. Besides, he''s not a jerk. I''ve thought a lot over the past year. I thought that I also did a lot of wrong things at that time. Blooming Pear Tree: Stop speaking for that son of a bitch. He''s such an irresponsible guy. You did so much for him, but he dumped you all of a sudden. What a jerk£¡ Flowing Light: No. At least, he treated me sincerely when we were together. I''m very grateful that he has made me understand that not every romantic relationship can last forever, no matter how hard you try. "Well, most romantic relationships can''t last forever in this world," Zheng Xiaoguang sighed secretly. Blooming Pear Tree: You''re too soft-hearted. You keep speaking for him all this time. I don''t want to talk about this anymore. Flowing Light: Well, let''s forget about him. Look at me. I''m alright now. And Bluegreen-Clad does treat me well. Blooming Pear Tree: Humph, he just has good looks. You can''t judge a man by his looks. No matter what you think about him now, you''re not allowed to get into a relationship with him until I approve you to do so! Zheng Xiaoguang sighed slightly, as she thought, "It looks like that Blooming Pear Tree is still blaming himself for helping Su Han chasing after me. He still thinks that it''s his fault and tries to make it up for my lost time. He always takes a good care of me and wants to find a reliable boyfriend for me. "However, he''s really a bit picky. He doesn''t like an average-looking guy, but if the guy looks cute, he''ll be worried that this guy is fickle in love. He doesn''t want me to have a poor boyfriend, but if the guy is wealthy, he''ll be worried that this guy is snobbish¡­ Alas, it looks like that he won''t rest assured until I find a good boyfriend." She nearly shed tears of gratitude and sent a message back to Blooming Pear Tree: Big brother, I think that you''re probably my real brother. Just tell me the truth, are we really long-lost siblings? Chapter 64 Never Deeply Attached Many players on Watery South intended to reselect their professions when recreating their characters on Chinese Saint Valentine''s Day. As they were busy collecting equipment for their new professions, the prices for level-80 equipment surged. Fortunately, Li Lei, who had been away for a week, had contacted Never Deeply Attached beforehand, and Never Deeply Attached had promised to lend him a set of level-85 purple equipment for an assassin. Never Deeply Attached had not played Shiny Sky Online for quite a long time. It was said that he was a highly skillful player and had been considered the best assassin in the League of Strong Families in the past. If he had not quit the game long ago, he would have become a god-like player now. Before reaching a high level, Bluegreen-Clad had usually played together with Never Deeply Attached, Li Lei, Han Meimei and Son of Heaven. They had always played without a doctor and improved their health by taking pills. They had even slayed some Bosses together in the past since an assassin was able to bring a lot of Negative Effects to his or her opponent. As an assassin, Never Deeply Attached was endowed with powers to fight a duel against a Boss on his own. As such, when members of the League of Strong Families wanted some strong players to help them complete some missions they would usually come to find Bluegreen-Clad or Never Deeply Attached. Compared to Bluegreen-Clad who was always cool and detached, Never Deeply Attached was nice and friendly. Every time he helped a team and saw an assassin in the team, he would not only help them complete their missions but also teach the assassin how to play his or her character well. One-inch Monk, the strongest assassin in the League of Strong Families now, could be considered as an apprentice of Never Deeply Attached. Although they had never asked the NPC to formally acknowledge their master-apprentice relationship, but all the assassin skills that One-inch Monk knew were taught by Never Deeply Attached. Apart from One-inch Monk, Never Deeply Attached had taught many other assassins in the gang. Although they did not learn the skills so well as One-inch Monk did, they all felt grateful to Never Deeply Attached. Nevertheless, most of the assassins who felt grateful to Never Deeply Attached were guys. Female assassins in the gang had a different feeling for this extraordinay player. In the past, many female assassins had liked him and followed him every day on the excuse of learning PK skills from him. Never Deeply Attached taught them patiently, but none of the girls learned the skills well. The reason was very simple. They girls never really planned to learn skills from him. Besides, if they mastered the skills quickly, they would have no excuse to continue following him everyday. Soon enough, Never Deeply Attached realized what the girls were up to and deliberately avoided them. He helped One-inch Monk to improve his skills and asked him to teach the others. By doing so, he finally enjoyed some peace. Nevertheless, some girls just refused to give up and continued pestering him. In the end, he had no choice but to announce in the gang that he was not going to marry anyone in the game. After seeing the announcement, the girls in the gang kept whining for quite a long time. Some of them were stubborn and continued hitting on Never Deeply Attached, but none of them succeeded in changing his mind. A female archer named Strawberry Ice Cream, who was Han Meimei''s apprentice, liked Never Deeply Attached too. One day, as Han Meimei did not have time to help her apprentice complete her professional tasks, she asked Never Deeply Attached for help. After playing together with Never Deeply Attached for only one time, Strawberry Ice Cream totally fell for him and kept chasing after him. No matter how he refused her, she still remained unwavering and treated him exceptionally well without asking for anything in return. Despite that, he still refused to accept her. Upon knowing this, Han Meimei felt somewhat indignant and decided to help her apprentice getting Never Deeply Attached. A loving person like Han Meimei took all kinds of relationship seriously including a virtual one. She believed that Strawberry Ice Cream was sincerely in love with Never Deeply Attached. She thought that it was a waste for Never Deeply Attached to miss this chance. She just did not want her friend to miss any chance to his or her life better. As such, she managed to create all kinds of chances for them to get together. Once she found out that Never Deeply Attached was free, she would force him to help her apprentice Strawberry Ice Cream to gain levels. Strawberry Ice Cream felt grateful to her master, but much to her disappointment, Never Deeply Attached still treated her coldly. A nice guy like him seldom refused Han Meimei''s team invitation, but once he joined the team, he would only focus on gaining levels and would not say a word to Strawberry Ice Cream. Strawberry Ice Cream was also a part-time pharmacist in the game. (Players did part-time jobs to make a living in the game.) She often traveled around the map to collect herbs to make best-quality poison for Never Deeply Attached. Every time she gave the poison to Never Deeply Attached, he would either refuse it or give her a more expensive thing in return. His cold attitude discouraged her a lot. Upon seeing her lovely apprentice get refused by Never Deeply Attached again and again, Han Meimei went to have a heart-to-heart talk with Never Deeply Attached. She asked, "Why are you so headstrong? It''s alright to have a virtual relationship nowadays. Why do you refuse to get married in the game? "Are you worried that you can''t find any good girl in a game? Look at Li Lei and me. Believe me, you can find true love online too." To her surprise, Never Deeply Attached still remained unmoved. Han Meimei guessed that he probably had a heart as hard as a stone. Now, when she mentioned Never Deeply Attached to Floing Light, she still could not help but complain. "What a strange person he is! Why did he refuse to marry anyone in the game? After all, it''s not a real relationship. And sometimes, it''ll be great to make a virtual relationship become real. Don''t you think so?" At this moment, Flowing Light was sitting face to face together with Han Meimei in a secret passage of a level-105 region. She had her chin in her hands while listening to Han Meimei. Suddenly, two game messages interrupted their chat. Li Lei brought Never Deeply Attached to the team. Han Meimei: It''s been a while, Never Deeply Attached. You finally come back. Never Deeply Attached: Yes. I was just busy with my work and thus quit the game. Han Meimei: By the way, as you''ve been away for such a long time, you probably don''t know that we have a new member in the team. Let me introduce you Flowing Light, the wife of our gang boss. Flowing Light, this is Never Deeply Attached. He''s a regular member of our team. Never Deeply Attached: Oh, she''s the wife of Bluegreen-Clad. Nice to meet you, Flowing Light. Flowing Light: Nice to meet you too. Never Deeply Attached: Where are Bluegreen-Clad and Son of Heaven? I thought that we would play together tonight. Han Meimei: Bluegreen-Clad should be arriving soon. As for Son of Heaven, he stopped playing together with us a long time ago. Well, forget about him. Our team lacks a regular member now. Do you want to come back to play this game? Li Lei: Yeah, that''s a good idea. Your level is not a problem. We can help you gain levels fast. If you come back, I won''t need to recreate myself as an assassin. If I want to play an assassin someday, I can borrow your account to play. Never Deeply Attached: Okay, I''m not so busy recently. I can come back to play. But what happened between you and Son of Heaven? Chapter 65 To Confuse Right and Wrong Since the last time Han Meimei and Flowing Light had played together with Venus and seen her add blood only for Bluegreen-Clad all the time, these two girls had known for sure that Venus still did not give up on Bluegreen-Clad. They were also pretty sure that a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword was not the only reason Venus refused to marry Son of Heaven. Not long ago, Han Meimei had discussed this issue with Son of Heaven, as it was inconvenient for Flowing Light to break this to him. Han Meimei felt somewhat indignant as she thought, "I used to think that Venus would marry Son of Heaven someday and thus decided to tolerate her for my friend. But if she never plans to treat my friend sincerely, I won''t tolerate her anymore. Son of Heaven is my friend. I can''t stand by and watch him being cheated by this girl." Beyond her expectations, Son of Heaven refused to believe her no matter what she said. Son of Heaven: I know why you don''t like Venus, but there''s nothing between her and Bluegreen-Clad now. She wants to marry me now and tries her best to tolerate Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light for me. She really wants to get along with you as you''re my friends. How can you misunderstand and even slander her? Han Meimei: Son of Heaven, do you think that I am that kind of person? Son of Heaven: You''re unfairly biased towards Flowing Light now and speak for her all the time. Venus always speaks well of you. How can you elbow her out like that? Han Meimei felt that she had been wronged and thus flared up. Han Meimei: Why do you think we''re elbowing her out? Son of Heaven: Aren''t you just worried that once Venus and I return to the team, she''ll take Flowing Light''s place? I won''t return to your team. Venus and I will team up with some other players. Han Meimei was rendered speechless and could not help but sigh secretly, "What did this Venus Will Cry do to Son of Heaven to make him believe her so much? Now Son of Heaven clearly has a strong bias against us. The more I say, the more our relations with Son of Heaven deteriorate." Han Meimei: Son of Heaven, I respect your choice. I just want to tell you that you''re always our friend and a regular member of our team. Son of Heaven: If you really regard me as a friend, come to my team. Upon seeing that, Han Meimei sighed secretly, "Well, it looks like that Son of Heaven just turns a deaf ear to all the criticism about Venus. Afterwards when Han Meimei told this to Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light, Zheng Xiaoguang felt awkward to say anything and remained silent all the time. Bluegreen-Clad remained calm and advised Han Meimei to bring Never Deeply Attached back to the team to persuade Son of Heaven. That was why Li Let brought Never Deeply Attached back into the team today. He asked Never Deeply Attached to lend him the equipment and go to have a talk with Son of Heaven. After all, in this team, Never Deeply Attached was the best friend of Son of Heaven. When Never Deeply Attached asked them what had happened between them and Son of Heaven, Zheng Xiaoguang felt surprised, and so did the other team members. [Team Captain] Han Meimei: Did Son of Heaven tell you something? [Team] Never Deeply Attached: A few days ago, he came to invite me to play this game again and we had a talk. We''re teammates. Why did you elbow him out like that? [Team Captain] Han Meimei: What? We never elbowed him out. Do you think that I''m such a kind of person, Never Deeply Attached? I''ve told Son of Heaven that I''ll always regard him as my friend and my regular teammate. [Team]Never Deeply Attached: Sigh, we''re old friends. Of course, I believe you. After an awkward silence, Never Deeply Attached finally got to the point. [Team] Never Deeply Attached: Excuse me for being so blunt when we first meet. But as a friend of Son of Heaven and Bluegreen-Clad, I really hope that they can get along with each other. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "Well, this Never Deeply Attached seems to mean that he trusts his old friends but doesn''t trust me, a newcomer to the team." [Team] Flowing Light: Please go on¡­ [Team] Never Deeply Attached: I know this Venus, and I guess all of us know that she used to like Bluegreen-Clad. Many female players like Bluegreen-Clad. Do you want him to stay away from all of them? Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang frowned and thought, "What does he mean? Does he think that I should ask Bluegreen-Clad to give all those girls chances to show my generosity?" She did not like this Never Deeply Attached very much. [Team] Never Deeply Attached: Alright, if that''s what you want. Bluegreen-Clad and you are married now, and Venus has gotten over him. It''s time to let go of the past. Why do you refuse to team up with her and put Son of Heaven in an awkward position? Zheng Xiaoguang smiled bitterly while looking at her screen and sighing secretly, "Sigh, does he think that it''s because of me that Bluegreen-Clad and Son of Heaven are on rather bad terms now? I really want to let go of the past and stop guarding against Venus every day, but I can''t. Does he really believe that Venus has gotten over Bluegreen-Clad?" [Team] Flowing Light: ... Zheng Xiaoguang could only use an ellipsis to express her complicated feelings. This was not the answer that Never Deeply Attached wanted. [Team] Never Deeply Attached: Venus has promised to marry Son of Heaven. She just wants to make peace with you now. Why can''t you give her a chance? No one on the team knew what Son of Heaven had told Never Deeply Attached to make him have such a strong bias against Flowing Light and firmly believe that she was petty. Upon seeing the message, Zheng Xiaoguang twitched her mouth and thought, "What? I didn''t give her a chance? I never offend anyone unless I''m offended by that person. If she hadn''t openly offended me, I would''ve have accepted her a team member without hesitation." Han Meimei was worried that they would start quarreling and interjected. [Team Captain] Han Meimei: No, it''s not like that. You know what. Venus kept adding blooding for Bluegreen-Clad when we playing together. [Team] Never Deeply Attached: Son of Heaven told me about that thing. Venus didn''t do that on purpose. She just gets used to adding blood for the main force all the time. Son of Heaven and she always play in this way. What''s the big deal? Flowing Light, what do you say? Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat annoyed and complained inwardly, "What can I say? Do you want me to promise that I''ll treat Venus as my sister in the future? Why don''t you go to make Venus promise that she wlll never pester Bluegreen-Clad again?" [Team] Never Deeply Attached: Son of Heaven told me that Venus felt really sad when you refused to team up with her. He''s a straightforward guy and speaks bluntly all the time, but Venus is quite nice. Just agree to team up with her, for the sake of our team, Flowing Light. Chapter 66 To Beat the Girl at Her Own Game Never Deeply Attached firmly believed that Flowing Light was the root cause of the conflict. Upon seeing his messages, Zheng Xiaoguang really wanted to pull the plug and pretend that her Internet was suddenly down. Fortunately, before she got mad, Bluegreen-Clad got online and joined the team. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: What''s going on here? [Team Captain] Han Meimei: It''s about Venus. Never Deeply Attached seems to have misunderstood us. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Let''s find Son of Heaven and talk through this issue. Five minutes later, Son of Heaven and Venus Will Cry arrived at the entrance to the secret passage. As a team could have at most 5 members, Team Captain Han Meimei built a group and pulled Son of Heaven and Venus Will Cry into the group to chat together. Just as Zheng Xiaoguang had expected, Venus began to explain how innocent she was and how Flowing lLight and Han Meimei misunderstood her. What she said was pretty much what Never Deeply Attached had told the team a moment ago. Venus Will Cry: Flowing Light, I know that you hate the thread on Shiny Sky Forum, but it has nothing to do with me. I never posted anything on the forum. I''ve never visited the forum. And I never meant to offend you last time. Can you let Son of Heaven join your team now? I can complete missions by myself. Before Zheng Xiaoguang had time to reply to the message, Son of Heaven flared up. Son of Heaven: No, I can''t leave you alone. I''d rather never team up with them. Never Deeply Attached: Don''t get upset, Son of Heaven and Venus. I''ve explained everything to them. Let''s see what they''re going to say. Venus Will Cry: Thank you, Never Deeply Attached. Don''t force them to accept me. I know that Flowing Light doesn''t like me. As she refuses to forgive me and let me join the team, the others just can''t do anything about it. Son of Heaven: You did nothing wrong. Why do you need her to forgive you? Venus, let''s leave this place. I''ll help you complete missions, and we can team up with other players. Venus Will Cry: No, Son of Heaven. I know that you want to team up with your friends. I don''t want you to pretend that you don''t care about them because of me. I don''t want you to be misuderstood by your friends. Venus Will Cry: Boss, Son of Heaven always regards you guys as his friends. A few days ago, some people of the Sacred Temple invited him to join their gang. He refused them without hesitation. If Flowing Light doesn''t want to see me, I''ll quit the League of Strong Families today. But please bring Son of Heaven back to your team. Son of Heaven: No, Venus. You''re such a kind girl. I can''t let you be wronged. If you quit the gang today, I''ll leave together with you! Venus insisted on quitting the gang, and Son of Heaven kept persuading her. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang discovered that she did not have any chance to speak. She thought, "Venus is so cunning. She deliberately said that and put up this show to place all the blame on me. She wants to make others believe that she''s innocent and it''s I who force Bluegreen-Clad, Li Lei and Han Meimei to elbow her out." Never Deeply Attached: Stop talking about quitting the gang. We''re good friends. We just need to get things straight now. What do you say, Flowing Light? Zheng Xiaoguang looked at the message on the screen and thought, "This Never Deeply Attached is forcing me to make a decision now. "If I agree to let Venus join the team, they''ll be happy. If I refuse to do so, they''ll consider me to be petty. It seems that I have no choice now." Bluegreen-Clad: You don''t need to ask Flowing Light about this. It was I who refused to team up with Venus. Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised upon seeing that and wondered, "Is he trying to take the blame for me?" The next moment, she received a Private Chat message from Bluegreen-Clad. "Don''t worry, I''ll take care of it." Zheng Xiaoguang felt touched, and her heart overflowed with tenderness. This was the first time she had discovered how great it was to have someone she liked to rely on. She felt that as long as Bluegreen-Clad was here, she would not need to be afraid of anything. Venus Will Cry: Boss, you don''t need to speak for your wife anymore. Everyone knows that she doesn''t like me. Bluegreen-Clad: I didn''t speak for her. It was really I who refused to team up with you. Venus Will Cry: Why? Venus could hardly believe what she saw and blurted out the word without much thought. The next moment, she realized that she seemed to have reacted too eagerly and added. Venus Will Cry: I know that it''s all my fault. When you got married to Flowing Light, I should''ve left the team. It was I who offended your wife. I''m really sorry. Bluegreen-Clad: I''m not talking about that. By the way, I''m wondering whether you''re determined to marry Son of Heaven. When will you marry him? Venus had never expected Bluegreen-Clad to suddenly ask her such a question, but she had prepared an excuse for that. Venus Will Cry: I''m waiting for Son of Heaven to give me a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword. Bluegreen-Clad: Are you saying that if Son of Heaven gives you a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword now, you''ll marry him immediately? Venus Will Cry: Of course, that''s my promise. While saying this, she thought, "''Unfortunately'', it''s too difficult for Son of Heaven to make a seven-star Yellow Spring Sword now. He can''t collect all the needed materials, so I don''t need to marry him." Son of Heaven: I''m sorry, Venus. I''m useless. I''ve not yet collected all the needed materials. Venus Will Cry: That''s alright. I''ll wait for you no matter how long it takes. Bluegreen-Clad: I''ll provide you with all the materials you need, Son of Heaven. I see you looking for Refining Stones and Refined Iron on the Public Chat channel every day. You just need these two things right now, don''t you? Son of Heaven could not believe what he saw. He wondered, "Neither Han Meimei nor Bluegreen-Clad supported him to chase after Venus before. Why does he suddenly offer to help me? "But I do need these things." Son of Heaven: Yes, that''s all I need. Can you lend them to me now? I''ll pay you back later. Bluegreen-Clad immediately opened his warehouse and took out the materials for Son of Heaven. Bluegreen-Clad: If you don''t have enough Forging Stones and Guarantee Talismans, just tell me. Son of Heaven: Thank you, Bluegreen-Clad. Wait for me, Venus. I''ll make you a Yellow Spring Sword. After sending out this message, Son of Heaven immediately went back to the city. Not long after that, they saw a system bulletin on the Public Chat channel. Game Message: The wind rises and the clouds begin to gather. Suddenly, a beam of golden light shoots out. Son of Heaven fixes his eyes upon it. It is a Yellow Spring Sword! [Public Chat] Son of Heaven: Here''s the Yellow Spring Sword. Marry me, Venus! Chapter 67 To Expose a Fraud [Group] Venus Will Cry: Come back, Son of Heaven. Just keep a low profile, okay? Son of Heaven thought that Venus was shy and apologized. [Group] Son of Heaven: I''m sorry, Venus. I''ll be right back. When Son of Heaven came back, Bluegreen-Clad continued the topic. [Group] Bluegreen-Clad: Now that you have a Yellow Spring Sword, how about getting married and holding a ceremony tonight? Son of Heaven promised Bluegreen-Clad without much thought. He wanted to get married to Venus as soon as possible. Zheng Xiaoguang remained silent all the time and felt confused. So did Han Meimei and Li Lei. All of them could tell that Venus did not really like Son of Heaven. They thought that it was not necessarily a good thing for Bluegreen-Clad to help Son of Heaven and Venus get married. Zheng Xiaoguang wondered, "Does Bluegreen-Clad plan to force Venus to tell Son of Heaven what she really thinks? She won''t do that. After all, Never Deeply Attached is still here. He has helped her a lot. How can she refuse to marry Son of Heaven in front of him and everyone else?" Just as Zheng Xiaoguang had expected, Venus did not object to the marriage. Right at this time, Bluegreen-Clad made another suggestion. Bluegreen-Clad: As you''re going to get married, I think it''s better for you to start your own regular team now. Venus Will Cry: Why? Isn''t Son of Heaven your regular teammate? You still can''t forgive me and even want to elbow Son of Heaven out because of me. Bluegreen-Clad: You''re right, Venus. I really can''t forgive you, because you don''t deserve to be forgiven. Is 153568***** your cellphone number? Venus was stunned and confused upon seeing that. Before she realized what was going on, Son of Heaven answered the question for her. Son of Heaven: Yes, it''s her cellphone number. Is there anything wrong with it? He was sure that it was Venus'' number since he had called her yesterday. Bluegreen-Clad: I found someone to check this number for me. Someone used it to register an account on the official forum of Shiny Sky. And the account ID is Amelie. Han Meimei: What? Are you saying that the Amelie who posted the thread "The Beautiful Girl and the Bitchy Girl on the forum is Venus? Bluegreen-Clad: Yes. It''s her cellphone number. She also used this number to register an account in this game. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised and wondered, "How can Bluegreen-Clad be so sure? I used to think that the thread probably had something to do with Venus, but I just could not find any evidence. How did Bluegreen-Clad find that ID''s cellphone number?" Venus could not deny that she had nothing to do with the thread on the official forum anymore. This pretentious girl remained silent now. Son of Heaven: That thing happened a long time ago. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Can I apologize to you on behalf of her? Bluegreen-Clad: Take it easy, Son of Heaven. I want to ask her about something else. Are you the Evely, who colluded with the Sacred Temple and accused Xiaoguang of having an affair with Shallow Sleep? That ID''s cellphone number is also 153568*****. Venus remained silent. Han Meimei: What? How could you do that, Venus? You framed Flowing Light and then kicked her out of the gang. You nearly ruined her relationship with our gang boss. Zheng Xiaoguang was shocked upon seeing that. She had once felt apologetic about suspecting Venus of framing her and never expected that Evely was Venus. She could not help but shiver when recalling how Venus had argued with Evely for her. She exclaimed inwardly, "Oh, no. Does she have a split personality or something? How could she slander me while speaking for me? How can she hurt others to satisfy herself?" Li Lei: Oh, Venus. How can you betray your fellow gang members because of your personal grudge against Flowing Light? How could you ask the guys from the Sacred Temple to ambush One-inch Monk and his team? Never Deeply Attached: Venus, is this true? Venus, who was usually eloquent, remained silent all the time. She seemed to acquiesce in these things. Son of Heaven: That''s enough. Stop talking about those things that happened long ago. Can you just forget about those things? Bluegreen-Clad: Yes, I plan to let go of the past, so I want you two to start your own regular team. Bluegreen-Clad just did not want to team up with a person who had repeatedly framed Flowing Light. Son of Heaven: Okay, Bluegreen-Clad, Venus and I will start our own team. Venus, let''s go to find the matchmaking god to get our marriage certificates. To his surprise, Venus suddenly spoke upon seeing his message. Venus Will Cry: No, I won''t go. Son of Heaven: Venus? Venus Will Cry: I won''t marry you. Son of Heaven: Is there anything wrong, Venus? Don''t care so much about what they said. No matter what happens, I won''t give up on you. Zheng Xiaoguang was impressed by Son of Heaven and thought, "Son of Heaven really likes Venus. If she wakes up now and accepts him, it''ll be a good thing for both of them." Much to his disappointment, Venus broke his heart again. Venus Will Cry: Hey, boss. You seem to know everything clearly. Why didn''t you tell them that I''m Miss Flower too? Miss Flower and Venus Will Cry have that same cellphone number. Venus Will Cry: Haha, are you expecting me to speak it out by myself? Son of Heaven was astonished. Son of Heaven: Are you saying that it was you that always snapped up the materials for Yellow Spring Sword in recent days? Venus Will Cry: Yes, it was me! Watery South was going to start the recreating program soon. As such, level-85 purple equipment and Yellow Spring weapons, especially Yellow Spring Swords, were most popular goods on the market nowadays. By far, players on this server had already snapped up all the Yellow Spring Swords available on the market. Son of Heaven did not care too much about that, as he always planned to make a Yellow Spring Sword by himself. Beyond his expectation, an ID Miss Flower always competed with him when he was collecting the material in recent days. As this ID always bid higher than him and bought whatever he wanted to buy, he could not collect all the materials he needed. When he changed his mind and wanted to buy a Yellow Spring Sword, he found out that this ID had posted an ad on the market which said that she was buying all the Yellow Spring Swords available on the market. Son of Heaven used to think that this ID probably belonged to someone that he had offended before. He had even suspected that it was Bluegreen-Clad. He had never expected it to be his Venus. He thought dejectedly, "She really doesn''t want to marry me." Chapter 68 Falling-ou t Venus had felt anxious for quite a long time. Because of the marriage wreckers, players on Watery South, especially married girls, had recently begun to look at Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light with admiration. As for Venus, she was gradually forgotten by the players, since she refused to compete in the reality show of Shiny Sky Bluegreen Belt had once asked her, "Why didn''t you go to the reality show? If you had competed in it, the title "Beauty Queen of Shiny Sky" and even our gang boss Bluegreen-Clad would have been yours now." Upon hearing that, Venus felt headache. She had never expected an online beauty contest to ask contestants to join some reality show and provide true information concerning themselves. The moment she received the invitation, she knew that she could not join the competition. This was not because she had photoshopped her photo excessively or submitted a photo of another girl. The reason was that she did not want to let everyone know that she was not a rich girl. She was poor and had to worry about her credit card bills every month. She spent a lot of money on the game and pretended to be a rich girl in the virtual world, because she enjoyed the feeling of being loved and envied by the other players. She also intend to hook up with a really rich guy in the game, who would adore her and make her feel like a princess. Therefore, she could not let others know who she really was and worked hard to prevaricate Saori. When she felt helpless, Never Deeply Attached came back. She pretended that she had been wrong by the friends of Son of Heaven and successfully gained Never Deeply Attached''s sympathy. She said, "Since Flowing Light married into the League of Strong Families, Bluegreen-Clad has become a totally different person. To satisfy his petty wife, he even kicked Son of Heaven out of his regular team. As Flowing Light is always able to get Bluegreen-Clad to do whatever she wants, I''m afraid that she''ll control the entire gang sooner or later." Upon hearing that, Never Deeply Attached felt indignant and said that he would have a serious talk with Bluegreen-Clad and explain everything to him. That was why Never Deeply Attached showed such a strong bias against Flowing Light today. Once Venus'' plan had been successfully carried out, Flowing Light would have taken all the blame for her and even gotten angry at Bluegreen-Clad. Venus had always been waiting for such a chance to get close to her gang boss. Beyond her expectations, Flowing Light did not flare up, and Bluegreen-Clad even managed to shift everyone''s attention to her by asking whether she was determined to marry Son of Heaven. Under such circumstances, she had no choice but to promise Son of Heaven that she would marry him. Son of Heaven was delighted upon hearing that, but Venus just felt dejected. In recent days, Son of Heaven had performed well in his company. Because of a bulk order he got, the sales and marketing department accomplished its monthly goals ahead of schedule. He got a 10,000 yuan bonus and was promoted to the manager of the sales and marketing department by his boss. His basic salary doubled, and he would be able to deduct a percentage of the net profit of the entire department in the future. He immediately used the money to buy Venus a famous brand bag and then secured a loan to purchase a car. He excitedly discussed his future plans with Venus. He said that he would pay off the car loan and save enough money for a down payment on an apartment within 3 years. He said that he was going to secure another loan to buy an apartment three years later. Venus was well aware that Son of Heaven was planning to make their virtual relationship real when he said that he would come to the city where she lived to meet her after picking up his car. Usually, a girl would feel lucky if she met a man who had a well paying job and really adored her. Nevertheless, Venus still could not get over Bluegreen-Clad. She always wondered, "As Bluegreen-Clad has such an attractive voice, he must be a handsome man. I deserve a handsome man, but Son of Heaven and Flowing Light just keep standing in my way!" This idea tormented her so much that she could not feel happy about receiving an expensive bag from Son of Heaven. She admitted that Son of Heaven treated her well, but she thought that Bluegreen-Clad treated Flowing Light very well too. She thought enviously, "Every time Baby520 and Little Girl verbally abused Flowing Light, Bluegreen-Clad would come out to protect her. He also gave her eight-star equipment, fashionable clothes and even a flying mount in the game. Perhaps, he has even sent her a gift in real life, which is much more expensive than this 10,000 yuan bag. "No, I can''t give up. Flowing Light can''t compete with me. If it had not been for her big brother, the gang boss of the Matchless, she would''ve never gotten this chance to become the wife of Bluegreen-Clad in the game!" When she promised to marry Son of Heaven under the pressure of Bluegreen-Clad, she thought to herself, "That''s alright. As long as Son of Heaven and I can return to the regular team of Bluegreen-Clad, I''ll have plenty of opportunities to plot against Flowing Light. To her surprise, Bluegreen-Clad suddenly asked Son of Heaven and her to start their own regular team after they got married. She did not want to start a new team together with Son of Heaven. The reason she agreed to marry Son of Heaven was that she wanted to use him to get close to Bluegreen-Clad. She put on an act and tried to gain Never Deeply Attached and Son of Heaven''s sympathy. Beyond her expectations, Bluegreen-Clad exposed her secrets at this moment. He told everyone that it was she who posted a thread on the forum to insult Flowing Light. She was surprised and bewildered as she could not figure out how Bluegreen-Clad had discovered her secrets. In the meantime, she comforted herself by thinking, "That''s alright. Son of Heaven will speak for me..." Shortly afterwards, when Bluegreen-Clad told everyone that she had used her alternate account "Evely" to frame Flowing Light, she was astonished. She sighed inwardly, "It looks like Bluegreen-Clad knows everything. Perhaps, he discovered my secrets a long time ago. He probably has also discovered that it was I who bought out the materials that Son of Heaven needed "This is really ridiculous. I always believe that my plans are perfect, but Bluegreen-Clad probably discovered all my secrets and considered me a bad girl a long time ago. It''s really stupid of me to believe that I''ll be able to get him once I drive Flowing Light away. "It turns out that the stupidest person is me." Venus looked at the screen with a blank expression and replied to none of Son of Heaven''s messages. It seemed that he found it really hard to face the reality. She pressed the button hard to quit the game. The moment she turned off her computer, her cellphone rang. She glanced at the number of the incoming call and impatiently rejected it. Nevertheless, this person just kept calling her after being repeatedly rejected by her. Finally, she answered the phone. It was Son of Heaven. "Why didn''t you answer my call?" asked he. "What do you want to say?" Venus replied coldly. Son of Heaven was discouraged by her cold attitude. He paused for a moment and asked, "Do you still like Bluegreen-Clad? Is that why you used your alternate account to buy out the materials that I needed?" Upon hearing that, Venus thought grumpily, "Yes, I just despise you, Son of Heaven. I''d rather waste my money on those materials than give you the chance to make a Yellow Spring Sword. Now that Bluegreen-Clad has exposed all my secrets, what do you want me to say? Bluegreen-Clad likes only Flowing Light. He always helps her. What can I say now?" She twitched her mouth and asked, "Haven''t you known all my secrets? What do you want me to say?" Son of Heaven roared like a wounded beast. "I love you so much. How can you lie to me?" "What? Did you say that you love me?" Venus said sneeringly. "You''re just a poor salesman. What can you give me? Will you buy me a limited edition fashionable outfit which costs 1,000 yuan, or a top-notch 10-star Celestial God Outfit? You won''t. You''ll say that it''s a waste of money. Do you really think that a poor guy like is eligible to love me?" "Didn''t I buy you an expensive bag?" Son of Heaven retorted. Venus snorted coldly and said, "Huh? You still have the nerve to mention that thing. You just bought me a 10,000 yuan bag. You kept pestering me for nearly half a day because of that bag. Do you think that you can get me by buying me a bag? Look at yourself in the mirror. Do you think that it''s possible?" Son of Heaven took a deep breath and asked, "You never liked me, did you?" "No, never." Venus answered while showing no mercy. Son of Heaven found it hard to believe what he had just heard and asked again, "You don''t like me at all, do you?" "Not at all!" Venus replied affirmatively. "If it had not been for Bluegreen-Clad, I would''ve never given a damn about you. Stop calling me. I don''t want to see you again!" With these words, Venus pressed the button hard to hang up on Son of Heaven and then smashed her cellphone to the ground. Son of Heaven called her again only to find out that her cellphone was power off. He had always remembered Venus as a kind and nice girl and had never expected her to utter such hurtful words. He went back to the game. The group had been dismissed, but he could still read their chat history. [Group] Bluegreen-Clad: Lies can''t last. It''s time to let go of the past, Son of Heaven. Upon seeing that, he thought, "Yes, Venus keeps lying to me all the time. She despises me, since I''m not so rich as Bluegreen-Clad." [Private Chat] Son of Heaven: You know what, Bluegreen-Clad. Compared to you, I did much more for Venus, but she just doesn''t like me. While saying this, he thought dejectedly, "I used to suspect that it was Venus who framed Flowing Light again and again, but I really liked her. I even decided to stay by her side and give her time to get over Bluegreen-Clad. However, she never planned to give me a chance." [Private Chat] Son of Heaven: Is it true that only a wealthy man is eligible to love someone? And a poor guy like me just can''t love anyone. [Private Chat] Son of Heaven: No, I shouldn''t have asked you this question. A rich guy like you won''t understand my pain. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: You need to calm down now, Son of Heaven. [Private Chat] Son of Heaven: No, I don''t need that. I have already thought it through. I''ll reincarnate¢Ù this game character and then quit this game. Note: ¢Ù To reincarnate (a game character): A player can reincarnate his or her game character by submitting a suicide request to the reincarnation NPC. If the player doesn''t cancel the suicide request within 3 days, the game character''s data will be deleted and cannot be retrieved. Deleting a game character in this way will not affect the other characters under the same account. Chapter 69 Strawberry Ice Cream Players came and left in an online game. After being exposed by Bluegreen-Clad, Venus announced that she was going to quit Shiny Sky Online. [Public Chat] Venus Will Cry: I''m going to quit the game. This account is on sale now. Venus, whose beauty had caused a stir on Watery South before, left like this. Except for her friends, the players on the server did not care much about that and continued to play the game. Flowing Light: Did you know what Venus did a long time ago? Bluegreen-Clad: Yes. I couldn''t tolerate her anymore. I reached my limit. If it had not been for Son of Heaven, I would''ve kicked her out of the gang a long time ago. Flowing Light: I never know that you care so much about Son of Heaven. Bluegreen-Clad: Of course, we''re friends. I kept him at a distance before because I didn''t want to be pestered by Venus. Flowing Light: Why did you expose her secrets? Bluegreen-Clad: I used to think that she was really going to marry Son of Heaven. I never expected that her promise to him was just a lie. She even used Never Deeply Attached to frame you. How could I tolerate her? Flowing Light: Poor Venus, she really had a bad luck. You''re just too brilliant. Even I feel afraid of you now. Have you ever plotted against me? Bluegreen-Clad: You can make a guess, honey. Although Venus and Son of Heaven had left, the return of Never Deeply Attached still excited the entire League of Strong Families. Some guys in the gang insisted on singing on YY to celebrate his return. Zheng Xiaoguang did not enjoy hearing a bunch of guys roaring on YY at all. When she was about to close her YY, a girl came out to sing a Cantonese love song. "You''re cool and detached. You''re mysterious and attractive. This feels like a sudden rainstorm. I look up at you, but you remain silent. I can never forget about you, as I''m fascinated by your eyes. I just don''t want to leave you..." Upon hearing her singing, Zheng Xiaoguang felt much better. They guys felt reluctant to sing after hearing the girl singing and stopped snatching the microphone. They had to admit that the girl sang better than them and really enjoy hearing her singing. As such, they urged her to sing another song. "Please sing another song for us, Strawberry!" "Yeah, sing one more song for us, Strawberry!" "Can you sing ''Dancer'' for us, Strawberry?" Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but wonder, "Who''s this Strawberry? Is she Strawberry Ice Cream, the girl who likes Never Deeply Attached?" With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang immediately opened her YY interface. The atmosphere of the performance on YY had just reached its climax. Now, Strawberry Ice Cream was singing another love song named "I Like You", and the guys kept cheering for her. Some of them even confessed to her on YY. "Can you send me your photo, Strawberry? I beg to have a video chat with you." "Marry Me, Strawberry!" Strawberry Ice Cream refused all of them by saying, "Thank you, guys, but I have someone else in my heart now. She had a clear and melodious voice. Upon hearing it, no one could stop himself or herself from imagining how adorable the owner of the voice was. "Who do you like, Strawberry? Is he in our gang?" asked Nine-Tailed Red Fox. Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze hurriedly echoed, "Yeah, he must be in our gang. How can our girls like some guy from another gang?" The gang members felt intrigued and kept asking her which guy she liked. Strawberry seemed to be shy and hurriedly left the YY chatroom. In the meantime, Never Deeply Attached was busy gaining levels together with his regular team and remained silent all the time. [Team] Han Meimei: Do you like my apprentice, Never Deeply Attached? Han Meimei had been wondering about this for such a long time that even Li Lei started to care about this thing now. [Team Captain] Li Lei: Yeah, what do you think? You''re in the same gang. You can''t avoid her all the time. [Team] Never Deeply Attached: I know that but I don''t know how to break this to her. [Team] Han Meimei: What do you want to tell her? If you like her too, just accept her love. If you don''t, you should refuse her directly. [Team] Never Deeply Attached: You don''t understand. It''s not about whether I like her or not. [Team] Han Meimei: Then what''s it? Is there anything wrong with my apprentice? [Team] Never Deeply Attached: No, she''s a good girl, but I can''t accept her love. I''ve announced in the gang that I won''t get married in the game. [Team] Han Meimei: Please be honest with me, Never Deeply Attached. Do you just despise girls who get addicted to online games? Upon seeing that, Li Lei knew that Han Meimei felt annoyed now and hurriedly interjected by sending out a message. "Meimei, calm down. Maybe Never Deeply Attached has a special reason." [Team] Han Meimei: I never plan to force him to accept my apprentice. If he really has a special reason, he can tell me. I''ll help him turning Strawberry down. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang helplessly shook her head and sighed inwardly, "Han Meimei is a good girl but sometimes she''s too excitable. Maybe that''s why she gets married to a calm guy like Li Lei." When she was about to say something to ease the tension, her screen turned black. It seemed that her character had suddenly been dragged into an instance. As Never Deeply Attached did not have a high level now, Bluegreen-Clad''s team was bent on gaining levels in different regions of the map every day. After playing at the PVP region for a while, Han Meimei predicted that more and more players would come here to pull monsters and thus brought the team back to an instance in the city. There were three paths in the instance. The team had to seperate into 3 smaller groups and slay monsters along the three paths at the same time. Han Meimei and Li Lei chose the path on the left. Flowing Light and Bluegreen-Clad stepped on the path in the middle. Never Deeply Attached set foot on the last path alone. Every time when fighting monsters together with Bluegreen-Clad, Zheng Xiaoguang did not need to do many things, since Bluegreen-Clad was able to slay all the monsters by himself. She just needed to use some Area Effect skill once in a while. Suddenly, she was pulled into a dark place. She wondered, "Although I was not the offensive force, I never stopped playing. And the system never asked me to type in any verification code to make sure that I was not away from the keyboard. Why did it suddenly throw me into this dark room? "Oh, is this a hidden instance? Am I so lucky?" She searched the place but failed to find any NPC or any tip about this situation here. Neither did she run into a monster here. It seemed that she was trapped in this dark corner. She hurriedly opened her chat box, planning to ask Bluegreen-Clad for help. To her surprise, she found out that she could only send out Nearby messages now. She could not use the couple transfer either. She thought in surprise, "What? Is this a bug in the game?" Zheng Xiaoguang''s first reaction was logging out and logging back in, but when she logged into the game again, she saw that her character was still trapped in that strange instance. She felt worried and called Bluegreen-Clad. Bluegreen-Clad asked her to calm down and promised that he would go to ask for help on the official website. After talking with Bluegreen-Clad on the phone, she discovered that she had just received an incoming message. She went back to the game interface and saw a Nearby Message. [Nearby] Never Deeply Attached: Is anybody here? Chapter 70 An Additional Instance [Nearby] Flowing Light: I''m here. They waited for a long time, but no one else answered. Now they knew that they were the only ones who had been dragged into this strange instance. [Nearby] Never Deeply Attached: Where are you? I''ll go to find you. [Nearby] Flowing Light: Here are my coordinates [78,63] A moment later, Zheng Xiaoguang saw Never Deeply Attached walk toward her character with lighting effects. [Nearby] Flowing Light: Huh? What''s this? She could not understand why her character did not have such lighting effects. [Nearby] Never Deeply Attached: As I didn''t have enough blood and power just now, I took one of your wedding candies. Now I have full health and full power and seem to have accidentally opened an additional instance. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought in surprise, "What? I''ve eaten quite a lot of wedding candies by now, but all I''ve gotten is a 50% off coupon for a mount in the shop. Why is this Never Deeply Attached so lucky? We gave him only three candies, and he opens an additional instance now." Never Deeply Attached told her that he had just read a thread about this instance on the forum. He said, "There are a narrow corridor and many adjacent rooms on both sides of it. It''s a dark place, and only the player who opens this instance has lighting effects. "Once a player opens this instance, the system will randomly select another player on his or her team to play this instance together. Evidently, you''re the one who gets randomly picked out by the system, Flowing Light. "In this instance, players can only chat on the Nearby channel and can''t use any transfer skill. There''s no time limit for this instance. As soon as we complete all the missions here, we''ll be sent back to the regular map." Never Deeply Attached checked the popup message box, which was visible only to him, and said, "Let''s go. The system is reloading a monster now." An additional instance was very different from a regular instance. Compared to their counterparts in a regular instance, monsters in an additional instance were much more difficult to deal with. Because of this, the awards here were much better. Lucky players often unlocked gold ingots, materials for notch equipment or even limited-edition mounts in an additional instance. Zheng Xiaoguang should have felt excited about this chance, but somehow she just felt reluctant to play together with Never Deeply Attached. Despite that, now she had no choice but to follow him. At least, with the help of his lighting effects, she could see things in this dark place. When they arrived, the monster was not ready yet. As they had nothing to do for the time being, they sat on the floor and waited for the monster. [Nearby] Never Deeply Attached: You don''t like me, do you? [Nearby] Flowing Light: Huh? [Nearby] Never Deeply Attached: I spoke for Venus before, but I never meant to hurt you. I just didn''t want to see my friends fall out because of some misunderstanding. If what I did made you unhappy, I apologize to you. Please forgive me. [Nearby] Flowing Light: I know. I never blame you for that. [Nearby] Never Deeply Attached: It seems to me that you''re unwilling to talk to me. [Nearby] Flowing Light: No. You think too much. Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat guilty while saying this, because she did feel reluctant to talk to this Never Deeply Attached. She thought, "As Bluegreen-Clad said, Never Deeply Attached just got used by Venus and never meant to hurt me before. However, I just somehow feel that I don''t want to talk to him." Suddenly, her cellphone rang. It was Bluegreen-Clad who called her. She quickly picked up her cellphone. "Hello." "Are you still in that instance, Xiaoguang?" asked he. "Yes, I am." Zheng Xiaoguang looked at the game interface and continued, "Never Deeply Attached is here too. This is an additional instance that he has accidentally opened. I really don''t know how to play here. Can you log into my account to play this instance for me?" "Okay, so you log out first," Bluegreen-Clad replied without any hesitation. Zheng Xiaoguang felt much relieved. She hurriedly said goodbye to Never Deeply Attached and logged out. When Bluegreen-Clad logged into her account, he saw Never Deeply Attached sat on the floor in the instance. When they played together, everything went smoothly for them until they met a challenge called "Predestination". Players could not only get married or engaged in Shiny Sky Online. If a player had a secret crush on one of his or her friends, he or she could make this person his or her predestined person. By doing so, an anonymous love letter would be sent to the predestined person, and once two players "predestinated" each other, the system would inform both of them that they were well-matched. This machanism was originally designed to help shy players to confess their love, but for Never Deeply Attached, it was a big challenge. Task Tip: A married player gets through this mission directly. A single player can get through this mission only by finding a well-matched predestined person. In fact, it was easy for Never Deeply Attached to find this well-matched predestined person. As Strawberry Ice Cream liked him very much, she probably had made him her predestined person a long time ago. As such, once Never Deeply Attached made her his predestined person, they would become well-matched. Nevertheless, this happened to be the last thing that Never Deeply Attached wanted to do. He wanted to give up and felt really bad about this decision, since once he completed this mission, he and Bluegreen-Clad would win lots of rewards. After a moment of thought, he said to Bluegreen-Clad, apologetically, "Let''s give up." Bluegreen-Clad felt confused. After some consideration, he decided to have a talk with his friend. Blue: Does that female archer named Strawberry Ice Cream like you? Thanks to Han Meimei, he also heard about this thing. Never Deeply Attached: Uhm, yes. Bluegreen-Clad: What do you think? Never Deeply Attached: I''m very grateful for her love, but we''re just not meant for each other. Bluegreen-Clad: There''s no such a thing. You have to get what you want with your own hands. After remaining silent for a long time, Never Deeply Attached replied. Never Deeply Attached: I want to ask you something, Bluegreen-Clad. If you and Flowing Light decide to make your virtual relationship real someday, but your parents are strongly against this idea since they can''t accept a girl you meet online, will you break up with her for your parents? Bluegreen-Clad: No, I won''t. Never Deeply Attached: Hehe, are you saying that even if your entire family opposes your relationship, you still won''t give up? Bluegreen-Clad: Yes. Never Deeply Attached was trying to explain to Bluegreen-Clad that a real relationship was more about two families instead the two people in the relationship, but Bluegreen-Clad''s answers were totally beyond his expectations. Never Deeply Attached: Why? He wondered, "Isn''t it true that most people will choose to compromise with their families? "Everyone tells me that we should value our parents more than our girlfriends. Unlike girlfriends, parents are irreplaceable. Why is Bluegreen-Clad so different? What does he think? Does he really plan to defy his parents for Flowing Light?" Bluegreen-Clad: Because I trust myself and my girlfriend. If my parents refuse to accept her, I''ll give them time to know more about her and accept her. I won''t put myself in such an awkward situation and force myself to pick either my parents or my girlfriend. That''s completely unnecessary. Chapter 71 Prelude The next evening, as Han Meimei was busy helping Strawberry Ice Cream get Never Deeply Attached, Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad went to complete some special missions to earn titles. As a doctor who was equipped with a whole set of 8-star equipment, she could complete most missions by herself now, but as she was playing together with Bluegreen-Clad, she did not have many things to do. When the system was reloading monsters, she would flirt with her husband. Game Message: Are you sure you want to lean against player Bluegreen-Clad? Yes/No She clicked yes and gleefully watched Flowing Light lean against Bluegreen-Clad. She got addicted to this game now, as she really cared about this man in the game. She knew that he would accompany her and protect her. As long as she was together with him, she always felt that time was flying. [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: Li Lei wants to hold a gang party. Can you join the party? [Team] Flowing Light: When is the party scheduled? [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: In just a few days, I guess. Li Lei is going to find the best time for everyone: [Team] Flowing Light: ... Sometimes, I really think that you''re not a responsible gang boss. Your deputy gang boss Li Lei always works harder than you. Shouldn''t you be put in charge of organizing such activities? [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: I asked him to be the gang boss before, but he refused. He said that I should be the gang boss, as it was I who issued the token to build this gang. I''m very clear about my position in the gang. I''m only an honorary gang boss. Zheng Xiaoguang chuckled while looking at the screen. [Team] Flowing Light: I think that Never Deeply Attached and Strawberry Ice Cream will come to the party too. I guess the reason Li Lei holds this party is that Han Meimei wants to create a chance for them to meet each other. She was just chatting casually, but after seeing her message, Bluegreen-Clad remained silent for quite a long time. [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: If so, she will be disappointed. At this moment, Zheng Xiaoguang did not understand why he said this. A few days later, she discovered that Han Meimei really felt discouraged just as Bluegreen-Clad had expected. Han Meimei said bitterly that she still had a long way to go to complete her "great undertaking". Zheng Xiaoguang asked curiously and Han Meimei told her everything. A few days ago, Han Meimei had invited Never Deeply Attached to team up with her while planning to ask him to help her apprentice Strawberry Ice Cream gain levels. To her surprise, the moment she pulled Strawberry Ice Cream into the team, Never Deeply Attached quit the team. She tried this trick again and again in the next few days but failed repeatedly. One day, Never Deeply Attached finally stopped pretending that his Internet was suddenly down again and told her the truth. Three years ago, he had gotten married in another online game and made his virtual relationship real. As he and his girlfriend lived in different cities, it was not easy for them to maintain this relationship. When they planned to get married, he told his plan to his parents but got strongly opposed by them. His parents just could not accept the fact that he was going to marry a girl he met in an online game. He strived for it and tried his best to persuade them. Nevertheless, his parents had absolute authority in his family, and he just could not act against their will. In the meantime, his girlfriend kept urging him to marry her, making him feel vexed. In the end, he had no choice but to break up with his girlfriend. He told Han Meimei. "Because of this failure, I dare not to get married in a game or find a real girlfriend in a game again. Just as you said, Strawberry Ice Cream is a good girl. I really don''t want to hurt such a lovely and simple girl someday." Han Meimei could hardly believe what she heard and asked in surprise, "Are you serious? You told your parents that you found a girlfriend who was willing to marry you, and your parents disagreed?" She wondered, "They say that as there are more young men than young women in this country now, a young woman''s parents are usually picky. Aren''t there many guys who complain on the Internet that they can''t get married since their girlfriends'' families demand too much from them? Are those stories false? "If I didn''t know that Never Deeply Attached is from an ordinary family, I would think that I''m listening to a love story between a son of a super rich family and an ordinary girl. Many novels tell such stories. An ordinary girl is always despised by her boyfriend¡¯s super rich parents." Never Deeply Attached replied helplessly, "Why do I have to lie about such a thing?" Han Meimei still found it hard to believe and said, "Don''t all parents just hope that their children can be happy? My parents didn''t like Li Lei very much at first, but after spending some time together with him, they accepted him. Is there anything wrong with your ex-girlfriend?" She guessed that his ex-girlfriend was probably not a good girl. Never Deeply Attached did not answer the question directly, which made Han Meimei believe that her guess was right. He said, "I just want to let go of the past now. Can we stop talking about it?" "Alright, let''s forget about it." Li lei hurriedly interjected. "Let''s go to the PK arena." Han Meimei echoed, and they continued to play. Never Deeply Attached had probably felt bad on that day and logged off early. After telling Flowing Light what had happened to Never Deeply Attached, Han Meimei observed. "Never Deeply Attached is such a poor guy. He was born into such a conservative family. He even can''t choose a girlfriend according to his own will." After a moment of thought, she added, "Sigh, it was unlucky for him to meet an inconsiderate girlfriend before. She urged him to marry her, regardless of the fact that he was under so much pressure from his family. Maybe that was why his parents did not like the girl. Because of this failed relationship, he refuses to accept any girl''s love in an online game now. What a pity." Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang suddenly felt a dull pain in her chest. She looked at the screen in a daze and sighed inwardly, "It looks like many couples break up because of the objection of their parents." As she remained silent, Han Meimei sent her a Private Chat message, asking her if there was anything wrong with her. She lied that she had just been away from her keyboard for a while. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: By the way, did Bluegreen-Clad tell you about our party? [Private Chat] Flowing Light: Yes, but he didn''t tell me when it is scheduled. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: Sigh, there are just too many gang members who want to come to the party, so we haven''t decided on what date the party will fall on. But, you know what. I have something good to share with you. Zheng Xiaoguang always prided herself in handling everything aboveboard, but as a girl, sometimes, she just could not stop herself from enjoying gossip. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: [Drooling Face] What''s it? [Private Chat] Han Meimei: Haha, I have a photo of Never Deeply Attached. When Li Lei invited Never Deeply Attached to the party, he told Never Deeply Attached that he was worried that he could not find him quickly and thus asked him for his cellphone number and his photo. Did you log onto your QQ? I''ll send his photo to you. He''s such a handsome and elegant young man. He and my apprentice Strawberry are really well-matched. Shortly afterwards, Zheng Xiaoguang saw her QQ vibrate. She was intrigued and excited and clicked the QQ message open with a smile. The moment she saw the photo, her finger on her mouse stiffened. She could not believe what she saw. "How can Never Deeply Attached be him? How can he be Su Han?" Chapter 72 Su Han Part One Chapter 72 Su Han (Part One) Chapter 72 Su Han (Part One) Zheng Xiaoguang was lost in thought, "When did I meet Su Han?" Three years ago, when Zheng Xiaoguang had just started playing online games, she had not known much about these games and randomly chosen an online game called "Flying Deity". In this game, her character was also a doctor. One day when she was working on some of her professional tasks, she happened to save a player whose ID was Blooming Pear Tree. Because of this, Blooming Pear Tree became her big brother and pulled her into his gang where she met Su Han. Su Han treated her well. He chatted with her and helped her completing missions and unlocking equipment every day. Zheng Xiaoguang enjoyed this relationship and thought that having him by her side for such a long period of time, she met love. It was plain but warm. Hence, when Su Han confessed to her and asked her to be his girlfriend, she did not refuse. Zheng Xiaoguang could be very persistent when she really wanted something. After accepting Su Han''s love, she was devoted to this relationship wholeheartedly. Even when some young men in real life showed affection to her, she would pretend not to notice it or refused them directly. Their long-distance relationship lasted for two years. It was hard to maintain such a relationship, but she never thought of giving up. She held an umbrella for herself when it rained. She hung out with her friends when she wanted to have some fun. Su Han could not stay by her side all the time, but she never complained. She even felt much in love. Zheng Xiaoguang often thought, "If love is just about a romantic feeling between two people, the chemistry between Su Han and I would''ve never gone." Unfortunately, the wonderful love had to face reality someday. Every relationship was not just about two people, especially when these two people wanted to get married. About two years ago, Zheng Xiaoguang and Su Han had once planned to get married. Marriage involved two families instead of two people. Their parents were conservative and strongly against virtual relationships. They were worried that online game players were not decent people. They just could not trust these people who they had never met in real life and might even live far away from them. When they decided to tell their parents about their plan to get married, Su Han repeatedly told Zheng Xiaoguang that his parents might not like her. Zheng Xiaoguang understood it, as her parents had similar worries. She believed that as long as she and Su Han were determined to be together, they would overcome all difficulties, and their parents would eventually give in for the sake of their happiness. Zheng Xiaoguang''s parents did not like Su Han in the beginning, but gradually they accepted him because of the persistence of their daughter. They even agreed to meet him. Su Han was a typical southerner. He was light-skinned and about 178 centimeters tall. He wore a pair of framed glasses and looked somewhat bookish. He was not exceptionally handsome but looked nice and well-educated. No one would consider such a guy a bad person upon meeting him. After seeing that he was honest and well-behaved, Zheng Xiaoguang''s parents did not protest against the decision to get married anymore. One day, Zheng Xiangguang''s mother told her. "Your father and I just want you to be happy. If you''re determined to marry him, we won''t stop you. We just hope that you can think everything over and won''t regret your choice." Since that day, Zheng Xiaoguang'' parents had begun to treat Su Han as their future son-in-law. Every time Su Han came to R City, they always received him warmly. Her father, who had strongly protested their relationship before, even took out his long-cherished jar of "Nv''er Hong" and gave it to Su Han. This kind of liquor had the same meaning as the ancient "Nv''er Hong". Her father had stored it since she was born, which meant that the liquor was as old as Zheng Xiaoguang. (Nv''er Hong is a part of a tradition in China. In ancient China, when a family gave birth to a daughter, they would store jars of best-quality liquor in the cellar or other grounded places from the day of her birth until she got married. This kind of liquor is called Nv'' er Hong and often used to entertain guests at the wedding banquet.) Zheng Xiaoguang said smilingly to Su Han, "I worked really hard to make my parents agree with our decision to get married. Now they really treat you like their future son-in-law. I hope that you won''t let me down." Su Han promised her readily and held her hands with a smile. Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother still felt somewhat uneasy and asked Su Han, "What if your parents don''t agree? What if they don''t like Xiaoguang? As you''ve been together for some time, you probably know that she''s quite stubborn sometimes." She just wanted a promise from him like the other parents did. Normally, parents would tell the future son-in-law about their daughter''s shortcomings and hope to hear this young man say that he would adore her daughter with more patience in the future. Zheng Xiaoguang remembered it very clearly. At that time, Su Han replied, "My love for Xiaoguang will remain unchanged." Zheng Xiaoguang was moved and always remembered what he had said on that day. Afterwards, she ingratiated herself with Su Han''s parents. But unfortunately, she got repeatedly turned down by them. On the day that she was originally scheduled to meet his parents for the first time, she packed the presents she had prepared for them and bought a long-distance coach ticket. When she was about to ask Su Han what else she needed to bring, Su Han called her. "My parents said that you''d better come to visit us after the spring festival. The coaches are crowded recently as the festival is coming." She was displeased as she had prepared for a whole month. Despite that, she did not complain. She sent the presents she had prepared to Su Han''s home to show her respect for his parents. After the spring festival, when she went to visit his family in S City, she was surprised that his parents had gone on a trip and were not in the city. She guessed that they were deliberately avoiding her. She discussed this with Su Han for two days but failed to get any definite answer. Su Han just comforted her by saying, "That''s alright. You''ll meet them next time." "What if your parents keep avoiding me and disapproving of me?" asked Zheng Xiaoguang. She wanted him to give her some confidence, but he just remained silent for a long time before saying, "If so, I''ll persuade them not to do so." "What if you can''t convince them?" Zheng Xiaoguang pushed further. After some thought, Su Han said to Zheng Xiaoguang, "Most parents in this place are conservative. My cousin found a girlfriend by himself and wanted to get married. His parents could not accept her, and his mother even got excessively emotional. In the end, he had no choice but to break up with his girlfriend. My parents are more open-minded than them. At least, they haven''t shown such fierce opposition to our relationship." Although he did not give her a definite answer, he implied that they still had hope. She looked at Su Han and decided to stop pushing him. "So how''s your cousin now?" asked she. "He''s fine. I think. He went on a blind date arranged by his parents and found another girlfriend. They''re going to get married," Su Han smiled gently and said. "His future wife is a very nice girl. Everyone in our family likes her." "Everyone in our family likes her." Zheng Xiaoguang tossed this sentence around in her head while looking at Su Han''s relieved smile. She sighed softly and said, "Your cousin is really blessed." In the meantime, she could not help but wonder, "But what about his ex-girlfriend? How is she now? Does she still feel hurt because of this thing?" Chapter 73 Su Han Part Two Chapter 73 Su Han (Part Two) Even though he was Su Han''s cousin, Zheng Xiaoguang did not know how she should congratulate him. Showing respect for one''s parents was human nature. It was unacceptable for him to sever ties with his parents for his girlfriend. But Zheng Xiaoguang still could not help but feel sorry for that girl whom she had not met. When she was alone by herself, she did not even know whether she was sad for herself. Quite possibly, she had already had a premonition then that one day, she would suffer from such a sorrowful ending too. Afterwards, roughly three more months had passed, and Zheng Xiaoguang still could not receive any news of whether the Su in-laws had softened their stances and thus, she became even more uneasy. The more suspicious she was, the more she liked to ask Su Han, "If your parents still did not want to see me, then what should I do?" And she only wanted to receive Su Han''s promises that he would never give up but every time he would say, "No hurry, slowly does it." His determination had seemed to waver, and he was not as resolute as before. She could feel this. Finally, there was once when they got into a big fight. Su Han was not inclined to fight but his words this time, pierced through Zheng Xiaoguang''s heart. "If I had long known, that time, I would not have invited you to come to S city to play. If that time, I had not held you by the hand, perhaps things would not have turned out this way." She would always remember how Su Han was that regretful at that time, and he even said, "My mother was right¡ªperhaps that time, coming to see your parents was a little too early." If she had not comprehended incorrectly, did he mean that they should not have been together at all? She struggled for several days in confusion, not knowing when they had started to change. Su Han had also started fading out from her life, and had started talking less to her. This situation had continued for some time until one day, Su Han told her. "Let''s break up. My parents said that we can date, but we can never marry." So it was not only Su Han''s cousin, but also Su Han who made this decision. She cried and was very heartbroken. It was for that girl whom she had never met, and also for herself. She had once thought that Su Han would have loved her enough and was a good man whom she could entrust her whole life to. As long as they could be together, no matter how much effort she had to put in, she would be willing. She also knew that sometimes, she could not stay calm enough, which was why she got into fights with him. But she had never known that Su Han would have chosen to escape in the cruelest way and destroyed her hopes, which were originally perfect. His words were like a slap on the ear, which stung fiercely on her face. This made her forget to ask, "Then, have you already found someone suitable to marry, which is why you are now hurrying to talk matters clearly through with me?" Such were the world''s greatest romances¡ªafter you carried all the emotional burdens of the past from everyone and held on to your beliefs in romance, that person who should have weathered the storms of life with you had actually told you that both of you should not have started. In the blink of an eye, all your efforts had become a laughing joke. That year, Su Han had changed Zheng Xiaoguang into a complete laughing stock from head to tail. But he did not know that in order to be with him, she had spent so much effort convincing her own parents. He had not known that in order to acquire the consent of his parents, she had so meticulously pandered to each wish of them. He had only one explanation: "After all, you can find someone better" before hastily and swiftly making his escape. Zheng Xiaoguang''s parents had not looked favorably upon her being together with Su Han. She had spent more than half year to let them accept things. But in the end, she still had to tell her parents, "You were right, in the end, he still gave up on me, saying that his parents did not agree." Zheng Xiaoguang still remembered the expression on her father''s face when he heard her convey the news. Her father furrowed his brows and became silent for half a day before sighing. "In the beginning, when his parents had not wanted to see you, they must already have made up their mind to disagree." But they had not expected that even after rejections once or twice, Zheng Xiaoguang still clung on to her hopes and did not give up. Her mother also huffed. "So what was the point of pleading with me and your father, crying, asking for our approval? His parents don''t even think we are worthy enough. It might as well that you break up¡ªjust in case your parents-in-law still don''t think you are worthy enough after marriage, and put you in a spot. That time, what good days can you have? You, don''t talk about any online romances in the future." She knew why her parents were so angry. Su Han''s escape made them feel deeply a great betrayal and hurt. Later, all her close friends and relatives, and everyone whom she had known would come running, specifically, to tell her in a tone of great sympathy after hearing this matter. "I''ve told you a long time ago. Online romances are not realistic but you were so insistent on delving into it. Now what should we do¡ªyou have gotten cheated on, haven''t you?" Everytime Zheng Xiaoguang heard this, she would feel a great pain on her face, as if a knife had scraped her visage. Even though she knew clearly that everyone was concerned about her and was not laughing at her failure£¬ neither her parents nor her friends wanted to hurt her, she still could not face the truth. This was because what they said to her appeared to be not empathy, but more like mockeries. Hence, she rejected to get out of the house and refused to see anyone. This was because she was afraid of seeing their sympathetic glances and she was even more fearful of people spreading the news of her romance on the web to educate those who were in virtual romances or those who were about to get into one. "Look at this, Xiaoguang is an example. Virtual romances are too unreliable. She had been in one for almost two years, but the guy disappeared only because his parents didn¡¯t agree. " Yes, at the time of the break-up, Su Han had only sent her a message to tell her such a bad ending, and he did not even have the courage to break up with her in person. The pain of a deep romance could actually kill one without shedding blood. Zheng Xiaoguang thought that she should hate Su Han. She should hate him for his lack of his own mind, his feebleness, and his lack of resoluteness. Although his parents did not understand her, Su Han had dated with her for almost two years, so how could he not know what kind of person she was? When his parents asked him to dump her, did he even speak up for her, even once? She should also hate Su Han for his irresponsibility, for his willingness to break up with her just like that. She should hate him for leaving her with such a terrible outcome, and for even finding an excuse to convince himself that she had not been too badly hurt to absolve himself of any guilt when he left. She had countless reasons to hate him but she had actually hidden in her room so spinelessly, sobbing silently till both of her eyes were reddened and swollen. Even though logic had told her to let go of things, and to take things in stride, she was still swayed by her emotions, and she still hoped that he would return to her. She did not give up because she had truly loved him. "Xiaoguang, you can''t be like this forever." Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother saw how her daughter''s crying had not subsided for a week and the rage that she had felt at first had transformed into sadness a long time ago. "If I were to go plead with them, their family could agree to let you two be together. I will go plead with them now..." But it was these words which made Zheng Xiaoguang finally come to her senses as if awakening from a dream. Even though her love had failed so tragically, and she had not only lost her lover but also her heart, she could not lose her last thread of dignity. Since Su Han had already decided to give up, why should she be pleading so bitterly? Even though the ending of this romance was not within her control, at least, she could end the plot her own way. She would not cling on to impossible hopes or hate the other person. She would also not let herself appear even more miserable. Hence, at the very last, she gritted her teeth and held back all her sorrow, looking at her phone. Distanced by the cold and informal web, she only spoke these words: "Take care". Chapter 74 Sorry Blooming Pear Tree only knew about this matter one month after Zheng Xiaoguang and Su Han had broken up. When he hurried to R City to find Zheng Xiaoguang in a fit of anger, he discovered that she was actually lying on her bed and there was a plaster on her right leg. Because Zheng Xiaoguang''s parents especially hated the people whom she had met online, Zheng Xiaoguang could only explain vaguely. Blooming Pear Tree was a senior in her university who passed by R City and came to visit her. Zheng Xiaoguang''s parents saw how Blooming Pear Tree was worried about Zheng Xiaoguang and immediately thought that he was a suitor of their daughter. They also had a good impression of him. They hurriedly found several excuses to leave the room in order to give him and Zheng Xiaoguang, the two of them, space to be alone. Seeing that Zheng Xiaoguang''s parents had left and that it was only the two of them who were alone in the room, Blooming Pear Tree spoke up and asked Zheng Xiaoguang what had happened to her feet. Zheng Xiaoguang only flashed him a smile, saying that her attention had drifted while she was walking and because of this, she had accidentally been knocked down by a car. As for how horrific that incident had been, she had not mentioned it once. Blooming Pear Tree furrowed his eyebrows and said, "You and Su Han... why did you not tell me that immediately?" A smile lifted the corners of Zheng Xiaoguang''s lips as she said, "Should I tell you earlier so that you can catch him or beat him up? Brother, there is no need for this." Yes, there was no need for this. When her leg had been hit and was injured, it was about a week after breaking up with Su Han. That time, she was still a little expectant because she thought perhaps Su Han would rush over to see her when knowing that she got injured. She secretly used all ways which he could possibly know to tell him that her foot was broken. But Su Han did not appear, and neither did he ask if she was "feeling alright". After all, he was someone who she had loved once. Su Han was actually so callous and did not ask anymore information from her. In order to avoid her, he had even forgone going up on Flying Deity. Why would she even need to put her face up close so shamelessly? Blooming Pear Tree gritted his teeth. "Why did he want to break up with you?" As for this matter, Zheng Xiaoguang did not want to mention it again. But seeing how Blooming Pear Tree wanted to press on and find out the truth at all costs, she could only use a tone of helplessness and self-mockery to reply him. "He said that his parents do not agree to it." "Bullshit!" Blooming Pear Tree exploded in anger. "Your parents did not agree to it in the beginning, but I had persuaded you to persevere. You''re not like Romeo and Juliet whose families had a feud with each other. As long as both of you talk to your parents nicely about it, nothing is impossible. You''re not inferior to others!" Zheng Xiaoguang blinked her eyes. "Brother, what do you think I can do? Since he has already said this, I can only believe. Or else, should I chase him to S City to ask him about this?" She had once thought that perhaps having the "success case" of Su Han¡¯s cousin, Su Han and his family members felt that the matter of marriage was after all, an "order by the parents". So, he gave up because of their wishes. Or perhaps, Su Han had fallen for others, using the excuse of his parents'' disapproval to fob her off. She had once wanted to find him to ask about what had happened in order to let her own heart "rest in peace" with understanding. But she had lost sleep for a whole week, only finding that she did not have the courage to ask at all. She had once thought of pleading with Blooming Pear Tree to let him ask about Su Han''s "true reason". If Su Han had said that he had to end this relationship because he could not bear seeing her go through such difficulties in convincing his parents, she would not be so heart-broken. But every time she took out her phone wanting to call Blooming Pear Tree, she could not bring herself to do it. In the end, she could only choose to remain silent. Further on, she also started to understand slowly that no matter what the reason was, Su Han had spoken such cruel and callous words to her and there was no turning back in this. Even if he was willing to turn back, she would not be able to make peace with him as before. Because of the words that he had spoken to her were like spikes that could not melt in her heart. They reminded her again and again that Su Han was a person who had dumped her so easily like that. Since things were this way, what was the point of pressing on further? It would only cause people to think that she was clinging on to things, which made Su Han and his parents despise her even more. She had already lost her romance and had also deeply hurt her parents'' heart. However, at the very end, she still wished that she could have some spine and did not need to plead with those people for their sympathy. "I''m sorry." Blooming Pear Tree fixed his gaze at Zheng Xiaoguang, almost tracing the sorrow on her face. "In the beginning, if I hadn''t helped him pursue you and spoken so much for him, perhaps you would not have been together. I, Li Hanyu, have misjudged someone''s character for the first time, and because of that, I have hurt you." Su Han, who had hurt her deeply, had not even apologized to her. It was Blooming Pear Tree who had apologized to her instead. Zheng Xiaoguang shook her head. "Brother, how can I blame you? Even I, who was involved in the relationship, could not even judge clearly¡ªhow would you be able to anticipate it?" At that time, Zheng Xiaoguang had also hesitated whether she should accept Su Han because of the distance and other factors. In the end, it was Blooming Pear Tree who had rooted for her, saying that he had already looked carefully at Su Han, that Su Han was honest, easy-going, and did not dare to mistreat her. It was then that she had finally accepted Su Han. But she knew in her heart that Blooming Pear Tree had supported her for her own good. He had wished that she would be able to grasp her own fate. How would she put the problem of Su Han¡ªthis blame, on him? "No, it''s my fault. I had trusted him too easily, thinking that he had been treating you well all the time. Who knew that all the guarantees that he had told me at the start were all rubbish." Blooming Pear Tree was very angered. A man did not keep his promises, which was a quality that he most looked down upon. "Brother, I had already broken up with him. Let''s not talk about matters of the past anymore, shall we?" Zheng Xiaoguang had already not been that brash as she was at the beginning. She did not wish to criticize Su Han because he was someone whom she had loved. Moreover, with a failed relationship, both parties were losers. If one were to say that all should be blamed on Su Han, it would be a bit far-fetched as well. After all, in a relationship, no one was a deity. Anyone would make mistakes. She had also moments when she had quarreled with Su Han because of her insecurity. Perhaps it was due to this which made Su Han unable to sustain the pressure and choose to give up in the end. At least, she was willing to believe that at the very beginning, Su Han was like her, wanting that this relationship would be able to go on. Blooming Pear Tree sighed. "Alright, we won''t talk about this anymore. Xiaoguang, forget about him. As for someone like him who can''t even make up his mind in choosing who to marry, he can''t achieve anything. Rest assured, I will find someone who is even better. And then, we will show him your new boyfriend to upset him." This time, Zheng Xiaoguang, who had a plaster on her leg, thought that Blooming Pear Tree had only wanted to comfort her, so she said with a smile, "Alright". But who knew that Blooming Pear Tree really took her matter to heart. In that year when Zheng Xiaoguang and Su Han had broken up, Blooming Pear Tree had continually kept looking for someone for her, and the one must be ten times better than Su Han. Chapter 75 Former Name Zheng Xiaoguang kept on waiting until nine at night when Bluegreen-Clad finally went online. And the first thing which he did when he went online was to use the couple transfer ability to fly to her side. This time, the female doctor Flowing Light was alone on the Pheonix Terrace of the Celestial Dynasty playing her lute. The music that flowed out from the scene was extremely light and elegant. The male magician Bluegreen-Clad, who was wearing the "Carefree" fashionable clothing, walked slowly to her side and gently blew the flute. It was picture-perfect. Even though Zheng Xiaoguang also met him in the game, Bluegreen-Clad was different from Su Han. In those days, with him as a companion, even though there were difficulties, Zheng Xiaoguang was truly happy. She thought that if it were possible for them to continue this way, how great it would be. Flowing Light: I don''t want to go to the gang party anymore. Bluegreen-Clad: What''s wrong? In a moment of time, there were many excuses and reasons that flashed across Zheng Xiaoguang''s mind, but she could not utter a single word at all. She knew that as long as she wanted, she would be able to fob him off. But as long as she wanted to be together with Bluegreen-Clad, it was impossible for her not to see Su Han forever. Flowing Light: Bluegreen-Clad, I''m missing you. Even though she knew his true name, she was used to calling him Bluegreen-Clad still. He was her Bluegreen-Clad, and her husband... She still liked him secretly. Bluegreen-Clad: Then I''ll go find you this weekend in R City? Zheng Xiaoguang wanted to say "yes" very much, to take Su Han as a secret and suppress him deeply in her heart. However, she did not have the means to pretend that she did not know anything. And so, she continued to keep it secret from Bluegreen-Clad. Flowing Light: Bluegreen-Clad, you had long known the reason why Never Deeply Attached would never be together with Strawberry Ice Cream, right? Bluegreen-Clad: Yes, the last time, when I helped him with an adventure, I had vaguely guessed it. Flowing Light: You say that Never Deeply Attached had because of his parents'' objections, given up on the person he liked. Is this actually right or wrong? Bluegreen-Clad: I am not him. I don''t know what kind of girl he likes. And I don''t even know why his parents would oppose the relationship. Hence, I am unable to judge if he is right or wrong. "If that girl truly has a problem, then it can''t be helped that her parents would oppose them. I''m guessing that he is thinking this way as well?" Flowing Light: Then are you like Meimei too, do you think that his previous girlfriend was not mature enough? Bluegreen-Clad: Why do you ask this question? Zheng Xiaoguang took a deep breath and slowly hit the keys on the keyboard. A slight pause for every single word, every word stamped on her heart. Flowing Light: Because I knew him three years ago. Because that girl was me. The immature girl whom Han Meimei had mentioned was her. That girl, who had tormented Never Deeply Attached and caused him to not dare to date anyone in the game even until now, was her. Then, what did Bluegreen-Clad actually think about this? Did he think that it was all her fault? Zheng Xiaoguang bit her lip self-consciously, staring at the notification window of the Private Chat channel fixedly. But Bluegreen-Clad did not reply even after a long time. Zheng Xiaoguang''s heart started to chill. Had he actually bothered about it? Flowing Light: Bluegreen-Clad, let''s divorce. She deliberately acted tough and initiated a divorce, which was easier than letting him initiate it. Actually, ever since the couple relationship in the game, Bluegreen-Clad had slowly walked into her heart. She still remembered that he had not chosen Venus during the beauty contest and that he defended her when Never Deeply Attached was extremely aggressive towards her. She was deeply moved by what he had done for her. Even though she had not mentioned it, her heart had already leaned towards him. She had thought that they would develop a relationship slowly together, until one day she had the courage to tell Bluegreen-Clad that she had actually fallen for him. And at that time, if he had also liked her, they would be able to be officially together. That day did not come, but she chanced on Su Han. Haha, was this the will of God? Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but smile bitterly and let things go the way they were. She pressed on the power-off button of her computer, watching the gaming interface get forcibly closed. At the very last moment, the message "let''s divorce" was still lingering alone in the Private Chat channel. Bluegreen-Clad spent an hour digesting fully the matter that Zheng Xiaoguang had related to him. He took out his handphone and dialed Zheng Xiaoguang''s handphone number. However, even until the fifth time that the phone had rung, the telecommunications company still reminded him that the subscriber he dialed was power off. Bluegreen-Clad could not help but knit his eyebrows, opening his computer again to login to the Shiny Sky game. The notifications in the game revealed that the login was successful. He opened the friend list and found out that Blooming Pear Tree was truly online. He then bought a piece of equipment to locate the coordinate of the other party and then went to meet him by using the transfer technique. This time, Blooming Pear Tree was watching the World Boss Snow Qilin at twelve am. Hence, he harbored some hostility towards Bluegreen-Clad, who had come running over to find him. [Private Chat] Blooming Pear Tree: Why did you come here? I have waited for this Boss for half a day. Don''t you snatch that away from me! [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Add me into a group with you. I''ll help you kill the monster. Snow Qilin was a Boss that was very easy to defeat. Its level was only 40 and it would not release overpowered skills that would damage players¡¯ health by percentage. But its snow feathers, which were used to make the 120th level divine equipment, would drop after killing it. Considering the level limit of bosses for item-dropping in Shiny Sky, Blooming Pear Tree could only bring his own smurf, Fire Dance, to kill the Snow Qilin. Hence, there were only two people in his team, and it was possible to give Bluegreen-Clad a place. However... [Private Chat] Blooming Pear Tree: So you don''t need the snow feathers, do you? "Has Bluegreen-Clad acquired enough snow feathers already?" [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Yes. Since there was no competition, Blooming Pear Tree also very readily accepted Bluegreen-Clad''s help. In a short period of time, even though there some passersby or smurfs who had come to kill Boss specifically, no one had actually dared to harass the duo. Two god-like players from the Watery South region were here to kill Boss. Who would dare to offend them? Hence, they quickly ended the Boss battle. Moreover, they seemed lucky enough. Getting 10 snow feathers at one go, which was double the usual portion. [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: Let me give you 5 feathers. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: There''s no need. How many snow feathers are you lacking in the 120th level divine equipment that you are making? When we return to the Celestial Dynasty, I will go to the warehouse to get it for you. The hairs on Blooming Pear Tree stood up. Even though Bluegreen-Clad treated Zheng Xiaoguang very well and gave her whatever she wanted without her asking, it was rare for Bluegreen-Clad to treat him in this manner. He thought of the last time when Bluegreen-Clad was also so kind to him in order to "bribe" him. [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: I''m telling you that last time I did not know that you had a back-up plan, so I accepted your present, the physical Yellow Spring Spirit. At last, when I crafted a golden weapon with your present and found out I could not return it to you, I realized that you set me up. This time, just tell me what you want directly. Except for my sister Xiaoguang, anything else is negotiable. Blooming Pear Tree made up his mind and would not be mesmerized again by Bluegreen-Clad''s style of giving treats to seek help, this tactic of using "sugar-coated bullets". [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: I''m here for Xiaoguang. [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: Then you should stop speaking out. If you were truly good to her, I would not oppose you getting together. But if you were to cause her to suffer from any humiliation, I will not forget this matter just for the sake of a few snow feathers. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: I know. I only want you to help me with a small matter. As long as you agree, you are free to choose anything from my warehouse. Every player in the game had a warehouse. Players could open their warehouses in the NPC area by themselves. The game''s free warehouse squares were only 30 at the start. If players wanted to increase their squares, they would have to utilize the equipment from the shop, the "warehouse goody bags". Hence, people usually would not throw rubbish into the warehouse. It would be too wasteful this way. And as the god-like player of the Watery South, Bluegreen-Clad''s warehouse was filled with all sorts of precious material and special equipment. They were worth at least ten thousand RMB in total. [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: Talk about it first. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Do you know Su Han? He only knew Never Deeply Attached''s real name in the real world recently, but this should not be wrong. He waited silently for Blooming Pear Tree''s reply and did not expect that the other party''s reaction was unbridled anger. Chapter 76 That Dumbass [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: Do you know that dumbass? Upon seeing Bluegreen-Clad''s question, Blooming Pear Tree immediately thought of the guy that he hated and anxiously asked Bluegreen-Clad whether Xiaoguang met Su Han again. If Bluegreen-Clad had not stopped him in time, he would have called Zheng Xiaoguang immediately. Upon seeing Blooming Pear Tree''s reaction, Bluegreen-Clad had a rough idea of what had happened between Zheng Xiaoguang and Su Han before Blooming Pear Tree told him anything. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Xiaoguang told me that Su Han is her ex-boyfriend. [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: Yes. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: What happened to them? [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: What happened? What else could happen? You know this guy. Don''t you know what kind of person he is? Bluegreen-Clad thought that Su Han was a nice man but had a fatal weakness. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Sometimes, he''s really gullible. "He was easily deluded by Venus before," thought Bluegreen-Clad. [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: Huh, he''s such a push-over, but everyone considers him to be nice. They must''ve told you, "Su Han''s ex-girlfriend must be a really petty, ridiculous and unreasonable girl. Otherwise, how could a nice guy like him break up with her?" Upon seeing that, Bluegreen-Clad immediately thought of Han Meimei''s words and remained silent. [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: Hehe, you don''t need to tell me. I know it. But you''ve been married to her for such a long time. Don''t you know what kind of person she is? Is she a selfish and overbearing girl? [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: No, she is not. Bluegreen-Clad was lost in thought for a while. "Xiaoguang never demands anything from me except for asking me to stop playing together with Venus when she came to visit me in A City. She just didn''t want to play with this scheming girl. It was just a small request, but she still failed to stick it out. "When we fell out with Son of Heaven, she persuaded me to bring Venus back to the team. She''s always considerate and willing to put up with anything to avoid ruining my friendship with my regular teammates. "If I hadn''t exposed Venus'' secrets, she would''ve consented to Never Deeply Attached''s request and agreed to let Venus join the team again. "How can such a girl be unreasonable? Sometimes, I feel that she dare not ask me to do anything. She just doesn''t want to make things difficult for me at all." [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: Yes, you''re right. But that dumbass makes everyone believe that she''s a petty and selfish girl. Blooming Pear Tree had to admit that Su Han treated everyone nicely, but he thought that Su Han treated Xiaoguang exceptionally cruelly. Su Han had put all the blame on Xiaoguang and made her feel guilty when they broke up. As such, Xiaoguang chose to quit the game. She did not want this game to remind her of Su Han. More importantly, she was fed up with the players in the game who kept telling her that she was wrong. [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: Think about it. A girl was disappointed in love and got reproached by everyone. Those people did not know how much she sacrificed to maintain her relationship with Su Han. She nearly turned all her family and friends against herself. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Turned all her family and friends against herself? [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: Yes. Her parents used to strongly disapprove of their relationship. Xiaoguang worked hard to persuade them to trust Su Han. But in the end, that jerk broke up with her because his parents disapproved of her. Blooming Pear Tree could not help but sigh inwardly, "What a ridiculous thing." [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: Why did Su Han''s parents disapprove of her? Is it just because they met in an online game? [Team Captain] Blooming Pear Tree: That was what Su Han said. But you know what. His parents never met Xiaoguang, not even once. If Xiaoguang had really forced him to do something beyond his ability, it would''ve been alright for her to take the blame. I just hated this cowardly guy who dared not to strive for his love. If he could not give her any confidence, how could she feel secure? Because of this, they fell out a lot and eventually broke up. Blooming Pear Tree thought for a while. He discovered that he had seldom met a guy like Su Han. When this guy loved some girl, he was so kind and nice. When he stopped loving this girl, he acted so ruthlessly. He had even broken up with Zheng Xiaoguang by texting her. When Blooming Pear Tree came to see Zheng Xiaoguang in the hospital, Zheng Xiaoguang advised him not to pester Su Han. Nevertheless, upon seeing her plastered foot, he was filled with indignation. After leaving the hospital, he left R City for S City. To his surprise, when he found Su Han, he discovered that he was on a blind date. Blooming Pear Tree did not care about what Su Han''s date looked like. He was furious and just wanted to beat Su Han up on the spot. Upon thinking Zheng Xiaoguang''s words, he managed to suppress the urge. After sending his date away, Su Han asked, "Why are you here, big brother?" He still habitually referred to Blooming Pear Tree as big brother like Zheng Xiaoguang. Blooming Pear Tree felt disgusted upon hearing that and said, "Now that you''ve broken up with Xiaoguang, you should stop calling me big brother." Su Han felt somewhat helpless and said, "Although Xiaoguang and I have broken up, I still treat you as my friend." "Save it. I don''t want to be your big brother," Blooming Pear Tree snorted coldly and added, "I thought that you might still feel sad at this moment. I never expected you to go on a date and find another girlfriend so quickly. Well, this is not a big deal for a guy, but you''ve recovered too fast from a broken relationship." While saying this, he thought, "When I got angry and kept scolding Su Han, Zheng Xiaoguang always spoke for him. Most people will begin to despise their ex partners after breaking up, but she never accused Su Han of abandoning her. She just didn''t want to speak ill of the man that she used to love. "She would rather believe that Su Han left her just because of his parents and felt sad about their broken relationship too. She would even pity him for that. She tried her best to whitewash him to show her respect for their past. "But this Su Han, he doesn''t feel sad at all. He even goes on a date shortly after he breaks up with Xiaoguang. What a heartless man." Upon hearing Blooming Pear Tree''s words, Su Han did not seem to be embarrassed. Instead, he just said, in a matter-of-fact tone, "A man my age should get married, and my parents hope that I can find a wife as soon as possible." Blooming Pear Tree pretended to have just realized something and said, "Yeah, yeah. You''re a filial son of your parents. How do I forget that? Of course, you''ll do whatever they want, such as abandoning your girlfriend who treats you sincerely and going on a blind date they arranged for you." Su Han remained calm while being ridiculed by Blooming Pear Tree. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Is, Is she alright now?" "Wow, do you still care about her? I used to think that you would pretend that you''ve never known her before!" Blooming Pear Tree looked at him and continued, "Don''t you know whether she is alright£¿She has a plastered foot now. Do you think she''s alright?" Su Han signed. "Big brother, no I mean¡­ Please take care of her. Thank you." Blooming Pear Tree raised his eyebrows and said, "She''s my sister. Of course I''ll take care of her." Su Han turned his face to look at the hustling crowd on the street and added, "And... ask her to forget about me. We''re just not suitable for each other." Upon hearing this, Blooming Pear Tree could not control his emotions anymore. He clenched his fists and asked, "Not suitable? Why didn''t you think so when you asked me to help you chasing after her? Why didn''t you think so when you visited her parents?" In the meantime, he could not help but mock inwardly, "When everyone knows your relationship, you think that you''re not suitable for each other." Su Han lowered his head as he said, "It was really thoughtless of me to start this relationship." Blooming Pear Tree was stunned upon hearing that. He wondered, "What? Is this what he thinks? Does he really think that he should not take any blame for the breakdown of his relationship with Xiaoguang?" Blooming Pear Tree got furious. He smiled bleakly and asked, "So when you thought it through, you just sent her a text message to break up with her, didn''t you? Now her foot is broken, and you refuse to show any concern for her. What a heartless man you are. Have you ever thought for her?¡± Su Han frowned and said, "I did this for her sake. My mother said that if I went to see her, we would get into trouble." "What trouble? Is he saying that his mother is worried that Xiaoguang would refuse to let him go and keep pestering him?" Blooming Pear Tree thought to himself. He gnashed his teeth and said, "What an obedient son you are. You just believe whatever your mother says. You know Xiaoguang. Do you think that she''s an unreasonable girl?" Su Han looked up at Blooming Pear Tree with a blank expression on his face. Upon seeing that, Blooming Pear Tree felt even more irritated and asked, "Do you think that your mother knows her better than you do? You''ve known her for such a long time." Su Han thought about it carefully and then said helplessly, "I think that my mother really understands what girls think better than I do." These words made Blooming Pear Tree''s anger come to a boil. In the past, he had considered Su Han a great guy, as he was gentle, honest and even a little bookish. He had never expected him to be such a malleable person and regretted misjudging him. "It seems that you''re determined to be a ''dutiful'' son and have nothing to say to an unrestrained person like me. I wish you all the best for your future life, filial son of your parents." While saying this, Blooming Pear Tree felt relieved and thought, "Fortunately, Xiaoguang and this guy broke up. How can she tolerate such a guy? If she heard him saying these things by herself, she would be heartbroken." "I wish all the very best for her future life too," Su Han pretended not to understand Blooming Pear Tree''s irony and said. "Can you do me a favor? Find a guy who''s really suitable for her. As long as she starts a new relationship, she''ll quickly get over me." Blooming Pear Tree thought, "What? Is he worried that Xiaoguang will pester him if she can''t find another boyfriend quickly?" He sneered coldly and said, "Don''t worry. If she can''t get over you, I''ll beat her up to make her forget about you. I won''t allow her to pester you in the future. And I''ll find a good guy for her. You know what. I think that you don''t deserve her at all. You don''t even deserve to be remembered by her." Chapter 77 Two Worlds Zheng Xiaoguang decided to divorce Bluegreen-Clad and quit Shiny Sky Online. To her surprise, she felt sadder than she had imagined. As she had gotten used to his company, she felt empty and alone and had no inner resources against loneliness now. She felt agitated and restless. The harder she pushed herself to forget about the people and things in Shiny Sky Online, the harder it would be for her to control her emotions. Especially when she was alone, she would feel exceptionally sad. Her parents kept urging her to go out and find a boyfriend. As today she had a day off, she decided to hang out with her friends. She turned on her cellphone and sent messages to her ladybros, but most of their replies disappointed her. Ladybro 1: Sigh, why didn''t you ask me out earlier? I''m going on a trip with my boyfriend now. I''m not in R City. Ladybro 2: I worked overtime until 3 am this morning. Now I just want to get some sleep. Ladybro 3: Holy crap. You finally show up. How long has it been since the last time we hung out together? Don''t you know that now I have to work on Sundays? ¡­ In the end, only Yang Sisi accepted her invitation. "Well, as you finally decide to go out instead of staying at home, I''ll hang out with you. But we''ll go out with another friend. Let the four of us have some fun together. " Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat embarrassed and asked, "Isn''t that a little inconvenient for you?" "No. Don''t worry. That friend I mentioned just now is Tong Xiangyang. I''ve arranged a blind date for you and him. You can''t become a couple, but that does not mean that you can''t become friends. Just go out more often to meet new friends. Do you want to stay at home and hang out with your old friends all the time?" said Yang Sisi. Zheng Xiaoguang had to admit that Yang Sisi had a point and promised to go on a picnic together with them. This picnic was scheduled by Yang Sisi a long ago. Not long after talking with Zheng Xiaoguang on the phone, Yang Sisi, her husband and Tong Xiangyang came to fetch Zheng Xiaoguang. As Tong Xiangyang drove the car, Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly went to sit in the back of the car together with Yang Sisi. She still felt somewhat embarrassed upon seeing Tong Xiangyang again, although she agreed with Yang Sisi that she and Tong Xiangyang could become friends after a failed blind date. As soon as she took a seat, Yang Sisi poked her forehead with a finger and said, "If you didn''t call me out today, I would think that you''re determined to retire from the world." Zheng Xiaoguang felt a little pain and raised a hand to stop her while saying, "Look, I''ve come out. Just show me some mercy." "I wonder where you found the nerve to ask me to hang out with you!" Yang Sisi said with disdain, "Look at your ladybros. Most of them hang out with their boyfriends or husbands on weekends, only you''re still single and you often refuse to date or even come out to have some fun. I guess that only I agreed to hang out with you today. Am I right?" Zheng Xiaoguang lowered her head embarrassedly. She had to admit that she was indeed addicted to online games. She enjoyed playing together with Bluegreen-Clad so much that she seldom hung out with her ladybros in recent days. This was the biggest disadvantage of getting addicted to an online game. The virtual world was very different from the real world. A person would neglect many people and things in real life when he or she was busy exploring the gaming world. Once this person returned to the real world from the virtual world, he or she would find himself or herself in unfamiliar waters. His or her friends got emotionally detached from him or her. The shops that he or she had frequently visited before were no longer at their original locations. The rules of mahjong, poker and other popular games among their friends somehow always eluded him or her. Except for online games and Bluegreen-Clad, Zheng Xiaoguang was not interested in anything, since she had not come out to have fun for a long time. When she heard Tong Xiangyang and Yang Sisi''s husband chatting in the car, she found out that she had no idea what they were talking about as if she was a bumpkin who had come to the city for the first time. She did not know the most popular food trend or the newly-opened clubs in the city. When they asked her what she thought of the newly-opened pizza shop on the ground floor of her apartment building, she asked, "Is there such a shop?" When Yang Sisi excitedly discussed the recent special offers of the high street shops with her, she still looked confused. She exclaimed inwardly, "Oh, no. This sucks." "What''re you thinking about, Xiaoguang? Why do you keep silent all the time?" Yang Sisi stared at Zheng Xiaoguang who was in a daze now. Zheng Xiaoguang blinked her eyes innocently and explained. "I''m not thinking about anything. I just don''t know what you''re talking about." Yang Sisi''s eyes widened further as she asked, "Do you get stupid after playing too many games?" Upon hearing that, Tong Xiangyang who was driving the car asked, "Does Miss Zheng play games?" Zheng Xiaoguang felt awkward and wanted to cover Yang Sisi mouth to stop her from talking, since she had once told Tong Xiangyang that it was a waste of time for young people to play online games. Beyond her expectations, Yang Sisi just blurted out. ''Yes. She''s even addicted to it! She has stayed at home all the time and refused to hang out with us in recent days. She must''ve been playing some game again." "Is it true?" Tong Xiangyang seemed to be intrigued and continued to ask, "What game do you play now? An online board game or an adventure game? "Most girls like to play Dancer or something." Zheng Xiaoguang''s face turned as red as pork liver and hurriedly denied. "No, no, I don''t play any game now." To her surprise, Tong Xiangyang continued to ask, "So you must''ve played games before. What did you play?" Zheng Xiaoguang had no choice but stutter, "Shiny Sky." "Are you saying that you used to play Shiny Sky?" Tong Xiangyang and Yang Sisi asked simultaneously. Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised and hurriedly waved her hands while saying, "I''ve quit it. I don''t play it anymore." Yang Sisi grabbed her hand and asked, "Why didn''t you tell me about it? I''m playing this game too. Which server do you play on? What''s your ID?" "Didn¡¯t you despise me for playing online games before? How could I discuss this with you?" Zheng Xiaoguang asked in surprise. "Which server do you play on?" Yang Sisi laughed and replied, "I play on Watery South, and my ID is Half a Cup of Lovesickness." Zheng Xiaoguang was astonished. "What? Yang Sisi is the female doctor Half a Cup of Lovesickness, my bestie in the game!" In the past, Zheng Xiaoguang would have been excited upon hearing that, but now... She frowned helplessly and said, "I''ve quit it now. When I start to play another game, I''ll invite you to play together with me." Yang Sisi seemed to be somewhat disappointed and said, "It''ll be alright to play an online game for fun, as long as it does not affect your normal life. And this game is very popular now." After that, she turned to look at Tong Xiangyang and asked, "Which server do you play on?" Tong Xiangyang smiled and said, "I played it before, but I don''t play it anymore." "Huh? Why did you quit the game? We could''ve played together." Yang Sisi rolled her eyes dejectedly and then added. "Whenever you want to come back to the game, come to Watery South to find me. I''m in a gang now, and the gang members are great. Our gang boss is fierce." "Uh-huh, okay," Zheng Xiaoguang mumbled. Tong Xiangyang echoed, "Okay." Chapter 78 A Failed Attempt to Bring the Two People Together After driving for about half an hour, Zheng Xiaoguang and her friends finally reached their destination, the Green Lake Park. The Green Lake was a man-made lake, but as it covered a large area, the scenery of the park was great. Many couples would come to this park to take pre-wedding photos. The moment they had just parked their car, a man ran to negotiate with them. "Excuse me, we''re going to take pre-wedding photos here. Can you go to another place..." The man stuttered when he saw the opened trunk of their car. He could tell that they planned to have a picnic here. "Alright, we''ll leave," Tong Xiangyang graciously agreed. As such, they got into the car and drove away. Yang Sisi sighed. "Sigh, my dear Xiaoguang. When will you come here to take pre-wedding photos?" "Pre-wedding photos..." Zheng Xiaoguang somehow thought of Bluegreen-Clad. "But I''ve blocked Bluegreen-Clad. I even don''t know whether he tried to contact me. Even if he did, it would not change anything. I just don''t want to meet Su Han again." "I''ll shoot my pre-wedding photos someday," Zheng Xiaoguang replied flatly without expecting anything. She wondered, "Maybe someday, I''ll compromise and marry someone who is ''suitable'' for me." "Sign, I shouldn''t expect too much from you. I think Xiangyang looks more promising than you." Yang Sisi deliberately said this to change the topic. She asked Tong Xiangyang, "What kind of girl do you like, Xiangyang?" Tong Xiangyang found another picnic site and parked the car while saying, "I don''t really have too many requirements. I just want to find a girl who shares a common interest with me." "Then what''s your interest? Maybe Xiaoguang shares a common interest with you," Yang Sisi asked while exchanging a look with Zheng Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang glanced at the rearview mirror of the car and suspected that Tong Xiangyang saw what they had done just now. She felt embarrassed and looked out of the window, while pretending not to hear a thing. Upon seeing that, Yang Sisi had no choice but to hold Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand and said, "Alright, let''s get out of the car and help them." Zheng Xiaoguang felt much relieved upon hearing that and hurriedly got out of the car together with Yang Sisi. They went to help Yang Sisi''s husband Zhang Jing taking things out of the trunk. After a while, Tong Xiangyang came to find them and said, "You girls just take the table cloth and the food out of the trunk. I''ll help Zhang Jing carry the grills." Yang Sisi said smilingly, "Xiangyang is such a gentleman. Women significantly outnumbered men in our company, and the guys in our company are not as nice as Xiangyang. As such, we girls always do everything by ourselves when we''re moving office. Isn''t it, Xiaoguang?" As Yang Sisi kept praising Tong Xiangyang all the time, Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat helpless. She nodded and replied, "Uhm, But I think that''s alright. Now that men and women are equal, women can rely on themselves and don''t need to bother the guys." By saying this, she implied that she really did not need a guy now and wanted Yang Sisi to stop pushing her. Upon hearing that, Yang Sisi rolled her eyes at Zheng Xiaoguang to show her dissatisfaction. When Zhang Jing and Tong Xiangyang were busy carrying and setting up the grills and making fire, Yang Sisi looked at them and asked Zheng Xiaoguang, "Isn''t it good to have a guy to help you? Look at them. If we came here by ourselves and wanted to have a barbecue, we would have to go to a restaurant." "What? Why does she bring this up again? Well, I don''t mind having a barbecue at a restaurant." When Zheng Xiaoguang was about to voice her thought, she saw Yang Sisi staring at her and immediately swallowed the words back. "Well, I''ll go to make some sausage skewers," Zheng Xiaoguang said. She decided to avoid talking with Yang Sisi by getting herself busy. A moment later, Tong Xiangyang made fire and Zhang Jing went back to take the barbecue net and clips left in the car. Yang Sisi said to Tong Xiangyang, "Xiaoguang is really a nice and considerate girl. Do you think so, Xiangyang?" Zheng Xiaoguang, who was threading sausage onto bamboo skewers just now, had goose bumps all over her body upon hearing that. Tong Xiangyang did not seem to feel awkward at all. He echoed, "Hehe, Miss Zheng is indeed a nice and considerate girl." Fortunately, Zhang Jing quickly came back, and they started their barbecue. To prevent Yang Sisi from talking too much, Zheng Xiaoguang kept delivering her all kinds of delicious food. Yang Sisi was a smart girl and quickly realized what Zheng Xiaoguang was doing. She grabbed Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand and said, "Don''t serve me all the time, Xiaoguang. Don''t you need to thank Xiangyang? He has been roasting the meat for us all this while." Zheng Xiaoguang felt hesitant and looked down at her own chopsticks. When she was about to discuss "oral bacteria" with Yang Sisi, Tong Xiangyang politely rejected Yang Sisi''s proposal. "No, thanks. Just help yourself. I can take care of myself." Yang Sisi was persistent and quickly added, "Well, it''s rare for us to come out together. How about we take a photo together? Come on, Xiaoguang. Stand beside Xiangyang. I''ll take a photo of you, and you can post it on your WeChat Moments." "No, thanks." Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly shook her head and said. "The other may misunderstand it." Yang Sisi glared at Zheng Xiaoguang in a threatening way and urged. "Go, quickly!" To her surprise, Tong Xiangyang interjected, "Do you want to post a photo on your Moments? I''ll take a picture of you and Zhang Jing." He put down the clip and took out his cellphone as he said, "Come here, Zhang Jing. Sit together with your wife. I''ll take a picture of you and then sent it to you on WeChat." Zheng Xiaoguang heaved a long sigh of relief and thought, "Fortunately, Tong Xiangyang is not interested in me. And he''s really considerate." She put some roasted sausages and needle mushroom on Tong Xiangyang''s plate to show her gratitude for him. Upon seeing that, Yang Sisi was excited, as she thought that Zheng Xiaoguang did this to show affection to Tong Xiangyang. She hurriedly urged him. "Stop roasting the meat, Xiangyang. Come here to eat first." "Okay," Tong Xiangyang came up to them with a smile. To their surprise, he just drank some mineral water and did not touch the food that Zheng Xiaoguang gave him. "Eat, quickly." Yang Sisi urged. Tong Xiangyang looked hesitant and said embarrassedly, "In fact, I don''t like to eat roasted things..." "This is really awkward," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. "Lucky me, if I really liked this guy, I would be extremely disappointed now." Upon noticing that Zheng Xiaoguang and Tong Xiangyang did not seem to like each other very much, Yang Sisi felt frustrated. She exchanged a look with Zhang Jing, and Zhang Jing immediately realized what she wanted. He said, "How about we play badminton together after the picnic?" He thought that they would get to know more about each other by participating in this kind of interactive activity. To his surprise, both of them refused to play badminton together. Zheng Xiaoguang said, "Uhm, I don''t know how to play badminton." Tong Xiangyang said, "Oh, I forget to bring my badminton racket out today." Zhang Jing was surprised and wondered, "Is Tong Xiangyang serious? I remember that he takes a badminton racket with him every day. We often play badminton together during the lunch breaks at our company. Does he really forget to take it out today? Or, does he just want to use this as an excuse to turn me down?" Zhang Jing gave his wife an I-cannot-do-anything-about-it look. Yang Sisi twitched her mouth and sighed inwardly, "These two people really deserve to be single dogs." ("Single dog" is a Chinese Internet slang used to describe a single person.) Chapter 79 An Unexpected Visi t Today was the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. It was Chinese Saint Valentine''s Day. Zheng Xiaoguang''s company kindly let all of its employees have a day off today. As such, Zheng Xiaoguang slept until 10 am this morning. After lying in bed for another half an hour, she slowly got up. She was left alone in the apartment, which had three bedrooms, one living room and one dining room. Her parents joined a package tour and left early in the morning. Most of her friends and relatives also went out to enjoy the festival. She shuffled to the living room and watched TV to kill time. The moment she turned on the TV, she saw a family drama about mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. The vicious mother-in-law was pointing at the poor daughter-in-law and lambasting her, asking her to divorce her son. Zheng Xiaoguang had seen this family drama before. This mother-in-law had despised her daughter-in-law since her son had gotten married to this girl. When she was provoked by her married daughter, she became even more unsatisfied with her daughter-in-law and encouraged her son to divorce this girl. In the end, her son was forced to divorce his wife due to filial piety. This story told the audience that a relationship disapproved by one''s parents was difficult to maintain. It was a good family drama, but as Zheng Xiaoguang had watched it before, she did not want to watch it anymore. She fumbled for the remote controller and planned to watch some variety show. Right at this moment, her cellphone rang. She picked it up and found out that the call was from Blooming Pear Tree. "Hi, Xiaoguang. I''ve reached your apartment building," said Blooming Pear Tree. Zheng Xiaoguang was a little excited upon hearing his voice and asked, "Why do you suddenly come here, big brother?" He had never told her that he was going to visit her today. "I haven''t seen you for quite a long time. I just want to meet you," said Blooming Pear Tree. "Is there anyone else in your apartment? Is it convenient for you to come down now?" "I''m at home by myself. Please take the elevator and come up. I''ll open the door for you," replied Zheng Xiaoguang. After talking with her big brother on the phone, she hurriedly straightened everything up in the living room. When she had just tidied up the room, she heard the doorbell ring. She hurriedly opened the door and saw Blooming Pear Tree standing outside. He was about 182 centimeters tall and looked sturdy. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes. His skin was nicely-tanned and smooth. As it was quite hot today, he wore only a light blue shirt and a pair of black jeans. "Please come in." Zheng Xiaoguang invited him into her apartment and asked, "Aren''t you always busy with your work, big brother? Why do you suddenly have time to see me?" Blooming Pear Tree was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His father was a real estate developer who had made loads of money during the past several years, and his mother ran franchised hotels and owned a lot of properties. Despite that, he earned his own living by working as an engineer instead of flaunting his wealth and enjoying his life. Because of this, Zheng Xiaoguang respected him a lot. As he was always busy with different projects on construction sites, he seldom had time to meet Zheng Xiaoguang. Upon hearing Zheng Xiaoguang''s question, Blooming Pear Tree walked into the living room and asked, "What? Are you suggesting that I''m not welcome here?" "No, big brother. You''re welcome here." Zheng Xiaoguang said and then turned around, planning to go to the kitchen to make tea for him. Blooming Pear Tree stopped her. "You don''t need to make tea for me, Xiaoguang. It''s almost noon now. Let''s go downstairs to have lunch together," said Blooming Pear Tree. "Okay," Zheng Xiaoguang smiled and said. "Big brother, now that you''ve come to R City to visit me, you have to let me give you a treat. I know a good fish restaurant in the city. Let''s go there." Blooming Pear Tree touched her head and said, "Okay." Zheng Xiaoguang and Blooming Pear Tree went downstairs. When they arrived at the fish restaurant, she ordered the dishes and then went to sit opposite to Blooming Pear Tree. She said, "You know what, big brother. Once you order a fish which weighs more than 3.5kg in this restaurant, it''ll make two different dishes for you with the fish. I ordered tomato fish and black pepper fish. I hope that you''ll like them." Blooming Pear Tree nodded and said with a smile, "That''s great." Zheng Xiaoguang poured some tea into his cup and asked, "Hey bro, I''m just curious. Why do you come to visit me on Chinese Saint Valentine''s Day? Don''t you have a date today?" They had known each other for more than three years. Now both of them were urged by their parents to get married. Zheng Xiaoguang really wanted to know whether her big brother had found a girl that he wanted to marry. Blooming Pear Tree seemed to be somewhat displeased upon hearing this question. He gently knocked her on the head with his fingers and said, "Hey, little girl. Don''t interfere with your seniors'' personal affairs." Zheng Xiaoguang twitched her mouth and said, "I just heard some gang members say that you and Slightly Defected Moon..." Blooming Pear Tree directly interrupted. "Those are groundless rumors. How can you take them seriously? I''ve told everyone in the gang that I treat her as a brother." Right at this moment, a waiter brought the dishes to their table. Blooming Pear Tree added, "Just forget about it and enjoy your fish now." "Alright, let''s dive in," said Zheng Xiaoguang. In the meantime, she sighed inwardly, "It looks like that my big brother still can''t forget about the girl named Rose." Upon seeing the steaming fish hot pot, Zheng Xiaoguang felt that her pent-up appetite finally recovered a little. The moment she picked up her chopsticks, Blooming Pear Tree suddenly said, "Today is Chinese Saint Valentine''s Day. As your husband in the game, Bluegreen-Clad should spend some quality together with you in the game." Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned while holding her chopsticks in the air. She stuttered, "Uhm, he''s busy." "Really?" Blooming Pear Tree frowned and continued, "You haven''t been online these days. Neither has he. He even doesn''t spend Chinese Saint Valentine''s Day together with you... Tell me the truth. Did he do anything wrong?" Zheng Xiaoguang had never expected Blooming Pear Tree to think so. She hurriedly explained. "No, it''s not like that. He didn''t do anything wrong. He and I... I mean we''re just... " In the meantime, she thought worriedly, "I deliberately hide this thing from my big brother to avoid irritating him. But he still notices that there''s something wrong about Bluegreen-Clad and me. What can I say now?" Blooming Pear Tree raised his eyebrows and said, "Stop it. As you can''t say it clearly, I''ll go to find him. I guess that he can tell me what happened clearly. I''ll make him understand that no one can bully my sister." "No, big brother. Please don''t go to find him," said Zheng Xiaoguang. Blooming Pear Tree stared at her and asked, "Then can you tell me what happened between you and him?" "It seems that I have no choice but to tell him the truth," Zheng Xiaoguang sighed secretly. She took a deep breath and said, "Brother, I met Su Han in Shiny Sky, and Bluegreen-Clad knows him too. He''s a member of the League of Strong Families, and his ID is Never Deeply Attached." "So what? You don''t owe him anything. Why do you have to avoid him?" Blooming Pear Tree paused for a moment and added grimly, "Does Bluegreen-Clad mind your past relationship with Su Han?" "Does Bluegreen-Clad mind it? Shouldn''t he mind it?" Zheng Xiaoguang wondered. She slightly shook her head and said, "Listen, big brother. It''s I who decide to get a divorce. It has nothing to do with Bluegreen-Clad." Blooming Pear Tree seemed somewhat grumpy and said, "If you make this decision because of Su Han, I have to intervene. I''ll take you to find Bluegreen-Clad and talk this thing through after the meal. If you refuse to come with me, I''ll go to find him by myself. But without you being around, I can''t promise that I won''t beat him up..." "My big brother is really impetuous sometimes." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang felt worried and pleaded. "No, please, my dear big brother..." Chapter 80 A Surprise Party Zheng Xiaoguang failed to stop Blooming Pear Tree. When they reached A City, it was 5:00 pm and it was getting dark. Shortly afterwards, they came to Bluegreen-Clad''s house. Blooming Pear Tree got out of his car first, and Zheng Xiaoguang quickly caught up with him. When Blooming Pear Tree pushed the door open, she what stunned by what she saw. It looked like a classic love scene of a TV drama. The living room was lit by flashing lights. Colorful balloons were floating on the ceiling. Many places of the house were decorated with pink ribbons. Even Xunxun had a pink bow tie around its neck. Two rows of people standing on both sides of the door greeted her with a chorus of "Welcome, first lady of the gang. Happy Chinese Saint Valentine''s Day!" Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned and thought, "What? Where''s Bluegreen-Clad? Who can tell me what is going on here?" Upon seeing the confused look on her face, a short-haired girl, who stood right next to her, came up to her and greeted her cordially. "You must be Flowing Light. I''m Han Meimei." After that, a few more people went over there and introduced themselves to Zheng Xiaoguang. "Hi, I''m Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze." "I''m One-inch Monk." "Hi, first lady. I''m Nine-Tailed Red Fox~" ¡­ After greeting everyone, Zheng Xiaoguang hesitantly asked, "Do you come here for the gang party?" Han Meimei took her arm and said, "Yes, this is our gang party, but we''ve come here for a more important thing, which is to give you a special Chinese Saint Valentine''s Day." She turned to the two rows of people and continued, "We come here to help our gang boss, don''t we?" The crowd all said in unison: "Yes!" Zheng Xiaoguang looked at them and then saw Bluegreen-Clad standing at the other end of the passageway between the two rows of people. In fact, she had lied to Blooming Pear Tree and never really planned to stop him from taking her to meet Bluegreen-Clad. Deep down inside her heart, she wanted to meet Bluegreen-Clad again. He looked handsome as always. He wore a white T-shirt and a pair of casual pants. He walked toward her with a bunch of her favorite champagne roses in hand. He treated her as a princess. Zheng Xiaoguang''s heart began to race, and she suddenly realized something. "Bluegreen-Clad must''ve planned everything beforehand. He secretly brought these members of the League of Strong Families here to give me a surprise party and managed to persuade my big brother Blooming Pear Tree to delude me and drag me here." Bluegreen-Clad stopped in front of her and handed the roses to her while asking, "Would you like to be my girlfriend in real life, Xiaoguang?" Zheng Xiaoguang looked at him and felt as if she were in a dream. She guessed that Bluegreen-Clad had arranged these things but she could not figure out why he did this. Han Meimei smiled and released Zheng Xiaoguang''s arm. She went to join the crowd behind Bluegreen-Clad and cheered together with them. "Say yes! Say yes! Say yes!" Bluegreen-Clad whispered to Zheng Xiaoguang, "If you refuse me, I''ll be humiliated in front of everyone." Zheng Xiaoguang received his roses to express agreement without thinking too much. She thought this might be because of his gentle smile or the enthusiastic cheers of the crowd. Bluegreen-Clad hugged her around her waist to pull her closer to him. She whispered to him, "How did you buy my brother over?" As Blooming Pear Tree remained calm all the time, she thought, "My big brother must''ve worked together with Bluegreen-Clad to delude me. He even lied to me that he was going to beat Bluegreen-Clad up." Upon hearing her question, Bluegreen-Clad just blinked at her and whispered, "I''ll tell you later." He turned around and said to the crowd, "I have one important thing to announce. Now that Flowing Light has promised to be my girlfriend, she''ll be the only first lady of the League of Strong Families." The gang members fired their confetti cannon and burst into cheer. "Congratulations, gang boss and the first lady. Wish you a long-lasting relationship and an early birth of a healthy baby!" Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang flushed with embarrassment and thought, "What? This is not a wedding party. Why do they wish us an early birth of a healthy baby?" Bluegreen-Clad did not feel awkward at all. He naturally held her hand. He said, "Thank you all for coming here to join this party. You can come to me to get your travel reimbursement. And all the entertainment expenses here are also borne by me. Just enjoy yourself and have fun." "Yeah! Thanks boss. You''re so generous," said some gang member. "Thank you, boss. Thank you, first lady!" Someone echoed. "Our boss really adores our first lady. Net-love can be sweet too. I believe in love again~" Bluegreen-Clad remained calm in the face of their undisguised admiration. After a while, he turned to look at Zheng Xiaoguang and said, "You go to play first. I''ll go to the kitchen to see how everything is prepared?" Zheng Xiaoguang stared at him in surprise and asked, "Are you saying that you cook for us today?" In the meantime, she thought worriedly, "Will everyone be sent to a hospital after eating the food prepared by Bluegreen-Clad?" Bluegreen-Clad chuckled and said, "Don''t worry. It''s a buffet prepared by Li Lei." The big-screen TV in the living room became a karaoke TV now, the gang members cuddled up together on the two sofa sets in the room and sang karaoke. The female doctor Nine-Tailed Red Fox was less than 160 centimeters tall, but she was very cute and lovely. When everyone was modestly declining to sing the first song, she stood up and said, "I''ll sing the first song. I want to sing ''I have to love'' for our first lady. Who''s going to sing together with me?" The tall boy whose game name was Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze stood up and said, "I''ll sing together with you!" When the music began, Han Meimei walked up to Zheng Xiaoguang and asked, "You''ve been offline for quite a few days. Tell me the truth, Xiaoguang. Is it because you were busy dating our gang boss?" Zheng Xiaoguang blushed with embarrassment and said, "No..." "Hehe, I didn''t expect you two to become a real couple so soon," Han Meimei smiled and patted Zheng Xiaoguang on the shoulder. "Bluegreen-Clad really adores you. To throw this surprise party, he promised not only to cover all the expenses but also to give each of us an action figure of a character in the game. Well, even if he did not promise to give us these things, we would still love to help him." Zheng Xiaoguang''s face became redder. She said bashfully, "Thank you." Han Meimei blinked at her and said, "You know what. Son of Heaven is here too. Li Lei and Never Deeply Attached have taken turns to persuade him to come back over the past few days. Fortunately, he finally straightened out his thinking and decided to come to the party. He even said that he wanted to apologize to you in person." At this moment, Nine-Tailed Red Fox had finished singing the song. Nevertheless, Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze refused to give the microphone to anyone else. "Haha, this is a nice party. I want to confess to Nine-tailed here. Nine-tailed, will you marry me?" said Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze. "Huh? Do you want to borrow this party from our gang boss and make it a gift for Nine-tailed? How can you do that, Spring Breeze?" "Sister Nine-tailed, don''t promise him anything. This confession cannot count. Let him prepared a gift for you by himself the next time." Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze anxiously scratched his head and ears and said, "No, it''s not like that. It has taken me a long time to pluck up my courage to confess to Nine-tailed in person. I really like you, Nine-tailed. Can you promise me?" Everyone was laughing and playing excitedly. At the same time, Bluegreen-Clad and the other guys finished preparing the food and walked out of the kitchen while carrying the dishes. Han Meimei pulled Zheng Xiaoguang up and asked her to help the guys together with herself. Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised when she saw the last guy leaving the kitchen. Chapter 81 Congratulations Even after one year, Zheng Xiaoguang still recognized him at the first glance. He was Su Han. When Zheng Xiaoguang saw Su Han, Su Han also saw her. He wore a cardigan sweater and carried two dishes of fruit. When he saw Zheng Xiaoguang, he looked somewhat confused. Han Meimei came up and introduced the guys to Zheng Xiaoguang. "Allow me to introduce them to you, Flowing Light. This is my boyfriend Li Lei. This is Son of Heaven." After that, she introduced Su Han with a smile, "And this is Never Deeply Attached. You know what. He has come here all the way from S City." Zheng Xiaoguang looked at the three men. Li Lei was as tall as Bluegreen-Clad but a little overweight. Son of Heaven was short and thin and looked somewhat haggard. As for Su Han, he did not change very much. He still wore a pair of glasses and looked somewhat bookish. Over the past year, Zheng Xiaoguang had managed to recover from her failed relationship. Now, she did not mind mentioning the failed relationship or playing online games anymore. Neither did she have to stop herself from thinking about Su Han all the time. She no longer suffered from insomnia and stopped crying for and regretting the failed relationship. She believed that she could tell Su Han that she did not love him or hate him anymore and he did not need to avoid her. Despite that, upon seeing him here, Zheng Xiaoguang still felt somewhat at a loss. She had never expected to meet him under such circumstances. Neither had she expected that Bluegreen-Clad would have invited Su Han to the party after knowing their past relationship. At this moment, Bluegreen-Clad came to join them. He held Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand and talked to the guys with a smile. "This is my girlfriend Zheng Xiaoguang. She''s the female doctor Flowing Light in the game." She felt secure when Bluegreen-Clad held her hand. She suddenly realized what he was doing. She thought, "The reason he invites Su Han to the party is that he wants to let him know that we''re a couple now. "If Su Han has gotten over me, he''ll pretend not to know me and say ''congratulations'' to us." Zheng Xiaoguang finally smiled. She held Bluegreen-Clad''s hand tightly and said to the three guys, "Nice to meet you, I''m Flowing Light." "Nice to meet you, I''m Li Lei. Congratulations," Li Lei greeted Zheng Xiaoguang cordially. Son of Heaven looked somewhat nervous and said, "Nice to meet you, Flowing Light. I''m Son of Heaven. As to the things that happened before¡­ "I want to say that I''m really sorry." "That''s alright," Zheng Xiaoguang was never a vengeful person and readily accepted his apology. After that, she looked at Su Han. Upon seeing Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad standing side by side, Su Han felt somewhat awkward, his smile stiffened on his face. He wanted to say "congratulations'', but the word just somehow got stuck in his throat. Zheng Xiaoguang remained perfectly calm and composed and looked at him with a smile. Su Han still failed to utter a word, and the atmosphere was getting somewhat awkward. When Han Meimei confusedly looked at them, Blooming Pear Tree, who had been sitting on the sofa all this while, came to stand between Zheng Xiaoguang and Su Han. "I feel much better after having a rest on the sofa. Let me help you guys." With these words, Blooming Pear Tree stretched himself and took a dish of fruit from Su Han. Su Han was startled and finally took the situation in. When he was about to say something, Blooming Pear Tree interrupted him. "Bluegreen-Clad, take Xiaoguang to have a rest. She feels tired after traveling in the car. I''ll help you take care of your guests here." Bluegreen-Clad nodded approvingly, "Okay, thank you very much." "You''re welcome, boss," Han Meimei said smilingly. "Your deputy gang boss Li Lei is here. We''ll take good care of the gang members. Go to spend some quality time together with Flowing Light." Bluegreen-Clad knew that Han Meimei assumed that they just wanted to find a chance to spend some time together. He did not explain anything. After thanking Li Lei, he took Zheng Xiaoguang to the second floor. Upon seeing them going upstairs, Blooming Pear Tree felt relieved and turned to look at Su Han, who still looked somewhat stunned. He thought, "A year ago, Xiaoguang was still reluctant to mention anything about Su Han. She tried her best to forget about him. She quit Flying Deity before he quit the game. She even refuses to contact her friends in the game again. "I used to think that they won''t meet again, but... Sigh, what a coincidence. "Anyhow, I''d better have a serious talk with Su Han now." "Hi, Su Han. It''s been a while." Blooming Pear Tree looked coldly at him and said, "Can I have a word with you now?" After recognizing Blooming Pear Tree, Su Han finally ensured that Flowing Light was indeed his ex-girlfriend Zheng Xiaoguang. Su Han nodded to Blooming Pear Tree. As Han Meimei, Li Lei and Son of Heaven were busy serving the dishes, no one paid much attention to them. They left the living room and walked to the empty balcony successively. After some hesitation, Su Han stuttered, "She, I mean Xiaoguang... and Bluegreen-Clad..." "They''re in love." Blooming Pear Tree interjected. "As you wish, she finds another boyfriend and won''t pester you again." Beyond Blooming Pear Tree''s expectations, Su Han did not look relieved. He asked, "But she... How can you let her fall in love with Bluegreen-Clad?" Blooming Pear Tree found this hilarious and asked, "Why can''t I? Is it because Bluegreen-Clad is your friend?" "No, it''s not because of this." Su Han frowned and added. "This is a net-love and a long-distance relationship again. It''s nothing different from, from our failed relationship." Blooming Pear Tree looked at Su Han with disdain, "No, it''s not the same. Do you think that all the other men in the world are just like you, who even dare not to strive for his own love?" "No, it was not like that. I broke up with her because we were not suitable for each other and our relationship was doomed to fail." Su Han retorted "Do you still believe that your relationship with her is doomed to fail?" Blooming Pear Tree shook his head and asked. "Do you still firmly believe everything that your mother tells you, Su Han?" "Is there anything wrong about it?" asked Su Han. Su Han always believed everything that his parents told him since he thought that they were more experienced than him and would never lie to him. Upon seeing Su Han''s reaction, Blooming Pear Tree felt helpless. He looked coldly at Su Han and said, "I guess we really have nothing in common. That''s why it''s so hard for us to exchange a few words. I just want to tell you something. Now that your relationship with Xiaoguang has failed, I hope that you won''t intervene in her future life. "Let all of us pretend that we didn''t know one another before." Chapter 82 Su Hans Story After being ridiculed by Blooming Pear Tree, Su Han sighed deeply. Years ago, he had been sincerely in love with Xiaoguang. He liked this lovely and kind girl and chased after her. With the help of her big brother Blooming Pear Tree, he and Xiaoguang quickly start a relationship. She was a nice girl. She never made excessive demands or pestered him to accompany her. Although it was a net-love, they still felt happy and contented. Su Han did not understand why their relationship had suddenly changed when they decided to tell their parents that they wanted to get married. In the beginning, his parents refused to accept Xiaoguang because they could not trust a girl that he met on the Internet. They said, "How much do you know about a girl you meet online? There are so many highly skillful swindlers on the Internet. You''re always so honest and pure-minded. You''ll get cheated by them without knowing anything about it." He retorted, "She''s not a swindler. I''ve met her family!" After that, his parents still refused to accept Xiaoguang since she lived far away from them. They said, "You know what. People have different social customs and habits everywhere. She lives so far away from us, and we know nothing about the people in her place. You can fall in love with whoever you want, Xiaohan. But you have to be careful about your marriage decision. You''d better marry a girl who comes from a similar background and shares similar thoughts with you! "This is a long-distance relationship, and R City and S City are far apart. If you marry her, where will you settle down? What about your and your children''s household registration records?" Upon hearing them nagging, he could not help but think, "No wonder all my cousins obeyed their parents and married girls in this city in the end. Besides, there are indeed many practical problems." He did not talk back. Instead, he remained silent to express his dissatisfaction. He was well aware that his parents were very conservative and stubborn. They always used pressure tactics to make him do whatever they said. They repeatedly asked him to break up with Xiaoguang and found another girlfriend who was more suitable for him. His mother held his hand and said, "My dear son, you''re too young to understand these things. You think that we''re stubborn, but we''re much more experienced than you. We know more about people than you do. That girl is not suitable for you." He retorted, "I have feelings for her. I like her and want to marry her. We''ve maintained our relationship for such a long time. Doesn''t it mean that we''re suitable for each other? "More importantly... "You haven''t even met Xiaoguang, mom. How can you be so sure that we''re not suitable for each other?" That was the first time in his life that he had questioned the mother directly His mother sighed, "You''re carried away by your feelings and just want to be together with her now. But you have to understand that marriage is not all about love. Once your feelings faded, you''ll fall out a lot." He was puzzled and asked, "Why will we fall out a lot?" He did not believe that as he considered Xiaoguang a very considerate girl. To his surprise, his mother said affirmatively, "Believe it or not. I''ll avoid her for some time, you just wait and see whether you''ll fall out a lot." Su Han did not grant his mother''s request as he wanted to keep his promise to Xiaoguang. He promised her that he would persuade his parents to meet her. As such, he begged his mother to give them a chance. His mother agreed to meet Zheng Xiaoguang in the end. Beyond his expectations, when Zheng Xiaoguang was ready to visit them before the spring festival, his mother suddenly said that it was inconvenient for the girl to travel alone for such a long time and refused to meet her. After that, it took him another four months to make his mother agree to meet Xiaoguang. Strangely enough, when Zheng Xiaoguang was going to S City, Su Han''s aunt invited his parents to go on a trip together with her family, and they left just one day before Zheng Xiaoguang''s arrival. When Zheng Xiaoguang met him, she disappointingly asked him, "Are your parents avoiding me?" In fact, Su Han had similar doubts. After sending Zheng Xiaoguang away, his parents came back. He directly asked his mother whether she was deliberately avoiding his girlfriend. His mother denied it and said he was oversensitive. "Then when will you meet her?" asked Su Han. "Just wait a little longer," his mother said. "I''ll tell you when I confirm the date. Don''t let the girl take another fruitless trip." Upon hearing that, Su Han decided to give his mother some more time. To his surprise, Xiaoguang quarreled with him not long after the fruitless trip. That was the first time that Xiaoguang had gotten angry with him. She said, "Your parents just don''t want to meet me, do they?" Su Had was suspicious about that too, but he refused to believe that his parents had deliberately lied to him. "Xiaoguang, my parents really don''t have the time to meet you recently. I can''t force them to meet you." He watched her weeping sadly on the screen and felt helpless. "What if your parents keep avoiding me forever?" asked Zheng Xiaoguang. Upon hearing that, he thought, "What? Is she asking me to make a choice between her and my parents? I have to be filial to my parents. How can she push me like that and make such an excessive demand?" As such, their bickering quickly escalated into a cold war, and both of them refused to back down. That was the first time that Su Han had found out that Zheng Xiaoguang was not always an amiable and considerate girl. He wondered, "Does she change? Or, just as my mom said, I don''t know her well enough." Gradually, he began to avoid Xiaoguang. He dared not talk to her or log onto Flying Deity again. He just did not want her to push him so hard. He did not understand why his life suddenly became so stressful. Afterwards, he realized that without Xiaoguang, he could live a more relaxed life. He decided to follow the advice of his parents and gave up on his relationship with Xiaoguang. "How about we break up? I can''t stay by your side every day, and my parents can''t accept you. You''d better find a boyfriend in the city where you live," said Su Han. Zheng Xiaoguang did not want to give up and kept calling him. He dared not receive her calls. She texted him. "Tell me the real reason." He felt helpless. What he said was the real reason, but Zheng Xiaoguang just refused to believe it. In the end, he had no choice but to tell her what his parents had said to him. "My parents said that I can fall in love with whoever I want, but I have to be careful about my marriage decision." After a long time, Zheng Xiaoguang texted him. "I see. Take care of yourself." This was the last conversation between them. When he confirmed that Zheng Xiaoguang had given up, he felt relieved. He said to his mother, "Mom, I was wrong. You''re right about her. We did fall out a lot recently." He felt lucky. He thought that he ended this relationship in time and saved himself from having lots of trouble after getting married to Zheng Xiaoguang. He continued to go to work every day, and his family began to arrange blind dates for him. He never refused to go on such a blind date, as he knew that he had to get married. He met quite a lot of good girls on the blind dates, who were well-educated and had good jobs and good backgrounds. Nevertheless, as none of these girls shared a common interest with him, he really did not know what to talk about when dating them. He was never discouraged by this fact, as he firmly believed that one day he would find a girl who was suitable for him, get married and settle down like his cousin. Not long after breaking up with Zheng Xiaoguang, he heard that she was injured and lying in a hospital. He planned to pay her a visit as a friend to show his concern. Upon knowing his plan, his mother stopped him. "Why bother paying her a visit now? You''ve broken up with her. If you go to see her, she''ll think that she still has a chance with you and that you two can be back together. It''s impossible. Why bother letting her down again? " Su Han thought that his mother had a point and thus did not go to visit Xiaoguang. To his surprise, Blooming Pear Tree suddenly came to S City to find him. He knew that Blooming Pear Tree treated Zheng Xiaoguang as a real sister. In Flying Deity, she had risked her life to rescue Blooming Pear Tree for many times when he got a red ID and hunted down by other players in the PVP regions. Back then, Zheng Xiaoguang had been a low-level doctor. Despite that, she never minded ruining her own equipment to save her big brother. Given this adversity-tested friendship between them, Su Han understood why Blooming Pear Tree got so angry with him when meeting up with him in S City. Now that a few years had passed, Su Han still believed that he did nothing wrong. He thought, "When I fell in love with Zheng Xiaoguang, I treated her sincerely and asked Blooming Pear Tree for help. When I found out that we were not suitable for each other, I immediately broke up with her. I never two-timed her. By ending our relationship in time, I gave her the chance to start all over again as soon as possible. Is there anything wrong about it? "Over the past year, I''ve sincerely hoped that she''ll find a guy who''s suitable for her and live a happy life. Why does Blooming Pear Tree still hates me so much? "Besides, why does Blooming Pear Tree allow Zheng Xiaoguang to start a relationship with Bluegreen-Clad? "Bluegreen-Clad told me that he would never break up with his girlfriend because his parents disapproved of her when we were playing the additional instance together. But I don''t think that it''ll be easy for him to convince his parents that it''s alright to maintain such a relationship. As this is a net-love and a long-distance relationship, they themselves will fall out frequently. Why does Blooming Pear Tree let Zheng Xiaoguang start such a relationship, which is doomed to fail, again?" With this in mind, Su Han could not help but add, "I really hope that she''ll be happy. I don''t want her to repeat her past mistakes. If you want to take good care of her, you shouldn''t..." Blooming Pear Tree impatiently interjected, "I''ve told you that you''d better not intervene in her future life. She doesn''t need your care." "How can I not care about her?" Su Han frowned and said. "If Bluegreen-Clad knows about our past relationship, will he mind it? "Even if he doesn''t mind it, what everyone else will think when they know about this? He thought that Blooming Pear Tree had similar worries, but to his surprise, Blooming Pear Tree just looked at him and said, "As long as you don''t tell them, they won''t know about it and everything will be alright." "But..." He still wanted to say something but got stuck for words. Blooming Pear Tree interrupted him, "Su Han, as you can''t make her happy, you should wish her happiness like a man." Chapter 83 To Let It Go Zheng Xiaoguang quietly snuggled up beside Bluegreen-Clad in the room. "Thank you," she said. She felt grateful that he did so much to comfort her. "Do you still hate him?" Bluegreen-Clad asked softly. Zheng Xiaoguang knew that he was talking about Su Han. She felt somewhat hesitant and frowned slightly, since she would always tell others that she had gotten over him and forgotten about this thing a long time ago. It was a lie. She hated Su Han. After a while, she replied seriously, "I hated him before, as he always told me that his parents and all his relatives and friends were stubborn and he had to compromise with them. He even broke up with me before earning a chance for me to meet his parents." She could not remember how many players in Flying Deity had tactfully asked her how she had wrecked her relationship with Su Han. She only remembered that since breaking up with him, she had never logged onto Flying Deity again. She had even applied to her company for a business travel to avoid her parents and friends, as she was worried that they would ask her about her relationship with Su Han. She did not know how to explain this thing to them. A week later, she broke her foot and thus was sent back home. When Blooming Pear Tree came to visit her in the hospital, she lied to her parents that he was her college senior. Zheng Xiaoguang pursed her lips and said, "Su Han never knows how much he hurt me and my parents. Over the past year, I haven''t been able to fall in love with anyone or accept anyone''s love. My parents dare not allow me to date anyone I meet on the Internet." She had felt inferior when Su Han had just broken up with her. Su Han''s accusation made her feel that everything was her fault. She blamed herself for being immature and losing trust in her boyfriend. She believed that it was she herself that wrecked their relationship. She even thought that she was not suitable or eligible to love anyone. Therefore, she dared not question or "pester" Su Han. Instead, she hid from everyone and quit Flying Deity to avoid Su Han and all her friends in the game. Afterwards, many of her friends helped her to see that the failure of a relationship often was not the sole responsibility of either party. Both she and Su Han should be responsible for it. Despite that, she still dared not love another man. She had tried her best to maintain her relationship with Su Han and did not know what else she should do to get a long-lasting relationship. She was afraid that she would have to face another failed relationship after loving another man wholeheartedly. Upon hearing her words, Bluegreen-Clad gently hugged her and said, "I''m sorry to hear that, Xiaoguang. I wish that I could''ve been there to accompany you." Zheng Xiaoguang shook her head and said, "Don''t say that. You really treat me well enough." Over the past year, she had felt inferior, troubled and worried and gotten used to suppress her own emotions. She dared not trust anyone in case that she would be disappointed again. It was after she met Bluegreen-Clad that everything began to change. When Baby 520 ambushed her and when Little Girl and Venus slandered her, Bluegreen-Clad always stood by her side and helped her out. He made her realize how great it was to have a man to rely on. Her resolve to remain single was shaken when she saw him teasingly asking Li Lei to help him chase after her. Unfortunately, Su Han popped out again and told everyone that his ex-girlfriend was a petty and unreasonable girl. Han Meimei and Li Lei never doubted what he said, and Han Meimei even complained about Su Han''s ex-girlfriend in front of her. After that, she could not help but to ask Bluegreen-Clad some probing questions. When she thought that Bluegreen-Clad looked hesitant, she immediately decided to push him away. Zheng Xiaoguang gently hugged and said, "When I knew that Never Deeply Attached is Su Han, I was very afraid of being recognized by him. I was even more afraid that you would hate me because of what he said about me. Given this, I... "I took the initiative to tell you the truth and ask for a divorce." The reason Zheng Xianguang had done this was that she wanted to keep her dignity and avoid getting hurt again. "What a silly girl." Bluegreen-Clad touched her head and sighed. Upon hearting that, she thought, "Yes, I''m silly and cowardly. Fortunately, Bluegreen-Clad doesn''t leave me because of that. He has even found a way to help me come around. He''s the one that I can rely on. "Thank goodness, I met him. Because of him, I know what I really want." She took a deep breath and said, "Bluegreen-Clad, thank you for inviting him here. Now I can finally say that I don''t hate him anymore, because I''ve already gotten over him." Just now, when Bluegreen-Clad had held her hand and taken her away, she had realized that she had already gotten over Su Han. She felt awkward upon seeing Su Han again not because she still hated him but because he reminded her of how silly she had been three years ago. She felt embarrassed about having been so stupid before but did not feel a thing for Su Han anymore. She even discovered that she became unprecedentedly calm when talking about her relationship with Su Han again. She even began to feel grateful for Su Han since he had dumped her mercilessly and refused to see her in the hospital. What Su Han had done made her feel desperate, so she could hate him without any hesitation. It was much easier for her to forget about hate than to forget about love. "Why do you keep thanking me?" Bluegreen-Clad touched her head and continued, "You don''t need to say that. You''re my girlfriend." Zheng Xiaoguang looked up at him in disbelief. "What? Didn''t you do that to help me get over Su Han? Do you really want me to be your girlfriend?" Since entering this house together with Blooming Pear Tree, she had felt surprised about everything here. Upon seeing Su Han, she had thought, "Bluegreen-Clad must''ve organized this party to let me meet Su Han again and help me get over this man." Upon hearing Bluegreen-Clad call her his girlfriend, she got confused again. "I like you, Xiaoguang." Bluegreen-Clad smiled slightly. "I, Lu Mingxuan, a 28-year-old single man who has a house and a car and runs a small company, now formally ask you to start a relationship with me." She could not believe what she had just heard and wondered, "What? Did Bluegreen-Clad say that he likes me?" "You don''t have to say this to make me feel good." Zheng Xiaoguang tried her best to make her voice sound calm. "You really don''t need to say so because you take pity on me." She thought to herself, "It''ll be great if Bluegreen-Clad really likes me. But that''s impossible. I know myself well." Bluegreen-Clad looked at her and said calmly, "You know what. It was I who asked your big brother to marry you off to me for the alliance between the Matchless and the League of Strong Families." Chapter 84 The Confession Zheng Xiaoguang sprang back with a start while looking at Bluegreen-Clad in shock. "What did you say?" asked she. "To be more exact, I deliberately asked your big brother to ally himself with me as a way to delude you into marrying me," replied Bluegreen-Clad. "What?" Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned. "Do you still believe that I was forced to marry you for the sake of the so-called alliance?" Bluegreen-Clad asked, and his lips curved into a smile. "Do you really think that someone is able to force me to do such a thing?" Upon hearing that, she thought, "Yes, I used to doubt it very much. I''ve never figured out how my big brother managed to make the god-like Bluegreen-Clad marry me.'' Bluegreen-Clad continued, "At first, your big brother refused to marry you off to me. I played a trick on him to make him promise me. Later, he put on an act together with me in case that you would refuse to marry me." "What? Is he saying that they deluded me into marrying him by building an alliance?" Zheng Xiaoguang thought in surprise. "Bluegreen-Clad!" Zheng Xiaoguang gritted her teeth and asked, "Are you saying that you began to scheme against me a long time ago?" Although she had teasingly asked him whether he had plotted against her when he exposed Venus'' secrets, she had never expected him to have really done such a thing to her. Bluegreen-Clad beamed brightly and said, "Don''t get upset. I have something else to tell you. In fact, it was I that sent you the VIP ticket for the Shiny Sky reality show. I just wanted to coax you into coming to A City to meet me. Otherwise, a ''prudent'' girl like you would never agree to meet me offline." Zheng Xiaoguang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Was it you again that asked Venus to team up with us on that night?" "No. How could I do that? I spent the whole day with you," Bluegreen-Clad explained calmly. "However, I did use her to make you jealous." Zheng Xiaoguang''s eyes widened in surprise, as she thought. "Well, now I see how desperate Venus used to feel. Faced with such a strong opponent like Bluegreen-Clad, I really have no chance to control the situation." Before Zheng Xiaoguang burst with anger and shame, Bluegreen-Clad took her hand and pulled her closer to himself. He said, "Listen, Xiaoguang. I dare to admit this because I really like you. "Although I used to set you up, but I never wanted to hurt you. When Li Lei asked for a leave to meet Meimei''s parents, I used to ask him to help me chasing after you. You asked me whether I was joking. Now, I want to tell you that I always take you seriously." "He said that he always takes me seriously!" Zheng Xiaoguang repeated this sentence in her mind, and then she began to wonder, "Does this mean that he really meant it when he asked me to be his girlfriend before." "If so... Why didn''t you tell me this before?" She stuttered, and her cheeks flushed red. "If I had told you before, you would''ve been scared away a long time ago," Bluegreen-Clad looked at her seriously and continued, "Let me guess. My timid wife in the game must''ve been thinking about divorcing me since marrying me. Am I right?" Upon hearing that, she sighed inwardly, "Sigh, it looks like he saw me through a long time ago! When I first married him, I did believe that we would end up getting a divorce sooner or laters. Given this, I told him, ''You can divorce me whenever you meet a girl you like.'' "However, I changed after meeting him in A City. Since coming back from the city, I''ve been very active in the League of Strong Families. "That being said, I was not ready to accept his love when Li Lei and Han Meimei decided to make their virtual relationship real. If he had told me everything back then, I probably would''ve really been scared away." "You''re really too smart, Bluegreen-Clad." Zheng Xiaoguang sighed. "Everything is under your control." Bluegreen-Clad suddenly became serious and said, "No, no one can control everything. When Shallow Sleep, the elder of the Sacred Temple proposed to you, I was really worried that you would promise him." Bluegreen-Clad knew that it was not her own decision to marry him and she did suffer a lot of injustice in the League of Strong Families. "So you saw that message from Shallow Sleep. Why didn''t you ask me anything about it?" asked Zheng Xiaoguang. She used to think that he had never seen that message. Bluegreen-Clad shook his head and said, "I didn''t ask you anything about it since I was not sure whether you wanted to stay married to me at that time. Just like today, when I''m not sure whether you''ll come here and promise to be my girlfriend, I can only ask your big brother for help. I think if I don''t confess to you now, you''ll never come back to me again." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiangguang thought, "Sure enough, the sudden appearance of Su Han caught both of us unprepared." "Just now, you thought that I confessed to you because I took pity on you. But now, I think you''ve already found out the truth after hearing all that I''ve said," Bluegreen-Clad said earnestly. She nodded slightly. Now she was sure that Bluegreen-Clad did not say those words to comfort her because of her failed relationship with Su Han. "So, what do you say?" Bluegreen-Clad tightly held Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand without noticing what he was doing. "I did so much just to get an answer from you. Are you willing to be my girlfriend? Can you tell me your decision now?" Zheng Xiaoguang could tell that he was nervous. She was surprised as she had never expected the god-like Bluegreen-Clad to be afraid of anything. After some thought, she said, "You know what, Bluegreen-Clad. I''ve never known any guy who openly talks about how he has plotted against others before. You''re the first one." Bluegreen-Clad frowned slightly and said, "Xiao Guang, if you''re angry with me because of this, I can..." He was prepared to apologize to her and let her punish him. He just did not want her to refuse him because of this thing. "Shh, listen to me first," Zheng Xiaoguang interjected. "I was really upset because I always thought that it was I that secretly admired you. But you told me just now that the god-like player I like was actually a shameless, scheming man." She bent down and looked into his eyes as she said, "You scared me and made me feel that you can control everything in my life. I even suspect that you set me up more often than you have told me." Upon seeing her own reflection within his eyes, she blinked her eyes and continued, "But I''ve come around. I''m not angry with you. Instead, I''m intrigued. When did you begin to like me? If it was you that deluded me into marrying you for the sake of the alliance, you should''ve met me before the alliance. I don''t remember that I met you before that." Zheng Xiaoguang seldom got close to such a god-like player, as she was afraid of provoking his female fans. "I used to log into a friend''s account and team up with you in the game. I found out that you''re adorable at that time," Bluegreen-Clad felt much relieved when he discovered that she was not angry with him. "I''m sorry for setting you up, but I don''t regret it. That''s because I really like you." He just did not want to let her go. Zheng Xiaoguang suddenly smiled as she thought gleefully, "So, this god-like player has a secret crush on me." She got close to his face and kissed him on a corner of his mouth. "This is my answer." Bluegreen-Clad was surprised by that kiss, but he quickly recovered from the shock. He took Zheng Xiaoguang into his arms and said excitedly, "So from now on, you''re my girlfriend." She rested her head on his shoulder and rubbed his neck with her face as she said, "Uhm, I suddenly felt that what Su Han said when he broke up with me is right. He said that I would meet a better guy. You''re that guy. You''re my favorite." She really loved Bluegreen-Clad. "I''ll always stay by your side." Bluegreen-Clad kissed her forehead and made a new promise to her. Chapter 85 Farewell Ceremony "Haha, I''ve found our gang boss and our first lady!" A loud male voice called out, when the door of the room was suddenly pushed open. Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly got away from Bluegreen-Clad. She looked at the door and saw Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze standing over there. He laughed and asked, "How long are you going stay here, you lovebirds?" Many heads popped in and looked about. They all smiled meaningfully at Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad. Zheng Xiaoguang''s face was as red as tomatoes now. Bluegreen-Clad took her hand and stood up while saying, "We''re going down now. Stop peeping at us." Upon seeing that the group of people refused to go, he shouted, "If you continue to stay here, you''ll have to pay four times the gang fee next month." "Oh, no." In an instant, all the people at the door ran downstairs. When Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad went downstairs, they all sat on the sofa and could not help but smile upon seeing the couple. Beating War Drums in Spring Breeze shouted, "Hey, boss and first lady, come here to sing a song for us!" Everyone echoed and shouted simultaneously, "Sing a song. Sing a song." Timid as she was, Zheng Xiaoguang still picked up the microphone and sing a love song. "I hear the departure of the winter and wake up. I wait and expect but can''t control my future..." Zheng Xiaoguang''s voice was not so melodious as that of Strawberry Ice Cream, but she sounded very peaceful and sweet at this moment. She saw Bluegreen-Clad smiling at her and Su Han looking at her quietly. She did not care about or even notice the look within Su Han''s eyes. She guessed that this was a process that she had to go through. She had to say goodbye to her past and move on. From this moment on, she cared about only Bluegreen-Clad and was willing to follow him anywhere. She gently smoothed her hair along her right cheek and tucked it behind her right ear before she continued to sing softly and slowly, "I fly forward across a sea of time. I meet you who have been hurt in love just like me. I find the entrance to the dream land, although it''s somewhat narrow. This is the most beautiful accident in my life." She sincerely felt grateful for her meeting with Bluegreen-Clad. In the end of the song, everyone applauded warmly. Bluegreen-Clad came up to Zheng Xiaoguang and held her hands. He sincerely thanked the members of the League of Strong Families again. The gang members enjoyed the gang party very much. They sang karaoke and watched movies during the party. Before their departure, they took a picture together. Most people felt contented, but Han Meimei felt dissatisfied with this party. When she met Zheng Xiaoguang in the game, she complained. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: I planned to take this chance to bring Never Deeply Attached and Strawberry together, but he left so early today. Sigh, my lovely apprentice Strawberry has really bad luck with men. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: = = The female archer named Strawberry Ice Cream had also come to the party, but Zheng Xiaoguang did not have a chance to talk to her. She only remembered that this girl sang a few songs for her fans, but at that time, Su Han had already left. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: Do you stay with Bluegreen-Clad now? Zheng Xiaoguang looked back at Bluegreen-Clad, who was playing the game with one hand while holding her with the other arm. She replied without any hesitation, "Yes." [Private Chat] Han Meimei: Hehe, do you enjoy it? You have such a cute boyfriend. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: Uhm (¡Ñ o ¡Ñ o) ... Bluegreen-Clad saw the message from Han Meimei before she had time to delete it. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: This is the first time that I''ve met our gang boss in person. He''s super cute! He must be the most good-looking gang boss on Watery South. Are you going to spend the night at his house tonight? Are you going to sleep with him? Zheng Xiaoguang felt that her cheeks were red and burning. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: You think too much. I slept here before. Right after sending out this message, she frowned and regretted it. She thought, "This message seems somewhat misleading." Just as she expected, Han Meimei began to use more sexual innuendos. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: Wow, good girl. I understand. If I have such a handsome boyfriend, I''ll try my best to get him laid as soon as possible too. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: Uhm... our relationship is very pure. Please don''t say that. When Zheng Xiaoguang was busy typing, Bluegreen-Clad looked at her red cheeks and touched her head while saying, "Go to bed early. I''ll drive your home tomorrow." Zheng Xiaoguang had just logged onto the game and felt reluctant to log off now. She said, "But it''s still early." She never went to bed so early. "Go to bed early. Be a good girl. You must be tired after the long travel," Bluegreen-Clad tried to get around her as she seemed to be a little upset. She put her arms around Bluegreen-Clad''s neck and said, "No, I just want to watch you a little longer." She thought to herself, "I''m not so horny as Han Meimei said and don''t plan to get him laid tonight right after we start our relationship, but I can enjoy looking at my handsome boyfriend." Bluegreen-Clad lowered his head and rested his forehead against hers as he asked, "How long will it take, honey?" "I''m afraid that..." She deliberately drawled. "I can''t get enough of this for the rest of my life." She thought to herself, "Now that I have such a perfect boyfriend, I guess that I''ll often laugh out loud even when I''m fast asleep." Bluegreen-Clad chuckled and said, "Silly girl. Haven''t you asked your company for a leave tomorrow? Have a good rest tonight. I''ll play the game together with you tomorrow." She thought for a moment and finally compromised. "Okay," said she. When she was about to return to her room, Bluegreen-Clad took her into his arms and kissed her on the lips. It was a gentle kiss and a gentle hug and nothing more. She felt comfortable and could smell mint on his breath After quite a long time, he released her and said, "This is a goodnight kiss." Zheng Xiaoguang flushed and said, "You''d better go to bed early too." He chuckled and said, "Uhm." Upon seeing Zheng Xiaoguang leave for her room, he sat at his computer desk again. A message was flickering on the screen of his laptop. "How long have you known Flowing Light, Bluegreen-Clad?" It was from Never Deeply Attached. Bluegreen-Clad expected this but he did not want Xiaoguang to see this. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Not very long, about two or three months. [Private Chat] Never Deeply Attached: How much do you know about her past? [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: What kind of things are you talking about? It took Bluegreen-Clad a long time to receive a reply from Never Deeply Attached. It seemed that Never Deeply Attached had considered it for a long time before he finally made up his mind. [Private Chat] Never Deeply Attached: I know her brother and something about her. She used to have a relationship with a man she met in an online game, but it ended badly. I don''t think that she''s suitable for you. Chapter 86 Do You Really Know Her Well? Bluegreen-Clad: Why do you think so? Never Deeply Attached got stuck for words for a while and then replied with difficulty. Never Deeply Attached: She''s not able to maintain a long-distance relationship. She often feels insecure and goes off in a sulk. In the meantime, he sighed inwardly, "And she often made me choose between her and my parents. She''s really unreasonable and inconsiderate." Bluegreen-Clad: We''re friends, Never Deeply Attached. I want to tell you that I don''t want anyone to denigrate my girlfriend like that. Never Deeply Attached was surprised. He wanted to explain but failed to find the right words. As such, he could only persist stubbornly. Never Deeply Attached: Don''t get me wrong, Bluegreen-Clad. I never mean to denigrate her. I just know her too well. She''s really not suitable for you. Upon seeing that, Bluegreen-Clad could not help but sigh inwardly, "What? Does he really believe that he knows her well? How can he judge his ex-girlfriend like that?" Bluegreen-Clad: I think that it''s a guy''s responsibility to make his girl feel secure. If she often feels insecure, I''ll find a way to make her feel secure. If she looks sulky, I''ll comfort her. No matter what happens, I''ll accompany her. Never Deeply Attached: That''s cool, but that''s not what happens, Bluegreen-Clad. Are you sure that your parents will agree to let you maintain this relationship with her? I know that you''ve given me your answer to this question before, but easier said than done. Upon seeing that, Bluegreen-Clad thought, "Does he think that Xiaoguang and I will end up breaking up because his relationship with her failed?" Bluegreen-Clad: As a man, I''m obliged to make my girl feel secure. If I''m not able to do so, I won''t chase after her. Even if my parents don''t like her, she should not be held accountable for that. I will solve the problem by myself. ... Bluegreen-Clad turned off his computer and went to his bedroom. When he walked past Zheng Xiaoguang''s room, he hesitated. After a while, he opened her door and went into her room. He turned on the light in the room and found out that Zheng Xiaoguang seemed to have fallen asleep. He walked slowly to her bed to avoid waking her up. Upon noticing that she was frowning, he felt somewhat worried and kissed her on the forehead. Her eyelashes suddenly flickered. He knew that she was not asleep. "Sleep now. I''ll go back to my room." He chuckled and left. After closing the door behind himself, he took out his cellphone and dialed a number. After a long time, his call was finally received. "What makes you call me at this late hour?" Upon hearing the familiar female voice, Bluegreen-Clad said, "Can you do me a favor tomorrow?" The next morning, when Zheng Xiaoguang woke up, Bluegreen-Clad had already bought breakfast for her. She enjoyed the semi-translucent steamed buns and warm soya-bean milk with a smile on her face. "Don''t you have to go to work today?" asked Zheng Xiaoguang. "No, I''ll spend the day with you." Bluegreen-Clad nodded and said. "Wow, we can stay together for a whole day!" Zheng Xiaoguang thought gleefully. Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupted her train of thought. "Huh? Is it Bluegreen-Clad''s family? Oh, no! I''m not ready for that!" With this in mind, she looked at Bluegreen-Clad worriedly and inquiringly. Bluegreen-Clad revealed a comforting smile and then stood up to open the door. When she was anxiously tidying up her hair and clothes, she heard a familiar female voice. "Dear Xiaoguang, I''m here~" A girl rushed into the living room and warmly embraced Zheng Xiaoguang. "Meimei?" Zheng Xiaoguang finally saw who this girl is. "Why are you here?" She wondered, "Didn''t everyone go home after the party yesterday? Han Meimei blinked at her and said, "Li Lei also lives in A City. I won''t leave so soon. As you''re in this city too, let''s hang out together today! " Upon seeing Li Lei walking into the room behind Bluegreen-Clad, Zheng Xiaoguang suddenly thought of something and asked, "Did you know each other before?" Li Lei shrugged and replied. "Yes, Bluegreen-Clad was my classmate and now he''s my boss." Upon hearing that they were friends in real life, Zheng Xiaoguang realized why Bluegreen-Clad trusted Li Lei to manage his gang. "Come on, I''m not your boss. I''m just cooperating with your company now, and you happen to be put in charge of this project." Bluegreen-Clad smiled and added, "I''ll drive you around the city later." "Great, we have a private driver now!" Han Meimei took Zheng Xiaoguang''s arm. "Go, go, let''s go." Urged by Han Meimei, the four of them soon drove to the city. After getting off the car, Han Meimei took Zheng Xiaoguang straight to the shopping mall. The two men followed them. "What do you think about this one, Xiaoguang?" Han Meimei showed Zheng Xiaoguang a taro purple scarf. Zheng Xiaoguang carefully looked at the scarf and said, "I think it''s more suitable for a "mature" woman, isn''t it?" Han Meimei nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I''m going to buy it for Li Lei''s mother We''re going to meet his parents tomorrow." "What? You move really fast." Zheng Xiaoguang was somewhat surprised. Han Meimei glanced at Li Lei and said, "I''m worried that we don''t move fast enough. Since meeting Li Lei, my parents have begun to like him more and more. Now they even urged us to meet his parents to settle the matter between us." When Han Meimei and Li Lei looked into each other''s eyes, Zheng Xiaoguang could tell that they were so much in love. She smiled and said, "Congratulations! That''s really great." Upon hearing this, Bluegreen-Clad came up and interjected, "Hey, honey, do you want to meet my family?" "What? Me?" Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned. She hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, no, I''m not ready." She had been surprised by the sudden appearance of Han Meimei this morning, as she was worried that it was Bluegreen-Clad''s family who suddenly came back. As she had been despised by Su Han''s parents before, she did not have enough courage to meet Bluegreen-Clad''s parents after accepting his love. Li Lei laughed and said, "Don''t be afraid, Flowing Light. I promise you on my honor that Bluegreen-Clad''s family is very easy to get along with. They''ve only two requirements for his future wife: a girl, and an alive one. " Bluegreen-Clad was not angry with Li Lei when being teased by him. He said, "My family is open-minded and reasonable." The four of them laughed and chatted. Soon enough, it was noon. Bluegreen-Clad brought them to a restaurant on the 5th floor of the mall to have lunch. Li Lei wanted to give them a treat but stopped by Bluegreen-Clad. As such, Li Lei led Zheng Xiaoguang and Han Meimei to a table by the window. When the three of them sat down, Han Meimei suddenly pointed at the counter and said, "Look, Bluegreen-Clad seems to run into an acquaintance." Zheng Xiaoguang turned to look at the counter and saw a tall girl who had long chestnut brown wavy hair standing beside Bluegreen-Clad. That girl wore a long white dress which showed off her slender waist and tall figure. She was playing with her hair, which made her look even more charming. Everyone could tell that she was a pretty woman only by looking at her back. Chapter 87 The Girl Who Seemed to Be Close to Him As Bluegreen-Clad and the girl who seemed to be close to him stood far away, Zheng Xiaoguang could not see their facial expressions or hear their voices. She saw that the girl casually put a hand on Bluegreen-Clad''s shoulder and he did not stop her. She thought to herself, "It''s natural for a cute guy like Bluegreen-Clad to have many pretty female friends. But why does he show such intimacy with her in front of me? "Are they childhood sweethearts or business partners? Is she his fianc¨¦e?" Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but think of the soap opera that she had watched before. They seemed to have chatted about something interesting, as the girl began to chuckle while covering her mouth with her fingers. Bluegreen-Clad smiled too and continued to chat with her gleefully. After chatting with the girl for a while, Bluegreen-Clad led her to their table. Now, Zheng Xiaoguang could finally see the girl''s face clearly. She had white and tender skin and wore light makeup. Her lips were red and glossy. Her eyes looked bright and charming, as she wore some eyeliner and some pinkish glossy eyeshadow on her eyelids. As her eyelashes looked very natural, Zheng Xiaoguang could not tell whether she wore any false eyelashes. There was some gloss on the bridge of her nose, which highlighted the shape of her nose. She was only half a head shorter than Bluegreen-Clad. The two of them looked really well-matched. Upon seeing her, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but exclaim inwardly, "What a pretty girl. She looks somewhat proud but not arrogant. She''s such an elegant and classy young lady. "No wonder Bluegreen-Clad has never felt attracted to Venus or Saori. He knows such a beautiful girl." She could not help but feel inferior. Upon thinking of how that attractive young lady had placed her hand on Bluegreen-Clad''s shoulder just now, she felt somewhat jealous. When the young lady got close to them, Li Lei stood up and greeted her cordially. "Hi, Mingyue, fancy running into you here." "Mingyue?" thought Zheng Xiaoguang, "Bluegreen-Clad''s real name is Lu Mingxuan. Are they..." Just as she expected, Bluegreen-Clad pointed at the young lady and introduced her to everyone, "Hey, Xiaoguang and everyone. Let me introduce my sister to you. This is my sister Lu Mingyue." After that, he looked at Zheng Xiaoguang and introduced her to his sister, "This is my girlfriend Zheng Xiaoguang." Li Lei also introduced his girlfriend Han Meimei to Lu Mingyue. Lu Mingyue greeted them with a smile. "Hello, girls." Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat awkward and wondered, "What? I was jealous of Bluegreen-Clad''s sister just now. That''s ridiculous. Anyhow, they do look somewhat alike. Their parents must have good looks. Otherwise they can''t have such good-looking children. "No, no, no. This is not what I should think about now. She''s my boyfriend''s sister. I have to behave myself." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly greeted Lu Mingyue. "Nice to meet you, Ms Lu." To her surprise, Lu Mingyue just glanced at her and said, "I heard Mingxuan mention you a long time ago. You two met each other in the game, didn''t you?" "What? She knows that already!" Her question made Zheng Xiaoguang''s heart sink. She thought worriedly to herself, "Su Han''s parents refused to meet me because of this. Most people just consider the gaming world a virtual world and refuse to believe anyone they meet in a game." "Uhm." She replied and nervously looked down, ready to be judged. Beyond her expectations, Lu Mingyue did not seem to despise her or be on guard against her. She chuckled and said, "It''s lucky for you to meet someone you like in an online game. As you''re Mingxuan''s girlfriend, please just call me Mingyue." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought in surprise, "Huh? She doesn''t mind the fact that we met each other online at all! "Even if she doesn''t mind it, she should''ve asked me about my background first. She should''ve asked me where I''m from and what I do for a living or asked me something about my family. Why did she accept me so readily? Surprised by Lu Mingyue, Zheng Xiaoguang nervously replied, "Hehe... Nice to meet you, Mingyue." Upon noticing that Zheng Xiaoguang was nervous, Han Meimei deliberately interjected and said teasingly, "Hi Mingyue, I heard that your parents have very simple requirements for their future daughter-in-law. They just want a girl who is alive. Is it true?" Upon hearing that, Lu mingyue touched her chin and then said something that surprised everyone, "Well, it seems that now everyone in the world knows about this." "Puff~" Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but laugh. "Is it true?" She wondered and looked inquiringly at Bluegreen-Clad. Bluegreen-Clad became quickly aware of the fact that Zheng Xiaoguang was watching him, he turned his face away and said smilingly, "My sister means that my parents trust my judgement. As long as I don''t like a man, they''ll be fine with me." "Oh, that''s what it''s all about," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. Lu Mingyue continued to tease her brother. "Well, that''s it. If you don''t have a girlfriend at this age, we''ll suspect that you really like men." "Haha, really?" Han Meimei could not help but laugh out. Li Lei patted her on the head to stop her. Zheng Xiaoguang also laughed while covering her mouth with her hand. Bluegreen-Clad shrugged embarrassedly, "You know what, Mingyue. Sometimes we really don''t need to put all our cards on the table." Unfortunately, Lu Mingyue did not accept his advice. Instead, she said, "I think I''ve tried my best to protect your pride. If our mother was here, you would feel really embarrassed." With these words, she sat down beside Zheng Xiaoguang and said, "You really should meet our parents, Xiaoguang. Our mother will tell you some interesting puppy love stories about Mingxuan in his kindergarten." Perhaps because of Lu Mingyue''s relaxed attitude, Zheng Xiaoguang felt much relieved. She laughed and asked, "Really?" Lu Mingyue raised her eyebrows and replied, "Of course. A girl who had a crush on him threw herself at him and forced him to kiss her back in his kindergarten. Fortunately, the teacher stopped her from taking his first kiss in time. We''re worried whether he gets traumatized and has an abnormal fear of girls after that incident." With Lu Mingyue being around, they had a good time and enjoyed their lunch very much. After meeting Lu Mingyue, Zheng Xiaoguang felt much relaxed. She even began looking forward to meeting Bluegreen-Clad''s parents. She thought, "Maybe his parents are as kind and open-minded as Mingyue. "Maybe they won''t refuse to meet me like Suhan''s parents." Chapter 88 His Past Guil t [Private Chat] Strawberry Ice Cream: Never Deeply Attached, I really like you~ Su Han sighed helplessly while looking at the message on the screen. He knew how much Strawberry Ice Cream liked him, but he just did not believe that such a relationship would end up well. He still clearly remembered how Xiaoguang and himself had wrecked their relationship when they were faced with practical problems. [Private Chat] Never Deeply Attached: Strawberry, just get over me. We''re not suitable for each other. After sending out this message, he finally relaxed a little. The next moment, he shifted his gaze to a cute action figure of a character in Flying Deity and could not help but think of Xiaoguang. He wondered, "Why did she always feel so insecure? "When my parents refused to meet her, she asked me if I really cared about her over and over again. I explained the thing to her for so many times that I felt tired of it. But she continued to push me. "On that day, when I thought that I really had enough of it and when I was well aware that she felt worried, I told her my cousin''s story. "Perhaps, I began to consider her a burden since then. That was why I compared our relationship to the failed relationship of my cousin and his ex-girlfriend at that time. By telling her the story, I tactfully let her know that I approved my cousin''s choice. "Later, I naturally broke up with her as I could not accept a girl who put me him in a dilemma. Even now, I still don''t regret it. "Despite that, I''ll occasionally wonder whether she''s happier after leaving me and whether she can find another guy that she likes." Su Han examined his own conscience and ensured that he sincerely hoped Zheng Xiaoguang to be happy. He knew that it was he himself that hurt her. When breaking up with her, he had put all the blame on her and said those hurtful words but dared not face her. Because of this, he had chosen to send her a breakup message. He had never been worried about being pestered by her or feeling regret. He just could not face his own cruelty. He knew that how much she loved him and felt guilty about dumping her so mercilessly. He could not forget about Blooming Pear Tree''s words. "A man like you doesn''t deserve to be loved! You trample a girl''s heart under your feet and keep lying to yourself that you break up with her peacefully. You don''t love her enough and you don''t feel hurt. Have you ever cared about her feelings?" He felt as if he had lost something but he could not tell what it was. He felt somewhat anxious and hoped that Xiaoguang could find a new boyfriend quickly to relieve himself of the guilt. He believed that only in this way, he could move on without burden. To his surprise, Xiaoguang left Flying Deity and his world forever. She left her doctor account to Blooming Pear Tree, and Blooming Pear Tree would occasionally log into it to save other players and collect materials. Although he knew that it was not she that was using this doctor account, he still could not help but feel at a loss every time he saw her character online. Every time he saw Blooming Pear Tree using her account to chat on the Public Chat channel, he would feel that she was still being around. Many of his friends in Flying Deity knew his relationship with Xiaoguang and would ask about it from time to time. In the beginning, he still put all the blame on her, but gradually, he did not feel so confident anymore. He felt guilty about hurting her although he thought that he did not hurt her very much. In the end, he quit Flying Deity and did not play any online game during the following several months. Until one day, he came across an online game named Shiny Sky and logged onto the game using a new game ID "Never Deeply Attached". He decided not to get married to any girl in this game. One day, he met Strawberry Ice Cream in Shiny Sky. In the beginning, he thought that she was somewhat like Xiaoguang. She was very dependent on him and often asked him for help. He nicely helped her out when he had time. After knowing her for some time, he discovered that she was not like Xiaoguang. She liked to seek help from others, but Xiaoguang always tried to solve problems by herself. Anyhow, as he had decided not to fall in love with any girl in this game, he did not like Strawberry, no matter how much she liked him and no matter how hard Han Meimei tried to bring them together. To his surprise, at the gang party, he met Xiaoguang again and found out that she was dating Bluegreen-Clad. He had often teamed up with Bluegreen-Clad since starting playing this game. He thought that Bluegreen-Clad was a great guy and would treat Xiaoguang sincerely. Nevertheless, he highly doubted that they would be able to solve all the practical problems that they met in real life. No matter what Bluegreen-Clad said, Su Han still refused to believe that his relationship with Xiaoguang would end well. He knew how hard it was to maintain such a relationship as he had been through one. He felt helpless as Bluegreen-Clad refused to listen to his advice. Even when he spoke ill of Xiaoguang, Bluegreen-Clad still spoke for her. He could not understand why Xiaoguang started such a relationship again after being through a bad virtual relationship with him. He could not figure out why Xiaoguang made such a decision, as she had gotten hurt before. He had told her before that she would meet the right person in the future, but in his eyes, Bluegreen-Clad was never the right person. He thought that Bluegreen-Clad would abandon her sooner or later, so he persuaded Bluegreen-Clad to end this relationship as soon as possible. He even wanted to tell Bluegreen-Clad that Xiaoguang was his ex-girlfriend. He thought that Bluegreen-Clad would probably break up with her since she was his friend''s ex. Nevertheless, when he was about to tell this to Bluegreen-Clad, he hesitated. He thought of what Blooming Pear Tree had said. "Su Han, you can tell that to Bluegreen-Clad. But are you sure that you know who''s best for Xiaoguang? Are you sure that you''re not destroying her chance of happiness?" With this in mind, he decided to keep this thing secret. After all, if he told this thing to Bluegreen-Clad to stop him from being together with Xiaoguang, he would expose his past guilt. He took out his cellphone, planning to call Zheng Xiaoguang. He wanted to ask her if she really wanted to be together with Bluegreen-Clad. He wanted to know if she really felt happy. And... he somehow really wanted to hear her voice. Unfortunately, he searched his contact list again and again but still failed to find her number or even her name. Suddenly, he thought of his mother''s words. "Now that you''ve broken up with her, you should delete all her contact information." He sighed inwardly, "Yes, I deleted all her contact information a long time ago at the request of my mother. I could not get in touch with her a long time ago. "I was such a heartless guy." "I''m sorry." He suddenly muttered without knowing who he was apologizing to. Chapter 89 Rebirth When Zheng Xiaoguang went back to R City, she heard that Su Han quit the game. [Private Chat] Han Meimei: You know what. After our gang party, Su Han told me that he''ll quit the game! Sigh, it looks like that he''s determined to avoid Strawberry and make her give up. The message stunned Zheng Xiaoguang for a moment, but not long after that, she came around. "Su Han quits the game probably because of me instead of Strawberry Ice Cream. This is probably his way of conveying his best wishes to us, although he failed to say "Congratulations" in front of us. "We''re not lovers anymore and we can''t become friends. Perhaps all that we can do now is to let it go and forget about each other." After Chinese Saint Valentine''s Day, Shiny Sky launched its rebirth program according to the schedule. Nearly all the players of the League of Strong Families and the Matchless, who were eligible for this program, began to recreate their characters. After recreating their characters, they had to work on improving their levels again. This was a disgusting process for them, as they had to play all the instances and slay all the monsters again to accumulate experience points. Many players on the other servers lost patience and gave up gaining levels after recreating their characters. Most of them gave up before reaching level 110, not to mention level 120. It really took a lot of determination for a player to start this rebirth process. A character would fall back to level 80 after being "reborn"and was allowed to store only fives time the amount of experience points needed for upgrade from level 80 to level 81. This was really troublesome for the players. Even if they managed to accumulate enough experience points, they could upgrade their characters to at most level 83 after the rebirth. That meant their characters could not use the 8 star level-85 purple equipment that they had prepared beforehand. As such, monsters that they had been able to slay within a few seconds before could give them a hard time now. After the rebirth process, the players finally understood how miserable it was to play the game without good equipment. To make matters worse, the players had to guard against their enemies while painstakingly gaining levels. In the past, Watery South had been dominated by the three big gangs, which were the Matchless, the League of Strong Families and the Sacred Temple. Because of the alliance between the Matchless and the League of Strong Families, the Sacred Temple was always suppressed by the other two big gangs and felt dissatisfied with this situation. Players of different gangs usually gained levels within their own territories, and the gangs seldom fought a melee. Now that most high-level players from the League of Strong Families and the Matchless began their rebirth process, their enemies were going to start something again. On the first day of the rebirth process, Bluegreen-Clad took Zheng Xiaoguang and his friends to the South Sea, a level-80 region, to gain levels and happened to run into a team of the Sacred Temple. The members on that team were Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top, Sacred Temple¥áEmpty City, Saori, Shallow Sleep and Motherfucker. They saw each other and then went their separate ways to gain levels. Motherfucker, the only player who did not start a rebirth process on that team, pulled a group of monsters to attack Zheng Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang''s game character was very fragile now. As she was at level 83, she could not use any of her level-85 purple equipment. Although she could add blood for herself, she could not take on so many monsters at once. Soon enough, she lay dead on the floor and watched Motherfucker pull those monsters away. Fortunately, Bluegreen-Clad soon discovered that her blood was empty. He flew to her with the help of the couple transfer and saved her. When they fought monsters together, they saw Motherfucker pulling a group of monsters here again. Bluegreen-Clad immediately used his Area Effect skill to slay the monsters, and Zheng Xiaoguang stood behind him to add blood for him. As such, Motherfucker failed to slay Zheng Xiaoguang with the help of the monsters this time. To their surprise, Motherfucker directly came at Zheng Xiaoguang regardless of the rules. His ID became red because of this. As an assassin, he was originally endowed with non-magical offensive force and able to cause severe harm to a magical character like Flowing Light, not to mention the fact that he was at level 110 and fully equipped with eight-star equipment with Critical Damage force. He easily slew Flowing Light who was at level 85 and was equipped with only a few pieces of blue equipment. Upon seeing the assassin slaying his wife in front of himself, Bluegreen-Clad flew into a rage. He led his team to engage the team of the Sacred Temple, and this thing immediately triggered a gang war between the League of Strong Families and the Sacred Temple. All the trigger-happy members of these two gangs joined this fight at the PVP region, no matter whether they had started their rebirth process or not. Upon hearing the news, the Matchless also went to the South Sea to join the war. As such, this fight became a large-scale PK battle fought by the three big gangs. The news quickly spread throughout the entire Watery South, but no one felt surprised about it. As now most high-level players of the Matchless and the League of Strong Families had followed their gang bosses to start their rebirth process, it was indeed a good chance for the Sacred Temple who had been suppressed by the two gangs for a long time to get back at them. Zheng Xiaoguang felt puzzled and asked Han Meimei. "Don''t they need to start their rebirth process now? Why do they suddenly come at us? They''re wasting their own time. They won''t do anyone any good by doing so." Han Meimei replied grumpily, "Who the hell knows what their gang boss thinks? Does the circulation to his brain get cut off or something? I don''t believe that all the members of the Sacred Temple have decided not to start their rebirth process!" "If the Sacred Temple is really determined to eliminate us after we kick off our rebirth process at the price of missing their own rebirth chance, the other small gangs on the server will probably take this chance to suppress the three big gangs." Zheng Xiaoguang rubbed her forehead and thought worriedly. "Does the Sacred Temple just want to set itself against the Matchless and the League of Strong Families at any cost?" When she was chatting with Han Meimei on YY, her game character Flowing Light was ambushed and slain by Motherfucker again. Game Message: You have been slain by Motherfucker. Please choose the solution that you would like to adopt: going back to the city to resurrect yourself or waiting for help. As Bluegreen-Clad and Li Lei had gone back to the city to resurrect themselves, they could not come to her rescue at this moment. Upon seeing that Motherfucker was guarding her corpse, she decided to remain lying on the floor. Beyond her expectations, Motherfucker began to toss her corpse to insult her. She gnashed her teeth and planned to go back to the city to resurrect herself. Right at this moment, her friends Soft-heartedness is a Disease and Half a Cup of Lovesickness came to her rescue. With the help of Slightly Defected Moon, Soft-heartedness is a Disease had become a well-equippend and highly skillful level-110 warrior. Upon seeing that he could take on Motherfucker alone, Zheng Xiaoguang was nearly moved to tears while exclaiming inwardly,"Oh, my impetuous friend Soft-heartedness now becomes such a strong player." Faced with Soft-heartedness and his doctor who could help him to maintain his health and power, Motherfucker decided to retreat. Game Message: Half a Cup of Lovesickness, a level-100 disciple of Ghost Valley Island, is going to bring you back to life. Please choose whether to receive her help: Yes/No. Zheng Xiaoguang clicked yes and then sent her an emoji to express gratitude. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: [Kissing] Thank you, Sisi. [Private Chat] Half a Cup of Lovesickness: [Staring] [Doubting] Chapter 90 Recognition Yang Sisi was waiting for her husband to knock off. She got bored and turned on her computer to play Shiny Sky. To her surprise, the moment she logged onto the game, she was greeted by a lively discussion on the Public Chat channel. [Public Chat] Peerless Assassin: Don''t go to the level-80 PVP region. There''s a gang war. I''ve just gotten slain within a few seconds there. [Public Chat] Stunning Beauty in a Disordered World: Watery South has enjoyed a long period of peace. It''s time for a war now. I''m looking forward to it. [Public Chat] ¡ïYou Can''t See Me*: Where''s the gang war? Can someone send me the coordinates! I''m going to pick a few pieces of top-notch equipment ripped off from some Red ID characters. [Drooling Face] She went to her gang and asked what happened. Her fellow gang members told her that the League of Strong Families and the Sacred Temple were fighting against each other at the South Sea and many members of the Matchless went to help the League of Strong Families. Upon seeing her get online, Soft-heartedness asked her to join his team and go to the gang war together. When they arrived at the South Sea, they happened to see Motherfucker ambush Flowing Light. Upon seeing her friend being slain, Yang Sisi immediately went to save her. To her surprise, Flowing Light suddenly called her Sisi. She wondered, "Why did Flowing Light call me Sisi just now? She always called me Lovesickness before. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: [Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes and Hand Covering Mouth] Sisi, it''s me. I''m Zheng Xiaoguang. Yang Sisi was astonished. "What? Zheng Xiaoguang is Flowing Light, my bestie in the game. And her husband is the god-like Bluegreen-Clad, gang boss of the League of Strong Families." Working-class people like Yang Sisi could spend only a limited amount of money on games. Only rich guys like Bluegreen-Clad had enough money to equip himself with a whole set of 8 star equipment. One piece of his equipment could be sold at a price which was equivalent to her two months'' salary. Besides, he must''ve spent more than that to forge that piece of equipment as there was a chance that he would fail during the forging process. Half a Cup of Lovesickness: [Glaring] Ah ah ah ah, oh my goodness! Tell me this is not true! Flowing Light: [Wiping Sweats] It''s really me. Instead of feeling touched, Yang Sisi expressed her dissatisfaction. Half a Cup of Lovesickness: You''re such a big liar! You told me that you stopped playing online games! Flowing Light: Well, I really didn''t want to play the game anymore at that time. "What is this?" Yang Sisi rolled her eyes at Flowing Light''s reply. Flowing Light: Don''t get upset, Sisi. Now I''ve come here to happily reunite with you. "Save it. This is not a happy reunion. This is a shock, okay?" Yang Sisi sighed inwardly. Half a Cup of Lovesickness: Hum, no wonder you refuse to find a boyfriend or hang out with us in real life. You get married in the game and must be addicted to it. Flowing Light: = = Half a Cup of Lovesickness: Listen, Xiaoguang. Just like everyone else on this server, I know the god-like Bluegreen-Clad is rich and treats you well. But you have to remain calm. Guys you meet in a game are unreliable. He adores you now, but one day when he leaves you, you can''t do anything about it. You''ve been cheated once. Don''t repeat your mistake, okay? Flowing Light: Bluegreen-Clad is different from Su Han. Half a Cup of Lovesickness: Don''t tell me that you''re dating him now! Your parents won''t agree to let you date a guy you meet in an online game, Xiaoguang. Yang Sisi still remembered how Zheng Xiaoguang had started her relationship with Su Han three years ago. She knew how irresponsible Su Han was. "Because of this failed relationship, Xiaoguang felt so hurt and dared not love another man again. I can''t let her start such a relationship again," thought Yang Sisi. Flowing Light: You''re the best, Sisi. I know that you''re worried about me. Half a Cup of Lovesickness: If you really understand what I''ve said, you''d better reconsider your relationship. Don''t get so addicted to games. No matter how great Bluegreen-Clad is, he can''t stay by your side and take care of you in real life. At this moment, Yang Sisi''s husband Zhang Jing said behind her. "Sisi, I''m off duty now. Let''s go out to have dinner." Yang Sisi looked pitifully back at her husband who had finally finished his work and said, "Okay, let''s go out and eat something delicious." Zhang Jing nodded and then invited Tong Xiangyang who had worked overtime together with him to join them. "Come to have dinner together with us, Xiangyang." Tong Xiangyang did not want to be the third wheel. When he was about to refuse Zhang Jing, Yang Sisi invited him to join them. "Yes, Xiangyang, come with us." Tong Xiangyang found it hard to refuse them and then drove them to a newly-opened barbecue restaurant. This restaurant looked neat and tidy, and the food here looked fresh. Yang Sisi ordered many dishes, which included 4 lamb kidney skewers, 30 lamb skewers, 30 green pepper gristle skewers, 20 shrimp skewers, some needle mushroom and three bowls of bean jelly. When the dishes were delivered to their table, Yang Sisi immediately picked up a lamb kidney skewer and handed it to Zhang Jing while saying, "Honey, help yourself to some skewers." With his colleague Tong Xiangyang being around, Zhang Jing felt somewhat embarrassed and said, "Thank you honey. I''ll help myself." Later, when Zhang Jing finished the skewer, Tong Xiangyang noticed that he began to peel shrimp. To his surprise, Zhang Jing put all the peeled shrimp in Yang Sisi''s bowl. After that, Yang Sisi picked up the shrimp with her chopsticks and feed it to Zhang Jing. When Zhang Jing noticed that Tong Xiangyang was looking at them, he said embarrassedly, "We do this all the time." Tong Xiangyang smiled and said, "You''re courting envy." Upon hearing that, Yang Sisi who had just picked some needle mushroom into her bowl hurriedly said, "Then you should find a girlfriend." "Yes." Zhang Jing echoed. "You should get married at this age. Find a suitable girl and get married. I think that Sisi''s friend Zheng Xiaoguang is a good girl. Why don''t you contact her?" Yang Sisi felt obliged to echo her husband''s view. "Yes, I think that you and Xiaoguang are suitable for each other too. Have you ever contacted each other in private?" Tong Xiangyang felt somewhat overwhelmed and did not want to be urged to get married. When he was about to say something to change the topic, he heard Yang Sisi talk to Zhang Jing. "You know what, honey. I met Xiaoguang just now in Shiny Sky. She and I play on the same server." As he often played the character Half a Cup of Lovesickness and completed missions for his wife, Zhang Jing knew all her friends in the game. He asked casually, "What''s her ID in the game?" Yang Sisi replied with a smile, "She''s Flowing Light." "Are you saying that she''s Flowing Light? Is she the Flowing Light on Watery South?" Tong Xiangyang suddenly asked. Yang Sisi was surprised by his reaction. "Yes, she is. Is there anything wrong? " The next moment, she remembered something. "Oh, yes. When we went on a picnic together, Tong Xiangyang told us that he used to play Shiny Sky." With this in mind, she asked him, "Do you know her in the game?" Tong Xiangyang squinted his eyes and said, "I know her well." Chapter 91 Subsequent Events Zheng Xiaoguang gawked at the message from Yang Sisi on her computer screen. "Don''t you understand that you have to be realistic about love and marriage now? You''re 26 years old, Xiaoguang. If you meet another guy like Su Han and waste a few more years, you''ll soon turn 30. What kind of husband will you find? Do you want to date some divorced guy at that time?" Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but sigh inwardly. "Yes, a girl''s youth is too short. After reaching the age of 21, we girls will be considered some stocks with ever-falling prices. Once we turn 25 and still remain single, we''ll be teased for being ''unsalable'' and losing the chance of finding true love. We''ll be urged to get married and make do with what we have. As such, everyone presses me to find someone suitable for me and get married as soon as possible, in case that I''ll become ''unsalable'' in the future. "I used to be very "anxious", and obediently went on all the blind dates arranged by my relatives. Back then, I just wanted to reassure my parents that I would find a husband someday. For me, going on such a blind date was like completing the main story of a game. I had to do this since I had no choice. I was worried about my age and thought if I didn''t get married as soon as possible, I would become an old spinster. "However, since meeting Bluegreen-Clad, I''ve been felt that I can get married for love. If I give up on this relationship with him now, I''ll definitely regret it for the rest of my life." With this in mind, she continued to argue with Yang Sisi, although she knew that it was hard to convince her friend. No matter what she said, Yang Sisi did not approve of her idea. "I think that Xiangyang is a good guy and very suitable for you. Didn''t you tell me that he''s polite and nice after your first blind date?" said Yang Sisi. Zheng Xiaoguang thought back to her first blind date with Tong Xiangyang. "He''s the kind of guy who treats you politely but always keeps you at a distance. I''ve met quite a lot of guys like him during my previous blind dates. "When we went on a picnic together with Yang Sisi and her husband, Yang Sisi tried so hard to bring us together, but he still kept me at a distance. There''s no chemistry between us at all. Even without Bluegreen-Clad, I won''t have a chance with him." She sighed helplessly and replied, "But as you can see, he and I can only be friends." "I''ll find another chance to bring you two together." Yang Sisi did not feel discouraged at all. "As long as you two spend more time together, you''ll like each other. You''re just not familiar with each other now, and Xiangyang is a quiet guy. That''s not a big problem. Once you become familiar with each other, you''ll naturally have more things to share and talk about." Zheng Xiaoguang did not argue with Yang Sisi again. This was not because she was rendered speechless but because Yang Sisi had to log off and have dinner with Zhang Jing. Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly switched back to the gang channel and found out that the gang melee was over. The Matchless and the League of Strong Families had defeated the Sacred Temple, and everybody in her gang was happy. As it was quite late now, the gang members logged off one after another to have some rest. Only Bluegreen-Clad was still waiting for her. At this moment, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad was standing in front of the lovely little doctor, and their child Bluegreen Feather was standing beside them. They looked really like a happy family. Bluegreen-Clad: Honey, it''s getting late. Are you going to sleep now? Flowing Light: Yes, I have to work tomorrow. I can''t stay up late. Bluegreen-Clad: I see. Good night. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang suddenly felt a surge of emotion. Flowing Light: I like you, Bluegreen-Clad. I like you very much. He did not reply immediately, which made her feel somewhat sad. Suddenly, he called her. She hurriedly received the call, "Hello." She heard Bluegreen-Clad speak beside her ear, "I love you, Xiaoguang." She could not help but flush bashfully even though they were not talking face to face. She looked at the dark night outside, her heart full of hope. She never believed in promises or forever. She just believed in Bluegreen-Clad. She was willing to take the risk for him. The next day, Zheng Xiaoguang went to work as usual. When she buried herself in her work, Yang Sisi teased her, "Wow, what a hard-working girl. You look very motivated today, Xiaoguang." Zheng Xiaoguang stuck out her tongue and replied, "Haha, I took a leave for two days, and the weekend is coming soon. I have to hurry up to finish the work." "Come on. What else will you do on the weekend if you finish your work quickly? You''re going to play the game at home again!" Yang Sisi poked Zheng Xiaoguang''s forehead with a finger. "Don''t go home to play the game tonight. Now that your parents are not at home, you can come to my home to have dinner." Zheng Xiaoguang thought that Yang Sisi was really nice, but as she had promised to gain levels together with Bluegreen-Clad tonight, she refused Yang Sisi. "Oh, no, no, no. I have something important to do tonight. And I really don''t want to disturb you and your husband." "Save the crap! Just do what I say!" Yang Sisi glared at her. "What else will you do except playing games? Give me a reasonable explanation. Otherwise, I won''t let you off." Given what Yang Sisi had said to her yesterday, Zheng Xiaoguang felt that she could not tell everything to her at this moment. She swallowed hard but still managed to insist. "My dear Sisi, I really have something important to do tonight." Yang Sisi refused to believe her and kept glaring at her. She tried her best to remain unswerving. When she and Yang Sisi knocked off and walked out of their company together, Zhang Jing was waiting for them at the gate of the company. Tong Xiangyang, who was sitting inside the car together with Zhang Jing took the initiative to greet Zheng Xiaoguang. "Hi, are you going with us?" Zheng Xiaoguang had never expected to meet Tong Xiangyang here. After some thought, she realized that this was another blind date arranged by Yang Sisi. She blurted out. "No, I''m not going with you. You go first." Tong Xiangyang did not get off the car as he continued to urge her. "Let''s go together. If you don''t go, I''ll be a third wheel." Zheng Xiaoguang shook her head like a rattle drum. "I really have something to do tonight. You go first. I''ll give you a treat someday." "Are you going to hang out with your friends tonight? We can hang out together. We''ll have more fun," Zhang Jing said with a smile. "Huh? Do you really want to hang out together with my friends? Are we going to sit together and play the game? Hehe," Zheng Xiaoguang mocked in her heart. She shook her head like a rattle drum again and said, "No. You go first." As she insisted on not going together with them, Zhang Jing, Yang Sisi and Tong Xiangyang drove away. After that, she took a bus home. At around 7: 30 pm, she logged onto the game after dinner. The moment she got online, she received a team invitation from Bluegreen-Clad. She clicked yes and sent her character to the map where the team was located. Just as she had expected, she was the last one to join the team. Flowing Light: Sorry, I''m late. Li Lei: That''s alright. We''ve just gotten online. Now that everyone is here, I''m going to start the instance. Flowing Light: Mm-hmm Right after sending out this message, she heard her cellphone ring. Chapter 92 Date Me Please "Who the hell is this?" Zheng Xiaoguang sighed inwardly. "Hello." She impatiently picked up her cellphone and received the call without checking who was calling. Just like some guy who got grumpy when being suddenly stopped by his girlfriend from playing a game, Zheng Xiaoguang was very displeased with being interrupted. The next moment, she heard Tong Xiangyang''s voice. "Xiaoguang, are you still hanging out with your friends?" Zheng Xiaoguang did not notice that Tong Xiangyang started to call her Xiaoguang now. She just wanted to finish this talk as soon as possible. "Why do you call me?" "Nothing. I''ve just left Zhang Jing''s home. I want to meet you," replied Tong Xiangyang. "Why do you want to meet me?" She frowned as she wondered, "I remember that we''re not that close. Did I get him wrong?" "I''m alone and kind of bored. I just want to hang out together with you. Didn''t you say that you were going to hang out with your friends tonight? Can I join you?" said Tong Xiangyang. "Well, I''m hanging out with my friends now. But I think that I''d better not tell him that we''re playing an online game together." With this in mind, she hurriedly said, "Ah, yes. I did say that. But we changed our plan, as my friends were called away unexpectedly. I''m at home now. I''m so tired today. I''m going to sleep very soon." She also deliberately yawned to show that what she said was credible. Tong Xiangyang checked the time. He did not quite believe that Zheng Xiaoguang would feel sleepy before 8 pm. Despite that, he still said, "Is it? So have a good rest tonight. What about tomorrow..." "Okay, okay." Although she did not hear what he said clearly, she still interjected and then hurriedly hung up on him. "My dear teammates, I''m coming!" she thought excitedly. Now that no one on her team had high levels, it was hard for them to slay monsters. Zheng Xiaoguang had to work hard to take care of her teammates'' health. When she was busy running around and adding blood for them, her cellphone screen flickered. She got a text message. She was afraid that it was something about work and swiftly checked the message. It was from Tong Xiangyang, and he invited her to watch a movie together. She thought in surprise,"What? Does he want to date me? "Why does he suddenly ask me to watch a movie? Did Yang Sisi manage to change his attitude toward me within such a short period of time? Wow... she''s really efficient." Zheng Xiaoguang softly sighed. "I would''ve readily accepted such an invitation if I had received it before meeting Bluegreen-Clad. Given the average age of first marriage here in R City, I''m marrying later than most of the girls in the city. I shouldn''t be so picky. Tong Xiangyang is almost the same age as I am, and he''s a good guy with a good background. I should feel lucky, if he wants to marry me. "But now it''s different. I''m in love with Bluegreen-Clad. And we''re going to spend the weekend together. So, I can only refuse Tong Xiangyang." Therefore, she quickly replied to the message from Tong Xiangyang. "I''m sorry. I have an appointment tomorrow." After that, she tossed aside her cellphone and continued to gain levels. The next moment, her cellphone screen flickered again. She had lost her patience and slowly picked up her cellphone after slaying this wave of monsters. It was Tong Xiangyang again. "Do you have time the day after tomorrow?" She quickly edited the text message and sent it back. "I''m sorry. I have an appointment the day after tomorrow. I''m really sleepy. I''m going to sleep." She wanted to stop Tong Xiangyang from texting her again by saying this. To her surprise, Tong Xiangyang just refused to give up. "When do you have time recently?" "Well, I''d better pretend to be asleep." With this in mind, she put her cellphone aside and continued to play the game. When she shifted her gaze to her computer screen, she was surprised to find out that Han Meimei was slain. "Oh, no. I was busy texting just now and forgot to add blood for her." She thought as she hurriedly rushed over and resurrected Han Meimei. [Team] Flowing Light: I''m really sorry. I was answering a text message just now and didn''t see that you needed my help~ [Captain] Han Meimei: It''s okay. But do you think that it''s too slow to gain levels by ourselves? If we don''t hurry up, we''ll be bullied by the Sacred Temple all the time! Since the gang war against the Sacred Temple, Han Meimei had felt depressed. Last night, she had told everyone, "I''ve never been abused like this since I began to play Shiny Sky. If I can''t get back at the Sacred Temple, I won''t be able to eat well and sleep well. " Upon hearing that, Li Lei who adored his girlfriend very much suggested. "How about we take turns to issue a Ghost Recruiting Order tonight, boss? Let''s play the team instance together. In this way, we''ll reach level 85 after one hour." A Ghost Recruiting Order was a charging prop provided by the game operator, which could significantly increase the level-gaining speed. The game operator only allowed a player to use this kind of prop for a limited number of times during a week. Fortunately, none of them had used any Ghost Recruiting Order by far. Bluegreen-Clad readily accepted Li Lei''s suggestion as he was also worried that his gang would be harassed by the Sacred Temple if they could not gain levels fast. Now that nearly all high-level players on Watery South were busy recreating their characters, the Sacred Temple was clearly up to something. Given this, they had to gain levels fast. They all used blue equipment, and monsters in an instance opened by a Ghost Recruiting Order were weak in terms of both offensive physical force and defensive physical force. Nevertheless, they still found it quite hard to slay monsters here. As no one else except the team member could enter such an instance, they did not get harassed by any member of the Sacred Temple during the whole process. As such, they had quickly reached level 85 last night. Today, they finally put on their level-85 purple suit and were not fragile anymore in the face of monsters. They could even complete some weekly missions. Despite that, Han Meimei still felt that they did not gain levels fast enough. [Captain] Han Meimei: Let''s find a trainer! A trainer was different from a substitute player, although both of them helped others to gain levels. A player had to give his or her account name and password to a substitute player, who would gain levels for his or her client by using the client''s ID. A trainer was a high-level player who helped low-level players to gain levels by teaming up with them. A player did not have to give a trainer his or her account name and password. After recreating their characters, the players, who had gotten used to the feeling of slaying monsters within a few seconds, usually did not have enough patience to complete low-level missions. Some high-level players found this business opportunity and chose to work as trainers. Right after the system launched its rebirth program, they advertised on the Public Chat channel, telling everyone that they could team up with low-level players and help them gain levels fast. They usually charged their clients on an hourly basis. Most trainers were level-110 players, and his or her equipment had at least seven star level. Although it was a pity that they missed the chance of becoming the first batch of reborn players, they could earn a large sum of money by working as trainers. On all the servers of Shiny Sky, there were players who chose to work as trainers. [Captain] Han Meimei: It''ll be much more efficient if we hire a trainer. Even when we''re busy, we can still gain levels as long as we get online and team up with our trainer. [Team] Bluegreen-Clad: It''s up to you. [Team] Li Lei: Okay, if this is what you want, honey. Only Zheng Xiaoguang expressed a different opinion. [Team] Flowing Light: But it''s not easy to hire a trainer now, is it? As the rebirth program had just been launched, trainers were getting snatched up. As they had never booked a trainer in advance, they probably could not find a trainer at this moment. Besides, all the high-level players they knew had started their rebirth process. [Captain] Han Meimei: I''ll send out a message on the Public Chat channel. [Public Chat] Han Meimei: A team of level-85 reborn players is looking for a trainer. We want a trainer who has lots of free time and works efficiently. Their luck was not bad. Han Meimei kept sending out this message for just a dozen minites and then she added a trainer to their team. [Team] Landscape Painter is invited by Team Captain Han Meimei to join the team. Chapter 93 Landscape Painter Han Meimei used the shortcut keys to quickly check the occupation and equipment of Landscape Painter. He was a level-110 magician from Floating Cloud Island, and his equipment was at its full star rank and full magical stone rank. He was exactly the capable trainer that they were looking for. Han Meimei: [Heart Eyes] Hi, cool dude. Do you come here to train us? Landscape Painter: Mm-hmm. Hi, Flowing Light. What a pleasant surprise. Upon seeing that message, Zheng Xiaoguang realized why she found this name somewhat familiar. He was the master of her friend Cool Names Taken by Dogs. Like many other games, Shiny Sky allowed its players to become masters or have themselves apprenticed regardless of their occupations and sects. Two players could become a master and an apprentice out of personal choice. After establishing such a relationship, the two players could receive some extra missions, extra points and special props. As Zheng Xiaoguang had a big brother, she did not have a master. Her friend Cool Names Taken by Dogs was apprenticed to a top-notch player who played a magician in the game, and this player was Landscape Painter. Flowing Light: Ah, you''re Dogs'' master! Han Meimei: Do you know each other? Flowing Light: Yes, he''s the master of my friend. Han Meimei: Great, you know each other. Fancy running into you here, hot dude. We really need a trainer now. Can you get online everyday to help us gain levels efficiently? I promise that you''ll be well-paid. If you''re okay with this, can we try to gain levels together now? Landscape Painter: Mm-hmm. With Landscape Painter on the team, they gained levels much more efficiently than before. Landscape Painter could reduce the monsters'' blood volume by half by using just one Area Effect skill, and they just needed to assist him in the fight. With his help, they completed all the weekly missions within one hour. Han Meimei: It feels amazing to gain levels easily with the help of a high-level player. Why didn''t I discover this before? Li Lei: Hey, honey, you need to calm down now! Flowing Light: Haha, Li Lei is jealous. Meimei, watch out. He''ll make you kneel on the keyboard at night. Han Meimei: Sigh. I''ve met your parents together with you. I treat you sincerely, honey. You should believe that. Li Lei: If so, why don''t you marry me now? Han Meimei had been urged to get married since meeting Li Lei''s parents in A City. As she was only 20, she really did not want to get married and have children at this age. Han Meimei: Uhm~ I''m still young. Let me enjoy myself for two more years~ She would turn 22 after two years. Li Lei adored Han Meimei, but he was the same age as Bluegreen-Clad. He should get married at this age. He began to lead his girlfriend on systematically: Don''t you want to live with me as soon as possible? If you don''t marry me now, we have to continue this long-distance relationship. Don''t you think that it''s such a torture? "It''s really painful for people who love each other not to see each other every day." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang felt sorry for them and spoke for Li Lei: Yeah, Meimei. It''s not easy to meet a good guy. Han Meimei: Well, I''ll marry Li Lei when you marry Bluegreen-Clad. After all, you''re my elder sister. I should marry after you. Zheng Xiaoguang had never expected this. Neither had she expected that Bluegreen-Clad would have taken this chance to urge her to get married. Bluegreen-Clad said: Yeah, I agree with Meimei. Both of us reached marriageable age a long time ago. Shouldn''t we begin to consider our future now, honey? "Huh? It was Li Lei that urged Han Meimei to marry him. Why did I suddenly get shot while lying down?" She flushed bashfully as she thought, "Fortunately, Bluegreen-Clad can''t see my face now. I really don''t know how to answer his question. His family will probably accept our relationship, but my parents..." When they were chatting gleefully, Landscape Painter who had remained quiet all this while asked inquiringly: "You seem to get along really well with one another." Han Meimei: Yes, cool dude. Now you''re watching two couple showing off their love. As Landscape Painter was Dogs''s master, Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat embarrassed. Flowing Light: You''re the only one who''s courting envy here. Han Meimei: [Making a Face] But there are indeed two couples on this team. Bluegreen-Clad: Well, do you want to court envy together with me, honey? Upon seeing their messages which were sent out almost at the same time, Zheng Xiaoguang smiled and shook her head. When she was about to reply to their messages, she saw a Private Chat message from Landscape Painter: Do you really like Bluegreen-Clad? Although he was Dogs''s master and friend, Zheng Xiaoguang was not familiar with him. As such, she simply replied: "Yes, he''s my husband." Landscape Painter: What about Cool Names Taken by Dogs? It looks like that you don''t refuse to get married in the game. If so, why did you refuse him in the past? Zheng Xiaoguang thought in surprise,"Is he talking about Dogs'' proposal to me? Why does he bring this up now? What an incongruous question. Does he think that I betrayed Dogs or something? "This is really strange..." Zheng Xiaoguang was not sure about his attitude, so she decided to answer his question truthfully. [Private Chat] Flowing Light: He was joking with me back then. He always said that no one would want to marry me and liked to play tricks on me. [Private Chat] Landscape Painter: Have you ever thought that he might really like you? [Private Chat] Flowing Light: Huh? That''s impossible~ Dogs told me a long time ago that games were games and he would never take them seriously. He said that even if he got married someday, he would just do this to recruit another regular member for our team. In the meantime, she thought, "Dogs and I were regular teammates. We did not need to get married. If Bluegreen-Clad had never set me up, I would''ve stayed single in the game all the time." [Private Chat] Landscape Painter: Do you know why he quit the game? [Private Chat] Flowing Light: I don''t know! But speaking of this, I''m still angry with him. He left without saying goodbye and left all his things to me. I still keep all those things for him, and they occupy half the space in my warehouse. I really don''t know where to find him now. She could not help but sigh inwardly. "I really care about Dogs. However, he left without giving me his contact information. What a cold-blooded friend. He probably has never taken his friends in a game seriously. Maybe that''s why he cut us off when he left." After quite a long time, Landscape Painter replied: Do you want Cool Names Taken by Dogs to come back? As they were good friends, she sincerely hoped to meet him again in the game. Give this, she replied without any hesitation: Yes, of course. Upon thinking of his things which occupied half the space in her warehouse, she added: When he comes back, I''ll return all the things to him and charge him a warehouse management fee. Note: ¢ÙFull star rank: If a piece of equipment is at its full star rank, it has reached the highest star rank that it can be forged into. As to a piece of level-110 equipment, its full star rank was 10 star. ¢Ú Full magical stone rank: If a piece of equipment is at its full magical stone rank, it has reached the highest magical stone rank that it can be forged into. As for a piece of level-110 equipment, its full magical stone rank was 10 magical stone. Equipment at its full star rank and full magical stone rank will be called finished equipment. Chapter 94 Whats the Matter with You? Han Meimei was active in gaining levels. She always got online on time and never goofed off. She even prepared pills used to refill blood and magical force for the team. Landscape Painter was very pleased with her performance. After discussing with Bluegreen-Clad, he agreed to train the team on the coming weekend and charged them 500,000 taels of sliver per hour. Landscape Painter: Are you sure that all of you will be online this weekend? Han Meimei thought that he was worried that they would waste time and would not pay him well. She hurriedly replied: "No problem, we''ve agreed that we''ll gain levels together this weekend. Even if we don''t have time to play, we''ll log onto the game. If you don''t want to sleep tonight. We''ll stay online and let you be the team captain and continue to gain levels. Landscape Painter: No, I want to sleep tonight. Let''s start tomorrow. Han Meimei: Okay. Hey, everyone, remember to log onto the game at 8 o''clock tomorrow morning. Nevertheless, when Zheng Xiaoguang woke up the next morning, it was already 9:30 am. She saw a text message on her cellphone. It was sent to her by Bluegreen-Clad at 7:50 this morning. A message from Bluegreen-Clad: I have to attend an emergency meeting this morning. You can play with the others first. I''ll come back in the afternoon. "Although he''s busy today, he still remembers our appointment. He does care about me." With this in mind, she could not help but smile. She quickly replied to his message: Okay, I''ll wait for you. After waking up, she immediately got out of her bed and hurriedly gulped some breakfast food down. Just as she had expected, Bluegreen-Clad was still not online when she logged onto the game. When she was about to contact Han Meimei, she received a team invitation from her. The moment she joined the team, she saw the angry shouts of Han Meimei. Han Meimei: What are you and your husband doing? It''s a Saturday morning. Why can''t you get online on time? We''ve agreed on the time last night. Look at Landscape Painter. He has been waiting for you for a long time! Flowing Light: l''m really sorry. Bluegreen-Clad is working overtime. And I was too tired from work and overslept accidentally. Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat guilty as if she had been caught goofing off at work by her boss. Han Meimei: [Stares] What a well-matched couple. Okay, I surrender. Flowing Light: Uhm, where''s Li Lei? Han Meimei: He''s working overtime this weekend. I''ll run both of our accounts on my computer at the same time£® Flowing Light: Are you saying that there are only the two of us on our team today? Han Meimei: What are you talking about? Do you forget about Landscape Painter? I told him that we would get started when you got online. Now, go to log into Bluegreen-Clad''s account and join the team. When Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly logged into Bluegreen-Clad''s game account, Han Meimei pulled Landscape Painter into the team. They kept gaining levels together until noon. At noon, Han Meimei made Landscape Painter the Team Captain and went to have lunch, leaving only Zheng Xiaoguang and Landscape Painter on the team. Flowing Light: Don''t you need to have lunch? Landscape Painter: I''m eating lunch now. Zheng Xiaoguang thought in surprise, "What? He continues helping us to gain levels while eating lunch. What a hardworking trainer. He should win an award for that." Landscape Painter: Come to the Snow Peak. The Snow Peak was a PVP region. As they had finished playing team instances, they could only gain levels there. Zheng Xiaoguang put Bluegreen-Clad''s character in a safe zone in the north of the region and then went down to pull and fight monsters on the map. During the process, she ran into Landscape Painter, and he stopped and took the initiative to talk to her. Landscape Painter: It''s already 12 o''clock. You should go to have lunch while letting your character stay online. If you don''t eat lunch on time, your stomach will hurt£® Flowing Light: Hehe, that''s alright. I''ll order takeout later. Landscape Painter: Do you eat alone? Flowing Light: Yes, I''m alone at home today. As she was alone at home, she did not want to cook and decided to eat takeout for lunch. Landscape Painter: I''ll be away from the keyboard for a moment. Zheng Xiaoguang thought that he was going to have lunch, so she immediately replied: Alright, give me the team, I''ll take care of it. Now that Zheng Xiaoguang was alone on the team, she listlessly fought the monsters while listening to music. About half an hour later, she heard a knock on the door. She was surprised. She listened attentively and made sure that someone was knocking on her door. She went to the door while wondering, "Who''s it? I haven''t ordered takeout yet." She opened the door with a confused look on her face. When she saw the man standing at her door, her eyes widened in surprise. "Tong Xiangyang?" Tong Xiangyang took out a lunch box and said, "Here''s your lunch." Zheng Xiaoguang was astonished. It took her quite a long time to recover from the shock. She stuttered, "Why, Why do you come here?" Tong Xiangyang did not answer her question. Instead, he asked, "Are you playing games again?" Considering that they had once said that they would have played games "together" someday, Zheng Xiaoguang guiltily replied, "No." Tong Xiangyang smiled and said, "You haven''t eaten lunch yet, so I bought some food for you. You can eat first." "Well, thank you very much, but I think that I''m not convenient now." Zheng Xiaoguang did not invite him to come in. Instead, she stood at the door together with him, planning to persuade him to leave. Tong Xiangyang knew what she meant, but he pretended not to understand it. He said, "Do you plan to stand at the door together with me all the time? Don''t you want to invite me into your home?" Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang had no choice but to invite him in. Tong Xiangyang entered her home and went directly into her kitchen. He took out the food he brought here and put it on dishes. There were dry fried shrimp, Beijing roast duck, fried fish meat, steamed buns with crab roe and dumpling of glutinous rice flour with osmanthus blossoms. Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat awkward instead of feeling pleased. She did not understand why he did this thing for her as he had not yet answered her question. Upon seeing the confused look on Zheng Xiaoguang''s face, Tong Xiangyang urged. "Come on, try it." "You..." Zheng Xiaoguang opened her mouth but got stuck for words. She thought, "This is not about the food. I really don''t understand what''s going on now. How can I eat the food? "Tong Xiangyang never seemed to be interested in me before, no matter how hard Yang Sisi tried to bring us together. I was even forced by my parents to ask him out, but he refused me on the excuse of being busy with his work. I felt so awkward back then, since I had never taken the initiative to ask any guy out before that day. "Given this, when Yang Sisi asked me if I had contacted him, I was so embarrassed to tell her the truth. I pretended that I had never taken the initiative to contact him. "When we went on a picnic together, Yang Sisi tried her best to give us a chance to spend some time together, but he always kept me at a distance. I didn''t try to get close to him either. We kept avoiding each other all the time. "After that picnic, Yang Sisi realized something and stopped urging us to be together, and I decided to treat him as a friend. "Nevertheless, his attitude toward me suddenly changed. Yesterday, he called me and asked me to watch a movie together. Today, he even came to my home and bought so much lunch food for me." With this in mind, she nearly blurted out, "What''s the matter with you, Mr. Tong?" Tong Xiangyang did not seem to notice Zheng Xiaoguang''s hesitation. He looked encouragingly at her and said, "Try the food when it''s still warm. I bought it in the best Chinese restaurant in this city. If you like these dishes, I can often deliver them to you in the future." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang realized something. She frowned and asked, "Did Sisi force you to do something, Mr. Tong?" In the meantime, she wondered, "Did Yang Sisi force him to chase after me and take the initiative to ask me out? But I''ve refused him many times. He should''ve stopped trying by now. Nevertheless, he did not get upset and continue to try. "Does he suddenly get attracted by me? Oh, that''s impossible." Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but mock herself inwardly. "He can''t be suddenly attracted by me. Most good guys at his age in this city are married now. He must''ve gone on many blind dates by far. He probably has met too many girls and thus becomes somewhat picky now. How can he suddenly get attracted by me?" "If it was really Yang Sisi that asked you to do this for me, I want to say that I''m sorry. Please don''t worry. I promise that I''ll talk this matter through with her," she said politely. The next moment, Tong Xiangyang said something that went totally beyond her expectations. He said smilingly, "No, this has nothing to do with Yang Sisi. It''s my own decision. I decide to chase after you." Zheng Xiaoguang was dumbfounded. She managed to speak in a calm voice. "I don''t think that this joke is funny, Mr. Tong." Tong Xiangyang seriously looked at Zheng Xiaoguang and said, "I''m not joking. I really want to date you. I hope that you can give me an opportunity." At this moment, Zheng Xiaoguang was pretty sure that Tong Xiangyang was not joking, so she replied seriously, "Thank you for your kindness, but no." The smile froze on his face, as he asked, "Why?" "Nothing. I just don''t think that we''re suitable for each other," replied Zheng Xiaoguang. She did not want to tell anyone else about her relationship with Bluegreen-Clad since she was not confident that she would be able to persuade her parents to approve of this relationship. To her surprise, Tong Xiangyang asked, "Do you refuse me in such a hurry because of the god-like Bluegreen-Clad in the game?" "How do you know..." Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned and got stuck for words again. She wondered, "Why does Tong Xiangyang know Bluegreen-Clad? Did Yang Sisi tell him about my relationship with Bluegreen-Clad? Tong Xiangyang continued, "A god-like player like Bluegreen-Clad looks awesome and attractive in a game, but a game is a game. He can''t become real." "Calm down, calm down." Zheng Xiaoguang thought to herself and tried her best to maintain the calm look on her face. "Well, that''s my own choice. It has nothing to do with you." Tong Xiangyang shook his head and said, "Chose to be together with me, Xiaoguang. We''re not young anymore. We can''t waste time on such meaningless things. You should know it." "Why did you come here to find me?" Zheng Xiaoguang looked into Tong Xiangyang''s eyes. She noticed that he looked very confident, but she really did not like this guy. She was still confused about why he suddenly came to her home. Just now she had thought that it was because of Yang Sisi, but at this moment, she realized that it was not just because of her. Tong Xiangyang raised his eyebrows and said, "It''s because I like you." "What? Like me?" Zheng Xiaoguang could hardly believe what she had just heard. "I don''t remember that you like me." Zheng Xiaoguang said self-deprecatingly. Since meeting her for the first time, Tong Xiangyang had always kept her at a distance. After their first blind date, they seldom met each other. Chapter 95 To Reveal His Identity "Why does Tong Xiangyang suddenly say that he likes me and wants to date me? Is this true? "This story is really hard to swallow." To her surprise, Tong Xiangyang shook his head mysteriously and sighed. "Hi, Flowing Light. It''s me. I''m Cool Names Taken by Dogs." Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned. She pointed at him with a trembling finger and stuttered, "What? What are you talking about? Are you saying that you''re Cool Names Taken by Dogs?" She hoped that he would deny it, but he nodded solemnly and added, "Nice to meet you, Flowing Light. I used to be your closest teammate in the game. I''m Cool Names Taken by Dogs." "But, But you treat me..." She got stuck for words, as she thought, "I remember that he never liked me. He never said that he liked me before quitting the game. "H used to spend quite a lot of money on the game, although not so much as Blooming Pear Tree and Bluegreen-Clad did. He had quite good equipment and could easily defeat ordinary players. He was an indispensable offensive player on the team when we were fighting a melee or playing instances. Some female players used to chase after him, even though his name did not sound very good. "But he refused all of those girls. "Sometimes, Soft-heartedness would tease him and ask him to marry me as we were on the same team. Mulberry on the Grave would often echo his view. "But back then, I was determined to remain single in a game because of my failed relationship with Su Han. Besides, I already didn''t want to send out some sweet words on the Public Chat channel together with a stranger to court envy every day. As I repeatedly refused this idea, they gradually stopped talking about it. "In this way, we continued to be teammates and gain levels and complete weekly missions together until the appearance of Bluegreen-Clad. "Oh, I remember. He quit the game not long after I left the team for Bluegreen-Clad. He left almost right after he equipped himself with a whole set of finished equipment. That''s really strange. I never figure out why he gave me all his strengthening stones and forging stones before his departure when I was away from the keyboard and left my character in the safe zone. He even did not give me a chance to say no. "Did he do this since he likes me?" Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly shook her head to reject this speculation. She asked inquiringly, "You said that you like me just now. It''s a joke, isn''t it?" In the meantime, she wondered, "Probably he just wants to tease me for fun as this is the first time that we''ve met offline. "But today is not April Fool''s Day. Wait, do I remember the date correctly." Tong Xiangyang sighed. "I''m not joking with you. I like you. I found myself attracted to you not long after joining your regular team." "No, you''re lying. You always squabbled with me and teased me!" Zheng Xiaoguang bit her lip. Tong Xiangyang noticed her doubts and felt really helpless about her obtuseness. "You idiot. Even Mulberry on the Grave and Soft-heartedness is a Disease notice that I like you. Only you don''t realize it." Upon seeing the suspicious look on her face, he added, "I liked to bicker with you before because I like you. No matter how violently you reacted, I never left the team." "Is that true?" Zheng Xiaoguang still felt confused. She asked, "Did you know that Flowing Light is me?" The moment she finished the sentence, she noticed that there was something wrong with her view. "If Tong Xiangyang knew that I''m Flowing Light, why didn''t he mention anything about it during our first blind date?" Tong Xiangyang was rendered speechless for a moment before he replied, "No, I discovered it a few days ago. If I had known about it a long time ago, I would''ve never let you marry Bluegreen-Clad." Tong Xiangyang looked somewhat grumpy when he mentioned Bluegreen-Clad, but Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but smile upon thinking of Bluegreen-Clad. She did not regret marrying him at all. Upon seeing the smile on her face, Tong Xiangyang thought that she was sneering at him. He frowned and said, "I''m sorry, Xiaoguang. I used to treat you coldly because I liked Floiwng Light in the game. If I had known that you''re Flowing Light, I would''ve confess to you a long time ago." He felt quite lucky, as it was not too late for him to discover the truth. He asked seriously again, "Xiao Guang, I want to ask you again in the name of Cool Names Taken by Dogs. Do you want to be my girlfriend?" They came back to this question again. Zheng Xiaoguang still did not understand why Tong Xiangyang suddenly liked her, but it was not hard for her to make a decision at this moment. She gave him the same answer. "Thank you for your kindness, but I have someone I like." Her attitude did not change at all even when she knew that Tong Xiangyang was Cool Names Taken by Dogs. "Is it because of Bluegreen-Clad?" asked Tong Xiangyang. She knew that it was not a good time to bring this up, but as he had already discovered the truth, she decided to be honest with him. She nodded and said, "Yes, he''s my boyfriend now." "Come on, Xiaoguang. A virtual relationship is even more unrealistic than a long-distance one." Tong Xiangyang was not discouraged at all and said confidently. "You should know that we''re well-matched. Both of us live and work in R City, and both of our families are here. I can stay with you every day after work. When we get married, we don''t have to be worried about where to settle down. If you choose to continue your relationship with Bluegreen-Clad, you''ll meet lots of difficulties in the future. Do you think it''s worth it? " Zheng Xiaoguang was well aware of the challenge. If she got married to Bluegreen-Clad, they would have to face a very realistic problem¡ªwhere would they settle down, A City or R City? As Bluegreen-Clad had a business in A City, she probably would have to move to A City in the future. That meant that she would lose almost everything she had in R City and start all over again. For her, this would be a risk and a turning point in her life. A few years ago, when she had met Su Han, her parents had warned her of such a risk. If she married a guy in her city, her family and friends would help her out when she was faced with difficulties. If she married some guy in another city, she would have to solve all the problems she met by herself. Her parents did not want her to take such a risk. They still wanted to keep her in the city where they lived. Zheng Xianguang understood why her parents had such worries. She thought that most of the parents wanted to stay close to their children not because they wanted their children to help them out when they were old but because they wanted to protect their children for the rest of their life. Despite that, she still thought that she should not rely on her parent all the time as she was an adult. She admitted that it was a mistake to trust Su Han, but at this moment, she was confident that she made a right choice. She felt calm as she believed that no one in the world could be 100% sure of anything. Therefore, when being questioned by Tong Xiangyang, she just smiled sweetly and said, "I think it''s worth it." Chapter 96 Tong Xiangyangs Thinking Upon seeing the sweet smile on Zheng Xiaoguang''s face, Tong Xiangyang felt quite uncomfortable. He thought, "It was I who met Flowing Light first. I''ve played together with her since she was at around level 40. I accompanied her to level 80+, but she suddenly married another guy in the game." He had to admit that he had missed the best opportunity because of his hesitation. He had forced himself to remain sensible when he found himself attracted to Flowing Light. He kept telling himself that a virtual relationship was unrealistic and that he should go on blind dates to find a wife as soon as possible to meet his parents'' expectations. He kept his love for her to himself and planned to accompany her until she quit the game. Nevertheless, it was hard for him to hide his affection sometimes. Gradually, Soft-heartedness is a Disease and Mulberry on the Grave discovered his affection for Flowing Light and encouraged him to confess to her. Softhearted said directly, "If you like her, you should let her know. Even if you can''t become a couple in real life, you can get married in the game. Life is too short to live with regrets." Therefore, he jokingly proposed to Flowing Light. "Hey, Flowing Light. As no one else wants to marry you, I''ll do you a favor and make you my wife." Flowing Light replied, "Huh? No. Games are games. I don''t want to get married in any game." Although she refused him, he thought that it was alright. After all, she did not refuse him because she did not like him. He thought, "That''s not a big deal. As long as we can continue to play the game together, we can be considered a couple in the game." To his surprise, on June 1, which was Children''s Day, she married Bluegreen-Clad, the gang boss of the League of Strong Families and a well-know god-like player on the server. He understood why she made such a decision. After all, girls seldom turn down god-like players. Upon seeing the game message which informed everyone of the wedding of Flowing Light and Bluegreen-Clad, he had to admit, although he did not want to, that the girl he loved was just one of those brainless girls who would be attracted to god-like players. He trusted his own judgement and thought, "If Flowing Light was not such a brainless girl, why would she marry Bluegreen-Clad? She even didn''t know him before." Despite that, he still felt reluctant to leave her. He did not give up and decided to wait. He believed that Flowing Light and Bluegreen-Clad would end up getting a divorce sooner or later as such a god-like player seldom took a girl seriously Just as he expected, not long after they got married, the god-like player''s fianc¨¦e, Venus Will Cry, suddenly popped out and sent someone to kill Flowing Light. Later, she even fought against Flowing Light for some purple equipment. Bluegreen-Clad handled the first incident properly but to everyone''s surprise, he let Venus Will Cry have the purple equipment. Tong Xiangyang was filled with indignation and sent out lots of messages on the Public Chat channel, seeking to buy Flowing Light a doctor''s purple necklace. He wanted to make her happy and let her see what a good guy he was. Nevertheless, when he was about to pull Flowing Light into his team to get the purple necklace that he had just bought, Bluegreen-Clad showed off the Spiritual Deer Necklace at +8 rank and courted lots of envy on the Public Chat channel. He looked at the purple necklace that had just been unlocked and fell silent. This was the first time that he had felt inferior to the rich god-like players. Afterwards, when Flowing Light got framed and kicked out of the League of Strong Families, Bluegreen-Clad could always solve the problem. When Tong Xiangyang wanted to get back at Venus for Flowing Light and sent out Public Chat messages, asking for Venus'' coordinates, Flowing Light complained that he caused troubles for her. He thought dejectedly, "Why? Does she think that no matter what I do, I can''t compete with Bluegreen-Clad?" He felt even more disappointed, when Flowing Light came back to the League of Strong Families and went everywhere together with Bluegreen-Clad. When he was about to quit the game, Shiny Sky held a "Beauty Contest" and the "ex-fianc¨¦e" of Bluegreen-Clad went viral. He considered this an opportunity since he believed that a god-like player would always prefer a pretty girl. He contacted Flowing Light again and tried to find out what she was thinking. Beyond his expectations, Bluegreen-Clad ended this thing within a week and continued to enjoy the game together with Flowing Light. He thought, "Maybe this is the end of this short love story. Maybe I should not have liked her in the beginning. I should quit this game now. It''s not fun to see her being together with the god-like Bluegreen-Clad everyday while hating myself for being so useless." Given this, he quit the game without saying goodbye to Flowing Light. He thought that everything was over and he could continue to go on blind dates. To his disappointment, he did not meet any girl he liked. When he went on a blind date arranged by Yang Sisi, he met Zheng Xiaoguang and decided not to contact her after the date as she said that she did not like to play online games. He had never hoped even in his wildest dreams that he would meet Flowing Light in person. He was so surprised to find out that Flowing Light was Zheng Xiaoguang and she also lived in R City. If he had known this earlier, he would not have suffered so many sleepless nights where he was perplexed at whether a virtual relationship could become real. If he had not hesitated for such a long time, Bluegreen-Clad would have never gotten a chance with Flowing Light and left him no choice but to leave her silently and painfully. The moment he discovered that Flowing Light was Zheng Xiaoguang, he was thrilled, as this relationship that he had once considered to be impossible suddenly came within his reach. He thought that he must have been favored by destine and believed that they were meant to be. Beyond his expectations, when he invited Zheng Xiaoguang to watch a movie together with him, he got turned down. Although she refused him politely and gave him a reasonable explanation, he still refused to believe her. As such, he logged into his master''s account Landscape Painter and found out that Flowing Light was online. He joined her team in the name of a trainer. To his surprise, he found out that Flowing Light and Bluegreen-Clad were close. She even said that Bluegreen-Clad was her husband. She could never imagine how angry he was upon seeing that sentence. He really wanted to ask her if she liked only god-like players in the game at that time but he managed to suppress that urge. He pretended to be Landscape Painter and made a few discreet inquiries with her, trying to find out her attitude toward him. He was surprised upon knowing that she had taken his proposal as a joke. He finally came to realize that she had misunderstood him and he had kept missing his opportunities. He was not willing to give up so much so that he would rather stay on her team and suffer from depression upon seeing her being together with the god-like Bluegreen-Clad. He stayed there on the excuse of making money by helping them to gain levels, but in fact, he just wanted to see what she was doing after turning him down. He thought dejectedly, "She refused me just because she wants to fight monsters and gain levels together with the god-like Bluegreen-Clad. Nevertheless, this god-like Bluegreen-Clad is away from the keyboard all the time. He doesn''t accompany her in the game. He can''t do that either in real life. ''When she refused me, she said that she had an appointment, but in fact, she has to eat lunch alone. "Given this, why don''t I go to find her?" With this in mind, he asked Yang Sisi to give him Zheng Xiaoguang''s address and then delivered some lunch food to her home. He planned to enjoy the lunch together with her and prove to her that they were well-matched by his actions. He wanted her to accept his love, but she turned him down again because of Bluegreen-Clad£® He complained inwardly, "What''s so great about Bluegreen-Clad? He lives far away and can''t drive her home, give her a treat or go shopping with her after work. Only I can do that for her!" He refused to accept the fact and asked Zheng Xiaoguang again. "Are you sure that you don''t like me at all?" "I like you as a good friend." Zheng Xiaoguang uneasily looked at him and continued, "But if you insist on changing our current relationship, I''m afraid that we can''t even be friends in the end." Chapter 97 Entanglemen t In the afternoon, Bluegreen-Clad went online as he promised, but Landscape Painter did not come back. Han Meimei: Oh, no. I spent so much effort in hiring this trainer. He''s so unreliable. Despite those complaints, they continued to gain levels by themselves. Under diligent supervision of Han Meimei, the four of them reached level 105 within a week. In order to commemorate this important moment, Han Meimei finally agreed to let them log off early today. Zheng Xiaoguang logged off and then routinely received a call from Bluegreen-Clad before going to sleep. "Is everything okay? Are you tired recently?" asked Bluegreen-Clad. "It''s fine." Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly explained. "I just... miss you a little." "I''m sorry. I''ve been a little busy recently and can''t go to R City to accompany you." "That''s alright." Zheng Xiaoguang took a deep breath and continued, "You have to make money. I understand it." Suddenly, Bluegreen-Clad fell silent. She hurriedly added, "I''m really okay with it. Isn''t this what a long-distance relationship is like? I really don''t blame you." In the meantime, she thought, "Many people have successful long-distance relationships. If they can make it, I can make it too." To her surprise, Bluegreen-Clad sighed, "Sigh. I should''ve married you earlier." He had talked about marriage a lot recently, but Zheng Xiaoguang still did not get quite used to it. She flushed and stuttered, "Urg..." Upon noticing her shyness, Bluegreen-Clad chuckled and said, "I miss you too, Xiaoguang. The day after tomorrow is Saturday. I''ll go to your city to spend some quality time with you, okay? " "Huh?" She was a little surprised as she did not understand why he suddenly changed his mind. "I really want to see you." At this moment, Zheng Xiaoguang felt that they were the sweetest words that she had ever heard. As an old saying goes, over-indulgence in joy will cause sadness. The next day when Zheng Xiaoguang gleefully went to work, she was captured by Yang Sisi. When they ran into each other in front of the ladies'' room, Yang Sisi glared at her and asked, "What did you do last weekend? Tell me." Zheng Xiaoguang, who was waiting to use the toilet, pretended that she could not wait any longer to go pissing while saying, "Sigh, I told you before. I hung out with my friends." "Which of your friends? Tell me! I know all your friends." Yang Sisi refused to let her go. Zheng Xiaoguang said while anxiously looking at the ladies'' room behind Yang Sisi, "You really don''t know those friends." "Do you mean your friends in the game?" Yang Sisi squinted her eyes. "You kept playing the game for the entire weekend. Why did you lie?" "Urg, she knows it," Zheng Xiaoguang thought embarrassedly. "Well, I did play the game." Zheng Xiaoguang looked ingratiatingly at Yang Sisi. "You must know the rebirth program. I''m eager to gain levels now." Yang Sisi flew into a rage. "Oh, you! Do you really understand what''s the most important thing for you now? I heard that Xiangyang asked you out last weekend, but you still chose to play the game at home!" "Erm, hehe." Zheng Xiaoguang tried to muddle through with a smirk. Nevertheless, Yang Sisi still refused to back down. "I was really confused. Xiangyang told me that he intended to chase after you before I went on a business travel. But when I came back, you two didn''t seem to have made any progress. I asked Xiangyang if he changed his mind and he told me that it was you that turned him down!" Yang Sisi failed to finish complaining in one breath and glared at Zheng Xiaoguang when she continued, "Are you really stupid? Will that stupid game marry you in the future?" Zheng Xiaoguang thought to herself, "Shiny Sky won''t marry me, but Bluegreen-Clad will." Nevertheless, she dared not to voice her thought in front of Yang Sisi at this moment. She carefully weighed the words. "Uhm, I''m really grateful for your help, but we''re not suitable for each other." With these words, she shuffled toward the ladies'' room. Yang Sisi seized her and asked, "Why did you say that you two aren''t suitable for each other? I think that you''re well-matched! Both of you are only children and have stable jobs and incomes. Besides, Xiangyang is quite a cute guy and has a house and a car. If you marry him, you won''t have to worry about anything in the future. I really don''t understand why you don''t like him?" Zheng Xiaoguang remained silent as she sighed inwardly, "Oh, no, she speaks of this again. "Yeah, what else can I ask for? I''m going to be a leftover lady very soon. The other people just don''t think that I have a right to choose. "They often say, ''You''re not young anymore. Do you want to become a spinster? Aren''t you afraid that people will laugh at you?'' "Or, they''ll say, ''Can you be realistic? Marriage is not only about feelings. Feelings are unreliable. Even if you find someone you love, you''ll get tired of him soon. What will you do at that time?'' "They''ll even say, ''Look at the other girls in this residential area. Who''s still single like you? You can''t be picky since the guys are picky too. Do you think that you deserve a super good guy or something? '' "They keep reminding me that I have no time and no chance to be picky. In their view, I should not turn down any guy as long as he likes me. If I say that I''m not satisfied with something about the guy, they''ll retort confidently and give me lots of reasons." Upon seeing the somber face of Zheng Xiaoguang, Yang Sisi was somewhat worried. "What do you think, Xiaoguang?" Beyond her expectations, Zheng Xiaoguang took this chance to run into the ladies'' room. As she moved too fast, Yang Sisi failed to seize her. She complained. "Ah! You naughty girl!" After this incident, Zheng Xiaoguang kept avoiding Yang Sisi until they knocked off in the evening. She thought that Yang Sisi would come to find her and leave together with her. To her surprise, Yang Sisi was required by her supervisor to work overtime. Zheng Xiaoguang felt really grateful for the supervisor although she thought that she should not be so mean to her friend. She "reluctantly" said goodbye to Yang Sisi, hurriedly packed her things and left the company. The moment she walked out of her company, a car parked in front of her beeped at her. She thought that she was probably blocking the way and moved aside. Surprisingly, the car did not move at all. The driver rolled down the window and revealed his face. It was Tong Xiangyang. "Erm, do you come here to find me?" She looked confusedly at him. Since being rejected by her, he had not appeared in front of her for a long time. She did not understand why he suddenly came to his company? Tong Xiangyang turned to look at her and said smilingly, "Didn''t Yang Sisi tell you? I''ll invite you for dinner today. " "Oh, Yang Sisi did seem to have something to say to me, but she didn''t have a chance to do so since she was suddenly called away by her supervisor to work overtime. Did she plan to tell me this?" thought Zheng Xiaoguang. "But I don''t want to have dinner together with Tong Xiangyang." She frowned and said, "I''m sorry. I really have to go home now." "Why are you going home in such a hurry?" Tong Xiangyang asked casually, "Are you going to play the game?" ''Well, now everyone knows that I play the game after work." With this in mind, she felt too lazy to make up an excuse. She took a deep breath and answered, "Yes, is there anything wrong about it?" Chapter 98 To Come into Unavoidable Confrontation Tong Xiangyang finally turned his face toward Zheng Xiaoguang and asked, "Come on, you can play the game everyday. I sincerely invite you to have dinner with me. Can you give me a chance?" Zheng Xiaoguang looked at Tong Xiangyang who did not seem to plan to get out of his car at all and said, "I think that I''ve made myself understood last time." With these words, she turned aside and walked away. Tong Xiangyang hurriedly drove his car to catch up with her. "I''m sorry, Xiaoguang. I''ve been too hasty last time." Zheng Xiaoguang gradually slowed down. Upon seeing that, Tong Xiangyang continued, "You think that we can be friends even if we can''t be a couple, don''t you?" "Does he come around?" She wondered. Zheng Xiaoguang looked back at him with searching eyes. Tong Xiangyang remained calmly seated inside his car, "Xiaoguang, we used to be regular teammates. Can''t I invite you for dinner as a friend?" "It''ll be alright to have dinner together with a friend, but I..." She thought to herself. Just as she was hesitating, a familiar voice interrupted her train of thought. "Xiaoguang!" She looked back and saw Bluegreen-Clad who was dressed in casual clothes. Different from his formal looks, he let his thin fringe down today and looked amiable. His skin still looked white and clear, and his face was carefully shaved. Upon seeing her own reflection in his dark brown eyes, she felt that her heart began to race. "Why do you come here today?" She was surprised as he had told her that he would visit her on the weekend? He walked up to her and naturally took her hand while saying, "When I finished my work today, I discovered that it was still early. Given this, I decided to come here to give you a surprise." ''Oh, that''s it," Zheng Xiaoguang thought and then asked with concern. "How did you get here, by car or by train? Are you tired?" "I couldn''t wait to meet you, so I didn''t want to wait for the high-speed train. I drove all the way here." While saying this, he looked at the car which was obviously following Zheng Xiaoguang and Tong Xiangyang inside the car. "Is he your friend? Don''t you need to introduce him to me?" asked he. It was not until then that Zheng Xiaoguang remembered that there was still a "troublesome" guy nearby. She awkwardly pointed at Tong Xiangyang and said, "He, He is my friend Tong Xiangyang and my teammate in the game. His ID is Cool Names Taken by Dogs. I discovered that recently." "What a pleasant surprise! Hello, I''m Xiaoguang''s boyfriend. I''m Bluegreen-Clad of Watery South, and my real name is Lu Mingxuan." Bluegreen-Clad greeted Tong Xiangyang cordially. Tong Xiangyang nodded politely and said, "I''m very pleased to meet you, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad who tops the power ranking in the game." Bluegreen-Clad replied politely, "I''m flattered." There seemed to be a tension between the two guys. Tong Xiangyang glanced at Zheng Xiaoguang when Bluegreen-Clad put an arm around her shoulders. He said, "I''d better not disturb you. I''ll go first. Bye." Upon seeing him speed away, Bluegreen-Clad released Zheng Xiaoguang and swiftly lowered his head to kiss her. His lips were somewhat dry, which was probably because he had driven for a long time. He could not wait to grab her wet lips with his lips and then lightly ran the tip of his tongue over her lips and teeth. It took them a long time to end the kiss. "I miss you." Bluegreen-Clad placed his forehead against hers and enjoyed looking closely at her face when she was slightly panting. Zheng Xiaoguang was breathing quickly while saying, "I miss you too." Probably due to the fact that this was a long-distance relationship, every time she touched and got close to him in real life, she would feel exceptionally happy. Sometimes she felt that it was really easy to please herself. Bluegreen-Clad hugged her gently, like holding a precious piece of china. "Silly girl," said he. "Have you found a place to live?" Zheng Xiaoguang rested her head on Bluegreen-Clad''s shoulder and said. "Do you want to find a place to rest first?" Bluegreen-Clad slowly released her and said, "I''ve booked a hotel. Let''s go to put my things in the hotel and then we''ll have dinner together." Being so eager to meet her, he had not gone to his hotel first. Instead, he had navigated directly to her company to pick her up after work. "Which hotel?" Zheng Xiaoguang asked curiously. Bluegreen-Clad replied while gently rubbing her head. "The one which is located nearest your home." "Xiangquan Hotel?" She remembered that this hotel was situated on the street in front of her community. Bluegreen-Clad nodded and replied. "Yes. I want to live close to you. In this way, we can ''go home'' together at night." Zheng Xiaoguang immediately understood what he meant and tightly held his hands as she said, "So, let''s ''go home'' now." It took them only a dozen minutes to drive from Zheng Xiaoguang''s workplace to Xiangquan Hotel. When they arrived at the hotel, it was 6:40 pm. Upon seeing a cute guy walking into the hotel, the girl at the front desk greeted him warmly, "Hi, cool dude, have you booked a room? We don''t have many rooms left now, but I''ll try my best to find the best room for you." Bluegreen-Clad took out its ID card and handed it to the front desk girl while saying, "I''ve booked a suite." Upon hearing that, the girl immediately began to check him in. After a moment, she handed the room card to Bluegreen-Clad with both hands, "Have a nice stay, Sir." When she saw Zheng Xiaoguang who was standing behind Bluegreen-Clad, she added, "Hi, young lady. If you''re going to live here together with him, you have to show me your ID card." "Erm..." Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly shook her head and explained. "No, I won''t live with him." The front desk girl said, "You''ll have to show me your ID card if you''re going to stay here until 11:00 pm." "I won''t stay that late." replied Zheng Xiaoguang. In the meantime, she thought to herself, "If I stay that late, my mum will come here to drag me home." The front desk girl fell silent but stared strangely at Zheng Xiaoguang. "Maybe she misunderstood something," Zheng Xiaoguang thought and looked helplessly at Bluegreen-Clad. Bluegreen-Clad smiled at her and then took her upstairs to find his room. When they found the room and opened its door, Zheng Xiaoguang was astonished with what she saw. A heart-shaped bed which was covered was with red rose petals was placed inside the room under a pendent lamp shaped like a colored ball, which gave off a dim yellow light. The bathroom was separated by transparent glass. They could see everything in the bathroom clearly when they were in the room. Bluegreen-Clad gave Zheng Xiaoguang an innocent look and said, "It seems that I''ve misunderstood this suite." Zheng Xiaoguang''s face was as red as cooked shrimp at this moment. She keenly noticed the slogan "Xiangquan Hotel, a Love Hotel" on the "Do Not Disturb" sign which hung from the knob on the inner side of the door. "No wonder there were so many couples walking in and out of this hotel when Bluegreen-Clad was checking in. It''s a love hotel. That''s why the front desk girl looked strangely at me. Oh, no. I really want to hit my head on a wall now," Zheng Xiaoguang thought embarrassedly. Chapter 99 To Be Jealous Bluegreen-Clad put his small suitcase down and closed the door behind himself. After that, he lifted up Zheng Xiaoguang who was so embarrassed that she dropped her head down and tucked her chin into her chest She was startled when Bluegreen-Clad carried her to the bed and fell into the bed together with her. She thought nervously in Bluegreen-Clad''s arms, "What''s he going to do? Although we''re a couple now, we seldom get so intimate as we live in different cities. The most intimate thing that we''ve done so far is kissing, but now..." Bluegreen-Clad just embraced her and affectionately placed his chin on her forehead without doing anything else. "I finally have the chance to hug you like this," Bluegreen-Clad said while holding her more tightly. Zheng Xiaoguang buried her head into his chest and smelled his light fragrance while sighing inwardly, "Yes, we could only date online as this is a long-distance relationship. We seldom have a chance to even hug each other in real life." Bluegreen-Clad kissed her smooth forehead and slowly released her. "Let''s take a nap first. I''m a little sleepy." With these words, he adjusted his sleeping position and lay on his side. Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "Bluegreen-Clad used to tell me that he doesn''t have time to visit me in R City during weekdays. He must''ve worked hard to finish his work before driving to this city by himself. He must be very tired now." As such, she gently patted his back and said, "Well, let''s take a nap." Bluegreen-Clad slept quietly and nestled against Zheng Xiaoguang. She enjoyed looking at his long eyelashes, high nose and kissable lips. His skin was white, but he did not look pale as his cheeks were somewhat rosy. "He''s such a cute guy," With this in mind, she could not help but kiss his lips. Beyond her expectations, he suddenly hugged her with one arm and used the other hand to bring her head closer to him to deepen the kiss. He kissed her hard and did not open his eyes and release her head until she started to have trouble breathing He looked at her and asked, "Who''s that guy?" It took her quite a long time to realize what he was talking about since she felt somewhat dizzy from the lack of oxygen. She thought, "This is the first time that he has come to R City, he met only Tong Xiangyang beside me." "Are you jealous?" Zheng Xiaoguang asked smilingly, as she thought,"He must care a lot about that guy. Otherwise, he would not specifically ask me about him. When I met his sister, I also could not help but observe her carefully and care about her every word and action." Bluegreen-Clad rubbed Zheng Xiaoguang''s long hair hanging down her back and said, "Well, men always know men better." He had detected something unusual about Tong Xiangyang''s attitude and tone£® "He used to confess to me, but I turned him down." Zheng Xiaoguang tightly hugged Bluegreen-Clad. She nestled against his chest and rubbed his neck while telling him everything about her and Tong Xiangyang. "I haven''t met him for a whole week. I really don''t know why he suddenly came to invite me for dinner and ask me to be his friend." As it was 8:00 pm, she asked, "Are you hungry? Do you want to get up and eat something now?" Bluegreen-Clad smiled helplessly and said, "Silly girl, all you think about is food." "I''m just worried that you''re hungry." She really did not care much about Tong Xiangyang. Bluegreen-Clad sighed. "Can''t you tell that I envy him?" "Huh?" Zheng Xiaoguang looked up in disbelief at Bluegreen-Clad, as she could not figure out why he would envy Tong Xiangyang. "I envy him living in this city and having the chance to meet you anytime he wants. I can''t do that," Bluegreen-Clad frowned. "I love you, Xiaoguang. I want to hold you like this every day instead of dating you in the game." Upon hearing that, she thought to herself, "Yes, we can''t go on like this. Even if Shiny Sky Shiny Sky never shuts down its servers, we can''t just date in the game all the time. Besides, such a long-distance relationship really torments us. "When are you going to marry me, honey?" His sweet voice came from above her head. "They say that when a man really loves you, he''ll take the initiative to consider your future. If this is true, Bluegreen-Clad must love me very much. He loves me with all his heart just like I love him with all my heart," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. She reached out her hand to smooth out Bluegreen-Clad''s knitted eyebrows while whispering, "Let''s meet my parents together first." She was determined to do her best to win a chance to be together with him every day, although she was pretty sure that her parents even her friends would be strongly against this idea. "Can I ask you something, Zhang Jing? Why do you think I always missed opportunities to get her?" In a private room of a KTV bar, Tong Xiangyang gulped down another bottle of beer. Zhang Jing tried his best to persuade him but nothing seemed to work. "Can you stop drinking now?" Tong Xiangyang stared at the beer which was taken away by Zhang Jing. He looked tipsy, and his face was red now. Zhang Jing did not know why Tong Xiangyang was so depressed. Out of kindness, he continued to persuade him. "Since you think that it''s impossible to get her back now, you''d better give up." Upon hearing that, Tong Xiangyang snatched the beer from Zhang Jing hands without saying anything and continued to drink. Since being rejected by Zheng Xiaoguang during the last weekend, he had refused to give up and kept calling her and texting her, asking her to avoid making an impulsive decision and take practical problems into consideration. Beyond his expectations, she did not return a single message and even refused to see him again. When being ignored like this, he decided to give up and went on several blind dates at the request of his parents. Nevertheless, he failed to meet any girl that he liked during the blind dates. As such, he could not divert his attention to another girl and could not help but think of Zheng Xiaoguang. "She''s Flowing Light. What an amazing surprise. How can I let her marry another man so easily?" thought Tong Xiangyang. He asked Zhang Jing and Yang Sisi for help, and they advised him to take it slow. They told him that he should start with being a friend of her to nurture their relationship in case she was scared away. After some thought, he accepted their advice and agreed that it was better to win her back by strategy than press her to choose him. He believed that as long as he often met her and accompanied her, she would gradually realize that he was the best choice since she and Bluegreen-Clad, who lived in different cities, seldom had a chance to meet each other to nurture their relationship. Given this, he came to Zheng Xiaoguang''s workplace to find her today while planning to ask her to reacquaint himself. He thought, "She just doesn''t want me to be her boyfriend right now. She doesn''t hate me as a friend." Nevertheless, Bluegreen-Clad suddenly came. Upon seeing him affectionately hug Zheng Xiaoguang and hearing him introduce himself as her boyfriend, Tong Xiangyang felt grumpy like a child who got robbed of his candies. In the end, he had no choice but to flee quickly. After leaving the place, he asked Zhang Jing out to have a drink together with him. He had never expected himself to drink so much and get increasingly annoyed. He thought, "This is Bluegreen-Clad''s fault. If he did not come between us, everything would remain the same. Wait, maybe she''ll like me when Bluegreen-Clad is gone." Chapter 100 To Suddenly Throw down a Duel Challenge Part 1 Chapter 100 To Suddenly Throw down a Duel Challenge (Part 1) Zheng Xiaoguang thought that she must have been incompatible with her supervisor recently. When Bluegreen-Clad finally got a chance to spend some quality time with her in her city, she was required by her supervisor to work overtime during the weekend. She begged her supervisor, "My dear supervisor, don''t you always tease me for being a leftover lady and urge me to find a husband? I finally find a good boyfriend and he comes to visit me now. This is about my marriage and my future. How can you ask me to work overtime during the weekend?" Beyond her expectations, her supervisor did not let her off. She said, "This is not an option. Everyone in your department will have to work overtime tomorrow, and no one is exempt from it. But as it''s Saturday tomorrow, you can leave when you finish your work." On Saturday, when Zheng Xiaoguang came to the company, she worked harder than usual. When she was processing the data with a computer, she typed so fast on her keyboard that it sounded quite loud. She kept working until someone suddenly called her at 10:00 am. She lowered her head to look at her cellphone. The call came from Han Meimei. "Hello, Meimei? Is there anything I can do for you?" Zheng Xiaoguang said while typing and holding her cell phone between her ear and her shoulder. "Where are you, Flowing Light? Why don''t you get online?" said Han Meimei. Zheng Xiaoguang dejectedly explained. "Oh, don''t mention it. I was dragged back to my company by my supervisor to work overtime." Han Meimei seemed to be somewhat anxious. "Ah? Are you saying that you can''t log onto the game now?" "Yes. Is there anything wrong? You can just tell me." Zheng Xiaoguang said while typing. "Sigh, you don''t know what happened this morning. Landscape Painter suddenly threw down a duel challenge to Bluegreen-Clad. He even said that the one who gets defeated will have to quit the game. Aren''t you familiar with Landscape Painter? Go to ask him what he''s planning to do." "What?" Zheng Xiaoguang was so shocked that she suddenly lifted her head, and her cellphone immediately fell off her shoulder. She hurriedly lowered her head and picked it up, only to find that the Han Meimei had hung up. She called her back, but the line was busy. She logged into her QQ account to contact Han Meimei. To her surprise, the moment she opened her QQ, she saw lots of messages which had been left by Han Meimei this morning. Han Meimei: Are you online? Log onto the game as soon as possible! Han Meimei: Why haven''t you logged onto the game yet? ... Below the messages, there were several screenshots of the game interface, which showed how Landscape Painter openly challenged Bluegreen-Clad to a fight and how everyone reacted to this incident. [Public Chat] ¡ïYou Can''t See Me*: I''ve taken up the sofa in the front row. I''m looking forward to watching this PK. [Public Chat] Fallen City of Charm: What? The god-like Bluegreen-Clad has recreated his character recently. How can you take advantage of him like this? My dear Bluegreen-Clad, please rest assured. Even if you lose, I''ll still love you. [Public Chat] Stunning Beauty in a Disordered World: Ong ma ni bei mei hong. The shemale above, begone~~~~ [Public Chat] Onlooker 1: Wow, for the first time since the openning of this server, someone has dared to openly challenge the god-like Bluegreen-Clad. [Public Chat] Onlooker 2: Does anyone know the inside story? Does this caused by love or revenge? Is it true that whoever loses will quit the game? Are they serious? [Public Chat] The Sacred Temple member 1: Hey, Bluegreen-Clad. If you''re a man, don''t hide anymore and accept the challenge. I''m eagerly waiting for the PK. [Public Chat] The Sacred Temple member 2: Aren''t you fierce, Bluegreen-Clad? Why don''t you come out now? If you can''t beat him, you''d better quit the game now. Anyway, you have no chance to win. ... "What a mess!" Zheng Xiaoguang sighed inwardly after reading these messages. She replied to Han Meimei''s QQ message: How did this happen? Han Meimei quickly replied to her: Who the hell knows? This morning, when we were gaining levels, Landscape Painter suddenly threw down a duel challenge to Bluegreen-Clad and said that whoever loses will quit the game. Bluegreen-Clad can upgrade to at most level 105. He has no chance to defeat Landscape Painter now. Landscape Painter used level-110 equipment which at its full magical stone rank and full star rank, whereas Bluegreen-Clad used only level-85 purple equipment. The former was obviously taking advantage of the latter''s difficulties and deliberately forcing the latter to leave the game. Zheng Xiaoguang could not figure out why Tong Xiangyang''s master Landscape Painter suddenly had a problem with Bluegreen-Clad. She carefully recalled everything she remembered about Landscape Painter and found a clue. She remembered that he had asked her some questions about Dogs when working as a trainer for her team. It dawned on her that he probably just wanted to take up the cudgel for his apprentice. Han Meimei asked her to contact Landscape Painter, but she did not have any of his contact information. As she was busy with her work at this moment, she did not have time to log onto the game. She felt anxious and sent Bluegreen-Clad a message. Flowing Light: Don''t accept this challenge. It''s unfair. If Bluegreen-Clad refused to accept this challenge, he would be called a coward, and the Sacred Temple members would probably make a fuss about this thing. Despite that, she still thought that it was unnecessary to accept this unfair challenge. Bluegreen-Clad: That''s alright. I''ll take care of it. Flowing Light: But you have no reason to accept this duel challenge. He''s nuts. You don''t have to take him seriously! In the meantime, she sighed inwardly, "The two of them aren''t even familiar with each other. Why do they have to fight such a damaging and ''life-and-death'' battle?" Blue: [Smiles] He told me that he hates me for robbing him of his wife and that if I refuse to accept the challenge, I''ll be considered to admit defeat and have to quit the game. "What? He hates Bluegreen-Clad for robbing him of his wife! Maybe I''m too obsessed with myself. He doesn''t want to get back at Bluegreen-Clad for his apprentice. He does this for another girl," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. Flowing Light: Did you have an affair with his wife? ? ? Green Shirt: [Wiping Sweat] The only girl that I have an affair with in this game is you, honey. Did you have an affair with anyone? Flowing Light: = = Bluegreen-Clad: Do you think he''s the guy who tried to pick you up yesterday, honey? Flowing Light: No way... Although she really hoped that she guessed wrong, she still sent Tong Xiangyang a text message via her cellphone and asked him a probing question. Zheng Xiaoguang: Are you using the account Landscape Painter in Shiny Sky? After a long time, she still did not receive a reply. When she thought that she was too narcissistic and made a wrong estimate, Tong Xiangyang sent her a message. Tong Xiangyang: Mm-hmm. "It''s really Tong Xiangyang!" She thought in astonishement. She was a person of decisive action. She never flirted with a guy or gave him any hope if she did not like the guy. She treated both Shallow Sleep and Tong Xiangyang in this way. Tong Xiangyang had tried to get in touch with her in recent days, but she never replied to any of his messages. When he had come to find her and ask her to be his friend yesterday, she had thought that he decided to give up. She had never expected him to be Landscape Painter in the game. Upon knowing that he was Landscape Painter, she thought, "No wonder he knew that I was alone at home last weekend and delivered me the "takeout" food. No wonder Yang Sisi, who does not play the game very often, knows that I kept playing the game for the whole weekend." She felt somewhat embarrassed but continued to text him: Why do you challenge Bluegreen-Clad to a duel? Tong Xiangyang: I want to prove to you that I''m better than him, Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang thought dejectedly, "This is not about strength. Does he think that I''ll like him if he wins the duel? This is not some gang war, and I''m not a trophy." Zheng Xiaoguang: Can you stop being so childish? Tong Xiangyang: Love is a childish thing, Xiaoguang. Chapter 101 To Suddenly Throw down a Duel Challenge Part 2 Chapter 101 To Suddenly Throw down a Duel Challenge (Part 2) Zheng Xiaoguang thought to herself, "Maybe everyone has two sides, and in this game, Tong Xiangyang is always the awkward and stubborn Dogs." After her failed attempt to stop Landscape Painter, she gave Bluegreen-Clad a call. "It''s really Tong Xiangyang," she said helplessly. Bluegreen-Clad chuckled and said, "Oh, just as I''ve expected, it''s your admirer." "Why aren''t you angry?" asked Zheng Xiaoguang. "Why should I be angry when he likes you and you refuse him?" Bluegreen-Clad sighed and continued, ''It looks like that you''re such a catch. I have to be extra careful from now on." "Huh? You''re still in the mood to tease me. What should we do now?" Zheng Xiaoguang became very anxious upon hearing the teasing tone of Bluegreen-Clad. "I''ve accepted his challenge," replied Bluegreen-Clad. "What?" Zheng Xiaoguang frowned. "Why did you accept it? It''s obviously unfair." Upon noticing that she was somewhat worried, Bluegreen-Clad said in a calm and comforting tone, "Just rest assured." "How can I rest assured when watching him, a level-103 magician equipped with a level-85 purple outfit fighting against a level-110 magician whose equipment was at level 110, full star rank and full magical stone rank?" thought Zheng Xiaoguang, worriedly. She did not voice her thought as she did not want him to feel discouraged and stressed out. She took a deep breath and said, "I don''t care much about the result of this duel, no matter you win or lose. But I want to tell you, Bluegreen-Clad. If you quit the game I''ll quit the game too. I''ll stay with you forever." She liked only him no matter whether he was a god-like player or not. She liked him so much that she would rather take the risk of continuing this long-distance relationship with him than start a stable relationship with Tong Xiangyang. There was no reason. She just knew that she wanted only him. After a moment of silence, Bluegreen-Clad said calmly and assertively, "I won''t lose or let anyone else take you away from me. Trust me, Xiaoguang." After comforting Zheng Xiaoguang, he hung up the phone and shifted his attention to the game again. He received a Private Chat message from Landscape Painter: I''m waiting for you in the ring. Come to fight me quickly. He sent back only one word: Okay. One minute later, when Bluegreen-Clad came to the ring in the main city, Landscape Painter was indeed waiting for him in the ring. At this moment, the ring was surrounded by many exctied players. [Public Chat] Onlooker 1: Bluegreen-Clad is a real man. He dares to come under such unfavorable conditions. [Public Chat] Onlooker 2: So what? He''s predestined to lose no matter how brave he is. [Public Chat] Onlooker 3: Save the crap. Start fighting now. I''m still waiting to buy tickets. In Shiny Sky, a duel was a one-on-one PK instance, which allowed other players to buy tickets and watch the fight. In order to ensure high-quality live streaming for the instance, Shiny Sky allowed only a limited number of players to watch the fight. The duel between Bluegreen-Clad and Landscape Painter attracted wide attention, so many people were waiting to snatch up tickets. [Private Chat] Landscape Painter: It''s not too late for you to regret now. As long as you divorce Flowing Light, you don''t have to leave the game. Upon seeing this message, Bluegreen-Clad could not help but curl his lips. He typed rapidly to reply: No one can make me regret in this game, Mr. Tong. Tong Xiangyang was not surprised to know that Bluegreen-Clad knew who he was. He decided to show his cards. [Private Chat] Landscape Painter: It''s I who met Xiaoguang first. Since the opening of this server, I''ve been in the same regular team with her. If you hadn''t come between us, Xiaoguang would''ve never joined the League of Strong Families. You''re the third wheel. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: I don''t think that it''s up to you to decide whether I''m a third wheel. In the meantime, he thought, "If love is assigned on a first-come-first-serve basis, why do we have to strive for it? Well, you knew her before me, but it was I who managed to get her first." [Private Chat] Landscape Painter: You know what. I hate guys like you the most. Do you still think that you''re a god-like player who tops the power ranking of Watery South? Without those titles, she would''ve never married you in the first place. Bluegreen-Clad could not deny this. If he had not been a god-like player of Watery South and the gang boss of the League of Strong Families, he would have not been able to marry Flowing Light before. Meanwhile, he could tell that Tong Xiangyang did not know why Flowing Light married him. He found it somewhat hilarious. Tong Xiangyang said that he liked Xiaoguang, but he obviously knew little about her. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Since you''ve decided to solve this problem by fighting a duel, please don''t talk so much nonsense. [Private Chat] Landscape Painter: As you dare to come here, I have to say that you''re not a coward. But anyway, I have to defeat you today and take Xiaoguang back. The original owner of the account Landscape Painter was a professional online game player. He had quit Shiny Sky after the launching of its rebirth program. Tong Xiangyang had bought this account from the professional player when he knew that Zheng Xiaoguang was Flowing Light. At first, he just intended to use this account to chase after Zheng Xiaoguang, but she did not give him any chance. As such, he decided to use this account to fight a duel with Bluegreen-Clad to send him away. Upon seeing Bluegreen-Clad''s determination, he clicked to apply for a PK. Bluegreen-Clad readily accepted this challenge, and a PK announcement was sent out automatically by the system to inform everyone. Tickets for the PK were sold out within just one minute. Five minutes later, the system allowed the PK to begin. Because of his absolute superiority, Tong Xiangyang underestimated Bluegreen-Clad in the beginning. Soon engouh, he realized that Bluegreen-Clad who had topped the power ranking of the server before had amazingly good PK skills. In the past, Tong Xiangyang had thought that a PK between two players in the same occupation was absolutely predictable because they knew each others'' skills, strengths and weaknesses very well and the only differences were their levels and equipment. He firmly believed that in such a battle, the one who was better equipped would win. Unfortunately, Bluegreen-Clad showed him that a PK was more about skills no matter what occupation your opponent was in. At the beginning of the PK, Bluegreen-Clad launched a magical attack on him, which consumed a quarter of his blood. It was a Critical Damage. Upon seeing that, he realized that Bluegreen-Clad and his master had different ways of forging their equipment. His master added offensive magics to his weapons and necklace, but Bluegreen-Clad probably added Critical Damage magic stones to his equipment. Tong Xiangyang came to realize that Bluegreen-Clad was a tough opponent. What happened next verified his judgment. Compared to players in the other occupations, a magician had to spend a longer time warming up before using a magical skill. He or she could reduce the warm-up time on the skills by gaining a higher level, but no matter how high his or her level was, there was still a warm-up time. Once he or she got interrupted by another player during the warm-up, his or her skill would be stopped and cooled down. Bluegreen-Clad seemed to have precisely remembered every skill''s effect, warm-up time and cool-down time and combinations of the skills. He kept launching attacks and often made it impossible for Tong Xiangyang to fight back. One and a half minutes after the beginning of the PK, Tong Xiangyang who held absolute advantage consumed only two-thirds of Bluegreen-Clad''s blood. Chapter 102 To Suddenly Throw down a Duel Challenge Part 3 Chapter 102 To Suddenly Throw down a Duel Challenge (Part 3) Although she had promised Bluegreen-Clad to trust him, Zheng Xiaoguang was worried. As she was working at this moment, she could not log onto the game. She felt helpless and tried her best to finish her work earlier. Only in this way could she leave the company earlier today. Baffled by the duel, she found it hard to focus on her work. She sighed inwardly, "Sigh, why does he choose to fight a duel with Bluegreen-Clad now?" She kept wiggling on her seat and felt restless. Finally, about 20 minutes later, her cellphone rang, and the call was from Bluegreen-Clad. She gently pressed the answer button and then heard the soft voice of Bluegreen-Clad. "I won the duel. You can feel at ease and focus on your work now." "Really?" She asked hesitatingly, "Did you cheat or something?" As Tong Xiangyang was a well-equipped level-110 magician, she found it hard to believe that Bluegreen-Clad''s skills could make up for his disadvantages. "Silly girl, do you really think that there are so many chances to cheat?" Bluegreen-Clad could not help but chuckle. "Besides, this is a duel between two men. How can I cheat?" "Well, I judged your mind with my own vile one." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang embarrassedly remained silent for 3 seconds before asking, "Then how did you do that?" "Well..." He chuckled and said, "I upgraded to level 105 and used a level-105 Purple Outfit during the PK." "It''s still not easy, is it?" Zheng Xiaoguang asked in surprise. Although Bluegreen-Clad made light of what he had achieved, she knew how hard it was for a player equipped with only a level-105 Purple Outfit to compete with a player equipped with level-110, full star rank equipment when they were in the same occupation (where he lacked comparative advantage). By winning such a battle, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad probably refreshed PK records again. "It''s not easy¡ª" Bluegreen-Clad deliberately drawled. "But I promised you that I wouldn''t lose. I never break my promise." "Mm-hmm." She smiled. Bluegreen-Clad had never let her down by far. When she gleefully hung up the phone, she saw a text message from Tong Xiangyang: I admit defeat. I won''t log onto Shiny Sky anymore. The moment she saw this somewhat sad text message, she felt that her good friend Cool Names Taken by Dogs disappeared forever. In fact, she was very pleased to meet Dogs in real life and find out that both of them live in R City. Every time she saw Dogs, she could not help but think back to her first days in Shiny Sky. She missed the feeling of fighting and getting repeatedly abused by the Bosses together with her friends in their pursuit of a piece of good equipment. She missed Mulberry on the Grave and his amazing hidden weapon skills. She also missed the feeling of complaining about the sudden departure of Dogs together with Soft-heartedness is a Disease. After all, they had fought side by side in the past. They really treated one another as friends. Nevertheless, they treated one another just as friends. "I sincerely hope that you can find the right girl." This was the last message she sent to Tong Xiangyang. Upon seeing the message on his cellphone, Tong Xiangyang could not help laughing at himself. The duel between Bluegreen-Clad and he could hardly be considered a cracking game. In the first minute of the fight, he had consumed two-thirds of Bluegreen-Clad''s blood just because the god-like player deliberately let him attack to observe his habits. After that, he had not been able to hurt him anymore. For the rest of the time, Bluegreen-Clad always interrupted him in the last few seconds when he was warming up and transformed him into a fox to stop him from moving before using a high damage skill on him. He could not cause Bluegreen-Clad any harm, but every attack launched by Bluegreen-Clad harmed him precisely. As such, he had almost no blood left after three minutes. The whole situation reversed dramatically. In the end, to everyone''s surprise, he lost this duel. Upon seeing the game message announcing his defeat, Tong Xiangyang laughed helplessly. When he was about to log off, he received a Private Chat from Bluegreen-Clad. [Private Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: I never ask you to quit the game if you lose. It''s up to you to decide whether to stay. Tong Xiangyang disdained his offer. He thought, "What? Does he want to show his good manners at this point? That''s unnecessary." [Private Chat] Landscape Painter: No matter what, I lose the duel. I quit. He knew that he could not bear to see Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad "showing their love" in Shiny Sky every day, but he still seemed to be somewhat afraid that he would regret it. To avoid such hesitation, he immediately sent Zheng Xiaoguang a text message: I admit defeat. I won''t log onto Shiny Sky anymore. When he received her message, he felt reluctant and somehow sent her another text message: Xiaoguang, if he doesn''t treat you well in the future, you can come back to find me. To his surprise, Zheng Xiaoguang replied: Thank you, Dogs, but I believe that Bluegreen-Clad and I will be happy. "Dogs..." He thought of what Flowing Light had said to him when they first met. "Hey, Dogs. What do you think about my name?" Back then, he had guessed her intention but deliberately pretended to hesitate for a while before replying, "This name is just so-so." "Hehe..." he smiled bleakly. Somehow, he thought of a famous line from a poem¡ª"If time could stop the moment we met, I would not have to look sadly at this painted fan in the autumn wind." At 2:00 pm, Zheng Xiaoguang finally finished her work and was allowed by her supervisor to leave the company for home. To her disappointment, when she reached Xiangquan Hotel by taxi, she saw Bluegreen-Clad packing his belongings. "I''m sorry, Xiaoguang. I have to go back to my company to take care of something urgent." Bluegreen-Clad explained. "Oh, I see~" Zheng Xiaoguang bit her lip and continued, "Are you leaving today?" Bluegreen-Clad nodded. "It''s urgent. I have to go back to A City tonight." As it was about his business, Zheng Xiaoguang felt that it was not right to persuade him to stay. She silently helped him to pack his things, such as his laptop, power adapters, and USB cables... Bluegreen-Clad received his things from Zheng Xiaoguang''s hands and put them into his small suitcase. After that, he looked around to check whether there was something left behind. "We finished packing so fast." Zheng Xiaoguang did not know what to say. Although she knew that having a long-distance relationship meant that they did not have much time to stay together, she still felt reluctant to let him leave. Bluegreen-Clad lowered his head to kiss her on the cheek. "I''m sorry, Xiaoguang. I let you down this time." She shook her head and said, "That''s alright. I know that you''re busy this week." Because of his work, Bluegreen-Clad had not planned to visit Zheng Xiaoguang this weekend before. Upon noticing that Zheng Xiaoguang felt sad but did not want to cause him any discomfort, he could not help but smile. "The next week is the National Day holiday. I''ll come to visit you, okay?" Upon hearing that, she looked delighted and said excitedly, "Okay! When you come next week, I''ll take you to the most famous scenic spot in R City and then to the most popular VR Game center in our city." "Uhm, we''ll have plenty of time the next week." Bluegreen-Clad touched her head and added, "When I come next week, can you introduce me as your boyfriend to your friends?" Zheng Xiaoguang put her arms around Bluegreen-Clad''s waist and said, "Of course." Now that she was determined to maintain this relationship with him, she was not afraid of any difficulty. Chapter 103 The Scheming God-like Player Was Planning to Court Envy SInce defeating Landscape Painter during the duel, Bluegreen-Clad had become a hot topic of conversation on the server Watery South. His popularity quickly overshadowed the gang boss of the Sacred Temple who had enjoyed himself a lot recently and Blooming Pear Tree who was only interested in fighting. Every time Zheng Xiaoguang logged into his account, she would always see some Private Chat messages from some unfamiliar female players. Peerless Lady: Hi~ God-like Bluegreen-Clad, can you help me to gain levels? The Flower of Tieling: Hi, god-like player, add my QQ748734*** Feather Dress: You''re fierce, god-like player. Can you take me with you when you go to play instances? Zheng Xiaoguang had met quite a lot of bad girls in this game by far, but she was still stunned upon finding out that they would not even let off a man who had a child. Flowing Light: Why do they keep hitting on Bluegreen-Clad? What do you think? She asked Han Meimei, as both Bluegreen-Clad and Li Lei were busy with their work and not online at this moment. Han Meimei: Maybe they were deeply impressed by your marriage with him. Upon seeing that she thought in surprise,"My marriage? Well, it was not I that married him back then. I was set up. Blooming Pear Tree used my account to marry him and hold a wedding ceremony. I don''t know the details at all. "Han Meimei seemed to mean that there was something special about my marriage. I have to ask Blooming Pear Tree what he did back then." With this in mind, she opened the game interface. To her surprise, Blooming Pear Tree took the initiative to speak to her. [Private Chat] Blooming Pear Tree: I never discovered that Bluegreen-Clad is so fierce before. I have to exchange several moves with him someday. Blooming Pear Tree had fought against Bluegreen-Clad during field PVP gang wars before, but at that time, their equipment was almost at the same rank. Given this, he seldom noticed the importance of skills during a PK. "Well, guys just take a keen interest in PK fights," Zheng Xiaoguang sighed inwardly. She quickly changed the topic by saying: You don''t have to be so hasty, bro. I would like to ask you something. Blooming Pear Tree: [Confused Face] What''s it? Flowing Light: Did Bluegreen-Clad buy you off and work together with you to delude me into marrying him on the excuse of forming an alliance between our gangs? Blooming Pear Tree: [Shut up] [Shut up] Did he tell you everything? Flowing Light: You''d better be honest with me now. Blooming Pear Tree: It''s really not I that should take the blame. I can only say that Bluegreen-Clad is too scheming! Back then, I was eager to forge a Yellow Spring weapon, and he bought up all the materials that I needed. When I felt vexed, he brought the rare materials that he had worked hard to collect for me. To my surprise, he gave them to me for free and said that he was doing this to show his sincere interest in forming an alliance with my gang. Flowing Light: Go on! Blooming Pear Tree: Sigh, who the hell knew that he would ask me to marry you off to him the moment I finished forging the weapon. I realized that the alliance between our gangs was just an excuse and that his aim had been you since the very beginning. As the weapon was forged, I could not return the materials to him even if I tore down the weapon. As such, I could only grant his request. On that night, as you were not online, I logged into your account and proposed to him in front of everyone on the Public Chat channel. Seeing the word "proposed", Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but twitch her mouth. In the past, she had firmly believed that it was the god-like Bluegreen-Clad who chased after her. At this moment, she finally knew that it was she herself who proposed to him. Flowing Light: Anything else? Blooming Pear Tree: Well, you know the other things. I held a wedding ceremony for you. I also packed lots of things as your dowries and sent them to Bluegreen-Clad to return his favor. Upon seeing that, she thought to herself, "No wonder those people called me shameless and accused me of seducing Bluegreen-Clad. Cool Names Taken by Dogs also called me a liar. I told him that I would remain single in this game, but not long after that, I ''proposed" to a god-like player "Oh, no! This is so embarrassing! Is it too late to make up for this now?" Flowing Light: How could you do this to me, bro? Blooming Pear Tree: Uhm, you know that I''m always a straightforward person. I just forgot that I was using your account at that moment. She dejectedly sighed to herself, "Sigh, no wonder those girls keep hitting on Bluegreen-Clad. They''re encouraged by me who successfully married a god-like player by throwing myself into his arms!" Flowing Light: Hey, brother. Do you think that it''s too late for me to kill you now? Blooming Pear Tree: [Sweats] No, sis. Don''t be impulsive. I did this for you. Flowing Light: You sold me out for some materials. Aren''t you ashamed to say that you did this for me? In the meantime, she complained inwardly, "How could you say that you did this for me when you embarrassed me so much in front of everyone?" Blooming Pear Tree: I play online games for a long time. I have enough money to buy those materials. How can I sell you out just for those things? Flowing Light: Then why did you marry me off to Bluegreen-Clad? You even worked together with him to delude me into joining the party of the League of Strong Families. Blooming Pear Tree: I did lie to you at that time, but you have to listen to my explanation. Flowing Light: So give me a reasonable explanation! Blooming Pear Tree: [Wiping Sweats] You may not understand this, sis, but as a man, I have to tell you something. A guy who''s only able to speak sweet words, like Su Han, is not a responsible man. No matter how much you do for him, he won''t cherish it. He''ll even put all the blame on you when you break up. In the meantime, he sighed inwardly, "Su Han is such a guy, and he still doesn''t realize what he did was wrong after these years." Flowing Light: What makes you think that Bluegreen-Clad is suitable for me? Blooming Pear Tree: Bluegreen-Clad is different from Su Han. He''s spent so much efforts in getting you. That means that he really cares about and cherishes you. When he knew your past with Su Han, he did so much to help you getting over him. I was impressed. Given these, I approve of your relationship. Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought to herself, "Yes, Bluegreen-Clad is indeed very different from Su Han. If Su Han is a disaster to me, then Bluegreen-Clad is my redemption. "But that doesn''t mean that I don''t need him to do something to make me feel better." By 8:00 pm, when Bluegreen-Clad logged onto Shiny Sky and YY, Zheng Xiaoguang had been waiting there for him for an hour. "Hi, Bluegreen-Clad. You knew that it wasn''t me that proposed to you, didn''t you?" Zheng Xiaoguang asked directly. "Yes, I did know that," replied Bluegreen-Clad. His voice sounded exceptionally attractive on YY. "Just as I expected, my brother could not fool him at all," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. "Why did you agree to marry me when you knew that it was not me?" Zheng Xiaoguang asked in surprise. "Well, what I wanted was you. I did not care much about the process and method," replied Bluegreen-Clad. "Humphy." Zheng Xiaoguang silently lifted her middle finger straight up as she complained. "I''m so embarrassed." Bluegreen-Clad seemed to have expected this. He chuckled and asked, "So what do you want now? Do you want me to propose to you?" "Yes, of course." Zheng Xiaoguang said balefully, as she thought, "You let me, a girl, propose to you. Why can''t you, a god-like player, propose to me?" "Okay, I''m going to hold a wedding ceremony again. When will you have time?" Bluegreen-Clad replied smilingly. Zheng Xiaoguang twitched her mouth and said, "I''m online every night. Only you''re always busy with your work." Bluegreen-Clad knew that she was complaining about his sudden departure last week, he said in a comforting tone, "How about tomorrow? I''ll propose to you in front of all the players of the server Watery South." "That''ll be great," replied Zheng Xiaoguang. Chapter 104 The Most Splendid Wedding Just as he had promised, at 8:00 pm in the next evening, he sent out loudspeaker messages on time. [Loudspeaker] Bluegreen-Clad: Please marry me, Flowing Light. He sent out the same loudspeaker messages for dozens of times and successfully attracted wide attention. [Public Chat] Onlooker1: What''s going on? Hasn''t the god-like Bluegreen-Clad gotten married a long time ago? Is there anything wrong about his marriage? [Public Chat] Onlooker 2: What''re you talking about the one upstairs? Bluegreen-Clad''s wife is Flowing Light! [Public Chat] Onlooker 3: Fuck, do they really want to court envy everyday? ... Upon seeing these messages, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but laughing while playing with her daughter in her house. When she saw a flickering Private Chat message on her friend list, she clicked it open and found out that it was from Bluegreen-Clad. Bluegreen-Clad: Are you satisfied with my performance, honey? Flowing Light: Well, it''s not bad. Bluegreen-Clad: So do you agree to marry me? Flowing Light: You can guess. Bluegreen-Clad: Well, it looks like that I have to try harder. [Loudspeaker] Bluegreen-Clad: I love you and want to make you my legitimate wife. Marry me, Flowing Light. Zheng Xiaoguang could not help laughing and sent a reply to him on the Public Chat channel: Okay. The next moment, 99 roses¢Ù that Bluegreen-Clad sent to Flowing Light began flowing on the Public Chat channel, and the channel was instantly submerged in rose petals. [Public Chat] Thump-thump-thump: You''re super rich, god-like players! Oh, my heart. You''re killing me. [Public Chat] Smily Beauty: The more envy you court, the faster your relationship will end! [Public Chat] Small Fish Eats Small Shrimp: Hey, the one upstairs. What''re you talking about? Bluegreen-Clad sent Zheng Xiaoguang a team invitation, and she immediately clicked yes. Bluegreen-Clad: Come to the temple of the matchmaking god to apply for a wedding. A minute later, Flowing Light arrived at the temple of the matchmaking god. Upon seeing her, Bluegreen-Clad began to apply to the NPC for a wedding¢Ú. Game Message: I now pronounce you husband and wife. May your love bloom forever. The wedding of the bride Flowing Light and the groom Bluegreen-Clad will officially begin at 8:30 pm. Distinguished guests, please attend the wedding on time. In addition to the announcement of the system, Bluegreen-Clad sent out another loudspeaker message on the Public Chat channel. [Loudspeaker] Bluegreen-Clad: Our wedding will begin at 8:30 pm. Welcome to join it. Bluegreen-Clad indeed had a huge audience appeal. Players who knew and did not know him as a friend quickly flocked to the temple of the matchmaking god to watch the wedding ceremony within 5 minutes after the announcement. Before the wedding started, the venue was packed solid with people. When Li Lei and Han Meimei arrived at the place, they found it impossible to squeeze through the crowd and had to stay at the other end of the magpie bridge. Wherever they clicked, they could only see numerous people and could not find a way to advance. Han Meimei could not help but send Zheng Xiaoguang a Private Chat message: There are more people attending your wedding than last time. Li Lei and I can''t squeeze through the crowd. Zheng Xiaoguang helplessly told this to Bluegreen-Clad. Bluegreen-Clad: Let them team up with you to follow you. Flowing Light: That''s great. Zheng Xiaoguang invited Han Meimei and Li Lei to team up with her. After joining the team, they finally arrived at the wedding venue. The wedding officially began at 8:30 pm, and the wedding venue was at Moon Terrace. Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light put on their red wedding clothes which were included in their luxury wedding package. The former rode an one-horn flying horse, and the latter sat in a nice sedan. They began parading from Moon Terrace. Members of the League of Strong Families and the Matchless were the most excited onlookers. They kept sending out congratulation messages on the Public Chat channel. [Public Chat] Big Fish Eats Small Fish: Congratulations to our gang boss and our first lady. What a splendid wedding! [Public Chat] Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Congratulations to our gang boss and his wife. May your love bloom a hundred years. Have another baby. [Public Chat] Soft-heartedness is a Disease: Congratulations, Flowing Light. Hope you have a happy remarriage~ Upon seeing the message from Soft-heartedness, Zheng Xiaoguang was so surprised that she nearly spouted out the water in her mouth. She complained inwardly, "You''re remarried! Everyone in your family is remarried." The wedding package that Bluegreen-Clad chose was the most expensive one available in Shiny Sky. It cost 16,666 gold ingots and included a band that would play music and follow the sedan during the wedding ceremony. Beside the band, there were 8 maids who would scatter roses and red envelopes along the way during the parade. Lots of players followed them to pick up the things they scattered. The whole parade looked very lively. A colorful divine bird was hovering over the parade team while giving out golden light. It was said that the bride and the groom could ride the divine bird to fly to anywhere they wanted after the parade. This was a new thing included in a luxury wedding package, and everyone called it a "honeymoon travel". The bride and the groom could enjoy this travel within 24 hours after their wedding parade. Flowing Light: Why did you spend so much money on this wedding? All she wanted was just a simple wedding ceremony. Bluegreen-Clad: I must give you the best. When everyone was gasping at the splendid wedding, a male assassin suddenly rode to the magpie bridge and stood in the way of the parade team. [Nearby] Onlooker 1: Wow, is this a bride snatching? Who dares to snatch the bride from Bluegreen-Clad''s hand? Shiny Sky allowed its players to stop the wedding parade and snatch the bride or the groom during a wedding. According to the old rules, a female player could only snatch the groom, and a male player, only the bride. Nevertheless, new rules removed such gender restrictions. Anyhow, no matter who came to snatch the bride or the groom, he or she could not succeed unless the bride or the groom agreed to leave with him or her. As such, bride snatching and groom snatching were just considered to be a good entertainment which would create an active atmosphere for the wedding. Everyone was laughing and did not much attention to the male assassin. To their surprise, the male assassin ignored all the jokes and shot a hidden weapon at the bride''s sedan. Upon being hit by the hidden weapon, Flowing Light fell out of her sedan and lost 1,000 blood points. [Nearby] Onlooker 2: Fuck, he''s that jerk Motherfucker. [Public Chat] Motherfucker: Fuck the first lady of the League of Strong Families. She''s a slutty bitch. She used to seduce our Shallow Sleep. That Landscape Painter was probably her lover too. As the gang boss of the League of Strong Families enjoys wearing green hats, I''ve come to deliver you one more hat. ("Wearing a green hat" is an expression that Chinese use when a woman cheats on her husband or boyfriend.) Her affair with Shallow Sleep was a lie made up by Venus. As to Landscape Painter, he had never mentioned Flowing Light when he threw down a duel challenge to Bluegreen-Clad. Despite that, many people still believed that they fought this duel because they were rivals in love. Motherfucker obviously wanted to make mischief by saying that. Upon seeing his words, everyone was stunned, and then some of them began to gossip about it. Note: ¢ÙRoses: In Shiny Sky, a couple can increase their relationship points by sending each other roses. A rose equals 100 relationship points. The shop allows a player to buy 1, 9 or 99 roses at a time. Only sending out 99 roses will trigger a display on the Public Chat channel. To get married, the groom has to send the bride 99 roses. Player can also send one another roses to increase their relationship points when they team up together to fight monsters. ¢Ú Weddings: In Shiny Sky, a couple can choose whether to hold a wedding ceremony. They do not have to hold a wedding ceremony on the day when they register marriage. Weddings have no influence on couples'' special missions and their couple skills. By holding a wedding ceremony, a couple can get wedding candies, special props and extra missions. Chapter 105 To Pick a Quarrel [Public Chat] Onlooker 1: I''ve heard that there''s something between the first lady of the League of Strong Families and the god-like Shallow Sleep. [Public Chat] Onlooker 2: Does she really have an affair with Landscape Painter? I''m very afraid of thinking about this carefully~ [Public Chat] Onlooker 3: What a mess! Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but sigh inwardly, "Sigh, I remember that I haven''t offended this Motherfucker before. Why does he keep causing me troubles? Why did he harass me when I was gaining levels and attack me during my wedding?" In the meantime, Bluegreen-Clad jumped off the one-horned flying horse, forced the husband-and-wife mode¢Ù on Flowing Light and came at Motherfucker. Motherfucker was no match for Bluegreen-Clad, and he''s performance was particularly bad today. Within less than one minute, he got slain by Bluegreen-Clad. Game Message: Player Motherfucker failed in his snatching attempt at Bluegreen-Clad and Flowing Light''s wedding. Welcome to go on challenging! [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: I offer a reward for seizing Motherfucker. [Public Chat] Motherfucker: The gang boss of the League of Strong Families really adores the bitchy Flowing Light and enjoys wearing a green hat! [Public Chat] Blooming Pear Tree: Shut your god-damn mouth and fuck off, Motherfucker. [Public Chat] Motherfucker: What? You allow your sister to do those bitchy things and don''t allow me to talk about them. She has affairs with Shallow Sleep and Landscape Painter and has slept with so many guys. How can she still pretend to be innocent? Upon seeing that, the gossipers were thrilled, and the gossips were getting increasingly outrageous. [Public Chat] An onlooker: Wow, three men and a girl. They really go too far. [Public Chat] Slightly Defected Moon: What''re you drivelling about? You jerk have harassed and slandered almost all the girls on Watery South. I taught you a lesson last time. Do you forget about it? Why do you come out to disgust us again? Different from the reply from Blooming Pear Tree, Slightly Defected Moon''s words quickly found an echo with the players. £Áll the female players who had been bullied by Motherfucker came forward and echoed her view£® Smily Beauty: I usually believe any gossip except for the one from Motherfucker. I don''t believe even the punctuation marks in his messages. Bloom of Youth: Don''t pay any attention to this big pervert. Motherfucker is a disgusting piece of shit, and he keeps harassing girls. Small Fish Eats Small Shrimp: Go the eat shit, Motherfucker. You jerk bully girls every day on this server. What a scumbag! Get out of Watery South! Soda Cookies: Why does the Sacred Temple accept someone like you? You even slander our elder, the god-like Shallow Sleep. I protest. Our god-like Shallow Sleep is innocent. Laurie: Let''s boycott Motherfucker. Motherfucker sparked public outrage. Motherfucker: Slightly Defected Moon, you''re a pervert guy who uses a female account. Aren''t you embarrassed to call me a pervert? Slightly Defected Moon: Do you dare to engage me in a PK? Why do you keep hiding in the safe zone? Upon seeing that message, players began to laugh at Motherfucker on the Public Chat channel, calling him a coward. Despite that, Motherfucker still refused to come out of the safe zone. [Public Chat] Sacred Temple¥áCloud Top: On behalf of the Sacred Temple, I expel Motherfucker from the gang. Any act of Motherfucker has nothing to do with the Sacred Temple! [Public Chat] Shallow Sleep: Any gang that dares to accept Motherfucker is my enemy and has to take the responsibility for its deeds! Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought in surprise, "Well, it looks like that the Sacred Temple also gets fed up with Motherfucker, but he has only himself to blame. "To be honest, I really don''t understand why he did this. He''s a nasty, disgusting guy, but he was only interested in harassing single girls in the past. Why did he suddenly dare to offend the League of Strong Families, the Matchless and even his own gang, the Sacred Temple? "Since being set up by Venus, Shallow Sleep has always kept a distance from me. Our gangs are enemies, and we never let each other off during a gang war. How can Motherfucker slander us?" [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: The wedding ceremony will continue. After the sedan parade, we''ll leave the main city of the Celestial Dynasty for a travel around the world map. Upon receiving the parade invitation again, Zheng Xiaoguang clicked yes and thus the parade continued. The farce that had happened just now did not seem to affect the parade very much. There were still many players watching the parade in the temple of the matchmaking god. After the sedan parade, Bluegreen-Clad invited Flowing Light to ride the colorful divine bird together with him. The bird was a flying mount for a couple. They mounted it and set off from the main city of the Celestial Dynasty. Compared to the white phoenix that Bluegreen-Clad had sent to her, this colorful divine bird looked even more dazzling. Wherever it flew, its golden light would light up its surroundings. The light would quickly transform into paper cranes and fall to the ground after hovering for a moment in the sky. [Public Chat] Thump-thump-thump: Wow, here are the luxurious paper crane gift bags. Come to the main city and pick them up! "Are they special props for a luxurious wedding?" Zheng Xiaoguang asked on YY. As this wedding package was very expensive, this was the first time that someone had held such a wedding on Watery South. "Well, they can''t be regarded as special props. These paper cranes are similar to red envelopes. By opening a paper crane, a player can randomly acquire a positive state, which may refill his or her blood or increase his or her offensive or defensive force. We don''t need to pick them up. We have a set of paper cranes in our package," replied Bluegreen-Clad. "Wow, it''s really a luxurious wedding. Tut-tue, you really have money to burn," said Zheng Xiaoguang. "It''s said that this colorful divine bird will be officially launched on National Day next month. As for how to obtain the mount, the game operator hasn''t disclosed any details yet." Zheng Xiaoguang glared and said, "Well, the game operator is going to swindle money from players again." "This colorful divine bird is very popular, and many players want one. The game operator just responds to the need of the public. How can you accuse it of swindling money?" said Bluegreen-Clad. "Do you like it?" Zheng Xiaoguang thought that he was going to buy one for her and hurriedly refused, "A white phoenix is good enough for me." "Silly girl." Bluegreen-Clad raised his eyebrows and asked again, "Do you like this wedding?" "I like it. I didn''t attend my own wedding last time. I finally get what I wished for. But you really didn''t have to spend so much money on it. It''s just a game. Why do you have to waste so many gold ingot on a wedding? " "I''m happy to know that you like it." Bluegreen-Clad said affectionately. "When we get married in real life, I''ll give you a perfect wedding." Zheng Xiaoguang had never expected him to suddenly mention this. She retorted bashfully, "I haven''t promised to marry you in real life." "Well, I can begin to prepare for it now and get ready for your arrival at any time," Bluegreen-Clad said smilingly. Note: ¢Ù Husband-and-wife mode: The temple of the matchmaking god allows players to snatch the bride or the groom but does not allow the bride or the groom to force a PK fight on the snatcher. Despite that, the bride and the groom can activate this husband-and-wife mode to attack the snatcher together. In this mode, even if the snatcher defeats the couple in the end, he or she can at most take away some properties. Chapter 106 The Consequence "Bang." The door was pushed open and a fat man in a black T-shirt walked into the room while talking on his cellphone, "Yes, yes. Don''t worry, Mr. Zhang. I''ll take care of everything for you. Pretty girls? Of course, I''ll bring you some pretty girls. Okay, okay, I''ll give you a call when I arrive. Well, I''ll hang up first." Inside the room, a girl who looked fit and curvy and wore her brown hair short in a bob hurriedly stood up from the computer desk. "Hi, Mr. Wang. Welcome back~" The fat man glanced at the girl and asked, "What are you doing?" "Nothing~ I''m just playing games," the short-haired girl replied smilingly. The fat man frowned crossly and said, "I''ve warned you not to use my account to provoke that Flowing Light anymore. Do you understand? Fuck, who the hell knows what''s going on between that bitch and Shallow Sleep? He warned me not to harass that bitch again and even threatened to kick me out of the Sacred Temple when he met me in the field last time." The smile froze on the face of the short-haired girl. "Are you afraid of him?" asked she. "Why should I be afraid of him?" The fat man retorted. "I just don''t want to waste my time on dealing with a brat who gets obsessed with a bitch. Besides, he''s an elder of the Sacred Temple. I have to show him some respect." The short-haired girl came up and took the fat man''s arm affectionately. "I know that Mr. Wang can never be afraid of that brat. That bitch held a wedding today. I felt somewhat grumpy and went to kill her. You won''t be angry with me, will you?" "What?" The fat man glared at the girl and hastily walked to the computer. He saw the game interface on the screen of his computer. His account Motherfucker was online, and everyone on the Public Chat channel was showering curses on him. Two of the top three gangs on the server Watery South offered rewards for seizing him, and the latest game message he received informed him that he had been kicked out of the Sacred Temple. The fat man turned around and slapped the short-haired girl across the face. "Venus, didn''t I tell you not to provoke that Flowing Light again?¡± The short-haired girl had never expected this and felt wronged. She covered her red and swollen face and said, "Motherfucker, if you hadn''t promised me to kill that Flowing Light before, I would''ve never been together with you. What? Do you regret now? Do you get stressed out upon being threatened by that Shallow Sleep?" This short-haired girl was Venus, and the fat man was Motherfucker. They had been together for a month. "Bah! I''m not afraid of that Shallow Sleep!" Motherfucker talked back. "Then why don''t you dare to go kill that bitchy Flowing Light now?" Venus deliberately stimulated him. Beyond her expectations, it was not that easy to manipulate Motherfucker. He looked balefully at Venus and said, "Do you think that I''m an idiot or something? You keep pestering that bitch because you still can''t get over that Bluegreen-Clad. You''re a bitch too, Venus. You think about another man when you''re together with me. You slut will betray me sooner or later." Venus'' face instantly changed. "What''re you talking about? I haven''t gotten close to any other man since being together with you. I just can''t tolerate watching that bitchy Flowing Light living a good life. I just wanted to vent my anger. You''ve known about this since the very beginning!" "Huh? So what? Do you think that I''ll adore you all the time?" Motherfucker pulled her closer to himself and continued, "It''s been a month. Do you think that I still cherish you? Fuck the most beautiful girl of Shiny Sky. Do you think that you''re really different from the other women?" He grabbed her so hard that she felt pain. She felt hurt but dared not to say anything. In the beginning, Motherfucker had treated her well, but after a month, he was tired of her. When he felt annoyed, he would vent his anger on her and even beat her. Upon seeing the frightened look on Venus'' face, Motherfucker snorted and said, "I buy you bags and give you money when you ask for it, but you''d better have a clear estimation of yourself. If you keep offending me, you''ll have to leave. As long as I have money, it''s easy for me to have a woman like you!" Upon hearing that he might dump her, Venus immediately pleaded. "It''s my bad, Mr. Wang. I have only you in my heart. You know it." "Only me? Hehe." Motherfucker brought his puffy face closer to Venus as a way of hinting that she should kiss him at this moment. Venus, however, avoided his face subconsciously. No matter what she said, a lie could not become true. She hated this fat man from the bottom of her heart and could not stop herself from avoiding him. Motherfucker was clear about this, but he did not care whether Venus really liked him. In his eyes, she was just a "toy" he bought. Although he did not take her seriously, he was still irritated by her reaction. "You bitch, didn''t you say you have only me in your heart?" He threw Venus into the bed of the room and continued, "You have only money in your heart. You''ll sleep with any guy who gives you money! You must''ve slept with countless guys before." Upon hearing that, Venus could not help but glare at him. "I do have many suitors, but I''ve slept with only you by far, Mr. Wang." "Whew, what a faithful girl. Bah, save the crap. You resent those guys for being poor, don''t you?" Motherfucker was nearly 40. A mature and well-experienced man like him could easily see through Venus'' tricks. He thought, "A girl like Venus has only good looks. She just wants money from men to satisfy her own vanity. Some girls like her even want to hook up with some rich guys to become rich wives. "Such girls won''t love anyone. They love only money, loads of money! The young men who are chasing after her all look better than me, but she chose me. She did this just for the money. I don''t need to love or pity her at all." "I don''t need you to pretend to be a saint in front of me. Now get dressed up and get ready to go to dinner with me tonight!" Motherfucker ordered without hesitation. Upon hearing that, Venus was so frightened that she felt as if she had been slapped hard across the face again. "No, Mr. Wang. Don''t take me for dinner this time. Your client took advantage of me last time!" "What''s the big deal?" Motherfucker looked at Venus with disdain. "I bought you a bag that cost more than 10,000 yuan after that. Do you think that it''s not worth it?" Venus bit her lips but did not go to change her clothes. "Hurry up!" Motherfucker urged. "I won''t take the trouble of bringing you there if Mr. Zhang doesn''t like a college girl like you." Venus felt sad and wanted to cry. "You bitch, if you dare to cry, get out of here and don''t ask me to give you money anymore. If you still want money, go change clothes now!" He shouted at her while despising her in his heart. "Fuck the college girls. These bitches are willing to do anything for money." Just as he had expected, Venus slowly stood up and went to get her clothes. "What a greedy woman.," he thought and then shouted at her again, "You have to behave yourself tonight. I''ve read the messages in the game. Now the League of Strong Families, the Matchless and the Sacred Temple all treat me as an enemy. I''ve spent so much money on my account, but I have to give it up now. If you fail to make Mr. Zhang happy tonight, I''ll make you feel really sorry!" Venus had planned to say, "I have to get changed now. Can you get out?" but upon noticing that he was particularly irritable today, she said, "I''ll go to the next room to get changed first." Motherfucker refused to let her go. "Stop pretending. I''ve seen you naked. Get changed here right in front of me!" She felt reluctant but had no choice but to obey his orders. He was fat and disgusting but he was rich. She liked only money. After getting changed and putting on make-up, Venus went to a restaurant together with Motherfucker. After half an hour, Mr. Zhang who Motherfucker was eager to cosy up to finally arrived. Mr. Zhang was in his 40s. He was not fat but quite short. He was going bald and did not have much hair on his head. "I''m sorry I''m late, Mr. Wang." Mr. Zhang said apologetically and readily took a seat. Motherfucker, who was bloated with pride in front of Venus, treated Mr. Zhang with extra care. He smiled flatteringly and said, "That''s alright. I know that you''re very busy. It''s a great honor for me to have this chance to dine with you. Come on, Iet''s order some dishes and have a nice meal together." They did not come out just for dinner. All of them were well aware that activities after the dinner were the "highlight". At about 8 pm, when Mr. Zhang finished his meal in an ostentatious manner£¬Motherfucker brought them to a bar according to their schedule. It was a crowded and noisy bar. A DJ was playing music on the stage, and a group of men and women on the dance floor were hugging and dancing to the music. Upon seeing Motherfucker, the bartender greeted him cordially, "Welcome, Mr. Wang." "Hi, buddy. This is Mr. Zhang. Show him our best." With these words, Motherfucker invited Mr. Zhang to take a seat. Motherfucker pulled out a chair for Mr. Zhang, and the latter readily sat in it. In the meantime, he dragged Venus down and made her sit beside himself. Upon seeing that, Motherfucker immediately took out his cellphone and said that he needed to make a call. After that, he quickly left the place and left Venus alone with Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang was very pleased with Motherfucker''s reaction. He pulled Venus closer to himself and began groping her. Venus felt disgusted, but upon thinking of what Motherfucker had said to her, she could only continue to chat and laugh with Motherfucker. The men and women on the dance floor did not care about them. DJ turned up the volume of the music, which obscured everyone''s sadness. Venus closed her eyes for a moment. Sometimes, she would think of Son of Heaven, who had been used and then dumped by her and who knew that she was not a good girl but still wanted to be together with her. She wondered, "If I had a chance to start all over again, would I choose him?" Chapter 107 A Girl Who Had Lots of Back-ups As the National Day holiday was coming, all companies required their employees to work overtime on this Saturday. Zheng Xiaoguang was no exception. Upon thinking that she would be able to spend the following eight days together with Bluegreen-Clad, she felt delighted and worked exceptionally efficiently. Coincidentally, her colleague Chen Bishi saw that she was about to finish her work when walking past her with a cup of freshly brewed coffee in hand. She stopped beside Zheng Xiaoguang and said. "Hi, Xiaoguang. As you''re about to finish your work, can you help me with my work?" Chen Bishi was a pretty girl who had a curvy body and she always spoke somewhat prettily. As such, many colleagues considered her a ''goddess'' in the office. This was not the first time that Chen Bishi had asked Zheng Xiaoguang to help her with her work, and Zheng Xiaoguang had never refused her in the past. Nevertheless, she decided not to be such an always available kind of person anymore. "I''m sorry. I can''t help you today." "Sigh, don''t be so stingy, Xiaoguang. Please help me out." Chen Bishi handed the coffee to Zheng Xiaoguang and continued, "I''ll buy you a cup of coffee, okay?" "I''m sorry, Bishi. I really can''t help you today." Zheng Xiaoguang carefully avoided the cup of hot coffee. In fact, she was not interested in this so-called high-end beverage. Chen Bishi blinked pleadingly at Zheng Xiaoguang and said, "Come on, Xiaoguang. Help me out. I really can''t work overtime. I have a date tonight." When Zheng Xiaoguang was about to say something, Yang Sisi who was sitting next to her snorted and interjected., "You date every day throughout the year, don''t you?" Chen Bishi glanced at Yang Sisi and said, "Well, what can I do? I''m just so popular." "Yeah, you''re so popular, but I''ve never met your boyfriend," said Yang Sisi. She had resented Chen Bishi for dating every day and putting all the guys on the "bench" for a long time. Chen Bishi raised her over-arched eyebrow and said, "I have no choice. I just haven''t found a guy who''s worthy of me?" Yang Sisi and Zheng Xiaoguang were rendered speechless upon hearing that. They did not want to criticize Chen Bishi for being proud, but they could hardly agree with what she did to those guys. She enjoyed being adored by them and at the same time despised those guys who were chasing after her. After an awkward silence, Chen Bishi changed the topic. "By the way, Xiaoguang, you''re still single, aren''t you? Do you want me to introduce a guy to you?" Zheng Xiaoguang felt even more awkward upon hearing that. Both Chen Bishi and Yang Sisi had arranged blind dates for her before, but Chen Bishi was very different from Yang Sisi. Since going on a blind date arranged by Chen Bishi, Zheng Xiaoguang had kept this girl at a distance. She did this for a reason. Chen Bishi had set Zheng Xiaoguang up on a blind date with one of her suitors that she disliked. Let us call this suitor Mr. A. Mr. A was a quite good guy. Both he and his parents work in the same big company. He was the only child of his parents. Although he had not bought a house, he had already bought a car by himself. It was said that Mr. A had been chasing after Chen Bishi for more than three years. He often rode a bike to the company to deliver some breakfast food or snacks to Chen Bishi. Chen Bishi despised Mr. A as he did not have good looks and always rode a bike. She always spoke ill of Mr. A in front of her colleagues in the company but never refused the food that he delivered to her. "Sigh, he keeps delivering this kind of food to me. I''m sick of it. Why doesn''t he deliver some other kinds of food to me for a change? Well, let''s share it." "He rode his bike here again! Why can''t he take a taxi? He even wants to date me while riding a bike. Look at my dress. It''s expensive. How can I sit on a bike when I''m wearing this dress?" Girls in the company usually did not speak much upon hearing those remarks from Chen Bishi, but they all sympathized with Mr. A. The secretly called him "the most miserable back-up of the year". Later, when she found a better and richer back-up, Chen Bishi decided to get rid of Mr. A by setting him up on a blind date with Zheng Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang, who did not know what she was up to, accepted her "kind offer"and went on the blind date. Upon seeing the guy, Zheng Xiaoguang immediately recognized that he was Mr. A who was widely known in her company as "the most miserable back-up of the year". Mr. A said that he had expected to meet Chen Bishi on this date. In the end, they parted grumpily. Fortunately, not many people knew about this thing. Otherwise, Zheng Xiaoguang would have become a laughing-stock. To her surprise, Chen Bishi made light of this thing and never apologized to her. This girl even continued to sweet-talk Zheng Xiaoguang into helping her with her work. "Well, maybe Miss Chen Bishi''s brain is somewhat different from that of a normal person. I should let it go now. Despite that, I won''t go on any blind date that she arranges for me again." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang immediately refused Chen Bishi''s offer by saying, "No, thanks." "Okay~" Chen Bishi drawled affectedly. "Come on, Xiaoguang. Please help me out. You don''t have a boyfriend and don''t need to date tonight~" "How do you know that Xiaoguang has no boyfriend?" Yang Sisi rolled her eyes and continued, "Xiaoguang said that she can''t help you today. How do you know that she''s not going to date tonight?" "What? Do you have a boyfriend now, Xiaoguang?" Chen Bishi extended her fingers in surprise and looked at Zheng Xiaoguang in disbelief as if she had heard about some sensational news story which said that Halley''s Comet was going to hit the Earth today. Zheng Xiaoguang was quite displeased with Chen Bishi''s attitude. She complained inwardly, "I''m not ugly and I don''t have any bad habit. Why can''t I have a boyfriend?" Therefore, she seriously said to Chen Bishi, "Yes, I have a boyfriend, and he''s going to pick me up for a date later." "Really? I see." Chen Bishi said while frowning grumpily. She twitched her mouth and went back to her seat. During the rest of the day, Chen Bishi always treated Zheng Xiaoguang coldly. Soon enough, it was afternoon. When everyone was ready to leave, Chen Bishi suddenly came up to Zheng Xiaoguang with a smile on her face. "You said that your boyfriend is going to pick you up when you knock off. Can you take me to meet him, Xiaoguang?" "She probably thinks that I was lying just now and wants to find out the truth by herself," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. "He''s not your boyfriend. Why do you have to meet him?" Yang Sisi retorted with icy disdain and stood between Chen Bishi and Zheng Xiaoguang. She turned her head to give Zheng Xiaoguang a "you-can-leave-now" look. "Huh, it looks like that Yang Sisi thinks that I was lying too. She''s trying to help me out..." She felt touched and somewhat awkward. Chen Bishi refused to back down and said, "Come on, Xiaoguang, why can''t you let me meet your boyfriend?" Chapter 108 The Charming Boyfriend When Zheng Xiaoguang was about to agree to let Chen Bishi meet Bluegreen-Clad, Chen Bishi''s supervisor shouted to her, "Bishi, give me the document you prepared yesterday." Chen Bishi had no choice but to take the documents. Before her departure, she mumbled, "Wait for me, Xiaoguang. I will come back soon. You have to my curiosity and let me meet your boyfriend." When Chen Bishi walked away, Yang Sisi glared at Zheng Xiaoguang and complained. "Look at you. Why did you refuse to give Xiangyang a chance? If you did, you would never have such a trouble. She bullies you as you''re single. Why didn''t you leave just now?" "Em~ As I''ve decided to marry Bluegreen-Clad as early as possible, I''d better tell her the truth." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang swallowed hard before saying, "But, Sisi, I do have a boyfriend now, and he''s going to pick me up after work." "What? When did you sneakingly find a boyfriend? And you hide this from me until now!" Yang Sisi stared at Zheng Xiaoguang in disbelief for three seconds. Suddenly, she seemed to think of something and blinked at Zheng Xiaoguang while asking, "Is he Xiangyang?" Zheng Xiaoguang shook her head and said, "No, not him." Yang Sisi rolled her eyes and asked, "Then who is he?" "You''ll know if you go downstairs with me now," Zheng Xiaoguang replied smilingly. Soon enough, Zheng Xiaoguang walked out of the company with Yang Sisi who was highly suspicious and Chen Bishi who did not believe that Zheng Xiaoguang had a boyfriend at all. At that time, Bluegreen-Clad was standing beside his car and waiting for Zheng Xiaoguang with a bouquet of champagne roses in hand. "Xiaoguang!" Upon seeing her, he walked toward her while holding the roses with both hands She had never expected him to come with roses in hand. Her cheeks flushed as she received the roses. She bashfully introduced her friend to him. "Let me introduce you to my friend Yang Sisi. She''s my bestie." She pointed at Chen Bishi and continued, "She''s my colleague, Chen Bishi." Chen Bishi stared at Bluegreen-Clad''s handsome face and his expensive watch on the wrist in disbelief. Upon hearing Zheng Xiaoguang introducing her to the young man, she finally recovered from the shock and asked, "Are you Xiaoguang''s boyfriend?" Bluegreen-Clad nodded and replied, "Yes, I''m Xiaoguang''s boyfriend. Nice to meet you. Thank you for taking care of Xiaoguang in the company." Zheng Xiaoguang chuckled and said, "Hee-hee, we do take care of each other." "You have such a cute boyfriend, Xiaoguang. You should give us a treat," Chen Bishi interjected. Yang Sisi threw an impatient glance at Chen Bishi and asked, "Don''t you have to work overtime today?" Chen Bishi retorted, "I''ve already asked Secretary Zheng to help me with my work. I don''t have to work overtime today." "But didn''t you say that you have a date tonight?" Zheng Xiaoguang asked flatly. "That''s not so important as this thing, dear. This is for you." Chen Bishi''s attitude toward Zheng Xiaoguang suddenly changed. She took her arm and acted as if they were besties. She smilingly looked at Bluegreen-Clad and asked, "Hi, handsome. What do you say? Do you agree to give us a treat?" Bluegreen-Clad raised his eyebrows and said, "It''s my pleasure to give you girls a treat." Zheng Xiaoguang had planned to take only Yang Sisi to have dinner with them and never expected Chen Bishi to ask to join them. Although she did not want to have dinner together with Chen Bishi, she still said, "Well, let''s dine together." As such, Bluegreen-Clad took the three of them to the restaurant that he had booked. The atmosphere in this restaurant was quite nice, but this place was only dimly lit. When they sat down, Bluegreen-Clad politely handed the menu to Zheng Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang and Yang Sisi quickly decided what to eat. After reading the menu for a long time, Chen Bishi pointed at the creamy pudding and asked, "Cool dude, can you help me to ask the restaurant whether they can make low-sugar pudding. I''m worried that this pudding has lots of calories. I''m practicing yoga now. I need to keep fit." Upon hearing that, Yang Sisi twitched her mouth. As this place was dimly lit, she sneakingly approached Zheng Xiaoguang to whisper beside her ear, "Look at her. ''I''m practicing yoga now.'' She just wants to show off her good figure and hear some compliments." Zheng Xiaoguang frowned slightly but still remained silent when she noticed that Chen Bishi deliberately placed her hand on her chest. Chen Bishi was looking forward to hearing Bluegreen-Clad''s reply, but he just said flatly, "Uhm." Upon noticing that he ignored Chen Bishi, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but smile slightly. Chen Bishi was not discouraged and continued to ask, "What do you do for a living, handsome?" Bluegreen-Clad raised his eyebrows and replied, "I''m running a company of my own." "Wow, you own a company at such a young age!" Chen Bishi could not help but lean forward. By doing so, she displayed her cleavage as she wore a revealing dress. Under the dim light, she looked quite seductive. "You''re such a handsome and capable young man. You must have many suitors. What do you like about Xiaoguang?" asked she. Bluegreen-Clad turned to look at Zheng Xiaoguang and replied after a moment of thought. "I don''t know." Upon hearing that, Chen Bishi could not help but smile. To her surprise, Bluegreen-Clad added the next moment, "I just think that she''s perfect." Zheng Xiaoguang, who had been irritated by Chen Bishi''s words a moment ago, chuckled upon hearing that. "Stop it," she said bashfully. Bluegreen-Clad pinched her face and said, "But I really like you." Upon seeing that they were so close, Chen Bishi felt discouraged and casually ticked a few dishes before puting the menu down. When the waiter took their orders away, Yang Sisi teased Zheng Xiaoguang, "You''re really good at hiding your feelings. You have such a cute boyfriend and you hide this thing from me until today." Zheng Xiaoguang chuckled and replied, "I never planned to hide this from you. It''s just that he has been busy with his work recently. I really don''t have a chance to introduce him to you until today." "Are you complaining that I''ve been too busy recently?" Bluegreen-Clad touched her head and continued, "I''ll spend more time with you in the future." Yang Sisi sighed. "Tut-tut, you just can''t stop courting envy. I should''ve brought my husband here." The three of them chatted gleefully and gradually snubbed Chen Bishi. Chen Bishi felt that she was completely left out and kept stirring her coffee. Suddenly, she lowered her head to check the things in her handbag before saying, "Sigh, I seem to have left my cellphone in your car, handsome." "What does your cellphone look like? I''ll help you find it," Bluegreen-Clad replied calmly. Chen Bishi twitched her lips and said, "Well, let''s go to look for it together." Bluegreen-Clad looked at Zheng Xiaoguang with inquiring eyes. Zheng Xiaoguang nodded and said, "Go to find it together now and come back soon." Upon hearing that, Bluegreen-Clad said, "Alright." After that, he walked out of the restaurant together with Chen Bishi. When they found his car, Bluegreen-Clad opened the door with his key. Chen Bishi anxiously stuck her head into the back of the car and looked around but failed to find her cellphone. She looked at him helplessly and said, "Can you lend me your phone for a moment? I want to call myself to find out where my phone is." Chapter 109 He Is Bluegreen-Clad Bluegreen-Clad took out his cellphone and handed it to her without saying much. Shortly after Chen Bishi dialed a number on his cellphone, they heard a cellphone ringing inside her handbag. She hurriedly opened the bag and took out her cellphone. "Sigh, it''s here. I''m sorry." "That''s alright," Bluegreen-Clad replied flatly. "Let''s go back to the restaurant." When they came back, Chen Bishi looked quite pleased but she deliberately grumbled in front of Zheng Xiaoguang and Yang Sisi. "Sigh, it turns out that my cellphone is in my handbag. I would be so dejected if I lost it." Zheng Xiaoguang did not care much about that and just said plainly, "You found it. That''s good." As the waiter had already delivered their dishes to their table by now, they began to eat when they sat down. Suddenly, Chen Bishi''s cellphone rang. She glanced at it, tapped the Answer button and put it against her ear while saying, "I''m sorry. I have something important to do today. I really can''t leave now. Let''s make another appointment." After a moment, she pouted impatiently. "Alright, alright, I know. Wait for me. I''ll go to find you later." After putting down her cellphone, she threw a sad glance at Bluegreen-Clad and spoke to Zheng Xiaoguang and Yang Sisi. "I''m sorry, girls. I have to go now. Let''s meet another day." Upon hearing that this uninvited guest had to leave, Zheng Xiaoguang and Yang Sisi felt delighted and said goodbye to her gleefully. Bluegreen-Clad remained calm all the time. When she walked away, Bluegreen-Clad suddenly heard his text message ringtone. He took out his cellphone, checked the message and then gave his cellphone to Zheng Xiaoguang. "Huh?" Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised as she received his cellphone. "Is there anything wrong?" asked she. Bluegreen-Clad shrugged his shoulders and said, "Just check the message." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang opened his message box and saw a text message from a stranger: Hi, handsome. Remember to call me when you have time~ "Who sends it to you?" Zheng Xiaoguang frowned. "It''s from the girl who has just left," replied Bluegreen-Clad. He told Zheng Xiaoguang how Chen Bishi had managed to get his number. Shocked by the bluntness of Bluegreen-Clad, Zheng Xiaoguang felt really awkward. She knew that Chen Bishi was not a good girl, but she had never expected her to send her boyfriend such a text message. Zheng Xiaoguang got stuck for words and did not know what to say. Yang Sisi was very satisfied with what Bluegreen-Clad had done. "Where did you find such a cute and honest boyfriend, Xiaoguang?" Zheng Xiaoguang was prepared for such a question as she had expected this to happen. She had deliberately avoided talking about this just now in front of Chen Bishi. At this moment, she knew that it was time to tell her bestie the truth. She turned to look squarely at Yang Sisi and said, "Dear Sisi, now I formally introduce my boyfriend Lu Mingxuan to you. He has another name¡ªBluegreen-Clad." "Puff¡ª" Yang Sisi was so surprised that she spouted the water in her mouth back into her cup. "What did you say?" Zheng Xiaoguang nodded. "You didn''t get it wrong. He''s the god-like Bluegreen-Clad on the server Watery South of Shiny Sky." She pointed at Yang Sisi and said, "She''s Half a Cup of Lovesickness from the Matchless." Bluegreen-Clad still looked calm and nicely handed Yang Sisi a napkin while saying, "Ms. Yang. Nice to meet you." Yang Sisi received the napkin with trembling hands and looked Bluegreen-Clad up and down in disbelief. "Are you really the Bluegreen-Clad?" Bluegreen-Clad affirmatively nodded and said, "Yes, it''s me." Yang Sisi asked with a trembling voice, "You... I mean you and Xiaoguang. Do you..." Zheng Xiaoguang solemnly replied, "Yes, we make our virtual relationship real." "Are you insane? You..." Yang Sisi had planned to remind Zheng Xiaoguang that her parents would never allow her to start a relationship with a guy she met in an online game again. She swallowed those words, grabbed Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand and threw a quick glance at Bluegreen-Clad. She was not sure whether he knew Zheng Xiaoguang''s past with Su Han. She felt reluctant to talk about this thing at this moment. "I know what you want to say, Sisi. You want to mention Su Han." Zheng Xiaoguang looked at Bluegreen-Clad and continued, "That''s alright. He knows it." Yang Sisi felt even more confused. "Then you..." "I know it. Because of Su Han, it''ll be hard for you and Xiaoguang''s parents to trust me, but I have confidence in myself." Bluegreen-Clad looked into Zheng Xiaoguang''s eyes and continued, "I''ve promised Xiaoguang to stay with her forever." "Save those sweet talks." Yang Sisi frowned. "Xiaoguang is an honest and straightforward girl. She''ll take all your words seriously, Mr. Lu. But marriage is not that simple. As a married woman, I want to know if you really have plans for your future?" "I agree with you." Bluegreen-Clad nodded. "But I''ve already thought it through. I want to marry Xiaoguang." Zheng Xiaoguang''s cheeks flushed. This was not the first she had heard him talking about this, but she still could not help but feel somewhat awkward since Yang Sisi was here. Yang Sisi sat upright in her chair like a negotiation expert as she said, "If you want to marry her, this thing will involve your families. Since you know about Su Han, I''ll ask you directly. What''ll you do if your family disapprove of your relationship with Xiaoguang?" Bluegreen-Clad smiled calmly. "My family is very open-minded and won''t interfere too much with my marriage. And Xiaoguang has already met my sister. She likes Xiaoguang." Yang Sisi continued to ask, "If she has a problem with your parents, and your parents dislike her, when they live together, what will you do?" Such a thing was nothing new in real life. Bluegreen-Clad still replied calmly, "I''m not Su Han. I trust my own judgement. And we''re not going to live together with my parents after we get married." Yang Sisi had never expected Bluegreen-Clad to be so well prepared. After some thought, she asked, "But you don''t live in R City, do you? It''s hard to maintain a long-distance relationship." Bluegreen-Clad touched Zheng Xiaoguang''s long hair and said, "Yes, you''re right. Given this, I want to visit Xiaoguang''s parents as soon as possible to discuss our marriage." "Our marriage?" Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised and felt somewhat uneasy since she was not sure whether her parents would agree to meet Bluegreen-Clad. Bluegreen-Clad gave Zheng Xiaoguang an encouraging look and said, "Don''t worry. You just need to trust me." "But..." Zheng Xiaoguang stuttered as she thought, "He probably can''t imagine how much my parents hate games and people who play games." Bluegreen-Clad pinched her small nose. "What? Don''t you want to marry me?" Zheng Xiaoguang immediately denied. "It''s not like that." "Don''t worry," he said in a comforting voice. "No matter what happens, I''ll take care of it." "Okay." Zheng Xiaoguang felt a warm feeling in her chest. Upon seeing that, Yang Sisi knew that no matter what she said, she could not stop them. She thought to herself, "That''s fine. Maybe Xiaoguang and Xiangyang just can''t get along with each other. Besides, Bluegreen-Clad seems to be quite different from Su Han. He seems to be independent-minded." With this in mind, she sighed and decided to compromise. "Well, if that is the case. I wish you two happiness." "But if you dare to lie to Xiaoguang, I''ll never let you off." Yang Sisi looked at Bluegreen-Clad and said assertively. Bluegreen-Clad smiled and said, "Yes." Chapter 110 To Meet Her Parents After Yang Sisi''s departure, Bluegreen-Clad and Zheng Xiaoguang could finally spend some quality time together. Zheng Xiaoguang said embarrassedly, "Uhm, Sisi just cares too much about me. She didn''t mean to give you a hard time. Please don''t be mad at her." "I won''t be mad at her." Bluegreen-Clad kissed her forehead and said, "It''s lucky for you to have such a loyal friend." Zheng Xiaoguang stuck out her tongue and said, "Yeah, I think so." Bluegreen-Clad lowered his head and put his forehead against hers while asking "When do you think I''ll become lucky and marry you?" Zheng Xiaoguang was too bashful to say anything. He continued to ask, "Are you ready to take me to visit your parents?" After some thought, she made up her mind and said, "I''ll tell them about it when I come home tonight." He gently took her into his arms and said, "Okay." "Maybe they won''t welcome you. They probably won''t let you come into our home." She rubbed his shoulder and continued, "I''m sorry, it''s because of me... "I did something wrong before, and you have to bear the consequences now." He embraced her more tightly and comforted her. "No, it''s not your fault." Upon hearing that, she thought to herself, "A few years ago, that guy accused me of being unreasonable and told me that it was I who wrecked our relationship, but now Bluegreen-Clad tells me that it''s not my fault. "Mum and dad, I guess I find the right guy this time. I guess I''ll be happy." ... At night, when Zheng Xiaoguang came home, she plucked up her courage to tell her parents, "Dad, mom, I have a boyfriend. Can I bring him home tomorrow?" Her parents who had been looking forward to hearing such a news all this time were excited upon hearing her words. "Oh, you finally find a boyfriend." Her mother asked smilingly, "Is he the young man that Yang Sisi introduced to you before?" Zheng Xiaoguang shook her head and said, "No, his name is Lu Mingxuan." "Why haven''t I heard you mentioning such a guy before? Who introduced him to you? How old is he? What does he do for a living?" her mother asked in surprise. "Sigh, you can ask him by yourself when he comes tomorrow." She did not tell her parents how they met and started this relationship as she was worried that they would refuse to meet him. Her mother thought that she was just shy and poked her head while saying, "So bring him here as soon as possible." Upon getting the consent of her parents, Zheng Xiaoguang hurriedly nodded and said, "Okay, no problem." The next day, Bluegreen-Clad came to visit them at the agreed time. When Zheng Xiaoguang invited him to come into her home, her mother beamed brightly. As Bluegreen-Clad brought many presents, she said, "That''s so nice of you. You bring so many presents." Bluegreen-Clad put the gifts down while whispering beside Zheng Xiaoguang''s ear. "Your mom seemed to be delighted upon seeing me." Zheng Xiaoguang sniggered and said, "Well, my mom is a huge fan of handsome faces. She likes good-looking guys." "That''s good," replied Bluegreen-Clad. In the meantime, he thought to him, "Fortunately, she isn''t worried that I look too attractive to be a good husband." Zheng Xiaoguang helped Bluegreen-Clad to put the gifts away and then turned to ask her mom, "Mom, where''s my dad?" Her mother sighed. "He went shopping early in the morning. He said that he''s going to prepare some nice dishes for you and your boyfriend at home. It''s such a hot day. I said that we should eat in a restaurant together, but he insisted on cooking for you no matter what I said." Right after her mother finished her sentence, her father came back. The moment he entered the apartment, he saw a tall and handsome guy. He tilted his head to look at Zheng Xiaoguang and asked, "Is he your boyfriend?" "Nice to meet you, uncle." Bluegreen-Clad immediately greeted him. He nodded and said, "Nice to meet you too. You can chat with your aunt first. I''ll go to prepare some dishes." Bluegreen-Clad wanted to go to the kitchen to help Zheng Xiaoguang''s father, but she immediately dragged him back and said worriedly. "You''d better not go to the kitchen." She sighed secretly, "Come on, Bluegreen-Clad, you''re so bad at cooking." The moment Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother sat on the sofa together with Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad, she asked anxiously, "Nice to meet you, young man. What''s your name? How old are you? Where do you come from? What do you do for a living?" Bluegreen-Clad replied calmly, "Nice to meet you. My name is Lu Mingxuan. I''m 28 years old and I come from A City. I''m running a small company in A City, and my business is quite good at present." Upon hearing that, she thought, "That''s good. A City is not far away from here. He has his own business. He must be a smart guy." She smiled with satisfaction and asked again, "How many people are there in your family?" "There are four of us, my parents, my sister and me, but I live alone now as I''ve bought a house and a car." "Hehe, that''s impressive. You bought a house and a car at such a young age." Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother looked at Bluegreen-Clad with admiration and then asked him another probing question. "I guess that a young and capable man like you doesn''t like to get married at a young age. Am I right?" Bluegreen-Clad sighed, "No, I want to get married now, and my parents urged to get married early. But I have to respect Xiaoguang''s decision." "That''s a perfect answer," Zheng Xiaoguang thought and secretly took a quick glance at Bluegreen-Clad with encouraging eyes. Upon seeing that, Bluegreen-Clad continued, "I really love your daughter. Can you help me to persuade her to marry me earlier?" Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother was happy to hear that, but she continued to say, "Sigh, I have to tell you. My daughter is spoiled. That''s my fault. I want her to get married early but at the same time I''m afraid of marrying her off. I''m worried that she doesn''t know how to get along with her in-laws. What if she has a problem with her father-in-law or mother-in-law?" It was not easy to answer such a question, but Bluegreen-Clad still remained calm. "I''ll take care of her after we get married. No matter what happens, I won''t let her be wronged." "Hehe, that''s great." After some thought, Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother suddenly asked, "By the way, how did you meet?" Upon hearing this question, Zheng Xiaoguang felt anxious although she had expected this. She had told Bluegreen-Clad last night, "My mom always thinks that my big brother Li Hanyu is my senior at college. You just need to tell them that you''re Li Hanyu''s friend." Bluegreen-Clad noticed the nervous look on her face. He secretly held her hand but did not give her mother the answer she had prepared. "We met each other in an online game." Her mother''s face changed. Everyone fell silent. The atmosphere was getting somewhat awkward. As the kitchen was located right beside the living room, her father could hear everything clearly. He walked out of the kitchen and said. "I have to tell you something that you didn''t know before, Mr. Lu. We don''t like to let Xiaoguang play games and we don''t like the friends she makes online either." He put on a cold face and said, "Please leave now, Mr. Lu." Chapter 111 The Problem They Had to Face "They still can''t accept a guy I meet online," she thought anxiously. When Zheng Xiaoguang was about to explain, Bluegreen-Clad stood up and said, "Uncle, I knew that you and aunt would feel displeased upon knowing this, but I still chose to tell you the truth, because I want to be honest with you. I don''t want to lie to you and lose your trust." "Is he trying to address this issue head-on?" wondered Zheng Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang''s father refused to back down. "Mr. Lu is an honest man, so I think I should be honest with you too. I have to tell you that my family won''t accept you." Although his daughter''s relationship with Su Han had ended a few years ago, he still felt hurt and refused to believe any guy that his daughter met in online games. Zheng Xiaoguang closed her eyes and decided to talk this issue through with her family. After all it was she that picked the wrong guy. She had to face this problem sooner or later She walked up to Bluegreen-Clad and took his hand. "Dad, mom, I know that you don''t want me to start a relationship with a guy I meet online since you''re afraid that I''ll get swindled and hurt. You always blame Su Han for this, so do I. When I broke up with him, I hated him. I hated him for hurting me and you." As her parents remained silent, she continued, "But think about it. I should take part of the blame. You warned me, but I still chose to believe him and even got obsessed with him. During the past year, I dared not love any guy since I was afraid of getting hurt again. I doubted my own judgement." What she said was the truth. Her mother could not help but feel sad upon hearing that. Zheng Xiaoguang smiled and added, "Just as mom said, I should not dread the fire after being burnt once. I followed her advice and went on blind dates, but I failed to find any guy I like. You told me that a girl my age should not be so picky, so I tried again to contact those guys. However, I failed again." Her mother looked at her with pitiful eyes and did not know what she was trying to do. Zheng Xiaoguang''s eye rims became red as she said, "I really don''t know if this is my problem. Maybe I just don''t look attractive enough on this blind dating market. You probably don''t know. I''ve been feeling inferior all this time.¡± Su Han''s betrayal together with her parents'' urging and those failed blind dates made her feel inferior. She pretended to be calm just to cover up her fears. Upon hearing her words, her father was surprised and tightly knitted his eyebrows. In the past, he had believed that Zheng Xiaoguang never took those blind dates seriously and thus kept urging her. He had never expected to make her feel this way. He wanted to say something but got stuck for words. He came to realize that he had been urging her to find a husband and never had a heart-to-heart talk with her all this year. Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother stood up and wanted to comfort her. Zheng Xiaoguang shook her head and said, "I''m alright now, mom. I''ve gotten over him. It''s really lucky for me to meet Mingxuan." At this moment, she could feel that Bluegreen-Clad was tightly holding her hand. She tightly held his hand too. She turned to look at him with a smile and said, "If it was not for him, I would follow your advice and marry a guy who treats me well. But I met him. He treats me sincerely and helps me get over my past. He makes me want to strive for my love again. Given all this, I choose him..." Sometimes she would still doubt her own judgment, but she was willing to trust Bluegreen-Clad. Bluegreen-Clad smiled back at Zheng Xiaoguang and said, "Xiaoguang told me everything about Su Han, so I understand why you dislike me. I can guarantee that I''ll never let Xiaoguang down." "I really want to trust you, young man, but marriage involves more than just you two. It''s not a simple thing," said Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother. "My family allows me to choose my own wife," Bluegreen-Clad replied seriously. "Auntie, I know that you may not want to believe me, not just because of Su Han. There are really too many scammers on the Internet. I''ve brought here all the documents to prove myself." With these words, he took out all the documents he had prepared and put them on the table. They were his ID card, his property ownership certificate and even his company''s business license. Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned. Bluegreen-Clad had told her that he had prepared everything, but she had never expected him to be so well-prepared. Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother was stunned too. She could tell at a glance that these documents were real as she had a property ownership certificate too. Bluegreen-Clad said, "I don''t know whether this is enough to prove my sincerity to you, but they''re my most important things. I brought them here just want to prove that I sincerely want to marry Xiaoguang." "Do you have any plans for your future?" Zheng Xiaoguang''s father sounded much nicer than a moment ago, although he did not give a definite answer. Bluegreen-Clad solemnly replied, "Of course I have plans. I come here in the hope of getting your consent. I want to bring Xiaoguang back home to meet my parents. If you don''t trust me, I''ll leave all these documents here. In my heart, she''s more important than these things." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang''s father coughed embarrassedly. Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother hurriedly said, "That''s fine. Sit down. Don''t stand up all the time." Upon hearing that, Bluegreen-Clad, Zheng Xiaoguang and her father finally stopped their confrontation and sat down. "I hope that you can understand, young man. We have just one daughter. We can''t help but worry about her." Zheng Xiaoguang''s mother sighed. "That thing hurt Xiaoguang and us. That was why we were so nervous just now. I''m sorry to have given you such a hard time. I hope that you won''t mind." Bluegreen-Clad nodded and said, "That''s alright. I can understand. I hope that you can give me a chance to prove that I can take care of Xiaoguang all my life." Zheng Xiaoguang grabbed her mother''s hand and said, "Mom, I really love him. I want to be together with him." Her mother looked at her and suddenly felt somewhat sad. She thought,"Xiaoguang has remained single since breaking up with Su Han. Now she finally finds someone she loves. I can''t let her down again." She looked at Zheng Xiaoguang''s father with inquiring eyes and asked, "What do you say?" Upon seeing his daughter''s expecting eyes, he gradually calmed down. He looked at the tall and handsome man and said, "I give you only three days. If your parents disapprove of your relationship. Xiaoguang must come home immediately, and you should not come to visit us again!" Her parents never meant to give a hard time to any guy. They just wanted to make sure that their daughter would be happy. They sincerely hoped that she would be happy this time. Chapter 112 To Sleep while Hugging Each Other Zheng Xiaoguang went to Bluegreen-Clad''s house in A City together with him. The moment they arrived, Xunxun excitedly ran to Zheng Xiaoguang and licked her hands with its tongue. "He likes you so much." Bluegreen-Clad shook his head helplessly. "It seems that he has treated you as his master. He hopes that you can stay." "Is it the dog that wants me to stay? Or, it''s Bluegreen-Clad that wants me to stay." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang tried to lift the dog and hug it. To her surprise, the dog was too heavy. She had no choice but to give up. Bluegreen-Clad dragged her suitcase to her and asked, "Do you want to live in the same room?¡± "Well, there are too many rooms in your house. Otherwise, you don''t have to ask me such a question," Zheng Xiaoguang thought and then replied smilingly, "Okay." Bluegreen-Clad looked down at his watch. It was 19:00 pm. He touched Zheng Xiaoguang''s head and said, "It''s too late to visit my parents today. I''ll take you to meet them tomorrow." Although she had already met his sister, she still felt nervous about meeting his parents. "Ah? Tomorrow? I''m not ready. What if they don''t like me?" "Come on, relax. They just want to meet you." Bluegreen-Clad noticed her worries. He paused and added, "They won''t interfere with my relationships." "Do you mean that I''m like a recommended student?" Zheng Xiaoguang asked in surprise. (In China, recommended students do not need to take college entrance examinations to get enrolled by a college or university. They enter colleges and universities with recommendation letters issued by their high schools.) "Well, you''re right," Bluegreen-Clad smiled. "Mingyue has told our parents my relationship with you. They don''t have a problem with it. You don''t need to feel stressed." After receiving reassurances from Bluegreen-Clad, Zheng Xiaoguang felt relaxed. After a while, she felt worried again. "Sigh, I should''ve brought some local specialties from R City as presents. We left in such a hurry. I can''t prepare some nice presents for them now.¡± She never planned to bring some expensive presents to please Bluegreen-Clad''s parents, but she thought that it was necessary for her to bring something special products to show her respect toward them. Bluegreen-Clad pointed at a corner of the living room and asked, "Are you talking about those things?" Zheng Xiaoguang shifted her gaze to the corner and saw many nicely-wrapped local specialties from R City. "Rest assured. I''ve prepared everything for you," Bluegreen-Clad said softly. Zheng Xiaoguang was so touched that she felt a warm feeling in her chest. "Thank you, Bluegreen-Clad." She put her arms around his neck and gently rubbed his cheek with her nose. Bluegreen-Clad touched her long hair and said, "Alright, honey. You must be tired today. Go to take a shower and go to bed early." "Okay." Zheng Xiaoguang nodded obediently and then took her pajamas out of the suitcase. Before she realized what happened, Xunxun who had been wagging its tail beside her all this while suddenly began to chew her pajamas. In an instant, it drew a "map" with its saliva on her pajamas. "Uhm..." Zheng Xiaoguang felt awkward. Bluegreen-Clad patted her shoulders and said, "Don''t worry. You can wear my pajamas tonight." "Alright, thank you," Zheng Xiaoguang sighed. Xunxun continued to chew her orange pajamas when she left for the bathroom. Different from a bathroom in an ordinary apartment, Bluegreen-Clad''s bathroom was larger and had a bathtub. Zheng Xiaoguang filled the bathtub with water and lay in it to take a bath. After a while, Bluegreen-Clad walked to the door of the bathroom and knocked on it before saying, "I''ve put the pajamas on the hangers outside the door." "Uhm, thank you." Zheng Xiaoguang felt sore all over while lying in the bath tub. After about an hour, she finally stepped out of the bathroom. After putting on Bluegreen-Clad''s pajamas, she found out that they were too big for her, especially the pants. She would step on the hems while walking. Bluegreen-Clad who had been watching TV in the living room noticed that she had difficulties moving around. He walked up to her. "Do you need help?" He asked her smilingly. Zheng Xiaoguang nodded and said, "Yes. Can you help me..." She had planned to ask him to roll up the pants for her but she did not have a chance to speak. Bluegreen-Clad suddenly lifted her up and let her lie in his arms. "Good, let me take this chance to practice how to carry a bride." Bluegreen-Clad carried her to the second floor. He was quite strong, and his arms were steady. Zheng Xiaoguang put her arms around his neck. After a while, they reached the bedroom on the second floor. Bluegreen-Clad gently put her on the bed. Upon seeing her flushed cheeks, he could not help but kiss her nose and asked, "You don''t want to let me go, do you?" "Huh?" Zheng Xiaoguang was stunned. The next moment, she realized that she was still wrapping her arms around his neck. She hurriedly took her arms back. To her surprise, Bluegreen-Clad suddenly put his arm around her waist. "I love you, Xiaoguang." He lowered his head to kiss her. His kiss was always gentle and sweet. Every time they kissed, she just did not want him to stop. She put her arms around his neck again to make him kiss longer in case that this "goodnight kiss" ended quickly. Bluegreen-Clad could not help but hold her closer and more tightly. He could almost hear her heart beat at this moment. They kissed for a long time. When Zheng Xiaoguang began breathing hard, Bluegreen-Clad ended the kiss. She closed her eyes and felt his forehead against hers. He was gasping, which made her feel somewhat nervous. She dare not to move at this moment. Bluegreen-Clad chuckled and said, "I''ve been wondering all this time when I can sleep while hugging you?" Zheng Xiaoguang dared not answer that question. After a long time, he gradually calmed down and said softly, "Alright, silly girl, go to sleep now." With these words, he stood up, ready to take his departure. Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but stretch out her hand to grab a corner of his shirt. He looked back at her and asked, "Do you want me to stay?" Zheng Xiaoguang''s face became red as she nodded slightly. She thought, "We''re determined to get married. It''ll be alright if we just sleep together while hugging each other." He rubbed her head and said, "I need to take a bath first." He quickly realized that what he had just said might lead to misunderstanding, so he added, "If you''re sleepy, you can sleep first. I need only half a bed." Zheng Xiaoguang shook her head and said, "That''s alright. I''ll wait for you." Bluegreen-Clad smiled and said, "Okay." After about half an hour later, when he came back to the room in black pajamas after taking a bath, he discovered that the girl who had promised to wait for him had already fallen asleep. He sighed helplessly, opened the quilt on the bed and covered both of them with the quilt. He took Zheng Xiaoguang into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her forehead. She opened her eyes to look at him in a daze and seemed to be woken up by him. After that, she moved closer to him, closed her eyes and fallen asleep again. "What a silly girl!" He could not help but smile and fell asleep while hugging her. Chapter 113 Struck by a Divine Lightning On her second day in A City, she woke up at 8:00 am in the morning. To her surprise, she did not see Bluegreen-Clad beside her. She got up and went to wash up in a daze. She looked around and found out that Bluegreen-Clad was not at home. She picked up her cellphone and called him. Bluegreen-Clad received the call immediately. "Where are you?" she asked while wondering, "Didn''t he say that we''re going to meet his parents today?" "I''ve come out to buy some breakfast food for you. I''ll be back soon. Just wait for me at home," replied Bluegreen-Clad. "Okay," Zheng Xiaoguang said and then hung up the phone. Only five minutes later, she heard someone knocking on the door. She immediately stood up and went to open the door. To her surprise, she saw a middle-aged woman standing at the door with some fresh vegetables and fruit in hand. She seemed to be around 40 years old and was dressed in simple clothes. Upon seeing her, the middle-aged woman took her hand and asked cordially, "Ah, you must be Xiaoxuan''s girlfriend Xiaoguang, aren''t you? You look so cute.¡± "Huh? Why does she know our names and our relationship? Is she the auntie Zhou that Bluegreen-Clad mentioned before?" Zheng Xiaoguang wondered. She blinked at the middle-aged woman and said, "Nice to meet you, auntie. I''m Zheng Xiaoguang." "Nice to meet you too." The middle-aged woman walked directly into the house while saying, "You haven''t eaten breakfast, have you? Auntie will prepare some food for you." Xunxun who had been devouring the dog food a moment ago ran to the middle-aged woman and rubber her feet upon catching her smell. Zheng Xiaoguang shut the door and followed the middle-aged woman while saying, "Thank you, Auntie, but you don''t need to cook anything. Mingxuan has gone to buy breakfast." "Trust me. The food you buy outside can never beat home cooking." The middle-aged woman said while tidying up the fresh vegetables and fruit she had bought. "Tell me what do you like to eat?" Zheng Xiaoguang thought that it was rude to refuse such a warm-hearted person, so she hurriedly went into the kitchen and said, "Let me help you, auntie." The middle-aged woman gently pushed her out of the kitchen and said, "Come on, you''re a guest. How can I let you do these things? Go to the living room and sit down. I''ll cook some breakfast food for you very soon." Zheng Xiaoguang felt awkward when being pushed into the living room. She thought worriedly, "What should I do now? Although auntie Zhou is a domestic worker, but she''s still my senior. How can I let her prepare breakfast for me while sitting idly in the living room." She stood at the door of the kitchen and could not decide whether to come in. Right at this moment, the door of the house was opened, and Bluegreen-Clad walked in with some breakfast food in hand. Zheng Xiaoguang considered him her savior and hurriedly told the middle-aged woman in the kitchen, "Auntie, Mingxuan is back." The woman immediately walked out. Upon seeing her, Bluegreen-Clad said, "Hi, mom." Zheng Xiaoguang was petrified.. In Shiny Sky, once a player slew another player in a PVP region, his or her ID would become red. When this player slew a certain number of players, he or she would be striken by a divine lightning activated by the game system. At this moment, Zheng Xiaoguang stood dumbfounded and felt as if she had been struck by such a lightning and did not have much blood left. Bluegreen-Clad walked up to her and noticed the panicked look on her face. He immediately guessed what had happened. He looked at his mother and said complainingly, "Mom, didn''t you promise me to have lunch together. Why did you suddenly come here?" To his surprise, his mother energetically protested. "I was bored to death as I was alone at home. Why couldn''t I come here? Besides, I can cook for my future daughter-in-law here." Bluegreen-Clad raised his eyebrows in surprise and retorted. "Mom, you usually don''t even bother cooking for me." "Come on, I''ve known you for more than twenty years. I often cooked for you when you were a child." His mother glared at him and added, "And I''ve just met my future daughter-in-law. Shouldn''t I take care of her?" "Alright, alright, you should take care of her." Bluegreen-Clad did not know whether to laugh or cry. Upon hearing that, his mother became increasingly confident. "What''re you doing? You should let her sit down right now!" Bluegreen-Clad tightly held Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand and made her sit down while introducing his mother to her. "She''s my mother.¡± Zheng Xiaoguang remained stunted for quite a long time before she stuttered, "Nice, Nice to meet you, auntie." Bluegreen-Clad''s mother beamed brightly. "Hi, sweet girl. I forgot to ask you just now. How did you meet Xiaoxuan?" Zheng Xiaoguang threw a quick glance at Bluegreen-Clad and replied honestly, "I met him in an online game." When she thought that his mother was about to get angry, his mother asked, "Is it Shiny Sky?" "Huh? You know the game!" Zheng Xiaoguang looked at her in surprise. Bluegreen-Clad''s mother nodded and said, "Of course, Xiaoxuan often plays it. I want to learn how to play, but he keeps refusing to teach me." Zheng Xiaoguang had never expected to meet such a trendy auntie who was interested in online games during her lifetime. She looked at her with admiration while saying, "You really move with the times, auntie." Bluegreen-Clad sighed and explained. "Mom, that game is a bit difficult for you. I think mahjong game is a better choice for you." "Whew, how dare you look down on your mother?" She said grumpily and then began to tease Bluegreen-Clad. She teased him for being harassed by some girls during his childhood and ridiculed his horrible cooking skills. She even told Zheng Xiaoguang that he used to be rumored to have a thing for his male assistant Xiaotan. She concluded that Bluegreen-Clad was a person with hidden passion. When she excitedly said, "You know what. That Xiaotan was so scared that he nearly quit the job," Bluegreen-Clad coughed to stop her. Beyond his expectations, his mother just ignored him and rolled her eyes at him. She held Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand while pouring out her own "bitterness". "You know what, Xiaoguang. My son was so quite when he was little. He was smart and considerate and seldom caused me troubles. But when he grows up and needs to find a girlfriend, he still keeps hanging out with guys. All his colleagues are guys too. He even hires a male assistant! Fortunately, he brought you home. Otherwise, I would believe that he would never marry a girl." "Mom, I have some friends who''re girls." Bluegreen-Clad solemnly corrected. His adorable mother instantly talked back, "But none of them are single, except your sister. For me, those married girls aren''t very different from your male friends." Upon seeing that Bluegreen-Clad was rendered speechless, Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but chuckle. Bluegreen-Clad felt somewhat grumpy and pinched her nose while saying, "How can you laugh at me? You''re so mean." "Because it''s so funny." Zheng Xiaoguang said and naughtily stuck out her tongue. When she had first heard Bluegreen-Clad''s sister mentioning their mother, she had just taken her description as a joke. She had never expected their mother to be such an open-minded and warm-hearted person. Chapter 114 Bluegreen-Clad in Real Life Zheng Xiaoguang chatted gleefully with Bluegreen-Clad and his mother until evening. Bluegreen-Clad''s father finally came back. Different from his lively wife, he looked calm and steady. Upon noticing his wife''s satisfaction with Zheng Xiaoguang, he said to Bluegreen-Clad, "You''re grown-ups now. I respect your decision. But I have to tell you. As a man, you should shoulder your responsibilities when you decide to marry a girl." Bluegreen-Clad replied smilingly, "I see." "I heard that your company is working on a new program. You''d better not spend the whole holiday with your girlfriend. You should go to your company when you have time to make sure that everything goes smoothly," said his father. Bluegreen-Clad nodded and said, "I''m going to go back to my company tomorrow." As a man who ran his own business, he could not completely relax down during the 7-day holiday After having lunch together, Bluegreen-Clad''s parents decided to leave. Before their departure, his mother said to Zheng Xiaoguang, "I''ll take you shopping tomorrow as he''ll go back to his company." Zheng Xiaoguang agreed as she thought that his mother was just being polite. To her surprise, at 10:00 am the next day, his mother really came to find her. Although she insisted on waiting for Bluegreen-Clad at home and kept telling his mother that she would not be bored when staying home alone, his mother still dragged her out. In the following two hours, they shopped at a mall and in two different streets. Bluegreen-Clad''s mother kept giving her clothes and asking her to try them on without giving her any chance to refuse. A salesgirl at a shop even asked Bluegreen-Clad''s mother, "Hi, madam. Are you selecting clothes for your daughter-in-law?" Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "In my city, once a man and woman get engaged, the man''s mother will buy some new clothes for her future daughter-in-law. It looks like that A City and R City share this social custom. "But Bluegreen-Clad and I haven''t gotten engaged by now." Zheng Xiaoguang was rendered speechless, especially when she saw the salesgirl bring her several red wedding dresses. Bluegree-Clad''s mother looked pleased. She urged Zheng Xiaoguang to try on the red dresses and bought her a long off-the-shoulder dress in the end. Zheng Xiaoguang reluctantly accepted the dress in exchange for Bluegreen-Clad''s mother stopping shopping. After shopping for two hours, each of them selected two new pieces of clothing. Zheng Xiaoguang insisted on paying for her own clothes, but Bluegreen-Clad''s mother did not give her any chance before paying with her credit card. Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but sigh secretly, "Well, wealthy people really have money to burn~" It was noon, and they happened to be somewhere very close to Bluegreen-Clad''s company. As such, Bluegreen-Clad''s mother and Zheng Xiaoguang decided to invite Bluegreen-Clad to have lunch together. Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised when reaching the company, as its name was Shiny Sky Game Technology. She thought embarrassedly,"Huh? Bluegreen-Clad''s ''small'' company is Shiny Sky, the game operator? And I often call it swindler... "No wonder he could track Venus'' ID. No wonder he was always busy when Shiny Sky started some campaigns. "Well, that''s why his mother did not hate me for playing online games. That''s her son''s business. She has every reason to support it." Suddenly, she thought of Shiny Sky''s reality show and the couple album @ _ @ "Bluegreen-Clad must''ve arranged those things deliberately. He took advantage of his position to set me up." With this in mind, she felt somewhat grumpy. When they walked into the company, the security guys recognized Bluegreen-Clad''s mother and thus did not stop them. As it was a holiday, there were just a small number of people working there. Despite that, wherever they walked past, they were some people looking at Zheng Xiaoguang with inquiring eyes. The moment they reached Bluegreen-Clad''s office, they saw a young man who wore glasses walked out of the office. He greeted them cordially. "Hi, aunt Lu. Mr. Lu is having an online meeting now. Let me take you to the reception room to have a rest." "Thank you, Xiaotan," replied Bluegreen-Clad''s mother. "So this man is the male assistant who is rumored to have an "affair" with Bluegreen-Clad?" wondered Zheng Xiaoguang. "He''s about 1.75 meters tall and has good looks and white skin. When standing next to a tall and cool dude like Bluegreen-Clad, he does look like a sissy bottom£® "According to Bluegreen-Clad''s mother, many people used to consider them as a gay couple. Well, they do look well-matched." With this in mind, she felt that she could not suppress her urge to laugh any longer. When she was about to laugh out, someone talked to her. "Are you Mr. Lu''s girlfriend? Mr. Lu has asked us to make some fashionable cosplay clothes for you. I''ve packed them for you. I''ll deliver them to you later." Zheng Xiaoguang looked up and found out that it was assistant Tan talking to her. He seemed to have deliberately raised his voice to let the other employees hear his words. Upon hearing that, they all shifted their gaze to Zheng Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "He did this deliberately. It looks like he has really been troubled a lot by that rumor. "Oh, no. I ruined this bro-romance!" Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad''s mother waited until 1: 00 pm. Bluegreen-Clad finally came into the room with the clothes in hand, which were prepared by his assistant. This was the first time Zheng Xiaoguang had seen Bluegreen-Clad in his everyday life. In the game, he had his deputy gang boss manage his gang and shoulder all the responsibilities. In real life, he was Lu Mingxuan, a calm and charming boss. He spent only 15 minutes in the reception room, but during this period of time, several employees came here to deliver him some data reports. "Mr. Lu, what do you think about this data report?" He read every report carefully and offered suggestions for revision. Zheng Xiaoguang could not understand the terminology he used, but she could tell that he was very busy. She had many questions to ask him, but upon seeing him working so hard, she felt reluctant to say anything. She felt somewhat worried about his health and interrupted. "It''s time for lunch, dear. How about letting them go to have lunch first?" Bluegreen-Clad smilingly put down the reports and turned to look at his employees while saying, "As my future wife said, you can go to have lunch now. My assistant has ordered takeout for you." Those employees immediately cast a grateful look at Zheng Xiaoguang. "Thank you, madame!" "Long live, my madame!" "You''re so nice and pretty, madame." Chapter 115 To Talk Things Ou t Upon hearing the employees'' compliments, Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat awkward. She did this just because she wanted her man to have lunch on time. Bluegreen-Clad finished his work and took Zheng Xiaoguang and his mother to a restaurant nearby. It was a western restaurant and served food very quickly. After the lunch, when Zheng Xiaoguang thought that Bluegreen-Clad would have to go back to work, he said that he would go home together with her. "Aren''t you very busy now?" She asked confusedly. Bluegreen-Clad patted her head and said, "I''ve finished my parts. I can spend some quality time with you this afternoon." As such, they went back home together. Bluegreen-Clad''s mother insisted on giving them some time to stay together and left. After her departure, there were only Bluegreen-Clad and Zheng Xiaoguang in the house. When Zheng Xiaoguang, who had many questions to ask Bluegreen-Clad, was about to speak, Bluegreen-Clad suddenly lifted her up and spun around. Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised and hugged him tightly. She heard him chuckle and speak beside her ear. "Congratulations, you''ve passed the test, my future Mrs. Lu." Zheng Xiaoguang was not sure whether he was talking about his parents'' approval or what she had done in his company. When he finally put her down, she glared at him and said, "You''re the game operator of Shiny Sky. Why didn''t you tell me this before?" "You never asked me." Bluegreen-Clad looked at her innocently. Zheng Xiaoguang was rendered speechless, since she could not deny that. She had never cared much about his career before except knowing that he had a small company. Despite that, she still adopted a very aggressive attitude as she asked, "Did you deliberately set me up during that reality show?" Bluegreen-Clad raised his eyebrows and said, "Not exactly." "What do you mean?" Zheng Xiaoguang frowned and found it hard to follow his train of thought. "We were preparing some campaign to increase players'' consumption back then." Bluegreen-Clad said flatly. "I just accelerated the progress for you." She pouted her lips and said, "What a shrewd businessman." In the meantime, she complained secretly, "He managed to set me up while holding a campaign to reap profits. He''s really good at calculating numbers and avoiding losses." Bluegreen-Clad leaned over and put his forehead against hers while saying, "Didn''t I tell that you before, silly girl? I''ve been plotting against you since a long time ago." He had told her everything when confessing to her. It was he who asked Blooming Pear Tree to marry her off and agree to ally the Matchless with the League of Strong Families. Blooming Pear Tree had admitted it too. "What about the couple album and the VIP invitation? You arranged that too, didn''t you?" Zheng Xiaoguang stared at Bluegreen-Clad and continued, "I thought that I was lucky as all the staff I met treated me so kindly and even shoot a couple album for me for free. You asked them to do so, didn''t you?" Bluegreen-Clad smiled and said, "Yes." Zheng Xiaoguang twitched her lips and said, "You''re such a scheming guy. I guess that I can never outwit you when we live together." Bluegreen-Clad caressed her long hair and said, "I set you up because I care about you, silly girl." Zheng Xiaoguang looked down and lost in thought. "Bluegreen-Clad does care about me. He held a party to give me a chance to meet Su Han again and get over him. He prepared presents for me when I came to visit his parents. He even had fashionable cosplay clothes specially made for me. And he lifted me up so excitedly just now..." She suddenly realized how much Bluegreen-Clad had done for her. She looked at his face which was close to hers at the moment and took the initiative to kiss him. Upon noticing that Zheng Xiaoguang felt touched, he lifted her up and made her sit on his lap to deepen the kiss. They somewhat felt that everything quieted down in the room except the ticking wall clock. After a long time, when her cheeks became red because of the kiss, he finally released her and let her rest in his arms. When Zheng Xiaoguang felt that her heart rate slowed down, she said, "No wonder you could find out the mobile phone numbers that Venus used for registration. You own the company. Did you ask someone to delete that thread on official forums that slandered me?" "Mmm." Bluegreen-Clad caressed her long hair and said, "Although I''m not omnipotent, I can assure you that no one can bully you in Shiny Sky." Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "Well, of course, you can do that. You''re the boss. You can do anything in this game world you create." She raised her eyebrows and asked, "What about your PK fight against Dogs? Did you cheat?" In the meantime, she thought grumpily, "Back then, I even got ready to quit the game together with him. Did he secretly laugh at me at that time?" Bluegreen-Clad seemed to see through her mind. He blinked at her and said, "Just like the real world, a game world has its own rules. Destroying its rules at will will only accelerate its destruction. As Shiny Sky''s operator, I won''t do such a thing." He would not cheat or allow anyone else to cheat in the game. He knew that he had to maintain his integrity to help his game maintain its popularity. As such, he had never told anyone in the game who he really was. Zheng Xiaoguang still had some doubts. "Have you ever taken advantage of your position in the company to do anything for yourself in the game?" Bluegreen-Clad frowned and said, "Yes, but only once. When you had a miscarriage and could not sleep at night, I was worried about you and thus asked my IT guys to creat a ''white phoenix pill'' for you." "Huh?" Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised to hear that the pill was created for her. She was moved but still refused to let him off easily. She asked, "Can you have as many gold ingots as you want in Shiny Sky? Do your employees have any discount?" She paused for a moment and added discontentedly, "Humph, I really didn''t need to worry that you spent too much money on our wedding. You play your own game. How can you lack gold ingots? You probably held that wedding to advertise your colorful divine bird." Bluegreen-Clad touched his forehead and said, "I held that wedding because I wanted to marry you, Xiaoguang. I do require my employees to play this game to get to know more about it. Only when they know more about it, they can make it better. No one has any special discount except for game testers. " His company never gave employees discounts to prevent them from making profits from reselling their gold ingots. "What? You don''t give any discount to your employees. You''re indeed a shrewd businessman." Zheng Xiaoguang said in surprise. "But you require them to play the game. Are you planning to use gold ingots to offset their salaries? "Are you paying them by sending some gold ingots to their game accounts?" Bluegreen-Clad wanted to wipe sweats. "Erm, Xiaoguang..." Before he gave her an explanation, she indignantly said, "You''re indeed a shrew and wicked businessman! I''ve spent so much money on those gold ingots. Give my money back to me~" She had spent quite a lot of her salaries on Shiny Sky since starting playing the game. Bluegreen-Clad hugged her tightly with a smile. "Alright, alright, whatever you say is right. I''m a shrew and wicked businessman, but I can''t return your money now. I can only pay you back with myself in my future life." Chapter 116 To Peep at Her Secrets After visiting Bluegreen-Clad''s parents and spending the rest of the National Day holiday with Bluegreen-Clad, Zheng Xiaoguang returned to R City. To her surprise, Chen Bishi''s attitude towards her suddenly changed. She did not ask Zheng Xiaoguang to help her with her work and even warmly invited Zheng Xiaoguang to watch a movie together with her after work. "This is a new movie. I heard that it''s amazing and made lots of efforts to get these two tickets." Chen Bishi said while holding two movie tickets which were probably bought by one of her suitors. Since having dinner together with her days ago, Zheng Xiaoguang had been stunned by her bad ideas. As such, she refused her without much thinking. "I''m sorry. I have something important to do tonight." "What''s it? Are you going to date your boyfriend tonight?" Chen Bishi seemed to have completely failed to detect the coldness in Zheng Xiaoguang''s words. "Well, let me give you a treat. I give these ticks to you two for free." Zheng Xiaoguang was not sure whether she really meant it or she was just testing her. She refused again. "No, thanks. You can go to watch the movie with your friend." Before Chen Bishi said anything, Zheng Xiaoguang added, "Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom now." With these words, she hurriedly ran away from Chen Bishi and left the office. Zheng Xiaoguang thought that Chen Bishi would return to her own desk. To her surprise, when she came back, she saw Chen Bishi sitting in front of her desk and using her computer. Upon seeing Zheng Xiaoguang, Chen Bishi stopped clicking the mouse and said embarrassedly, "Hehe, someone sent you a message just now. I thought that it was a file from your supervisor and wanted to receive it for you. I never expected it to be a message from someone else." "What? This woman even tried to make excuses after stealthily using my computer." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang forced a smile and said, "Well, thank you." Upon noticing that Chen Bishi had no intention of leaving, she asked, "Is there anything else?" "Uhm, nothing." Chen Bishi rolled her eyes and added. "Are you playing Shiny Sky, Xiaoguang?" "Huh? How does she know that?" Zheng Xiaoguang thought and looked at her in surprise. "Hehe, when I helped you to check the message just now, I accidentally saw a message from your QQ chat group. Its name is Shiny Sky Zone 109 ¡¤ the League of Strong Families," said Chen Bishi. "Yes, I play Shiny Sky, but I never play it during working hours," said Zheng Xiaoguang. Chen Bishi looked pleased and said, "I play Shiny Sky too." "Oh, really?" Zheng Xiaoguang did not show much interest. "We have to work now. Let''s work first." Evidently, she was trying to send Chen Bishi away by saying that. Chen Bishi did not leave. She pretended to be confused and said, "I seem to have seen you flirt with some guy on QQ just now. Don''t you have a boyfriend? How can you flirt with another guy?" Zheng Xiaoguang''s eyelids twitched as she thought in surprise, "It looks like that she has not only opened my QQ. She has even checked my chat history with Bluegreen-Clad. As I use only Bluegreen-Clad instead of Lu Mingxuan as his alias, she mistook him for another guy." She rolled her eyes and said, "Bluegreen-Clad is Lu Mingxuan." Chen Bishi refused to believe it. "Stop lying to me, Xiaoguang. You have such a good boyfriend. I bet he''s surrounded by many suitors every day. If he knows that you cheat him, he''ll be very sad. " This sounded like a piece of sincere advice, but Zheng Xiaoguang still detected a hint of intimidation in her words. "She managed to get Bluegreen-Clad''s number when we went out to have dinner together. Now she probably thinks that she has caught me cheating on my boyfriend and plans to tell this thing to him," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. Since Chen Bishi refused to believe her words, Zheng Xiaoguang decided to let this girl do what she wanted. She said flatly, "You really don''t need to worry about it." "Oh, you! How can you be so ungrateful?" Chen Bishi suddenly raised her voice. "Do you think that a super cute guy like Mr. Lu will really fall in love with you? I guess that he just has a temporary crush on you." "Well, in Chen Bishi''s eyes, only she herself deserves a guy like Bluegreen-Clad, and I only deserve some guy abandoned by her, such as Mr. A. That was why she behaved in an affected way when we had dinner together," Zheng Xiaoguang thought angrily. "I don''t want to mention that thing again, but she has gone too far today." With this in mind, Zheng Xiaoguang suddenly rose from her seat and looked into Chen Bishi''s eyes while asking, "What are you trying to say?" Yang Sisi who was in the next room saw them through the glass wall. She noticed that Zheng Xiaoguang seemed to be quarreling with Chen Bishi and came into her office. "What''re you talking about?" "Nothing." Zheng Xiaoguang did not want Yang Sisi to worry about her. Chen Bishi still refused to leave. "I really don''t think that you have a chance with Mr. Lu, Xiaoguang. What do you think he will do when I tell him that you cheat him. You''d better break up with him now." "What?" Yang Sisi was totally confused. "Wait, who cheat?" Chen Bishi turned to look at Yang Sisi and patiently explained. "Sigh, Sisi. You come here just at the right moment. I accidentally saw Zheng Xiaoguang flirt with a guy named Bluegreen-Clad on QQ today. I persuaded her, but she refused to accept my advice. How can she do this to the super cure Mr. Lu?" "Bluegreen-Clad? Isn''t he Lu Mingxuan?" Yang Sisi thought confusedly and looked at Zheng Xiaoguang. Zheng Xiaoguang gave her a I-can''t explain-everything-clearly-to-her-and-I-don''t-want-to-do-so look. Yang Sisi immediately got the message she conveyed and spoke to Chen Bishi. "Let''s go. That''s none of our business." Chen Bishi had never expected Yang Sisi to react like this. She frowned and asked, "What? Did you know this thing before, Sisi? Don''t you think that what she does is wrong?" She pretended to sympathize with the super cute Mr. Lu. Yang Sisi was rendered speechless for a moment before asking, "Hey Chen Bishi, why do you care about them?" Chen Bishi threw a quick glance at Zheng Xiaoguang and replied, "I just think that Zheng Xiaoguang is too ungrateful." "So do you want to cherish him for me?" Zheng Xiaoguang raised her eyebrows and asked sarcastically. "Unfortunately, I''m afraid that you won''t have such a chance, since I''m going to get married to the super cute Mr. Lu the next month." She deliberately emphasized the four words "the super cute Mr. Lu". Chen Bishi''s face stiffened with dismay. After a long time, she finally managed to open her mouth and asked, "Are you getting married so soon?" "Yes." Zheng Xiaoguang deliberately smiled at her as she added, "I''ll sent you an invitation to the wedding." ... After sending Chen Bishi away, Yang Sisi looked at Zheng Xiaoguang in surprise. "Are you getting married in the next month? Why haven''t I heard you talk about it" Zheng Xiaoguang replied helplessly, "No. I lied to her." Back in R City, Bluegreen-Clad''s mother had held her hand and promised to visit her parents in the next week to discuss their wedding. Nevertheless, they had never decided on when they would get married. She just said that to drive Chen Bishi away. Yang Sisi was rendered speechless. Zheng Xiaoguang asked her embarrassedly, "What should I do now?" Chapter 117 You Wife Is Going to Run Away with Another Guy In the evening, Zheng Xiaoguang logged onto the game and felt awkward upon thinking of Yang Sisi''s words. "What else can you do? Go to plead with your Bluegreen-Clad to marry you as soon as possible." She thought embarrassedly, "How can I propose to a guy? That will kill me~" A few minutes later, Bluegreen-Clad sent her a team invitation. She joined the team and remained silent. Bluegreen-Clad: Is there anything wrong? Flowing Light: No, nothing~ Bluegreen-Clad: Have you told your parents that my parents and l will go to R City to visit your family? Flowing Light: Oh, I forgot it! I''ll tell them tomorrow. Bluegreen-Clad: Mm-hmm. After that, when Bluegreen-Clad took her to play an instance, she still seemed somewhat absent-minded. Bluegreen-Clad was considerate and did not ask her anything. As Li Lei and Han Meimei went out on a date, they were not online tonight. Bluegreen-Clad did not team up with someone else. They kept completing their team missions for half an hour before a player named Shallow Grass sent out an eye-catching message on the Public Chat channel. [Public Chat] Shallow Grass: Are you online, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad? Your wife is going to run away with another guy. "Puff~" Zheng Xiaoguang who was drinking water at the moment nearly spouted the water onto her screen. The message quickly sparked a heated discussion. [Public Chat] Saori: Haha, who seduced his wife? [Public Chat] Loving Dogs: What? Are they going to have a big fight instead of courting envy today? [Public Chat] Smily Beauty: Who dare to seduce the wife of the god-like Bluegreen-Clad? I don''t believe even the punctuation marks in that message. [Public Chat] Imperial Merchant 111: I predict that it''ll attract a wide attention, so I''d better take this chance to advertise my products. Please contact me privately if you need Guarantee Talismans or forging stones! [Public Chat] ¡ïYou Can''t See Me*: I feel that it''s going to a hot topic so I come here to leave a mark. As such, you''ll get familiar with me. [Public Chat] Peerless Lady: Hey, upstairs. Can you stop using those strange marks and traditional Chinese characters upstairs? Zheng Xiaoguang felt awkward. [Team] Flowing Light: Don''t listen to this foolishness. I don''t even know her. [Team Captain] Bluegreen-Clad: Okay. Unfortunately, they could not stop the rumor simply by remaining silent. Shallow Grass kept speaking to Bluegreen-Clad on the Public Chat channel. [Public Chat] Shallow Grass: Why don''t you come out, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad? Your wife is going to run away with someone else. How can you remain silent? [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Tell me who seduced her. If you slander her, I don''t want to see this ID again on this server. [Public Chat] Smily Beauty: Wow, the god-like player is indeed fierce! [Public Chat] Shallow Grass: Your wife is going to get married to someone else in real life in the next month. If you don''t believe me, you can ask her. Upon seeing that, players talking on the Public Chat channel all understood what was going on. After all, this was nothing new in the gaming world. Many players who were married and even had children in real life would also get married in a game not for love but for company. Nevertheless, some of them would maliciously lie to their online partners that they were single. The players talking on the Public Chat did not know how to react at this moment, as it depended on Bluegreen-Clad''s attitude. They thought, "If Bluegreen-Clad doesn''t know that Flowing Light is going to get married in real life, she''s probably a swindler. If he knows it and agrees with her choice, we can''t say anything. This thing is between them. If he doesn''t mind it, we shouldn''t judge them." Therefore, everyone was waiting for Bluegreen-Clad''s reply. After a long time, Bluegreen-Clad sent out a message on the Public Chat channel: Are you going to get married in the next month, honey? Upon seeing that, many people thought that Bluegreen-Clad did not know this thing and got excited again. [Public Chat] Loving Dogs: Fuck, they''re going to have a big fight! I''m looking forward to it. [Public Chat] Stunning Beauty in a Disordered World: Whew, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad gets cheated by his wife. [Public Chat] The Flower of Tieling: Don''t cry, Bluegreen-Clad. Come to me! Zheng Xiaoguang did not understand why Bluegreen-Clad did not ask her anything on the Private Chat channel. When she was about to explain everything to him, he sent out another message on the Public Chat channel: What a pleasant surprise. I''ll get married in the next month too. Upon seeing that, everyone was confused. They wondered, "Do they cheat on each other? Or, they just don''t mind it at all." Finally, some smart people guessed it right. [Public Chat] Small Fish Eats Small Shrimp: How can it be a coincidence? Are you going to get married to Flowing Light in real life, Bluegreen-Clad? [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Yes. Upon seeing that Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but laugh out. She really wanted to give him countless likes. [Public Chat] Shallow Grass: Are you Lu Mingxuan, the god-like Bluegreen-Clad? [Public Chat] Bluegreen-Clad: Yes. Shallow Grass stopped talking and immediately fled. [Public Chat] Small Fish Eats Small Shrimp: Our gang boss and first lady became a couple in real life a long time ago. I know that she''ll never run away with another man. Congratulations, gang boss and first lady [Flowers] [Public Chat] Loving Dogs: Fuck, they end up courting envy again! Give you a negative comment! [Public Chat] Peerless Lady: [Crying] A god-like player is always married to someone else. [Public Chat] The Flower of Tieling: Oh, no, the god-like player is going to get married in real life. I''m too exhausted to fall in love with anyone else again. [Public Chat] Nine-Tailed Red Fox: Congratulations, gang boss and first lady. Wish you a happy marriage. Make a baby soon. ... Although this farce was ended, Zheng Xiaoguang still felt confused. "Aren''t you curious about what Shallow Grass said? She said that I''m getting married in the next month," asked Zheng Xiaoguang. "I knew it," replied Bluegreen-Clad. "You''re getting married to me, aren''t you?" "Ahem, when did we decide to get married in the next month?" In fact, she wanted to ask why he was so sure that she was not getting married to someone else even more. "Do you remember your colleague, the one who deluded me to give her my number? She sent me a message today before I logged onto the game. Can you guess what it was about?" asked Bluegreen-Clad. "What?" She asked without much thinking. "She asked me not to get married to you in the next month. You''re getting married to me next month, aren''t you?" said Bluegreen-Clad. "Ahem." Zheng Xiaoguang felt embarrassed and said, "I deluded her into believing that we''ll get married in the next month to stop her from thinking about you again." Bluegreen-Clad said smilingly, "Good, what you did is correct." "What else did she say besides telling you not to marry me?" asked Zheng Xiaoguang. "She said that you flirted with a guy named Bluegreen-Clad in an online game," replied Bluegreen-Clad. "Just as I expected..." Zheng Xiaoguang thought, and the corners of her mouth twitched. "She''s that Shallow Grass." In the meantime, she thought angrily, "Chen Bishi failed to drive a wedge between Lu Mingxuan and me in real life, so she logged onto the game to find Bluegreen-Clad." Bluegreen-Clad agreed with her. "Yes." Zheng Xiaoguang asked confusedly, "Why didn''t you expose her just now? "Why did you say that we''re getting married in the next month? That''s nonsense." "I don''t think that''s nonsense. Let''s get married next month. Isn''t it a good idea?" said Bluegreen-Clad. Chapter 118 To Get Married for Life A month later, Bluegreen-Clad''s sister Lu Mingyue came to the wedding of Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad. This tall and pretty girl still wore her brown hair long and wavy. She spoke calmly to Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad. "Congratulations." "Thank you, sister." Zheng Xiaoguang expressed her gratitude politely. Lu Mingyue raised her eyebrows and asked, "Haven''t you told your wife who I am, Mingxuan?" Bluegreen-Clad said smilingly, "She''s Slightly Defected Moon, Xiaoguang. She spoke well of our relationship in front of my parents to help us getting their approval." Zheng Xiaoguang was surprised and thought,"Oh~ No wonder Bluegreen-Clad''s mother treated me so nicely when we first met." She felt grateful and said, "Thank you. It''s very kind of you, sister." Lu Mingyue patted Zheng Xiaoguang on the shoulder in a cool way and said, "If you want to thank me, stop spreading rumors about my relationship with your big brother. We''re just friends, understand?" "Uhm~ I see." Zheng Xiaoguang replied and could not help but sigh. She was disappointed to know that they were just friends. At this moment, she spotted Blooming Pear Tree in the crowd and said, "Hey, big brother. I''m here." Blooming Pear Tree immediately walked up to Zheng Xiaoguang, who was dressed in a white trailing wedding dress. He could not help but exclaim, "I''ve never expected you to get married so soon." Bluegreen-Clad picked up a glass of champagne and handed it to Blooming Pear Tree while saying, "I have to thank you for this." Blooming Pear Tree received the champagne and asked Bluegreen-Clad. "Can I talk to my sister in private for a moment?" "Of course." Bluegreen-Clad was very considerate. "I''ll go to receive my friends in the front. You can talk here." When Bluegreen-Clad and his sister walked away, Blooming Pear Tree took out a small box from his pocket and said, "Here is my wedding present for you." Zheng Xiaoguang received the box and opened it with care. It turned out to be a delicate brooch. "It''s beautiful. I like it very much." Zheng Xiaoguang looked at Blooming Pear Tree and said. "Is this why you sent Bluegreen-Clad away?" Blooming Pear Tree shook his head and said, "Of course not. Someone asked me to bring a present for you when he knew that you were getting married." Zheng Xiaoguang immediately knew who that someone was. "I don''t want his present." She said this not because she still held a grudge against him or failed to get over him. She just wanted say goodbye to her past. Blooming Pear Tree said smilingly, "Well, I knew that you would say so. I threw it away on my way here." "Erm..." Zheng Xiaoguang was rendered speechless. She suddenly remembered what Mingyue had said to her just now and asked her big brother, "Do you still miss Miss Rose, big brother?" Blooming Pear Tree had never expected Zheng Xiaoguang to suddenly mention this thing at this moment. After a long silence, he looked up at the blue sky and sighed, "I still can''t forget about her. Maybe I can''t forget her in my whole life." Zheng Xiaoguang said, "If so, you should get her back." Blooming Pear Tree gulped down his champagne and smiled bleakly, "I wish I could, but now I even don''t know where she is." ... The newly-wed couple and their families exchanged pleasantries with their guests for quite a long time before the host of the wedding finally announced the beginning of the wedding ceremony. It was a western-style wedding ceremony. Bluegreen-Clad stood beside a priest at one end of the aisle when Zheng Xiaoguang''s father walked her down the aisle on the red carpet with elegant background music. It took them 30 seconds to walk down the aisle. When she stopped in front of Bluegreen-Clad, her father gave her hand to Bluegreen-Clad reluctantly and solemnly while saying, "Take good care of her." Bluegreen-Clad took Zheng Xiaoguang''s hand and answered earnestly, "I will." After that, he walked hand in hand with Zheng Xiaoguang toward the priest and the crowd erupted in cheers. They stopped in front of the priest, and the priest said while holding a Bible, "Today, we''re gathered here under the gaze of God in front of this group of people to witness the holy wedding of the bride and groom to witness. Now, they''re going to be united in this holy wedding. If anyone has a legitimate reason to prove that their union is not legal, speak now or forever hold your peace." After a silence of 3 seconds, he continued as no one raised an objection. "Mr. Lu, do you take Miss Zheng Xiaoguang to be your lawfully wedded wife to live together under the guidance of God? Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor her and keep her for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health and forsaking all others?" Bluegreen-Clad smiled gently and replied, "I do." The priest turned to look at Zheng Xiaoguang and asked, "Miss. Zheng Xiaoguang, do you take Mr. Lu Mingxuan to be your lawfully wedded husband to live together under the guidance of God? Do you promise to love him, comfort him, honor him and keep him for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health and forsaking all others?" Zheng Xiaoguang answered softly, "I do." "Now exchange the wedding rings," said the priest. The best man Li Lei and the bridesmaid Han Meimei, who had been standing by all this while, immediately brought the rings to Zheng Xiaoguang and Bluegreen-Clad. The moment Zheng Xiaoguang watched Bluegreen-Clad solemnly put a ring on her ring finger through her white veil, she was flying with joy. Bluegreen-Clad held out his hand to her and said, "It''s your turn." Upon hearing that, she finally realized what she should do at this moment and hurriedly picked up the ring. She put it on his ring finger to announce that he belonged to her from now on. The priest placed his hand on the Bible and said, "With the legal rights conferred by law, I now declare that you are officially married. Groom, you can kiss your wife now." Bluegreen-Clad reached out his hands to lift up Zheng Xiaoguang''s white veil. When he saw her pink cheeks, he chuckled and lowered his head to kiss her on her red lips. With blessings from everyone, she became his wife. She thought that it was really great. At this moment, Lu Mingyue was looking at them in a daze from a distance. A tall man walked up to her and touched her arm while asking, "What''re you doing here alone?" She tilted her head to look at the man''s face while asking somewhat sarcastically, "Why do you, a super busy man, have time to attend my brother''s wedding?" The man seemed to have failed to understand her sarcasm and replied flatly, "What did you say? We''re becoming a family sooner all later. Your brother is my brother. No matter how busy I am, I have to attend this wedding." "Really?" Lu Mingyue smiled noncommittally. "I thought that you came here to urge me to give you the report forms." The man sighed. "Speaking of the report forms, I''m afraid that you really have to work hard to finish them today, Mingyue." "Well, this is his real purpose," thought Lu Mingyue. Despite that, she still did not want to talk about work at such a special moment, so she changed the subject and asked, "Don''t you think that this wedding is really nice?" The man misinterpreted her words and thought that she was looking forward to getting married. He deliberately belittled this wedding. "Although it''s your brother''s wedding, I have to say that it''s just so-so. Please rest assured. When we get married, I''ll give you a perfect wedding. Don''t be anxious. " Lu Mingyue remained silent and did not look at the man''s face again. She was not anxious to marry him at all. They had been engaged for 19 years, but she somehow was still not sure whether she wanted to marry him. Chapter 119 Someone Is "Unfaithful" In the past, Zheng Xiaoguang had considered pregnancy the most boring thing in the game. When she was pregnant in the game, she had nothing to do except for sitting on the floor. When she got pregnant in real life, she finally understood what a real "tragedy" was like. The baby''s father could continue to work, work overtime and even go out to socialize freely, but she had to stay at home every day to nurture the baby! For the health of the baby, she was required to stop playing with her cellphone and her computer. She was even not allowed to watch TV for a long time. It was hard for a young person like her to overcome the addiction to electronics, not to mention the fact that she was addicted to online games. She had not played the games for a long time by far. Even she herself could hardly believe that. Her mother-in-law took good care of her and came here to chat with her whenever she had time. Even if she did not have time to come here herself, she would ask auntie Zhou to bring Zheng Xiaoguang some maternity clothes, food, drinks and fairy tale books which bored her to death. Her mother-in-law explained why she brought these books here. "When you have time, you can read fairy tales to the baby in your belly. That''s fetal education!" "Well, a person has to accept his or her fate. Now, my top priority is to give birth to this baby. As long as it''s still in my belly, I can''t live the way I want~" thought Zheng Xiaoguang. She watched birds hopping on the branches while sighing helplessly and touching her eight-month pregnant belly. She complained inwardly, "I shouldn''t have gotten pregnant so quickly. Bluegreen-Clad should take the blame. He got me pregnant only two months after our wedding! I even didn''t have enough time to enjoy my life as a new wife before becoming a mom." Suddenly, the phone in the living room rang. Zheng Xiaoguang slowly stood up while holding her belly and then went to answer the phone. "Hello?" she said lazily. It was Bluegreen-Clad. "I can''t return home at noon today, honey. You can ask auntie Zhou to prepare the lunch for you." "Even if you come back at noon, I dare not try your cooking." Zheng Xiaoguang deliberately emphasized the words "your cooking". Bluegreen-Clad did not understand why his wife had become so mean recently. He chuckled and said, "Remember to have a good lunch." "Uh-huh, I know. Come back early in the evening," said Zheng Xiaoguang. "Okay," replied Bluegreen-Clad. After hanging up the phone, Zheng Xiaoguang felt that she was not hungry at all. She thought, "Oh, forget about the lunch now. I''m not hungry. I can ask auntie Zhou to come here and cook for me when I''m hungry." She felt bored and began reading fairy tales to her baby. She read the stories of Snow White and Cinderella and then felt somewhat sleepy. She looked down at her watch. It was only 12: 30 pm. She wondered, "Should I go to take a nap now?" She threw a glance at the computer in the study and thought, "Neither Bluegreen-Clad nor auntie Zhou is here. Isn''t it the best time for me to play the game?" She walked into the study, turned on the desktop computer on the desk, and opened Shiny Sky Online. To avoid being caught by Bluegreen-Clad, she did not log into Flowing Light''s account. Instead, she registered a new account using the name "Shimmer". She had not played the game for six months. At present, the server Watery South was an old server, and new comers could get extra experience points on this server. After playing the game for only half an hour, Shimmer reached level 35. She went to the main city of the Celestial Dynasty to check the rankings. Bluegreen-Clad still stopped some of the rankings, and his gang (under the leadership of Li Lei) still remained to be one of the three biggest gangs of Watery South. She wanted to join his gang, but found out that it only recruited level-60+ players at present. She had no choice but to continue to gain levels. On such an old server, no team would want a level-35 player, as this level was really too low. As such, she could only complete missions and fight monsters alone. When she was working hard to fight against some monsters, a "legitimate wife against mistress" drama began on the Public Chat channel. [Public Chat] Han Meimei: Hey, Bluegreen Siren. Can you stop pestering my Li Lei? "It''s Meimei." Zheng Xiaoguang could not help but laugh out. [Public Chat] Bluegreen Siren: Who pestered Li Lei? Brother Li Lei just helped me completing some missions. Why do you say that? [Public Chat] Han Meimei: What? Why do I say that? You keep sending Li Lei Private Chat messages every day. How shameless you are! Get out of the League of Strong Families! Upon seeing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought that Bluegreen Siren would stop talking back. She never expected that this girl would say something so shocking. [Public Chat] Bluegreen Siren: Whew, why can''t I pester Li Lei? Are you his real wife? Why do you care so much? Li Lei doesn''t kick me out. Why do I have to leave the League of Strong Families? [Public Chat] Han Meimei: I''m his real girlfriend! [Public Chat] Bluegreen Siren: Tut-tut, you''re just his girlfriend. A girlfriend is different from a wife. Maybe he''ll break up with you tomorrow. Who knows? [Public Chat] Dizzy: Just ignore that old aunt, Siren. [Public Chat] Han Meimei: What? How dare you call me an old aunt, Dizzy? [Public Chat] Dizzy: Compared to us who''re 16, a girl over 20 years old like you is an old aunt. Han Meimei flew into a rage and shouted at the girls, "Dizzy, you''re just like that Bluegreen Siren bitch. She tries to seduce Li Lei and you try to seduce Bluegreen-Clad. You bitches! How dare you call me an old aunt. Okay, you''re 16, but that doesn''t mean that you can act so shamelessly." "I haven''t met Meimei for quite a long time. She''s getting better at quarreling. Wait, what did she say? Did she say that Dizzy tried to seduce Bluegreen-Clad?" thought Zheng Xiaoguang. The next moment, she saw a Public Chat message from Dizzy: That''s none of your business. Aren''t you Li Lei''s girlfriend? What? Do you want to tell us that you''re the god-like Bluegreen-Clad''s wife now? [Public Chat] Han Meimei: I didn''t say that I''m Bluegreen-Clad''s wife! [Public Chat] Dizzy: If so, that''s none of your business. "What? How come this world becomes so messy now? These girls don''t feel ashamed for seducing others'' husbands at all!" Zheng Xiaoguang thought indignantly. [Public Chat] Shimmer: Well, that''s none of Han Meimei''s business. As Bluegreen-Clad''s wife, I think that I have a say in this thing. Zheng Xiaoguang thought that her words would give Dizzy a shock, but to her surprise, the girl refused to believe her. [Public Chat] Dizzy: Stop talking nonsense. I''ve played this game for almost four months and never heard that the god-like Bluegreen-Clad has a wife. [Public Chat] Shimmer: I''m his real wife and I''m eight months pregnant now. If you don''t believe me, you can give me an address. I''ll send you a copy of our marriage certificate. The girl fell silent. [Public Chat] Shimmer: Hurry up. If you wait for another month, I''ll send you a happiness egg. (In some parts of China, when a baby is one month or 100 days old, the family of the baby will invite their relatives and friends to celebrate the occasion together and give them boiled eggs that are colored red. These eggs are also known as happiness eggs.) The girl still remained silent. [Public Chat] Shimmer: It looks like that you dare not speak now. That''s good. Stay away from my Bluegreen-Clad in the future. Otherwise, I''ll sue you for seducing a married man! By the way, even if you succeed in seducing him now, he can''t divorce me. If he insists divorcing me, he''ll have to leave all his properties to me. [Public Chat] Han Meimei: Uhm... Shimmer, are you Flowing Light? "Oh, no. I forgot that I was using an alternative account just now," Zheng Xiaoguang thought embarrassedly. [Public Chat] Shimmer: Well... I haven''t played the game for six months. My hands itch, so I come here to have a look. Don''t tell this thing to Li Lei and Bluegreen-Clad. Right after sending out this message, she heard someone open the door of the house. "What''re you doing, Xiaoguang?" Bluegreen-Clad asked grumpily as he walked into the study with a nice lunch box in hand. Zheng Xiaoguang''s stomach growled. Bluegreen-Clad looked angry and shouted, "You didn''t eat lunch. Did you skip lunch to play the game?" Not long ago, he had received a call from auntie Zhou. She asked him to come to his parents'' home to pick up some chicken soup. After talking to her, he knew that Xiaoguang did not contact auntie Zhou at noon. He thought that she probably overslept and felt worried. As such, he put his work aside and rushed back to deliver her some lunch food. To his surprise, she made herself starve to play the game. Upon hearing him shouting at her, Zheng Xiaoguang burst into tears and stuttered while sobbing, "You, You shout at me. You don''t love me anymore." "Oh, she behaves this way again," Bluegreen-Clad thought helplessly. Since getting pregnant, Xiaoguang had often behaved in such a childish way. He had no choice but to coax her. "You must be hungry. Come on, have your lunch. Be a good girl." "No!" She twitched her mouth and said. "You''re being ''unfaithful'' to me. I don''t want to eat anything. Let me and my baby starve to death." Bluegreen-Clad was completely confused and asked, "What? Are you saying that I''m unfaithful to you?" Zheng Xiaoguang glared at him and said, "Yes. You break my heart! You don''t allow me to play the game while flirting with the girls in the game! Do you think that I am too old? Is that why you hook up with a girl who''s ten years younger than me?" Bluegreen-Clad frowned. "What girl?" "That Dizzy. She said in the game just now that she would hook up with you," said Zheng Xiaoguang. "Who''s she?" Bluegreen-Clad had no idea what she was talking about. Zheng Xiaoguang showed him the computer screen and said, "See for yourself!" Bluegreen-Clad put down the lunch box and carefully read the chat history before saying, "Don''t worry about this. Go to eat first." Zheng Xiaoguang who had expected to hear an explanation from him was surprised to hear that answer. "You really changed. You like that young girl instead of me now." Zheng Xiaoguang sadly looked at him and continued, "You''re such a big liar. You cheat on me only one year after getting married to me. Get out of here and leave all your money to me!" Bluegreen-Clad looked grave and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Go to eat now. Don''t starve yourself." "Humph, I won''t eat." She refused resolutely. "Do you want me to feed you?" asked Bluegreen-Clad. "I won''t eat even if you feed me or beg me!" replied Zheng Xiaoguang. "Sigh, what can I do?" Bluegreen-Clad sighed helplessly and added, "There''s nothing between that Dizzy and me. I don''t know her at all. It was Li lei who added Bluegreen Siren and her to the League of Strong Families." "What?" Zheng Xiaoguang blinked at him in surprise and asked, "What does he want to do? Doesn''t he have Meimei? Does he want to break up with her?" In the meantime, she wondered, "Does Li Lei really plan to dump Meimei for the 16-year-old girl?" Bluegreen-Clad shook his head and said, "He said that he wanted to take this opportunity to stimulate Han Meimei." "Huh?" She was puzzled. Bluegreen-Clad looked at her eight-month pregnant belly and said, "You''re eight months pregnant now, but Han Meimei still doesn''t promise to marry Li Lei. If he doesn''t do something to make Han Meimei realize the importance of marriage now, he''s going to become a leftover man. That''s why he''s anxious?" "Oh, that''s why," thought Zheng Xiaoguang. "Take good care of yourself, Meimei. Come on, Li Lei. You should work harder now!" Chapter 120 Su Han My name was Su Han, and I was... 30 years old this year. I still hadn''t found anyone to marry. Yes, I hadn''t found one. It''s not that I had never found one. Once I met a girl named Zheng Xiaoguang in an online game called Flying Deity. She was lovely and kind. I liked her very much. Later, she became my girlfriend and the target I first thought of getting married with. However, we finally broke up under the opposition of our family because of mundane issues, and because she felt extremely insecure... In short, although I felt sorry about her, I do not regret the choice of parting. Especially knowing that she was married, my heart was completely calm. The luck that brought us together was not strong enough I guess. Many people and things in this world were just like this. Just like my uncle''s cousin. Just like me. In the end, we will all compromise with our family and marry a local girl whom our family agrees with, just like my cousin did. And in this way, most of them could live very well. However, I hadn''t met the local girl I was looking for. Therefore, I was still single. Last year, my younger cousin of my third uncle''s family also reached the marriageable age, and his family began to arrange blind dates for him. However, my younger cousin was very disobedient and did not like the five or six girls he met in the blind dates. But he insisted on bringing back a girl called "Xiaoyan" from another place. Cousin said that she was a classmate he knew in college. He pursued her for two years before he won her heart. With such perseverance, he must love her very much. Third uncle and aunt gave up changing his mind, so they agreed him to take the girl home. I also had the honor to meet the girl. She was very beautiful and polite. Her eyes were full of deep feeling when she looked at my cousin. However, third uncle and aunt still didn''t agree. They avoided Xiaoyan and took cousin to my house to persuade and educate him together with my parents and uncle''s family. As for the rhetoric, I have heard it many times that year, such as "girls from other places are unreliable and have different living habits". Of course, although I was impatient, I agreed with them. Therefore, I chose to take the side of the seniors. As a result, my cousin was lectured for a night, and I had been standing outside the door. Finally, when he walked out of the room, I also told him about my attitude. "Cousin, break up with that girl." "Brother, do you also think that she''s not good?" My cousin was very sad. Thinking of the girl''s look at my cousin, I didn''t want to say anything against my will. I just patted him on the shoulder and said, "She''s good. But you just don''t match. Letting go earlier is good for you and her." Cousin shook his head. "No, I can''t leave her. She will not be able to live. Without her, I would want to die. Brother, please help me, I beg you." Saying things like "can''t live" and "death" meant that he was just too young. "Fool." I comforted him. "Think about our first brother. He is quite happy now, right?" Our sister-in-law was gentle and kind and gave birth to two sons for our first brother. His family, the four of them, did not have to leave S City when they paid visits to relatives, which was convenient and safe." Cousin looked up at me, saying, "What about you, second brother?" Me? I smiled. "I am also quite good. I will go on a blind date next week. Maybe this time I''ll meet a nice girl and I''ll marry her. Therefore, brother, don''t cry like a kid just because of this. Let it go. After that, you will all be fine." That night, my cousin thought for a long time. He finally listened to everyone''s advice and decided to break up with the girl named Xiaoyan. In order to avoid troubles after the night, my third uncle and aunt decided to let me send Xiaoyan away immediately. They did not let my cousin go, probably because they were afraid that he would change his mind. Since he decided to break up, it should be completely broken. I agreed to send Xiaoyan away. In fact, I just helped her to pick something and send her to the railway station. When we arrived at the railway station, Xiaoyan asked me, "Is Su Qi really not coming? He won''t even meet me for the last time?" Su Qi was my cousin''s name. I thought when my cousin''s family was not at home last night, leaving Xiaoyan alone, Xiaoyan probably had seen this coming. So I could see the sadness in her eyes, but I am not surprised. "I''m sorry, he can''t come because of an emergency." Looking at the sadness in her eyes, I didn''t want to say something cruel. So I just made up a reason casually. XiaoYan smiled at me. "Thank you, brother." That smile actually reminded me of Xiaoguang. If I could break up with her face to face many years ago, would I see her helpless, sad, and painful smile? When feeling lost, I heard the voice of Xiaoyan again. "Tell Su Qi that I''ll hate him all my life." A lifetime? At that time, I thought she was just talking. After all, one''s life was too long, and she was only in her early twenties. Although she did hate him now, time would always dilute everything. However, we all did not expect that Xiaoyan was more decisive than Xiaoguang. On the fifth day I sent Xiaoyan away, my cousin suddenly heard news from college classmates¡ªXiaoyan cut her wrist. After returning home, this determined girl chose to vent her pain in this way. However, fortunately, the rescue was relatively timely. She was now out of danger and resting in the hospital. But we were still shocked and scared. After all, it was a human life, and we almost became indirect murderers. Later, I heard that she recovered very well. When she was discharged from the hospital, she let someone to send a message to my cousin. "As we said, we would die before we part. I have already died for you once, and I''ll never have anything to do with you again." It''s really a girl who loved to the bones. My elder cousin, younger cousins, and I had never had a tragic and great love story like hers. My cousin was very regretful. He stared blankly at his cell phone every day. No one knew what he was thinking. After about a week, my cousin finally ran away from home resolutely after his parents kept sighing that the girl didn''t know how to cherish herself and would never know how to cherish others. He refused to contact his parents and other family members and only had my contact. He asked me to help him report his safety to his family, and he would not go back home until he thought it over. If uncle and aunt went to capture him, he would even delete my contact information. Therefore, his parents compromised and acquiesced in his conditions. I thought he would go to Xiaoyan, but he would never go to Z city where Xiaoyan lived. He said, "I am ashamed to see her." He added, "In fact, I really thought that she could be happy without me. But she did it for me... Brother, in fact, I never thought of betraying her. When you forced me to leave her, I planned not to get married all my life. Because I wanted to keep my promise to her, but I have no face to keep it now." "Think different, and it will get better slowly." I tried to appease him, but when I said it, it sounded weak. So, that day, although there was a long distance between us, in my cell phone, I clearly heard my cousin crying all night. "Brother, do you know? Her family also despises me. Her family had introduced her to a man who is better than me in any way, but she only wanted me." "Brother, I feel that I have lost the only girl who can make me feel happy. I will never like others again." "Brother, do you really think you are happy?" I didn''t know why my eyes were suddenly filled with tears while hearing him say these things. Another year passed, and my mother''s younger sister''s daughter, Shanshan, also began to fall in love. She was a sunny girl, but she was shy when facing the person she liked. In fact, a long time ago, she told me that she had a crush on her high school classmate, Yang Fan. Now, finally, the two had come together. I am very happy for her because it was very satisfying that she chose Yang Fan, a native of S city. I heard that his family''s conditions were also good, which fully met the requirements of our family. Sure enough, my sister''s family did not object and supported Shanshan very much. But the good times did not last long. Before long, Shanshan told her mother that Yang Fan''s family did not agree with them. This surprised me, because Shanshan and Yang Fan were both from S City and classmates. What was wrong with them? They didn''t expect that Shanshan said, "Yang Fan''s family is in good condition. His brother got married last year. It was a marriage between families of equal social rank." I was a little confused. "What does this have to do with you?" Shanshan cried. "Yang Fan''s mother said that the eldest daughter-in-law offered a 120-centare-house and a car worth more than 500,000 yuan when they married. But I... I..." She did not have so much money to offer. Her mother was very angry. "What about Yang Fan? Didn''t he say anything to help you?" Shanshan hurriedly explained, "Of course he helped me, but... After all, it''s his mother, and he could not turn against his mother." I nodded and was also agree with this. After all, I also gave up Xiaoguang because of this. But her mother said, "A man should be filial, but he should protect the person he likes more." Even my mother supported my younger aunt. "If Yang Fan really likes you, he would at least fight for you. You didn''t force him to turn against his family." So, Shanshan listened to them and asked Yang Fan to talk to his mother. I didn''t know whether Yang Fan had fought for Shanshan after that. All I know was that about a month later, Shanshan came back and said with tears, "Yang Fan and I quarreled. I just wanted him to take me to see his family. Maybe they would accept me slowly, but he said his family didn''t want to see me, and he could do nothing about it. I was just angry and said a few words to force him, and he said that I was unreasonable and could no longer be with me." I just wanted to persuade Shanshan that she was too radical. It was really bad¡ªit was tantamount to forcing Yang Fan to choose between her and his parents. It was too willful and selfish. But her mother flew into a rage. "What did they mean. Do they really think their son is great? Or they think no one wants you? They don''t want to see you. Do I want him to be my son-in-law?" My mother was also very unhappy. "As a man, Yang Fan only blamed on his family and you for these problems. Such a man has no sense of responsibility and will not bear responsibility. Shanshan, you should give up." But in the beginning, when I broke up with Xiaoguang, my mother clearly didn''t say so. She advised me to give up Xiaoguang "in time", and said that this was good for her. But she wanted Yang Fan to hold on. When Yang Fan chose to give up just like I did, she said he had no sense of responsibility and did not take responsibility. I suddenly wondered why my mother had such double standards. To be honest, I was just like Yang Fan. I was a person who had no sense of responsibility and bore no burden. Shanshan cried very sadly, and she did not eat well for the next few days. Not only my sister-in-law and mother but also I felt very distressed to see her being like this. My mother advised her. "Eat more. Look at you. Yang Fan didn''t come to see you, and he''s so heartless. Why are you missing him?" Hearing this, I felt funny. Mother had double standards again. At that time, Xiaoguang hurt her feet, and mother didn''t let me take a look. Now she blamed Yang Fan for not coming to see Shanshan. Shanshan did not care about the advice of my mother and sister-in-law. She just cried every day, and her eyes became swollen because of the tears. Because my family and my sister-in-law''s family were very close, my mother often asked me to accompany her. So, I could often see her sad and inedible. "Do you like him so much?" I asked. Shanshan replied without thinking. "Yes! He is the only boy I want to be together with for a lifetime." After saying so, she cried again. I looked at her as if I was looking at Xiaoguang through her. I tried to comfort her, only to find that I had nothing to say. Maybe my aunt couldn''t bear to see her being so sad. She even decided to borrow money from my mother to buy Shanshan a "decent" dowry. I still remembered what my aunt said when she borrowed money. "Ah, what can I do? I only have this only daughter. I hope she can be happy. I''m even willing to take out my heart, not to mention the money." Mother also sighed. "You gave birth to a daughter, but it seems like you owe someone else one life." I know what my mother meant¡ªthe dowry my aunt prepared for Shanshan was her life savings. But she was willing to give it, because she only wanted Shanshan to get what she wanted. Her painstaking efforts reminded me of Zheng parents who promised to let me bring Xiaoguang back to S City to live. I didn''t understand this painstaking effort until now. However, my aunt''s painstaking efforts did not touch Yang Fan''s family at all, and Shanshan broke up with Yang Fan. My aunt ordered her to have blind dates only in the future and stop thinking about Yang Fan, "things" that were "not men at all". I didn''t know if this also scolded me. I only remembered Shanshan''s red eyes shed tears again. At that time, I seemed to understand Xiaoguang''s despair and Xiaoyan''s determination. However, my younger cousin and I, even my older cousin who was very happy now, had all made unforgivable mistakes in this world¡ªwe had all hurt the girls who loved us deeply. Even though we thought we had released our hands "in time"; in fact, the injuries we inflicted on them were all the same. Because of their different personalities, their ways of releasing the pain were different. Although Xiaoguang was not that determined as Xiaoyan, and I was not sure whether she cried like Shanshan, I could at least confirm one thing now¡ªI made a big mistake to her. Even if she was married and had a very happy life, she should not forgive me. Especially I not only failed her but also hurt her parents. At last, I thought it through and soon fell in love with a girl I met in a blind date. Her name was Ranran, and she was not very beautiful. She also had a bit of a temper. In short, she was completely different from the girl I imagined to spend my life with. The reason why I chose her was also very simple. She was the type my mother appreciated. My mother said that my personality was a little soft, which was suitable for a girl with a "backbone" like her. She really had her own ideas and could do things quickly. After establishing the relationship between her as boyfriend and girlfriend, she began trying to control my life. In fact, I went to work and then home every day, and I seldom go to dinner with my friends. So I felt that I had nothing to for her to control. But she asked me to report my plans to her every day. Once, I couldn''t help complaining to my mother, who then said, "Silly boy. She cares about your performance." Haha, really? Ranran and I had been in love for about a month, and she began to urge me to discuss with my family to marry her as soon as possible. In fact, I quite understood her. After all, we were not young. But at that time, I was already a little afraid of her. I was afraid of marrying her, and that my future life would be completely controlled by her. So, I lied. I promised her to say it, but in fact, I began to gradually distance myself from her. I hid from her, just as I hid from Xiaoguang. However, she was not Xiaoguang after all. She even found me at my company without asking what I was doing. She questioned me in public, which almost made me the joke of the company. Only then did I realize that Xiaoguang, who was neglected by me at that time, was not as insecure as I thought. The girl named Ranran was really insecure. As a result, I did not want to see her or talk to her. But she soon told the problem to my mother through the one who introduced her to me. My mother asked me, "Why did you deliberately neglect Ranran?" I explained, "I don''t think she and I are very suitable. She likes to control my life too much, and she has always lost her temper recently." However, my mother was very angry. "You always ignore her and don''t want to take her home. She''s a girl, and her youth is limited. Can she wait forever? You made her feel insecure. Aren''t you ashamed to blame her for losing temper to you?!" But when I was with Xiaoguang, she obviously didn''t advise me that way. I chuckled. My mother had double standards again. In fact, as I grew older, I had gradually understood what I missed in the past few years. When I thought of Xiaoguang, I could no longer be as calm as I was at the beginning. If I hadn''t known she had married long ago, I might not have been able to control myself to find her and confess to her what I had done wrong. However, time would not go back, and she and I were over. Chapter 121 Lu Mingyue My name was Lu Mingyue. As you all know, I had a younger brother named Lu Mingxuan. He was 28 years old and had just got married recently. As for me, I thought it would be difficult to get married this year. Of course, I needed to declare one thing¡ªI was not single, at least in the eyes of my relatives and friends. Because when I was very young, I was engaged with a boy named Gu Hang. At the moment, I was "negotiating" with my fiance''s mistress. "Miss Ge Hui, right?" I looked at the girl in front of me who looked only in her early twenties. She was good-looking and had a good figure. It was no wonder that Gu Hang liked her. The girl didn''t know who I was, so she asked with some doubts, "I am Ge Hui. Who are you?" I answered lightly, "I am Lu Mingyue, Gu Hang''s fiancee." "What? You are Gu Hang''s..." Ge Hui looked at me in shock as if she had heard some explosive news. This expression was really not creative. I snorted coldly. "I''ve heard that Miss Ge Hui has been hanging out with my fiance a lot recently and even made bold and intimate moves in public. It seems that I am not taken seriously." Sure enough, Ge Hui immediately revealed an embarrassed and painful expression on her face. "I... I didn''t know he has a fiancee." "It''s not too late to know now." I raised my eyebrows and said, "Miss Ge Hui, the purpose of my coming to you today is very simple¡ªI hope you will not appear beside Gu Hang in the future. After all, I am his fiancee and his future wife." Ge Hui bit her lips. "I really didn''t know he has a fiancee. But now... Gu Hang and I really love each other. I don''t want to leave him." "Don''t want to leave him?" As if I heard the funniest joke in the world, I looked at her and said, "So, what can you do beside him? Mistress, the other woman, or sidechick? Or... Do you think you can be the daughter-in-law of the Gu family with your family background?" Ge Hui didn''t expect that I would speak so directly. Her face turned red to purple and then pale. I immediately added another critical strike. "I''ve seen too many girls like you. Don''t you just like money? When you see rich men, you jump on them and dream that one day Cinderella will become a princess. But this kind of things, you can just dream about them. Don''t dream too much." "Miss Lu, Gu Hang and I really love each other. Please don''t insult me!" Her voice trembled a little. True love? I didn''t know if she really loved Gu Hang. All I knew was that Gu Hang definitely didn''t love her. Otherwise, he wouldn''t have given me Ge Hui''s contact and let me play the role of fighting a mistress. I quickly took out some money I just withdrew from my bag and threw them on the table in front of Ge Hui. "If you don''t want to be insulted, just take the money and disappear from Gu Hang''s sight forever. Don''t think these are too short. In my eyes, you only worth so much." As I expected, Ge Hui''s face turned red again. Instead of touching the paper money on the table, she stood up and looked at me tearfully. "I know, and I will disappear, but I won''t take the money." After saying so, she pushed the chair and rushed away. Alas, another spoony girl. I silently took the money from the table and then returned to the company to "report" to Gu Hang. In the office, Gu Hang listened to my report and expressed his satisfaction. He smiled and said, "Mingyue, thank you very much." I shrugged noncommittally. "I hope Director Gu would spare me these troubles in the future." "Oh, Lil Mingyue is jealous?" He deliberately asked very frivolously. "Sorry, I''m not that bored." I felt disdainful. "Also, please don''t call me Lil Mingyue. You and I are over 30 years old. Isn''t it disgusting to call me like that?" He immediately showed an expression that looked like he was deeply injured. This made me feel disgusted. I thought Ge Hui, who seemed to be very infatuated with him, and said, "Gu Hang, have you ever reflected yourself?" On those girls he had hurt... Gu Hang was stunned unexpectedly, and then the smile on his face became deeper. "I''ve done some introspection. I think it''s just paying some money for fun, and it''s quite interesting." "Is it?" I chuckled. "It''s so good as you described. I want to try it." He frowned. "Are you kidding?" I blinked and said, "I''m sorry. I''m not."