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The company announced a team-building trip to a neighboring city for two days. To allow him to relax properly, I decided not to go and stayed home alone.
In the evening, the doorbell rang. I thought it was a food delivery, but when I opened the door, I found a stranger in a delivery uniform handing me a package. It had no sender information, only labeled with " Zhe," " Xiao Ya," and "Hurricane Knight," along with my address.
I was puzzled; Zhe had never received a package related to Xiao Ya before. I signed for the package and closed the door, muttering to myself about how delivery services were becoming increasingly unreliable.
Just as I was about to open it and see what prank this was, I picked up the package and caught a glimpse of its contents through the semi-transparent wrapping—inside was a limited edition keyboard that had long been discontinued. Zhe had coveted it for a long time but never bought it due to its high price and rarity.
This keyboard was the official collaboration model from his favorite Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Xiao Ya. My eyes widened in disbelief as I blinked rapidly.
On the side of the package was a promotional card for Xiao Ya, featuring an alluring female character in revealing attire striking an enticing pose. The text on the card was even more suggestive: “Exclusive benefits for ‘Hurricane Knight,’ late-night team formations, passion never fades, an ultimate experience for body and mind.”
Blood rushed to my head, and my face turned crimson.
My first reaction was that someone had stolen Zhe's ID. Using his ID for such suggestive marketing was an insult to his character! He had been working hard to distance himself from that world!
Furious, I wanted nothing more than to confront the sender. To clarify the situation, I logged into that Xiao Ya using a rarely used backup account. It had been years since I last played; everything felt foreign.
I searched for "Hurricane Knight," and the account information that popped up showed extremely high activity, with the last login just ten minutes ago. A sinking feeling settled in my stomach, but I tried to reassure myself that perhaps the account had been hacked.
With that thought in mind, I couldn't help but slap myself. Despite telling myself that Zhe's account had been compromised, deep down, doubts about whether he had truly “quit” began to sprout like wild grass.
Now that there was proof of recent activity on the account, I chastised myself internally for my suspicions. Zhe had treated me so well; he even worked hard to control his obsession with Xiao Ya for my sake—how could I doubt him?
I angrily took photos of the package and card, opened our chat window, and prepared to question him about it when a work message from my supervisor popped up. There was an urgent project that needed my immediate attention. Reluctantly, I turned on my computer to handle work matters.
When I finally finished my tasks and remembered the package, I saw that several unread messages from Zhe had accumulated on my phone.
“ Xiao Ya, the signal at the team-building location isn’t great; I just saw your message.”
“That keyboard is from a prize I won at a Xiao Ya official event. I just sent it recently; I forgot to tell you, I wanted to surprise you.”
“That card is just some advertisement shoved in by Xiao Ya Company; ignore it.”
Seeing this, most of my doubts faded away, and I even felt a bit guilty. His explanation sounded reasonable, and I almost believed him.
It must be that Xiao Ya Company was trying to use the ID of an old player in Zhe to promote something, pretending it was a benefit for him while actually casting a wide marketing net.
I felt quite disdainful and was considering whether to complain about such marketing behavior on Xiao Ya Forum.
At that moment, the friend request icon for my Xiao Ya account suddenly lit up.
My heart skipped a beat, and I could barely breathe.
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