A Race to (Be) The Top

"It would be nice if I knew Master as an ordinary player, then I wouldn't have to keep secrets and always keep a distance from Master with trepidation.

"At least I can say thank you generously when Master helps me, instead of being so guilty that I dare not even say thank you.

"But if that's the case, I'm afraid Master wouldn't have noticed me at first, and I don't have the honor to be able to worship the most beautiful god in the game as a teacher."

A gust of cold wind blew through, curling up Lizheng's silver-white hair, and also blowing away some fog in the forest, and some things became clearer.

"It is also impossible for me to know someone. He is not as smart as Master, nor as powerful as Master. He is full of desire to control and has a bad temper.

"He's terribly kind, yet terribly awkward. Even what he thinks is a wish set by an AI, he will try his best to protect it."

Ling Xiaolu raised his face, showing firm eyes.

"Master, I no longer have any secrets in front of you, and I have no ghosts in my heart. If you don't mind that I have someone in my heart, please let me be your help on the battlefield in the future."

Li Zheng's voice was cold: "You really think so?"

Ling Xiaolu nodded: "Yeah!"

"This is your last chance to say no."

"I won't regret it!"

Li Zheng slowly raised his finger, Ling Xiaolu watched with his own eyes the finely carved jade-like fingertips draw an arc in front of his eyes, settled down, as if waiting for his response.

At this untimely timing, a small firework suddenly exploded in the sky.

On the far side of the mountain, in a place where a hundred flowers are blooming, the second follower nervously holds down the hand of the follower A.

"What are you doing? The ceremony hasn't started yet. Didn't you agree that all the fireworks will be lit at the moment the bond is formed to surprise Miss Nanxun?"

Follower A argued for his mistake: "I'll try it first to see if it works, what if it fails?"

"Are you stupid? This is not a real firework, how could it be misfired?"

"Ah? No way?"

"I warn you, this is the most expensive firework set in the mall. No matter where it is lit, players in the whole continent can see it. The smallest one you just set will cost 98 shots. If the patriarch finds out, it will definitely I want you to lose money!"

Follower A has a guilty conscience and hopes that Dou Kou has not noticed the accident just now.

"I never imagined that such an iron cock like the patriarch would be willing to spend a lot of money for Miss Nanxun."

"Isn't it? Don't blink, the 10 yuan real gold and silver fireworks will be gone as soon as you hear it." The servant second sighed with emotion, "I have to say, the money of the prince's family is really good, why didn't I Can your surname be Ji?"

When he looked up, he found that the servant A was cleaning his ears.

"What are you doing again?"

"Didn't you say that it will disappear after you hear it? I, I want to listen carefully and hear clearly."

"... mentally handicapped!"

Ling Xiaolu took a deep breath, and was about to follow suit, when Li Zheng's finger suddenly moved down, and tapped lightly on his chest.

"Then I will accept your sincerity."

Ling Xiaolu was completely confused.

"...Master?"

Li raised his hands calmly: "What? You didn't say it, if I don't mind? Unfortunately, I mind, so you were eliminated."

"But Shi Ba and Qing Mei..."

"Do you really think that without you, I am no match for those two people? How vulnerable do you imagine your master is? I said that I need you, it is true. But without you, it does not mean that I will Surrender."

Ling Xiaolu still didn't understand, he was at a loss.

Li Zheng chuckled: "Teacher, who is in your heart, can I not see it? What you said today, when you confessed to that person, I knew."

Ling Xiaolu panicked: "What confession, when, I didn't..."

"Just yesterday, when the two of you were alone in the backyard. I didn't tell you about you because of the teacher. You confessed so implicitly that the teacher can hear it. Don't you think fools can understand it?"

"I……"

"Remember next time, don't beat around the bush when talking to fools, especially on the premise that falling in love makes people less intelligent."

All the firmness that Ling Xiaolu had summoned up his courage was shattered to pieces. He stood there awkwardly, not knowing how to digest this huge turning point.

"But Master, since you already...why do you want me to come today?"

"Because there is that kind of person who doesn't know how to speak his mind until he is pushed to the limit. If I don't provoke him, I don't know how long he will keep my stupid apprentice waiting."

"So... Master, did you do it on purpose?"

"I sent him the coordinate function a few minutes ago. Of course, whether it can be solved is his problem."

"..." Ling Xiaolu remembered that the last time they came here to catch Yunhu, Li Zheng also drew a curve function on the snow.

Li Zheng raised his eyelids lightly, as if he was talking to someone in the air.

"Don't tell me."

Ling Xiaolu:?

He looked up, only "Linglong" was floating in the air alone, but he had already forgotten about the live broadcast.

——Don't worry, man!We won't say it! ! !

——Believe that the prince can solve it!People who are not good at math don't deserve love! ! !

——Wuuuuuu Good Master of China, male god, can I worship you as my teacher?The kind that doesn't need a bag to find a boyfriend!

"Master, who are you talking to?"

Li Zheng raised his brows: "Why don't you go soon?"

Instinctively, Ling Xiaolu rode on the Linglu in a panic, and after turning around in a circle, he realized:

"...Well, Master, where are you drawing coordinates?"

Li Zheng pointed to the top of the mountain: "The place with the highest altitude in Beimang, if you can't agree, you can jump off the cliff together."

"..." Ling Xiaolu turned the deer's head, "Then I'll go!"

The spirit deer jumped more than ten meters lightly and then stopped. The boy on its back excitedly turned back and shouted:

"Thank you Master!"

——If I know Master as an ordinary player... At least I can say thank you generously when Master helps me...

Li Zheng looked at Linglu and carried Ling Xiaolu away, leaving a series of circular hoofprints on the thick snow all the way to the top of the mountain.

He had raised his apprentice for so long, and finally let him go.

He came with the spirit of spring, and he still belonged to Dongye after all.

"First sprout." Ji Qing's voice sounded neither high nor low.

"Ah," Chu Ya hurriedly closed the live broadcast page, "Master."

"The ceremony is about to start, what are you still looking at?" Ji Qingming asked knowingly.

"No, I'm ready." Chu Ya wasted no time arranging the dress of the same style as Ji Qing's, "That's right, so many people from our family are absent, so it really doesn't matter?"

After all, it was Nan Xun's important bond-making ceremony, but almost half of the main members of Lutou were not present.

"I don't think Nanxun herself would mind."

Seeing Chu Ya's secretly worried look, Ji Qing smiled and comforted her: "Although my brother is stupid, he is a little stupid, but he will not disappoint people at critical moments, so you have to have confidence in him."

The well-dressed Nan Xun ran over with a small skirt: "Sisters, can we start?"

"Xiao Nanxun, you look really nice today." Chu Ya praised her.

"Dad bought it, but the skirt is very long, and I'm afraid I'll trip over it later."

"Because this skirt is worn by a lady, you can't run as fast as you just now." Ji Qing and Chu Ya helped her hold up the skirt, "Let's go, we will help you."

Chu Ya took a look in the direction of Beimang before setting off, Ji Xiaomeng, you have to fight hard.

The three of them walked through the red carpet made of petals, filled with angels and roses along the way—the two most romantic pets in the game, they will never be absent in any grand ceremony, and the latter is still asking for help. Flower petals were scattered outside, adding thickness to the red carpet under their feet.

Spirits of seven attributes are flying in the air. Where they glide, colorful stars glisten and fall, and some of them land on Nan Xun's head, making her look like a fairy descended from the world, wet by the Milky Way on the way here hair.

Many online players came to watch the excitement, not only along the way, but also in the higher places farther away, which were crowded with onlookers.The gray-clothed people in the studio carefully hid in the corner, for fear of dimming the color of this grand ceremony.

With excitement, Dou Kou watched his little angel walking towards him. This dream scene was a million times more beautiful than he had imagined.

Only after repeated reminders from his attendants did he remember to give a welcome speech.

"Welcome so many friends at the scene to witness my bond with my daughter. My daughter is the best angel in the world... No, no, how can an angel be in the world? It's in the sky... This is unlucky, heaven and earth... ...In short, there is no cuter little angel than my daughter!"

The follower reminded in a low voice: "Patriarch, calm down."

"I can't calm down. I've been playing games for so long. I've owned almost everything, but I've never been happier than now. God took away my Jingzhe City, but he compensated me with such a beautiful daughter."

Dou Kou's joy was beyond words.

"A long time ago, my daughter once questioned me, what is she in my eyes, this collar, or this gray dress?

"I've thought about this question for a long time. Before I met my daughter, my biggest wish was to have a fan name. I don't care who it is, and I don't care if it's good or not.

"After meeting my daughter, I finally knew that this is the person, there is no other fan name, I am waiting for her!

"I would like to thank those fans who once turned me away, you made me wait, the most innocent, cutest, and most understanding little angels, my little princess, my little Nanxun."

He suddenly expressed guilt: "Daughter, I have said rude things to your family members, so I prepared such a gift, hoping to get everyone's forgiveness."

I saw Dou Kou raised his hand and tapped a few times, the decent costume on his body changed instantly, and became the same inconspicuous gray dress as the people in the studio.

At the same time, all the members of the Dou Niwan family who were present all put on the same clothes uniformly, and stood together with Nan Xun's family members, regardless of you or me.

Nan Xun subconsciously raised her hands to cover her mouth: "..."

"Daughter, I have done a lot wrong in the past, thank you for accepting me regardless of the past. From now on, your family is my family, and I will take care of you for each of them. I swear by... I swear by all the mines in the family , I want you to be healthy and happy forever, so..."

He stretched out his index finger tremblingly: "Would you like to?"

Ling Xiaolu finally reached the top of the snow-covered mountain, and met Ji Meng who had just galloped a deer from the other side of the mountain.They coincidentally grabbed their mounts, one person and one deer, and looked at each other at a distance of more than ten meters.

Obviously he didn't run up by himself, but he was also short of breath, and the white air exhaled from his mouth was messed up by the cold wind.

They all got off the deer at the same time, but no one took a step.

The sound of panting danced in the eardrum, and a second seemed as long as 1 years.

Nan Xun put down his hands covering his mouth for a long time, smiled slightly, and changed his exorbitant little skirt back into plain gray clothes.

She also extended her index finger to Dou Kou: "I am willing... Dad."

The moment the two fingertips touched, the servant B, who had always been tense, immediately ordered: "It's now! Let it go!"

Bright and gorgeous fireworks rose into the sky and bloomed, one after another, the entire magic continent, no matter where it was, was shrouded in this grand fireworks.

On the distant top of Beiman Mountain, the two people who had looked at each other affectionately before were attracted by the fireworks in the sky at the same time.

Ling Xiaolu was dragged into memory by the sound of fireworks. What did Ji Meng say when the sky was full of fireworks last time?

"I want to team up with you to do missions!"

Ling Xiaolu: "..."

He was pulled back to reality by the voice, this was not the picture in his memory, but Ji Meng who was standing opposite him, shouting loudly at a distance of more than ten meters away from him.

What he said last time, he repeated exactly the same thing this time.

Ling Xiaolu couldn't laugh or cry, he didn't know what expression to use to respond.

"You heard that I finished!" Ji Meng shouted anxiously, "I want to form a team with you to go to the battlefield!

"I want to team up with you to catch babies!

"I want to do everything with you, I want to go everywhere on this continent with you!

"I know that you have many friends who can accompany you to many places and do many things. I know that Lizheng needs you more than I do, and I also know that you and Zhenjiu have more similar interests.

"But I only have you, and I only want to be with you!

"Because you are the first friend I made in the game!

"Because you're the only one who won't laugh at me for playing with the baby.

"Because you are the only one who didn't block my circle of friends and gave me likes on every post.

"You were even the first person to talk to me about Qiu Kabi since I was a child. I thought there would never be such a person.

"I said I appreciate you standing up for others, I said I respect any decision you make..."

Ji Meng had to raise his voice again to fight against the sound of fireworks all over the sky.

"Those are all lying to you!

"Actually, I don't want to!

"I also tried my best not to stop you at the last second when you teleported away!"

His lips were trembling uncontrollably.

"But I regret it now!"

Ling Xiaolu's eyes were red unconsciously, and Ji Meng's eyes were also red, and he shouted the last words with all his strength:

"I don't care if you're green or pink, and I don't care if you're human or AI!

"Because I like—"

Ling Xiaolu slowly opened his eyes, the familiar furnishings reminded him that this was the living room at home, and he was sitting on the sofa by the window, with the moonlight pouring in through the glass, it felt like a world away.

He lowered his head stiffly, half of the broken collar fell on his knees, and half fell to the ground. The metal edge reflected the cold white moonlight.