Seeing as tomorrow was Monday, they didnât stay out too late and slowly began dispersing when it was about time to leave. Ever since heâd tried to proclaim his love for Shen Jingbin just now, all the way till the time he sent the siblings home, Zhao Chengning hadnât found the chance to be alone with her. And so, his question went unanswered.
Over the next few days, both the Shen siblings and Zhao Chengning were particularly busy. With the New Year just around the corner, their respective companies were preparing for their annual meetings. In addition, each department also had to work on their year-end summaries. They were so busy they started wishing they had the ability to turn a single day into two. At the same time, their hectic work life naturally meant that Shen Jingbin and Zhao Chengningâs romance had to be relegated to the backburner.
A week had passed by before work died down.
Seeing how hard the siblings had worked, and the fact that theyâd more or less learned everything they needed to learn, Ye Linfan gave them several days off with a wave of his hand. The siblings didnât dare go out to have fun though as it was about time for the Shen elders to pay them. Instead, they used their break as an opportunity to log in to the game that had been left to the side for a long while.
[Guild] Vice Leader Dawnâs Twilight has come online.
[Guild] Lingering White Clouds: Oh, Dawn youâre here?
[Guild] Little Monk: Yoooooooo Dawn, long time no see, Iâve missed you so much!
[Guild] Eight National Treasures: Nuttyâs online too.
[Guild] Eternal Rest: Nutty, Dawn, have you guys been busy? Havenât seen you guys for a long time.
[Guild] Long Life: Even the number of fortuitous events have decreased without Mascot around.
[Guild] Dawnâs Twilight: Weâve been interning lately and were a little busy, so we couldnât come online. Sorry about that.
[Guild] Tanabata Evening: Dawn, youâre interning already? To be honest, since New Yearâs around the corner, we havenât been able to get our hands on all of the attractive in-game events since we have to do overtime at our jobs. What a shame.
[Guild] Faint Blue Seaweed: Yeah, Iâve been worked to the bone recently, but Iâm still logging into the game. This is what true love is like.
[Guild] Syrup Time: Nutty, arenât you still in schooling? Youâre interning on top of that?
[Guild] Nutjob: Mm. Iâll be graduating soon, so itâs not a bad idea for me to gain some experience beforehand.
[Guild] Descent Of Rain And Snow: Iâm so jealous of you guys! Iâm graduating soon too, but I still havenât found a job! My familyâs also hurrying me to find a job, get a boyfriend, get married, and then have some kids. Theyâre kicking up so much of a fuss that I canât even think straight.
Shen Jingbin remembered that Descent Of Rain And Snow was around the same age as she was, but she was being forced to get married?
[Guild] Nutjob: Already? Youâre still young though.
[Guild] Descent Of Rain And Snow: I think Iâm still young too, but my parents were spurred on after the girl next door, who was a year younger than me, gave birth to a kid. They feel that Iâm already old enough, so they want me to settle down. But the thing is, all the guys around me are even more useless than me, so who am I supposed to marry?! Oh, speaking of which, Nutty, your Hubby used to be my God last time!
[Guild] Nutjob: Uh...
[Guild] Descent Of Rain And Snow: But donât worry, I donât have the guts to go after him even if I do like him. Iâll just admire him from afar.
[Guild] Yanmen Imperial Sister: Speaking of which, Leader hasnât logged on during this time either.
[Guild] Temperate Scarlet Moon: Doesnât Leader run his own company? Heâs probably busy as well since he usually doesnât log on much during the New Year period.
[Guild] Big Buddhist Monk: Leaderâs on noticeably less this time around though; even Next Weekâs gone missing.
[Guild] Eternal Rest: Thank goodness thereâs still us old guards and regular members around to help out when our guildâs backbone isnât around. Otherwise, the enemy probably wouldâve taken advantage of this opportunity to strike.
[Guild] Dawnâs Twilight: Mhm? Did something big happen when we werenât around? Did anything happen with the Shinra Sect, Sovereigns Descent, Life At First Sight, or the like?
[Guild] Syrup Time: Now that you mention it, Sovereignâs Descent and Life At First Sight have been crazy arrogant lately. I bumped into them several times when I accompanied a group of people to collect herbs and they provoked us the moment they ran into us. Arenât they a being stupid though? They obviously couldnât win but they were still trying to court death. Guess not everyone has a brain.
[Guild] Lingering White Clouds: Nutty, you should be a little more careful. Our enemies have been trying to cause trouble for us these days, so you need to watch yourself when you go to PK zones.
[Guild] Nutjob: Okay.
After fooling around a little more with her guildmates, Shen Jingbin decided to pay her sect a visit. But just as she teleported to the entrance of White Cloud Temple, she received mail from Pure Crane.
"Youâre finally on."
Shen Jingbin sent out her reply as she made her way towards the Sect Leaderâs residence, "Did something happen?"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
The NPCs who were going to and fro around White Cloud Temple all paused when they saw her and gave a very respectful bow. "Greetings, Great Senior Sister." Shen Jingbin nodded back in reply before continuing on her way.
"Mm, something did happen. Where are you? I want to have a face-to-face chat with you."
"Iâm at White Cloud Temple," After replying, Shen Jingbin turned and walked towards White Cloud Templeâs main hall.
Pure Crane moved quickly and was already there waiting for her when she reached the main hall. Many of the players and NPCs gathered in the area broke off into groups of twos and threes to start whispering amongst themselves.
Shen Jingbin got straight to the point and asked, "What happened?"
Pure Crane glanced around before he replied, "Letâs find somewhere with fewer people around."
Shen Jingbin had also felt no small amount of gazes directed at her. Sheâd only come here to make it easier for Pure Crane to find her and hadnât expected to be gawked at by so many people. After all, she was of the opinion that all players should mind their own business.
However, sheâd evidently underestimated the gossipy nature of players.