Chapter 23

Chapter 23 You Truly Are Our Little Angel!

“Isn’t it necessary to register an account if I want to play with you?”

Xia Yuan tilted her head and looked at Mei Fang.

“No need, I have two accounts.”

Hearing this, Xia Yuan frowned immediately. “Do you often play with someone else? Why do you have two accounts?”

Mei Fang felt very guilty as he said, “Well, my dad sometimes plays with me too…”

“Your uncle and you really have a good relationship.”

Xia Yuan’s tone was filled with envy. “My father is always busy with work and has no time to play with me. My mother doesn’t even count…”

“Haha, yeah… I guess…”

Mei Fang regretted making up that excuse right away.

Because when he was entering his account, he suddenly remembered that Lin You Xi’s game character name was 【山有林兮】.

……

Lin You Xi’s name comes from the pre-Qin poem “Song of Yue” 【山有木兮木有枝，心悦君兮君不知】.

This poem later evolved into many different versions, and there indeed is a saying 【山有林兮木有枝】. Her name was carefully chosen by her mother after searching through many ancient poems.

Both Mei Fang and Xia Yuan knew about this, and it was clear who owned the nickname just by looking at it.

“Why aren’t you entering it?”

Xia Yuan curiously looked at Mei Fang. “Did you forget your password?”

“Not at all! It’s just that my dad has some items in his account, and I’m afraid he’ll scold me if I use them. Let me teach you how to register an account.”

“Wait a moment… let me see what your account name is first.”

Mei Fang’s account name was 【逆天小方方】. In this era where internet slang was rampant, Mei Fang and Lin You Xi’s naming style was rather refreshing.

Seeing his username, Xia Yuan expressed her disdain immediately. “How can you take such a name?”

“There’s nothing to be ashamed of… you’ve never seen what a ‘shā mǎ tè’ looks like.”

Mei Fang clicked into the registration interface. “Think of a name, and I’ll type it for you.”

“I learned typing in the computer room, I’ll do it myself… help me switch to pinyin.”

Xia Yuan spent 20 minutes coming up with a username.

Finally, she decided on 【乖乖小缘缘】.

“乖乖小缘缘… this name is quite symmetrical with mine.”

Mei Fang deliberately pronounced her new username, causing Xia Yuan, whose ears turned red up to her neck, to hit him hard.

“Why did you say it out loud! You’re so… so annoying!”

“It’s fine… are you sure you want to use this name?”

“Mm-hm, hurry up.”

After registering the account, Xia Yuan followed Mei Fang into the game with high anticipation.

Mei Fang taught her how to choose characters, place bombs, identify items, and control movements. Xia Yuan tried her best to learn.

“This character named Baby is so cute, I really like her!”

“I don’t want to play in the dungeon map, can we find a neighborhood map instead… I want to play Neighborhood 10.”

“Ahhh, Mei Fang, I’m going to explode from my own bubbles, come save me!”

“What’s wrong with this person! Why are they always chasing me to place bubbles!”

The usually well-behaved Xia Yuan also started shouting while playing the game. The two of them shared one computer, sitting closely together on the same chair, their arms touching.

However, such intimate actions were already commonplace between Mei Fang and Xia Yuan. At least Xia Yuan didn’t show any special feelings towards him.

Although Xia Yuan, as a beginner, played poorly, she genuinely seemed happy and wasn’t merely tolerating Mei Fang for the sake of playing together.

In this era, children experienced entirely new things, unlike those in later generations who could easily be distracted by the vast world.

Despite Xia Yuan’s influence leading to repeated defeats, Mei Fang didn’t dampen her enthusiasm. Instead, he actively guided her through the gameplay.

Time passed quickly without them noticing. Xia Yuan initially said she would only play for an hour but ended up playing for two hours. Only when her mother called did she reluctantly get up to leave.

“It’s very late now… let me walk you downstairs!”

Mei Fang accompanied Xia Yuan through the小区的小路间, though there was no moonlight, there were countless stars.

Unlike twenty years later, when walking in a big city, the night sky could only be seen as a real night sky.

“I didn’t expect the game to be so fun. No wonder you got addicted to it, Mei Fang.”

“Yeah… being addicted is one thing, but actually, this is my dream,” Mei Fang casually replied. “Actually, when I grow up, I want to be a game designer.”

“So that’s it… that’s great! I’ll definitely support you!” Xia Yuan thought for a moment. “I’ve learned piano, maybe I can help with music or something…”

“Do you have any interest in drawing? I see your art class drawings are pretty good. Would you consider learning more about art?”

“Yeah… let’s wait and see, it’s still too early!”

Xia Yuan was delighted that Mei Fang needed her, completely unaware that Mei Fang only wanted to use her as a game-making tool.

Xia Yuan walked alongside Mei Fang with her hands behind her back. “By the way, Mei Fang… about us playing games, Lin You Xi—”

“Don’t tell her, I won’t!”

These two truly were good friends… they always thought alike.

If only she had known she’d be willing to play games, why would they have gone through such a scare with Lin You Xi today…

“It’s not that I won’t tell her,” Xia Yuan turned around and said. “I actually want to tell her about this. What do you think?”

“You want to tell her?”

“Yeah.” Xia Yuan nodded. “I think, it would be so much fun if Lin You Xi could join us in this game… I’m just not sure if she likes games, or if she thinks it might interfere with her studies… and leaving Lin You Xi out would be unfair to her…”

“Stop, stop!”

“What’s wrong?” Xia Yuan looked puzzled. “Why did you suddenly stop me…”

Just then, Mei Fang grabbed Xia Yuan’s hand, his face full of excitement:

“You are truly our little angel, Yuan Yuan! Compared to you, I’m just a despicable, heartless mutt…”

“Suddenly calling me like that, shameless!”

Xia Yuan pulled her hand away, pinching Mei Fang’s nose. “Don’t call me by my nickname in front of others, understood?”

“Understood, Yuan Yuan!”

With his nose pinched, Mei Fang made a funny sound, which made Xia Yuan smile involuntarily.

After hearing Xia Yuan’s intentions, Lin You Xi, feeling both excited and guilty, told Xia Yuan the next day that she had been playing games with Mei Fang for many years.

Xia Yuan was initially very upset, but after thinking it over, she realized that her previous attitude toward games was indeed terrible. Eventually, she forgave both of them.

However, forgiving them didn’t mean there were no consequences. Xia Yuan demanded that Lin You Xi and Mei Fang personally teach her how to play various games before she could forgive them.

She wanted to participate in any online games that Mei Fang and Lin You Xi had played together.

For most games, Xia Yuan registered a new account herself, naming it 【乖乖小缘缘】 to match Mei Fang’s 【逆天小方方】.

The exception was “Fantasy Westward Journey,” since this was the main game Mei Fang and Lin You Xi played. Xia Yuan felt that getting involved would require too much effort, so she asked Lin You Xi to change her name, which the latter agreed to readily.

Thus, in “Fantasy Westward Journey,” Mei Fang’s wife changed from 【山有林兮】 to 【緣兮相絆‰】.

“These names are so non-mainstream, don’t you feel embarrassed?”

Mei Fang’s untimely and tasteless comment immediately received a double strike from Xia Yuan and Lin You Xi.

From then on, Mei Fang’s computer was mostly used by Lin You Xi and Xia Yuan together, leaving little room for Mei Fang.

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