Before we begin, the author has something to say to explain the timeline of this story:

The background of the story is set in the future (therefore there are holographic online games, the text will also be slightly reminiscent of some future new products, technology, etc.), but only in 10 years span, so the change will not be very big. At the same time, the story of "eight years ago" is equivalent to the objective world of "now", therefore, at that time internet and personal computers have been popular,most minors also already well acquaintance with smart phones, various types of online games, the game background of this story will also refer to these settings.

OK, let's start this sweet love! ^ (￣︶￣) ^

001. Xiao Xian (The Little Fairy)

He Jin ordered a sweet and sour pork ribs and cabbage meat paste from the second cafetaria, and then walk leisurely to the dormitory building while holding his lunch box at his side.

On the path to the dormitory building, there were a land of ginkgos and fallen leaves everywhere, yellow-brown in color and shaped like golden fan, which created a slight crunching sound when stepped on.

Around him, a group of beautiful and nicely dressed girls passed, bustling around with gentle laughter. In their hands, they were carrying multi colored ball-shaped props which were usually used for cheers. Their conversation revealed the words "tennis" and "school idol". Such keywords were said with deep enthusiasm which dip slightly in the cold chill of late autumn. Just watching them exposing their long legs in this season, He Jin couldn't help but shudder.

The road ahead lead to the school tennis court, which seemed to hold some big competition this afternoon. Moreover, the "school idol" the girls had been talking about was also rumoured to be participating in said competition.

However, none of these were a concern for He Jin - having spent two and a half years in this campus, all the things that had to be experienced , he had already experienced.

Junior was the busiest year of major courses, especially after the second half of the semester began, the relaxed and brilliant university life seemed to have gone away, and the feeling of anxiety as well as sense of hesitation of the future began to spread gradually in the grade.

He Jin sighed, recalling last night's phone call from home. The woman in the phone said that his father had arranged a good job for him in his hometown. It's in a well-known institution, recommended place for civil servants, with high pay and many good benefits. Once he graduated, he can just go right to work ...

Somehow, He Jin suddenly felt a little tired.

As he arrived to the dormitory building, suddenly a few figures rushed out, recklessly running in his direction. With burst of dusts, they coincided with He Jin who was standing in a trance, still holding onto his lunchbox like a fool. He tried to dodge, but was finally hit full force by one of the man.

"Bang " a sound soon heard, He Jin staggered, and his food box fell on the ground.

"I'm sorry ..." the man pulled him up and then stoped to pick up the box for him, "Did it break?" "

"It's okay. " He Jin took the box. This was a lunchbox with a lock made out of an plexiglass, so it had good sealing, and would not be broken even when smashed. Count this boy lucky, there is no need to compensate on his part.

He Jin raised his eyes, and saw a man wearing a blue and white polo shirt, combined with Nike's casual jacket. The man was tall, with long arms, a neat short hair, slightly narrow eyes, and pursed lips, which gave off a bit of a stern look.

It's a member of the tennis team, were they rushing to the competition?

He Jin waved a hand to indicate that it's really allright, and without saying anything, he grabbed his lunch box and went away.

A few years ago, the National Association of Colleges and Universities called on universities to improve their living environment, to make it similar to those of foreign prestigious schools. The government then grant funds to some key institutions for rebuilding old school buildings.

His university was included in the area of allocation of funds. The old school dormitory, which what countless alumnis used to call "pigsty dormitory", was abandoned and changed into a new two-person sharing room, with every two or four people had to share a discussion and dining room. There was a refrigerator, a microwave, and even air-conditioning and heating. The conditions after the transformation were so good that even many private school's students felt envious.

He Jin opened the door of his room, and saw three people sitting around the table getting ready to eat. When they saw him, one of them shouted: "Jin Ge, why are you so slow? "

[T/N: Ge, short for Gege, means older brother in chinese, it is used to call an older man, similar with Oppa or Hyung in Korean.]

The person who called him was called Hou Dongyan, He Jin's roommate. He had a small stature, with a big nose and ear, which made him looks like a monkey, therefore his nickname was also "the Monkey".

"I took a trip to the school before going to the cafeteria, so I was late." He Jin sat down on an empty seat, opened his lunch box, and was dumbfounded. He saw inside, his ribs and cabbage have turned into a sticky mess as a result of his fall before. Originally the dishes sold in the cafetaria already looked bad, now his red and white paste is in a shape even more unbearable for other people to look at.

"Ugh, what kind of disgusting dish are you eating?" Hou Dongyan bluntly said.

He Jin: "..."

"The school? Are you busy with something?" Another person asked.

He Jin from childhood had always been in the class committee, so after entering university it's only natural for him to take part in the student union. In the previous two years he had put a lot of effort in his student union activities, and because he always done his job well, he was promoted to be the Study Department's minister. However, at the beginning of this year, He Jin obviously felt unmotivated. Originally this semester many people recommended him to the presidium, and he even had the opportunity to run for the president of the student union. However, somehow he already felt like withdrawing.

"Nothing, just want me to campaign for votes.." He Jin moved his chopsticks around, no longer had any appetite.

After class in the afternoon, He Jin went back to the dormitory to rest for a while. When he woke up he saw Hou Dongyan bent in front his computer playing games. From time to time the man let out a grumble or two, all the while looking very excited.

This guy is a game maniac. From freshman until now, He Jin had never seen him a day without playing games on his computer. And although not to the point of skipping classes, he was also clearly not necessarily motivated in his study, which caused his result to fall on the low to middle range. Even now, this close to senior year, this guy had not changed. Eat, sleep, playing games every seconds. He Jin sometimes really felt envious of him.

Seeing an unfamiliar picture on Hou Dongyan's computer screen He Jin slipped to his side and asked: "Still playing?"

Hou Dongyan took off his headphones, stroked his chest and shouted, " "Why are you so quiet? You scared me! "

"You are the one who didn't hear me," He Jin glanced at him, looked at the computer and asked, "What's the game?" He saw on the screen is a magnificent fairy background, with mountains in the distand and broad sea,-- He Jin had never seen this picture before.

Was asked about something he liked, Hou Dongyan immediately feeling excited: "This is [Demon God], a domestic 3D game, the official website just announced they will release a ' holographic ' version, and now it's the current hot topic! "

[T/N: Ok, I'm reading from three different MTL and each of them have different translation for the game name 神魔 but I'm sticking with Demon God because it's the coolest lol. Feel free to correct me if you know better term!]

"...... Demon?" He Jin felt a little familiar with the name, but in this era these two words were commonly found in game names, so the name Demon God wasn't really unique.

"This game was very popular before, you have not heard of it?" Hou Dongyan pointed his mouse to the game scene while explaining, " but the name has changed, it's called [Spirit Fairy] before. I used to play this a couple of years ago, but felt it's not as fun compared with games from Europe and the United States, so I abandoned it. But I started playing seriously recently and did not expect it to do so great! It completely broke through my expectation of domestic-made games! The key of it's popularity is it's upcoming ' holographic ' version, which is the third holographic game in the world after the United States [Beast Soul] and [Magic Tower]."

Hearing this, He Jin was startled. Not because of the "holographic" phenomena, but because of the game previous name "Spirit Fairy" -- this was the name of a really popular game during his middle school time, which was also the only online game He Jin had ever played.

At that time, China's internet novels had began to gain popularity, especially in the world. Fantasy, and cultivating themes became really well known among the young people who felt like they were being sucked into the author's fantasy. During this time, Green Fox network launched a large-scale 3D cultivating online game "Spirit Fairy" with the theme of cultivating immortality, which attracted countless young players for a while.

Almost all of He Jin's classmates were playing the game back then, every day after school all they talked about were topics related to this game. Some people even established a classgroup association for this game, making it more difficult for He Jin not to follow the current.

"...... Six months ago, [Magic Tower] also opened a server in foreign countries and received so many praises and attention from the public!" Hou Dongyan was still gushing, " Oh right, recently the game official also released an event, it is said that accounts which were registered during the game's previous version, [Spirit Fairy], has the opportunity to win a Demon God's holographic helmet, which worth thousands of dollars. But when [Spirit Fairy] was released, we were still in junior high school, the account password have long been forgotten ah!"

Hou Dongyan sighed before suddenly realized that the person he was talking to was He Jin. The one who had never played games before, He Jin. Telling him these was like a chicken talking with a duck. [T/N:
鸡同鸭讲: A Chinese idiom, refers to two people who cannot communicate due to a language barrier.]

"Okay, I know you certainly have no interest in these things.." Hou Dongyan looked at the time. He was just about to put down his headset and ask his roommates to eat dinner in the cafetaria, when he heard a voice on his side asking, "Do you have this game installation package?" "

Hou Dongyan: "..." did the Sun suddenly rise from the west?

After dinner, He Jin double click on the "God Demon" icon that has been installed in his computer, and entered a string of familiar account password in the long-shaped login box.

Hou Dongyan let out a sound of surprise as he looked from beside him,: "You unexpectedly have an account?"

He Jin: "I played in junior high. "

Hou Dongyan eyes grew even bigge: "And do you still remember the account password?" "

He Jin: "All of my social network account passwords are the same, and if they are wrong, it might just be the pin number ..."

"No, I think it's right" he said. Hou Dongyan also looked expectantly at the screen. Today's He Jin eas really an eye-opener for him. He had known this guy for two and a half years, he had never seen him did anything except studying and doing the typical student's works. He had always thought that He Jin was a stereotype definition of a nerd, a workaholic. Never would he think he also played online games!

The network speed this year had been really fast, and because the server was so popular, queue rarely happened in the game. After He Jin pressed the login key, he only needed to wait a moment, and the game already started, indicating the account password is correct.

Then the game pops up a system notification box-

〖Dear "Xiao-Xian-jin", Welcome back to [Spirit Fairy]! The game has been upgraded over the past eight years, and now called "Demon God". Because the system detected that your account is registered with the initial version ID, you have the opportunity to enter "Demon God" holographic helmet's lottery event! The lottery winning rate is up to 5%, please click on the following Web site to ... 〗

"Ah Ah Ah! Hurry up!" Hou Dongyan patted the back of He Jin's chair to urged him.

He Jin's eye twitched, but he still opened the lottery interface, and saw that he first needed to fill out a series of information about himself, including real name, mobile phone, contact address and identification card number.

"Is this really alright?" he asked, turning a bit cautious.

Hou Dongyan explained: "Brother, nowadays playing any kind of games all used this real-Name system. If you want to register an account, you must fill these first. Not to mention this is Fox NET's game, which already has national game certification policy. If you are still unsure, you can fill it with my identity card information. If you win, It will still be send to you!"

After thinking about it, He Jin then fill out the form with Hou Dongyan's information, but unexpectedly, soon after submitting, an error notification popped out. 〖I am sorry, this identity card information has already been used. God Demon adopt a one-person one-identity policy. Each Identity card information can only be used in one game account. 〗

Hou Dongyan: "..."

Helpless, He Jin had to change the information to his own before he successfully entered the lottery. The lottery results woulf be announced after one month, at the same time with the release of "Demon God" holographic version.

Going back to the game interface, He Jin's character image had appeared, a little girl wearing blue lolita-styled clothing.

"Poof ..." Hou Dongyan laughed out loud, "Jin Ge, you played a female character!"

He Jin face turned slightly red, he lightly coughed and readily gave an excuse: "Blind election."

He himself forgot his character was a woman. (=_=)

However, it was actually common for boys to play female characters in games. Nowadays many female characters in games are designed to be sexy, enchanting, and male players often play with female characters purely for the feast of the eyes. Hou Dongyan's "Magic Tower" character itself is a red-haired female elf.

Hou Dongyan took a glance at the server where Jin was, and let out a disappointed sigh "We are in different server ah!"

He Jin: "I just login to have a look and not really to play anyway."

Hou Dongyan heard him say so, just nodded and jokingly said, "Then if you got the helmet, send it to me," before he turned to play on his own account.

He Jin smoothly went into the game, his character is standing in a deserted flower valley, all around him the mountains have white-yellowish grass, which appeared golden under the sunlight.

The scenery is very beautiful, making He Jin dazed.

Adjusting the perspective of his blue clothed character, He Jin looked at the new scenery and dazzling view, and couldn't help the particularly unfamiliar feeling inside him.

He turned over to check his gray list of friends, and read the top several names: Flying meat clip bun, egg-ache omelet, lying gun dumplings ... Most of them were his junior high school classmates at the time.

--Wait, Fire Ruthless?

Among the list of food-based names in his friend list, this name looked a little out of place, but somehow He Jin got a very familiar feeling from it, though he couldn't think of any specific person of who this name belonged to. After all it's been eight years, it's impossible for him to remember who is who from the time he played the game before.

The next second, the name he had been looking at suddenly lit up, followed by a line of golden characters floating over the screen-

〖System〗: Your husband "Fire Ruthless" is online.

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Please note that english is not my first language, and this is not beta-ed, therefore there might be some grammatical errors here and there. Also, I don't know chinese, like at all so this translation might not be completely accurate.

Anyway the hubby has come!! >< Honestly, this seme is one of my favorite seme in the whole danmei fandom (from what I've read so far), because he is so sweet, and honest about his feelings, without any bully or yandere tendencies that seems to be the norm in many chinese bl novels