Chapter 31 He's Grown Skills

The picture is quite clear.

It looked like a bar. Lu Jiunian was sitting on the sofa with a wine glass in his hand and a faint smile on his lips.

Beside him, an extremely handsome man knelt on the sofa, straightened up, and whispered in Lu Jiunian's ear.

The man was wearing a black shirt with the collar open, and a silver choker around his neck, revealing his delicate and beautiful collarbone.

Shi Nianzhi pursed her lips. There were still teeth marks on Lu Jiunian's chin, so the photo must have been taken recently.

He wondered what he was doing outside, but it turned out he was...

Shi Nianzhi couldn't describe the feeling; it was like being pricked in the heart with a needle.

But since it wasn't a sex photo, he couldn't say much.

The unknown number sent a photo, and then there were no further messages.

After thinking for a while, Shi Nianzhi sent Lu Jiunian a WeChat message: "What are you doing?"

He placed his phone on the desk, rested his chin on his hand, tapped his pen, and waited for a while.

The phone rang once.

Shi Nianzhi quickly picked it up and looked at it.

Su Hengyi sent him a team-up request.

Shi Nianzhi then went to play games.

Mu Guangcheng saw that he was online and sent him a WeChat message, "Hey little bro, you can play King of Glory? Diamond I? I didn't know that. Let's team up, I can't sleep!"

After selecting his hero, Shi Nianzhi switched to WeChat and said, "Wait, my game has already started."

"Then call me in a bit."

"OK."

Shi Nianzhi quickly switched back to the game.

He played marksman, and Su Heng played assassin. This game was good because his teammates weren't bad, and it ended quickly.

Shi Nianzhi typed in the team room and said to Su Hengyi, "Next match is the promotion match, let's reach the King rank. Mu Guangcheng said he'll come too, so three people will be safer."

Su Hengyi did not reply to the message.

Shi Nianzhi then asked, "Did I pull him?"

Su Hengyi still hasn't replied, but the game hasn't started yet.

Shi Nianzhi thought that Yi Ge was probably too lazy to type, but he would probably still agree to let Mu Guangcheng join the team.

So Shi Nianzhi pulled Mu Guangcheng along.

They all had their team voice chat on. When it came time to choose a hero, Mu Guangcheng cleared his throat and said, "I'm a pro at assassins, known as the little prince of jungling."

Heroes are forbidden from being remembered.

Su Hengyi chose the assassin role; he was on the first floor.

Mu Guangcheng immediately objected, "I said I'd jungle this game, so the first pick should switch heroes."

Silence fell on the first floor.

Mu Guangcheng picked the marksman, and he sneered, "I was originally going to say I'd carry you to victory, but the first pick insisted on picking the assassin. Fine, fine, let him play. I'm pretty good at marksman too. Give me the bottom lane, and don't come and steal my farm."

At the start of the game, Su Heng had 0 kills, 2 deaths, and 0 assists.

Mu Guangcheng sneered as he fought the minions, "What kind of skill is this, trying to steal my assassin? Did you get to King rank by being a liability? Looks like you have a lot of time on your hands, spending all your time in the game waiting for your teammates to carry you up."

Shi Nianzhi said softly, "It's okay, we can win."

"What rubbish."

Mu Guangcheng clicked his tongue and then farmed his own minion wave.

After playing for a while, Mu Guangcheng seemed to remember something and said, "Nianzhi, who's on the first floor? He plays so badly, don't play with him next time, he's a real pain."

Shi Nianzhi expressionlessly secured a double kill, and only after finishing did she say, "Brother Yi, don't you have his WeChat?"

Mu Guangcheng fell silent instantly, and for the rest of the game he seemed to have vanished without a sound, even though the voice chat was still on.

If it weren't for his still-present record, Shi Nianzhi would have thought he had gone offline.

However, Brother Yi remained silent throughout, prompting Shi Nianzhi to call out to him, "Brother Yi?"

After winning the game, Su Hengyi finally spoke, "Don't play with Diamond III players next game."

Shi Nianzhi was surprised, "Huh?"

"This is useless and a waste of time."

Mu Guangcheng finally spoke up, "You called me trash for being the MVP this game? Is that even human? Look at your stats, 1 kill and 12 deaths. How dare you call me trash? If it weren't for your dad carrying you, you would have been crushed by the other team. You're trash, your whole family is trash!"

After cursing Mu Guangcheng, he left the team.

Then he sent Shi Nianzhi a WeChat voice message, "We don't play with trash. If you leave, I'll invite you. What's the fun in playing with that deadbeat? He doesn't say a word the whole game, and his skills are garbage. So what if he's garbage? Can't we even say anything?"

Shi Nianzhi felt guilty and said, "Boss, I'll play with you again tomorrow. I have to appease Brother Yi today."

Mu Guangcheng: "???"

Shi Nianzhi: "/Tears. My brother lent me his test paper to copy, but my family found out and tore it up in a fit of anger. You got your hand broken last time just for copying his test paper, and I think I'm going to get my legs broken this time."

Mu Guangcheng retorted angrily, "Who told you that? My hand wasn't broken by him, it was broken by me when I accidentally rolled down the steps! What does it have to do with him? He challenged me to a fight, and I beat him up badly, okay? I was so smug after beating him that I wasn't watching where I was going when I went down the steps, and I tripped and fell!"

Shi Nianzhi said seriously, "I'll go ask Brother Yi."

Mu Guangcheng: "Come back here, what the hell are you asking? How can you be so insensible? Don't I have any dignity? I said I fell, so I fell, you know?!"

Shi Nianzhi: "I understand..."

Mu Guangcheng added, "If Su Hengyi challenges you to a fight, just tell me, and I'll protect you."

Shi Nianzhi: "Yeah, yeah, you're so good to me, boss. I'm going to play games now."

Shi Nianzhi quickly switched back to the game because he had been away for too long and had lost connection. After re-entering the game, he rushed to defend the tower.

After playing until 1 a.m., Su Hengyi finally regained his Glory King rank.

Shi Nianzhi went back to her bedroom to sleep.

Just as he was about to draw the curtains, he saw the car that had just parked in front of the villa, its headlights still on.

Lu Jiunian got out of the car, and a while later another person got out as well.

He ran to Lu Jiunian's side, hugged Lu Jiunian's arm, and tilted his head up as if to say something to Lu Jiunian. Then he stood on tiptoe, kissed Lu Jiunian on the cheek, and climbed back into the car.

When he looked up, Shi Nianzhi saw the silver collar around his neck; it turned out to be the person in the photo.

Shi Nianzhi bit her lip, her fingers curling up and gripping the curtain fabric tightly.

Then he forcefully pulled the curtains shut.

Shi Nianzhi sat on the bed and opened WeChat. The message he sent to Lu Jiunian seemed to have sunk without a trace.

My chest feels like it's stuffed with cotton, it's uncomfortable and blocked.

They heard Lu Jiunian's footsteps going upstairs.

Shi Nianzhi walked over quickly and stood at the door.

Lu Jiunian glanced at him and asked indifferently, "Still not asleep so late?"

Shi Nianzhi glared fiercely at Lu Jiunian.

The man slightly raised his lips. "What's wrong? You look like you want to devour me. Are you sexually frustrated?"

"Bang----"

As Lu Jiunian approached him, Shi Nianzhi slammed the door shut and then locked it.