“It—It’s true. In the recent Abyss of Mingyu, you can’t clear anything with old characters. The power creep is way too fast!”
Silver Bell’s voice was still timid, but she had clearly livened up. Xiaoxi curled her lip.
Ye Xinglan complained about the Abyss being hard, but that Rich Girl was a whale player who topped up for every version, owning every character with max constellations and a full gallery.
Her words were just blatant lies!
Xiaoxi knew Silver Bell too well, knowing her favorite anime and games like the back of her hand.
Xiaoxi had even specifically picked a few titles Ye Xinglan had seen or played to tell her to chat about those later.
“But the new character in this version is pretty good-looking. A black-stockinged Yue Lu with long legs…”
“She’s alright, I guess. I think she’s just okay.”
“Eh? You don’t like those Yue Lu characters?”
Xiaoxi actually knew this. Perhaps because Silver Bell’s own development was a bit lacking, she had always liked Yue Lu characters.
“I prefer the character from the last version. She’s very cute, a bit like Xiaoxi…”
Just as Xiaoxi expected, the two soon began chatting enthusiastically. However, as she listened, Xiaoxi felt something was off.
Why were they constantly talking about Magic Girl-themed ACG games? She didn’t remember Silver Bell liking the Magic Girl genre this much before.
The two became happier as they talked. By the time Xiaoxi realized what was happening, they were already sitting together admiring game characters, completely forgetting it was dinner time.
Sitting alone on the side, Xiaoxi blinked as she looked at the lavish spread of food.
According to Xiaoxi’s plan, she was confident this meal would quickly close the distance between her and Silver Bell. How did it turn into those two chatting away?
‘Wait, one is my old teammate I’m close with, and the other is my dear girlfriend… right? Why am I the one being isolated now!’
Besides, one was the Silverflame Dragon Princess and the other was the Blood Moon Witch.
They had fought plenty of times during The Chaos, hadn’t they? How did they get along so quickly!
Their conversation progressed rapidly. By now, they had already exchanged game IDs and social media contacts and started talking about personal hobbies.
“Eh—you like reading Magic Girl fanfiction too? What a coincidence!”
Ye Xinglan widened her eyes in surprise, and then the two began sharing the novels they had read.
Xiaoxi: “?”
Xiaoxi even began to suspect Silver Bell was just saying that to please Ye Xinglan.
When did she start loving that kind of stuff? Why hadn’t she heard anything about it before!
“Eh! So you read this one too? I really like it; the touch plot is written so realistically!”
After Silver Bell said this, Ye Xinglan suddenly looked up and winked mischievously at Xiaoxi, giving Xiaoxi an immediate bad premonition.
She leaned over to take a look… Holy moly, the book Silver Bell mentioned was indeed the Magic Girl school romance novel she had written!
Xiaoxi immediately gave Ye Xinglan a pleading look.
She found it strange—she was just quietly writing a school romance novel to earn some living expenses, so why were her old teammates reading it one by one!
Actually, this novel had been recommended to Silver Bell by Muxingge.
Unfortunately, Silver Bell wasn’t very familiar with the parts of the plot based on Muxingge’s experiences.
She had even wondered when Muxingge had started liking this kind of stuff.
However, Silver Bell had to admit it was well-written. The details were great; the child loved reading it, hehehe…
That’s right, Silver Bell actually had a long-hidden hobby—she was a hardcore Yuri fan. A Magic Girl theme was practically a breeding ground for lily content; how could she not like it?
But she was a Magic Girl herself, and a powerful one at that. Therefore, many of the pairings she shipped… she actually knew them in real life.
This resulted in Silver Bell never daring to mention this hobby to her old teammates.
She hadn’t even mentioned it to A Xing, who was her best friend and a fellow ACG fan back then.
After all, she had shipped A Xing’s pairings the hardest back then. If A Xing ever found out, she would definitely think she was a creep!
So she had always kept this hobby buried in her heart, but she never missed out on any Magic Girl school romance novels or ACG games in private.
Silver Bell hadn’t expected to meet someone so like-minded today. She didn’t expect Ye Xinglan to be such an expert.
Not only were their interests highly similar, but even their fetishes were a match! She had never met a fellow fan in real life who enjoyed reading Magic Girl fanfiction before!
However, Silver Bell likely wouldn’t guess that Ye Xinglan didn’t read those fanfictions because she liked shipping pairings… and with her level of social anxiety, it would be a miracle to meet a fellow fan in real life.
“I’ll also recommend a fanfiction I just discovered recently. It’s written really well, and it’s my favorite pairing too…”
Just as Silver Bell excitedly clicked on the novel’s details page, her finger suddenly froze.
But it was too late to pull her phone back; Ye Xinglan, sitting right next to her, had already seen the content on the screen.
Xiaoxi watched curiously as the two, who were chatting happily just a moment ago, suddenly fell into an awkward silence.
It’s all over! Silver Bell broke into a cold sweat. Having chatted so excitedly, she had almost forgotten that Ye Xinglan was the Blood Moon Witch.
She didn’t mind the identity much herself… but the problem was that the book she shared was an Eternal Star x Blood Moon Witch fanfiction!
‘There is no way I should let her see this kind of thing! Especially when the Blood Moon Witch already has a girlfriend…’
That’s right, the biggest reason Silver Bell hadn’t dared to tell Xiaoxi about this hobby back then was… she was shipping the pairing involving Eternal Star.
‘But still, this kind of arch-nemesis becoming wives plot is so good to ship! Does anyone get it!’
Although Silver Bell really wanted to say that, she knew very well that if A Xing found out, she would experience social death.
Therefore, only A Xing… she could never let A Xing know that she liked shipping Magic Girl lily pairings!
“Ahhh, I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to! This—this is very offensive, isn’t it? After all, you already have a girlfriend.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine…” Ye Xinglan smiled through gritted teeth. “It’s just shipping pairings. Everyone has their freedom. I don’t mind.”
‘Endure! Ye Xinglan, endure!’
The Rich Girl warned herself in her heart. Although she wanted to grab the author and tear them apart the moment she saw it, she had to stay on good terms with Silver Bell, so she held back.
At the end of the day, she was actually starting to wonder who wrote this thing.
Shipping this kind of pairing was already a niche hobby, but for someone to actually write it out… wasn’t that way too niche?
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