Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Xia Xin Tormented by the Ancestor
“What’s the shooter doing, are they really going in?”
“I’m protecting you, told you to back off, why aren’t you retreating? You really want to give them a double kill? Shooter, are you crazy?”
He decisively turned off the headset.
Jiangli clicked his tongue, “What’s that noise? Are you on the phone with someone?”
“No…” Xia Xin said weakly: “Ancestor, you don’t need to be on a phone call to make noise, I was just on the mic with teammates…”
Jiangli made a sound of understanding and asked curiously, “What kind of game is this? It seems different from the ones I’ve played before?”
“This… is a currently popular trending game, the kind with 5v5 attacks and brawls.” Xia Xin could only explain to Jiangli using the simplest terms he could think of.
Jiangli squatted down beside him, “Is it fun?”
“…It’s alright.” Xia Xin looked at Jiangli warily, with a bad premonition, and chuckled nervously, “Ancestor, you know, it’s getting late, and you’ve finished washing up, so I’m going to go back to sleep—”
Before Xia Xin could stand up, Jiangli grabbed his arm, her eyes shining: “Take me with you. I think this game of yours is way more fun than my Match-3!”
Xia Xin felt like crying.
Whenever the ancestor looked at him like that, it was never good news.
Did Xia Xin dare to refuse the ancestor?
Clearly, he didn’t have the guts.
Xia Xin could only nod with tears in his eyes, “…Alright, okay…”
People’s sorrows and joys are not the same, and compared to Xia Xin’s sadness, Jiangli was extremely excited, “Hurry, hurry, teach me how to play!”
She said, dragging Xia Xin into the room.
Xia Xin followed Jiangli listlessly, downloading the game for her.
To avoid Jiangli ruining his own game, he took out two of his long-treasured alternate accounts to play with her.
The ranks of both alternate accounts were pretty low, so he was not afraid of being flamed.
Xia Xin breathed a sigh of relief, as preserving the ranking on his main account was his final act of defiance.
He took Jiangli into the game and taught her how to play, step by step.
“Ancestor, let me tell you, this game is 5v5, with five people on both the enemy and our side. Then, once you enter the map, see these three lanes? This side is called the top lane, the middle is the mid lane, and the bottom is the bot lane…”
“The heroes that go to the top lane are almost all warriors or tanks, those in the mid lane are called mages, the prettier heroes, almost all of them are mages…”
“The bot lane is simple, it’s for the shooter, and usually there is another hero beside the shooter, called the Support, which helps the shooter or other heroes who can lead the team to victory…”
Xia Xin taught little by little.
Upon hearing this, Jiangli immediately said, “Then I want to play the mid lane, the pretty heroes!”
Typical, girls are always .
Xia Xin wasn’t at all surprised, and chose a relatively easy-to-operate mage for Jiangli, “This mage is not difficult, it’s more about awareness, that is, understanding of the battle situation… Ancestor, it’s okay if you don’t understand, once we enter the game, just follow me.”
Jiangli nodded confidently, “Okay.”
Jiangli agreed quickly, and after entering the game, indeed always followed Xia Xin.
“No, no, no! Ancestor, what are you doing? Hurry up and cast your abilities!”
“No, what are you doing hiding in the bushes!”
“…Nevermind, you better just run.”
An hour later, Xia Xin collapsed on the ground, staring numbly at the ceiling, on the verge of tears.
An hour, five straight defeats, who else wants some?
“Hey, hey, get up quickly, I want to keep playing!” Unlike Xia Xin’s desolation, Jiangli was still in high spirits.
Without caring for Xia Xin’s resistance, she directly pulled him up, “Come on!”