Jack Ma and Penguin Ma, two lifelong friends, finally shared a bed.
Both were restless that night, with their rival sleeping beside them, it was hard for anyone to feel completely at ease.
The next morning, they reached an agreement.
That was, at Xia Feng's place, they would shed all their former identities, get along harmoniously, and not cause any unpleasantness here.
To show their friendly accord, they shook hands.
"Little brother Ma."
"Elder brother Ma."
Their hands clasped tightly, symbolizing the temporary putting aside of their differences.
During the day, when there was nothing else to do, Xia Lin agreed to visit the national idol's e-sports headquarters with him. Xia Lin was a game streamer, mainly playing LoL, and the national idol had founded an e-sports company and had even won a championship.
He had many skilled LoL players under his command, and he himself was a game enthusiast, having even competed as a professional player in the past.
The e-sports company headquarters was located in an office building by the Pujiang River.
When Xia Lin and her entourage arrived, the staff of the e-sports company greeted the national idol.
"Lin'er, I've arranged for three people to play with you," the national idol said to Xia Lin.
"Okay, are they all professional players? Will they think I'm too noob?" Xia Lin felt a little embarrassed.
Although she was a streamer, she was also a perennial Teemo player who always hid in the bushes, stuck in Silver for three years. She respected no one but Platinum players, because she couldn't reach that rank.
"Just call two, and bring me along! I'm pretty good too," Jiang Xin interjected.
"Forget it, I can't even carry your skill level."
The national idol directly rejected Jiang Xin's suggestion. "I'm already bringing Lin'er, why are you joining the fun?"
"Can your skill level compete with professional players?"
"Don't you have any self-awareness?"
"Lin'er, you all sit for a bit. I'll have someone bring you tea. I'll go call them."
After making arrangements, the national idol walked away.
The national idol called a few professional LoL players to his office and said to them, "I'll be playing with someone later. I'll play AD, and she mainly plays top lane Teemo. So, top lane and AD are taken. The three of you will play with us.
"Jungler, you stick to the top lane and constantly help her gank. If there are kills, let her have them. We'll do a four-protect-one strategy. Make sure she has fun. Win or lose doesn't matter. Do you all understand?"
The national idol looked at the members of his club.
"Understood, Boss." The three responded in unison.
"Alright, let's go now." After making arrangements, the national idol, along with the mid laner, jungler, and support, went to find Xia Lin.
"Young Master Wang, your place is nicely decorated," Xia Lin said, looking around.
"Hehe, just playing around. Let's play the game." The national idol said to Xia Lin with full confidence, determined to make sure Xia Lin had fun today.
Although Xia Lin played games frequently, she rarely watched matches. She knew the three people in front of her were professional players but couldn't recognize who they were.
After the five sat down, the national idol gave Xia Lin an account to play with, as Xia Lin's rank was too low to play ranked matches with everyone on her own account.
Xia Lin only played ranked matches and never played normal games, as she felt normal games lacked challenge. She was indeed weak but loved to play.
"Sister Wen, I'm so excited to play a high-elo game for the first time," Xia Lin turned to Qin Wen behind her and complained.
"Don't be afraid, they will definitely take care of you. No matter how it goes, it will be their fault," Qin Wen whispered into Xia Lin's ear to comfort her.
"Hehe... I'll try my best." Xia Lin nodded after hearing that.
As the game was about to start, Xia Lin remained her usual Teemo, while the national idol played AD, Jhin.
The other three were Card Master in mid lane, Graves in the jungle, and Shen as support.
Both the mid laner and support had their ultimate abilities ready to protect the top lane.
Most ridiculously, the support also took Teleport, also to protect the top lane.
Once the game began, Xia Lin was the first to hide in the top lane bush, becoming invisible. The national idol and the other two were warding the river and their red buff.
Despite not playing particularly well, Xia Lin was extremely cautious. Under the influence of the high-elo game, she dared not go out to last hit minions, only absorbing experience.
The opposing laner was an Irelia, and it was impossible to dare to go up and take minions against this champion.
*Beep... Beep...*
The jungler, Graves, signaled Xia Lin at level three and immediately came to the top lane to help her gank. However, Xia Lin was so cautious that the gank failed.
He came again at level four.
And again at level five.
And even at level six.
Everyone in the all-chat: Irelia: "Is top lane your dad?"
Xia Lin blushed slightly upon seeing this. Her jungler had come four times, and she hadn't managed to take down the opponent even once.
At this point, the team's score was 2-0. Because the jungler was constantly present in the top lane, the other two lanes lacked help and were ganked twice by the opposing jungler.
This truly couldn't be blamed on their jungler; it was Xia Lin's lack of cooperation. Every time Graves went to gank, it felt like he was soloing, and by the time Xia Lin arrived, the opponent had already retreated under the tower.
Graves had just appeared in the river of the bottom lane when the opposing Irelia immediately flashed and used her ultimate to kill Teemo.
Shen immediately flew his ultimate, and Card Master flew his ultimate to support. In the end, they saved Xia Lin. As Irelia was escaping, she stepped on a mushroom planted by Xia Lin, and Xia Lin managed to get a kill on the opposing Nasus.
"Wow... I got a kill!" Xia Lin shouted excitedly.
"Haha... Lin'er, you're amazing!" the national idol laughed heartily.
Graves: --!
Card Master: --!!
Shen: --!!!
Everyone in the all-chat: Irelia: "What the hell, did I piss off a hornet's nest? Is this ever going to end?"
Since Irelia said this, whenever Card Master had his ultimate, combined with the jungler's help, they would directly dive and kill Irelia.
Irelia was so beaten that she was close to mental breakdown.
The river was filled with mushrooms, and the opposing jungler's attempts to help were also somewhat futile.
In the end, the game concluded with Xia Lin's team suffering a defeat.
Although they lost the game, Xia Lin had a lot of fun, and the national idol was happy along with her.
This was the outcome he wanted; winning or losing didn't matter.
However, it opened the eyes of the three subordinates of the national idol. Their boss could be so subservient?
It was truly eye-opening, but they gave this display of subservience a full score.
Xia Lin played games at the e-sports club for the entire morning. The group had lunch at the club, and in the afternoon, they bought a carload of groceries from the supermarket and returned to the villa.
"Lin'er, how was my skill?"
On the way back, the national idol asked Xia Lin, seeking praise.
"Much stronger than me. I'm too noob. I didn't win a single game today, hehe..." Xia Lin chuckled.
It was clear Xia Lin was happy.
"Very good. Which top laner hasn't been dominated by you before?" the national idol praised.
Jiang Xin, driving the car, almost lost control of the steering wheel. This sycophant indeed knew how to please people and make them happy.
He was truly impressed by the extent of this shamelessness.
He still needed to learn a lot from Young Master Wang; his sycophancy wasn't smooth enough.
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