Chapter 47.2

Qi Yue clearly felt that today’s Brother Yuan was acting differently, it was as if he had been injected with chicken blood¹To be injected with chicken blood meant that one experienced a burst of energy, enthusiasm, or rejuvenation.. Brother Yuan was skillfully and elusively dodging attacks and outmaneuvering opponents in a very grandiose way that almost seemed like he was showing off.

From drawing First Blood to Savage²Apparently, this term was once known as ‘Penta Kill’, whereby one kills five enemies., he was godlike in this game. 

When going against him, even the strong hero on the enemy team turned into a weakling as they suffered a lot of losses.

The random teammate who had expressed dissatisfaction previously had nothing else to say. Currently, he was silently and obediently following after the boss, assisting him as they destroyed the opponent’s base.

In the end, they were not in a rush to push³To ‘push’ refers to clearing minion waves and/or destroying the opponent’s turret(s).. Instead, they found joy in following the boss as they raid the enemy’s jungle⁴To raid the opponent’s jungle refers to the act of invading or stealing by killing the enemy’s jungle monsters and taking their resources. It is a strategic move to gain an advantage by denying the enemy team’s farm and resources while increasing one’s team’s gold and experience..

Qi Yue understood this all too well; this was the simple joy of doing nothing much and still winning.

Tao Yi Xi did not understand the rules of the game, but she found it quite entertaining as she watched Gu Jing Yuan play on his phone. The tiny figure of the hero releasing various types of skills and watching as the health bar quickly reduced to zero with just a few moves. It was quite impressive. 

The enemy party was too scared to leave their base as they trembled and waited for the timer to run out so that they could surrender.

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“I don’t really know how to play, I don’t want to hold you back.”

Just now, when she took a glance at the group chat, she could tell that one’s ranking was very important to the players. 

“Don’t you trust me?” He raised his eyebrows, looking somewhat arrogant. Though, he did have the skills to be prideful. 

In the game, he was undeniably a king, an existence admired by everyone, and his person shone brightly.

If he wanted to, he could become the most outstanding e-sports star player.

“That’s not the case. I can see that you’re very good at this. Why haven’t you considered joining the e-sports industry?” She asked in curiosity. 

“Someone did approach me, but I rejected them in the end.” He was glad that he did not accept their offer, otherwise, he would have missed the chance to meet her.

After a moment of contemplation, Tao Yi Xi came to a conclusion as well. The Gu family had their own business and needed to train their heir to inherit its legacy. Gu Mu Yang would never allow his son to take part in such things as e-sports competitions.

Qi Yue was rushing Gu Jing Yuan to start a new game when Gu Jing Yuan typed: [Wait, I’m bringing someone in.] 

Qi Yue was momentarily quiet before he started spamming a screen full of question marks.

Had the sun risen from the west?

He dare not think about Brother Yuan wanting to bring someone along. Was the person unafraid that they would be scolded to death? 

Gu Jing Yuan cut off the chat interface as he taught her how to download the game and let her login into his other account.

It was to be expected that he would have collected all the heroes in his account, only some of the newer skins have yet to be purchased.

“You can buy whichever skin that you like. There’s still a lot of balance inside the account.” 

“It’s okay, the original skin is pretty as well. By the way, which hero should I play?” It was rare that she would display such a clueless expression.

Gu Jing Yuan was full of tenderness. It turns out that there’s joy in teaching people as well.

“Pick whichever catches your eye.”

He then proceed to patiently explain the skills that her hero had and what equipment and buffs she needed to buy. 

Qi Yue was even more confused after he saw the ID of the newly entered player.

[Isn’t this Brother Yuan’s spare account?]

[Brother Yuan, you have a mistress outside!?]

Tao Yi Xi could see Qi Yue’s message inside the chat group, and Gu Jing Yuan was a little embarrassed sitting beside her.

[Shut up, I’m innocent.]

Brother Yuan was so anxious to prove his innocence. What else did Qi Yue not understand?

[Oh, then this must be Sister-in-law! Hello Sister-in-law Yuan!]

Gu Jing Yuan smiled, this fellow was pretty quick-witted.

It was Tao Yi Xi’s turn to be embarrassed, she typed: [I’m Tao Yi Xi.]

Qi Yue: [I know, I know.]

Tao Yixi: [?]

There were other teammates in the chat as well. One of them started dishing out commands.

[Hey, 4L, I’m the mid-laner. Change your hero to support class.]

Tao Yi Xi counted and realized that the other person was talking to her. So she turned to ask Gu Jing Yuan, “Which support should I switch to?”

“You don’t have to care about what he says. Just play this hero if you like and I’ll protect you.”

She blinked, “Okay.”

Seeing that 4L did not change their hero as per his instruction, the person became foul-mouthed.

Qi Yue secretly mourned for him, ‘What’s up with today? We meet an idiot in every game we play.’ 

Gu Jing Yuan narrowed his eyes. He reached over and closed her chat interface so that she would not have to see the person’s following colorful words.

Tao Yi Xi was also quite resilient, so this bout of cussing her out did not affect her in any way or form. 

Moreover, she was a novice playing on an expert’s account, hence the players she was up against were quite high in ranking too. Although it did not change the fact that she was the weakest link in the party, it was irrefutable that she had a strong backer protecting her.

Except for getting lost once and getting killed in the process, her hero never died again.

He was always behind her. When they encounter an enemy player, he would push them to mid-lane and torture them until they were hanging on to their last bit of life before allowing her to harvest the kill.

Like a cat offering a half-dead mouse to its dearest master.

This game did not end as quickly as the last game as the opponent played pretty well too. The opponent players knew that Gu Jing Yuan’s hero was not one they could provoke so they hid from him. When they tried to target the weakest link, they realized that she was protected by the strongest player so they turned their attention to the second weakest, who was the Smelly Mouth teammate. 

When the enemy team encounter Smelly Mouth, they were about to go for the kill when they spotted Gu Jing Yuan’s hero approaching. They were nearly scared silly and planned for a hasty retreat when they noticed that Gu Jing Yuan just bypassed them completely, leaving Smelly Mouth all alone. 

The other party understood immediately and killed Smelly Mouth in a blink of an eye. 

As if indulging in some fun, the opponent team specifically targeted and abused him.

Smelly Mouth was so regretful he no longer uttered another word.

Although Tao Yi Xi was not adept at playing this game, she was smart. So after playing two rounds, she quickly learned how to deliver attacks with some careful calculations.

When Qi Yue realized that she made careful calculations to attack the enemy players in the game, he was in complete disbelief. Was this not a complete waste of her brain cells?

In the world of a top student, even playing games required careful planning. He was completely convinced.

When gaming, time seemed to pass quickly. Soon, the broadcast system announced that they have reached their destination. Tao Yi Xi was left wanting more. 

It turns out that the saying, ‘trifling destroys the will’⁵Refers to being obsessed with the thing one is playing and having it consume one’s once-aggressive ambition. is true.

“Shall we go back and continue?” Gu Jing Yuan asked excitedly. This was the first time that he felt such enjoyment carrying people. Although ‘the hero saving the beauty’ did not materialize in reality, it finally came to fruition in the game. In addition, her clumsy appearance was so adorable.

“Have you finished your winter vacation assignments?” Her soul slowly returned to reality as she questioned.

“No.” 

Tao Yi Xi put her phone away, “Then when we reach home, go do your homework.”

“Okay.”

Gu Jing Yuan was exceptionally obedient, completely different from the arrogant and domineering boss-like display just now. 

Qi Yue was still calling for another round, but he was ruthlessly rejected, “I’m going to study. Bye.”

Qi Yue, “???”