Chapter 168: Betrayal (1/2)
About three in the morning, the system notified with a ding: Congratulations, your guild has successfully reached Rank 2!
……
Okay, we finally managed to reach Rank 2 after grinding for an entire night. The player limit was increased to 1000 members, and we could finally recruit on a large scale!
He Yi had a pleased expression and said with a smile, ”Alright, the guild has enough experience. Prepare to go offline and rest. We will recruit in Floating Ice City tomorrow and first fill all 1000 spots!”
”Yes!” I nodded and took out a city return scroll.
After returning to Floating Ice City, I went to the inn to go offline. He Yi sent over a message: ”Should I go to your room or will you come to mine?”
I thought and responded, ”I will go to yours.”
”Okay!”
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I took off my helmet after going offline and walked out of the room.
The hallways were quiet at night. I was slightly afraid. If someone saw me sneaking into our beautiful boss’s room at night, what would they think?
Knock knock...
I lightly knocked on the door. He Yi quickly opened and a beautiful face appeared in front of me with a smile. ”Come in.”
”Mn.”
After just half a day, He Yi's room had become unusually clean. It looked like a room from a high-end hotel, but the bed was slightly messy with piles of clothes atop. It appeared she hadn't had the time to put them away.
He Yi opened the fridge and took out frozen dumplings. Fuck, she really called me over to eat dumplings!
I sat anxiously on the sofa by the window and looked at He Yi's back. I felt extremely emotional. Was this beautiful woman the person I missed this past month or so?
I had to say that He Yi was an exceptional woman. Just a simple shirt and a tight skirt made her so alluring. Her hair poured down from her shoulders, her neck was long and white, and the skin above her collar was white. Her twin peaks seemed like they would burst from her shirt and her short skirt wrapped around a beautiful body with voluptuous curves.
I couldn't help but turn my gaze away. If I didn’t, I’m afraid my breathing would turn erratic.
……
”Hey...”
Suddenly, there was noise next to me as He Yi sat down and said with a smile, ”What’s up, not feeling good?”
”I’m okay.” I turned to look at He Yi. My heart beat rapidly. This feeling was strange, and oddly similar to when I was together with Lin Yixin.
He Yi looked at me, her beautiful eyes hiding complex emotions.
Her eyes became misty. He Yi looked at me, tears slipping down her face, her eyes full of grief and resentment.
I panicked. ”Boss, you...”
Quietly, I said, ”Sorry...”
He Yi suddenly stood up, still full of resentment. ”Du Thirteen knew you were alive, Mingyue knew you were alive. They all knew you were alive, only I was kept in the dark. You colluded together to lie to me! Was it... fun?”
I stood up and kept apologizing. ”Boss, we didn't do it on purpose. Sorry...”
He Yi bit her lips and sat down in the corner. She hugged her legs and buried her face in her arms as she sobbed.
My feelings could only be called complex. While I had hoped to protect her and Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, the things I’d done hard harmed both her and myself.
Walking next to He Yi, I slowly bent down, and opened my arms to hug her shoulders. I whispered, ”It's all in the past. No one will work together to deceive you from now on. Boss, don't cry, alright?”
He Yi continued to cry, as awfully as she had in the bar that night, as though she wanted to vent all her emotions.
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After a long while, I sniffed. ”Boss, your dumplings seem to be cooked...”
He Yi turned away and slowly stood up. She wiped her tears and said softly, ”Right, you wait here.”
After a while, the dumplings were brought over and I was stunned.
”These are... rice balls?” I carefully asked.
He Yi put her hands on her hips. ”Dumplings!”
”But they look round...”
”They are just round!”
”I've never seen frozen dumplings like these...”
”That is because you are ignorant~”
He Yi glared at me with her beautiful eyes. ”Taste it, I worked so hard for an entire night to make them...”
”You made them?” I glared at her and said with a smile, ”I thought you only knew how to make a public class...”
He Yi glared at me, her eyes murderous. ”If you don't eat, I will immediately make you finalize!”
I shuddered. ”I’ll eat, I’ll listen to boss!”
I took a bite and confirmed these were indeed dumplings with celery and beef stuffing. They were delicious and I ate a few more.