Lose?
Him, lose?
Xie Linchuan had always been arrogant.
Thanks, Goodbye: [Fine.]
The World's Cutest Support: [Assassin 1v1, this account doesn't have the hero, I'll switch accounts.]
Thanks, Goodbye: [Hurry up.]
The World's Cutest Support: [&...%$##@] sent a string of WeChat IDs.
Xie Linchuan instinctively copied it, searched for the contact, and added it.
Only after clicking to send a friend message did he realize, why had he taken the initiative to add her on WeChat?
Then he thought again.
He wouldn't lose anyway.
After he won, he could just delete her. Jiaojiao would never know.
Two minutes later.
Little Qiao Loves Jungle and Thanks, Goodbye entered the same room.
1v1.
Assassin versus Assassin.
Thanks, Goodbye said arrogantly: [What's your best jungler? I'll give you a handicap.]
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [What's your best jungler? I'll give you a handicap.]
Xie Linchuan was fuming.
How could there be such an arrogant woman!
She was even more arrogant than him!
Thanks, Goodbye: [Fine, just wait and see.]
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [Same to you, just wait to become my dog obediently.]
Both locked in their heroes at the same time.
Qiao Liuyue chose Lan, while Xie Linchuan picked Jing.
The loading screen flashed by, and they entered the Map of Mozilla's Path.
The terrain was simple.
A straight path with a few towers; victory depended purely on skill.
The two assassins faced off from a distance in the narrow corridor, neither making the first move.
The moment the first wave of minions met, Jing struck first.
A skill one dash followed by a basic attack, a standard level-four combo opening, very fast.
But Lan reacted even faster.
The same second Jing dashed forward, Qiao Liuyue had already pressed skill two.
Lan's body slid across the ground, barely dodging Jing's blade, and sliced into the minion wave from the side, taking the gold from two minions in one swipe.
Xie Linchuan didn't let up.
Jing's skill two followed by the ultimate exploded into a circle of mirror space, trying to trap Lan into his rhythm.
But Lan had already submerged into the water, swimming out silently, circling behind Jing.
Enhanced basic attack, second dash, then a basic attack.
After three slashes, Jing's health bar visibly dropped a chunk.
Xie Linchuan was forced to use Purify.
Qiao Liuyue didn't rush to take the kill.
She guided Lan back two steps, stood behind the minion wave, and unhurriedly farmed the last minion, reaching level four.
Meanwhile, her opponent hadn't even reached level four yet, and she could already unlock her ultimate.
"First Blood"
Xie Linchuan hadn't even registered it.
The game screen went gray.
He froze, unable to believe he had been taken down?!
After respawning, he charged out almost gritting his teeth.
This time, his moves were even more aggressive—the mirror space deployed earlier, the combo intervals shorter; it was clear he meant business.
Qiao Liuyue didn't go head-to-head with him. Lan's trajectory in the water was like an elusive loach.
Every time Jing's blade was about to land, she used a perfectly timed dash to move out of the way.
Then she'd counter with a slash, chipping away at Jing's health.
This playstyle was like a cat playing with a mouse.
You chase, I run; you retreat, I bite; you can never catch me.
During the third clash, Qiao Liuyue stopped retreating.
In the half-second gap when all of Jing's skills were on cooldown, Lan leaped out of the water, started with skill two, followed by an enhanced basic attack, then the ultimate.
She pushed Jing's body from the middle of Mozilla's Path all the way to the enemy tower.
Before the tower's attack landed, Lan had already submerged into the shadows, swimming back to her own side.
Jing fell to the ground.
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [You lost.]
Xie Linchuan stared at the screen, his fingers hovering over the keyboard for a long time, before typing out one word.
Thanks, Goodbye: [Yeah.]
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [Little doggy, call me master.]
Xie Linchuan's face turned from pale to red.
Thanks, Goodbye: [Don't push it!!!]
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [Trying to back out? That's fine, I've seen plenty of sneaky dogs before. One more won't make a difference.]
Thanks, Goodbye: [Who's backing out! I accept the bet fair and square! It's only a month!]
...
—Ding-dong.
The phone on the pillow beside Qiao Liuyue rang.
Today, Dong Jiaoyan was in a good mood, getting up early and sitting at the desk doing her makeup.
Yesterday at the mixer, she had added several older schoolmates and was now in the slow process of casting a wide net and playing the fishing game.
Dong Jiaoyan: "Liuyue, you got a message."
"Mm."
Qiao Liuyue rubbed her eyes sleepily and sat up.
There were no morning classes today, only two in the afternoon.
She glanced first at Dong Jiaoyan, who was doing her makeup. It seemed she had a date this morning, or something.
She opened her phone.
A message popped up.
Thanks, Goodbye (Note: My Dog): [Up yet.]
The tone was stiff.
As if extremely unwilling.
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [Where's the prefix? Who do you think you're talking to?]
Thanks, Goodbye: [...]
Thanks, Goodbye: [Hey, don't push it!]
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [What part is pushing it? Making my best friend's online boyfriend be my dog for a month—hey, you were the one who made the bet.]
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [Regretting it?]
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [No big deal. I'll just tell Jiaojiao now, then you don't have to be a dog.]
Thanks, Goodbye: [!!!!!]
Thanks, Goodbye: [What a vicious woman.]
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [Call me your respected master, you dumb dog.]
Thanks, Goodbye: [This title is way too embarrassing. What's your name? I'll just call you by your name, okay?]
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [My name? You're not worthy of knowing it!]
Arrogant!
Extremely arrogant!
Xie Linchuan stared at that message and angrily bit into the big flowery steamed bun beside his mouth.
His roommate saw him messaging so early in the morning and joked, "Linchuan, chatting with your girlfriend so early?"
Xie Linchuan instinctively replied, "Not my girlfriend."
His roommate paused, slowly blinked, and said hesitantly, "...Not your girlfriend? Dude, you've got something going on." Then he showed an admiring expression.
Xie Linchuan got flustered right away.
He quickly explained:
"Hey! No, bro! I'm not that kind of person."
"I'm completely loyal to my girlfriend."
"There's just this vicious person who set me up. Anyway, I'm really annoyed right now."
His roommate chuckled and didn't say anything more.
The next second.
Another message popped up.
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [Don't want to call me master? That's fine.]
Little Qiao Loves Jungle: [Call me daddy.]
Thanks, Goodbye: [...!!!]
Thanks, Goodbye: [Just kill me instead.]
Qiao Liuyue was in the middle of a lively conversation.
Dong Jiaoyan, sitting below, glanced over a bit curiously and asked tentatively:
"Liuyue, are you chatting with the boy next door?"
Qiao Liuyue: "No."
Dong Jiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief and guessed again, "A gaming partner?"
Qiao Liuyue: "No."
As Dong Jiaoyan was wondering about it, she heard Qiao Liuyue look up.
Her eyes lifted slightly, a playful smile on her lips.
Her tone was slow and leisurely:
"I've got a dog."
Fresh fish.
