Chapter 44: Jinjiang Novel Reading Exclusive and Secretly Connecting with Others...

That day, Shi Jing didn't say a word to Lu Zhiye for the entire afternoon.

night.

By the time the fat manager set the health-care time, most people in the training room had left.

However, the new season of the four-player tournament was approaching, and everyone knew that they would meet again in the Apex Games in half an hour.

After Lu Zhiye finished washing up, he sat in front of the computer in his room for a rare moment.

It's time for the usual double queue.

The other names in my friend list gradually lit up, but one ID remained gray. It wasn't online.

【SFD-Wild:. 】

Lu Zhiye tried to type a period and sent it.

【The player you are chatting with is not online. 】

After receiving the system's prompt, he lifted his hands from the keyboard.

After thinking for two seconds, he moved the mouse to Shi Jing's name.

There are only two options available, and no pop-up invitation to join the team.

Really not online.

It's not that I'm hiding from him secretly.

Lu Zhiye waited for a few minutes, but seeing that the ID still showed no sign of lighting up, he turned around and looked out the window.

A little way off, the lights of the single-family house across the street were on.

A few seconds later, SFD-Sweet logged into the game.

After a while, a WeChat group message popped up.

Sweet: @It's Xiao Jiang Jiang, will you get any points?

[Is it Little Jiang Jiang? ]

[It's Xiao Jiang Jiang: Holy crap, is this true?]

[It's Xiao Jiang Jiang: Are you the real one? Will Sweet invite me to rank up? ?]

Sweet: Join the group.

It's Little Jiang Jiang: Here I come! I'm online right now!

【Zhou: Can I come too?】

[Little Jiang Jiang: Of course you can. Sweet, it doesn't matter if you bring one or two, right, Sweet? No... then there won't be room for Da Zhuang.]

Sweet: Yes. All three of you come.

A while later.

Is that Xiao Jiang Jiang? Where's my brother Lu? Isn't he here today? He didn't go home. I saw him go upstairs. He should be in his room now. Huh? Brother Lu is online.

[It's Xiao Jiangjiang: Aren't you going to play duo with Brother Lu today?]

【Sweet: Never mind him.】

[Is it Little Jiang Jiang? ]

Sweet: Are you coming? If not, we'll open it.

Even through the screen, one can imagine the cold expression on the phone owner's face as he typed this line.

It's Xiao Jiang Jiang: Come on, come on, I'm sorry, Brother Lu, but getting points is important.

It's Xiao Jiang Jiang: I'm in the group! Go go go!

The SFD players' rooms all have large balconies. Lu Zhiye leaned against the large window next to the balcony, watching the messages in the group pop up one by one. After the last message was sent, SFD-Sweet on the computer went offline.

As if trying to cover up something, it only made it more obvious. In a few seconds, he was online again.

【SFD-Sweet has entered the game.】

【SFD-Sweet has quit the game.】

【SFD-Sweet has entered the game.】

【SFD-Sweet has quit the game.】

…

After reading several messages in a row, he immediately became the most prominent name in Lu Zhiye's entire friend list.

But he just managed not to pop up a team invitation. It was like he was competing with someone.

Finally, the other people on WeChat couldn't hold it in anymore.

LA-LEO:?

LA-LEO: Did you see that? Why is the SFD newbie's account always going up and down? Was it hacked?

It was sent in a small group of players they had created a long time ago. If it weren't for this message, Lu Zhiye would have almost forgotten that he had joined this group.

No one responded.

After an unknown amount of time, a default ID posted a message: "Based on my experience, he's probably angry with someone on his list. Buddy, if you really don't understand, my advice is to ignore it."

LA-LEO:?

Lu Zhiye's throat seemed to roll up and down slightly as he tried to hold back his laughter, and then he switched the chat box to the person he was contacting.

The note is that this is an orange software store that specializes in helping to recover old accounts.

[Boss, I found my account. Do you want to change it to your own identity information?]

[This number is a bit old, and there's nothing on it. Boss, let me send it to you again to confirm. Is there a correct number?]

Looking at the account and password sent by the other party, Lu Zhiye sat back in front of the computer.

【A-lzy: You're not mistaken.】

[Oh, that's good. Then just log in. If everything works fine, that's it. Remember to give me a good review.]

After entering the above information, the Apex game page turned and a successful login message popped up.

An old account that had been dormant for many years caught Lu Zhiye's sight.

He paused.

After a while, he came to his senses and replied, "Thank you."

There is indeed nothing.

This is an account from a long time ago. Today, when most other accounts have become nine or dozens of digits, this number's UID is still a rare six-digit number.

Most of those who ask others for help to retrieve such old accounts registered the accounts when they were young using information found on the Internet. Most of them will only go to great lengths to change back their information if they have full heirlooms and various limited skins.

But this account is empty and no heroes are unlocked.

To be precise, in addition to the several heroes given by the system, only one more hero, Vantic, was unlocked.

Very distant memories slowly loosen.

The computer screen, tables, chairs, and walls in front of me seemed to overlap with a scene in an old Internet cafe many years ago.

There are no villas, no private schools, and no luxury cars to pick us up.

The weather in Nanlin is like spring all year round, which is very different from Yanhai.

In fact, Lu Zhiye didn’t finish.

He didn't just live in Nanlin for a period of time.

It wasn't a coincidence that I ran into him playing games in an Internet cafe.

A boy who was two grades older than him rested his hand on the back of the chair and held his right hand, holding the mouse, with the other hand.

Although she was not very patient, she still tried her best to coax the child in the seat.

"You want to play this? This is a sniper, not very fun. If you really want to play it... you just think this gun is big and cool, right? Okay, okay, then let's play this."

"Look carefully, this is the opening shot."

“It’s aiming.”

"And then—shoot."

"It's fun, right? It's fun, of course."

"Ignore those guys just now, they're just a bunch of idiots. What's wrong with never having seen my father? I don't even have a father or a mother. Do you think anyone dares to come and mess with me?" A slightly childish yet familiar voice gently lingered in his ears from his memories. "Next time those guys come looking for you, let them know how hard your fists are, understand?"

It has nothing to do with Lu Zhiye's current appearance. In my memory, he was very thin, short, and wore farsighted glasses when he was young.

There were still tears on her face. After hearing what was said, she nodded, not quite understanding.

Of course there won't be a next time.

After this incident, that group of people never dared to come again.

Or maybe he did, but he moved away from this place completely not long after.

Lu Zhiye stared at the old original skin of his account, Vantic, for a long time, and then clicked exit.

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"Damn, I have two of them here! You little bastard, are you trying to sneak attack me?"

In Shi Jing's team, the four people were divided into three battlefields, and voice communication was in dire straits.

Jiang Yuan didn't know if he was stimulated by the LA support's words about unemployment, but today he played an electric girl, carrying a flamethrower submachine gun and running at the front of the whole team.

In just a few words, he was ambushed by two opponents and his health bar was almost reduced to zero.

"Help!" Within three seconds, screams spread throughout the entire team's voice chat, "Da Zhuang, An An, save me! Xiao Tian Tian! Help!"

Zhou Lian used the evil spirit to open a portal and pulled the fallen Jiang Yuan back.

The enemy thought there were only two of them, so they also rushed towards them through the door.

Jiang Yuan, who had stood up, was no pushover. "Did you give me that face? You really think you're that good at two against one. Da Zhuang, go ahead! Bite them!"

Song Jiahang: “…”

Song Jiahang shot the last man and said coldly, "Don't expect me to save you next time."

"Don't worry, it was just a joke." Jiang Yuan said flatteringly, "Come on, I'll give you a purple magazine as compensation, okay?"

"don't want."

"..." Jiang Yuan picked up the magazine, "Stingy. If you don't save me, I will let An An and Xiao Tiantian save me, right Xiao Tiantian?"

Candy didn't answer.

Jiang Yuan only then realized that one of the team members had fallen behind for quite some time and had hardly spoken in the voice chat.

"Sweetheart?" he asked. "Sweetheart, wake up, are you asleep?"

Shi Jing: “…”

Shi Jing picked up the gun that he had thrown twice on the ground: "What are you doing?"

"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Yuan asked, "Why do you seem to be worried?"

When he was told this, he froze for a moment.

"No," he said. "I'm a little tired."

Jiang Yuan: “?”

Jiang Yuan: "It's only half past ten. Don't lie to me, I usually see you and Brother Lu playing duo queue until midnight every day."

Who the hell plays duo with him every day?

Just as Shi Jing was about to utter a rebuttal, his cell phone buzzed.

A voice message.

From Lu Zhiye.

He clicked it subconsciously, and the voice began to play automatically, and Lu Zhiye's voice came into his ears.

Shi Jing quickly turned off the microphone of the game as if he had been burned.

Jiang Yuan: “?”

Now Jiang Yuan realized something was wrong.

The status of teammates in Apex will be displayed in the game, including whether the player has joined the team voice chat and whether the player has turned on the microphone and earpiece.

Originally, all four of them were using microphones, but suddenly a slash appeared on the speaker to the right of Shi Jing's name, which was extremely obvious.

"Sweetheart, something's wrong with you." Jiang Yuan, who was incredibly perceptive about gossip, narrowed his eyes. "You've been so absent-minded tonight, and you even suddenly turned off your microphone..."

He exploded like Sherlock Holmes: "Could it be that he's secretly on a voice call with someone?"

With a "click", Shi Jing closed Lu Zhiye's voice bar.

Shi Jing: “…”

Zhou Li'an was curious: "Why aren't you talking and are just chatting on the phone?"

"Don't ask, it must be!"

Shi Jing had a sour face.

Not even a little voice?

Lu Zhiye sent a voice message, why did he have to listen?

I won't listen anymore.

In two seconds, he exited WeChat and threw his phone aside.

The next day, the second week of offline competitions, the schedule for the double-row matches was not as tight as the previous week.

Preparations for the official four-man competition are in full swing, and the clubs are also frequently arranging training matches.

"We've signed up for a scrimmages tonight. Both HUN and LA will be participating, for a total of five games. The first three will be with our old lineup, and Sweet will be in for practice in the last two." Coach Wan informed them of today's schedule in the conference room. "Since Sweet hasn't played with the rest of you in a match yet, for today's scrimmages, follow my instructions strictly and make as few changes as possible. If there are any issues, the coaching staff and I will make adjustments after the game."

A four-person match isn't a one-man show; the situations it faces are much more complex than those in singles and pairs matches, and collaboration can have a significant impact. Shi Jing had no objection to this arrangement.

After Coach Wan finished speaking, he glanced towards Shi Jing. "Sweet, don't feel stressed. Your personal strength is absolutely enough for the competition. Just give it your all. Make sure you get enough rest these few days."

"Sweet has dark circles under her eyes." Zhou Lian said.

Shi Jing: “…”

Yeah?

Does he have dark circles?

Shi Jing paused.

After the meeting, he turned around and took a picture of the glass next to the conference room while no one was paying attention.

It seems quite obvious.

He hasn't slept well these two days.

But it wasn't because of the foursome.

Thinking back to the inexplicable dream I had two nights ago, the tea room that made it hard to escape and Lu Zhiye who suddenly approached...

stop.

Shi Jing's face turned even darker.

He glanced towards the seat of the instigator and found that it was empty.

After the meeting, Shi Jing stood up from his chair with a sleep-deprived look on his face and an extremely low mood.

Someone touched my arm.

Before I could see who it was, another small note was stuffed into my palm.

Shi Jing was stunned and looked down.

[I'm sorry, it was my fault for not participating in the selection. I shouldn't have given the award to HUN. You're right, they really don't deserve it.]

Shi Jing: “?”

Look down again.

A super awkward hand-drawn facial expression [Can TT stop being angry? ]

Shi Jing: “…”

Damn.

Who taught him to apologize like this?

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Author's comment: HUN: ? Called the police.

I'm late, my dears. I've been out of town attending a friend's wedding these days. I'll notify you in advance of the update time on WB. Thank you for your patience! Bobo-3-