When it was Qi Yijuan's turn, Qiao Zhen was playing a match and she was sending messages in the game.
Wan Zhi Xiang Niao (Diao Chan): Sorry everyone, I'm in a hurry to get my marriage certificate at the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Love is so sad♂ (Lu Bu): 666, you can even come up with this excuse. Chen Duxiu, please sit down.
Protect our Yu Ji (Zhuang Zhou): Green Cloth, please adjust your hat.
Nutcracker Without a Clip (Ake): You're not serious, are you? Qiao Zhenzhen?
Walnut Without Clips (Ake): Why isn't she moving? She's really gone AFK!
Qiao Zhen naturally didn't see their chat, because she was holding her newly issued marriage certificate.
Qi Yijuan carefully placed the little red book in Qiao Zhen's hand into his pocket, saying, "I'll keep it safe."
"Tch!" Qiao Zhen looked at his pathetic appearance. She took out her phone, which was still displaying the game screen, from her bag. The game was not over yet, and her teammates were still struggling to defend the lonely crystal.
Wan Zhi Xiang Niao (Diao Chan): Shall we turn on voice chat?
Walnut without a clip (Ake): Okay, okay.
Hu Tao, who doesn't have clips, is Qiao Zhen's colleague and an editor at the novel group that Qi Yijuan acquired. Her name is Hu Tao, and she's a short, big-breasted, cute girl.
Qiao Zhen: "Why are you still fighting?"
Hu Tao: "Lu Bu and Zhuang Zhou are at odds, not defending the tower, just recklessly playing together, and they refuse to surrender. If they don't win, isn't that a waste of an hour?"
Qiao Zhen: "Then, if we don't bet now, won't it be a waste of even more time if we don't win?"
Walnut: "Give up on yourself."
Qiao Zhen: "Hahahaha, are you serious?"
Protect our Yu Ji (Zhuang Zhou): Holy crap! There are two girls! Their voices are both quite nice.
Qiao Zhen: "Okay, okay, thank you for the compliment."
Hu Tao: "Shut up, Qiao Zhenzhen. Please lead us to victory in this round, understand?"
Qiao Zhen: "Why don't you daydream for a while?"
Walnut: "Damn it! Waaah—let me go, I'm still a child!"
Qiao Zhen laughed uncontrollably, then with a swift movement, he was killed by Daji on the other side.
Hu Tao: "Lu Bu and Zhuang Zhou are guarding the tower! Qiao Zhenzhen, this is the first time I've known you're so outstanding, coming up with such a unique reason for AFK (away from keyboard)."
Qiao Zhen: "What are you making up? I just came out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and my marriage certificate is still warm."
Walnut: "No way? Really?!"
Qiao Zhen: "I'd be a dog if I lied to you."
Hu Tao: "Then you definitely have to win this game. This is a game to certify your entry into the marriage stage, so it's very meaningful. Losing would be very unlucky."
Qi Yijuan suddenly turned the car around and parked it in a garage under a large plaza.
Qiao Zhen looked at him in surprise, "What are you doing?"
Walnut: "What are you doing..."
Qi Yijuan: "Defend the tower and hold them off."
Hu Tao: "Holy crap! Qiao Zhenzhen, whose voice was that just now? Your husband's???"
Qiao Zhen: "...Hmm."
Hu Tao: "Qiao Zhenzhen, you're so unfair! You have a boyfriend... no, a husband with such a nice voice, why don't you bring him out to meet your girlfriends?!"
Qi Yijuan looked intently at Qiao Zhen.
Qiao Zhen forced a smile and said, "Then I'll take him out for a walk another day?"
Walnut: "Sure, how about this Saturday?"
Qiao Zhen: "Okay, okay."
Qi Yijuan led Qiao Zhen out of the garage, and the two went around to the square and sat on a public bench.
"I'll do it."
Qi Yijuan took the phone from Qiao Zhen, controlling the steering wheel with one hand and the skill panel with the other. Qiao Zhen could only see his hand constantly tapping on the phone, with Diao Chan floating around, occasionally using the purification skill to dodge the control of the opposing Daji.
First Blood - One Kill
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Protect our Yu Ji (Zhuang Zhou): "What happened to the rule that there's no romance in esports?!"
Judging from his voice, Zhuang Zhou was a boy with a very pleasant voice, but he might have been going through puberty and still had a slightly childish voice.
Walnut: "Young man, study hard and make progress every day. In the future, you can balance studying and playing games. Even if you don't have love, you'll still have little fangirls chasing after you."
Qiao Zhen clapped her hands in a daze, her eyes instantly turning to Qi Yijuan with fervor. "Wow, that's amazing! God, carry me to the ranked game, waaaaah, I've been stuck in Platinum for so long!"
Qi Yijuan smiled shyly, a rare occurrence. He controlled Diao Chan, leading the minion wave, and attacked the enemy's crystal in one fell swoop when the enemy team was wiped out.
game over.
Qiao Zhen stuffed her phone into her bag and dragged Qi Yijuan along, saying, "Let's go, let's go home."
Going home, that's such a beautiful word.
Qi Yijuan stopped Qiao Zhen's hurried steps and asked, "Aren't you going on a date today?"
"Let's meet up!" Qiao Zhen said firmly. "Let's meet in the canyon, somewhere else!"
So on the day they got their marriage certificate, Qi Yijuan took Qiao Zhen from platinum to diamond.
Qiao Zhen said she was so touched. She, a perennial platinum member, had finally climbed to diamond. She was so moved that she almost burst into tears. She hugged Qi Yijuan's big head and leaned in to give him a kiss on the cheek.
Qi Yijuan felt a sense of ease and comfort, a feeling he had never experienced before, as he embraced Qiao Zhen and whispered in her ear, "Then you must love me well."
Qiao Zhen put down her phone. She didn't want Qi Yijuan to have any distorted thoughts. She looked intently into the man's eyes, and what he hid deep in them was his inferiority complex.
"I will love you well because you deserve to be loved, because I love you, not because you are good at games. Zhuang Zhou was right just now, there is no love in e-sports. You play games with me because you like me, and I allow you to play games with me because I like you. There are thousands of people who are good at games. With my looks, there are plenty of people who would be eager to help me rank up, but I can't be bothered with them."
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