Those Sweet Times - Chapter 57 Part 1

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Those Sweet Times
Chapter 57 Part 1

Lin Chuyan finished playing the first song and was about to say something when Xiang Nuan hastily bid him goodnight and quickly turned off the video chat before Lin Chuyan could react.

Leaving Lin Chuyan rather dejected.

What he didn’t see, after the video cut off, was Xiang Nuan burying her head under the blanket and screeching: “Wu, wu, wu. It's an illusion, an illusion, an illusion……”

After a while, Xiang Nuan came out from under the blanket and rubbed her slightly burning face.

She threw away her cell phone, put on some clothes, and got off her bed to head out. She felt the need to get some fresh air.

As she was going downstairs, Xiang Nuan cautioned herself: “No, no, no. I can’t be captivated by good looks. I can’t repeat my mom’s mistake.”

Ren Danyan was walking upstairs and heard Xiang Nuan murmuring on the staircase.

“Wait a minute.” Ren Danyan said: “Say that again. What do you mean my mistake? When did I make any mistakes?”

Xiang Nuan opened her mouth but nothing came out. She hadn’t recovered from her earlier shock.

Ren Danyan saw her daughter spacing out and asked: “What are you doing?”

“I’m going out for a walk.”

“Go back and put on something heavier! Do you plan to freeze into an icicle before coming back in?”

Xiang Nuan had no choice but to go back up and put on her coat. She then opened her closet, figuring that she might as well grab a scarf.

She saw a dark gray checkered scarf with white lines, it was a man’ scarf.

The scarf belonged to Lin Chuyan. He had left it in her house last time he was here. Xiang Nuan was planning to return it to him after she returned to school.

Xiang Nuan blinked, took it, and wrapped it around her neck.

The scarf was soft, yet thick, and seemed to have the remnant of his scent.

Xiang Nuan immediately felt embarrassed at what she had done. She took the scarf off with a red face and put it back into the closet. She took out another beige colored scarf with small deer prints on it and after putting it on, ran down the stairs.

It was very cold outside.

Xiang Nuan squatted down inside the large vat used to grow lotus flowers in the summer but now empty in the winter. She watched the lights near and far in the dark night. Occasionally a car would pass by, the headlights illuminating her face between the gaps in the fence.

The night breeze blew against her face. The cool sensation calmed her.

Xiang Nuan leaned against the rim of the vat, pouting while in a daze.

Xiang Daying opened the window to look down into the yard and saw his daughter huddling inside the vat. Confused, he shouted: “Nuannuan, what are you doing there?”

“I’m looking at the moon.”

“Silly kid, there’s no moon on the first day of the New Year.”

Xiang Nuan then discovered that the sky was pitch black. There was no moon.

She sheepishly climbed out of the vat and returned to her room as if nothing had happened.

Xiang Daying closed the window and turned to ask his wife: “What happened to her?”

“Not sure. She hasn’t been acting normal ever since she came back for the winter break.” Ren Danyan couldn’t stop herself from complaining: “She won’t go out. She just shouts kill, kill, kill all day into her cell phone. I even dreamt that she killed someone and went to jail. I was so scared.”

Xiang Daying wasn’t as concerned about that, but comforted his wife: “I think our Nuannuan knows what she’s doing. She’s still young and likes to have fun…..And her grades last semester are still pretty good.”

“Among the 30 plus students in her class, she’s 20th place. How good can that be?”

“It’s college. It’s good enough that she hasn’t failed any classes.”

Ren Danyan was speechless: “You…...Is that what a professor should be saying? You’re spoiling her.”

“I don’t expect her to achieve anything spectacular anyway. As long as she’s happy, then I’m satisfied.”

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Starlight Has No Past - Chapter 43 Part 3

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Starlight Has No Past
Chapter 43 Part 3

Huddled with Ye Qiao, Zhou Tingsheng suddenly called her: “Qiaoqiao.”
Ye Qiao sensed that he was being serious: “En?”
He lightly kissed her on the neck: “It’s going to be New Year soon. Remember that you said about coming to my home. Does it still count?”
“I don’t have any place to go during the New Year, except maybe my grandma’s. If you want me to go with you, I’ll make sure I have a couple of days set aside.”
Zhou Tingsheng was quiet for a while before asking: “What kind of relationship are we in now?”

Ye Qiao was surprised by the question and couldn’t figure out what he meant: “The kind of relationship where I can go to your home to have dinner.”
Zhou Tingsheng kept his silence but fixed his eyes on her, waiting for her to clarify.
Ye Qiao felt uneasy under his gaze, confused about his sudden anxiety about their relationship. Vexed, she responded, “What’s with the sudden uncertainty? Weren’t you fully confident earlier saying that you bought the entire showing just for me?”
A smile returned to Zhou Tingsheng’s eyes.

When the two hour movie ended, they returned to the hotel. Zhou Tingsheng wouldn’t let her go to bed just yet. He wanted to give her a belated birthday gift.
As Ye Qiao took the documents from him, her surprise overtook her sleepiness. She was wide awake.
It was a contract from Ferra, as its spokesperson-- -- “Is this your gift to me, or your sister’s?”
Zhou Tingsheng wasn’t afraid to let her know the truth: “It’s Liang Zirao’s idea.”

Ferra’s contract with Cheng Jiang was about to expire. It was obvious that she wouldn’t be able to renew her contract after the accident. Besides, as Liang Zirao put it, even without the accident, Ferra would have asked Ye Qiao to be their spokesperson anyway. There was no reason to use anyone else.

Ye Qiao had only briefly seen his sister a few times. She giggled after receiving such a big gift from her: “Does this count as your family’s welcome gift?”
“Not quite. The welcome gift will come later.” Zhou Tingsheng assured her: “Liang Zirao is very generous. Her welcome gift will be much more expensive than this.” His hand caressed her waist again.
Ye Qiao blocked his hand: “The contract has an 8 digit number. What is she going to give me that’s more expensive than this?”
Zhou Tingsheng suddenly quieted down.

When Liang Zirao handed the contract to him, Zhou Tingsheng was as surprised as Ye Qiao. He asked Liang Zirao: “I thought you didn’t like Ye Qiao?”
Liang Zirao replied: “It’s not that I don’t like her. It’s just I’m afraid that neither of you can get over what happened before. Now since you don’t care and she doesn’t seem to care, then there’s no problem with me. As for dad, I’ll help you persuade him.”
Zhou Tingsheng smiled: “Really?”
Liang Zirao pretended to be annoyed: “I’m your sister. If I don’t side with you, who will?”
Zhou Tingsheng was moved but didn’t like putting his feelings into words so he just smiled.

But there was one thing Liang Zirao mentioned which he wasn’t sure yet.
Zhou Tingsheng came out of his own thoughts and held Ye Qiao tighter: “Would you take anything that Liang Zirao offered you?”
Ye Qiao was confused by the question and said: “Sure, I’ll take it. There’s nothing that I can’t afford to take.”
It was a clear day today. Snow had not yet fallen this winter.

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Starlight Has No Past - Chapter 43 Part 2

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Starlight Has No Past
Chapter 43 Part 2

The reviews of <The Watcher>’s midnight premier show was quite good. But due to the accident, the story lines around the lead actor and actress had to be modified. The integrity of the plot had been invariably affected. Despite this, Gu Jin was ingenious at adapting the story. He had changed the original inspirational story surrounding the development of the character played by Cheng Jiang into a case study of the rites of passage in the life of “Lu Zhiyao”, played by Ye Qiao. The movie suddenly transformed from a simple inspirational story into a more complex case study that probed at human nature.

In the movie, “Lu Zhiyao” was a controversial character who when backed into a corner, chose to go astray. Furthermore, the rebirth of the movie after the explosion accident coinciding with the modified storyline created the perfect publicity stunt.

A famous film critic, after giving a detailed analysis of the plot, focused his review on Ye Qiao’s performance. The title of his review captured the essence of his point-- --<Her Beauty is the Hardest to Hide>.

Zhou Tingsheng couldn’t agree more.
On the big screen, Ye Qiao only had crude makeup on, sometimes deliberately to look uglier. Yet, her face was bright and smooth, her eyes lucid and translucent like the lake on top of a snowy mountain. That was probably the reason why despite playing as a criminal, when she was beaten up by the families of her victims, Zhou Tingsheng couldn’t feel any satisfaction that justice had been done. He frowned: “Was the beating real or fake?”
Ye Qiao knew that most people could tell whether the actions in the movie were real or fake and didn’t plan to hide the truth from him: “......It’s real.”
She then turned to look at his face for his reaction.

Zhou Tingsheng’s face turned darker: “Gu Jin let you do it?”
“No.” Ye Qiao was telling the truth but felt like she was trying to cover something up: “I asked for it myself.”
Zhou Tingsheng frowned again as she had expected: “Really?”
“Really. I asked to do it that way myself.”
Zhou Tingsheng spoke disapprovingly: “You aren’t covering up for Gu Jin, are you?”
Ye Qiao found the question a bit amusing: “Why would I want to cover up for him?”

She and Gu Jin worked in the same business. It was hard to avoid seeing each other, especially when they happened to collaborate on a film. Zhou Tingsheng knew about it, but he had witnessed far too many times how Ye Qiao became agitated and despondent over this man when he first met her. He knew what that man meant to her. Ye Qiao had worked with many actors, many young idols, but she never cared for them. Gu Jin was a different story. That’s why at the beginning of the movie, when Ye Qiao’s name appeared right next to Gu Jin, Zhou Tingsheng couldn’t help but glance at her to check the expression on her face.

Ye Qiao knew what Zhou Tingsheng was thinking and felt somewhat irritated that she had to make an effort to prove herself.
Zhou Tingsheng had his arm around her shoulder and patted her stiffened back to appease her: “You see your ex-boyfriend more than you see me. Can’t you let me just check?”
Ye Qiao wasn’t pleased: “What do you want to check? To see whether I have feel sorry for him and went back to him when he’s down and out?”
“I’m not.” Zhou Tingsheng was only trying to tease her a little and didn’t expect that she’d become so irritated. He brought her closer into a hug: “How can I do that. Is my Qiaoqiao that kind of person? Who else can satisfy you except me.”

Hearing the latter half of the sentence, Ye Qiao pushed him away and complained: “That’s all you think about.”
“What’s wrong with that.” Zhou Tingsheng caught her hands and picked her up, placing her onto his lap.  One of his hands went under her top along her waistline, caressing her. His palm was calloused from holding a gun. The caress was rough but warm. Ye Qiao tried wiggle out, but somehow ended nestling in his arms.
What was playing on the big screen had gone beyond them.

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 68 Part 4

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile
Chapter 68 Part 4

Tong Yao lifted her head from her cell phone to look at the LCD screen in front of her. The first match was near the end. She watched without much expression when her team began to push Red Arrow’s nexus. Lu Yue’s stats at the end of this match was 7 kills, 1 death, and 13 assists.

The broadcast on screen was usually delayed about a dozen seconds from what was happening on stage. As Tong Yao was watching her team pushing Red Arrow’s nexus, the door behind her pushed open. She didn’t turn to check, thinking it must be one of the staff. She could hear the earth-shattering shouts coming through the opened door from outside, “Go, ZGDX”......

Tong Yao lowered her head, taking a few seconds to ponder whether she should give Lu Yue a little red flower on the broadcast stream.

At the fourth second, she made up her mind to give Lu Yue a thumbs up for playing Twisted Fate so well. She looked up and discovered a tall man was now standing with his back to the now closed door, arms crossed in front of his chest and quietly looking at her.

Tong Yao: “...............................................”

It was Lu Sicheng.

When did he come in the room?

Tong Yao’s heart skipped a beat under his cold gaze. Tong Yao’s hair was about to stand up. She lowered her head after meeting Lu Sicheng’s eyes for a second. Then she swirled the chair so the back of the chair was facing the door. Her fingers subconsciously swiping her cell phone……

The silence broke when Lu Sicheng abruptly asked her: “Seeing your substitute receive cheers on stage while you can only watch sitting in the rest area. How do you feel?”

Tong Yao: “......”

Tong Yao dared not to turn around.

She blankly fixed her eyes on the top page of the Tieba; there were some praising Lu Yue, even some questioning whether Lu Sicheng had misjudged Lu Yue, and why ZGDX hadn’t paid much attention to Lu Yue.

“I said in one of the after game interviews that I’m glad to have a teammate like Smiling. Because ever since she joined us, ZGDX would be unprecedentedly strong going into the summer season.”

A low and calm voice came from behind.

Tong Yao’s finger on the phone screen paused.

She heard footsteps approaching from behind. At the same time, her jumbled mind suddenly quieted down. Her heart sank downwards endlessly, from the lukewarm shallow sea all the way down to the chilling bottom-- --

She then discovered that she probably has thalassophobia.

“Now they’re questioning my ability to judge, questioning whether I’ve made mistakes, questioning whether I wasn’t even handed in placing you and Lu Yue in the team……” Lu Sicheng stopped for a while, then flatly asked: “Why? “

Tong Yao: “......”

Tong Yao lowered her head further, using her back to face the man behind her.

Then she saw a big hand landing on the arm of her chair; with a little force, the hand swung the chair back to face him-- -- Lu Sicheng was slightly bent over, with both hands on the arms of the chair to support himself. The shadow created by his large body completely enveloped her.

“Look up.”

“......”

Tong Yao raised her head.

Though unprepared for it, she looked up and met a pair of dark brown eyes. His eyes seemed bottomless. She tried to glean something from them, but couldn’t tell if there was any emotion in them.

She leaned back towards the back of the chair and swallowed. Her heart and stomach seemed to have dropped to the floor. She moved her lips, about to apologize. Suddenly, she heard the man’s voice again right next to her: “However, I don’t care about other people questioning my judgement.”

Tong Yao was taken aback.

“The sticking point is you. What I care about is you.”

“......”

Lu Sicheng slightly raised his body upright and checked his watch: “There are 7 minutes left. Before the next match begins, give me a good reason why I shouldn’t give you up no matter what other people say.”

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Those Sweet Times - Chapter 56 Part 2

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Those Sweet Times
Chapter 56 Part 2

Lin Chuyan spoke to Xiang Nuan as he went downstairs to the piano room. All of his attention was on Xiang Nuan and he didn’t notice that his father was looking at him as he passed by the living room.

Lin Xueyuan was watching TV in the living room. After seeing his son go into the piano room, he got up immediately to go upstairs to find his wife.

“Guess what I discovered.” Lin Xueyuan called out to his wife once he entered the bedroom.

Yue Yingying’s face was covered with a facial mask. Upon seeing Lin Xueyuan, she immediately said: “Come here, let me put one on your face.”

Lin Xueyuan felt his scalp tightening, he was in the living room earlier to avoid his wife from putting a facial mask on him. But when he noticed his son’s unusual behavior, he was too excited that he forgot what his wife was doing upstairs.

Lin Xueyuan laid in bed with a facial mask on his face and said to his wife: “Guess what I just discovered.”

“What?” Yue Yingying rubbed Lin Xueyuan’s tummy.

Lin Xueyuan: “What are you doing?”

“I’m just checking to see if you have tummy fat.”

“I don’t!”

“En.” Yue Yingying was satisfied. She couldn’t stand to see her husband with a beer belly, she would probably abandon her husband if he did.

Yue Yinging retracted her head: “Tell me, what have you discovered?”

“I saw Chuyan go into the piano room, talking with someone on the phone very mysteriously.”

“That’s strange. It’s already bedtime and he’s going to play the piano?”

“Isn’t it strange. Besides, I suspect that he set off some fireworks last night. There’s less fireworks in the basement now.”

“He did it by himself?”

“I’m not sure.”

Husband and wife gave each other a look, each could read from the other’s eyes that they were thinking about the same thing-- --

Spring was finally here.

……

Lin Chuyan put his cell phone on an adjustable stand. The screen of his phone directly faced his face.

Then he and Xiang Nuan turned on video chat.

Lin Chuyan’s delicate face occupied the whole screen on Xiang Nuan’s cell phone. This was the first time Xiang Nuan had seen such a close-up angle of him.

It made it feel like they were physically very close, so close that it looked as if they were about to kiss.

Xiang Nuan couldn’t help remembering the night they pulled an all nighter study session. She closed her eyes and raised her head up to wait for him to paint her face; it was such a suggestive position. She felt so silly, why did she do that……

She noticed that her mind had wandered off again……

Xiang Nuan pulled her thoughts back and looked at Lin Chuyan again.

The condition of his skin was great as always.

“Lin Chuyan, did you turn on the beauty camera?” Xiang Nuan asked.

“No.” Lin Chuyan cast his eyes down and smiled, his lips slightly curved up.

Xiang Nuan watched his smile and felt ripples in her mind, as if a small carp jumped out of the placid surface of a lake with a splash, leaving ripples in its wake.

The first song Lin Chuyan played was called <A Comme Amour>. Notes flowed out like the moonlight in a quiet night. Xiang Nuan listened with her eyes closed, but couldn’t keep them shut for long, opening them to watch Lin Chuyan’s face.

Xiang Nuan leaned on the bed, watching him.

As he played, Lin Chuyan looked down with a peaceful expression, reminding her of many tranquil and gentle late nights.

The song was peaceful, gentle, and affectionate. Xiang Nuan was captured by the song.

Lin Chuyan suddenly looked up while playing and gave the camera a glance.

His bright eyes and shallow smile were as tender as the spring, but they were like a dagger pierced into her heart, catching her completely unprepared.

Xiang Nuan felt tingly and numb, as if she had been shocked. She felt like she was floating up in a trance.

At that very moment, she could hear her own heart thumping.

It was clear and powerful, like the beating of the drums.

She was so very familiar with this feeling.

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You're Beautiful When You Smile - Chapter 68 Part 3

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You’re Beautiful When You Smile
Chapter 68 Part 3

Tong Yao sat in the rest area, listening with her left ear to Ming god and Lu Yue’s discussion about which of Red Arrow’s mid’s champions to ban. Her right ear was listening to the commentator’s conversation. From time to time, she would interject her own opinion about Red Arrow’s mid-- --

“Their mid’s a jack of all trades. Even though Red Arrow isn’t doing so well, he’s one of the top five mids in the professional league. He can use any champion. It’ll be rough for Lu Yue. You two better ponder how to ban his favorite champions: Leblanc and Twisted Fate; he probably won’t take Annie……”

Then she saw on the big screen some fangirls were holding signs flashing with her id when the camera panned over the area where ZGDX fans were sitting……

Tong Yao abruptly stopped talking in the middle of her sentence.

She paused for a while then suddenly stood up, surprising Ming god and Lu Yue. Lu Yue asked: “What are you doing?” Tong Yao said: “Going to the bathroom.” Then she hastily left the room-- --She went to the bathroom to wash her face, then sneaked to the front near the stage pretending to be one of the staff. She stretched out her head to look at the audience. There truly were a few people carrying signs with her name on it.

-- --But it was impossible they didn’t know that Tong Yao had been suspended for this match.

She felt her stomach acid surging up, the overwhelming feeling yesterday came back again.

She returned to the rest area despondently, but she forced herself to act calm as if nothing had happened…...By now, her teammates had started to move from the rest area to go on stage for the match. Tong Yao stayed with the staff in the room for a little while longer. When the match was about to begin, she went into the adjacent room to watch the game-- --She was the only one in the room. She sat in a wide, soft swirling chair looking up at the screen. The ban & pick phase was focused on each team’s mid, just as they had expected-- --

Red Arrow immediately banned Ekko and Azir.

Commentator A: [Ekko and Azir! These are the champions which Lu’s good at. Looks like yesterday Red Arrow, after learning Smiling has been banned from this match, had done their research!]

Commentator B: [ZGDX has banned Viktor and Leblanc. Haha, today they are truly going head to head in the mid lane. The champions they’ve banned have rarely appeared in previous matches-- --To tell the truth, I’m looking forward to this one. Lu is known for his maneuvering and steadiness. But his champion pool has always been criticized…...I’m really curious what champion he’ll use without Azir and Ekko!]

Commentator A: [Yes, this is an important match for ZGDX. If they win this one, they will keep their no loss record in their group…...To tell the truth, I thought there wouldn’t be any problems for them to keep their winning record, but since the incident happened yesterday……]

Commentator B: [Right, right. During the past few weeks, ZGDX has been in very good condition. Even their captain, Lu Sicheng, who rarely makes any promises, would praise their mid and say she has made the team even more confident for winning this season.]

Commentator A: [Hahahahaha, now it looks more like a flag……]

Tong Yao frowned and muted the sound.

As the ban and pick phase was winding down, Lu Sicheng chose Ashe as his champion. Tong Yao almost choked on her own saliva as if she was witnessing her own death…...Probably to counter Red Arrow’s mid, Lu Yue chose Twisted Fate-- --Tong Yao could hear the commotion outside and the high-pitched voices of the commentators. None of them had ever seen Lu using Twisted Fate before.

Not even Tong Yao had seen him play this champion. She started to worry whether Lu Yue was out of his mind. After the game began, Lu Yue played smoothly with Twisted Fate in every aspect. He was even accurate at calculating his attack damage at each level-- --

It didn’t look like he was forced to pick Twisted Fate in order to counter the opposite’s mid. It seemed as if he had always played this champion!

At level 4, he killed Red Arrow’s mid and got his first blood.

At level 6, he used his ultimate to help Lu Sicheng get a double kill, giving the team an upper hand.

At the twentieth minute into the match, he had ganked effectively 4 times, assisted 6 times, and his cs number was on par with Red Arrow’s mid……

Tong Yao logged on to Tieba and found everyone marveling at what they were seeing on the front page-- --

[Damn, when did Lu become so strong! Where’s that useless guy who couldn’t play if Azir got banned?]

[He’s hiding the fact he can play Twisted Fate? !]

[They have someone like that as their mid substitute? Isn’t ZGDX a little bit too extravagant?]

[................................Why do I feel like Smiling is going to go away? Lu’s performance here is as good as Tong Yao.]

[I decided to watch two more rounds with full attention.]

[Lu Sicheng boasted how great their new mid before, now it looks like even their substitute is very good too. It’s certainly made the match even more interesting-- --]

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Those Sweet Times - Chapter 56 Part 1

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Those Sweet Times
Chapter 56 Part 1

Xiang Nuan, Lin Chuyan, and Oblivion played ranked matches that night. Lin Chuyan kept playing with Lu Bu the entire time.

Lu Bu’s attacking distance was farther than most other champions and could usually deal a sizable amount of true damage to the enemy. With good equipment, Lu Bu can cut down most of the champions with ease. Sometimes, Lu Bu can be played as archer.

Oblivion noticed that Lin Chuyan was cutting down everyone in sight with his halberd like a mad dog, in a complete blood rage.

This wasn’t the Lin Chuyan he had known.

How could he change so much when he changed positions from his usual mage position?

Lin Chuyan fought fiercely for a while, but the result was 0 kills and 5 deaths. Xiang Nuan and Oblivion were both stunned.

Oblivion asked Lin Chuyan: “What’s wrong with you?”

“I wanted to.” Lin Chuyan answered.

Xiang Nuan had a good habit while playing games-- --She never complained about her teammates. She thought it was quite normal for Lin Chuyan to behave this way since it was the first time that he had played Lu Bu. What she should do as a good teammate was to protect him.

Xiang Nuan was playing as Guan Yu, riding on top of a big horse. She kept a close watch of Lu Bu’s movement. Whenever she found Lu Bu in danger, she would hurry over to save him.

Sometimes, she would die trying to save Lu Bu.

“Run away, hurry.” Xiang Nuan said to Lin Chuyan before her champion died without regret

Lin Chuyan had mixed emotions about it, he didn’t really want to admit that he was moved by her gesture.

……

After the game, Oblivion messaged Lin Chuyan: Brother, are you being cucked?

Lin Chuyan: ……

Lin Chuyan: Why do you say so?

Oblivion: Green Bu.[1]

In this game, Lu Bu was sometimes playfully nicknamed as “Green Bu” by the players. According to the story of the game, Diaochan pretended to fall in love with Lu Bu while still caring for Zhao Yu. She even helped Zhao Yu set a trap for Lu Bu, almost killing him.

Seeing no response from Lin Chuyan, Oblivion thought he had hit the bullseye and comforted him: Let it go.

Lin Chuyan didn’t know how to respond: En.

-- --

Lin Chuyan continued cutting people down the whole night and finally the pent-up frustration he had throughout the day dissipated. After they finished, Xiang Nuan asked him: “Lin Chuyan, I had protected you all night, how are you going to thank me for that?”

Lin Chuyan asked in a low voice: “How do you want me to thank you?”

“En……” Xiang Nuan gave it some thought: “I don’t know either. Maybe sing for me?”

“Aren’t you tired of it?”

“No, I’m not.”

Lin Chuyan smiled and paused before saying: “How about I play the piano for you.”

“Playing piano this late at night, won’t you disturb the neighbors?”

“No, I won’t. There’s a piano room here, it’s soundproof.”

“Then play it for me. Play something that will help me to go sleep.”

“Alright.”



[1]: This is a play on words: In Chinese, Lu Bu's Lu/吕 and the character for green Lu/绿 have the same pronunciation, but with different tones. In Chinese we say a man that’s being cheated by his wife/girlfriend is wearing a green hat/带绿帽

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