Chapter 24

<details><summary>Characters List</summary></details>

<details>Le Han – Main Character</details>

<details>Gua Gua Gu – In-game main character’s name Daji / Enchanting Imperial Concubine – In-game alternate character’s name</details>

<details>Qi Xun – Male Lead</details>

<details>Mu Yi Cheng Zhou / Mu God – In-game main character Zhan Ge – In-game trumpet’s name</details>

<details>Zhou Yao – Qi Xun’s best friend</details>

<details>Meng Bu Meng – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Emperor of Qi – Zhou Yao’s husband</details>

<details>Lu Jiao – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Qin Yuyuan (Princess Qin) – Qi Xun’s pursuer</details>

<details>Axue – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Zhang Yang (Prince Tang) – Le Han’s pursuer</details>

<details>Qiao Rui – Le Han’s roommate and friend</details>

<details>He Yiming – Le Han’s previous crush and senior student</details>

<details>Zhao Yifei – Le Han’s high school classmate</details>

<details>Yu Manman – Le Han’s high school classmate and He Yiming’s ex-girlfriend</details>

Edited by: Byff

On the weekend, Zhou Yao was startled when he arrived at Qi Xun’s apartment.

The place that was usually messy was even messier than before. There were paper sheets scattered all over the living room floor and sofa. Rice Bucket was a clean dog; he was sitting pathetically in the corner as that was the only clear space where he could survive. When he saw Zhou Yao, he walked over affectionately, wagging his tail.

Qi Xun opened the door for Zhou Yao and went to the toilet with a bird nest on his head without saying a word. He looked so sloppy… Forget it; even if he was covered in filth, there would still be a group of people holding their faces and screaming ‘so handsome.’ After all, the face value was still there…

Zhou Yao said, “Wow, what’s going on with you…did you have a moment of inspiration, ah ?”

Seeing that Qi Xun didn’t respond, he bent down, picked up two pieces of paper, and looked at them.

Both pages were music scores with lyrics. Zhou Yao looked at the first page, hummed a few words, and thought, when did Brother Qi begin to write such romantic love songs?

Zhou Yao happily looked at the second page and saw that it was a sad love song.

He picked up the third page. Wow, it was even sadder!

Picked up the fourth one— uh, why did it suddenly turn into dark rock…

The fifth page, what the hell, it had the feeling of death metal!

After looking at several pages, Zhou Yao was in a mess. What kind of perverted metamorphosis did the person in the toilet experience? How did it change from pink love songs to dark death metal???

Just then, Qi Xun came out, stared at Zhou Yao faintly, and asked, “Which songs do you think are better?”

Zhou Yao looked at the music scores, and his eyes were naturally attracted by the love song. Thinking of the guy on the internet, he said happily, “Hehe. It’s obvious that love songs are better. We usually sing rock and roll, but occasionally we can still try love songs!”

Qi Xun: “Haha.”

Zhou Yao didn’t notice Qi Xun’s tone and still hummed the love song happily, boasting, “Brother Qi, you are really good at writing love songs.”

Qi Xun sat on the sofa and poured himself a glass of water. He asked calmly, “Have you had a good time recently?”

Zhou Yao had a sweet face. “Not bad, not bad!”

Qi Xun: “How are you getting along with that person from the internet?”

Zhou Yao sat down on the sofa, covered his face with the music score, and said in a nervous tone, “All right!”

Qi Xun: “Has there been any conflict between you two?”

Zhou Yao threw down the music score and loudly said, “I said it’s all right!”

Zhou Yao spoke shyly, but then he noticed that Qi Xun was staring at him with a distorted smile. He was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat— Had this guy been staring at him with that expression the whole time?

Was this a horror movie?

Zhou Yao cautiously said, “Brother Qi, why are you looking at me like this?”

Qi Xun gritted a sentence out of his mouth, “Have you ever played the Soft and Gentle Village map?”

“Soft and Gentle Village?” Zhou Yao said, “Yes, I have been there. What’s the matter? Both of us didn’t see anything. We went to the forum to find out what happened. Brother Qi, why are you asking this? Did you and your online partner go too?”

As soon as Qi Xun heard Zhou Yao say that they didn’t see anything, his face turned black with anger.

Look, Zhou Yao and his partner, like him, didn’t meet anyone!

And that Gua Gua met more than ten! More than ten!

It was too unfaithful, ba !

Qi Xun wasn’t in the mood to pay attention to Zhou Yao. He covered his lips and thought about life.

From last night to now, his mind was really messed up with anger.

Gua Gua didn’t come back after he went offline. He didn’t know if he would be online today, or did he want to continue avoiding him today?

When Gua Gua is online, he must prepare carefully and teach him properly……

Zhou Yao also noticed something at this moment and asked, “Brother Qi, you’re not quarreling with the one on the internet, right?”

Qi Xun raised his eyes and looked at him without saying a word.

Zhou Yao took this as a yes and asked in surprise, “Why are you so angry about this, ah ?”

Qi Xun gloomily said, “If it was you, you would also get mad.”

Zhou Yao was stunned and said stupidly, “No way. Why are you being so serious with things on the internet?”

Qi Xun put down his hand, looked at him, and said, “Do you think you are not serious enough now?”

Zhou Yao was totally stunned.

Qi Xun was not a person who would be casual just because it was online.

He began to take it seriously after he felt attracted to Gua Gua.

After all, Warring States captured the player’s brain waves to form heartbeat values. These heartbeat values were tangible. How could they be fake?

Only the players themselves thought it was ‘fake.’ Qi Xun didn’t know if they would regret thinking that everything was fake and make certain decisions based on that… Anyway, he knew from the beginning that he was serious.

Therefore, when he met Prince Tang at the World Congress, he said to the other party, “Don’t think that you are the only one who is serious.”

He was very calm and determined when he said it.

He didn’t know what Gua Gua thought, but he had his own attitude.

He planned to wait quietly and let their feelings develop. When he felt that the relationship between him and Gua Gua had reached a certain level, he would choose to take some actions.

It’s just that at present, the relationship between the two had not reached that point yet. Qi Xun felt that he and Gua Gua still needed some time to get along well.

But whether it was knowing that Gua Gua was pursued in reality or that it was easy for him to be moved, it had a big impact on Qi Xun’s judgment.

He was very calm when he thought about things, but he couldn’t calm down after encountering these two things.

Last night he even thought about directly telling Gua Gua that he had the ability to see him in reality!

He was so handsome! …Although Qi Xun rarely paid attention to his appearance in reality… It wasn’t that Qi Xun was unaware. He knew that he was good-looking! …He didn’t believe that after Gua Gua saw a handsome man like him, he would be moved by other people!

As soon as this thought emerged, Qi Xun was depressed.

He never thought that there would be a moment in his life where he would have to use his beauty to trap others!

What a failure!

Qi Xun was full of depression. Seeing that Zhou Yao was still standing there in a daze, he decided to attack this fool to vent his depression. “I didn’t mention your online partner just now. You looked at my music score and laughed like that. Who did you think of just now? Isn’t that serious?”

Zhou Yao’s brain crashed and said in a daze, “I, but I… I’ve never been in an online relationship…”

Qi Xun almost rolled his eyes; he said it as if he had been dating online.

Thinking of someone, Qi Xun paused again and said, “Speaking of which, how is your relationship with Luo Yan now?”

There was no answer.

Zhou Yao was shocked by Qi Xun’s question just now, and he was still in a daze.

…Stupid. Absolutely stupid.

Qi Xun shook his head, speechless.

And Luo Yan…

Qi Xun frowned. He felt that if he didn’t let Zhou Yao know the truth, there would definitely be problems later.

But this truth shouldn’t be told by him at all.

At night.

Le Han didn’t know what he thought. It was Saturday, but he didn’t go online all day.

Last night, some things in his head made him feel very depressed before going to bed, so he didn’t have any energy. He was also a little afraid that he would be questioned by Zhan Ge after going online.

Lying on the desk, he did some of his homework. Seeing that Qiao Rui had sorted out his things and was ready to go out, he asked casually, “Are you going to the bar to sing again?”

“Yeah.” Qiao Rui was still carrying a guitar on his back. He was the band’s bassist, but the group was very casual when they didn’t have an official performance.

Today someone could play the guitar and play the bass tomorrow, and it could also change to the drums or the keyboard. They were all versatile people, and very few could only play one instrument.

Qiao Rui looked at Le Han’s appearance and knew that he probably wouldn’t be able to play games today. He was a little surprised. He didn’t expect Le Han to be so affected by things in the game.

As a friend of Le Han, Qiao Rui hoped that Le Han wouldn’t indulge in online dating as much as possible. Although the internet wasn’t full of bad guys, there was a high probability that he had encountered someone unreliable.

…If this incident could cool Le Han’s head, it would be great.

With this in mind, Qiao Rui asked, “Would you like to go to the bar with me tonight?”

After hearing this, Le Han thought that he really didn’t want to go online tonight. Qiao Rui had invited him several times before, but he never went. It wasn’t good if he didn’t go this time, so he nodded and said, “Okay, wait for me. I’ll neaten up.”

Qiao Rui smiled. Seeing that Le Han got up and was putting on his coat, he said, “It’s a coincidence that Brother Qi and Zhou Yao will also be there today.”

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