I was the leader of the righteous path in high school.

As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly. Since Su Nianshan had already found this place, it wasn't surprising that Xia Qige was also there.

He answered the phone, but before he could speak, a clear female voice came from the other end:

"Gu Yun, what are you doing?"

"It's a holiday, log in and play a couple of games with me."

Gu Yun subconsciously glanced at Su Nianshan beside him.

Su Nianshan was focused on the screen, her fingers flying across the keyboard, seemingly unaware that he was on the phone.

"Uh... I'm at an internet cafe," Gu Yun said.

"Internet cafe? That's perfect! Add me, I'll go online right away."

Xia Qige's voice carried a hint of matter-of-fact: "You haven't been asking me to play games with you lately, is it because you think I'm bad at it?"

"no……"

"So something's up?"

Xia Qige's tone suddenly rose, tinged with a slyness: "Gu Yun, were you secretly playing games with other people without me?"

Gu Yun choked for a moment.

Hearing this conversation, Wang Ziyuan's eyes immediately lit up, and he lowered his voice to ask, "Who is it? Is it Xia Qige?"

Gu Yun slapped him back.

Su Nianshan's screen went black again.

This time, her expression didn't change much; she just glanced at Gu Yun indifferently.

That glance was detached and indifferent; it was unclear whether it was directed at Gu Yun or at the phone in his hand.

Gu Yun felt inexplicably guilty and said into the phone, "Wait a minute, let me ask first."

He covered the microphone and turned to Su Nianshan: "Um... my friend wants to play Delta Force, how about you and Wang Ziyuan play first?"

Su Nianshan's gaze slid across his face before returning to the screen.

"not good."

"Then I'll..."

Gu Yun, who hadn't quite caught on yet, wanted to thank Su Nianshan for her understanding, but the words caught in his throat.

Wang Ziyuan also looked at Gu Yun in shock.

What does this person mean?

Su Nianshan came here to find you, and she played games with you to help her. I'm just an extra.

Why are you making me play with the other person? Are you out of your mind?

Gu Yun seemed completely unaware of anything amiss, stammering, "But there are four people..."

"I...I...I went to Mingchao to smoke Amy's."

Upon seeing this, Wang Ziyuan immediately withdrew from the battlefield, leaving the main battlefield to Gu Yun.

Having run out of options, Gu Yun could only nod and say into the phone, "Come on, I'll add you. Ranked or Hextech?"

"Let's play ranked. I've been playing too much Hextech. I'll be right there," Xia Qige replied cheerfully and hung up the phone.

Wang Ziyuan watched this scene from the side, and his expression became subtle again.

He glanced at Su Nianshan's aloof face, then thought of Xia Qige's clear voice on the other end of the phone, and then looked at Gu Yun's nonchalant face. Some images involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Then he made a very wise decision—

To shut up.

He said nothing.

On the game loading screen, Xia Qige's ID appeared in the team list.

Su Nianshan glanced at it but didn't say anything.

Gu Yunqing cleared his throat and introduced, "Um, this is my childhood friend Xia Qige. We grew up together. She's the girl you saw having dinner with last time."

Su Nianshan hummed in response, her expression unreadable.

The game has begun.

Xia Qige's microphone lit up, and the sound came clearly into the three people's headphones:

"Gu Yun, is anyone else next to you? I see two IDs. Who are you playing Hextech ARAM with?"

"Su Nianshan".

"Your sister?" Xia Qige asked with a hint of curiosity. "When did you get a sister...?"

She paused, then fell silent.

Gu Yun didn't pay any attention and started matching in ranked mode. He then saw his phone vibrate twice.

He picked it up and looked at the message:

[Banxia: Have your relationship with her improved?]

[Banxia: But why does she play games too? I always felt that being the oldest was a serious person, someone who was hard to get along with...]

Sending a private message meant she didn't want Xia Qige to know, so Gu Yun didn't shout it out in the team chat, but typed:

[The Marks of the Setting Sun: It must be thanks to studying together; she's been treating me quite well lately when we're studying together.]

[The Marks of Sunset: Haha, after all, you don't understand how hard I've been studying lately!]

[Banxia: Get lost, get lost, don't fucking force your dad to beat you up]

[Banxia: If I'd known she was there, I wouldn't have pulled you. I always feel like I've seen her somewhere before, like a mouse seeing a cat!]

The marks left by the setting sun: a guilty conscience?

[Banxia: ...I feel like something is preventing me from remembering, this feeling is so strange.]

During the game loading, Gu Yun glanced down at his phone; Xia Qige had sent another message:

[Banxia: Anyway, it's just weird. Do you think she'll dislike me?]

Gu Yun almost burst out laughing.

He looked up at Su Nianshan. She was staring intently at the screen, her profile slightly pale from the screen light, her eyelashes casting a small shadow under her eyes.

Gu Yun lowered his head and typed:

【The Marks of the Setting Sun: You're overthinking it. She doesn't even really like me, so she wouldn't have time to dislike you.】

[Banxia: ...Why do you sound so proud?]

The marks left by the setting sun: I've gotten used to it.

[Banxia: Alright, alright, it's started, let's play seriously!]

Gu Yun returned the phone and gripped the mouse tightly.

The game begins.

"Gu Yun, what are you playing?" Xia Qige asked over the microphone.

"Yasuo".

"..." Xia Qige paused for a second, "Can't you do something a little more normal?"

"cannot."

Su Nianshan spoke up calmly from the side: "I'll play with the stone golem."

Gu Yun paused for a moment, then turned to look at her.

Su Nianshan's screen was still on the character selection screen, the cursor was on the stone golem's head, and her face was expressionless.

Gu Yun suddenly felt something was off.

Malphite and Yasuo, a classic combination.

The problem is that Malphite mid lane is indeed a bit weak in this version, but he's fine in the jungle, so he's the only one who can play mid this time.

Fortunately, they were all playing on alt accounts, so there was no pressure at all.

Xia Qige is just a noob, and he's fighting with the locals.

Xia Qige paused for a moment in the microphone, then laughed: "Alright, alright, I'll play a character that can hold you back, so I don't drag you down."

The game has begun.

Gu Yun's Yasuo was as fun as ever, using his E skill to dash around, only to be ganked and killed twice by the enemy jungler every now and then.

Su Nianshan's Stone Golem was taciturn, but her ultimate skill was very reliable. Every time, she could accurately knock away the key enemy, and then Gu Yun would follow up with his ultimate skill. The two of them executed several good plays.

Xia Qige kept calling out into the microphone: "Gu Yun, save me!" "Su Nianshan, is your ultimate skill ready yet?" "Oops, I'm dead..."

Wang Ziyuan was playing Mingchao next to him, occasionally stealing glances at Gu Yun's screen, his expression becoming increasingly subtle.

He discovered something.

Although Su Nianshan didn't speak, her stone golem basically followed Gu Yun's Yasuo the whole time.

Gu Yun went to clear the road, and she followed.

Gu Yun went to farm jungle monsters, and she followed.

Gu Yun was being chased by three people on the opposite side of the river. She used her ultimate skill to rush in and save them, but both of them died.

Gu Yun stared at the black-and-white screen, scratching his head. "Why aren't you selling to me?"

Su Nianshan glanced at him but didn't say anything.

Xia Qige's microphone lit up: "You two work together quite well."

Gu Yun: "It's alright, she's pretty good at playing the stone golem."

Su Nianshan's lips twitched, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just gave a soft "hmm".