Chapter 205: Date with MoonPetal
MoonPetal covered her mouth.
The Unique skill went to Shen Tian as a transferable skill book.
[Ding!]
Fate stolen: 7,500
Jiang Feng Fate: 131,500
Shen Tian gave the skill book to Shen Yan.
Jiang Feng complained for three days.
. . .
Then came...
The World Merchant Caravan.
A hidden event.
Jiang Feng was destined to purchase a mysterious egg.
That egg would hatch into...
A Mythic Phoenix.
Unfortunately...
LittleMaple found the merchant first.
She saw the egg.
Thought it looked ugly.
Then messaged Shen Tian.
LittleMaple: Weird bird egg for sale. You collect weird stuff. Want it?
Shen Tian bought it.
Xu Ning appeared.
[Host.]
"...What?"
[That’s his Phoenix.]
Shen Tian stared.
Then...
Toward LittleMaple.
She smiled.
"You’re welcome."
Shen Tian looked toward Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng had no idea.
Shen Tian almost felt guilty.
Almost.
[Ding!]
Fate stolen: 10,000
Jiang Feng Fate: 121,500
Three days later...
The egg hatched.
A fiery Mythic Phoenix appeared above Blackstone.
Jiang Feng stared upward.
Then...
Slowly looked toward Shen Tian.
"...Why?"
Shen Tian laughed.
LittleMaple whispered,
"I found that."
Jiang Feng turned.
"...YOU?"
She immediately hid behind him.
"I didn’t know!"
"YOU GAVE HIM A PHOENIX?!"
"I THOUGHT IT WAS AN UGLY CHICKEN!"
MoonPetal nearly fell over laughing.
. . .
But...
Something unexpected began happening.
As Jiang Feng’s Fate decreased...
His life didn’t get worse.
It became...
Normal.
Not boring.
Normal.
The impossible opportunities slowed.
He stopped stumbling into Legendary equipment every week.
Hidden NPCs stopped randomly selecting him.
Secret dungeons stopped appearing directly in his path.
But...
Windfall didn’t collapse.
Because Jiang Feng no longer needed Fate.
He had built something real.
Players trusted him.
Sponsors respected him.
His officers were competent.
Windfall had money.
Infrastructure.
Fans.
And...
LittleMaple.
Always LittleMaple.
. . .
In real life...
They became nearly inseparable.
At first...
Work.
Always work.
Content meetings.
Guild planning.
Tournament preparation.
Sponsor events.
LittleMaple handled social media.
Jiang Feng handled competition.
They argued constantly.
"Captain."
"No."
"You haven’t even heard me."
"You want me to dance."
"It’s trending."
"No."
"It’ll get views."
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
She stared.
Jiang Feng stared back.
Then...
She smiled sweetly.
"Captain."
"..."
"Please?"
"...Ten seconds."
"YES!"
He regretted it immediately.
The clip received twelve million views.
Jiang Feng never forgave her.
. . .
Then...
Work became dinner.
Dinner became...
"Want to watch something?"
Then...
"Want to go somewhere tomorrow?"
Then...
They stopped needing excuses.
One evening...
They sat on the roof of Windfall’s training facility.
LittleMaple had two cans of soda.
She handed him one.
Jiang Feng accepted.
City lights stretched around them.
For a while...
They said nothing.
Then LittleMaple spoke.
"Do you miss Titan?"
Jiang Feng looked toward her.
"No."
"Never?"
He thought.
Then...
"Sometimes I miss the people."
"Some of them."
"The routine."
"The old tournaments."
"But Titan itself?"
He shook his head.
"No."
LittleMaple smiled.
"Good."
"Why?"
She shrugged.
"Because then everything that happened wasn’t completely bad."
Jiang Feng looked toward her.
She continued.
"If they hadn’t kicked you..."
"You wouldn’t have made Windfall."
"You probably wouldn’t have met Moon."
"Or Shen."
She paused.
Then...
Her voice became quieter.
"Or me."
Jiang Feng stared.
LittleMaple immediately became interested in her soda.
Her face reddened.
Jiang Feng smiled.
"Yeah."
She looked toward him.
He continued.
"I guess you’re right."
Silence.
Then...
His hand moved.
Slowly.
Toward hers.
LittleMaple noticed.
Neither said anything.
Their fingers touched.
Then...
Intertwined.
LittleMaple smiled.
Jiang Feng looked toward the city.
His ears were red.
She noticed.
She said nothing.
For once.
. . .
Meanwhile...
Saturday had finally arrived.
MoonPetal stood outside a restaurant.
In real life.
Her heart was trying to kill her.
She checked her phone.
Then her reflection.
Then her clothes.
Then her phone.
Then her hair.
Again.
"Calm down."
She whispered.
"This is normal."
It wasn’t normal.
She was meeting Shen Tian.
Shen Tian.
The person she’d spent hundreds of hours playing with.
The person she’d watched stream.
The person she’d donated an embarrassing amount of money to.
The person she’d developed a very real...
Very inconvenient...
Crush on.
A black car approached.
Her heart stopped.
The door opened.
Shen Tian stepped out.
MoonPetal froze.
She had seen pictures.
Videos.
Streams.
News.
None helped.
He was...
Annoyingly handsome.
Shen Tian saw her.
And immediately knew.
She looked remarkably similar to MoonPetal.
Long dark hair.
Beautiful features.
Elegant without appearing overly dressed.
She became nervous as he approached.
"Moon?"
She laughed awkwardly.
"Please don’t call me that out here."
Shen Tian smiled.
"Then what should I call you?"
She hesitated.
This was strangely intimate.
Her real name.
Something she’d deliberately kept private online.
Finally...
She smiled.
"Su Yue."
Shen Tian repeated it.
"Su Yue."
Her heart jumped.
She nodded.
"That’s me."
He smiled.
"Nice to finally meet you, Su Yue."
She looked toward him.
Then...
Her nervousness eased.
"You too."
. . .
Dinner started awkwardly.
Of course it did.
They knew each other extremely well...
And barely at all.
Online...
Su Yue could tease him.
Argue.
Laugh.
Call him a thief.
In person...
Every time Shen Tian looked directly at her...
Her brain temporarily stopped functioning.
He noticed.
Eventually...
"You’re quieter."
Su Yue nearly dropped her fork.
"What?"
"In game."
He smiled.
"You talk more."
She narrowed her eyes.
"I’m adjusting."
"To what?"
"...Your face."
Shen Tian blinked.
Su Yue froze.
She closed her eyes.
"I said that out loud."
"Yep."
"Forget it."
"No."
"Shen Tian."
He laughed.
And just like that...
The awkwardness broke.
Su Yue laughed too.
Then...
They started talking normally.
Eternal Realm.
Windfall.
Heaven’s Fall.
Streaming.
LittleMaple.
Jiang Feng.
Eventually...
Real life.
Su Yue talked about herself.
Not MoonPetal.
Su Yue.
Her family.
Her hobbies.
Why she started gaming.
Why she liked magic classes.
Why she donated to Shen Tian’s stream.
That last topic...
Shen Tian smiled.
"So."
"No."
"You were my top donor."
"We’re not discussing this."
"You gave me..."
"Stop."
"...a lot of money."
"You’re rich!"
"That’s what makes it funnier."
Su Yue covered her face.
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