Ruan Jiu Jiu was shocked.

Her first reaction was, Did it get out that Im a whale with absolute scrub skills?

White Dragon sent the link to the gossip thread. Ruan Jiu Jiu clicked it open and skimmed it. The gossipy thread already had tens of thousands of page views in only a few hours.

The thread was titled Gossip: The manipulative bitch J that wants to steal my besties BF.

The post was written in first-person and described the scenario at hand.

It said that originally, her bestie and her besties boyfriend were going strong. They were acknowledged as a couple in the guild. But then a manipulative bitch named J came along. J would play hard to get and use different methods to attract the attention of her besties BF.

From that point onward, the manipulative bitch J started fooling around in a two-faced way. On the surface, she quit the guild. But behind the scenes, she asked to party with her besties boyfriend. Her bestie was a kind girl that only knew how to take it. As a good friend, the thread poster couldnt take it anymore.

Thus, she decided to come to the forums to expose J, the manipulative bitch. She wanted to let J know that she shouldnt flirt with others boyfriends, and that she should behave herself.

Ruan Jiu Jiu:

Behave my ass. She should say that to Reminiscence!

When Ruan Jiu Jiu quit the guild, it was talked about by some. Moreover, Eight Thousand Clouds and a Moon was a big guild with all sorts of people in it. The thread poster had dropped many vague but identifying details. It didnt take too long for people to figure out that J was a fairy immortal with the IGN Jiu Jiu Jiu. With that, it soon became clear who the bestie and the besties boyfriend were.

Though Light Breeze Bi Ying never publicly said that she was Reminiscence of the Pasts girlfriend, their conversations were rather intimate. In their conversations, it was often apparent that the two were close childhood friends in real life. Fangirls didnt dare step out of their bounds.

But the who the hell was this Jiu Jiu Jiu? She dared to even make moves on their Rempai, and her methods were so despicable.

Ruan Jiu Jiu received many friend requests with many vile curses attached. Some advised her to keep to herself. Others told her not to ruin herself, in case it turned real. She deleted all with a swift keystroke and disabled all incoming friend requests. Only then did her inbox stop flashing.

Anyone would be upset when having a bomb dropped on them.

White Dragon Horse had urged Ruan Jiu Jiu to keep calm and report the thread to have it taken down on baseless claims.

Ruan Jiu Jiu logged on. She calmly let White Dragon Horse add her back to the guild. Then she calmly typed out, I am Jiu Jiu Jiu.

With this, the chat exploded. There were hundreds of people in the guild. Many of them relished in the popcorn. Soon, a new thread popped up in the forum titled [Live] Miss J is about to have a cat fight with Light Breeze Bi Ying

The thread was full of people waiting for the livestream.

Many people were howling and begging to be added to the guild. They desperately wanted a taste of the freshly popped popcorn. Unfortunately, the contents were only privy to guild members. Everyone quieted down and waited for Light Breeze Bi Ying to make her appearance and for the two to face off.

Many people cried out, Im so jealous of Rem! Hes got two girls fighting over him!

Ruan Jiu Jiu waited patiently, and in a moment Xu Bi Ying appeared.

Her tone was of total innocence: Whats up? Sorry, has something happened? I only logged in just now

Jiu Jiu Jiu: Its nothing much, I just wanted to tell you something. Dont let your boyfriend harass me anymore, I really dont want to add him as a friend

Light Breeze Bi Ying:

Light Breeze Bi Ying: Do you think you mean something special to him? How could he possibly be harassing you

Jiu Jiu Jiu: Do YOU think you mean something special to him? Why on earth would I be the one harassing him?

Light Breeze Bi Ying: haha

Light Breeze Bi Ying: Rem gege isnt that kind of guy, maybe you took something he did the wrong way

She very clearly was insinuating that Ruan Jiu Jiu had made the first move and deserved to be scolded.

Light Breeze Bi Ying: I know that everyone likes Rem, he has boatloads of fangirls. If theres some kind of misunderstanding, let me just apologize first on his behalf. I didnt write that thread, you can check if you want.

She obviously wasnt the one who posted the thread. It was the work of her best friend.

Ruan Jiu Jiu thought that Xu Bi Ying sure had a silver tongue. No wonder she was able to climb so high. She couldnt be bothered to bicker with Xu Bi Ying. Today, Xu Bi Ying had rambled on. Most people understood who was right and who was wrong.

At this time, there was a knock on the door and Cheng Juns languid voice sounded. Theres lobster.

Ruan Jiu Jius mood suddenly lifted. Wait for me!

Jiu Jiu Jiu: Up to you, my husbands calling me.

Light Breeze Bi Yings bestie Worlds #1 Pwincess mocked: Who knows if you even have a husband? Someone with a husband would do online dating? Shameless.

With this, the guild members couldnt hold it in anymore and all jumped in the battle and crusaded against the two. They said that the two were pushing Jiu Jiu Jiu too far and were blabbering without any proof.

Worlds #1 Pwincess was up for the fight. She not only shielded Light Breeze Bi Ying from the verbal attacks, she also continued to curse out Ruan Jiu Jiu. Harasser. You only know how to be a weak @ss binch. Other people game with their hubbies but does your hubby even know what youre up to? Probably doesnt even know if youve ckkked him

The brazen curses were thrown out line after line. They didnt contain any censored words and there was no way to report it.

Jiu Jiu Jius name was lit up, but she hadnt responded for a while. Everyone thought that she had been scolded to tears. But after a while, out of the blue, a new world announcement appeared

[Player Jiu Jiu Jiu has placed a bounty on players Light Breeze Bi Ying, Worlds #1 Pwincess for 100 kills with the highest reward tier. Deadline, 1 month. The player who achieves the highest number of kills will be bestowed, in person, a set of the highest-quality equipment.]

The large, scarlet letters flashed repeatedly on the screen and immediately the entire server exploded.

Bruh shes loaded! Its a real whale guys!

The two targeted players names immediately turned red, and their faces turned green.

Most of the time people just scolded each other back and forth, how come this Jiu Jiu Jiu didnt follow the rules of the game?

Ruan Jiu Jiu went silent. It was so troublesome to fight with others. Didnt the two women care a lot about this game. Within the next month they could either play on alts or just hide in the guild and be unable to walk the talk, not doing any quests.

A few players on her friends list messaged her damnnnn, totally kneeling in admiration of Ruan Jiu Jius move.

After she did that, dont even mention Xu Bi Ying and her friends, even the other players who had hurled abuse at her were a bit scared that she would remember their IGNs and place bounties on their heads. They all resentfully shut their mouths.

In a good mood, Ruan Jiu Jiu went to the dining room to eat lobster. Cheng Jun was very obedient today. Probably because he knew what the outcome of angering a woman would be, he followed the rules and didnt say a single peep. As Ruan Jiu Jiu peeled the shell she said, I just dropped a bunch of money on my game, my wallet feels a bit sore. I think Ill cut back on my spending for the time being to save money.

Cheng Jun said, If you dont have money Ill transfer some.

Ruan Jiu Jiu was a little shocked that he came around so quickly. No, thats not what I meant.

But Cheng Juns offer still made her pretty happy. At least they cared for each other as roommates.

Cheng Jun slowly said, Thats good. Dont scrimp on our food.

Ruan Jiu Jiu:

Can you say something nice at least?

Ruan Jiu Jiu shamelessly stole a shrimp he had just peeled. She chewed and said in between bites, Why dont you ask where I spent the money?

Cheng Jun silently pushed a plate of shrimp he had peeled in her direction. Hm?

Ah man, I was cursed out and dragged through the mud in a game. I was even the star of a forum post. People said I was cheating on my husband. I felt so wronged.

He blinked his eyes.

Cheating?

Ruan Jiu Jiu: Isnt the key point that I feel wronged? Its just that one of those pro players keeps hitting me up. Moreover, the two didnt even have anything going on. There wasnt any cheating to begin with.

Ruan Jiu Jiu was a little down and said, Too bad Im such a scrub. Or else Id challenge that girl Light Breeze Li Ying to a battle and thrash her real good.

Cheng Jun was silent.

Are you mad?

I wouldnt say mad. Its just that I dont like being falsely accused. Ruan Jiu Jiu cocked her brow. But Ive already taken my revenge and shut her up.

Cheng Jun looked at her with a thoughtful expression.

After the huge meal, Cheng Jun cleaned the table and Ruan Jiu Jiu went for a shower.

When she put on her sheet mask and exited the room, she heard a familiar song play from Cheng Juns study. Ruan Jiu Jiu was taken aback and scooted to the doorway. She asked, What are you up to? Are you playing the game?

Cheng Jun calmly made a noise of assent.

I want to see who that other guy is.

Ruan Jiu Jiu:

She walked over to Cheng Jun and stood behind him, noticing that he was controlling a warrior named Moon over the West River, slowly repeating the same set of movements. With a sudden realization, Ruan Jiu Jiu asked mischievously, You havent played this kind of game before, right?

Cheng Jun responded: My skills arent that good.

Ruan Jiu Jiu nodded: Me too, my controls arent that good and I can only play as a sight-seeing scrub.

At that, Ruan Jiu Jiu, placing a hand on his shoulder, scooched forwards to take a closer look at the map on Cheng Juns screen. She remarked, In a sec Ill add you and take you questing. As long as you dont mind people gathering around wherever we go.

All of her attention was on the game and she didnt notice that she was pressed quite close to him. Her soft fingers were icy cold, so he could feel the difference in temperature through the fabric of his sweatshirt. Her black hair was slightly damp and he caught a whiff of her shampoo. As she spoke, warm puffs of air brushed past his ears.

For a moment Cheng Juns mind was shaken, but on the outside he didnt move a single muscle and his expression was as calm as ever.

Ruan Jiu Jiu immediately returned to her room, logged on, and added Cheng Jun.

Jiu Jiu Jiu: Ill do quests with you Wait where are you going?

Moon over the West River: Go buy yourself some clothes and have fun first

Jiu Jiu Jiu: ???

Ruan Jiu Jiu gloomily looked at his character vanish. She entered the guild chat and everyone was pretty cheery. All of them called out loaded and whale nonstop. Xu Bi Ying and her friend didnt dare show their faces. If the two hid like turtles for a month, then Ruan Jiu Jiu could claim victory without even spending a single cent.

Ruan Jiu Jiu nearly patted herself on the back for her brilliance.

White Dragon Horse: Whered you go just now?

Jiu Jiu Jiu: Oh, my husband wanted to play so Im bringing him along

When the word husband came out everyone was shocked. Everyone muttered and asked for her husbands IGN.

This was the perfect opportunity to prove herself. She proudly typed Moon over the West River. She wasnt ashamed if Cheng Jun was low leveled. After all, most of her levels were bought with money. The two could just happily be whales and all would be well. She didnt care what others thought.

Suddenly, a silence fell over the chat.

Hoofs to the West: Um is it that Moon over the West River thats on the world channel?

White Dragon Horse: your hubby is craaaacked

Bumbledore: An alpha among men! What a chad!

Jiu Jiu Jiu: ???

She muddle-headedly unmuted the world chat, only to be met with the sight of line after line of scarlet letters popping up, each quickly drowned out by floods of discussion.

Only

[Moon over the West River has challenged Reminiscence of the Past to a duel.]

Ruan Jiu Jiu nearly jumped out of her seat. !!! Cheng Jun what the hell are you doing!!!

A door away, Cheng Juns voice slowly floated over. Training.

Authors Note:

Cheng Jun: Im a scrub.

Jiu Jiu: No worries, Im also a scrub. Lets just pay to win~

Todays meme:

Chads among men