As the week of guild war drew near, He Lang finally gathered the Glistening Waters of Autumn’s full set and smithed a weapon for Yang Juan.
It was not a secret in the guild that he was collecting materials. Apricot assumed that the other person probably wanted to surprise her, so she pretended to be ignorant and waited for him to find her.
However, there was no movement from Errant Wolf.
When she went to do dailies with Cherry, she complained in passing.
[(Friend) Apricot Sprig: He never mentioned the Waters of Autumn set with me, I do not think he is actually going to give it to me (sad)]
[(Friend) Cherry in Snow Breeze: Sprig, don’t feel down. Who else is he going to give it if not you? Your side account is the only dancer in Lang-ge’s circle.]
[(Friend) Apricot Sprig: Sheep Curls also plays dancer. That was how my hubby mistook her for me back then.]
[(Friend) Cherry in Snow Breeze: Don’t worry, there is no way Lang-ge will like her.]
[(Friend) Apricot Sprig: Then why has he not said anything about having things for me (frown)]
[(Friend) Cherry in Snow Breeze: Maybe he wants to give it to you in front of everyone after winning the guild war. It will feel more official.]
Thinking about this logic, Apricot unconsciously showed a regretful look.
It would be a pity as Smoke Beacon would not be placing first this year.
After they finished their dailies, Cherry bid her goodbye.
[(Friend) Cherry in Snow Breeze: Sprig, until next time. I promised Babbling Water to check out some scenery.]
Knowing that Babbling Water was a friend the other person met and hit it off really well after being removed from the guild, Apricot lost interest and replied.
[(Friend) Apricot Sprig: Okay, Cherry, bye bye (sweet)]
After the week of the guild war, the official gaming site released a new schedule every night. The world chat was not as peaceful as before. It was common for players of opposing sides to constantly trash talk and flame each other.
Having no classes during the day, He Lang got on Errant Wolf to discuss tactics with the guild’s core members. In the evening, he would get on Night Ferry to take Yang Juan to do missions and run instance dungeons.
By Friday night, the semi-finalists were announced.
Shao Ye’s guesses from a few days ago were right on target. Except for Smoke Beacon, the remaining three guilds were Spring Snow, Ploaris, and Clash of Swords.
According to the official random shuffle, they would be playing against Polaris on Saturday, while Spring Snow was playing against Clash of Swords.
In last year’s guild war, Spring Snow placed second, Clash of Swords took third, and Polaris ended in fourth respectively.
In today’s dailies, He Lang intentionally tested Yang Juan.
[(Friend) Errant Wolf: We will fight in the guild war this Saturday night. Are you going to be online?]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Do I need to participate?]
[(Friend) Errant Wolf: No, we have a set list of players for the guild war, but you can still spectate the battle.]
After going through his agenda in mind, Yang Juan found that his professor invited everyone for dinner at his place on Saturday night.
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: I have something to do that night, so I will not be online.]
He Lang raised an eyebrow, not buying it.
Their fight with Polaris was that Saturday. No way the little spy would not be on. Or instead of being on the dancer side account, the little spy will be on the main account in Polaris?
Considering that the possibility of the latter was relatively low, he quietly laid out some bait.
[(Friend) Errant Wolf: If you decided to come and spectate, you can come earlier. The guild war starts at eight in the evening, but we will be reviewing our tactics in the guild chat two hours before that.]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: I have a dinner to attend, so I might not make it.]
Thinking this was a misleading answer, He Lang did not take the words to heart.
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Zhuo Lan set out on Friday night as the fashion show was held on Saturday, leaving Yang Juan to sleep in the dormitory by himself.
At noon the next day, Yang Juan and his fellow classmates met at the school entrance to buy a flower bouquet and fruit together. On the way, they received a phone call from their professor. Something came up that needed his and his wife’s attention, so they would have to take a rain check.
Yang Juan turned around and went to the library instead.
He stayed in the library until five o’clock, before remembering about the guild war tonight. Thus, he left the library, got food from the school canteen, and took it back to eat at the dorm.
As soon as he went online, He Lang, who had this special setting on, received a system prompt that the marked player was online.
Which was entirely within his expectation.
What the little spy said that day was indeed to make him drop his guard and dispel his suspicions in the process.
He switched accounts, and went to the site where Yang Juan got online.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: I thought you have a dinner to go today, why are you online?]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: It was canceled.]
He Lang smirked, thinking that the other’s ability to lie was not very good, how cute it was for the dancer to think hard on an excuse.
How could it be possible that the cancellation was made on short notice just like that.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Get on QQ, I will move you into the group chat for tactics.]
Yang Juan was confused. Weren’t the tactics used in guild war very important information? Was it appropriate for him to join the group chat as a non-combatant member?
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: I can take part?]
The little spy played pretend very well. Instead of feeling angry, this piqued He Lang’s interest.
[(Friend) Night Ferry: Yeah, you are one of us.]
[(Friend) Sheep Curls: Okay.]
Two minutes later, Night Ferry moved him into the small group chat.
He opened the list of members and found that it to be unexpectedly small.
He thought that all participating members in the guild war would be here, but it did not appear to be the case.
There were people talking in the chat, so Yang Juan behaved himself and lurked in the back, reading their discussion, until someone noticed his presence.
Cascade of Water Falling: [Who is the guy that Night-ge’s side account invited?]
Blustery Dead of Night: [Willow’s roommate.]
Crush Pick This Sweet One: [Waterfall-ge, don’t worry, Curly is one of us.]
Cascade of Water Falling: [Willow’s roommate? Since when? Why have I never met this person before?]
Errant Wolf: [Recently. You were busy with your projects the last few days to play games, remember?]
Cascade of Water Falling: [Oh, well since she is one of us, that is fine. Little miss, please excuse me for being too suspicious. I am mainly on edge these days because of the guild war.]
Yang Juan was understanding.
Sheep Curls: [Okay.]
He Lang sent a message in private.
Night Ferry: [Cascade of Water Falling is the guild’s strategist.]
Sheep Curls: [Oh.]
The interrupted discussion among the group resumed.
Cascade of Water Falling: [Who will be commanding tonight? The guild leader again?]
Errant Wolf: [Not tonight, you can command.]
Cascade of Water Falling: [Okay, I have uploaded the tactical plan in this chat’s file. Everyone, feel free to download.]
Yang Juan downloaded the file and opened it.
But it was foreign to him. Taking it to face value, he scanned through the plan without making it much of a dent in his memory.
What he was even more in the dark on was after the group discussion was over, He Lang turned around and created a new group, before grabbing all the existing members except for him.
Errant Wolf: [That uploaded plan just now is fake. I have discussed it with Waterfall, we will use Plan B tonight.]
Cascade of Water Falling: [Indeed.]
Crush Pick This Sweet One: [You mean that sister-in-law is not one of us???]
Cascade of Water Falling: [Sister-in-law?]
Whiff of Rose: [Sister-in-law?]
Which Cookie Are You: [Sister-in-law?]
Errant Wolf: [If you have any more questions, please message me after the guild war. When we discuss the tactics later, I will bring in all the squad leaders and Apricot Sprig.]
Crush Pick This Sweet One: [Is it a good idea to show Apricot Sprig our real tactical plans?]
Errant Wolf: [Only by showing her the real one would she believe that none of us doubted her identity.]
Shao Ye did not talk in the chat. For tonight’s guild war, he brought his laptop to He Lang’s bedroom.
Right this moment, he was secretly lamenting that he did not believe in He Lang when his friend told him that he was well aware.
But even with the same background as a spy, He Lang’s attitude towards Apricot Sprig and Sheep Curls were night and day differences.
He leaned back into his chair, turned his head and asked He Lang, “What is your personal opinion on Sheep Curls? I am pretty sure you never spend a single gold on Apricot Sprig.”
He Lang did not think long before giving his answer, “It is no big deal to try out online romance once in a while, since this is a change from how I usually play the game.”
“So do you plan to beat her guild and court her?” Shao Ye asked.
He Lang said, “I want to win the guild war, and also get the girl. These two things do not go side by side.”
“You gave her fake information to trick her,” Shao Ye said in a sarcastic tone, “and you still think that she would want to go out with you afterward?”
“She lied to me as well, so she does not have a say in that matter.” He Lang was unconcerned.
At seven o’clock, He Lang pulled several squad leaders and Apricot into the chat.
The few who knew the inside story acted in front of her quite cooperatively.
Crush Pick This Sweet One: [Lang-ge, we are discussing the guild war tactics right now, is it a good idea to invite an outsider here?]
Errant Wolf: [Didn’t Willow attend the meeting last year before she participated in the guild war?]
Cascade of Water Falling: [Willow is one of us, while Apricot Sprig’s main account is not even in our guild.]
Errant Wolf: [Didn’t Sprig already prove herself? Moreover, Birds in Flight did not make it in the semi-finals this year, so it does not affect us.]
No one in the group spoke. Cascade of Water Falling took the time to upload the tactical plans in the group chat, and began to elaborate on the layout.
At nearly eight o’clock, the players participating in the guild war joined YY and took up their positions in the game one by one.
According to the tips given by He Lang, Yang Juan went to the best spot to watch the battle.
Once the guild war started, he was standing on the high ground, looking down.
The battlefield below was so chaotic that he could only distinguish allies and foes by their colors.
Even so, it gradually became clear that the tactical plan that Smoke Beacon was executing was not the one he downloaded from the group chat tonight.
Not having played many games nor having a deep understanding of the competition between guilds, he did not dwell too long on why they were different.
Even half an hour later, due to the excessive number of players spectating the battle, it lagged so much that he dropped connection.
Once he was kicked out of the game, he kept getting the same system message when trying to log back into the game—[The game service is full. Please try again.]
After several failed attempts, he finally gave up and exited out of the game client.
The battle ended at nine o’clock, and the system declared Smoke Beacon as the winner.
He Lang immediately got bombarded by private messages.
[(Friend) Crush Pick This Sweet One: Polaris went in without using any counter tactics on the fake plan! Sister-in-law is not a spy!]
[(Friend) Cascade of Water Falling: What did Sweet-mei mean by sister-in-law? Isn’t Sheep Curls Willow’s roommate?]
[(Friend) Whiff of Rose: Lang-ge, what is the story behind this sister-in-law?]
[(Friend) Which Cookie Are You: Lang-ge, is Sheep Curls your real wife?]
He Lang was too busy to reply back.
Shao Ye got up and walked over, and concluded after analyzing, “Is it possible that Sheep Curls figured out our intentions and did not pass over the fake plan to Polaris?”
Thinking back on how they interact and on the other player’s personality, He Lang frowned and shook his head. “Not possible.”
“If that is the case, then Sheep Curls was not a spy at all.” Shao Ye was all for excitement not about him, so he used a cheerful uplift tone, “So she does not have a say in that matter?”
He Lang: “…”
Shao Ye sighed. “How are you going to coax your way out of this?”
He Lang: “…”
At the same time, Sweet One sent the second message.
[(Friend) Crush Pick This Sweet One: Lang-ge, you are done for!!! You actually mistaken sister-in-law as a spy. She went offline in rage!!! It is not too late to buy durian!!!]
He Lang: “…”
The author has something to say:
A’Ruan has Wine:
Trice was Lang-ge at a loss for words.
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The translator has something to add:
Teo: Let this translator know if you see ‘Wooly’ in the text. This is Yang Juan’s nickname in the first draft before I realized my mistake in translating his in-game name. I think I got them all but I am human and not perfect.
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Thanks for the update—can’t wait to see what the outcome of this latest maneuver is…lmao! 🤣❤️🤣❤️🐑❤️🐺👀
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Lmaoooo rip He lang. ALSO TYSM FOR THE TRANSLATION!
So the spy wasn’t a spy. 🤔 That really is such a SURPRISE! 😅 lololol let’s see how he will get his “girl” now, since he can’t blackmail her into guild-dating. 😆
Sorry! 😂 He Lang but you’re mistake XD Ty for the chapter ❤️