Chapter 4: My Bad Temper

After finally enduring through the school day, Jiang Mingyue grabbed her backpack, preparing to rush out. As she reached the door, someone called out to her.

“Jiang Mingyue, you’re on duty today. Do you still want your deskmate to help you with it?”

The tone was unkind.

Jiang Mingyue turned her head to look and saw Class Monitor Li Zihang.

Previously, the Original Owner would always pass her duty on to her deskmate Liu Wenqi.

Liu Wenqi was gentle and submissive, someone who can’t say No to anyone and was often bullied by the Original Owner.

Liu Wenqi quickly stood up. “It’s fine. I’m not doing anything anyway. Mingyue, if you have something to do, just go ahead…”

Before she could finish, Li Zihang sternly interrupted.

“Whoever’s on duty should do their duty!”

His eyes were sharply focused on Jiang Mingyue.

Liu Wenqi, being shy by nature, lowered her head, frightened by his tone.

Jiang Mingyue spoke up: “I didn’t say I wouldn’t do my duty. Deskmate, you can go ahead, I’ll do it myself, and thank you for helping me with the duty earlier.”

Both of them were momentarily stunned, not expecting her to agree so easily.

If it had been any other time, they would have already clashed.

Jiang Mingyue put her backpack down. “Am I the only one on duty today?”

Li Zihang finally reacted: “You and Qi Ze.”

Qi Ze!

Her eyes lit up, and she looked over at Qi Ze with excitement.

She saw him holding his phone in a horizontal position, his fingers swiftly swiping across the screen.

He was either playing Honor of Kings or PUBG Mobile.

She ran over to take a look. It was Honor of Kings, and it seemed like he was a high-level player.

Jiang Mingyue didn’t disturb him and began cleaning by herself.

The classroom was actually quite clean. By the time Qi Ze finished a game, she had already cleaned it all by herself.

At that point, only the two of them remained in the classroom.

She sat beside Qi Ze, watching him play the game, waiting for him to finish so she could talk to him about the friendship between classmates.

His long, slender fingers moved skillfully across the phone screen, which was quite a sight to behold.

Following his arm upward, there was a sensual Adam’s apple, and then a sharply defined chin, followed by his rosy lips.

Jiang Mingyue couldn’t help but lick her lips.

【Hey, hey, Host, no getting all flirty now.】

“…!”

The teasing voice of 118 suddenly echoed, and she was startled again. “You scared me to death!”

When she looked up, she found Qi Ze staring at her, a faint smile tugging at the corner of his mouth as he asked softly: “Is something wrong?”

Being looked at like that, the 20-year-old who had never had a boyfriend suddenly blushed, feeling embarrassed.

She suddenly didn’t know how to respond, so she blurted out : “I—I… I want to play with you…”

“……”

Today, Jiang Mingyue seemed a little different, she was no longer wearing her usual silly expression.

Qi Ze looked at the girl before him.

Her hair tied in a high ponytail, her round, goose-egg-shaped face flushed with a hint of red, her eyes clear, her lashes fluttering, too shy to look at him.

The same facial features, but they seemed to carry a different kind of charm.

In the past, when she saw him, she would either roll her eyes or curse him out. Was she acting differently today? Or was there some other intention?

Qi Ze’s expression was unreadable, and his thoughts stirred. “Sure.”

Hm?

Jiang Mingyue suddenly perked up. She had thought he wouldn’t agree.

“Come on, come on, ranked or not? My skills are pretty good, you know.”

Jiang Mingyue excitedly took out her phone. The Original Owner also played games, and she had all the skins in Honor of Kings, so there was no need for her to download anything.

Qi Ze took off his headphones. “What rank are you?”

“Master Star I.”

“Then let’s go for ranked.”

“OKKK.”

Just as she took out her phone, Jiang Mingyue suddenly remembered that Qi Ze hadn’t yet accepted her WeChat friend request. Seizing the opportunity, she said: “Qi Ze, let’s add each other on WeChat. We can play together more often in the future.”

Qi Ze didn’t refuse and agreed to her friend request.

Jiang Mingyue felt that Qi Ze wasn’t as hard to approach as she had imagined.

After being added to the team room, Jiang Mingyue noticed there was another person, whose nickname was 【Pika Pika】.

As soon as she entered, the person greeted them enthusiastically. “Hello, hello, nice to meet you!”

The voice was bright and cheerful.

“Hello, nice to meet you too!”

“Holy, is that Xiao Jiejie?!”

As soon as Jiang Mingyue spoke, an excited voice came through the speakers.

“Xiao Jiejie, I’m Lu Lin, Qi Ze’s best, best, best friend. What’s your name?”

Lu Lin. In the novel, Lu Lin had been Qi Ze’s friend since childhood, one of the few people who truly treated Qi Ze well.

Jiang Mingyue replied: “I’m Jiang Mingyue, Qi Ze’s classmate.”

“You’re the first girl Qi Ze has ever invited to play with! Let’s add each other on WeChat!”

Hearing that, she couldn’t help but think of a line from the domineering CEO novels:

You’re the first girl the young master has ever brought home!

Jiang Mingyue barely stopped herself from laughing aloud and said: “Sure, send me your WeChat ID, and I’ll add you.”

Qi Ze spoke up: “Pick your hero.”

Lu Lin, who was in the first pick position, quickly added: “Xiao Jiejie, which hero are you playing? I’ll help you grab it.”

To be on the safe side, she decided to play a support role. “I’ll play Cai Yan.”

Lu Lin helped her grab the hero and was moved to the fifth floor.

Lu Lin said: “Then I’ll play marksman with you… Oh, the second floor picked Hou Yi. I’ll… Qi Ze, what are you playing?”

Qi Ze responded: “I can play anything.”

Lu Lin immediately said: “Then you go jungle, I’ll play fighter.”

“Mm.”

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At the start of the game, Jiang Mingyue went to the bottom lane with the marksman.

The enemy’s marksman was Marco Polo, and their support was Yao.

Hou Yi charged forward aggressively, and Jiang Mingyue’s Cai Yan could only follow closely behind.

She used her first skill to heal him and her second skill to deal damage.

Soon, both marksmen were left with low health. The enemy’s Marco Polo retreated under the tower, and Hou Yi wanted to chase, but the middle lane had just signaled that the enemy’s mid-laner might be coming down.

Jiang Mingyue quickly gave a retreat signal, but Hou Yi charged forward anyway. Just as they saw the enemy’s mid-laner, Daji, rushing out of the bushes.

Jiang Mingyue immediately used her healing skill, trying to save Hou Yi.

However, under the enemy’s tower, with a 2v3 situation, they were quickly killed. Thankfully, Qi Ze’s Li Bai arrived just in time to clean up the enemy’s three players.

But then, Hou Yi continued to charge forward repeatedly.

When the score hit 0-5, Jiang Mingyue couldn’t hold back any longer and typed a message: “Marksman, stop rushing forward. Focus on farming for now.”

She had meant to offer a kind suggestion, but the other player didn’t appreciate it and instead snapped back, turning on the mic and angrily shouting: “Do you even know how to play? If you don’t know, just shut up. If it weren’t for your delayed support, we wouldn’t have been killed the first few times. If you weren’t just staring at the map, we could have done better. I can tell you’re a girl, you’re such bad luck.”

Lu Lin began to speak: “Hou Yi has…”

Before Lu Lin could finish, Jiang Mingyue couldn’t hold back and interrupted him.

She had originally wanted to keep a good image in front of Qi Ze, but the idiot on the other side was just too infuriating.

“I don’t know how to play? You know how to play? In less than eight minutes, you’ve given away five kills. Even Meituan ^[1]Meituan is a Chinese shopping platform for locally found consumer products and retail services including entertainment, dining, delivery, travel and other services. couldn’t deliver those faster than you. You said my support was late? I was this close to tying a rope around your neck.

I’m the support, and if I don’t watch the map, am I supposed to look at the feng shui of your grave?

What’s wrong with being a girl? Can’t play well and blame it on girls? What, are you a chef, so good at throwing blame?

You’re the one who’s bad luck!

A marksman who doesn’t farm or push towers—are you here to enjoy the scenery in the jungle?

The minions are better than you. You might as well just AFK.” ^[2]AFK stands for “Away From Keyboard.” It indicates that a person is not near their device and therefore unable to respond or participate in the game at the moment.

Hou Yi: “You… you…”

Jiang Mingyue: “Stop whining, just go be the support for the minions.”

With that, she headed to help the middle lane.

Lu Lin: “…”

Qi Ze: “…”

Hou Yi: “…”

Lu Lin: “Xiao Jiejie, you’re amazing, teach me.”

Jiang Mingyue, still furious, replied without missing a beat: “No problem, I’ll teach you slowly from now on.”

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Lucia: LMAO.

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