Chapter 51 [VIP]

Upon re-entering the page he hadn't seen in a long time, Pei Xingzhi bit his lower lip and suddenly remembered what Xie Nanyi had said.

He's playing this game too.

Given Xie Nanyi's personality and wealth, he's probably a god-like figure in this game. There aren't many top players in each level, and most of them know each other. Pei Xingzhi compared the rankings and none of them seemed to fit Xie Nanyi's style.

Is he actually bad at video games?

Pei Xingzhi was clicking the mouse when he suddenly came to his senses and began to reflect on why he had thought of Xie Nanyi.

He had truly been set up by Xie Nanyi; even after being treated like this, he still thought of this insignificant person.

Pei Xingzhi tapped his head on the table a few times, clearing his mind of all distractions and refocusing his attention on the game.

He put a lot of effort into this game, and even though he had quit, his account was still being played by a third-party service, and his ranking remained consistently high.

Today's daily tasks have already been completed by a proxy. Pei Xingzhi opened his friends list, but Black Cat and Kuro were not online. Several other familiar friends were also in dungeons and could not be teleported. He scrolled down to the bottom of the friends list, and the only one online and able to teleport was Pumpkin Party.

Seeing that annoying ID again, Pei Xingzhi couldn't help but roll his eyes. The item's effect had expired, and his relationship with 7851 had automatically ended because the other party hadn't been online for a long time, but his relationship with Pumpkin Party was still intact.

He quit the game and didn't log in, so it's understandable that he didn't initiate the termination of the relationship. But Pumpkin Party is also delaying the termination of this disgusting relationship.

Pei Xingzhi clicked into his friend list and sent a message to end the relationship. The other party replied with a "?", and then nothing more.

【peipei】：?

【Pumpkin Party】: Wait, I'm a proxy user and can't make the decision. I'll go ask the account owner. Please wait a moment.

Alright, no wonder this relationship hasn't been broken up for so long, turns out they're both surrogate liver users.

Pei Xingzhi slammed his head on the table, but he had no choice but to wait for the person in charge of the Pumpkin Party to return before ending the relationship. After all, divorce wasn't something he could do unilaterally.

Thinking about this, Pei Xingzhi suddenly felt even more uncomfortable.

Being forced into marriage in real life is one thing, but being forced to become close friends with such a person in a game is another.

Fortunately, his grief did not last long. As soon as Xie Nanyi received the news about the game being played by someone else, he immediately went back to his room, re-downloaded and logged into the game.

Knowing that the account 【peipei】 belonged to Pei Xingzhi didn't require him to spend much effort investigating. There weren't many players in the level to begin with, and a little attention would be enough to notice the similarities between 【peipei】 and 【Pei Xingzhi】.

The same tone of voice, the same way of doing things, even the few times they had disagreements, all matched up with [peipei]. Of course, the most crucial thing was that he learned from peipei's surrogate liver that peipei's real surname was Pei.

Peipei, Pei Xingzhi. The match is a bit too perfect.

With this information, the investigation became much easier. There are many ways to find out someone's information, and he obtained [peipei's] personal information without much effort.

The account is registered under Pei Xingzhi's father's name; 【peipei】 is the same as 【培行止】.

Realizing this, Xie Nanyi didn't feel particularly happy.

His feud with [peipei] didn't happen overnight; the grudge in the game predates their real-life acquaintance. Their feud has escalated to the point that Pei Xingzhi is more likely to agree to marry Xie Nanyi than [Pumpkin Party] and [peipei] are likely to reconcile.

So even though the two had this relationship in the game, Xie Nanyi never considered acknowledging Pei Xingzhi's identity here. He didn't want to escalate their in-game conflicts into real life. Pei Xingzhi was already difficult to pursue; why make things harder for himself? Then the two separated, Pei Xingzhi quit the game, and Xie Nanyi uninstalled it as well.

Upon entering the game interface, Xie Nanyi teleported his character to Peipei's side. Whether they recognized each other or not was another matter; he needed to absorb the energy from the person named "Pei Xingzhi," otherwise he probably wouldn't be able to survive in this disgusting place.

Upon seeing the familiar little wizard again, Xie Nanyi hadn't even gotten close when the wizard's attacks came one after another.

Xie Nanyi was caught off guard. Although she activated her defensive skills in time, she still took several hits, and her clothes became tattered.

Pei Xingzhi didn't intend to kill the man. After venting his anger, he withdrew his skills, teleported to the Pumpkin Party, and used his skills to hook him up.

【peipei】: Hurry up and agree to terminate the relationship.

Xie Nanyi's game character was enveloped by Pei Xingzhi's skill and floated into the air. The chibi-style character had a big red exclamation mark above its head, and it looked incredibly cute.

Before Xie Nanyi knew that Peipei was Pei Xingzhi, he couldn't stand Peipei at all. But now, he could actually imagine the tone of Pei Xingzhi's voice when he said those words.

So cute.

Pei Xingzhi tapped his fingers on the keyboard, when he suddenly felt a chill down his spine, a sticky feeling as if someone was watching him.

【Pumpkin Party】: peipei~ Why are you in such a hurry to end the relationship? Keeping the relationship doesn't seem to affect anything, right? >3<

Pei Xingzhi looked at the screen, rubbed his eyes, and then glanced at the ID on the other side again.

It really is a pumpkin party.

【peipei】: Are you still using a proxy account? Where is the account owner? What did he say? Or you could just let him log in.

【Pumpkin Party】: I'm the account owner! Peipei, how come you don't even recognize me? 555

Pei Xingzhi: ...?

Tell him that the person who is now acting cute and charming towards him is the Pumpkin Party who has been chasing him all along.

He's just being cute and charming to himself, right?

Pei Xingzhi touched the goosebumps on his arms and brought the dark cloud from the living room over. The soft and warm cloud gave Pei Xingzhi a slight sense of the world around him.

That was close; I almost died.

【peipei】: Are you possessed by a ghost?

【Pumpkin Party】: peipei, why would you think that? :( I just feel that we've been arguing for so long and have affected so many people around us, so why not take this opportunity to make up? It would be better for everyone.

【peipei】：……？

[Note: peipei is now offline]

Pei Xingzhi shut down his computer, buried his head in the dark clouds, and felt that he needed to calm down.

It seems that ever since he and Xie Nanyi "reunited," the world has started to become magical.

Pumpkin Party actually took the initiative to make peace with him?

This is still a fantasy dream.

"Woof?" Seeing its master lost in thought, Wuyun patted Pei Xingzhi's hand with its little paw and barked softly.

"Are you hungry?" Pei Xingzhi was brought back to his senses by Wuyun's voice. He rubbed its head, carried Wuyun back to its food storage, and then sat back down at the computer to log back into the game.

The wizard spawned where he had just logged out, and Pumpkin Party was waiting for him. As soon as he logged on, a series of messages came through.

【Pumpkin Party】：peipei~

【peipei】: Please stop talking like that, can we talk normally?

[Pumpkin Party]: Okay, okay~

【peipei】: Why do you suddenly want to make up with me?

The origins of their conflict are both simple and complex. At the time, they both felt they were more right, but in retrospect, they were probably both at fault.

Pei Xingzhi enjoys making friends while playing games. He is good at the game and easy to talk to. He often helps players with low skill levels to run dungeons. Over time, he has gained some reputation in the game, and some players will come to him for help when they are bullied.

His conflict with Pumpkin Party stemmed from Pei Xingzhi's act of kindness.

A newbie he had just picked up came to him complaining that someone had stolen his materials, not only his rewards but also his entire inventory. Upon hearing this, Pei Xingzhi's sense of justice immediately kicked in, and he pressed for details about who had taken his materials, promising to go and get them back for the newbie.

The level didn't have a specific numerical ID. The newbie only remembered that the person's ID was something like "Pumpkin." Based on his memory, Pei Xingzhi sent a few messages in the world chat to declare war on this "Pumpkin."

There are always people in the world who love a good show, and since the ID "peipei" wasn't unfamiliar to everyone, the moment he posted, the world immediately buzzed with excitement, with everyone talking at once about who peipei was looking for.

Amidst the chaotic comments, someone suddenly posted a message that has kept peipei and Pumpkin Party entangled ever since.

[None of my business]: Your ID has "pumpkin" in it? Is it that Pumpkin Party thing?

[Let me see]: Oh, right! Pumpkin, isn't that the pumpkin party thing?

[Not Too Jealous]: If it were a pumpkin party, he really might do something like that. Last time I queued up with Nomoto, he immediately ate 80% of the team's reward afterwards.

【peipei】: Pumpkin Party, who is it?

【moka】: peipei doesn't know this Pumpkin Party guy? He's been really hot in PvP lately, already ranked third on the leaderboard in just one month. And he's really outrageous in dungeons, he doesn't care about anyone, insisting on a percentage of the rewards, hoarding rare resources for himself and even taking a share of the regular rewards. If it weren't for his skill and money, he would have been ganged up on long ago.

【peipei】: Oh, is that so? Then I'll go ask him.

With the help of a helpful player, Pei Xingzhi teleported to the side of Pumpkin Party. Although the evidence presented by others was sufficient, Pei Xingzhi was not so impulsive. He thought it wouldn't be too late to ask questions before taking action.

【peipei】: Hello, I'd like to ask if you've recently stolen any other people's materials?

【Pumpkin Party】：?

Player "Pumpkin Party" has issued a battle challenge to player "peipei".

Pei Xingzhi was forcibly pulled into battle before he could finish his sentence. He hadn't come with the intention of fighting, and he hadn't even put any healing potions in his backpack. Wizards weren't meant to be offensive characters, and Pei Xingzhi didn't struggle for long before the word "death" appeared on the screen.

Pei Xingzhi clicked the screen and returned to the spawn point, and a message from Pumpkin Party also came through.

[Pumpkin Party]: Practice your skills before you try to stand up for someone else.

Even Pei Xingzhi, with his good temper, was angered by this person's words. He re-equipped his skills and sent a battle invitation to Pumpkin Party.

Pumpkin Party lost.

Pei Xingzhi vented his anger and patiently tried to explain again, but Pumpkin Party issued him a challenge to fight.

The two played a total of twenty-seven times that afternoon, with Pei Xingzhi winning fourteen times. Seeing that he was going to play with him endlessly, Pei Xingzhi had no choice but to log off. When he logged back in, his wanted posters had filled the entire game.

Pei Xingzhi, naturally, was not to be outdone and immediately issued more than a dozen wanted notices for Pumpkin Party. The conflict between the two escalated further and further, eventually becoming known throughout the entire server.

Afterwards, the newbie explained to Pei Xingzhi that the person who stole his resources wasn't from Pumpkin Party. With the help of other people's hearsay, Pei Xingzhi roughly understood the whole story of what happened between the two.

Pumpkin Pie attacked him because during that period, people kept accusing him of stealing other people's resources. At first, he was patient in explaining, but later there were too many "righteous people" like him, so Pumpkin Pie became too lazy to pay attention to them and attacked whoever came, without even giving them a chance to explain.

However, the allocation of resources was actually decided before the team was formed. The other members were almost entirely passive throughout the game, and Pumpkin Party's battle stats reached an astonishing 95%.

If it weren't for needing to fill up the dungeon's player count, Pumpkin Party would probably have run the dungeon alone. When the dungeon dropped rare resources, these people wanted a share, so they used public pressure to force Pumpkin Party to share the resources with them. Anyway, his reputation was already bad, so no one would bother to defend him.

Now that things had come to this, Pei Xingzhi naturally understood that he had been used as a pawn. He was speechless at this absurd reason, but the conflict between the two had already begun, and neither of them could swallow their anger with just a simple misunderstanding, which is why the two had been arguing until now.

But now Pumpkin Party is saying they want to reconcile with him?

Is he up to some mischief again, trying to mess with him?

[Pumpkin Party]: Because I've fallen for you!

【peipei】：？？？？？？？

A note from the author:

Pei Xiaozhi: If you like me, you have to open my account?

Do not emulate the shameful behavior of N1 level holders.

The author believes that N1 bears full responsibility for the conflict between Peipei and Pumpkin Party. What are your thoughts on this? (Hands over the microphone)

Pei Xiaozhi: Well, I think I also bear some responsibility. After all, questioning him based on just a little bit of hearsay is a kind of aiding and abetting wrongdoing.

N1 (Pumpkin Party Edition): Everything is my fault, doesn't he bear any responsibility? I'm constantly being ganged up on by others, do you think I'm having a good time?!

N1 (Repentant Version): It's my fault, it's all my fault.