Zhu Niao and Gou Yu constantly felt as if their punches were hitting a cloud of cotton. Even though they knew the person responsible for everything was standing right in front of them, the two of them couldn’t do a single thing about it. A strange sense of helplessness permeated their entire bodies.
“Little Bird, how are you feeling?” Gou Yu looked at Zhu Niao beside him, carefully observing the girl’s expression.
“I feel a bit annoyed, but it seems like being annoyed is all I can do.” Zhu Niao curled her lip as if she detested every bit of this.
Just moments ago, she had been planning how to coordinate with Gou Yu to execute a blood-pumping combo move. Gou Yu would trap the guy, and then she would dish out the violence. Of course, whether she changed back into a boy was a separate issue; she mainly wanted to experience the pure pleasure of venting her frustrations physically.
She was a soldier of pure love, but she could also be just a pure soldier.
This was far too dull.
With a heavy sigh, Zhu Niao turned around and walked away first. Gou Yu took one last look in the direction the trainee goddess had vanished before turning to follow her.
“Excuse me, classmate, please wait a moment.”
A head of white hair burst into Gou Yu’s vision, forcing him to stop in his tracks. Standing before him was a boy with a somewhat cold expression. His white hair was particularly eye-catching, causing Gou Yu to freeze for a second.
‘This wig’s quality is pretty good; it looks real.’
“I’m not joining any clubs,” Gou Yu said, waving his hand dismissively.
There was no need to think about it. Since they were on the grounds of the Animation Club, the guy was definitely here to recruit him.
“No, I’m not from the Animation Club. I’m with the trainee goddess you were just speaking to.” The person’s voice remained cold. “I am not a trainee, and I am not female, so you can call me… a male god.”
“Is there something wrong with your head?” Gou Yu asked, pointing a finger at his own temple.
However, since the stranger could say something like that with a straight face, it seemed he might be telling the truth.
“In reality, it doesn’t matter what you call me. As long as we can differentiate between us, the title has served its purpose.” The boy was roughly the same height as a tall, burly guy like Gou Yu.
“So, why did you stop me?” Gou Yu didn’t have a good impression of these people—or rather, these gods. He always felt they were the type of beings who would spout a few lines and then start toying with people’s lives for fun.
“I intend to ask you for help.”
“Huh?”
That sentence caught Gou Yu completely off guard.
“What are you dawdling for?” Zhu Niao, who had been walking ahead, noticed that Gou Yu hadn’t followed her. She doubled back, only to see him chatting with a boy she didn’t recognize. “Who is this? Since when did you have other friends?”
“That feels like a bit of an insult.” Gou Yu pointed to the boy beside him and introduced him to Zhu Niao. “This white-haired guy seems to have come with that trainee goddess. They’re probably colleagues.”
Gou Yu remembered that the trainee goddess was constantly calling someone ‘senior.’
“What does this guy want? First she turns us into girls, and now they don’t even want us to be human anymore?” Zhu Niao’s face was a mask of horror.
“You two do not fall under my jurisdiction. Furthermore, I am here to ask for your assistance,” the boy clarified.
“Ask for help? Aren’t you a god? What could you possibly need from us?” Zhu Niao refused to lower her guard.
“Yeah, Whitey, what do you want with us?” Gou Yu leaned over slightly, draping an arm over Zhu Niao’s shoulder as they both stared at the boy.
“I want to ask you to help me with my love life.”
The moment those words were spoken, the expressions on Gou Yu’s and Zhu Niao’s faces changed instantly. They even broke apart from their huddled stance. Zhu Niao and Gou Yu remained silent for a long time. Their mouths hung open, but they couldn’t find the words to respond.
“Are you for real?” Zhu Niao pinched her chin, asking tentatively, “Do creatures of your kind even have those sorts of needs?”
“The longer one’s loneliness lasts, the more one requires emotional companionship,” the boy explained.
“That makes sense, but…” Zhu Niao, who was well-versed in clichéd webnovels, realized something. “Doesn’t the theory of longevity say that having feelings in your situation only leads to facing one parting after another?”
“That is why the one I seek to pursue is an immortal, just like me.” The boy’s expression was dead serious.
Zhu Niao and Gou Yu seemed to realize something simultaneously. They looked toward the distance, where the trainee goddess was holding her face in her hands and staring intently at a young couple showing affection.
“White-haired brother, are you serious? You want to chase her?”
As Zhu Niao spoke, she pointed at the trainee goddess in the distance. The goddess still had the look of a hardcore fan watching her favorite “ship” sail as she observed the other couple.
“Yes.”
“Brother, your taste…” Gou Yu paused. “Forget it. As long as you’re happy.”
“Don’t you think she’s great? She is responsible, lively, and cheerful. If I lose this opportunity, I don’t know how long it will be before I encounter another goddess like her,” the senior goddess’s colleague said.
Zhu Niao and Gou Yu shared a look. Neither of them could see what he was seeing.
“Uh, fine. So, you don’t know how to pursue her, and that’s why you’re asking us?” Gou Yu pointed to himself, a man who had never been in a relationship, and then to Zhu Niao, who was in the same boat.
“That’s right. Today, I originally intended to share my hobbies with her, but she didn’t seem very interested. She put on the clothes, but she seemed to treat the whole thing as if it were just a mission,” the white-haired man said, his face contorted with conflict.
Zhu Niao fell silent for a moment. “Are you saying your hobby is anime, and on your first date, you asked her to cosplay as a character you like and hang out with you?”
At that point, Zhu Niao felt it was perfectly normal for the trainee goddess to view the outing as a mission.
“I do not know what actions would be effective, which is why I have come to consult you.” The white-haired man lowered his head slightly, showing none of the arrogance typical of a god.
“You really—” Zhu Niao started to speak, but Gou Yu suddenly cut her off.
“In your case, I have a solution.” Gou Yu wore a mischievous smirk. “Girls like her actually prefer the rough type. She looks reserved, but in reality, she needs you to just grab her, pull her close, and wildly vent your desires. That will do the trick.”
Zhu Niao froze, then began to nod frantically. They couldn’t get revenge on the trainee goddess themselves, but the guy in front of them certainly could.
“Won’t that be too sudden?” The boy frowned slightly, his white eyebrows knitting together.
“Not at all. When a girl says no, she means yes.”
The white-haired man nodded slowly. “Is that so… I understand.”
“In exchange, although I cannot interfere with her graduation project, I can guarantee that she will not add any more rules or modifications to your situation.” The boy straightened his expression.
“Somehow, that doesn’t feel very useful…” Zhu Niao rubbed her chin. “I have one more question. What exactly are you? What is the difference between the two of you?”
“If we say we are gods, then we are gods. It is simply that our jurisdictions and abilities differ.” The white-haired man paused. “You should know that she operates a ride-share vehicle.”
“Right.”
Right in front of them, he pulled a driver’s license from his pocket. “I drive a semi-truck.”
Ah, so hes death and reincarnation.