32 Chapter 32- Do Dreams Come True? (1/2)
”It wasn't in Dreams of Jiangshu. Before I was playing Dreams of Jiangshu I played a game called Galaxy Dreams. I played a Heavenly Healer character.”
”I know of that game.” Bei Wei Wei frowned. ”But I thought only female gamers played as Heavenly Healers. You played a female character?”
”Hmm. that was the only character that fit my aesthetic tastes.” No one around the table evinced any sort of surprise. Mei continued. ”A lot of my friends formed partnerships, so I wanted to find a partner too.”
”In general, couples are formed by a man and a woman. You had a female character, where you looking for a male player?” Wei Wei flicked a look across the table at the stone faced hacker before turning back to Mei. Curiosity was obviously the stronger force than worry about stepping on toes.
”You're wrong.” Mei shook his chopsticks in denial. ”I was looking for a yaoren.”
”That worked?”
”Of course.” Kind of. In theory, it had worked anyway. ”There was a male character in the game named Blossom Arrow. It was designed to be very feminine. Most guys wouldn't choose to play that character. Instead, it was very popular with the girls. I thought I'd look for a Blossom Arrow. I even found someone who's name looked like a girl's. It was... Shou Ke Zhai Xing Chen” (A/N: Plucker of Stars)
Wei Wei frowned. ”That name sounds very bold and imposing. Why would it be a girl?”
Wah! Here was the difference in genders. Saosan thought it sounded bold? Where was she when he was looking through the names?
”I... I thought only girls would want to pluck the stars.” Wasn't that the sort of romantic idea that girls liked? Or was it as Wei Wei had said, and the idea of plucking stars was for the bold? Was the plucking of stars only romantic if the man plucked them to give to the female? He groaned. ”And in order to express my understanding, I deliberately didn't ask the question of gender.”
Because he was an idiot.
”In the end, I found out he was... a she-male...”
”That's so complicated. So was it a man or a woman?” Confusion creased Wei Wei's brow as she tried to make sense of Mei's convoluted retelling.
”He was pure man.” Barely hidden glee tinged Yu Ban Shan's voice as he answered Wei Wei. Her mouth opened like a fish.
”And then?”
”Later on?” Mei sighed. ”There's no more. After I found out he was a man, I didn't touch that game anymore.” Except for that one time he logged in and wondered about what could have been. Which was ridiculous because what could have been? Despite his current situation, Mei was sure he wasn't gay. Women still attracted his attention and he could easily imagine a happy future with a women... if he wasn't already with KO. Who was a man. To Mei's mind though, KO was the exception and the fact that their parts were a matched pair was incidental.
”Mr Beauty...” Reproach was clear in Wei Wei's voice and the disappointed looked she gave him. ”You're blaming someone else? You were the one who masqueraded as a female player, played with someone else's feelings, and then abandoned them.”
”Scum.” Yu Ban Shan pointed his chopsticks at Mei as he agreed with Wei Wei.
”I'm not scum!” Okay, he kind of was. ”But at the start, my motives were pure.”
Ban Shan and Wei Wei exchanged a look before turning to Mei with the clear intention of ganging up on him. Before a further word could be said, however, KO spoke up.
”Was the server you were on, called 'Chang'an Under the Moon'?”
”How did you know?” Mei was shocked. Even after he'd filled the guys in, he'd never mentioned the server, so it wasn't as if Yong Hou or Ban Shan could have told him.
For the first time during the meal, KO looked at Mei from across the table. ”Because I am Shou Ke Zhai Xing Chen.