To prepare for the potential romance that evening, Chu Ge spent the entire afternoon writing furiously, his keyboard flying, aiming to finish the planned chapter before dinner.
Qiu Wuji, holding a steaming cup of tea, leisurely turned on the air conditioner, then leaned back in his chair and opened his laptop.
His posture was becoming increasingly bourgeois.
After booting up the computer, Qiu Wuji slowly searched "Where to take a girl out?" The answers were mostly the same: movie theaters, amusement parks, parks.
Qiu Wuji thought for a moment, then searched again: "What does it mean when a man takes you out?"
The answers were still very similar: "He likes you," "He wants to take things further," "Develop a romantic relationship."
Although this "further" sounded rather sinister when applied to Chu Ge, and was probably not as innocent as these answers, the overall impression wasn't too far off, so he lazily closed the webpage.
What do you mean by letting you experience what modern girls are supposed to experience…? It sounds so eloquent.
It's just Chu Ge pursuing Qiu Wuji.
Going to have some fun is fine, I'd like to see what's fun... As for anything more serious, dream on! I'll slap your head until it's smashed!
I'm getting more and more familiar with modern tactics!
Qiu Wuji stormed into the "Internal Strife" group, ready to set up roadblocks and wreak havoc on those who were driving.
But nobody in the group was driving at that moment.
Group chats are always very diverse; at the same time, different people might be talking about more than three different topics. It took Qiu Wuji a while to figure out who was talking about Afghan copper mines, who was talking about League of Legends matches, and who was talking about which school had improved their ranking.
After searching for a long time using keywords, he finally learned what Afghanistan was, what League of Legends was, and what "improving ranking" meant.
I still really don't understand modern tactics...
The group members have such broad knowledge—astronomy, geography, politics, economics, entertainment, games—they know everything.
They just don't talk about Chu Ge's books.
Driving doesn't seem like a regular activity, or maybe it's just a tiny part of everyone's daily entertainment. Only this ten-thousand-year-old lady is so nervous.
She couldn't help but type, "Don't you guys talk about Chu Ge's books?"
"This is the LOL group," came the matter-of-fact reply.
Qiu Wuji: "I think I saw you guys talking about it before."
"Oh, except when you were criticizing 'broken-chapter dogs' and 'short-statured men.' Hey, Sect Leader Qiu, let me tell you, Chu Ge is so short, you definitely won't be happy with him. Why don't you consider me?"
Lulu was muted for an hour by the administrator Qiu Wuji.
Qiu Wuji subconsciously muted her before realizing why. Why did he mute her? Was he standing up for Chu Ge?
Sure enough, someone had already said, "Oh my, this is standing up for Chu Ge? Does Chu Ge actually not have a short stature?"
Qiu Wuji lifted the ban.
Lulu: "Huh? It's lifted. Did you come to your senses and really want to be with me?"
Lulu was muted for an hour by the administrator Qiu Wuji.
Everyone laughed. The reasons behind the ban and its lifting seemed quite amusing. Could this female fan actually like Chu Da?
No wonder Chu Da asked everyone to start making suggestive comments; he had ulterior motives!
But then again, when they didn't know it was a female admin, everyone was naturally unrestrained. Now that they knew it was indeed a girl, people were more polite and unlikely to actually start making suggestive comments in front of her. Chu Ge's plan was destined to fail.
Instead, a senior administrator pulled Qiu Wuji into the Qidian operations group: "Sect Leader Qiu's Star Glory value has unlocked to three stars, which means he can make a cartoon avatar. I was talking to Character Cat about this, and now Sect Leader Qiu is doing it himself?"
Everyone treated this as cosplaying Qiu Wuji, calling him "Sect Leader" with great amusement. Qiu Wuji felt a little strange and simply said, "Thank you."
"Oh, why are you thanking me? I'm just leaving this to you." The senior administrator laughed. "Sect Leader Qiu, let me tell you, Character Cat is good at everything else, but their efficiency is terrible. If you don't scold them for a day, they'll drag things out for half a year. You'd better keep a close eye on them..."
"Don't worry, I'm best at supervising my disciples."
Still cosplaying like this... The senior administrator could almost foresee Qiu Wuji's furious outburst three months later when he saw the draft still unfinished, so he simply went silent and went into hiding.
Qiu Wuji calmly picked up his phone, snapped a picture of himself, and was about to send it to Character Cat. His finger hovered over the mouse, almost clicking, before he shook his head and gave up. He ran outside, grabbed a brush and ink, and drew a portrait of himself.
The old master of the martial arts world still had some sense; he felt that if his photo were leaked, it wouldn't be a good thing. The portrait itself didn't matter; as long as it captured the essence, that was enough.
It had to be beautiful, cool, and majestic!
Qiu Wuji confidently drew a portrait full of charm, took a picture with his phone, and sent it to his character, Meow: "Use this as my chibi avatar." The other side was very polite: "Received, we'll find the best artist."
Qiu Wuji felt confident that this was settled, and left QQ, opening the downloaded PDF of the *Taiqing Jing* to read.
The Taoist scriptures of this world were quite interesting…
Although even he felt that what he had been doing lately seemed rather absurdly different from cultivating Taoism… He was going to see a movie and go to an amusement park tonight… Hmm, experiencing the world, nothing more than that.
...
"Where is this? Isn't this an amusement park? Uh…"
In the pedestrian street, Qiu Wuji looked at the crowds around him and blurted out the question.
This isn't at all like the amusement park I imagined!
Chu Ge's cheek twitched twice: "You seem to know a lot about dating, don't you?"
"What date? Who's going on a date with you?" Qiu Wuji said, "Didn't you say you'd take me to experience things girls do?"
"There's an amusement park just around this street... but we haven't eaten yet, we need to have a candlelight dinner first." Qiu Wuji's eyes widened. The search didn't mention this. What's a candlelight dinner?
"Dinner's fine, dinner's fine. Why use candles when there are lights? No one's died in our family."
"...Never mind, just kidding." Chu Ge looked up at the sunset and smiled. "We'll talk about dinner later. There are lots of snacks here that you haven't tried, which is a shame. How about trying an ice cream cone?"
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In the bustling commercial street, a ten-thousand-year-old woman, dressed in a white shirt, blue jeans, and newly bought white sneakers, with her hair in a high ponytail, followed beside a man, licking an ice cream cone, her eyes squinting as she ate.
This thing is delicious, icy, sweet, and soft, like celestial nectar, but it's just a mortal thing, yet it evokes a celestial feeling.
This Chu Ge, he kept it a secret for a month... How do you make this at home?
Chu Ge told her apologetically, "The last few times I took you shopping at nearby malls and supermarkets, I didn't go any further. It's mainly because of my job; I'm too much of a homebody..."
"How do you make this at home?"
"I remember there are machines for making this? I haven't paid much attention, but it seems quite troublesome, so it's unnecessary."
"Why is it unnecessary?"
"Because if you see something delicious and want to make it at home, our house probably won't have enough space for all those machines..."
Seeing Qiu Wuji finish licking her ice cream cone, Chu Ge bought two cotton candies and gave one to Qiu Wuji.
The two hugged the cotton candy, took a bite in perfect sync, and then glanced at each other in perfect sync, both seeing the sugar strands at the corners of each other's mouths, like two dappled cats.
"Brother, brother." A little girl next to them, holding a rose, tugged at Chu Ge's sleeve: "Your girlfriend is so pretty, why don't you buy her a flower?"
Chu Ge was taken aback: "Are there people selling flowers here all the time?"
The little girl was surprised by his words: "Brother, today is Qixi Festival."
Qiu Wuji: "..." Chu Ge broke out in a cold sweat. What a coincidence! Having been single for twenty-eight years by sheer willpower, I've never remembered the lunar calendar date. No one's been chatting in the group chat today, and no one's mentioned it either… No wonder the pedestrian street is unusually bustling today.
"Hmm… buy one… no, nine…"
"Bang!" Fireworks suddenly burst into the night sky.
Darkness fell.
Chu Ge looked up at the sky; the dazzling fireworks illuminated the night, as if he could see the vast Milky Way, faintly visible in the night sky.
Turning his head, he saw Qiu Wuji also gazing at the sky, her stunning beauty even more radiant than the fireworks.
The bustling pedestrian street, the surging crowds, seemed to exist in a different dimension; only her profile remained in his heart.
A single encounter, like a golden breeze and jade dew, surpasses countless encounters in the mortal world.