Qi Yu lay on his back on the bed, his hands pinned above his head. A person was straddling his waist, and the hard wooden bed beneath him pressed sharply against his back, making him ache.
He felt like a salted fish, an extremely endangered salted fish.
The light streaming through the small window fell on the person in patches of brightness and shadow. Qi Yu tilted his head and managed to get a rough look at the person’s face.
Black hair, thin lips, a high bridge on the nose, deep-set eyes and if you looked closely, peach blossom-shaped eyes that were remarkably handsome.
By Qi Yu’s standards, this was easily one of the best-looking people he had ever seen.
But here, in this position, with those peach blossom eyes giving him a half-smile, half-serious look, it made him shiver. Something about it felt ominous.
Qi Yu moved his fingers, feeling the warmth of the hands pressing down on his wrists, and forced out the brightest, most ingratiating smile of his life:
“Hi, brother! you’re a player too, right?”
Able to move, jump, and touch, and with such good looks and warm to the touch! this must be a person, right?
He swore he would trade the rest of his life, giving up all chances to win free drinks, for this possibility.
After all, meeting a random player who wasn’t in their team was much better than running into a ghost. At least a player wouldn’t want to eat him.
As if sensing his thoughts, the person glanced at him and casually said two words, with a smile at the corner of their lips:
“Xie Shao.”
“?”
What? Just give a name, and suddenly we’re brothers?
Could this “brother” at least move off him? Having been a shut-in college student for three years, Qi Yu was fragile, his small frame couldn’t take much.
“Uh…” Qi Yu replied a beat late.
“Well, Brother Xie Shao… could you maybe let go of me first?”
He asked carefully, his voice nervous and timid. For some reason, he could feel an invisible, yet unmistakable, aura of authority radiating from this man, making him hesitant to act freely.
Perhaps this was the legendary aura of a true leader.
Xie Shao finally loosened his grip, watching Qi Yu slowly push himself up into a semi-sitting position, still leaning slightly back. His face held an innocent expression.
Those dark, clear eyes seemed to say: “Now that I’ve let go, could you also move your body off me? After all, it’s broad daylight, two grown men in this position isn’t exactly proper.”
Xie Shao smiled, clearly hearing Qi Yu muttering to himself.
After all this time, he was still the same personality. Wonderful!
Qi Yu saw this seemingly powerful brother’s smile grow brighter and suddenly reached out, pinching his cheek and mockingly collapsing into his embrace:
“You have to take responsibility for this.”
Qi Yu: “………………”
For the first time in his life, he wondered if he’d gone deaf.
Responsibility? For what?
He was a pure college student, immersed in studies, no romantic entanglements, certainly no gay escapades at most.
He played games and clung to the legs of strong players. He would not let anyone ruin his innocence out of thin air!
Panicking, he tried to push him off but in his haste, he forgot he was half-sitting, arms holding him up. With a bang, both he and the man on top crashed onto the bed.
The bed wasn’t high, but it was extremely hard. With both of their weights combined, it hit hard.
Qi Yu felt like a stone had smashed into his chest. He nearly spit blood, stars flashing before his eyes. And the person responsible didn’t even help him up! Just sat above, teasing him.
“What’s the rush? You’re so eager to push me away? Planning to eat me and then deny it?”
Eat you?
That was nonsense!
Finally catching his breath, Qi Yu shoved Xie Shao off and pounded his chest in defense of his innocence.
“Don’t talk nonsense! We’re just strangers who met by chance. This is the first time we’ve met. Before you pulled me up, I had never seen you or had any contact with you. If you’re planning something else, I suggest you don’t pick me”
“I’m a total newbie, a weakling! Go find the big muscular guy upstairs, or fight a BOSS if you like. Sure, I know nothing about this game, but at least fighting a BOSS drops good loot.”
He argued confidently, admitting his newbie status without embarrassment, while subtly trying to divert attention and gather information.
After following the ghost’s hints to reach this place. Suddenly encountering Xie Shao! seemingly a player not coded into their team was suspicious!
But he didn’t expect that when he dug a little, he hit a literal bomb.
Xie Shao: “I’m the BOSS.”
Qi Yu: “………………”
He never imagined that the second time in his life he would doubt his hearing would come so quickly.
Could he really be experiencing auditory hallucinations? At such a young age? This world was just too cruel. He really wanted to go back to the dorm to play games.
If he could, he wouldn’t even mind the newbies in the dorm who were only good at making a ruckus and getting people killed. He would…
No, he decided not to make such a cruel choice for himself.
Qi Yu stared at the BOSS’s lean waist so close to him and, as fast as lightning, reached out and touched it. Xie Shao glanced at him, as if he immediately understood, then lifted the hem of his T-shirt.
“Come on.”
Qi Yu: ???
Wait, that’s not what I meant!
He quickly pulled the hem back down to cover him, then smoothed out the marks his hands had left. Only then did he start trying to figure out exactly what had happened.
So many things had happened that morning, one bombshell after another. He needed time to slowly sort out his chaotic thoughts.
Ever since Xie Shao had pulled him up, his “game” had entered a strange trajectory. They had come to the attic to find someone.
They hadn’t found the child but end up finding a game BOSS instead. That was within the realm of expectation, not too surprising.
But then the BOSS claimed he had taken advantage of him? And that he was supposed to be held responsible?
Qi Yu racked his brains but couldn’t understand. When had he possibly been with this terrifying BOSS? Since entering this instance. He had only touched a bed once and that was last night when he went to sleep. Could it have been last night…?
“Yes. You slept with me last night.”
Xie Shao nodded and admitted it, without any embarrassment, completely covering up the fact that he had voluntarily “offered himself,” removed the bedding, taken off Qi Yu’s clothes, and spent the entire night holding him, leaving only…
“Last night I brought a group of little ghosts to bother you, entered your room, and knocked you out, intending to attack. I didn’t expect you wouldn’t lose consciousness, and instead you became as strong as an ox, pinned me to the bed, and started taking off my clothes, then…”
Xie Shao sniffled and wiped the corner of his eyes, though no tears had fallen.
“In short, you took advantage of me.”
“And if I got pregnant, I couldn’t let the child be fatherless, so I’d have to marry you.”
Qi Yu: “………………”
A thousand words condensed into three:
I don’t believe it!
He would never believe he could be the kind of person who, after being knocked out, would turn into a beast! Especially when he knew his own limitations.
Three years of shut-in life had made him exhausted; he was a weakling who got winded after running 800 meters. There was no way he could overpower a BOSS! He simply didn’t believe it!
But disbelief was useless, because Xie Shao had proof.
“If you don’t believe me, take out your phone. I specifically took pictures while you were asleep, just to prevent a scumbag like you from denying it!”
Qi Yu: “……”
He hurriedly took out his phone, opened the album…
Two streams of tears instantly fell.
“Waaah…” he sobbed aloud.
Xie Shao patted his shoulder comfortingly: “It’s fine. If a child is born, we’ll just split the support costs.”
Qi Yu swatted his hand away.
He thought to himself: I’m not crying about child support! You’re a man and a BOSS at that. There’s no way a child could be born. He was crying for his own innocence.
He never imagined he would actually have something like this happen with another man.
Looking at the photos, he saw himself holding Xie Shao’s slim waist dominantly. On Xie Shao’s exposed shoulder, there was even a little strawberry mark.
Qi Yu had to admit: he had become a scumbag who had taken advantage of someone.
And that scumbag felt deeply wronged.
Xie Shao took out a handkerchief and wiped his eyes, then said:
“Although this has happened, I will still do my best to protect you. But regarding the information you want in the mission, I still cannot give it to you proactively. You have to find it yourself.”
In other words, once they left the attic, they would have to act their parts in front of other players, playing the roles of player and BOSS without secretly exchanging messages, flirting, or holding hands.
Xie Shao sadly said it felt like they were two lovers torn apart by the Queen Mother of Heaven, only able to meet in the privacy of night.
Qi Yu nodded on the surface, but inwardly he was ecstatic.
If other players saw him clinging to the game BOSS, he would be finished!
So they successfully made an agreement and secretly separated.
Qi Yu climbed down from the attic, cautiously scanning his surroundings, then lay down in a very obvious spot in the corridor, collapsing to the floor as if unconscious.
Soon he heard a scream, followed by the sound of rapid footsteps on the stairs. Someone had noticed him and was coming to check if he was still alive.
Qi Yu lay perfectly still, faithfully pretending to be an unconscious salted fish. Only when Pei Hu came over and pressed firmly on his philtrum did he slowly open his eyes, tears glinting at the corners.
The first words out of his mouth upon waking:
“Quick, go find the basement. The kid is hiding there.”
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[Translator]
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ChaptersChapter 1 · Enter the GameChapter 2 · Pick a roomChapter 3 · DeadChapter 4 · AtticChapter 5 · ResponsibleChapter 6 · A bamboo BasketChapter 7 · DiaryChapter 8 · Song QingChapter 9 · Sent to HospitalChapter 10 · Second CopyChapter 11 · Leaking InformationChapter 12 · Special Prop!Chapter 13 · Doctor GhostChapter 14 · Store RoomChapter 15 · Psychiatry HospitalChapter 16 · Things of PastChapter 17 · Second FloorChapter 18 · He’s adorableChapter 19 · You Like Him?Chapter 20 · Kiss meChapter 21 · Group women’s clothing PlayChapter 22 · Where’s my Skirt?Chapter 23 · Wife of Murder Doctor….Chapter 24 · Go to Third floorChapter 25 · You must find me!Chapter 26 · See you in the next dungeonChapter 27 · VideoChapter 28 · Player ForumChapter 29 · Two women vying for one manChapter 30 · The Giant WolfChapter 31 · A Kind and Benevolent FatherChapter 32 · Preparing the change clothesChapter 33 · Red Heart FruitChapter 34 · In what ways do I fall short of him?Chapter 35 · KissChapter 36 · Bald performanceChapter 37 · The Prince Has ArrivedChapter 38 · Prince Song QingChapter 39 · Should we…Chapter 40 · A Kiss of True LoveChapter 41 · BanquetChapter 42 · Snow White KingChapter 43 · KingChapter 44 · I miss you so much!Chapter 45 · LeavingChapter 46 · Wanting to See HimChapter 47 · Resource Type InstanceChapter 48 · The Banquet BeginsChapter 49 · KissChapter 50 · Full-Dive Virtual RealityChapter 51 · Everyone Is a LiarChapter 52 · MegaphoneChapter 53 · Dragon???Chapter 54 · Fire DragonChapter 55 · A powerful Fire DragonChapter 56 · Want Some Barbecue?Chapter 57 · The Characteristics of the GameChapter 58 · A little DragonChapter 59 · Searching for her sonChapter 60 · We’re Going to Tear Up the HostageChapter 61 · Mountain CollapseChapter 62 · DiscussionChapter 63 · Digging for Crystals?Chapter 64 · Making Money Selling LiquorChapter 65 · A KissChapter 66 · I’m the Best LookingChapter 67 · Ghost Ship 101Chapter 68 · Has the Competition Begun Yet?Chapter 69 · LotteryChapter 70 · First PlaceChapter 71 · The Sea Monster ArrivesChapter 72 · CooperationChapter 73 · The Man in the MaskChapter 74 · WarChapter 75 · The Players’ RevengeChapter 76 · ReturningChapter 77 · The End