Since the system became my girlfriend

The poor thief probably didn't know that the last guy who had such thoughts about Feng Lixi was incredibly unlucky. Not only was his game account banned, but he also ended up in the hospital, and his house was ransacked. It was truly a case of one misfortune after another.

……

Su Rui was still grinding monsters. Although he was extremely efficient, he still had to grind 500 monsters, so it would take him almost an hour to finish.

At this moment, Boss Su had no idea that a group of people were plotting against him behind the hillside, nor did he know that many players were lying in ambush in the nearby cemetery, ready to collect the corpses. Otherwise, he would have cursed these people for their ruthlessness. Killing people and looting their equipment was one thing, but to also collect the corpses and block the cemetery—what kind of deep-seated hatred could they have? Had Boss Su dug up their family's ancestral graves?

Although Feng Lixi was in control of everything, she didn't tell Su Rui because she believed her boyfriend would eventually realize it. Of course, even if Su Rui didn't realize it, she had ways to help him resolve this crisis.

Time passed by, and soon the players behind the hill gathered, a total of seven people. There were also five people guarding the corpses at the graveyard, making a total of twelve people. They all knew each other in real life, so they coordinated very well.

"You thieves, go around from behind and find an opportunity to ambush them. We'll go in from the front to draw their attention!" the leader said to the men around him.

"Alright! Big brother, just you wait and see!" The thieves quietly entered stealth mode and then circled around the small hill.

Because of the great distance and the fact that the thieves were all in stealth mode, Su Rui, who was farming monsters here, had no way of noticing them.

The leader, along with his two henchmen, approached Su Rui and his companion while grinding monsters. To lower Su Rui's guard, the leader, who was also a thief, didn't even use stealth; he and his two companions simply swung their daggers and slashed at the monsters.

A few minutes later, the three of them were only a few dozen meters away from Su Rui and his group. If the thief activated his sprint, he could appear in front of Su Rui in three to five seconds.

Su Rui couldn't possibly miss these three guys, but he didn't really care. After all, this was a public leveling area, and there were plenty of players here to grind monsters and do quests. Although most players kept their distance from other players to avoid conflicts over monsters, a distance of several dozen meters was still considered a safe distance, so Su Rui didn't pay much attention to it.

But as the monsters kept spawning on both sides, Su Rui noticed that the three people were getting closer and closer to him, and they were only about thirty meters away. His Shadow Bolt could hit them. At this moment, Su Rui, as a professional player, instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Boss Su is a professional gamer who has played several games. He has seen everything in the game. These three guys kept getting closer, so they must be up to no good. Therefore, Su Rui took notice of them.

But at this moment, several thieves who were stealthily approached. These guys moved very carefully. Although they were in stealth, they always avoided Su Rui's line of sight. They would only move when Su Rui had his back to them. Once Su Rui faced them, these guys would immediately crouch down and wait patiently without moving.

Clearly, these thieves are veterans; they must have encountered this type of profession in other games, otherwise they wouldn't be so cautious.

While a thief's stealth can conceal their tracks, stealth is not invisibility. When they move, they leave a faint shadow, which may go unnoticed if one is not paying attention. However, for a skilled thief, this faint shadow is enough to reveal their presence.

Therefore, to avoid being discovered, these experienced thieves were very cautious. They would only move when Su Rui and Feng Lixi were looking away, and they would stop and wait immediately if either of them looked at them.

"Hehe, they're quite patient!" Feng Lixi noticed the thieves getting close, so she smiled. Since she didn't need to fight monsters anyway, she deliberately faced the direction of the thieves, pretending to be bored and looking at the scenery. Although her gaze wasn't focused on any particular thief, it was generally directed at them.

"Damn! What's up with this girl?" one of the thieves muttered in dissatisfaction.

"Why is she always looking this way? What's over here?" another thief said, glancing back at the hills behind him, where the same roaming gnolls roamed, with nothing particularly unique about him.

"When is this girl finally going to turn around?!"

"Yeah...she keeps looking this way, what should we do?"

……

The thieves were communicating in the squad voice chat. Although they were invisible, virtual games are not like traditional keyboard games. Players are supposed to be truly involved in the game. In stealth mode, the thieves had to crouch down. It was fine for a while, but no one could stand it for long!

But the mischievous Feng Lixi could only look at the "scenery" for twenty minutes at a time. These thieves, who were stealthily moving around, had to maintain a crouched posture the whole time, and at that time they could be said to have aches and pains in their backs and legs.

"Big brother! Aren't you going to make a move? If you don't, we're done for!" a thief said to the leader in the team voice chat.

"Hmm..." The leader agreed. He originally wanted these thieves to carry out the ambush, and then he would approach Su Rui and his companion under the pretext of helping them. Once they got close, they would suddenly attack Su Rui and his companion.

The leader's plan was incredibly meticulous; he had even planned to take on two people with seven men. However, things didn't go as planned, and Feng Lixi kept "enjoying the scenery," which meant the thieves never had a chance to get close.

So now the boss and his men have to make the first move, and then those thieves can wait for an opportunity to ambush!

So the leader and his two underlings stopped pretending to be grinding monsters and headed straight for Su Rui.

"Whoosh!" After finishing off the gnoll in front of him with a Shadow Bolt, Su Rui stopped killing monsters. He watched as three players approached. Two of them were warriors, and the rogue was not using stealth. This did make Su Rui lower his guard a bit.

However, the actions of these people had been too strange before, so even though Su Rui was not on full alert because of the thief's behavior, he was still wary.

"Hey bro, you guys are grinding monsters here too? Can you share any quests?" The leader greeted Su Rui from a distance, trying to put him at ease. After all, it's normal for players to share quests when they meet in the wild, so everyone can level up faster.