After quitting the game, Bluegreen-Clad stood up and touched Zheng Xiaoguang's forehead while saying, "I'll wash some fruit for us. You play alone first."
Zheng Xiaoguang watched Bluegreen-Clad walk toward the kitchen in a daze. After a while, she got up and followed him.
When she entered the kitchen, she saw him washing grapes in the sink. A dish of peeled jackfruit was placed beside him. It looked golden and delicious.
She crept up behind him, plucked up her courage, and gently pulled the hem of his shirt while saying, "I don't like to see Venus adding blood for you all the time. It's my job."
She thought, "This Venus is just like an ordinary clerk who always strives to go over her supervisor and to do all the supervisor's jobs just in order to draw the attention of the general manager. No supervisor will like such a clerk who appears so eager to replace himself or herself.
"It's great to see Venus taking such an active part in the game. But does she really think that I'm stupid?
"What if there's only one doctor in the team? Does she really believe that she can help the team getting through the instance by adding blood only for Bluegreen-Clad? Teamwork is clearly more important under such circumstances." Zheng Xiaoguang had felt annoyed just now when playing together with Venus, but she managed to suppress her anger for the sake of the team.
As for Venus, she ignored all the other team members and kept adding blooding for Bluegreen-Clad even when his blood was full. She showed no respect for the feelings of Flowing Light, who was also a doctor.
She seemed not worried about irritating Flowing Light at all.
Zheng Xiaoguang thought grumpily, "As this Venus is always able to subdue Saori, she can't be stupid. She does this in front of me on purpose. She must think that I can only endure this as I can't accuse her of making any obvious mistake.
"But she's wrong about me. I'm not the one to be bullied."
Bluegreen-Clad continued washing the fruit and said, "If you don't like it. We just don't team up with her anymore. There's nothing between her and me."
Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang thought, "Well, I know that there's nothing between you two.
"Han Meimei explained this thing to me a long time ago. Although Bluegreen-Clad seems to care nothing about the attractive appearance of Venus, I just can't stand by and watch this pretty girl hitting on my husband.
"As the saying goes, only a determined thief is a real worry. Venus is obviously determined to seduce my husband, regardless of the fact that she has never voiced her thoughts. As she seldom makes mistakes, it's not easy for me to find fault with her. This is really disgusting.
"Anyhow, I have to do something about it. I won't just sit back and watch her stealing my husband from me."
With this in mind, she sighed. "But what if she stalks you no matter where you go? If she asks you for a favor when I'm not online, what will you do?"
"You don't want me to do her a favor?" Bluegreen-Clad turned the faucet off and said. The two of them remained silent for a while.
"No," Zheng Xiaoguang replied assertively.
She just did not want anyone to covet her husband.
She thought that this was probably because of greed. In the past, she had always felt that Bluegreen-Clad and she were married for the alliance of the two gangs. Because of that, she had never treated Bluegreen-Clad as her husband or cared too much about Venus before.
She thought, "We got married just to strengthen the alliance between the Matchless and the League of Strong Families. Many loving couples in the game end up getting divorced. A couple like us, who got married for benefits instead of love, will probably not end well either. Now we're good because the League of Strong Families chooses to work with the Matchless to suppress the Sacred Temple together. But if the Sacred Temple collapses some day, and there are only two big gangs on this server, the League of Strong Families and the Matchless will perhaps get on bad terms. When that happens, we'll definitely get divorced.
"I'm always prepared for such a situation. I gave Bluegreen-Clad my account password because of that. All the valuable items on that account are bought by him. When we get divorced, he can take all those things away anytime he wants.
"But somehow I've just grown used to his company and don't want to give him to anyone else now."
She continued, somewhat awkwardly. "You're my husband. I just don't like to see some girl hitting on you all the time."
Even though Bluegreen-Clad reacted nonchalantly to Venus, Zheng Xiaoguang still felt disgusted when playing together with the girl.
Bluegreen-Clad wiped his hands dry and turned around to look at Zheng Xiaoguang.
She thought that he was going to persuade her to stop being so petty and to "make peace" with Venus as she was a member of the gang. She turned her face to the side embarrassedly to avoid making eye contact with him.
She thought, "I know how I should treat my gang members, but if he really fobs me off with such excuses, I should not mention this to him again."
To her surprise, Bluegreen-Clad asked her smilingly, "Hey, honey. Are you jealous?"
While knowing that was probably just a joke, Zheng Xiaoguang still blushed as if some of her deepest secrets were discovered by him.
Bluegreen-Clad touched her head and said, "I told you that I'll marry only you in this game."
Upon hearing that, Zheng Xiaoguang sighed in her heart, "Well, this promise, again. He does keep his promise and treat me well all the time, but..."
"Just don't play with that Venus anymore. I don't like her." She spoke boldly and acted as if she was really Bluegreen-Clad's wife.
Bluegreen-Clad remained silent for a really long time. Zheng Xiaoguang felt somewhat suffocated and embarrassed. She thought worriedly, "Does he think that I'm too nosy? But it's too late to take back my words now."
She earnestly looked at Bluegreen-Clad and waited patiently for his answer.
Bluegreen-Clad looked back at Zheng Xiaoguang seriously. After a while, he nodded, his lips curling into a smile. "Okay," he said.
"Not just her. You're not allowed to talk to any girl who hits on you in the game!" added Zheng Xiaoguang.
Zheng Xiaoguang never forgot about the gossipers that she had run into in the market. They clearly hated her for the fact that she was the wife of Bluegreen-Clad. She was pretty sure that these girls liked her husband too. She did not believe that they were just taking up the cudgels for Venus.
"I don't have a say in the personal affairs of Bluegreen-Clad in the real life, but I have to defend my position of being his wife in the game," thought Zheng Xiaoguang.
Bluegreen-Clad smiled helplessly and said, "1812255****, yaokong****."
"What's that?" Zheng Xiaoguang stared at him in surprise and asked.
"My account number and password. All my property in the game is held by this account. Now I give it to you," Bluegreen-Clad shrugged his shoulders and asked, "Now, do you feel assured, honey?"
"What？He gave me his account which is worth tens of thousands yuan," Zheng Xiaoguang thought in surprise. She bit her lips and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I ransack your account①?"
Bluegreen-Clad shrugged his shoulders again and said, "That's all right. You and I have a child now. I believe you."
Zheng Xiaoguang had never expected Bluegreen-Clad to trust her so much. She felt somewhat hesitant and stuttered, "But..."
Bluegreen-Clad interjected and teased. "Besides, I know where you live now. If you ransack my account, I'll go to your home to find you. If you agree to repay the debts by marrying me, it'll be alright."
Zheng Xiaoguang suddenly remembered that Bluegreen-Clad had sent her the invitation before. "So, he does know where I live," she thought and stuttered, "You... You..."
"Alright, I'll stop teasing you." Bluegreen-Clad touched her head again and added, "What I have is yours. If you find something you like in my warehouse, you can just take it away. If you want to buy something, you can use my gold ingots. If the gold ingots are not enough... Just tell me about it."
Zheng Xiaoguang thought that these gold ingots and even the account which was worth tens of thousands yuan were not a lot of money to Bluegreen-Clad, but she still felt moved by his trust in herself.
She wondered, "Bluegreen-Clad treats me so well. Is it because I'm a sister of Blooming Pear Tree. Or, is it because he's married to me in the game? Does he like me?"
With this in mind, she shook her head and said, "I don't want the money. I just hope that you won't suddenly disappear and stay out of contact for days like last time. Even when you don't have time to play the game, you can at least sent me a message. The last time you disappeared, I thought that you... quit the game."
"I'll try my best to spend more quality time with you in the future," Bluegreen-Clad said in a soft voice. "If I'm too busy, I'll call you, okay?"
"That's good..."
Note:
① To ransack one's account: Once someone hacks into a game account, he or she can ransack the account by selling all the valuable items held by the account (such as top-notch equipment, gold ingots and game currency) for real money. Some guys will play female characters to delude male players. Once such a conman gets a player's account number and password, he will sell the property of the victim and sometimes even the game account of the victim for money. As such, you guys had better be cautious when exploring the online gaming world and never give your account number and password to any stranger.