Chapter 38: Are We Part of Their Play Too?

Gu Zhiyan glanced at the route for this round, N Port to G Port.

He marked a point on P City, “Your sister-in-law doesn’t play well, so take it slow. I’ll teach her.”

Pei Yi and Hongmao had no objections, “Okay.”

After informing Pei Yi and Hongmao, he sent a follow invitation to Jian Yao, then turned to her, “Accept it. I’ll follow you after we land, don’t be afraid.”

Jian Yao looked up at him, her gaze meeting his gentle eyes. She softly replied, “Hmm.”

She clicked to accept the follow request. Soon, the screen shifted, and her character, dressed in a white dress, was rapidly falling headfirst

From her perspective, she could see Gu Zhiyan beside her, falling in tandem.

At a certain distance, their parachutes opened, then tilted, and they descended quickly.

So this is how you jump?

She had only played once before, following Lu Chengze and his friends. They all jumped on their own, and she didn’t know about following jumps.

She jumped when she heard Lu Chengze say “jump,” and while it wasn’t initially fast, it was already extremely fast for her.

Midway, she was afraid her character would fall to death, so she opened her parachute.

Then her character descended slowly at a snail’s pace, and she was killed by people below before she even landed.

She even unlocked an achievement, “Boxed on Landing.”

Lost in thought, her character rolled and landed. She couldn’t tell who in her team marked the point, saying someone was there.

The next moment, gunshots erupted.

She was startled and forgot how to move.

Gu Zhiyan grabbed a shotgun and went looking for Jian Yao. He saw her spinning in circles, panicked. He walked over to her and gently reassured her.

“Don’t be nervous. Pull up your view, find a house, and walk towards it.”

Gu Zhiyan’s voice seemed to have a calming magic. Hearing him, Jian Yao, who was flustered and helpless, instantly calmed down. She carefully controlled her character, walking towards the nearest door.

She had watched the live stream for an afternoon. She knew how to open and close doors and pick up scattered supplies.

She moved carefully, clumsily searching the house.

It was a small house, probably because she was still under the newbie protection period, but it was surprisingly rich.

A Level 2 helmet, a Level 2 vest, an M416, and a shotgun.

Jian Yao didn’t recognize the guns, but she could tell how many bullets were left.

She held the shotgun in her hand, looking at the single-digit ammo, feeling extremely insecure. She couldn’t find the magazine with 30 bullets she picked up earlier, and she was anxiously clicking around.

She knew Gu Zhiyan was searching in the room next to hers, but she was too embarrassed to ask.

She had asked Lu Chengze about math problems before, and while he would tell her, he usually had an impatient expression.

“You have to ask about such a small thing? Can’t you use your brain?”

“It’s so simple, you don’t even know this? Draw an auxiliary line here.”

Over time, she became afraid to bother others.

Later, she returned to the Jian family, and they knew she was bad at math, so they hired a tutor for her, and her math grades improved.

In the live stream, viewers saw Jian Yao crouching, squatting, jumping, and occasionally aiming, and they were bewildered.

“What’s Sister-in-law doing?”

“Is she getting used to the keys?”

“Maybe it’s performance art!”

“Undergrad here, I don’t understand. Let’s get a graduate student.”

“Graduate students don’t understand either. Let’s get a PhD.”

…

Most netizens were making fun of her, while a small number of them were betting on when Gu Zhiyan’s patience would run out.

“I’ll bet a pack of spicy strips that Gu Shen will scold his sister-in-law this time.”

“I’ll bet a pack of spicy strips, same as the one above.”

“Are you guys all so stingy? I’ll bet two packs! Same as the ones above.”

Almost no one was on Jian Yao’s side.

After all, old fans all knew that Gu Shen had a “stupidity aversion.”

Previously, a well-known beauty streamer named Xiaoduo had played with Gu Shen once. Because her skills were too bad and she kept sticking to Gu Shen, she almost got scolded to tears.

He was merciless even to such a sweet and beautiful loli with a big chest and a thin waist. Although this time it was his real sister-in-law, Gu Shen’s temper probably wouldn’t allow him to keep indulging her.

It was already quite impressive that he had been patient until now.

Gu Zhiyan searched the nearby rooms around Jian Yao, and easily eliminated two unsuspecting players.

When he came back, he saw Jian Yao’s character lying on the ground, holding a gun and spinning around.

He crouched down beside Jian Yao, then threw his level 3 helmet to her, along with two painkillers and a first-aid kit.

Jian Yao was about to say no, but her character in the game had already automatically picked up Gu Zhiyan’s items.

She didn’t know how to return them, and saying no now would make her seem like a green tea, so she could only silently say, “Thank you.”

Gu Zhiyan imitated her posture and lay down, their heads touching in the game. He asked in a questioning tone, “What are you doing lying here?”

Jian Yao looked at Gu Zhiyan in the game interface. Even though she knew it wasn’t a real person, her heart still fluttered uncontrollably when she met his gaze.

She remained silent for two seconds before hesitantly saying, “I’m looking for my gun… I remember I picked up a gun with a lot of ammo, but it’s gone…”

Gu Zhiyan looked at the 416 on her back and remained silent for a moment. “It’s on your back.”

“Hahahahahaha…” A series of demonic laughter came from the headset.

Pei Yi and Hongmao had arrived at some point, and they were squatting in the corner nearby, watching the two of them without speaking.

Jian Yao adjusted her direction and saw the two of them.

Hongmao saw her looking over and laughed until he couldn’t catch his breath. “Sister-in-law, I’m sorry!”

“I don’t usually laugh, but I couldn’t help it this time…”

Compared to Hongmao’s mockery, Pei Yi seemed much more composed, but you could still hear the amusement in his voice. “You just need to switch your guns.”

Jian Yao was tapping the screen with her fingers, completely clueless about what switching guns meant.

Suddenly, everything in front of her darkened, as if something was covering her.

The next second, a familiar, refreshing scent filled her nostrils.

At some point, Gu Zhiyan had already leaned down and stood behind her, wrapping his arms around her, taking the tablet from her hands. His voice held a suppressed laugh.

“I’ll teach you.”

“See the two guns here? Look closely, they have different shapes, representing the two guns you have. Click on the other side, and you’ll switch to the one on your back.”

“You should pay attention to replenishing your ammo regularly. When you’re fighting, if this gun runs out of ammo, you can switch to the other one.”

He patiently explained everything to Jian Yao, not only about switching guns but also about how to replenish ammo, scope in, shoot, throw grenades, smoke grenades, and flashbangs.

Hongmao, who had finally stopped laughing, squatted down and shouted dramatically, “I’m going to kill the dog! I’m going to kill the dog!”

The barrage was similar.

“Woof! Has Gu Shen been possessed by some dirty thing?”

“Damn, my ears are going to get pregnant.”

“So Gu Shen has two faces! Are we part of their PLAY too?”