Lan Bowen: "?"
The few remaining remnants of yLs: "?"
Sheng Kuang's fingertip paused for two seconds as he swiped across the screen, then he looked up, "Boss?"
"That's right, my boss," Jiang Zui said. "I usually only do two things, one is to accompany people to play games, and the other is to take orders for the national server. Jing-jie is my boss among the companions, and we've known each other for a long time. She messages me to play games with her when she has time."
The others slowly turned their heads to look at Lin Jing, as if silently questioning her, "We didn't realize you were this kind of person, even finding companions to play with."
Lin Jing really didn't expect the world to be so small. It wasn't enough that she lived in the same building as Sheng Kuang during her summer vacation, but now she was going to live under the same roof as the little brother who often helped her rank up. She paused for a few seconds: "I just want a King rank mark."
He Wang: "Do you still need to ask for a King rank mark? Isn't that something you can do with your hands?"
Lin Jing looked at He Wang with a blank expression.
He Wang realized his mistake and quickly emphasized, "I mean professional players."
Lin Jing, with a poker face, "Oh," and continued, "I thought you professional players, on average, had 101 stars. It seems like there's a reason yLs got relegated. You have too low standards for yourselves."
He Wang: "..."
The other three innocent yLs members who were caught in the crossfire: "..."
Lan Bowen chuckled: "Alright, let's eat. If we don't eat soon, the takeout will get cold."
Everyone picked up their chopsticks.
Qin Yu, seeing a live companion for the first time in reality, was quite interested in their profession: "Hey, Jiang Zui, how much do you charge per hour for accompanying games?"
Jiang Zui: "200."
Qin Yu: "Do you get many orders?"
"It's okay," Jiang Zui seemed to remember something and looked up. "Right, Jing-jie, this season is about to end, and you haven't reached King rank yet. When do you plan to play?"
Lin Jing could have reached King rank by now with Jiang Zui carrying her, but she was delayed by drawing Sheng Kuang's avatar.
Lin Jing, holding her chopsticks, thought that she didn't have much to do next: "I'm fine with any time."
Sheng Kuang, sitting next to Lin Jing, suddenly put down his chopsticks: "I'm full."
Lan Bowen glanced at Sheng Kuang's half-eaten bowl of rice: "Why are you eating so little?"
"Huh?" Sheng Kuang stood up, his chair sliding with a faint sound on the floor. "I just woke up and don't have much of an appetite."
Jiang Xin: "Then do you want us to order something else for you to have later if you get hungry?"
"No need," Sheng Kuang lowered his eyelids to look at the girl beside him who was shoveling rice, paused for a few seconds, and then his gaze shifted to Jiang Zui opposite him: "I'll go wait downstairs for you guys first."
With Sheng Kuang's words, the others stopped chatting aimlessly, quickly finished their rice, wiped their mouths haphazardly with tissues, and one by one headed downstairs.
Lin Jing had nothing to do. After finishing her meal, she leisurely played with Xiao Kugua on the first floor for a while before slowly returning upstairs.
It had been almost a week since her last Weibo update. Her comment section was full of people urging her for new art. After just finishing Sheng Kuang's avatar, Lin Jing had no desire to draw anything right now. She pretended not to see the comments and directly exited Weibo to log into the game.
Lin Jing had been carried by Jiang Zui to Star Diamond three during the season.
Now that Jiang Zui was busy and couldn't play with her, and she didn't want to find a new companion, she decided to solo queue.
She played five matches and lost all five. Not only did she use up her rank protection cards, but she also dropped from Star Diamond three to Star Diamond two.
Lin Jing's mentality was a bit broken. She exited the game and went to browse Sheng Kuang's Super Topic.
She spent about an hour in the Super Topic, and after reading all the new posts from the miners for the past two days until there was nothing left to read, Lin Jing returned to WeChat.
There was a red dot, a subscription message. She tapped it, and it was an article from an emotional blogger she had been following.
The title of the article was—
Sheng Xian vs. Lu Jingyan: The Best Love is a Mutual Effort.
The content of the article was quite long. With nothing else to do, Lin Jing read it from beginning to end.
—I never thought about "tomorrow" until I met you, who I would still like tomorrow.
—Do you like Sheng Xian? Yes. Very much.
—All the boys called her "Goddess," while he called her "White Moonlight."
Unknowingly, Lin Jing reached the end.
She was a little invested in the story and couldn't help but repost the article to her Moments: I really want to have a relationship of mutual effort.
...
A group of people played team synergy matches in the training room on the second basement floor all afternoon.
When they finished, it was already 6:30 PM. The takeout hadn't arrived yet. Sheng Kuang, too lazy to move, leaned back in his gaming chair and looked at WeChat.
After replying to his unread messages, he saw a notification on his Moments and casually clicked on it. Scrolling down, he immediately saw the Moments post Lin Jing had shared five minutes ago.
He clicked on the link and saw dense text inside, so he backed out.
Then he saw that Lin Jing's Moments post now had a like.
It was a like from Jiang Zui.
Sheng Kuang paused, clicked on Jiang Zui's avatar, and entered his Moments.
[Qing Zui: Accepting companion services, available anytime, good at comforting people, good at acting cute, bosses who need service, please DM.]
[Qing Zui: Experience the oppressive pressure of Ma Chao in a 2200-point peak match [with a video attached]]
[Qing Zui: High-ranked game master, free voice call, accompany you to climb ranks, bosses who need service, please DM.]
Available anytime, comforting people, acting cute, voice calls.
Sheng Kuang paused for three seconds, clicked his tongue, and exited WeChat.
He clicked on the King's Assistant and searched for Lin Jing's match history.
Most of them were duo queues. The other account was not fixed, likely Jiang Zui's order-taking account that played with her.
The only solo queues recently were this afternoon, five consecutive losses.