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n006. Let’s Talk

nHe Jin’s mood was very complicated. He did not know why he was feeling like this after seeing those ranking lists, but Fire somehow felt so inexplicably tall for him right now.

nTo worship the strong was a human instinct, especially to those kind of incomparable strength that made others unable to even fight back. These Super Powerful Gods type always left people’s heart be filled with awe.

nBut in regard of how they treated those strong ones, different people had their own different ways. Some people would want to kneel, lick their feet, and hold their thigh, some people would be blunt to confess their feelings, and some others would be filled of jealousy, desiring to fight them…

nHe Jin, who had a cold personality, obviously would want to speak to them a little more than usual.

nHowever, because he was not really an insider in the game, he would not be too fanatical. Just like people who did not play the piano would not understand Bach’s wonderful plays, and people who did not draw would not know what’s so good about Van Gogh’s painting, he also simply did not have that kind of visions.

nCurrently, He Jin was just feeling a lot of curiosity; he was curious about Fire Ruthless’s thought when he first saw his name on the top player list, curious about his experiences, curious about the deep of his realm, curious about what did he think about his own actions now……

nHe wasn’t able to reign in his curiosity, and hurriedly sent his questions over to Fire–

nXiao Xian-Jin: “I just saw the leaderboard, how did you become so powerful!”

nXiao Xian-Jin: “Where is this? Are you taking me to see the scenery?”

nXiao Xian-Jin: “The top level is 100 now?”

nXiao Xian Jin: “Realm ‘Demon God ‘, what does it mean?

nXiao Sin A Jin: “Just now in the mountain, did those two new people unable to see you?”

nXiao Xian Jin: “Why did you kill them but they thanked you instead?”

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nWhile he was still immersed in his interrogation, the other guy suddenly sent back a word to him, which scared He Jin enough to pull his hands back from the keyboard.

nFire Ruthless: “Let’s talk.”

nHe Jin’s forehead shed a drop of cold sweat…

nSuddenly he realized a very important question – does he know I am a “man”?

nHe Jin couldn’t remember whether or not he had exposed his real gender to Fire back then. Of course, that did not mean he couldn’t just be honest now. But, the problem was… Even after eight years, Fire had not divorced him. He Jin could not fathom what he was thinking at all. There was a possibility that Fire really was a fool who had waited for him for eight years, and would want to mend their feelings now that he had returned..

nThinking of this, He Jin’s forehead shed another drop of cold sweat…

nHe also did not want to be so passionate and speculative ah, but it was a human nature to do so…

nFire Ruthless then sent another sentence to him: “The last time I talk to you was eight years ago, I wonder how your voice is now.”

nHe Jin sweatdropped…

nHe actually talked with Fire Ruthless before!? What a young and ignorant boy! (= _ =)

nHe Jin began to think, eight years ago, his voice seemingly had yet to enter changing period. He was a late bloomer, among the last group of boys to experience a changing voice period. And before that, because of his light and thin voice, He Jin was often ridiculed by his friends and being compared to a girl. Of course, this was part of the dark history in his life that He Jin was unwilling to acknowledge. He had a clear voice now though, and was no longer likely to be mistaken.

nSeeing Fire Ruthless’s sentence, He Jin hesitated for a moment before replying: “Sorry ah, my roommate is here, it’s not convenient.”

nHis reason for refusing was actually irrelevant to those tangled things in his mind. His reason was simple: adult He Jin had a cautious personality, so he would not casually exchange his private information with online friends. In his opinion, playing games was merely for the sake of ‘playing’ , he drew a line for anything beyond that.

nSo he simply found an excuse to refuse. In fact, it wasn’t even an “excuse”, because his roommate was indeed in the room with him.

nFire Ruthless: “Oh, then I’ll talk, and you listen?”

nHe Jin: “…..”

nFire Ruthless: “You can hear, right?”

nBack in the mountain, He Jin had pretended not to hear anything and stayed silent when those passers-by had called out to him. But who would have guessed, apparently even back then he had been exposed by Fire!

nFire Ruthless: “Otherwise, you have so many questions, it would take me half a day to type an explanation for all of them.”

nXiao Xian-Jin: “Ok …”

nWell, he would just listen, it wasn’t a big deal.

nAfter a slight “click” sound, a young man’s voice was heard in He Jin’s ear…”Hey?”

nThey were standing face to face in the game, so somehow, He Jin felt as if the sound was coming from right in front of him. It felt so close… and instantly narrowed the feeling of distance between them.

nMeanwhile, Qin Yu asked tentatively, “Can you hear me, Ah Jin?”

nCompared with He Jin’s, Fire voice had a completely different tone: it was low, a little husky, and naturally oozed with intimacy, as if they had known each other for a long time. Especially when he said “Ah Jin”, He Jin did not know how to describe his feeling as he heard it, it was like his ears were gently bitten for a moment…

nHe Jin’s whole sense collapsed and he nervously typed: “Heard.”

nIf he were to speak, he would surely stutter.

nReceiving this reply, Qin Yu turned to look at the chat log and asked, “Did you think I was taking you to see the scenery?” He automatically ignored He Jin’s first question, and continued, “Have you forgotten everything?”

nHe Jin replied guiltily: “Yes…”

nWhy does it feel like it pained you to be asked that? Just answer the questions!

nFire Ruthless paused, then said: “I’m helping you to find your memories.”

nHe Jin: “…..” he had an ominous foreboding feeling about this…

nFire Ruthless: “Here was where we died together for the first time? Remember?”

nHe Jin: “…..” Who would remember such a thing?

nFire Ruthless slowly explained, “When I first started playing this game, I directly used the default race, mortal. I didn’t know there was a ‘spirit’ race, so the first time I saw your ‘corpse’, I thought you were a monster.” As he was saying this, a smile could be heard clearly in his voice.

nHe Jin felt a bit impressed, it seemed like this fool was genuinely determined to make him remember. He even bothered to give such a long explanation!

nFire Ruthless: “For a long time, I suspected you were pets in the game, can be domesticated.”

nXiao Sin Jin: “I feel dizzy hearing this…”

nFor a long time? He Jin always thought that he had explained it to the other guy before, but unexpectedly he was suspected as a pet? (= _ =)

nFire Ruthless asked: “When I killed you before, did you see what the system prompted?”

nXiao Xian Jin: “ah?” – Prompted what? That he was killed?

nThe other player was silent for two seconds, and then, on the screen, Fire’s character suddenly raised his hand, forming a trace of faint arrow-shaped light on his fingertips. He released the arrow towards He Jin’s small character who stood in front of him –

n〖System〗: You are attacked by “Fire Ruthless”.

nHe Jin: “!!!” … again!

nHe Jin had no parry skill, so his Tsing Yi was hit just like that. Like being smashed by a cannon, she flew directly up in the air. Her body twisted into a tragic posture, and then “poff” her body turned into a long furred white animal, and crashed right onto the ground …

n〖System〗: You have died.

nLimbs stretched, the tip of its mouth opened wide, black eyes closed; He Jin’s character displayed a really miserable death that most people wouldn’t be able to look at.

nLike in real life, He Jin who was “dead”, also could no longer hear any sound. He could still see his friend column though, and right now it was flashing-

nFire Ruthless: “The corpse is very cute ^ ^”

nXiao Xian Jin: “…..”

nSeeing that emoji, the veins on He Jin’s forehead jumped out.

nAfter Fire resurrected him, He Jin heard a voice talking to him with in a clearly suppressed happy tone. He gritted his teeth and punched down a sentence in the dialog box: “Don’t tell me your hand slipped again this time!”

nFire avoided answering, and asked directly: “Have you seen a message that prompted your increase in experiences?”

nHe Jin was surprised for a moment. The system messages was on the lower left on the game interface, so he swept his pointer over there, and indeed, there was such a message there-

n〖System〗: You gained 300 experience.

nXiao Sin Jin: “I saw it …”

n– dead and still received experience? What’s with this game setting? (= O =)

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n※Spirit Fairy Past ※ (four)

n“Hey, Ah Jin?” He Jin listened to the voice, it was loud and sounded like the owner was the same age as him.

nAfter a few seconds, He Jin cautiously said “Yes” back. This was his first time chatting with online friends, so his voice held a hint of shyness and excitement, so soft that it’s almost couldn’t be heard.

nFire: “Your voice is light ah…”

nHe Jin: “You can’t hear it?”

nFiire: “Heard! Hehe… ”

nHe Jin: “What are you laughing at ah.”

nFire: “This is the first time I’ve talked to someone from internet.”

nHe Jin: “Me too!”

nfiire: “hehehe …”

nHe Jin laughed and scolded him: “There is something wrong with you.”

nFire giggled for a moment before asking: “Are your father and mother at home?”

nHe Jin: “No, they are out, they have to work overtime on Saturdays.”

nFire: “Oh, then how about we talk about playing games every Saturday, is it okay?”

nHe Jin did not think carefully, casually thought that it was ‘fine’, and said: “Let’s look for an agreed time to play the game. I don’t have much time usually, I also have to write my homework at night.”

nSince both of them had played together, He Jin’s ‘Xiao Xian-Jin’ was now at level 19, while Fire still at 17, two levels lower than his. And he said he could upgrade faster than me, hum ~

nThe Fire in the game was silent as he was following behind He Jin, but on the headset he was talking non-stop.

nFire Ruthless: “Ah Jin, how old are you? Are you doing well in your study?”

nHe Jin’s mind was in the game, so he answered shortly: “Grade Two, study fine, usually got the first place.”

nFire cried: “Wow! First place! You’re amazing!”

nHe Jin: “I have no choice, my mother will go crazy if I’m not on first place.”

nFire: “Are you afraid of your mother?”

nHe Jin: “Afraid ah, that woman is sick.”

nFire: “Oh … since your score is so good, surely you will go to university after?”

nHe Jin: “Of course, don’t you?”

nFire: “My scores are bad, I might not take the test, and I don’t want to test anyway what is the benefit of university oh …”

nHe Jin’s junior high school was a top school, so the competitive pressure was huge. Although the student would also play games, but they would not ‘put the cart before the horse’ in order to get better school as their goal. T

/N: Put the cart before the horse: prioritizing something of less value first

nThis was the first time He Jin met someone who did not consider university in their future plans, he could not help but wonder: “If you don’t want to study, then what will you do?”

nFire: “I’ll work ah, my dad said that if I don’t want to read then just don’t read, he will give me a job.”

nHe Jin immediately thought of the migrant children who were often mentioned in news, they had to drop out of school early to work, making his heart filled with sympathy. He immediately lectured Fire: “Read many books and study diligently ah, although I also feel that reading books is very boring, but this is the only way to change our destiny… Being admitted into university will give you a chance to find a better job and make more money than anyone else, to live your life as you please and become a self-supporting man! ”

nFire: “…..”

nThis was the understanding He Jin’s 15-year-old self had on university entrance examination, but little did he know, these few words from him would change a weary-teenager’s view on reading.

nFire: “Ah Jin, what university do you want to test for?”

nHe Jin: “Well, if the results can be maintained, it should be Hua University… My mom always said that I have to go there.”

nFire: “I got it.”

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