Editor: DarkSapphire, Sahloknir
Instead of continuing on the topic of Tempest Star CP, the stream chat began to play guessing games on analyzing who wasn’t a single dog.
With the majority of viewers in the chat being diehard fans of Tempest, naturally, they were more inclined to a clinging partner for Dying Star. In addition, if they recall correctly, Dying Star was ridiculed by the crowd during Star of Jupiter’s incident. His guild leader particularly protected and defeated others for him several times. Could they be together?
Jiang Xiao glanced at the chat coldly and wanted to clarify that he and Dying Star were both single, but currently, Sunken Moon and Inked Sun were also livestreaming. Fans would definitely go confront them and bring those two good-for-nothing things into this mess. This thing couldn’t be explained clearly—unless his little summoner revealed his identity.
He couldn’t resist the urge to glance at Yue Ran.
Yue Ran was waiting for him to start a match. Seeing that the other man was standing idle for a long time, he returned a questioning look.
Jiang Xiao broke their eye contact and pressed ‘Ready’.
It was still random mode and map.
The two waited for the match to load and soon saw their enemies’ information: [Opponent: The Past, Doughnut, Blank.].
What a coincidence. They were all from the same guild.
Yue Ran saw them and typed a greeting in the all chat, while replying to Jiang Xiao on where to meet. Then, he saw the first blood message quickly after—[Player ‘The Past’ was slain by player ‘Tempest’].
He couldn’t see the situation on Jiang Xiao’s side, he just assumed they encountered each other.
While the fans watched from Tempest God’s perspective, they saw the whole process clearly, how their Tempest discovered The Past across a river, swam madly to the other shore, pursued the other and cut the poor guy down. Completely ignored the other’s request for a group photo, and mercilessly put the guy to death—he didn’t even dodge some of the skills as he straightforwardly ended the guy’s life.
[Did Tempest God enable his rampage mode today?]
[Well…Let me enlighten everyone a bit: The Past is Star God’s guild leader…]
[Oh, the man who is suspected of being Star God’s partner.]
[Yes…]
[Err…]
[This is a bit ky, but don’t you guys think that Tempest looked like someone stole his wife?]
[Get lost to the side. Isn’t killing other players the whole concept of an arena? How could you win an arena as a pacifist?]
Jiang Xiao didn’t look at his stream chat. After killing, he met another two and immediately rushed to kill more people. When Yue Ran arrived at the scene, the senior had a sliver of HP left, while the other two were at half-blood, because Doughnut was a healer.
Yue Ran quickly froze Doughnut and focused on killing Blank, soon they won this match.
Both sides didn’t leave the map for the time being and chatted on the all chat.
[(All) Blank: Just making sure you’re still coming to the boss at eight?]
[(All) Dying Star: Yes.]
[(All) Blank: Alright, can’t wait~]
[(All) The Past: Tempest God, I’m your fan (tears).]
[(All) Tempest: Nice meeting you.]
After sending that, he saw that Yue Ran wasn’t chatting, so he clicked ‘Exit’. They were en route to a new map to hunt down their next victims. Yue Ran could sometimes see how the senior players, feeling like the other was simplifying, played the alt account assassin like a swordsman, very boldly.
Jiang Xiao was finally more at ease now after cutting down several people in the row. He clicked ‘Ready’ for their next match.
[Looking for a match. Please wait.]
[Match found.]
[Opponent: Pure White Sun, Wailing Wall.]
All four players: “…”
The livestream immediately exploded.
[Holy cow, Sun God!]
[Ahhhh they got matched with Sun God!]
[Ahhhh I’m satisfied tonight!]
[As a representative of the Tempest Sun fan, our eyes are brimming with tears of excitement. We finally have new materials!]
In the arena, the four finally snapped out of it and began to type on the all chat one by one.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
[(All) Wailing Wall: Oh! Isn’t this the Tempest Sun pair~I’m your CP fan!]
[(All) Dying Star: …]
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[(All) Pure White Sun: Don’t talk nonsense. Tempest already has a partner.]
Aljcu Wljb: “…”
Tef Ejc: “…”
Hlc Wleplf jiwbra rqgjsfv kjafg jii bnfg tlr rmgffc jr tf tegglfv ab bqfc atf qglnjaf mtja yfakffc tlw jcv Uegf Qtlaf Vec.
[(Private) Wailing Wall: He has a partner???]
[(Private) Pure White Sun: Of course, Vault of Heavens Essence, Little Star knows it as well.]
[(Private) Wailing Wall: Didn’t he quit?]
[(Private) Pure White Sun: Even if he quit, he is still Tempest’s partner. You better behave yourself and don’t play matchmaking here.]
Always the quick and smart one, Qin Xiujie immediately figured it out. Of course, Jiang Xiao didn’t inform Pure White Sun and others about them being a fake couple!
He immediately drew out a smile and mumbled on how a certain someone’s CP stock was about to turn red.
[(Private) Wailing Wall: That’s not the main point. Don’t you know he is livestreaming right now?]
[(Private) Pure White Sun: Ah?]
Pure White Sun really had no idea.
He didn’t even know about the new Tempest Star CP that just came fresh out of the oven. Because of the increased courses as a second-year, not to mention the recent recruitment of new students for his group, he had been busy and finally got free time to play games today.
He subconsciously wanted to start a private chat with his friend, then quickly stopped himself because the other was livestreaming. So he changed to WeChat.
[Pure White Sun: Are you livestreaming?]
[Tempest: Yes.]
[Pure White Sun: I’m sorry! I didn’t know. Do you need me to say something? I can say I was joking.]
[Tempest: No need.]
Because it would be useless either way.
If the monk sent it again now, people would assume it was discussed in private. It would be too fake.
He didn’t know how many times he wanted to kill this garbage as he glanced at his stream chat.
The stream chat had long gone insane.
[I must have read it wrong!!!]
[Fake QQQQ]
[QQQQ]
[I just got here. Begging to ask what’s happening?]
[Stop causing a racket. We should rejoice for our Male God to find someone he likes!]
[That’s right. Hoping for Tempest God and his other half to be together forever~]
[Congrats to our Male God! I wish for your happiness~]
He moved his attention in silence.
It didn’t matter if the CP stock crashed. What mattered now was that Pure White Sun mentioned this, a very important problem that his little summoner hadn’t thought about.
Yue Ran indeed suddenly realized a certain something.
But now was not the time to speak, so he held back temporarily and planned to solve the two enemies before him first.
Jiang Xiao’s alt account was an assassin. Although he wasn’t as proficient in playing the assassin class, when joining forces with his little summoner, it was enough to kill Pure White Sun. Once the main source of the threat was gone, they had nothing left to worry about. So they successfully took the victory without mishap.
Jiang Xiao didn’t want to stay for the post-match with the enemy team at all, so he immediately left the game and queued up for the next match.
Yue Ran stopped him from clicking on ‘Ready’ and went to check to make sure that the other mic was muted. Once he confirmed, he felt relieved at leaving their accounts unattended in a custom room before asking, “If I’m really going to be with you in the future, doesn’t that mean my other identity would be exposed?”
Yes, his little summoner finally realized that.
Jiang Xiao glanced at him. “We don’t need to tell them that. We can be friends on the surface but are actually going out secretly. Don’t you want to experience the sneaky feeling?”
Yue Ran replied expressionlessly, “No, I was only asking.”
A smile appeared at the corner of Jiang Xiao’s mouth. “I heard it’s very exciting.”
Yue Ran saw the other man’s hands leaving the keyboard and turned towards him. He suddenly realized the atmosphere began to turn ambiguous and moved back quietly. He regretted asking his question.
Jiang Xiao studied the distance between them and hurriedly decreased it. Seeing that the other was still hiding away, he continued his approach. He soon pushed the youth to the corner and propped up against the armrest of the sofa behind him with one hand to seal the escape route.
They were so close that it was like holding the other man completely in his arms.
Yue Ran was nestled in the small corner and smelled the pheromones floating over and his heart began to beat in a disorderly manner.
Jiang Xiao’s pheromones were powerful, but brought the feeling of comfort, with a hint of temptation, as if a feather was gently brushing against his nervous system. Originally, Yue Ran wanted to climb over the sofa and run. Now, being attacked by such a force, he suddenly felt his legs soften as he mocked on instinct, “You…Shameless!”
Jiang Xiao didn’t understand. “En?”
Yue Ran demanded, “Stay away from me.”
Jiang Xiao quickly noticed the other’s blushing earlobes, and his heart skipped a beat. He couldn’t resist the urge to bend closer.
Yue Ran was so nervous he was about to explode on the other man. But he did his best to maintain his face and stretched out a finger, placed it on the other’s chest, and tried to push the other person away. Jiang Xiao took the opportunity to hold the extended hand, then moved down on the wrist and whispered, “Why is your pulse so fast?”
Yue Ran answered, “You caught me off guard.”
Jiang Xiao smiled. “Really?”
Yue Ran said, “Yes!”
Jiang Xiao took the other’s hand, placed it on his chest and moved closer.
He was only wearing a T-shirt, and his strong heartbeat could be felt through the thin material. Its speed matched the pulse from the palm against his chest, fast and utterly sincere, carrying his entire being’s passion.
Yue Ran was shocked. He forgot to complain about the distance between them.
“You see. Mine is as fast as yours,” Jiang Xiao lowered his gaze. “Ran Ran, what you’re feeling towards me is not completely nothing.”
Yue Ran insisted, “I only said I was frightened.”
Jiang Xiao turned a deaf ear. “Should we give this a try?”
The gears in Yue Ran’s brain basically didn’t turn as he subconsciously echoed, “A try?”
Jiang Xiao said, “Try for a month first. After a month and you find you don’t dislike me, then we’ll add another month, and so on. We can end it anytime you want.”
Yue Ran blinked slowly for a few seconds as he took everything in, and once he slowly regained his senses, he raged, “You call this giving a try? This is pretty much being together!”
Jiang Xiao replied, “After the trial period, if there’s no problem, of course, it would become official. Was I wrong?”
Yue Ran was speechless.
“I’ll give you five seconds to decide, and silence means agreement,” Jiang Xiao said, as he quickly counted the number down. Then he said happily, “Okay, I’ll view this as you agreed.”
Yue Ran lost his temper. “Shameless, that wasn’t even five seconds…”
Before he finished, he was pulled into the other man’s arms, who was chuckling deeply. The tip of his nose touched the crook of Jiang Xiao’s neck. His chest was so close he could feel the seeping warmth through the thin shirt, and he went quiet in an instant.
Jiang Xiao tightly hugged and softly brushed against his little summoner. He then restrained himself, and released him before he got lost in his thoughts, put the youth back to the original sport and asked, “Continue with the arena?”
When Yue Ran finally reacted, he almost couldn’t maintain his straight face.
Ahhhh if you want to hug you can just say so. Shameless!
He said, void of emotion, “No, you go fight in the arena solo.”
Jiang Xiao stopped him before he could leave the party by reminding him, “Since they were crazy about our CP, if you leave now, they would all think you left because you saw Pure White Sun’s message about my partner and left in discontent.”
Yue Ran: “…”
Jiang Xiao suggested, “If you don’t want to fight, then I’ll create a custom room and we can stroll around random maps, what do you think?”
Yue Ran pondered for a moment. “Best if we continue fighting.”
Seeing that the youth didn’t shut the door in his face, nor did he mention the previous topic. Jiang Xiao knew that they came to a mutual agreement as his mood immediately went flying. After pressing ‘Ready’, he unmuted himself to explain, “Something came up just now. But it’s settled.”
When the fans saw him return, they thought he didn’t see their earlier messages so they flooded the stream chat with congratulations again.
Jiang Xiao chuckled. “Thank you.”
[Ahhhh Male God laughed!]
[I’m all dried up, he seems to be really happy.]
[I’m drying up as well, but the Male God’s happiness is more important!]
[Tempest God, I’ll love you forever!]
Jiang Xiao gave his thanks again and began his ranked match with Yue Ran.
Although his CP fans were gone, his main target was temporarily tied to him during this trial period. Nothing was happier than this, so his current attitude was very good. He would even allow those who wanted to take a group photo. It was just the extreme opposite from his previous rampage mode.
When the two fought until 8:20 p.m., Jiang Xiao ended his stream. The reason was that Dying Star wanted to fight the raid boss with his guild.
When the fans heard that Tempest would stream again tomorrow, they naturally weren’t unhappy at all as they thanked the host profusely as the stream ended.
Jiang Xiao switched to his Formless Slash account and gathered with his guild, waiting for the raid boss to spawn at eight-thirty.
Tonight’s world boss was level fifty. Not too difficult to fight, but there were certainly not enough people in their guild. So Jiang Xiao contacted Eastern Blizzard, who was the guild leader of the number one guild in this server, in advance, and discussed a partnership.
After Eastern Blizzard listened to the other’s intention, he agreed effortlessly.
If who he was talking to was not Tempest and Dying Star, their relationship with Moon God alone was enough for him to help. But he could also gain something from this partnership, so he sent several of his guild’s shot callers.
Those shot callers joined Formless Slash’s party as instructed by their guild leader. They knew that this was a learning field trip organized by their guild leader, but they were slightly unhappy.
Although they knew that several large guilds once wanted to pull this swordsman into the guild, they were just going to fight a raid boss. How much difference can they make with better command? What was there to learn?
Over ten minutes later, those same people watched the other guild die one after another under the party leader’s order, as he led the team to lure the boss away. When it finally got stuck between a rock crack, the shot callers from Eastern Blizzard’s guild immediately wanted to kneel down at the expert.
Holy fuck! The raid boss could actually be stuck. This was awesome beyond reason!
Jiang Xiao ignored what the others were thinking and concentrated on killing the raid boss, picking up materials for his little summoner.
Yue Ran looked at the trade window. “You’re giving me these??”
Jiang Xiao made an affirmative response.
As the shot caller, a portion of materials would naturally be divided to him. The rest were placed in the guild storehouse and would be allocated to others based on the guild leader’s decision. He said, “My main account has these, so they’re not needed.”
Yue Ran thought that made a lot of sense, so he accepted them and said, “Thank you.”
Jiang Xiao said, “Thanks is not needed when receiving gifts from your boyfriend.”
Yue Ran’s heartbeat increased as he turned away to ignore the other man.
Jiang Xiao looked at the time and found that it was past nine o’clock. He asked the youth if he wanted to go back. After getting a positive answer, Jiang Xiao walked the little summoner home from the internet cafe and naturally held his hand.
Yue Ran: “…”
Jiang Xiao reminded, “Don’t pull away, trial period.”
Yue Ran remained quiet.
Seeing the other wasn’t struggling, Jiang Xiao’s mood was immediately lightened as he happily walked the little summoner back to the dorm.
The night in September was neither hot nor cold, and the breeze blowing on their faces was very pleasant.
Yue Ran glanced at their connected hands and back at the surrounding people. When they arrived at the dormitory, he saw a certain roommate downstairs who was kissing his boyfriend.
He suddenly came to his senses and shook off Jiang Xiao’s hand, tossed out a goodbye and hurried in.
Jiang Xiao also saw the couple kissing. Knowing what the other was afraid of and he couldn’t resist the urge to laugh as he turned and walked away.
Yue Ran ran up the stairs in three and two steps, closed the door and had peace of mind.
Lin Qian turned to him in surprise. “Is there a monster chasing after you?”
Instead of answering, Yue Ran dragged a chair out under the table to sit down, ready to repair the short circuit in his brain.
Lin Qian came over and waved in front of the other. Seeing he was being ignored, he guessed, “You two…are official?”
Yue Ran looked up at his roommate, face full of questions.
Picking up a mirror from the table, Lin Qian put it in front of Yue Ran. “Look how red your ears are.”
“…” Yue Ran lightly slapped the mirror away. He went to the bathroom to take a shower, climbed into his bed and lay down, preparing to sleep.
He didn’t know whether it was from the stimulation of going to bed too early, but he didn’t fall asleep even after the lights-out. When the whole room was quiet, he finally fell asleep.
In his dream, he was back at the internet cafe’s private room again.
Jiang Xiao wasn’t acting like a gentleman this time. The senior pinched his chin and kissed him. It was unavoidable. He could only reach out and grab Jiang Xiao’s sleeve in vain, but where he reached for was empty.
He opened his eyes in question and saw Jiang Xiao laying on the ground, foaming at his mouth and twitching in his limbs.
He quivered suddenly and woke up the next moment.
No, thank you for your hard work! <3
I love this chap, they are finally together <3
XJ is so jelly and YR is absolutely adorable xD
The trial period will probably never end. Let’s hope that the nightmare doesn’t turn reality and that there won’t be a need for an operation. 🙂
Thanks for the chapter
Trial period? I don’t think it’ll end with how Jing Xiao is~
Thanks for the chapter! ❤️🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Thanks for the chapter ♥️♥️
That alpha is really shameless ahah. And our summoner doesn’t protest (too much) ~
Thank you for the chapter 😌
Foaming at the mouth??? Ranran…just how traumatized are you from the office worker passing out..
Poor baby, he doesn’t deserve being scared of his own pheromones…
Thanks for the chapter!
Lmao his dreams made it seem like JX just consumed an insect repellent lol.
….and thanks to a dream, the trial ended as fast as it begun…. ʘ‿ʘ
Somehow, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at that nightmare. Heartache for Yue Ran’s fear, but I also kinda find it funny. 😶
Thanks for the chapter!
Nooo what’s with the end of the chapter 😭 Ranran don’t be scared, it really won’t be like that.
Thanks for the chapter <3
Thanks for the chapter!
poor YR is just scared for JX qwq
thanks for the chapter <3
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
Aww I was happy when he dreamed of Jiang Xiao being more intimate cause I thought it was what Xiao Ran wants but it turns out to be a nightmare! T^T What an awful chapter ending…please don’t be sad Ran Ran!
If he doesn’t have a mutated pheromone, I probably would’ve laughed at his dream… but he has a mutated pheromone, the dream is not pleasant to think about.
Well maybe Jiang Xiao’s a dominant alpha… Weren’t dominant Alpha’s has his capacity to alter or mutate Omega’s pheromones and I believe this is more of a psychological effect to RanRan since he doesn’t have good experience with Alpha’s and most of them were bullies so he kinda developed this and he mutated… It’s more like a defense mechanism as I see it rather than really a mutation.
Oh my god, baby, nooooo ☹️☹️
Oh shit…
Awn this chapter so lovely, and this angst at the end! My heart!!! (ᗒᗩᗕ)
ahh that ending. it must’ve been pretty traumatising for ran ran, his past experience with alpha’s reaction to his pheromone.