Chapter 40: Dragon Seven vs. Thirteen Mysterious Bosses, Sleeping, the King Returns...
This is my sister's flavor.
He opened the letter and read it slowly, word by word. The more he read, the colder his expression became. After finishing, he angrily threw the letter on the table, walked to the window, and stood there for a long time, his face dark with shock.
He imagined writing her a reply, but as soon as he picked up the pen and wrote a single word, he crossed it out.
never mind.
Lin Xingmian carefully put the letter back into the envelope and then took out her phone to message Meng Ziyu on WeChat.
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One week later, on a certain evening.
Xu Zhiyu had been playing with Meng Ziyu for a week and was still stuck in the Gold rank. Recently, she had even lost some of her mahjong addiction because of playing this game.
It was the off-season for business, and after I got home, had dinner with my parents, and took a shower, it wasn't even dark yet.
Their apartment is on a low floor, so it's not too hot. They turn on the air conditioner at noon when it's hottest, and turn on a small fan in the evening, which is enough.
She dried her half-dry hair and checked her phone. She'd sent a message to A-Qing an hour ago, but he still hadn't replied. Without even thinking, A-Yu immediately checked his online gaming account and found him playing again. A-Qing usually replied quickly; the only time he wouldn't reply promptly was when he was playing games.
Having played for a while, she could now understand some things. Ah Yu clicked into the ranked interface and then looked at the list of game friends. Sure enough, the list showed that he was duo queuing. Xu Zhiyu, unwilling to give up, scrolled down again and found Jingjing. She saw that her game time was the same as Ah Qing's.
She sighed dejectedly.
It was the two of them playing together again.
She knew that even if she waited online until the game ended and then invited A-Qing to join her, A-Qing would only politely decline. Xu Zhiyu had done this before; she wasn't one to overthink or waste time, so when she first saw him duo-queuing with someone else, she had already waited for him, but A-Qing had refused, citing his goal of ranking up and climbing the ranks.
After being rejected once, twice, or three times, she stopped asking.
Since they started dating, this was the first thing that Ayu couldn't understand. They both had time, and she was even willing to learn the game properly for him. He was online, and she was online too, but he refused to play with her.
I really can't understand it. Maybe she'll understand when she has a goal and reaches the same level as A-Qing.
It was clearly just a game, but for some reason, Xu Zhiyu felt a tightness in her chest when she saw that Aqing and Jingjing had the same start time in the list. She clicked to watch the game as if possessed. Since she was not good at the game, she would watch the two of them and learn from them.
Just as she opened the app and the interface was still loading, Ziyu suddenly sent her a WeChat call.
Ayu was slightly surprised, and then answered—
"Hello? Kid, what's so important that you're calling?"
"Sister Yu, stop talking and log in! A pro player is going to carry us to rank up tonight!" The voice on the other end of the phone was so excited it sounded like it was about to pop out of the receiver!
Xu Zhiyu frowned, held the phone a little further away, and laughed, "What big shot? Your classmate?"
Meng Ziyu roared, "Oh my god, I wish he were my classmate!! He's a genuine pro, a god in my eyes!! Enough said, I'm going to go configure my runes first, I'm so nervous, my palms are sweating!!"
"No, what? You're exaggerating..."
"Sis, log on now! He's online! He's online! I saw you!! I'm inviting you, come on in quickly!!"
Boss Xu was laughing at Meng's antics. She wanted to ask him a few more questions, but the little devil hung up the phone in a flash. She shook her head helplessly, took the phone from her ear, turned it sideways, and returned to the King of Glory interface.
She hadn't logged out of the game after answering the phone, so she paused slightly when she logged back in. Then she went straight into the match between Chen Siqing and Tian Jingjing. Because Ziyu had called her over in a hurry, she didn't pay attention to the match anymore and immediately left the spectator mode and returned to the lobby.
As soon as she returned to the lobby, a ranked match invitation pop-up appeared from the game ID "Itachi". Without thinking, she clicked on it - the two people inside had obviously been waiting for her for a while.
Ayu's profile picture is a simple line drawing of a smiling sun, Meng Ziyu's is Itachi from Naruto, and the other one...
He's a cold, aloof anime boy.
She couldn't help but smile, guessing that this person was about the same age as Meng Ziyu. Despite being young, he had established a rather aloof persona.
Upon entering the room, as usual, the first thing she did was turn on the team microphone and say familiarly:
Hey there, kids! Let's start our climb to the top tonight!!
Meng Ziyu: [Ahem, I'll turn on my mic then. I only have two hours to play... Oh, and we have guests at home tonight who are too noisy, so I'll turn off my mic for now.]
Ah Yu: [Hahaha, okay, I understand, let's open it!]
Two hours isn't long enough? You can play for just one hour.
The sound that suddenly appeared the moment I entered the game.
It has a gentle and pleasant sound, and is full of youthful energy.
Xu Zhiyu froze, glanced at her receiver to see if it was on for the whole team or just her group, and then asked blankly, "Who was just talking?"
[It's me, fifth floor, good evening, sister.]
Xu Zhiyu fell silent, her face...shamelessly turning red.
no?
Is this... a primary school student's voice?
impossible. .
That voice... well, it's actually quite pleasant.
She composed herself and said, "Good evening."
The other person seemed to chuckle softly, and seeing that she hadn't chosen a hero yet as the countdown was about to end, reminded her:
[Sister, just pick whatever you like.]
"This is the only thing I know a little about," she said awkwardly, locking in the support hero Yao.
"Okay, that's really impressive," he said.
Really? She felt a little more confident.
When I played with Aqing before, he only said that this hero was simple and easy to learn. He said that as long as you follow him, it doesn't matter if you can't keep up because this hero doesn't need to deal damage. He's a noob and not very useful. You can win by just following him around.
She once thought this hero was weak, but it turns out he's very strong.
[Excuse me, little brother, how old are you? You don't sound about the same age as Ziyu, do you?]
How old do I sound to you?
"Seventeen or eighteen years old?" She guessed randomly.
The other person chuckled again. "I'm 20, older sister."
【Hmm...hmm.】So that explains why her face was flushed.
Hero selection complete, now enter the game.
Meng Ziyu still picked his best hero, Arthur, while the mysterious expert picked the jungler hero Lan. Xu Zhiyu had encountered this hero on the opposing team before; he was the one who was incredibly fast in fights, always "swish swish swish." In short, this hero was always incredibly strong on the opposing team but impossible to beat, while on our team, he kept dying.
Ziyu said that the guy with the nice voice was a pro, but when she was in the room just now, she paid special attention. He was clearly also a gold-level player, while she was gold-three and he was gold-four, or even lower than her. Was he really a pro?
With a skeptical attitude, she became focused after entering the game. Originally leaning against the headboard, she now sat up straight after unplugging the charging cable, completely absorbed, afraid of losing track of our marksman again!
Just as I was thinking about it, here it is—
"First blood!"
The English announcement startled her; her own marksman had just been killed again by the enemy's marksman and support!
Every time this happened, Shen Siqing would sigh with disgust, but he would not say anything, just sigh, which made A Yu feel both annoyed and guilty. Now that the marksman had given away first blood, she reflexively thought that she had not helped well and hurriedly apologized.
[Sorry, sorry, I didn't react in time and the marksman got killed by the enemy...]
Upon hearing this, Xingmian felt both soft-hearted and distressed, and said gently, "It's a small problem, it's not your fault. Come here, stay by my side."
Ayu hesitated for a moment before expressing her concerns: "My boyfriend told me before that a support player has to stick with the marksman, and I have to protect the marksman."
Lin Xingmian had checked Xu Zhiyu's stats a short while before the game started. There was a very strong marksman in the match, but Xu Zhiyu's support stats were not good, proving that she couldn't keep up with him at all, and that person didn't care whether she was falling behind or not.
So he said, slightly annoyed, "He's not teaching well. Come here, I'll teach you."
Since Meng Ziyu said he was a big shot, even though he didn't know who was more powerful between him and A Qing, he was definitely more powerful than himself.
So she carefully ran towards Lan's direction on the mini-map. Surprisingly, Lan wasn't waiting for her in the Blue Zone, but was also coming towards her. When the two got close, Yao stood there in a daze, and Lan waited for her there as well.
After waiting for a while, Lin Xingmian still had no idea what she was doing, and asked curiously, "Are you stuck?"
Xu Zhiyu: [No, my ultimate skill isn't activated yet. I'll wait here for a bit, otherwise I won't be able to possess you.]
Lin Xingmian: [Pfft, it's not time yet. My ultimate isn't activated. I was worried you'd get lost in the jungle, so I came to pick you up. Just come with me. You don't need to wait for your ultimate. Once you've collected enough gold and experience, look, the number to the left of your health bar is your level. Once you reach level 4, you can learn your ultimate.]
Xu Zhiyu suddenly realized: "Oh, I see! I've learned something new!"
Hearing his sister's voice, Lin Xingmian could almost picture the expression on her face as she said those words; a sweet smile crept onto his lips. He then quickly reduced the blue buff to a sliver of health in the blue zone, saying, "You eat this."
She raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Isn't this something only a mage can hold?"
Xingmian was puzzled. How could she know that mages could take blue buffs when she didn't even know that the ultimate skill was only available at level 4?
Lin Xingmian: [It's okay, you take it.]
Ayu obediently knocked it away, but Lin Xingmian found it increasingly suspicious and asked her, "How did you know mages could get mana? Did your boyfriend tell you?"
Xu Zhiyu: [Yeah, I play with him and a friend. Every time he gets a mana potion, he asks the mage to take it. If I accidentally take it, he gets upset. I thought other people weren't allowed to take mana potions.]
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Author's note: Let's enjoy this sweet time a little longer, goodnight.
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