Online Dating, Fooled 800 Times - Chapter 13

It was another early workday, and Xiang Kui rushed into the office, dragging her legs that felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.

This area was a newly renovated business district, dotted with office buildings. The people walking around were all sullen-looking office workers. At first glance, it looked like a scene from hell.

Someone on WeChat asked if she wanted a whipped coconut latte. Xiang Kui added a +1 to the reply chain and then accidentally flipped to the last message she had exchanged with Lin Xi, sent the day before yesterday. It was a 30-second voice message, 25 of which consisted of the other person laughing with tears in their eyes: “Hahahahahahahaha why is it so dramatic?!!”

Xiang Kui asked coldly, “Whose fault is it?”

“I’m sorry.” Lin Xi knelt skillfully and quickly returned with two pieces of information. “I asked a friend, and she helped me analyze it. The bad news is, male models of this quality and income are no longer ordinary male models. They can be picky about their clients. The good news is, of course, in the bar, they can only play some games and sing songs with them, but if the client is particularly suitable, there are no restrictions on socializing outside of the workplace… you know.”

Where did you find a friend who knows this kind of thing so well?

“But don’t worry!” Lin Xi’s impression of her always seemed to be distorted by 8 layers of filters. “If you just work hard and play the emotional card, won’t it be easy to get him in three months? Besides, she’s done her research. There weren’t any male models like him in the Chengjiang area before. He must have just… recently debuted.”

You originally wanted to say he was in the adult entertainment industry, right? And how did your friend find out? Are they part of a pair of genius hacker twins from a Billionaire’s Runaway Bride webnovel?

Entering the building, Xiang Kui immediately spotted her team lead’s familiar black T-shirt, with a bunch of eye-catching yellow bananas printed on the back.

Due to the nature of their work, the project team consisted mostly of young people, and there’s a high concentration of 2D subculture. Therefore, unlike the monotonous formal shirts, everyone’s clothing styles are very diverse.

Xiang Kui glanced down at her loose, slippery gray-green trousers, then glanced sideways at her unwelcoming expression reflected in the glass. She immediately straightened her lips and her back.

It wasn’t until fifth grade that she realized she had a natural tendency to look grumpy. She had been lost in thought when her homeroom teacher suddenly frowned and asked, “What are you unhappy about?” From then on, to avoid misunderstandings, she smiled by squinting her eyes whenever she met someone; it had become a mechanical habit.

“Xiang Kui,” the team leader said, noticing her, “Remember to come to the meeting later. I have something to discuss.”

Xiang Kui nodded and joined the queue, leisurely waiting to clock in.

Yesterday, she sent a message to a certain someone, but there was still no reply. Xiang Kui checked all his accounts. His Moments from the past month were visible, but he seemed to post pretty sporadically. The last one was a short six-second video, focusing on a colorful claw machine on the street.

The claw machine’s iron claws were pitifully small, shaking and trembling, giving off the delicate aura of a scammer, but it managed to precisely hook the strap of the white goose keychain and sling it away with a thrilling swipe.

The camera finally panned to a large hand casually clutching its prize. Xiang Kui could even vaguely see a faint mole on its wrist.

…Hands likey… No, calm down, Xiang Kui. Think carefully. Don’t fall for this guy’s trap! A new host earning that much was definitely no ordinary person. Do you think he’s simply documenting his life? No way. Every movement is carefully choreographed, deliberately creating an aura of ease and convenience, tempting you to purchase a champagne tower for him!

Beneath her stoic expression, her mind was filled with all kinds of messy thoughts. Seeing that the space in front of her was empty, Xiang Kui took a step towards the clock-in machine and raised her eyes to look directly at the camera. Unexpectedly, her shoulder bumped into someone else’s.

Someone held up her forearm, offering gentle support.

Xiang Kui froze, resisting the urge to pull her hand back. “Sorry.”

A voice came from above, “Are you okay?”

The hand quickly released itself. In her peripheral vision, she caught a glimpse of a sturdy, slender forearm at the cuff of his shirt, then caught sight of two plain silver striped rings. She stared at them for a few seconds, suddenly feeling a sense of familiarity.

Suddenly, realization dawned on her.

It was him, the young boss next door named Yue.

Men who would adjust their accessories to suit their attire were rare, and even rarer still were those with discernable style. Xiang Kui had only met him three times, and each time left a deep impression—of course, she wasn’t the only one watching him. Simply standing there, several hidden gazes darted towards their direction.

The check-in machine beeped, displaying Xiang Kui’s employment photo and name. Both of them glanced at the screen. Perhaps because of the need for professionalism in the photo, she had stared intently at the camera, her lips pressed flat, yet a subtle nervousness couldn’t be concealed, giving the impression of a cat trying to widen its eyes.

Xiang Kui noticed the person next to her gaze lingering on the character “Kui” for a few seconds. She raised her head and smiled at him with her eyes.

The other person’s lips curled back, and they nodded to each other, turned around, and went their separate ways.

Like lines that intersected by chance.

Xiang Kui thought, I didn’t expect someone with such a grumpy face to actually be so helpful.

Yue Qing was also puzzled. Why had she stared at his hands and collar three times in a row?

Never mind, he wouldn’t overthink it. Seeing how round-headed she was and how polite she looked, she was probably just introverted and afraid to meet people’s eyes.

At 7:30 pm, [Man-eating Sunflower] appeared in the main city promptly, fan on her back.

The first thing she did when she came online was check her Enemy List to see if [Rush] was online, but it was empty besides [Punishment] whom she had accidentally forgotten to remove.

She remembered that she had just removed [Rush] from her list yesterday. Now, to see if he was online, she had to create a smurf account—but was that necessary? She didn’t need to hunt him down anymore, so it didn’t seem necessary to know his whereabouts.

Why hadn’t he replied to her WeChat yet? Had he blocked her?

[Man-eating Sunflower: test]

[Rush: ? ]

[Man-eating Kui: *罒▽罒* Hand slipped.]

[Rush: Won’t your parents scold you for not doing your homework and spending all day online?]

No, because I’ve been a good student since I was a child.

Xiang Kui pretended not to see his message.

Dinner was udon noodles she’d made in her apartment. The weather was too hot, so she had no appetite. After cleaning up the dishes, she lazily slumped in her gaming chair, sipping a freshly pulled iced wheat beer from the freezer.

So… finish dailies first? Then find a group to do a dungeon, or recruit a random team for ranked matches?

It’s been a while since she’d played ranked, but finding a suitable random team isn’t easy. Her Kongshan Sect female avatar  flitted around like an ant under the main city quest board, distressedly realizing she had no interest in these daily routines today.

A bit boring.

[[Guild] Wait, Scolded Again: Kui! Come to YY! Something’s going on!!!]

The guild leader was as passionate as ever. As Xiang Kui entered the guild’s YY channel, she heard the smashing of keys and distressed cries cutting in and out with static due to someone’s poor equipment: “Ah! They’re hitting me! Help, help, help… No, I’m not losing health? Who are they hitting then? Who killed me, and who did I kill?”

“Me.” [Kicked the cripple’s good leg] spoke on the microphone for the first time, with a surprisingly gentle male voice. “You cancelled out my damage reduction. I’ve been dead under the stage for three whole minutes, and you haven’t noticed?”

“What’s going on? Why do you always die instantly?” Guild Leader Xiao Ma complained. “I’m losing all my points.”

Xiang Kui, “…” It turned out they were playing in a 5v5 ranked match.

Admittedly, she was quite reluctant to play ranked with people she knew. A 2v2 or 3v3 situation was fine; as long as they weren’t incredibly bad, she was confident she could carry the team. But with more people, it was easy to blame each other, spark conflicts, even a falling out was commonplace…

“But it’s okay!” Guild Leader Xiao Ma chuckled in a clear, articulate voice. “We’re all just as bad!”

Hm. With such a healthy mindset, a few rounds won’t be an issue.

“Xiao Kui, you’re here?” the guild leader noticed her. “Are you free now? Actually, I need your help with something.”

Xiang Kui typed “1” on the public channel.

Once the guild leader started, he couldn’t stop. After patiently listening to him rambling for a while, Xiang Kui finally understood what was going on. After over a month, a new member finally joined the guild—someone as clueless as her. The new member played a healer with the “Miaoshou Sect” skill. It was said that he’d bought a pre-made character, so he wasn’t very familiar with the skills. The guild leader, feeling kind, decided to take the newbie to play ranked.

This fight was a formidable one, bringing everyone’s scores from level ten down to level four, turning the newbie’s face green.

“She said her internet connection was about to be disconnected, so she had to leave the team to finish her dailies. But I just glanced at the public channel, and it seems those carpenter guild players are blocking Lingjiang Harbor again, trying to rob the escort. Xiao Kui, could you help protect the escort?” Guild Leader Xiao Ma was also quite puzzled. “Are universities so strict these days? Wifi is turned off at only 8 pm?”

Xiang Kui: “…”

Isn’t this clearly an excuse? It’s no different than “I accidentally fell asleep!”

That being said, ten minutes later, Xiang Kui’s two-person team saw an addition of the new Miaoshou Sect member, whose ID was [Sandalwood Scissors]. The two, riding horses, exchanged bewildered glances.

Wasn’t this person from the same guild as [Warlord Li Li]? Did she quit them to join?

Then again, there were too many members in [Prairie Fire], with at least a dozen new members joining every day. There’s no time for veterans to mentor the newbie.

But Xiang Kui had never taken in an apprentice before, so she didn’t know exactly how to lead one.

[[Team] Man-Eating Sunflower: Shall we go?]

[[Team] Sandalwood Scissors: Let’s go.]

[[Team] Man-Eating Sunflower: Wait, get off first.]

[Sandalwood Scissors] dismounted. [Man-Eating Sunflower] clicked to trade with them. While scrambling to find out “newbie essentials” on the forum, she added basic medicine items and three thousand gold to the trade panel. Then she mounted her horse and sent the other party a request to duo ride.

Sandalwood Scissors hesitated for a moment, then climbed onto the horse in a daze, sitting sideways behind her. The large flag on the saddle brushed against her hair. Surrounded by lush greenery, the two of them quickly headed towards Lingjiang Harbor.

[[Team] Sandalwood Scissors: This is my first time here, so I don’t know how to navigate.]

[[Team] Sandalwood Scissors: What skills should I use if I get attacked? /Eager eyes]

Xiang Kui took a look at the other player’s equipment and offered her most practical advice.

[[Team] Man-eating Sunflower: There’s gameplay for escaping, and there’s gameplay for fighting. You’re not very proficient yet, so it’s safer to turn around and run if you see a red-name character within 30 meters.]

[[Team] Man-eating Sunflower: If you can’t find a veteran player to lead you, you can wait at the quest station. Usually, someone from a big guild will come to organize a group in about two hours, and you can go together then.]

[[Team] Sandalwood Scissors: Wow, you’re amazing! /Starry Eyes /Starry Eyes]

[[Team] Sandalwood Scissors: Can you tell me about your skills? I still don’t know how to adjust the keymaps. I’m really worried about what I’ll do if I get killed by an enemy in the wild without knowing anything.]

[[Team] Sandalwood Scissors: QAQ]

[[Team] Man-eating Sunflower: Drag the main skills from the Martial Arts Secret Book and assign to convenient keys. Keep them neat and tidy.]

[[Team] Sandalwood Scissors: Wow, really? Is your keymap like this too? Can you give me some advice? /Starry Eyes]

Xiang Kui looked down at her chaotically cluttered key assignments: “…………”

The first column contained [Candied Haws], [Fried Egg], [Self-Severing Meridians], [Invisibility Charm], [Crow Transformation Potion], [Fun Action – Taunt], and fully automatic shouting:

[WYD you noob. /Pighead.]

Didn’t the guild leader say this newbie wasn’t talkative? And their tone was too stiff. Could they be a male player playing a female character?

[[Team] Man-Eating Sunflower: I’m not entirely familiar with the skills of the Miaoshou Sect either. I’ll tell you next time I have time. ^ ^]

[[Team] Man-Eating Sunflower: But don’t worry too much. There are still plenty of new players on the server, and the chances of running into enemies while doing daily quests aren’t very high.]

As long as you don’t offend too many people.

With that, the two crossed the map, passed Lingjiang Harbor, and entered another must-go area: Broken Wall Mountain. Broken Wall Mountain was shrouded in dust and sand, with ruins scattered across the ground. High-level monsters roamed everywhere, and few people lingered there.

Around a rock pillar, a familiar little loli in a lush green and green onion-colored outfit lay alone on the ground. A fierce, red-named character from the opposing faction stomped on her head and jumped up and down in anger.

[[Map] Thousand Sorrows: [Warlord Li Li] You idiot, aren’t you so awesome? You like putting up bounties? Didn’t you enjoy being killed? Why don’t you put up another one?]

[[Map] Solitary Night: [Warlord Li Li] Why didn’t you call your fake friends? Where’s your bootlicker? You idiot, you think you’re so powerful just because you have some money?]

[Warlord Li Li]’s health bar was empty, and her equipment’s durability was at 0%. She’d been trapped at the respawn point by these guys, and they’d probably killed her multiple times. She hadn’t moved or spoken, but she hadn’t logged off either.

Are you AFK?

[[Team] Sandalwood Scissors: Ah, so many red names, QAQ! What should we do?!]

Xiang Kui stopped, frowned, and glanced at the group’s profile cards.

From the [Without a Pair] Guild.

[Punishment] and [Precious Little Foam] weren’t online.  [Warlord Li Li] must have been killed while on a quest alone. Judging by the situation, she was here to seek revenge by herself.

The two people seated together on horseback were very conspicuous. The main account players, upon spotting them, checked their guild affiliation. When they saw that they were not from [Prairie Fire], they didn’t bother to stop them.

[[Map] Thousand Sorrows: Is the show fun to watch? If you want to do your quests, get the hell out of here and stay out of my way.]

[[Map] Solitary Night: Hey, aren’t you the girl who has problems with [Warlord Li Li]? Do you want to come and kill her a couple times too? It won’t cost you anything, so it’s a steal. Li *****, why are you so unpopular? Is it because you’re too ***** that you have no friends?]

[[Map] Jigsaw Pile: Is this really necessary…]

[[Map] Thousand Sorrows: [Jigsaw Pile], give me your coordinates if you dare. You’re itching to die too?]

The map was filled with these people’s malicious “hahahahaha”.

Xiang Kui was just about to move her mouse away from [Warlord Li Li] when the link between them suddenly turned red. Instead of disconnecting, the other person sent a snarky private message:

[[Private Message] Warlord Li Li: What are you looking at?]

[[Private Message] Warlord Li Li: You don’t really think they want to help you, do you? These toxic people are filthy as hell. If you don’t want to be scolded, just get out of here.]

Xiang Kui knew.

She had seen this kind of toxic group many times. They wouldn’t just “kill me once and I’ll kill you back” and then settle the matter like her and [Warlord Li Li] had. They played games simply to vent their negative emotions, doing whatever disgusting things they could. There are more female players in the healing sect, so they’re even more likely to deliberately target female characters and insult them. Their mouths are filled with vulgar and obscene rumors, a stench that no amount of blocked words can suppress.

[[Private Chat] Man-Eating Sunflower: Why don’t you call for help from the guild?]

[[Private Chat] Warlord Li Li: Today’s guild fight, we’re helping to defend the city, how can anyone come to help? Besides, I didn’t do anything wrong. They’re just killing small accounts, so I put a bounty on them, alright?]

[[Private Chat] Warlord Li Li: It’s none of your business anyway. Do I know you?]

[[Private Chat] Man-Eating Sunflower: Oh, then I’m leaving first. Bye. /Pighead]

[[Private Chat] Warlord Li Li: You!!!!!!]

After sending the message, Xiang Kui rushed to the quest hand-in with the [Sandalwood Scissors], leaving the scene without a backward glance.

The IDs of the several people quickly vanished from view.

[[Team] Sandalwood Scissors: They’re from the same faction, why don’t we help?]

[[Team] Man-Eating Sunflower: Want to help? If you encounter this situation, right-click the offending player’s post, select “Report Reason” – Personal Attack, and wait for the GM to handle it. Someone with such foul language would likely be banned for at least fifteen days.]

At the end of the mission, the Kongshan Sect female swiftly dismounted from her horse, signaled [Sandalwood Scissors] to hand over the mission, and then, five seconds later, suddenly vanished from the spot.

At the same time, layers of small potions and item buffs began to appear under [Man-Eating Sunflower]’s avatar status bar:

Invisibility, +30% Movement Speed, +40% Critical Hit, 3 Rage Levels…

[[Team] Man-Eating Sunflower: Do you know how to get back to the main city? Come on, give me some buffs. I need to leave now.]

[Warlord Li Li] was almost angered to death.

She said, “Getting killed a few times and cursing a few times won’t hurt,” but inwardly, with tears in her eyes, she typed in the Penguin chat room, her nails tapping the screen.

[ Li Li: Where are you all ! !]

[Punishment]’s instructor had called him in to do an experiment tonight, and [Precious Little Foam] and her accessory were on the high-speed train back home, at least four hours away.

She thought for a moment, wiped her face in anger, sniffed, and retracted the message.

What could she do now? They couldn’t access the game, so she could only lie on the ground and wait for the guild’s battle to end… but that wouldn’t be until eleven o’clock.

On the screen, those toxic people were still @ing her ID and hurling obscenities at her on the public channel, but she refused to log off, as if she were afraid.

A system notification sounded with a ding.

[System Notice: [Man-eating Sunflower] has applied to join your team.]

Her eyes widened, her eyelashes fluttering.

Hurry up and approve… Wait. She should delay fifteen seconds to not appear over eager.

[[Private Chat] Warlord Li Li: What’s the point of you joining? There are six or seven of them here. Do you think you can fight them all one-on-one?]

[[Private Chat] Man-Eating Sunflower: Oh, then I’ll be leaving first. Bye.]

[Warlord Li Li] pounced on the keyboard like a tiger, accepting the other party’s application to join the team.

This was the first time their IDs were side by side, which looked quite strange.

[[Team] Warlord Li Li: Don’t think everyone is as weak as me!]

[[Team] Man-Eating Sunflower: Don’t worry, there are strats to run and strats to fight. I have my own strat.]

As long as you select a target, you can see your invisible teammates. [Warlord Li Li] lay on the ground, watching [Man-Eating Sunflower sneak up on you from a distance. She couldn’t understand how this person had turned a squishy, ​​stationary late-game character like Kongshan Sect members into a deadly assassin. But then was then, and now is now. The number gap is too great. Even if [Man-Eating Sunflower] could surprise attack and trade one for one, there’s no way she could escape.

[Warlord Li Li] was still nervously mulling over her thoughts when the Kongshan, standing thirty feet away, activated her invisibility buff without hesitation. A faint golden glow flashed from her Heavenly-grade weapon, generously triggering its 40% critical strike bonus. Just like every time before, [Thousand Sorrows] failed to dispel his spell within the first two seconds and was instantly killed.

NICE!!!

[Warlord Li Li] had just clenched her fist when she saw several other powerful characters swiftly surrounding her. The Demon Clan adult male extended his long hook and yanked hard, causing [Man-Eating Sunflower] to noticeably slow down. It looked like there was no way she could escape—

[Man-Eating Sunflower] was heading her way!!

No, what kind of skill was this? Why hadn’t she seen any other Kongshan use it in the arena?

The Kongshan’s figure flickered, vanishing from view, untargetable, and temporarily withdrawing from the fight. This skill was completely useless, lasting only 0.5 seconds, but she was still casting it, standing still as she did so:

[Self-Severing Meridians].

After 0.5 seconds, she groaned and lay beside [Warlord Li Li].

Being killed by other players carries the risk of losing levels and equipment, but severing one’s own meridians doesn’t. And the perfectionist comrade, [Man-Eating Sunflower], even managed to switch his equipment to a clean set with astonishing speed before committing suicide, without even losing 1% of its durability.

The yellow text belatedly appeared:

[[World] Thousand Sorrows: [Thousand Sorrows] was brutally murdered by [Man-Eating Sunflower] at [Broken Wall Mountain], and dropped the equipment [Phoenix King Breastplate]!]

[[Map] Man-Eating Sunflower: [Man-Eating Sunflower] was brutally murdered by [Man-Eating Sunflower] at [Broken Wall Mountain]!]]

[System Notice: Thousand Sorrows Unending has been reduced from Lv. 100 to Lv. 99! 】

[[Map] Block Pile: Wow… Holy shit…]

[[Map] Ninth Order Rubik’s Cube: ???]

[[Map] Black Logic Cat: ??? How did they do that? Is there a kill replay? I’m so anxious!!!]

[[Map] Palm Pig: Where’s the kill replay? Do you think this is League of Legends?]

[Warlord Li Li] stared blankly at the screen as the team chat scrolled.

[[Team] Man-eating Sunflower: Of course, there’s a strat to die. /Yank off Sunglasses]

She almost burst out laughing, but quickly suppressed it.

[[Team] Warlord Li Li: In the end, we’re still dead on the ground together.]

[[Team] Man-eating Sunflower: That’s different~]

[[Team] Man-eating Sunflower: How can being embarrassed alone be the same as being embarrassed with others? Lying alone versus lying with two people—obviously the latter will be happier. ^ ^]

The end of the Far North.

Yue Qing, freshly showered, leaned over the screen, still damp from the shower. The white-haired swordsman was still leisurely collecting herbs.

Perhaps because the drop rate for the Glazed Heart item was so low, the Qiankun team had deliberately added an item called “Glass Fragments.” Collecting 100 fragments was enough to redeem a Glazed Heart, and it wasn’t tradable. Their sinister intentions were obvious.

Either spend a fortune and gamble on your luck, or diligently spend time collecting herbs, burning cards, and performing the Bonding Ceremony on the account that yielded the Glazed Heart. Lu Ze’s plan was incredibly thorough, so thorough that it made him feel like he’d been coerced into doing some illegal work.

He stopped collecting herbs on his character and subconsciously opened his enemy list to glance at the [Man-Eating Sunflower]. He’d already moved the mouse over it before he realized what was happening, and he couldn’t help but rub his brow in exhaustion.

What the hell was this person up to?

He wasn’t so gullible as to believe their words. He took them at face value.

Two hours into his online session, no one had bothered him. Yue Qing blankly clicked on the map, feeling this game was getting even more boring than it had been at the beginning.

[System prompt: [Knowing Autumn] has applied to join your team!]

Just as he clicked “Agree,” the other party’s noisy voice rang through his headset. “What’s the matter? Did she come to see you? I was just saying it casually the other day, and I didn’t expect it to be so accurate…”

“No,” Yue Qing interrupted. “What’s going on?”

“Nothing, I just wanted to ask if you want to play ranked,” Lu Ze said. “One dorm room and you are perfect for a 5v5. I’ve already thought of a team name. [I never give up—”

Yue Qing muted him and released him again after five minutes.

“Hello? Hello? Are you still there? Okay, okay, I won’t ask anymore.” Lu Ze pondered, “But you should find something else to do instead of collecting herbs all day. Wouldn’t it be more efficient for me to hire a child laborer for 250? And is this the end of your relationship with Kongshan? That’s impossible!”

The child laborer he was referring to was probably his underage internet-addicted younger brother. It was really noisy. Yue Qing put down his medicine hoe, teleported to Lingjiang Harbor, and prepared to do his daily routine. “What could possibly happen next? School starts at the end of the month. Should I fly over and help her copy her summer homework?”

“I think she’s well-spoken, not like an elementary school student.”

“True. After all, she won’t use emojis with you.” Yue Qing snorted, mounted his horse, and entered Broken Wall Mountain. “There are so many people in the game. If she doesn’t chase me, and I don’t have time to bother her, how many times can I run into her—”

Rounding a rock pillar, a familiar ink-wash robed Kongshan character and a green robed loli lay side by side on the ground. Nearby, an aggressive stranger from the same faction was jumping up and down wildly:

[[Map] Deeply Affectionate Road: [Warlord Li Li] [Man-eating Sunflower] You two are ****ing! ***F**** I am *****

[[Map] Wine Jug: [Man-eating Sunflower] were you the one that reported him? He’s been banned for half a month. Damn it, did you know he’ll be commanding [Without a Pair]’s offense and defense from now on?! ]

[[Map] Man-eating Sunflower: Everyone’s so energetic! But why are only two of us allowed to talk? Don’t the others want to? /surprised/covers mouth]

[[Map] Man-eating Sunflower: Brother Shang’s equipment stats are really good! It just falls off with a slight hit. It’s as flabby as his face. /shy/shy/shy]

[[Map] Wine Jug: Is the GM crazy? He muted us all but not her???]

[[Map] Building Blocks: She didn’t curse…at least I didn’t see it.]

Yue Qing: “……………………”

The unusual silence from the other end aroused Lu Ze’s confusion. “What’s wrong? Did you see anything?”

“Nothing.” Yue Qing looked at [Man-Eating Sunflower] lying on the ground, still engaging in a heated debate, and said calmly, “I don’t understand. We spend the same money, buy the same game cards, but why can someone play games so well?”

“Someone? Who is that someone? Hey, hey!”

The golden light of the weapon he was carrying was too bright. He didn’t even try to hide. He stood there quietly, and everyone’s attention was on this uninvited guest.

[[Map] Wine Jug: Boss, you’re an admin of [Without a Pair], right? This jerk is so shameless. Just raise a banner and I’ll pay for it.]

[[Map] Wine Jug: We just joined the guild. We’ll join the command position someday, so let’s get to know each other first.]

He looked at the screen full of asterisks, his brows furrowed. He didn’t move, but clicked on the [Man-Eating Sunflower]—who was also looking at him.

[[Private Chat] Man-Eating Sunflower: o(˙-˙)o]

[[Private Chat] Rush: ?]

[[Private Chat] Man-Eating Sunflower: I owe you 88 times. This time counts as just one, okay?]

[[Private Chat] Rush: Who’s so free?]

[[Private Chat] Rush: Put your little fists away.]

Xiang Kui was stunned.

The next second, the [Without a Pair] IDs under that group of people suddenly disappeared.

[Rush] kicked them all out of the guild.

[[Map] Wine Jug: ? ? What do you mean by kicking us out of the blue? ? ?!]

Besides the automatic kill call, this was the first time [Rush]’s ID appeared on the public channel.

[[Map] Rush: Oh, sorry, I’m a newbie and don’t understand the game.]

[[Map] Rush: I accidentally pressed the wrong button and was too lazy to fix it.]

Xiang Kui: I swear, this is true.