Ever since the day Chu Qingjiu had casually tested the waters about "leaving," Qi Wu had been acting strangely.
They still spent time together and doted on each other as usual. When they weren't in an instance, Qi Wu took him out to have fun and carefully prepared gifts for him on holidays.
Qi Wu loved him more and more, and Chu Qingjiu suffered more and more.
Because he knew they didn't have much time left together.
At first, he and Qi Wu always stuck together when entering instances, bringing along players they needed to protect.
Later, as Qi Wu's clear count drew closer to a hundred and the instances grew harder, he no longer wanted to take Chu Qingjiu with him.
Of course, his reluctance was one thing, and Chu Qingjiu insisting on following him was another.
Those quiet days continued for a full six months.
Their only argument happened because Qi Wu had secretly entered a Five-Star Instance behind Chu Qingjiu's back and nearly died inside.
When Chu Qingjiu asked him why, he refused to answer, still hoping to wheedle and shamelessly charm his way out of it as he always had.
But after being with Qi Wu for so long, Chu Qingjiu had developed an immunity-though that was, of course, because this incident was serious enough that Chu Qingjiu felt he needed to assert some authority. Otherwise, he would still have fallen for it.
Even if Qi Wu wouldn't talk, Chu Qingjiu could pick up bits and pieces from the other members of the Mutual Aid Society.
Zhang Yaoyao told him that Qi Wu had sought out her older brother-the Fortune Teller-and asked him a few things before deciding to enter that instance.
Chu Qingjiu wasn't close to the Fortune Teller. He only knew the man was