Chapter 524: Chapter 543: Courage Borrowed, Countermeasure Ready

Everyone told Mo Si to just say it.

...

So much so that Mo Si added another detail: [While the nature of my real job and my virtual job are the same, the difference in rank is huge. Saying it directly might scare her. Is there a more tactful way to do this?]

A huge difference in rank?

[? What do you mean a huge difference in rank? Don’t tell me the girl thinks you’re some big-shot Mecha Soldier, but you’re actually in logistics? Are you too afraid to say it?]

[Even if you’re in logistics, that’s fine. Logistics is honorable too! Just tell her. If she can understand, she will. If she can’t, you can’t hide it forever anyway.]

Everyone replied earnestly.

—No, my real information creates a sense of distance.

[A sense of distance? A combat Mecha Soldier? No way. Even combat Mecha Soldiers don’t create a sense of distance. I’m a girl, and I love combat Mecha Soldiers.]

—It’s related to Mecha, but I’m not a Soldier.

Not a Soldier, but still in the military, hmmm!

[A commander? A famous one who’s shown his face before? That might create a bit of distance, but it doesn’t matter. She’ll be shocked for a moment at most, and then she’ll be overjoyed!]

[Yep, what girl doesn’t love a hero!]

Mo Si’s gaze lingered on this sentence for a moment.

—Not a commander.

The thread suddenly turned into a guessing game. Everyone was quite interested and continued to guess.

[You’re not the Military Department’s spokesperson, are you?]

Someone proposed this hypothesis, and then someone else suddenly realized something. The original poster had listed several conditions: 39 years old, a graduate of Federation Military University, uses a virtual mask for missions, pilots a Mecha but isn’t a Soldier, and has an identity that could easily create a sense of distance. Once these conditions were laid out, everyone realized!!

[This can’t be Major Qiudao or Major Changbei, can it?]

—It’s not them.

Mo Si replied immediately.

Now everyone was getting confused. It wasn’t this, and it wasn’t that. [You can’t possibly be Admiral Mo Si, right?]

[Is the poster above me insane?! You think the Imperial Blade is someone you can just joke about? Delete your comment, quick.]

[Yeah, yeah, we’re just guessing here, don’t drag the Admiral into this. He’s a hero of the Empire. Discussions about him belong in the comments section of a Federation Central News post where you can spam "Awesome!", not in a relationship forum.]

Everyone was very protective of Mo Si.

A pang went through Mo Si’s chest.

The person who had posted the comment quickly deleted it. But right after he did, everyone noticed that under the deleted post, the anonymous OP had replied again.

—Something like that.

[???]

[...]

[OP, are you saying you’re a general? A general, staying up late at night waiting for replies on a relationship forum?]

[Forgive me, I really thought this wasn’t a troll post at first, but I guess it is.]

[Okay, if you really are a general, then it’s normal for you to hesitate. If my boyfriend suddenly told me he was a general, I... uh, I’d probably slide into a kneel on the spot and call him ’Boss’.]

[The poster above is actually replying seriously. This is obviously fake. What general has this much free time?]

Because Mo Si had revealed something close to the truth, the discussion instantly devolved into chaos.

Mo Si: ...

’Is my thread really this toxic?’ He exited his thread, glanced at someone else’s, and learned a more effective method.

And so, a few seconds later.

The people still bickering in the thread suddenly discovered that the post had changed.

It had gone from an ordinary thread to a bounty post.

[Bounty Request: I have unintentionally deceived my girlfriend. How do I tell her everything without making her angry? (Total Bounty: 1,000,000 Star Coins)]

Someone slowly typed a question mark in the chat box.

You have to understand, the amount listed on a bounty post doesn’t just appear out of nowhere.

The OP has to click "deposit" within the thread for that number to show up.

This meant the OP would be rewarding his favorite replies from now on. Even if he didn’t award a single cent and wanted to withdraw the deposited money, he would still have to pay a ten percent service fee.

That was one hundred thousand Star Coins.

The number of trolls dwindled. Mo Si politely added a new reply himself: [I have listed my information and the difficulty I’m facing. Please enlighten me, and explain the reasoning behind your suggestion. The person who can make my girlfriend happy will receive all the Star Coins.]

...

[By the God of the Universe, I suddenly believe he’s a general.]

[If not, he must be a general’s son at least.]

[I’m so close to striking it rich, and I can’t even think of a single clever thing to say—]

Some people were still posting things unrelated to the topic. Mo Si did something and muted them: [Please propose solutions.]

A bounty post wasn’t treated the same as a normal post, not to mention this one had a one-million-Star-Coin bounty!

Very quickly, someone proposed a plan below.

Someone suggested creating a romantic atmosphere to confess in. "Because romance is the most relaxing thing. If you tell her the truth in a relaxed state, she’s less likely to make a fuss about it. Or, seeing the romantic effort you made, she might let you off the hook."

Honestly, it was a pretty lame and unconstructive suggestion, but since he was the first to propose it, Mo Si thought for a moment and gave him 10,000 Star Coins.

—I should choose a relaxed moment.

Someone actually got Star Coins! Holy crap, for just a few words, ten thousand Star Coins!?

In an instant, the replies in the thread multiplied.

[Perhaps, General, you don’t have to say it yourself. Just take her to see information about you. Every general is a renowned hero. She will inevitably be moved after seeing your heroic deeds. When you take off your mask then, that young lady will absolutely not have the heart to blame you!]

—Plausible. (Awarded 50,000 Star Coins)

...

!!!

He’s really rich!

It was already almost three in the morning, but the people in the thread were still very active. Mo Si scrolled down, feeling quite satisfied.

’All it takes is a little bit of money to get so many solutions.’

[Here’s an idea: how about you knock her up? Once there’s a baby, the baby’s mom definitely won’t leave.]

—Filthy-minded.

Mo Si muted this person.

[Why don’t you marry the girl, OP? After you’re married, your relationship will be protected by law. You can tell her then.]

’Marriage?’

’That seems workable too.’

—Perhaps plausible. (Awarded 50,000 Star Coins)

...

After this reply, the suggestions from everyone became more or less the same. Having read so many, Mo Si now had a plan in mind. He prepared to close and delete the thread.

But just as he was about to delete it, he saw a reply from a high-level account.

[I’ve been watching this thread for a long time. I can tell that you value your girlfriend very much, OP. I can see your passionate feelings even through the text. I really want to say this: no matter which method you choose, you must tell your girlfriend about this as soon as possible.]

[Because there is no room for deception in a true relationship.]

[I hope you and your girlfriend will always be happy and in love.]

—We will be. (Awarded 100,000)

After typing that, he deleted the thread.

By now, a rather complete plan was listed on his terminal.

1. Get married first. Immediately after getting married, watch a film about the Pole campaign with Qiuqiu, and then tell her the truth right away.

At that moment, Mo Si thought the hardest part of this matter would be the second step, because it meant confronting his own lies. Puncturing one’s own lies is always difficult.

As for the first step—

In Mo Si’s eyes, people who liked each other got married. He and Qiuqiu liked each other, so they were meant to get married anyway.

Getting married now was simply moving up something that was bound to happen eventually.