Lin Jing had already found a place to sit and was playing on her phone. Hearing the sound, she looked up towards Sheng Kuang.
Sheng Kuang met her gaze and paused, "What's going on with you?"
Lin Jing instinctively wanted to retort, "What's going on with me?" but as the words reached her lips, she realized he was asking why she had come over.
She had been worried he was in a bad mood and impulsively rushed over without thinking. She hadn't considered how she would explain herself if he questioned her.
Unable to think of a reason, she held her phone and pondered for a moment before asking, "What am I to you?"
"..."
Sheng Kuang's throat bobbed. His emotions were unclear as he looked at her for two seconds, then lowered his voice and asked, "What are you to me?"
His voice was a little husky, adding a hint of intimacy to the late-night room.
Lin Jing blinked uncomfortably, suppressing a sudden dryness in her throat. She averted her gaze and calmly replied, "Your boss."
Sheng Kuang: "..."
Before he could speak, she cleared her throat and continued slowly, "You tell me, what would your boss want from you?"
After speaking, she nodded to herself, "Of course, to help you rank up."
Sheng Kuang: "..."
Tsk.
She was even answering her own questions.
With all her words spoken, leaving Sheng Kuang with nothing to say, he glanced at the table and saw the large bag she had brought. "What's this?"
"Ah?" Lin Jing was startled. Realizing he was referring to the things she had bought, she quickly reached out and pulled the bag closer. "Snacks. I didn't know what you liked, so I just grabbed some things."
As she spoke, she began to take out the snacks from the bag one by one.
White Rabbit candies, lollipops, chocolate, cream cakes, jellies...
In the blink of an eye, she emptied the bag, and the snacks covered the entire table.
As if presenting a treasure, she pointed to the table full of snacks and grandly declared, "Take whatever you want."
At a glance, they were all sweet and cloying snacks.
Sheng Kuang felt a twinge in his teeth just looking at them. "You eat them, I'll watch you eat."
"Ah? You're not eating?" Lin Jing looked up, a little disappointed. "I bought them for you."
Sheng Kuang paused. "For me?"
He emphasized the word "me," and Lin Jing sensed something unusual. After a moment of silence, she nodded. "Yes, for you."
Sheng Kuang looked at her for a few seconds, then lowered his eyelids and smiled. "Then eat."
"Which one do you want?" Lin Jing asked.
Sheng Kuang couldn't be bothered to choose. "Anything, you decide."
Lin Jing stared at the snacks on the table for a few seconds, then tore open a pack of White Rabbit candies, took out one, unwrapped it, and offered it to Sheng Kuang.
Sheng Kuang paused for a moment, didn't take it, but lowered his head and bit the candy off her fingers.
Lin Jing unwrapped one for herself and put it in her mouth.
With the candy in his mouth, Sheng Kuang looked around the room and found his phone. "Let's go."
Lin Jing used her tongue to move the candy from the left side of her mouth to the right, her cheeks puffed out roundly from the candy. "What?"
Sheng Kuang: "Timi."
"Oh." Lin Jing hadn't intended to play games, but since she had said she came to help him rank up, she had no choice but to reluctantly log into the game.
They were playing as a duo. Lin Jing was lucky and got Yao in the first match.
She rode on Sheng Kuang's head, watching his spectacular plays, and occasionally a cute emoji would appear on her head.
Sheng Kuang was jungling, and Lin Jing was supporting. She just had to follow his rhythm and didn't need much communication.
Lin Jing wasn't sure if Sheng Kuang was really busy or not. After secretly looking at him a few times, she remembered a viral video she had seen online recently. "Do you have that 'Is the moon beautiful tonight or am I beautiful?' system voice?"
Sheng Kuang, controlling the hero on his phone, replied, "Yes."
Lin Jing: "Then play it."
Sheng Kuang didn't think much of it. If she wanted him to play it, he would.
The official voice immediately played from his phone: "Is the moon beautiful tonight or am I beautiful?"
Lin Jing unhesitatingly tapped Sheng Kuang and quickly typed two words on the screen.
Little Jing Jing Jing Sauce (Yao): You are beautiful.
Sheng Kuang smiled and tapped Lin Jing back.
The game ended. Lin Jing swallowed the last bit of White Rabbit candy in her mouth, then tore open a pack of lollipops, took out one, unwrapped it, and handed it to Sheng Kuang.
Sheng Kuang, just like before, opened his mouth and bit it off.
Lin Jing unwrapped a lollipop for herself as well and picked Yao again.
As they entered the game, Sheng Kuang's Luna floated out of the crystal. Lin Jing followed a couple of steps forward and then stopped. "Turn around."
Sheng Kuang looked at Lin Jing and realized she was referring to the hero in the game. He controlled Luna to turn around. Lin Jing, standing not far behind him, made a heart gesture unique to Yao.
Sheng Kuang smiled, swung his sword twice, then pulled the blue buff into the bush and took it down swiftly.
After Lin Jing reached level four, she attached herself to Luna's head and followed Sheng Kuang to gank and farm.
Yao's first and second skills were tracking attacks. When Sheng Kuang was killing someone, she would use these skills. It was pure coincidence that every time the opponent was at a sliver of health, her skills would track them, securing the kill.
In the early game, Sheng Kuang ganked four times, and Lin Jing got four kills.
Lin Jing's account had a high rank last season. When Sheng Kuang had free time, he would occasionally log into her account to play ranked matches, which inadvertently led to her Yao having a minor national mark.
With four kills, she was now the MVP of the match, and her minor national mark lit up.
Lin Jing worried that Sheng Kuang, who was already in a bad mood, might get even more upset because she had taken four kills. She secretly looked at him a couple of times, then stared at the minor national mark above her head. She rolled her eyes and quickly selected the nine-square grid to start typing.
[All] Little Jing Jing Jing Sauce (Yao): Did you guys see my minor national mark?
[All] Little Jing Jing Jing Sauce (Yao): My idol helped me get it.
The opposing team, being at a slight disadvantage, didn't want to talk much.
However, their mid-laner responded to her.
[All] Night Too Beautiful (Xi Shi): Who is your idol?
[All] Little Jing Jing Jing Sauce (Yao): A super awesome person.
[All] Night Too Beautiful (Xi Shi): Oh, how awesome?
[All] Little Jing Jing Jing Sauce (Yao): As awesome as our Luna.
Sheng Kuang let out a laugh.
Lin Jing glanced at him and continued typing.
[All] Little Jing Jing Jing Sauce (Yao): My idol, yyds.
[All] Little Jing Jing Jing Sauce (Yao): Sweet food brings happiness.
[All] Little Jing Jing Jing Sauce (Yao): So I want to give all the candy to my idol.
Amidst Lin Jing's occasional flattery, the game ended.
Only the stick of the lollipop remained in her mouth. She pulled it out and threw it into the trash bin, then naturally unwrapped another White Rabbit candy and offered it to Sheng Kuang.
Sheng Kuang didn't take it.
Lin Jing: "Aren't you eating?"
Sheng Kuang, while looking down at his phone screen checking the opposing team's peak rankings, let out a soft "En." "I can't eat any more. My daily sugar intake has already seriously exceeded the limit."
Lin Jing looked at the two White Rabbit wrappers and two lollipop wrappers with confusion. "I haven't eaten that much candy."
"It's not the candy," Sheng Kuang said.
Lin Jing made a sound of surprise. Just as she was about to ask what it was, she saw two messages appear on the game screen.
As his words fell, Lin Jing saw two lines of text appear on the game interface.
yLs·miracle: It's not the candy. It's you.
yLs·miracle: You are sweeter than candy.