Chapter 3 003 Heartbeat

Around seven o'clock in the evening, a message popped up on WeChat.

Polaris: Five minutes left.

His profile picture was a beam of light, and Xu Tingwan recognized it at a glance. It was the light of the KPL finals, with golden rain floating under the light. Although it was such a hopeful picture, Xu Tingwan felt lonely.

【Listen to Wanwan's words: OK】

An OK gesture was added at the end.

Xu Tingwan turned on the computer and went online in advance. She entered the room number that Chi Du had given her in advance and waited. She clicked in as soon as the show started.

The boy in front of the camera was fiddling with his hair, sitting up straight and fiddling with the computer. The sound of the mouse buttons came clearly through the microphone.

Xu Tingwan leaned his head and looked at him quietly. Such a person actually had some relationship with him miraculously, although the relationship was not big.

It’s a small world indeed.

She took advantage of this break to cut the fruit plate and took a bottle of juice, and then placed all the snacks in the bottom of her box in front of the computer, eating while looking at him.

The landing ceremony was very lively, and the team members were crowded in this small live broadcast room. At the moment the fireworks fell, she saw Chi Du was surprised for a moment.

After that, everyone went back to their own live broadcast.

Xu Tingwan looked at the computer page, took out his mobile phone to recharge, and gave Chi Du a rocket.

When competitors receive gifts, they usually express their gratitude, and she was also waiting for that thank you.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

This person was so focused on playing games that he didn't pay any attention to what was happening outside.

She wiped her fingers typing.

[Listen to Wanwan's Talk: Sisters, why doesn't this anchor thank you for the gifts? ]

[Passerby A: Hahahahaha, sister, you are new here, right? He has always been like this.]

[Person B: He never used to turn on the camera before, he just used the screen projection to play games.]

[Passerby C: Once you get used to it, we'll be like sisters. He's always been like this...]

【……】

Watching the words "You'll get used to it" floating across the screen, Xu Tingwan's desire to win was inexplicably ignited.

A rocket, a carnival, a light board...

The special effects of the gifts filled the screen, one after another without interruption, and the sound of the special effects finally attracted the attention of the person who had been looking down.

He glanced at it and hadn't intended to take it seriously, but then he suddenly sat up straight and leaned towards the screen, as if he saw something. Then the familiar voice rang out -

"Thank you Rocket from 'Hush Listen Late Night Talk'."

"Thank you for the 'Hush Listen to Late Night Talk' carnival."

"Thank you for the 'Hush, Listen to Late Night' sign."

"Thanks……"

Xu Tingwan listened to him recite for almost a minute before she contentedly put the watermelon into her mouth. It was very sweet.

"Polaris, who are you hooking up with? Why do you keep reading the same ID?"

Mirari and Chi Du were also in the live broadcast room.

Xu Tingwan didn't hear his answer and stopped holding the potato chips.

Was it her illusion? He didn't seem to respond to everything...

*

These days, Xu Tingwan has nothing to do, so he goes to Lin Leqi almost every day.

Lin Leqi majored in computer science in college. Compared to her easygoing attitude towards life every day, Lin Leqi's world is a little crazy.

Xu Tingwan watched her talking to herself in front of the computer, sometimes saying "Why can't this run?", and sometimes screaming "Why can this run?", while she could only eat potato chips and sigh.

She felt that Lin Leqi couldn't come to her place tomorrow. If she came again, Xu Tingwan would feel like she would be driven to hell by her daily mumbling.

The notification sound of WeChat broke Xu Tingwan's meditation. She washed her hands and opened her phone. It was Chi Du who sent her a WeChat message.

They rarely chatted since they added each other on WeChat. The last time they chatted was about the WG landing ceremony.

Polaris: Sister, we have a home game next week.

【Listen to Wanwan’s words: I know^^】

It took about two or three minutes for the next message to pop up.

Polaris: We're short of one person in our five-man team. Sister, do you want to join us?

Xu Tingwan was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips and typed.

[Listen to Wanwan's talk: Are you live streaming? ]

Polaris: No, the schedule hasn't been released yet. We've just been getting familiar with the surroundings these past few days. Now, we're just playing around. Xiaochu's out for dinner, and we're short of a mid laner, but we can't find anyone.

Xu Tingwan's typing hand paused on the keyboard. [Shush, Tingwan: I'm a jerk.]

Polaris: Me too.

Xu Tingwan:?

Xu Tingwan took the headphones and went to the room inside, closing the door.

[Listen to Wanwan's Talk: Do you have my number? If not, you can add one. The ID is the same as my WeChat name.]

Polaris: Okay.

Xu Tingwan logged into his account, and a team-up invitation popped up on the display interface.

She almost forgot that she and Chi Du had added Penguin before.

She clicked accept, thinking the atmosphere would be lively, but when she entered, no one spoke and everyone turned off their microphones.

On the other side, a group of people surrounded Chi Du and made a fuss.

Hua Nian: "Polaris, you've grown up and even learned how to lie."

Xiao Chu came to Hua Nian and looked at the interface above. The avatar in the middle was a cute kitten. It was obviously a girl's account.

Xiao Chu: "Xing, order me a takeaway. You said I went out to eat, so you can't lie."

“Ding Dong——”

"Damn it, you're serious!"

Chi Du directly transferred two hundred yuan to him.

"Alas--"

The booing sounds one after another once again filled Chi Du's ears, and this time, he rarely kicked them out and then closed the door.

Mirari raised an eyebrow as she drank her water, "Xing, please introduce her to us."

Chi Du looked up and actually responded this time, "The daughter of my mother's best friend."

"Bigger than you or younger than you?"

“Older than me.”

"How much older?"

"...Four years old." Chi Du paused for a while.

"Why haven't I heard you mention before that you have such a beautiful sister?"

“I didn’t know that before.”

“…”

When the game entered the BP interface, Xu Tingwan looked at these heroes and didn't know which one to click.

It seems to be quite tricky...

They were on the blue side. On the first floor, they directly locked Yao as the support. On the second floor, Chi Du took Gongsun Li. On the third floor, Xu Tingwan chose his invincible god of war, Xiao Qiao, at the last second.

When in doubt, choose Xiao Qiao.

This is her purpose.

As a result, the opponent locked Lanling King after her.

Xu Tingwan had a premonition that this was going to be embarrassing.

When she saw that their IDs on the loading page didn't show any occupational labels, she realized that these were all their private accounts.

Competitors usually have two or more accounts, so is the Penguin she added to Chi Du also his personal account?

Without giving her much time to think, the game entered the stage. Xu Tingwan sat up straight. She had to use all her strength to fight this time and must not embarrass herself.

Just over a minute later, a double kill occurred in the bottom lane.

Xu Tingwan pulled his perspective to look, and for a moment he forgot that his left hand was turning the roulette wheel, and he walked into the tower.

Executed——!

Killed by the tower.

Xu Tingwan: “…”

She took a deep breath. Even though the microphone was not turned on, she could feel the silence on the other end.

Xu Tingwan took two deep breaths. She wasn't that nervous even when she was doing simultaneous interpretation.

After dying once, people will become very cautious. In addition, there is a Xiao Qiao killer Lanling King on the opposite side. Basically, Xu Tingwan will go around his own jungle area after clearing the line and going to support.

You have been slained——!

Killed by Lanling King.

Xu Tingwan: “…”

She's a little bit bad at playing games.

1111111: It's okay.

These two simple words did not make Xu Tingwan feel better, but instead made him feel even more guilty.

After she was resurrected again, Chi Du followed her all the time, and even Yao was above her head.

When the exclamation mark above his head lit up, Xu Tingwan was so scared that he quickly clicked on flash and also used his ultimate skill.

Before she had time to feel ashamed of her own shitty behavior, Gongsun Li had already killed Lanling King.

Xu Tingwan thought, since he couldn't contribute much, he might as well just be a mood-setter.

Xu listened to Wanwan talking: So amazing.

Listen to Wanwan's words: Sagittarius is so powerful.

Xu listened to Wanwan’s words: The jungler is so awesome.

Xu listened to Wanwan's words: The confrontation was really fierce.

Xu listened to Wanwan talking: Yaomei is also very amazing.

1111111: Xiao Qiao is also amazing.

Xu Tingwan's eyes suddenly widened, but he couldn't suppress a smile.

So childish.

But my mood does seem to have improved a bit.

After this round, King Xiao Qiao had a record of 4-2-18, which was more assists than the support, and the only four kills were all obtained by following Chi Du.

Although going up the starry sky was as easy as drinking water, she didn't plan to continue playing. Playing with them was too stressful, and Xu Tingwan had her own baggage.

Listen to Wanwan's words: Time to go to bed, let's play together next time, bye~

After sending this message, she exited the room and quickly logged out of her account.

Some attempts to cover up something only make it more obvious.

After doing all this, I still felt uneasy, so I cleared the background of my phone.

She opened the door to take a breath, then lay down next to Lin Leqi and chatted with her.

Anyway, I don’t want to see the phone for the time being.

…

Chi Du looked at the empty seat and pursed his lips.

Xiao Chu: "You can praise me anytime."

Chi Du: “…”

Mirari: "Don't go, Chi Du. You're hot right now. Let's play two more games."

Chi Du: "No more fighting, go to sleep."

Several people looked at each other in confusion: "..."

Chi Du looked at the WeChat chat page, tapping his fingers one by one, and could hear the howling of the others playing games in his ears.

A bit annoying.

Polaris: Sister, are you asleep?

No one replied.

Polaris: Sister, I'm going to do a live broadcast tomorrow. Do you have time to watch it?

Still no one replied.

He closed his phone distractedly and covered his eyes with his arms.

"What happened to Chi Du?"

"Sister just ignores him."

“Hahahahahahaha.”

The laughter made him even more upset. Chi Du stood up and went to the balcony. The cool breeze blew on his face, and it took a long time for the irritability in his heart to subside.

The WeChat notification sound on the phone once again stirred up the suppressed anxiety, even more so.

[Listen to Wanwan talking: I haven't slept yet. I have time tomorrow and in the next few days. I will go and watch it ^O^]

Chi Du raised the corner of his mouth, [Polaris: If you come to see me, you don't need to give me gifts, I can see you.]

…

Xu Tingwan was originally complaining to Lin Leqi about the incident in the five-person team, but Chi Du's words made her stop abruptly.

Lin Leqi glanced at her and said, "What's wrong? Is there something embarrassing going on?"

Xu Tingwan calmly put away his phone and lay down, closing his eyes. "Stop it, I'm going to sleep."

Lin Leqi: "If you can sleep, I'll eat eight kilograms of shit."

Xu Tingwan: "...it's already eleven o'clock and you're still cheating on food and drinks."

Lin Leqi: “…”

Xu Tingwan looks like a quiet girl, but when it comes to arguing with people, Lin Leqi is really no match for her.

She just has a loud voice, but her foundation is weak. Xu Tingwan can use the most gentle voice to say words with a killing power of over 10,000.

*

In the blink of an eye, it was the day when Xu Tingwan officially started work. Today was her first day as a referee. It was the first round of the KPL Summer Regular Season, the first game, WG vs. PAR.

The last time I served as a referee was when I was about to graduate from my senior year. Later, I signed with my mentor's studio and devoted myself to my work. I had very little free time because I wanted to grow quickly. It was only in the past year that I slowly reduced my workload. I didn't ask for more, but only for excellence every time.

Xu Tingwan wore a white lace shirt and high-waisted jeans today, which made her look tall and gentle.

When Chi Du saw her, she was helping the referee debug the equipment during the preparations before the game.

The main job of an e-sports referee before a game is to master the rules, gameplay, skills and strategies of the game, check the stage lighting and equipment, and detect cheating devices.

It may not seem like much, but every time Xu Tingwan finishes this, he’ll be so tired that he’ll get sick, and then he’ll give himself a few days to buffer.

After finishing all the work, Xu Tingwan took her work badge and wanted to sit down to rest, but when she looked up, she saw Chi Du leaning against the entrance and looking in her direction.

After exchanging a glance, Chi Du walked towards her. Xu Tingwan paused and also walked downstairs.

"Are you done?"

Chi Du was wearing a baseball cap, a red and black T-shirt and black pants. Since he couldn't see his expression under the brim of the hat, Xu Tingwan felt that he looked a little serious today.

"Well, the game doesn't start until another hour, why didn't you take a break?"

Xu Tingwan sat in the contestant area and motioned Chi Du to sit down as well.

"I've had a good rest. Let me see how you've been doing."

Xu Tingwan's phone vibrated twice. She took it out and looked at it. It was Liang Mu, her senior from the same studio, asking her if she wanted to attend a lecture next week.

【Listen to Wanwan's Talk: What type? 】

[Liang Mu: Drone.]

Xu Tingwan bit his finger, a little hesitant.

Chi Du asked her, "What's wrong?"

Xu Tingwan typed without looking up, "My senior asked me if I would like to go to a drone conference next week."

"Senior Brother?"

"Well... he's considered my senior brother. He joined earlier than me."

"Do you want to go?"

Xu Tingwan didn't find it strange and continued typing while answering Chi Du, "Not really. I just asked, this meeting starts at 5pm and lasts until 8pm. There's a home game that day, so it happens to start at 5pm."

"Because of this?"

"Not entirely. Actually, I just want to rest for a while. Translation has consumed too much of my energy. I don't want to use my brain for the time being."

Xu Tingwan put down her phone and smiled at him.

The simple and frank words made Chi Du unconsciously relax his tense nerves. He took off his baseball cap, scratched his head casually and adjusted his hair, then looked at her with a rare smile.

"elder sister."

This sound made Xu Tingwan's heart beat faster.

He would also call her on WeChat, but she didn't feel anything through the Internet. But now, she actually felt something was wrong, and her heartbeat was terribly irregular.

"I will definitely win today."

“…”

*

When the competition started, Xu Tingwan hid in the dark with headphones on. Her waist-length hair fell on her shoulders because she lowered her head. The director's camera swept to her side. She thought he was shooting Chi Du in front of her, but the director's camera stayed in front of her and he even made a heart sign to her.

Xu Tingwan: “…”

She knew that the KPL director liked to take pictures of handsome men and beautiful women, but this was the first time he was so direct. Xu Tingwan felt her blood rushing to her head.

Xiao Chu glanced back and exclaimed, "Wow, the director really doesn't even want to act anymore. He still prefers beautiful women to handsome men."

Chi Du was drinking water, and when he heard Xiao Chu's words, he looked back.

Xu Tingwan stood behind and greeted the camera. Her shy and reserved smile made her look even more adorable.

Xu Tingwan could hear them talking through headphones, so he felt even more restrained in front of the camera, but the director didn't leave.

Chi Du lowered his eyes, put down his water cup and waved to the director, and the camera immediately focused on his face.

WG has no shortage of handsome guys. Mirari and Chi Du are equally popular, but Mirari has a moody temper. He is a bit of an ancestor. He usually doesn't cooperate with any interactions, but today he actually took the initiative to ask for it. The director will definitely not miss this opportunity to let the audience praise him.

Xu Tingwan heard the audience's screams like waves, one after another.

Chi Du waved at the camera and made a heart shape with his hands in compliance with the director's request. The atmosphere on the scene was immediately ignited. The director left with satisfaction and began to switch to the overall situation on the scene.

Xu Tingwan held a folder in her hand. She lowered her head, recalling Chi Du's actions just now. A string in her heart was plucked fiercely.

Their voices reached her ears through the headphones.

Hua Nian was in the support position, and Chi Du sat next to him. He looked at him and asked, "Did Polaris take the wrong medicine today?"

Qi Nian also clicked his tongue and shook his head, "This is called a gentleman, what do you know."

Xiao Chu: "But that referee is really beautiful, but she looks a little familiar."

Mirari snorted, "No matter how pretty it is, it has nothing to do with you."

Chi Du wiped the screen of his phone, moved his fingers on the earphones, and once again replied, "Indeed."

After hearing this, Mirari leaned back and looked at Chi Du with a smile.

Xu Tingwan's eyelashes trembled. When she heard his voice, she couldn't help but think of the word "sister" he called more than an hour ago. It was like an lingering spell, repeating over and over in her mind.

She bit her lower lip and shook her head.

Find a time to tell him not to call him that.

The author has something to say:

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The male protagonist and his teammates let the female protagonist come in to play five-man team during the off-season. Generally, fans and teams will not impose strict rules on you during the off-season. For example, some KPL players will take this opportunity to travel and relax.