Since they decided to get married, everyone was considered acquainted.
Ahem, the logic of this sentence seems a bit strange...
So, for the next two days, Vivian followed Smiling Naihe around and even joined Smiling Naihe's regular team. The team was full of experts, two of whom Vivian had even PKed with before, but her understanding of them was limited to their IDs.
Vivian's first meeting with them went like this.
Monkey Wine: "Hoho, a newcomer."
George Yu Climber: "Naihe, who is this girl?"
Smiling Naihe: "My fiancée."
He said it so naturally that Vivian was momentarily speechless, then typed a smiley face: "Hello everyone ^_^
Mozar Ta: "Wow, sister-in-law."
George Yu Climber: "Wow, even the eternal bachelor is getting married."
Everyone teased and congratulated them for a while, then someone suddenly said, "Sister-in-law's ID seems familiar."
"Now that you mention it, I think so too. Hasn't sister-in-law been on the leaderboard?"
The straightforward Monkey Wine said, "I remember now, isn't Reed Vivian the ex-wife of Jason Purewater?"
The team fell silent, and the atmosphere became a bit awkward. Vivian was about to explain that they were getting married for the PK tournament when she saw Naihe calmly type a line: "Yes, your sister-in-law was previously married to the wrong person, so don't discriminate against her."
Vivian choked on her chips.
From then on, Vivian realized: when doing quests with Naihe, never eat snacks or drink water. Otherwise, if he says something shocking, she'll either choke or spray the monitor.
Playing with this group was undoubtedly a blast. First, everyone got along well, and second, the efficiency was incredibly high. Previously, when Vivian teamed up with people from her guild, it took forever to defeat a boss, but here, it was done in no time. Speaking of which, Naihe was a master. His profession was a musician. In "Dreaming of Jianghu," the musician profession was a bit awkward, being a jack-of-all-trades but master of none. Simply put, they could solo, group attack, assist, and heal, but their attack wasn't as strong as a swordsman or a blade master, and their support and healing weren't as good as specialized support professions, making them a bit of a chicken rib.
But it was different with Naihe.
Naihe's healing skills were on par with professional doctors, and his operations were powerful, with precise positioning, leaving his teammates with no worries and no need to take care of him. Once, when the boss was almost defeated, Smiling Naihe, who had been acting as a doctor, suddenly drew a sword from his guqin and struck the boss's vital point. The boss fell with a huge red word above its head.
The "Sword in the Guqin" was the only decent attack skill of a musician, and Vivian had seen it many times, but she had never seen such a high damage value, almost catching up with her own. Vivian was so jealous she wanted to cry; it must be because his equipment was too strong!
With this example, when Vivian saw Smiling Naihe's pet, she was no longer surprised.
Naihe's pet was a white kitten.
Vivian's pet was a mighty tiger.
When the tiger couldn't defeat the kitten, what else could Vivian think?
But Naihe, after seeing Vivian's pet, observed it for a long time and then said, "After we get married, let's have our pets get married too."
Pet marriage was a feature in "Dreaming of Jianghu" that was different from other online games. If male and female players got married and their pets were of the same species, the pets could also get married, and a small skill would be randomly generated. It was said that under certain conditions, they might even have offspring.
Vivian said, "But they're different species."
Smiling Naihe said, "Mine is a mutant cub."
So this kitten was also a tiger. No wonder it had a "king" pattern on its forehead. Vivian finally regained some self-esteem. A tiger losing to a tiger wasn't too embarrassing.
"Sure, let's have them get married," Vivian said happily. The kitten was a divine beast, while her tiger was just an ordinary one she caught herself. It was definitely a high climb, Vivian casually asked, "Is your kitten female?"
"No, it's male."
"...My tiger is also male."
Vivian was depressed. Indeed, marrying a divine beast wasn't easy...
*** *** ***
The wedding day was Saturday. Early in the morning, Vivian went to the library to study as usual. To be honest, Vivian was quite diligent. She had to be; in such a school, in a computer science department, every student was top-notch, and falling behind even a little meant getting beaten.
Studying until after four in the afternoon, Vivian couldn't sit still, constantly checking the time. As soon as it hit five, she quickly packed her books and headed to the cafeteria. After eating, she returned to the dorm to log into the game. Smiling Naihe wasn't online, and the other team members' names were also dim. The leveling maniac Bella Vivian went off to slay monsters alone. Just as she was happily slaying, her roommates returned.
Vivian's dorm was a four-person room. Besides Vivian, there were Sally, Cecilia, and Erica, all from the computer science department, and they were the only four girls in their sophomore year.
"Vivian, stop playing. At six, our department has a basketball game against the biochemistry department. Let's go watch," Sally said while changing clothes.
Vivian shook her head while slaying monsters: "You guys go ahead, I have something to do today."
"Come on, what could you possibly have to do? It's just playing games. Let's go, David said Nai Shawn will be there today."
"Ah! Really? Nai Shawn!!" Cecilia and Erica exclaimed together.
Vivian also turned her starry eyes.
Although Sally wanted this effect, seeing her roommates like this, "I can't stand you guys, are you fangirls or what? Look at Vivian, so calm."
Vivian quickly raised her hand: "Don't wrong me, I'm a fangirl too."
To be honest, the four girls in Vivian's dorm were not very fangirlish, but there are always people in the world who make it seem abnormal not to fangirl over them.
For example, Nai Shawn.
Nai Shawn from the computer science department, a top figure at University A. If University A had a ranking like in games, Nai Shawn would undoubtedly be number one. Not to mention his astonishing talent in computer software and the honors he brought to the school in international programming competitions like ACM, just the fact that he was proficient in guzheng and Go, and had represented the school in swimming competitions and won gold, made him unattainable. Coupled with his elegant and refined appearance, it was hard not to be captivated.
However, despite being fangirls, no one in their department dared to approach him. On one hand, he rarely came to school, so they weren't familiar with him, and on the other hand, he was so high up and arrogant, with an air of indifference that made people hesitant to approach.
Vivian had only seen him a few times from afar, one of which was when she saw him reject a girl from another department. The girl stopped him and handed him something like a letter, probably a love letter, but he didn't even glance at it, let alone take it, and just walked past.
Strangely, despite his arrogance, he was well-liked among the boys. The guys in their department respected him, and it was said that he had registered a company outside early on, and many experts from their department had been recruited by him.
There were many legends about Nai Shawn, some even from the teachers, because his parents were professors in the history and archaeology departments at the school. It was said that Nai Shawn's parents were both aloof and old-fashioned, sticking to a life of poverty, but Nai Shawn seemed to have a genetic mutation, knowing how to start a business with relatives in middle school. At that time, computers were not widespread, and it was the best time for internet cafes. There were even rumors of him making a fortune in real estate and stocks, but it was hard to tell what was true.
As a small fry in the computer science department, Vivian was naturally a fan of the great god. She had a few very useful small software on her computer, which were the handiwork of the great god from years ago. The great god was already a senior this year, and she would definitely see less of him in the future. Vivian looked at the game, Smiling Naihe's avatar was still dim, and then at the time, it was 5:40. She decisively turned off the computer and went to the basketball gym with her roommates.
When they arrived, the gym was already buzzing with people. Sally's boyfriend, David, was waiting at the door to meet them and led them to their reserved seats.
As they walked, Sally asked, "David, where's Nai Shawn? Didn't you say he would be playing?"
David was displeased: "Are you here to see me or Shawn?" David was a main guard on the computer science basketball team and would definitely be playing today.
Sally dismissed him: "Of course, I'm here to see Nai Shawn. What's so interesting about you?"
The other three girls nodded in agreement, leaving David speechless and sulking for a while before saying, "Shawn probably won't play, and it's uncertain if he'll even come. It seems he has something urgent."
The girls were a bit disappointed. If their eyes had been shining with 100 watts of light just now, it was probably down to 10 watts now. But fortunately, the lively atmosphere in the gym soon got them excited again.
Just as they were waiting for the game to start, a tall boy in a computer science jersey walked up to them, or more accurately, to Vivian. He looked down, stammering and unable to speak, his ears turning red.
Sally and the others immediately thought, "Here we go again!"
Sure enough, after hesitating for a long time, the tall and athletic boy finally said, "Vivian senior, if we win, can I treat you to a late-night snack?"
Vivian calmly looked at him and asked, "Do you think you'll lose?"
"Of course not!" The boy raised his head, provoked.
"Then good luck!" Vivian smiled kindly, like an elder, encouraging the junior.
"Yes! Senior! I will definitely win!"
The junior, greatly encouraged, ran into the court with the ball to warm up.
"..."
"..."
"..."
These were the thoughts of Sally, Erica, and Cecilia.
Erica said, "This junior is so easy to fool."
Cecilia disagreed: "I hate these little kids who use the outcome of a game to coerce people. If Vivian refused, would they blame her if they lost?"
Sally: "Our Vivian is getting better at rejecting people!"
Vivian chuckled twice, pretending to be modest: "You're too kind, too kind. It's just practice."
And then someone was undoubtedly beaten up, a typical case of asking for it.