Mu Wanwan's head froze for a moment.
Immediately, her heart beat faster, her face was flushed, and her throat and eyes were thumping non-stop—
What, what
Seeing that she was silent, Pei Lu took a small step forward.
"...Look, Xiao said he likes you, but he's only met you a few times, and he doesn't even have your contact information."
Mu Wanwan's brain twitched, and she replied, "Actually, I played games with him a long time ago."
Pei Lu's eyes sank in an instant.
He has never liked anyone, and he doesn't know the correct way to express it, but he really... doesn't like other men getting too close to Mu Wanwan.
"Can't you think about me first?" He paused, "Or have you already thought about it and think it's not okay?"
Mu Wanwan felt that her face was going to be on fire.
It took her a long time to speak: "God Lu, things like feelings are unreasonable."
Is this a rejection
Pei Lu choked, and hurriedly said: "Actually, I was joking..."
Mu Wanwan: "I haven't considered other people..."
...
Both froze, looked at each other, and blinked at each other.
Then Qiqi digested the other party's words.
Mu Wanwan's ears cooled down like a thunderbolt!
She opened her eyes wide, and it took a long time to spit out: "You..."
Pei Lu also quickly reacted: "You didn't consider what others mean... No, no, the joke I just said was not a joke. I really wasn't joking. Can you say it again, I didn't hear clearly..."
When the two were stalemate, a group of people came over, and the person at the front asked with a loud voice.
"What are you two doing here? I haven't seen you come back after waiting for a long time," Little Roubao asked, "Are you talking tongue twisters? What jokes, jokes, I'm so dizzy."
Mu Wanwan quickly turned around and left: "Nothing!"
Pei Lu just wanted to follow, but Brother Yang stopped him: "Xiao Lu, your brother asked you to call him."
"Got it." Pei Lu didn't turn his head.
"He asked you to call now, saying it was urgent." Brother Yang stopped him, "Hurry up and call first, he called you and you didn't answer. We'll wait for you in the car."
Pei Lu could only stop abruptly.
The person in front flicked his ponytail and looked really angry.
**
Just as Pei Hai picked up his younger brother's phone call, the other party's voice was weak.
"Brother, what's the matter?"
"Well, what's wrong with your voice," Pei Hai asked, "Didn't you win the game just now?"
"It's nothing." Pei Lu covered his face with his hands, "I just think I'm too stupid."
Pei Hai: "Well, do you know why, because you haven't gone to class for a long time."
"... I have a leave of absence."
"That's because I asked someone to help me to order it, and I was caught by the teacher," Pei Hai said, "Why, do you want to enter the company with a high school degree in the future?"
Pei Lu's head ached slightly: "Brother, I didn't mean to say, as long as the company has you."
"No matter what, you can't even miss class, can you?" Pei Hai also had a headache. In fact, it wasn't that he wanted to discipline his younger brother, but that the phone calls from the school were all going to Pei's mother, so he couldn't ignore it.
Pei Lu said: "Understood, I will pay attention."
"At that time, the condition that I promised you to play professionally was that you had to graduate smoothly," Pei Hai said, "Don't break your promise, otherwise it will be difficult for your parents."
Pei Lu replied: "I understand."
"Whenever you have time, go home and have a meal. Mom has been talking about you a lot lately."
"good."
"That's all right, it's time, you go to eat quickly, I still have work here."
"Ah, you too."
After hanging up the phone, Pei Lu casually stuffed the phone into his pocket and strode towards the parking lot.
A staff lounge in the background of the game.
Miaomiao was reapplying her lipstick when the door behind her was opened.
Seeing the person coming from the mirror, she raised her eyebrows slightly: "Why are you here?"
Chen He closed the door and sat down on a chair casually.
"Why didn't you answer my call?"
"We broke up." Miaomiao closed the lid of the lipstick and put it in the bag.
"Why?" Chen He said hehe, "The reason for the breakup, because I quit TS, or because I have no money?"
"No," Miaomiao walked to him with her bag on her shoulders, "I just don't like you anymore, Xiaohe."
"...What about the money I spent for you before?"
"Do you want me to give it back to you?" Miaomiao looked surprised, "You are not that kind of person."
Chen He gritted his teeth, feeling ashamed.
It's true that he doesn't give Miaomiao much, but he has been really tight recently.
He has never been the one who saves money. When he was young, he liked to gamble more. Later, he was caught by Brother Yang. Before joining TS, he quit life and death. Now that he quit TS, it is as if he has been released...
Then even the little money that QAM paid in advance was lost, and it was also in debt.
If he hasn't returned this month, then he doesn't even have to think about the summer split, and even QAM will make him lose money. If the other party exposes him, then he will be cut off even as a professional player.
That's why he went to Pei Lu to borrow money, but the other party refused to let him go and was unwilling to lend him any money.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Miaomiao was satisfied—she had a lot of boyfriends, most of them were respectable people, and she generally didn't like to make trouble after breaking up.
She smiled, said goodbye, and closed the door before going out.
**
The little meat bun was a bit awkward.
Their seats in the car have always been the default configuration. The co-driver, Brother Yang, in the middle he, Brother Hu and Mu Mu squeezed together, and behind them was their bot lane duo.
He looked at the person sitting next to him, and finally couldn't help but said: "Xiaowan, why are you sitting here? Don't you usually sit in the back?"
Mu Wanwan sat in the middle by the window: "I want to change seats."
When Pei Lu came back, he saw Brother Hu in the back seat, he was silent for a while, and then poked the little meat bun: "Baozi, go and sit in the back."
Little Roubao muttered, and sneaked into the back.
Because there was still wood sitting outside, after Pei Lu sat down, their shoulders touched each other.
During the ten minutes that Pei Lu was away, Mu Wanwan's mood had changed countless times.
She thought about it carefully, Pei Lu was not a person who would joke about such things.
So she ran to ask Lin Jiu.
Lin Jiu replied: "I guess I'm afraid that if you refuse, even my friends won't be able to do it."
She thought it made sense at first, but just now... her face was turned and she lost face, Pei Lu called out countless times behind her and she didn't stop.
In fact, at this moment, not only was she not angry, but she was a little thankful - calm down and think about it, in her current state, she really can't guarantee what will happen after she agrees.
Isn't today's game a blow to the head
"Are you angry?" Pei Lu tilted his head and asked her.
Brother Yang turned his head: "Why, why are you angry? By the way, I just went to talk to the person in charge of the game quotations, and the other party said that they would help you cut off the part where you discuss the lineup. So can you save me in the future? Dim sum? I'm really embarrassed to go to someone else every time!"
Mu Wanwan shook her head: "Not angry..."
Brother Yang continued to ask: "Aren't you angry that you walked so fast just now? By the way, you will have a physical examination tomorrow morning. If you get up early, remember not to go to the toilet. The car will pick you up at the gate of the base at eight o'clock. You are not allowed to be late."
Seeing that the occasion was not right, Pei Lu finally stopped talking.
Back at the base, everyone was not in the mood to enjoy the joy of winning four consecutive victories. As soon as they entered the gate, they were caught by Brother Yang and played two training games with the second team. Because the second team is going to participate in a small competition, it happens that both sides can practice together.
After the training match, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and we had to get up early for the physical examination tomorrow, so everyone went back to the room early.
Mu Wanwan had just finished taking a shower when she heard a ding-dong sound coming from her mobile phone.
Pei Lu: "... Are you asleep?"
Mu Wanwan's heart skipped a beat.
Wan: "Didn't sleep!"
After sending it out, Mu Wanwan trotted to the bed, sat on the head of the bed with her knees in her arms, holding her phone and waiting for a reply.
She saw "typing" displayed on the top of the screen for most of the meetings, but she didn't receive the message for a long time.
Why haven't you returned yet.
Shouldn't she have used the exclamation point
Should she post another emoji...
After a long time, the other party finally sent a message.
Pei Lu: "I have a physical examination tomorrow, so don't stay up late."
?
Wan: "... oh."
This mood, with ups and downs, is really unbearable.
After she replied this sentence, she switched to Lin Jiu's chat page.
Wan: "Pei Lu seems to have confessed to me today, the key is that he pretended to be dead after confessing, and now he is still talking to me about what I should do in daily life"
Lin Jiu: "... Have you eaten the punctuation keys in your phone? Then what are you going to do, accept?"
Wan: "I don't know. I made a mistake in the game today. I accepted it. I'm afraid I won't be able to play well, but..."
Wan: "Whoa, is it true that e-sports cannot have love
Lin Jiu: "OK, wait a moment, I'll go back to the city and hang up, and then I'll have a good chat with you."
Wan: "...Forget it, forget it, you'd better play the game and don't cheat others."
Lin Jiu: "Oh, then 88."
Wan: "??? Are you so heartless?"
Lin Jiu: "Actually, that's not the way to say it. There are so many e-sports players who have girlfriends now. I'll play a team first, baby, and I'll talk about it later."
Just as Mu Wanwan closed the dialog box, she saw a message from Pei Luxin.
Pei Lu: "I can't have breakfast for the physical examination tomorrow, what do you want to eat? I'll go buy it after the examination."
Wan: "It's all right."
As soon as she sent it, there was a sudden voice call notification on WeChat, which startled her.
After seeing the caller clearly, she was even more frightened.
At two o'clock in the middle of the night, what did Shark call her on WeChat?
She hesitated for a while, but didn't answer.
Soon, the WeChat call came again, and there was a posture of not giving up until it woke her up.
Helpless, she could only pick it up: "... hello."
"Well," Shark said lightly, "Sleeping?"
"Not yet," Mu Wanwan paused, and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Come up and play two games." On the other side of the phone, the sound of the other party typing on the keyboard can still be heard, and it seems that they are still playing the game.
That's it
"You can ask your teammates, I am now..."
"Why is it so difficult for you to play a game?" Shark finished speaking, and suddenly chuckled, "Also, we almost became teammates a few years ago, why were you so relentless in deleting friends before?"
Mu Wanwan said without blushing, "It's really just a mistake to delete."
"Oh, come up and line up two now?"
"No, I'm going to sleep."
"Your team all go to bed so early."
"I have something to do tomorrow," Mu Wanwan said, not wanting to talk to the other party in detail, "I'm going to sleep now, so I'll hang up first."
After finishing speaking, she simply hung up the phone.
Although the sound insulation effect in the base is not bad, but the ringing of the WeChat phone is too loud, and the bed is placed close to each other, Pei Lu can still hear it vaguely, so she saw it as soon as the phone was hung up. Pei Lu's information.
Pei Lu: "It's so late, does anyone still call you on WeChat?"
Wan: "Well, Shark."
This time there was really no movement over there, even the words being typed were gone.
After a while, there was a sound of opening the door next door, and then there was a knock on her door.
Mu Wanwan opened the door, and Pei Lu was standing outside with a box of candy in his hand.
He handed it over: "This is... yesterday's candy, it's past twelve o'clock, I forgot, I'm sorry."
Mu Wanwan took it over: "Thank you."
Pei Lu stood there without moving.
After a long time, he asked, "Can we continue this afternoon's topic?"
Mu Wanwan was startled.
"I like you, not kidding."
Pei Lu breathed out, "I'm not telling you that I want you to accept me immediately, at least... I have to let you know, and then give me a chance to compete with others."
"...Wait," Mu Wanwan interrupted him, enduring the throbbing in his heart, "Competing for what? Competing with whom? Shark and Xiao? But they don't like me... You misunderstood."
Pei Lu might be a little clumsy in front of the girl he likes, but in other places, his heart is clear.
Shark will not be interested in people or things outside of the game. Now that he is on their team every night, Xu Hao can't get rid of him, but he still wants to join him. It is impossible not to have other ideas.
Not to mention Xiao, his eyes were bright when he saw Mu Wanwan, and he kept looking for his contact information every day.
"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not," Pei Lu said, "I like you, and it has nothing to do with them."
Mu Wanwan's heart beat wildly, the words of promise welled up in her throat, she went back and forth, but she didn't say it.
She was almost suffocated to death in her heart—as expected, food is the original sin in e-sports.
It was because I was so good, so I obviously expected him to say that I liked it, but when I actually heard it, my worries in my heart were heavier than joy.
After a long while, when Pei Lu's heart almost fell to the bottom, she slowly opened her mouth.
She chose her words carefully, and said word by word: "Xiao Lushen, I came to TS to play well, but in the four games, I made two mistakes, one had a fever, and one chose the wrong hero... Can you help me? After choosing the wrong hero, I immediately figured out countermeasures, and there were almost zero mistakes in the game, but I can't, I can't control my emotions at all."
"...Don't say anything else, just say that after being targeted in the first round, I can't stand it anymore. In this case, I may...can't take care of other things."
There was a moment of silence.
"It's my fault this time," Pei Lu said, "I've been in the team for two years, and you've only been in the team for two months. It's different. I didn't think carefully enough to make you scolded. I'm sorry."
Mu Wanwan shook her head: "No, it's my problem, so now I..."
Not daring to agree, and not wanting to refuse, Mu Wanwan felt that she was really terrible.
Pei Lu: "It's okay."
Mu Wanwan was stunned.
"During this time, I will help you adjust your mentality. After you get used to everything, please... think about me, and also," Pei Lu didn't care whether he was taking advantage of others at this time, and just said what he wanted to say Come out, "It's best not to get too close to Shark and the others... I'm afraid they will dig you."
Mu Wanwan's heart felt hot.
"Okay." She responded without thinking, "...I still have a contract with TS, they can't poach me."
She thought of something, and reiterated, "And I don't like Lu Zheng, and I don't like any network administrators. I just want to play a good game with you. Shark and Xiao... are not in my consideration."
Pei Lu's eyes lit up.
His name was not in the words.
He liked a girl for the first time, but he was not proficient enough, and seemed to put her in a predicament.
But luckily, she looks like she should... not hate him.
Pei Lu didn't dare to be happy too early, but he couldn't control his heart. After saying these words, his mind felt like a ventilation pipe that had been blocked for a long time was suddenly unblocked, and it was very smooth at this moment.
"That's good..." He coughed softly, afraid that he would be too happy, "Then, then go to sleep, and you will have a physical examination tomorrow."
Mu Wanwan suppressed her emotions, said hello, and when the door was closed, she paused again.
She popped a small head: "Xiaolu God, I'm a quick learner."
Pei Lu smiled: "Well, I know, we will start practicing tomorrow."
Mu Wanwan hurriedly asked, "How to practice?"
"I have an idea, but I don't know if you can..."
"Yes!" Mu Wanwan quickly replied, "Any kind of practice is fine, the best is the quick method - but that kind of practice doesn't seem to last long?"
In the dim corridor, Pei Lu's small canine teeth were particularly bright.
"Don't worry..."
Click, a crisp door opening sound, simply breaking all the atmosphere.
Little Roubao came out rubbing his eyes, and looked at them suspiciously: "What are you two doing? In the middle of the night, I thought the base was infested with rats."
The two turned their gazes in unison, and the atmosphere was awkward for a moment. Mu Wanwan immediately said in front of Pei Lu, "We are discussing the hero combination to be practiced tomorrow!"
Little Roubao: "Oh, is the discussion over?"
"...It's over," Pei Lu withdrew his gaze, and said to the man in front of him, "Go to sleep, good night."
Mu Wanwan: "Well... good night."
Not far away, Xiaoroubao scratched his belly. Although he was puzzled, he still couldn't help but said: "Then I too... good night?"