γ54γTen Thousand for One Duo Game
It was ten o’clock when Wen Ran finished his scrims. Since he generally couldn’t sleep at this hour, he would continue playing games for a while.
He could also pad his streaming hours along the way.
As soon as he turned on the stream camera, fans flooded into his channel.
[So you remember us after all.]
[Winning the Seeding Match so beautifully and not bragging about it? That’s not your style.]
[Yeah, I can’t imagine how Dawn held back for so many days without telling us, ‘Unexpected, right? Your Daddy won again.’]
[Disappearing for so many days without even a Weibo post. I suspect he went for limb-lengthening surgery. Stand up and let Mama see if you’ve grown?]
[Hahahaha, the comment above is killing me. Such bold guts! Dawn will come to assassinate you tonight!]
[There’s actually milk on the table. Tsk tsk, the little sprayer has certain obsessions.]
[And it’s high calcium. Taste it, carefully taste the implication.]
[Dying of laughter. My relative’s kid in elementary school also drinks a glass of milk every day.]
[After all, in this day and age, short guys have no market among girls.]
Jiang Yan had bought the milk on Wen Ran’s desk and kept it at the base. Wen Ran didn’t know how Jiang Yan remembered so clearly, but basically, as soon as he was about to finish one box, the next one would be replenished.
He usually drank it a while after dinner, but today he had been busy with scrims, so the group saw it.
Wen Ran grumbled internally, Do these people have magnifying glasses for eyes to see so clearly?
He hid his milk behind the computer while retorting, “None of your damn business! Daddy drinks whatever he wants!”
[Haha help! He’s actually hiding it. Everyone saw it already, what’s the use of hiding?!]
[I’m just squatting here for feedback to see if he grows taller.]
[My kitten acts just like that when hiding a ball of yarn. Dawn is really so cute, minus the mouth, totally pettable~]
[Yuyuan Milk Tea: Duct tape certainly won’t seal it, so I’m offering a heavy reward for a bottle of mute medicine!]
[Yuyuan Milk Tea: Then I can pet the pink kitty. Hehe, Dawn’s hair looks so soft, and he’s short and small; I’d bully him to my heart’s content!]
“Short your sister.” Wen Ran glanced at the screen and happened to see this comment. “Who gave you the courage to pet your Daddy!”
“Yuyuan Milk Tea, right? Open a room and invite me.” Wen Ran read out her ID. “Let’s see if you pet me first, or if I twist your head off first.”
[Yuyuan Milk Tea: …]
She was just trash-talking for fun. Why was this little sprayer so vindictive?!
Other streamers and players were all “I’ll carry fans when I have time, let’s play together,” “You guys shouldn’t stay up late, rest early,” or “The sisters are so cute too.” How did she end up fanning this thing? Not only did he not call them sisters, but every other word was “Daddy,” and now he wanted to twist her head off!
The more Yuyuan Milk Tea thought about it, the angrier she got.
[Yuyuan Milk Tea sent a Moon Broadcast to the streamer and said: “Stupid C*nt Rebellious Son”]
[Yuyuan Milk Tea: I won’t do it. As long as I don’t play with you, you can never hit me. Die of anger!]
[Yuyuan Milk Tea sent the streamer Moon Rose Sea x 199]
[Yuyuan Milk Tea: I can even pave a huge sea of flowers to block his screen. Little Roses, did I do the right thing?]
The Roses in the stream: “…”
Wen Ran opened his friends list. ‘wrsxhd’ was not online.
It made sense. His idol had his own life; he couldn’t just be online whenever Wen Ran wanted to play.
Wen Ran adjusted his mood. “Then I’ll play Peak Tournament tonight.”
He started a match.
The teammates in this round were quite standard, evenly matched with the opponents. But with him, a pro player, present, securing victory wasn’t difficult.
Because the “Little Roses” hadn’t seen him for several days, the sea of roses filled the screen again.
Just as Wen Ran was about to destroy the crystal, a glittering broadcast scrolled across the top of the screen.
“Feiyu.NanXi sent a Moon Rocket to the streamer.”
[???]
[Damn, am I seeing things? Nan Xi is here?]
[What? My husband came to see my son?]
[Didn’t they just play the Seeding Match? Didn’t Team Feiyu mock Dawn? Why is Nan Xi sending him gifts now?]
[For real, if it weren’t for that gift, I would have thought Nan Xi came to settle the score.]
[Come on, is anyone that sore of a loser? Coming to settle scores… if esports players settled scores every time they lost, they should just sign up for MMA.]
[Nan Xi isn’t that kind of person. Don’t talk nonsense.]
[Wuwuwu, Nan Xi actually came over. Husband, why don’t you start your own stream?]
[Nan Xi is truly handsome. If I say he’s the most handsome among this batch of rookies, no one objects, right?]
[More than just handsome, his skills are so good too. If Feiyu hadn’t bid too high, I reckon he could have gone straight to Nifeng Team.]
[Feiyu really holds people back. Which game isn’t a ‘Nan Xi trying his best’ game?]
[Probably just this one season. Nan Xi will definitely transfer later. With his looks and skills, he’s a guaranteed star player with some grooming.]
[Roses, you’re off-topic. I’m still wondering why Nan Xi came to watch Dawn’s stream?]
[Plus one. He doesn’t even watch his teammates’ streams, and he refuses when others ask him to stream together.]
[Logically, it shouldn’t be. Nan Xi’s personality is totally incompatible with Dawn’s. The amount of words Dawn types on the keyboard in one night is more than Nan Xi says in a day. Nan Xi never curses, while Dawn…]
While the bullet comments were busy guessing, Nan Xi’s comment appeared on the computer.
[Feiyu.NanXi: Can we duo together?]
Because of the gift effect, Nan Xi’s sentence was displayed in bold at the very top, visible to almost everyone.
[??? Roses, I don’t understand.]
[Nan Xi actively seeking Dawn for duo queue… this is even more outrageous than Xiao Huang actively seeking him.]
[Did you guys miss that under the Weibo comment where Dawn talked about the Dog Beating Stick, Nan Xi replied asking if he could add Dawn on WeChat…]
[Thanks, I understand even less now.]
Wen Ran had indeed received messages from Nan Xi over the past few days, all ordinary chat.
Several times he felt Nan Xi was hesitant to speak, but he didn’t take it to heart.
Wen Ran completely didn’t expect that he just wanted to play a duo game with him, going to such lengths as sending a gift.
A duo game costing over ten thousand…
Even for a paid companion gamer, this would cover a monthly subscription!
Since Nan Xi was his “friend” from the past, Wen Ran didn’t think there was anything wrong with playing games together. Besides, the guy had dropped such a gift and personally invited him in the stream.
“Mn,” Wen Ran said. “Give me your ID, I’ll add you.”
Pro players’ verified IDs and game IDs were two separate systems. Adding friends in the game required the game ID.
Then Wen Ran’s phone vibrated. It was a message from Nan Xi, a simple: Want to protect Little Wen.
Wen Ran was stunned for a moment, but he quickly purged those thoughts from his head.
He wasn’t the only person in the world surnamed Wen, and his friendship with Nan Xi was from a long time ago.
At that time, he didn’t feel that he held much weight in Nan Xi’s heart. They were just friends who kept each other company for a while.
How could he be worth Nan Xi writing him into his ID?
This kind of treatment should be for the girl he liked.
Maybe even his partner.
He really didn’t expect that the two internet-addicted teenagers who played games every day back then would now both have people accompanying them.
Thinking of Jiang Yan, Wen Ran tapped once on his wristband.
About thirty seconds later, after he added Nan Xi and they entered the room, his own wristband vibrated once.
Wen Ran didn’t even notice the corners of his lips curling up.
The viewers in the stream naturally didn’t know about his wristband and thought their eyes were playing tricks on them.
[Why is Dawn suddenly smiling?]
[?? Is he smiling because he’s playing with Nan Xi?]
[Why is he smiling so sweetly? When has he ever smiled at us like that?]
[Oh you face-judging Dawn, you can’t walk straight when you see a handsome guy. Big perv!]
[Case solved. Dawn just likes Jungle Kings, doesn’t he?]
[Wind, Nan Xi… if Yue Yang comes over too, they can play a table of Mahjong.]
[This smile isn’t right. My sister who’s dating early smiles like this when chatting with her boyfriend.]
[Forget it. With Dawn’s mouth, would anyone want him?]
Wen Ran really wanted to retort in his heart, “You’re the one no one wants! Your Daddy’s boyfriend is handsome and tall!” But he couldn’t say it out loud.
He could only slam the keyboard a thousand times in his mind.
In this match, he played Liyi. Although positioned as a Mage, the playstyle wasn’t about relying on skills for damage like ordinary Mages; Liyi relied more on basic attacks to deal damage.
The demand for mana was also a bit high.
From the moment Nan Xi took the first Blue Buff, every time the Blue refreshed, he would call out: “Dawn, come take Blue.”
Then he would go invade the enemy’s Blue.
The Blue Buff under Wen Ran’s feet basically never broke.
It was no exaggeration to say he had rarely experienced this in his gaming life. Even if a Jungler was willing to give the Blue, it was usually because the Jungler didn’t need it.
But Nan Xi even gave him the Red Buff.
Although Liyi gained benefits from the Red Buff, who gave a Mid-laner the Red in a game?
As a result, the opposing Jungler lived a miserable life. He could barely get any buffs because he couldn’t out-Smite the pro player Nan Xi. His small jungle camps were taken by teammates. He was poorer than the Support. He was effectively useless this game.
In online games, except for Assassin Mages, the Mid lane was basically a free-for-all for everyone to leech. People wished they could put a fence up in the Mid lane. But Nan Xi didn’t leech a bit of Wen Ran’s lane; instead, he guarded it for him, chasing away the ADC who attempted to leech.
ADC: ? Jungler, it’s fine if you don’t give me Red, but you won’t even let me leech a bit of lane?
Nan Xi: You eat my jungle. Don’t leech the Mid’s. He’s only at position three economy right now.
ADC: …
Usually, Liyi would build several defensive items for self-preservation, but Nan Xi even let Wen Ran take the Dragon to boost his economy.
Wen Ran felt embarrassed. “You don’t need to give me so much.”
“But… I’m willing to give it to you.” Nan Xi spoke, his voice very gentle. “You said before, you like explosive damage.”
Wen Ran certainly knew what he meant by explosive damage.
Among the magical equipment for Mages, there was a “Heart of Witchcraft.” It was the most expensive item, but the ability power it added was exceptionally high. It was a major item usually only affordable in the late game.
When he played with Nan Xi in the past, he liked to hoard gold to stack two or three Hearts of Witchcraft to stack explosive damage.
Suddenly, Nan Xi’s voice overlapped with the past: “I’ll protect you. You play your full damage build, just like before.”
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