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When Weiwei got a friend request from the top player on the server that she was on she nearly had a minor stroke. Why would Yixiao Naihe, the number one player on the server, send her a friend request? Sure she was in the top ten leader board for PVP and had a modest following of people on her streaming account. But this was Yixiao Naihe, player extraordinaire, and rumors had been saying that he might just have a hand in creating the new professional league that is going to debut later this year but that had yet to be confirmed. Simply rumors at this point. Just as soon as she clicked on the approval option a chat bubble came up from Yixiao Naihe commenting on the wedding caravan that just passed. She figured that he like most other people might like to gossip and who was she to not fill his need for it. She replied that it was grand. What she did not expect was what she read next. 

“Would you like one even grander?” the chat prompt said. 

The friend request must not have given her a stroke; it must have killed her and now she was on her journey to the afterlife. This couldn’t be happening. Once she pinched her cheek to make sure that she was still alive she replied by asking if his account had been hacked. He replied that there was a couples championship coming up and that she was the only female within the top ten PVP players. Weiwei toggled to pull up the game’s forum and right there on top was the announcement for the Spring couples’ contest. She took a few moments to glance at the rules and was rather surprised that the only rule was that the couple had to be married in-game. It was odd and she had to wonder if there was something more to the contest and wasn’t being said. Weiwei flipped back to the game and agreed to Yixiao Naihe’s request. She tried to get him to just go to the Marriage Temple right away without the prompt circumstance but her now in-game fiance refused and requested three days so their characters could be wed on an auspicious day. Shaking her head, Weiwei agreed and traded contact information on Wechat before logging off for the night.

The next morning Weiwei took a glance at her Wechat page and noticed that Yixiao Naihe sent her a few messages asking her things like if she played any other classes than Swordsmen. She replied that while she can play all classes but the alchemist, painter, and shadow spirit were her weakest classes. He asked what were her preferred placement within group battles. She replied she preferred to be either the dps or the tank. She admitted she was not great in the support role, preferring to be the one doing the damage versus the one watching people’s health bars. It was as if he was trying to figure out what her style of playing was. She shrugged it off and figured he was asking so he would know how to be a better partner in the couple battles. She was tempted to just give him her streaming handle but figured that he most likely already had it and continued on with her day to day life being a student. 

As time went by after their grand wedding caravan Weiwei was almost giddy whenever she was able to play with her online husband.While his gestures were not romantic in ways that people normally thought of like showering her with costly gifts or beating a boss for her; instead he did little things like taking her to areas of the game that had beautiful scenery so she would have something pretty to look at while she was gathering herbs or sitting and playing guzheng while she was crafting potions so she would have pleasant music to listen to as she performed the tedious task of making high level potions. His little gestures truly were touching her heart. 

She was shocked with herself when she was heavily debating on sending him voice chats or the possibility of doing a video chat with him. She couldn’t even believe she was contemplating it since she had always been uncomfortable giving too much information about herself online due to people trying to judge her by her looks instead of her merits. Hence the reason why she never gave Zhenshui Wuxiang her picture or met up with him when he asked her, repeatedly. She could only guess between that and the rumor that she was a bio-man was the reason why he wanted a divorce in the first place. The fact that he married again in game so soon after their divorced to the winner of the server’s beauty contest confirmed her original judgment that Zhenshui Wuxiang was shallow. The only reason why they had originally married was because of the guild wars and with the guild pressuring for more married couples so the buffs. But he never wanted to spend too much time on the quests to unlock more of the couple’s skill tree. So unlike Great Master Naihe and him insisting them do every single quest that had the slightest chance to increase either a group buff or a marriage buff. 

She was baffled when she sent him an audio file of her reading some lines for the couples’ video contest. This had to be the first time that someone had real proof that Luwei Weiwei was not a guy playing a female character. She wasn’t too sure how she felt about that. By this time Weiwei had also shared her Wechat account with Yixiao Naihe’s group and by the time that she had decided to leave her guild due to her guild mates letting toxic females walk all over them she had learnt that not only were the four men that she had been playing with were college students. They were actually in the same field of study as she was and all roommates to boot. This gave her a new sound board to bounce questions off of since while her roommates were also in the same field of study she spent more time helping them understand the homework instead of the other way around. 

Weiwei and Yixiao Naihe blasted through the couples’ challenge and were slated in the finals. The night of the finals Weiwei had logged in first but had a message from Yixiao Naihe that he was on his way home from the meeting. He had never logged in and none of his group were replying to any messages that she was sending via Wechat. It took nearly twenty four hours for her to get a reply back and it was from Yugong Pashan begging for forgiveness that it was because of him that Naihe was in the hospital and had just woken up. She had demanded to know what hospital he was in. She got a voice message in reply. It had to be Naihe and his voice was both scratchy and somewhat familiar. Stating that he didn’t want their first official face to face meeting to be her sitting across from him in a hospital bed.

 She later got a message later in the day from Naihe’s account that he would be released by Friday and would like to meet face to face. She admitted that she had a final that day and that she would be done by 11:30 in the morning. She also mentioned that she received a call from the distribution company of the game. They wanted to use the video they created for the couples’ video contest for marketing material for an upcoming event that they didn’t specify. He replied telling her that talking about that could wait until they met up. A time and place was set and Weiwei had dragged her roommates out to go purchase an outfit. She wanted to look pretty but not sexy. She didn’t feel comfortable looking sexy. Her roommates often teased her that she was overly modest and her looks were wasted on someone with her personality; they just could not understand what it was like to be valued just for your beauty. 

By the time Weiwei had finished her test she was a bundle of nerves. She wondered if she was over dressed in her crisp white blouse and pale blue patterned skirt. She was after all meeting a fellow gamer and most gamers had a habit of dressing in what her roommates called slob attire. Would Naihe be like a typical gamer? She didn’t want to admit it but she knew that her online husband had already captured a good part of her heart. She could only hope that piece would not get damaged by the time their first meeting ended. As she stood at the planned meeting spot she saw someone waiting under a tree. Her eyes widened when she recognized the person.

Giving a nervous smile she greeted the most elusive senior stating that it was a coincidence meeting up the way they were. At first Xiao Nai didn’t say anything but just smiled at her and started to walk up the hill before pausing to tell her that it wasn’t a coincidence he had been waiting for her. At first Weiwei wasn’t sure she heard him correctly until he said her name. At that point her brain could only understand that Yixiao Naihe was Xiao Nai! Xiao Nai was Yixiao Naihe!

 How can it be that the two men that ever fascinated Weiwei were one and the same? Xiao Nai the campus god and Yixiao Naihe the server’s top player, HER online husband!! Weiwei’s brain was having a hard time connecting the facts. It was like her brain had been disconnected and the 404 page not found error kept on flashing through it. She numbly followed him to a quiet restaurant and was on autopilot as she ate. She was finally shocked out of her brain fog when Xiao Nai took her empty bowl she was still scooping out of and refilled it. Then the fog was replaced by embarrassment. Embarrassment she could handle. She would be able to at least be able to somewhat talk with embarrassment, mind you it would be nothing but nervous half formed mumbles but it was better than nothing. 

“You are the first person in-game that I’ve actually ever met.” Weiwei uttered, trying to come up with a safe topic. But she was only given a soft smile and a ‘mmn’ as a reply.  She tried again. “How did you know it was me when we met up earlier?”

“I’ve known who you are since March.” Xiao Nai said nonchalantly and didn’t elaborate.

“How?” Weiwei asked, baffled by his response.

“Acme Internet Café.” was his reply before his focus shifted to his phone which was ringing. 

She tried to not listen to the call but whoever was on the other side was pretty loud. If she had to guess it was one of his roommates. So when Xiao Nai told the person on the phone that he was currently on a date her heart nearly stopped beating. Her blood was ringing in her ears and she had nearly not heard the question if she wanted to go to the final basketball game of the season. She nervously agreed and he left her at the restaurant so he could pick up his bicycle at his home while she was left to mull over her thoughts. What did he mean by Acme Internet Café? The last time she was there was when her laptop had died and she had an appointment for a PVP battle. Was that in March? It felt like it was earlier than that. Heck, at the time she was still married to Zhenshui Wuxiang in-game. But that seemed like a lifetime ago at this point. 

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When Xiao Nai came back with his bike he told Weiwei to get on so he could get us to the gymnasium faster but Weiwei attempted to demure. While she did really want to ride with him she did not want for people to get the wrong idea or get her heart’s hopes up. “I don’t want people to get the wrong idea of what kind of relationship we have.”

“And what kind of relationship is that?” Xiao Nai raised an eyebrow curious on what the beautiful woman in front of him would answer. He had been silently stalking her and cataloging her reactions since he found out her name from Yu Banshan back when they had a meeting at Zhen Yi Technologies nearly a month ago. Not that he would ever tell anyone about it. She had what he mentally called her ‘please earth swallow me whole’ fluster going. Much to his inner amusement. He had dubbed it that when his father called on her in class when he sat by her and the lecture hall was packed with a bunch of onlookers that did not belong in the class.

Weiwei blushed blossomed into a new shade of rose and awkwardly angled her fingers to make an adorable heart shape. “A romantic one.” her cheeks had hit fuschia by the time she finished speaking while she will admit to herself that she would like to be in that type of relationship she was not about to assume that they had one. 

“When were we not in a romantic relationship?” Xiao Nai retorted back with that playful little smirk on his face. He mentally rejoiced on the new level of red she had hit when she had registered his words. He really wanted to kiss her right now but knew she wasn’t ready for that, yet. He had to be patient. According to the research he did, the middle of the first date is not the proper time to kiss your prospective girlfriend and future wife. “Weiwei, we can either stand here and discuss the finer points of our relationship or we can get on this bike and make our way to the court, the choice is yours.” 

Weiwei’s jaw dropped slightly. Not only did he inform her that they’ve been in a relationship longer than she had been aware of but the self assuredness that he uttered it. If she wasn’t so intrigued by both his online personality and his in person one she would be pretty upset by his smugness. She eyed him for a moment more, trying to figure out just what he was thinking before cautiously sitting on the bicycle’s cargo rack. 

The two of them rode down the lanes of the university Weiwei attempted to keep her skirt from riding up too high but it seemed like it was going to be a lost cause. If she knew that she was going to ride on a bike she would have not worn such a short skirt to meet her online husband. Xiao Nai must have noticed her being uncomfortable because as soon as they passed a shop he pulled over and told her he would be right back. He was only gone an instant and returned with a full bag of who knew what for her to hold onto before they were back on their way. When she realized why he just stopped and bought a bunch of random stuff she was touched by his thoughtfulness and when he asked her to hold on she wrapped one of her arms tightly around his waist. Her heart pattered like summer raindrops hitting a window. It was like he had a check sheet on things to make her fall deeply in love with him. Little did she know he did actually have one. 

The arrival to the court was quick and the moment they got there Weiwei fought her general response to dash into the gymnasium and hide behind her roommates but that would be a temporary retreat at best. Knowing what she does of the handsome man’s personality from how he acted online he would do some simple gesture that would break everyone’s brain either during or after the game that would put full focus on her. Then act like it wasn’t worth his notice. If she went in now with him it would still cause a stir but one that would be short lived due to the game starting soon. True, her roommates may bombard her with questions but they wouldn’t be able to pester her as loud in public as they could in private. This would give them time to reflect on their questions to hit her up with later in a much more calm manner. She hoped at the very  least. 

Weiwei would learn later that evening she had severely underestimated the stir her walking in with Xiao Nai would cause or how their roommates would reflect on it. It probably didn’t help that Xiao Nai grabbed her hand and laced his fingers in hers the moment that they walked through the doors or that he had made it a point to walk her to her seat and whispered something in her ear after she had already sat down. Granted it was just him that he was only only telling her that he was only playing half the game and save a seat for him. She nodded and told the girls to all move over a seat before taking the covenant store bag and placing it in the now empty seat. She had to smirk when he greeted her roommates and told them to enjoy the snacks indicating the bag. 

“An interview, huh?” Xiao Ling sarcastically uttered when she saw Xiao Nai enter the locker room. 

“I did not say what the interview was for.” Weiwei defiantly retorted back. 

“That’s all she has to say to us? That she did not say what the interview was for? Can you believe the arrogance of our youngest roommate?” Xiao Ling huffed and she and the rest of Weiwei’s roommates all started demanding answers all at once before Weiwei told them she would tell the whole story when they return to their room after the game and for them to please hold all questions until she told them the story. The other girls reluctantly agreed but continued to mutter under their breath about Weiwei being stingy with what had to be the biggest piece of gossip. 

While she had successfully stopped her friends’ overly loud comments, she really couldn’t do much about the other people in the gymnasium from their loud mumbling. The mumbling intensified when the elected Campus Beauty stormed off before the game started in a rather childish huff. Sisi let it slip that people were most likely commenting because Weiwei had voted the person most likely to cheat on their significant other by the school gossip forums. 

Weiwei angrily rounded on them and said in a voice a little louder than she would normally would have “I am getting tired of people slandering her first with Cao Guang with his post saying I had a sugar daddy when my student’s mother dropped me off at the gates of school and now this. The only things I ever do outside of school is spend time with you guys, study, game, and tutor. I’ve never even gone on a date before today, let alone those other things that the gossipers are insinuating. Why are people so intent on making up ridiculous stories about me? If I ever find the person who entered me in that ridiculous beauty contest they will be sorry they ever took that picture. All this headache has started with that stupid thing. People need to quit focusing on others' looks and look to see what is inside already.” 

Weiwei paid no attention to the people who were directly behind her who had been live streaming to the school’s gossip forum ever since she and Xiao Nai walked up the bleachers earlier. They were about to turn it off when Weiwei stood up. The comments were going crazy on the stream. Some criticized the poster for invading Weiwei’s privacy like they were. Others went ballistic on what they were hearing. And then there were others accusing the poster of being in cahoots with Bei Weiwei so she could look innocent of any wrongdoing. Most of those people were of the jealous female population on campus though. The stream was shut down moments later due to the streamer’s phone dying before the start of the game. 

Xiao Nai true to his word came to sit with Weiwei right at the halfway point of the game. Directly off the court. While there was some starring from the people on the court it was less from the technology's team. He gave a small smirk when she leaned close to his ear and guessed correctly which two players were Yugong Pashan and Houzi Jiu. He smiled to himself when he realized that Weiwei was starting to get much more comfortable with him than she was when they had met at the bridge earlier in the day. He learnt from his teammate, Da Zhong that Weiwei happened to be his girlfriend’s roommate and remarked that Bei Weiwei was one of his girlfriend’s closest friends and his girlfriend, Xiao Ling was really picky on who she befriends. 

He spent his time while watching the game to ask some seemingly innocent probing questions which from time to time her roommates butted in and added their opinion. Like Weiwei's gaming habits and that Xiao Nai should not interfere or else she will force them to jog with her at a crazy pace or she will start being a study monster. Weiwei had muttered that she’s done with scanning their meal cards at the track for their comments. Causing Xiao Nai to smile at her obviously hollow threat. It was obvious she cared for her friends deeply. He glanced at Weiwei in question when Erxi exclaimed that it was nice that this is the first time no one has come up to say that they would win today’s basketball game in Weiwei’s honor much to Weiwei’s embarrassment. 

“Win the game in Weiwei’s honor?” Xiao Nai playfully asked out loud. 

“They always say that right before they ask her to go out with them if they win the game. Weiwei has gotten quite a lot of practice turning people down without getting them upset. At the start of freshman year she was way too blunt and some people were blaming her rejections on why they lost the game.” Erxi helpfully replied before Weiwei gave her a look that if looks could kill Erxi would have died right there on the spot. 

“It seems that Weiwei is quite troublesome.” Then he said in a low voice that only Weiwei could hear. “Should I be concerned?”

“It’s not like you’ve not been confessed to on a regular basis.” Weiwei ground out not liking this topic. 

“I can’t say I have ever been confessed to.” Xiao Nai playfully smirked. “It seems that I am going to have to worry about my wife’s possible suitors.” he quietly teased. 

“That’s not true!” Weiwei insisted. “I saw just the other day a girl confessing to you.”

“When was this?” Xiao Nai asked a little too innocently. 

“Last week, Erxi and I saw from our balcony a girl attempting to hand you a love letter and you walked around her without even slowing your stride.” Weiwei retorted triumphantly. 

“I don’t recall this. It was probably because they were attempting to give me a handbill.” Xiao Nai deflected and turnt the subject back to the game. After the fourth quarter ended  he laced his fingers between hers. “Come on, the game is over. I told the others they could meet you if they won the game.” He gave Weiwei a few moments to tell her friends that she would see them later then the couple walked down to the main court to meet his teammates. 

All the guys on the basketball team greeted Weiwei warmly since they all already knew of her being their very own ‘Department Belle’. Who proved that the technology department could attract pretty people within it. When Xiao Nai introduced her to two of his roommates she smiled and introduced herself as ‘Luwei Weiwei’ which caused poor Yu Banshan along with Qiu Yonghou’s jaws to drop. The two men took a few moments before starting to spit out half form sentences trying to get more information from either Xiao Nai or Weiwei. Causing Weiwei to blush and before she  was able to flee she was suddenly hoisted into the air by the two men with them proclaiming very loudly that she was  their Third sister in-law much to Weiwei’s embarrassment. Her courage was spent at that point and just as soon as her feet were firmly planted on the floor she quickly excused herself  saying her roommates were waiting to interrogate her outside. Before she could rush off, Xiao Nai grabbed her hand to stop her so he could ask her what she was doing tomorrow. When she uttered that she planned to study he asked if he could join her. She nodded her head and rushed out of the gym once he let go of her hand. Her courage was beyond used up for the day. 

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Author’s Notes: I own nothing. 

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The girls had all but grab both of her arms and pull Weiwei into a mad dash to their dorm room just as soon as she had rejoined them. The second the door to the dorm shut; the three other girls rounded on Weiwei, all but pushed her onto one of the beds and demanded for her to spill. When Weiwei started to spout a flowery story about an event that happened months ago her roommates told her to cut the crap and give them the straight facts. Weiwei momentarily pouted and started to share a really dry version of the story. By the time she finished her story her friends were teasing poor Weiwei for being in a relationship before she was even aware. The girls of the dorm room then went about their own nightly rituals until Sisi called them over to her computer because someone had live streamed tonight’s gossip and the person was also able to pick up on Weiwei’s rant about being gossip fodder. Noting it looked like someone who was sitting real close to them who streamed the video. 

Weiwei took a deep breath and angrily mumbled something that none of them understood before turning her attention to her computer. She wasn’t in the mood to game so she was checking her digital study planner to see what she would need for tomorrow when a popup notification from Mo Zha Ta telling her that her online husband was cheating on her with a girl at school calling the person the ‘Department Belle’. Weiwei shook her head and figured that the others didn’t tell Mo Zha Ta who she was and being in such a mercilus mood she went along with the joke. Weiwei hmm and hawed at his commentary about the girl that Naihe was dating; telling her every rumor of what he had heard of Bei Weiwei and assuring her that he would fight for his third sister in-law’s honor he didn’t care how formidable Naihe was. She could tell that he was attempting to say that she was much better than the department belle and Weiwei was touched by his loyalty; it made her want to disregard what he had said about Bei Weiwei, almost. 

She sent a quick message to Xiao Nai telling him that according to Mo Zha Ta he was now dating some villainess she-devil. In less than a minute later Mo Zha Ta came texting back in hysteric apology that he had no idea who she was when he messaged her. Weiwei just ‘hmm’ed’ and logged out of Wechat feeling much better. She couldn’t wait for her first meeting with Mo Zha Ta. She would not be letting this down in the foreseeable future.

On the other side of the chat session Hao Mei looked up from his plethora of apologies he had typed on his phone and saw the cold face of Xiao Nai. He didn’t register his other dorm mates laughing their asses off in the background. All he knew was that he was going to be punished and he was afraid to know how badly. He flinched when Yu Banshan and Qiu Yonghou heavily draped an arm over his shoulders and the others yelling at the four to hurry up, they were all waiting on them. Hao Mei made it a point to sit far away from Xiao Nai at dinner; preparing to be maimed every time Xiao Nai made even the slightest movement. Xiao Nai seemingly uncharacteristically took pity on Hao Mei and told him that he would not seek retribution for his words and paused for effect before saying he will leave that up to Weiwei to handle. Causing Hao Mei to panic more. He wasn’t sure what the woman would do to him but if she was anything like her online persona she could be just as fierce as Xiao Nai. 

The seniors of the technology department sat around the table chatting and drinking about various things until the subject of Xiao Nai bagging the department belle came back as the main focus. Some of the people were shocked that Xiao Nai chose Bei Weiwei when he could have gotten Meng Yiren who was the one who had been the one to win the campus beauty contest which caused Da Zhong to defend Bei Weiwei by stating to the group that his girlfriend was Weiwei’s roommate and the photo that was submitted was not by Weiwei and was a real badly out of focus photo and that Weiwei refused to submit a better photo plus making her roommates promise to not submit one on her behalf either.  If they had a properly in focus photo of Bei Weiwei she would have won no contest. Then others started talking about the new hot topic of Bei Weiwei and her outburst that was live streamed before the game. Curious Xiao Nai asked for a laptop so he could see what was going on. Xiao Nai sat quietly as he listened to the video and glanced at all the comments; making mental notes of the user names that were dissing Weiwei. The others got curious when  Xiao Nai started typing thinking that he was actually going to post something when Yu Banshan grabbed the laptop from Xiao Nai and read a page not found notice. 

“Did you just hack the school’s gossip forum?” Yu Banshan asked in a deadpanned voice. 

“Only the parts that had inaccurate data.” Xiao Nai calmly replied and ignored the others as they pulled the forum up on their phone, noticing on multiple threads such as the campus beauty poll, the cheating poll, and various other slandering posts. 

“You are truly frightening at times.” His brothers gave Xiao Nai a wide berth before trying a different subject of conversation before something else happened. Dinner resumed being it’s lively affair before people started to break away to return to their dorms. Xiao Nai and his dorm mates were some of the last to leave. 

While Xiao Nai and the others were sitting around the table in their dorm playing cards and drinking bottles of Rio; Erxi had woken up with severe cramping causing all the residents in her dorm to wake up and take her to the nearest hospital. The prognosis was a mild case of food poisoning. The four females stayed the night in the hospital with Weiwei volunteering to be the one to be on watch. She focused on Erxi’s health and didn’t even think about Xiao Nai until morning when she realized what time it was. She asked to borrow Xiao Ling’s phone and was about to call him when he appeared outside the room. He told her that he was there to take them home and if the roommate was feeling better maybe take them to breakfast. 

The car ride proved to be incredibly educational for Xiao Nai. With her roommates letting things about Weiwei slip that they probably shouldn’t have. While Weiwei looked like she wanted to either sink into the car’s mat or find someplace to hide the three bodies of her soon to be murdered former best friends. He was a little disappointed when Weiwei was finally able to shut her friends up. The bright side was that he could tell that her roommates had said out loud with Weiwei agreeing that he was to be considered as family. They had even told Weiwei to be sure to spend a minimum of three minutes saying goodbye. Sadly, she was still too embarrassed due to her friends and had rushed upstairs before the three minutes were half over. He chose the time that she was resting to work on a contract that he wanted her to go over when they next met after she had properly rested. 

He hadn’t been pursuing her to become his girlfriend just for her skills even though that was what first attracted him to try to find out more about her. By the time he had powered through her streams he had to admit that he was a tiny bit smitten with her already. In battle she was cool under pressure and used her keen intellect to find the most efficient way to take out an enemy. She also took the time to go back into her live streams and explain what she did and why she did it albeit in text form or that dull computer generated voice but he could tell by her doing it that way she was not using her feminine wiles like some other female players to gain viewership. She just wanted people to do better while playing.

 However, the cincher was when she asked if he was hacked back when their avatar’s met, he knew that he needed to do everything he could to have her willing to form a relationship with him instead of his original plan of keeping a straight forward business relationship. Hence asking her to wait until the next auspicious day to hold the ceremony and wedding caravan. Once he found out her real name and that she was in the same department as him he hacked the school’s computer just so he could see her in the flesh again without causing suspicion. He even got to sit next to her in his father’s class and was able to see that her intelligence was not just in computers. She had not just proven herself that she would be the perfect fifth member of the team; she had also proven that she was the perfect partner in life for him. Now the fun part of getting  her to go along with it. From both a business standpoint and romantic. 

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It was shortly after one o’clock in the afternoon when Xiao Nai felt it would be a good time to see if Weiwei had woken up yet. He had already typed up the contract that he wanted to give to her and all he needed was for her to be awake so he could pick her up. When he called he was in luck as she was the one to answer the landline at her dorm. The call was kept brief so Weiwei could get ready and Xiao Nai could make his way over to Weiwei’s dorm. He contemplated taking his car again but the distance wasn’t too far and he really enjoyed yesterday’s bike ride with her holding on to him. The rare immature part of him wanted the girl he was in love with to touch him more. Even if it was just innocently. For the first time in years; he allowed his immature side to win and took the bike. As he rode through campus he could not keep the smile off his face as he imagined her arms wrapping around him. 

Weiwei walked out of the building dressed in a long gingham patterned dress with the same white sandals that she had worn yesterday. Low maintenance yet looking like she put some thought in how she dressed. She had already made a note yesterday that she would need to update her wardrobe in the near future. She couldn’t be seen with Xiao Nai looking like a hobo. Even though he was also a gamer, he sure didn’t dress like a typical one. She sighed to herself as she walked out of her room and down the stairs; she just had to wait until she got more funds available during summer break when her scholarship money gets deposited into her bank account for the fall term. 

She gave him a coy smile as she walked down the steps to where the Great Master was leaning carefree against his bicycle. Weiwei didn’t even pause when she handed him her bag to put in the front basket and waited until he steadied the bicycle so she would perch herself on top of the cargo rack. This time Weiwei didn’t even hesitate to wrap her arms firmly around him as he rode the bicycle. It caused Xiao Nai to want to pedal slowly so he could savor the feeling but at the same time he also wanted to be able to see her with his own eyes and not just her hands when he takes a chance to glance down. When they had passed the campus gates Weiwei asked where they were going. To which the senior just enigmatically  stated somewhere to study that would not be crowded.  Weiwei looked at his back in question and figured that she would just need to wait until they got there to get her answer. 

Xiao Nai pulled the bike in front of a pale multi-story sleek building that had Zhi Yi plastered in big neon lights. “This is?” Weiwei trailed off waiting for the mysterious man to explain. 

“The homebase for Zhi Yi Technologies and for the newly created eSports club, Zhi Yi.” Xiao Nai calmly replied. “I plan to eventually split the two but for the time being having them in one location better suits our needs.”  Xiao Nai gave her a small tour of the first floor before leading her into his office and guided her to the loveseat nestled in the corner not too far from his desk so she could study. He spent his time while she was studying going through some needed paperwork before noticing that she was focusing more on him than her books and called her over to the desk. “Weiwei, I had another reason for taking you here today besides studying. I want to take a look at this.” he slid a packet of paper over to her for her to read. 

Weiwei looked at him with confusion before picking up the packet and opening it up to the first page. She barely read through half a paragraph before looking at him for an explanation. “I don’t understand. This is a contract to join your eSports team, but I’m a girl? Girls are not allowed to play professionally, are they?”

“Weiwei, there is nothing in the rulebook that says that a professional player has to be male.” He gave her a calming smile. “Many scouts and recruiters from teams dismiss females out of hand before bothering to even see if they could play or not. Foolish to judge someone by gender, don't you think?” He sighed as he saw her brows furrowed in confusion. “Weiwei, you are within the top ten players on our server. From the way I’ve seen you play you would be much higher if you really wanted to be. The streams that you put out show that you have a great grasp of the game and have the ability to tutor any new trainees. Not to mention show ways to have good gear without having to purchase items with cash. As well I have seen you spot budding talent and give pointers to novice players like the boy you tutor. Not to mention you’ve been unofficially playing with the rest of the team for months now and work seamlessly with us and are a valuable member of our team.“ Causing Weiwei cheeks to flush and for her  to bury her head in her reading of the contract without another word. 

Once she finished she had a few more questions and the two of them went over her concerns. The pay was way too generous, in her opinion. He disagreed but allowed her to name her pay while cheekily saying that in lieu of the rest of the pay she would get him instead. The webcam streaming demand was another thing she had issues with. She wasn’t comfortable being in front of the  camera and she pointed out the fact that the reason why her current stream was doing well with just a robotic voice and captions. People were not getting sidetracked with her content because they were too busy commenting on her looks or the fact that she’s a girl.

 But then Xiao Nai had two valid points. The first was if she joined the team people were going to see what she looks like when they did competitions and the second was with her showing her face during the streams would make her a positive role model for other female gamers.

 Right now pretty much the only females that were streaming were ones like the Xiaoyu clan and they gave female gamers a bad name. She asked about what would happen when school came back in session with him replying that he planned to have her schooling be priority during when school was in session. But the biggest thing that she was uncomfortable with was the living in the dorms here. He chose to show her the dorm rooms along with stating that her dorm would have its own bathroom and an upgraded lock on her door. At the end, Weiwei wanted to think on the decision and stated that she would give him an answer before returning back to the campus later that night. It wasn’t quite the answer that he wanted but he knew that she would need to think over the pros and cons of signing on. 

The gingham clad female then chose to turn the focus of the conversation to another matter that she had. The Feng Teng Organization contacted her about the rights for the Bandit Girl video. She was wondering what kind of answer should she give to them. Xiao Nai sighed and explained that the technological side of Zhi Yi was currently in negotiations with The Feng Teng Organization with the phone app game that they were producing. The Feng Teng Organization already knows that his company had an eSports team and that many of the team members double up being programmers at the company, himself included. What he suggested to Weiwei was for her to agree to sell the rights for whatever she wanted to but to inform the representative when they called next that she had recently been approached to join a professional eSports team. If they ask which one it is; tell them that it was Zhi Yi. After the business related topics were covered the two lapsed into a comfortable silence and returned to their previous pursuits until Xiao Nai remarked that it was getting late and offered to take Weiwei to dinner at a western style restaurant before returning to campus. 

When the food arrived Weiwei was so hungry she forgot to be prim and proper; instead she had started shoving large forkfuls of salad into her mouth causing her cheeks to bulge out just like a cute little chipmunk. It was both shocking and adorable to Xiao Nai. He was pleased that his wife had shown him that she had a healthy appetite unlike most of the females that he had been unfortunate enough to have to interact with, but he was still a little shocked that she felt so comfortable with him to show it after only one official day of dating. He was going to enjoy finding out all his wife’s little quirks.

When Weiwei looked up she realized that she was eating like a savage and the man was watching her instead of eating. Causing her to nearly choke on her salad and she started eating with proper manors much to the hidden amusement of her new boyfriend. She chose to ignore his starring and continued with her meal with as much poise that she could muster. Weiwei made it a point to not say anything until they had finished their meal. Giving her time to get her fluster back under control before she spoke. “I’ve given a lot of thought to the proposal and while I do think you overestimated my skills. I am willing to try. But, I have already purchased the ticket back home at the end of semester. My parents are expecting me home and I think I should tell them this decision in person instead of over the phone. My mother is not the biggest fan of my choice of degree and my father would prefer that I had attended school back in Wuhan.”

Xiao Nai took in everything that Weiwei had said. While it made perfect sense logically didn’t mean that he liked it. “How long would you plan to be gone for?”

Weiwei contemplated for a bit. She was set to leave on July fifteenth which was in just a couple of weeks and school didn’t start back up again until the start of September first. Doing the math in her head she said August eighth. It gave her parents half her summer break and many internships usually started that time in the summer. If Weiwei didn’t have her head down she would have seen the disappointed frown that Xiao Nai sported briefly before reverting to his calm mask and giving her an understanding ‘mnn’ before he continued on with his meal.

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The next day Feng Teng’s representative called Weiwei’s dorm and she agreed with a meeting for later in the day but did tell the representative that there was an eSports team that had made her an offer to join their team and she planned to accept the offer. After stating the team was Zhi Yi the representative put Weiwei on hold for a while explaining that he had to speak with his superior before continuing with the conversation. 

Once the representative returned he verified that at the time she had not signed a contract yet and put Weiwei on hold again when she stated that she had not yet and repeated that she did indeed plan to accept their offer. When the call resumed Weiwei was informed that instead of meeting with the representative that she was speaking with  it would be his supervisor that would be meeting her. The meeting time was agreed upon to be in an hour and Weiwei soon found herself asking to borrow Sisi’s cellphone for a couple of hours before walking making her way to a small cafe located right outside of the campus. She promised Sisi that she did plan to have a new cell phone before she returned from Wuhan so she would not need to borrow their phones in the upcoming fall term. 

To say the representative from Feng Teng was in awe when an incredibly pretty young woman introduced herself as Bei Weiwei. Internally he was seeing possible marketing tactics with the soon to be first female professional eSports player in the country. Not just for their game either.  It wouldn’t matter if she could actually play or not, with those looks her face would bring flocks of admirers. “Miss Bei, I have the contract here for the rights for the Bandit Girl video. Twenty thousand RMB for rights to the video, how does that sound?” The representative asked after greeting the young woman. They purposely offered much more than what they initially planned to because they wanted Miss Bei to be willing to accept an endorsement contract as well. 

Weiwei pretended to think about it. Tapping her finger to her check, looking deep in thought before she replied “How about instead of five elite rare ranking pets?” 

The representative’s eyes widened. There was no way they would not be chewed out by their superiors if they agreed to that. Endorsement or no endorsement. The girl was shrewd; they had to give her that. “Miss Bei, I simply cannot agree to that. You must understand.”  They laced their figures together before placing their hands on the table in front of them. 

“The people I plan to give them to are the people who helped me create the video. If you look up their accounts all of us are high level players on the server I play on. Eventually we would all be able to get them on our own. In a matter of time. It’s just a bit of code on your guy’s end.” Weiwei countered, giving an overly sweet smile. 

“Be that as it may, Miss Bei. How would it look if a brand new professional team comes in with multiple high ranking rare level pets? I’m assuming that these friends are members of your team but even if they are not I still just cannot agree to doing that. Players on other teams would claim favoritism and not to mention the imbalance on the server you play on.  We’d have to give every team the same. Which could upset the regular fan base.” The representative tried to reason with the beauty.

Weiwei suggested in their place getting five lower grade majestic young rare pets with the stipulation of having one male and female of the same species  along with two rare crafting materials to which the representative quickly agreed to. He had a feeling that the woman in front of him would try to ask for something secretly more difficult to honor if he sat and got into a full on negotiation with her and he still had another unplanned battle of wills to go with her. With how her brain works; the gaming beauty would probably haggle her way into more stipulations then they would be able to deliver. This Bei Weiwei is a tricky one. Once the new terms of the negotiation entered into the contract both parties signed. At that point Weiwei was thanking the representative and was preparing to leave when the representative stated that he had another possible business negotiation with her. Confused sat her items down and waited for the representative to continue. The sophomore student watched as the person in front of her combed their fingers through their hair a few times before laying their hands flat on the table between them. 

“Miss Bei, if you are not aware of this but when you sign the contract with Zhi Yi you will officially become the very first female eSports player in this country not just for our game. Now Miss Bei, if you don’t mind me saying this you are a very good looking young woman. We could market you and with your looks we could easily bring in a larger audience to the league. Would you be willing to have Feng Teng help sponsor your debut?”

Weiwei frowned at the man’s words. Once again it was about her looks. She was tempted to reject the offer out right but paused. Would her rejection harm Zhi Yi Technologies in the future? She should ask Xiao Nai. “Would you mind if I check to see if my future boss joins this meeting? I am afraid I need to consult with him before I give any kind of answer.” Weiwei asked.

“Sure sure, stay here and make a call. I need to make a call myself. I’ll be right over there.” the rep pointed towards the plant filled entry and walked away.

Weiwei quickly pulled Sisi’s phone out from her bag and called Xiao Nai. The phone only rang a couple of times before Xiao Nai answered. Weiwei cut straight to the point and asked him if he was busy and if he would be willing to join the meeting in an official capacity. She explained that the representative from Feng Teng wanted to help sponsor her debut because she is the first female professional player and because they thought that she is pretty. She unconsciously said the last part with a hint of disgust. Weiwei admitted to her boyfriend that she was just not comfortable saying the right thing and causing strain with the two businesses. She sighed in relief when Xiao Nai asked which café she was at before confirming he would be there shortly. Once she hung up the phone and put it away the representative returned to the table. 

“He will be here in a few minutes. The headquarters is not too far away from here.” Weiwei let the representative know. 

As they waited, they spoke about inconsequential things such as Weiwei’s major, how she started playing the game, and other random small talk. The representative trailed off midway through his sentence when Xiao Nai came up behind Weiwei and placed a  comforting hand on her shoulder and gave it a tender squeeze.  Weiwei confusingly looked at the hand and followed it up before registering who’s and it was and giving Xiao Nai a radiant smile. She quickly stood up and went to make the introductions after she got out of her small stupor from looking at her boyfriend’s tender smile. 

The representative’s eyes widened when Weiwei stated the name of the man who had just joined them. When they were informed of Miss Bei’s pending contract with Zhi Yi they had looked up the information on the CEO. The representative did not expect for the girl to call in such a handsome man. His eyes further bulged when the handsome man introduced himself further as also the captain of the team. How in the world do they have such beautiful people at that place? Were those two in a relationship? The way that the two looked at each other they must be or would soon be in one. Having Bei Weiwei in a relationship did detrack some but having her have such a handsome partner might get the female market to show up just for a glance of hi or a whole drama could be written for the two in adds or since they just received the publishing rights for the bandit girl video for their planned upcoming event the game could do a quest or something staring these two. 

Feng Teng’s representative cleared his throat and began to speak. They had a great urge to wipe the sweat from their brow but reframed. It wouldn’t do for them to show any sort of nervousness. ”Well, I wasn’t expecting someone like you, Mr. Xiao, to be the person whom Miss Bei would contact. I also did not think that the CEO of a technology company would be on their own eSports team either if you don’t mind me saying.” He clapped his hands in glee. “Now, don’t take this the wrong way but are you two in a relationship?” 

Weiwei looked at Xiao Nai telling him with her expression that he would take over any conversation from this point on. Xiao Nai, taking an educated guess on where this was heading, decided to see how the person in front of them would say. “Not that it is relevant, but yes Weiwei and I are in a relationship,” calmly stated in a tone that indicated that their relationship was not up for discussion.

“I thought so. What better way to market the league than having…” the representative paused trying to come up with a good title for the pair. “The Emperor God and his Goddess. No, that sounds cheesy. I need to have the think tank come up with a better title for the two of you but with both of your looks we could easily dub you two as Celestial Beings with the right costuming. You don’t even need to play well and people will buy tickets to see your matches.” 

“You are aware that both of us are on the top ten PK  leaderboard on the Beijing Server?” Xiao Nai calmly asked. The light in the room seemed to grow cooler reflecting the mighty master’s mood. His girlfriend could tell her boyfriend cared just about the same amount with people dismissing their skills in turn for their looks.  

Feng Teng’s employee felt a tinge of fear when he looked at the couple’s feeling their deadly aura. He knew he had to tread carefully with how he acted next. “Both of you are?” at the couple’s curt  nod in perfect synchronization. “Even better!” He clapped his hands in excitement.  “The fans will come for looks but stay for the gameplay. It could help boost the subscription base. I’m kind of sad that Miss Bei did not submit herself for the beauty contest we held a few months back. She would have easily won.”

Hearing about another meaningless contest about appearance caused Weiwei’s demeanor to become even colder. Yes, she was pretty, she has heard it all her life. Could people pick a new topic about her to talk about already. “Beauty does fade after time.” she said in a chilling tone. 

“Totally understandable, Miss Bei. But you do realize that people are more likely to flock to a product that is attractive then not?” Feng Teng’s employee countered. He realized that he might have just screwed up. This had to be the only pretty girl that he met that didn’t like to be complimented about her looks. “I mean, didn't the graphics of Chinese Ghost Story attract you to the game before you started to play it?”

Weiwei reluctantly nodded curtly. Her boyfriend, knowing how this conversation would go nowhere if the man in front of them continued to talk about appearance, decided to add his thoughts.  “Would the promotion be nothing but  focusing on the superficial? While we understand putting something in a pretty wrapper will initially attract the attention but that pretty wrapper with no substance will quickly produce low retainability. I’m sure that neither my company nor your’s would want that.” Xiao Nai countered. 

“You are right of course, Mr Xiao. I am being too caught up with the initial reactions and not the sustainability. Forgive me. I still think marketing the two of you is an untapped venue for profit. We do not need to stop with just your team either. I’ve not met any other members of the other teams in the leagues who’s to say that there is not more to be found. However having the first ever Chinese female pro-gamer and having her doing our game is a very big deal. Whether she is pretty or not and if her skills are anywhere near her looks then it would detract the possible haters saying that she was only recruited because the league needed ahem; sex appeal.” He paused for dramatics. “It would look great not only for us at Feng Teng but your own team as well. Miss Bei could be the next Wang Tsu Hsien, wait she is before your time. Miss Bei could be the next uh… ”

“I know who she is.” Weiwei clearly saw the man struggling to come up with another person. “My father’s favorite movie is City Hunter.”  Xiao Nai took that moment to make a mental note to watch the movie later. It would be good to see what his beloved’s father’s taste in media is.

“Funny movie, one of Jackie Chan’s lesser known movies.” the man laughed. “My point is that just like Wang Tsu Hsien, Miss Bei, you have a pretty face but you also have talent to make people want to see more of what you can offer.” 

“I understand the point you are trying to make.” Weiwei smiled and was a little bit amused that the man was comparing her to her father’s favorite actress from when she was a little girl. 

Xiao Nai smiled and pulled out a business card asking the representative to contact him so they could work out the details at a later time. The young CEO neither confirmed nor turned down the offer outright because the representative was right and marketing on looks to start with could help bring revenue but leaving at just that would not be worth either his or Weiwei’s time. He also stated that he would be heading to Feng Teng’s corporate headquarters in a few days for another discussion with Feng Teng. With that the couple said goodbye to the representative and left. 

  The representative barely waited until the two were out of sight before calling his boss. “You won’t believe what I have to report. The boss the girl called was the head of Zhi Yi Technologies. It gets better the head, who is also a very handsome by the way, will be the captain of their team and the two are in a romantic relationship! I’m telling you the two could be movie stars with their looks. We need to get them in contract but first we need to look up their status on the leaderboards. From what they were saying both are on the top ten PK of the Beijing Server.” By the time the man got back to his desk he had a report on both players documenting their standing and every single achievement in the game. He was quite shocked that they had actually beat the Condor Heroes quest. That quest was so twisted that it was made to be unbeatable or so he thought. He was right when he described the two as deities earlier and they would need the perfect pets to showcase their in-game god-like status. Those two are going to be a gold mine in advertising revenue. 

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Checking the time Xiao Nai asked if Weiwei would be willing to swing by the office so they could finalize their contract. With her in agreement they made their way to his car in comfortable silence both had things on their mind. Weiwei knew that she shouldn’t try to spend so much time trying to blend in anymore. She would have to start showcasing her beauty but she was determined to do it on her own terms and her own way. Her looks were  going to be put in the limelight whether she likes it or not. She would just need to be like her boyfriend and just own her good looks. It’s not like dressing like she did help disguise the fact. She may act like she was all powerful and mighty but she knew that due to growing up in a middle income family she didn’t have the extra skills that her boyfriend had to be otherworldly. Besides running, she really wasn’t that athletic and she reluctantly admitted to herself that she spent more time doing her homework during mandatory music classes then learning an instrument. even though she still got one of the top scores for playing the violin in her highschool. She needed to have the good grades to get those college scholarships after all.  Why on earth did her god-like boyfriend want to date her again? She couldn’t quite figure that one out. It was really unreal to her. 

  While Xiao Nai was designing his game plan how to use Feng Teng’s interest in endorsing Weiwei’s debut. He knew that it was a good thing promotionally but he also knew his girlfriend’s modest nature would not be comfortable with a lot of attention right away. He knew that while she didn’t make it easy to see; she really didn’t think she was anything special which was way past frustrating to him. From what he learned of her life before coming to their university from reading her school record he knew that she did not have the opportunities that he had growing up, she had earned everything she had earned everything with her own merits. Focusing on her grades rather than joining clubs or doing extra curricular activities. Her hardworking nature made her all the more determined to learn to be the best possible prospective mate for her. He had been observing other males he knew with girlfriends and had been researching online to what a proper boyfriend should be much to his roommate teasing. As he waited at a stoplight he turned he looked at his beloved out of the corner of his eye noticing that she looked deep in thought. Seeing her eyebrows ever so slightly furrowed and her hand resting on her cheek made him yearn to be the one cupping her cheek. Turning his attention back to the road for the remainder of the ride. It was too soon for him to act on his desire to hold her so intimately just yet. 

When they made their way  into the office, only Yu Banshan and Qiu Yonghou were there. Both men’s eyes lit up and quickly greeted Weiwei jokingly as their Junior Sister In-law. Xiao Nai had informed them the night before he planned to get Weiwei signed on to join their eSports team. Neither of them knew that Weiwei had already agreed so both quite vocally insisted that they needed to be in the negotiations with the contract. Their youngest roommate just figured it would be a good tactic to get them to gang up on his beloved for her best interest and shrugged at their demand to be a part of the signing. When the subject of pay was being discussed both the older men stood up in protest when they saw the amount that was listed on the contract. Just like their boss had calculated and sat back while waiting for the fireworks to erupt. 

“Brother Nai, you can’t be serious putting so little on the contract. How could you be so stingy with Third Sister In-Law’s wages? Only three hundred thousand RMB for the year’s salary? That is not even a quarter of normal base pay. It’s immoral! Little Sister in-law Weiwei should dump you for that offer.” Yu Banshan scolded. 

Weiwei blushed before mumbling out. “I asked him to lower it to half this amount because I found it too high. But he won't go any lower than this amount.” 

“Listen Little Sister in-law,  if word got out that you were being paid so little it won't only look bad on you but the club. How would it look to potential new employees that we pay so little for talent? Especially talent like yours. Don’t forget you are in the top ten best PKers on our server and if Yugong and Nai didn’t get into the accident you would have won the top couple battles.” Qiu Yonghou protested and Yu Banshan nodded his head in agreement. Both men ready to PK their boss. Seeing both men being quite vocal about it and then Xiao Nai smirking at his friend’s words made her agree to have her salary increased but it didn’t stop her from shooting Xiao Nai a dirty look while the other two men were busy making the alterations to the contract; adding in any extras that they believed their sweet little junior classmate deserved. Much to Weiwei’s mounting annoyance. She did not need by-weekly manicures or a beauty webcam and said a cold voice. Her boyfriend, knowing that tone from when he used it, told his two roommates that Weiwei did not need those frivolities in a no nonsense tone. Putting an end to negotiations much to the other two's men’s charging. 

Glancing back at her boyfriend, Weiwei’s cold demeanor did not let up. Getting his roommates to gang up on her to accept more money was an underhanded trick. The moment she saw the smirk she figured out why he asked for her to come with him. While being straight forward would not work on her using the other’s reactions would. It was such a dirty tactic she would need to be on guard with Xiao Nai in the future. He is just too devious for his own good. After editing the pay on the contract and adding a few more alterations sneakily in her favor Weiwei finally signed the blasted contract in a great huff. Much to the relief to all of  the men in the room. After a quick goodbye to the others, Xiao Nai took Weiwei back to campus and told her that he would meet up with her for breakfast before his flight to Shanghai and that neither he or the rest of the team should be online tonight due to a graduation meeting that they needed to attend. He teased that her cold aura was truly formidable; he feared going up against someone as fearsome as his girlfriend. Causing Weiwei’s icy exterior to crack and her to laugh at her boyfriend’s serious expression. 

That evening even though Weiwei knew that Xiao Nai and the others were not going to be online that night she still needed to do her daily quests so logged into the game to get them done. So imagine her surprise when she saw Mo Zha Ta online. ‘Third sister-in-law Weiwei.’ a chat bubble popped up on her screen.

‘Mr. Beauty’ she snarkily replied back. She could just imagine his reaction.

‘WHO TOLD YOU THAT NAME!?’ he wrote in all caps. ‘I’ll have you know that I am very tall, built like an ox, and I am as black as coal.’ Fuming that someone had given her that ammo. 

Weiwei knew she wouldn’t reveal her source even though she was tempted to after this afternoon’s negotiations so she just said that she went to the office and the others were there today. She could just imagine that the guy on the other side of the chat was planning to PK his roommates when they return. As they deserved for all the alterations they were demanding on her behalf. 

‘Hey Little sister in-law Weiwei, did you know that Third Brother is out meeting another woman? How can you be okay with him meeting other females? What if they try to steal him away from you?’ Mo Zha Ta asked.

Weiwei frowned when she read the message. Was the older man trying to see if she was one of those controlling females like the Xiaoyus? She took a moment to compose her reply. ‘He already told me all about his meeting tonight with the head of the graduation committee. I’m surprised that you are not with the others for it.’

‘You are far too trusting, Little sister in-law Weiwei. What if someone tries to seduce your husband from you? Girls call the dorm all the time to try to get dates with Third Brother all the time. But don’t you worry, I’ll keep him on the straight and narrow. If he thinks of straying I’ll PK him.’ Hao Mei wrote.

Smiling at her screen Weiwei replied ‘Dashen is very popular with the female race of course he is going to get confessed to. It’s nothing to be concerned with. I’ve been getting confessed to all my life, there is absolutely nothing special about it?’ Weiwei stated. When Mo Zha Ta did not reply back she sent another message ‘Mr Beauty? Did you get logged off?’

‘Little sister in-law Weiwei, Nai just got home and he passed behind me right when you said that you have been getting confessed to all your life.’ The message paused a few moments before the next part popped up. ‘He’s booting up his laptop and logging into the game right  now.’ 

Weiwei panicked the moment she saw Naihe’s name pop up on her friend’s list and quickly shut down the game. She paused for a moment before realizing that she had no reason to log out of the game, nothing she said wasn’t true. She logged back in and told the party chat that her dorm’s internet went down momentarily. She choked when her online husband retorted that the dorm’s internet was truly unpredictable. She was about to log off again when the dorm landline rang. She wandered over to the phone and answered it.

“Weiwei.” Xiao Nai’s velvety voice echoed through the phone causing Weiwei to fluster. “This is the second time that I have heard that you are constantly being confessed to. Such a popular lady, my dear wife is. You should let me know when it happens so I can act accordingly.” he teased. 

“I’ll tell you about every time if you do the same.” Weiwei snarked back.

There was a pause on the other side of the line before Xiao Nai playfully replied. “Maybe we should forget it. It’s such an unremarkable occurrence when it happens;  it will be easy to have it slip our minds when it does happen.” He turned serious after he heard her giggle. “Weiwei, I am very happy that you are the one who captured me.”

Weiwei’s heart started beating rapidly when she heard his heart filled confession. “It’s getting late and you have a flight tomorrow. I shouldn’t keep you up late.” Weiwei then added “But I think it was you who captured me.” She quickly hung up and turned off her computer before crawling under her covers. She blushed as she ran the conversation through her brain in a continuous loop before finally falling into a peaceful sleep.  

The next morning the two sat across from each other in Weiwei’s favorite campus cafeteria. Xiao Nai waited for Weiwei to start eating before he announced the reason why he was going to be flying out to Shanghai was because he had a meeting with the Feng Teng Organization to finalize the deal on a partnership with their phone app. 

Weiwei’s eyes widened and she listened to her boyfriend’s words. How did Xiao Nai find time to do all that he is doing? Graduating College, starting his own company, creating a phone app game, starting an eSports team, running said eSports team, keeping his number one PK spot on their server, and now dating? Weiwei really had no idea. She was in awe of him and told him as much. 

Xiao Nai smiled and told Weiwei not to sell herself short and for her to continue to eat her breakfast. Weiwei, needing no prompt to eat being the foodie that she is, did just that. All too soon Xiao Nai had to leave and Weiwei wished him a safe trip and good luck on his negotiations. 

The sophomore went about her classes until her roommates met up with her for lunch once again in the same cafeteria that Weiwei enjoyed eating at. It wasn’t just for the convenience of how close it was to their dorms the food was really good. As Erxi started teasing Weiwei in an attempt to get more information on where Weiwei’s and Xiao Nai’s relationship was at. They heard someone laughing behind them. Teasing Weiwei how the Great Master trapped her and now was taking his time as he prepared  to devour her.  When she turned around she saw a rather delicate looking guy with a ridiculous smug smile on his face. When he introduced himself as Mo Za Ta Weiwei could not let her embarrassment over being overheard get to her so she chose to be on the offense. 

“So you’re Mr. Beauty?” Weiwei smirked before continuing “I seem to remember that last night someone claimed that they were tall, built like an ox, and he was black as coal… But then again the same person did tell me that I was a cheating vixen when describing me to me.  I think that perhaps that Class Senior Mr. Beauty might just need to reevaluate how he sees people.”  she giggled and her roommates joined in when they heard the nickname.

Weiwei smirked as Hao Mei pouted and slinked off to lick his wounds in a corner that he could glare at his sister in-law from. In Shanghai Xiao Nai received a text from Hao Mei complaining that his third brother’s wife  was picking on him. Shaking his head at the text he darkly muttered “It seems that she’s having fun without me.”

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Hao Mei spent the rest of his meal with a dark cloud over his head. He had hoped that Third Sister-in-law wouldn’t use their first in-person meeting as a chance to punish him for calling her a she-devil before he knew her identity. She had obviously not forgotten about him calling her that. Feeling a bit childish he pulled out his phone and sent a text tattling on Weiwei’s treatment of him to Xiao Nai. Only to have his brother in all but blood reply taking the beautiful under classmen’s side. He kept on mumbling about how those two heartless people deserved one another. After he finished his meal and left with his tail planted firmly between his legs. 

The labeled Mr. Beauty had spent the rest of the day in a terrible funk until later that night when Weiwei gave him a gift of a rare beast of a ball cactus. It was the one rare beast he had been wanting to get his hands on for a very long time. He was so touched by the gift that he started to apologize profusely about anything negative that he may have been bellyaching about earlier in the day. He felt lighthearted when Weiwei thanked  him from the bottom of her heart for looking out for her before he even knew her identity and from that point on Hao Mei’s heart warmed to his third brother’s girlfriend so he stopped calling Weiwei third sister-in-law and started calling her his little sister, Weiwei. He felt that she needed an older brother in the future to protect her when her husband isn’t around. 

Little did he realize the chance to protect his newly dubbed little sister would come up in less than twenty four hours later when a vicious gossiper by the name of Ai Channel stated that the only reason why Xiao Nai was with Weiwei was because she was dumb and had a large breasts. Hao Mei and the other two brothers in arms took it upon themselves to hack the gossiper’s blog post and replaced it with both Weiwei’s along with Ai Channel’s report cards for a side by side comparison and just to dig the knife deeper they added the scholarship awards list for the entire school. The only one who was beating Weiwei in scholarships and awards just so happened to be her boyfriend, which was unsurprising to pretty much anyone  with a close third place to Hao Mei, himself. The senior couldn’t be prouder to see how smart his new little sister is. 

Later on that evening Erxi continued to browse the campus forum and found another hot news event. As she read it her eyes widened in shock and Erxi called Weiwei’s attention from her studies to inform her that someone had replaced the malicious blog post from Ai Channel with a copy of Weiwei’s report card and the awards listings. Weiwei looked at the replacement post slightly dumbfounded. She hadn’t said anything about the post outside of the dorm room and while she had been on the phone that evening with her boyfriend she had much more pleasant things to talk about besides someone trying to badmouth her yet again. 

Weiwei decided to be silent as she opened her laptop to see if her ‘brothers in-law’ happened to be online or not. She wasn’t surprised to see their WeChat profiles online. Choosing to send a note to Yu Banshan since he was dubbed the oldest brother of the message. ‘You don’t know how a popular campus blogger’s post was overridden with a copy of my report card do you?’ 

It took a few moments for Yu Banshan to type up everything telling her how they couldn’t let someone sit and badmouth their sister in-law and fellow teammate. Plus, Third Brother would off them if they did nothing when he found out and he would find out about it one way or the other. He also boasted that it was Hao Mei who did the hacking before quickly asking when he and Qiu Yonghou would get their rare beasts. 

The department beauty of the computer science department  just shook her head after she read what the oldest brother in-law said then gave a cheeky reply that she needed to study and won't be on until later. She sent a PM to Hao Mei to give him a heartfelt thank you for what he did before quickly logging her account off so she could focus on studying. She didn’t even get a chance to pull out her study guide before the landline started to ring. Sighing, Weiwei stood up and answered the phone only to be bombarded by Yu Banshan and Qiu Yonghou whiningly asking for when she would be coming online. They even went as far as to suggest that she push it off for now and wait for Third Brother to come back so he could help her study.  All the while she could hear Hao Mei in the background yelling at the other two to let her study in peace. Weiwei could not help but feel touched by his protests. Taking a breath; Weiwei told the oldest two to quit picking on their little brother and to let her study for one hour and she would meet them in the guildhouse. 

Just for a bit of extra pettiness for the other day and the changing thing in the contract she took an extra five minutes in studying before she deemed that they had waited long enough to get the beasts. At first the two men were all cheers and giddiness with their beasts until Yu Banshan noticed that the beasts were both  male and started to belly ache that Weiwei was the only female allowed on staff because of a programmer having gynophobia. With Weiwei being in negotiations before the other person was hired. They didn’t think that the programmer, Ah Shuang was even aware that Weiwei was hired on and knowing Xiao Nai like they do they didn’t think that Ah Shuang would be informed of it before Weiwei moved into her team dorm apartment in the summer. Weiwei wasn’t too sure on how to feel about that at the moment and would ask more about it at a later time. In the meantime she asked if the three men wanted to practice two on two team battles before she had to log off for the night. She needed to practice with her weaker classes after all. 

The weekend passed with Weiwei and the others taking their time to argue the pros and the cons with specific specs on their competition avatars. While they were professionally playing, they would be using specifically to set up accounts that everything from cosmetics to gear had to be strategized in length. Weiwei would have never guessed that she would ever be the witness for three fully grown men bickering to pick out a color scheme and why it would matter so much. If the armor color was actually something more than cosmetic she would be able to understand but it really did nothing but make the clothing the avatar wore more satirically pleasing. Which is why Weiwei never really bothered to play with the feature. The only thing she ever did with the customizations is just make the items color match by clicking on the little match colors option on the armor settings. She never even bothered to change the default colors. 

While they had already picked white and red because they knew Xiao Nai and Weiwei’s avatars were too infamous to use anything different. Plus the fact that Xiao Nai probably used white for his avatars anyways. He did have a thing for neatness after all Yugong had pointed out during the bickering. They were all dead set on Weiwei keeping her red theme even though Weiwei told them repeatedly that she was totally okay with changing her avatar’s color palette. She really didn’t care what colors her avatar wore. It didn’t seem like it was as big of a deal as the three had been making it.  But they were adamant about it. After what seems to be forever in frivolousness; in Weiwei’s opinion conversation the brothers finally agreed on black with a white nine tailed fox with red and metallic flames for the jackets and the warmer weather uniform tops. When the guys started to get into yet another battle this time on what style of pants to wear, Weiwei had hit her limit and told them that she was going back to the library and not to bother her with any of these types of discussions in the future. 

When Weiwei finally decided to return to her dorm room to relax  she was ambushed by her roommates telling her that the Great Master had called to say that he had landed. Then they nervously told her that they might have implied to the Great Master that he hadn’t taken them out to a group meal yet and there wasn’t a better time than the present. Before Weiwei could properly scold them a delivery man dropped off a package that Xiao Ling promptly tore into and showed Weiwei a modest red dress with capped sleeves and a collared neckline that they had ordered for Weiwei to wear to thank the Great Master for treating them to lunch. 

Taking a deep breath, Weiwei glared at all of them but kept her mouth shut until she could call her boyfriend. The moment he had registered her voice he promptly chastised her about reminding him things like treating her roommates to a meal. After being lightly scolded by her boyfriend Weiwei ordered Xiao Ling to hand the dress over and locked herself into the bathroom so she could make herself look presentable. Even going as far as styling her hair and putting on some lip tint. As she stepped into the high heels her roommates pulled out for her she glared at each and everyone of them before telling them that they were going to have a conversation about inopertuning the Great Master when he was obviously going to be tired in the future. 

She spotted her boyfriend leaning casually on the side of his car when they exited the dorms and could not help but be a bit flustered when she saw the hungry look in his eyes when he gazed at her. If she was a tanghulu skewer she would have been devoured in a single bite judging by the look he was giving her. Weiwei slowed her descent a little nervous by his ravenous gaze. While she’s had plenty of people give her that look in the past this was the first time she wasn’t automatically against it which frightened her some. She allowed her more boisterous roommates to greet him first before giving him a coy little smile and thanking him for taking her along with her roommates out to eat in an uncharacteristic demure voice.  

He just held his tongue and opened the door for her. Xiao Nai did not actually say anything until everyone was in his car and seat belts buckled. But it was only to ask where they wanted to eat. When the three roommates wanted to do French food; Weiwei knew something was up but didn’t know what. When she tried arguing with her friends, Xiao Nai gently reprimanded her that it was the guest’s choice. As they arrived at the front of the restaurant Xiao Nai told Weiwei and her roommates to wait for him at the restaurant as he went to go park. The four girls watch him drive off to park and three of the women let out a deep breath. 

“Weiwei, I don’t know how you can still stand after being looked at like that.” SiSi fanned herself. “I felt faint after being caught in the crossfire.” Even the Great Master’s gaze is masterful. 

Before Weiwei could retort Xiao Ling cut in “I knew that dress would spark a reaction but I did not think it would be that strong. We were spot on when we picked out that dress for the lovely Miss Bei over here. Our Great Master looked like he wanted to devour our pretty friend here. Which makes it all the better if they are in the restaurant. Just imagine how he would have reacted if it was that one red dress Weiwei tried on before her so-called interview.”

Getting the thumbs up from Erxi who was staring into the restaurant; the girls pulled Weiwei over to the window and told her to look and see who it was. Sitting directly in front of the window was Ai Channel and Meng Yiren frozen as they returned the gaze. Looking at her roommates in question Weiwei demanded to know what was going on? When she heard her roommates’ reason to come to this restaurant so they could flaunt Weiwei and the Great Master’s relationship. Weiwei was mad and started to chastise her friends for using her boyfriend in such a way especially when he had no idea of what was going on. She told them she appreciated the thought but she did not think the way that they wanted to handle this matter was right.

When he returned to the four women he heard his girlfriend less than pleased at something that the others did but was not sure on exactly what. It wasn’t until that evening when he was driving her home from their meal of a seafood boil that they wound up eating at instead of the french restaurant. He had to admire her, he gave her the option to list everyone who had been maligning her name but the only one she would give is the actual author of the post and even then she just brushed off the negativity that was being directed her way. She is truly an amazing creature and told her as much, causing his mighty warrior woman to blush a beautiful shade of crimson that matched her lovely dress. He just wanted to sit where he was and look at her sitting next to him. But that normally not annoying part of his brain told him that they needed to get back before curfew. 

They finished up the ride to his apartment in relative silence and did not speak again until they were nearly at the campus gates and Weiwei told him that he didn’t need to act like what others thought a boyfriend should act. He wasn’t suited to be simply mediocre. He is just too amazing for that. She told him being in a relationship with him didn’t seem real. It was like she was in a lovely fantasy. Xiao Nai could not hold back anymore and took her in his arms and held her tight, directing her head to rest right over his heart so she could hear the chaotic rhythm of his heartbeat that she caused whenever she was near. He didn’t want to let her go but it was still too soon to be this physical. He knew how she would react to it. So he reluctantly ended the embrace and laced his fingers into hers. He needed to get her back to her dorms before curfew. It would not look good if she didn’t get back in time. As they arrived at the doors of her dorm building Weiwei nervously requested for him to meet her online in what she had dubbed their special spot. 

After making sure she made it through the door, Xiao Nai quickly walked in the direction of the male dormitories. Luckily there was no one really out to see the uncharacteristic cadence of the mysterious senior. Once he got back to the male dorms he wasted no time booting his laptop up so he could  meet her in game and when he did she gave him a white jade hair pin that she created specifically for him. It was an impressive piece of equipment but he hardly cared about the stats. What he did care about was the inscription that she wrote on it. The inscription may not have seemed to be romantic to the average person but he knew what she meant to convey. ‘I bind myself to you.’ It made his heart fill with feelings that he had never felt with anyone else he had known in his life. 

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As the semester came to an end Xiao Nai presented Weiwei with an outlined contract for Feng Teng’s sponsorship. He waited for her to read it to see if she had any comments but after she just finished the last page Weiwei just smiled and agreed to the terms as is. The party announcing her debut and her first official livestream event wasn’t until right  after she returned from Wuhan and before the announcement was to take place she would be in the team photoshoot and a commercial recording with her boyfriend promoting the league. Taking a pen out of her bag she took a moment to sign both copies of the contract and handed them back to her boyfriend so he could do the verifications and submit one of them back to Feng Teng the next day and keep the other with the company for safe keeping. 

In the meantime it was finally time for the entire team to get together to celebrate a majority of the team’s graduation in their first team meal together. Just as soon as they figured out where exactly was Hao Mei at? They had heard that their baby-faced friend had taken a bunch of stuff to the campus quad and heard that he had poorly disguised himself that Weiwei just had to see herself. The couple sedately walked around the campus and they were stopped by an excitable Erxi and her moody camera man, Cao Guang. Erxi started rambling on how they were put in charge of the video yearbook by the Film Appreciation professor and are collecting interviews from the graduating seniors. Continuing on how the Senior interviews would not be complete without an interview from the Great Master, himself. Cao Guang tried to argue that they already have plenty of interviews but Xiao Nai spoke up calmly stating he would not mind the interview. With a bouncy clap and a skip Erxi cheered and pulled the camera from Cao Gaung’s grip when he refused to film the interview. 

Taking her time to properly set up the camera on the tripod; Erxi started to ask Xiao Nai on how he and Weiwei met. Much to Weiwei’s protests of telling Erxi the story already. Erxi cheekily replied that she’s heard Weiwei’s side but not the Great Master’s. Before Weiwei could chastise her friend, Cao Guang ripped the camera off the tripod angrily stating that they had all the interviews they needed before stomping off like he was a toddler having a tantrum. Erxi in shock apologized and told Weiwei that she’d see her later. 

Xiao Nai turnt to his girlfriend and she said that it was just someone who tried to give her a handbill in the past. He could not resist and teased her about getting confessed to all her life in a patronizing tone which caused Weiwei to scowl at him before briskly walking off in a silent huff. Smiling deviously, Xiao Nai quickly caught up to his girlfriend. As they continued to look for Hao Mei, Weiwei was ignoring her boyfriend to his great amusement. 

Weiwei greeted Hao Mei warmly at the little makeshift stall he had set up so he could get rid of some of his extra belongings he no longer needed. The disguised man in question tore off his sunglasses and pushed down his mask in shock. Demanding to know how she knew it was him? Giving the older man a condescending smile squatting down to get to his eye level she told him in a sickly sweet patronizing voice that it was impossible to hide his beauty with a simple face mask and sunglasses. Causing Hao Mei to chuckle at his little sister’s cheekiness. 

The two started to be a little silly as they chatted between themselves in a friendly banter ignoring the Great Master until Xiao Nai reminded the two that they had to meet the others for dinner. Making Hao Mei to quickly gather up his things before pausing to give Weiwei his blanket telling her that it would be good luck for her as he never failed a class since he got the blanket. But before Weiwei could accept the present, Xiao Nai blocked the handoff with a stony expression. 

Feeling bold since Weiwei was present he asked his third brother if he was jealous? Xiao Nai’s face turnt stonier and simply said that he could not let Weiwei accept an item with false claims and reminded Hao Mei that he failed his mandatory military training twice. Causing Weiwei to giggle and for Hao Mei to give a small pout before changing in the subject telling Xiao Nai to call the others he knows a better and cheaper place to eat tonight. Hao Mei led the way, telling the couple all about how tasty the food was at the place he was taking them to. The trio arrived more moments before the other two came.

The meal was a lively affair at a little hole in the wall restaurant. Bottles of Rio were shared on the three older men while they attempted but failed to get Xiao Nai into trouble. Weiwei took it all in good humor and mentally logged everything that they said to use against them in the future. She played coy when Yu Banshan asked if she was behind the leaked dirt on the Language Arts Star’s using the campus computers to download porn. The three of the older men raunchily laughed at Weiwei’s oh too virtuous smile. “He might have been being a bit annoying after I changed his world view the last time when he tried to claim I had a sugar daddy on the campus forum a little while back.”  she said in a far too innocent voice. Bei Weiwei may not use it too often but she does have the whole innocent maiden act down pat. She could give the Xiaoyu family lessons on the subject. Not like she would though. 

At the four men’s questioning gazes she changed tone back to her normal voice and went on to explain that Cao Guang posted a picture of her getting out of the sports car that belonged to her student’s mother, a very successful business woman.  After clearing her name  he just would not stop trying to get her to go on a date with him. No matter how many times she said no. But what put Weiwei over the edge when she had been informed that he was trying to bribe one of the other female classmates to get her gamer handle. Weiwei explained that the girl kept on trying to find ways to look over Weiwei’s shoulder when Weiwei was on the computer or gain access to her dorm room by attempting to sell various items. After getting fed up with the new shadow; Weiwei confronted the girl and she confessed to everything after a bit of coercion on Weiwei’s part. Weiwei didn’t explain what the coercion was but from the venomous look in her eyes the three older men did not want to find out. 

“Why does Little Sister sound so familiar?” Hao Mei asked. Looking to his older brothers in compilation.

“It sounds like something that a Third Brother would do. So devious, so malevolent.” Qiu Yonghou looked at their junior classmate in awe and a tiny bit of fear. 

“No, what Little Sister In-law Weiwei did was not even one hundredth of what Third Brother would do.” Yu Banshan said with a smirk.

 “Yugong is right, if it was Third Brother he would have completely destroyed them with them not even knowing that they were in his sites until they were caught up like a tumbleweed in the middle of a sandstorm.” Hao Mei said with great zeal causing Xiao Nai’s eyebrow to raise and Hao Mei attempting to make himself look smaller. 

Weiwei laughed at the men to break the current train of conversation for her newly adopted brothers in-law’s sake and continued to eat and talk about nonconsequential things. As the night went on the group moved to the homebase where Weiwei enjoyed watching her teammates shoot pool. She didn’t really know anything about the game but was greatly enjoying the comradery. After a few games and an impromptu lesson on how to play pool from her boyfriend both Weiwei and Xiao Nai called it a night so Weiwei could return to her dorm so she could prepare for her early train home in the morning.  

As they were walking Xiao Nai asked more about the harassment that Cao Guang had been doing. She told him about discovering blurred out photos of her getting out of a car and his cynical words when she initially showed him photographic proof of who owned the car with him saying since she was in the Computer Science department that she could have just doctored any photos. So since her student was looking for an english tutor she took him to meet her student and put an end to his stupid accusations. Weiwei went on to tell him how Cao Guang had started following her around and tried to get her to go on a date with him and to her embarrassment she said that if she was to date someone it would be Xiao Nai. Causing her cheeks to warm and her boyfriend to momentary smirk. Then she spoke about how a girl in her dorm building kept on randomly showing up afterwards.

 The first time was when Erxi was setting up her own account for Chinese Ghost Story and Weiwei was standing behind her explaining the functions of each class trying to sell beauty masks. Then it was another day trying to see if anyone in the dorm came across a missing earring. At random times of day the same girl would keep coming back and try to take a look at Weiwei’s screen until Weiwei had enough and called the girl out. The girl gave up Cao Guang pretty quickly telling Weiwei that Cao Guang told her that if she would be able to get Weiwei’s gamer handle that Cao Guang would erase her tardies. By that time Weiwei was already past her limit with the older student and plotted for an embarrassing retribution. It was just a matter of a few lines of code that Weiwei was able to get Cao Guang’s browser history and she just used Cao Gaung’s secondary forum account after changing the password and the email on file to post everything and made an anonymous report to the dean of the Language department. She added that she heard that Cao Guang was on academic probation because of it she doubted that the Language Arts student suspected her but she guessed that he accurately thought it was someone from their department. She did wonder if she went a little too far with her retribution though. 

Xiao Nai was amused at his beloved’s handling of the issue. But was rather annoyed by the other man’s obsession with his future wife. The Language student’s reaction earlier. He would need to pay more attention to the other man’s interactions with his beloved in the future. The other man probably thought it was Xiao Nai that did it since he is now dating the woman that Cao Guang was interested in. Which was fine in the senior’s mind. If that man tried anything that would upset his darling wife then Xiao Nai silently promised what Weiwei did to that man would seem like a love tap compared to what He, himself would do. Pushing his vindictive thoughts to the back of his brain, Xiao Nai instead wrapped an arm around his wife and pulled her closer to him as they continued down the sidewalk. 

It was the next morning when a melancholy Weiwei and her roommates met her stoic boyfriend at the steps of her dorm building. The morning greeting was awkward like neither knew how to speak with each other even though they had been dating for just over a month now. The easy atmosphere  that they shared with their teammates the night before seemed to be a figment of her imagination. They had already been on the road for a few minutes when Weiwei broke the silence by stating she had already booked the ticket for early departure before they met each other and she did tell him when they started dating.  Xiao Nai gave a curt nod and kept his eyes on the road. Weiwei tried again by telling him that the larger luggage would be going to the club house and then pulled out a small cactus from a white paper bag to show him. Taking a quick glance at what his girlfriend was holding he asked if this was another piece of dowry? Weiwei just smiled at the question and explained that she would be returning once the flowers have  bloomed so he needed to tend to the plant until then. That got a small smile from her boyfriend. It was brief but Weiwei would take it. The rest of the ride to the train station was quiet but it was not nearly as stifling as what it was previously. 

Once they had arrived at the train station, Xiao Nai’s demeanor became even more thunderous than what it had been all morning and Weiwei finally realized that the reason why he was acting like that was when he insisted for her to wait while he picked up his platform pass to see her off. Xiao Nai was acting like that because he was trying to keep his emotions firmly under control. Even as he walked her to her seat he tried to find a later departure on his phone and was even offering to fly her out later. He just wanted as much time as possible with her and really didn’t want her to go but logically, he understood her reasoning to do so. After a longing hug and a soft kiss to her temple and eyelids he finally let her go during the last call for non-passengers to leave the train. As the two parted ways they remembered it was only for a month and they would be able to go online and voice chat whenever they were available to do so. Plus she should be getting a new cell phone real soon. It wasn’t ideal but it is much more than what they had two months ago when they got married  inside the game. 

Like any other time the ride from Beijing to Wuhan was long and boring. Not even the book on coding she borrowed from the school library seemed to hold her attention. Her mind just could not focus on technical learning at the moment. It was times like this Weiwei really wished she didn’t get her phone stolen earlier in the year or that she would have just replaced it sooner. If she did have it she could have been messaging one of her acquaintances or she blushed, sending a sweet note to her boyfriend. Hell, she was desperate enough to download one of those online drama novels that Erxi loved to read right about now. Sighing, Weiwei just released her foot rest and reclined her chair. Hopefully she would be able to take a small nap as the bullet train sped through the countryside. 

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When Weiwei awoke from her nap when the overhead announcement informed the passengers that they would be arriving in Wuhan momentarily and to wait until the train came to a complete stop before standing. She took a moment to stretch her arms and back before returning her seat to the proper position. As she waited for the announcement for passengers to be allowed to disembark; Weiwei took a moment to thoroughly check her area to make sure everything was returned to her purse before she got up to pull her luggage from the overhead rack and depart the train. Taking the initiative to leave a majority of her bulkier items from her dorm with Xiao Nai’s care so it could be brought to her living quarters at the clubhouse was one of Weiwei’s more smarter ideas. She really did not see the need to lug her heavier items thousands of kilometers across the country just to lug them back in a few weeks later. It was not worth the hassle to do so. She only needed her laptop, some clothes, and a few other necessities when she visited her childhood home. Plus she planned to go purchase clothing while she was here just as soon as she figured out exactly what she needed to add to it. But that would not happen until a proper inventory. 

As she was navigating the platform; Weiwei was happy that she told her parents to not meet her train; she could use the time getting home to compose what she planned to tell them tonight about the offer she received and not have to worry about her mother trying to cook a welcome home meal for her. With a spring in her step Weiwei exited the platform and her upbeat grin that quickly turnt to a grimace when she heard her dad call for her from the bottom of the steps and waving his arms like a madman. If her dad was here that meant Her mother was cooking lunch. Which wasn’t good for anyone’s digestion. Was it too much to ask for things to go her way this afternoon? Weiwei chastised her father about him picking her up when she told him that she would make her way home in a doting tone as they exited the train station. Her father ignored the soft scolding and changed the subject to a surprise that he could not wait to show her. He was practically bouncing his way to the parking lot. When they finally got there her father ushered over to a neon pink scooter and presented it with great fanfare. Smiling at her father’s giddiness at what she was guessing was his brand new scooter, Weiwei told him that it suited him very nicely. 

Old man Bei practically leaped onto the scooter and waved to his daughter to get on and be sure to hold on as he started the scooter and drove it right off the curb.  As they swerved through the streets Weiwei’s father was shouting over his shoulder at what had been happening in the neighborhood since Weiwei was away. With Weiwei using one hand to hold on to her luggage and purse while the other hand had a white knuckle grip on the small handle on the back of her seat. She had to close her eyes as her father swerved in and out of busy traffic like a madman. Occasionally driving on the sidewalk and grass so he didn’t have to slow down. It was no worse than what other people were driving but she had gotten so used to Xiao Nai’s careful driving back in Beijing that anything other than that gave her heart palpitations. When Her father started to pick up speed when they heard a police siren going, Weiwei called out to her father to ask if he had the right license plates to be traveling today? All her father did was nervously chuckle and cut through on coming traffic. Ignoring the angry yells from the other motorists. 

 By the time The two got to their home nearly thirty minutes later all Weiwei wanted to do was collapse on the floor to kiss it right then and there. But a sounder mind prevailed as she followed her father into the house. The disapproving look and the clean washcloths was all Weiwei had to see to know her mother knew exactly what happened when her husband picked up their beloved only child. Releasing a forced laugh at the absurdity of it all, Weiwei took the offered washcloth and took her things to her room so she could properly clean up. Through her door, Weiwei could hear the scolding her father was getting from her mother and she wasn’t going easy on him. Weiwei sighed in relief; she was happy she wasn’t on the receiving end of it. As Weiwei was about to open her bedroom door she heard her mom call out that lunch was ready from where she was standing in the kitchen. The college student took a deep breath and planted a large smile on her face before meeting her parents at the kitchen table. 

Her mother’s cooking was just as bad as she remembered. Holding back the shutter as she tasted one of the improperly seasoned and over cooked crawfish. She covertly started serving larger portions of the meal to her parents, mainly her father and instead mostly filled her stomach up with rice; the one thing for sure her mother could not mess up cooking. She would grab a snack later on to fill her stomach. During the meal Her mother rehashing a lot of the neighborhood gossip that her father was telling her during the drive home. Weiwei just gave some mnn’s and ah’s as she paid half attention to what her mother was saying. Just as soon as the meal was finished Weiwei started to gather the dishes so she could wash them. Trying to be helpful, her father joined Weiwei in the kitchen so he could dry the dishes as she washed. The moment that her mother was well out of earshot Weiwei hissed at her father that the reason why she told him to not pick her up is because she knew that her mom would insist on cooking a meal for them if he did. 

Her father just chuckled and told Weiwei not to worry that he would be taking his kitchen back starting tomorrow. At that point his wife entered the kitchen and crossed her arms as she gave them both a discerning look asking if the two of them were criticizing her cooking skills again. Weiwei, thinking fast on her feet, completely denied the accusation and said that they were just talking about replacing her phone. With her father eagerly nodding in agreement. He knew better than to talk bad about his wife’s cooking skills. He didn’t want to spend the night on the couch, again. Weiwei’s mom just looked at the two with a critical eye, clearly not believing the two and stated if Weiwei wanted a phone she could use the money that she would be getting tutoring her boss’s son in math for the next couple weeks. As she had already told her boss that Weiwei would be happy to do it. Weiwei looked at her mother in a stupor, when did she agree to do that? She attempted to open her mouth to argue about volunteering her to do  something without consulting her first. But her mother was not in the mindset to hear any of Weiwei’s arguments. Her mother just abruptly put an end to the conversation by stating that her father and her had to get to work because they were only able to take a half day off of work. 

The moment her parents shut the door Weiwei rushed over to the phone and started dialing a number to a certain someone to let him know that she was safe at home. But the moment after she said ‘hello’ in a fake voice she was chastised for not calling the moment she got home. Shaking her head in amusement at the chastisement, she simply said that she had to wait until parents went to work. Before Weiwei could say anything else her mother came back into the house startling Weiwei to the point of nearly dropping the phone. Placing the phone to her chest to muffle the conversation, Weiwei asked why her mother was back so soon. Getting scowled by her mother as she said that she forgot her bag and was heading right out. Pointing at the phone her daughter was holding she asked who she was talking to, gesturing to the phone with her chin. Weiwei thought about pretending that the person on the other side was her student but thought better of it. She just said that it was just someone that she will be working with when she returns to Beijing and before her mom could ask anymore questions she planned to tell both her mom and dad about it after they got off work tonight it was too much information to explain now so they would need plenty of time to properly discuss the job. 

When she returned the phone to her ear she heard “A co-worker, huh?” the teasing voice of her boyfriend chimed in. “So I have been demoted to only a co-worker? I’m hurt.”

Taking a fortifying breath Weiwei replied “I didn’t lie, we are co-workers. It’s just if I said right that moment that you are my boyfriend my mother would want to sit and know everything right now instead of leaving for work. Then both her and her dad would be late for work. It’s better to do it later when they don't need to rush to another place. Don’t read too much into it. You are more than just a coworker, I promise.” Hearing Xiao Nai chuckle, she attempted to defend herself. “It’s true!” Huffing Weiwei stated that such an important person like him had much more important things to do than be on the phone with insignificant people like her and hung up before saying a tierce goodbye. Grumbling at the fact that she just knew that he was laughing at her immature reaction. 

 After a few calming breaths and making sure that her mother would not return again so soon, Weiwei slowly sauntered back into her old childhood bedroom and started to unpack and set up her laptop before she took stock of the clothing that she left behind in her closet. Just like the clothing that she just brought home it was filled with nothing but comfortable clothing picked for attempting to blend into the background. She gave a hollow laugh as she came across her old high school uniform. Wondering why in the world she still had that thing. Shutting the closet door she decided that this would not do. She could just imagine what Xiao Ling would say if she saw the contents of this closet. Nothing but jeans, ratty t-shirts, and hoodies with the occasional skirt or dress put in for when she had to attend events with her parents. No, she didn’t have to imagine what Xiao Ling would say; she’s been saying it for the past two years since they have  been roommates. 

She pulled out her journal from her purse and got down to business doing a proper inventory on her wardrobe. Something she never in a million years thought that she would ever do. No item was left out of her intense scrutiny as she looked the items over. Any items that had any rips, stains, or lost pieces were placed in the back corner of her closet and the items that passed her inspection were tallied in her journal then returned to the front of her closet. By the time she was done she found her wardrobe was severely lacking in many aspects. Casual clothes, she was more than set for but nothing she would wear if she was to go to a proper business meeting or as she started to blush at the memory of him seeing her in the red dress; a date with her boyfriend. Letting out a nervous giggle, Weiwei quickly tried to get her mind back to the task at hand. She needed to get a proper calculation on what she required so she could present a well informed presentation to her parents; well mostly to her mother on what she needed to purchase along with a well thought out proposed budget. 

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The research and pricing things online took longer than Weiwei would have liked to admit but looking at the numbers she could not help but smile at the results of her hard work. Now all she had to do was wait for her parents to come home. While she waited Weiwei went over in her head what she planned to tell both her parents and what she would be talking to with her mom alone. That way her mother could pick and choose when and how to tell her father things. Weiwei having a boyfriend was on the top of ‘the list on the mom only’ talks. She knew her father would blow a gasket when he found out that Weiwei had already started to date before she finished college. She didn’t want to be anywhere near that explosion and fully planned to do a strategic retreat behind her mother when the news broke out. The dorm at the clubhouse would be another though she did not plan to release the full details on that was not something she planned to discuss even with her mom. 

 All too soon she heard the front door open and her parents happy voices announcing that they were home. Fortifying herself, the beauty left her room and welcomed the two back before asking them to join her in the living room when they were ready to. She had some stuff to tell them and it was going to take some time to go through all of  it. 

Both parents looked confusedly at their daughter for a few moments then dropped their keys, bags, and changed into their house slippers before following in their daughter’s wake into the living room. After the two sat down on the loveseat and gave their beloved daughter their complete attention they quickly realized that whatever Weiwei had to say was serious by the twisting of the book in her hands. They were worried that their daughter might just break the book. Old Bei prompted their daughter to tell them whatever that she wanted to tell them. Whatever it was it couldn’t be that bad, could it? They gave their daughter their complete attention. 

Giving a nervous grin Weiwei clenched her leather journal in her hands tighter and said “Ma, Dad, I will be returning back to Beijing earlier than originally planned. I have been offered and have accepted a lucrative job offer that will take my schooling as my top priority. Now you will not quite approve of the job because it is in a new field that you may not quite understand yet. It may sound like an imaginary profession to you even. But it is a legitimate job and it has to deal with one of my biggest hobbies.” She paused to gather her courage before continuing on. “The job I have accepted to do is to be a member of a professional eSports team.” she waited for the onslaught of questions. 

“What do you mean you are a member of a professional eSports team? What kind of job is that?” Her mother cried out. Why would her daughter just up and agree to do a job playing video games? How could her daughter support herself while she is going to school or afterwards? What was that girl of her’s was thinking? This was not like her normally logical child. 

Taking a deep breath Weiwei informed her parents “An eSports team member means that I would be playing a videogame professionally. There are normally around five members in a team. Kinda like if I was playing professional sports. And before you start criticizing that it is not a viable job in the long run; you are correct. However, after I retire from the league I fully plan to transfer to the business side of the company who owns the team to be in their software development department. Plus I fully plan to save and invest my paychecks so I will have a tidy little nest egg by the time I retire from playing professionally.” Weiwei answered her mother. “With that being said I would have a job that pays handsomely with bonuses for winning and from endorsements that will work around my college schedule and would also pay for my own personal housing throughout the year.  However, I will need some stuff for the job. Proper clothing to wear to meetings and interviews when I am not wearing the team uniform. I already did an inventory of my closet and I now realize that I should not have ignored mom’s critiques of my wardrobe over the years.”

 Causing her mother to smile unconsciously. “ I have a list here of what I believe I need to get clothing wise and I plan to take the tutoring job that mom has setup for me that you have lined up to help cover the funds that would need to be spent plus my student grant money that I gave to you two to hold on to. The other major item I will need is a cell phone. I can’t keep on borrowing other people’s phones when I need to send a message or have a mode of contact when I go out in public and away from a landline. I didn’t replace mine sooner because I didn’t see the need to when it was stolen at the beginning of the last semester because I could reach here with the dorm’s landline just fine and the other people I normally talked to are pretty much only  my roommates and I see them everyday. Moving forwards, in the future this will no longer be the case. I will be going to photo shoots, playing tournaments in different stadiums across the country, some minor touring for the league’s publicity, going to business meetings for endorsement offers along with negotiating contracts. Sometimes I will need to get a hold of someone during those times. How can I do that without a phone? For example I needed to attend a meeting for one thing a month ago and during that meeting the company representative I met had another offer for me that I needed my superior's input on. Luckily I had the foresight to borrow one of my roommate’s cellphone at the time so I was able to make a call. If not, it would have been awkward for all parties.” Weiwei further explained.

Her father and mother looked at each other silently communicating. What their daughter had said was very well thought out but they didn’t know how to feel about the whole playing video game thing for a job. It didn’t seem like it was a real thing. Weiwei’s father looked at the serious look on his daughter’s face and was ready to agree if that was something that she really wanted to do but figured that his wife would want to speak with their daughter alone before he could just up and give his permission. Nodding to his wife he exclaimed that he was tired and will talk about it more tomorrow then wished his wife and daughter a good night before getting up to go to the master bedroom. 

Weiwei’s mother waited until Old Man Bei was behind a closed door before she started to ask for more clarification. Starting with how much is a handsome salary? It would start at six hundred thousand a year and she would get bonuses on how well she does plus she had already signed for her first endorsement for seventy five thousand for a three month advertisement that included a short video advertisement along with stills. Weiwei went on that she had the ultimate say if she accepted or requested an endorsement and she did not plan to take any offers that she was not comfortable with no matter how good the money is. Her mother’s head spun, nearly seven hundred thousand for one year so far. That was more than what she and her husband made in a year combined. Plus there was bonus pay! 

After letting that little nugget of information hit Weiwei decided to drop another bomb on her poor mother; that she was seeing someone and he was also on the team. Her mother needed a moment to process what her daughter just said. Such an unfeeling girl to dump all that information on her poor mother. Was she trying to make her heart stop? When did all of this start? Weiwei had told her none of this in their last few calls. 

“Yo-you’re seeing someone?” The older woman asked to verify what she just heard. She could not believe her ears. Forget the money, her tomboy of a daughter has found a boyfriend? She never thought that she would see the day. She worried that her lovely daughter would die single with how she tended to deal with members of the opposite sex. How in the world did this unknown person get past her daughter’s impenetrable defenses? 

“Yes, if you lend me your phone I could show you a picture of him. He just graduated from the University that I go to and his major was actually the same as mine. He’s at the top of his graduating year. He started his own company too. I still don’t see what someone as amazing as him would be with me.” Weiwei replied in a gentle voice while she took the phone from her mother’s outstretched hand then pulled up Xiao Nai’s business profile and enlarged the picture on it. 

Chen Fang  looked at the image that her daughter had pulled up and the person who was looking back at her on her screen was a very handsome young man. Her eyes bulged slightly. “You are dating him?” She asked. In looks, Weiwei had hit the jackpot; Chen Fang could just imagine how gorgeous their children would be if the two ever decided to get married and from what her daughter said about his academic prowess the children would be genius, gorgeous grandbabies. Wait, it was still too soon to be thinking about that. Weiwei still had two more years of school before Weiwei would even consider something like that and her husband would have kittens for sure if something like that was mentioned right now. 

Smiling a gentle smile as she looked at her boyfriend’s image, Weiwei confirmed and told her mother his name. She suddenly shook her love sick expression off the face and then went on to ask to wait a little to share Xiao Nai’s photo with the Aunties in the neighborhood until the photoshoot photos are released with both of them in them together. Weiwei did admit that the campus WeChat did have a few candid photos of them posted but figured her mom could have more bragging rights with the professionally done photos. 

Smirking at the idea, her mom promised to wait to share the news around the neighborhood. Chen Fang added playfully that she would not even share it with Old Man Bei until then much to Weiwei’s relief. Then came the question that Weiwei was dreading; where would Weiwei be staying while she would be working? Weiwei explained about her private apartment dorm that the company provided for her. Weiwei added it was also top of the line and very luxurious. She conveniently left out that her apartment would be next to her boyfriend’s and the rest of their teammates. Weiwei continued to answer any questions that her mother had and even embarrassedly showed her streaming channel. Finally Weiwei opened her leather journal to the list of clothing items with the estimated pre-bargaining costs and let her mother read it. She explained that a majority of the items she suggested to purchase were separates so she could mix and match to expand the usability of the clothing. Nothing too extreme. Her mother just simply nodded at her daughter’s commentary as Weiwei spoke and then passed the book back to her daughter telling her that Weiwei’s list was really thought out. Patting Weiwei’s knee her mother told her daughter that in the morning the family will talk about it and gave her daughter’s hand a reassuring squeeze before she joined her husband in their bedroom to explain to him what Weiwei told her. 

Later on that night while Weiwei and Xiao Nai were gaming together she heard the muffled voice of her father loudly exclaim seven hundred thousand. Shaking her head, Weiwei told Xiao Nai over voice chat that the amount they finalized on her contract was definitely too much in a pouting voice. Causing the handsome man on the other side of the computer to laugh at her tone. 

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After nearly two weeks of perturbing breakfasts with her father asking her over and over again about the salary and to explain exactly what she was going to do for work. He was just not quite comprehending that someone would want to pay someone just to watch them play video games. No matter which way Weiwei explained it to him. He was already on board with her doing it if that is what she really wanted to do.Thanks to her mother’s approval. He just didn’t quite comprehend it. Why would someone pay a person to sit and  play video games?

 Weiwei was thankful her mother understood a bit more when Weiwei explained it to her the first night and each night was asking her more probing questions to better comprehend things. On one of the conversations Weiwei went ahead and gave her the link to her streaming account to show her previous streams as she explained that she was generating a fair amount of spending cash when people donated to her channel. She also told her mom about how she was trying to prove that girls don’t need to rely on just their pretty faces; they can be just as intelligent and formable as the men could be. In her spare time her mother had been watching the streams and also looking at the other female streamers that Weiwei had told her about. No wonder her daughter is trying to change the face of female gamers. Weiwei really could not stand things like this. Thank goodness that girl of her’s learned quickly to not publicly attack others like most catty females did. 

When Weiwei told her mother in one of their nightly talks  to better understand everything it brought up the painful memories of her daughter being tormented and harassed by students and teachers alike because she was both uncommonly beautiful and intelligent. Every year the new teachers did not believe such a pretty girl would  be as intelligent as her daughter so constantly accused her of cheating by getting one of the nerdy boys to do her work for her. It's because of those toxic people Weiwei started to keep herself at arms length with that damned forced smile and try to blend into the background by dressing like a slob. Thank goodness her university isn’t judging her sweet Weiwei like that. This handsome boyfriend is helping her daughter break out of her shell, thank the heavens. Even though her mother had only seen a single photo of him and had the description of what he was like from her daughter she could tell that this Xiao Nai was good for her dear sweet daughter.

Unable to listen to her husband’s repeating questions anymore, the older woman started to chastise him and told to stop asking the same questions over and over. Their daughter is a smart and responsible adult so he better not try to change his mind and take back his approval of what Weiwei is doing. She fully approved Weiwei’s choice. Seeing her daughter’s small grateful smile was all the thanks that she needed. Chen Fang’s eyes softened momentarily as she looked at Weiwei and then returned her hardened gaze back to her husband to get him to hurry up and finish his breakfast. They were going to be late to work if he ate at the pace he was going. She then turned back to her daughter and told her that she and the Aunties will be taking Weiwei out shopping for proper clothing for her new job. Her mother said it in such a matter of fact way Weiwei dared not argue about the Aunties coming along. 

When her parents left and the dishes were done Weiwei sat down at her computer and opened up WeChat to compose a message to Xiao Nai explaining she would not be able to be online until later tonight when he messaged her first, startling the beauty. ‘Weiwei’. 

Catching her breath and getting her heartbeat back under control, Weiwei typed back ‘Aren’t you supposed to be working right now?’ 

‘I was printing out a few items for a meeting  when I saw your status become active.’ Xiao Nai retorted back. 

‘I logged in to send you a message.’ Weiwei wrote and while she was typing the next message she got a voice chat request.

“Weiwei,” the smoky voice breathed, sending goosebumps down Weiwei’s arms. How could hearing her name from his voice cause such a reaction.

“You have a meeting soon. You shouldn’t be wasting your time calling me.” Weiwei answered in an anxious voice. 

“There’s time and you haven’t told me what you wanted to tell yet.” she could hear his smile in his droll voice. 

“I’m not sure if I should tell you or not now. So impatient.” Weiwei scolded turning her mood playful so hopefully he could not tell how he had affected her earlier. 

“Weiwei..” Xiao Nai said again this time in a much more serious tone. 

“I won’t be online tonight. My mother and the Aunties of the neighborhood are taking me out to go shopping.” she stated quickly. She disconnected the voice text and changed her status to ‘do not disturb’.  Weiwei let off a devious giggle and started to collect her stuff to go tutor her student in math. She could just imagine the shocked look on the other side of the line at the fact she got up and hung up on him before he could say anything. But before she could even step out of the front door, the land line rang. Curious on who it could be, she answered. 

“Weiwei, don’t forget to get a new phone. It’s been over a week now. How long are you going to make me wait?” Xiao Nai said and hung up the phone before she could counter him. 

The normally well put together college student stood stock still as she heard the dial tone through the receiver. Did the Great Master just call her so he could have the last word of the conversation? Back in Beijing Xiao Nai plugged his phone into its charger and left it right next to his beloved’s little cactus. He could not quite wipe the playful smirk off his face as he continued to bind the reports he was about to give the leadership team of his programming staff. When he exited his office Yu Banshan teasingly asked if he had just spoken to the lovely Miss Bei. When the younger man did not deny it his other two former roommates started to complain how their boss was rubbing his lovey-dovey relationship in their face. To which Xiao Nai simply said that they would not have to worry about him showing off his relationship due to him not being able to go on dates for a while which will leave him ample time to help code and train. Causing his three best friends to pout and say that he was just doubly rubbing his relationship into their faces. 

Back in Wuhan, Weiwei started to sneeze out of nowhere which caused her new student to tease that someone had to be gossiping about her to which Weiwei frowned and told her student to concentrate more on his workbook and less on flight of fancy. After that, time seemed to have sped up and soon Weiwei was on her trusty old bicycle riding through her neighborhood to meet her mother along with the neighborhood Aunties. To say that Weiwei was a bit nervous was an understatement. She just hoped the Aunties would not act like her roommates and put her in things she would be way too out of her comfort zone to wear in public. 

The only child of the Bei family had every right to be worried. Aunty Liu Cheng was attempting to tell Weiwei that she needed to show more leg to get the boys on campus to start drooling. While Auntie Jian Xue started going on about how Weiwei needed to show a little bit of cleavage to get the boys wanting to see more. Weiwei being such a prude was the only thing that the two aunties readily agreed upon. As the two women bickered about whether it was more important to see cleavage or legs, Weiwei's mother stepped in and reminded the two that Weiwei is dressing for a professional career and not to catch a husband. Her Mother also chastised the two Aunties for trying to scare Weiwei further back into her shell. She went on to remind the two of how her Weiwei was a good respectable girl and didn’t need to dress crassly to get some random boy’s attention. They were not worth her time. 

After being properly chastised the two Aunties quietly apologized and then started to work together to find elegant blouses, fashionably tailored slacks, skirts, dresses, and various other articles of clothing that made Weiwei look like an elegant lady. The Aunties and her mother really out done themselves on picking styles and cuts that were flattered to the young woman and did not make her look older than what she is or look tawdry. They even picked out items suitable for evening wear. Just in case the beauty needed to go to events that required something nicer than a simple dress. Weiwei was truly grateful for the three older women’s fashion sense. That gratefulness evaporated the moment they stepped into the lingerie department as the three started ganging up on her, insisting that Weiwei needed the proper undergarments. She could not just wear the boring nondescript cotton separates that she has been using. They insisted that a nice bra and panties combo would do wonders for Weiwei’s posture and confidence. 

These three women needed to be stopped, Weiwei determined. Especially when the negotiations on what kind of swimsuit Weiwei could wear. The young woman insisted that she didn’t need one because she did not even know how to swim while the older women fought back with what if her friends wanted to visit a pool or a resort what would Weiwei do then. Being way too tired and way too exasperated to get into another losing battle so soon after the bra and panty fiasco Weiwei quickly admitted defeat and threw her arms up in the air. Feeling bold after Weiwei’s quick surrender to the older women gave Weiwei the choice of having a skirt or shorts if she picked out a two piece or a modestly cut one piece. 

Glaring at the three women rather darkly when they teased that Weiwei would either get to cover her flat stomach or her butt but not both. Seeing the dirty look the young women laughed and reminded the girl that the suits that they had picked out were actually much more modest than what they wore in the eighties and nineties. This was the exact reason why the young college student had felt uneasy when her mom said that the Aunties were coming. She didn’t realize it earlier but her devious mother brought the two along to gang up on her so Weiwei would be manipulated into trusting her mother’s judgment on things until Weiwei would lower her defenses under a false sense of security. Then the three of them team up  and blitz attack Weiwei to the point of exhaustion so Weiwei would agree to whatever they chose with very little complaint. It was a dirty trick and Weiwei could not believe that she had fallen for it, again. Now she realized why it seemed so familiar when her boyfriend pulled it earlier in the month. It was a classic successful tactic that her mother liked to use. 

Was she really that easy of a mark? Remembering Xiao Ling’s comments on how Weiwei was dating before she was aware of it, Weiwei admitted that she had to be. One could only hope that Xiao Nai and her mother never teamed up together because whomever they went up against; most likely her would be helpless in their web of diabolicalness. Pausing on that thought, it might work out in her benefit instead. Not that she would use it for evil just for when she needed backup on particularly difficult boss battles that she herself would not be able to talk her way out of.  Back at home Weiwei’s father suddenly felt a shiver of fear creep up his spine out of nowhere. 

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By the time Weiwei and her mother returned home it was late at night and both of them were laden with bags of various pieces of clothing. She thought that her roommate’s shopping sprees were traumatic; they were nothing compared to her mother and the neighborhood Aunties’ shopping spree. Every time the young woman started to protest that they were buying way too much there was no way that she would be able to wear it all in a year. Her mother soundly shushed her and told her she was getting ten years of frustration at Weiwei’s wardrobe all out at once. So Weiwei better keep her mouth shut or her mother would really let loose on her wardrobe. Weiwei knew better to open her mouth again. But Weiwei really could not see the point of getting her so many cosmetics. It’s not like she really wore them. Weiwei gave a hollow laugh. At least her mother had foresight enough to purchase new luggage because there was no way that all these items would fit in the one luggage she brought home from Beijing. 

When Old man Bei saw all the bags he gave a yep in surprise and asked how were they able to buy so much? His wife just glared at him and told her husband to instead of gawking like a goldfish to come help them with the bags. Once her hands were free and she rubbed her hands together she informed her husband that she had been saving for years until Weiwei got out of her scruffy phase so she could properly dress her up like the beautiful fairy her darling daughter is. 

Causing Weiwei to drop her bags in shock. She had no idea that dressing like she was was causing her mother distress. She mentally took back all the dark thoughts she was having earlier about the shopping trip. She would gladly go through as much her mother would want to do in the future to make up for being such a combative daughter. Wrapping her arms around her mother, Weiwei gave the woman that gave birth to her a tight hug. Unsure why her daughter was being so emotional, Weiwei's mother rubbed her daughter’s back awkwardly and told Weiwei to quit being silly. Then she swatted her daughter’s arm lightly and told her to put her purchases up. Taking a small moment to dry her eyes that had started to tear up as she was hugging her mother; the young woman silently nodded and grabbed the bags from the floor along with the ones in her father’s hands to take it to her room. 

When Weiwei was out of earshot Weiwei’s mother confessed to her husband that she had been dreaming ever since Weiwei was born to be able to take her out to a ‘girl’s only shopping adventure and she was finally able to. The matriarch of the Bei family gave a small sniffle and stoically said that while she doesn’t like her daughter being so far away from her for so long she is happy that Weiwei went to school where she is. It looked like she finally found people her age that she could open up to and be herself with. Her husband was at a loss at what she was saying but put a comforting hand on his wife’s shoulder and gave it a squeeze. 

Just a few feet away behind a closed door Weiwei was methodically sorting the purchases. Refolding some that she would not be using here in Wuhan to put directly in her luggage but leaving out a few choice items that made her mother smile when she tried them on. She planned to wear the items at least once before she traveled back to Beijing. As she was sorting she heard a ping from her messenger on her laptop. She tried to ignore it until it pinged again. Sighing, Weiwei folded the blouse that she was currently holding and sat it on her bed before going over to her desk to open her WeChat app. The moment her status was set to online a voice chat notification popped up. Looking at the name of the person who contacted her and gave a soft sigh as she put her headset on. “Brother Beauty.” What could he want at this hour?

“Little Sister Weiwei, I’ve been trying to call you all night. How long are you going to be gone?” Hao Mei whined in a very shrill tone “Your husband, my brother in all but blood, is being a maniac since you've been gone and he has been getting more anal everyday. He’s had us coding all day and then when the sun goes down he has us practice PK battles against him until late at night. If our times are not to his standards he makes us do another round of PK battles. He said that he would only let us stop when one of us could beat his score. I’m hiding in a closet so I can call you while Yugon and Houzi are distracting him with random stuff. Please, little sister, we are begging you please you need to rescue us from Third Brother’s tyrannical rule.” the smallest of the brothers said in a panicked whisper. Weiwei could tell that he wanted to say something else when the sound of a door opened and the man on the phone squealed like he just saw a ghost. 

Weiwei was a little concerned when she heard a small shuffle and mumbling before a new voice spoke through the connection. “Weiwei.” her boyfriend said her name in a voice like it was a precious treasure. 

“Dashen,” she replied in a serious tone. “Are you picking on the others, again?” She asked in a no nonsense tone. “You are much too tough on them.”

“Weiwei your pity is wasted on the likes of those three. They are not worth your care or concern.” her boyfriend cheekily replied. 

“So cruel. No wonder they call me up begging for my swift return.“ said in a chiding retort. 

“If it will make your return swifter I will give them a heavier training schedule every night until you are back.” Xiao Nai said in all seriousness. His voice was laced with an uncharacteristic sound of vulnerability ringing through each word. He didn’t think parting with her so soon as they just got together was much more difficult than he imagined. The evening calls in game and WeChat did nothing to soothe the loneliness.  

Her heart yearned for him just as much as he suspected his did but she couldn’t just leave yet. She had obligations with her student that still needed to finish their study prep to take the junior high placement test in just under a week and what about her parents? She told them that she would be here for a month. “I can’t just yet.” she said with equal yearning. “I’m sorry, I need to go now, my mom is calling for me for dinner.” Xiao Nai responded with a simple ‘mnn’  before hanging up. 

Xiao Nai turned towards his former roommate and wordlessly handed the other man his phone back. Hao Mei dared not to say anything to his Third Brother because of the black expression covering the younger man’s face. He just scurried back to his rig and planned to queue back into PK battles but just as soon as he moved his mouse to get out of sleep mode he noticed that his background had been changed from his goddess to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. At the smallest brother’s loud exclamation Xiao Nai came to investigate. The computer had definitely been tampered with and with a few keystrokes the computer genius was able to change the screen back to it’s default mode. Turning his attention momentarily to the others he told them all to go ahead and take the night off. He will be handling this matter personally. This was exactly what Xiao Nai needed to get his mind off of missing his beloved. At least it was a temporary distraction. 

When the others woke up the next morning they saw their fearless leader calmly in his office typing away. While he still looked immaculate there seemed a bit of tiredness in his eyes. The three other men carefully crept into the office and asked if their third brother got any sleep at all. Only getting a ‘mnn’ in reply before being told that they will have a new employee moving into the clubhouse tonight. Xiao Nai didn’t go into any details, he just continued typing on his keyboard and dismissed his teammates. He had more important things to do than play twenty questions with those three. Weiwei had text messaged him early this morning apologizing for not being able to talk long last night and her promising that tonight they would have more time to talk while they get their tigers married. As they were messaging back and forth he was reading his inbox with various reports and contracts that he had to go over. He paused and reread the details of the contract that Feng Teng had just sent. When the great and powerful Chief Xiao finally exited his office for the morning his employees looked at their young boss in awe. They had never seen him smile like he was doing right then. 

From his desk desk Hao Mei sent a message to his little sister and told her whatever she did this morning put her boyfriend in a good mood and to be sure to do whatever it was more often. 

Weiwei looked questionly at the message Brother Beauty had sent her. What did he mean? Weiwei hadn’t done anything out of the ordinary in her message to the Great Master this morning. After the melancholy call last night Weiwei had tried to keep the morning’s conversation light and cheerful. The only somewhat serious thing that they talked about  was they went over the plan to have their pet tigers marry this evening. It was an auspicious day to do so after all. That wouldn’t put her boyfriend into the good mood that Brother Beauty had mentioned, would it? 

Throughout the day Weiwei kept on wondering what she said that would cause the good mood that the lowest ranking brother was talking about. Was her Great Master plotting something again? Was it something to do with her? Xiao Nai wasn’t saying anything and she did not know how to broach the subject with her boyfriend. Her mind was finally taken off of what Hao Mei said when the tigers got married and the server said that the pets were too young to live together. Annoyed at the fact that the game had a time cap along with a level cap put Weiwei into a bit of a foul mood as she insisted that she would level the pets to satisfy this twisted game. To the amusement of her online husband. The two kept the game up and running for a few hours so the separated couple could talk about anything and everything they wanted.

 They had to finally call it a night when Weiwei’s mother insisted that Weiwei needed to go to end it for the night as it was time for dinner. It was actually perfect timing because it was nearly time for his new employee to come to work. Xiao Nai could not wait for the reactions of his brothers in-arms when they realized just who he had tricked into working with them. It was well worth a sleepless night to get such a valuable employee. Now he only had to come up with a way to get the hacker to stay on after the year agreement was up. 

Checking his watch again when he heard the ding of the elevator. Eleven fifty nine, the man is prompt. Now to see if the Hacker, KO is the cook from the restaurant and school cafeteria like he suspects or not. At the rather vocal exclamation Hao Mei did to the now identified hacker being the cook that the genius suspected, Xiao Nai could not help but smirk. His plans were coming into fruition. Now all he had to do was wait for his beloved to finally get a cell phone already. The young CEO grinned as he made adjustments to the lucrative contract that was sent  to him this morning. 

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The people who were walking down the sidewalk watched a beautiful raven haired young woman wearing a flowy pale blue blouse and white straw hat ride her bike down the road near the shopping district. The onlookers were paying attention to her because of her ivory skin and the beautiful portrait she presented as she rode by without a care in the world. The lovely woman reminded people of one of those magical fairy princesses that they have seen watching a fantasy movie or show. A few of the younger generation adults had to do a double take when the smiling beauty peddled past them. They could not believe what they were seeing when they realized it was the Legendary Frost Goddess of Wuhan Nu. 02 Highschool out of the frumpy school uniform and smiling so demurely.

None of them had ever seen the Infamous Bei Weiwei have such a serene expression before. Of course they had seen her smile plenty of times; the venomous smile before her words cut you to the quick, the sugary sweet smile that she had always wore in day to day life, and even the cocky smile as she proved herself against someone who went up against her. But never the slightly upturned to the corner of her lips as her eyes softly glowed with content happiness type of smile. Some of the former male classmates were tempted to go up and strike up a conversation again while their saner friends reminded them of the last time they attempted to ask Bei Weiwei on a date she had turned them down so brutally that they were still being ridiculed on their high school buddies group chat. It went without saying that her high school’s graduation forum which Weiwei never bothered to join blew up with candid photos of the beauty and various speculations on what she was up to.

Weiwei was however oblivious to all of this as she rode to the nearest phone retailer. All she could focus on was how her Young Disciple Cheng, as he liked to be called, scored high on his placement test. His parents were so ecstatic that their son was so high on his prep school entry test and interview that they gave Weiwei a tidy little bonus. With the money safely tucked away in her bag she would finally fulfill her boyfriend’s request of getting a new cell phone. What kind of cellphone? She didn’t bother to do any research because she knew what make and model her boyfriend had and simply picked the same model as him. Why do additional work when she was pretty sure that her Great Master had already done it when he bought his. Xiao Nai had purchased a white phone so she would get a red one. No muss no fuss. Just point at the phone model that she wanted and pay. Quick and efficient, she congratulated herself on her brilliance.

Now, how to let him know she finally got a cell phone? Weiwei wondered as she walked her bike through the neighborhood park. Not ready to go back indoors due to how lovely the weather was currently being. She couldn’t just call him. That would be way too simple and predictable. After a few minutes of thought while walking home she remembered all the terribly cheesy spam advertisements that Erxi loved to read out loud whenever she got them. It would be too good of a joke not to do. She couldn’t wait until she got home to enact her plan. She needed to do it now. Giggling, Weiwei dropped the kickstand of the bike down so she could begin texting using both hands. Telling her boyfriend that he won a laptop in a raffle and all he needed to do is send some money. Adding her bank account number to make it more plausible. Now all she would have to do is wait until tonight so she could call him up and give him grief about not replying back. It was perfect; Weiwei could not wait until tonight. She would enjoy teasing him for a change.

But like any other plan to put a fast one over on her boyfriend he outsmarted it and turned the tables back on her. While she was eating dinner with her parents her phone beeped. Curious, she took a peak and looked at her phone in shock. A bank transfer from Xiao NI for 1000 RMB. Excusing herself for a moment the young woman rushed to her bedroom and shut the door behind her. Wasting no time she dialed Xiao Nai’s number to find out why in the world would he actually send the money. The phone barely rang once before she heard her Great Master’s voice caress her name. That she tried hard to ignore the thrill that went up her spine when he said her name like that and went straight to business chastising him for sending money on an obvious telemarketing ploy. She emphasized the last few words heavily.

But then found dumbstruck that Xiao Nai knew all along it was her. He informed her that he had noticed that the area code came from the prefecture that she was in and he had recognized her bank card number from when she used it in front of him. Turning the tables even further he teased that her little telemarketing ploy wasn’t well thought out. Making Weiwei even more dumbfounded. She only ever had her bank card out in front of him once for a few moments while she paid a school fee before heading out to Wuhan. He had memorized her account number from that? Her Great Master truly lived up to his title she thought numbly. But why did he still send her the money, she asked.

Breathing her name in that cherished tone once again he told her to buy a plane ticket to come home. He reminded her as he looked at the blossoming little cactus sitting in the optimal position on his desk that the flowers had now bloomed. It was time for her to return back home. To him he conveyed to her without saying it out loud. Making her heart palpitate at his poetic words. She gave a soft sound of agreement unable to form proper words. She couldn’t say no. She didn’t want to say no either. Hanging up shortly after agreeing she booked the first available flight out to Beijing at four am the next morning then returned to the dining room table to break the news to her parents. She said that she had to be back earlier than planned and a plane ticket had already been booked for the early hours tomorrow morning. Her mother looked at her calculatedly while her father started to pout; putting on a big display of his displeasure. Dinner finished in a somber environment after that.

Once Weiwei had finished washing the dishes she returned back to her room so she could start packing. Neither one of her parents were in the living room so she figured they might need a few moments by themselves to process the news that her daughter was leaving once again a week and a half before the date that she originally told them that she would be leaving. Weiwei did feel a fair amount of remorse from cutting her trip short but she promised to herself when she signed the contract for the endorsement that since she would be making good money; she would be able to come visit more throughout the year instead of just summer vacation. Or better yet fly her parents out to come visit she reminded herself as she returned to her bedroom just to be ambushed by her mother.

Weiwei looked at her mother with some trepidation; she knew that her mother was getting ready to interrogate just by the arch of her delicate arch of her eyebrow and the slight purse of her lips. “I thought you said that you were going to stay another two more weeks until the middle of August.” Her mother dead panned watching her daughter scrim under her discerning eye.

Swallowing, Weiwei replied in a small voice “They needed me back early due to various reasons.” It was technically true. She just didn’t say that most of those reasons were because she was missing her boyfriend and vice versa.

“Various reasons, huh?” Her mother said archly. Not believing it for a moment. “What are some of these various reasons?” crossing her arms.

The young woman knew better than to lie to her mother. Hold off telling her mother things until it was to her better advantage, yes. Leave things out, sure. But lying outright, never an option. “My teammates, they need me.” Weiwei said in a small voice like a five year old who had their hand caught in the proverbial cookie jar. It reminded her mother so much of when Weiwei was little and she was sent home for getting in trouble for defending herself at school. “I’ve been asked repeatedly to come back sooner, that they need my help and that they missed me. But I kept on saying no because I have obligations here tutoring Manager Cheng’s son and to be here with you and Dad.” she paused. “But now Manager Cheng’s son has taken his exams to get into the prep school that his parents wanted him in and I realized that with the money that I am making now I can come visit more than just summer break or have you two to be able to come visit me in Beijing when you can take the time off. You’d be able to finally meet my roommates, see my campus, along with meeting my teammates. I would really like to one day introduce you to Xiao Nai. I think you would like him a lot. He’s really brilliant.”

The older woman looked at the bowed head of her only child. She remembered being Weiwei’s age and being young and in love with her husband; she couldn’t stand to be parted for even a weekend. She didn’t know how Weiwei was able to last as long as she has.

Taking pity on her poor daughter who was so new to love that she probably didn’t even realize that she was in it she smiled a soft doting smile and asked if her daughter needed any help packing or if she did she need her to order a cab for the morning? Hearing her mother’s choosing to change the subject made Weiwei’s heart feel lighter. She knew what her mother was not vocally saying. That she understood Weiwei’s feelings and that she was okay with it. Giving her mother a hug she shook her head and told her mother to get her some rest. Her mother and father had been working hard all day, they needed their rest. Shaking her head at her daughter’s thoughtfulness, Weiwei’s mother wished her daughter a safe trip and to be sure to call her the moment that Weiwei had landed. Agreeing, Weiwei gave her mother another hug and walked her mother to her bedroom door. Before she shut the door, Weiwei asked her mother to tell her dad that she will miss him but will call.

After packing up the rest of her clothing Weiwei got what little sleep that she could get being as excited as she was; before taking an early morning taxi to the airport. She was a bundle of nerves as she went through the security and being crammed into a tightly packed row on the plane she was off to surprise her boyfriend. Ignoring the sales spiel that has been constantly going on over the intercom; Weiwei ran through various scenarios through her brain. Before deciding to just wait for one of the guys to wake up and come across her eating breakfast like she had been there all along. She had the door code already so it would be easy to get in.

The Great Master usually didn’t contact her before seven in the morning most of the time so she figured that was most likely around the time that he woke up and got ready for the day. With her plane landing at six and traveling via taxi would take around thirty minutes it would give her a half of an hour to put her plan in motion. It was perfect and would definitely confuse the others. She giggled at the idea. Oh how much fun will it be to see their faces when they see her again.

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After waking up from another beautiful dream of his wife, Xiao Nai felt unsatisfied as he sat up alone in his bed. Xiao Nai longed to hold his charming little wife. He knew that while his darling Weiwei had agreed to coming home he knew that she was just too logical then to just up and leave her parents home because he asked her to. It would take at least a few days to get her affairs in order before she would return. Weiwei would still leave earlier than planned because she agreed to doing so last night and she is not one to back down from her words once she gave them. It just was not soon enough for his tastes. If he had it his way she would not have left at all. Sighing as he looked at his phone. He had hoped last night she would have texted him a flight itinerary but no such luck. He went over to his laptop at his desk in hopes that maybe Weiwei messaged him in game, but once again nothing. Glancing at the time and seeing it was a few minutes shy of six thirty in the morning. He might as well get changed into his workout clothes and go for his morning jog. By the time he got back and showered Weiwei should be up and he would be able to hear her voice before she left to go tutor her student and him to work at the main company.

Downstairs Weiwei thanked the taxi driver as she got out of the cab and waved off the offer to have them help her carry her luggage to the door. She was finally back and could not wait to see the look on all of their faces when they see her. She could just imagine it. A sleepy Xiao Nai wandering into the main lounge to get a cup of morning coffee, walking past her until he does a double take and face lights up in surprise. Giggling again she walked through the first floor lobby and wandered her way over to the elevator. Just as she was about to push the up button the doors opened up to reveal her uncharacteristically wide eyed boyfriend.

As the elevator opened its doors Xiao Nai looked up, prepared to exit the doors when he came face to face with his startled beloved. She’s here and standing right infront of him. Without thinking he grabbed her hand and pulled her with her luggage along with her. As soon as the doors firmly shut he hit the elevator stop button with great urgency making sure that they would be alone for the time being. Now without any possible interruptions he gently caressed her cheek; partially to make sure that she was in fact real and partially that he had been dreaming of the day that he would finally be able to touch her this intimately. He felt her shiver and slowly leaned in and cautiously brushed his lips across hers. The touch of the lips was as soft as a butterfly’s wing.

Feeling Weiwei melt at the touch he felt much more embodied and slowly increased the intimacy of the kiss. The tender brush of the lips grew in intensity as his tongue swiped across her lips causing her gasp and him to continue to ravage her mouth. While Xiao Nai may have known logically that he was being too vigorous as he pulled Weiwei closer to him so he could better access her sinfully sweet lips but right now he was too lost in the ecstasy of their kiss. After a few more blissful minutes he finally temporarily let up so Weiwei could catch her breath Xiao Nai thought to himself that he finally understood why so many resources said that he studied while preparing to kiss Weiwei called the act a merging of the souls. During those brief moments that his lips touched hers it really did feel like their souls were one. It was unlike anything he had ever felt before in his twenty two years of living on this earth. The handsome man wanted more.

Leaning down to initiate the kiss again so he could recreate the feeling. He paused when he heard Weiwei muttered that she hadn’t had breakfast yet and felt weak. Causing Xiao Nai to smile and give a small kiss to her forehead as he righted her. Releasing the emergency stop, Xiao Nai pressed the button to the floor that their rooms were located on so they could drop off the large rolling luggage. He raised her hand to his lips and kissed it as they waited for the elevator to arrive on their floor. Still privately giddy that Weiwei is back home. As the doors opened he led Weiwei to her door and told her to drop her luggage off inside while he went to change.

Weiwei stepped numbly into her new team apartment still trying to process what just happened in the elevator. She had just surrendered her first kiss and she was still trying to process it. Alone in her room she pinched her ear and spun around to make sure she did not just imagine the kiss. Her mind could not process the myriad of feelings that were running through her and the part that scared her was that she could not wait to experience it again. Shocking her to the core. She wanted to run and hide as she sorted out her chaotic thoughts but couldn’t. Right now hiding is not an option no matter how appealing it sounds right now. Where would she run to anyways? Seeing the bed she walked over to it and plopped down to bury her head in the pillow there to squeal for a few moments.

In the next room over, Xiao Nai was replaying the exquisite feeling of their first kiss over in his mind. He decided as he changed his clothes that kissing his wife had to be his new most favorite thing in the world to do. The young CEO just hoped that he did not overwhelm his modest girlfriend too much this morning. He would want to recreate the experience in the near future. But when he saw her standing there his legendary self restraint flew right out the window. He just had to convey his longing. His beloved wife has finally returned and his beloved wife is in the need for food, Xiao Nai reminded himself. He needed to take her to get something nutritious so she wouldn't be faint for the next time he kissed her.

Taking a moment to glance at himself in the mirror to make sure he looked presentable then hurried over to his darling wife’s door and knocked. When she didn’t answer right away he knocked again and called out her name in question. Hearing a loud thump and someone scrambling coming closer to the door. Shaking his head he heard Weiwei struggle to open the door and he could not help but be amused by her being so discombobulated at the moment. Ever so carefully, Xiao Nai raised his hand towards Weiwei’s face and brushed a stray lock of hair out of her eyes. “Come.” he smiled “Let’s go get you some breakfast.”

Still being too flustered for words, Weiwei could only nod and step outside of her room. Every time she attempted to make eye contact with him her eyes would linger on his lips and she would get embarrassed and duck her head. Constantly replaying what happened less than ten minutes ago in the elevator. She couldn’t shake it; she wasn’t even this meek when she first discovered his identity or even the time that he took her and her roommates out to lunch. Where was her so-called courage to rise to any event? Weiwei chanted in her head to get her act together. This won’t be the only time that they kiss so she can’t act like some simpleton every time that it; she couldn't even think of the word kiss without her brain short circuiting, would happen.

Weiwei was so stuck in her head that she didn’t realize that her boyfriend was leading her back to the elevator where the kiss happened. It wasn’t until she heard the chime of the elevator did she notice her surroundings. It was too soon to go back in there with him without melting into a pile of goo. Instead she told her boyfriend that she needed to stretch her legs after the flight and suggested that they take the stairs instead.

Xiao Nai knew full well right where his beloved’s brain was thinking. He was thinking of the same thing, maybe not in the same context that he was but was thinking of the kiss all the same. He would let her have this little tactical retreat for now. But did she really think that he would not kiss her on the stairs when the feeling arised. He thought devilishly. Patience was the key, he would just need to wait until his precious wife finishes processing this morning before she could update and run her operating system as normal. But first his wife needed proper sustenance so breakfast was his top priority right now. He picked a little restaurant that was right around the corner from the headquarters that his brothers all seemed to enjoy going to when KO didn’t cook breakfast so that is where he would take her.

Breakfast was a mostly silent affair. Both young adults just wanted to bask in each others’ presence for the time being. Words would come later. They had been apart for nearly three weeks and that was three weeks too long. Right now they just wanted to revel in being in each other’s presence again after such a long separation.

After Weiwei had been fed and the two returned to the headquarters, did Weiwei gain her courage to do something in regards to showing her boyfriend that she had missed him too. She boldly pulled Xiao Nai closer by the collar of his shirt to her so she could return this morning’s kiss with a kiss of her own. Just as her lips moved closer to her boyfriend’s she was roughly pulled away and was face to face with an irate Hao Mei who appeared behind the two and was just started to rant about evil vixens and the nerve of trying to kiss his little sister’s boyfriend and how his soon to be ex-third brother was going to get PKed just as soon as he deals with the tart in front of him. It didn’t register just who he was berating at until after he called her a tart. When the moment of recognition hit Hao Mei realized that he just severely aggroed the two god-level bosses.

Quickly glancing at Xiao Nai’s cold murderous expression Hao Mei knew that he was doomed. He did the only thing he could think of which was getting down on his hands and knees and started to grovel for his little sister’s forgiveness. The moment that the baby faced coder’s knees hit the floor the other two men he was originally walking with broke out of their stupor. First, their Third Brother was about to kiss a girl, second the girl in question was his girlfriend who was last they checked still in Wuhan, and third how did said girlfriend get here?

“Little Sister In-Law, when did you get here?” Yugong asked to break the tension.

Weiwei looked up from the kneeling Mr Beauty to the other two men standing awkwardly. Why did she always end up flustered in the Great Master’s presence? Sighing, Weiwei forced a vindictive smile and said “I’ve been hearing how tormented you’ve all been so I flew in this morning to rescue you guys and this is how I am treated? I should have stayed in Wuhan instead.” Trying to turn this embarrassing situation to her advantage.

At her words Xiao Nai could not help but be amused by his wife’s ability to take the issue and turn it around onto the offending party. Seeing the two oldest round on their pretty brother and started to berate him as well. Taking the liberty to take Weiwei’s hand from where she had planted it on her hip and told her to come to his office, he had something for her to take a look at. Leading her through the main office to reach his own. Causing all the males in the office turned their heads and watched dumbly as their stoic boss led a raven haired beauty into his office. When Yu Banshan and the others walked into the main office a few minutes later the employees pounced on them so they could find out the identity of the mysterious woman. The first brother announced to the gathered men that the woman that they just saw is the missing member of the eSports team and then added in a mock-whisper to not try to hit on her or deal with pointing to the boss’s office her boyfriend.

“Boyfriend!” the men of the office exclaimed in a loud whisper. The Big Boss already has a girlfriend and it’s the only female that has been allowed into the office so far? That’s so unfair. 

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In the Big Boss’s office as the employees like to call it; Xiao Nai led his girlfriend over to his desk and motioned for her to sit behind the computer. Once she did, he lent over to open a file to have Weiwei read. Catching her breath at their close proximity, Weiwei turned her attention to the screen and read. As she finished the first few lines she turned her head to look at her boyfriend in question. “A request to be the guests of honor at the opening ceremonies for the gaming convention at the start of next month. But that's only twelve days away. When did this come in?”

“Just the other day, I had planned on using it as an excuse to get you to return earlier if you did not agree to coming home early last night. Feng Teng thought it would be a good way to have each of the teams be introduced for the start of the season in a few weeks.” Xiao Nai explained.

“Clever.” Weiwei muttered to herself. She had to admit that it was a good backup plan to get her back to Beijing sooner if she had said no again last night. “So that means, that…” she trailed off.

“The photoshoot and promotional video are all going to be pushed forward. I did not expect you to arrive for at least a few more days. I had not set the new schedule yet because I was waiting to get your travel information before doing so. Not that I am complaining about your swift return. I am in fact quite pleased about how my morning run was canceled the way it was. I will need to contact the marketing teams this morning and get the media shots processed and approved before the new deadline next week.” Xiao Nai informed her. “Your first on camera stream date has not changed from two weeks from now. I think it would bring more focus to your channel if you are publicly introduced prior to your stream. If you prefer we can change it to be a team stream instead of just you.”

Weiwei listened to what her boyfriend was saying and readily agreed to the updated schedule but told him that she would go ahead and keep it just her for her first on camera stream just for now but she may change her mind if the convention performance did not go as planned. She should not hide behind him or the others if she could help it. His logic was sound from a business perspective so she could not find fault in any of his plans. Since she had already agreed to the plans she then asked what she would be doing in the meantime besides practicing in the evenings with him and the others. She didn’t like the idea to just sit around and do nothing all day. It wasn’t her style to be that idle while others were busy. With a devilish grin she suggested being a non-paid intern; it would give her the insight that she needed to be in the field after she graduated, she insisted. Giving a small chuckle at his wife’s boldness, Xiao Nai gave a suggestive look as he teased that getting something for free causes suspicion and that Weiwei would just have to take him as payment for interning. Making Weiwei blush at the innuendo.

The moment that Xiao Nai opened the door the couple saw all the men who were supposed to be working in a large huddle and loudly whispering amongst themselves like gossiping housewives. Only a man dressed all in black was doing any kind of work at the moment. Deciding to break up the crowd in the most awkward way, Xiao Nai loudly cleared his throat before telling everyone to get back to work in a no nonsense tone and telling Yu Banshan to stay where he is. The rest of the employees scattered like cockroaches when they heard the big boss’s voice. Smirking, he told Yu Banshan that he was in charge of showing Weiwei the ropes and to have her setup in the quality control department once he was done. Checking his watch Xiao Nai told the two that he needed to return to his office for a conference call. The Great Master gentility placed his hand on Weiwei's hair and gave a small kiss to the crown of her head and whispered to stay out of trouble. Smiling at the request, Weiwei just nodded and said that she would behave.

Yu Banshan coughed awkwardly then started to give Weiwei a tour of the office. Taking his time introducing her to each of the departments with great flourish. Taking time on telling her tiny bits of gossip with each area. Even pointing out that the guy in black was a famous hacker that her husband had recruited in a very hush hush way. Weiwei had to shake her head at how much of a gossiper Yu Bandshan has turned out to be. Finally making their way into the quality control department Yu Banshan led Weiwei to the desk of a man that moments before he had warned her to keep her distance with because of his gynophobia but then he changed his mind and told the man, Ah Shuang that he would be in charge of Weiwei’s internship from then on out. Ah Shuang was less than pleased and waved at Weiwei to go find a desk far, far away from him. Muttering on how females in technology are useless causing the young woman to look him dead in the eye with a deadly glare telling him he was wrong and she will prove it too.

Ah Shaung didn’t bother to acknowledge Weiwei’s presence again until he tossed a report on her desk and told her to start working on it. When Weiwei asked for some clarification on her budget and timeframe the man just scoffed and gave her some unrealistic numbers. Not to be intimidated, Weiwei got down to business reading the report in hand. She fully planned to get the better of that smug jerk. How dare he look down on females in the technology field? It was people like him are one of the biggest reasons why so few females didn’t go into the field as it is. She couldn’t wait to turn in her report ahead of schedule and rub his condescending face in it. It didn’t matter if she didn’t sleep that night. She was going to enjoy changing his world view, she swore to herself.

Unbeknownst to Ah Shaung, Hao Mei heard the entire exchange and would not sit for it. The baby-faced coder started to stomp his way over to the older man, fully planning to give him a piece of his mind only to be stopped by a feminine throat clearing. Causing Hao Mei to stop in his tracks to turn and look at her innocently reading the report looking like she had no idea what he was about to do until she looked up and raised an eyebrow in challenge at Brother Beauty. It was like his little sister knew exactly what he was planning on doing. He took a glance over to the young woman just to see her glance up and raise her eyebrow in challenge. Considering Weiwei was most likely still annoyed by his little faux pas earlier this morning it was in his best interest not to agroo her any further. But that didn’t mean he couldn’t snitch to Xiao Nai about Ah Shaung’s treatment of Weiwei. Hao Mei was pretty sure that his Third Brother wouldn’t stand for someone tormenting his wife. If he can’t give the snooty programmer a piece of his mind he would just send someone who is much more formidable. Smiling, the young man promptly turned around and headed straight to his brother’s office to complain.

After a quick knock, Hao Mei burst through the door and started complaining about the sexist treatment that Ah Shuang was giving Weiwei. He had barely gotten a few words out before Xiao Nai cut him off and just enigmatically said that Weiwei would handle it. What did Nai Nai mean, Weiwei would handle it? Wasn’t his Third Brother not mad about the way that his girlfriend was being treated. Hell, if he was in Xiao Nai’s position he would have gone straight over and fired the arrogant prick on the spot. Mr Beauty was outraged at the current situation but wasn’t sure what to do. He couldn’t confront Ah Shaung directly because of the warning look that his little sister gave him; he was already on thin ice with her after this morning and his Third Brother planned to let Weiwei deal with it. The whole situation made his blood boil.

He sat at his desk angrily coding away until it was time for lunch. Grabbing his other two brothers and insisting quite forcibly that they take Weiwei for lunch so they could catch up and talk shop. Yu Banshan and Qiu Yonghou just shrugged and went to grab Weiwei for lunch. Soon enough the four were off to one of the local restaurants. As the four sat down Weiwei pulled out her phone and seemed to be focused on whatever she was looking at on screen. When Qiu Yonghou asked Weiwei to order and was in the process of handing her the menu when she just shook her head and told them to order whatever. She would eat anything.

Hao Mei waited patiently until the food was served until he started berating Yu Banshan for him leaving his little sister in the care of Ah Shuang of all people. He then continued by telling Yu Banshan and Qiu Yonghou what Ah Shaung had assigned Weiwei to do. Yugong was shocked when he had heard that Ah Shaung had assigned Weiwei to test all incompatible phones and find out what the issues were with them by the next day. He told Weiwei not to worry about it so that he would talk to Ah Shaung and get things settled. Weiwei sharply looked up from her phone and told the older man to not butt in. Her tone warned them that there would be hell to pay if they dared to. Ah Shaung had a prejudice against women in the IT field and she was going to change the man’s world view, whether he liked it or not. Seeing the same murderous gleam that they have seen many times in their Third Brother’s eye the three men knew not to get in the way of whatever Weiwei had planned and ended the subject by eating the food that was sitting in front of them. Their little sister in-law was very intimidating.

The beauty did not stop looking at her phone throughout her meal or even until they reached the entrance to the office. She only got off her phone when she heard the voice of her husband greeting her and the others by telling them that he needed to go to a meeting. Weiwei smiled and asked her boyfriend if she could borrow his bike key? She needed to go shopping for some things. Smiling, Xiao Nai gave her the keys to the entire office and told her that the keys were in his desk drawer. The three brothers started to give grief to their Third Brother giving the keys to the castle to his wife on her first day at the office behind his back but they did not realize that Weiwei was still in hearing range until she gave a menacing throat clearing. They realized that they were in dangerous grounds and really did not want the Wrath of Weiwei on them especially when she was already in a vindictive mood that day. The three went rushing into the building leaving a calm and collected Weiwei in their wake. Weiwei casually followed them up into the office and retrieved the bicycle key. She had things to do so she would hold off on terrorizing those three until after she took care of the woman hatting programmer. She had plenty of time to pick on their little family unit. They still had training tonight after all, she grinned wickedly. But first she needed to go pick up all those phones she put in reservations to rent for the night. Sometimes her brilliance even impressed her.    

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It took a few hours for Weiwei to return to the Zhi Yi headquarters with a bag filled with a half dozen used cell phones and a gut full of fiery determination. Now that she was back at the company it was time to get down to business and kick some male chauvinist butt. But first, return her boyfriend’s bike keys back to his desk drawer. However, when she walked into the headquarters' office Weiwei noticed that it was suspiciously empty with only a light coming from the CEO’s office. Confused as she checked her watch; it wasn’t anywhere near six o'clock yet, the sophomore stealthy creped over to the office door and gave it a soft knock before peeking her head into the office.

Her handsome boyfriend was sitting at his desk and looked like he was completely engrossed with whatever he was looking at on his screen. She was about to duck her head right back out without saying a word and letting him work in peace. But before she had moved a centimeter her boyfriend beckoned her to come in and join him for dinner. Turning her head to look over to the little coffee table nestled in front of the love seat in the office, Weiwei saw multiple take out containers littering it. Motioning her hand to the table, Weiwei asked if all that food was just for the two of them and the Great Master just grinned and said that he didn’t want Weiwei to feel weak from lack of food again. Xiao Nai stopped his typing and turned to watch his beloved’s face turn a lovely shade of pink. He could not resist the small tease. He had missed seeing her adorable little reactions these last couple of weeks and was going to get as many as he could within reason. Shutting down his desktop for the night, Xiao Nai joined Weiwei on the love set to share the meal and if he was sitting closer then what was proprietary correct Weiwei didn’t protest to the closeness. Baby steps, Xiao Nai reminded himself. Lead his darling wife into a sense of security then poke at her next boundary. His wife grew up with very traditional values; he would need to follow her lead on how they would progress.

As they were eating Xiao Nai asked his girlfriend about what was the task that Ah Shuang had given her to complete. She explained to him about the project and when he asked if she was able to handle it she smiled and said that she had already gotten the phones at a discount. She proudly boasted about the amount she saved. Causing her boyfriend to smile and award her part of the savings as a bonus. Joking that her share would be 250. Making Weiwei cutely frown and said that she was no 250 and stole a piece of meat from her boyfriend’s plate stating that he didn’t deserve any meat calling her an idiot to his great amusement. After some playful banter they returned to the original discussion where Weiwei explained that all she would need to do is to install the app then test to see what the errors were. It was nothing she couldn’t do while settling into her room tonight. She then thanked her boyfriend for not interfering when Yu Banshan assigned her to someone like Ah Shaung and that she is going to enjoy changing his world view on women in the technology field. The beauty added that there may be more to the man’s gynophobia than meets the eye considering the man’s words about women in the technology fields.

Xiao Nai just smiled proudly at his wife not voicing that he was in the same mindset. He would let Weiwei prove herself and see what the man does. While Ah Shaung is a talented programmer he really didn’t need someone who was prejudiced on staff. Especially someone who is prejudiced against his wife. That was totally unacceptable as far as he was concerned. He knew his beloved could take care of herself and would not be too pleased if he stepped in just yet but that doesn’t mean that the man would not get away unscaved by him when the time came. Deciding to change subjects he placed a piece of ribs into her bowl saying that she needed to replenish her energy; they still had training to do tonight. Causing Weiwei to energetically nod.

After the couple had finished dinner, Xiao Nai led Weiwei back up to the club house via the stairs and sat Weiwei down at a station located on a hexagon shaped table that was between his and Hao Mei’s. Pointing out that they were seated by the role they play with Qiu Yonghou to Hao Mei’s left and Yu Banshan to Xiao Nai’s right. Instead of a desktop in the sixth slot located in front of her was a laptop with the man in black that Yugong earlier told her was called KO who wasn’t really paying attention to her. Hao Mei happily chirped that KO was their analyst and his food is very delicious. Qiu Yonghou added that more importantly KO would also act as their social media manager when needed. Nodding in understanding, Weiwei greeted the stoic young man and introduced herself with a bright smile on her face. KO nodded to her but said nothing for the time being. Weiwei quickly realized that the legendary hacker was a man of few words which she was completely fine with. She would follow his lead on interactions. She hoped in the future that she could be friends with him like she was with the others currently in the room.

Weiwei adjusted her chair height to feel more comfortable as she played then nodded that she was ready; acknowledging Weiwei’s nod Xiao Nai then called for everyone to prepare for a five on five bot battle match. Once everyone clicked on the eSports Battle Royale Server; the server that only members of an eSports team had access to. Xiao Nai started to call out a person’s name and then what class they needed to play. Qiu Yonghou was told to use his scholar, Hao Mei his archer much to his annoyance, for Weiwei she would be using her assassin, Yu Banshan the alchemist, and for Xiao Nai he chose to use his shadow spirit alt. It was an unorthodox battle party but that was part of the reason why this team worked so well together. They all had a pretty sizable pool of classes that they could play masterfully. Even with one of the group member’s weaker classes they could still outperform many other players.

As she waited for the game to load up, Weiwei took stock in the avatar customization that her teammates spent so much time arguing to get the aesthetic just right. The avatar aptly named Team Zhi Yi Assassin Luwei Weiwei on this server had longer hair but still pulled up in the simple ponytail that was Weiwei’s preferred hairstyle but had a much more elaborate silver headdress then she would normally wear. The Avatar’s clothing was reminiscent of the outfit that Weiwei’s normal avatar wore when they made the Bandit Girl steals the Groom video with fuller sleeves along with a longer skirt. Everything was accented with black and silver trim. Weiwei had to admit that her character did really look like a badass posing with her jian sword. Maybe it was slightly worth the headache that the three men put her through close to two months ago. Not that she would ever say it out loud to the three men though.

When the five avatars loaded and landed in the Gaochang Labyrinth Xiao Nai and the other’s auras suddenly turned serious. This was their first time for all of them to actually play together being in the same room. They never got the chance before Weiwei left to go visit her parents and the three oldest wanted to show off to their little junior while Xiao Nai was his big boss mode. As they battled the AI opponents the three older men finally started to loosen up and were actually trying to compete with each other with the most creative bot kill. Not like they could actually beat their Third Brother’ in regular kill count, mind you. It didn’t matter what class the man played; he played them all expertly. After multiple instances with different class configurations they were finally allowed to break as Xiao Nai and KO went over the analytics before the battle critique started. No mistake was not addressed, suggestions were handed out for improvement and Xiao Nai soon dismissed Weiwei for the night so she could finally unpack. He turned to the rest of the teammates and told them to pair up for PK battle round robins. Weiwei came up to her boyfriend to wish him a good night and whispered loudly to make sure to not to let the others off easy after what they did this morning. Causing Xiao Nai to grin evilly.

Up in her room Weiwei cackled as she heard pained cries from the other men down stairs and went to work on installing the game app on the phones she rented. As the apps were updating she began the process of systematically unpacking. Routinely looking over to the phones on her dresser to check the status of the updates. Just as soon as the last article of clothing was put away the first of the phones was ready for her to test. Pulling out her trusty journal she started making notes on what she saw as issues and possible causes of the issue. She would properly type up the report in the morning. For now she planned on getting a good night’s rest. She was at the point of running on fumes; since being up from two am. A well deserved night sleep is just what she needed at this point. Smiling a tired smile, she changed for bed and sent a sweet dreams message to her boyfriend before closing her eyes to dream of what would be going on in the future.

The next morning Weiwei woke up with a melodious knock at her door. Glancing at her phone and noticing that it was only six am. Confused, she walked over and cracked the door open to see who it was and what in the world did they want at this early hour. Only to come face to face with her boyfriend in workout gear. He leaned forward making Weiwei fluster thinking he would try to kiss her again before she even had the chance to brush her teeth this morning. But all he did was bring his lips near her ear causing goosebumps to form just to whisper into her ear to get dressed for a run before leaning away and making his way over to the lounge so he could wait for his wife.

Rubbing the goose pimples off of her arms, Weiwei paused a few moments before she got ready to go for a jog with her boyfriend. Smiling as she was brushing her teeth she could not help but imagine that this is how it would be like in the future. Wake up, go for a workout, sharing their morning meal, and go to work together. It was perfect, she giggled. Taking a final glance in the mirror to make sure that her ponytail was straight before leaving her room and joining her boyfriend.

The two walked hand in hand to the outskirts of the university where the professors tended to jog. It was a scenic route with the tunnels of flowering planters and rich green grass. It was truly a lovely path that Xiao Nai took her two where they would have limited interruptions from anyone. As they jogged, Weiwei told her Great Master that she used to run every morning at the school track. Her boyfriend stated that he had never seen her there when he jogged which caused her to smirk as she remembered seeing him that one time on the track. Not like she would tell him about the instance though. They stayed on the path for a few more laps before deciding to go get some breakfast at a local café and prepare for the rest of the day. 

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Once Weiwei parted with her boyfriend and sat down at her assigned desk she went to work typing like a mad woman on the compatibility issues report that Ah Shuang assigned her yesterday. Ah Shuang was about to understand why she was such a formidable opponent. While not quite being on the same level as the big boss but at least a menacing mini boss or one of those pesky adds protecting the big boss. Weiwei shook her head, she really needed to not go down the rabbit hole when there was an Ah Shuang to defeat. Figuring out what type of NPC she would be is for later. A few hours later she triumphantly placed her report in a folder then took it along with the rented cell phones over to Ah Shuang’s desk for review. The moment he spotted her, Ah Shaung acted like she just came up and tore his shirt right off him. Really, his reactions were seriously over the top. The beauty mentally rolled her eyes and placed her overly polite smile as she explained about her report along with the fact that she rented the cell phones from repair shops for the next couple of days. She allowed herself to be shooed off while the older man read her report. In the meantime she would go and do more studying with the analytics and critiques that KO and her boyfriend gave her last night.

As the day wore on no one in the office had been paying any attention to the outside world until Ah Shaung returned from lunch soaked to the bone and sneezing. Yu Banshan looked at the programmer with a bit of sympathy and told him that he had some cold medicine and went to get it from his desk. When he pulled the package out he noticed that it was empty. Looking around to see if anyone wasn’t busy he spotted Weiwei walking pass and asked her to run to the pharmacy for him, explaining that Ah Shuang got caught out in the rain at lunch. Weiwei agreed but cheekily reminded her brother-in-law to not let Ah Shuang know that she was the one to get it or he would throw a fit. Laughing, Yu Banshan agreed, telling Weiwei that he has learned not to cross her. He didn’t want another hellish training. Weiwei laughed at the pathetic face that Yugong made and left the office with an umbrella in hand.

While Weiwei thought she would be fine with just an umbrella just in case she was not expecting how windy it was that day or how flimsy the umbrella was. The pathetic excuse of a weather deterrent completely bent out of shape the moment the wind hit it making the umbrella all but unusable. So by the time she returned to the office she was soaked head to toe holding in one hand the bag with the cold medicine in it and the other a trashed umbrella. Sighing, Weiwei trudged over to the elevator to drop off the medicine before going upstairs to change clothes. She didn’t get far when the doors opened and a stony faced Xiao Nai and a panicked Yu Banshan saw her. Yugong looked at Weiwei in shock and asked why Weiwei did not take an umbrella when he asked her to go to the pharmacy. Receiving a glare from both members, Yu Banshan winced when he saw Weiwei lift her hand showing the busted umbrella in it. He started to apologize to Weiwei for asking her to go get the cold medicine for Ah Shuang, emphasizing that he would have never would of sent her if he was aware that it would start to rain again. Earning a fiercer glare from Xiao Nai before the younger man demanded the jacket off of Yu Banshan as he shoved the pharmacy bag into the older man’s arms and escorted a freshly wrapped up Weiwei upstairs.

The young CEO was scarily silent as the elevator rose in floors making Weiwei uncomfortable. Poor Weiwei was at a loss of what to do or what to say. Did she somehow offend him by coming into the building wet? Or was it something else? Frowning, she just allowed Xiao Nai to usher her to wherever he was going to. He led her to her room and said in an emotionless voice the word code. Weiwei could tell it wasn’t a request and quickly spouted out the six digit code to unlock her door. The couple entered her room and Xiao Nai went off into her bathroom to fetch her a towel. He began to gently dry her hair. Weiwei was at a loss.

Xiao Nai could not believe the state he saw his beloved wife in when he exited the elevator. Originally he was about to go out with Yu Banshan to go pick up dinner for the team when he spotted Weiwei soaked to the bone holding what appeared to be a broken umbrella and a bag. When Yu Banshan let it slip that he had sent Weiwei to the pharmacy, Xiao Nai wanted to pummel his number two in command. How dare he send Weiwei out in weather like this and for Ah Shuang of all people. He had to bite his tongue before he said something that he may regret when his emotions cooled. Grabbing the medicine from Weiwei he demanded for Yugong’s jacket so he could keep his beloved warm. Guiding her into the elevator he quickly pressed the button for the dorm rooms and impatiently waited for them to get to the floor. Making a v-line straight to her door. He needed to get her dry and warm as quickly as possible. Once he got the code for the door he went to grab one of her towels to start drying her hair. She looked so innocent as he tended to her he could not help but lower his lips to her’s. Causing her to shiver. He whispered to her to go take a hot shower and he would bring her something to wear.

Stepping away he left Weiwei to her devices as he opened her drawers to find the warmest set of pajamas and socks he could find. It took every bit of the young genius’s self control to not have dirty thoughts as he went into her intaments drawers to grab a pair of undergarments. It was not the right time to be daydreaming of her wearing nothing but a couple scraps of lace and fabric. Inhaling deeply, Xiao Nai realized it was going to be a rough one year, ten months, and seventeen days until his darling wife graduated. As his thumb and index fingers brushed the soft fabric he was not sure if he would even be going to make it until they wed. Taking a deep breath to focus himself he quickly closed the drawer and knocked on the bathroom door. Telling Weiwei he had clothes for her. She cracked the door open only a few centimeters to reach her hand out to grab the articles in his hands. For the first time Xiao Nai cracked a small smile since seeing his poor wife in the state that she was in a few moments ago.

As he waited for her to finish her shower he went to the clubhouse kitchen to brew her a cup of honeysuckle with ginger tea and started to make a pot of congee in the rice cooker before returning to her room with the tea. He lent on her desk as he waited for her to emerge from the showers. His mind went over various strings of code to keep his mind focused away from what was happening behind the bathroom door. He needed a cool head to properly tend to his wife.

A few minutes later a timid Weiwei came out of the shower dressed in a nightgown with a towel wrapped around her shoulders to prevent her damp hair from soaking into the fabric. She was a vision of loveliness to Xiao Nai who carefully handed her the cup of tea and told her to sit on her bed. He then asked where her comb was and went to retrieve it when he got his answer.

Xiao Nai sat behind her on the bed and with the utmost care began to comb her long inky hair while his wife timidly drank the tea he gave her. As he was combing her hair he asked her why she didn't come to him if Ah Shuang was giving her issues. Weiwei just mumbled that it would not look good for him professionally if he swooped in every time she had a minor issue with someone. While Xiao Nai logically knew it was true he didn’t like it one bit. Sighing he continued to gently comb her hair in silence.

Eventually Weiwei’s still posture melted away and she melted into her boyfriend’s ministrations. She hadn’t had her hair combed like this since she was little and forgot how satisfying it felt when someone did it for her. She unconsciously let out a pleased murmur as she turnt to putty in his hands as he continued to run the comb through her hair. She unconsciously turned her head so he could get a better angle on the side of her head and felt her hair be draped over one shoulder. She shivered at the brushes of his fingertips grazing her neck as he moved her hair and gasped as she felt his lips softly caressing her pulse point. Weiwei could not breathe, her heart felt like it was going to burst from her chest. She had never felt like this before. Weiwei was not sure if she wanted Xiao Nai to stop or continue the exquisite torture some more. It was all too overwhelming. She let out a moan in pleasure as he started to nibble and suck.

Xiao Nai did not plan to plunder her neck as he was doing but when she leant up against him and started to make those sinful sounds he could not resist going for just a short graze of her delectable swan-like neck. All he wanted was just the smallest of tastes but those erotic sounds she was making and the euphoric feelings coursing through his body he didn’t want him to stop. But knew he should. It took every bit of his dwindling self control to pull away from her. Resting his head on her shoulder he took a deep breath to calm himself before standing up to leave the room for a few moments. Going to the kitchen to get each of them a serving of congee was the wises course to get his hormones under proper regulation. Before he frightened his future bride. Taking his time to ladle out the porridge into two bowls he mentally scolded himself for being impatient. He knew that it was too soon for that style of makeout session with Weiwei no matter how pleasing it was. He had to take his time whittling down her defenses.

With food in hand he made his way back up to Weiwei’s room and knocked on the door and waited for Weiwei to answer. The seconds before she opened the door seemed like an eternity. But when seeing the rosy face of his beloved as she opened the door for him told him that she enjoyed the ministrations just as much if not more than he did. But she was not ready for an encore just yet. Xiao Nai gave his bride a soft smile and told her to go sit down so he could give her a bowl. Weiwei hesitantly returned to her spot on the bed and Xiao Nai sat next to her but was sure to give her some distance between them. Handing her a bowl with a spoon he told her to eat up and he followed his own advice in silence. Once both bowls were drained their contents he took her bowl and set it with his on her night stand before he stood up so he could tuck her under the covers. Kissing her brow he told Weiwei to get some rest and he would check on her in the morning. Once his back was turned from her he could not help but smirk when he saw the two love bites that were blossoming on her throat. 

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When Xiao Nai checked on Weiwei in the morning he put his palm to her forehead and noticed that it was warm. He told her to rest for the day. When she tried to argue that she was fine he asked if she would like him to carry her back to bed? Watching her eyes widen before she promptly returned to the bed caused him to grin. He followed her to her bed and gave her another kiss to her crown before telling her that he would bring her some breakfast in a few moments and will be back later in the day with some lunch for her. Xiao Nai was true to his word and returned with a large breakfast for the two of them along with her laptop so she wouldn’t be bored. After Weiwei was fed Xiao Nai handed her a box of medicine and told her to take it as she tried to demure. He just raised his eyebrow and she promptly complied. Giving a small chuckle he kissed her forehead and told her he would see her at lunch.

It wasn’t until a couple of hours later when Weiwei went to the bathroom did she see the bruises on her neck. Panicking, she went for the cc cream that her mother insisted that Weiwei would need and liberally started to pat the makeup over the marks. Weiwei could just imagine the ribbing that she would get from the others if they saw the bruises there. She was going to have words with her boyfriend when she next saw him. Leaving hickies in such noticeable places was completely inexcusable.

Weiwei stewed in her annoyance for the rest of the morning until her boyfriend returned with lunch in hand. When Xiao Nai noticed her displeasure. His eyes lingered to her throat for a moment before acting like nothing had happened. When her boyfriend said nothing after blatantly looking at her neck for a few moments. Weiwei coolly told him that he had left two very obvious marks on her neck and how it was not acceptable. She said nothing about the actual act, just that she was upset by the physical evidence.

Xiao Nai had the decency to look chastised for a few seconds before his expression morphed into a devilish grin and asked her that she was alright with the action just as long as he didn’t leave any marks? He leaned into her personal bubble and glanced down to her lips hungrily. The beauty looked at her boyfriend with widened eyes; how was it he was able to turn things around so quickly? Her mind whirled as their lips connected. Xiao Nai kept the kiss brief because his girlfriend was still recovering from getting soaked yesterday. He gave her a few follow up pecs before pulling back and whispered for her to eat her lunch.

After the two finished their meal XIao Nai checked her temperature again and told her to rest for the rest of the day. Judging by her temperature Weiwei was well on the mend and will be back to normal health by the next day as long as she gets proper rest. He would make sure that she would too. After they had finished their meal Xiao Nai took the dishes to the kitchen and returned swiftly with his laptop then reclined next to her on the bed. When she asked what he was doing he just said working and for her to get some rest. As he nestled her head to his chest, occasionally running his fingers through her hair as he coded on his machine. It didn’t take long for Weiwei to fall into a deep slumber. As night soon set there was a light knock on Weiwei’s door and Hao Mei poked his head in shortly after. He looked at the young couple with bulging eyes but did not say a word when Xiao Nai gave him the signal that he would be in for retribution if the older man dared to interrupt Weiwei’s slumber. His look also warned if the older man woke his wife there would be all sorts of hell to pay. Hao Mei understood the warning and quietly shut the door warning the others to let their little sister rest. He would confront Xiao Nai later where his honorary sister could not witness it.

In the morning Weiwei woke from a pleasant slumber. She smiled as she stretched, not remembering the last time she had slept so peacefully. As she continued to wake up she suddenly felt her pillow move, making her fully alert as her hand started to feel her pillow and quickly realized that her pillow was alive.

Xiao Nai gave a soft laugh as his beloved’s hand came in contact with his mouth and nose. He lifted his free hand to grasp her’s and gave a small kiss to her palm. Wishing her a good morning then asking if she had slept well. Weiwei timidly nodded. He then asked if she was feeling better to which she nodded and he felt her forehead to confirm it. Nodding at her answer he moved himself out from underneath her and told her to get ready for the day. He would be back after getting ready himself. After a little bit both were ready for the day hand in hand. After a private breakfast the two lovers headed to the office. Xiao Nai informed her that he would need to take her away from Ah Shuang and have her start putting together a more in-depth skill class analyst for their other three teammates. He would do it himself but lacked the time and after the convention they would soon start doing mock battles with other teams. Weiwei nodded and when the couple came across the man in question Xiao Nai’s expression turned stony as he told the older man that he was reassigning Weiwei. Ah Shuang hung his head and quickly agreed to the demand before rushing to hide at his desk. Later on, Yu Banshan let Weiwei know that Xiao Nai had discreetly tore the other man a new one for his attitude.

Quickly Weiwei’s days had fallen into a routine. Get up, go for a jog with Xiao Nai, breakfast sometimes it was just the two of them sometimes they ate with the rest of the team along with KO, morning shower along with changing to work clothing for the day, sit in her assigned chair while she wrote timing details and chain combos in each class, login to her main account to take care of their rare beasts she still hoped to be able to breed a legendary beast from her and Xiao Nai’s their beasts, then dinner with Xiao Nai, and practice skirmishes. Sometimes she got random updates from Erxi telling her all about the cushy internship that she landed. Whenever Erxi started to get too carried away with gloating about her internship Weiwei reminded her friend to be sure to have a plan in place when it was discovered that Erxi was not intact Luwei Weiwei. She stressed the date of her public debut and reminded her friend that the date would not change. But Erxi just teased Weiwei for being such a worry wart. No one had asked Erxi about anything within the game and the interviewers had most likely forgotten the name of the account that she had told them.

All too soon it was time for the dreaded photoshoot. Much to Weiwei’s displeasure. Feng Teng’s marketing team was insistent that it would be handled by them. Being the awesome boyfriend that he is, Xiao Nai suggested that Weiwei not go into the office and relax for the day. Weiwei could not help but smile at her sweet boyfriend’s thoughtfulness and gave him a kiss on the cheek and told him that she would indeed take it easy. Well about as easy as her brain would allow her. Within ten minutes of sitting around the clubhouse by herself she was logged into her main account and started to hunt for meat to feed both her’s and Xiao Nai’s pets.

She had not even been on the game long when the former guild master from her ex-guild had spotted her in town and started to chat with Weiwei. As they were chatting, another member of Weiwei’s guild, Nini started to chat with the both of them. After a few words of small talk they decided to do a dungeon raid for nostalgia sake. Diemeng Weixing was really out of practice as Nini said in her PMs to Weiwei. Telling Weiwei everything that had been going on in the guild since the last time she saw her online. Nini told Weiwei about how many of the founding members soon quit the guild after Weiwei and were replaced by Xiaoyu worshipers and even stated that the only reason why she was still in the guild is for nostalgia reasons. It got to the point that the three women were chatting more than making headway in the dungeon so they gave up all hope of defeating the dungeon and just found a safe area to chat in. As they were chatting Diemeng nonchalantly verified if Weiwei was currently in Beijing or not when Weiwei confirmed it Diemeng asked if Weiwei was willing to meet up today. She really needed someone to talk to and would prefer not to have a chat log with it.

As Weiwei was about to say yes she got a PM from her boyfriend telling her that one of his aunts were currently away and was wondering if she would like to join him for a swim later that evening? As Weiwei daydreamed of seeing her boyfriend in nothing but a swimsuit she couldn’t agree fast enough. Not yet realizing that she would need to be seen the same. He asked her if she had a suit or needed to go buy one? To which she replied that her mother and the Aunties had her covered. Then she let him know about Diemeng’s request to meet in person and she was going to meet her. Quickly confirming a time and a place where to meet with the other woman after realizing that she left the other woman hanging. Xiao Nai asked her to pack both her’s and his swimsuits with her after he gave her the location of where he stored his along with the passcode to his door and told her to be safe. Weiwei quickly agreed and after a hurried ‘see you there’ to Diemeng she went up to her boyfriend’s room and entered the key code to his door.

His room was very tasteful and tidy. She could not help but pause and look around in her dare she say it, husband’s bedroom. Blushing at the word husband it was just too soon for her to be thinking like that. She shook her head to clear her thoughts and went to his dresser to pull out the first pair of swim trunks that she could find and quickly shut the drawer before her nose could start bleeding realizing that the contents of the drawer also held Xiao Nai’s underwear. But it was too late; her mind started to conjure images of her Xiao Nai clad in nothing but a pair of underwear lounging on the bed that she was currently leaning up against. Shaking her head she made her way out of his room and into her own just as quickly as she could. Taking a dead steadying breath to calm herself before going into her own dresser to take her own suit out and place it within her bag sitting innocently with her boyfriend’s. She purposefully tried not to think about the two suits mingling as she rushed to her meeting with Diemeng.

As she entered the restaurant she kept her eye out for a woman in the outfit that Diemeng informed her that she was wearing. Spotting a melancholy woman dressed in the outfit described sitting by herself in the corner of the restaurant looking deep in thought, Weiwei decided to go up to the woman and introduce herself.

Diemeng Weixing could not believe the beautiful young woman that just approached her was Luwei Weiwei. She could have been an actress or a model with her looks. Why did she never show a photo of herself all this time? If Zhenshui Wuxiang ever sees his ex in-game wife he would be kicking himself for dumping Luwei Weiwei. Putting a pleasant smile Diemeng gave Luwei Weiwei a smile and greeted the former guild master. The two women started off with random small talk until the topic of conversation was what happened between Diemeng and Zhan Tianxia. The older woman told the story of how shortly after the two broke up she had gotten pretty sick and how Zhan Tianxia stayed with her to take care of her. While he was sweet and doting then it felt like now that she was well again Zhan Tianxia was going back to flirting with Xiaoyu Qingqing. Diemeng did not really want input, just someone to share this with. She then asked if Weiwei had a boyfriend. When Weiwei nodded Diemeng gave a sad smile and told Weiwei with her looks she was sure that Weiwei’s boyfriend was really loyal to her.

Weiwei was not sure on what to make of the comment and was prepared to change the subject when her phone rang. Taking a peak at her phone Weiwei was thankful it was her boyfriend. Excusing herself, Weiwei answered her phone. It was Xiao Nai telling her that he was nearly there and reminded her about their appointment. He also informed Weiwei that he should be pulling up to the restaurant she was at in approximately two minutes. Diemeng looked interested in the call but said nothing. Weiwei looked at the other woman a little embarrassed that they would have to cut the visit short due to her having a prior engagement and told the older woman that next time Weiwei would treat her to dinner. 

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True to his words, Xiao Nai was pulling up to the curve just as Weiwei was exiting the building. Weiwei quickly entered the vehicle and gave a nervous smile at her boyfriend. She told him about how the meeting went and how her heart went out to Diemeng’s predicament. She could tell the events of the last few months had surely taken the toll on the other woman emotionally. She just seemed like one of those tragic concubines who had lost the favor from the emperor and was just waiting for death from one of the historic dramas that Hao Mei secretly liked to watch when he thought no one was paying attention. Diemeng was nothing like the sisterly woman that Weiwei knew when she had first joined her former guild.

Weiwei shook the depressing thought away and asked about the photoshoot. Would it be as big of a deal as the others were making it? Xiao Nai grinned and said nothing as he entered the freeway on-ramp. The drive commenced in near silence until it was time for them to exit the car. That is when Xiao Nai informed her that Yugong and the others hired a full stylist team to poke and prod her as he grabbed her hand and led her to the entrance. Making Weiwei’s eyes widen in shock. She would deal with them later. Revenge would be swift and when they least expect it.

The moment the couple entered the studio a group of six people swarmed Weiwei calling out notes to each other. From hairstyle to estimates on bra size in front of her boyfriend and the others to the beauty’s embarrassment. Oh yes, revenge will be sweet for her. The swarm of stylists herded Weiwei into a small room with various outfits for her to try on and show the photo shoot director. She was forced to try on every outfit, have a quick photo showing how the outfit worked on her then move to the next one to repeat the process. Once three outfits were chosen they would be putting her into the team uniform and then messing with her hair and makeup. Occasionally one of the brothers in-arms would peek in to check on Weiwei; earning a deadly glare each time she saw one of their faces to her boyfriend who has been lounging in a chair in the corner amusement.

By the time the locusts were done prodding her Weiwei was exhausted and the shoot hadn’t even started yet. She didn’t even want to contemplate the video interview afterwards. When the complete team finally stepped onto the set the art director came out and started to gush about how lovely everyone is and how he was going to make them look so manly and fierce except for Weiwei; Weiwei he was going to make her the majestic monarch that she is. Grabbing both Weiwei’s hands to let her know that they were being earnest. When people see her they will all bow down in awe; the art director started to ramble on in his own little world. He went on leading Weiwei over to Xiao Nai and placing her hands onto her boyfriend’s stating the perfect guardian queen to the king just like in chess flanked by their rook pointing to Hao Mei, knight pointing to Yu Banshan, and bishop to Qiu Yonghou. The art director was quite pleased with his analogy and clapped his hands before stating that they would start with the full team shots then get to the fun stuff.

The next hour was spent having the team in various poses and the art director calling out every so often ‘Smile, big eyes, with teeth!’ In English. Every so often chastising the older three men for their lack of fierceness and praising his royal couple for being so photogenic without even trying. To Xiao Nai and Weiwei’s mutual secret amusement.

Once the photos with all five of the team members were done the art director had Weiwei sent back into the grasping hands of the stylists as he continued on getting photos of just the men and then just the brothers in-arms. Before getting photos of the lovers in various poses; the art director couldn’t stop himself and spent an exuberant amount of time on them. Saying things like people will be dying to get their hands on any promotional stuff with their exquisite faces on it. Before finally after some charming words from Xiao Nai; the individual shots where Wewei was once again returned to the stylists much to her dismay. By the time the photoshoot was wrapped Weiwei felt like the Kurhn-Weekly doll she used to play with as a child. She felt pity for that doll now.

She was all too ready to sprint to the exit before she was reminded of the interview that they all had to partake in. Xiao Nai handled his like the charismatic deity that he was while the other three men’s interviews were amusing to say the least. Each one of their personalities shined in both the good and the bad ways. Causing Xiao Nai to whisper in Weiwei’s ear that those three are most definitely going to be a bad influence on her. Weiwei swatted her husband and told him to be nice. He could pick on his friends in practice later. Causing Xiao Nai to grin wickedly. Finally it was Weiwei’s turn and instead of the generic questions that the others got she received questions on her beauty regimen and diet. After the another sexest question Weiwei politely warned with an edge in her voice for the interviewer to please question her as if she was any other player. The interviewer could feel the deadly aura emanating not only from the lovely woman in front of them but from every other member of the team; especially the team captain they decided to listen to the young woman and change their questioning to more game focus questions; their editor be damned. This team was intimidating when annoyed.

Just as soon as the interview session wrapped Weiwei raced out the door to her boyfriend’s amusement and waited for the door to be unlocked. She wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible before the locusts came to grab her again for something else frivolous. Her doting boyfriend quickly complied and opened the door for her with mirth dancing in his eyes the whole time. Weiwei had handled the interviewer well, he thought and it was now time to teach her one of his favorite pastimes.

As Weiwei sat in the passenger seat of the car she realized that she didn’t recognize any of the scenery outside the window and when she commented on it Xiao Nai reminded her about going swimming. She had completely forgotten about it and smiled mischievously as she daydreamed about sitting in a lounge chair as she ogled her near naked boyfriend swimming laps. Giggling as she imagined bringing out her phone to snap some action shots that she stare at when the urge hit her. Xiao Nai looked over to his giggling girlfriend and could just imagine what she was thinking about to his amusement and smiled at his silly wife.

When they reached their destination Xiao Nai led Weiwei into a building behind a stately home and asked Weiwei for his suit. Weiwei thought nothing of it as she held her bag open for him to grab the article until her boyfriend fished out a petite pair of black bikini bottoms claiming that they are a little too small for him. Causing Weiwei to blush and pull the offending object from her smirking boyfriend’s hands and shoved a pair of swim trunks into his hands. Causing his grin to be more devious as he seductively whispered that he had no idea that Weiwei was into such a low cut style. Making Weiwei’s face turn from pink to full on tomato red. Must he torment her like this? She wondered for what had to be the millionth time.

When Xiao Nai exited the changing room Weiwei finally understood what her boyfriend meant by low cut. She could clearly see the sculpted v-lines of his transversus abdominis leading her eyes down to a place that she felt naughty even thinking about. Her eyes quickly devoured his torso up to his face where his lips were giving her a knowing smirk as he told her to go change. Weiwei didn’t need to be told twice, she rushed into the changing room just as fast as her feet could take her. Cursing at herself for openly drooling and her lustful thoughts of her dear boyfriend. She sat on the toilet banging her forehead into the palm of her hand trying to get her impure thoughts out of her system.

She did not know how she would be able to survive this lesson if she could not get her emotions under control. Weiwei had only been in the bathroom for a few minutes when her boyfriend knocked on the door to check on her. Causing her to fumble and awkwardly say that she’ll be out in just a few more moments. Before promptly changing into the suit that after a long negotiation her mother along with the aunties came into a compromise with during the shopping trip from hell. The bikini was a retro styled suit with the bottoms of the bikini being high waisted hiding her navel and the cut were just a hair above being shorts with a red top that had a large ruffle creatively covering her cleavage along with part of her arms. While the suit was modest it was also very fashionable. Wrapping a towel around her she left the bathroom and followed her boyfriend to the pool.

Xiao Nai left her side so he could dive in while Weiwei sat on the edge letting her feet and calves dangle into the water. The temperature of the water felt cool and refreshing. She was enjoying the feel of it lapping onto her legs so much she did not notice her boyfriend stealthy swimming towards her underwater until it was too late and he pulled her fully into the pool. Weiwei was in total shock and her body reacted by latching her arms and legs around the first solid thing she could reach. Not realizing it was her boyfriend’s torso.

His breath caught at the feel of his beloved pressed so intimately to his body. Especially with the parts that were accidentally rubbing on his groin making him want to do nothing else but push her up against the wall of the pool and have his wicked way with her. It didn’t help that there were only two thin layers of fabric separating skin from touching skin. His self control was hanging on by the smallest of threads he felt the shape of her ample breasts rub into his chest. She started to shift some causing jolts of pleasure to his lower regions. From the look on her list filled expression she was being just as affected as is at the friction. Placing one hand on her rear and the other at the base of her neck he tightened his embrace and gave his beloved wife a searing kiss. Wasting no time deepening it when he felt her gasp.

Her unintentional shifting on his groin was driving him insane with want. A few blissful moments of kissing before Xiao Nai was able to tear his lips from her’s and placed Weiwei’s head to his chest in an attempt to calm themselves. He took deep breaths in a feeble attempt to steady his thundering heart before telling Weiwei “My sweet wife, I am only a man and if we continue like this what little self control I have left will snap. Neither of us are ready for that just yet.” kissing her forehead and removing his hand from her rump. Helping her to stand on her own two feet and putting a small distance between their bodies without letting go of her forearms to keep her balanced.

Weiwei blushed ruby when she realized what they had been doing and exactly what she had been rubbing up against for the past few lust-crazed minutes. She was so embarrassed. How could she be so shameless? She hung her head and started to apologize for being so wanton. Weiwei was so ashamed of her actions and tried to make her way to the steps of the pool.

Before she could get a step away her boyfriend pulled her closer into a tight hug. Brushing her wet hair behind her ears and murmuring sweet nothings into her ear. Telling her that he loved her and what they were feeling was completely natural even if they were not ready for it. He also told her that he was counting down the time to formally make her his wife so the world would know what he already did; that they were forever. While admitting that he was selfishly desiring for her to finish school sooner rather than later but wanted above all for her to set her own pace.

All these heart filled words Weiwei slowly pulled her husband’s face down towards her own and kissed his lips. The kiss was nothing like the passion filled ones that they were sharing a mere moments ago; it was slow and longing filled with nothing but the purest love. She put every emotion that she felt when she heard his tender words into that kiss. Wanting to convey her feelings into that simple action without saying the words. If she said the words now she knew that she would not be able to stop the tears from flowing and didn’t want to ruin such a beautiful heart filled moment with tears even if they were happy ones. Her husband must have been able to understand because the moment they came up for air he had the most beautiful smile she had ever seen directed solely on her.

Xiao Nai could feel the change in Weiwei in that kiss. It was like he felt that she would no longer try to hold herself back to protect herself like she has been and would allow herself to love him completely as he did to her. He knew how big of a step this was for someone who is as guarded as she is. He never believed that he would love someone as much as he loved the willowy woman in his arms but he did and he didn’t want to imagine his life without her by his side. After a while Xiao Nai finally released his beloved from his embrace and told her to prepare herself to learn to swim.

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After their little heart to heart in the pool before her first swim lesson actually started it seemed like the lovers were even closer than before. The others that lived in the clubhouse just chose to ignore it because they knew that when Xiao Nai set his sights on something very little if anything would hinder him from getting it and his sights had been set on the female member of their team for months now. They already acknowledged her as his wife and it was only a little trip to the marriage bureau to make it legal. Not they would dare say anything but playful jabs here and there. But that didn’t mean that Hao Mei didn’t try to step in when he thought the lovey dovey-ness was going too far. The last thing the clubhouse needed is for either one of those demons to retaliate on them. They had quickly learned their lesson that Weiwei could be just as diabolical as her husband the first night that she was back in Beijing. Much to her amusement.

Things at the office were calm for the most part and had been pretty quiet. The phone application is on schedule to be released at the same time she would be returning to school and by that time they would be starting the fall season tournament. After the Fall tournament they would be having down time in the winter for practice then spring for prelims for the National tournament during the next summer. So far everything was going as planned. Her swim lessons had been progressing mostly at a PG, sometimes a little bit of a PG-13 rating after the first lesson. That wasn’t to say there was not the occasional caress or kiss; it would be silly to say that there wasn’t but for the most part the hormone laced young adults kept themselves under tight regulation in the water for it to be nothing more than that. They did not need to tempt themselves as they unknowingly did in the first session. That didn’t mean that they did not misbehave here and there when they had the chance to be alone.

The only thing that was out of the norm was the barrage of texts from Erxi after dinner one the night before the convention with her complaining on how the son of the CEO brought his girlfriend along her friends to the office and they treated poor her like a slave. She mentioned how they spilled coffee all over her new shoes and favorite flannel shirt. Whining that the stains would probably never come out. Weiwei promised that she would come out after the convention on the weekend to see if she could help with the stains but made no promises of actually being able to get them out. She directed Erxi to make a solution of white vinegar and laundry detergent and how to apply it to the stains to try to loosen the stain somewhat in the meantime. Pacifying her excitable roommate.

During the back and forth messaging she got a call from Diemeng asking if Weiwei was going to be attending the Gaming Convention that weekend at the National Convention Center. When Weiwei stated yes due to her summer job she would be there but she would be working while she was at it. Weiwei didn’t say anything about her debut; she was still a little nervous about it. It surprised Weiwei that Diemeng asked if Weiwei was willing to do lunch near the convention center to which Weiwei agreed to. Diemeng told her that she would send the information on the restaurant and the time in the morning and she would see Weiwei tomorrow.

Weiwei just smiled and put her phone away and looked over to her husband and told him that they would have to cancel her lesson before they go to the convention because Diemeng invited her to lunch, noting that the other woman treated her to tea the previous meetup so Weiwei needed to return the favor. Xiao Nai on the other hand just gave a smirk look and asked her seductively if she wasn’t enjoying her private tutoring making Weiwei’s face turn a beet red. She protested frantically and tried to get her heartbeat back under control, dropping her head to her chest and counting to a hundred. Why must he say things like that to her? Does he enjoy seeing the blood rush straight to her head?

Xiao Nai on the other hand was greatly relishing Weiwei’s embarrassment. It was so easy to read on her face what she was thinking out especially when she was flustered. He had to secretly admit to himself watching the less than wholesome thoughts pass across her face was a bit of an ego boost. Not that he really needed one but it was gratifying to get all the same.

As the couple continued their way back to the clubhouse Xiao Nai’s phone rang from his laptop bag. Giving Weiwei time to switch from embarrassed back to normal. She glanced at the screen and noticed it was nothing but a phone number and then presented it to her boyfriend where he told her to answer it. Weiwei in her nativity thinking it was just a telemarketer or something frivolous like that so answered the phone non-formally only for her boyfriend to let her know it was his mother calling. There went the last bit of hope for Weiwei to have her embarrassment under control before they got back home. She plastered a forced smile on her face and told her jerk of a boyfriend’s mother that her son was currently driving which was the reason why she answered the phone. Removing the phone from her ear she presented it to her boyfriend so he could talk with his mother for him to only put the phone on speaker.

Xiao Nai’s mother chastised her son and warned him quite forcefully that he better not be taking advantage of such a sweet girl. She would never forgive him if he scared off their potential daughter in-law. Xiao Nai let his mother ramble on for a few minutes before he informed his mother that she was on speaker; causing his mother to shove her phone into her husband’s hands and for her husband to awkwardly greet Weiwei and tell her that he greatly enjoyed the term paper she turned in before hanging up.

Weiwei glared at her boyfriend and asked him if he enjoyed antagonizing people to the point that he currently had three people angry with him in just one phone call. Xiao Nai just gave a cocky smirk and pulled into the office parking lot. Before getting out of the car he pulled Weiwei to him and gave her a quick lingering kiss and playfully said that he accidentally took advantage of her. Causing Weiwei to roll her eyes and stomp her way into the building, leaving her amused boyfriend in her wake.

The next morning due to a meeting the two lovers did not go for their morning run and Weiwei went out to breakfast with Hao Mei, Yu Banshan, and KO. Initially the server handed the menu over to the only female at the table to which Weiwei offered it to KO who declined it; Hao Mei deciding to take matters into his own hands took the menu and started to list a variety of foods that sounded appetizing before thanking the waitress.

As the foursome waited for their food they started talking about random work related things which brought on Hao Mei’s question why didn’t Weiwei give him the same honorific as she did the others. The raven haired beauty leaned over to her adopted big brother and cheekily said “Brother Beauty, if I called you the same thing that I call the others it would make your boss, my boyfriend want to end me which wouldn’t do. I quite like being alive, thank you very much.” Then she teasingly reminded him that his name with the honorific sounded like she was asking for more from her brother in a naughty way.

Which caused Yugong to laugh and got into a chant with Weiwei saying “More Brother” in a teasing way. Hao Mei asked for the two to stop and admitted it would not be Weiwei’s death by her husband’s hands but his own. He sighed and said that he dodged a bullet on that one. As they were eating and Weiwei was lovingly putting together some to-go boxes for the missing two members of the team; the topic of conversation somehow got into online relationships to which the only female of the party stated that she had never really been a fan of them for the most part and her two former upperclassmen reminded her that her relationship with husband had started online. She retorted that while their relationship did start online that her and Xiao Nai’s relationship flourished after they got to know each other offline. The two graduates had to give her that but just barely.

Then the youngest brother in-arms that was present got all nostalgic about an online relationship that he had in another game where he had to create a female character to play the class he wanted to play. He went in search of a partner who was like him playing a character of the opposite gender. He had thought he found one due to the feminine name ‘Handpicked the Stars’ and formed an online relationship with them and it was good until he found out that the person behind his partner wasn’t a bio-girl but actually a man. Hao Mei had dropped the game and never returned to it. Weiwei started to chastise her adopted big brother. Telling him that he was cruel and he was the one who was the one lying that he was female to begin with.

KO interrupted Weiwei’s chastisement of Hao Mei to ask if the younger man was on the Chang’e server at Hao Mei’s puzzled confirmation KO let the bomb drop that he was Handpicked the Stars. Yu Banshan and Weiwei looked at each other in shock and made their excuses that Yugong was not feeling well and Weiwei had to take him to the hospital right now. The two fled the table with Weiwei awkwardly rushing back to get the to-go bag that she had forgotten to grab in her haste to leave the table gave a nervous wave goodbye before speeding to the exit in Yu Banshan’s wake. When the two exited the restaurant they both looked at each other and joked that it was way too tense in there with a nervous chuckle before heading back to the headquarters in great amusement. As they entered the office level Weiwei went to drop off food at Qiu Yonghou’s desk and then took the rest of the food and knocked on her husband’s door. When he told her to enter she came in with all smiles and started to unpack the meal. She chastised him because she knew that he probably skipped breakfast to get more work done and handed him a bottle of orange juice telling him that this meal with drink was packed with loving nourishment so he better finish all of it.

Xiao Nai smiled at his wife and asked if she brought this spread because she was abandoning him for her former guild master for lunch. Weiwei pouted and promised to make it up to him, causing Xiao Nai to smile indulgently at his wife before telling her to go and enjoy her lunch but to be sure to stay out of the rain that was forecasted for later. Weiwei gave him a radiant smile and told him that she would set her luggage with her gear for the convention right outside the door for him to take before she gave him another peck on the cheek and rushed out of his office. Returning to her room the beauty dressed in a short forest green tunic dress with short puffed sleeves. She paired the dress with some comfortable yet stylish tennis shoes and a long pendant necklace with a matching watch. Giving her hair a quick fishtail braid before grabbing her purse along with her luggage and headed out of her room. She placed her luggage down right in front of her door with a little note attached explaining that it was her gear and headed her way to the closest bus stop. 

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When Weiwei walked up to the address that Diemeng gave her and gave the restaurant a critical eye. This place looked far too fancy for an informal lunch. Pulling her phone from her purse to reread the text that Diemeng sent her and determined that she was at the right place. It felt like a stone dropped into the pit of her stomach when she was being led to the North Chrysanthemum Room by one of the restaurant’s servers. She was making small talk with the woman who was showing her way to the location and the server had mentioned that there was a good size party in there and was wondering what the occasion was. Weiwei mumbled that she wasn’t sure and continued to follow the server. Pausing to put on a calm façade that she was so well known for in high school Weiwei took a deep breath to center herself and then stepped regally through the doorway.

As she entered she heard gasps from the crowd and murmurs of the group not believing how beautiful Luwei Weiwei. Weiwei watched behind her stoic façade Diemeng practically leaping out of her chair to greet her with open arms; welcoming Weiwei to the guild meetup before whispering, practically begging Weiwei to please just play along. The beauty in green nodded with her lips in a polite smile as Diemeng led her to the empty space next to the one that the older woman was originally sitting in. One of the people sitting at the massive table asked if she was really Luwei Weiwei. Weiwei internally sighed and gave a sharp nod. When asked what they should call her, Weiwei just said that they could call her what they have been calling her previously, she would answer to it. While she knew that it was only hours away from her real name along with her picture was going to be posted as part of the eSports players debut she didn’t really want to get personal right now at this unwanted meeting.

One of the girls sitting next to who Weiwei knew from the photos on the forum as the server beauty scoffed and claimed that Weiwei had to be a fake because she worked at Zhenshui Wuxiang’s company and described her as a geeky girl that wore flannel with a pixie cut. Weiwei quickly determined that she had to be one of the Xiaoyu harpies and the person that they were talking about must have been Erxi by their description. Turning to the woman and raising her eyebrow in a condescending way Weiwei stated that she had no idea of the person that the other woman was talking about then went on to say that the person that they were talking about could be someone with a similar game handle or be on another server. Weiwei also reminded them of the spoof account that they had of her. But the crowd was not convinced so Weiwei asked if anyone had laptops so she could have this put to rest right then and there. The Xiaoyus scoffed and said that anyone who had the password could just log into the account. Which Weiwei retorted that while anyone could log in no one could emulate her playing style and challenged the four Xiaoyus to back to back PK matches.

The Xiaoyus thinking that they had the imposter dead to rights agreed then started to think better when the malevolent smile morphed onto the beauty in green’s lips. That smile startled some of the people in the crowd and soon enough the PK battles were underway. They learned pretty quickly why they should feel uneasy when Weiwei smiled like that. First up was the mouthpiece of the Harpies, Xiaoyu Qingqing which Weiwei obliterated in less than thirty seconds. Surprising the crowd at the speed of Weiwei’s fingers. Next up in succession were Xiaoyu Feifei and Xiaoyu Mianmian both didn’t fare any better than Xiaoyu Qingqing. When it was finally Xiaoyu Yaoyao’s turn she started to pout and claimed that Luwei Weiwei had confirmed her identity that there was no reason why this competition should continue. Weiwei just smirked and reminded her that the rules were that she had to PK all four of the Xiaoyus to prove that she was in fact Luwei Weiwei. Xiaoyu Yaoyao tried again stating that there was no point in fighting when they were all here for a friendly meet up. Weiwei was still not having it and replied that this is how normally people who game have fun together.

The man that was standing next to the server beauty tried to intervene and when Weiwei asked who he was; he had admitted that he was Zhenshui Wuxiang, her ex in-game husband. Weiwei looked at him unimpressed and just said that he could battle in her place if he chose. When he said it wouldn’t be right to pick on a woman Weiwei scoffed and told him to cut the crap and let’s get the final battle done already. The server beauty sat and prepared herself for battle, not like it did any help. Weiwei was at this point feeling a little vindictive and decided to draw out the battle for no other reason but to humiliate the other woman. So she spent the next five minutes lazily dodging the other woman’s attacks, occasionally throwing a weak one of her own that always landed. When the other Xiaoyu banshees started to call Weiwei a bully and to start taking the match seriously. Weiwei just yawned and said that the other matches tired her so she just wanted to relax and take her time with this one shooting of another weak attack that finally killed Xiaoyu Yaoyao’s avatar.

The server beauty pouted and went up to her boyfriend in hope to get sympathy but she was too focused on his ex in-game wife. When she raised her voice slightly in the grating tone he finally turned his attention to his girlfriend and tried to pacify her. Finally the man who was sitting next to Diemeng introduced himself as Zhenshui Wuxiang and called the first meetup of the Jade Seas Rising Tide Guild to start. With that Zhenshui Wuxiang started to order various high priced items in hopes to impress the masses. Weiwei just internally scoffed at the rich boy and took a sip of water.

When the Xiaoyus were trying to bring focus to Zhenshui Wuxiang being wealthy Diemeng turned her attention to Weiwei and complimented her on the dress asking where it was purchased at. Weiwei shrugged and said it was just something that she picked up randomly on a shopping trip a while back. Which was technically true; it was one of the outfits that was picked up when she went shopping with her mother and the neighborhood aunties. Diemeng tried to keep the focus on Weiwei again and asked about her job since Weiwei had said that she would be working at the convention. The beauty just said that due to her contract she would not be able to say anything about it but it had to do with the main events of the convention. Others started to pepper Weiwei with other questions like where did she go to school. She thought about lying but since again it was going to be plastered everywhere in a few hours she replied that her school was known for inspiring future global leaders. Everyone’s eyes widened when they realized that she was talking about Tsinghua University. When asked what her major was she said computer engineering and science with pride. Xiaoyu Qingqing scoffed and claimed that Weiwei had to be making it up because she was too ashamed at the real work that she must be doing; implying something scandalous. Weiwei just looked at the other woman in disgust and said that while someone may do it she was easy enough to look up on in her department records. She then wondered out loud how Xiaoyu Qingqing could know about those kinds of crass things in a way that led people to wonder if Xiaoyu Qingqing did that kind of stuff herself. Causing the other woman to blush and shut her mouth for the rest of the meal.

As the meal was winding down, Weiwei's phone started to ring. She checked to see who it was and smiled softly before answering. The voice on the other side of the call told Weiwei that he would go ahead and pick her up since it was raining. Weiwei told them that she was ready to leave now before hanging up. Diemeng asked if it was her boyfriend which Weiwei nodded. The older woman asked if she had to go so soon they were thinking of doing karaoke before they all wandered over to the convention center. Weiwei just held firm and stated that she and her boyfriend had other obligations that night making Zhenshui Wuxiang frown and ask for the bill before knocking back the entirety of the glass of wine in his hand in discountenance. As Weiwei thanked everyone for the invite she stood to leave and everyone followed suit. Weiwei turned to them and informed them that they do not need to stay and wait on her account because her boyfriend would be there soon. There were mumbles of people saying that they could not just abandon a pretty girl when it was raining like it was or something of that nature which Weiwei just mentally rolled her eyes. She knew full well they just wanted to see what her boyfriend looked like since not many of them would think that Weiwei could have someone as impressive as Zhenshui Wuxiang, the fools.

A few minutes later she spotted her darling husband’s white suv. As tempted as she was just to rush out into the rain and hop into the car, Weiwei knew that her Great Master would be less than pleased if she got sick again so soon after recovering from the last time. So there under one of the awnings she waited with close to twenty onlookers. She suppressed a smirk as she heard comparing her boyfriend’s car to Zhenshui Wuxiang’s car and how her boyfriend’s car costed much more than the other man’s. Then when Xiao Nai came closer there were murmurs of how nicely tailored his suit is and fit he looked. Weiwei was just waiting for the gasps when they saw his handsome face hidden under the umbrella. Not that she would blame them, she still wants to gasp whenever she sees it as well. He was just too pretty for it to be legal.

It was one of the Xiaoyus that exclaimed first then others started to react in similar fashion. When her husband reached near enough for her to meet him before he had to go under the canopy Weiwei said her goodbyes and started to walk towards Xiao Nai only to be stopped by Diemeng when she grabbed Weiwei’s arm. Diemeng tried to get Weiwei to reconsider leaving so soon and suggested that her boyfriend join the group in karaoke but Weiwei once again declined in a tone that left it clear that she was no longer a friend of Weiwei and pried Diemeng’s hand off her arm. Weiwei didn’t bother looking back as she smiled at her husband and whispered to him once she got within hearing range that they could go now. She wasn’t going to give the guild a chance to be introduced to him. Let them find out later. As the couple started to descend down the stairs Xiaoyu Qingqing yelled out that the woman that he was seeing has had many online husbands and has been known to cause issues.

Xiao Nai stopped Weiwei from retaliating with a soft touch on her shoulder that moved up her neck and to her cheek in a gentle caress. Not bothering to look at the annoying woman as he said in a calm voice that as long as she was with him he did not care what she did. With that the two left the members in the Jade Seas Rising Tide Guild standing in shock. They could care less what any of them thought considering how Weiwei was treated in the past by them.

In the car Weiwei asked if they could stop somewhere for her to get something to eat before they got to the convention center. She explained that she didn’t want to touch any of the food that was served considering the company. When Xiao Nai just nodded she continued on to praising her Great Master on the way he handled Xiaoyu Qingqing without batting an eye. Xiaoyu Qingqing must be fuming at what he replied with. Then she asked him if what he said was true that if she cheated that he would still keep her. Not that she would cheat, she was just really curious to hear what he would say.

Xiao Nai glanced at his amused wife and told her that if she attempted to climb over the wall an inch he would move the wall an inch to trap her. If she climbed over a foot he would move the wall a foot. He would restore her faith in him and never have a reason to cheat. Hearing her husband say that Weiwei’s lips turned up and she reached over to place a small kiss on this charming man’s cheek. He is really amazing; what did she do in a previous life to be lucky enough to gain the attention of someone as amazing as her Great Master?

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Since they were on a bit of a time table they went into the first convenience store on the way to the convention center and enjoyed some instant ramen along with a few rice balls. As they sat at the counter enjoying their instant food Weiwei told Xiao Nai everything that happened from when she entered the restaurant to the point that he arrived at the entrance. She left no detail out on how she got justice from the Xiaoyus after they harassed Erxi the way they did the day before. She also went on to tell her husband how she tried to chanel him as she dealt with the group instead of truly letting the group know how she felt at getting ambushed as she was. Xiao Nai just lovingly patted her head and told her to finish her lunch. After their bellies were filled they made their way to the green room where the others were currently sequestered with the makeup and hair team.

When they entered Xiao Nai told Weiwei to go change before hair and makeup set their sights on her. Weiwei just shot her boyfriend a dirty look and grabbed her bag that she saw nestled by a couch and went into the connecting bathroom. After quickly changing she sat in one of the makeup chairs and prepared to be poked and prodded. She didn’t have to wait long as one of the hair stylists gentilly undid her braid and started styling her hair into tousled waves. The makeup artist took their time studying the beauty’s features with a discerning eye. Pretty people were at times harder to work on than regular people. How to do the makeup to not distract from the natural good looks. Only some foundation with UV protection to protect that ivory skin, some barely there blush, and lip tint. Much to Weiwei’s appreciation. Now they were just waiting for their guest liaison to get them.

While they were waiting Hao Mei asked how the lunch went with her friend out of curiosity. Weiwei just shook her head and told her adoptive big brother that the lunch wound up being a guild meetup of her former guild and she battled some harpies. The others easily figured out who the harpies were just nodding their heads in understanding. Figuring that their little third sister in-law obliterated them. Soon after a man in a suit with a lanyard hanging around his neck came in to greet the group informing them that he would be their go-to guy during this weekend as he passed each person a guest badge for them to have to get them around the back of house of the convention center without getting stopped. Once he passed out the badges he asked the team to please follow him to the backstage area as the opening ceremonies would be starting soon.

When they got to their destination the liaison introduced them to the emcee of the evening where Xiao Nai took charge and greeted the emcee introducing each person of his team by real name, gamer ID, and position. As they waited behind the scenes most everyone was growing more nervous. The brothers in-arms were bickering on how they should pose while Weiwei was puffing her cheeks out and blowing her breath out at random intervals as she watched the three other men. Xiao Nai found his wife’s actions adorable and gave a quick squeeze of her hand as he whispered how she looked like a chipmunk when she puffed her cheeks out like that and how he found it absolutely adorable. Causing Weiwei’s eyes to widen and her cheeks to match the red in her uniform. She stood there staring at her husband for a few moments as he grinned wickedly at her until he told her it’s time to line up. She glared at him and he just widened his smile. She vowed that one of these days she was going to get him back for his constant teasing; she didn’t know how at this time but he was going to get him good.

Taking a deep breath, she lined up behind Yu Banshan and walked to her barely noticeable marker on the dark stage. The five young adults stood in an arrow formation with Qiu Yonghou on the far right, Hao Mei on the far left, Yu Banshan on the front right with her on the front left, and Xiao Nai in the front of the arrow formation. She waited with bated breath as each of them were introduced with a spotlight shining on them.

The massive screens lit up and started to play random game play starting with Yu Banshan’s avatar, Yugong Pashan making various impressive kills before the screen transitioned to Yu Banshan posing smug at the photoshoot with his real name, avatar title, and his position of Bottom Tank splashed across the screen. The spotlight above Yu Banshan lit up and Yugong gave a small salute with a cocky grin. Next was game play of Houzi Jiu doing impressive kills before transitioning to Qiu Yonghou with his information and position of Top Laner. Then was Mo Zha Ta and Hao Mei with him listed as the Juggler.

For Weiwei’s introduction it was different. Instead of showing the avatar right away it started with ‘Feng Teng Technologies with collaborations with both Zhi Yi Technologies and Team Zhi Yi are proud to introduce China’s first female eSports Player. The screen started showing various PK battles of Luwei Weiwei and splashed the avatar handle across the screen for a few moments with the title of Mid Laner before finally transitioning to Weiwei’s photoshoot video and plastering her real name on the screen and finally casting the spotlight on her. She had a calm smile on her lips and gave a graceful wave. The crowd went wild. Various cries of shock that Luwei Weiwei was a girl were heard across the stadium and it took a few moments for the crowd to die down before they introduced the final player, the shooter and team captain, top PK and Wealth player of the Capital’s best server, Yixiao Naihe, Xiao Nai was introduced. The crowd went wild again as the spotlight shone down on Xiao Nai and Xiao Nai stood there with a calm smile on his lips along with his arms crossed in front of him.

As the crowd went wild chairs and microphones were brought in for the players as the Question and Answer portion started. As the emcee came on the stage he joked “I knew that with such talented and good looking players that there was going to be a big reaction but I had no clue it would be this explosive. I’m almost afraid of doing the Q and A panel.” He joked to the crowd then formally greeted each of the players with a handshake before taking his seat. “Now that we are all comfortable and seated I must warn you that I have heard from a little birdy that you guys all have something in common besides just playing video games. Could you tell the audience what that is?”

Yu Banshan took the liberty to answer. “We were all in the same department at Tsinghua University. While Little Sister-in-Law Weiwei is our junior here, we all attended the same school.”

“Tsinghua University?! Wow you guys must be crazy smart. I’m impressed.” The emcee gushed. “So you knew each other offline first?” The emcee asked to clarify.

Qiu Yonghou beat the others to answer. “Yugong, Brother Mei, and Brother Nai met in the same dorm while we met Mrs Nai online two years later when Nai said he was getting married in game. He didn’t introduce us to Mrs Nai in person until months later after our last basketball game before we graduated. We all knew her as our Department Belle but never had the chance to interact with her until Nai brought her over to introduce her and you know what she did? She introduced herself as Weiwei, we thought nothing of it because it’s her real given name and all until she corrected herself and introduced herself as Luwei Weiwei. I’m telling you Yugong and my brains short circuited at that. Brother Mei had a much more embarrassing first meeting. He wasn’t at the basketball match and we didn’t bother to tell him that our little sister in-law just so happens to be the Department Belle girlfriend that we just met. He was so angry at Nai and decided to tattle to our sister in-law all the time, bad mouthing her real life persona and you know what she did? Little Sister in-law Weiwei just shoots off a pm to Brother Nai saying that apparently he’s dating a she-devil now. Yugong and I never laughed harder when he realized his mistake. Then a few days later Brother Mei comes back to the dorm all doom and gloom because somehow Mrs Nai got him back. Never got the full story on how though. Brother Mei refused to share and our sister in-law just gives a frightening smirk without saying anything. Whatever happened, they are as thick as thieves now. If I didn’t know better I would believe that they were actual siblings with how they act.”

The crowd and the emcee laughed at the comment. Then turned his attention to Weiwei and asked. “Weiwei, you don’t mind me calling you Weiwei right?” she nodded in consent. “Weiwei, I gotta ask what everyone has had to be wondering since the video introduced you. Now in the past you have been accused of being a bio-man because of how fierce you are when you play and you have never bothered to correct the rumors. You could have easily posted your photo and won the Game’s Beauty contest. Why didn’t you?’

Weiwei gave a forced smile before calmly answering “A player should be measured by their merits in game and not if they are male, female, or their appearance. I prefer to let my skills shine instead of my looks.”

The emcee gave an understanding nod and said he understood before changing the topic again since he was warned by the marketing department to not push the subject of her looks earlier even though he really wanted to. But they were strict on the demand. Touch on the topic then move away they said. So instead the emcee brought up the Couples’ PK finals and asked what happened. Yu Banshan solemnly answered that he and Xiao Nai had been in a car accident that night and in the commotion the tournament was the last thing to think about. He hadn’t even had a chance to contact Weiwei until much later. Nodding in understanding the emcee said that it was a shame because he was really curious if they would have won or not before changing the topic to how we’re team dynamics.

Hao Mei attacked the question with great vigor and said “Offline we are like one happy family. The other guys are brothers in all but blood and Weiwei is my feisty little sister. She is caring and sweet but don’t get on her bad side. She can be vindictive especially when she gets her boyfriend over there” he pointed at Xiao Nai “In on the retribution. Those two are a formidable pair. As scary as any demon when provoked, the pair of them.” Yu Banshan and Qiu Yonghou nodded to agree with Hao Mei’s statement.

“So just to be clear since how you guys describe them; Yixiao Naihe and Luwei Weiwei are not just a couple online they are one offline as well?” The emcee asked and the three oldest members of the team just nodded like it was nothing. “No drama because of that?”

“None,” Hao Mei answered but added on “But with those two being as good looking as they are, others try to hit or ask them out on them and they both brush it off like it was nothing of note. So unfair, I tried stirring the pot once or twice by telling one of them any gossip that was going on around one of them early in their relationship to try to get a reaction and both of them acted like it was nothing. She actually actually had the gall to say that it was no big deal if girls were trying to get a date from him, she had been confessed to all her life and it wasn’t like anything special if someone attempts to approach him. And that one” pointing to Xiao Nai “ignores all the female attention that he gets. In the most brutal ways. While the rest of my brothers and I are left to be monks in a monastery. I’m telling you it’s just too unfair.” Causing the audience to laugh and Weiwei to blush as she eyed Hao Mei to figure out how she would get him back in the near future.

“Well that was much more informative than I thought it was going to be. What a solid relationship I’m quite envious, myself. But the captain of this has been quiet all this time. Any words or comments about anything that has been said tonight that you would like to share with the audience before this panel ends?”

Xiao Nai gave a charismatic smile and said “I am going to let our results and actions do the speaking for us. Be sure to support us.”

“Just like his avatar, a man of mystery. Wow! Well on behalf of Feng Teng Technologies I would like to thank Team Zhi Yi for agreeing to join us and we look forward to the exhibition battle that you have with Team Dragon tomorrow at noon.” The emcee concluded the panel.

Sitting in the front row were Zhenshui Wuxiang along with the members of the Xiaoyu clan. The five of them sat in shock. Each of them lost in their own thoughts about two of the people that were just introduced on stage. None of them could have guessed that the pair would have been introduced on stage. Zhenshui Wuxiang was looking at Xiao Nai with envy; while that man was only his ex-wife’s boyfriend he could deal with it. With Xiao Nai not being a gamer he could have had a chance to win the delectable Luwei err Bei Weiwei, he corrected himself; back but with that man being her online husband made things much more difficult. Xiaoyu Yaoyao looked at Luwei Weiwei in jealousy. How was it every time she thought she had it all, Luwei Weiwei just waltzes in and upstages her. It wasn’t fair. The rest of the Xiaoyu’s were at various stages of envy and annoyance. How were they going to be able to save face after this? Damn that Luwei Weiwei and her gorgeous boyfriend.

That evening the game forum blew up at the new team announcement, especially because of the two good looking members of the team and their in-game identities. Many people from the Capitol’s Best server could not believe that the infamous bio-man Luwei Weiwei was a gorgeous goddess of a woman and her online husband was just if not more breathtaking. And yet multiple members of the server believed that it had to be a joke. There was no way the picture of the beautiful woman was the fierce Luwei Weiwei. It made no sense. 

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Later on that night the team made their way to the neighboring hotel for a well earned night of sleep blissfully unaware of the explosions happening on the online forum or the reactions to the first ad that was debuting that evening across the country as they continued their trek. When they reached the lobby Xiao Nai handed each of the guys their room keys. Yu Banshan with Qiu Yonghou and Hao Mei with KO. After the others wandered off to the direction of the elevators Xiao Nai grabbed Weiwei’s luggage and told her to follow him. Weiwei looked skeptically at her husband but kept her thoughts to herself as she followed him. After a ride to the top floor along with a maze of hallways the lovers finally stopped in front of a door. Xiao Nai opened the door and motioned for Weiwei to enter. The beauty looked at her husband in question and before she could ask her husband informed her that it’s a suite with two rooms in it. Timidly Weiwei entered the hotel room and marveled at the size. This room was big enough for a family of six to live in with room to spare.

 Glancing at her husband she asked why they have such a large room. He explained that the clerk who did the initial reservation didn’t realize that their team was co-ed and booked the suite for the entire team to share but he had no desire to share a room with two snorers. Xiao Nai had enough of that during college, thank you very much. So he decided to reserve two additional rooms to put the others in so there was no fighting on who would be getting the larger room. Weiwei just looked at her husband and told him that he was so sneaky causing the man in question to laugh at her serious face. 

The couple took time to relax on the sofa and unwind while they waited for their room service. Weiwei decided to not even bother going onto either the game or the forum until the morning. The only thing she did was call her mother and tell her that her debut just happened so she could spread the news of having a boyfriend to her father and the aunties now. Weiwei did warn that she was tired so would not be answering anything for the rest of the night though. Today already had more drama than what she wanted to contemplate at the moment. At this point all she wanted to do was rest her head on the man next to her shoulder and enjoy their own little world for now. Taking a moment to put her phone on airplane more before depositing the object on the end table next to her; Weiwei off handedly commented that today went well all things considered. Xiao Nai gave a doting smile as he caressed her hair before acknowledging her statement with a simple ‘un’. The beauty gave a yawn as she snuggled closer to the man she loves. 

Ten minutes later there was a knock on the door. The couple regretfully untangled themselves so they could stand up and open the door. Xiao Nai let the bellhop in with a cart filled with covered plates of food. After wheeling in the cart the bellhop glanced at the two young people and man themselves scarce. It was obvious that the two young people wanted to be alone. Just not for the reason the bellhop was thinking. As soon as the couple were by themselves again at their dinner and resumed cuddling on the couch together in near silence. Both knowing full well that the debut was a success without bothering to look at comments. 

 The two stayed like that for some time until Weiwei fell asleep. With great care to not wake his slumbering love, Xiao Nai cradled Weiwei in his arms and gently moved her to the master bedroom. As tempted as he was to lie down next to her he knew that if he succumbed now he would want to give in and would never leave her bed for the rest of his life if he had his way. It would be better to not taste that temptation just yet. Or at least until Weiwei suggested it herself. So with great restraint he removed himself to the other bedroom in the suite and spent his remaining waking hours coding before following Weiwei’s example to fall asleep. 

In the morning the couple made their way down to the hotel entrance to go for their customary jog and to find breakfast. Choosing to rent a bicycle the pair were off to Olympic Forest Park for a nice scenic jog. Since Weiwei never really ventured over to this side of the city she was taking in the sights as she clung to her husband’s waist. The pair spent the next hour enjoying the scenery as they jogged down the wooded paths. It was a nice tranquil jog that didn’t last as long as either wanted but they were on a time table and soon returned to the hotel to wash up and have some breakfast in the hotel restaurant. 

Little did they know that their table was in perfect view of Zhenshui Wuxiang as he was dining with the Xiaoyu quartet. He watched as his ex-game wife sat together and were having a lively discussion about what he knew not but just seeing the warm smiles on the pair’s face made him green with envy. When he heard his girlfriend and her friends try to bad mouth his ex-wife it was too much. He was so sick of their mean gossip and spreading of nasty rumors. Waving to the waiter he asked for the bill and quite cooly told Yaoyao for her and her friends to enjoy the meal because it was the last one he was going to give them. Before draining his glass of mimosa and getting up to leave from the table. It was pretty obvious that he was through with them.

 While at their table Weiwei and Xiao Nai were so absorbed in their discussion they as in only Weiwei didn’t notice the explosion at the other side of the restaurant when Weiwei’s former in-game husband broke up with his girlfriend and stormed out of a side exit. Nor did they as in only Weiwei pay any heed to Xiaoyu Yaoyao crying because of losing such a rich catch and her friends trying to calm her down. None of the four women ever bothered to check their surroundings so never noticed Weiwei and her boyfriend thirty meters away in plain view. Xiao Nai just secretly smirked and thought the harpies finally got what they deserved as he returned his complete attention back to the conversation he was having his his darling wife. 

After their breakfast the couple made their way to their team’s  green room to prepare for their first public match. They were the first to arrive shortly followed by the others twenty minutes later. After getting changed into their uniforms and prodded by the stylists they sat around the conference table and went over what they knew of the other team by their PK stats and the few videos their club had released. They also went through what bans that the other team would do; most likely banning Swordsmen and Bards due to what was known about Xiao Nai and Weiwei’s personal accounts. Not that this was a major issue for the two since both could play all of the classes even their worst classes were stronger than other top PKers’ best classes. To shake things up the plan was for Yugong to take the Charmer, Qiu Yonghou the Alchemist, Hao Mei the Assassin, Weiwei the Scholar to throw people off, and Xiao Nai would take the Knight. It was a pretty well rounded group. Not to mention unexpected. People will soon learn of the deep class pools that each member of Team Zhi Yi actually had. 

With their plan set the team waited for them to be called to go onstage. They didn’t have long to wait; thirty minutes later they received their queue to get to the stadium. The entire team gave off the feeling of calm and collected but some of them were far from it. Not because they were concerned about the game, they knew that they could beat their opponents. No, that is not what some of them were nervous about, it was more of not making a good entrance to attract the female fans. When Weiwei heard her elder brothers in-law she couldn’t help but shake her head. She looked at her husband with a raised eyebrow and he chose to ignore the others’ stupidity and told his wife that maybe this would not be his best idea. When Weiwei looked at him questionly he just said that he may have spurred more confessions for his wife to reject. Weiwei just placed her delicate hand under her chin and retorted that was he sure that it wouldn’t cause an increase of handbills for him? Smirking, Xiao Nai just replied that if it were, it  would be no coniquence. They were interrupted by the others telling them to quit rubbing their relationship in their faces and to quit taking all their prospective fan’s adoration. With an amused shake of his head, Xiao Nai told them to line up. When the others were getting in formation he pulled Weiwei back to give her a quick kiss before telling her that he was right behind her. 

The team walked assuredly to the stage and waited as the emcee did their introduction before making their way to the right side of the stage to set up their gear and get prepared. Once their headphones were on they started to talk amongst themselves through the headsets. The three oldest acted like rowdy children and left Weiwei to be the lecturing mother. This banter went on for a few minutes until their stoic captain reminded his former roommates that they were being recorded for random soundbytes to play during their breaks. Causing the three oldest to freak out and beg the people on the other side of the recording to be nice to them and Weiwei to shake her head at their antics. 

KO dressed in a dark suit and headphones on came up in between Weiwei and Xiao Nai’s seat and whispered discreetly to them that the other side would be banning Swordsmen and Bards for sure from what he had overheard in the hallway so they would need to go ahead with the earlier plan. The couple gave KO the thumbs up and he left to shake hands with the other team’s analyst before departing for off stage to watch the match in the green room. After the ban period each member locked in the class for their side and waited for Team Dragon to do the same. They listened as the emcee went crazy when they saw the lineup. It was not what anyone expected and the emcee was excited to see how events would unfold. 

The team waited with bated breath as the countdown commenced. All five of them laser focused watching the countdown run its course. When the countdown reached zero the five navigated their avatars to go hunt the ads so they could quickly level up and would be able to unlock their skill sets as quickly as possible. Shortly after Weiwei hit level four she informed her teammates that Dragon’s juggler and mid were trying to sneak up to her through the high grass. The others smirked as they figured out that the team was targeting Weiwei because they thought that she would be the weak link. Big mistake as she retaliated in quick succession. The announcement of ‘First Blood’ followed with ‘Second Kill’ seconds later  chimed throughout the stadium causing the crowd to go wild. Weiwei’s scholar was merciless in her attacks. 

The three oldest laughed and joked that it served the other team right for thinking that their sister in-law would be an easy mark and little did Dragon know that Weiwei may look like a fairy but she was a demon behind the keyboard. Moments later the system notified that two more from the other team had perished causing the others to joke like husband like wife. Xiao Nai cut their joking off and told everyone to head to the Xiangliu and destroy it before it brings on the flooding. The other four said okay and headed to the legionary nine headed snake. All the while the three oldest started talking about the commercial starring the love birds and joked that was being blasted on repeat all last night. They teased how godly they made Weiwei and Nai look. 

They made quick work of the beast before the other team were able to spawn back giving Team Zhi Yi a massive bonus as they made their way to destroy the other team’s four pagodas before taking the win once they found the missing member of Dragon hiding behind their fort before the rest of their team was able to respawn. Team Dragon didn’t stand a chance at this point but their shooter did try to at least pick off at least one of their foes. Fifthteen minutes from the start of the battle Team Dragon’s team fell, giving Team Zhi Yi the win. Lights flashed and the crowd erupted to their feet cheering for Team Zhi Yi’s win of the first round. 

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The members of Team Zhi Yi stood up and gave a courteous wave to the crowd before leaving the stage to the green room so they could relax for the next twenty minutes. On their way to the green room Hao Mei stopped the couple who were at the back of the group a few meters from the door and whined to Xiao Nai and Weiwei that KO had been picking on him. The hacker was saying that Hao Mei made him lose face in the game so he needed to return to it and make amends. He went on to complain that it’s been a year now and he doubted that anyone that they had played with would even remember the drama from back then. The whole thing was pointless in Hao Mei’s opinion.

Xiao Nai just smiled his devious little smile and said that this was excellent news and that he was wondering how he would keep the other man on staff after a year was up. Hao Mei pouted and looked to his adopted little sister for help, surely she would be on his side. But Weiwei just smiled eagerly and told her adopted brother that he had treated their silent friend quite unjustly and he needed to make things right. It was the right thing to do after all.

While Hao Mei could believe that his former roommate and third brother in all but blood could say something as heartless as that, he just couldn’t believe that his little sister had also taken the hacker’s side in this matter. What about sibling loyalty? Looking between the two backstabbers calculatedly, Hao Mei cautiously said that he would do it for a thousand, holding his index finger up to prove his point. Xiao Nai just smiled wider and gave a nod causing the older man to smile before rushing past the other two members of the team as they were opening the door just so he could tell KO the news. Hao Mei offered for them to do the wedding ceremony when they got back to base and promised to treat the silent man to a nice lunch after the match where KO could steal the recipes for them to enjoy for later meals. Qiu Yonghou just looked at Yu Banshan in shock and said who knew that their littlest brother would sell his virginity so cheap? Causing Weiwei to blush and bury her head in her boyfriend’s shoulder while Xiao Nai was amused at the predicament as they walked through the door and made their way to the plush couches for their use.

During their break they all discussed how Dragon played and contemplated various strategies. They also discussed with KO’s input on what classes to block this time. There was various back and forth on what was believed to be the weak link and how to exploit that and guesses on what the other team was currently strategizing. Would they continue to try to target Weiwei and Xiao Nai; which was a stupid thing to do; Yu Banshan added in or would they go after one of the others? Once their game plan was settled for the next round the players lounged on the couch to relax before they would be called again in to play the next round.

After the break concluded they started the second round with Team Dragon banning many of the classes that were played in the first round but like the first round Team Zhi Yi obliterated Team Dragon. Then the third round followed the previous two rounds thus making Team Zhi Yi one of the front runner favorites for the upcoming Fall tournament. No matter what class Team Dragon banned, Team Zhi Yi adjusted and played like whatever class they played was their preferred class. Team Zhi Yi performed like a well oiled machine. After the explosive fanfare and the customary good game handshakes between the two teams were done both Weiwei and Xiao Nai were ushered off to perform the MVP interviews with the social media press. Both of them were all smiles and courteous as they answered the host’s questions but both made sure when the questions went off topic to reign the host back to the match much to the press’s annoyance. The more gossipy news sources wanted something to spin to cause fans to get into a tizzy. After the interview session they returned to the green room to change out of their uniforms and since they have the rest of the day off, Weiwei told the others that she planned to go visit Erxi and would be back before evening hit so they could all meet up with the other team for dinner.

Weiwei didn’t leave the green room just yet as she attempted to call Erxi to see if she was at Xiao Ling’s place before she departed while the others just lounged on the couches talking about random plans of going to visit the sites of the convention for the next few hours. For some reason Erxi wasn't answering her phone. Weiwei waited a few moments before she started to type out a text to her excitable friend. As her fingers were sliding across the phone’s keyboard Weiwei’s phone started to ring with Erxi’s number. Answering the phone Weiwei said “Erxi, I’m done at the convention. The debut went off smoothly and I’m about to head out to Xiao Ling’s place. Are you home or did you have to go into the office?”

The person on the other hand was not her friend. A masculine voice answered, “Bei Weiwei, it’s Cao Guang, your friend is at hospital C. She was scratched by my cat and needs to get a shot but she is refusing to.”

Weiwei looked confused but replied that she was on her way before hanging up. She glanced around the room and landed her eyes on her boyfriend and explained to him the conversation she had. It made no sense, why would Erxi be hanging around Cao Guang’s cat of all things? Weiwei needed to check it out. She asked Xiao Nai if he would be willing to drive her to the hospital so she could get there quicker.

Xiao Nai lifted his hand up to touch his wife’s cheek before telling her that he would take her there in a soft voice. While he didn’t much care for how immature the other woman acted she was the catalyst of him spotting his wife all those months ago at his uncle’s Internet cafe from what his wife told him one night as they were chatting about anything and everything when she was in Wuhan. He figured he did owe the other woman his happiness so he could share some concern for her for his wife’s sake at the very least. Directing Weiwei out to where his car was parked the couple bucked their seatbelts and headed off to hospital C. Xiao Nai was quiet as Weiwei muttered to herself at the possible reasons why Erxi would be anywhere near that man’s cat. None of them made any sense but Weiwei was just too worked up to care about her boyfriend’s secret amusement. He loved watching her moods change.

The drive didn’t take too long and Weiwei decided to get out first while Xiao Nai went to find a parking space. As she was about to walk through the in-patient doors she was stopped by Cao Guang on the sidewalk who told her that he would lead her to her friend. Giving her nod in consent Weiwei followed the curly haired man into the hospital silently and found Erxi pouting in the waiting room in short order. When Erxi spotted her friend she was confused. Why was Weiwei at the hospital of all things? Before Erxi could ask her beautiful friend Weiwei had already started in on her mother hen mode, demanding how Erxi got scratched by a cat when she was afraid of them? She had no business being near one. Why did Cao Guang of all people call her instead of Erxi herself? Did she already clean the wound properly before coming to the hospital? Before turning to Cao Guang and demanding to know if his cat had all its proper vaccinations or not.

When Xiao Nai entered the lobby he saw his wife glaring down at a curly haired man he vaguely recognized as the one of the fools at school that tried to court his wife. As he got closer he fully recognized the imbecile as the one who had claimed that his sweet, innocent wife had a sugar daddy a few months back and had also tried to challenge him to a one on one match. While he could clearly see that his warrior goddess could more than handle the buffoon; his annoyance at the man would not let Weiwei have all the fun taking out the rubbish. He walked up to his wife and put a hand at the base of her back in comfort before turning his disinterested focus to the man standing awkwardly in front of his angered love. Taking a moment to listen to the discussion about a broken camera and that Erxi had to pay for half of the fees to repair it Xiao Nai casually cut in saying with the exception of library books that school equipment was prohibited to be taken off campus for any reason unless it had been signed off by both a professor and a dean. He then added that it would not be in someone’s best interest to have broken school property off campus, especially if the person who had checked the item out was already on academic probation. It would also not look good on their record if it is found out that said student is harassing younger students to pay for school property. Leaving the veiled threat in the air.

Cao Guang’s eyes widened in anger at the accusation. He had already been warned that if he took one step out of line he would be asked to leave the school. Which he was sure the other man was responsible for. Being kicked out of school would threaten his goal to work in the foreign affairs office after graduation. Not to mention what his diplomat parents would say. Giving the oh so perfect graduate a glare, Cao Guang promptly swallowed his retort and exited the hospital just as quickly as he could.

Erxi, Weiwei, and Xiao Nai watched Cao Guang depart the lobby with various amounts of amusement. That was the first time Erxi was ever able to see the annoying upperclassmen oh so firmly put in their place and she was relishing it. Especially after the last couple of weeks of tormenting that he had been doing to her. She did feel some pity for the handsome language major due to his sweetness to his cat but she pushed that aside for the time being as Weiwei’s focus turned to her and her pretty friend started lecturing her about not coming to her if she was in trouble. Erxi took the chastisement like a scolded child and did not say a word out of line about not getting a shot. She dared not try anything with the great master present.

The treatment for the cat scratch and following shot was quick and once they exited the hospital Weiwei told Erxi all about her run-in with the girls who ruined Erxi’s shoes along with how she had put them in their place. Weiwei then warned Erxi that the owner’s son at the company that she was interning at was her former partner in-game judging by what the harpies said the day before yesterday; so Erxi would need to be prepared for the possible fall out.

The normally excitable woman’s eyes widened in concern and was uncharastically pensive. She told Weiwei that she would make her own way to the apartment because she had some errands to run that she just remembered about and for the couple to go ahead and leave without her. Weiwei looked at her friend in confusion and was about to say something when Xiao Nai touched her shoulder and told her to let Erxi be; she obviously needed to work through something. Weiwei looked troubled but took her husband’s advice and allowed him to lead her back to where he parked.

While Erxi waited for the bus to take her back to Xiao Ling’s apartment she finally admitted to herself that Weiwei may have been right and the only reason why she had gotten such a cushy internship was because the company thought that she was Luwei Weiwei and not because of her. What more would she be getting because of her relationship to her pretty friend? Was there anything that she earned in the past two years because of her own merits or was everything just handed to her because of her close relationship to Weiwei?

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Weiwei remained contemplative as Xiao Nai drove them back towards the convention center. She did not say a word during the trip, just looked out the window with a blank expression. Xiao Nai didn’t push it; he just waited until Weiwei worked out whatever her brain was thinking about and knew she would speak when she was ready. When he was about to pull into the hotel parking lot Weiwei finally opened her mouth to ask if she was wrong to tell Erxi about what happened at the guild meeting? When Xiao Nai voicelessly prompted her to continue she started to explain that Erxi’s reaction to what she told her was not in character for the older female. Normally Erxi would be quite vocal about any possible issues. She never internalized things, ever.

Xiao Nai just placed a comforting hand on the crown of her head and told her to let Erxi work out whatever emotions that she is currently having and that Erxi would contact Weiwei like normal when she was ready. Weiwei gave her boyfriend a small smile and told him that he was right. There was no use worrying about something that she did not have all the data on. She would give Erxi a couple of days before trying to pry into it. With that Weiwei suggested they get some food and take a well earned break.

Weiwei allowed her Great Master to lead her to a local hotpot restaurant to have a late lunch and then suggested that they take a walk about the area. She readily agreed not really wanting to go back to the convention center and be around the masses or be up in the hotel room just to be burdened with her typical overthinking when she doesn’t have all the facts. The food was delicious and it did take her mind off of her brooding over Erxi’s uncharacteristic behavior which was her boyfriend’s plan all along. They spent hours walking around the area with no destination in mind. It was nice and peaceful, just what Weiwei needed to get her mind off of Erxi’s uncharacteristic reaction.

Eventually the couple returned to the convention center in the evening to meet up with the other team along with their own for dinner. Their stroll helped them work up an appetite for the planned dinner that evening. After a quick wander around the main floor of the convention center it was finally time to meet the others outside. With a quick greeting between the both teams the two teams piled into a single travel bus and made their way to an expensive seafood restaurant with a private room. The captain and Juggler from Dragon was a lanky young man by the name of Jiao Yue that seemed vaguely familiar to Weiwei but she could not quite put her finger on why. There had been no information on where they went to school or what their home providence was.

After some ice breaking conversation for both teams to better get to know one another he had admitted that he was nineteen years old and from Wuhan of all places. He sheepishly told the group that he had attended the same high school that Weiwei had graduated from and that his ex-classmates have been hitting him up like crazy since they saw that his match was against the infamous Frost Goddess of Wuhan Nu. 02 High School. Weiwei was a legend there. He asked if it would be okay if he could take a picture with her to send to his classmates to get them to shut up and leave him alone?

Xiao Nai and the others looked at Weiwei and repeated the infamous Frost Goddess of Wuhan Nu. 02 High School in a disbelieving tone. To which Weiwei gave a deep sigh in annoyance as she muttered coquettishly that she wasn’t always as nice as she was currently when she received confessions as she is now and the student population started calling her that in her ninth year. Causing Xiao Nai to laugh and tease her about getting confessed to all her life. Which made Hal Mei laugh as he remembered that conversation. Jiao Yue looked at his fellow captain in awe because he had seen first hand what happened if someone crossed the infamous Frost Goddess. Not many had their dignity intact to tell the tail. Xiao Nai was now Jiao Yue’s hero and secretly he could not wait until he would be able to post this gossip to his ex-classmates’ chat group. They are never going to believe him that the Frost Queen had melted.

Weiwei turned her attention back to her former schoolmate and gave a forceful smile as she nodded in consent to the photo but suggested that they should take a group photo with both teams in it instead of just the two of them. The younger man, so excited that he would be getting a photo with the most untouchable girl from his hometown, readily agreed to her suggestion and called everyone over to take a photo. A few shots were taken by one of the waitstaff and everyone finally sat down for the meal with Yu Banshan being the oldest one there took the lead on starting the ordering with much input by the rest of the table.

Dinner after that turned into a lively event with the men from Team Dragon excitably chatting with the three oldest men from Team Zhi Yi. The younger team wanted to get whatever pointers they could get for training because they were clearly lacking in something to be defeated so easily. But as more alcohol was drunk the more off topic the conversation became.

The opposite team’s Mid, a teenager by the name of Zhang Hu kept on drunkenly begging for Beautiful Goddess Big Sister Weiwei to run away with him and let him become her most loyal Disciple so she could properly teach him to be a formattable Mid like she is. Weiwei just awkwardly patted the drunk young man’s shoulder and told him that he could contact her on WeChat for pointers from time to time but she couldn’t run away with him letting him down as tactfully as she could think to. Much to the amusement and slight jealousy of her Great Master. When Zhang Hu went to hug Weiwei in eternal gratitude for becoming his tutor, Xiao Nai decided it would be best to take Weiwei back to the hotel to rest. Effectively blocking his beloved from the younger man’s grasp with his arm when he stood up. Weiwei gave a discreet sigh of relief and waved goodbye to the others. Much to the other team’s dismay. They wanted to take the beauty to the karaoke club next store. As the couple walked out of the room they could hear the ribbing of their teammates call after them.

Once the couple was back outside they hailed a cab to go back to the hotel. As soon as they were comfortably seated in the back seat, Xiao Nai turned his head to his beloved and placed his fist to his cheek to prop himself against the top of the back seat before uttering that at least three times today his wife has been entreated on and he wondered what he should do with such a troublesome wife? Weiwei mirrored her husband’s pose and said that it felt like she was like some tragic heroine in a wuxia novel with men clambering for her favor and that it is quite troublesome. Gave her nothing but headaches. Xiao Nai just leaned closer and whispered that thank goodness he was there to keep her so others didn’t have to deal with the trouble. Causing Weiwei to smile cheekily and asked in a playful voice what would her keeper like for a reward for having to deal with the trouble as he put it?

Xiao Nai said nothing but gave her a heated look that made Weiwei’s heart pound and the couple remained quiet through the rest of the taxi ride, through their walk into the hotel, up the elevator, and right up to the point where Xiao Nai closed the hotel room door after he escorted Weiwei back into their hotel room. Wasting no time once the door was firmly shut he trapped her between his body and the door before leaning down to give her a searing kiss. He had wanted to claim her lips since before dinner when the other captain told the story of her high school moniker. Hearing how his sweet little wife PKed the unworthy was so arousing to him and it was straining what little of his self control he had so tightly restrained. He continued to deepen the kiss even when her knees buckled from the intensity and just hugged her body close to his as he continued to devour her. Lavishly trailing kisses down her neck and gently nibbling on her collarbone. He only stopped when he felt his hand attempting to undo a clasp under her shirt. Realizing what it is, he took a deep breath to calm himself. Weiwei was just too tempting for his own good. He really needed to figure out a way to better regulate his self control.

He helped her to her feet and told her to be sure to lock her door tonight. He warned her not to come out of her room until morning. Telling her that she was too great of a temptation for his self control. Weiwei’s eyes widened and she rushed straight to the main bedroom quickly closing and locking the door behind her. Behind the secured door she took the time to actually fire up her laptop for the first time this weekend. Going straight to the game forum to see how bad the gossip was and immediately had to shake her head at the over the top drama. The top threads were things like ‘Zhenshui Wuxiang was a fool to dump Luwei Weiwei’, ‘Luwei Weiwei not a Bio-Man but a goddess in disguise!!!!!!’, ‘Our server’s top couple got to be models!’. Clicking on the last one, Weiwei saw that it was a video and played it. She watched her introduction play and heard all the little comments that she was not able to hear from the stage that people were saying. Various ‘No ways’ and other things like that. The comments got even louder when the spotlight hit her. She shook her head and waited for Xiao Nai’s introduction. If possible he looked even more handsome onscreen.

Shaking her head and exiting the thread Weiwei next clicked on the broadcast post of the match earlier today. Watching as her team annihilated Team Dragon. She had to feel a bit sorry for the other side. She and the others are actually very impressive. Reading some of the comments it was amusing with some people still being in disbelief that she was Luwei Weiwei but paid the comments no mind. She debated momentarily about going not online but remembering that she needed to feed the cubs she bit the bullet and logged in. The moment she did she got bombarded with messages from Nini.

Nini could not believe that Weiwei had been hiding the fact that she was so pretty and hid the fact from the masses. She had to know why Weiwei never did post a picture to get the naysayers to eat their words. Nini quickly switched topics that Zhenshui Wuxiang and Xiaoyu Yaoyao had divorced in game plus all the Xiaoyu’s have left the guild at about noon today. Within moments of each other. Weiwei could hardly believe what Nini was saying. But as tempted as she was, Weiwei was not about to ask more about it. At this point there were very few people from her old guild that she would care to keep in contact with at this point. Diemeng’s betrayal the day before still lingered in the back of Weiwei’s mind. Choosing to cut Nini off short, Weiwei told the other girl that she had only come online to feed her pets and that she had a long day tomorrow. It wasn’t exactly a lie; she did have things to do but it was not as much as she was making it to be.

With that being said Weiwei shut down the game and prepared to go to bed. Taking her shower, brushing her teeth, and putting on her pajamas. She was tempted to open her door to wish her beloved a good night but after the heated look gave her after devouring her against the hotel room door she thought better of it. Weiwei was a good girl and they should not be going further until they were legally married. No matter how exquisite his ministrations felt.

On the other side of the locked door Xiao Nai sat at the coffee table coding. He needed to get his hormones under control or that pitiful lock would do nothing to stop him. It was too soon for them to take that next step. “Marriage first.” He reminded himself as he took a cold drink of water and sighed. “Marriage first. Only one year, ten months, and twenty two more days until her graduation.” He reminded himself for what had to be the hundredth time since his beloved Weiwei returned from Wuhan. 

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When Monday had finally rolled around and Erxi was still uncharacteristically quiet. Weiwei had left her a couple texts on Sunday afternoon but they were all still unread. It wasn’t like Erxi to leave messages unread like that and it was making Weiwei concerned for the welfare of her friend but the earliest that she could go and check would be the next evening. The team website had already listed tonight her first official streaming. She couldn’t back out. It would be unprofessional. Weiwei sent another message to Erxi’s Weibo account telling her that she would be by Xiao Ling’s apartment tomorrow before she and the others went to a late lunch. It was a much calmer meal than the past few group meals that Weiwei had participated in within the last few days. Which was nice. No discoveries of former in-game spouses, no proving her identity, no PK battles, and most assuredly no drunken declarations of unwavering devotion. It was nice and normal; something she needed after the past few days of hecticness.

After she had finished her lunch along with her teammates and they were just sitting around the table waiting for the bill while digesting, Weiwei finally got a call that she was dreading; the call from her father. Taking a deep calming breath before answering Weiwei cheerfully greeted her father with a forced smile in her voice and tension in her shoulders. “Pa, shouldn’t you be at work right now? Did something happen?” Weiwei had hoped to immediately change the subject to deter her father’s short attention span from the chastisement that she knew would be coming.

“Weiwei,” her father started in that no nonsense tone that Weiwei knew all too well that her father wouldn’t be distracted until he got his point across. “What is this I hear from your mother that you are dating someone? You are far too young to date, you’re still in college! What about your future?”

Weiwei sighed as the others with the exception of her boyfriend and KO winced at the tone that they were able to hear clearly even though the phone was not on speaker. Weiwei blushed and turned from the others and whispered harshly into the phone “Pa!” This was not how Weiwei wanted to have this conversation especially in front of others in a public setting. “Didn’t Mom explain it to you? Is she there with you? Let me speak to her.”

Her father started to rant again and before she could reply Xiao Nai tapped her shoulder and asked for her phone. Weiwei looked at him dumbfounded and wordlessly handed him the phone. Giving her poor ear a rest from the vocal tirade. She didn’t even have the presence of mind to do the proper introductions until Xiao Nai already started talking on the phone. Xiao Nai stood up and walked to the lobby of the restaurant for a few moments before returning to the table and handing the phone back to Weiwei with an enigmatic smile on his face. The young female said an awkward hello into the phone as she tried to determine what kind of smile her boyfriend had on his face when her father started spouting praises on how considerate her boyfriend is and how good of a husband and father for Weiwei’s children. She needed to graduate faster so he could have grandbabies. Her father added on with a laugh that he along with her mother will be at her next game in the front row cheering the loudest. Cheering the loudest. Her father gave his love and told Weiwei to keep up her hard work with a giddy giggle in his tone before hanging up. Weiwei looked at her phone in question for a moment and turned her confused face to her boyfriend asking him what did he say to her father?

Xiao Nai just smiled wider and told Weiwei that he did nothing but talk about his daughter’s talent. Yu Banshan and the other brothers in arms looked at Xiao Nai in awe and even though they have seen their third brother sweet talk people many times in the past it was still a wonder to behold his efficiency. He was not even gone for five minutes before he gave the phone back to their little sister in-law. This was exactly the reason why he, with the exception of little third sister in-law Weiwei, was the youngest; he was still their leader that they would follow blindly. Xiao Nai just shook his head and told the others to go back to the office ahead of them as he had already paid the bill. Taking the hint, the others told Weiwei that they would see her back at the office.

Weiwei looked at her boyfriend in question; brimming with curiosity but not knowing which question to ask first. She waited for him to tell her whatever that he wanted to tell. It didn’t take long after they exited the restaurant. He just casually turned his head to her and said that her father would like her to graduate as quickly as she could. So he could have grandbabies to spoil in the next few years. Weiwei looked at her boyfriend gobsmacked. How could her father go from ‘You are too young to be dating’ to ‘Graduate faster, I want grandbabies’? She asked her question dumbfoundedly?

Xiao Nai just gave that devilish smirk that he liked to sport when he was being playful especially when he was being playful with his wife and said that he just reminded Uncle Bei of how adorable Weiwei was when she was a little girl and casually mentioned that the government has eased up on the number of children couples could have. He also told her father that he did not plan on marrying her until she had graduated so that way she would be in control of her professional life when they married.

The beauty looked at her boyfriend in awe and told him that she was in awe of his speed of coercion. Xiao Nai just laughed and draped his arm over Weiwei’s shoulders before they started walking slowly back to the office. Halfway through the walk Weiwei stopped in shock when she realized that at this point her boyfriend had informed her father that he intends to ask for Weiwei’s hand in marriage and her father just pretty much gave his consent by telling Weiwei to finish school faster. Oh her Great Master was tricky she doubted her father even comprehended the trickery that her boyfriend used on him. It was awe inspiring how with no prior contact Xiao Nai was able to take her father’s measure and have him play right into the palm of his hand. Just like taking the proverbial candy from a baby. Xiao Ling and the others were right when they teased that Weiwei would have no chance against Xiao Nai in the future. She would need to call her mother later about the call. The beauty just sighed and started to walk off in the direction in a hurry leaving an amused Xiao Nai to follow in her wake at a sedate pace.

He said nothing to her reaction knowing full well what was going through her head. Just bided his time until they reached a deserted area before he pulled her back to his chest into a secure embrace and whispered into her ear “Study hard and graduate soon my wife.” and placing a tantalizing kiss on her pulse point before releasing her as he started to continue in the direction of their destination like nothing had just happened. He only walked a few steps before turning to look at a blushing frozen Weiwei then extended his hand and reminded her that they needed to get back soon. Weiwei looked at his outstretched hand for a few moments before placing her’s into his and continued on their way. Weiwei doubted she would ever be accustomed to her darling husband’s methods of short circuiting her brain but that was okay; she would not have fallen so deeply in love with him if he was in any way inferior to what he is. He caused her to constantly improve herself so she could be the best version of herself and not settle into being merely mediocre as she probably would have with any other partner in life. Smiling, she walked hand in hand with her beloved Great Master and returned to the office.

The rest of the work day passed quickly and all too soon Weiwei was changing into some comfortable yet stylish clothing to prepare for her first on camera live stream all the while chatting with her mom on the phone. Finding out from her mother that during the rest of their work day her father had been showing off as her mother put it ‘his future successful son in-law’ to everyone at the plant and her father was already plotting ideas for a party when they came to Wuhan next. Weiwei just shook her head in disbelief and hung up the phone. Choosing to not focus on her father’s giddiness at the moment and instead tossed her hair up into a ponytail before filling her mug with hot water. As she walked into the kitchen area glanced at her boyfriend over at the terminals and told him that her father is planning to go all out when they go to visit Wuhan. Getting a cocky smirk from him in return.

Deciding to change her focus to what was at hand she started to fill her mug with hot water and went over what she planned to do during the stream along with after. Once it was done Weiwei fully planned to relax on the couch watching some ridiculously overdramatic show with Hao Mei and eat vast quantities of drunken chicken wings courtesy of KO who was currently hard at work in the kitchen. Smiling at the aroma of the chicken wings, Weiwei filled her mug with hot water and sat down at her terminal. Taking her time to make sure that everything was in proper working order and setup exactly how she liked it. She stretched her arms over her head then rolled her neck side to side to make sure she was fully limber before putting on her headset and taking a deep breath as she turned on the stream. Weiwei gave a smile before greeting her viewers. Making a smile joke about not expecting someone looking like her when watching her streams in the past. Giving a little clear of her throat she opened up her main account and told her viewers that today she was going to go through what dailies did and the reasoning of why she had prioritized those quests.

Starting with hunting for qilin. She explained that she needed the meat of the qilin for her and her online husband’s pet tigers. Going into further detail of what stats the mythical deer meat boosted in the tigers’ power set. She also added what potions and other prey were good for boosting stats of various other pets. Occasionally answering questions that were about playing and not about her personal life or drama. Every so often the audience heard Hao Mei, who was sitting next to her, call out to Xiao Nai with some of the comments that were being posted asking for Weiwei to marry them or other somewhat scandalous messages. Xiao Nai just cheekily replied that the poor misses getting confessed to all her life in a teasing tone. To which Weiwei countered with him getting handbills which caused the viewers to erupt in a fury of questions that Weiwei refused to answer and continued on keeping the stream strictly about what she was doing in the game. Weiwei later learned that in his stream later in the week Hao Mei took pity on their fans and told the story about how he was trying to stir up trouble for his third brother told Weiwei that girls were trying to get her boyfriend to go out with them instead and Weiwei brushed it off like it was no big deal saying that she had been confessed to all her life so it didn’t mean anything. He continued on how Xiao Nai teased her about it and her countering that she had seen girls attempt to give him confession letters in the past with Xiao Nai stating that they were just trying to give him handbills. So that is where the tease came from. When Weiwei found out she retaliated by calling Hao Mei his hated college nickname in his stream which unfortunately for the man stuck with their fans due to his adorable upset reaction.  

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On the Tuesday after the convention Weiwei attempted to go visit Erxi at Xiao Ling’s apartment after her day of interning but there was no answer on the other end of the door. Weiwei could tell someone was in the apartment from the shadow under the door but whoever it was on the other side of the door refused to answer. Using one of her backup plans Weiwei stated quite loudly that if the door was not answered within the next minute she would be contacting Xiao Ling to get a key sent to her. The threat worked and an upset Erxi cracked the door open to tell Weiwei to her face to go away and leave her alone. The Department Belle was confused at Erxi’s hostile reaction and did the only thing she could think of to get answers. She shoved her foot into the door before Erxi could fully shut the door on her and pushed her way inside so the two could have the conversation outside of Xiao Ling’s neighbors’ eyes.

Frowning, Weiwei demanded to know why Erxi was so upset at her in a no nonsense tone that always caused everyone who had ever heard that tone to spill their guts. Erxi looked upset before exploding saying “Why must everything good in my life be because either people think I am you or want to use me to get to you?! My internship they only gave it to me because they thought I was you and Cao Guang. I knew he was trying to get close to me so he could get information on how to get close to you. But hearing the words come out of his mouth...”

Erxi paused trying to find the right words to express the unfairness of the situation but before she could continue Weiwei’s eyes narrowed at that confession and cut in with a deathly cold voice. “So you knowingly spent time with Cao Guang even though you knew he had bribed classmates to spy on me?” It was more of a statement than a question. “You do remember that he was the one that falsely accused me on the school forum that I had a sugar daddy? And yet you willingly spent time with him? You do realize that if I did not get that bit of slander cleared up and removed that my scholarships could have been in jeopardy? That I would have to leave school if I lost my scholarships because there would have been no way that my parents would have been able to afford for me to go to school here and that being dismissed under such circumstances would have made it near impossible to continue my college career at any institution? Essentially ruining what future that I had planned.” Shaking her head in disgust. “I thought you were my friend, Erxi but clearly I was mistaken.” With that Weiwei opened the door behind her and promptly walked out of the apartment not bothering to look back.

She kept her stony exterior up until she exited the building and was a good few kilometers down the road until she was sure she was by herself before she allowed her mask to finally crumble and break down in tears. She knew that Erxi could be shallow and immature but this was way too much for her. How could she? Weiwei thought that the older girl was her friend. Weiwei took a deep breath before she pulled her phone out of her bag and started to dial her boyfriend’s number.

Back in his office Xiao Nai glanced at his ringing phone in question. Wondering why his darling wife was calling him so soon after going to see her friend. The moment he heard her broken voice asking for him to come pick her up he was out the door after enigmatically telling the staff that everyone could have the night off. His former roommates stared at the door in question before shrugging it off and started to go about to figure out what they should do with their newly found night off.

Xiao Nai’s mind was going into overdrive. He had never heard his strong, confident wife so fragile.To say that it frightened him would be an understatement. Hundreds of scenarios were running through his mind as he drove to the location that Weiwei said that she was waiting at. The twenty minutes it took had to have been the most excruciating of his life. When he finally spotted her it took all of his will power not to fly out of the car and wrap her up in his arms so he could keep her safe from the rest of the world. Keeping a white knuckle grip firmly on the steering wheel he waited until Weiwei got into the car and buckled her seatbelt before driving in the direction of his parents’ home. He said nothing as he waited for her to broach the subject first as he drove. Only occasionally glancing out of the corner of his eye from time to time to check on her. Xiao Nai’s gut clenched as he witnessed the tears softly streaming down his strong wife’s ivory cheeks. His jaw clenched but he still said nothing. He knew that Weiwei would tell him everything once she was able to process what she was feeling and not to push the subject until she was ready.

Weiwei did not utter a single syllable until Xiao Nai removed her shoes and placed a pair of soft slippers for her to put on in front of her. “You know it took me a very long time before I was willing to open myself up to having friends.” Weiwei said in a hollow voice. “I had no patience for unnecessary drama to hang out with the popular kids and apparently too good looking to be allowed to spend time with the smart kids. An outsider to both worlds which was okay. It didn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things. Which is probably why the people at school saddled me with the nickname they did. I spent most of my teenage years holed up in either the school’s library or at home with my nose in my homework and I was fine with that. Who needs friends when your goal is to get into a difficult majors in one of the top schools in the country? I never thought of myself being lonely or missing anything. That is until I finally traveled over a thousand kilometers from the only home I ever knew and was in an alien place truly by myself for the first time. The first few months here in Beijing were the worst for me. There were no parents to hug me to tell me everything would be alright. No aunties of the neighborhood who’d come by and bring me snacks as I was studying. I was highly contemplating going back to Wuhan and continuing college there. At least I would have my parents nearby and I wasn’t a stranger to the area. The only reason that I stayed is that Erxi...” Weiwei’s voice cracked at the other girl’s name “and the others took me under their wing and for the first time I actually had people who I could call friends. They made me feel like there was someplace that I truly belonged. I felt welcomed with people my own age and because of all of that history it makes what Erxi did and said hurt so much.”

Her boyfriend listened to her speech in silence as Weiwei continued to pour her heart out on how Erxi was blaming Weiwei for being the reason every good thing that had come her way lately. To Xiao Nai it sounded like petty jealousy on the other girl’s part and really made his respect for the excitable woman to further plummet. He wrapped his arms gently around his beloved and rested her head against his chest. He started to rub soothing circles down her back. He let Weiwei let all of her emotions pour out as he held her mentally cursing Zhao Erxi for causing Weiwei distress. They stood in the entry way for some time until Weiwei finally untangled herself from her boyfriend and asked him to direct her to the bathroom. He ushered her towards the restroom but started to slow down when he noticed water pooling on the hardwood floors. Pointing to the room he asked Weiwei to bring some towels and to grab the mop when she finished as he went to the utility closet to see if he could figure out what was going on.

Opening the door Xiao Nai spotted the water heater with a large hole in the side and water gushing from the hole. He pulled out his phone and called the University’s repair department. Explaining to the custodian exactly what was going on as he went to shut the main off. After getting off the phone with the campus his next call was to his father as he went to pull the important manuscripts out of harm’s way. By that time Weiwei had already vacated the bathroom and had started mopping the large puddle up. This task allowed her to compartmentalize the issue with Erxi which she was secretly thankful for. Cleaning up the water took some time and by the time they had left the home with the manuscripts both were exhausted and hungry. Luckily they had caught the damage early on. Neither wanted to think how bad the damages would have been if they waited until Xiao Nai’s normal day to check on his parent’s home.

After returning to the clubhouse and both of them taking showers, Weiwei sat on the couch as Xiao Nai was on the phone with a delivery service ordering the two of them some food. The food’s arrival took next to no time and Xiao Nai led Weiwei back into her bedroom so they could be away from any curious roommates. Xiao Nai knew that the last thing Weiwei needed right now was to be answering awkward questions from their friends on why it looked like she had been crying. He knew that they had their heart in the right place but sometimes they did lack proper tact.

After dinner Xiao Nai led Weiwei to the bed and tucked her in before lying on the bed himself on top of the covers so he could continue to comfort her. Weiwei did not utter a word about how improper this was, instead clinged to her handsome boyfriend and allowing the feeling of his love to soothe her to a dreamless sleep.

In the early hours the next morning Weiwei awoke feeling much better than what she was feeling last night. Glancing to her right her heart started to pound faster as she saw her slumbering husband who even in his sleep held her close. He was truly breathtaking to look at with his pale skin and regal brow. Making her think that he had to have been a prince in his former life. She lifted her hand and carefully brushed his bangs from his eyes and trailed her fingers down his nose then circled his lips. Taking the initiative her lips replaced her fingers and she gently kissed his eyelids, down his nose, and a lingering kiss on his lips. It took a few seconds before she felt him reciprocate the kiss. After a few more lazy kisses Xiao Nai smiled at her and whispered that this was a pleasant way to wake up. Weiwei returned the smile and wished Xiao Nai a good morning with a small blush. He kissed her forehead and asked how she was feeling this morning. Weiwei’s smile dimmed some but said she is feeling better and won't let the drama affect her anymore. She went on to say while it hurt what Erxi did she would just use it as an experience to grow and hoped that Erxi would do the same. She paused for a few moments and admitted that she was not ready to write Erxi off as a friend just yet but it would take some time for them to get back to where they were before all of this. Xiao Nai nodded in understanding and left the subject at that instead lent down and kissed the crown of her head before untangling his arms from her body and stood up. Sighing he told her to get ready for their morning jog. Grinning, Weiwei nodded and got out of bed herself to start her morning rituals. 

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As the summer continued to quickly pass things settled in a nice predictable rhythm until leading up to the end of August which was not only the start of the fall term for Weiwei but the start of the Fall Season Tournament. After careful consideration Weiwei decided to not move back into the dorms for the most part. She would leave some clothing and bedding there just in case there was a need to study late and be too tired to make it back to the clubhouse but for the majority of her nights she planned to stay where she was currently living. She said nothing about the break in the relationship with Erxi to the others. Weiwei felt that whatever happens with her and Erxi should be just between the two of them. She was not about to air their dirty laundry even if it was to the two other women that she considered to be good friends. If Erxi tells them then she tells them. It didn’t matter, she would not worry about it. She had more important things to worry about like her parents arriving tonight and the first match of the season tomorrow. Logically she knew that she had nothing to worry about but being the Daddy’s girl she is she was a little nervous of Xiao Nai’s first meeting with her Dad.

Weiwei really had nothing to worry about. The moment she saw her father exit the airport terminal he was practically jogging up to her boyfriend with a wide grin on his face. If Weiwei didn’t know any better she would think that Xiao Nai was her father’s beloved child instead of her. Her mother walked in a more sedate pace as she came towards the couple. Giving her daughter a hug and kiss on her cheek she asked Weiwei to finally introduce her to the handsome man beside her. Causing Weiwei to fluster a tiny bit before introducing her parents to her boyfriend. Xiao Nai was his charming self and her father was smitten by his charisma. Once the introductions were out of the way and luggage was loaded into the car the four drove to the headquarters so her parents could meet the others along with Xiao Nai’s parents who had returned from their dig earlier than planned.

The two sets of parents hit it off amazingly well. Chatting like they were long lost friends instead of future inlaws. Watching both of their parents’ interactions Xiao Nai could not help but whisper in his wife’s ear that the inlaws seem to get along well and that would be good for when they had children. Causing Weiwei to blush a vibrant crimson at his words. Weiwei’s mother looked at her daughter in question and asked what was wrong but Weiwei brushed it off before turning the focus back to the meal that KO had prepared.

Dinner was an interesting affair with their teammates attempting to look good for Weiwei’s parents which caused Weiwei to be amused by the silliness of it all. Her father latched onto KO trying to get the recipes of the meal out of the stoic young man. Making KO feel uncomfortable from the attention. Weiwei felt pity for the quiet man and pulled her father away from him and gave Xiao Nai a look telling him to keep her father’s attention. The young woman quietly apologized to her silent friend and asked him to try to not let her father’s eagerness get to him. One of her Dad’s passions was cooking and it was rare for him to find someone who cooked meals as enjoyable as this evening’s was. Causing a small upturn on the hacker’s lips.

After the meal Weiwei’s parents decided to go stay with her boyfriend’s parents at their home on campus stating that the youngsters needed their rest; they had a big competition early in the day. Both sets of parents reminded everyone that they would be front in center in the first row cheering the loudest before leaving for the night. Weiwei turned to her boyfriend and asked if it was his doing and Xiao Nai didn’t deny it. Causing Weiwei to smirk at her Great Master’s cleverness. Making Xiao Nai’s roommates roll their eyes and mutter about rubbing their relationship in their face, again.

Shortly after the parents left everyone was left up to their own devices. Yugong and Houzi plopped themselves in front of their terminals and were determined to gain a level before the night was over. Hao Mei had dragged KO over to the theater room and insisted that the silent man watch a movie with him. Causing KO to fluster some as Hao Mei grabbed his hand. Leaving Weiwei and Xiao Nai to themselves. Xiao Nai grasped Weiwei’s hand and brought it up to his lip, giving it a light kiss before telling her that he would escort her to her room. He helped her stand up and walked her upstairs to her door. Once at her door he lent down and placed a sweet kiss to her lips and whispered for her to grow up quickly before wishing her a pleasant sleep. Making Weiwei smile demurely and telling him to have sweet dreams in a soft voice. As tempted as she was to have him sleep alongside her she knew that neither one of them would be too busy making out instead of sleeping like they both needed to. They had a match in the morning and they needed to be at their best.

In the morning after a nutritional breakfast and their morning run the members of Team Zhi Yi boarded their bus to make their way to Beijing National Stadium for their battle with Team Roundabout. As they were being poked and prodded by the stylists there was a knock at the greenroom’s door. Curious and being the closest Weiwei went to answer the door only to find a nervous Erxi behind it. The older woman bowed her head and asked if she could borrow a few moments of Weiwei’s time. The beauty cautiously nodded in consent and told the others that she would be right back. Xiao Nai looked concerned but trusted that his wife would call him if there were any issues. Weiwei led Erxi to the changing room that was setup for her use. In all actuality it was for any female eSports player but since she was the only one in the league it was pretty much only used by her so they would be relatively alone for this conversation. The beauty did not know how this conversation was going to go. She was hoping for the best but expecting the worst at this point.

Erxi twisted her fingers anxiously for a few moments before blurting out an apology. She started to ramble on about how she was being so selfish and blaming Weiwei for her problems. She did not see that she herself was the root of the problems to begin with. It was only after overhearing the Campus Belle and her friend in the bathroom at work bad mouthing Weiwei because the owner’s son, Zhen Shaoxiang had been asking about her did she realize what an idiot that she was being. They were claiming that Weiwei was toying with multiple men’s affections before tossing them away like garbage. Meng Yiren’s friend Nana was even boasting that she had a video of Cao Guang drunkenly claiming that he was wooing Weiwei with her being receptive but instead she wound up with Xiao Nai. Nana was suggesting to post it on the campus forum but Meng Yiren told her not to because no one reads the forum during summer anyways. They actually had the guts to approach Erxi and tried to get her to get dirt on Weiwei. That made Erxi stop and think; Weiwei was constantly being bad-mouthed and harassed but bore it with great dignity. Without saying a word on it. But what did Erxi do when things came to light that she was being used? She blamed Weiwei, which wasn’t right. Erxi admitted that she was unconsciously jealous of Weiwei and was a terrible friend. She went on and said that while at some point in the back of her brain she knew that she should have kept her distance from Cao Guang but she was flattered by him bringing her food in the mornings and attention that that one of the most handsome men on campus was giving her. He was no Xiao Nai but he was still up there. Erxi knew that he was only looking to get information about her pretty roommate but she never told him anything about Weiwei no matter how hard he tried. She went on and apologized again about her interactions with Cao Guang.

Weiwei listened intently to everything that Erxi was saying but she did not let her emotions reflect on her face. Taking a deep breath Weiwei started to speak after a few minutes. She said that while she could tell that Erxi is truly sorry for what she did. Erxi did still hurt her. She went on to tell Erxi that she does forgive her and that they are still friends but it will take some time for them to be back on the same terms that they were on before this whole fiasco. Weiwei then told Erxi while she had plans for this evening with her parents she was wondering what Erxi was doing tomorrow and asked her to go share a meal with her just like old times. Erxi broke out in a watery smile and told Weiwei that she would like that a lot. Weiwei smiled and asked Erxi to stop crying before she started to cry herself. Joking that she didn’t want to be at the mercy of the stylists anymore then what she already is making Erxi erupt in laughter before giving Weiwei a bear hug thanking her and wishing her luck on the upcoming match. She was rooting for Weiwei to obliterate her foes. Making Weiwei smile and wave her friend away before returning to the greenroom.

When she returned Xiao Nai looked at her in concern and she told him that everything was good, giving a small smile as she did so. Xiao Nai visibly relaxed and told her that the makeup artist was waiting for her, causing Weiwei to roll her eyes. As they lined up waiting for their introduction Weiwei whispered in her husband’s ear that Erxi told her that Meng Yiran and her friend Nana claimed to have a video of Cao Guang saying that he was wooing her and were talking about releasing it on the forums. She admitted that her skill level of hacking was nowhere as good as to hack information on phone data. She asked if he could point her in the right direction on how to do so. He leaned down and told her he would show her on break how to do it before planting a small kiss on the shell of her ear.

As they sat in their terminals waiting for the pick/ban process to start Hao Mei and the others started to joke about last night’s dinner with the in-laws. Teasing poor Weiwei and Xiao Nai that their parents were already plotting their nuptials. Xiao Nai just gave a cocky smirk but said nothing. Weiwei scolded the others to be quiet and asked the nice people in the soundbooth to not broadcast this conversation to the audience. Xiao Nai teased her by saying just because she asked the nice people in the soundbooth to not air this conversation did not mean that they would not do it. Weiwei turned and glared at her boyfriend and told him to not instigate the hardworking people in the soundbooth. Making Xiao Nai and the others laugh even harder. They only stopped when KO broke into the conversation and said that the other team planned to ban bards and assassins. He suggested that Xiao Nai use the painter class. Xiao Nai nodded and the team locked in their picks. Hao Mei mumbled that the other team must think that their third brother was the only person worthy to worry about, the idiots. Weiwei just smirked and rolled her shoulders calling the other team simpletons.

The match was a bloodbath in every sense of the word. Every round the other team’s captain had their team only focused on taking Xiao Nai out and all but ignored the rest of the team. Much to everyone else’s offense. Especially Weiwei’s, she took great pleasure PKing the members of the opposite team, racking up the pentakills as the other three members took on the beasts and towers. Weiwei made sure to be extra brutal to the team’s captain for his stupidity. How dare they not take the rest of the team not seriously? All of them had been on the top ten PK board on their server. The soundbooth had a field day collecting soundbites from team Zhi Yi and had enough witty comebacks for the rest of the season with the creative insults Zhi Yi’s mid gave to the dim Captain of Roundabout. The soundbooth swore at that point they had no desire on getting on the bad side of Zhi Yi’s pretty mid. She was downright vicious with her tongue when provoked. They had no desire to be on the receiving end of her tongue lashing. By the end of the match Roundabout’s captain’s ego was so severely bruised that his teammates idly wondered if he would ever be the same again. Not that anyone on the opposing team cared.

After the MVP interview was done and Team Zhi Yi was changed they met up with both Xiao Nai’s and Weiwei’s parents for a victory dinner at a fancy seafood restaurant. Old man Bei gushed over his daughter’s prowlest and peppered the players with more clarification about the match. He didn’t quite understand all that was going on during the game, only that his daughter was a force to be reckoned with as she struck down her opponents. Xiao Nai took the liberty to explain things in simple terms to all four parents with them nodding along with his explanations. Finally seeing the crowds and the match made them understand why their children were so invested in the industry. It wasn’t just a game, it was a modern culture phenomenon and in the decades to come academics like Xiao Nai’s parents would be studying it. This finally put his parents at ease at his son’s decision on investing so much in the videogame industry. As for Weiwei’s parents, they were able to see that their daughter was a strong independent young woman; they did not need to worry about her future. She has a good head on her shoulders and ample support in her teammates and boyfriend.

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One year, nine months, and twenty six days later Weiwei sat in her former dorm room with her roommates as they were getting ready for their graduation ceremony. Weiwei was already ready and was watching an interview that Xiao Nai was doing for the recently announced highly anticipated sequel of Chinese Ghost Story that Zhi Yi Technologies was collaborating with Feng Teng Technologies with on her laptop. As the interview progressed the host asked about a certain photo of him with his longtime girlfriend and teammate sporting an impressive ring on her right hand. Xiao Nai smiled enigmatically and simply said that he could not speak about the personal life of any of his team members and that included the personal life of his fiancé. When they heard the words, ‘fiancé’ two of Weiwei’s roommates exploded and glanced at Weiwei’s fingers to see if she was in fact wearing a ring. Sure enough, innocently located on her right hand was a solid platinum band. Xiao Ling grabbed Weiwei’s hand to closely inspect the ring. Turning Weiwei’s hand over, Xiao Ling sucked in a deep breath when she was able to spot a large reddish pink heart shaped gemstone flanked by several pristine diamonds and rubies. Xiao Ling held that breath as she properly maneuvered the ring to it’s proper position. Sisi came closer and gasped when she was able to see the sparkling precious stones. She asked what kind of jewel the large one was because it was such a unique color. Weiwei smiled and said it was an argyle diamond. She went on to add that Xiao Nai designed the ring himself after being unsatisfied at the selection he saw that were readymade.

“When did this happen?” Xiao Ling demanded to know as she roughly shook Weiwei by the shoulders.

Weiwei freed herself from Xiao Ling’s grasp then smiled as she gazed at the ring on her hand as she recalled the memory and told her friends “Not too long after I had to defend my thesis. Remember I had a match over in Baoding during the normal finals time so I had to get special permission to do it before I left? He proposed to me there looking over the mountains that looked so much like our favorite view in the game. Both he and his parents flew out to my parents’ without my knowledge the week before while I was in my night class to officially ask for my father’s permission and give the engagement gifts. Not that he really needed to since daddy gave it two years ago non formally. But you know my great master insisted that he needed to do things properly. I still think he went a little overboard on the ring though. It’s far too extravagant to be wearing on a regular basis. I’m so afraid I might damage it.”

Making both Xiao Ling and Sisi swoon a little as they fanned themselves. The swooning was interrupted by Weiwei's alarm on her phone going off notifying them that they needed to get to the ceremony area soon. Startling the three girls for a few seconds until they registered what the sound was. Taking a deep breath, Xiao Ling yelled for Erxi to get out of the bathroom already. Reminding her of the time and how long it was going to take to walk to the main area of the campus to get to the ceremony. Erxi whined back that she needed a few more minutes getting ready. More than five minutes passed and Xiao Ling was about to bang on the door again but before her hand hit the door the bathroom door finally burst open revealing Erxi in a flashy bright pink dress and a terribly permed wig. The other three looked at their immature friend in shock. Xiao Ling nearly burst into tears and whined that she didn’t want her graduation photos to be overshadowed by that as she pointed at the terrible success-perm wig that their immature roommate was sporting. Weiwei came over to Xiao Ling and patted the older girl’s shoulder before whispering for her to not worry. There was no way that the photographer would allow it. Calming Xiao Ling down some as Weiwei and Sisi gave Erxi an awkward thumbs up with forced grins.

Xiao Ling really had nothing to worry about. The moment that the four girls went to step out of the dorm’s main entrance the dorm matron stopped Erxi in her tracks and demanded for her to take off that ridiculous wig. Causing Erxi to grumble about not allowing people to stand out a little and for the other three to discreetly breathe a sigh of relief. They mouthed thank yous to the matron and pulled their pouting friend away. The matron just waved the four girls off and mumbled something about there was one every year looking like a clown.

The actual ceremony went off without an issue and soon the graduating class of the Computer and Science department were on the front steps of the Administration building taking a group photo with their professors along with their dean of the department. Standing a few meters out of the way were a group of two sets of parents and a dashing young man watching one woman in the crowd in particular. The young woman was completely unaware as she was busy chatting and laughing with her friends while they were getting into position for the group photo. She wasn’t aware until her three friends giggled as they teased that her fiancé was there with his parents, causing Weiwei to look up in confusion and erupt into the most radiant smile when she saw not only her fiancé with his parents he was with her parents as well. She had no idea that her parents would be here as they said that they couldn’t get the time off work. How sneaky her Great Master was to hide this surprise from her.

When the photographer noticed that the graduates were gossiping and paying more attention to something off to the side instead of the camera he turned to see what all the fuss was about. Frowning, he barked at the eye candy to take the stunning elders that he brought with him and go hide behind the bushes so he could take the group photo in peace. This caused Weiwei to blush a pretty pink and her friends to laugh at her flustered reaction. Once the graduating class was released to do what they wanted Weiwei rushed over to where her fiancé and parents were. She went straight for her mom and dad enveloping them in a tight hug. Asking why they were here; that she thought that they couldn’t come. Professor Lin and Professor Xiao smiled at the heartwarming scene from the sidelines. It appears that their son did well on the surprise he concocted for their future daughter in-law. As soon as Weiwei came to her senses she unwrapped her arms from her parents and warmly greeted her beloved’s parents, apologizing for her terrible manners. Xiao Nai’s parents just shrugged it off and wished her congratulations on graduating. Weiwei smiled and thanked the two sincerely.

After a few minutes of idle chit chat her former roommates were calling Weiwei back over demanding that they take pictures with her and the great master. The beauty shook her head exasperatedly and asked their parents if it would be okay if they go see her friends for a few moments so they could take some pictures. The parents just laughed and shooed the young couple away. After satisfying her friends with a plethora of photos, Weiwei and Xiao Nai took a moment to get a photo of them with both sets of parents on the campus stairs. That photo Weiwei fully planned to hang in a prominent spot in their home. Finally it was time to say goodbye to her former roommates and off to get the last little bit of luggage that Weiwei had left at the dorms. Both sets of parents enigmatically said that they would meet them at home with a twinkle in their eye.

Weiwei raised an eyebrow at the way that the parents said ‘meet them at home’ but didn’t comment on it instead she went upstairs to her old dorm room so she could grab her bedding along with the small amount of luggage that she had already packed before returning down to where her soon to be husband was waiting. After everything was packed the lovers left the campus that held so many memories for them. It wasn’t truly goodbye to Tsinghua University because they would still be visiting Xiao Nai’s parents from time to time, it was farewell for now. Weiwei grinned as they drove over the bridge that they finally met each other at and remembered rushing after her final to finally meet her online husband. She was so lost in her memories she didn’t immediately realize they were not driving in the direction to the headquarters. The moment that she did she looked to her beloved and pointed out that they were not going in the direction to the headquarters. Xiao Nai just gave one of his evil little enigmatic smiles and lifted one of her hands to his lips to give it a small kiss before moving their hands back to rest on the center council.

He just continued driving to an unknown destination until he pulled into the underground parking garage of a high rise building. Leading Weiwei over to the elevators before pushing the button for the forty fifth floor. The couple stepped into the elevator hand in hand and rode up to the top level of the building not saying a word. When the elevator arrived Xiao Nai led her out of the elevator cabin to a door that had a red and gold double happiness decal on it. Looking at Xiao Nai in question he just smiled and opened the door before handing Weiwei a key fob with a cute little red swordswoman keychain that looked alot like her on it.

“Welcome home my dear wife.” Xiao Nai whispered into the beauty’s ear and led her inside. Weiwei turned to look at her handsome fiancé in question before spotting both of their parents casually sitting on the couches and loveseat enjoying a pot of tea.

“Oh you two are finally here.” Professor Lin smiled as she sipped her tea.

Weiwei looked at everyone in question as she was led to one of the couches to sit down on. Xiao Nai sat next to her and patted her knee to calm her. After both Weiwei and Xiao Nai were comfortably seated and had a cup of tea in hand, both mothers addressed the young couple about figuring out where they planned to host the wedding, should the wedding be more traditional or modern, What needed to be done to transfer Weiwei over to the Xiao Nai’s household registry. No detail was not touched on. It made Weiwei’s head spin with all the details that they were going over. She had no idea there were so many little details. As the conversation started to focus more on the ceremony details, both fathers migrated to the kitchen while Weiwei’s father started to prepare a celebratory dinner while the wedding planning continued underway. Professor Xiao wasn’t much help to Old Man Bei but he knew that he would be even more useless during the wedding plotting; he had never been much of a planner unlike his wife and son. The conversations continued during dinner and barely finished after dessert. Poor Weiwei was mentally drained after dealing with these three gun ho plotters. But the wedding photoshoot was booked, the trip to the Marriage Registration office planned for the next morning with all of the paperwork already in order, the wedding clothes to Weiwei’s surprise the team’s stylist had a plethora of clothing set aside for her to choose from already tailored to their sizes, and the auspicious date was confirmed to be in four days with the matchmaker over the phone. From there everything else was just a waiting game.

The new graduate realized after the parents left that her soon to be husband and both sets of parents have been plotting for a while now to get their wedding fast tracked; they had just been waiting for her to graduate. She glanced at her fiancé and asked “How long have you and our parents been plotting all of this?”

Xiao Nai smiled as he leant closer into Weiwei’s personal bubble and whispered “I’ve been planning our wedding since I saw you sitting in the lobby of Zhen Yi Technologies and Yugong told me your name so I could track you down in person. Our parents joined in the plans after their first meeting two years ago. They only let me into their schemes at the start of this year.”

“That soon?” Weiwei whispered, her eyes lingering on her future husband’s lips.

“That soon, the only thing that hampered my goals was the Mrs choosing to not graduate earlier so she could have an extra year with her friends instead of putting me out of my misery.” Xiao Nai leaned his and captured his sweet wife’s lips in a tender kiss.

As he started to lean Weiwei down so she would be lying on the couch with him on top of her. Weiwei broke off the kiss and whispered in a pitiful voice reminding him that he promised they wouldn’t be going too far until after they wed. Xiao Nai signed as he placed a kiss on her forehead and whispered for her to not make him wait too long. His self control does have a limit.

In the morning Weiwei was woken up by a text from her stylist saying that they were on their way to her home with a dress for her to wear and to prepare her for the Marriage Registration bureau family photo. Groggily, Weiwei looked over at her fiancé who was perfectly groomed in a crisp white dress shirt and black slacks, lounging on their bed with his ankles crossed while coding on his laptop. She asked why her stylist was coming over so early when their appointment wasn’t for three hours. He paused in his typing and reminded her that after the appointment at the marriage bureau they would be going for their wedding photoshoot for the team’s official announcement and for their wedding invitations. Weiwei just eyed her great master and praised his efficiency. He turned his attention to his adorable wife and reminded her that he had been waiting to officially marry her for two years, one month, and fiveteen days now. Making Weiwei blush at the intensity of his look. She made a hasty retreat to the master bathroom and did not leave it again until the stylist arrived.

After a hectic day of photo taking and paperwork Weiwei sat in the passenger’s seat still dressed in a gorgeous long white qipao that the stylist brought for her to wear to the Marriage Registration bureau looking in awe of the small red family registry book that they were given earlier in her hands. It was official in the eyes of the law; her and Xiao Nai were now legally married. But their traditional ceremony was still a couple of days off. She had the urge to pinch herself because this all felt like a dream. Xiao Nai watched his wife’s reaction from the corner of his eye and grinned. Finally she was bound to him. It was only three more days he reminded himself. Only three more days until he lifts her bridal veil and they will be married in every sense of the word, finally.

Two days later Weiwei was in the penthouse with her former roommates when her wedding clothes were delivered inside multiple red and gold ornate boxes. Her friends looked at the boxes in awe as Erxi opened the largest box to pull out a gorgeously embroidered shawl. The girls gushed as they saw the golden crown that Sisi pulled out of one of the smaller boxes. Each of them started talking about how much prettier traditional wedding clothes were versus those of western culture that most brides flocked to nowadays. Xiao Ling picked up one of the jeweled hair ornaments and asked how much did all of this cost with Weiwei replying that it was in the ballpark of one hundred thousand yuan. Causing Erxi to drop the scarf in shock and blurt out that Weiwei was wearing a new bathroom. Causing Weiwei to scold her and Xiao Ling to tease Weiwei. The beauty took the teasing of her with an eye roll and defended the cost by saying it was an investment that could be passed down in the family for future generations. Making her friends tease her harder because she was already talking about children. The day wore on and Weiwei’s three former roommates wanted to go eat before they left for Xiao Ling’s place so we’re wishing Weiwei goodbye at the door.

Things were never quite the same after the small fallout between Weiwei and Erxi due to Weiwei’s moving out her final two years of school; the other two women just chucked it up to Weiwei being gone most of the time. In the past they would have dragged Weiwei out the door with them but now it was just waves and them reminding her that they would see her at the ceremony tomorrow. As the three women were about to get into the elevator it opened to reveal a tired Great Master returning home after a long day at the office. After some playful banter from Weiwei’s former roommates Xiao Nai offered to take them home and escorted the three women home.

Finally, she was home alone after a hard day of organizing their new place. Weiwei sighed as she was feeling a bit grubby and wanted to take a shower before her husband returned so they could relax for the rest of the night. Tomorrow after all was going to be busy with everything that they needed to do for the wedding ceremony. Just thinking of all of the clothing changes tomorrow was making her head spin. Noticing the wedding shaw on the ground, Weiwei picked the article up and took it with her to the bathroom so she could clean off any dust that was on it. So focused on making sure that she took the shaw to get cleaned she forgot to bring a change of clothes with her into the bathroom to change into after her shower. She didn’t realize this until she went to put on her undergarments. Remembering that her husband would be away for a while as he dropped off her friends at Xiao Ling’s apartment on the other side of the university, she wrapped the shear shawl around herself so she could rush to the walk-in closet to get dressed. Only to be frozen in her tracks when she saw her husband in the bedroom entryway holding onto the doorknob with a white knuckle grip and a completely unreadable expression on his face.

“The Wedding clothes came in today.” Xiao Nai spoke almost robotically. The damp beauty silently nodded in the affirmative as she wished that the floor would swallow her up already. She was so embarrassed that her skin was starting to match the shawl she had wrapped around her. “Have you tried them on yet?” He asked in a husky voice that made butterflies dance in her gut.

She shook her head and whispered in a meek voice that was much more confident then what she was feeling right now “I don’t know how to put them on.”

Xiao Nai went to the largest box and pulled out a simple shear robe. “This is the first layer.” Carefully hanging it off his arm as he walked up to his wife and slowly unpeeled the shawl from her naked body. Taking his time to admire her flawless jade white skin. Very slowly he guided her arms into the robe taking the liberty to barely graze his knuckles up her spine as he did so. With each layer he teasingly caressed her and it was a wonder that the beauty was still able to stand by the time he wrapped the shawl that she had been previously wearing loosely around her body.

He led her to the closet mirror so she could see how she looked but all she could stare at was her husband’s hungry gaze as he looked at her in the mirror’s reflection. Xiao Nai whispered something in her ear but Weiwei’s heart was pounding too fast to be able to comprehend it. Her Great Master lent his head down to her pulse point and started to kiss up her neck until his lips were eagerly sucking on her earlobe. He gave her ear a small nibble before releasing it and looked at her in the reflection again. Her husband panted for a second; he whispered seductively into her ear that he could not resist any longer before lifting her up into his arms and carrying her over to the bed before gentility depositing her on it.

While his hormones were demanding him to just throw her on the bed and rip the garments from her body before ravishing his wife senseless, his mind reminded him that he needed to be careful with the wedding clothes.They didn’t have time to get the garment repaired or replaced before tomorrow. So ever so carefully and speedily he peeled layer after layer from her body; kissing every inch of the skin like it was a treasure as he unwrapped it. He deposited the garment into a neat pile onto the plush chair they had in the corner of the room as he started to pull off his clothing and leaving it in a trail on the floor before he climbed onto the foot of the bed settling down by his wife’s feet lavishing kisses up her body savoring the sweet moans that she was making as he was doing it taking his time and care the juncture between her legs. Caging Weiwei underneath him he rested on his elbows as he looked questionably into her eyes to make sure she was okay with what they were about to do. There was no going back once they started down that road. When she pulled her husband’s face to her and gave him a searing kiss he allowed his control to finally be released. Their tongues dueling each other for dominance and as their hands wandered along each other’s bodies. Caressing and fondling each other with great vigor. Xiao Nai pulled back for a few moments as he positioned himself between her legs and finally slid himself into her. He had been dreaming of this moment for well over two years now and finally it was time for him and Weiwei to fully give themselves to each other.

It took what small shreds of the self control he had left to inch into her velvety warmness slowly until he felt the maiden barrier that he had read about. He kissed her brow and whispered an apology for the pain he was about to cause her before nearly pulling himself completely out and quickly piercing the barrier in one swift thrust of his hips. Xiao Nai kissed the tears that were trying to form in the corner of Weiwei’s eyes and held himself as still as possible as he waited until Weiwei was ready for him to continue. It felt like exquisite torture as he waited for her pain to subside. At her nod he lent down to kiss her as he started to roll his hips in a steady rhythm.

Weiwei swore she was seeing stars as she felt Xiao Nai making love to her. Why was she so insistent on waiting until marriage? This feeling was sublime. She moaned and panted as she scratched her nails up and down her husband’s back before she hooked her legs around him trying to meld their skin closer together. She felt him suck in a deep breath and his pace become slightly erratic as she pulled him closer to her. Xiao Nai groaned and warned her that he wouldn’t be able to last much longer in a husky tone that she had never heard before even during their various make out sessions over the past two. Weiwei felt herself climax at the words and her husband following suit after a few more erratic pumps. Xiao Nai flipped their positions; being careful to not to separate their connection, not ready to break their bodies apart just yet. Being so intimately connected to his wife had to be his new most favorite feeling and he didn’t want it to end. He kissed her temple as he pulled the blanket over their naked bodies and both of them fell into a blissful slumber wrap up together in each other's arms.

An hour later Weiwei awoke to the feeling of Xiao Nai’s erection growing hard inside her. She gasped at the feeling and subconsciously rolled her hips causing her half conscious husband to moan in pleasure as his mind became more alert. Weiwei continued to experimentally buck her hips as she felt her husband’s hands grasp her rear and started to rise up onto her knees allowing the blanket to pool around her body giving her husband a full view of his wife’s large breasts and flat stomach. Xiao Nai was entranced at his wife’s natural beauty as she rode him. She looked like an amazon queen, so wild and fierce. He grasped her breasts and started to grope in the way that he knew made her crazy. Causing her to grow tighter around his member. Her movements quickened to a mad pace as her climax peaked. Feeling her release, Xiao Nai flipped their positions and he continued to grind into her as he pushed her legs up to rest up onto his shoulders as he continued to pump at a breakneck pace driving Weiwei senseless with want. Their passionate love making lasted through a few more of Weiwei’s climaxes until Xiao Nai finally allowed himself to come with a deep growl into her shoulder. It took them a while for them to get their breathing back under control as they stared quietly into each other’s eyes before Xiao Nai shifted them so he would not be crushing his beloved wife and placed her head onto his chest. They stayed wrapped in each other’s arms in complete bliss. After some time passed Xiao Nai was able to brush some stray hair out of Weiwei’s eyes as he whispered a simple ‘my amazing wife’ before leaning down to capture her lips in a lingering kiss.

Weiwei couldn’t figure out anything to say as she gazed at her beautifully disheveled husband. She wondered what she did in her previous life to be blessed with such an outstanding husband. They two lovers stayed in each other's arms until the need for food out weighed the comfort of the bed. As Weiwei went to stand she winced in pain. It wasn’t a terrible pain but not one that she was expecting. Xiao Nai hearing his wife’s discomfort immediately stood up and carried his wife to the bathroom where he ran a hot tub for her and as they waited for the water to fill he started to gently clean the grime and residue off of her with a warm washcloth. Making Weiwei feel embarrassed for the whole ordeal. She had no idea where to look; her husband didn’t bother to even put on a pair of underwear before he carried her to the bathroom.

Xiao Nai, seeing his wife’s rosy skin, easily figured out what she was so flustered about and told her that my wife has nothing to feel embarrassed about stressing the words ‘my wife’ before giving her a quick kiss to the nose and carefully placing her into the hot water of the bath. He allowed her to bathe herself as he took a quick shower before leaving the bathroom. Weiwei would be lying if she denied ogling her husband as he washed his body.

Xiao Nai returned with some of Weiwei’s night clothes and a soft towel. He told her to take her time and relax. He would deal with their dinner tonight. Weiwei took his suggestion and stayed in the warm bath water until she started to prune before finally getting out and getting dressed. As she stepped into the bedroom she noticed that the bed was made with fresh linens, making her blush return in full force when she thought about just what they had been doing earlier and why the bed needed new sheets. When she cautiously stepped out of the bedroom she could hear the washing machine running on the balcony and see her husband unpackaging delivery onto plates. He looked up when he heard the bedroom door shut and smiled at the cute nervous reaction his wife was sporting. She looked like a naughty child who just stole a cookie from the cookie jar. Xiao Nai quickly walked over to his wife to give her a quick kiss before leading her to the dinner table. Weiwei’s husband made sure to fill her plate to the brim with many of her favorite foods telling her that she needed to eat to regain her energy with a devilish smirk. Weiwei chose to ignore the remark and start to eat her fill. After a lazy dinner they were both still pretty exhausted and returned to bed for a much needed rest.

In the morning within the early hours before dawn Xiao Nai woke Weiwei up and told her to get dressed warmly; that he had something he wanted to show her. Confused, Weiwei did what he said by dressing comfortably and followed her husband to the parking garage. They got into his car and drove a few minutes down the road to an all too familiar internet café. Weiwei looked at her husband in question but he just pulled out a set of keys to unlock the door. She stood in the dark as her husband went to turn on the lights. The beauty did not ask anything because she knew her husband would explain everything once he was ready. When the room illuminated Xiao Nai stood behind her and pointed her to a terminal.

“When I first saw you, you were sitting there at that terminal battling another player so ferociously that I had to stop and watch the match. What first caught my attention to watch you was your nimble fingers as they danced across the keyboard. I figured that I needed you for our team before I even saw your handle. So I looked at your screen over your shoulder to see what your handle was. At the time I was hoping you were on the same server as I was to make it easier to find you.” He smiled at the memory. “I will admit I was already a bit smitten by you and I hadn’t even though at that point I had only seen your hands. Then you stood up and I felt my heart pound like it had never done before. I spent far longer than what I want to admit trying to track you down in game after finding your handle on our server’s PK boards. At first I could never quite figure out the time you normally played. It frustrated me to no end. It was a godsend when the world chat started to chant for you to steal the groom. I will admit originally I was just going to have you join our raiding party but after your quick thinking on the bridge I had to have you as my wife. I was already besotted with how quick your mind works. It was pure luck that I even remembered the couple’s contest as I waited for your answer after you asked if I was hacked. I am pretty sure I was grinning like a maniac when you finally said yes. Over the weeks we got closer online but I was still secretly trying to find you again in real life after I saw a blurred out photo of you on someone’s laptop while I was in the school library working on my thesis one day. From that point on I made it a point to be on campus more often but it wasn’t until Yugong spotted you in the lobby of Zhen Yi Technologies and told me who you were did I have your name. I am ashamed to admit that I may have hacked the campus admissions so I could get your schedule just to see you. I kept on engineering ways for us to cross paths but I was not confident enough that I could properly woo you so I mostly watched you from afar with the exception of sitting next to you in my father’s class when I had a moment of weakness. By the time I was ready to reveal myself to you it was time for the couple’s competition so I promised myself to wait until after it. I was so tempted to cross that road to reveal myself on the night of the final. It was only because of the people that I had a meeting with that I did not. Sometimes I wish I had just so you would not have had to experience the ridicule you did that night.” he caressed her cheek and gave her a kiss before telling her that he would not be the man he is today without her by his side. Causing Weiwei’s eye to water at his words.

Xiao Nai allowed Weiwei to compose herself before telling her the reason why they were here this morning was because he had bought the internet café and planned to turn it into Team Zhi Yi new training center and new clubhouse. Weiwei looked at her husband in shock and he added that he couldn’t think of a better place to be at the new location than the place that he found the heart of their team. 

-The End