Chapter 162: Hanting Express (2/2)
He Yi smiled. “Mn!”
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He Yi wasn’t willing to leave even after we had dinner, and it took everything Murong Mingyue had to change her mind. If our workshop literally didn’t have a spare room to accommodate her—which Murong Mingyue pointed out repeatedly until He Yi gave in—I suspected that she would’ve stayed the night here.
When nighttime I arrived, I logged into the official forums and contacted He Yi. A while later, He Yi posted a thread with the title: “The Return of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls’ Divine General!”
It was a bombastic title. I clicked open the thread to find the passage: “It has been a month or so since the start of Heavenblessed, but our Divine General, Falling Dust, has finally returned to us! Falling Dust had changed his ID to ‘Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand’, and he and his guild, Bloody Mercenaries, will be officially joining Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls! I hereby promise on my name that Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls will fight and bleed to the last drop to defend the honor of our city borders and server!”
I quickly pasted my own statement that I had prepared a while ago and claimed the first post before anyone else could: “I’ve decided to bring Bloody Mercenaries under the banner of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls after some consideration. Be it yesterday, today or tomorrow, we swear to always defend the honor of our guild! We will slay anyone who challenges it even if we have to travel a thousand miles to carry out our vengeance! Please support us for many years to come, and thank you everyone for reading this!”
The thread lasted three minutes in obscurity before it was gilded and stickied!
Countless players responded to it.
2nd comment: No wonder Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand fought all seventeen pros of Gods of Destruction alone back at Silver Moon Valley! It was all for Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls! Holy shit, this is how a real man should act, people! It’s just like From Water says, Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand truly is their greatest Divine General!
3rd comment: Haha, it’s getting spicy here in Floating Ice City. Now that Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and Bloody Mercenaries have merged as one, they’re the equal of Snowy Cathaya and Gods of Destruction. Will there be a Three Kingdom drama taking place in Floating Ice City in the near future?”
4th comment: You’re overthinking this, 3rd commenter. My Fruit Knife Goddess is invincible!
5th comment: I agree with the comment above. Wind Fantasy, I love you~~
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Whoever was monitoring the forums worked quickly and efficiently, because it only took a couple more minutes for He Yi’s thread to be added to the headlines. The clicks were endless, and it wasn’t long before the entire China server was talking about the merger between Bloody Mercenaries and Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. It was exactly what He Yi and I was hoping to see. Both our guilds were now famous throughout the China server, and that could only be a good thing.
After that, Bloody Mercenaries formed a party and farmed wild bears hanging around at the edge of Frost Forest. The goal was to collect some high-level pelts for Yamete to craft some armors. However, we didn’t burn the midnight oil because we were moving out of our apartment starting tomorrow. The drifters had returned home, and they now had a truckload of capital to play with. I was filled with hope for the future. We could hardly wait to achieve something big under the name of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls!
I logged off at exactly 11:30 pm and lay down on the bed. It was at this moment I received a phone call.
Doo doo...
I checked the number and noticed that it was He Yi. She had asked for my number right before she left.
I accepted the call and greeted her, “Good evening, boss~”
He Yi let out a chuckle before asking, “Have you packed your stuff yet, Lu Chen?”
I shot the belongings lying next to my bed a glance before nodding. “Yep. Everything’s ready!”
“Good. Your rooms are 003–007. I’m not going to go into details, you can see for yourself when you come here tomorrow. If there’s anything you’re dissatisfied with, talk to me and we’ll work it out.”
“Got it. Speaking of which, who’s staying in 001 and 002?”
“I and Mingyue. Is there a problem?”
“Not at all. Quite the contrary…”
“Hehe.”
He Yi chuckled again. Suddenly, she let out a sigh before asking quietly, “How… how have you been during this time?”
I recalled everything that had happened since that fated day. The virus, the pain. It was a recollection of things that I would rather forget.
“Not very good, to be honest…” I replied.
He Yi fell quiet for a moment, giving me the impression that she wanted to say something but didn’t know where to start. A while later, she finally said, “I’m sorry…”
“Come on, let’s talk about something else. This is way too heavy for both of us right now…” I said with a smile.
He Yi hummed in agreement before saying, “Can you guess where I am right now?”
I was surprised. “Where are you?”
“Go to the balcony and look to the other side of the street~~”
“Ah?”
I got up and walked to the balcony. I immediately spotted He Yi’s sports car beneath a street lamp and the woman herself leaning against the car. She waved at me twice with her left hand while holding her phone with her right.
I was speechless. “It’s almost midnight. Why aren’t you back home yet?”
“Go back? I’m on my own right now, and I don’t feel like going back…” He Yi laughed. “I booked a room at a nearby hotel, and I’ll be staying there for the night. I’ll guide you to the company myself in the morning. What do you think?”
I asked, concerned, “Are you sure it’s safe? Where are you staying?”
“Oh, I’m staying at Hanting Express. It’s right next to the university…”
“...”
Wait a second. Didn’t Lin Yixin stay at a hotel next to the university as well?