Just as he finished answering the question, Su Wenqi felt a burning gaze land on him, and he also realized that it didn’t seem like he was answering the question in his own heart. He slowly turned his head and saw Su Qingqing staring at him with an extremely enthusiastic expression.
“You.” Su Wenqi opened his mouth, unsure of what to say, so he simply shifted his attention back to the match livestream, guiltily ignoring Su Qingqing.
Since the two of them were sitting relatively close and speaking in low voices, while everyone else’s attention was locked on the match, aside from the two of them, not a third person heard a thing.
Upon hearing the answer, Su Qingqing eagerly rushed to share this good news with her girlfriend.
Private Chat [Su Qingqing]: Spring Day just admitted that he likes the guild master!
Private Chat [Xiyang Xie]: You pried it out just like that? Lightning speed, Qingqing.
Private Chat [Su Qingqing]: I asked while Spring Day was focused on watching the match, he probably answered my question before he even reacted. Hahahaha, my ship is real! (Akimbo, wild laughter)
Private Chat [Xiyang Xie]: So should we tell the guild master this good news?
Private Chat [Su Qingqing]: Better not, after all, this is just a matter between the two of them, let’s just sit back and watch how things unfold.
Private Chat [Xiyang Xie]: Alright! Wishing them a quick journey to becoming game partners!
Private Chat [Su Qingqing]: Anyway, I feel like the guild master won’t be able to hold back much longer, probably very soon.
While the two of them were still passionately discussing, Su Wenqi couldn’t sit still anymore because he felt a bit embarrassed. Although he had already confirmed his own feelings, he hadn’t figured out when he wanted to tell the other person, so he didn’t want too many people to know about this matter.
Private Chat [Charcoal of a Spring Day]: Qingqing, can you help me keep this secret for now and not tell anyone else?
Private Chat [Su Qingqing]: No problem, you can trust how I handle things, I absolutely will not tell a third person!
She forgot that she had already told her girlfriend Xiyang Xie this news, and gave Su Wenqi a solemn promise.
Private Chat [Charcoal of a Spring Day]: Alright, thank you Qingqing, I’ll treat you to a meal when my restaurant opens.
Private Chat [Su Qingqing]: Great! Big shot, when is your restaurant opening, can people order custom dishes?
Private Chat [Charcoal of a Spring Day]: Probably a month from now, I took on a quest a few days ago and have been practicing new dishes lately. After the restaurant opens, all the snacks I’ve made before will also be put on the shelves, so you don’t have to worry about running out of dishes to order.
Private Chat [Su Qingqing]: Awesome~ I’m really looking forward to it.
Today’s match ended quickly, and as expected, Raising a Cup Facing the Wind won. Moreover, none of them had even used Su Wenqi’s snacks yet, so their trump card remained unexposed.
The guild members participating in the league were greeted with applause and cheers the moment they stepped out, and Su Wenqi mingled in the crowd, happy for everyone.
Wen Shaochuan, Feng Qian, and the others came out a bit later. The moment he stepped out, he locked eyes with Su Wenqi, and he felt that there was something hard to fathom in the other person’s gaze. After thinking about it for a long time without figuring out what it was, he simply gave up.
Watching Xianyun walk toward him, Su Wenqi felt a trace of nervousness rise in his heart, afraid that his feelings would be seen through. However, the other person didn’t seem to have noticed anything, which allowed him to let out a sigh of relief.
“Spring Day, let’s go, time to do dailies.” As Xianyun spoke, he sent him a party invite. Once Su Wenqi joined the party, everyone set off to do the day’s dailies.
Guild [Xianyun]: Mine cart escort run, full squad sign up, pluses.
Guild [Feng Qian]: Coming, coming.
Guild [Chun’ai Xiaomao]: Charge, charge, charge!
Soon, half of the guild’s players went together to escort mine carts in the Gobi Desert. At this moment, everyone’s morale was soaring, so they picked a map where battles were actively taking place and went in to sweep it.
Su Wenqi unusually stuck with the main force for over an hour until there were no longer any opposing faction players left on the map, after which they went to run trade routes.
Because of their grand, imposing procession, not a single player dared to come rob their escorts, so the quest was completed in a dozen or so minutes. At this point, everyone’s enthusiasm had yet to fade, so they begged Feng Qian to open a battlefield raid group to lead them into the battlefields. Su Wenqi had no interest in this activity, so he quit the party and returned to his homestead.
Barely two minutes after he arrived home, Xianyun sent another party invite. Seeing the location where the other person was, he returned to the homestead and entered the kitchen within a minute.
“Aren’t you going to play in the battlefield? I heard from Qingqing that you used to be a battlefield maniac.” Seeing Xianyun appear in the kitchen, Su Wenqi felt a bit curious, as he had learned quite a bit of information about Xianyun from Su Qingqing today, including his fondness for playing in battlefields.
Hearing these words, Wen Shaochuan felt rather happy because the other person was clearly showing concern for him and had actually found out about his hobbies. This was truly fantastic progress.
Thinking of this, he grew extremely excited, forcefully suppressing his wildly pounding heart as he replied, “My gear is already fully upgraded, before this I was just idle with nothing to do and could only play in battlefields to pass the time.”
“Then aren’t you just as idle coming to my place?” Su Wenqi’s question slipped out involuntarily, carrying a somewhat questioning tone. The moment he spoke, he felt it sounded a bit aggressive, making him feel a bit insecure and unable to look the other person in the eye.
Thus, he hurriedly scrambled to make up for it: “Um, I didn’t mean it like that, I was just worried I might delay your matters. I really don’t have any other activities here besides cooking, so I was afraid you’d be bored.”
“It’s fine, I think your place is pretty great. Besides, I’ve learned quite a bit from you too, a couple of days ago I made potato cakes at home following your method, and it was a huge success.” Seeing the other person stammering as he tried to explain himself, Wen Shaochuan found him rather cute.
Deciding not to tease the other person any further, Su Wenqi began practicing today’s dish, sitting down to take out the menu given by Steward Liu to study it.
Seeing this, Wen Shaochuan crowded over to watch the fun as well. Clearly, there were stools directly across from Su Wenqi as well as to his left and right, yet he refused to sit on them, insisting instead on squeezing onto the exact same bench to look together with Su Wenqi.
Su Wenqi did not stop him when he saw this, which brought an overwhelming wave of pleasant surprise to Wen Shaochuan, considering that previously the other person rarely let him get close, and he usually had to rely on acting spoiled and joking around just to get permission to draw near.
Today, Spring Day actually didn’t stop him, so he pushed his luck and crept closer to the other person once more, still meeting no obstruction. Thus, he inched closer to Su Wenqi bit by bit until their right legs pressed against their left legs, stopping only when closing the distance any further became impossible.
The other person still didn’t block him. Seemingly realizing something, he licked his lips and spoke with hesitation, “Spring Day, I.”
“Stop, don’t say it yet, wait until the guild league is over.” Su Wenqi knew what the other person wanted to say. Although he had prepared himself, right now was the crucial period of the match, and he didn’t want to distract the other person, so he spoke up to stop him.
Their eyes locked, and they say the eyes are the windows to the soul. Both of them detected affection in each other’s eyes, tacitly averting their gazes only to meet them once again, filling the air with an ambiguous atmosphere.
In the end, it was a message from Feng Qian that broke this ambiance. Gnashing his teeth in annoyance, Wen Shaochuan opened his message tab, determined to see what kind of urgent information the guy actually had.
Private Chat [Feng Qian]: Holy shit! Big brother, you gave the other piece of the couple’s outfit to Spring Day?! I didn’t even notice today, if Qingqing and the others weren’t discussing this, I wouldn’t have paid attention at all.
Private Chat [Xianyun]: Are you blind? The two of us wearing black and white matching each other so well and you didn’t even notice?
Private Chat [Feng Qian]: Heh, who tells you to wear all black everyday, even if you changed clothes I wouldn’t notice.
Private Chat [Xianyun]: That’s because you aren’t observant enough. Even Qingqing noticed, yet you still haven’t, you really suck at this.
Private Chat [Feng Qian]: I knew you harbored evil intentions, you actually tricked Spring Day into living together directly, scheming man!
Private Chat [Xianyun]: So what if I did? Once I trick him into my hands I can secure the best spot first, hey, how did you know Spring Day likes me too.
Private Chat [Feng Qian]: Is he blind too? He actually managed to take a fancy to you?
Private Chat [Xianyun]: What’s wrong with me? We match each other extraordinarily well, alright? Your snacks are gone.
Private Chat [Feng Qian]: Ah, yes, your supreme unlucky African constitution matches his supreme lucky constitution, how could you not be a match made in heaven? Hehe, you guys match so well, don’t be mad, huh
Although Spring Day sent them snacks every few days, his older brother’s place always got the most. Spring Day not only sent them to him personally, but even stocked the homestead warehouse with them. Since he relied on his older brother’s light to sponge off plenty of delicious food, he still couldn’t afford to anger him.
Private Chat [Feng Qian]: Then did you confess to him?
Private Chat [Xianyun]: No, Spring Day told me to wait until the guild league is finished before talking about it.
Private Chat [Feng Qian]: Good enough, you need to properly prepare a confession ceremony. You can’t just slap your upper and lower lips together and call it a confession, how lacking in sincerity would that be?
Private Chat [Xianyun]: Then, how should I set it up?
Private Chat [Feng Qian]: Let me tell you.
The afternoon hours passed by in a blur of Su Wenqi developing new dishes, while Xianyun assisted in the kitchen and chatted idly with Feng Qian about confession ceremonies. Before long, it was 8:00 PM, and the guild masters of every guild needed to draw lots once again to determine the next day’s opponents.
Accustomed to the routine by now, Su Wenqi stretched open both of his arms to let the other person pull him into an embrace and rub off on his good luck. Since the thin layer of paper between them was about to be poked through anyway, Wen Shaochuan tentatively buried his head into the crook of the other person’s neck.
Feeling the warm breath radiating against the back of his neck, Su Wenqi’s body gave a slight shiver out of unfamiliarity, but in the end, he didn’t push him away, realizing he needed to get used to this kind of intimate behavior as well.
Today’s drawing results were still pleasing, winning against their opponents without breaking a sweat. At this point, Raising a Cup Facing the Wind had already entered the top two, performing much better than previously anticipated. Furthermore, their trump cards had yet to be deployed, which bloated everyone’s confidence immensely.
Guild [Eat Eight Meals a Day]: We made it into the top two! Awesome, this is the highest ranking I’ve ever gotten since playing this game.
Guild [Chun’ai Xiaomao]: Me too, I think we have a strong hope of getting first place tomorrow, do you guys have confidence!
Guild [I Love Farming]: Yes! If we get first place this time, will there be a reward, Guild Master!
Guild [Feng Qian]: Yes, a reward of ten thousand gold for each person plus a rare material from the guild warehouse.
Guild [Falling Blossoms]: The guild master is generous!
Guild [Cute Melon Melon]: The guild master is generous!
Guild [Eat Eight Meals a Day]: Everyone charge hard everyday! Let’s lock in second and strive for first!
Guild [Strawberry Juice]: Charge!