Become a Couple (Request Collection, Request Recommendation)

"Great God, your equipment is practically on par with One Smile's, isn't it?" Weiwei said with a smile.

One Smile was a legend on this server. Ever since the server opened, he had dominated the PK Ranking List, Wealth Ranking List, and Equipment Ranking List. Especially since he himself was so elusive and mysterious, never showing his face.

Xiao Xie smiled faintly. "Actually, games are like real life. Not everyone likes appearing on ranking lists and the like. A true master stays hidden in the crowd—there must be plenty of reclusive experts in this game!"

Weiwei nodded. "That's true. Of course, this game became popular because of how skill-based it is. Even if a player has a set of invincible equipment, they still can't become powerful if their controls are poor!"

Whether a game was fun or not depended on its playability. And where did that playability lie? Its greatest joy was in PK!

Of course, that was also why game companies periodically organized PK tournaments, along with guild wars, arena PK competitions, PK Ranking Lists, and so on.

Where there were people, there was jianghu; where there was jianghu, there was conflict!

Before Xiao Xie could reply, Zhen Shui Wu Xiang suddenly sent Reed Weiwei a private message. "Weiwei, can you come to the Three Lives Stone? I want to dissolve our chivalric partnership!"

"Why?" Reed Weiwei asked instinctively.

"Don't ask about the reason. I'll give you a set of Heaven-Defying Equipment as compensation." Zhen Shui Wu Xiang did not explain himself and instead got straight to the point.

Hearing him, Reed Weiwei nodded. "All right, wait for me!"

"Great God, I have something to do. I'll be leaving first," Reed Weiwei said.

"Weiwei, what's wrong? Is Zhen Shui Wu Xiang going to dissolve your chivalric partnership?" Xiao Xie asked.

"Great God, how did you know?" Bei Weiwei, sitting in front of her computer, looked utterly stunned.

"A guess." Those same two words again.

"..." Bei Weiwei was speechless when she saw Xiao Xie's reply.

"Weiwei, once you dissolve your relationship with Zhen Shui Wu Xiang, let's become chivalric partners!" Xiao Xie said.

"Ah!"

"What do you mean, 'ah'? I'll send you an invitation later." Xiao Xie directly settled the matter.

Bei Weiwei stared at Xiao Xie's words on the screen with a helpless expression. But when she recalled how Xiao Xie had helped her out earlier that day, she felt that becoming chivalric partners with him was not such a bad thing. Bei Weiwei muttered to herself, "Chivalric partners... so embarrassing!"

"Ding! 'Reed Weiwei' and 'Zhen Shui Wu Xiang' have suffered a breakdown in their relationship and announced their divorce. Henceforth, he may marry and she may wed, each unrelated to the other."

With the announcement, their chivalric partnership was officially dissolved!

Still, Zhen Shui Wu Xiang truly deserved to be called a rich second-generation heir. There was breakup compensation for ending things!

He sent Reed Weiwei a set of Heaven-Defying-grade red-clad female swordswoman attire, but she did not accept it and directly chose to cancel.

"When we got together in the first place, it was for a quest. Now that the quest is over, neither of us owes the other anything!" After saying that, Reed Weiwei left the Three Lives Stone. Although they had completed quests together for quite a while and had developed a certain camaraderie, to Weiwei, it had only been friendship! Since they had separated, then so be it. She had no lingering attachment.

However, just as Reed Weiwei left and planned to train the proficiency of her herb-gathering skill, a message suddenly chimed. It was none other than a message from Xiao Xie: "Weiwei, become chivalric partners with me!"

Bei Weiwei sat at her seat, her pretty face flushed bright red...

When Si Si saw this, she could not help walking over. "Weiwei, your face is so red. You're not sick, are you?"

Xiao Ling noticed it too and said, "I have cold medicine here. Do you want some?"

The girls in their dorm had a very good relationship. They cared for one another like sisters.

"It's nothing. I don't have a cold, I'm just a little hot!" Bei Weiwei picked up a tissue from beside her and wiped her forehead, answering somewhat guiltily.

But upon hearing them, Zhao Erxi was the first to laugh. "Weiwei, don't tell me you're thinking about God Xiao?"

Bei Weiwei's pretty face immediately turned even redder as she stammered, "N-No, I'm not!"

"Look how awkward you are. You must be thinking about God Xiao!"

"Which God Xiao? Don't tell me you mean Xiao Nai?" Si Si asked Zhao Erxi curiously.

"Not Xiao Nai—Dance God Xiao Xie! Didn't you change your ringtone to his 'Little Apple'? He stood up for us at the computer store today. He was so handsome! I like him so much!" Zhao Erxi cried, cupping her cheeks.

"No way! You really ran into God Xiao? I'm so jealous of you!" Seeing Zhao Erxi's certain look, Si Si cried out enviously.

Xiao Ling said thoughtfully, "I heard God Xiao is a transfer student at our school. Looks like it's true!"

Bei Weiwei ignored Zhao Erxi and the others, asking Xiao Xie, "Great God, do you really want to become chivalric partners with me?"

"Of course!" Xiao Xie replied decisively.

"B-But I just dissolved my chivalric partnership with Zhen Shui!"

"It's fine. You and Zhen Shui Wu Xiang weren't really a couple anyway. You only got together for a quest back then. He definitely won't care!"

Bei Weiwei hesitated for a moment. "All right, then. Come to the Three Lives Stone!"

At his computer, Xiao Xie revealed a satisfied smile upon receiving Bei Weiwei's answer. If he became chivalric partners with Bei Weiwei before Zhen Shui Wu Xiang did, everyone would get the impression that Bei Weiwei had dumped Zhen Shui Wu Xiang. Hahaha...

A wedding naturally required pomp, and pomp naturally cost money. What Xiao Xie lacked least was money.

Thus, he began spamming the world channel...

"I shall soon become chivalric partners with Reed Weiwei. Any friends who attend the wedding will receive a red packet of 888 Gold Coins. Everyone is welcome to join us!"

The moment the message appeared, the entire channel erupted!

Everyone loved gossip. Besides, Reed Weiwei and Zhen Shui Wu Xiang were both well-known players. When they had run dungeons before, their coordination had been practically flawless—yet now they had dissolved their chivalric partnership!

But what truly piqued everyone's curiosity was that Reed Weiwei had immediately formed a couple bond with another man after dissolving her couple relationship...

Could it be that Reed Weiwei had dumped Zhen Shui Wu Xiang? The onlookers who did not know the full story began speculating in private.

Once everyone learned that attending the wedding would earn them 888 gold, nearly half the server showed up!

"Great God Xiao, why did you call so many people here? We could've just held a simple ceremony!" Reed Weiwei looked at the crowd filling her screen, the corner of her mouth twitching.

"Even if it's in a game, this is still the first time I've gotten married in my life. Naturally, I can't be careless about it," Xiao Xie said calmly.

As he spoke, divine light flashed in his hand, and an entire set of Ghost Gear appeared!

"What is this?" Bei Weiwei was completely stunned!

Bei Weiwei had been playing the game for a long time, and her equipment was already top-tier. Yet compared to this heaven-defying set of red-clad female saberwoman Ghost Gear, hers was utterly insignificant!

"My betrothal gifts for you! Take them!"

Bei Weiwei suddenly felt like crying...

Although she had never accepted things from men, these "betrothal gifts"...

No!

Bei Weiwei quickly calmed down. Looking at Xiao Xie before her, she said, "Great God, this set must be worth tens of thousands of yuan, right? It's too precious! I can't accept it!"

"You'll need this equipment for PK in the future. Besides, it's for female players, so it's useless sitting with me," Xiao Xie said calmly.

Bei Weiwei did not immediately click confirm. Instead, she placed a heaven-defying ring into the trade window...

"This is my dowry!" But as soon as she said it, Bei Weiwei's face turned red... This time, it was not from shyness, but embarrassment! She said awkwardly, "It's a little too little, but I'll make it up to you later!"

Xiao Xie shook his head. "For me, having you is enough..."

After the two exchanged their gifts, they stood before the Old Man of the Moon at the Three Lives Stone.

A system message soon popped up: Reed Weiwei and Alchemist were deeply in love. At the Old Man of the Moon Temple, they pledged themselves to one another for life. In this life and forevermore, they would never leave nor abandon each other, their hearts bound as one.

Cheers immediately erupted from the crowd, and Xiao Xie was naturally generous. Packet after packet of red envelopes rained down from the sky!

Every fan who attended also received a large red envelope...

After all that was settled, Reed Weiwei boarded the bridal sedan chair and began the parade.

It had to be said that Xiao Xie had spent a fortune this time, but the returns were also quite good!

Request Collection for the new book, and please vote with recommendations. Three updates today—thank you all for your support. Let me explain something here: during the early stages, the protagonist's general plot will follow the original storyline's main thread, but the events in between will differ. After all, the protagonist isn't invincible. You can't expect him to head straight to the Central Plains at the very beginning just to show off, can you? That wouldn't be showing off—that would be idiotic. It's like if you readers really transmigrated: would you follow the plot, pick up some girls, and dig up some treasures, or would you refuse to go where you knew the lucky encounters were and insist on searching for treasures elsewhere on your own?