Chapter 86: Gaming with Master Sheng (1)
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Once Jian Yiling finished dinner, she was about to return to her study. At this moment, Yu Xi came over to visit.
"Grandma Jian, I'm looking for Jian Yiling. Is she free tonight? Can I bring her over to play a few games?"
In front of the older generation, Yu Xi was respectful and gentle. He was quite good at gaining their favor.
In addition, he had good grades and went to a good university. He was the child that other parents always compared their own child to.
Grandma Jian had no objection, "Go ask Yiling. If she wants to go with you, I won't object. However, you must bring her back before eight o'clock."
Jian Yiling could go over to play, however, she shouldn't come home late.
As this wasn't the first time that Yu Xi had asked Jian Yiling to join them for fun and games, Grandma Jian had agreed quite easily. No bad incidents had happened the previous time either.
"No problem," Yu Xi vouched.
Jian Yiling looked at Yu Xi for a moment. However, she quickly realized that she still owed Zhai Yunsheng a favor. Thus, she agreed to go with Yu Xi.
She followed Yu Xi next door and into the entertainment room.
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Yu Xi led her directly into a corner that had a row of computers.
He had indeed brought Jian Yiling over to play games.
However, they were playing together with Zhai Yunsheng.
Zhai Yunsheng was already sitting in front of one of the computers.
When Jian Yiling saw Zhai Yunsheng, the first thing she asked was:
"Have you figured out what you want?"
"Nope."
Zhai Yunsheng sat on the gaming chair. He held his chin with one hand and smiled at Jian Yiling.
On the side, Yu Xi said, "Yiling, this time I called you over. I want to gain elo1... I begged Master Sheng to carry me. However, he insisted on calling you over to join us before he carried me!"
Sigh... His friend had changed over the years. Why did he want to carry a girl and not him...
Was it that difficult for Master Sheng to help him gain elo...
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For him to ask a girl to join them...
To be honest, Yu Xi didn't approve of calling Jian Yiling over to play with them. This was because the game that they wanted to play was a bit violent. It wasn't suitable for a girl like Jian Yiling.
However, Master Sheng had insisted on Jian Yiling joining them. As a result, Yu Xi had no other choice.
Yu Xi looked at Jian Yiling with pleading eyes, "Yiling, please help me! Do this for my sake. Think of it as repayment for posting the chat logs between Ji Ming and Qiu Yizhen okay?"
To gain elo, Yu Xi was ready to do anything.
"You posted them?" Jian Yiling asked. She had initially assumed that it was done by the people that she had been contacted by.
"Yep, I posted them. However, Master Sheng dealt with the matter," Yu Xi replied. He didn't dare to take Master Sheng's credit. As such, he could only say that he posted the chat logs.
Once she heard this, Jian Yiling's gaze fell on Zhai Yunsheng again.
The man never wore his clothes properly. There were always one or two buttons on his shirt that were undone.
He had a slight smile on his face as he gazed back at her.
"Why, why did you help me again?" Jian Yiling asked.
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She hadn't yet repaid him for the last time.
"Who said I wanted to help you?" Zhai Yunsheng replied. He denied that he helped Jian Yiling in the matter. "Yu Xi said that he didn't want the girl next door to be pestered by trash. That's why I helped him."
When Yu Xi heard this, his eyes widened in shock. When had he said that?
However, he had roasted the delinquent. Master Sheng was correct about that part.
Yu Xi thought about it for a moment before saying, "Why don't we start playing? I promised Grandma Jian to send her back by eight o'clock. Please cherish the time!"
If they started right now, they could fit in a few more games.
This would determine whether or not he gained elo today.
Jian Yiling didn't reply. Instead, she sat down into an empty seat next to Zhai Yunsheng.
She adjusted the height of the gaming chair before she turned the computer on.
Chapter 87: Gaming with Master Sheng (2)
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Jian Yiling used her actions to tell Zhai Yunsheng and Yu Xi that she agreed to join them.
After she sat down, she turned around and asked, "Which game?"
Yu Xi was speechless. "..."
She agreed to join them without knowing what game they were playing?!
"We're playing a game called Zerg Invasion. The game is a little violent. Please be mentally prepared," Yu Xi warned Jian Yiling. He paused for a moment before he convinced himself that the warning wasn't enough, "If you want, you can turn off your computer once you enter the game. Don't wear the headphones either, the sound effects are pretty scary."
The sound effects were especially terrifying when the Zerg was approaching. The effects were realistic and not to be taken as a joke!
Jian Yiling didn't reply to Yu Xi. She opened the game and clicked the 'Register' button.
The last time that she had played this game, she had used Qin Chuan's account. She hadn't registered for her own account back then.
When Yu Xi saw Jian Yiling register for an account, his worries deepened.
If Yiling hadn't played this game before, she would have no idea of how scary this game would be...
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If she got scared, how would he explain to Grandma Jian?
Yu Xi suddenly began regretting the decision to bring Jian Yiling over. He shouldn't have agreed to Zhai Yunsheng's request just because he wanted to gain elo!
When she reached the section of entering an ID, Jian Yiling paused for a moment.
Then she randomly typed a string of letters onto the keyboard.
She didn't pay attention to the name at all.
However, before Jian Yiling clicked confirm, Yu Xi stopped her.
"Yiling, write an ID that you can remember. It'll be more convenient for us to add you as a friend as well."
Jian Yiling paused for a moment as she took in Yu Xi's suggestion.
She thereby changed her ID to J10.
Hmmm.. The username was so simple.
Then, Yu Xi glanced over at Zhai Yunsheng's account. Zhai Yunsheng had just entered his ID, ZYS.
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Following which, Yu Xi took a look at his own ID: Gang Leader of Ace Shooters.
Emmm... Was it time for him to consider changing his ID?
After players registered, players could pick a character model. There were all sorts of models to choose from. They ranged from female to male to middle-aged men, and even lolitas.
Jian Yiling was about to randomly choose a middle-aged man as her character model.
Once again, Yu Xi stopped her in her tracks. He was about to snatch Jian Yiling's mouse away.
"Yiling, why don't you pick a character that fits your image a little better? In the game, I don't want to call a middle-aged man younger sister. It would feel quite weird..."
Whilst Yu Xi attempted to persuade Jian Yiling, Zhai Yunsheng reached over with his hand and picked the lolita character model for her. Then, he quickly pressed the confirm button.
By the time Jian Yiling turned her head around to look at Zhai Yunsheng, his gaze had returned to his computer.
After Jian Yiling finished registering, she immediately received friend requests from the two people beside her.
Once she accepted their request, she got dragged into their lobby.
This game could be played as a team. When Jian Yiling had played previously, she had played in the single-player mode.
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In the multiplayer mode, the minimum number of players in a team was two and the maximum was four.
As of now, the ranks of this game from highest to lowest respectively was: Challenger, Grandmaster, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
Jian Yiling took a glance at Zhai Yunsheng's rank. His rank was Challenger, the highest in the game.
Yu Xi's rank was Platinum. And of course, her newly created account was undoubtedly the lowest rank, Bronze.
Before the game started, Yu Xi once again reminded Jian Yiling, "Yiling, if you get scared, just turn off your computer. Don't worry, Master Sheng is amazing at this game. He'll carry us!"
Chapter 88: Gaming with Master Sheng (3)
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Yu Xi thought to himself, even if Jian Yiling didn't do anything, her account would lower the overall matchmaking of the game. As a result, the opponents that they were matched with would be easier to deal with.
Although he wasn't amazing at the game, he could pull his own weight.
And the rest, he could just leave to Master Sheng.
With their current team dynamic, Yu Xi believed that there was hope for him to gain elo.
Jian Yiling didn't reply to Yu Xi. Instead, she put her headphones on and readied up for the game.
After they found a game, the game officially started.
As soon as the game started, Jian Yiling and Zhai Yunsheng rushed to the forefront.
"Yiling, follow me. Don't follow Master Sheng. It's dangerous over there!"
Yu Xi couldn't help but warn Jian Yiling. He called her to come back.
Sigh, why did Master Sheng play like this... There was a girl in their team!
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This was definitely the reason why Master Sheng couldn't find a girlfriend. He wasn't considerate at all! He was destined to be alone forever.
After Yu Xi thought about that for a moment, he raised his eyes back to the screen. He saw their team's kill count increase by one.
And the person who had netted the kill was Jian Yiling!
And it was also a headshot!
Yu Xi stared at his screen. He looked at it carefully before confirming that it was indeed his teammate J10 who had gotten the kill.
Huh? Yiling just killed a Zerg?
Once again, whilst Yu Xi sat there in confusion, an announcement popped up.
[Your teammate ZYS used a 98K rifle to headshot a Zerg and earned 60 points.]
Ten seconds later, there was another announcement.
[Your teammate J10 used an M416 rifle to headshot a Zerg and earned 60 points.]
Yu Xi was dumbfounded.
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The first time could be written off as a lucky kill.
However, what about the second time?
It was impossible to be lucky enough to get two headshots in a row right?
And plus they weren't even short-ranged kills. They were both mid-range headshots...
In the following few minutes, Yu Xi watched his teammates kill one Zerg after another. J10 killed one, ZYS killed one. And that kept repeating. Their individual scores were the highest amongst the other players. Overall, they were ranked first and second.
Sometimes, Jian Yiling came first. Other times, Zhai Yunsheng ranked first.
Their team score also kept jumping up. As a team, their score was far ahead of the team that ranked second.
Throughout the whole game, Yu Xi didn't do anything. He didn't even get time to see many Zergs.
Any Zerg that appeared in the radius of his team had gotten brutally murdered by his teammates within the span of 5 seconds.
Sometimes, his teammates shot at a Zerg at the same time.
This was the first time Yu Xi had felt that the monsters in the game were 'helpless and weak'.
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Whenever he played this game by himself, these monsters were different beasts altogether! They were cruel and vicious...
They were the ones who toyed with him...
The first game ended in fifteen minutes.
And soon, the second game was about to start.
What had occurred in the first game repeated itself in the second game. Throughout the game, Yu Xi got completely carried. He didn't even get to shoot much in that game!
He felt as though he was walking around aimlessly. There was nothing for him to do.
As such, Yu Xi reflected on his life.
Everyone knew that Master Sheng had a heart problem. As a result, he should avoid scary things right?
However, as of now, there was nothing that could shock Master Sheng.
Race cars for other people, exhilarating; for Master Sheng, no reaction.
Horror movies for other people, terrifying; for Master Sheng, no reaction.
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Horror games for other people, extreme fear; for Master Sheng, no reaction once again.
As a matter of fact, from the beginning to the end of the event, his heart rate wouldn't even accelerate!
Thus, Master Sheng's heart was not fragile at all! In fact, it was quite strong!
Due to this reason, Yu Xi often doubted his life.
However today, he met another person who made him doubt his entire existence, and that person was ââ Jian Yiling.
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Chapter 89: Gaming with Master Sheng (4)
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Why was a young and cute girl this good at this game? Her technique and precision brought men like himself to shame!
She was accurate, unconventional in her positioning, and incredible at predicting incoming abilities!
In a blink of an eye, two hours had passed. Yu Xi's rank had risen from Platinum to Diamond and Jian Yiling's rank had skipped divisions. She had climbed all the way up to Platinum!
The increase in elo depended on a person's individual performance. This was calculated at the end of each game.
As Jian Yiling had incredibly high scores throughout the rounds, her rank had risen more than Yu Xi.
If the current situation were to continue, after a few more games, Jian Yiling's rank could potentially surpass his.
Before she exited the game, Jian Yiling glanced at the leaderboard.
She didn't find it unexpected to see the ID ZYS on there.
He was ranked first on the leaderboard.
"Let's go home," Jian Yiling said with a sweet voice. She turned around and looked at Yu Xi.
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Yu Xi also looked back at Jian Yiling. His eyes took in her face that was fair and full of life. In every way he looked at her, she looked like a weak and helpless girl...
Yu Xi couldn't comprehend what had just happened. How was Jian Yiling the same as his teammate J10? The images didn't blend together.
"What are you waiting for?" Zhai Yunsheng asked. His voice was low and sounded unimpressed.
As soon as Yu Xi heard Zhai Yunsheng's voice, he snapped out of his thoughts. He immediately jumped out from his gaming chair and replied, "Yes, yes. I'll go right away."
Yu Xi brought Jian Yiling safely back to the Old Jian Residence and delivered her into Grandma Jian's arms.
Grandma Jian smiled before she asked Yu Xi, "How was it? Was it fun? Did you help my darling win games?"
Yu Xi smiled awkwardly and replied, "Yeah... We did win."
However, he wasn't the one who helped Jian Yiling win games... It was the other way around! Jian Yiling carried him instead!
"Ahh that's good," Grandma Jian said. She lowered her head and asked her granddaughter, "Darling, did you have fun tonight?"
"Yes," Jian Yiling replied softly.
"Oh, that's good. You can go there again next time! You should go there to have fun with brother Yu Xi. Ask him to introduce you to more fun games or perhaps go outside with him to visit places."
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Grandma Jian knew that regardless of how much care she could provide for her granddaughter, it wasn't sufficient enough.
Children should play with people in their own age group.
Although Jian Yiling's tutor Qin Chuan did not seem bad, she still didn't know much about him.
Yu Xi was different. He was a child that she trusted relatively more.
The only fault in this arrangement was the gap between Yu Xi and Jian Yiling's age.
Due to this factor, Grandma Jian turned around to ask for Yu Xi's opinion, "Yu Xi, if you have time these days, could you take Yiling out occasionally? I don't have enough energy to take my darling to places like the amusement park."
Even though Grandma Jian was in good health, she couldn't keep up with rides and games that needed a lot of energy.
She couldn't ask her granddaughter to follow her around every day to drink tea, appreciate the beauty of flowers, and watch the news.
"Of course I have time. I don't have much to do these days."
Yu Xi definitely had time for Jian Yiling. If they played Zerg Invasion together, Jian Yiling could carry him!
If Jian Yiling and Master Sheng both carried him, he could reach Grandmaster in no time!
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Yu Xi elaborated on his previous sentence, "If Miss Jian doesn't mind, I can come here often to play with her."
If she didn't mind that he was bad at the game.
After he finished speaking, Grandma Jian and Yu Xi both looked at Jian Yiling.
Jian Yiling paused for a moment before she replied, "I don't mind."
It was actually true that she didn't mind hanging out with Yu Xi.
"Okay, it's decided then," Grandma Jian said. "Beginning from tomorrow, you can spend less time in your study room. Although you shouldn't go over to play games every day, you can head over two or three times during the week. One or two hours at night sounds good. It's important to have a balance between work and play. During the weekends, if Yu Xi has time, he can take you to fun places such as the amusement park."
Chapter 90: Sweater for Yujie
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The next morning, Jian Yiling put a paper bag into Grandma Jian's hands.
"Please give this to Yujie," Jian Yiling asked. She still wasn't used to calling someone else brother yet.
She had finished knitting Jian Yujie's sweater. However, she didn't know when she would be free to give him it. As such, she wanted her grandma to pass it on for her.
Grandma Jian opened the paper bag and took a look at what was inside. It was a gray sweater.
It was similar to the one that she had made for Jian Yuncheng. Both were turtleneck sweaters that had a simple design. Despite the simpleness, the craftsmanship could withstand careful appreciation.
Jian Yiling had been knitting in the last few days. Grandma Jian had seen her knitting on the way to and from school.
Grandma Jian asked jokingly, "So Yuncheng gets a sweater because it's his birthday. Now Yujie gets one as well. When am I going to get a sweater that was knitted by my dear granddaughter? Sweaters knitted by you will definitely be super nice and warm."
Grandpa Jian, who sat next to Grandma Jian, turned around to tease his wife, "Wait, why does our breakfast taste so sour? I smell jealousy in the air."
Grandma Jian glared at Grandpa Jian, "Focus on eating old man!"
Grandpa Jian laughed before he told Jian Yiling, "Knitting sweaters is quite tiring. You're already tired from studying every day. Grandpa doesn't want you to knit anymore sweaters. Forget about your grandma. Let her be jealous. After a while, she'll get used to it!"
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Jian Yiling replied with a quiet voice, "It's fine."
Knitting sweaters was not a tiring task for Jian Yiling. It didn't require much brainpower.
This prompted Grandma Jian to say, "What do you mean you're fine? Take a good look at yourself! Your grandpa is right, don't tire yourself out. Go to bed early tonight. If you can't finish your homework, it's fine. If the teacher asks you about it, tell him to come to talk to me. Grandma will go to your school and confront them. Why do they think it's okay to assign so much homework to their students? Only teachers who don't explain properly in class assign so much homework to their students!"
"I'm fine," Jian Yiling repeated.
"Okay, okay, you're fine," Grandma Jian echoed with a smile.
After Grandma Jian sent Jian Yiling to school, she asked the chauffeur to drive her to He Yan's house.
She was going to personally give the paper bag to Yujie.
On the way there, Grandma Jian asked the chauffeur, "Is there pen and paper in the car?"
"Yes, they're in the storage box."
"Find a place where you can park. And then pass me the pen and paper."
The chauffeur followed Grandma Jian's instructions.
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Once Grandma Jian got the paper and pen, she started to write a note.
"Grandma Jian, can't you ask Mrs. He Yan to pass on the bag?"
"You don't understand. He Yan thinks about matters too much. She will think too much into the simple and pure sibling relationship that Yujie and Yiling have. She might think and do unnecessary things. There's no point in telling her."
Grandma Jian felt that this was just a simple matter between cousins. However, if He Yan thought about it, it might turn into something related to personal interest.
"Then you could send a message to young master Yuije. In that case, he will know about it and nothing bad will happen."
"If I send a message to him, wouldn't that spoil the surprise? I wrote a note and will hid it in the sweater. He will understand when he sees it. If that boy knows that his cousin knitted him a sweater, he'd be so incredibly happy."
Grandma Jian had finished writing a paragraph.
As Grandma Jian came from a scholarly family, her handwriting was immaculate.
Part of the message read: This sweater was knitted by Yiling. She used the past few nights to knit this sweater for you. Winter is coming, please pay attention to your health.