“I’m here,” Su Li said in a calm voice.
Seeing Xiao Yuyu’s character being controlled by the AI, she had no choice but to follow by her side.
‘Stupid AI! If it weren’t for the AI, this game would probably be over by now.’
Nothing ruined a player’s mood more than a teammate going AFK at the very start of a match.
Xiao Yuyu didn’t need to make any effort at all to lead the opposition to victory.
It was a pity her distraction didn’t last long.
If she had stayed away for 6 minutes, Su Li might have seen the game’s settlement screen.
It would have been equivalent to playing a match with a bot.
Unfortunately, Xiao Yuyu was back, so Su Li had to continue chatting with her.
Su Li felt a hint of regret, but she quickly snapped back into her Companion Play state.
Chatting with a talkative Client like Xiao Yuyu didn’t require her to find topics; she just needed to keep her company.
Furthermore, she didn’t need to provide Xiao Yuyu with much emotional value.
For Xiao Yuyu, simply being able to speak with her was already a form of emotional value.
Su Li thought that if this were a Novice Level, having Cat practice with Xiao Yuyu would be a great choice.
Of course, Su Li wouldn’t let Cat do anything particularly difficult or exhausting.
She would endure the hardships herself. Cat only needed to stay by her side and be happy.
That was her thought when she first brought Cat home, and her goal had never changed over the years.
“Su Li… protect me!” Xiao Yuyu spoke with a tremble.
She managed to restrain her desire; now was not the time to confess to Su Li.
‘A confession should be the victory fanfare, not the charge for the initial attack!’
She understood this phrase well. How could a confession succeed without an emotional foundation?
Even if it did, the relationship would feel hollow.
Besides, this was neither the time nor the place.
She hadn’t prepared anything, so how could she confess?
Looking back, it would be full of regrets.
‘I’m not perfect enough yet!’
She wanted to stand by Su Li’s side openly and receive everyone’s blessings.
The prerequisite was that she had to be good enough.
She couldn’t be in this obese body.
Most importantly, Xiao Yuyu was afraid of failing.
She feared that if she failed, Su Li would distance herself, and they might not even remain friends.
Therefore, she had to succeed in losing weight.
Xiao Yuyu looked at her cell phone screen.
The screen no longer reflected her fat face; instead, the figure of Diao Chan appeared before her.
‘Now, I am not Xiao Yuyu! Now, I am Diao Chan!’
All her unspoken words turned into a command to protect herself.
Xiao Yuyu intended to conquer Su Li with her graceful dance!
Even though her body was heavy, it didn’t stop her from trying to leave an impression of being skilled at the Game.
Seeing the five members of the enemy team grouped up, Xiao Yuyu’s hand holding the cell phone began to shake.
‘All or nothing. Success or failure depends on this!’
Xiao Yuyu controlled Diao Chan and charged into the crowd.
Even though it was her first time playing Diao Chan, it didn’t hinder her mechanics.
‘I’m a National Server Ma Chao! I have top-tier game sense! It’s just one character — once you master one, you master them all! There are only a few buttons; what’s so hard to understand?’
As Xiao Yuyu thought this, the whole world seemed to shrink before her.
Her gaze focused on the character on the screen as if she had entered the game world herself.
She merged with Diao Chan! And Su Li was guarding her side!
She had no way back! She had to protect Su Li!
Xiao Yuyu swallowed hard and danced back and forth within the enemy’s encirclement.
After just one rotation, her skills went on cooldown.
Sweat poured from Xiao Yuyu’s forehead as she watched Su Li fall from her head.
Su Li was trapped in the enemy’s formation.
“You go first. Don’t worry about me,” Su Li said calmly.
Xiao Yuyu watched as all the enemy skills landed on Su Li. She was powerless.
Even though she used all her strength to frantically tap the screen and the basic attack button, she couldn’t save Su Li.
Finally, she watched Su Li die before her once again.
‘Clearly…’
‘Clearly, I’m a National Server Ma Chao.’
‘But I still can’t save the woman I love!’
‘Am I really too weak?’
Xiao Yuyu’s hand trembled as her heart filled with frustration.
This was her area of expertise; why couldn’t she protect Su Li?
“I’m sorry,” Xiao Yuyu’s voice shook, filled with apology.
No matter how much she apologized, it couldn’t change the fact that Su Li had died in front of her.
It was all her fault.
“It’s okay. Our teammates didn’t come to support us. Baby, you were great. Don’t beat yourself up over it.”
Xiao Yuyu stared at Yao’s fallen body on the screen, her fingers gripping the edge of the cell phone tightly.
Su Li’s words, “Baby, you were great,” felt like warm water washing over frozen fingertips.
Her heavy body suddenly shook like a sieve, and the fat on her three chins rippled in waves.
A cola burp that had been blocked in her throat for a long time suddenly escaped, spraying a sweet, carbonated scent onto the phone’s receiver.
She hurriedly wiped it with her sleeve, but the Fried Chicken crumbs on her sleeve only smeared the screen.
Despite that, Xiao Yuyu grinned like a deflating balloon.
Her 200-pound weight caused the chair to groan in protest, but she ignored it, leaning forward until her nose almost touched Su Li’s game portrait.
“Re-really?” Xiao Yuyu licked her lips.
She thought Su Li would be disappointed in her, but she hadn’t expected Su Li to think of her this way.
Especially when Su Li called her “Baby” with such care; it made her heart flutter.
She tremblingly tapped the voice replay, turning Su Li’s voice to maximum volume, letting the gentle electronic sound seep into her veins through the Bluetooth earphones.
The charging cable was still plugged into the bottom of the phone, but Xiao Yuyu yanked it out and hugged it, rolling around on the Bed like a bear that had stolen honey.
The mattress springs let out a dying groan, but she only cared about pressing the hot cell phone against her heart.
It was beating faster than when Diao Chan used her Ultimate.
Being cared for by Su Li felt better than drinking an ice-cold cola.
She… seemed to like Su Li even more now!
She was supposed to be the one raising Su Li’s affection level.
How did it end up being Su Li raising hers?
Xiao Yuyu touched her heart, unable to suppress the grin on her face.