Fang JingXing sent Xie ChengYan a message: Where are you?
Xie ChengYan replied very quickly: Just finished filming a commercial, sitting in the car and returning home right now.
Fang JingXing: Did you bring your Wandering Dreams equipment?
Xie ChengYan: No, why?
Fang JingXing: How long do you have until you get home?
Xie ChengYan: About 40 minutes. What is going on?
Fang JingXing: About to die.
Xie ChengYan understood instantly: ……
He typed back quickly: You did all of that last night, only to survive for one more day?
He added immediately: No, not even one day. It hasn’t even been 24 hours.
Fang JingXing screenshotted the squad info and sent it to him.
Seeing it, Xie ChengYan was stunned briefly and then reacted immediately afterwards, falling over in his seat in laughter. His little assistant jumped in shock. Seeing the other laughing nonstop, he asked curiously. Xie ChengYan waved his hand with a smile and replied to his good friend: Change yours to four, then add your family’s five, and it will be a full set.
Fang JingXing stopped replying to him.
More than 40 minutes to return, the food will already be cold by then. Xie ChengYan couldn’t save the day here.
Who knows if these three fans are brainless or not. If brainless and he messaged them privately out of the blue, the situation might become even more uncontrollable.
Fortunately, he changed his voice during lunch. Otherwise, a ‘milky voice Abysswalker + Wardcaster’ group might have been too suspicious. He would have died instantly.
He was busy thinking of countermeasures when he heard a certain someone open his mouth.
Jiang Chen said: “Does this love’s number slip of yours have 45678 coming up behind?”
These three fans were all very young, and have never heard of this old and famous song lyric, but felt this label actually sounded pretty good.
The Cleric said: “Yes, but there’s no five.”
Fang JingXing: “……”
This was exactly what he was afraid of.
Jiang Chen said: “Why?”
Several months have already passed since his dungeon experience in the Beta. Jiang Chen has long since forgotten the nonsense at that time. It wasn’t until seeing these IDs now that he remembered, because “Love’s trash” was really very easy to remember.
However, he didn’t connect this to himself. It’s just that he had past experiences of being a team captain and he was about to command these people that he was not very familiar with, so he wanted to pick a topic to talk about.
The Warrior said: “Because Love’s five is our Captain Fang’s friend. We must show them a certain degree of respect.”
Jiang Chen was taken aback: “En?”
Fang JingXing said: “Ge, I know about this matter. When Captain Fang was playing the beta, he posted a status update, writing “Love’s five, waiting for you online’. At that time, it even became a trending search.”
Jiang Chen was stunned again and replied with a simple ‘oh’.
When that guy tried to add him as friend, he seemed to have mentioned searching for him the entire time. So he also ended up posting a status update online.
Fang JingXing carefully assessed this ‘oh’, but couldn’t hear any emotions of happiness or anger from the sound.
The Cleric said: “Who knows if our Captain Fang found the person. That was actually his first time looking for someone online.”
Jiang Chen said: “Are you all his fans?”
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.
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He couldn’t hold back: “Have you guys ever considered that perhaps the five does not represent a number?”
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Fang JingXing: “……”
En, you guys were successful.
As they spoke, they encountered the first wave of mobs in the dungeon. Before Jiang Chen said anything, the Warrior already charged over.
He observed briefly, felt there were no issues, then said as he fought: “What’s the use, it’s not like he’s on this server.”
The Cleric said gloomily: “He was here yesterday.”
Jiang Chen was surprised: “En?”
“……” Refusing to sit and wait for death, Fang JingXing jumped out voluntarily: “I didn’t tell you this before?”
Jiang Chen said: “No.”
Fang JingXing said: “Oh, then I might have forgotten.”
He said: “Yesterday, Captain Fang live streamed the server launch and fans managed to find out that he was on our server, Mercury Reflects Fate. He didn’t want to be disturbed while leveling up so he decided to switch servers.”
Jiang Chen recalled that guy’s treacherous personality and commented: “He might not have really switched.”
Fang JingXing: “……”
Brandishing a steel spear vigorously like a tiger, the Warrior smiled heartily: “We guessed the same as well, so we decided to stay and keep playing.”
Fang JingXing followed up, saying: “Hope he’s still here.”
Then he quickly switched the topic: “Oh right, Ge, did you know that he’s childhood friends with Xie ChengYan?”
Jiang Chen instantly felt surprised: “I didn’t.”
Fang JingXing said: “They grew up together. Xie ChengYan also likes Wandering Dreams. Captain Fang always played together with him before. Captain Fang was on this server yesterday, then Xie ChengYan is very likely here as well. If he switches servers, then Xie ChengYan will also switch.”
Jiang Chen: “How unfortunate.”
Fang JingXing: “?”
Love’s 123 sorrowfully: “That’s right!”
Fang JingXing ignored the fans and verified: “Ge, you also hope he’s still here?”
Jiang Chen replied with an ‘En’.
He has yet to speak with his own nephew. His nephew didn’t know he was alive either. If he was still here, they could at least play the game together.
However, he couldn’t say this so he said: “Don’t you like them? If they’re here, you will have a chance to meet them.”
So it was for my sake?
Fang JingXing fell silent.
The Cleric became excited and looked towards him: “We also like those two! Are you a CP fan? The three of us are all CP fans. They match so well! Who knows, perhaps they’ve already gotten together long ago!”
The two Aces practically opened their mouths at the same time.
Jiang Chen, in disdain: “Those two?”
Fang JingXing said: “Really?”
The Cleric said: “I feel like it is so. Just look, you guys, Xie ChengYan is a popular celebrity. How could he casually reveal his relationship to the public, am I right?”
Fang JingXing didn’t mind CP fans and this just happened to diverge the topic; it’s great that they shipped CP. He asked: “Got any candy?”
Love’s 123 said in unison: “Yes!”
The three people didn’t even wait for his request and hastily dug out the food they stored to post in the squad channel. At the same time, they also told them all kinds of gossip.
During the conversation, Fang JingXing learned that they were all girls. The Warrior was playing a male character, but was actually a girl.
Girls were happiest shipping CP.
Even by the time they reached the boss’s lair, they did not mention yesterday’s live stream again.
Fang JingXing was very pleased with this.
Expressionlessly listening to his own nephew and a certain guy’s candy the entire journey and finally close to being released from this suffering, Jiang Chen said coldly: “Hit the boss, any more nonsense and I’ll kick you out.”
The four CP fans instantly fell silent like chickens.
Jiang Chen looked towards the Warrior: “Can you hold the aggro?”
The Warrior said: “Probably.”
Jiang Chen didn’t want to use a squishy to slowly grind the boss down either, and said: “Then the Warrior will start the boss. Assassin, stand on the right side. Cleric, come stand next to me……”
He commanded methodically, utilizing his professional skills to guide the tempo perfectly. This was the first time Fang JingXing watched him command. Feeling pleasantly surprised, he became even more ardent about signing the other, and obediently moved according to his commands.
The dungeon was defeated extremely easily and smoothly. Even when the boss selectively confused people midfight, the Wardcaster was able to successfully stabilize the situation. None of the three fans were rookies and could tell he was an expert. They said: “You’re so strong.”
Fang JingXing was terrified they’d mention the Wardcaster from yesterday’s live stream and said: “Let’s add friends then. We can fight dungeons again in the future when there’s the chance.”
The three people had no objections and added them as friends.
Jiang Chen looted the corpse and distributed the items that dropped. He discovered that there were no Wardcaster or Abysswalker gear again this time. Thinking to himself that he shouldn’t be the one looting the corpse next time, he exited the dungeon and bid them farewell. Looking at the time, he discovered that there was only five minutes until 9:30pm and knew he couldn’t play anything else. Therefore, he educated the little newbie on sleeping early and planned to go offline.
Fang JingXing called out to him: “Wait, are you getting online at 8:30am again tomorrow?”
Jiang Chen said: “En, you behave and go to class.”
Fang JingXing promised, watched his figure vanish, and then let out a long breath.
The three fans didn’t walk far. Upon seeing this, they backtracked.
None of them were blind. They could tell that this Wardcaster was very strong, so they utilized the friendship they built through sharing CP candy to ask curiously: “Is your Ge the Wardcaster from Captain Fang’s live stream yesterday?”
Fang JingXing looked at them silently.
The three fans also looked back at him, waiting for the answer.
Fang JingXing said: “Never asked. I’ll help you guys ask tomorrow.”
The three fans said okay and left in satisfaction.
Fang JingXing then contacted his friends to group up for 10-man dungeons, planning to obtain gear for the Wardcaster. Half-way, he received a greeting and inquiry of health from the Movie King. He replied that he was still alive, then asked if the other was free tomorrow.
Xie ChengYan: I have to take a flight tomorrow afternoon to film a tv show.
Fang JingXing: As long as you’re online in the morning.
Xie ChengYan: ?
Fang JingXing: I want to confess the truth to him.
Xie ChengYan: !!! Are you serious?
Fang JingXing: Serious.
He has never liked being a passive person and didn’t want to live in such trepidation anymore.
Furthermore, he had made this decision after deep reflections and careful considerations. He needed to ‘go to class’ during the day. What if that kid encountered his fans again? What if he played another dungeon with those three? Who will be around to change the topic at that time?
Rather than letting the Wardcaster find out the truth from other people’s mouths, it’d be better to say it himself.
Seeing that word, Xie ChengYan knew that he had already decided.
He was speechless: If this was going to happen, why even bother the whole runaround yesterday?
Fang JingXing: Yesterday, I didn’t realize that I had to go to school and do homework.
Xie ChengYan took a moment to take this in and then fell over laughing again.
Fang JingXing closed the chat window and played with friends until 12am. He didn’t go offline for the moment, but instead went to explore the map on his own, wanting to pick a good place.
A streamer friend just happened to pass by and saw him walking back and forth holding fireworks, as if checking the angle. He couldn’t help but step forward and ask: “What are you doing?”
Fang JingXing said: “Searching for a place to set off fireworks, preferably a quiet place.”
That streamer was surprised: “When do you plan to use it?”
Fang JingXing said: “Tomorrow morning.”
The streamer said: “There aren’t a lot of people in the morning…… Oh, I know a place.”
Saying this, he took Fang JingXing to a new district near the lake, then took him swimming to an island in the middle of the lake and asked: “Is this okay?”
Fang JingXing examined the tree branch above his head and said with a smile: “It works, thanks.”
The streamer said: “No need to be polite.”
The two people returned the way they came. The streamer hesitated for a few seconds and was just about to ask a few more questions when he saw Fang JingXing wave at him and then go offline directly.
He contemplated briefly. Unable to hold back from opening the group chat, he sent out an explosive message.
Captain Fang might confess to someone tomorrow!
Sure enough, the group exploded.
“???”
“Oh fuck, to who?”
“Is it that Wardcaster? He’s been asking only for Wardcaster gear these last two days!”
“That’s a possibility!”
“Are you sure about this?”
The streamer said: “I’m sure. He has the fireworks and location prepared already and it’s tomorrow morning!”
He recounted what happened.
Imagining that scene, the people within the group felt somewhat regretful.
This grand and majestic league Adonis… was actually picking out a place to confess all in his lonesome.
As his bros, how could they tolerate this? It’s one thing if they didn’t know, but now that they know, they couldn’t just sit around and watch!
They needed to help!
Something hilarious is about to happen next chapter 🤣🤣
Thinking about the possible ways this “confession” could go I’m having a really hard time imagining a route that doesn’t end with Captain Fang getting blocked.
Same here 🤣🤣🤣
Oh oh oh😂
Pfft- here comes the dreaded “help” HAHAHAHAHAH
Oh, bleep… this won’t be awesome… hahahahahahaha! Thanks for the update 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️
Next chapter is so going to be hilarious
Thanks for the chapter
Oh boy i can smell the shenanigans of the next chapter already ♪～(´ε｀ )
lmao I can smell the scent of rejection from a mile away, the rejection of joining the team and the rejection of love… 😂😂😂
Oh, time for shame
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