Love Began with the First Meeting

Evelyn waited for a while, but still received no response from Elsa. Pulling her mouth into a tight pout, she said, "Doesn't Elsa talk with anyone else when she is talking to my brother?"

Bess Shen, her roommate, turned to look at her and said, "You can't do anything about it. Your elder brother is as tempting as the most popular milky tea brand. I wonder if there is anyone in the world who could resist such magical attraction." As she said that, a glimmer of brilliant light flashed on her laptop screen. Worldly Rose stood proudly in the wind. "Evelyn, I think you'd better register one more secret account." Turning to Evelyn once again, she continued, "By the way, I just forged a set of golden equipment for Elsa, but she hasn't reached the gear level yet. When do you think she will achieve max level at this rate? She is as slow as a turtle."

Evelyn released her grip on the mouse and sat back on the big chair with her legs crossed. She said with a shrug, "If the level system took romance into account, my in-law to be would surely be the first to achieve max level."

"No way," Bess said with a smirk, shaking her head. "Charlie will be the first to achieve max level in that case."

While the two girls discussed ardently about them, Charlie and Elsa were on the verge of breaking into a fight.

[Spouse] Sweet Dream: Legendary Past called me her in-law!

[Spouse] Silent Sorrow: She is my younger sister. So, she would obviously call you that. He attached an indifferent emoji to his message.

[Spouse] Sweet Dream: Evelyn called me as in-law too. She attached an angry emoji to her message in response.

[Spouse] Silent Sorrow: ...

Charlie frowned slightly at the message. He wondered when Little Bun had become so smart.

[Spouse] Silent Sorrow: Sweet Dream... Charlie was speechless.

He realized that he didn't know how to explain the situation to Elsa. His Little Bun had been resisting him for so long because of what he had done to her in their childhood. That incident had become a lasting bad memory in her mind. No matter what he said, she would eventually come to the conclusion that he was just creating trouble for her and playing tricks on her. That was exactly why he hadn't told her that he was Silent Sorrow.

[Spouse] Sweet Dream: I'm really pissed off, Charlie Long! You're doing this intentionally, aren't you?

[Spouse] Sweet Dream: What on earth do you want from me? Did you have fun deceiving me? Was it entertaining to make me talk to you online every day as if you were somebody I trusted? [Spouse] Sweet Dream: But, this is it! Enough already! I don't want to see you again.

Charlie was just typing a message for her, but before he could send it, the person beside his character disappeared in a fury. He stared at the words on his screen that remained unsent.

"I have been in love with you for so many years. I have been here waiting for you. You're the girl who captured my heart and never left."

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"What's wrong with her?" Ann asked when she saw that Elsa was fuming at the screen. Following Elsa's sight, she looked at her laptop. The game interface was no longer on the screen. It was turned off. Olivia turned to look at Elsa too. She crossed her arms over her chest and pretended to think carefully. "Hmm... According to my observation, I am guessing that she must have fought with the master."

"No," Anna said, shaking her head. Seeing that Elsa's cheeks were increasingly plump, she said slowly, "Take a look at her... She has obviously been abandoned by Sorrow."

She sighed dramatically, as Ann and Olivia looked at Elsa simultaneously. After observing her for a while, they nodded in agreement.

"All right!" Ann said, snapping her fingers. "Now that she has broken up with Silent Sorrow, we can start pushing her towards the prince charming." The three of them looked at one another. When their eyes met, they could not help but smile secretly, like three sly cats ready to pounce on its prey.

Elsa had no idea what her conniving roommates were up to. At that moment, her eyes were fixed on the screen, and her baby face was plump because of her rage.

Ann took out her cellphone from her bag and waved it to the other two. Then she quickly sent a short message.

Charlie smiled as he read the message from Ann.

He replied, "Okay!"

As the three girls were reading his short reply, another message came with a prompt tone.

"To show my gratitude to you for helping me, I will send the latest Gucci perfume for Ann tomorrow. Olivia will receive a golden attire set for the goddess of Dragons, and Anna will receive Lancome cosmetics. Will these be sufficient?" "Aaah!" the three girls screamed in refrained excitement as soon as they read his message.

"The prince charming is really wise," Ann said excitedly. "He knows that in order to capture Elsa's heart-"

"-he has to make the people around her happy first!" the three of them finished the sentence in one voice. Then they chuckled, covering their mouths with their hands.

It was not until then that Elsa sensed the weird atmosphere in the dormitory room. It seemed that there was something fishy going on with her three roommates. She turned slowly to look at them. Blinking her long dense eyelashes, she asked with a raised eyebrow, "What are you guys talking about?"

"Elsa," Anna started seriously after hinting to the other two with an inconspicuous wink. "Ann's father has obtained a big deal. He sent a message to her just now, saying that he wants to invite all of us to dinner tomorrow." She tried her best to refrain from laughing out loud. "Oh," Elsa replied sulkily. Then she turned back towards the laptop screen. She looked at it blankly and pouted.

The three roommates looked at one another. Ann whispered, "There is really something wrong with Elsa."

Elsa sighed. She felt heavy in her heart when she saw the Dragon icon on her desktop.

She had never thought that she would meet Charlie once again in her lifetime, even after he had transferred to this university. Even if she had been told that they would meet each other again, she would have never thought that he would appear in front of her in such a way. And even though he had reappeared in her life, she... Her gaze on the Dragon icon gradually lost focus as she drifted into her thoughts. She could have never imagined that Silent Sorrow was really Charlie Long.

Thinking back, her life had been overturned completely since last weekend. First, Allen had cast her away without any reason. Then, she had been accused of being a third party between Drunk Wind and At The First Sight in the game. She had thought that Drunk Wind (Allen) would help her by explaining the situation to the players, but he hadn't. Instead, it was Silent Sorrow (Charlie) who had stood up to support her.

Elsa pursed her lips and sighed again. In the end, she leaned onto the desk, with one cheek on top of it. She looked out the window. The sunlight reflected the annoyance deep in her eyes.

"Oh man..." Anne sighed looking at Elsa's crestfallen face. "Love is such a difficult emotion to handle."

"Especially for people who have a few buttons missing, like our Elsa."

"Huh..." the three of them sighed together and shook their heads at the same time while looking at the gloomy Elsa.

*

Under the dim street lights, the night fair was bustling on the road next to the university. As Charlie walked towards Evelyn with a milk tea for her, he saw her arguing with somebody as to whether it was nutrition or taste of the food that was more important.

Of course, Evelyn was beaten towards the end of that argument. It was not because she wasn't eloquent enough to win; just that her opponent was much better than her.

Grinning at the angry Evelyn, Ezra asked, "What? Don't you think I'm right?"

"Hmph!" Evelyn snorted coldly. She ate the fish ball in order to alleviate her fury.

Charlie placed the milk tea in front of her and asked in a soft voice, "Weren't you asking for trouble by competing against someone who is the most persuasive of all here?"

"Hmph!" she snorted again without saying a word. She took the milk tea and had a sip of it silently.

Charlie smiled helplessly and shook his head. Ezra was probably the only invincible opponent Evelyn had ever had. Since they had gotten to know each other by accident, Evelyn's tongue had met a real challenger.

"Charlie," Ezra called, turning to him. "How are you and Elsa getting along with each other?"

His question drew Evelyn's attention immediately. She turned towards Charlie hastily. With a nod, she said, "That's exactly what I want to know. Elsa didn't respond to me in the game earlier today, and then she went offline suddenly without even saying goodbye. What happened between you two?"

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