Chapter 25

It wasn’t until he met that person.When Lou Shumo was in Junior High School, he came into contact with the online game called [Ancient Hero], which was popular at that time. The graphics and the gameplay were not bad, so Lou Shumo, who had no friends, chose to play games in order to kill his boredom.

Even as he played this kind of large-scale, online game, Lou Shumo still played it as if it was a single-player game. There had been a lot of team dungeons that he never participated in. Solo PKing was his sole source of pleasure, and because of his sharp skills, he was first in the PK ranking1. Soon, he became famous for reaching the top of the rankings, which attracted the attention of many people.

This wasn’t what Lou Shumo wanted, so he quickly abandoned the Male Knight character and started again as a Female Healer. This time, he did not play with the sharp PK-style and began to develop towards a leisurely style of playing. In order to be an Achievement Hunter, it was to do some quests that would give certain rewards.

In the summer vacation before his Second Year of High School, Lou Shumo needed to complete a Master-Apprentice Quest. He had a bit of a headache when he was trying to recruit apprentices. When he sent out a notice to recruit apprentices for the quest, he announced that he would give 50,000 gold coins as a token of appreciation.

Generally, old players, who play with an Alt Account2, knew the rules when it came to formally taking an apprentice. This way of rewarding money when the work was done well, would also reduce the hassle of human interaction

However, within five minutes after Lou Shumo sent out the notice, a Level 7 Male Warlord came to him, worshipping him as his master.

As soon as the Master-Apprentice ceremony was over, the disciple would automatically be teleported to where the master was located. As soon as the Male Warlord arrived next to Lou Shumo, he said, “Wow, wow, wow! What happened? Why did I come here all of a sudden?”

At that time, Lou Shumo thought to himself: What bad luck. I took in a cute, newbie apprentice.

Lou Shumo thought that since the money had already been spent, just leave it as it was. Unexpectedly, this newbie would ask too many questions and he was too stupid. Originally, Lou Shumo didn’t want to take care of him, but it was really shameless to pretend that he didn’t see them, so  Lou Shumo started to teach him, little by little.

However, Lou Shumo didn’t expect to be slightly moved as he taught this apprentice. Although this apprentice was stupid at first, he was very lively and cheerful, like a little sun. He was very sensible and caring. The whole person had a sweet mouth and Lou Shumo liked him a bit. Once, Lou Shumo confided his secret to his apprentice.

It was about that secret of him being able to hear things talking.

After his apprentice finished reading it, he didn’t doubt what Lou Shumo said. His apprentice didn’t think it was a joke, or felt that it was terrifying. Instead, he replied, “Then you are so pitiful, Master. You must feel very uncomfortable, right? It is because of this that you don’t usually interact with other people, isn’t it? I won’t leave you from now on. Let me stay with you all the time, okay? 「hug」”

After reading these words, Lou Shumo sat in front of the computer, as a warm feeling lingered in his heart for a long time.

In this case, Lou Shumo’s relationship with his apprentice grew closer and closer.

One day, his apprentice suddenly confessed to him.

This time, Lou Shumo was indeed caught off guard.

He knew that his apprentice was a man, but his apprentice had always thought that he was a woman. After all, Lou Shumo was playing a Female Healer character. His usual writing style was also gentle and quiet. Basically, Lou Shumo himself would think he was a woman, and his apprentice certainly thought so as well.

Lou Shumo admitted that he was moved by his selfishness. Lou Shumo knew that if he admitted that he was a man and played as a cross-gender character, then the feelings developed between him and his apprentice would be shattered, never to return.

What’s more was that Lou Shumo actually really liked his apprentice.

Therefore, Lou Shumo accepted his apprentice’s confession. The two officially started a sweet online relationship.

Online dating was sweet, but of course, it was also bitter. What made Lou Shumo feel bitter was that his apprentice wanted to see his pictures. He even wanted to meet offline.

At first, the two of them didn’t talk about the three-dimensional world very much. However, the more they talked to each other, the more they wanted to understand each other. They wanted to know what the other person’s voice sounded like and wondered, what did they look like? What were they like in reality?

The same was true of Lou Shumo, who was also curious about his apprentice.

Lou Shumo went to buy a voice changer to deal with it, but pictures were really difficult to send. His apprentice first sent an image for him to see. He was a good-looking boy. Lou Shumo liked him at a glance. Lou Shumo also watched the video sent unilaterally by his apprentice on QQ3. It was not much different from the photos. It was even better-looking.

However, Lou Shumo couldn’t send anything to his apprentice. So in order to fool him, he could only use the reason that girls were shyer.

Later on, his apprentice became increasingly curious. He issued a lot of invitations for them to meet face-to-face, because at that time, the Master-Apprentice matching was through same-city players. Therefore, there was no way Lou Shumo could fool the other person with the reason that they were too far away.

At that time, Lou Shumo felt flustered for the first time. He thought that he shouldn’t have deceived his apprentice in the first place. He had deceived the other in this romantic relationship.

In the first semester of Third Year High School, Lou Shumo figured out that he couldn’t continue this way. He would end the deceitful relationship. Sᴇaʀᴄh the ɴøvᴇlFɪre.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

Afterwards, Lou Shumo uninstalled the game, sold his game account, and sent a final message to his apprentice on QQ.

The subject was generally about how he was in his senior year of high school and couldn’t indulge in playing games anymore. He should also end this illusory online dating. He also said that if they were destined, then they should both be admitted to University A, which they both aspired to enter and meet again……

After sending the message, Lou Shumo quit that QQ account and never used it again.

That last sentence was actually courteous words from Lou Shumo, who knew that even if they did both get into University A, it wouldn’t change the fact that he was male.

That day was the last day before Lou Shumo’s 18th birthday. It was also the first time he experienced the feeling of breaking up.

However, what he didn’t expect was that after this day, Lou Shumo had stopped hearing the voices of those things. All of his auditory hallucinations were gone.

He turned back to normal without warning, and he had no way to tell this good news to his beloved young apprentice.

Originally, Lou Shumo thought that this online dating would come to an end at that moment.

However, Lou Shumo didn’t expect that when he went to greet the first years at the beginning of his second year in university, he saw his little apprentice. His little apprentice was carrying a satchel, pulling a suitcase, carrying a bamboo cooler and bucket as he stepped into the gates of University A. The bright smile on his face immediately captured the heart of Lou Shumo.

He thought, ‘Can I use the identity of being a schoolmate, to pursue my little apprentice?’

Lou Shumo hadn’t had auditory hallucinations since he became an adult, so he was no longer antisocial. After entering university, he could communicate with people more easily, but he still felt a bit helpless in the face of pursuing the person he liked.

Therefore, his little apprentice had finished his first year, but Lou Shumo still could only look at him, but not eat. Lou Shumo had actually hinted his interest many times, but his little apprentice seemed to be a straight man who couldn’t be any straighter. He hadn’t been able to interpret Lou Shumo’s signs at all. It was really worrying.

As Lou Shumo thought of this, he carried the condoms back to his apartment with a sigh. Although the progress was very slow, he still managed to swindle his little apprentice into living in the same apartment building as him. Albeit, not on the same floor.

The little apprentice’s real name was Gu Xiaoyu. He told Lou Shumo his name as early as when they were online dating. However, Lou Shumo didn’t dare to tell Gu Xiaoyu his real name.

In fact, he didn’t dare to tell Gu Xiaoyu that they had an online relationship either. Lou Shumo was afraid that Gu Xiaoyu would hate him for it.

After entering the bedroom, Lou Shumo began to take off his clothes, one by one. When he was about to change into his pajamas from the closet, he thought for a while and decided that he should research the use of condoms first.

The inexplicable voice he heard when he left the supermarket was still fresh in his mind. However, when Lou Shumo opened the box of condoms and pinched a condom with his finger to take a look, he didn’t find anything special.

Lou Shumo stopped thinking about it and immediately took out his giant penis from his crotch.

Speaking of this, Lou Shumo couldn’t help, but have a burst of chagrin. His thing down there was really too big. He was afraid that this thing would one day be out of his control and go hurt Gu Xiaoyu. Lou Shumo was even more afraid that Gu Xiaoyu wouldn’t be able to accept his size and be scared away. After all, he checked the average size of men. Compared to ordinary men, the gap between his thing and theirs was too big.

When Lou Shumo put the condom on his still not-erect penis, he suddenly heard a voice that sounded exactly like Gu Xiaoyu’s voice in his head, “Oh…… Fuck, gentle, Be gentle! T-t-too big!”

Don’t look at the calm and collected face of Lou Shumo at this moment. He was actually really taken aback. His auditory hallucinations were obviously gone. So why did the voice sound extremely similar to Gu Xiaoyu’s voice?

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PK or Player Killing but they usually refer to 1 vs 1 player duelsAlt Account – An alternate account, or extra account that is different from what you usually use.QQ  is an instant messaging software service and web portal developed by the Chinese tech giant Tencent.