Xiao Jingjiang: ???
This message came out of nowhere, completely inexplicable. Lin Jing reflexively sent back three question marks.
After sending the message, Lin Jing understood.
Xiao Jingjiang: Did you send it to the wrong person?
Sheng Kuang threw her a screenshot, which was the social media post from before the competition in the afternoon, containing only the words "Come on."
Lin Jing: "..."
She said those two words to him, but she posted them on social media without naming anyone, and he still managed to chime in. It was quite a confident move.
Lin Jing was silent for a moment, then started typing.
Xiao Jingjiang: I was cheering for your entire team.
miracle: Hmm.
Lin Jing stared at the "Hmm," unsure how to continue the conversation.
She fiddled with her screen, thought for a while, and then simply replied with "Hmm."
Sheng Kuang didn't reply to her message again.
She propped her chin on one hand, her fingertip idly scrolling across the phone screen. After waiting for a while, seeing that her phone remained quiet, she turned her head to look at the flowers and plants beside her.
Before long, her phone vibrated on the stone table.
miracle: Sleepy?
Xiao Jingjiang: Not sleepy.
miracle: Then let's play a couple of games?
Lin Jing thought they were short a player for their five-person team again. Thinking that she couldn't sleep anyway, she quickly replied, "Sure."
miracle: Wait a moment, I'll find an account.
Xiao Jingjiang: Oh.
Several minutes passed, and Sheng Kuang didn't contact her.
Just as Lin Jing was wondering if they no longer needed her, a few light knocks sounded on the glass behind her.
She turned her head towards the sound. The training room, which had been empty when she came out, was now lit up.
Sheng Kuang stood behind the floor-to-ceiling glass window, holding his phone and tapping the screen a few times.
Immediately after, her phone screen lit up.
miracle: Come over.
Lin Jing pushed herself up from the table, holding her phone. She walked across the slightly damp courtyard and, in two or three steps, reached the floor-to-ceiling window of the training room.
Through the glass, Sheng Kuang stared at the person standing outside with drooping eyelids for a moment, then looked down and typed a few more words.
miracle: Come inside.
Lin Jing: "..."
Two seconds later, Lin Jing walked to the side.
There was a small door on the basement level that led to the courtyard. The door wasn't locked, so Lin Jing went in directly through it.
The training room door was ajar. Lin Jing peeked inside first before pushing the door open and entering.
Sheng Kuang was sitting at the table, adjusting game settings and runes.
He glanced at Lin Jing out of the corner of his eye as she approached and reached out to pull out a gaming chair.
Lin Jing sat down and opened the game.
After adjusting the settings, Sheng Kuang said, "It's your birthday."
"Huh?" Lin Jing blinked, and blurted out reflexively, "December 20."
Sheng Kuang: "..."
Two seconds later, Sheng Kuang tapped his screen a few times. "Added you."
"Huh?" Lin Jing blinked, and blurted out reflexively, "December 20."
Sheng Kuang: "..."
Two seconds later, Sheng Kuang tapped his screen a few times. "Added you."
A game friend request popped up. Lin Jing accepted it and saw that the friend ID was: Your Birthday.
Lin Jing: "........."
Lin Jing endured the awkwardness and accepted Sheng Kuang's friend request.
Sheng Kuang created a room and invited Lin Jing.
Lin Jing accepted the invitation and entered, only to find that Sheng Kuang had created a room for three players.
She was about to ask if it wasn't a five-person team, but before the words could escape her lips, the game was already matching.
So Sheng Kuang asking her to play wasn't because they were temporarily short a player?
No wonder he had to find another account. His main account had over eighty stars, and she, a Conqueror with one star who had just tagged along in their five-person team a few days ago, was not qualified to queue with him.
Lin Jing's mind was filled with all sorts of chaotic thoughts. Finally, she realized that she was duo queuing with Sheng Kuang.
Duo queuing...
She was actually duo queuing with Sheng Kuang...
Watching the live competition, collecting all the merchandise, getting autographs, taking photos, playing games together, duo queuing... these dreams that were once out of reach for her seemed to have been realized, one after another, in a daze.
Sheng Kuang tapped the table. "Choose your hero."
"Oh, oh." Lin Jing snapped back to attention and quickly locked in Yao.
The account Sheng Kuang found was only at the Star Glory rank, and with it being the end of the season, such matches could truly be considered a walk in the park for him.
It was evident that Sheng Kuang was playing casually, purely for fun. He was incredibly bold throughout the game, always engaging in last-second counter-kills. His recklessness inevitably led to deaths, but Lin Jing, following him, not only gained many assists but also had the fortune to earn two MVPs.
Lin Jing didn't keep track of how many games they played. In any case, it was either the fourth or fifth game when her Yao was taken by the first pick on their team. With the current lineup only needing a mage, she had no choice but to pick Xiao Qiao, a mid-laner she had played a few times.
Sheng Kuang was still the jungler, playing Luna.
As soon as Yao entered the game, she followed Luna.
When Lin Jing was clearing the minion waves at level four, she was ambushed by the enemy jungler hiding in the grass. A combo of skills hit her, leaving her with less than a fifth of her health.
Just as Lin Jing thought she was likely going to die, Sheng Kuang arrived, and Yao, who had been following him, also came over.
Sheng Kuang secured the first kill of the game.
[Teammate] Little Bunny Be Good (Yao): 666
Luna, played by Sheng Kuang, developed rapidly. Once the economy was established, Luna was easily able to show off her skills.
This teammate playing Yao was unusually talkative. Every time Sheng Kuang got a kill, she would send a message.
[Teammate] Little Bunny Be Good (Yao): Wow, the jungler brother is amazing.
[Teammate] Little Bunny Be Good (Yao): Jungler brother, can you play with me again next game?
[Teammate] Little Bunny Be Good (Yao): Jungler brother, do you need a gaming CP?