The game officially began.
Song Qiuyu bit her lip, pretending nothing had happened.
She discussed the strategy with her teammates and then set off.
Gu Nian’s girlfriend was clearly a veteran, full of experience, and took the lead.
Soon, with a bang, she took down an enemy peeking from behind a long crate.
“Darling, how was that clutch?”
“You’re amazing!”
The two exchanged a “cyber kiss,” and Song Qiuyu pouted.
The awful echoes of her past conversations with Jiang Xiao resurfaced in her mind.
[Xi’er, I got the first kill!]
[My dear, you’re so great!]
She wiped the cold sweat from her face. Before meeting her, Jiang Xiao had likely never played games, so he was slow to pick it up.
She would constantly create opportunities for him to get kills, then praise him effusively.
To get someone addicted, you must first let them taste sweetness!
The high-pitched voices she used back then made her heart tremble violently as she recalled them now.
Song Qiuyu sneaked a glance at Jiang Xiao but didn’t dare to look too long, her eyes full of guilt, a blush of shame spreading to her ears.
Her small hand unconsciously scratched the back of her neck twice, and a bitter smile tugged at the corners of her lips.
She took a deep breath, focused, and quickly moved behind Jiang Xiao.
Relying on years of gaming instinct, she anticipated movements, raised her gun, and aimed at a spot.
Although it was her first time playing CS, she had pretty much familiarized herself with the controls by now.
“My love!” Gu Nian’s girlfriend suddenly shrieked.
Because Gu Nian had just been headshot by an enemy player.
Before the echo faded, the enemy player who had eliminated their teammate unknowingly backed out from behind a nearby obstacle, walking right into Song Qiuyu’s aimed spot.
However, just as she fired with a bang, headshotting that enemy player, a thrown grenade entered her field of vision.
This was a grenade Jiang Xiao threw almost seamlessly after her shot.
Smoke billowed, and another enemy player was directly hit by the grenade.
As soon as the blood effect appeared, Jiang Xiao immediately charged out.
Jiang Xiao raised his gun, and with two bangs, secured a double kill.
After finishing, he quickly moved elsewhere.
The next second, a bullet suddenly came from diagonally opposite, narrowly missing him, a rather close call.
This was clearly the surviving enemy player trying to snipe him when he wasn’t paying attention, but Jiang Xiao had already dodged, making them miss.
Watching Jiang Xiao’s fluid series of actions, Song Qiuyu was stunned for a moment, then she turned to look at him.
Considering that both she and Jiang Xiao were new to CS, their previously discussed strategy was for them to familiarize themselves with the controls in the first round, with experienced players guiding them.
However, Jiang Xiao’s performance was a bit intense.
“Jiang Xiao, is this really your first time playing this game?”
Xie Zhuran’s face was full of shock as he voiced his true thoughts.
“Yeah.”
Jiang Xiao responded, his figure about to disappear from Song Qiuyu’s sight.
Seeing this, Song Qiuyu, full of doubt, immediately followed him.
In her memory, during those three years of junior high, Jiang Xiao was a gaming noob who couldn’t play without her carrying him!
How could he become a gaming master with both awareness and control online after three years apart?
Jiang Xiao seemed to sense her shock.
He frowned, struggled internally for a while, and, while moving, added an explanation: “I’ve played quite a few other games. Although the types are different, the basic skills should be transferable.”
These words reached the ears of their teammates on the voice chat, automatically translating into “all roads lead to Rome.”
“No way, aren’t you a bit overqualified for our directing department with that talent? You should be playing esports!” Gu Nian spit out the water he had just drunk.
“Honey, your friend is really good at games. We can play together often in the future.” Gu Nian’s girlfriend’s voice became even sweeter.
As they spoke, Jiang Xiao silently took down another enemy player.
Song Qiuyu’s eyes lit up, but then narrowed in an instant.
According to the chat messages on her alt account, Jiang Xiao hadn’t played much in the three years they were apart.
Therefore, the games he mentioned were likely the ones she had dragged him into playing.
No one knew better than her whether Jiang Xiao had a talent for gaming; theoretically, it should be like this…
Song Qiuyu fell into deep thought.
Could it be that there were just too many “pig teammates” on the enemy team, and they were too bad?
They played happily until almost lights out, then turned off their computers, started washing up, and went to their respective beds.
In the middle of the night, Song Qiuyu was in a deep sleep.
She had a dream.
After a while, she suddenly opened her eyes.
She had an inspiration! She knew what kind of short video to make!
In her inspiration, the story began with several people trapped in a room by a pervert, who told them only one of them could survive.
The story ended with the pervert being a psychiatrist, and these people were all split personalities of a schizophrenic patient.
The patient’s attending doctor had planned a personality battle for the patient, and in the end, only the main personality survived.
Song Qiuyu sat up, wanting to catch the tail end of her inspiration.
She quickly got out of bed to grab her charging phone and jot down the idea.
As she climbed down the stairs, she felt the urge to pee again.
She temporarily decided to go to the toilet first.
So, she put on her slippers and walked towards the bathroom.
She would tell her roommates about the short video idea tomorrow.
If everyone agreed, she would start writing the detailed script!
With a script and all the props gathered, they would officially start filming, then upload it online.
As more and more people liked them, perhaps they would even get sponsored like those website UP streamers?
The thought alone made her excited.
Walking to the balcony, a few indistinct, low, hoarse sounds suddenly came from the toilet, seeping into her ears.
Hmm?
Someone was in the toilet, but why wasn’t the light on?
Song Qiuyu didn’t know who was in the toilet yet; she just looked in the direction of the sound.
The person in the toilet was a bit careless; the toilet door wasn’t completely shut.
The fluorescent light from their phone screen illuminated a small area.
Using that light, she gradually saw the picture on the phone screen.
On that phone screen was a photo: a pair of well-shaped legs, clad in white over-the-knee stockings, were pressed together, sitting by the bed.
On the inner side of the left thigh, there was also a small heart-shaped birthmark!
Song Qiuyu froze for a moment, then frowned slightly.
To be honest, she also had that birthmark on her left thigh.
Moreover, how could she not recognize her own legs?
Why would the person in the toilet have a photo of her legs in white stockings on their phone screen?
Just then, a gust of wind passed by, and a familiar floral scent mixed with the cold scent of cedar unexpectedly wafted into her nostrils.
At the same time, it was accompanied by a low, husky murmur: “Xi’er…”
“…”
….ig he WOULD only ‘relief’ himself with that picture huh