Chapter 14

A newly created account couldn't join matches immediately and there also wouldn't be many champions that could be played. Wang Lu'an did a few things and soon got an account for Chen Jingshen.

"Isn't that Zhang Xianjing's account?" Zuo Kuan asked, "Who's using it?"

"First place in our grade, the top student in our class." Wang Lu'an moved his cursor, "I'm starting the game."

Zuo Kuan was taken aback. While he was wondering how a nerd like Chen Jingshen also played games, his thoughts were interrupted by a sound. They had entered the game interface.

As it was Chen Jingshen's first time playing, under Wang Lu'an's recommendation, he played the role of a supporting healer.

"Top Student, do you see those three lanes on the map? Go to the one at the bottom." Wang Lu'an said, "Yu Fan's playing AD this round. You just have to follow him, his AD is very strong."

Yu Fan originally wanted to get him to take another route but when he saw Chen Jingshen study his champion's skills seriously through the corner of his eyes, he shut his mouth.

Forget it. He might as well see him as a bothersome accessory attached to him. He often fought one against two when playing the bottom lane anyway.

Five minutes later.

Yu Fan looked at the support who had more minions than himself and couldn't hold it in anymore, "As a support, why are you taking my minions?"

Chen Jingshen, "Your minions?"

"The minions on the bottom lane are all the AD's."

"Got it." Chen Jingshen went back inside the grass, "You can have it then."

"...…" You have the nerve to speak so magnanimously?

After a fight, Yu Fan who only had a little bit of health left was escaping. He caught sight of Chen Jingshen's healer approaching him with full health.

Yu Fan proceeded to turn around and get ready to fight again.

And then he was killed in the grass.

Yu Fan looked at the healer who was now half a map away from him, "While we're fighting it out here, you're taking a nice walk?"

"...…" They played until dinnertime. Yu Fan looked at his red scoreboard and fell silent.

"Let's take a break, I can't do it anymore." Wang Lu'an placed down his mouse, "I'll buy something to eat. Yu Fan, what do you want to eat? What about you, Top Student?"

Yu Fan had no appetite. He replied with no expression, "Not eating."

Chen Jingshen, "No need, thanks."

While Wang Lu'an went to the front desk to get some food, Yu Fan closed the game and reopened the live broadcast page only to see that the blue haired streamer had already ended his stream and the platform had automatically changed it to another League of Legends live-broadcast belonging to a popular streamer.

It was a female streamer. She used to be a professional player for another MOBA game but had retired and was now making lots of money by being a League of Legends streamer. Because she was skilled, had an interesting personality and, with the addition of her pretty face and sexy body, she was able to attract a lot of fans.

Yu Fan was exhausted from losing all the time and no longer wanted to move. He just left the page as it is and sat back and watched the female streamer's gameplay.

The stare coming from beside him was scorching hot.

Yu Fan felt uncomfortable being stared at like that. He looked over with a frown, "What? The online lecture is playing on my face?"

Chen Jingshen glanced at the female streamer on his monitor, "You usually watch these things?"

"What else would I be watching? Hu Pang?"

Chen Jingshen was silent for two seconds, "You like rabbit ears?"

Yu Fan, "?"

"Or," Chen Jingshen tried to think of the right word, "Nanny dresses?"

"...."

Yu Fan only now noticed what the streamer was wearing.

He wanted to call him an idiot and tell him that that's a maid dress but just as he was about to say it, he decided to go down a different route, "Have you ever thought of the possibility that I like her because she's a girl?"

After saying that, he deliberately raised his hand and clicked the 'subscribe' button under Chen Jingshen's watch.

Chen Jingshen looked at his screen silently for a while before finally turning his head back and looking back at his own screen.

Yu Fan glanced over and saw that Chen Jingshen had once again opened Hu Pang's online lecture. His lips however were downturned, looking not too happy, as if Hu Pang owed him eight million yuan.

Who are you showing that expression to?

Yu Fan retracted his gaze, licked his lips and picked up the bottle of water next to him. After taking a few sips, he turned his head back wanting to say something but just as he opened his mouth——-"I'm not thirsty." Chen Jingshen suddenly said.

"...…" Who the hell cares if you're thirsty?

Yu Fan turned back and continued watching the female streamer.

What's wrong with watching a female streamer?

It's not like he's breaking the law.

Wang Lu'an had his elbows resting on the counter as he waved at the staff, "Hey brother, extra ketchup please."

"Sure." The front staff skilfully squeezed the sauce over the hot dogs, "You're buying this much just for yourself?"

Wang Lu'an raised his chin, "I have two other friends with me there."

Although they both said that they weren't eating, Wang Lu'an decided to buy extra in case they got hungry later.

Wang Lu'an shook his head and clicked his tongue internally. He felt that a friend as good as himself was really hard to find.

The front staff followed his line of sight, "The one sitting in the middle is your friend? When he entered through the door, I almost thought he came to the wrong place."

"Hey, speaking honestly, I also thought that when I saw him." Wang Lu'an was a little bored from waiting. His eyes wandered around and it drifted to the monitor next to the front desk computer showing recordings from the store's security cameras.

Outside the store stood a short and stout figure with their back towards the security camera. Wang Lu'an stared at that figure for a while before laughing, "Wow, look at this person's balding head."

The front staff looked over, "He looks a little familiar."

In the recording, that person raised their hand and rubbed their balding head.

Wang Lu'an copied his actions and similarly rubbed his own hair, "He also looks familiar to me too haha….."

That person then turned around, revealing a face that made all the students in Nancheng Seventh High fearful.

Wang Lu'an's smile froze on his face, "Fuck."

Wang Lu'an ran back with four hot dogs in his hands.

When he got there, Yu Fan had just stood up from his seat. Probably because he had lost all afternoon, his expression was particularly bad.

"Fuck, Yu Fan!" Wang Lu'an shouted, "Fat Tiger!"

Yu Fan who was about to go to the bathroom to calm down thought Wang Lu'an was talking about Chen Jingshen reopening Hu Pang's online lecture.

He frowned, "He's just watching it, what's the big deal?"

"No, that's not it!" Wang Lu'an exclaimed, "Fat Tiger is here! He's outside right now and about to charge in!!"

"?"

At this moment, a warning tone sounded. Most of the boys in the area suddenly raised their heads.

It was the signal that a teacher was coming!

Wang Lu'an, "Let's hurry and…."

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Fan had already turned back and grabbed the collar of the person sitting there watching an online lecture.

"The lecturer himself is here, you still want to hang around?" Yu Fan ordered, "Get your bag!"

Two seconds later, an angry roar sounded from the corridor outside ——-"Those from Nancheng Seventh High, don't think about escaping!!"

Chen Jingshen picked up his bag but before he could put it on, someone grabbed his hand.

The other person's hand was cold but it pulled him with force.

"What are you dawdling around for?" Yu Fan said, "Run!"

Chen Jingshen had never been chased down a street before.

The streetlights had already turned on and barbeque stalls had opened for business for the night, white smoke filling the air, stimulating the taste buds of people passing by. The sight of a dozen or so boys running down the street was a sight to see.

Yu Fan ran very fast, the wind blowing his hair back, revealing his clean and good-looking face.

Chen Jingshen retracted his gaze. He clutched the strap of his bag with one hand and allowed the other party to pull him along this narrow street.

Wang Lu'an watched helplessly as his two good friends went from being the last in the group to being at the front of the group. They ran faster and faster and got further and further away, eventually disappearing from his sight.

Wait a minute?

What?!!

Wasn't Yu Fan supposed to be the troublemaker who would often sleep in class and skip physical education classes?

Wasn't Chen Jingshen a weak and short-breathed nerdy top student??

How could they run this fast?!

Wang Lu'an couldn't run anymore. He stopped to catch his breath. He was still holding tightly onto the hot dogs in his hands, looking like an idiot.

I am just a loser, Wang Lu'an thought sadly to himself.

Hu Pang caught up to him.

Leaning against the wall, Wang Lu'an took in the short and stout figure who was still filled with energy despite running this far and suddenly felt that only he was the useless one in this world.

He got ready to be captured by Hu Pang but the other party didn't stop and just ran straight past him——-"Stop! Stop right there! Yu Fan, don't think that I don't recognise you! Stop now and we can talk it out or you just wait and see how I'm going to punish you on Monday! Yu Fan——-" Wang Lu'an, "….."

Chen Jingshen didn't know how long he had been running for.

Their surroundings had changed from food stores to high rise buildings and most of the people they passed were tired office workers who had just finished working overtime.

Afraid of being spotted on the street, they ran into a 24 hour convenience store.

Yu Fan caught his breath before finally remembering to look back.

The second before he turned his head, Chen Jingshen bent down and began to pant like crazy.

Yu Fan took in the unnatural rise and falls of his shoulders and frowned, "…..You have asthma?"

"No, just a little tired." Chen Jingshen glanced at the seats by the window of the convenience store and panted lightly, "Can we rest a little?"

Yu Fan went to the counter to buy two bottles of water. He placed one of them in front of Chen Jingshen.

Chen Jingshen was still breathing rather heavily and his face was pale. He looked like he still hadn't recovered.

Just how weak is he?

Yu Fan helped him unscrew the lid, "Drink."

"Thank you." Chen Jingshen received it.

He tilted his head back and drank it, the jut in his throat bobbing gently as he swallowed.

Yu Fan's phone suddenly vibrated. Yu Fan took it out and checked. It was a call from Wang Lu'an.

"So? Have you reached America yet?" Wang Lu'an asked.

"Change of plans." Yu Fan drank some water, "Were you caught?"

"No. I guess you didn't forget about me." Wang Lu'an said, "I saw you run off so quickly without even looking back and thought you forgot about me."

"Don't talk like that."

"But really, you ran off really fucking quickly just now." Wang Lu'an found it strange, "You weren't this afraid of being caught by Fat Tiger when you went to the internet cafe in the past."

He wasn't afraid.

But wasn't there a good student here with them?

"You're just too…." Yu Fan's suddenly came to a stop.

"Too what?" Wang Lu'an asked.

It was suddenly silent on the other end. Wang Lu'an was confused "Hello?"

"Did you get caught by Fat Tiger? Hello? Yu Fan? Say someth——" "It's nothing."

Yu Fan responded a bit unnaturally.

Just now, his empty left hand was suddenly grabbed by the other person and pulled over.

The person who had been panting like a dog just now had finally recovered and was now staring at his fingers.

Yu Fan followed Chen Jingshen's line of sight and looked down only to realise that he had at some unknown point in time got a cut on his left ring finger. The cut was rather big, the blood flowing from the side of his finger, making it look as if he was wearing a dark red ring.

He hadn't felt anything while running.

"What did you say I was just now?" Wang Lu'an was still speaking on the other end of the phone, "You should have the courage to finish your words."

Yu Fan tried to retract his hand but it was to no avail.

Chen Jingshen held tightly onto his finger, silently studying his injury.

Chen Jingshen's fingers were warm. They were at a stalemate for a while.

Yu Fan suddenly felt that the finger that was being stared at felt a little itchy.

Just as he was about to get the other party to let go, Chen Jingshen suddenly moved.

With his hand in one hand, Chen Jingshen reached into his bag and rummaged around for a while.

He then pulled out a bandaid.

Chen Jingshen's hands were big, his hand easily covering Yu Fan's hand completely. Yu Fan watched blankly as he tore open the bandaid and wrapped it around his injury.

After confirming that it was all okay, Chen Jingshen let go of his hand. He balled up the packaging and got up and threw it into the bin by the door.

Yu Fan's hand was still hanging in mid-air. With the warmth now gone, the place where he touched earlier felt a little cold.

On the phone, Wang Lu'an was still chattering, "So where are you right now? I'll come and find you. I didn't get the chance to eat the hot dogs and am a little hungry. Is Chen Jingshen still with you? Hey, why aren't you saying anything——" The moment before Chen Jingshen turned back, Yu Fan quickly stuffed his hand into his pocket and looked out the window, acting as if nothing had happened.