"What?" Chen Jing finally shifted his gaze from Lin Jing. He looked at Sheng Kuang in surprise, about to ask why he'd gotten such effeminate-colored shoes. But the words died on his lips as he glanced back at the shoes Lin Jing was wearing. Understanding dawned on his face, and he gave Sheng Kuang an OK gesture with his thumb and forefinger before pushing the door open and leaving.
Only Sheng Kuang and Lin Jing were left in the villa.
Sheng Kuang said nothing. Seeing Lin Jing still standing there dazed, he figured the girl's thought process was a bit slow. He gently tapped his phone screen with a finger.
Lin Jing looked over at him when she heard the sound.
Sheng Kuang looked down at his phone screen and said nonchalantly, "Sit."
"Oh."
Lin Jing stealthily bit her tongue. After a few seconds of hesitation, she chose to sit on a single sofa as far away from Sheng Kuang as possible.
Sheng Kuang didn't talk to her. The room was quiet. Through his headphones, Lin Jing could faintly hear the sound effects of the game Honor of Kings.
His fingers slid rapidly across the screen. The game was apparently so boring for him that he started to feel sleepy halfway through. He let out a long, tired yawn at his phone.
Just now, upstairs, after Lin Jing had finished packing and was showering, she had specifically turned on the cold water.
The icy water shocked her, making her sure that everything that had happened today wasn't a dream.
But now, the person she usually only saw on her phone was sitting alive and well not far from her, yawning and playing a game, and she started to feel it was unreal again.
Lin Jing felt she couldn't let her brain freeze any longer. She raised her hand, holding her phone, and lightly tapped her head with it.
As soon as she tapped, Sheng Kuang's gaze swept over in her direction.
Lin Jing's movement froze. She pretended to be scratching an itch on her scalp, rubbed the side of her phone twice, and then very calmly brought the phone to her face, unlocking the screen with a placid expression.
There was an unread message in WeChat from Lan Tingting. She hadn't seen it because she was showering earlier.
Lin Jing took the opportunity to reply.
After chatting with Lan Tingting for a couple of sentences, Lin Jing looked up at Sheng Kuang, then hesitated, and started typing on her phone.
[Jing-chan: I'm staying at my mom's friend's place, right? And guess who I ran into?]
[Sleepyhead: Who?]
[Sleepyhead: Sheng Kuang?]
[Jing-chan: ...]
[Sleepyhead: Don't tell me, I guessed it?]
[Sleepyhead: Seriously?]
[Jing-chan: Seriously, he's right in front of me, about three meters away.]
[Sleepyhead: Ahhhh, what kind of divine fate is this!]
[Sleepyhead: Jing-chan, take a picture for me, or secretly record a video.] Su Dan Novel Network
[Sleepyhead: Never mind, let's video call.]
Lan Tingting's video call request popped up on Lin Jing's phone screen.
Lin Jing declined.
[Sleepyhead: ???]
Lin Jing looked up at Sheng Kuang, who was on the verge of falling asleep while playing his game, pursed her lips slightly, and looked down to type.
[Jing-chan: If it were a competition venue, I could take pictures for you however you wanted, but this is private, so I can't.]
[Sleepyhead: Okay, I respect that.]
[Sleepyhead: Hey, are there any little details you can share?]
Lin Jing tilted her head in thought and typed.
[Jing-chan: Kuangzai likes pink.]
[Sleepyhead: Hahahaha, just like my sister, I like pink too.]
[Sleepyhead: Oh right, did you see the news online? Miracle retired.]
[Jing-chan: Huh?]
[Sleepyhead: Really, Miracle even changed his Weibo name. The GDT prefix is gone.]
Lin Jing subconsciously glanced at Sheng Kuang, then clicked into Weibo.
She hadn't been online much the past few days due to final exams. When she searched for Sheng Kuang, she discovered he had indeed changed his name.
GDT·Miracle had become Miracle. His original certification as a GDT Honor of Kings jungler had also been removed.
His Weibo pinned post was still the Chinese New Year greeting from the beginning of the year. In the comments below, many fans were asking if he had really retired.
After browsing Weibo, Lin Jing learned that while she was busy with her exams, Sheng Kuang had even done a live streaming PK with Yang Sinian. Some bloggers had revealed that Sheng Kuang had nothing to lose because he had retired, which was why he had fearlessly engaged in a PK with Yang Sinian before leaving.
One particular blogger's analysis was very thorough and seemed quite convincing.
Lin Jing couldn't help but read on for a while longer.
After finishing a game, Sheng Kuang put his phone aside, got up, and went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of water. He opened it and took a sip. Just as he was about to return to the living room, he caught sight of the person outside engrossed in her phone and opened the refrigerator again to get another bottle of water.
He returned to the sofa, bent down, and placed the water on the coffee table in front of Lin Jing.
Lin Jing was so engrossed in her phone that she didn't notice his approach.
Sheng Kuang said nothing. As he was about to sit back down after placing the water, he happened to look up and saw her phone screen.
[GDT·Miracle has been renamed Miracle, certification information has been removed, and it is expected that an official announcement of retirement will be made by the end of this month.]
Sheng Kuang: "..."
This wild blogger, who knows where they came from, was quite good at fabricating things. Not only did they spin a convincing story, but they also included several unedited photos.
And on top of that, the blogger was quite audacious; the unedited photos they chose were all ones he disliked.
Sheng Kuang curled his lips. Seeing Lin Jing so engrossed in reading such unreliable news, he couldn't help but say in a low voice, "It's fake."
Lin Jing was startled by the sudden voice above her head. She looked up and met Sheng Kuang's eyes.
Sheng Kuang pointed his fingertip at the bottle of mineral water placed in front of her. "That blogger is talking nonsense."
Saying that, he sat back down in his original spot on the sofa. He thought about those unedited photos again and added, "And they're blind. No taste."
Lin Jing: "..."
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