"..."
The teammate playing Yao, after typing a message, likely found it troublesome and switched to voice chat.
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): "Jungler brother, can we add each other as game friends later?"
Her voice was sweet and deliberately modulated.
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): "Jungler brother, what's your WeChat?"
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): "Jungler brother, won't you add me on WeChat? My WeChat ID is..."
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): "Jungler brother, you're so cold, I've been talking for so long and you won't even respond to me,呜呜呜呜呜..."
Sheng Kuang's in-game voice chat was off. During the previous match, a teammate had repeatedly suggested using voice chat. Lin Jing had opened her mini-speaker settings from 'teammates' to 'all'. After the game ended, she forgot to switch it back to 'teammates'. She wasn't wearing headphones, and neither was Sheng Kuang. The words spoken by Yao echoed clearly in the training room.
Yao's voice became increasingly affected as she spoke, especially during the "呜呜呜呜" parts, which gave Lin Jing goosebumps.
If she weren't playing with Sheng Kuang, she would have definitely turned on her game microphone, either to tell the teammate to shut up or to tell her to speak properly.
Lin Jing cast a skill and cleared the minion wave, intending to mute the mini-speaker.
However, thinking about the teammate playing Yao, whose words were directed at Sheng Kuang, she felt a slight urge to listen.
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): "Jungler brother, help."
Yao was ganked and pitifully called for help.
Sheng Kuang, standing beside her, instinctively wanted to go to her aid. However, upon hearing Yao's voice from Lin Jing's phone, he turned away without a second thought.
As if deliberately opposing her, Sheng Kuang saw the marksman, Yu Ji, being attacked and abandoned the half-taken Tyrant to save Yu Ji.
[Teammate] Lollipop Smash You (Yu Ji): Thanks, jungler brother.
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): Yu Ji, what do you mean, stealing my jungler brother?
[Teammate] Lollipop Smash You (Yu Ji): ?
[Teammate] Lollipop Smash You (Yu Ji): Are you sick?
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): *Cries* Sister, you're so fierce, how can you curse? Jungler brother was the one I liked first.
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): I don't care, what I like first is mine, jungler brother is mine.
[Teammate] Lollipop Smash You (Yu Ji): What you like is yours? You really are sick, and quite seriously. I say the jungler brother saved me, so he's mine.
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): Mine.
[Teammate] Lollipop Smash You (Yu Ji): Mine.
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): Mine.
[Teammate] Lollipop Smash You (Yu Ji): Mine.
[Teammate] You're Birthday (Luna): Xiao Qiao's.
Lin Jing's hand trembled, and she accidentally flicked her flash, teleporting directly under the enemy tower and getting killed by the enemy marksman.
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): Xiao Qiao? Who is Xiao Qiao? Is she jungler brother's girlfriend?
Lin Jing furtively glanced at Sheng Kuang beside her, feeling inexplicably awkward at the word "girlfriend."
Sheng Kuang calmly took a blue buff. Too lazy to type, he used voice translation: "My boss."
Lin Jing, playing Xiao Qiao, respawned. As she steered her character out of the crystal, she heard this and accidentally bumped into a wall.
She stole another glance at Sheng Kuang. His expression seemed casual, as if he had just casually made up the remark.
She swallowed silently, pretended to be calm, and moved along the middle lane.
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): Is jungler brother a paid player?
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): How much per hour? Where do I place an order?
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): Jungler brother, let's add each other on WeChat later. I'll transfer the money directly to you. It's better to not use the platform so they don't take a cut, and you can earn more.
[Teammate] You're Birthday (Luna): Ask my boss.
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): Why ask your boss? Are you all hers?
[Teammate] Little Rabbit Obedient (Yao): Xiao Qiao, how long have you booked jungler brother for? Can you transfer your booking to me? I'll give you double the price.
Sheng Kuang clicked recall, put down his phone, and then reached out to take Lin Jing's phone.
Lin Jing turned her head. Before she could say anything, she saw Sheng Kuang quickly tap a few times on her phone screen and then hand it back to her.
[Teammate] Little Jing Jing Jing Sauce (Xiao Qiao): No.
Sheng Kuang picked up his own phone.
[Teammate] You're Birthday (Luna): See? My boss said no.
[Teammate] You're Birthday (Luna): I have to listen to my boss.
Lin Jing: "..."
Until the end of the game, the teammate playing Yao, Little Rabbit Obedient, did not say another word.
Back in the room, Sheng Kuang didn't click start. "Want to play more?"
Lin Jing glanced at the time. It was already half past one. It was quite late, and Sheng Kuang might have training tomorrow. She shook her head. "No, I should go to bed."
Sheng Kuang exited the game. "Okay."
Lin Jing, holding her phone, was about to stand up and say goodbye to Sheng Kuang before heading upstairs. Sheng Kuang suddenly looked up at her. "What did you want to say to me earlier?"
Lin Jing: "???"
Earlier, when?
Sheng Kuang seemed to read her confusion. "On WeChat, around 1:50 PM, before the match."
Lin Jing blinked, a little slow to catch on.
"I saw it on WeChat," Sheng Kuang continued. "The other party was typing for a long time."
"..."
So he had seen that she wanted to send him a 'good luck' message before the match.
Lin Jing opened her mouth, feeling a little nervous about a small secret being discovered.
Sheng Kuang, seeing her speechless, chuckled. "That 'good luck' on your Moments, it wasn't just for me, was it?"
Not only had her small secret been discovered, but it had also been exposed on the spot.
Lin Jing stared at Sheng Kuang expressionlessly, thinking about how to salvage her mortifying embarrassment, when she suddenly blinked. "What about you?"
Sheng Kuang: "Hm?"
"You opened my WeChat. What did you want to say to me?" Lin Jing thought to herself that she was quite clever. At this critical moment, she had seized the main point. Since he had seen the "typing" notification, it meant he was in her WeChat chat window at that time.
Sheng Kuang paused, understood her meaning, and slowly replied, "Ah," looking into her eyes. "I wanted to ask you, am I good at playing games?"
Lin Jing always felt Sheng Kuang was trying to trick her.
Sheng Kuang: "Really, I just wanted to ask you that."
"..."
Lin Jing thought he was probably too nervous before the match and wanted some reassurance.
How nervous could he be to seek reassurance from her?
Sheng Kuang: "Am I good at playing games?"
Lin Jing blinked. The match was over, why was he still asking this?
She couldn't quite figure out if he was seeking comfort or simply wanted to collect compliments.
She paused for two seconds, deciding the latter possibility fit his personality better. "Pretty good."
Sheng Kuang: "Really pretty good?"
Lin Jing: "Really."
Sheng Kuang: "Then do you want to be my boss?"
Lin Jing froze.
Sheng Kuang: "Weren't we talking about what you wanted to say to me on WeChat earlier?"
Sheng Kuang: "New season, I need a boss. I just wanted to ask if you're interested?"