Sheng Kuang: "I'm afraid you'll say I'm playing you."
Lin Jing didn't understand what he meant and instinctively asked, "What drawing..."
After saying only a few words, she remembered their previous topic and realized he was imagining her acting cute and calling him "gege." She opened her mouth, but the rest of her words got stuck in her throat.
The atmosphere in the private room immediately became more ambiguous.
She hadn't acted cute or called him gege, yet now she felt as if she had done those things.
The more Lin Jing thought about it, the more embarrassed she felt. She freed one hand from her phone, secretly tugged at her ear, and then glanced at Sheng Kuang opposite her.
Sheng Kuang happened to catch her gaze.
Lin Jing panicked inwardly. She disliked people thinking she was peeking. She blinked her eyes and, without much thought, blurted out, "Gege..."
Sheng Kuang froze as if suddenly paused, his finger sliding on the screen halting.
The girl's voice was naturally soft, and when she said those two words, she deliberately made it a little quieter, giving it a cooing, milky sound.
His character in the game died again. He seemed unfazed, slid his Adam's apple, and slowly looked up at her.
Lin Jing realized what she had just done as soon as she started speaking.
She wanted to take it back, but she thought the atmosphere was already awkward enough. If she stopped abruptly, it would be even more embarrassing. She could only grit her teeth and finish.
She felt her toes curl with shame, but since she had said it, she couldn't be the first to break and flee.
She pretended to be calm and sat opposite him. When their eyes met, she smiled at him, "Gege, you stood in the dragon pit for so long without moving. Were you thinking about me calling you gege?"
Sheng Kuang: "..."
Luna revived in the game. Sheng Kuang, exposed, looked back at the game with a neutral expression.
Lin Jing, who was standing idly on Yu Zhou's head, to cover up her earlier slip of the tongue, continued slowly, "So, do you think my calling you gege sounds better, or the gege you imagined?"
Sheng Kuang ignored her, persistently finished the blue buff, and headed towards the opponent's red zone.
Lin Jing blinked. "Hmm? Gege."
Sheng Kuang's hand trembled, and his phone fell onto the table.
Less than a second later, his screen went black. Luna had died three times within the first five minutes of the match.
Yu Zhou and Chen Jing were unsettled. Their voices came from Lin Jing's phone, which was on speaker.
Chen Jing: "Luna, don't feed!"
Yu Zhou: "Brother, are you playing me? Luna is 1-3-0, her economy is lower than the support's."
He stared blankly at his 1-3-0 record, remained silent for three seconds, and then looked up at the support opposite him who had a higher economy than him.
The girl was holding her phone, watching Yu Zhou's gameplay.
Without him setting the pace, their team was in a severe disadvantage.
Yu Zhou was ambushed. She was knocked off Yu Zhou by the opponents. Yu Zhou reacted quickly, escaping with low health in the blink of an eye, leaving her to be killed by the opponents.
Sheng Kuang looked down at her gray screen. "Do you still want to win this game?"
Lin Jing replied without thinking, "Yes."
Sheng Kuang nodded and went out with his phone.
Lin Jing thought he was going to the restroom and didn't think much of it.
Sheng Kuang respawned. From her phone, she could see him farming jungle and lanes. The opponents came to gank Yu Zhou again. Sheng Kuang, having slightly caught up in economy, issued an "Initiate Attack" command in the game.
Yu Zhou, playing Marco Polo, initiated the ultimate upon receiving the command. Sheng Kuang arrived in time, cooperating with Marco Polo for a triple kill.
With the economic advantage immediately established, he controlled the dragons and the opponent's blue and red buffs. Subsequently, the tide turned, and Sheng Kuang was unstoppable.
When the game reached a point where victory was assured, Yu Zhou and Chen Jing immediately began showering him with praise.
Chen Jing: "Our Kuang God is awesome, 666666. I just remembered, Sheng Kuang is with Lin Meimei. The Luna who was playing so badly at the beginning must have been Lin Meimei, right?"
Yu Zhou: "It must have been. My brother's Luna is unbeatable. He wouldn't miss a mark."
Chen Jing: "Lin Meimei, your Luna is very good. Don't play it anymore in the future, okay?"
Lin Jing, who was innocently implicated: "?"
How did it become her playing?
Although she might not have played Luna any better than Sheng Kuang did in the first few minutes, they shouldn't just pass the blame like that.
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yLs·miracle: Mm.
Yu Zhou: "Brother, what's wrong? Is your internet lagging?"
yLs·miracle: No.
yLs·miracle: It's my fault.
yLs·miracle: I got too emotional.
Chen Jing: "?"
Yu Zhou: "?"
Lan Tingting: "?"
Yu Zhou: "No, brother, what did you get emotional about? The opponents played so defensively at the start, and there weren't many low-health opportunities or flashy plays. What did you get emotional about?"
yLs·miracle: Someone was acting cute with me.
Chen Jing: "Who?"
Sheng Kuang ignored him.
Chen Jing: "Lin Meimei, who was it?"
Lin Jing guiltily swallowed, silently muted her microphone, and pretended not to notice their conversation.
Returning to the room, Yu Zhou saw that Sheng Kuang hadn't started yet. "Brother, ready up."
yLs·miracle: Not playing anymore.
Chen Jing: "Where are you going?"
yLs·miracle: To respond.
yLs·miracle: She's been acting cute with me for a long time, and I haven't responded to her yet.