He Lang called manpower from the guild to run the Underground River Forest instance dungeon, as response began to pour in one after another.
While waiting for all the members to arrive, he got up to get some water from the water fountain.
His roommate entered the dormitory and said as soon as he saw him, “Lang-ge, Lao Chen and his girlfriend invited us to dinner tomorrow. It will be on him. Are you and Ye-ge planning to come?”
He Lang picked up his phone on the table. “Let me ask him.”
Shao Ye’s family and his family are good friends, so they have known each other since childhood.
When the call was connected, He Lang went straight to the point, “Lao Chen invited us to dinner. You coming?”
“No.” The other side’s background was very noisy. “I have a movie date with someone.”
“The little belle in the Department of Fine Arts?” He Lang raised an eyebrow.
Shao Ye’s voice suddenly cracked, “Shit, how do you know? I have not won her heart yet.”
“How could I not know?” He Lang laughed at him. “You hardly get on the game, instead, you have been running to the girl’s dormitory all day. Everybody and their mother in A University knows about you courting her.”
Shao Ye smiled, not at all feeling guilty. “Hey, aren’t I giving you the opportunity as well, seeing how great you are hitting it off with Sheep Curls? Everyone knows Dark Ferry is my side account. If Blustery Dead of Night and Night Ferry are online at the same time, won’t that immediately expose yourself?”
He Lang did not continue the conversation. He glanced at his game client and said, “Okay, well, going to run some instant dungeons.”
Shao Ye replied, “All right.”
He Lang ended the call and tossed his phone back to the table.
Since playing this game, he only ever played one account, Errant Wolf.
While Shao Ye has two separate accounts. Blustery Dead of Night being his main account, and Night Ferry being his side account.
About two months ago, He Lang asked to borrow Hao Ye’s side account.
Thus, the player behind the side account was changed, with outsiders none the wiser.
During that time, Apricot Sprig had been pestering him. He might have looked happy about the advances, but behind the scene, he often used Shao Ye’s side account in order to get some peace.
Shao Ye did not even tell his in-game wife.
Occasionally, Willow would private message this alt account, and he would always reply that he was from a playing service as an excuse.
With how busy Shao Ye was in courting the belle, he rarely mentioned the in-game wife now. So the day of his breakup with Willow was probably near.
He knew very well what kind of person his friend was.
Shao Ye started dating as early as primary school. Over the years, he changed his girlfriends more frequently than his clothes, as well as angered a long line of furious flings. The amount of former girlfriends he had been with could form a line that connected A University’s old and new campuses.
He Lang put down his cup and sat back in front of his computer, to see his in-game character surrounded by a group of guild mates.
He followed the guild’s set requirements on running instance dungeons, and began to send party invites.
[(Party) First Shift Worker: This worker might be late to the party, but he is here! Boss, are wages still paid the same old way?!]
[(Party) Night Ferry: Yes.]
[(Party) First Shift Worker: Night boss, thank you! I love Night boss!]
[(Party) Mango Mille Feuille: Oh~oh~! Willow is already on her way with a 40-meter broadsword!]
[(Party) Which Cookie Are You: Someone is dying soon!]
[(Party) Toro Tapioca Pudding: Someone is dying soon!]
[(Party) First Shift Worker: …Let me remind you all that Willow is not in the party, thank you.]
[(Party) Old Zhao Next Door: Willow is really not here, but it looks like her roommate is (surprise)]
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The gossip in the guild had always been spread at the speed of light. Over the past few days, nearly everyone had heard of how close Dead of Night and Sheep Curls had been, making the atmosphere in the party like standing on thin ice.
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[(Party) Crush Pick This Sweet One: I was the one who invited Curly. I wanted to take her to get more familiar with the game in instance dungeons, I hope everyone would not mind (nervous)]
[(Party) First Shift Worker: Why didn’t you say so, Sweet-mei. We will never refuse any cute meimei (shy)]
[(Party) Mango Mille Feuille: Curly, good evening!]
[(Party) Toro Tapioca Pudding: Good evening!]
[(Party) Which Cookie Are You: Good evening!]
[(Party) Sheep Curls: Good evening.]
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Using Shao Ye’s alt account to get close to Sheep Curls was indeed bad for both their reputations. But after accidentally letting Sweet One in on the operation, he unexpectedly got an extra helper to cover for him.
He completely dismissed the idea of explaining himself.
Everyone entered the forest. Before they entered the instance dungeon, their surroundings were bright and sunny. Once they entered the instance dungeon, the towering trees blocked the sunlight. With the faint sound of rustling leaves and growling beasts, the atmosphere was eerie.
Yang Juan received a friend request from Mango.
He clicked accept and soon received a direct message from the new friend.
[(Friend) Mango Mille Feuille: Hello Curly~! I am a good friend of Willow in the game. Curly can call me Mango w]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Hello, Mango.]
[(Friend) Mango Mille Feuille: Do you know why Willow is not online tonight?]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: She went out.]
[(Friend) Mango Mille Feuille: Oh, I see~]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: What does ~ mean?]
[(Friend) Mango Mille Feuille: It is a cute expression in manner of speaking that girls like to use w]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Oh]
Yang Juan nodded thoughtfully.
[(Friend) Mango Mille Feuille: Curly, what kind of mental skill did you end up picking~?]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Healing.]
[(Friend) Mango Mille Feuille: I am also a healer! If you have any questions, you can come ask me in the future.]
Yang Juan put his new-gain knowledge to practical use.
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Okay~.]
[(Friend) Mango Mille Feuille: Curly, you are so cute lol]
After entering the forest, small mobs began to jump out to block their way.
He Lang sent Yang Juan a direct message.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Just focus on avoiding the monsters. With how poor your equipment is, a single attack from mobs could clean more than half of your health.]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Okay~.]
[(Friend) Night Ferry: ?]
Yang Juan explained truthfully.
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: A cute expression in the manner of speaking.]
[(Friend) Night Ferry: …Why do you always pick up the worst habit from other people?]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Is there a problem~?]
He Lang’s head started to hurt.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Did Mango Mille Feuille add you as a friend?]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Yes~.]
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Do not learn from him.]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Why~?]
He Lang fired off arrows to eliminate the monsters around him, while typing out a reply.
Before he could finish his reply, Yang Juan sent a follow-up question.
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: You do not find this cute?]
He Lang paused, feeling that he should not discourage the little spy.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: It’s cute.]
[(Friend) Night Ferry: But you cannot learn from him.]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Why~?]
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Because he is a dude.]
Yang Juan froze, and immediately blushed as he dropped the habit he recently picked up.
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Okay.]
He Lang’s eyes stopped moving.
He began to question what was wrong with him, having the thought that the formal way of Sheep Curls typing out [Okay] was cuter than the sticky sweet [Ok~].
After running the Underwater River Forest five times, they only got Waters of Autumn belt and ring.
After their fifth run, seeing that it was getting late, He Lang disbanded the party.
The other members soon left, leaving Yang Juan and He Lang alone.
Yang Juan had planned to go offline to sleep, but before he bid goodnight to the other man, he suddenly remembered how one of the members had called Night Ferry ‘boss’.
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: What does giving out wages mean?]
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Don’t worry about it, it has nothing to do with you.]
Since the other party would not tell him, Yang Juan began to piece the information himself, since he was no fool.
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Did you ask them to help you with the instance dungeon, is that why you have to pay them wages?]
He Lang tried to change the subject.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Have you ever been to Snow Town just behind the Underground River Forest?]
Yang Juan lowered his eyes, feeling unhappy.
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: You do not need to pay the wages for me, I can do it as well. I have the gold.]
[(Friend) Night Ferry: I give them out monthly. Even if I do not get them to come tonight, I still have to pay out wages each month.]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Really?]
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Really.]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: But those members do not look like the usual members who play instance dungeons with you.]
Tsk, it was not easy to fool this little spy.
Being at the end of his patience from all the questions, He Lang threw out his trump card.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Are you my wife? Why are you so concerned about how I spend my property?]
Not being sidetracked by such a question, Yang Juan looked at his keyboard while typing—
—[I am not asking about your property, I am just]
Before he could complete typing what he wanted to say, a new message from the other party appeared.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: This is something personal that I will only tell my wife.]
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Or are you trying to tell me that you want to be my wife?]
Yang Juan’s cheeks were burning. He pressed on the backspace key heavily a few times and typed anew again, but he did not notice that he failed to clear all the words.
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: II am not your wife, and I do not have the thought of being your wife.]
He Lang keenly picked up the repeated word and was not at all polite in making fun of the other player.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Little stutter.]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: I am not a little stutter.]
He Lang intentionally imitated him.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: If y-you are not a little stutter, th-than what are you?]
With a serious face and pursed lips, Yang Juan put his fingers on the keyboard and gently pressed down—
Then suddenly, the light above him suddenly emitted a soft buzz, before his field of vision suddenly went dark.
The whirring sound of the air conditioner came to a screeching halt, and the laptop without a working battery also went on strike.
The moonlight shone in from the balcony, and curses could be heard from all over the dormitory building.
Sitting in his chair, Yang Juan blinked, before slowly realizing—
The power went off.
In the game, He Lang was stunned to see Yang Juan’s dancer disappear from his screen.
No way? That was enough to get her to rage quit?
The author has something to add:
A’Ruan has Wine:
Thank everyone for their yellow and green ones. Juan Juan bow.jpg
“Okay” and “Oh” is not a monotone, floating or raising tone, but an honest dropping tone.
The translator has something to add:
Teo: Yellow = ‘sea star’, green = ‘jade’. They are currencies of Changpei.
Power outage misunderstanding coming up…hahahahaha! Ty for the update 🤣❤️💥
Ah, student’s life!
Thank you for your translation 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💕💗💕💕💕
Oh, the love constellation is more complicated than I thought ⭐❤⭐💔⭐
Lol Willow doesn’t get cheated on in the game but in rl. Poor boy. I somewhat hope he also gets a husband in the end. Power outage at such a perfect time! One would call this fate!!! 🤣
Thanks ❤️
Oh no! I hope the resolve the power outage misunderstanding quickly.
Thank you for the chapter.
okay i think i understand?
but i feel bad for willow… but then he was lying about being a girl.. aiyh! neither are great there.