My Online Friend Can't Be This Cute

"Do you guys have any female friends who've gone beyond friendship but haven't quite reached the level of dating yet?" He carefully chose his words.

"No." Xi Shaojie was as crisp and decisive as ever.

Zhong Taihong, on the other hand, stayed silent for a long while before reluctantly spitting out, "Yes."

Xi Shaojie looked at Zhong Taihong in disbelief, as if he were looking at a traitor. "Old Zhong? What's going on with you?"

"Ah, it's a long story."

"Then tell me every last detail!"

Heh, amateurs. You want to gang up and screw me over?

Mo Xiangwen watched the two of them wrestle into a ball and sneered.

PS: Sleep early, sleep early. I can finally sleep early.

Next Time, Let's Be Together

Don't Play Holy Slash: It's been almost a whole week. Please allow me to ask you all something.

Don't Play Holy Slash: Where are your character sheets?

Don't Play Holy Slash: Why has only Xiaohuo submitted a sheet so far?

A Seductress: Exactly, exactly.

For a long while, not a single person spoke in the group.

Mo Xiangwen guiltily opened the XLSX file and selected human under the race column.

Well, at least he had made an effort.

Don't Play Holy Slash: Why are all my beloved ministers silent?

Flaked Out: Coo coo coo.

Human-Dragon Unity: Coo coo coo.

Baibai: Coo coo coo.

A Seductress: Looks like we came a step too late. Everyone in the group has already been turned into pigeons by some mysterious force.

Don't Play Holy Slash: ?

Don't Play Holy Slash: Looks like none of you want to play anymore. We'll talk about it next time, then.

Honestly, before meeting Su Mengli, it was hard to imagine that the imposing guild leader in the group was actually a well-bred young beauty on the other side of the screen.

He wondered whether she was angrily scowling right now. It was hard to imagine what this seemingly reserved girl would look like when she got mad.

Well, Su Mengyao had probably seen it plenty of times.

He smiled, then hurriedly tapped out a reply to soothe her.

Human-Dragon Unity: No, no, I'm making it, I'm making it.

Baibai: Cleric Ophelia.XLSL

Baibai: I was busy with other things earlier and forgot to upload it. Sorry.

Don't Play Holy Slash: Ah, Baibai is still the most reliable.

Don't Play Holy Slash: @Human-Dragon Unity, @Flaked Out, what's going on with you two?

Flaked Out: I haven't bought a new computer since getting to school.

Human-Dragon Unity: Same here, same here.

Don't Play Holy Slash: @Human-Dragon Unity Really? Should I visit your dorm tomorrow?

Holy crap, why was someone trying to take this offline at the slightest disagreement?

Most importantly, times were different now. As long as Su Mengli was willing to put aside her pride, go down to the dorm building, find the dorm manager, and give his name, she really could take this offline.

Human-Dragon Unity: Sorry, my mistake, really my mistake.

Human-Dragon Unity: I guarantee I'll submit it tonight.

"Old Mo, what are you doing? What are you looking at that has you smiling so happily?"

Zhong Taihong, who was being pinned to the ground by Xi Shaojie, happened to catch his expression and hurriedly redirected the fire. "Are you chatting with some pretty girl again? Is that why you're so happy?"

Xi Shaojie froze and stopped his hold, looking at him suspiciously.

Damn it, why do you believe him the moment he says it?

Mo Xiangwen's heart skipped a beat, but he pretended to stay calm and sighed.

"Ah, Old Zhong. Fine, you have a girlfriend, but why hide it from your brothers?"

Xi Shaojie frowned, then nodded in agreement and turned his attention back to Zhong Taihong.

Zhong Taihong startled and quickly continued, "Then why did you go have dinner with two beautiful girls behind our backs, Old Mo?"

Mo Xiangwen was stunned. Damn, they had only just gotten back from that meal. How had they found out already?

He suspiciously looked at the other two and found that their expressions were a little off too.

Qin Yongfeng was easier to understand. He just looked somewhat embarrassed.

But why did Xi Shaojie, like Zhong Taihong, have such a horribly warped expression of envy?

Could the three of them have followed him together?

No wonder. No wonder they had come in looking ready to devour someone, bringing up Truth or Dare and mentioning girlfriends every other sentence.

No, the more intensely he reacted now, the more it would prove he had something to hide.

"They're just ordinary friends. I owed them a favor, so of course I had to treat them to dinner. And didn't I come right back to play games with you guys after eating?"

Mo Xiangwen shrugged. "Look, I even had the time and inclination to buy you juice. If you, Old Zhong, had gone out with your girlfriend, could you have come back this quickly?"

"I think Old Mo makes sense." Qin Yongfeng spoke from the side. "Besides, he plays games with us every day. When he's alone, he's either watching anime or playing galgames."

"I've never even seen him spend hours on the phone. What kind of person in a relationship acts like that?"

Caught off guard by the help, Mo Xiangwen looked at Qin Yongfeng in surprise. Qin Yongfeng merely raised his juice at him.

Damn, that cup of juice was worth it.

"Speaking of spending hours on the phone, Old Zhong, haven't you been going out to the balcony to make calls rather frequently?" Mo Xiangwen shook his head as though deeply disappointed in him. "Hiding it from your brothers is one thing, but why pretend to be some tragic loner and deceive our feelings?"

Xi Shaojie froze. Finally no longer hesitant, he turned around and began wrestling Zhong Taihong again.

This time, no matter how Zhong Taihong explained himself or tried to redirect the fire, it was useless.

What was worse than a traitor? Someone who took the lead in condemning others as traitors, only to turn out to be the real traitor himself.

Thinking of that, even Mo Xiangwen felt a little angry. He hurried over and secretly kicked Zhong Taihong amid the chaos.

Back at his seat, just as he was about to finish his own sheet and submit it, he saw that Pigeon had sent him a private message.

Flaked Out: Help me make my sheet.

Human-Dragon Unity: Sure.

Flaked Out: I'll send you the backstory later. Just fill in everything else for me.

Human-Dragon Unity: Fine, no problem.

How complicated could making a Saint Slash launcher be? Just fill it in however.

What race? When in doubt, pick human.

That was the race with the most value in all of Dungeons & Dragons.

Not the strongest, but definitely useful.

As for his own sheet, he was a fighter. There wasn't much to say about that—simple and unadorned.

Before long, Pigeon sent over her backstory as well.

After filling in Pigeon's backstory, he simply sent both sheets to the group together, saving himself the trouble of sending another message later.

Don't Play Holy Slash: Received.

Don't Play Holy Slash: Since you could make them this quickly, why not just make them properly from the beginning? Why did I have to nag you?

Don't Play Holy Slash: Why did Xiao Yi submit two sheets with different classes?

Human-Dragon Unity: One of them is Pigeon's. She doesn't have a computer, so she asked me to make it for her.

Flaked Out: Yes, yes, Commander. I asked Xiao Yi to make my sheet, but I wrote the backstory myself.

Don't Play Holy Slash: Since you wrote the backstory yourself, that's fine.

Flaked Out: @Human-Dragon Unity Thanks.

Human-Dragon Unity: No need to thank me. Just remember to send me fifty bucks next Thursday.

Flaked Out: ? I don't understand, but sure.

Human-Dragon Unity: You don't understand, and you still agreed?

Flaked Out: How could you possibly scam me? Besides, if you really did, I could just go back on my word.

Human-Dragon Unity: That wouldn't really count as scamming you.

Flaked Out: Then what does it mean?

Human-Dragon Unity: Send me fifty yuan on Thursday and treat me to Kaifeng Cuisine.

Flaked Out: Huh? That's all? I thought it was something huge.

Human-Dragon Unity: Forget it, forget it. I was just joking.

Human-Dragon Unity: Still, I had a great time having dinner with the guild leader and the others today. I hope I'll get the chance to meet up with you and Baibai for a meal too.

Baibai: Wuwuwu, I'm so jealous too.

Flaked Out: Are you really looking forward to it?

Human-Dragon Unity: I really am.

Behind him, Zhong Taihong suddenly let out another miserable howl, followed by Xi Shaojie's resentful, interrogating voice.

It was obvious that Xi Shaojie held quite a grudge against this traitor who had cried thief first.

Sigh, this was the ugly face of secretly engaging in impure relationships between men and women.

Unlike him, who had open and pure friendships with everyone.

Wasn't that why they said a man who stood upright had nothing to fear?

People just had to... Huh, a call? From Dad?

Mo Xiangwen took out his phone, walked to the balcony, and answered.

"Hello, Xiangwen. How's school going?"

He had not heard his father's voice in a while, but it still sounded as vigorous as ever.

"Yeah, the school environment is pretty good. I arrived two days early, but the semester's about to start anyway."

"Is that so? Do you have enough money? If not, I'll go to the bank tomorrow and deposit some for you."

"No need, Dad. I told you, the money I earn myself is enough now."

Although he would not receive the royalties from Junior Girl Development Plan until next month, he had kept half of the scholarships he received for getting into college after giving the rest to his family.

Forget waiting until next month—even getting through the entire semester would not be a problem.

Besides, it was not as though he only spent money without earning any.

Overload Mode was useful for more than studying. It was also quite handy for writing novels.

It was not some overpowered skill that could create something from nothing, but he was already very satisfied with how much it improved his efficiency.

Back then, forcing out four thousand words a day took everything he had. Now, activating Overload and updating ten thousand words a day was effortless.

If he wanted, he even had enough energy left to secretly make an alt account and start another novel.

After learning to code for a while longer, he might even be able to make indie games himself, like those big shots who operated as an entire studio alone.

"Is that so? Then remember to tell us at home if you run out of money."