After playing 1v1 for three full days, Yu Tu started to bring her to play 3v3 man and machine match, saying this was to practice small-scale team battles. Qiao Jing Jing discovered that she easily won these, so she could not help feeling a lot more confident.
And then they began actual battles in 3v3 mode, which immediately changed things into a difficult mode. It was not because she was very bad, but mainly because Yu Tu simply did not play like a team member! He always went by himself to the jungle to shoot birds, attack pigs, and slay the little monsters, leaving her and a pitiful random teammate to have to battle two on three. Only when she and the pitiful teammate finally couldn't hold on would he come out to flaunt his skill.
The righteous reason he gave for this was to develop her ability to play under pressure
However, he was after all a god in all forms of studies, so Qiao Jing Jing still learned a lot of things. Not only would he explain the heroes' often-used skills, while playing, Yu Tu would also tell her some details that she simply had not paid attention to before but which were actually very important; for example, last-hitting, or for example, adjusting the equipment to be used according to the opponent…
When she used to play Wang Zhaojun, it was basically one set of equipment used in battle to the very end.
The afternoon sun was perfect, shining warmly into the living room. Qiao Jing Jing was nested on the sofa and earnestly playing a game.
It was also a 3v3 battle, and she was using Sun Shangxiang.
Her other teammate was already dead. Yu Tu's Zhang Fei finally came over from the jungle and with a roar below the tower, blew away three people from the other team. Qiao Jing Jing was about to run over to beat someone when she heard Yu Tu's phone ringing.
Qiao Jing Jing immediately went back to the base of the tower.
Every time there is a phone call, the game will slow down. Even if you hang up immediately, the characters in the game will still be frozen for a few seconds. When playing in team battles, getting hung up for a few seconds basically equates to death.
She gave up on her intention of pursuing and attacking. She inadvertently happened to glance at Yu Tu's mobile phone and saw a familiar name flashing on the caller ID — Xia Qing.
To her surprise, it was Xia Qing?
Before Qiao Jing Jing had time to think about anything, she saw Yu Tu quickly press the hang up button. Qiao Jing Jing was a bit surprised. "You're not answering the phone?"
Yu Tu controlled Zhang Fei with an undisturbed expression. "After I finish playing."
This match ended very fast. Yu Tu stood up. "I am going to make a call."
He went to the balcony to make a call and then came back very quickly, saying to Qiao Jing Jing. "I am going out for a while."
Qiao Jing Jing could not help being curious: "Xia Qing is also working in Shanghai?"
Yu Tu's reply was somewhat thought-provoking: "Should be still in Beijing."
Should be?
Qiao Jing Jing was pensive when she waved goodbye to him. Then she went and played her own game. When one match had ended, she put down her mobile phone, suddenly feeling a little anxious — although it was "should be", some things could not be said for sure. Would she be without a teacher from tomorrow onwards?
The meeting place suggested by Xia Qing was not far from Qiao Jing Jing's home. Yu Tu was not late, but Xia Qing was already in the cafe when he arrived.
After he nodded his head in greeting, he sat down. Xia Qing said, "I ordered an Americano for you."
"Thank you." The waiter just happened to deliver the coffee. Yu Tu asked, "Are you here on a business trip?"
"Actually, my business trip is in Hangzhou."
She did not elaborate. Yu Tu picked up the coffee cup and did not continue to ask her why she had come to Shanghai.
Xia Qing pulled the corners of her lips up. "How come you're around on the Lujiazui side?"
"Happened to have something to do here."
"Oh, I thought you've an interview around here."
Yu Tu's hand which was holding the coffee cup paused slightly for a brief moment.
"I had a meal with Bao Bao in Hangzhou. He said that you are going to resign from the aerospace institution." She looked attentively at Yu Tu. "Is it true?"
"Yes, I have such intention."
"Why?"
Xia Qing's tone suddenly became more serious. "At that time, you did not hesitate to break up with me to go to this place. Why are you giving it up so easily now?"
Yu Tu remained silent.
Xia Qing smiled and leaned back on the sofa. "I actually hope you can continue on. Otherwise, it seems that I have no place in your heart. As it turns out, it's not impossible for you to give it up; it's just that I was not worth it."
Yu Tu heaved a sigh. "Before we were together, you knew that I was preparing for taking graduate studies in aerospace."
Xia Qing laughed at herself and said, "There's that saying. How does it go? The most ridiculous delusion in the world is thinking that you can change a person."
Yu Tu took a sip of coffee and changed the topic. "Are you still at QE?"
"I changed jobs a long time ago. Been promoted to MD recently. My salary has multiplied several times since graduation. It was really hard work, which also multiplied several times over."
"You have always been outstanding."
"But very tired. I often think, I am a woman. Why do I need to be so tired?" Xia Qing bowed her head and stirred the coffee. "What kind of job do you plan to look for? I heard that the headquarter of DF gave you an offer."
The headquarter of DF was in Beijing.
Yu Tu paused before saying, "I've already declined the offer."
Xia Qing's tone was very calm: "Is that so?"
She took a few more sips of coffee, put down her cup, and looked at the time. "My flight is in two hours time. I should get going."
The cafe was located in a shopping mall, so when they left, they had to walk through the crowded mall. Both of them walked silently in the crowd. Xia Qing suddenly halted her footsteps and looked at the huge poster hanging in the mall.
"Look, it is Qiao Jing Jing."
Yu Tu lifted his head to look up at the huge poster hanging down from the third floor, with Qiao Jing Jing's face pressed against a mobile phone as she smiled at the crowd.
"Do you think, when she thinks about us now, she'll think we're all a joke? Even all the people who used to have the best grades in the class probably can't compare to her at all now."
Yu Tu moved his gaze from the poster. "No."
Xia Qing was a little surprised because she thought Yu Tu would simply not answer. "You are very confident."
After leaving the shopping mall, Yu Tu said, "I'll walk you to the subway station."
Xia Qing stared blankly for a moment, then shook her head with a smile and said, "Yu Tu, you still live in the past."
She gathered her hair and said, "I haven't taken the subway for several years. I still need to meet some people later after disembarking from the plane, so I'm not going to go cram in with everyone else."
Yu Tu nodded, flagged down a taxi, and politely saw her into the car.
When he pulled open the car door, Xia Qing halted her footsteps again and turned around. "You clearly knew my purpose in coming?"
Yu Tu could only remained silent.
"In your eyes, there is only the sky above your head. Are feelings and such as tiny as dust and not worth mentioning at all?"
Yu Tu frowned slightly: "Why the need to mock me?"
Xia Qing gave a laugh. "I'm not mocking you. I've just come to a realization: Yu Tu, you shouldn't let people waste their time on you."
When Qiao Jing Jing opened the door and saw Yu Tu, she was startled. She had thought he was Xiao Zhu. "Why did you come back so fast?"
She looked at the decorative clock hanging in the living room. Not even an hour had passed. Did this mean things had progressed just too smoothly, or things went sour from the very first word and they went separate ways?
Yu Tu:
"Didn't you say we don't finish until 9 o'clock at night?"
She had only arbitrarily said that, but Yu Tu really did not leave until after 9 o'clock every day…
"I just randomly said that. If you've something to do…"
"Nothing. Let's continue." While saying that, Yu Tu took off his jacket, hung it up, and walked inside. Qiao Jing Jing followed after him, pondering. It seemed things had indeed soured and they had gone their separate ways.