FIMA Ch148: Giving Out Red Envelopes

The desk in the new penthouse was long enough to comfortably fit two computers side-by-side with plenty of room to spare.

Gu Siyuan simply swapped seats with Xie Fengqing, as his account was already logged in on this computer. Xie Fengqing turned on the other one.

Gu Siyuan sat down in the chair. The moment his hands appeared on the keyboard and he fluidly maneuvered his ‘Smurf’ character to move and cast a skill, the chat instantly exploded with frantic spamming.

[Holy sh*t! They switched people! They switched! The way this character moves looks so familiar…]

[These character movements, these movement habits—this is the real Big Boss ‘Smurf’!]

[Haha, it’s definitely Handsome Gu! It’s the exact same hand that muted the mic earlier.]

[Hmph, who says it has to be the guy surnamed Gu? Great God Xie didn’t even say his full name just now, okay? You guys definitely misunderstood.]

Xie Fengqing’s fans and a portion of the hardcore gamers remained incredibly stubborn.

Gu Siyuan ignored these comments. After re-familiarizing himself with the character’s controls, he maneuvered the wild brute ‘Smurf’ toward the PvP Arena.

In Great Wilderness, dungeons were strictly for five-person parties, but the Arena allowed players to freely choose 1v1, 2v2, and other formats.

Just as he arrived at the entrance, a party invitation popped up on his screen from the ID ‘Chasing Wind Lightly’.

Gu Siyuan immediately clicked accept.

Once the two became teammates, their voice chat naturally switched to the party channel. Consequently, Xie Fengqing’s voice could now be heard on the live stream broadcasting from Gu Siyuan’s computer.

Sure enough, in the next instant, a lazy, pleasant, and familiar voice rang out in everyone’s ears.

“This is also my first time duo-queuing with Big Boss ‘Smurf’. Legend has it that Big Boss ‘Smurf’ is a master tactician—completely different from someone like me who just rushes in with brute force. So, today I’ll follow your command the entire time. Big Boss, please carry me!”

This was, naturally, Xie Fengqing’s voice.

The live stream instantly filled with a sea of “Hahaha”.

[Great God Xie is holding a grudge! Whoever said Great God Xie relies on brute force earlier, stand up right now!]

[Great God Xie has always been petty!]

[Great God Xie, who was the ‘Gu’ you called out right before you got muted? Was it Gu Siyuan? Also, who is behind the ‘Smurf’ account?]

While some people were laughing and joking, others remained focused on the crucial questions.

Gu Siyuan looked at the comments on the screen, his expression completely unbothered. He simply said to Xie Fengqing: “Orders are like mountains (absolute). Great God Xie, be a bit obedient later.”

His voice was crisp, deep, and sexy to the extreme.

Not only did the backs of Xie Fengqing’s ears instantly turn slightly red, but the live stream erupted into a chorus of ‘chicken screeches’ (fangirling).

…Holy sht, regardless of what the person behind ‘Smurf’ looks like, and whether or not it’s Gu Siyuan, just this voice alone is enough to make a person dizzy!*

The 2v2 mode in Great Wilderness wasn’t a duel in an empty arena. Instead, the system gathered ten teams and randomly dropped them into a map for a free-for-all brawl. The team with the highest score at the end won.

Given the game’s massive popularity, finding ten teams was incredibly easy. They barely had to wait before the screen flashed, and a vibrant, blooming peach blossom forest appeared before their eyes.

“Qingqiu Peach Forest,” Xie Fengqing raised an eyebrow, teasing, “How should we proceed from this drop point, my Master Tactician?”

Great Wilderness was based on primordial mythology and the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The Qingqiu map was a level 60-ish dungeon area that everyone was very familiar with. However, precisely because everyone was so familiar with it, utilizing the terrain to pull off any fancy tricks was quite difficult.

Meanwhile, the CP shippers in the live stream were boiling over because of his single sentence.

[Oooh, ‘my’ Master Tactician… what’s with this tone? It’s so pampering!]

[Haha, the atmosphere between these two is sweeter than the Peach Forest!]

[Great God Xie and Handsome Gu have definitely gotten back together, right?]

[What does Big Boss ‘Smurf’ have to do with that sugar baby surnamed Gu? Don’t you people feel embarrassed forcing that label on him?]

On the computer screen.

“Head east toward the Qingqiang direction,” Gu Siyuan commanded from above.

As soon as he loaded in, he had leaped high above the peach forest canopy. This was his habit: first, determine his own position, and then formulate a strategic layout.

“East?” Xie Fengqing frowned.

According to the dungeon’s minimap, there were already six teams clustered in the east. If they headed that way, it would be very difficult to scavenge any good items, and they might even get surrounded. After all, both of their accounts were incredibly famous in the game; it would be very easy for the other teams to form a temporary alliance and gang up on them.

“Move out now. Cut through the peach forest from the east, then cross Huaze Lake. There should be two teams waiting by the lake…” Gu Siyuan’s expression remained unchanged, his voice low and cold. He added, “You stay below and handle clearing out the minor mobs along the way.”

“Alright.” Xie Fengqing nodded without hesitation.

‘Chasing Wind Lightly’s avatar was a scholar in white carrying a longbow. Under Xie Fengqing’s skilled manipulation, the figure flashed swiftly, fluttering gracefully through the falling peach blossoms. It was a truly beautiful and picturesque sight.

Of course, the beauty was merely an illusion.

Wherever Xie Fengqing passed, it was exactly as the netizens had described: a single word—brute force (mang).

Xie Fengqing’s weapon was a Divine Ice Snow Bow, slung across his back and taller than he was. When firing a volley of a thousand arrows, he practically bulldozed his way through; hardly any living creature could escape.

In stark contrast, Gu Siyuan’s wild brute avatar leisurely stood atop the peach forest canopy the entire time. He only occasionally opened his mouth to direct Xie Fengqing on which side to watch out for and which side to avoid.

In any case, up until now, he hadn’t lifted a single finger to fight.

Witnessing this scene, the viewers in the live stream couldn’t stop spouting sassy remarks.

[Have their roles reversed…? Why is this sight burning my eyes?]

[Damn it, Big Boss ‘Smurf’ was once a warrior whose blade struck like a dragon, and now he’s actually leeching off someone else as a sugar baby!]

[However, even though he’s leeching, the Big Boss’s game sense is still insane. He’s commanding a path through this incredibly dangerous dungeon as if they’re on a leisurely vacation.]

[Hehe, so sweet… I didn’t expect to be able to ship CP while watching a gaming stream!]

Seeing the comments on the screen, Xie Fengqing continued hacking away at people without stopping, but a smile curled on his lips as he said lazily, “Did you see that, Big Boss ‘Smurf’? The netizens are complaining.”

Gu Siyuan’s expression remained unchanged: “Those who have never eaten soft rice (been a sugar baby) will never understand how delicious it is.”

“…” Xie Fengqing’s cheeks flushed slightly.

Cough cough, this guy is usually so serious, but in front of the netizens, he has absolutely no filter!

The live stream viewers were even more shocked.

Alright then! Judging by the voice, we thought he was a cold, aloof badass, but we didn’t expect him to be this kind of person?! Proud of being a sugar baby?!

Just then.

The lake ahead of the peach forest slowly came into view.

Gu Siyuan controlled his character to leap down from the canopy and said to Xie Fengqing, “Follow me.”

Using the peach trees and small hills to conceal their movements, the two moved as swiftly as the wind, eventually sneaking up beneath a small ridge completely undetected.

Just below them was Huaze Lake.

Looking toward the shore, two teams were currently in a standoff. Next to them was a newly built boat. For these two teams to have stayed here this long, they must have spent a significant amount of effort gathering materials to build it.

Gu Siyuan turned around, opened his inventory, and initiated a trade.

Xie Fengqing looked at the Ice Snow Heart gifted by his teammate, blinked, and teased leisurely: “Big Boss, giving it away for free? You aren’t going to make any silly demands like ‘you’re not allowed to run dungeons with so-and-so anymore’ this time?”

Gu Siyuan coughed lightly, his expression indifferent: “There’s no need for that anymore.”

Xie Fengqing broke into a wide grin, laughed out loud, and clicked accept. He then equipped it onto his Divine Ice Snow Bow. Instantly, the weapon’s freezing stats doubled.

The viewers in the live stream immediately started joking.

[Oh ho, what are you doing? Making a dirty trade right in front of our faces?]

[So Big Boss ‘Smurf’ actually forbade Great God Xie from running dungeons with other people before?! What does that mean? What does that mean~?!]

[Whose vinegar jar (jealousy) just tipped over? I can’t watch, I can’t watch!]

Right at that moment, a commotion erupted from the computer screen.

The two teams on the shore had directly engaged in battle.

Gu Siyuan narrowed his eyes: “Get your bow ready. Attack on my command.”

“Alright,” Xie Fengqing nodded. With a somersault, he moved to the highest point of the ridge, granting him a broader field of vision, ready to strike.

Gu Siyuan directly hid behind a cluster of bushes and said coldly, “Take out the archer first, then the opposing spearman. Strike.”

Xie Fengqing trusted him to the absolute extreme, and his own mechanics were flawless. The exact moment Gu Siyuan’s words fell, the arrow in his bow was released.

With a crisp sound, the archer below had just fired an arrow at the enemy spearman when his character suddenly flinched. An arrow struck him squarely in the back. Enhanced by the Ice Snow Heart, the arrow instantly froze him solid, and his health bar plummeted rapidly.

Shock rippled across the battlefield. No one had expected an ambush, let alone from such a highly skilled archer.

Just then, the spearman who had been hit by the first archer’s arrow was about to pull out a health potion when another arrow shot out from an unknown direction, striking him directly. He collapsed, his health bar emptying instantly as he died.

Now, only two people were left on the shore, both with low health.

Gu Siyuan commanded through the party channel: “Go down and harvest them!”

“No problem.” Xie Fengqing first unleashed his ‘Volley of a Thousand Arrows’ ultimate, and then his character followed right behind the rain of arrows, charging down the ridge with lightning speed.

The surviving players on the shore recognized the incoming attacker and gasped, “It’s Great God Xie!”

Their expressions changed, and they hurriedly united to face the enemy.

However, they had already expended a lot of resources in their previous fight, and they were up against Xie Fengqing. Very quickly, he secured the double kill in a 1v2.

After this wave of action ended…

The viewers in the live stream didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

[A 1v4 ended just like that?!]

[It really is Big Boss ‘Smurf’—playing dirty and ambushing people without breaking a sweat.]

[Haha, and he’s eating soft rice without breaking a sweat either! He’s literally still hiding behind a tree…]

Watching the scene, Xie Fengqing also smiled. It wasn’t that he had never won a 1v4 before, but the process was usually incredibly arduous, and he’d usually be left with only a sliver of health himself.

Thinking this, he was about to lean down and pick up the loot dropped by the four players.

At that moment, a voice came through his headset: “Duck first, then evade rapidly.”

Xie Fengqing frowned, realizing there were likely enemies hiding nearby. However, his natural trust in the other party and confidence in his own abilities made him execute the command without hesitation.

Sure enough, the very moment he ducked, a dark shadow shot out of the lake, lunging toward ‘Chasing Wind Lightly’ as fast as a meteor.

The corners of Xie Fengqing’s mouth curled up. His keyboard clattered rapidly, and his character leaped high into the air, perfectly dodging the strike.

The Phantom Assassin, shocked that his attack had missed, immediately tried to retreat. However, his teammate also shot out from the lake at that exact moment. The two collided head-on, delaying their escape.

Xie Fengqing instantly switched from defense to offense. Gu Siyuan had also leaped out from his tree on the ridge. The two of them struck simultaneously, like thunder and lightning, each securing a kill with a single blow.

In the blink of an eye, the battlefield returned to silence.

Gu Siyuan nodded at the person in front of him: “Well done.”

Xie Fengqing cupped his hands in a salute, laughing: “Excellent commanding, Big Boss.”

Gu Siyuan kicked the boat the previous teams had built into the lake. The two of them smoothly vaulted aboard and sailed across the water toward the opposite shore.

The netizens in the live stream were in shock.

[Holy f*ck, did the Big Boss know they were hiding nearby the whole time?! How did he even deduce that?!]

[Truly worthy of being a dirty Master Tactician.]

[Their synergy is too good! That final coordinated attack was beautiful.]

After crossing the lake, the duo-queue match entered its final stage.

The three teams that had been on the opposite shore had already fought it out, leaving only one team standing. However, another team had just snuck over from the west.

These two teams—four players in total—were all highly skilled veterans who had fought their way through the chaos. As soon as they saw Xie Fengqing and Gu Siyuan’s IDs, without a second word, they decided to ally against them.

Thus, Xie Fengqing and Gu Siyuan were forced into a 2v4 frontal encounter.

Gu Siyuan once again displayed what he was best at—and what the netizens were most eager to see. Utilizing the terrain to his advantage, he unleashed customized, overlapping ultimate combos, calculating three steps ahead for every move he made. The battle was thrilling and bloody, sharp and precise, making everyone’s blood boil.

In the end, with Xie Fengqing’s cooperation, they successfully wiped out all four opponents.

Xie Fengqing slung his massive bow over his shoulder, smiling radiantly: “Thank you, Big Boss, for letting me hug your thigh today.”

“Naughty,” Gu Siyuan replied.

His voice was low and cold, as if piercing straight through the eardrums and pressing directly onto the heart.

The hand Xie Fengqing used to hold the mouse couldn’t help but tremble.

He licked his lips. Looking at a peach blossom petal falling onto the shoulder of ‘Chasing Wind Lightly’s white scholar robes on the screen, he changed the subject: “Great Wilderness‘s animation is really good. These peach blossoms look so realistic and pretty…”

Very pretty?

Gu Siyuan blinked.

Suddenly, a rapid clattering of keyboard keys erupted outside the screen. Long fingers pressed down continuously. On the screen, the wild brute ‘Smurf’ hoisted his broadsword back onto his shoulder. One radiant ultimate skill after another began to stack upon the blade.

However, he wasn’t aiming at an enemy—he was aiming at the peach blossom forest.

In the next instant, a torrential rain of pink petals showered down from the entire forest, drifting gracefully onto the white-clad scholar ‘Chasing Wind Lightly’ standing beneath the trees.

It was utterly breathtaking.

Gu Siyuan said flatly: “Now there are more flowers.”

“…” Xie Fengqing.

Xie Fengqing’s pale neck and face flushed completely red.

How could someone as aloof and composed as him do something so cheesy?!

The system’s final scores were tallied, and the two of them were undeniably the champions of this duo-queue match. The screen flashed, and they exited the dungeon and the party.

The comment section in the live stream was going absolutely wild.

[What did I just see?! What did I just see?! Did they really just flirt right in front of our faces?!]

[Haha, there is absolutely something going on between them! I refuse to believe they aren’t a couple.]

[They were already a couple to begin with! Our Handsome Gu isn’t just good-looking, he’s amazing at the game too! He’s a perfect match for Great God Xie.]

[Can you guys stop spouting nonsense? What does Big Boss ‘Smurf’ have to do with that guy surnamed Gu? If that sugar baby Gu had this kind of skill, it really would rain red from the sky…]

Right then, a highlighted, colorful comment floated across the screen, tagging the person who had just spoken.

[It might not rain red from the sky, but don’t forget to send out the 10,000 RMB red envelope rain you promised everyone.]

The person froze.

Looking closely at the ID that posted the comment… it seemed to be Xie Fengqing’s streaming account.

What is going on?!

Suddenly, the view in the live stream shifted. That large hand, which had just been flying across the keyboard, reached up and tilted the webcam upward.

In the next second, a face that was cold, aloof, and handsome to the absolute extreme appeared before everyone in the live stream. As if hit by a critical strike, everyone froze.

Gu Siyuan’s voice was flat, carrying a crisp, distant tone: “What, is the comment section broken? Why is no one talking?”

And then, the comment section exploded with frantic spamming.

[Holy fck! Holy fck! A face reveal! He showed his face!]

[He’s so handsome my heart literally stopped! This is a close-up shot! How can he be this handsome and have this much presence?!]

[Damn it, he really is handsome. Even as a straight guy, I felt a shiver in my heart.]

[It IS Handsome Gu! Big Boss ‘Smurf’ really IS Handsome Gu!]

[Ahhhh! The handsome guy is not only amazing at the game and super hot, but he spoils his wife too!]

Seeing the comments on the screen, Xie Fengqing secretly grumbled: Why am I definitely the wife? Who made that rule?!

Meanwhile, his die-hard fans were completely rendered speechless.

The person behind ‘Smurf’ is actually Gu Siyuan?!

How is that possible? It’s unbelievable!

They had watched Xie Fengqing’s live streams for a long time. In the past, Xie Fengqing frequently ran dungeons with Gu Siyuan, so they knew exactly what kind of deadweight he was.

How could he suddenly become this incredible?!

Some ordinary gamers who weren’t fans were equally shocked.

They had all highly anticipated uncovering the identity of the person behind ‘Smurf’. Was it a top-tier Great God’s alt account? Was it an unknown, hidden master?

But never in their wildest dreams did they imagine it would be the infamous, ‘hardcore’ sugar baby Gu Siyuan!

[Gu Siyuan, since you’re this amazing, what were you doing every time you partied up with Great God Xie before? Deliberately throwing the game?]

[Throwing a game? I can’t understand it! Is this the loneliness of a true master?!]

[Haha, my guess is that love makes you blind! It’s just a little roleplay between the couple.]

[Probably! Judging by his performance just now, the Big Boss just genuinely enjoys hiding behind Great God Xie and being a sugar baby.]

…

[Ah, allow me to ruin the mood. Since it’s been proven that ‘Smurf’ is Handsome Gu, is there still hope for my 10,000 RMB?]

[Yes, yes, yes! Money is the most important thing! Where are my red envelopes? Which bro promised the red envelope rain…]

Reading these comments, Gu Siyuan’s fingers tapped the keyboard. He posted a comment, tagging three specific IDs in the live stream: [I memorized every single word you said at the beginning of the stream.]

The viewers were stunned for a moment.

These three people… aren’t they the ones who set those terrifying flags earlier?!

The red envelope guy, the keyboard-eating guy, and the sht-eating guy…*

Hardcore.

The screen instantly filled with a sea of “Hahahaha”.

[Hahaha, hurry up!]

[Quick, quick, quick! I’m ready to grab my red envelope!]

[I’m ready to screen record! I’ve never seen someone swallow a keyboard or eat sh*t before!]

Everyone’s comments tagged those three guys at the end.

However, those three didn’t dare show their faces again.

Seeing this scene, Xie Fengqing couldn’t help but feel a bit bad for his old fans. He gently nudged Gu Siyuan’s elbow: “You… um, well, that’s probably enough…”

“Mm, alright.” Gu Siyuan nodded indifferently.

He raised his hand, tapped the keyboard, and commented: [Sending red envelopes. Get ready to grab them.]

As soon as this message appeared, the screen was flooded with question marks (???).

They didn’t understand what he meant.

However, they understood very quickly.

The red envelope icon at the bottom of the live stream flashed. Regardless of how much money was inside, there were over 6,000 viewers online in the live stream, and about half of them were actively staring at the screen. Almost all of them clicked it the moment it appeared.

[Holy crap! Holy crap! I grabbed over 500 RMB! I’ve never grabbed a red envelope this big in my life!]

[I actually got 1,000 RMB! Damn it, I just checked, there are 2,000 red envelopes in total. How massive is the total amount?!]

[Even though I only got a little over 300 RMB, for someone with my terrible luck, it’s huge! So I specifically counted the zeros on the total amount… I think it’s one million RMB!]

[Holy sht! Holy sht! Such a massive flex, Handsome Gu…]

[Gu Siyuan, you are my god!]

Outside the screen, Xie Fengqing’s eyes also widened in shock.

He pressed the mute button with one hand and turned to glare at Gu Siyuan: “Are you crazy?! Isn’t your company still in the development phase? You dare to waste money like this?!”

Gu Siyuan said flatly: “A million is just a drop in the ocean for the company’s development.”

“…” Xie Fengqing.

Alright, I get it, you have a big company.

Gu Siyuan patted his head and said coldly, “Don’t worry about it. The apartment I gave you costs more than twenty times this amount.”

Xie Fengqing’s eyes widened further: “You… you… you really gave it to me? You weren’t joking?!”

Gu Siyuan: “I already had my secretary arrange the property transfer procedures earlier.”

Xie Fengqing felt extremely flattered and overwhelmed.

He really didn’t know what to say about Gu Siyuan.

Back before they started dating, he sometimes truly wanted to swallow this rigid, inflexible blockhead whole. But now, it was as if all his meridians had suddenly been unblocked, making one’s heart turn utterly soft for him.

Xie Fengqing smiled for a long time before looking back at the computer screen: “They’re all praising you for spoiling your fans, you know?”

Gu Siyuan cast a bewildered look at him: “Aren’t they your fans? I have no interest in them. I only gave them some practical celebration money directly because you care about your fans.”

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