Vivian dashed offline in a fraction of a second.

In the minute after logging off, Vivian's thought was: Luckily, I ran fast.

A minute later, Vivian began to reflect: Why did I log off? It was just a joke, running away like this makes me seem guilty. No, I must face it calmly. If I can't be calm, then I must be extremely calm.

So Vivian climbed back online, and as soon as she logged in, she saw her white-robed husband and Mozar Ta standing together. Before they could speak, Vivian sent an angry emoji.

"I just got disconnected!"

"..."

In a male dormitory at University A, a certain boy named Howard Mei choked and turned to look at the person next to him, who had casually placed a laptop on his lap to log into the game: "Your wife is truly a genius."

"You're too kind," Nai Shawn replied modestly, though his face showed a "my wife is indeed a genius" expression, a slight smile playing on his lips as he watched the computer screen, his long fingers slowly tapping on the keyboard: "The campus network is indeed unstable."

This time, it was Vivian's turn to choke.

Why did she feel so uneasy seeing the great god respond so smoothly? Vivian couldn't help but think of that unfortunate guy named Darkblood Oath who had offended the great god long ago. The great god showed no signs before striking. Clearly, he is a patient player who believes in the saying "revenge is a dish best served cold." Forget it, if it's a bomb, it's better to detonate it early, rather than letting it explode more violently the deeper it's buried.

However, although Vivian had decided to face life heroically, she couldn't help but struggle a bit. As the saying goes, attack is the best defense...

So.

Vivian: "Uh, I heard someone called you to confess today."

As soon as this line appeared, Nai Shawn glanced at Howard Mei. Howard Mei stared straight at the computer, a drop of cold sweat trickling down his forehead.

Nai Shawn smiled slightly, responding calmly.

Smiling Naihe: "Today, someone only called to invite me to play the guzheng at the graduation party."

"..."

After a moment of silence.

Mozar Ta: "George Yu is calling me to scrub his back, I'm logging off."

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared.

Vivian wished she could drag him back and give him a good beating. How could he report false information like this, causing so much trouble?

In the game, by the lotus pond, the white-robed musician had already sat down and was playing the zither leisurely, "Rest assured, my lady, I've never been confessed to from childhood to adulthood."

Vivian was speechless. If you've never been confessed to, you've never been confessed to. Is it necessary to emphasize "from childhood to adulthood"? The great god must be doing it on purpose.

Wait!

This sentence circled in her mind two or three times before Vivian suddenly realized something was wrong. The great god actually said he had never been confessed to?! Is that possible! She had seen it with her own eyes!

Vivian: "...I've seen you being confessed to."

Vivian recalled one of the few times she had seen the great god before they met, when she saw him walk past a girl handing him a pink letter without even looking at it.

Nai Shawn frowned: "When?"

Vivian thought for a moment. Since meeting the great god was a miraculous event, she still remembered the approximate time.

"It was near the end of last semester, on the road in front of the library. I saw someone handing you a love letter."

After a brief silence.

Smiling Naihe: "I seem to have a vague impression."

See, see, he said he had never been confessed to, Vivian thought disdainfully.

Smiling Naihe: "That girl was probably handing out flyers."

@_@

Vivian: "...No way."

Smiling Naihe: "Why not? Would someone confess on the road, or..."

Smiling Naihe: "Has my lady experienced it?"

Vivian immediately broke into a cold sweat. She had indeed experienced it, more than once.

The white-robed musician sighed: "My lady is indeed very popular."

Oh no, the more she said, the worse it got. Vivian quickly said: "No, no, actually, it's quite troublesome when it happens a lot."

Ah, no, this sentence might make people misunderstand that she's showing off.

Vivian quickly changed her wording: "I mean, quality over quantity in these matters. Having you is enough."

The result of her hands moving faster than her brain was that the extra words flowed out from her fingers without any brain verification.

Zero point zero one seconds later, even the great god was stunned there...

Vivian dashed offline again.

Vivian was self-reflecting.

She was wrong.

She shouldn't have learned the bad instead of the good, imitating George Yu and the others with their "finishing touches." See, the consequence of habit becoming second nature is that at the critical moment, she fooled herself.

Oh no, how will she face the great god tomorrow? No, tomorrow she must run out before the great god calls. Just as she thought of the phone, the dormitory phone rang, startling Vivian out of her thoughts.

She was the only one in the dormitory, so Vivian ran over to answer it.

"Hello."

"It's me."

The great god... actually called... Vivian choked hard, awkwardly saying: "...Did you log off too?"

"Not logged off," Nai Shawn said leisurely, "The campus network is bad today, I got disconnected too."

Vivian >_<, great god, you can't sleep without embarrassing me a few times a day, can you!

As if already seeing Vivian so embarrassed that she couldn't speak, Nai Shawn chuckled softly.

"Vivian, I'm very happy."

The low voice echoed in the sparsely populated corridor, Nai Shawn leaning against the wall with his phone, recalling how he walked out of the dormitory with his phone, his roommates teasing and grinning.

"Are you going out to call our Beatiful Bella!"

They all knew what he was going out to do, probably because his expression at the time couldn't be hidden.

Even though he was always someone who didn't show his emotions.

The great god said he was happy... was it because of her words?

Vivian's fingers unconsciously began to twirl the phone cord, and after a long time, she softly said "Mm."

Both ends of the phone fell silent, as if there was no need to say anything. After a while, Vivian found another topic: "Um, I asked the game company for a mythical beast for the video contract."

"Howard Mei already told me."

"I asked for four, none for you." Actually, there was one for him, but it might not succeed, so it's better not to say it first.

Vivian wrapped the phone cord around and around, "I asked for a little tiger, its attributes aren't as good as your superb one, and its gender is different from your tiger."

Nai Shawn quickly understood, but didn't say it out loud, just chuckled: "So?"

"Nothing, next time we log in, let's have them get married. Maybe they can have a little mythical beast."

"Okay," Nai Shawn said, "Next time I'll ask my tiger if it's willing."

Does that need to be asked?! Vivian was furious: "There's only one female tiger in the whole game, it dares not be willing!"

Nai Shawn laughed softly: "Mm, makes sense, it will definitely be willing."

It was as if a feather lightly brushed across the most sensitive part of her heart, and Vivian suddenly felt like she couldn't hold the phone. Even though Nai Shawn wasn't in front of her, she couldn't help but shift her gaze, her eyes skimming over the alarm clock on the table, and something she had thrown to the outer galaxy finally resurfaced in her mind.

Vivian: "Do you have time now?"

"Mm?"

"Log into the game again, help my friend kill a Boss."

Vivian was sweating as she entered her password, today was already the third time she logged in and out. As soon as she logged in, she received a wail from Thunder Nina.

"Vivian, why did you log off!"

Vivian guiltily replied: "Suspected disconnection..."

Thunder Nina: "Oh, I thought you stood me up."

Vivian felt even guiltier: "No... how many spots do you have? I'm bringing a master over."

Thunder Nina: "I haven't called anyone yet, you and your friend come over first."

After talking with Thunder Nina, Naihe had already appeared by her side, Vivian called out to him, but there was no response. After more than a minute, the white-robed musician finally said: "I'm here, just cleared the crowd."

The crowd...

Vivian was speechless as she pulled him into the team, and the two quickly arrived at the entrance of the Nether Cave.

Thunder Nina was already waiting for them there, and when she saw that the master Vivian brought was actually Smiling Naihe, she was completely stunned, shouting in the private chat channel to Vivian: "Smiling Naihe is helping me with the Boss?!!!!!!"

Vivian smiled sweetly: "Mm, it's fun to fight monsters with him, let him command later."

Thunder Nina sent a long string of drooling emojis.

Vivian: "I've never fought the Nether Boss, have you, Naihe?"

Smiling Naihe: "No."

Vivian: "Then I'll check the official website."

Although Vivian didn't like to read guides when fighting monsters herself, it's better to be safe when helping others with a Boss.

"No need to check," Naihe said, "Just call another long-range profession, it'll be faster to kill."

Thunder Nina followed his words: "Okay, I'll call someone from the guild, there must be someone who wants to join."

Thunder Nina opened the guild channel to call people.

『Guild』[Thunder Nina]: Anyone want to join for the Nether old lady, two spots, need an archer and any other.

She had just called once when someone responded, though the choice was a bit unexpected.

『Guild』[Jason Purewater]: Two spots? Fairy and I will come, wait a moment.

Thunder Nina was dumbfounded, and before she could think of a nice way to refuse, Purewater had already brought Little Rain Fairy to the entrance of the Nether Cave.

As soon as they met, Vivian was immediately embarrassed.

Thunder Nina had a strong urge to commit suicide, her mind constantly jumping to excuses like "The weather is bad today, let's retreat," "Today is World Peace Day, let's not kill," "I suddenly feel like I have diarrhea," and so on, all of which eventually turned into a strong resentment—why isn't there a power outage now!

In her confusion, Thunder Nina said: "Um, does anyone not want to fight?"

Well, originally Purewater and Little Rain Fairy wanted to retreat, but with Nina saying that, they couldn't leave even if they wanted to.

That would be too embarrassing.

Thunder Nina is from their guild, why should they be the ones to leave.

Of course, Vivian didn't want to cooperate with Purewater and the others, but firstly, there was Thunder Nina's face to consider, and secondly... she was there first, so if anyone should leave, it should be the others.

There was silence for a full minute.

Smiling Naihe: "Form a team."