Shi Sheng ended up skipping the orientation ceremony lest she be tempted into hacking the leads to death if she saw them again. This was probably because she was a stepmother-type author; she just wouldn’t feel comfortable unless she tortured the female lead.

  By the time Shi Sheng arrived home that evening, the update was finally done. So the first thing she did after logging on was to check what was new.

  The world chat was currently discussing the Camp Wars, following the announcement that the first one was to be held at the end of the month.

  Twinklegem Tower had also been upgraded and now had 120 floors.

  Shi Sheng next went to the forums and found that the thread that was dissing Sang Yu earlier had already disappeared.

  Shi Sheng returned to the game and messaged Ink Seeker.

  : [hubby, let’s go increase intimacy!]

  : [Speak properly.]

  : [lil b!tch, come increase intimacy! i wanna use couple skills!]

  Couple skills could only be learned once Intimacy had reached a certain point.

  : [Come to Fallback Valley, 331, 465.]

  Ink Seeker wasn’t alone when Shi Sheng teleported to those co-ords. Beside him was a lower-levelled player called “Call Me Profiteer No.1”, and considering how there were no records in the area chat, they were probably private messaging each other.

  : [Greetings Music Dashen.]

  : [feeling a bit nervous at having someone finally call me dashen]

  : [Music Dashen, are you selling your half of Three Lifetimes too?]

  : [it’s bound to me, can’t sell]

  : [……Ink Seeker Dashen, were you just toying with me?]

  : [Trade.]

  The two were silent again for a while, so they were probably trading.

  : [Music Dashen, seeing as how I called you Dashen, could you sell your half to me as well?]

  Shi Sheng’s face as she messaged Ink Seeker: (||| ¬_¬)

  : [you hacked the system again!]

  : [En.]

  : [just how poor are you???]

  : [There’s no point keeping it.]

  : [i can use it to show off ah!]

  : [……]

  : [Music Dashen, say something ah! Are you selling it?]

  : [no]

  : [Why? Ink Seeker Dashen’s already sold his, and there’s no point wearing it on your own…… Wasn’t there a saying the wife should follow her husband’s example?]

  : [just because you said that……]

  : [You want to sell it now?]

  Profiteer started getting excited.

  : [not. selling.]

  : [……]

  : [……]

  : [even if i dismantle this, i’m not giving it to you]

  : [……Music Dashen, don’t be like this! What did I say wrong? I can take it back, can’t I? As long as you sell your half of Three Lifetimes to me……]

  : [you can swallow back what you just spat out?]

  : [……]

  Profiteer felt like he’d received 10,000 points of damage from her.

  Having dominated the business world (in-game) for years now, he knew that the scariest people to deal with weren’t those that played sly tricks or cunning sleights of hand, but those that were utterly shameless in negotiations

  especially those who didn’t care about money at all.

  This type of people didn’t have any weaknesses, so there was simply no way to get what you wanted from them if they didn’t want to.

  : [If Music Dashen decides to change your mind, you’re always welcome to come find me. The price can be negotiated.]

  Profiteer ran off after saying this, as if he was afraid of Shi Sheng causing trouble for him.

  : [come dear husband, let’s go raise our intimacy!]

  : [……]

  Ink Seeker initially thought that they were just going to do some couple quests together, but he had forgotten that this new wife of his was into flamboyant, flaunting displays meant to vex everyone to death. How would she follow the crowd like an obedient little sheep and simply go do what everybody else did?

  He was brought to Dream Restoration Peak, the place that was acclaimed to have the best scenery in the game and where the entrance to the “Dream Of A Thousand Years” secret realm was located.

  Dream Restoration Peak was a mountain with a giant cherry blossom tree at the top, and a sea of smaller cherry blossoms at the base.

  Due to the little pink petals drifting and floating slowly in the air, the area had an ethereal and romantic feel to it that made it immensely popular among the players.

  Shi Sheng climbed to the top of the mountain, swiftly bought some fireworks and gave them to Ink Seeker.

  : [light them]

  : [……]

  Fireworks were typically items for weddings, but there was actually another type that was used to increase Intimacy. Ink Seeker discovered that the ones Shi Sheng had bought were the very expensive ones.

  Worth 999g each, these packs contained 99 fireworks and each firework could increase Intimacy by 1,314 points.

  The Intimacy stat was currently capped at 5201314

  points. Apparently, reaching it would unlock a very awesome couple skill as well as a title, but no one had achieved it as of yet.

  : [you set them off, i’m off to go eat]

  : [How come I’m the one who has to do this?]

  : [what, do i have to do it myself? you still have the face to ask that when i already bought the fireworks?!]

  Shi Sheng was easily provoked, as you can tell.

  Ink Seeker silently started setting off fireworks while thinking to himself, ……

  What greeted Shi Sheng after she came back from her meal were people who had nothing else to discuss on world chat but the topic of Ink Seeker setting off fireworks for her on Dream Restoration Peak.

  : [did Ink Seeker Dashen strike it rich or forgot to take his medicine? how many has he used now? how much money is that???]

  : [all of his savings? is Ink Seeker Dashen going to have to eat dirt now?]

  : [how come tycoon music doesn’t have any reaction?]

  : [attention seeker! why don’t you buy Beautiful Land since you’re so rich eh?]

  : [This just in, Ink Seeker Dashen has already used three packs of fireworks!]

  : [i’m not selling myself]

  : [pfft

  not even if it’s for 5,200 each time? you probably can’t fetch this price even at those places in the capital]

  : [actually, i can consider it.]

  Beautiful Land was also the name of another item used to increase Intimacy, and it was worth 5,200 gold. That’s right, 5,200g for

  item, not a package. To say that it was damn expensive was an understatement.

  : [if i did that just because you told me to, wouldn’t that mean i’m losing face? beg me and i’ll show you, how ’bout it?]

  : [pei! who are you to get this young miss to beg you?!]

  : [There are this many rich people on this server?]