Chapter 8

008 . Couple Tasks

As Fire chatted with Flower Yiyi, He Jin was getting himself familiar with the control layout of the game . However, somehow his mind kept on remembering Fire Ruthless’s sentence from before .

“Because you are my wife …”

The relationship between them in the game was that of a husband and wife, so it should be a normal thing for the other guy to say that to him .

But Fire used such an ambiguous tone to said that, and it always left He Jin with a feeling like there was a “music” playing in his heart…

He is a man, so to have this kind of feeling for other man… how to say it, he did not feel disgusted, but a bit embarrassed, a little panicked, and there’s a little of this… aching feeling . (= _ =)

… well, maybe it’s just because he wasn’t used to the role of a “cross-dressing male” .

But why should he adapt to this role! (= _ =)

Just as He Jin was about to get cranky, a sudden new message flashed on the bottom of his public column –

〖Private chat〗‘ Flower Yiyi’ said to you: “Hello ~”

In “Demon God”, the low level players couldn’t see the high level ones , nor can they hear their voices, so one could only add each other as friend to communicate using dialog box, or send a ‘private chat’ in the public column . Flower Yiyi choose he latter .

He Jin was surprised, he felt a little familiar with this name . He quickly remembered that he had seen it on the leaderboard just now! As he was going to reply, he saw another new message flashed on his public column –

〖Private chat〗‘ Flower Yiyi’ said to you: “Master’s Wife~ o (∩ _ ∩) o ~”

He Jin: “… . . ”

Feeling somehow embarrassed, Hejin asked Fire Ruthless: “Flower Yiyi… is your apprentice?”

Fire Ruthless: “Yes . ”

Xiao Xian-Jin: “You told her about the relationship between us?” From Flower Yiyi’s name and cute expression, He Jin guessed that this person must be a girl .

Fire Ruthless asked: “Our relationship cannot see the light?”

[T/N: cannot see the light = have to be kept a secret . ]

He Jin: “… . . ”

It’s not a matter of keeping it a secret or not, but so many years had passed, his relationship with Fire had long been “in name only” . Now , n only a moment he had been called as “wife”, and even called as “master’s wife’ by an expert (people on the leaderboard list are all called experts )… He Jin suddenly felt burdened, it was such a hardship!!

He Jin felt uncomfortable, but out of courtesy, he still returned a “Hello” to Flower Yiyi .

As He Jin was saying his hello, Qin Yu intended to bring Xiao Xian-Jin to leave, at the same time he sent a message to Flower Yiyi: “We will leave first . ”

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Flower Yiyi sat silently in front of her computer, staring hard at Fire Ruthless character who had taken Xiao Xian-Jin’s little figure in his arm to ride away together . The both of them were sitting on Fire Ruthless’s Poor Flame which he rarely ever put out . It was a reward he received from winning last year’s PK contest, a really unique God Beast .

She had never been treated like that by him, for they were demons with wings, if they wanted to go somewhere, they would just fly directly there . He always flew in front of her, with her following closely from behind . Before, she felt this scene was quite romantic, but she found out now that it was only her self-deception .

In the input box on her computer screen, there was a sentence that she had not gotten the chance to send yet: “Master’s wife, if there’s opportunity let’s play together later, I won’t disturb you now . ”

She deleted each word, feeling a huge loss in her heart .

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He Jin didn’t know Flower Yiyi was just feeling hopeless, after the other did not send him anything back, he also didn’t care anymore .

Fire Ruthless re-opened his voice function and continued to bring He Jin to “find memories” . In every places, he would stop to mention a little something that had happened in the past . Getting lost together in the forest, their first time to kill other player together in Fairy Island, the first time playing firework in midwinter town…

With Fire’s reminder, He Jin not only recalled most of those things, but also slowly recovered his feeling from that time, when he was getting along with Fire .

They were really close, every time they would play together . And on weekend, when He Jin parents were out, they would secretly talk to each othe … but this feeling was certainly not the feeling of love between man and woman, but pure playmates friendship! Or at most, it’s a brotherly feeling . The Fire in his memory was like a brother who needed protection, and He Jin was like his troubled old hen .

The so-called “marriage” was actually very simple . And just as how He Jin had guessed before, it was all for the sake of getting experiences, in order to upgrade easier .

Although the game also had a of sworn-brother system, but the benefit was far less than a “marriage” .

Fire was a mortal man, his gender could no longer be changed, but He Jin was a genderless “spirit”, able to choose their own form . As long as he used an illusion of a female appearance, he and Fire could go hand in hand being a couple and even get married, which also explained why He Jin would be in a “Blue Clothed Lolita” appearance right now .

Didn’t he feel embarrassed for marrying a man? A 15-year-old ignorant juvenile how would care about these! It was impossible for him to take it seriously, for him back then, anything was fine as long as he could play happily!

…That’s all .

However, He Jin did not expect the memories that had long been abandoned by him would be touched by Fire . Fire was just so nostalgic though, a lot of details were reminded by him, all was done in order to make him remember . His tone was so kind, warm, and even with a hint of sweetness (…?) . It was as if his original ordinary-playmate-friendship-feeling had been accumulating in the last eight years, gradually fermented, until it finally changed form . For Fire, to “wait” had become a habit, and “no divorce” became a matter of course .

At this moment, a little guilt was breeding in He Jin’ heart, for it was because he did not say goodbye that Fire’s feeling grew this heavy over time .

As if to disguise his guilty conscience, He Jin had been sending a lot of messages to Fire, though he did have a lot of questions to ask .

Xiao Xian-Jin: “How can you become a demon? I just look at the level introduction, it’s written there that only soul race can cultivate as demon, isn’t mortal only able to be Divine God?”

Fire simply explained the fallen road to him . He Jin found it strange: “You were already so dignified, why would you degenerate?

Fire Ruthless: “Too many Divine God players, there is no opponent . ”

Xiao Xian-Jin: “… . . ”

Fire Ruthless then added: “After becoming Demon God, killing Divine Gods is more exciting . ”

Xiao Xian-Jin: “Powerful… ”

After not meeting for eight years, who’d thought that the small silly fool follower of his unexpectedly would become the first ranked master!

He Jin asked: “What is your feeling about being ranked first?”

Fire Ruthless smiled: “May be the same feeling as when you get first place in your exam . ”

He Jin was speechless … … how did you even think that Fire ah! (> _ ////