After Feng Xiyan came online, he immediately opened the friend list and took a look.

Seeing that Mu He’s ID was still in his friend list, he felt relieved.

Then he saw Mu He's message.

Mu He: Bark wang and let me hear it.

Feng Xiyan was silent, and then silent again, and continued to be silent.

He thought about it all at once - what did it mean? He wanted him to be his dog? If he wanted, would he allow him to join the team?

What if he doesn't want to?

This is a choice between dignity and emotion. Fan Shu once said, "If you love someone, you are willing to bow your head for him." Feng Xiyan later understood the meaning of "bow your head" by himself, which probably means "you can lower your dignity for love."

But, how to do it?

While still staring at Mu He's message in a daze, Luanhua suddenly sent a voice message: [I thought you wouldn't be online today. ]

Feng Xiyan was silent for a moment, then responded: [He always logs off at this time.]

Luanhua instantly understood that Feng Xiyan deliberately avoided the time when Mu He was online.

"Ah, you two..." Luanhua didn't know what to say to them. "Since you're having a quarrel, could you please consider Shuying and I's situation? We're so miserable being caught in the middle."

Feng Xiyan closed the message box, opened the storage space, and responded while sorting: [You follow him, don't worry about me. ]

[Why did I inexplicably hear a hint of tsundere?] Luanhua thought she had misheard, [Don't let me really turn to Mu He and you turn around and destroy my account.]

[No.] Feng Xiyan replied calmly, [I will continue to support you until you enter the circle.]

Luanhua: [What about you? ]

Feng Xiyan: [Don't worry about it.]

Luanhua: [Then why doesn't Mu want us? ]

Feng Xiyan: [Oh, then you can just fend for yourselves.]

Luanhua was at a loss for words - it turned out that they existed just for Mu He, and all the help Feng Xiyan gave them was based on the belief that they could help Mu He.

Really... who would believe that Feng Xiyan has no feelings for Mu He?

Luanhua: [Still not admitting that you like Murong He? ]

Hearing this, Feng Xiyan paused in tidying up the storage space and was distracted for a moment.

To be honest, he had never thought about this before meeting Mu He.

Because before this, he made a clear distinction between games and reality, and felt that it was impossible for him to fall in love with a "virtual character" in a game.

His feelings towards "Murong He" changed from admiration at the beginning, to dependence later, and finally... the desire to control him and conquer him.

At that time, he didn't think too much and did things based on his feelings - reality was already so depressing, so of course he had to play the game openly and unrestrainedly.

Until Murong He was so angry with him that he quit the circle.

At that moment, Feng Xiyan was completely stunned. He felt as if there was suddenly a void in his heart. A cold wind kept blowing in, making him so cold that he couldn't even hold the sword steadily.

He regretted it and wanted to make amends, but he had no way - he didn't even know who Murong He was, and he didn't have any contact information for him.

Mu He said that he was useless for half a year, but wasn’t Feng Xiyan also useless for half a year?

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Mu He's "useless" refers to having no income, while Feng Xiyan's "useless" is "useless" in the true sense - he was paralyzed in bed for a whole month, and the psychologist came to see him countless times.

Then, for the next few months, he locked himself in the gym and did all kinds of training. It was called rehabilitation, but it was no different from self-harm.

It wasn't until the new server of "Yu Ling" was opened that he felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and he finally looked a little more like a human being.

But at that time, he still didn't realize what "Murong He" meant to him.

It was not until they met in person later that Mu He took off his vest on the spot, then tore off his own, and confronted him with a momentum of dying together.

He felt the pain.

Severe pain exploded from the heart and spread throughout the body.

All the strength in my body was drained away, my brain was a mess, and I felt like I had died on the spot.

He was the only one who had ever argued with others, but this was the first time he had been argued with like this, and he had no thought of resisting at all.

He finally began to realize that Murong He was really special to him.

Feng Xiyan lowered her eyelashes and remained silent for a long time. When she spoke again, she did not respond to Luanhua's question, but instead asked this question: [What does it take to bow down to someone?]

[Huh?] Luanhua was stunned for a moment before she realized what Feng Xiyan had said. She guessed that he was trying to win back Murong He, and couldn't help but laugh. [Murong He is really capable of making a domineering CEO like you bow your head.]

Feng Xiyan: [Tsk.]

Luanhua: [Okay, okay, I'm serious. I don't know who instilled this notion of bowing your head in you. In my opinion, winning someone back isn't that complicated. You just have to meet their expectations.]

Feng Xiyan: [What do you mean?]

Luanhua: [To put it simply—give him whatever he wants.]

Feng Xiyan lowered his head in thought.

Luanhua: [Look at me and Shuying. Since we've been together, we've never had a single argument. Because he always goes along with me on small matters. Even if he doesn't want to, he'll prioritize my choices and put my feelings first. And when it comes to big things, I'll discuss them with him, make decisions together, and try my best to find a solution we can both accept.]

Feng Xiyan thought back to when she was still frivolous and carefree. She really paid little attention to Murong He's feelings and was more concerned about what she wanted.

Perhaps, Murong He's situation had been very difficult a long time ago, but he always endured it silently without saying anything.

If he didn't say it, Feng Xiyan wouldn't notice.

Thinking of this, Feng Xiyan couldn't help but feel a little irritated - why didn't you say it? Why didn't you tell him? If Murong He had said it at that time...

Wait, didn't he say that?

Before Murong He retired from the entertainment industry, facing the doubts of his teammates, the usually gentle Murong He finally couldn't suppress his resentment any longer and said coldly: "As expected, the worse the player, the louder the voice."

What did he do? He took it all as a joke and casually said, "You have a loud voice, too."

Feng Xiyan closed his eyes: […I want to kill myself.]

Luanhua:???

"It's okay, I'm going to level up." Feng Xiyan said calmly, and joined a small team and entered the dungeon.

I never expected that all my teammates would die in the first level.

Not only did they all die, but they also added him as their friend one by one, poking his nose and scolding him:

[What kind of priest is this if you can't even heal?!]

[What kind of milk production is this? Even a bull produces more milk than you!]

[What bad luck! I met a rookie. The pharmacist is more stable at healing than you!]

Feng Xiyan frowned, blocked everyone, and then went to the Tiansuo Lianqiao by himself, and managed to complete it alone after more than three hours.

His priest's basic damage is too low, and there is basically no healing without triggering a critical hit. His critical hit rate is only stacked to 52%, and he was unlucky today, so it has not been triggered, and he really didn't add any blood to his teammates.

However, considering the way his teammates gave themselves away, not only him, but also Murong He might not be able to save him.

After leaving the dungeon, Feng Xiyan stood in the deserted City of Right and Wrong, looking at the storage space that was almost full of equipment and materials, his thoughts all on the questions his teammates had raised about him.

——Is this what Murong He had been facing back then?

He opened the friend list again, looked at Mu He's hidden ID, hesitated for a moment, and then clicked on the chat box with him, where there was still a message from him.

Mu He: Bark wang and let me hear it.

Feng Xiyan didn't know why Mu He suddenly sent him such a message. Maybe he wanted to give him a chance, or maybe he just wanted to make fun of him.

It is even possible that he was just saying it casually, just like he did back then, without any other meaning.

How should he answer?

If I were the frivolous person I was back then, I would have only one word to say to this sentence - get lost.

But if it was Suifeng, if it was Feng Xiyan herself...

The result of bowing to someone may be that the other person looks back at you, but it is also very likely that you will get nothing, or even get even stronger disgust and contempt from the other person.

This is not something worth doing.

But in love, what is worth it?

In the final analysis, whether it is worth it or not is only known to you, because only you know what you want best.

Feng Xiyan sighed and replied: Then call meow and let me hear it.

*

The next day, Mu He got home from get off work and logged into the game. He habitually opened his friend list, hoping to form a team with those who were online.

Suddenly, I saw the flashing message next to the ID Suifeng, and my heartbeat suddenly accelerated. I was almost forced to log off by the system.

He laughed at himself, not understanding why he had to do that.

Originally, this relationship was over. He didn't really need Luanhua and Shuying...

But why...why do I have to be so naughty?

What was even more unexpected was that Feng Xiyan actually replied.

Mu He couldn’t guess what Feng Xiyan’s reply would be. If it was really “Woof”, how should he reply?

However, I never expected that after clicking on the message, the reply that appeared was not "Woof" or "Go away", but:

Then you call meow and let me hear it.

Mu He: ???

Mu He looked at the message and tilted his head, not understanding what Feng Xiyan was thinking.

However, this reply made him feel relieved.

If the answer was "get out", Mu He would definitely delete the friend immediately, or even resign after finishing the modeling of his daughter, and never have anything to do with Feng Xiyan again.

If it was a "woof", things would become a little complicated. It was impossible for Mu He to not show any reaction after Feng Xiyan said "woof", but he didn't know what kind of "reaction" to give.

Mu He asked himself, did he really hate Feng Xiyan?

That's for sure.

But is Feng Xiyan really useless?

The experiences of fighting side by side together were not fake, and the beauty and happiness we once had were real.

——It is something that the current Mu He can never find again.

He missed that time. So, although he said he hated her and smiled frivolously, he still had expectations for her in his heart.

It's been half a year, and the wound in my heart had just healed, but a face-to-face meeting completely tore it apart.

At the same time, a lot of memories are torn apart.

Where there are memories there is nostalgia, where there is nostalgia there is expectation.

Why do I have to show off like that?

Isn’t it because you can’t bear to let go?

Mu He sighed and felt a little cheap.

It was he who pushed Feng Xiyan away, and it was also he who took the initiative to flirt with her.

He was the one who said he didn't want to mention Xiao Qingkuang, and he was also the one who went around asking others what they thought of him and Xiao Qingkuang...

Humans are really complex creatures. There is never a clear boundary between good and bad, right and wrong, love and hate.

Mu He sighed and told himself that he couldn't go on like this.

When it’s time to make a decision, make it a point to do so - if you really hate someone, you should just delete them and move on.

Otherwise, try again.

The key is, what exactly do you want to do?

Finally, after practicing for an entire afternoon and preparing to log off, Mu He replied to Feng Xiyan.

Mu He: Meow.

The next day, he received a reply from Feng Xiyan.

Suifeng: Woof.

*

Mu He did not tell anyone, including Yuan Yitong, about his "private communication" with Feng Xiyan.

In the next few days, he concentrated on modeling his daughter at the company and had little contact with Feng Xiyan. In the game, he was either clearing dungeons or making equipment.

I don't know if it's because his relationship with Feng Xiyan has eased, which makes Mu He feel much better. Whenever someone adds him as a friend, he will gladly accept and respond leisurely.

White Eagle: [Are you laughing frivolously?]

Mu He: [No.]

White Eagle: [Are you a professional player?]

Mu He: [Not yet, but I will be in the future. See you at the competition~]

Mu He did not break his promise on the deal with Fei Xuan. From level 26 to level 30, he kept Fei Xuan's ranking stable at third on the dungeon record list.

And the tone he used when communicating with Feiyu was also extremely nice.

Flying Fish: [There are two more dragon scales. I'll collect them all and give them to you tomorrow.]

Mu He: [Okay. No rush, take your time.]

Feiyu: [Can we buy the next list as well? ]

Mu He: [I've bought the five-player dungeon, Red Blood. You can reserve the ten-player dungeon.]

Flying Fish: [Hmm, why are you in such a good mood today?]

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Feiyu: [I can't say it's bad, it's just...very cheap, really deserves a beating.]

Mu He: […I’m really sorry.]

Feiyu: [When the captain said you were Murong, I didn't believe it at first, but now I kind of believe it.]

[Just because of the tone?] Mu He was speechless.

He just wanted to try again, didn't want to suppress himself too much, and wanted to play more casually...

Just when he was about to tell Feiyu not to worry about what happened in the past, before he could open his mouth, a cloud of black smoke fell from the sky, scaring Mu He!

He turned around subconsciously and saw a beautiful and sexy elf wizard wearing a white robe, revealing her seductive belly button.

——It’s a cylinder.

"Fuck!"

Just seeing someone in the City of Right and Wrong was enough to surprise Mu He. He never expected that the person he saw was Yuan Yitong!

"You passed the Adventure Avenue?" He was a little incredulous.

Yuan Yitong is now level 30, the same as Mu He. His set of level 25 homemade equipment was later adjusted by him, and both the color and appearance are very consistent - of course, he also changed the name!

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"Haha, are you surprised or not?" Yuan Yitong said, quickening his pace and rushing to Mu He, giving him a big hug, "Thanks to your strategy!"

"What strategy?" Mu He was confused.

Yuan Yitong: "Muronghe moves."

"Okay." Mu He understood immediately.

It seems that when he played the priest, he still left behind some memorable things.

Before he could react, Mu He was pulled into the team by Yuan Yitong.

Then Yuan Yitong said in the team channel: "Xiao Shu has something to tell you, just listen to it yourself."

Mu He: "What's the matter?"

Fan Shu was silent for a while, as if he was struggling with what to say.

After a while, he spoke: "The sixth professional league of Yuling is about to begin."

Mu He: "Well, then?"

Fan Shu: "The president of Death Hymn said in the group that he would organize people to sign up for the challenge."

Mu He: "Ah? What group?"

Fan Shu was silent for a moment, then mustered up the courage to speak frankly, "The Ghost Realm commemorative group. Many of the players in the Death Hymn guild, myself included, came from Ghost Realm. The day before the new server area for Imperial Spirit opened, the group leader, Wu Fearless of Death, who was also the guild leader of the Death Hymn guild, organized a group of people to join Imperial Spirit, including me."

"I originally thought it was just a bunch of people getting together to have some fun, but then I realized something wasn't right," Fan Shu said. "I suspect Wu Jue Si Shen is a professional player from Ghost World, and he wants to form a team and play professionally in Yu Ling."

Mu He was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized the problem - they had gone through a long detour and risked being hunted by major guilds to enter the red-named guild, Death Anthem, because Death Anthem was the only guild among the top five guilds in the new area that was not affiliated with a professional team.

But now, Fan Shu told him that the president of this guild also planned to become a professional player.

Anyone can sign up for the challenge tournament before the professional league, which is not enough to serve as evidence that the management of Death Anthem wants to play professionally.

But Fan Shu would say this, so he must have a basis for his judgment.

If this is true, then - Hymn of Death can no longer stay.

"Is it time to build my own guild?" Mu He laughed. Instead of feeling a headache, he felt a little excited.

Fan Shu wasn't as optimistic. "You've drawn the hatred of so many guilds. They're all hoping you'll form your own. Without the protection of Death Hymn, wouldn't it be easy to kill you?" He paused. "Perhaps Death Hymn will send someone to kill you then."

"It doesn't matter. I can find other backers." Mu He was not panicked at all, "For example, Feixuan, Chixue."

Fan Shu raised his eyebrows.

He heard from Yuan Yitong about the deal between Feixuan and Chixue and Mu He.

Now, Feixuan and Chixue are indeed protecting Mu He openly and secretly, but it is also based on the fact that Mu He is in the Death Hymn and they can't touch him.

Once Mu He quits Death Hymn and sets up his own company, it is hard to guarantee whether Feixuan and Chixue will still protect him. They might really join forces with Qingkuang and kill Mu He back to level 1.

In this way, the copy record will be a battle among the three of them again.

"Why don't you stay in Death Anthem?" Yuan Yitong was a little confused. "We can stay in Death Anthem first, and then establish our own guild after we enter the circle?"

"You think too simply." Mu He patted Yuan Yitong's shoulder helplessly, raised one hand and held up two fingers, "First, we must set up our own guild before entering the circle, otherwise we won't be able to keep up with the materials after entering the circle, and our equipment won't be able to upgrade after the version update, which will be a disadvantage in the competition. So sooner or later we have to build a guild. I'm just hesitating about when to build it. Second, if Death Hymn really intends to enter the circle, we will receive an invitation sooner or later if we stay in their guild. Not joining their team but staying in their guild will only make us feel uncomfortable. Not to mention that we are not just playing around, we also want to enter the circle."

"What if we join their team?" Yuan Yitong asked.