“Su Li…”
After Chi Qingya heard someone call out Su Li’s name, her fingers suddenly froze on her phone screen.
Chi Qingya’s fingers fiercely grabbed the hem of her clothes, the fabric crumpling into a ball in her palm.
She felt as if a wad of cotton had suddenly been stuffed in her throat, and a buzzing sound in her ears like a swarm of bees had flown in.
Cold sweat seeped from her back, the thin pajamas sticking to her skin, causing her to shiver.
‘Is it Su Li? Su Li… Why is she in my younger sister’s game?’
The cola can on the tea table was suddenly knocked over, the sound of carbonation bubbles gurgling up particularly harsh.
Chi Qingya hurriedly reached out to steady it, but her fingertips trembled so much she couldn’t grasp the cup, and it clinked sharply against the glass tabletop.
She stared at the beads of condensation rolling down the can, suddenly recalling how the bottle of iced cola had also had water marks on it when Su Li had cleaned the refrigerator before she left.
“Sis, focus on your game. I’ll clean it up.”
Although she didn’t know why Chi Qingya had suddenly done that, Chi Qingyao, who didn’t want to play games with the two Siamese twins, still chose the simplest task of wiping the floor.
Anyway, the janitor would come later to clean up; she only needed to do a quick tidy.
Chi Qingya, however, was distracted.
She tried hard to control her emotions.
‘Tell herself to hold back.’
‘There are so many people in this world named Su Li. How could it be the Su Li she had been longing for? Besides, her little sister met Su Li through the game.’
‘The Su Li from before didn’t really play games. There was no way the two of them would have come into contact. The probability of such an encounter was far too small.’
‘It was like a plot from a novel or a movie. Chi Qingya didn’t believe such a plot could happen in reality.’
But she also felt a little hopeful.
‘What if? What if it really is Su Li?’
“Mm, very impressive.”
And Chi Qingya felt her heart suddenly stop for a moment.
‘Su Li. It’s Su Li! She is Su Li!’
‘But Su Li didn’t play games before…’
Chi Qingya watched the Yao and Ma Chao stuck together. Only then did she notice Su Li’s name. Chang Li.
Chang Li. Su Li’s screen name is Chang Li. This Yao is Su Li.
Chi Qingya’s fingers clutched the edge of her phone, her knuckles turning pale.
On the screen, Su Li’s Yao was perched on Cute Yuyu Roll’s Ma Chao’s head, and the pink heart bubbles appearing above them stung her eyes.
When the earphones transmitted Xiao Yuyu’s syrupy “Baby, be careful of the bush,” she suddenly felt as if an unripe sour plum pit was stuck in her throat, and even swallowing tugged painfully at her chest.
Chi Qingya watched helplessly as the Yao’s antlers brushed against Ma Chao’s silver armor in the game, remembering how Su Li used to clean up the mess she made all over the room.
Back then, Su Li’s stray hairs would stick to her neck with sweat, but now it had become the clear voice in the earphones saying “I’ll protect you.”
She unconsciously bit her lower lip, only realizing she had broken the skin when she tasted the metallic tang of blood, just like suddenly discovering that the person who used to smile only at her was now spreading that same gentleness to others.
‘If she had played games with Su Li back then, maybe Su Li would have ridden on her head with Yao? Why, why are there so many girls appearing around Su Li? Yet she can’t be one more?’
‘She already knows she was wrong. She truly knows she was wrong.’
Chi Qingya really wanted to turn on her mic and talk to Su Li. But she quickly calmed down. This is her little sister’s phone.
Not hers.
‘What if her little sister becomes good friends with Su Li…? Could they also go back to the past? Can her little sister become her link?’
“Sis, why are you looking at me? Your eyes are so creepy.”
Chi Qingyao said while drinking cola and playing on Chi Qingya’s phone.
She looked through Chi Qingya’s chat history.
Just as she had imagined, there weren’t many friends.
The pinned group chat was still talking about dinner plans tonight.
She quickly scrolled up through the chat history, twitched the corner of her mouth, and felt a bit speechless.
“Sis, haven’t you noticed that you say several things and they just ignore you?”
“Only when they need you to spend money do they say a few words to you.”
“And you’re still willing to be an ATM for that?”
Chi Qingyao knew Chi Qingya hadn’t turned on her mic, so she directly stated.
Chi Qingya lowered her head and didn’t speak.
Now all her thoughts were on Su Li.
She had no mind to pay attention to what her little sister said.
She controlled Yang Jian, wanting to get close to Su Li.
Wanting to attract Su Li’s attention.
But Su Li didn’t cast a single skill for her.
Chi Qingya even suspected if her identity had been exposed.
‘Otherwise, why had she died so many times in front of Su Li without Su Li noticing her?’
“Su Li, Su Li, this Yang Jian is so bad.”
“Deliberately feeding kills.”
Cat said quietly.
Although there was no way to get a victory, Cat had already learned to vent her pent-up emotions.
Su Li thought letting Cat play games was a good choice.
It just raised Cat’s blood pressure a bit.
“It’s okay. When I have time, I’ll play together with Cat.”
“Maybe we can keep winning.”
Su Li comforted Cat, saying she didn’t know if letting Cat be a companion play for a long time would make Cat fall into a state of self-doubt.
After all, playing games with Xiao Yuyu, she had never won.
“Baby, baby, it’s not your fault. This jungler doesn’t know what they’re doing, insisting on charging at us.”
“When we need her, she doesn’t come; when we don’t need her, she forces herself on us.”
Xiao Yuyu said discontentedly.
She always felt that Ziyou Qie Kangkai was a bit weird. What was she doing always swarming around them?
‘Wanting to steal Su Li away? No way? Could it be that after hearing Su Li’s voice, Ziyou Qie Kangkai got interested?’
But she had to admit, Su Li’s voice was very nice, that’s for sure.
‘But that’s not a reason for her to allow someone else to take Su Li away. Since she can’t be by Su Li’s side in reality, she can’t allow not being able to accompany Su Li in the game either.’
Hearing the other girl’s words, Chi Qingya’s movements suddenly halted.
She looked at the character in the game and felt a sense of unreality.
‘Is this about her?’
“Need her to come and she doesn’t; when not needed, she forces herself on us.”
‘Has her identity been discovered?’
Chi Qingya suddenly felt nervous.
But she quickly remembered this was her little sister’s account.
‘Su Li might not know Chi Qingyao. Was she talking about herself?’
Chi Qingya thought in her heart.
‘Maybe the two girls’ conversation had mentioned her. Mentioned her former self.’
‘When Su Li needed her, she wasn’t there. When Su Li no longer needed her and was living a good life, she just had to appear, wanting to ruin Su Li’s life.’
‘She was truly detestable!’
Chi Qingyao looked at Chi Qingya, who didn’t know what she was thinking about again, and ignored her.
Because the janitor had already arrived.
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