"Hurry up and pack your things, let’s go downstairs for dinner," Rong Qingqing urged Shen Qiao, who was flailing around on the sofa, "You really looked just like a big dog just now."
As soon as she heard about food, Shen Qiao immediately sat up and pouted, not even bothering to argue about being compared to a dog.
Rong Qingqing had rushed out earlier, so she had only eaten half a bowl of porridge, while Shen Qiao hadn’t eaten a bite yet.
Neither of them felt like going far, so they directly found a restaurant on the hotel’s first floor and walked right in.
At this time, the restaurant was quite crowded. The server led them to a table for two. Just as Rong Qingqing was about to sit down, she heard a familiar "what the hell." When she turned her head and saw that familiar face, two big "what the hells" echoed in her mind.
"Why is it still you?"
Both of them took a step back.
"You still say you aren’t stalking me!" Zhao Junxi said through gritted teeth, looking at the woman who seemed to pop out of nowhere.
"To avoid you, I even stopped going back to my apartment, and came to stay in a hotel, yet you still managed to track me here!" Zhao Junxi asked, "And you still claim you’re not stalking me?"
Rong Qingqing held her forehead, feeling utterly wronged.
How was she supposed to know Zhao Junxi had been driven to stay in a hotel because of her?
If she’d known, she wouldn’t have brought Shen Qiao to this hotel.
"Sister Qingqing, who is this guy? Why is he claiming you’re stalking him?" Shen Qiao tugged at Rong Qingqing’s sleeve.
"I don’t know who he is either, probably just some nutcase with a faulty brain," Rong Qingqing shrugged and pulled Shen Qiao to another spot to sit down.
Zhao Junxi stood where he was, and only after Rong Qingqing walked away did he mutter under his breath, "This time at least, she’s got some brains, knows to find someone as a cover."
Seeing Rong Qingqing move to another spot, Zhao Junxi didn’t follow, just sat there sulking, which made the server too scared to say a word.
To Rong Qingqing, the restaurant’s food wasn’t particularly tasty, but Shen Qiao was enjoying it.
After eating a bit, Rong Qingqing put down her chopsticks and waited for Shen Qiao to finish slowly, while she started playing a game on her phone.
Rong Qingqing didn’t turn on the game sound effects, but as soon as Shen Qiao glanced over, she curiously asked, "Sister Qingqing, are you playing a game too?"
Rong Qingqing nodded and hummed in agreement.
"Which game are you playing?" Shen Qiao became interested, moving her chair closer to Rong Qingqing.
She leaned over to look and was overjoyed!
"Sister Qingqing, you’re also playing ’Wandering with a Sword’!" Shen Qiao was thrilled, "I play this game too!"
After saying that, Shen Qiao was about to ask Rong Qingqing what level she had reached, but then, after taking a closer look, she realized Rong Qingqing was only doing beginner tasks in the newbie village.
She swallowed the question silently.
’Wandering with a Sword’ is the first major fantasy MMORPG developed by Jixing. When it was being developed, Rong Qingqing was too young to participate, but she did take part in the game’s beta test and was one of the early players during that time.
To reward the first batch of players who signed up for the beta, the game offered a non-wipe benefit.
When the game officially launched, while everyone was still in the newbie village, the 1,000 beta participants had already reached over level 20.
This year marks the sixth year since ’Wandering with a Sword’ went live, and Rong Qingqing’s old account is now a well-known figure on the leaderboard.