Right at this moment, Jiang Yunjin came out after changing his clothes.
Perhaps still wary of Wen Yu, he wore a shirt with the collar buttoned up tightly around his throat, making him somewhat uncomfortable. As he came out, he was still adjusting his collar, but the moment he saw Wen Yu, he stopped and sat down seriously, “Are we really going to play?”
Wen Yu nodded vigorously and said, “Yes!”
Jiang Yunjin was dumbfounded as he looked at her still somewhat angrily pouting mouth. In the end, she was still a sister whom he had been with for more than ten years. Even if there was no love between them, she was part of his family. Although, in these past two years, he had grown very tired of Wen Yu, he was still soft-hearted at this moment.
And this person was his sister-in-law nowadays.
Jiang Yunjin resignedly turned on his phone and said, “Wait a moment. Our ranks are too far apart to play together. I’ll create a smurf account.”
A hint of impatience flickered in Wen Yu’s eyes. Why was it taking so long to start?
In the story, the scene was supposed to happen quickly. They were only supposed to be entangled with each other for a short period that lasted approximately fifteen minutes. Now, it had already been five minutes, and if they kept delaying, they would not even start!
Fortunately, Jiang Yunjin was quick. In just a minute, he had created a new account and purchased the heroes needed.
Jiang Yunjin added Wen Yu as a friend and clicked on the ranked mode. The game began.
Jiang Yunjin said, “Just pick any supporting character and follow me.”
Wen Yu nodded and said, “Alright.”
She hesitantly found and selected a beautiful supporting character. Truth be told, she was not familiar with playing games. It was Jiang Yunjin who enjoyed gaming; he was renowned in their social circle for being a top gamer and had many professional players as his friends. They often played games together.
To get closer to Jiang Yunjin, she had tried to learn how to play the game before. However, she lacked patience and relied on boosting services to climb up to the King rank. Due to her own mistakes, she kept losing again and again until she hit the Bronze rank.
As such, she was not exaggerating when she said she got roasted by other players in the game.
Other players, having been matched with high-level players, initially thought she was a mogul. However, it turned out that she was even worse than them and constantly became a liability to the team. Naturally, they resorted to harsh criticism and verbal abuse.
Just like the current situation—
“Follow me, follow me!” Jiang Yunjin shouted anxiously.
Wen Yu clumsily maneuvered her character, yet she was confused as both sides fought, “Where are you?”
“Ah, ah, help me. I’m under siege!”
The next second, the screen went black.
Just as Jiang Yunjin was about to turn around to save her, he was also beaten in the group fight and killed.
The death countdown was more than forty seconds, and Jiang Yunjin looked at Wen Yu with a grave expression.
Wen Yu lowered her head due to her guilty conscience, “I’m sorry. I didn’t play well.”
Jiang Yujin replied, “It’s okay. I don’t blame you.”
Two minutes later, he looked at Wen Yu, who died again in the game, “Didn’t I ask you to guard the middle tower?!”
“Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. When they pulled me, I didn’t know where to go..” Wen Yu was also heartbroken. She had died so many times that her teammates began to roast her.
Jiang Yunjin: “…It’s fine. Let’s start another game! I don’t believe that we just can’t win!”
Wen Yu hummed and clicked to begin another game. While waiting, she glanced at the time—eighteen minutes had passed. Why hasn’t anything happened yet?
She wanted to call it a day!
She could not experience the game at all because she kept on dying.
——
Su Lengyue was filming an advertisement for a brand.
At the same time, a team was recording her filming the advertisement.
Su Lengyue was a little flower that had risen in the past two years. She did not have particularly stunning looks, but she was pretty and versatile. In short, her makeup and costumes were up to par, and she could look like anything she played: an innocent white lotus, an enchanting oiran, and even an arrogant and pampered concubine.
TL’s Note: “Little flower” is the Chinese slang for a young, popular female celebrity who has not won too many awards yet. “Oiran,” in this case, means the top-performing prostitute in ancient China.
Her reputation was also good, and her career was rising steadily.
But what made her most popular was probably her romance with Jiang Yunjin. Jiang Yunjin had been nominated for Best Actor many times, and he was a very successful example of transitioning from an idol to an actor, with both popularity and capability.
After entering a relationship with him, her ranking in the circle suddenly improved a lot.
And many shows began to invite her.
It just so happened that she had recently accepted the invitation from a lifestyle variety show that would chronicle three days of her life.
The cameras would follow her for the entirety of the three days.
Today’s agenda was to have a date with Jiang Yunjin in the morning, shoot a commercial in the afternoon, and have dinner together when she returned. She would watch Jiang Yunjin as he acted and advertised for his film in advance.
For this reason, Jiang Yunjin especially told the production crew that he was staying home during the daytime.
It was just that the shooting of this advertisement had not been smooth.
The filming should have been completed a long time ago, but for some reason, the cameras had made several mistakes, and it took until now.
Fortunately, Su Lengyue had a good temper and continued filming without a hint of complaint until the very end. Finally, the cameraman was satisfied, “OK! Perfect! Ms. Su is truly the darling of the camera.”
The photographer smiled apologetically, “Thank you for your hard work.”
“It’s nothing,” Su Lengyue waved her hand, “It’s all for the advertising effect.”
Now that they had finished filming, it was time to leave. Su Lengyue led the production team members to depart together. At this moment, after watching the tedious shooting come to an end, the real-time stream comments, which had become much more lively, excitedly exclaimed: [Wow, wow, wow, it’s finally over]
[Su Su has such a good temper, truly deserving of being successful in her career]
[Hehe, but I love watching romance. We will be able to see Jiang ge soon. (Ecstatic emote)]
TL’s Note: “Ge” is an affectionate nickname people use for a male when they want to show respect or intimacy.
[Is Jiang ge so bored that he is playing video games? Hahaha, his wife is not here, so there is nothing for him to do]
The car drove all the way to the crew’s hotel.
Su Lengyue led the cameraman to Jiang Yunjin’s room. When they reached the door, they suddenly heard movement inside. Was that a girl’s voice?
She instinctively tightened her grip on the room key. The previous sense of something being wrong seemed to have an answer at this moment. She was momentarily startled and hesitant to open the door.
Translated by: Kathrien
Edited by: Sydney
Vandez Translations 