Chapter 8 (1/2)
Chapter 8 — The Crisis Is Resolved!
Losing, isn't scary. But having a crowd watching you, it's embarra.s.sing!
Edited by Planetes
Ling Xiaolu gulped, nervous. ”D-drunken Stupor On The Execution Ground.”
Ling Long had a strong impulse to facepalm, but it did not dare, highly afraid of exposing themselves.
”… Drunken Stupor On The Execution Ground?”
”Yes! It's this one!”
”I've never seen a newbie learning this sort of skills straight away.”
”Then congratulations, you've seen it now.”
”Hmm?”
”No, I'm saying… I didn't know what skills to learn, so I picked one randomly. Who would have thought that this skill could only be used to escape! If I wanted to relearn something else, I would have to spend more money, what a scam!”
Ling Xiaolu insisted vehemously, but there was no change in Li Zheng's appearance. Ling Xiaolu did not know if he believed him or not.
”Why did you run?”
”You saw it for yourself too. That person kept chasing after me, wanting to fight me. I won't be able to beat him, so I could only run.”
”You're a newbie, why was he chasing after you?”
Ling Xiaolu could not come up with a response. ”Why are you asking me? You should ask him!”
Li Zheng remained silent. Ling Xiaolu was on tenterhooks, afraid that he would come to a realisation.
”Umm…” He carefully pointed at his foot. ”Can you help me remove this? It's been a while already, and my foot is starting to go numb.”
Li Zheng slowly raised his hand up. Ling Xiaolu thought that a person like this who looked as though he walked out from a xianxia novel would definitely have set a very refined gesture for his skills as well. As such, his eyes were glued to him.
However, Li Zheng did not remove the tracking seed, but reached for the back of Ling Xiaolu's neck, pressing lightly down on that suspicious place he felt just now.
The temperature of Li Zheng's fingertip was clearly quite low, but the pressure made Ling Xiaolu break out in cold sweat.
Due to the previous touch, the collar had been triggered into vanis.h.i.+ng temporarily. Ling Xiaolu now could only pray that the fifteen minutes were not up yet.
Li Zheng did not manage to feel anything, and his eyes darkened ambiguously.
When Li Zheng's finger left the back of his neck, Ling Xiaolu secretly heaved a breath of relief.
”Now, can you…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Li Zheng, who had pulled his hand away, now grabbed onto his left wrist. Raising it up swiftly, the gaming peripheral bracelet which had already been prepared was revealed.
”…”
This person was so cautious it was scary!
”Uhh, I just bought it, is there a problem with it? Although it's not as good as yours, it's cheaper.” Ling Xiaolu spoke the truth, but it was also extraneous.
Seeing that Ling Xiaolu was not the person he was looking for, Li Zheng released his hand, a little disappointed.
”I got the wrong person.”
”I-it's, it's fine.”
A small movement of Li Zheng's fingers, and the tracking seed that was clinging onto Ling Xiaolu's foot quickly fell off, sinking into the ground. It then reappeared again by popping up next to Li Zheng's feet. Ling Xiaolu looked down at it. It was a sunflower-look alike plant that had about seven or eight th.o.r.n.y tendrils. Right at that moment, it was swaying its tendrils, dancing along. Ling Xiaolu did not know if it was intelligent, or something inbuilt in it, but it suddenly raised its head and blew a raspberry at Ling Xiaolu with a very long tongue!
… This completely doesn't match your Adonis aura!
Li Zheng took his radar out and discovered the signal had already disappeared. At the same time, Ling Xiaolu too received a private message in text from Ling Long.
Ling Long: Good news! The technological department has suddenly solved this issue. The pet radar will now completely be unable to keep track of you!
Seems like Xinshan is still quite efficient, Ling Xiaolu thought optimistically. Maybe the code monkeys would work overtime, and the collar on his neck could be removed!
”I've taken up your time.”
Ling Xiaolu was in a good mood. ”No, no. To be able to have such a close interaction with my idol is an honour!”
Li Zheng was used to hearing such things, and naturally did not think too deeply about it. With a swing of his sleeves, he vanished along with his pet in front of Ling Xiaolu.
”The crisis is resolved!”
Ling Xiaolu who had escaped from the tiger's den turned around gleefully, only to freeze as though he had just been struck by lightning.
The nation's husband, no, the tyrannical crown prince Ji Meng had his mouth in his usual shape, and was walking towards him very aggressively.
Ling Long wanted to shout for help. ”You celebrated too early.”
The cool down of the dig skill had just ended. Ling Xiaolu wanted to go back to his old tricks. ”I'm…”
Ji Meng extended his right arm, his hand looking like a claw, with lightning crackling around him. ”Try turning another somersault. I'll strike you into ashes!”
Ling Xiaolu forced ”going” back into his throat. He was really baffled. ”As a benefactor, don't you feel it's very shameful to keep hara.s.sing a cute little newbie like me?”
”To have a noob like you escaping three times in a row for me is more shameful.” Ji Meng strode over and was right in front of Ling Xiaolu in no time. Ling Xiaolu would have much difficulties running away now.
”Call me a newbie, newbie,” Ling Xiaolu corrected him, resigned. ”If not, you can also call me a beginner. At least respect me a little.”
Ji Meng was now at a distance where he could immediately grab the back of Ling Xiaolu's collar if he were to do a somersault. ”Say it now.”
”What should I say?”
”…” Ji Meng too was stunned. ”I don't know! Say it!”
”…”
I'm afraid this person isn't smart!
”I disconnected urgently the first time was because… I was sick, and uncomfortable. So I went offline to buy some medicine.” Ling Xiaolu started spinning lies.
Ji Meng snorted heavily, scaring away all the excuses Ling Xiaolu was about to come up with.
”What about the second time? Why did you run when you saw me?”
”The second time, the second time it was because… I learnt a new skill, and I wanted to test if it was easy to use!”
”You went to the Pet-X to learn skills?”
Ling Xiaolu regretted it so much that he desperately wanted to cut his tongue off. ”I learnt the skill before going to Pet-X to see if there were any pets to buy. Who would have thought that I'll see you immediately after coming out. Say, do you think there's a sort of fate between us?”
This time, Ji Meng snorted a little less loudly.
Ling Xiaolu saw that he was slowly starting to accept his excuses, and so he was even more confident in his lies. ”The third time is even simpler. You were running towards me waving a great big sword. Whoever who sees this would instinctively run away.”
”If you didn't run, why would I have to chase after you?”
”If you didn't chase after me, why would I have to run?”
Their conversation ended in a stalemate.
”You're really not hiding anything from me?” After a long moment, Ji Meng asked, unwilling to give up.
”As a newbie, what is there for me to hide from you?”
”Then, what about Li Zheng? Why was he all over you?”
”What all over me… Take note of your language! I just wanted to look at the show, but I didn't think that I would coincidentally end up on the same pillar as him. My idol is very kind hearted. Although he doesn't know me, seeing you, a benefactor, bullying a newbie, he naturally rescued me from the demon's claws.”
Maybe because he recalled his tragic loss just now, Ji Meng's face was quite ugly.
Ling Xiaolu was very good at reading expressions. ”But don't be upset. After all, in comparison with him, you're also a newbie, it's not embarra.s.sing at all for you to lose to him. Oh, despite the fact that it happened in front of many people, as well as being broadcasted live. Wow, maybe everyone online had even seen it!”
Ji Meng's face darkened further. ”Is this you consoling me?”
”I just want to tell you, losing, isn't scary. But having a crowd watching you, it's embarra.s.sing.”
”Do you want to die…”
”See, see! You're resorting to violence again! How can I not run when I see you?!”
Caught between feeling that hitting Ling Xiaolu would bring him no honour, but wanting to resolve the grievance within him, Ji Meng hesitated. At this moment, he heard a shout behind him. ”They're there!”