Chapter 171 – Love in Eden (Part 2)

As a gaming newbie, Drink Your Sister 3X couldn’t quite tell whether her teammate was slacking off or just having an off day. But as a seasoned girlfriend, she could sense whether her boyfriend was fully engaged or distracted even with her eyes closed.

Looking at things from the other person’s perspective was probably the biggest change gaming had brought to Your Sister. She knew Drink Till You Drop wanted to go to Flagship but had chosen Eden to accommodate her, so his mind being elsewhere was understandable. Even though it annoyed her a bit, she didn’t throw a tantrum. Her frustration turned into silent resentment, with all its limited lethality directed inward, and her only outlet was occasionally complaining in her heart—I should’ve just let Drink go to Flagship. Pulling some random guy in would’ve been better than this official boyfriend of mine.

Who knew the heavens would go all out? Yesterday’s grumbling became today’s reality—Damn, do wishes not need to queue up for a lottery draw now?! TAT

“What the hell… Where’d you run off to?” Drink was completely baffled. Yes, he didn’t like Eden. Sure, he was half-assing it. But was that some unforgivable sin? Now his wife had been recycled—where was the justice in that?!

Your Sister adjusted her perspective, finally spotting the Assassin Ray-Ban beside her. Turns out, the system had given her a Blesscaller’s summon, teleporting her straight to her “new husband.”

“Seems like my and Ray-Ban’s partners got swapped. Check the party list—you’re teamed up with someone else now, right?” Your Sister was just as shocked as Drink but adjusted to the reality faster. After all, her real husband had been indifferent and unenthusiastic the whole way, sucking the fun out of things for her. Maybe a temporary partner would spark some excitement—and maybe it’d teach that heartless bastard what it meant to only appreciate something after losing it. “So, how’s the new teammate? Pretty?”

“Who has time to look at her? I only need you!”

“Oh wow, sweet talk coming in fast.”

“Alright, wifey, I’ll get serious now. Let’s aim for a thousand points together, okay? Hurry back.”

“It’s not that I don’t want to, but the party’s system-locked. Can’t disband unless you collect seven apples—oh wait, no, this thing’s random. Even if you collect them, there’s no guarantee you’ll get me back.”

“……”

“There, there. I’m just temporarily gone. Stay strong, okay~”

“I can’t do it without you.”

“Ugh, why can’t you be this sweet normally? Now you’re spamming cheesy lines like you’ve got a cheat code…”

“How am I supposed to earn points with someone who DC’ed?”

“…Yang Yi, go die!!!“

The issue wasn’t that he couldn’t play with her—the issue was that the “wife” he’d been swapped with was offline, meaning he couldn’t enjoy the game anymore… What kind of scumbag husband is this? Let him rot. TAT

Without hesitation, she exited YY, deciding to temporarily demote someone from the husband position and shove him into the ex-boyfriend category. =_=

After sulking at her monitor for two or three minutes, Your Sister noticed her whispers were being spammed. She initially thought Drink had come to apologize after some self-reflection, but when she looked closer, it was her “new husband”—

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Male or female?

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: You there?

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Tch, anyone alive here?!

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Fuck fuck fuck fuck

Your Sister suspected her new partner had anger issues. =_=

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Here

A single word sent, and the reply came instantly—

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: The hell, you couldn’t say something earlier?

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Female.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Huh?

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Weren’t you asking about gender?!

Not just anger issues—intelligence problems too. ╮(╯_╰)╭

Normally, Your Sister wouldn’t volunteer her gender—it wasn’t important, so why bother? But since he’d asked, and they might need to coordinate via YY for PvE later, there was no point lying.

However, her new partner clearly wasn’t thrilled with the answer—

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Jesus, did all the women in Huaxia flood into Eden or what?

Your Sister rolled her eyes. Since her teammate had openly expressed disdain, she wasn’t about to back down either.

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Sorry for failing to meet your sexual preferences.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: =_=

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Laozi likes women!

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Could’ve fooled me.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: But not in games! Damn it! If you wanna play, go to Audition Online or QQ Landlord or something. Why come here to ruin things? How’d I get so unlucky…

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Lover’s Constellation has seven sections. The other six don’t require male-female pairs—they rained down on you like hail, and you dodged every single one to pick this coed one. Who’s to blame?

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: My Commander.

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Huh?

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: I blame my Commander. [Rage][Dagger][Lightning]

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: What’s his name?

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: ice Iceborn. Why?

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Gonna curse him for you. My wishes don’t need a queue—instant delivery.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: ……

[Megaphone] Ice Girl: Ray-Ban, you thunder-struck bastard!!!!!!!!

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: That was fast. =_=

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: [Raises hands] I didn’t do anything.

Within two minutes, Ice Girl bombarded Ray-Ban with rage, but he stubbornly refused to respond.

[Megaphone] Ice Girl: Ray-Ban, stop pretending! I know you’re there! Show yourself! Or I’m telling my brother!!!

Being brushed off by Drink had pissed her off, but this girl had been DC’ed and abandoned—her fury was understandable. Unconsciously, Your Sister found herself siding with her—

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: She finally managed to log back in. The least you could do is acknowledge her. What’s with the ghosting?

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: You don’t get it. Stay out of it.

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Yeah, I don’t. All I know is you ditched her the second she DC’ed and swapped partners unilaterally.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: She’s not my wife. She’s my Commander’s little sister. She insisted on coming to Eden—I got conscripted!

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Willing or not, you brought her in. What’s the deal swapping her out with apples?

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Not my problem. Iceborn just told me to get his sister into Eden. Didn’t say I had to babysit her till the end. [Spinning]

Scum…

[Whisper] Drink Till You Drop: Someone just posted on the forums. Collecting seven Red Apples lets you randomly swap partners, but you can also trade them for one Golden Apple. Get three Golden Apples, and you can choose who to swap with. How’s your partner? If they’re decent, keep playing. If not, just log off. I’ll get you back ASAP.

[Whisper] Drink Till You Drop: Logging off and quitting YY when you’re mad is a problem you need to fix.

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: I’ll fix it, I’ll fix it, I swear!

Comparison breeds true love. TAT

Flattered by the sudden attention, Drink Till You Drop went all out, calming Ice Girl’s rage in a few words and coaxing her into happily running PvE with him—all while lamenting, Your wife’s so lucky. TAT

Meanwhile, seeing Ice Girl quiet down, Ray-Ban sighed in relief and started considering the feasibility of earning points with his new female teammate.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: I’m at 300 points, you’re at 200. As long as you’re not a button-masher, tackling A-Rank monsters shouldn’t be a problem. But my higher score will drag our average down. If we go for S-Rank, the rewards are better, but just the two of us can’t handle it. We’d need at least a full party.

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Which type has a higher apple drop rate?

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: A-Rank’s decent. Never tried S-Rank. Theoretically, the harder the mob, the better the drops.

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Then S-Rank it is.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Fine. But let me make this clear—once we collect enough apples, I am swapping back.

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Then let’s make a deal. Collect Golden Apples and swap specifically.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: You have someone in mind?

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: Duh, my boyfriend, obviously. We were strolling hand in hand on Broken Bridge, and then you swooped in with your damn golden bowl and captured me. Where’s the justice in that? [Cry][Cry]

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Flirting won’t work on me, thanks. Also, use your brain—if you swap your boyfriend back, doesn’t that mean I’m stuck with Ice Girl again? What’s the point of all this effort then?!

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: I’ll have Drink use Red Apples to randomly swap Ice Girl away first.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: You sure he can collect enough Red Apples with her?

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: You managed it.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Because I’m good.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: ?

[Whisper] Drink Your Sister 3X: I don’t want to talk to you for the next five minutes.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Fine, fine, your man’s good too. Tch, so possessive.

[Whisper] Ray-Ban: Go spam World Chat for more people.

Your Sister didn’t argue—after all, if Ray-Ban showed his face now, Ice Girl would probably headshot him on sight.

[Megaphone] Drink Your Sister 3X: 250-average duo LF same-level partners for 4-man S-Rank PvE.

[Eden] Kneel on Keyboard: Oh? The new couple already flaunting their love, huh? Haha.

[Eden] Handsome Drifter: Sigh. Poor Ice Girl.

[Eden] Mango Mousse: What’s it to you?

[Eden] Handsome Drifter: Sorry wifey, I was just saying. =_=

[Eden] Blood Swallow: Holy shit, Drink Your Sister 3X’s original partner was Drink Till You Drop?!

[Eden] Kitchen God: Who’s that?

[Eden] Old Five: Commander of Five Peaks Pavilion, First Legion of Huaxia Summit, the god-tier server.

[Eden] Kitchen God: Pfft. Every server calls itself god-tier these days.

[Eden] Six Paths: Whether Huaxia Summit is god-tier can wait, but this Drink guy’s got skills.

[Eden] Kitchen God: You’ve fought him?

[Eden] Six Paths: Nah. But Ice Girl hasn’t come back to curse anyone despite all this gossip…

[Eden] Queen Mother of the West: Clearly having a grand old time.

[Eden] Drink Your Sister 3X: 250-average duo LF same-level partners for 4-man S-Rank PvE!!!!!

[Eden] Drink Your Sister 3X: 250-average duo LF same-level partners for 4-man S-Rank PvE!!!!!

[Eden] Drink Your Sister 3X: 250-average duo LF same-level partners for 4-man S-Rank PvE!!!!!

New lovers laugh while old ones weep—but now the old lover was howling in World Chat, making it impossible to ignore. The onlookers had no choice but to rein in their gossip and sulkily fall silent.

Fuming, Your Sister wanted to ask Drink what he was really doing with that girl—were they actually having a blast together? But she felt that’d make her seem petty. Torn between these thoughts, a system notification popped up—

[System] War-Six Souls & War-Sister Liuli have applied to join the party.