"No way! You must have misheard. And the voices in the live - stream are a bit distorted. Don't you think April's voice now sounds a bit different from what we usually hear?"
"Maybe. I'm going to do the laundry. Keep it down. Last time when April was live - streaming, your yelling attracted the dorm supervisor."
An Wen quickly gave an OK gesture, put on his headphones, and continued listening.
Inside the live - streaming room.
Ji Siyue stared blankly at Qin Chengyao, unable to believe what she had just heard.
"What did you say?"
"Let's form a couple in the game. All the materials we get will be yours."
Qin Chengyao repeated it, a glimmer of expectation flashing in his eyes.
Ji Siyue looked as if she had been struck by lightning a hundred and eighty times, just like the first time she saw Qin Chengyao in the coffee shop. Altogether, it was like being struck 360 degrees until she was scorched on the outside and tender on the inside.
"Hiss..."
Ji Siyue was tempted because all the materials would be hers.
Although she knew it was unprincipled, that material was exactly what she wanted. If Qin Chengyao was really willing, she could fully trust his skills.
Seeing that Ji Siyue still seemed hesitant, Qin Chengyao felt as if someone had punched him in the heart. It was stuffy and he felt inexplicably irritated.
He turned his body away from Ji Siyue and made one last effort.
"I'm your master. It's only right."
These words completely dispelled Ji Siyue's doubts and hesitation. She almost immediately slapped the table and agreed.
"Okay! Thank you, master! I'm sorry to trouble you!"
In response, Qin Chengyao twitched the corner of his mouth, his eyes soft.
"With you, I don't feel troubled at all."
Ji Siyue's smile paused slightly, and her small face flushed.
Since Ji Siyue had turned off the live - stream's bullet comments early, she didn't know that at this moment, the live - stream room was filled with people laughing at her.
"I think Yue Bing (Ji Siyue's nickname) will be single for a lifetime by her own ability. Do you have any objections?"
"+1."
"+10086."
"+My ID number."
"I just feel sorry for the master. He's met such a completely straight - laced girl. He's hinted so obviously, but she still doesn't get it?"
"The whole world knows that the master likes Yue Bing, but Yue Bing herself doesn't."
Of course, these words couldn't affect Ji Siyue anymore.
She was quite happy now, thinking that she would finally be able to have her own DIY silver weapon. How could she not be excited?
"Master, if that's the case, we can just go to the NPC and make the declaration. It'll only take a few minutes, and then we can come back to do the dungeon."
"No."
Ji Siyue: "..."
Ji Siyue: "Alright. Actually, I've long expected that you might change your mind, but still thank you, master..."
Qin Chengyao interrupted Ji Siyue.
"We haven't had the wedding yet."
Ji Siyue: "… Ah?"
She thought for a while and then replied, "It's not necessary, right?"
This game had a very high degree of autonomy. Unlike other games where getting a partner required a whole day to complete various cumbersome ceremonies, in this game, you only needed to make a marriage vow in front of the Matchmaker NPC under the Marriage Tree, which usually took only a few minutes.
But there was another way.
For example, you could hold a grand wedding so that everyone would know. After accumulating a certain amount of blessing points, the Matchmaker NPC would automatically send a message asking if you wanted to bind as a couple.
This was also a way. Each way had its own advantages.
Ji Siyue thought that the way Qin Chengyao mentioned was time - consuming, labor - intensive, and cost real money, and there was also a certain risk.
What was the risk?
Naturally, it was the fear of not accumulating enough blessing points!
If she really had a grand wedding with Qin Chengyao, everyone would know that she was overreaching to be with [Golden Yuanbao] (Qin Chengyao's in - game name). There might not be many people who would sincerely give blessings.
After careful consideration, Ji Siyue still refused.
"Let's not do it."
"Reason."
"Everyone knows I'm overreaching to be with you. Let's not make a big deal out of it."
Listening to Ji Siyue's words, Qin Chengyao couldn't help but smile helplessly.
He thought he had made his feelings obvious enough, but who knew what was in Ji Siyue's head? She seemed to have no thinking ability at all.
He thought for a while and then temporarily turned off the live - stream microphone.
Ji Siyue was a bit confused by his actions, but the first thing that came to her mind was - so he knows how to operate the live - stream equipment? Then what about last time...
Just as her mind was wandering and thinking about all sorts of random things, Qin Chengyao directly turned her chair so that they were facing each other.
Ji Siyue: "…?"
"Siyue, why can't you think that it's me who's overreaching to be with you?"
He didn't know when he had taken off his glasses. Maybe because he was slightly myopic, his eyes looked a bit blurred, but it didn't affect the charm of his gaze.
"How... How is that possible?"
"Why do you think it's impossible? Do you think we're a really bad match?"
"I just think... you're excellent in every aspect. You don't need to do so much for me."
After Ji Siyue said these words, there was an awkward silence in the room for a while.
The operator had been keeping an eye on the live - stream. Seeing that there was no movement, he walked over to take a look.
Seeing the two of them "staring at each other affectionately" through the glass, he silently returned to his room and sent a message in the live - stream room.
[Supervisor] Fang Hua: There's a little problem in April's live - stream room. Please wait a moment! To compensate you, there will be a mysterious lottery draw after today's live - stream!
Over there, Ji Siyue had stiffly turned her body back.
After a long while, she said, "So, we won't be able to get the materials today, right?"
After all, preparing for a wedding would take a lot of time, and she also needed to figure out how to split the cost.
Qin Chengyao was so angry that he laughed. He didn't want to talk. After turning on the microphone, he started the normal live - stream.
After this little episode, the live - stream finally continued.
Ji Siyue was quite lucky today. After doing the dungeon a few times, she got two rare materials, but unfortunately, they weren't the ones she wanted.
Since she had said those words to Qin Chengyao, the atmosphere in the live - stream room seemed to have cooled down.
Ji Siyue thought she couldn't let the atmosphere get any colder, so she turned on the bullet comments and picked a few to reply to.
"Yue Bing, I want to ask, at the end of the month, the game planner said they'll hold an exhibition and invite professional players and streamers. Will you go?"
Ji Siyue replied, "I'm just a small streamer. Hiss... I really don't know. I have to wait for the operator's notice. If you want me to go, go and plead with the planner for me, haha!"