Edited by: Mel
Qiao Yi played CSGO for the entire night and did not play Apex.
Only when dawn broke and the sky brightened did he drag himself tiredly for a shower. When he looked at his reflection in the bathroom mirror, he noticed that his eyes were bloodshot, and were sore and itchy. He went through the cabinet for a box of unopened eye drops, hastily dropped a couple drops and immediately fell asleep after.
He was woken up by a racket in the afternoon.
He had no idea what was going on upstairs. There were harsh sounds of furniture being moved, and from time to time, there would be the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground, causing thumping sounds to come from the ceiling.
The phone under his pillow vibrated a couple of times in the inopportune moment. Qiao Yi rubbed his temples and reached out for it to take a look—
Xiao Xun: Xiao Qiao ge, are you busy?
Xiao Xun: Are you planning on going anywhere to play this weekend? Do you want to video call? I haven’t chatted with you for a long time ^^. Hurry, let’s chat and make the best of the nice afternoon weather.
Qiao Yi: “……”
Even through the screen, one could feel the obvious intention.
Qiao Yi had to give it to him. His ex-boyfriend was definitely sick. He was even willing to use his younger brother. He quickly turned his phone to airplane mode, and no matter who it was, they would not be able to reach him.
A session of comatose-like sleep followed.
By the time he woke up, it was about five o’clock in the evening. The sky had already darkened.
Having not eaten for a day, he was so hungry that he felt dizzy and had low blood sugar.
Qiao Yi struggled to get out of bed. He wore simple loungewear, and as he brushed his teeth, he was startled by his head of blond hair. He felt inexplicably depressed, and thought to himself that he should find time to dye it back to black.
There was still bacon in the refrigerator. He mixed it and made egg fried rice and followed his daily routine of an internet addict, returning to his room and turned on the computer.
The time at the moment was 17:58.
Qiao Yi belonged to the type of person who was not able to bury his head and eat alone. He needed to watch tv while eating, or had someone accompanying him for a meal. Otherwise, his meal would not be like a meal, and his entire body would feel uncomfortable.
For him, being able to live alone was not easy at all. It was not that he could not be independent, but it was him not being able to stand the loneliness.
He opened the streaming site. The series that he had been following were not updated.
At this time, the subtle noise of jumping came from upstairs once again. The rattling sounds were like noises of kittens running all around the house, causing Qiao Yi to be lost in thought for a moment.
He closed out of the webpage insipidly, and his gaze landed on the folder at the bottom right corner of the screen.
Qiao Yi’s hand that moved the cursor paused for a moment, and with an inexplicable emotion, he double clicked on the icon. He did not expect that the video file titled [vlog01 Valentine’s Day Home Compilation.wmv] was still stored within it.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
He scooped a spoonful of egg fried rice into his mouth.
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At the same time, Qiao Yi double-clicked to play the video that he had clipped with his own hands——
“Meow~”
In the view of the full screen, the orange-furred British Shorthair little sister was nestled in the corner of the couch.
Li Zhongchen was squatting on the ground and was using the back of his finger to rub the back of the kitten’s head. He even leaned close to the little head and spoke gently. “Can you be a little more obedient and not bite others indiscriminately? You’re not a dog, and this is not your home. The nerve of you, hm?”
Qiao Yi did not appear in the frame.
Because he was the one who took the video.
“You’re talking to her in human language, can she understand?” It was his own voice.
The camera zoomed in, and at that time, Qiao Yi had walked closer to Li Zhongchen and the little sister kitten.
Li Zhongchen turned his head and smiled at the camera.
But in fact, he had been smiling at Qiao Yi who had been holding the camera. His hand was still on the neck of the little kitten, moving around that rounded chin and occasionally scratching it. He said to Qiao Yi, “It’s not like I know cats’ language.”
Immediately, there was the sound of a human-made ‘meow’ from the video. It was the sound imitated by Qiao Yi. “Like this, communicate with your thoughts.”
As for Li Zhongchen in the lens, his eyes seemed to have lit up.
The action of teasing the cat paused, and his arm reached over, causing the video to shake slightly. “Have I been playing with the little sister kitten so much in the past couple of days while the neighbor went on a business trip and has not been keeping you company much anymore?”
“Yes,” Qiao Yi said. “I’m jealous.”
The camera had long tilted to god knows where, and was now recording the pure, white wall.
A crisp, smooching sound came from the recording. The two of them had kissed, and immediately after, Li Zhongchen coaxed him gently. “Don’t be jealous. I like my baby the most.”
The short segment ended.
After that came the transitional scenes, and later there were some scenes of cooking, going out and shopping for drinks, wandering around and browsing for work out equipment were included……it formed a video collage for Valentine’s Day that year.
Unconsciously.
By the time Qiao Yi had finished watching the video, the bowl of fried rice had been emptied out. He closed out of the program, got up, and headed to the kitchen.
Everything was calm.
There was the sound of flowing water as he watched the kitchen utensils.
But not knowing why, Qiao Yi suddenly cried. The damp humidity in the kitchen made his nose sour as his shoulders quivered slightly. It was not that he had an emotional breakdown, but he just felt terrible.
Especially when he remembered being forcefully kissed by Li Zhongchen yesterday.
Don’t think about it,” Qiao Yi tricked his own mind. “He’s just a bastard.”
He continued until his mood was completely calm.
He sat back down on the gaming chair and glanced at the time. It was 19:10.
There was still nearly an hour.
He opened up C-site and made preparations to enter Wing and Lau’s livestream room. After that, he logged into Apex, entered the password to his account, and entered the Legend selection interface.
Everything was ready, but he began to have a bad premonition.
The phone was fully charged.
But it was still in flight mode.
Qiao Yi opened the contact list. Using wifi, it did not affect him making video calls to his friends abroad. He thought to himself, Americans, you said that you would overthrow the friendly European forces with me. You can’t be unreliable at this point in time.
It was also at this moment that an iMessage text from a friend on the western side of America arrived at six in the morning.
“My computer is broken. I just made an appointment, and the earliest I can get scheduled for maintenance is next week. As you know, there are no internet cafes in our country. Joe, in Chinese terms, please forgive me for becoming a pigeon. I’m deeply sorry,” Qiao Yi looked at that line of long and stinky English text that was automatically translated into Chinese, and almost died. “……”
He subconsciously moved his gaze towards the computer screen.
Coincidentally, he had just been troubled about not having teammates, and now he actually received a team invite from random players.
【Player [Heroes Assemble To Counter Noob Wing] invited you to join the team 】
But once he saw that ID, Qiao Yi instantly became unhappy. “……”
.
SVG training base.
Li Zhongchen and Yao Tong occupied the entire special training center for team one. The agitation was visibly evident.
“Why hasn’t he agreed to join our team yet?!” Li Zhongchen was spitting fire again. “I already told you, those IDs that you changed were a mess, and you still didn’t listen. How many name change cards have already been bought?”
Yao Tong also yelled. “You’re the best, then why don’t you think of one yourself. I want to see what kind of name you can come up with!”
Li Zhongchen was recalcitrant.
But he changed the appetizing ID of his alternate account to: Come Get Trashed, European Server’s Number One Noob Lau.
Yao Tong rolled his eyes. “I’m fucking targeting the one with the last name Yu, not the one with the last name Luo. Do you have to be so obvious in avenging Xiao Qiao?”
“I don’t believe it this time.”
It was as though Li Zhongchen could not hear Yao Tong at all.
He entered the ID number that Qiao Yi was currently logged into, and sent the other a team invite.
Only two seconds had passed.
This time, a notification sounded, and a new player was suddenly added into their team interface.
The two of them did not expect that Qiao Yi actually accepted the team invite in seconds?!
“Fuck,” Yao Tong complained bitterly, “I’m cursed…”
Li Zhongchen couldn’t care less about other things.
His actions were frantic, adjusting the voice changer and turning on the mic.
Under the wretched eye contact he made with Yao Tong, he pinched his voice and said according to the lines he had prepared. “Big Brother, I am Lau’s anti-fan. Seeing that your ranking is so high and are online, could you carry me and kill a wave at the battlefield at the 8 o’clock livestream tonight?”
What Yao Tong heard from his headphones was an artificial female voice.
He almost vomited all the instant noodles that he ate before dawn.
And what was crazier was that Li Zhongchen was even glaring at him to stop dawdling and hurry up.
“……” Yao Tong quickly turned on the voice changer as well, pretending with the voice of a middle-aged uncle. “Youngster, please carry me and my niece. I am Wing’s anti-fan, I can’t stand those campers who play snipers flippantly the most. is going to own that bastard tonight.”
Li Zhongchen almost could not stand listening to it.
He tried his best to stifle his laughter, causing his facial muscles to become sore. He had to hold it with his hand to prevent his face from dislocating from laughter.
Time continued to pass.
On Qiao Yi’s end, his breathing was steady as he said coldly. “Li Zhongchen, if you’re sick, then forget it. You even spread it to Yao Tong? Do you think I’m an idiot?”
“……” They were immediately exposed. At that moment, Li Zhongchen and Yao Tong could not laugh.
Noa’s Notes: Just wanted to update readers who missed the discord announcement. As I got a surprise visit from my family who came all the way from abroad to spend the holiday season with me, I will be updating MEBBMCT with an irregular status for the rest of the month. I promise I have not forgotten about this novel, and I will be sure to make up the missing updates as soon as I am able to. Happy Holidays everyone, and I hope you enjoy this chapter! ^^
these two will kill me one day.
happy holidays and thanks for the chapter <3
HAHA HOW DID HE KNOW IMMEDIATELY?! Happy new year
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
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