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? Donāt tell me the girl thinks youāre some big-shot Mecha Soldier, but youāre actually in logistics? Are you too afraid to say it?]
[Even if youāre in logistics, thatās fine. Logistics is honorable too! Just tell her. If she can understand, she will. If she canāt, you canāt hide it forever anyway.]
Everyone replied earnestly.
āNo, my real information creates a sense of distance.
[A sense of distance? A combat Mecha Soldier? No way. Even combat Mecha Soldiers donāt create a sense of distance. Iām a girl, and I love combat Mecha Soldiers.]
āItās related to Mecha, but Iām not a Soldier.
Not a Soldier, but still in the military, hmmm!
[A commander? A famous one whoās shown his face before? That might create a bit of distance, but it doesnāt matter. Sheāll be shocked for a moment at most, and then sheāll be overjoyed!]
[Yep, what girl doesnāt love a hero!]
Mo Siās gaze lingered on this sentence for a moment.
āNot a commander.
The thread suddenly turned into a guessing game. Everyone was quite interested and continued to guess.
[Youāre not the Military Departmentās 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 isnāt a Soldier, and has an identity that could easily create a sense of distance. Once these conditions were laid out, everyone realized!!
[This canāt be Major Qiudao or Major Changbei, can it?]
āItās not them.
Mo Si replied immediately.
Now everyone was getting confused. It wasnāt this, and it wasnāt that. [You canāt 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, weāre just guessing here, donāt drag the Admiral into this. Heās 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 Siās 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.
āSomething like that.
[???]
[...]
[OP, are you saying youāre a general? A general, staying up late at night waiting for replies on a relationship forum?]
[Forgive me, I really thought this wasnāt a troll post at first, but I guess it is.]
[Okay, if you really are a general, then itās normal for you to hesitate. If my boyfriend suddenly told me he was a general, I... uh, Iād probably slide into a kneel on the spot and call him āBossā.]
[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: ...
āIs my thread really this toxic?ā He exited his thread, glanced at someone elseās, 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 doesnāt 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 didnāt 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 Iām 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 heās a general.]
[If not, he must be a generalās son at least.]
[Iām so close to striking it rich, and I canāt even think of a single clever thing to sayā]
Some people were still posting things unrelated to the topic. Mo Si did something and muted them: [Please propose solutions.]
A bounty post wasnāt 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, sheās 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.
āI 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 donāt 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!]
āPlausible. (Awarded 50,000 Star Coins)
...
!!!
Heās 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.
āAll it takes is a little bit of money to get so many solutions.ā
[Hereās an idea: how about you knock her up? Once thereās a baby, the babyās mom definitely wonāt leave.]
āFilthy-minded.
Mo Si muted this person.
[Why donāt you marry the girl, OP? After youāre married, your relationship will be protected by law. You can tell her then.]
āMarriage?ā
āThat seems workable too.ā
āPerhaps 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.
[Iāve 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.]
āWe 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 oneās own lies is always difficult.
As for the first stepā
In Mo Siās 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.