Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating

Edited by Divetus

The next day, Jing Huan sat in the last row, wearing headphones and watching a video.

Lu Wenhao leaned back in his chair, his hands dangling casually at his side, and turned his head out of boredom. "Huanhuan, why are you holding your phone that close this early?"

Seeing Jing Huan's mobile screen, he was shocked. "You are… What are you watching?"

On the screen was a NCH PVP video. The man in black robes was cutting the tiger headed man opposite into bloody ribbons.

The title of the video was "#1 NCH DPS Yearning For vs. #1 Fairy Fox Cave Long Floating".

"Watching PK." Jing Huan didn't turn his head.

He couldn't figure it out.

Although his equipment wasn't good, Yearning For had also switched to common grade equipment yesterday. Yet in the end, he hadn't only lost, but hadn't even lasted for three minutes.

Three minutes!!!

Jing Huan had played NCH for so many years, but he had never suffered such humiliation.

Although Long Floating didn't have a divine artifact, but judging from the light shining off of his clothes, he must be wearing divine robes.

Most of the NCH players who liked PVP had seen this video, and Lu Wenhao was no exception. He watched it again with Jing Huan and said, "I've seen Long Floating's clothing before, it's all purple burst attribute, but he still couldn't last ten minutes against Yearning For."

"Ten minutes?" Jing Huan clicked open the video progress bar. Sure enough, it clocked in at nine minutes and 48 seconds.

"Yeah, I think there must be an element of luck to it. Fairy Fox Caves move so fast, yet God Xiang's hit rate is as high as 70%." Lu Wenhao asked curiously, "But why are you suddenly watching PK videos? If you like PK so much, buy an account and come back and play ah."

Why watch the video?

Of course it was to study how to defeat Yearning For!

After chasing after Yearning For for this long, Jing Huan thought that the easier path for revenge might be to just kill off Yearning For.

Alas, his path to revenge was blanketed in thorns.

"Buy an account my ass, I don't have time to play." Jing Huan said casually.

"You don't have time? Then what are you usually doing? I specifically checked last night, you haven't been playing much LoL or PUBG."

At the end of the video, Jing Huan watched as the fairy fox cave was hacked at and sent flying by Yearning For, and it was as if he was watching himself yesterday.

He frowned, "Investigating your daddy's records?"

"It can't be called investigating, I'm being concerned for my roommate. Say it, what have you been doing in that rental house every day after moving out so long ago, without going out or playing games?" Lu Wenhao said, "Otherwise how's this. I have a side account I bought for special events. I'll give it to you ba."

"No." Jing Huan refused.

Lu Wenhao replied, "You don't want it even if I'm just giving it to you?!"

"There's going to be exams soon, there's no point."

Jing Huan wasn't making this stuff up. They had exams coming up next week, and he hadn't studied yet.

"Okay, then after exams let's talk about it some more." Lu Wenhao thought of something. "Have you not come out recently because you've been secretly studying?"

Not even mentioning studying, during this period of time, as soon as Jing Huan left the classroom, he hadn't even touched a textbook.

Bringing this up, Jing Huan also became inexplicably anxious. "That's only something Xiang'er would do."

Gao Zixiang responded, "I haven't. Although, I'm planning to go live in the library tomorrow."

These three internet addicts, if they stayed in the dormitory with a computer in front of them, they could hardly study at all. So when it came time for an exam, they all stayed in the library.

"Don't do tomorrow," said Jing Huan, "Just go this afternoon."

Gao Zixiang retorted, “Not this afternoon, I have to video-call my baby.”

Lu Wenhao also responded, “I can’t do it either, I have to do instances with my wife.”

Jing Huan was very glad to have moved out of the dorms, or he would be eating dog food every day.

So in the afternoon, Jing Huan went to the library by himself, with his books in his hands. Most people had classes at this time, so there were many vacant seats in the library. He casually choose a seat by the window.

Then, he took out his cellphone, intending to just fish around a bit first.

He opened up the chat group between Yearning For and the three of them.

Xiao Jing ya: [knocking] Is anyone there~

Long Road Ahead: Here, Xiao Jingjing!

Xiao Jing ya: 0.0 How many levels of quests have you run?

Long Road Ahead: 73! The day after tomorrow, we will definitely be on time to start the kill!

Xiao Jing ya: Ooooo, great. Where's my Gege?

Long Road Ahead: ….you only asked to really ask this ba.

Xiao Jing ya: (#^.^#) hehe, because Gege didn't reply to my message.

Long Road Ahead: Saw through you 🙂

Long Road Ahead: He just came back from playing basketball. He's taking a shower, so he probably didn't see your message? He'll reply to you soon. Right, Xiao Jingjing, I wanted to talk to you about something. Our God of War team is missing a person, can I call in Qiufeng?

Xiao Jing ya: Ah, that's all fine.

Long Road Ahead: hehe, that's good. Qiufeng's equipment is very good. With him there, we can save some effort.

Jing Huan closed the chat group and just wanted to look through his friend circle when their dormitory group chat suddenly jumped out.

Lu Wenhao: [picture]

Lu Wenhao: Huanhuan, are these shoes cool? Limited edition, opening tomorrow morning at 8 on XX official website!

Jing Huan opened the picture and saw that the shoes were crisscrossed in silver and white, with simple and handsome lines. The coolest thing was that the logo on the side of the shoes were made of special materials, black and shiny.

Xiao Jing ya: Cool! How much?

Lu Wenhao: Only a little over 8000!

Xiao Jing ya: Ahhhhhh, damn, buy >.<!!!

Lu Wenhao:…

Looking at this emoticon, Lu Wenhao couldn't help but say to the person next to him, "Xiang'er, why do I feel like Huanhuan's recent texts all sound kind of girly?"

Last time, Jing Huan had even sent them a blushing emoticon, which had shocked them so much that they suspected that his account must have been stolen.

Gao Zixiang didn't bother raising his head either. "If you say that in front of him, you will know whether he's girly or not."

"…" Lu Wenhao closed his mouth in silence.

Jing Huan set an alarm for when the shoes would go on sale, preparing to get up early tomorrow to try and buy up the shoes.

"Senior?" Suddenly the person behind him called out softly.

Jing Huan looked back. It was the girl who tried to give him water last time. She had her long hair loose and was wearing white jeans and carrying some books.

The girl, with pink cheeks, pointed to the chair beside him. "Can I sit here?"

Jing Huan blinked and surreptitiously put away his cellphone. "Of course you can."

When Xiang Huaizhi came out of the bathroom, he saw four unread messages on his cellphone.

"During your ten minutes of bathing, Xiao Jingjing already went looking for me." Lu Hang joked, "Hurry up and look, see if there's something big she wants to talk to you about."

Xiang Huaizhi turned on his phone in silence.

Xiao Jing ya: Happy Thursday, Gege!

Xiao Jing ya: I'm in class, so sleeeeppy = 0=

Xiao Jing ya: What's Gege doing [probe]

Xiao Jing ya: Gege, I have an exam next week. In the afternoon, I will go to the library to hug Buddha's feet! I might not be able to do instances with you QAQ

Lu Hang added, "By the way, I just asked Xiao Jingjing, and she won't mind Qiufeng joining us. I then promised Qiufeng he could come. He volunteered to help me, so I couldn't refuse."

"Whatever."

"Well actually, I originally wanted □□ Xiao to come, since she can both heal and attack, but she just didn't have time then…" Seeing the movements of the person behind him, Lu Hang paused, "Where are you going?"

Xiang Huaizhi put on a thin coat. "Returning some books."

"Returning books? You're not going to do instances this afternoon?"

"It's almost due," Xiang Huaizhi said concisely, taking a few books from the table casually. "Going now."

"… Oh."

—

Because of his good looks, Jing Huan had been confessed to by many people since he was young.

He held his head in one hand and put the tip of his pen on his chin, wondering the best way to refuse in case this female underclassman confessed to him.

This was the scene that Xiang Huaizhi saw when he came in.

The boy was frowning, concentrating on looking at the books on the table, while the girl beside him was looking down, secretly watching him. A ray of sunshine shone down on them, like the scene in a school idol play.

A handsome man and a pretty woman, many passers-by couldn't help but sneak a look at them.

At this time, the girl finally seemed to have plucked up the courage to turn around and say something to Jing Huan.

Jing Huan was stunned at first, then showed a slightly apologetic smile.

Xiang Huaizhi looked away. Carrying his two books, he was about to find a place to sit when his underclassman noticed him.

Seeing him, Jing Huan was stunned first, then raised his hand to say greet him. Since loud noises were prohibited in the library, Jing Huan just mouthed, "Senior!"

"…" Xiang Huaizhi hesitated, then walked towards him.

When he walked in front of him, Jing Huan asked aloud, "Senior, you're also here to study?"

"Returning some books," Xiang Huaizhi said, "Stopped by to take a look."

Jing Huan looked at the books in his hand, all of which were famous foreign works.

"I came to study. I have to save myself from the exam next week." Jing Huan asked, "Shall we sit together?"

Xiang Huaizhi glanced at the girl next to him.

"Ah, she said she was leaving." Jing Huan explained.

The girl's face turned redder. She quickly stood up. "Yes, I'll go now… Please sit down, Senior Xiang. "

After she finished saying that, the girl then got her book and left awkwardly.

When Xiang Huaizhi sat down, he happened to hear Jing Huan let out a sigh of relief.

"What, you don't like this type of girl?"

Jing Huan was startled. "You heard that?"

"Guessed it."

Just from the atmosphere now, the girl's bright eyes had dimmed with disappointment. One glance and it was obvious that the confession had been rejected.

"Basically… It's mainly because I don't know her at all. It would be strange to accept it ba?" Jing Huan stretched.

When he heard Xiang Huaizhi's voice, he couldn't help but think of Yearning for.

So he sneered and blurted out, "Plus, I'm pursuing someone else."

Xiang Huaizhi's eyelids twitched, and he asked calmly, "Really, from our school?"

"No." He had no idea where in the world that guy was.

"What kind of person are they?"

Jing Huan was stunned, then he asked with a smile, "No way Senior, are you interested in this kind of thing?"

Xiang Huaizh flipped a page of his book. "Just asking casually. If it's not convenient, you don't have to say anything."

"It's not that it's inconvenient," Jing Huan sneered. "The person I'm pursuing isn't that great."

…

?

"Isn't that great of a person?" Xiang Huaizhi turned his head, giving him a mysterious look. "Then why are you still chasing them?"

Why, because of course there aren't any better plans.

Jing Huan just wanted to say something casually and didn't intend to elaborate. After all, he hadn't even told Lu Wenhao about it, let alone Xiang Huaizhi.

When his great plan was completed, the matter of him pretending to be a girl would follow Yearning For's account everywhere, forever sealed in the databases of NCH!

"Why else," Jing Huan said naturally, "Of course, it's because I like them."

Xiang Huaizhi's expression was complicated. "Even though they're 'not that great of a person'?"

"Yes, some people like turnips while some people like bok choy after all." Jing Huan turned around and gave him a humorous look. "Senior, you wouldn't look down on me because I liked the wrong person ba?"

"…"

Xiang Huaizhi's eyes dimmed, after a few moments responding forcefully. "No."

—

Juurensha: XHZ is falling so haaaard. :DDD

Divi: Huanhuan: hey I have to go to the library to study.

XHZ: omw, but you don't know that. (sneaky XHZ)

Huanhuan: *sighs* I'm pursuing a slag man, so he's not that great.

XHZ: ……… *internally* WHY AM I NOT THAT GREAT?

Fanart by octa!

More great fanart of Huanhuan and Xiao Tianjing by chuna!

And by Asami!