awkward

--nine years ago--

On the hottest afternoon in summer, in the cramped boys' dormitory, the computer keyboards made crackling noises.

In front of the table, a teenager in a black sweater frowned, professionally manipulating letters and playing an online game called "Dominate One Side".

His hero's name is Xiao Han, who is extremely powerful in attacking. In that virtual world, he is famous for his tyrannical and aloof sword spirit. At this time, he is confronting a floor-sweeping monk named "Crow".

Crow is also good at fencing swords. Although his internal strength is not as good as Xiao Han's, he likes to play tricks very much, and is tricky and mean in swordsmanship.

Both were as fast as a thunderbolt and lightning, and the sharp clashing sound of sword and sword came one after another. After fighting for more than ten minutes, Xiao Han's blood volume was dominant. Just when the young man thought he was about to defeat the opponent, the crow suddenly raised his fingertips slightly. , firing a poisonous needle.

Xiao Han's own system immediately issued a yellow warning, and his blood volume dropped sharply.

The crow didn't give him time to breathe, and in an instant, he summoned his inner strength and launched a big move, using his sword to attack the vital points.

Under the incomparably powerful attacks again and again, the young hero retreated steadily, with a trace of blood dripping from his lips abruptly.

Not long after, Xiao Han fell to the ground with a clear and loud "KO" sound from the referee system.

"Snapped"

The young man threw away the mouse unexpectedly, glanced coldly at the other party's profile, and frowned even more when he found out that the other party was competing with him in the form of a mobile game.

When computer equipment loses to mobile game operation, the gap between the two is immediately apparent.

The boy's dark eyes stared straight at the interface, and his handsome face was full of gloom.

He has played this game for many years, and he is already worshiped as a god-level figure in the world, but now he has lost to an unknown sweeping monk, how can he let go?

The boy bit his lip, squinted his long and narrow eyes, and then clicked the mouse to start exploring all the historical game data of this player named Crow.

There was an unexpected sound at the door of the dormitory, and someone walked in.

The boy glanced at him and found that it was a tall and thin boy with a handsome temperament and a cleanliness all over his body.

After a long silence, the boy in front of the computer raised his eyebrows slightly, "Are you the transfer student?"

"Hi, my name is Ye Mu"

The voice of the boy on the opposite side is magnetic, with a certain tone, which is very pleasant to hear.

The young man said "um" indifferently, ignored it, and continued to focus on the game interface.

Ye Mu dragged his suitcase and walked in, sat down on his bed, looked at the boy in front of the computer desk, and said nothing.

The dormitory was very quiet, only the sound of the boy clicking the mouse could be heard.

After a long time, Ye Mu opened his mouth first, "Your name is Yan Chen?"

"you know?"

Ye Mu smiled lightly, "We met before."

Yan Chen typed the keyboard quickly with his fingers, and said indifferently, "Really, I don't remember." He clicked the mouse to send a friend request to the "crow" as he said, expressing that he was not very willing to make friends with this newcomer. Roommates say hello.

Ye Mu pursed his thin lips lightly, "I used to be a resident singer in a bar, and a customer got drunk and made trouble. You helped me."

Yan Chen lowered his eyes, "I've been to too many bars recently, I don't know which one you're talking about."

"The street in Xiaoyan'an."

Yan Chen glanced at him, "I have a little impression, why, is your family very poor, and you went to work in that kind of place when you were just an adult."

Ye Mu smiled, "It's just a personal hobby. I like singing very much. If you have a song you like, I can sing it to you."

"No." He refused without hesitation.

Ye Mu glanced at his computer screen, "You also play this game?"

Yan Chen was a little impatient, hummed and didn't answer.

Ye Mu turned his head to look at him, "If possible, can we add a friend?"

Yan Chen's face was paralyzed, and his tone was cold: "I refuse." For some reason, when this person approached him, he felt a strange feeling all over his body, especially irritability and discomfort.

"What's the reason?" Ye Mu asked.

Yan Chen said decisively: "I see you are not happy."

Ye Mu was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously shook his head, stopped talking, turned around and began to pack his luggage silently.

Yan Chen ignored him. After applying for Crow's friend, he kept looking at the computer screen. After half an hour without receiving a reply from the other party, he sent a second friend addition.

——He is not convinced by the previous games, as long as conditions permit, he must go to the "testing platform" with this player named Crow to have a real competition.

"Di~"

There is new news.

Yan Chen glanced at the screen and couldn't help frowning.

Friendly reminder from the system: Dear player, I'm sorry, your friend request has been returned by the other party.

Reason for refusal: bad mood

Yan Chen glanced, the corners of his lips twitched slightly, and he closed the game interface expressionlessly.

Getting up and kicking the chair away, he put the phone in his pocket, took the key and left the door of the dormitory.

"Snapped"

The moment the door closed, with a casual glance, he caught a glimpse of the thin back of the dormitory through the gap.

Faintly, silently, with some loneliness, he took his mobile phone and typed a few words on the game interface...

Yan Chen stood at the door, staring involuntarily at the small gap that couldn't be smaller, bit by bit, until it disappeared after waking up from the dream.

In the middle of the night, his eyes slowly opened, staring at the empty ceiling, motionless.

He himself didn't know why he dreamed about the scene when he first met that person, and he didn't know why there was a feeling of emptiness somewhere in his chest.

His intuition told him that he missed something in a trance, but he couldn't remember it no matter how he thought about it.

Frowning, he turned sideways and sat up from the bed.

Gu Huai slept lightly and woke up soon.

"what happened?"

Yan Chen lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "It's nothing, I just remembered the past."

Gu Huai looked indifferent, "Ye Mu again?"

Yan Chen raised his hand to pick up the water glass and took a sip, then said calmly, "There's you too."

"I?"

Yan Chen's long eyelashes drooped, his eyes were as deep as the sea, "I remember the first time I added you and you were rejected."

Gu Huai said indifferently, "You mean the account named Crow?"

Yan Chen didn't speak, noncommittal.

Gu Huai lowered his head and remained silent for a while, then smiled inexplicably, "Really."

Yan Chen curled his thin lips, his profile was deep and handsome, "I don't think you thought you would be dating online, did you?"

Gu Huai turned over slowly, lay face down on his arms, closed his eyes, "I don't want to mention the past."

Yan Chen frowned slightly invisibly, and said in a low voice, "Actually, I never understood why you broke up with me in the first place."

Gu Huai's expression darkened, "I have my own reasons."

Yan Chen looked at him with deep eyes, "Say it, maybe we can face it together."

Gu Huai bit his lips, with a persistent look on his face, "Don't want to say it, don't force me."

Yan Chen lowered his head, remained silent for a moment, and said coldly, "As you wish."

After he finished speaking, he turned his back to the past, his face indifferent.

Gu Huai pursed his lips slightly, stopped talking, frowned and closed his eyes.

One night passed like this, but he never fell asleep.

Actually, why is he afraid?

Even if Yan Chen knows that the account is not his, so what.

How could he lose to that bitch Ye Mu?

it's ridiculous