While talking, the two had already arrived at the entrance of the guest house. Because they've not finished smoking, they stayed outside and did not go in.
Guan Zai was unable to resist the urge to sleep, took a few deep inhales, leaned on the pillar and closed his eyes to rest.
Yu Tu stood on the side of a flight of steps.
It was very quiet all around.
Gradually, the distant horizon revealed a glimmer of light, but the stars in the sky have not disappeared yet, still twinkling like before. The universe is vast, hundreds of millions of stars, and among them was the one that he and his colleagues had just exhausted themselves to save.
He recalled the question Guan Zai had asked. If the task will take a month or even a few months, would he leave?
He did not answer and Guan Zai did not persist in asking the question because they knew very well that he would not.
How can he leave when the blood was heating up?
He couldn't help but ask himself again, whether he really wanted to give up?
He hasn't thought about this question for a while because he thought his decision was firm. But after these five days and five nights, to his surprise, he started to waver again.
Maybe he should think about it again.
There should be a way.
The last trace of smoke dissipated in front of his eyes. A pair of eyes as bright as the stars inexplicably flashed through Yu Tu's mind. The owner of that pair of eyes was probably sleeping soundly without a care in the world and having a sweet dream at this moment.
The heart instantly felt all soft, dispelled the chilliness in the body. His features relaxed a bit. He turned around to remind Guan Zai: "You can call your wife now."
Guan Zai did not reply as he remained motionless, leaning on the pillar with the eyes closed. Yu Tu's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He walked over and called out tentatively: "Guan Zai?"
The eyeballs of the thin man who was leaning against the pillar, seemed to move, but he couldn't open his eyes. In the next moment, he fell to the ground like a landslide.
In the past few days, the temperature abruptly dropped once in Shanghai.
Qiao Jing Jing woke up early in the morning and discovered that the game had been updated to a new version. Looking at the update informations, another new hero was released. Equipment and attributes were also revised. Lately, the game version has been changing frequently. She frowned and called big sister Ling to get her to go and confirm with KPL which version will be used in the exhibition match.
After she had washed the face and rinsed the mouth, big sister Ling called back.
"They said the version just updated today will be used, so the new hero may also be used."
"Okay, I will try playing with the new hero later and the equipment will also need to be adjusted."
While listening, big sister Ling was overcame with emotion. "A little over a month ago, you were still a novice. But you're truly an expert now. A Guo said that he played two casual matches with you yesterday and you played pretty well. Do you've confidence with the exhibition match?"
"With competition of skill, it is hard to say."
In fact, after playing many ranked matches, you will realize that sometimes, even if you have good skill, you might still lose consecutively. On the other hand, even if your skill is not good, you might still win without needing to even lift a finger. A month ago, she even made a solemn vow that she must win in the exhibition match, but she now understood that she cannot control the outcome of a competition of skill. There is no sure win. Professional players can lose, so of course she also can lose. It will be okay, so long as she did her best.
When eating breakfast, Qiao Jing Jing flipped through the calendar.
It was already December 1st.
Yu Tu had disappeared for exactly ten days.
However, in fact, up until now, she did not really need Yu Tu.
As before, she was watching the videos of competitions, listening to commentaries analysing the tactical setup, playing solo queue ranked match. But only one less person to watch her play and help her to analyze after the game.
She recalled at one time, Yu Tu told her to reach the strongest king level with her own effort. Currently, she was only a step away.
After finished eating breakfast, she read the movie script and made some notes for a while. Then she switched on the mobile phone and was about to play solo queue ranked match, but suddenly an invitation box popped up.
Jade Rabbit Pounds Medicine (from QQ friend)
Diamond Star V (ranking)
Invite you to form a team. Ranked Match 5V5 Grand Battle (Antaris Battlefield)
Qiao Jing Jing's hand paused mid-air. She looked fixedly at that invitation box and did not react for a long time.
After one minute, the invitation box disappeared automatically, but very soon a new invitation popped up again. It was still the Jade Rabbit Pounds Medicine inviting her to play ranked match.
This time Qiao Jing Jing clicked enter.
The two were in the same team room, but no one spoke.
After a while, Yu Tu clicked start.
They played for the whole morning, and each time they finished playing a game, Yu Tu will send a new invitation over.
She has not spoken, he also did not speak.
When she played with Baili Shouyue, he played as support. When she took the support role, he took the marksman role. When she took the solo mid position, he became the jungler, from time to time he will go to the middle lane to help her to catch people. There was a game in which she acted in a fit of pique and took the hero Nakoruru who she played very badly, and he took Guan Yu and followed her all the way to GANK everywhere.
Five-game winning streak, six-game winning streak, seven-game winning streak…
When it was ten-game winning streak, Qiao Jing Jing put down her mobile phone and suddenly felt a bit sullen. Didn't he say he'll not duo queue with her? What is it now?
The doorbell rang.
Qiao Jing Jing felt a bit irritated, walked over and opened the door.
"Jing Jing Jing Jing." When the door opened, Xiao Zhu gasped for breath and said, "How come teacher Yu is downstairs? Did you lock him out and disallow him to come up? I thought about it but didn't dare to greet him."
Qiao Jing Jing was stunned.
After a few seconds, she grabbed the phone and ran down. She didn't wear a hat or mask, and didn't even change her slippers.
While in the elevator, an invitation to play ranked match popped up on the mobile phone screen. Qiao Jing Jing's heart was in a turmoil until she didn't know what was her state of mind. She only felt that the elevator was slower than ever.
She ran out of the elevator, ran out of the lobby, then stood still.
Outside the lobby, on the bench under the Chinese parasol tree, a person was sitting there and looking down at the phone very seriously.
He seemed to sense her arrival. That man looked up at her, his eyes were a little tired and gentle, he asked her, "Are you still angry?"