Yu Nuo froze.
Her fingers touched the keys, and she immediately took them out, apologizing to him: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.”
Chen Yuzheng made an “oh” sound, “Mean to what?”
“Mean to…” Yu Nuo found it hard to say, “touch you…”
After speaking, Yu Nuo didn’t dare look at his expression, her face, neck, and the back of her ears were all burning. She kept reminding herself in her heart, good heavens… he’s only 19, only 19….
The car door opened.
Chen Yuzheng helped her in.
While backing up, Chen Yuzheng looked in the rearview mirror, “Why is your face so red?”
“Is it?” Yu Nuo felt a bit embarrassed, “Maybe… it’s because it’s hot.”
“Want me to turn on the AC to cool you down?”
Yu Nuo: “No need.”
As the car drove out of the parking garage, Chen Yuzheng asked, “Where do you live? I’ll take you back.”
“I live at school.” Yu Nuo took out her phone to check the time, it was already past twelve, “But curfew is already over.”
“Then where are you going, get a hotel room?”
Yu Nuo: “……”
Somehow, whenever he spoke, something felt off.
She rummaged through her bag, then patted herself down, sighing deeply: “I didn’t bring my ID.”
The house keys were also at school, Yu Nuo was stuck for a moment.
The car was parked by the roadside, Chen Yuzheng waiting for her. Yu Nuo felt a bit awkward, she thought for a moment, “Why don’t you go back first, just drop me off here.”
Chen Yuzheng: “Are you going to climb back?”
Yu Nuo: “……I can take a taxi.”
Chen Yuzheng reminded her: “Your phone is ringing.”
“Ah?” Yu Nuo looked down, her phone screen was lit up. It had been on silent at some point, she saw the caller ID and immediately answered: “Hello, brother?”
Yu Ge’s tone was a bit angry: “Where did you go? Not answering your phone.”
A brief silence.
Yu Nuo’s heart jumped, she lowered her voice: “My phone was on silent just now, I didn’t see it.”
“You’re not at school?”
“What?”
“I just called your roommates, they said you haven’t gone back yet, where did you go?”
Yu Nuo nervously explained: “I accidentally fell earlier, came to the hospital.”
“Which hospital, I’ll come pick you up.” Yu Ge thought of something, “Is it serious? Are you alone?”
“Um…” Yu Nuo glanced at Chen Yuzheng, “There’s someone else.”
“Who?”
Chen Yuzheng said casually: “Your brother?”
Yu Nuo silently nodded.
On the phone, Yu Ge asked: “A guy?”
Yu Nuo felt very guilty: “Well… it’s, that, Chen Yuzheng… you know him…?”
The other end of the phone was quiet for a minute.
“What do you think?” Yu Ge laughed coldly: “Where are you, I’ll pick you up.”
Chen Yuzheng saw how timid she was on the phone, finding it a bit amusing: “What’s the plan, take you to your brother?”
Yu Nuo nodded, asking Yu Ge: “Brother, can I stay at your base tonight? I can’t get into school.”
After waiting a bit, she said: “Okay… I’ll message you when I arrive.”
—
Belatedly, her foot started hurting again.
Noticing the car was too quiet, Yu Nuo checked the time again, trying to find a topic: “It’s so late… thank you for today.”
Chen Yuzheng: “It was on the way.”
Yu Nuo was the type who really hated troubling others, she felt a bit guilty: “When I’m better… I’ll treat you to a meal.”
When they arrived, the car stopped. Yu Nuo was still messaging Yu Ge when the passenger door opened.
Chen Yuzheng leaned on the car frame, bent down, and asked: “Where’s your brother?”
Yu Nuo held up her phone: “I’m asking right now.”
Just as Chen Yuzheng was about to help Yu Nuo out of the car, someone patted his shoulder.
He turned around.
Yu Ge said coolly: “Move aside.”
Chen Yuzheng: “?”
Yu Nuo called out “brother.”
Yu Ge bent down, frowning, examining the bandage on her foot. He bent down and lifted her out of the car in his arms.
Her slim, fair arms naturally wrapped around Yu Ge’s neck.
Chen Yuzheng leaned against the car, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and lit it skillfully.
Yu Ge paused, his voice cold as ice, saying to him: “Thank you.”
Chen Yuzheng slightly raised his eyes: “No need.”
It was getting late, Yu Nuo advised him: “You should go rest early, drive carefully.”
Yu Ge was carrying Yu Nuo when someone called out from behind.
Yu Nuo immediately turned her head.
The car stopped, Chen Yuzheng held out a bag with the hand holding his cigarette, “You forgot your medicine.”
Yu Nuo quickly glanced at it, saying to him: “Thank you.”
Chen Yuzheng smiled ambiguously: “Well, I’m off then, big sister.”
After speaking, he didn’t wait for their reaction. The car suddenly shot forward, leaving only exhaust fumes in Yu Ge’s face.
After a long silence, Yu Ge snorted and asked: “What did he call you?”
Yu Nuo’s scalp tingled, quickly saying: “He was just… joking around.”
“Big sister?”
Yu Nuo: “……”
Yu Ge: “Does he have some kind of illness.”
—
Yu Ge helped Yu Nuo take a few days off, letting her stay at the base.
With graduation thesis submission approaching, Yu Ge went to school to get her laptop, and picked up some clothes and daily necessities while he was there.
Yu Nuo got her things, flipped through them, lying on the bed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: “Brother… you didn’t bring my computer charger.”
Yu Ge: “…?”
They were about to go abroad for a competition, and training was very intense lately. Yu Nuo didn’t want to trouble him to make another trip: “Never mind, it’s okay, should still have some battery, I’ll transfer my previous draft to my phone.”
She asked: “By the way, does your base have any spare computers I can use?”
“Yes.”
Yu Nuo: “Good.”
After lying in bed for two more days, she could finally get up. However, moving around wasn’t very convenient, she still needed crutches.
The first thing Yu Nuo did after getting up was wash her hair.
The base had central air conditioning, it was a bit cold, she casually threw on a jacket. Her hair was left half-dry on her shoulders.
The first team and second team usually trained in different places, Yu Ge and his team typically trained around eleven at night.
There were many free computers in the afternoon, Yu Nuo took advantage of the empty time to use Yu Ge’s computer, opening her thesis document to make revisions.
OG base had a ragdoll cat called Mimi who really liked her. As Yu Nuo was editing, Mimi jumped onto her lap.
Yu Nuo stroked its back.
Around five in the afternoon, Will walked in. He made a surprised sound, “Sister, why are you here?”
“I’m writing my graduation thesis.” Yu Nuo looked at him, “Are you starting training so early today?”
“No, I’m making up some streaming hours today.” Will smiled, “Otherwise they’ll dock my pay.”
Yu Nuo nodded in understanding.
Before starting his computer, Will asked her: “I’ll be playing some games with fans later, do you want headphones? I don’t want to disturb you.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine.” Yu Nuo said, “You do your thing, don’t worry about me.”
Standing Fish was organizing a star professional player competition on Saturday, and for topic popularity, they specially invited several professional players from TG and OG. The rest were popular streamers from other divisions. There were three matches in total, with many participants, including PUBG players and top dance and singing streamers.
Because OG’s entire team had stopped streaming recently to focus on training, fans hadn’t seen them in a while. As soon as Will started streaming, his viewer count was very high.
He played a few casual games while chatting with the bullet comments.
The stream had a camera on, and fans lurking in the stream quickly noticed Yu Nuo’s back view.
“Damn, there’s a girl at the base?” “Who, who is it, who’s sitting in Fish God’s spot, am I seeing things? It’s even someone with long hair, a girl??”
Will smiled gently, explaining: “She’s Fish’s sister.”
Yu Ge’s main Weibo account didn’t follow Yu Nuo, but those who had been fans for a while knew Yu Ge had a sister, though they didn’t know what she looked like or who she was. After asking for a while, the bullet comments settled down.
Yu Nuo was writing her thesis when she got stuck. She spaced out for a moment, pushed the desk, and struggled to reach for her crutches nearby, planning to get some water.
Will called out to her: “What are you doing?”
Yu Nuo hopped to a stop, answering him: “I’m going to get some water.”
She didn’t know Will had his camera on, and turned to talk to him directly, not avoiding anything.
Will stood up: “Stay seated, I’ll help you.”
He went to the water dispenser nearby and got her a cup of warm water.
Yu Nuo took it, saying thank you.
Will habitually patted her head, instructing: “Call me if you need anything.”
Yu Nuo obediently nodded.
Their entire interaction was caught on camera for the fans.
When Will sat back down, the stream was frantically scrolling with rows of question marks:
[Is this the Will I know?? You dog, since when were you this gentle!!!!]
[Will, just say it, you want Fish as your brother-in-law?]
[!!!! Fish in danger!!!!]
[Yu Ge draw your sword, OG top lane AD, the split happens tonight]
Since Ultraman was still a rookie, it was his first time participating in this kind of online event. They had faced each other in competitions a few times before, but since Ultraman followed Chen Yuzheng to bot lane, he wasn’t too familiar with Will’s style. Knowing Will would be participating later, he secretly logged onto an alt account to check out his stream for intel.
At this time, Will’s stream was full of hearts, red, yellow, and green, scrolling non-stop.
Ultraman lurked for a while, as if discovering some earth-shattering gossip, he called out: “Holy crap??? Are Will and Yu Ge’s sister dating???”
“Yu Ge’s sister…” Killer turned from his computer, excited: “Yu Nuo??? Those two??? No way!”
Ultraman: “I don’t know, everyone in Will’s stream is talking about it.”
Killer looked at Chen Yuzheng, saying quietly: “So that Will is Yu Nuo’s boyfriend?”
“Not sure…” Ultraman observed a bit more, “Seems like fans are just joking?”
—
The competition officially started at seven in the evening.
Everyone entered the official YY channel early, each team brought three streamers from their platform. They also specially invited two commentators.
In the first match, the red team had two people from TG, Chen Yuzheng plus Ultraman, and the female streamer who had given Chen Yuzheng gifts before was also there.
The blue team had Will and Roy.
Before starting, everyone chatted for a while in their respective YY channels.
For entertainment value, everyone was quite talkative, the YY channel was full of laughter.
There was only one girl in the team, and a male streamer asked: “Hey, Qi Qi, why aren’t you talking?”
Qi Qi’s voice was soft: “Um.. it’s my first time playing with professional players, I’m a bit nervous.”
Ultraman immediately comforted her: “Don’t be nervous, don’t be nervous, we’re all just playing for fun.”
The male streamer also said: “Ultraman and Conquer are both really good, just stick with them later.”
Qi Qi: “Ah… I know, I’ve watched their matches, I’m a fan.”
The male streamer continued stirring things up: “Oh, you’re a TG fan? Do you have a favorite player? Are they here today? Maybe get an autograph?”
Qi Qi laughed, playing along: “Yes, he’s here today.”
Stream fans remembered she had given Chen Yuzheng super gifts before, seeing him not responding, they were all exasperated:
[She’s hinting so obviously, why isn’t Conquer giving any response, did he forget to unmute??]
[Chen Yuzheng, put away your pride, just for tonight, sign a thousand autographs and send them to Qi Qi!!]
Ultraman smoothed things over, actively asking: “Hey, sister, do you like Conquer?”
Qi Qi: “He’s pretty amazing.”
Male streamer: “What does Conquer say?”
“What?” Chen Yuzheng made an “oh” sound, “Thanks.”
An awkward silence fell over the YY channel.
Ultraman muted his mic, urging the person beside him: “Damn, say something more!”
Seeing Chen Yuzheng’s expressionless face, he asked: “What’s wrong with you today, in a bad mood?”
In the YY channel, Qi Qi hesitantly asked: “Why did everyone stop talking?”
Ultraman quickly said: “Conquer’s a bit sleepy, still basking in joy.”
The laughter resumed, with the male streamer teasing: “Tsk, understandable, being confessed to by a beauty face to face.”
…
…
The game started, entering champion select phase.
Qi Qi played support, following AD to bot lane, specifically asking Chen Yuzheng while picking: “What champion should I play?”
Chen Yuzheng: “Whatever you want.”
The male streamer picked Ahri for mid, another person picked Jax for top. Second to last, it was Chen Yuzheng’s turn, he instantly locked in Rengar.
Ultraman was confused: “Hey, you’re jungling, not going bot lane?”
Chen Yuzheng made an affirmative sound.
Since it was a fun match with amateur streamers participating, everyone was picking positions casually. Ultraman didn’t say anything else, picking Lucian for AD.
At this time in the comments:
[Conquer is such a guy…. perfect chance to duo lane with a girl but he runs off to jungle?? This loner, destined to be single.]
The game began.
Things went peacefully for a few minutes, Will played Orianna mid. Against a familiar face, Will played very casually, even going up to taunt a few times when out of mana, dancing.
The peace in this game ended at the eight minute mark.
Will had just pushed the minion wave to the enemy tower when a cruel scene appeared.
A Rengar suddenly jumped out from the brush, directly E-ing in, followed by an auto attack, Will died on the spot.
This was just the beginning.
In the next ten minutes, Will’s score went directly from 1-0 to 1-5. After being ganked and destroyed several times, he finally couldn’t help it and typed a question mark in all chat:
[Do you have a problem?]
Right after sending the question mark, his screen went black again.
System announcement: You have been slain
Cyzzzz is Godlike!
Chen Yuzheng’s targeting was too obvious, even the commentators were curious: “What did Will do to offend Conquer?”
Comments: “Maybe it was love.”
The entire game, Will played in black and white, getting killed until he broke down.
With only the naked nexus left at their base entrance, Will saved up for Zhonya’s. Before he could even leave the fountain. A Rengar with full ferocity appeared in the air, the moment he appeared, comments were all warning “High energy ahead, retreat quickly”, Will hadn’t even pressed Zhonya’s when his screen went black again.
The entertainment value was explosive, all stream fans were feeling sorry for Will.
[Conquer’s here, he’s here, he’s gone crazy]
[Conquer: Surprise, it’s me again ^^]
[Why is Chen Yuzheng so brutal today….? Here to help Will quit gaming?]
Will couldn’t play anymore, staying in fountain AFK, directly starting a surrender vote, “I voted, brothers, stop torturing me.”
However, the red team showed no humanity, waiting for super minions to flood the high ground, not hitting the final nexus.
They all gathered at the fountain entrance, waiting for their enemies to respawn for one last round of kills.
Just before the base was destroyed, the commentator laughed: “What’s Conquer doing? Did he just flash the fish emote twice at Will?”
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