Chapter 91 - Mastermo And His Interesting Conversation

Zhihao scoffed, "Are we really going to argue about that? What if I asked? Would you have said yes?" 

Li Ling smiled as he heard this question and Zhihao couldn't help but feel like whatever this man was about to say would cause his heart to stop. 

"I would have." Li Ling answered honestly, not bothering to lie to Zhihao. It wasn't like this man would take him seriously anyhow, so what was the problem?

Zhihao was silent as he heard this. His brain had stopped working. It had died. Just that.. He was a bit too stupid to understand what Li Ling was saying. 

Li Ling saw the man's speechless, blank expression, and he broke out laughing, "Why do you look so shocked?" 

Zhihao shook his head as he heard this, "I get it." 

"You get what?" Li Ling asked, tilting his head. 

"I get why your crush doesn't know you like them." 

"..." 

Li Ling didn't know if he should laugh or cry as he heard this, but he was sure that whatever Zhihao wanted to say next was going to be something really dumb and he would not be loving it very much. 

Zhihao seemed to live up to his expectations as he spoke, "You are like this to everyone so how would they know you are crushing on them?" 

Li Ling smiled as he heard this, but his smile hid a lot of feelings, mainly, it hid behind his helplessness. 

Li Ling really felt like cutting open Zhihao's head to peek inside and see what was inside. Was there a brain or was it a computer chip? 

There was probably a high probability that the man had a computer chip instead of a brain. A human brain was supposed to also consider people's feelings and not just base everything off of facts, but If we were to talk about Zhihao, he had a brain that was more like a computer chip than a real computer chip. His brain was capable of being so amazing sometimes while the same brain would seem like a pea brain at times. 

Li Ling didn't know if he liked it or hated it more since he felt both. Zhihao's denseness was the reason why Li Ling had fooled him till now and it was also the reason why Zhihao fell into Li Ling's trap. He liked it because of that, but at the same time, he also hated that no matter how many hints he gave out, Zhihao was still not able to catch on. 

As time went by and they got to know each other more and more, Li Ling felt himself getting more and more greedy. More and more impatient. What was he doing anymore, he had no idea. 

By the end of all this, would he be forgiven for lying for so long or would he be punished for it all? Li Ling was a bit afraid of it, but to him, the worst punishment would be Zhihao saying that he found Li Ling disgusting and creepy and of course running away after that. Li Ling wasn't a yandere so if Zhihao ever said something like that, Li Ling would not keep on holding onto him. He would take a step back and try to forget this Mastermo from his mind. 

Zhihao saw Li Ling smiling like that and frowned, "This is a serious problem." 

"Is it?" Li Ling asked. 

"It is." Zhihao confirmed, "If you keep on doing this, you'll make people think that your crush is me." 

Zhihao instantly regretted it as soon as he said it. What was he doing letting his mouth run off like that? Wouldn't Zhihao always blame BBtrash for not having a filter in his mouth? How was he any different than him if Zhihao was sitting here, not knowing what he was saying? 

Zhihao felt his heart go still in anticipation. He hated this feeling. Why was he feeling like this? Why was he so eager to see Li Ling's reaction? 

Zhihao was unconsciously looking for a clarification cause somehow he felt like the crush Li Ling was talking about was him, but he could never be sure since he didn't know the guy that well. 

He wanted to know if his speculations were correct or if he was just thinking up nonsense in his free time? 

Was he wrong? 

He wanted to know the answer and yet he didn't. He was afraid to know the answer. What if Li Ling laughed at him and told him that he was being delusional? If that happened, Zhihao would want to dig up a hole in the ground and bury himself alive. 

Li Ling was silent for a minute as he almost panicked and the complaints he had made previously disappeared into thin air from his mind. He regretted saying that he didn't like Zhihao's dense mind. It was better if this man didn't catch hints! It was too soon for him to confess! 

Li Ling took a deep breath in and told himself that he still had it under control. It wasn't like Zhihao had said it with proof. He had said it on a whim! On a whim! 

When Li Ling was done calming his mind down, he chuckled as he spoke, "If I was you, I would end up thinking that too." 

Li Ling prayed in his mind that Zhihao would change the subject and it seemed like God had heard his prayers as Zhihao changed the subject because he too didn't want to continue that speculation. 

"So you also know what you are doing wrong?" 

Li Ling chuckled as he heard this, "But I don't think I want to stop." 

"Eh? Why?" 

Li Ling looked at Zhihao straight in the eyes as he answered, "Because that's just who I am. I talk like this and I don't think I will be able to stop it." 

Li Ling didn't feel guilty about lying like that since his answer still held some honesty in it. He wasn't lying when he said that he won't be able to stop saying things like that since it came so naturally to him, but of course, he won't be telling Zhihao that this was something that was only applied when talking to this man. If it was someone else, they would be glad if Li Ling even spared them a 'hello'. 

Zhihao shook his head as he heard this answer that didn't sound so pleasing, "Aren't you afraid?" 

"Afraid of what?" 

"Afraid of causing misunderstandings." 

"Did I make you misunderstand something?" 

Zhihao, "What if I fall in love with you?" 

Li Ling wanted to laugh as he heard this. Wasn't he saying all this to make Zhihao fall in love? If Zhihao fell in love with him, who else would be happier than him? 

"Are you planning on leaving Bu Hui behind for me?" Li Ling asked playfully. 

Zhihao chuckled, "If I fall in love with you, don't you think I will have to leave Bu Hui?"

"Not necessarily." 

"Eh?" 

Li Ling was about to break out laughing as he saw the expression on Zhihao's face, but before he could do anything, he was suddenly pulled back. 

Zhihao was almost scared to death as he saw this. His eyes followed after Li Ling but before he could completely turn around, the gamemaster's voice woke him up from his shock. 

"Don't turn around!" 

Zhihao felt his heart race. They were just talking so peaceful right now and in the next second, Li Ling was pulled away by who knows what, the shock was self-explanatory. 

"Li Ling?" Zhihao called out loud as he looked at the white screen in front of him once again but he got no response, "Alvi, where is Li Ling?" 

[Dead, maybe?]

"What the hell?" Zhihao cried out, "Don't joke around with me." 

[I don't know.]

[Why are you asking me?]

[I'm not here to guide you through the games, I'm just here to accompany you and make sure that you don't cheat]

Zhihao mentally rolled his eyes in annoyance as he heard this. Was there a better way to say that she was a useless bot? Probably not. 

The gamemaster seemed to be a lot more helpful than Alvi, "I thought you were going to show me, Mastermo." 

Zhihao looked at him in a loss, "What?" 

"You told me that you will show me why you are capable of beating me," The gamemaster spoke patiently once again, "Can't you do that without your friend?" 

Zhihao felt offended as he heard this. Was worrying about your partner that wrong? He was just doing what a normal person would do. 

A normal person. 

Oh right! 

Zhihao had forgotten that not many people saw him as a normal person. 

Zhihao was silent for a minute and when that minute was over, he spoke, "I'll show you." 

The gamemaster smiled as he heard this, "Don't worry about your friend. He's not dead." 

Now that the Gamemaster had personally said this, there was no way Li Ling was dead and now Zhihao could rest assured. 

"Bu Hui, what is this level about?"