Chapter 6: The Emotions Invested in Playing Games

  Two people are seriously discussing academic issues in the voice channel, but unfortunately, a group of onlookers who do not understand the truth fantasize endlessly about the online status of the two.

  [Public Channel] Fallen Heaven: "Boss is so fierce, under the broad daylight, it's already been five hours..."

  [ Gang Channel ] Softly Falling: "Deputy leader, mind your words."

  [ Gang Channel ] Fallen Heaven's First Captain - Chi Yan: "Deputy Leader, strange, strange, strange!!!"

  [ Gang Channel ] Fallen Heaven Wanderer: "You dare to say I'm a freak?! Ah, how did I die?! Return my life to me!"

  Then, the wise and powerful level-capped dwarf carried out an inhumane massacre on the 20-level red-hatted little monster, causing a commotion.

  [Group Channel] Lucifer: "Alright, it's 11 o'clock. Everyone should get some rest early over the weekend too."

  [ Gang Channel ] Fallen Angel Baby Spirit: "Received, Boss's wife goodnight, Big Brother goodnight, everyone sweet dreams ~"

  [Team Channel] Third Team Leader of Fallen Heaven - Huang Mao: "Brothers in the team, hurry up with the dungeon, we'll fight again tomorrow!"

  He Fei held the neatly organized test papers, stretched her waist and glanced at the screen to see that everyone had indeed gone offline to sleep. She sent a ghost face: "You're quite impressive as the leader of this group!"

  One night's lecture made her feel much closer to Americans, so sucking up is heartfelt!

  "Because I'm in hell."

  "So you're Lucifer!"

  "Through the earpiece came Mira's sound of typing on the keyboard: 'Fallen Angel Alliance, have you heard of it?'"

  For a second, He Fei felt the air conditioner had failed, cold air creeping up from her toes, even the fragrance of osmanthus carried a chill. She cleared her throat before speaking: "It's said that..."

  Fei'er: Legend has it that this is a mysterious organization.

  Looking at the words slowly appearing in the dialogue box, Miru continued: "Then?"

  "It's gone."

  Fei Er: Otherwise, how can it be called mysterious? !

  "...the American road has been defeated."

  Feier: It's getting late, thank you Teacher Mi for taking care of me today. I'll treat you to dinner another day, I'm off first...

  "Ah, just right, you go downstairs." Mi Lu said, and her head went dark.

  He Fei hadn't finished speaking yet, but she could only blink her eyes and swallow the rest of her words back down, feeling a bit helpless. However, in her heart, she secretly let out a sigh of relief.

  It turns out that falling from heaven refers to the Fallen Angel Alliance, no wonder Mi Lu ridiculed her for not having played games before.

  For someone like her who's just a 40-year-old rookie, this answer should be about right...

  If it weren't for that person, she wouldn't even have heard of the Fallen Angel Alliance, no, without him, she also wouldn't have entered "The City of Wishes".

  "Fei Fei, I'm telling you, don't think that we're entering this game just for fun. You have to work with me to fulfill our dreams."

  "Fist clenched, wait till I reach max level, I must apply to join the Fallen Angel Alliance!"

  In my memory, the image of that person dancing with joy is still vivid. Whenever I mention it, a bright smile appears on his face. He said that every member of the Fallen Angel Alliance was an elite, and any game would be honored to have them join; he said that the alliance was not just a gaming guild, its headquarters was located in a ancient castle in the UK with a large estate; he also said that the organizer of the alliance was a genius who could repair servers within the game...

  In his description, the Fallen Angel Alliance is as legendary as the one sung in the Bible, as if he was not playing a game but traveling through time and space.

  At that time, He Fei was always picking herbs and being a serious listener. At that time, she naively thought that the truth or falsehood in games didn't matter.

  At that time, she didn't understand, even playing games would make people emotional.

  "Feifei, my application was rejected again, I'm so sad. But a sister told me to join their union and she'll take me with her."

  "Sorry, Feifei, I forgot to tell you, I got married with her in the game for a task, don't be angry..."

  "Your level is too low, don't follow us union members to do tasks in the future, people will laugh at you!"

  She didn't need that phone call in the morning at all, she should have known she was already redundant.

  Poor silly her——

  "What are you standing stupidly at the elevator entrance for?"

  In a daze, it seemed as if someone was waving their hand in front of her face.

  He Fei followed the direction of his finger, raised her head, and the crystal chandelier in the hall made people's eyes ache. She squinted, and the person in front of her was really beautiful, like an angel, making people feel redeemed: "Mi Lu? How did you end up here?"

  Mi Lu looked up at the lamp and then grabbed her wrist, walking towards the door: "It's too late, it's not safe for a girl to walk alone, I'll send you back to school."

  "You were just chatting with me, how did you end up here?" The sudden situation made He Fei somewhat bewildered. "And didn't you say you weren't coming back today?"

  The security guard at the entrance nodded and pulled her out of the gate: "First, there's a technology called Wi-Fi; second, I planned not to come back today, but someone's stupidity changed my plan."

  Why keep saying she's stupid, He Fei shook off his hand, she was already very hurt.

  "What's wrong?" Mi Lu turned around, "Standing there doing what, hurry up and go, the dormitory door is about to close."

  He Fei slung her bag over her shoulder, lifted her head and puffed out her chest: "I don't need you to see me home, I'm safer walking at night than you are!"

  “……”

  "Pfft——" A passerby couldn't help but laugh.

  Mi Lu's face didn't look very good.

  He Fei's head hung low in shame. Mei Mei hated it when others made a fuss about her appearance, and now the whole school knew - how could she be so straightforward and just say it out loud?

  The two walked silently for a couple of steps, she was thinking about how to break the silence and turn the conversation around, when her phone in her pocket lit up, "Birds on the tree are paired..." unexpectedly broke the silence.

  "It might be my roommate asking when I'm coming back," He Fei carefully let out a breath, gave Mi Lu an awkward smile, and pressed the answer button, "Cough, hello?"

  "Fei Fei, it's me, I'm Xiao Nan, you finally picked up my call."

  Hearing the voice coming from the microphone, He Fei buried her head, her hands and feet icy cold as if she had lost all sensation, just like that morning two months ago.

  "Fei Fei? I know you're listening to me. Did you log into your game account today? I want to explain something about the money issue, actually..."

  "You don't need to say anything, I don't want to hear any explanations," He Fei felt that hearing another word would make her feel sick. She quickly hung up the phone and faced the dial tone in silence for a while, "It's over."

  Mi Lu reached out with one hand and pressed against her forehead, saying softly, "Lift your head up."

  "Wrong number, sorry," He Fei lifted her head with a forced smile, "Let's go!"

  Mi Lu's fingers suddenly moved from her forehead to her cheek, and He Fei subconsciously took a small step back.

  "Why are you crying and laughing at the same time?" His hand didn't leave, but switched to the other side to wipe it clean, then rubbed it on her clothes. "But it's really ugly, walking at night is safer than me."

  "What kind of person is this?! Can't you see others are heartbroken?!"

  She was just about to retort when her phone started ringing again. She hung up, it rang again, and she hung up once more before Miro took the phone away from her.

  "This isn't a solution, the birds on the tree are almost full, you won't catch them, I'll catch them instead."

  What's it got to do with him!

  And what's with this guy, why is he so tall for no reason?!

  She jumped up and down, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't grab the phone. He Fei felt like she was going crazy. It was ironic that just a moment ago, she thought this "talented scholar" who taught with such elegance was a good person!

  "The bird on the tree——" The phone rang again.

  Mi Lu didn't even glance at He Fei in the midst of her tantrum, calmly answering the phone: "Uh-huh... uh-huh... uh-huh... by the way, do you know who I am?"

  He suddenly blurted out this sentence, and He Fei didn't dare to move anymore, holding her breath to listen to the two of them talking.

  "Who is this?" Xiao Nan asked hesitantly over the phone.

  I am her boyfriend.

  "Impossible! You're talking nonsense!" Xiao Nan suddenly shouted, her voice so loud that even He Fei wanted to cover her ears. Mi Lu, on the other hand, remained expressionless and continued listening, "Feifei can't possibly change her mind, do you know who I am? I'm the one who..."

  "You're trash."

  After finishing speaking, Mimi hung up the phone with a flick of her jade-like finger.

  Cold wind, fallen leaves, drifting by.

  "Wow!" He Fei stretched out her two frozen paws and applauded, "Awesome!"

  "I think so too," Mimi said, shoving her phone into someone's palm with a faint smile that seemed to captivate the whole world, "Feeling better?"

  He Fei nodded dazedly: "If he could see your appearance or know that you are Lucifer, it would be even more relieving!"

  "Huh?"

  "Ah, no," He Fei hastily shook her head and salvaged the situation. "What I mean is, thank you for standing up for me. Actually, I've been looking forward to this day for a long time - finding someone more handsome than him, richer than him, and then walking past him with my head held high. Cough cough cough, isn't that childish?"

  She spoke softer and softer under Mile's unblinking gaze.

  "I think most girls would hope for that, when being bullied," he puckered his lips, his eyelashes fluttered, and a cute smile appeared, "So, I didn't do too badly just now?"

  He Fei stretched out her hand to grab the hat behind her back and put it on, took a few steps forward, feeling much warmer: "Not bad, Mr. Knight, thank you for your humanitarian rescue."

  Mi Lu quickly caught up with her and asked in parallel: "Are you unhappy?"

  "Not happy, but relieved, people will change, he will, I will too." She said with a self-deprecating smile.

  "Are you sighing, hmm, life is but a first meeting?"

  "Life is but a first meeting? Maybe. But sometimes, what we miss isn't that feeling, it's just ourselves back then."

  Mi Lu was taken aback for a moment, then returned a smile to her: "Someone has said the same thing to you."

  "Really? I rarely come up with such philosophical words, and I thought I could have copyright!" He Fei pretended to be helpless and stuck out her tongue.

  "Sorry," Mi Lu said with a regretful expression, "but the fact that you can come up with this sentence means you're not as stupid as I thought—"

  "I'm not stupid to begin with, okay?" Someone straightened their head and puffed out their chest.

  "Not stupid? Then He Hao, you explain why your English has never been passing."

  "Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses."

  "Oh?"

  "What's that?" He Fei stood with her hands on her hips, her shadow under the streetlight looking even more menacing. "Mi classmate, you're so capable, why don't you try giving birth to a kid and see how it feels!"

  “……”

  "But I can! So, as they say, 'every inch has its shortcomings and every foot has its advantages', get it?!"

  Is this idiom really used like this?

  "Alright, let's not talk about it anymore, let's go quickly."

  "Oh..."

  "Just send me to the school gate, don't go in."

  "En, hao." Under the winter day's lamplight, Milu smiled with a pampered face.