Hand-held Tutoring in the Game

Shi Sui unexpectedly suffered from insomnia.

He stared blankly, looking at the faint light reflected on the ceiling, while his mind continuously replayed the scene of Lu Huaizhi reciting that love letter to him.

“I am Lu Huaizhi from Class 3, Grade 11. We met a very long time ago, and since then, I have never forgotten you again…”

When had he ever met Lu Huaizhi before?

From childhood to adulthood, he had never even been to A City, and he only got to know Lu Huaizhi after the guy transferred here.

Shi Sui sat up from the bed with a sudden rustle.

Why did those words sound so much like the templates found online?

Did Lu Huaizhi just copy them directly?

Shi Sui gnashed his teeth, then threw himself back onto the bed once more.

Seriously, why was he unable to sleep over such a boring matter?

It must be because that broken fan next to him was too noisy, and there were also mosquitoes constantly buzzing around his ears, making it impossible for him to calm down.

Shi Sui fumbled for a bottle of floral water from the bedside, covered his body with it, and then fell back asleep.

This sleep was very unsettled, and Shi Sui dreamed of Lu Huaizhi again.

Lu Huaizhi stood on the flag-raising platform, holding a pink love letter, reading it with clear and proper intonation: “Student Shi Sui, I knew you a very long time ago. I like you—”

This time, the last few words were read out completely without any obstruction.

Shi Sui stood below the platform, unable to stop it even if he wanted to, as the three words [like you] echoed through the loudspeakers across the playground for a long time.

When Shi Sui woke up from the dream, he felt his face was still flushed, and the bedsheet underneath had almost been clawed to shreds by him.

The heartbeat in his chest was still irregular. In the dream, he hadn’t doubted the reality of such a thing happening at all—after all, it was Lu Huaizhi, who was absolutely capable of doing something like that.

Looking at the slightly yellowed white wall next to him, Shi Sui thoroughly snapped out of the dream, abruptly pulling the blanket over his head, and mumbled in a muffled voice, “Madman.”

This time, Shi Sui slept all the way until the afternoon, only being awakened by the continuous vibration of the phone next to his pillow.

[Wang Wang: @All Members, is everyone awake yet! Get up and have some fun!]

[Wang Wang: Why is no one responding to me? Didn’t you guys not get drunk yesterday?]

[Wang Wang: @Chi Qing, what’s up with you? I just saw that you said you had something unexpected last night. Aside from hanging out with us, what else could you possibly have to do?]

[Chi Qing: :)]

[Wang Wang: You’re acting unusual. Let’s gather at the internet cafe in a bit, and I’ll interrogate you properly.]

[Wang Wang: Where are the Top Student and Shi Sui? @Lu, @ss]

[Lu: Awake.]

Shi Sui scrolled through the messages while brushing his teeth, finding that it was just Wang Cheng mindlessly spamming the group chat.

[Wang Wang: Brothers, internet cafe at 5:00 PM? I haven’t played games for almost two weeks.]

Just as Shi Sui was about to reply, a private message popped up on WeChat.

[Class 3 Grade 11 Lu Huaizhi: Are you awake? Are you going to the internet cafe?]

The underlying meaning was that if Shi Sui went, he would go too.

Shi Sui ignored him and replied directly in the group chat.

[ss: Going, perfect for a three-man queue.]

An excellent student like Lu Huaizhi definitely wouldn’t know how to play games.

Shi Sui precisely wanted to make him back off due to the difficulty, but Wang Cheng ruthlessly ruined his plan.

[Wang Wang: Ah? Aren’t we bringing the Top Student along?]

[Wang Wang: Top Student, let’s play together!]

[Lu: Okay.]

The corner of Shi Sui’s mouth twitched. Had Lu Huaizhi given Wang Cheng some kind of bewitching potion?

He wanted to tell Lu Huaizhi not to come, finding it annoying.

But legs grew on the person himself, and the internet cafe was a public place…

Shi Sui spat out the foam from his mouth, ultimately keeping silent.

At worst, he would just ignore the guy.

At 5:00 PM, when Wang Cheng saw Shi Sui at the internet cafe sporting two dark circles like a panda, he said in shock, “Shi Sui, did you go out as a thief last night?”

Shi Sui ignored him, looking toward Li Lulu at the counter, “Sister Lulu, busy lately?”

Because of the monthly exam, he hadn’t come to his part-time job for over a week, and Li Lulu had been covering for him.

“Not too busy, just a bit crowded today.” Li Lulu let out a yawn, looking at the three people standing neatly behind Shi Sui. “Let me check if your usual private room is available.”

“Tsk, quite a few people booked private rooms today, none are free.” Li Lulu said, “But there’s a row of four consecutive seats over there, want to go there?”

Shi Sui nodded: “Sure.”

It didn’t matter if it wasn’t a private room, the main hall had more atmosphere anyway.

Li Lulu had clearly let them in through the back door, giving them the seats in the very last row in the corner of the internet cafe.

Shi Sui subconsciously took the seat next to the French window.

The lighting was good, and it was quiet.

Lu Huaizhi sat down next to him, and just as he put down his backpack, Wang Cheng leaned over, asking with a smile, “Top Student, did you finish your homework?”

He still remembered the transaction between the two at the barbecue yesterday.

“Finished, I brought it along.” Lu Huaizhi unzipped his backpack and handed all the homework to Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng accepted it with sheer joy: “I’ll return it to you right after I copy it!”

Shi Sui slanted his head and glanced at the homework Lu Huaizhi had handed over.

Before, he had claimed that the homework was only for him to copy, yet he forgot it in the blink of an eye.

Shi Sui turned on his computer, giving the mouse a flick that made a loud clicking sound.

The other three all turned their gazes toward him.

“What are you looking at? Start the computer.”

Even though all three were looking, he directed his words toward Lu Huaizhi, being fierce only to Lu Huaizhi alone.

Wang Cheng looked at Shi Sui, then at Lu Huaizhi.

Actually, from the moment they entered the internet cafe, he felt the atmosphere between these two was somewhat different.

For so long, the two hadn’t said a single word to each other.

To be precise, it was Shi Sui ignoring Lu Huaizhi.

Their relationship seemed to have returned to the freezing point from when they first met, yet it wasn’t completely the same.

Wang Cheng couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

It felt like a young couple in a TV drama having a lovers’ quarrel.

Wang Cheng whispered to Chi Qing, “The Top Student drank too much last night. He didn’t happen to throw up on Shi Sui, right?”

Chi Qing was looking down replying to messages on his phone, saying casually upon hearing this, “It’s possible.”

Wang Cheng’s expression became somewhat serious, turning his head to look at Lu Huaizhi: “Top Student, do you want to switch seats with me?”

Shi Sui was currently like a small firecracker, ready to explode at any moment.

He was afraid Lu Huaizhi wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Before Lu Huaizhi could reply, Shi Sui abruptly stood up from his seat, placing Lu Huaizhi’s backpack that was hanging on the chair onto his own spot, “You sit here.”

Lu Huaizhi paused for a moment, showing no objection, and obediently stood up to sit in Shi Sui’s spot.

As the two exchanged seats, Shi Sui looked at the dumbfounded Wang Cheng, speaking expressionlessly, “Still want to switch?”

Wang Cheng shook his head repeatedly, “No more switching, no more switching.”

Otherwise, Shi Sui would probably beat him up too.

Shi Sui was protecting him like a cub, not letting him talk to Lu Huaizhi.

Did he hate Lu Huaizhi to this extent?

“Then are we doing a three-man or five-man queue?” Wang Cheng asked cautiously. “Top Student, do you know how to play League of Legends? Or are you just going to study over there?”

Before when they played games, Lu Huaizhi would just solve problems, which was also quite harmonious.

“I know how.” Lu Huaizhi had already opened the game interface on the computer. “Just learned it today.”

He hadn’t had time to get in touch with games before.

Shi Sui calculated the time—just learned it today meant less than four hours.

It wasn’t even certain if he understood the rules.

He definitely wouldn’t carry such a weakling.

“I bought an account that matches your rank.” Lu Huaizhi tilted his head slightly toward Shi Sui. “Can you carry me?”

…

Thus, the four of them called a random player and started a five-man queue.

Shi Sui usually played the jungler position, but unexpectedly, that random player was also a jungler. In the end, Shi Sui could only autofill as a support, and the only champion he had enough proficiency with was Yuumi.

Lu Huaizhi played the marksman.

After Shi Sui helped the mid lane clear the wave, he went to roam with the jungler to gank people, but he didn’t expect this jungler’s awareness to be so poor. He just strolled back and forth in the jungle without catching a single person.

On the other hand, Lu Huaizhi was a novice after all, getting caught in the bottom lane by the opposing jungler several times, with a score of 0-4-1.

That random player couldn’t help but start typing to flame.

[chi: No, bottom lane, if you don’t know how to play, can’t you just play safe? Why did you guys bring such a trash ADC in your party, rushing to feed or what?]

[chi: If you don’t know how to play, just go AFK at the fountain, alright?]

Lu Huaizhi was currently waiting to respawn at the fountain. Seeing this message, he clearly noticed that Chi Qing and Wang Cheng paused their movements in a highly synchronized manner.

Wang Cheng made a face that was between a laugh and a cry toward Lu Huaizhi, “We’re done for.”

Shi Sui flamed people harsher than anyone, unable to take even a bit of offense.

Sure enough, Shi Sui started.

[ss: You played Kha’Zix and strolled in the jungle for ten minutes, and you have the nerve to open your mouth?]

[ss: Given you too much face, now you think you’re somebody?]

[chi: Just playing a Yuumi and look at you getting cocky, a parasite has the nerve to talk smack?]

After saying that, he directly turned on his mic to say some very dirty words.

This operation made Shi Sui laugh. He turned on his microphone: “Come, argue with your father.”

“A random jungler coming into a pre-made party and acting so arrogant.” Wang Cheng also got angry. “Looking to get flamed, right?”

Chi Qing clicked his mouse: “He muted his volume.”

Probably knowing he couldn’t win a one-on-four argument, that random player directly turned off his audio.

Then, Lu Huaizhi heard Shi Sui’s keyboard start to clatter frantically.

[ss: Why are you chickening out? Speaking so dirty, did you forget to wipe your mouth after using the restroom?]

[ss: If you can talk properly then do it, if not, go sit at the dogs’ table.]

[ss: Truly a turtle falling into a salt jar, look how pickled you are, you little bastard.]

Speaking dirty words in the game would get censored, but Shi Sui’s words were sent out completely intact.

That random jungler could only interject a single sentence.

[chi: Fck, you’re getting bolder, right? Have the guts to meet in person, I xxxx]

[ss: I’d flame you the exact same way in person, if you can’t hear clearly, I can even engrave it on your tombstone.]

The random player was flamed so hard that he directly went AFK and quit the game.

Once the match ended, Shi Sui took off his headphones, speaking to Lu Huaizhi: “When others talk about you, you don’t know how to talk back?”

Even he hadn’t disdained Lu Huaizhi for being trash, so where did that guy get the nerve.

Shi Sui’s expression was very sour, and his tone was terrifyingly fierce, causing several people in front to turn their heads to look. After recognizing it was Shi Sui, they all cast sympathetic glances toward Lu Huaizhi.

Shi Sui’s fierce reputation was widely known.

Lu Huaizhi, however, wasn’t afraid in the slightest, a flash of a smile even flitting across his eyes.

Shi Sui was defending him.

Lu Huaizhi followed his words, “Mm, I’ll flame back next time.”

Shi Sui: “You even know how to flame people?”

Lu Huaizhi shook his head honestly, “No.”

Shi Sui: “…” “Forget it, I’ll do it.”

The random player in the second match was much more normal, and Shi Sui very stubbornly picked Yuumi again.

However, this time he followed Wang Cheng in the mid lane to roam, securing several kills, and Wang Cheng had already achieved a legendary streak.

Wang Cheng was so moved he was almost crying: “Shi Sui, why don’t you switch to being a support main! This feeling is too awesome!”

Shi Sui’s awareness was truly incredibly amazing, almost able to guess all the movements of the opposing jungler. Every gank was a sure hit, causing the enemy jungle to completely collapse.

Lu Huaizhi was also very sensible in this match, hiding under the defensive tower to farm safely.

Shi Sui: “Want me to always play support for you? Haven’t woken up from your dream?”

Wang Cheng shut his mouth meekly.

The two went to the top lane to help Chi Qing gank. Shi Sui glanced at the map, knitting his brows: “Lu Huaizhi, the enemy jungler went down, stay safe.”

But the enemy directly dived the tower with two people, killing Lu Huaizhi’s marksman.

Lu Huaizhi’s screen turned black. Looking at the Yuumi that was constantly attached to the head of the mid lane champion, his fingers holding the mouse twitched slightly, “Shi Sui, am I really very trash?”

Shi Sui was currently in a fight, replying casually, “Those two used up all their skills, your death isn’t a loss.”

“Mm.” Lu Huaizhi said, “But when Wang Cheng gets tower-dived, he doesn’t die.”

Shi Sui let out a scoff: “That’s because I absorbed all the damage for him and even gave him a shield.”

Under Lu Huaizhi’s display of weakness, Shi Sui had completely forgotten his previous thought of ignoring the guy.

“Really?” Lu Huaizhi clicked his mouse randomly twice. “I don’t want to die either, but my screen has been black the whole time during these two matches.”

His voice was pitched low, and even the little character controlled by Lu Huaizhi looked dejected.

Shi Sui caught a glimpse of him.

How could someone get bullied like this even while playing a game.

Trash to death.

Thus, Wang Cheng watched with his own eyes as the Yuumi, who was originally firmly attached to him, jumped off his head and dashed straight from the top lane toward the bottom lane.

Without even turning back.

Shi Sui pinged an [On My Way] signal, tilting his chin up toward Lu Huaizhi: “Wait there.”