Hanging up the phone, Shen Jianxi walked out and realized Song Duanli had already left at some point. She was alone in the villa.
She opened the refrigerator and took out a bottle of soda. Back in her room, the game on her phone had finished downloading.
Song Qi still had a quest to complete, and she didn't know how to bring it up.
After logging in, Shen Jianxi followed the tutorial and completed the beginner training. Then, she bravely started a ranked match.
She was full of confidence at the start, thinking that with her intelligence, she should pick it up quickly. However, the moment her preferred hero, Xiao Qiao, was snatched away, she had a bad feeling.
As expected, forced to play the jungler, she stood in the canyon, looking around in confusion.
Strange, this was a place she had lived in for a while, but now it looked so unfamiliar.
Approaching the three wild boars and standing face-to-face with them, Shen Jianxi felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity.
x: [hi~]
Wild Boar: [......]
x: [Hello?]
Wild Boar: [......]
x: [Long time no see?]
Lu Bu: [Jungler, what are you barking about?]
Shen Jianxi: ......
Was she just insulted?
She was, right?
x: [I'm greeting my son.]
Lu Bu: [Who's your son?]
x: [Whoever responds is.]
Lu Bu: [I'll f*** your mo...]
Shen Jianxi couldn't be bothered to argue with him; it was a waste of time. She looked down to study her skills. By the time she was done, the opponents had already taken her team's blue buff and were heading towards her red buff.
The sudden appearance of the enemy Monkey King and Da Qiao, who had only intended to take the red buff, saw the jungler standing still. Adhering to the principle of "if you can hit it for free, why not," they attacked her.
Watching her health bar plummet, Shen Jianxi panicked. She pressed whichever button lit up, ultimately succeeding in sending herself back home.
Holding her phone, she lay on the bed, utterly bewildered. How had she died?
It didn't make sense. She was good at both academics and martial arts, yet she couldn't play a game well?
Her fighting spirit reignited in an instant. She rubbed her palms together, twisted her neck, and aggressively controlled her hero out of the base, heading towards the enemy jungle. She wanted revenge!
Facts proved that with willpower, anything could be accomplished. Shen Jianxi successfully sent herself back home again.
Furious, she lay on the bed kicking her legs. Before she could even respawn, her team's marksman couldn't hold back.
Marksman: [What are you playing, jungler?]
Shen Jianxi was a little confused. Didn't her teammate know what she was playing? Maintaining a friendly demeanor, she kindly typed back—
x: [I'm playing Ah Ke.]
Marksman: [???]
Marksman: [Come on, turn on your voice chat.]
Marksman: [Let's have a chat about life and dreams.]
Shen Jianxi naturally didn't listen. She even muted everyone.
"Host, you've truly mastered the 'out of sight, out of mind' approach," 77 couldn't help but tease, watching her cowardly move.
Shen Jianxi studied how to play while talking to 77, "You don't understand. This is what I call strategic avoidance."
"Heh, guess if I believe you."
"I guess you believe me." Shen Jianxi chuckled. It wasn't asking her to guess, so she'd guess the way she wanted.
77 was momentarily speechless, surprised that its host had resorted to such shameless tactics.
As expected, they lost this match. Looking at the five friend requests, she casually clicked on one. It was from the enemy Monkey King, and it read—
[Thanks for your contribution to our team, brother.]
Seeing this, Shen Jianxi choked. "Is he mocking me?"
77 let out a cold laugh and said, "No, he's praising you."
Shen Jianxi: "Guess if I believe you."
77: "I guess you believe me."
Shen Jianxi: ......
Unable to win the argument with 77, Shen Jianxi angrily tossed her phone lightly onto the bed. She stared at the lobby screen with a serious expression and decided to start by playing support. After studying a tutorial video by a Cai Wenji education vlogger for an hour, she finally understood how to be a qualified support.
This time, she was smarter and switched to a normal match. As soon as she entered, she instantly picked Cai Wenji, afraid someone else would take her.
At the start of the match, she wandered to the enemy jungle to provide vision. She was full of confidence, thinking she was doing well this time, but unexpectedly—
Jungler: [Cai Wenji, what are you doing not following me?]
She was being scolded just for providing vision?
Shen Jianxi felt she couldn't stand it and replied directly: [I'm playing support to give you vision, not to watch over your grave.]
77 felt a sense of relief, like watching their child grow up.
Many such scenes followed. Every time someone tried to provoke her, she would retort, but without using any vulgar language, infuriating them to no end while still being unable to report her.
Happy times always passed quickly. By the time she put down her phone, the sky outside had completely darkened. She realized it was past 10 PM, and her stomach began to rumble.
She walked out of the room. The living room was pitch black. Song Duanli still hadn't returned. The meal prepared by the aunt was on the dining table.
Shen Jianxi vaguely remembered the aunt had come to call her, but she had been too engrossed in the game to notice and had forgotten.
By the time she finished eating and washing the dishes, Song Duanli finally returned.
Hearing the movement outside, she peered out and saw Song Duanli sitting on the sofa, slumped in exhaustion.
Shen Jianxi wiped her hands dry and walked over. Smelling the alcohol on him, she frowned and was about to turn back when Song Duanli suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her.