Four Split Personalities

Twenty minutes ago

On the edge of the woods

"Bad Doggie is right inside!"

Yaya hopped down nimbly from the wooden cart, wagged her tail, crouched, and gently sniffed the ground, "He’s not moving."

Motan dismounted from his horse, furrowed his brows, and looked toward the lush woods in front of him, "Could they be resting inside? Or is this their ’delivery’ location?"

"Anyway, we definitely have to keep chasing, and we’d better change into our gear, arm ourselves properly before going in."

Ji Xiaoge shook out her long hair, then with a flap of her wings, she flew up to a height of seven or eight meters, circled deftly, and landed back on the ground before shrugging, "There’s absolutely no one around here anymore. If those guys notice us, no matter what we’re dressed as, they’ll probably be suspicious. Chris said the Viper Chamber of Commerce is full of desperados, so they’re likely to attack us with an approach of ’better to kill wrongly than to let go’."

It must be said, this girl, although exceptionally naive and cheerful, with an extremely low threshold for laughter and no proper understanding of her own culinary skills, never dropped the ball at critical moments. Her thinking and focal points were always on point.

Just as she had said, the disguise of their ’little caravan’ was now meaningless. With the ruthless nature of the people from the Viper Chamber of Commerce, if they discovered Motan and his party in this deserted place, their first reaction would definitely not be to wonder if these folks were following them, but rather how to neatly and swiftly do them in. Under these circumstances, maintaining a disguise would do nothing but reduce their own combat effectiveness in the face of emergencies.

Of course, Motan had thought of this too, but he wasn’t the kind of person who liked to show off, so anticipating that Ji Xiaoge would remind everyone, he didn’t speak up about it.

"Yaya agrees!"

Yaya was the first to raise both hands in support, then began tugging at her dress, shocking Motan, Ji Xiaoge, and Dabus.

However, she wasn’t so clueless after all. The moment her pristine shoulders were exposed, she realized her mistake, scratched her head with a silly grin, and said with a tongue-out laugh, "That’s not right, Yaya can’t change in front of Y’all."

"Silly girl! There’s being clueless, and then there’s you!"

Ji Xiaoge’s cheeks flushed as she flew in front of Yaya, lightly tapped her nose with her finger, and then dragged her into the woods while looking back to shout at Motan and Dabus, "Don’t you dare peek!"

And with that, the two girls quickly disappeared into the woods.

"Tell me the truth, brother."

Dabus suddenly turned to Motan with a serious look and whispered, "How many times have you taken advantage of that doggy girl?"

Motan stiffened, about to deny it outright, but then remembered the countless times Yaya had pounced on him, hugged him, crashed into him, and the many instances she had unexpectedly licked his cheek. He was at a loss for words for quite a while.

"Hey!"

Dabus was shocked at the reaction, his face filled with alarm, "I was just joking, what’s with that look!?"

Motan cleared his throat and shrugged, "You should know how strict this game is, let alone NPCs of different genders, even player couples have to mind their manners here, so... right?"

Dabus rolled his neck, feigning ignorance, "I don’t know, I’m just an ogre, and a two-headed one at that."

Motan: "..."

"Haha, just messing with you, of course I know that."

Dabus shook his finger with a sly smile, "When they were researching whether this game would encourage early dating among students, the school board paid a special visit."

"Your school is really strict."

Motan sincerely expressed, knowing Dabus was a high school teacher. In this era, society was quite tolerant of campus romances, and as long as it wasn’t too extreme or crossed certain lines before maturity, teachers generally turned a blind eye. Society had largely shaken off the exam-oriented mindset, so there was no more talk of ’X will affect grades’, and besides...

The truth was, there was no use in meddling; those without a romantic interest (or who couldn’t find one) didn’t need to worry, and if someone had their heart set on another, there was no stopping them. Suppressing it would only make the couple act like undercover agents, with secretive communication and coded messages, defeating the purpose of the prohibition.

After repeated occurrences, teachers simply stopped caring, as it wasn’t a matter of morality. Consensual romance wasn’t causing harm, and as long as no major problems arose, it was acceptable.

That’s why Motan found Dabus’s school to be particularly strict.

"Eh, it’s just lip service."

Dabus scoffed dismissively, gesturing with his hand, "No one really listens, it’s just the leadership indulging themselves."

Motan smiled and said nothing further on the matter.