"You're not trying to make me take the blame again, are you?"
The instant Shen Nian heard Lu Xiu say that, her PTSD flared up.
Even now, she still remembered the first time she had gone to see Lu Xiu, only for Lu Xiu to bombard her with questions about what instances players needed before launching into an explanation of three instance types.
To this day, she didn't dare admit that she had visited Lu Xiu back then and discussed instances with her-for fear that every member of the Strategy Group would ostracize her-
And now, Lu Xiu was making a Class Contest Instance for a fifteen-turn class.
If Lu Xiu suddenly told the players, "Shen Nian just made fun of me, so I'm going to give your Class Contest Instance a massive difficulty boost"-
What Shen Nian would face afterward was simply unimaginable.
"This has nothing to do with me!"
At that thought, Shen Nian immediately raised both hands and crossed them over her chest, making a huge X. "Don't you dare say it's because of me, or write something like 'Special thanks to Shen Nian for suggesting we double the difficulty' in the instance description! I'll die!"
Lu Xiu came back to her senses and turned to look at her. "Hmm? Why are you saying that? What does this have to do with you?"
"Huh?"
Shen Nian froze for a moment. "Didn't you say that teasing was a sign of affection, and you wanted to teach the players through adversity by raising the difficulty? I thought you were going to use me as an excuse-"
"Oh, right."
Lu Xiu's eyes lit up at that, realization dawning on her. "I could use you two as an excuse! Then you'd be the ones getting cursed at. Since you've suggested it-"