“R-really? Is it true? She’s your real little sister?”
Shao Yuye warned him, “Watch your mouth.
“You know what those marketing accounts are like.”
They love adding fuel to the fire, writing any headline for clicks, cooking up half-true, half-fake rumors.
On the other end of the line, Yu Cheng solemnly mimicked the sound of zipping his mouth shut. “Don’t worry.”
Then he immediately started showering Shen Wanwan with over-the-top enthusiasm—
“Wanwan, want to come play a game together?
“It’s really fun, let’s play together!
“Ah, I’ve wanted to get to know you for ages. Who knew it’d be such a coincidence! Let me introduce myself again. My name’s Yu Cheng. Yu as in Yu Cheng’s Yu, Cheng as in Yu Cheng’s Cheng…”
Shao Yuye couldn’t be bothered listening to his teammate clown around. He glanced at Shen Wanwan. “Want to play?”
“Sure.”
Shen Wanwan agreed readily.
There wasn’t anything important coming up anyway, and since it was a game her Brother liked, keeping him company for a bit wouldn’t hurt.
By the time Shen Wanwan finished downloading the game, the two of them had already wrapped up their previous match with a win.
<Hero Adventure> was a competitive MOBA mobile game. Players fought in 5v5 matches, pushing towers, and the first team to destroy the enemy’s crystal would claim final victory.
It was Shen Wanwan’s first time playing this game, and all the rules were completely unfamiliar to her. That didn’t stop her from choosing a pretty female character, and then promptly whaling to buy every single skin for her.
Once in the game, there were three lanes: top, mid, and bottom.
Yu Cheng guided her toward the middle lane while explaining, “You’re mid lane, a solo lane. Your brother picked ADC, and there’ll be a support with him in bottom lane. Generally speaking, bottom is a duo lane.”
Shen Wanwan asked, “What about you?”
“Me?” Yu Cheng laughed. “I’m jungle.”
Normally, the jungle role was crucial, roaming and ganking. A good jungler could carry all three lanes, helping the team establish an early advantage.
But this match, Yu Cheng didn’t go top or bottom even once. He camped mid the entire time, showing off nonstop like a dutiful guard, protecting Shen Wanwan so well that she didn’t get killed a single time.
Meanwhile, the other two lanes, lacking jungle support, were relentlessly targeted by the enemy jungler. Shao Yuye played so hard his fingers were practically sparking as he tried to turn the tide—while still hearing Yu Cheng smugly ask Shen Wanwan, “So? Was that play just now awesome?”
Shen Wanwan replied, “Awesome.”
Yu Cheng grinned. “I’ve got even more awesome.”
With his overwhelming gear advantage, he went on a flashy rampage right in front of Shen Wanwan, scoring a spectacular pentakill.
Shen Wanwan cooperated nicely and praised him, “You’re really amazing.”
“……”
Even through the screen, Shao Yuye could picture Yu Cheng preening like a peacock in full display.
Unacceptable!
The moment the match ended, Shao Yuye swiftly kicked Yu Cheng out of the party.
“Go play by yourself. We’re not taking you.”
“What the hell? Why’d you kick me out just like that?”
“C’mon, don’t be like this. Brother—my good Brother—hurry up and let me back in.”
Yu Cheng spammed party join requests. “We’re on a roll right now, you know. Kicking me out like this breaks the momentum…”
He sent over ten requests. Shao Yuye didn’t approve a single one.
Damn it.
Hitting on his sister right in front of him, does this guy have a death wish?!
And since Yu Cheng had stolen all the spotlight earlier, Shao Yuye decided it was time to show his sister what he could really do.
“Ignore him. Big brother will carry you!”
Shen Wanwan nodded. “Okay.”
But clearly, the sibling duo wasn’t very compatible.
Though Shen Wanwan was a newbie, she learned quickly. Common beginner mistakes—she usually corrected them after making them once. Still, she was new to the game, and some unfamiliarity was inevitable.
Without Yu Cheng’s protection and guidance, her death rate shot up noticeably.
As for Shao Yuye, he was the type who only charged straight ahead with eyes fixed on victory. He actually died even more times than she did.
They lost the first game.
Shao Yuye patted her shoulder, comforting her. “It’s fine. No big deal.”
Shen Wanwan nodded. “Mm.”
Unfortunately, they lost the second game too.
Shao Yuye took a deep breath. “The teammates are the real problem. No ganks when they should gank. It’s fine, let’s keep going!”
Shen Wanwan: “Mm.”
Who would’ve thought they’d lose the third game as well.
Shen Wanwan pressed her lips together and suggested, “Let’s call Yu Cheng back.”
Shao Yuye rejected the idea without a second thought.
“No! That guy’s way too flashy and annoying. Let him fend for himself.
“Come on, let’s keep going. I’m way better than him, I’m not lying.”
Shen Wanwan: “…Okay.”
Soon enough, they lost the fourth and fifth games too…
Shen Wanwan even exited the game and started browsing companion-player services.
At that moment, she came to a profound realization: her brother simply couldn’t carry her.
Shao Yuye urged her to switch the screen back quickly. “Don’t hire a companion! I just haven’t played much lately, my hands are a bit rusty. Seriously, I can feel my rhythm coming back now…”
Shen Wanwan’s finger paused on the screen. She asked suspiciously, “Really?”
Shao Yuye answered firmly, “Really!
“Hurry, come back!”
Since he’d already said things to that extent, Shen Wanwan finally switched the screen back to the game.
Then she happily collected defeats in rounds 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10—every single one a loss.
When the screen once again popped up the glaring red word ‘DEFEAT’ accompanied by that regretful “Defeat,” sound effect, Shen Wanwan finally couldn’t take it anymore and put her phone down.
“I’m going to sleep.”
Shao Yuye was a bit fired up. “Don’t rush, let’s play one more round…”
Damn it.
This game was clearly out to get him today!
Every round, all kinds of ridiculous problems kept popping up. It wasn’t easy to get a few rounds where things were going well, but then either the teammates suddenly started arguing, or someone abruptly went AFK.
He just wanted to show off a little in front of his sister, why was it so hard?
Shen Wanwan silently pried her Brother’s hand away.
She shook her head regretfully.
“I’m not playing.”
Otherwise, she’d end up being pissed to death by her Brother sooner or later!
After she went into her room, Shao Yuye only then belatedly realized something…
Crap.
The way his sister looked just now—she couldn’t be mad, right?
Probably not… right?
Guiltily, he glanced toward her room. The door was tightly shut; inside was empty and unnervingly quiet.
Shao Yuye clenched his fist and pretended to smash an imaginary phone in the air a few times.
Why did he have to drag his sister into playing games for no reason?
And if he was going to, why did they keep losing!
Ahhh—what if his sister was really angry?
Shen Wanwan was indeed a little angry.
Spending an entire evening’s worth of energy only to rack up nothing but losses, there was no way her mood could stay good.
Miss Shen was very angry. The consequences were very serious.
She directly called Qi Luozhou.
The phone rang twice before being picked up, and soon Qi Luozhou’s pleasant voice came through the receiver.
“What’s wrong?”
Shen Wanwan: “What are you doing?”
Qi Luozhou keenly sensed the displeasure in her tone. He pushed the script in front of him a bit farther away and stood up.
“Lying down.”
Shen Wanwan spoke very quickly. “Stop lying down.
“Come play games with me.”
Qi Luozhou was quite surprised. “What game?”
Shen Wanwan: “Hero Adventure.”
Qi Luozhou turned on speaker mode and went to the app store to download the game.
“Five minutes.”
While waiting for Qi Luozhou to finish downloading, Shen Wanwan’s door was knocked three times.
Holding her phone, she walked over to the door and heard Shao Yuye cautiously ask:
“Are you angry?”
Shen Wanwan didn’t open the door, just talked to him through it.
“Mm.”
Shao Yuye jolted, straightened up outside the door, and began a deep, earnest confession.
“I shouldn’t have kicked Yu Cheng out just now, but that guy was obviously trying to get close to you. Forget it… he deserved it!
“And I also shouldn’t have refused your suggestion to find a paid teammate. But think about it, those companions, every single one of them talks so sweetly…”
What he wanted to say was: their skills are good and their mouths are sweet, then what place would he have left?
Inside the room, Shen Wanwan let out a soft laugh.
She of course knew all of her Brother’s little thoughts.
But being able to accept it in her heart was one thing; facing constant losses was another.
The same blood flowed in both of them.
Competitiveness was carved straight into their bones.
The moment they saw a loss, irritation followed.
“Alright. Since your self-criticism is so sincere, I’m not angry anymore.”
She glanced at the light on the wall. iIt was already 11 p.m.
“You should sleep soon too. Good night.”
Shen Wanwan really wasn’t angry anymore.
But her calm tone, when it reached Shao Yuye’s ears, translated into something else.
—It’s over!
His sister isn’t just angry, she’s really angry!
Shen Wanwan walked back to her bed. “Qi Luozhou, are you done downloading?”
“Yeah.”
Qi Luozhou’s steady voice came from the other end of the call.
“Playing games with another guy?”
She hadn’t hung up; everything she’d just said to her Brother had gone straight through the phone, word for word.
“Mm.”
Shen Wanwan urged him to hurry and log in, adding:
“It’s just playing a game.”
“Not allowed.”
Shen Wanwan tilted her head slightly.
That single ‘not allowed’ stirred up the little spark of rebellion in her.
On the other end, Qi Luozhou added, “You can play with people your Brother approves of.”
Shen Wanwan deliberately drew out her tone. “So I have to play with someone my Brother approves of…”
After getting his affirmative response, she coldly tossed out a line.
“The one he least approves of is you.”
And then *click*, she hung up the phone.
“……”
Qi Luozhou held his phone, feeling both speechless and amused.
Shen Wanwan lay face-down on the bed, laughing quietly as well.
They weren’t on video, and she couldn’t see Qi Luozhou’s expression at all just now.
But just imagining his frustrated look made her shoulders tremble with laughter. It was too amusing.
Her phone rang beside her.
It was Qi Luozhou calling back.
Still smiling, she answered. “Hello?”
The man on the other end sounded as if he’d suddenly lost his memory, calmly saying:
“The account’s registered. How do you play?”
She couldn’t hold it in and laughed out loud.
Separated by just one wall, Shao Yuye was holding his phone, frantically searching: What to do when your little sister is angry?
The webpages that popped up listed dozens upon dozens of suggestions—buy gifts to apologize, run errands for her, say nice things, and so on. He scrolled all the way through and felt that not a single one applied to Shen Wanwan.
Going through example after example of useless advice gave Shao Yuye a headache. He tossed his phone onto the bed, feeling completely miserable.
When he massaged his temples for the fifteenth time, he suddenly sprang up like a carp leaping, grabbed his phone, and opened Weibo.
At 11:30 p.m., the sister-obsessed maniac Shao Yuye abruptly went online and posted a Weibo:
@ShaoYuye : [Urgent, waiting online. My little sister’s angry. How do I coax her?]