This chapter is updated by wuxiaworld.eu\nWei Wei isnât worried since the Great Master has never come late, but itâs also normal for him to be a few minutes behind. The clock continues ticking; 7:45pm comes before she knows it. Wei Wei is starting to worry. Although she knows that NaiHe is not online, she canât help but to send him a messageââ
\nâAre you there?â
\nNaturally, she doesnât get a response.
\nTwo minutes later, she sends another one. Wei Wei stops sending them after a while and refreshes NaiHeâs name continuously instead; the system reminds her repeatedly that the player is not online, so she cannot refresh his profile.
\nYuGong, MonkeyWine, and the others are also in grey.
\nNot online.
\n \n7:50pm.
\nWei Wei shows up in front of the NPC at the entrance by herself. The team setup symbol sits on top of her avatar, but she is the only one present in the team.
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Many players have already started to gather around the NPC; the top couples elimination rounds and the finals are open for an audience to watch. These people standing outside are all waiting to buy tickets to go inside. But theyâre getting curious as to why ReedWeiWei (HumbleReed) is standing there alone, so they start discussing in front of her.
\n[Local][BugGnawingLettuce]: âHow come thereâs only ReedWeiWei? Whereâs ASmileNaiHe (WhyNotJustSmile)?â
\n[Local][FishingWire]: âHeâs not going to be late, is he?â
\n[Local][963]: âItâs such an important competition and heâs late?â
\n[Local][NotWearingUndiesIsVeryRefreshing]: âThereâs still ten minutes, so no need to be anxious. Top expert players always come late.â
\n \n7:55pm.
\nWei Wei ignores all the discussions and calmly leaves NaiHe a messageâââIâm waiting for you in front of the NPC at the entrance. Just come over directly.â
\n \nThe bystanders continue their discussions.
\n[Local][DingDingCleanse]: âThereâs not much time left. How come heâs still not here?â
\n[Local][RocketTurtle1.0]: âCould it be that heâs not coming?â
\n[Local][IdiotBaby]: âHoly, could history repeat, and these two are also getting a divorce?â
\n[Local][daydreamer]: âDoesnât seem like so. If theyâre divorcing, why would ReedWeiWei still be standing here?â
\n[Local][ThunderboltCallsWow]: âIâd say, maybe ReedWeiWei got dumped again!â
\n \n8pm.
\nMore and more friends are messaging Wei Wei at this point. Wei Wei opens and closes them one by one. In the end, she clicks on her mouse and closes her chat window with NaiHe.
\n \nThe crowd slowly dissipates.
\n[Local][â SingleForLife]: âLetâs leave, letâs leave. Old man here is bored.â
\n[Local][âCheNingâ]: âYet I thought we were gonna see an awesome PK competition today. Good thing I didnât buy a ticket.â
\n[Local][DogTailGrass]: âItâs like hogging the toilet and refusing to take a dump. If youâre not going in to compete, why arenât you leaving? The other server is getting crowned the champion without a fight. Disgusted.â
\n[Local][jager]: âYou canât really say that. If it werenât for ReedWeiWei and ASmileNaiHe, our server might not have made it to the finals.â
\n[Local][RoManTic]: âLetâs wait and see. Thereâs still 3 minutes of preparation time. They can still enter the competition during the 3 minutes.â
\n[Local][July]: âI donât think heâs coming. Sigh, I think ReedWeiWei is quite pitiful.â
\n[Local][LittleRainMianMian (ContinuousLittleRain)]: âShe is quite pitiful indeed, hoho.â
\n \n8:02pm.
\nWei Wei clicks on the NPC, wanting to enter the arena herself, but the NPC prompts: âYou must enter the arena with your husband.â
\n \n8:03pm.
\nThe system bot announces that due to ASmileNaiHe and ReedWeiWei forfeiting, the couple from another server is the winner of the PK competition.
\n \n8:03pm.
\nWei Wei exits the online game.
\n \n*********
\n \nâI think thereâs something wrong with Wei Wei for these past two days.â
\nXiao Ling says prudently at night in their dorm room as she fixes her gaze on Wei Wei, who is wearing headphones and doing something on the computer.
\nâThatâs normal. Itâs exam time. She turns into a vicious monster every examination period,â Er Xi answers without lifting her head as she continues to write with a pen.
\nâBut sheâs not playing games online.â
\nâThatâs normal. If she plays games right now, she wonât be able to get a scholarship. If she canât get a scholarship, she wonât have money to play games next semester,â Er Xi continues to write without pausing and asks, âHow come you still have the time to care about Wei Wei? Werenât you full of tears just the day before? Howâs Da Zhong doing?â
\nâHeâs fine. He did it to himself. It was his fourth-year seniors having a graduation dinner and he was thick-skinned enough to tag along. See what happens? They get into an accident.â
\nXiao Ling gets angry from talking about it and starts criticizing her boyfriend, and neglects Wei Wei.
\n \nWei Wei, who is immersed in her own world, obviously doesnât know that her roommates have been talking about her. She is busy watching the video of the female thief abducting a man. She has not been on the game for the past two days; besides studying, she has been watching the video over and over again. Even when she does not want to play it, after memorizing some vocabs, she canât resist watching. Her heart feels stuffy, and the feeling just wonât go away; it seems to feel a bit better only when she watches the video.
\nOr more precisely, only when she sees that silhouette.
\nASmileNaiHe.
\nASmileNaiHe.
\nWei Wei repeats his name in her heart as she stares blankly at the computer screen.
\nOn the screen, the white robed musician is standing on Sunset Summit accompanied with simple and depressing music. The shadow of his back looks lonely and desolated; it reminds Wei Wei of how she felt when she stood in front of the NPC by herself to enter the arena that day.
\nShe was probably in a panic at the time.
\nShe wasnât angry because she was stood up or because she couldnât compete. She felt helpless, anxiety, and fright. In the very last few minutes, she couldnât stop thinkingââ
\nHow come NaiHe is still not here?
\nCould it be that he is never coming back?
\nThere are too many players who leave without saying goodbyes; could NaiHe also disappear this way?
\n \nShe canât stop herself from watching the video for the past few days. She keeps thinkingââIn the years to come, could this video be the only evidence that she and NaiHe have once been togetherâŠâŠ
\n \nSigh~~~~~
\nWei Wei lies powerlessly on her bed and donât know what to say about herself.
\nHow did she suddenly come up with this absurd and ridiculous train of thought? Maybe NaiHe couldnât come because something came up. Why is she taking the matter so seriously? Furthermore, all she needs to do is to log into the game to see if NaiHe has really disappeared for good. Why is she refusing to sign in?~~~~
\n \nHer thoughts continue to be in a mess while the story of the female thief comes to an end; the music plays mournfully as the image pauses on the white robed musician and the red clothed heroine until it fades to white.
\nWei Wei wipes her tears. The video is so incredibly good that she is in tears again after watching it. To be honest, the video is very moving when you watch it the first time, but after you watch it many times, youâll become numb.
\nBut sheâs actually crying again this timeâŠ.
\n \nWei Wei stares at the image of the elegant white robed musician, and slowly and silently, a strong sense of realization crosses her heartâŠâŠ
\nShe quickly snaps her laptop close, throws away her headphones, and buries her head underneath her pillow.
\n \nOh no, oh no, she has become sentimental all of a sudden.
\nOh noâŠâŠ
\nShe seems to have fallen in love.