Chapter 13: Sympathy
Xie Yang stared at the message “See you tomorrow” sent by the other person, the heat on his face lingering without subsiding.
He felt that after this voice chat session, his relationship with CX330 progressed rapidly.
It seemed like something had changed between them, yet at the same time, nothing had changed.
Su Huai originally wanted to ask Xie Yang if he wanted to grab supper together, but seeing him with a flushed face, looking like he was full of spring feelings, made him suspicious.
After some careful consideration, alarm bells rang loudly in Su Huai’s mind!
Could it be that Xie Yang was in an online relationship?!
Recalling how Xie Yang had been playing duo queues with his so-called game friend for the past half month, every night without fail, rain or shine.
And then there was the time Xie Yang asked him about the ADC hero’s ultimate ability and whether they played Kalista.
You see, the ADC position is a hotspot for online relationships; the bot lane is a duo, and generally, guys who take girls along like to play ADC.
Moreover, the hero Javelin of Vengeance is jokingly referred to by all players as the Spear of Online Romance.
Because of this hero’s skill mechanics, it can bind itself to an ally support through a contract. When using its ultimate, it can launch the support bound by the contract to knock back opponents or pull back a low-health support to keep it alive. Since many support players are female and prefer playing fragile, utility-oriented characters, the ultimate of Javelin of Vengeance can protect them well.
Gradually, Javelin of Vengeance has been nicknamed the Spear of Online Romance.
Who playing online romance doesn’t know how to play Kalista?
According to Su Huai, anyone playing Kalista as ADC is used to deceiving innocent girls through online romance, and not just girls, boys as well.
Su Huai was about to say something; he wanted to remind Xie Yang.
But thinking that the other person had been down in the dumps after breaking up recently, and now Xie Yang seemed to be living happily every day.
It was not easy for him to emerge from the gloom of a breakup, to let go of Qi Xu, and start a new life.
How could Su Huai bear to strike him down?
Having said that, Su Huai still found and sent Xie Yang quite a few posts about people being deceived in online romance.
Especially those posts where people were deceived both emotionally and financially when online relationships turned real.
Su Huai did not approve of Xie Yang engaging in online romance, especially within their circle. Who knew what kind of person was on the other side? Maybe someone who was already married and had two kids, or a scammer who just wanted money and sex.
Xie Yang looked at the posts Su Huai sent him, puzzled.
[“College Student Scammed 200,000 Yuan in Online Romance”]
[“Victim of Online Romance Scam Fell into Pyramid Scheme”]
[“Real Cases of Online Romance Deception”]
[“Shocker! Online Romance Scam, the Other Person Turns Out to be a 40-Year-Old Man!”]
[“Scammed in Online Romance for 300 RMB, Heart Closed to Love Forever”]
Su Huai: Look at this male college student who was scammed of 200,000 Yuan, thinking it was true love, only to find out the other person was a man.
Su Huai: There are many online romance scammers; inadvertently, you might end up in a pyramid scheme, be scammed upon meeting, or they might take you to Myanmar!
Su Huai: Some people engage in online romance just for sex; they might even have HIV/AIDS and deliberately infect others!
Although Xie Yang didn’t quite understand the intention behind Su Huai sending him these posts, he still replied earnestly.
Xie Yang: Yeah, these cases are all pretty tragic. After all, behind a screen, you can’t easily trust others.
Su Huai: Even dogs would shake their heads.jpg
Su Huai: You understand what I mean, right?
Xie Yang: Confused Chicken.jpg
Su Huai: What I mean is, I’m telling you not to engage in online romance. Don’t let those sweet-talking guys online deceive you so easily! Online romance needs caution; there are risks when it turns real!
Xie Yang: I’m not in an online romance.
Su Huai glanced at Xie Yang and sighed.
Still claiming not to be in one, but that shy demeanor clearly suggests he’s already halfway into online romance. Even if he’s not now, he’s likely to go astray in the future.
Xie Yang is too naive and easily fooled, looking like a silly sweet guy.
Su Huai: In the mobile game League we play, there are many online romance scammers, especially those who play ADC like Javelin of Vengeance, Lucian, Ezreal, and such heroes.
Xie Yang couldn’t help but think of CX330, but he doesn’t play ADC himself; he’s playing support because he has to accommodate his friend playing ADC. Plus, it was Xie Yang who insisted his friend play Javelin of Vengeance.
And CX330, where’s the sweet talk? He’s a cool guy; those days he barely paid attention to me.
So CX330 definitely isn’t an online romance scammer.
And even if CX330 isn’t a good person, trying to scam money or affection through online romance, he wouldn’t spend so much time and effort with him.
He’s average-looking, short and skinny, not the type girls like, and he’s unremarkable among the guys.
Most importantly, he has no money.
And besides, they don’t have an online romance!
His character is dull and unpleasant; how could CX330 like him?
Thinking about this, Xie Yang’s mood became messy.
Xie Yang: I understand, I’ll be careful.
Su Huai: How are you and your duo queue friend?
Xie Yang: What do you mean?
Su Huai: I mean, how far has your relationship progressed? Is he trying to start a relationship with you?
Xie Yang: No! We’re just pure gaming friends. Apart from gaming, we don’t even have each other’s contact information.
Thinking about this, Xie Yang felt depressed.
Su Huai: I see.
Xie Yang: Yeah.
At least for now, they’re just gaming friends.
Xie Yang hadn’t thought about developing any other relationship with CX330.
And CX330 probably hadn’t thought about further developing anything with him either.
They’re just ordinary duo queue partners.
After all, online romance is unreliable.
Surfing the internet, identities can be fabricated, names can be made up, genders can be forged, photos can be fake, and voices can be altered with a voice changer.
Thinking of this, he remembered CX330’s clear, magnetic voice, slightly teasing at the end with a hint of smile, like a summer breeze, lazy afternoon sunlight.
He felt CX330 hadn’t used a voice changer; that should be his original voice.
CX330.
Xie Yang had always wanted to ask him if there was any meaning behind those numbers.
Xie Yang opened the browser, typed in CX330, and several related tags popped up.
One answer was written like this:
“CX330 is a star in the Milky Way, also known as the ‘Loneliest Star’ due to being the closest celestial body at thousands of light-years away.”
Xie Yang murmured repeatedly, “The loneliest star?”
No wonder the cool guy doesn’t like to talk much and was initially indifferent to him.
So he’s like me?
Lonely…
For some reason, Xie Yang automatically imagined that the other person was also a pitiful little guy.
Cool, but weak and pitiful.
Heelys > Kalista