Chapter 1: The Green Tea Duo Queue

My boyfriend and I were duo queueing in a game when a green tea Lily's Little Sister started flirtatiously showing off to him. Under the constant provocation from this green tea, my boyfriend even defended her. In a fit of anger, I proposed a breakup. After she finished flirting with my ex, she set her sights on me, and under her sweet talk, I started duo queueing with her. Suddenly, my ex cut ties with her and wanted to reconcile with me. It was only after meeting her in person that I realized someone had planned all this to break up my ex and me. The instigator turned out to be my first love.

Green tea, an existence that makes men's hearts race and women eager to get rid of.

I watched as a third party suddenly appeared in what was supposed to be our sweet duo queueing, feeling utterly disheartened, especially since her presence constantly lowered my status.

"Mason Grant, I'm warning you for the last time, if you bring her in again, don't bother coming to me!" After a game, I couldn't stand it any longer and gave my boyfriend an ultimatum right in front of the green tea.

The green tea sent a crying emoji, typing, "Sister, please don't be angry. It's just that Daisy likes Sister, so she pesters Brother to pull me into the game with you. If Sister dislikes Daisy, Daisy will leave right now. Don't get mad at Brother!" Then she left the room.

Mason Grant unhappily said, "It's just a stupid game, why are you giving the little girl a hard time!"

The next second, the green tea was pulled back by this dog of a man.

Fine! Fine! Well done!

"Mason Grant! We're breaking up!"

1.

After countless protests to my boyfriend Mason Grant about his gaming addiction, he finally remembered he had a girlfriend. His way to salvage our relationship was to have me join him in his gaming addiction.

Although the essence didn't change, it was quite effective. At least we enjoyed ourselves a lot during our sweet duo queueing.

I was quite satisfied.

Mason Grant has some skills, especially excelling in the development lane and occasionally jungling. He's a king every season, more than capable of carrying a newbie like me.

I wouldn't say I'm a complete novice. To have common topics with Mason Grant, I secretly studied the game Kings. I understood the basic operations, being a perennial support, my skills were average, and I would play Lily to stick with him during our rank matches.

I actually don't like playing Lily. I enjoy the feel of carrying, and playing support tethered to someone in the game is something I disdain. I also don't like playing it, but every time I didn't follow Mason Grant's wishes, he would get very upset. I had no choice but to fulfill his gaming experience.

Lily is a hero that gets easily banned, and whenever there's a chance, he'd swiftly lock her in for me. Last game, without Lily, Mason Grant's Mark didn't shine, so when we entered the BP phase this time, he frantically typed: Grab Lily! Grab Lily!

Our teammate was considerate enough to ban other supports, and the opponent unusually didn't ban Lily either. With the timing, location, and people on our side, we were bound to get Lily. Mason Grant's tone lightened considerably.

"Babe, hurry and help me grab her, let's both pre-select Lily, this match is in the bag!"

Mason Grant spoke while typing: "First pick, help us grab Lily, thanks, bro!"

I quickly pre-selected, frantically clicking for the help to grab. The first pick seemed absent, and just as the countdown was ending, they said nothing.

Watching the last second pass, the first pick suddenly said: "Why are you calling me bro? Daisy is a girl, hmph!"

At the same time, the first pick locked in Lily.

Mason Grant was speechless, furiously typing: "I asked you to help grab, not to take her! What's the first pick doing!"

"It's okay, it's okay, later see if we can swap, quick pick your hero!" I hurriedly reassured Mason Grant.

Mason Grant picked Mark, telling the first pick: "What do you want to play? The fourth pick will swap with you."

I waited a long time but didn't hear back from the first pick. In the end, I mimicked the first pick's pre-selection and picked Jenna.

Once all heroes were chosen, there was adjustment time. I instantly requested the first pick to swap heroes.

Mason Grant kept urging me, but every time I requested, they refused, and by the time we entered the game, they hadn't said another word.

Mason Grant excitedly shouted, "What's going on! Erica Field, didn't you swap?"

I helplessly replied, "I tried, but she didn't agree. Forget it. Girls liking to play Lily is normal."

Mason Grant's tone was quite unpleasant, "She's no girl, that name screams a guy, disgusting!"

Only then did I notice the first pick's name: Sweet Bunny.

Uh... hard to say.

Just after entering the game and before getting to lane, Sweet Bunny said: "Sister, don't worry, Daisy's Lily is awesome!"

At this point, I didn't dwell on it, just focused on doing my best, casually sending: "Good luck!"

Lily helped me clear a few waves to get to level four, and after Mason frequently pinged her, he swaggered over to the development lane, just to spot the enemy jungler camping in the bushes waiting for Mark Evans.

Sweet Bunny: Don't be afraid, brother! Daisy is here to protect you!

Mason controlled Mark Evans and paused for a moment, using the first skill to harass the enemy jungler and quickly pulled back. Meanwhile, the enemy mid laner and support were closing in. I hurried to the development lane, barely holding off the enemy support.

The enemy jungler unleashed their ultimate to dive the tower, the enemy marksman dashed forward trying to aggressively target Mason. At the same time, the enemy mid laner cast a control skill, and Lily voluntarily took the hit, triggering her passive and transforming into a little deer, running towards Mason. In the deer form, she could slow down the enemy, and this slow was just enough for Mark to pull away to a safe distance and use the first skill to harass the enemy jungler again. The enemy marksman continued to press on, Lily activated interference to revert to human form and pushed the marksman with her first skill. Mason seized this opportunity to deal damage, and just then our jungler secured the dragon, allowing Mark to level up to four and directly ult into their midst for a double kill. The enemy mid laner advanced, activating their ultimate, and Mark, now low on health, couldn't escape in time. At the critical moment, Lily reached level four and used her ultimate on Mark Evans, shielding him from a fatal blow, then jumped down to block the enemy support's delayed control skill. With her passive refreshed, she used her ultimate again on Mark Evans. Mason excitedly praised Lily, dodging all enemy skills and eliminating the enemy mid laner and support, achieving a quadra kill!

This quadra kill made Mason feel euphoric, and he signaled "Well done" by clicking on Lily's avatar.

Sweet Bunny: Brother, don't praise Daisy anymore, Daisy will get shy!

The recent counter-kill gave Mark a great advantage, and with Lily staying on his head, Mason was now relaxed, even having time to chat with Lily.

Mason: Are you really a girl?

Sweet Bunny: Yes, brother.

Mason: Let me hear your voice.

Sweet Bunny: Brother, I'm secretly gaming, so it's inconvenient to use my mic!

Afraid that Mason wouldn't believe it, Sweet Bunny continued: Why don't you add me as a friend, brother, and I'll let you hear Daisy's voice next time?

Mason, completely forgetting he wasn't playing alone, happily agreed: Sure, follow me, and let's add each other afterward.

"Mason... Mason... Mason!" I called him a few times with disappointment, but he couldn't hear. I couldn't help but raise my voice.

Mason was already in the zone, killing indiscriminately, and briefly dismissed me, "What's up, babe, can't handle it? No worries, I'll kill them all for you!"

I watched him and Lily bouncing across the map killing and pushing towers, while I wandered aimlessly in the jungle, farming small camps and dragons for lack of anything better to do.

Seeing Mason gradually forget how he initially disliked Sweet Bunny in all her 'brother' calls, I asked, displeased, "You're not really going to ditch me to play with her, are you?"

Mason laughed a little, "How could I ditch you, babe! This Lily is playing well, I just see her as a tool character, you always wanted to try other roles anyway, so it works out perfectly!"

Mason spoke considerately, but all I heard was: She plays Lily better than you, you should play something else!

Sure enough, right after the game ended, Mason pulled Sweet Bunny into our team.

Sweet Bunny: Sister Jenna is here too! Is he your boyfriend?

"Yes!" I quickly spoke, hoping this Sweet Bunny would understand and leave voluntarily.

Sweet Bunny: What a pity, Daisy also wants such an amazing boyfriend.

Meanwhile, Sweet Bunny sent a friend request.

2.

Ever since Sweet Bunny provoked me, during the next few games, she was against me at every turn.

At level one, she didn't buy the gem and stood in the mid lane. Feeling something was off, I checked the scoreboard and quickly asked, "Why isn't Lily buying the gem?"

I thought she'd make excuses about forgetting or encountering a glitch, but she directly said: Daisy wants to reach level four quickly to protect brother.

I was speechless, "That way, I won't be able to reach level four!"

Sweet Bunny: It's okay, brother is very strong and can handle it.

With her cheeky tone, I couldn't be bothered to argue further and directly called out Mason's name.

Mason remained silent but finally spoke up when he heard me call him, "Erica, whether you're level four or not doesn't make much difference, just let her take it."

When no one's around he calls me babe, but in front of others, he just uses my name!

Coupled with Mason siding with her, I was about to explode!

"Mason, how dare you! Favoring Lily's Little Sister over your girlfriend, huh?"

Mason, a bit annoyed, said, "Don't blow this out of proportion, aren't we playing a game? Victory in the game should come first!"

Sweet Bunny: Sister, don't be mad, Daisy will buy it, don't quarrel with brother because of Daisy.

After speaking, Sophie leveled up four times in a row and rushed to the development lane. I opened the panel and only bought the Gem of Knowledge after reaching the development lane.

Fine! Doing it on purpose to annoy me, huh!

Sophie settled on the development lane after getting the gem, completely ignoring how many people were ganking me in the middle lane, while the jungle areas were almost being overrun.

I struggled to help the jungler defend the area, and once the jungler's economy improved, he decided to let me get a blue buff to thank me.

I was huffing and puffing, hitting the last bit of health on the blue buff when Mark Evans strolled by, Sophie lightly hopped off his head and landed in front of me, snatching my blue buff with a single skill.

I couldn't stand it anymore, this fake girl flirts openly with my boyfriend and now she's brazen enough to steal my blue buff?

"Mason, did you see that? She stole my blue buff! How am I supposed to play without it?"

Sweet Bunny: Sister, I'm sorry, Daisy saw you were working so hard and wanted to help...

"Stop calling yourself Daisy, who are you trying to disgust? Can you act a bit more like a man?"

Sweet Bunny: Feeling wronged, I'm just a girl!

Mason defended her again: "Alright, Erica, she didn't mean it. Since she took it, let it go; Sophie didn't have blue either. Go home and recover."

"Why should I? It wasn't even your blue buff, the jungler offered it to me." I was not convinced.

Mason said impatiently, "Didn't you refuse the buff when the jungler offered it to you before? Why argue now? Are you interested in the jungler? You should duo with him if you fancy him!"

Incredible, Mason was always somewhat domineering before, but he wasn't this unreasonable!

It's all because of this fake girl, I couldn't back down, so I continued, "What was I playing before? Lily! I was afraid of hindering your development, so of course, I didn't take it! Now I'm playing a character like Diaochan, so what's there to argue about? I don't care if she did it on purpose, it really affects my gaming experience, kick her in the next game."

Mason said coldly, "There's no next game, I have things to do later, not playing."

I was left speechless again, Mason, doing this every time he gets angry, it was his fault this time, putting a fake girl over me, does he still expect me to coax him?

No way!

I was fuming, ready to curse him out!

I nagged and sarcastically said a lot, but Mason didn't say a word in return. Just as I was in the middle of scolding him, I saw the message in the chat box, which made me even angrier.

Sweet Bunny: Sister, stop scolding, stop scolding, brother turned off the microphone.

After the game ended, Mason left the room immediately, leaving just me and the fake girl staring at each other. I quickly exited the room to avoid bad vibes.

Just as I got out, the fake girl invited me again. Refused, invited again, refused, just like when I initially requested to exchange characters.

The fake girl had a lot of patience, and I initially considered leaving the game altogether. But then I got curious about why she was inviting me. Mason's icon already went dim, could it be she wanted to duo with me?

I clicked accept, and the page switched to the team room.

"Why did you invite me?" I said impatiently.

Sweet Bunny: Sister, why won't you add Daisy as a friend? QAQ

I never imagined it was because of this, should I add her? Add her as a friend to watch her and my boyfriend being lovey-dovey, sweetly duoing?

"I'm not interested in fake girls."

Sweet Bunny: Really? Can you add me anyway?

I fiercely hit reject and closed the game.

I had a cold war with Mason for several days, and he didn't even come to say a word to soften things up. I checked the game records, turns out he didn't miss a beat, playing game after game with the fake girl every day.

Sitting and doing nothing isn't my style, so I added the fake girl as a game friend, and she accepted instantly.

I messaged her: Enjoying stealing other people's boyfriends?

Sweet Bunny: Sister, what are you talking about?

Playing dumb.

I continued: Do you know it's because of you we've been in a cold war for days? He plays games with you every day, completely ignoring me. We are going to break up soon.

Sweet Bunny: So you haven't broken up yet?

This was definitely a provocation, right?

I knew she was thick-skinned, so appealing to emotions wouldn't work, thus I decided to reason with her.

I said: Eager to climb up, huh? Because he's decent at games? Come on girl, such a man is clearly a scumbag! I'm the cautionary tale here, being with him will lead to nothing good, better stay away while you can!

Sweet Bunny: Then why doesn't sister leave him quickly?

I was at a loss for words and dryly replied: None of your business, just stay away from him.

Sweet Bunny: Thank you, sister, Daisy gets it now.

I took it as a fake girl getting some sense, hoping she'd quickly find another target and leave us alone.

At night, after taking a shower, just as I was about to lie on bed and start my drama binge, Mason suddenly messaged me: Baby, what are you doing?

I smirked, finally remembered me, little tyke?

I intended to let him wait a bit, watch an episode first before replying, but Mason seemed impatient, sending message after message.

With no choice, I just replied: Watching drama.

Mason: Stop watching, let's play games.

Mason has time to call me for games, does it mean Lily's Little Sister isn't around? Looks like the fake girl really took what I said to heart.

I gladly opened the game and accepted Mason's invite.

Upon entering the room, half of my face turned dark.

I sent Mason a WeChat message: Why is she still here?

Mason ignored me, switching back to the game interface, we were already matched.

I hesitated to confirm, wanting to see what they were up to.

Lily was banned, the fake girl picked another support—Xiao Ming, Mason did not choose Mark Evans, instead played Wu Dog.

Seems like they've had good coordination over the past few days.

I made up my mind to keep my cool and not get provoked by the fake girl, avoiding another fight with Mason.

Thankfully, this time the fake girl didn't deliberately come near me to cause trouble, and I had a proper development, managing to deal full output and secure a beautiful triple kill during one team fight.

I took a deep breath, feeling smug at having showcased my skills in front of Mason, showing how being just an assistant before wasted my talent!

No sooner had I enjoyed the glory for three seconds than I saw the fake girl's words, and my defense crumbled again.

Sweet Bunny: Brother, sister isn't as bad as you said! She plays much better than Daisy!

I quickly sent a question mark, this jerk of a Mason was apparently badmouthing me in front of the fake girl all this time?

Mason played dumb with a question mark too.

Sweet Bunny: Did Daisy say something wrong? But brother did say he preferred Daisy's Lily!

Sweet Bunny: Daisy likes brother too! ^_^

So Mason called me here to watch them flaunt their romance?

This move of stabbing someone to the heart was truly masterful! The words I said to the fake girl last time had absolutely no effect, instead, she's getting even bolder, I have nowhere to retreat, it's the last chance for Mason, it's either her or me.

As soon as the game ended, I immediately told Mason: "Mason, I'm giving you a final warning, if you bring her again, don't even think about coming back to me!"

The fake girl sent a crying emoji and typed, "Sister, don't be angry, Daisy pesters brother to bring me for games because Daisy likes sister. If sister dislikes Daisy, I'll leave now, don't be mad at brother!" Then she left the room.

Mason said unhappily, "Isn't it just a crappy game, why are you picking on the little girl!"

In the next second, the fake girl was pulled back by the jerk of a man Mason.