A/N: Sorry for the late update, super busy IRL. Alsheon, I doubt Ye Xiu would even allow her to use that name...he'd probably get her to switch to another account or something... :/ And besides, HuangYe would only work against Blue Rain, what about the other teams? Don't tell me they'll have to keep changing account cards? XD Besides, they can always trash talk by saying stuff like, Huang Shao Tian is so cute, trying to get the oblivious Ye Xiu's attention...while the other one pretending to console Huang Shao Tian by saying, don't worry, you've still got Yu Wen Zhou... *Mwahahaha* After all, I ship All Ye XDDDDD
As always, The King's Avatar does not belong to me. All rights to Butterfly Blue.
The next morning, when Chen Guo awoke, she saw Tang Rou go to bed without washing up, which greatly upset her. She's wasting away her good looks! However, as Tang Rou was extremely exhausted, Chen Guo didn't mention anything and went downstairs. There, she saw Cai Lin and Ye Xiu engrossed in Glory, which caused Chen Guo to be even more displeased with Ye Xiu. In her opinion, his obsession with the game was excessive. If he wanted to ruin himself by playing too much, Chen Guo has nothing to say. But the worst thing was, he had to drag down Tang Rou and Cai Lin as well! She stood behind Ye Xiu, fuming.
As if feeling her wrath, Cai Lin and Ye Xiu turned around.
"Hey! Good morning boss… ..." Ye Xiu turned his head to say hi.
Cai Lin however, squeaked out an apology, and not bothering about her quest, swiftly logged out of Glory, pulled out her card, and escaped up the stairs. Seeing Cai Lin shoot up the stairs, Chen Guo's nagging died down in her throat, and she turned to Ye Xiu.
"Are you really planning on crazily playing like this every day?"
…
"Phew, luckily I ran fast, or else Guo Guo Jie will nag non-stop." Cai Lin thought to herself, pleased with her quick escape. However, as she opened the door to the apartment, she bumped into Jing Jing.
"Jing Jing?"
"Cai Lin? You didn't sleep the whole night?"
"Yea, I wanted to help God Ye set dungeon records, but he refused, saying I was too low-leveled." Cai Lin made a crying face.
"Awww. It's ok, go wash up and sleep, then you'll have energy to play tonight." Jing Jing consoled.
"Yea!" Cai Lin cheered, and headed for the bathroom. She paused, as if remembering something, and asked, "Jing Jing, where should I sleep? On the couch?"
"Don't, just sleep on Guo Guo's bed. I'm sure she'll be fine with it."
Yawning, Cai Lin nodded, heading off to brush her teeth.
Seeing that Cai Lin is settling in nicely, Jing Jing made her way down.
"Good morning Guo Guo! Good morning Brother Ye!"
"Good morning." Ye Xiu greeted simply, before turning his head back to the game.
"Morning Jing Jing!" Chen Guo replied. Luckily Jing Jing is such a good girl, and will not be so addicted that she'll pull all nighters.
"Come, Ye Xiu had bought breakfast, let's eat while it's hot." Chen Guo hurriedly brought Jing Jing away, fearing that Ye Xiu's bad habits will influence Jing Jing too.
While eating their breakfast, Chen Guo reminded Jing Jing to watch over her little sister, and beware of falling under Ye Xiu's bad influence. Jing Jing smiled and nodded, understanding that Chen Guo meant well. However, Cai Lin is not her younger sister, so she can only remind Cai Lin, and wouldn't overstep her boundaries.
"Guo Guo, thank you so much for letting me know. However, I feel that Cai Lin is mature enough to be responsible for her own body, so if she wants to pull all-nighters, I will not force her to stop. Don't worry, I'll monitor her health, and ask Ye Xiu and Rou Rou to keep an eye out for her condition. I'll also make sure she drinks herbal tea regularly."
"Didn't your parents set curfew?" Chen Guo asked, before mentally slapping herself, remembering her own backstory for the two sisters.
Jing Jing flinched slightly, her face scrunching up in an uncomfortable expression. "... ...Weeeeeeell, our parents are pretty relaxed. They believe that we should learn to be responsible for ourselves and not be forced to obey instructions."
Rendered speechless, Chen Guo decided to leave them to their own devices. Forget it...even their parents don't restrict them, who am I to do so?
Seeing that Chen Guo had backed down, Jing Jing relaxed, settling down in front of a computer, and started playing Glory. Soon enough, Jing Jing was busy doing her mains, while reading through the beginner's guide. She was so absorbed in Glory that she ate a quick lunch before diving right back into her quests, which made Chen Guo regret her decision to introduce Jing Jing to Glory. After lunch, Ye Xiu went off to sleep, Jing Jing distractedly wishing Ye Xiu good night as she focused on killing the mobs.
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The days passed by in a blur, Jing Jing, Cai Lin and Su Mu Cheng busy with leveling while Ye Xiu was busy coaching Tang Rou and Steamed Bun. At first, when Cai Lin found out that Ye Xiu was power leveling Mu Cheng and not her, she grumbled and griped about it to Jing Jing, but both knew that he already had a strategy, and that it is not feasible to change the plans just so that Cai Lin can be included.
On the day Ye Xiu and co. planned to set the Frost Forest record, Jing Jing and Cai Lin parked themselves beside Ye Xiu, and even brought popcorn along to enjoy the show. Cai Lin even logged on to Alsheon, eager to watch the live reactions in server ten. Ye Xiu was exasperated. "Why are the both of you watching me play? Don't you know that you are giving me a lot of stress?"
"Aww come on Brother Ye we wanna see history in the making!" Cai Lin whined, and added, "it's not fair you helped Cleansing Mist level but not me, so why can't you at least let me watch?" Cai Lin showed him her puppy eyes, pitifully begging him to agree.
Ye Xiu relented, grudgingly allowing them to watch. They cheered, smiles lighting up their faces as they crowded around Cai Lin's screen, watching Scooby Doo while they wait for midnight. Seeing their delighted expressions, the corners of his lips curled upwards, eyes betraying his fondness for the two younger girls. They do act like Mu Cheng sometimes, whining and pouting to get their way. Haha, guess I'm getting old.
Nearing 12 A.M., they stopped their video, and positioned themselves diagonally behind Ye Xiu, before opening the tub of popcorn Jing Jing bought. Ye Xiu stood up, shouting, "everyone's fine? If you have something to say, say it now! I'm going to be busy for a bit."
Jing Jing and Cai Lin chuckled, amused by his speech. Well, let's just hope that no one calls for Brother Ye while they set the record. At 12 o'clock sharp, Ye Xiu and co. entered the dungeon. As the party steamrolled through the dungeon using One Wave Push, Jing Jing and Cai Lin got dizzy from watching Ye Xiu's screen.
He's looking around so much...how can he not get dizzy? Ugg… Shaking her head vigorously, Jing Jing refocused her attention on the monitor, her gaze sharp and determined. Cai Lin was equally confused by Ye Xiu's rapidly changing screen, so she focused her attention on the chat box instead.
Suddenly, both girls saw Ye Xiu hastily PM Mu Cheng, "Don't use Delivery Gun!"
"What?"
"You'll expose yourself! You idiot!"
Jing Jing and Cai Lin grinned at each other, realising that Crowd Lover must have seen Su Mu Cheng's Delivery Gun. Oh, what they wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall and see his reactions. Sadly, they could only settle for what they can get.
When Ye Xiu and co. broke the Frost Forest dungeon record, all hell broke loose. Jing Jing and Cai Lin cackled maniacally, delighted by all the reactions. There were cries of "WTF?!" "That's impossible!" from all the veteran players. Meanwhile, the newbies were like, "LOL, Lord Grim strikes again!" "Tsk tsk why are they making so much fuss? It's just another record."
Delighted, Ye Xiu wanted to say a few words to his teammates, but got stopped by two customers ordering colas. Therefore, he had no choice but to get up and deliver the drinks.
At that time, Liu Hao, who was watching television in his room, received a call from Chen Ye Hui, Excellent Dynasty's guild leader. His good mood soured upon hearing about the unspecialised character, Lord Grim. He strongly suspected that Ye Qiu is the player behind Lord Grim, but they currently do not know of his whereabouts and had no way of checking. As such, he asked Chen Ye Hui for a low-leveled account to spy on Lord Grim.