Chapter 6

The next day was Saturday, and there were no classes at school. Even if there were, Xia Hou Zhong Ying and Zheng Xiuyan couldn't have gone, as the bumps on their heads and the swelling on their legs hadn't subsided yet.

Unable to go out and unable to watch TV, Xia Hou Zhong Ying felt extremely bored and went to play the computer in the corner of the living room.

After turning on the computer and finding no games, he downloaded CS and installed a network platform. He logged in and started playing against others.

The sound of gunfire soon attracted Zheng Xiujing. She put down her PSP and sat next to Xia Hou Zhong Ying, watching with great interest. She would occasionally shout, "There's one there, there's one there," and excitedly yell, "Kill him, kill him," not caring that she was just a little kid and yet so violent.

This made Zheng's mother, who was doing housework, frown many times. After scolding them, she would soon forget and continue to shout excitedly.

Zheng Xiuyan, sitting on the sofa, would occasionally mock the two, calling them childish and acting as if she was too good to be with them. However, her head often tilted towards the corner where the computer was, betraying her true interest.

After watching Xia Hou Zhong Ying play for a while, Zheng Xiujing felt that just watching wasn't enough. She asked Xia Hou Zhong Ying to teach her how to play, then pushed him aside and took over.

Starting a new round, Xia Hou Zhong Ying bought the guns and ammunition and then let Zheng Xiujing take over. As soon as Zheng Xiujing sat down, she excitedly pressed the shooting button and started firing, shouting, "Kill you, kill you," without even checking if she was hitting enemies or teammates. She moved her body around and swung the mouse wildly.

The teammates in front weren't prepared for a teammate to shoot them, and two of them were quickly eliminated. The scores turned negative right from the start.

The eliminated teammates were furious and started cursing, with the insults appearing rapidly on the screen, showing their fast typing speed.

"Idiot, those were your teammates. What are you shooting for?" Xia Hou Zhong Ying hadn't even said anything when Zheng Xiuyan, who was watching with her neck stretched out, angrily scolded first.

After scolding, she saw the two turn to look at her strangely and realized that she had just called them childish but now showed her own interest, feeling very awkward. She blushed and explained, "I accidentally saw it. I just can't stand how stupid you are."

After saying this, even Zheng Xiuyan didn't believe her excuse, and her face turned slightly red.

Xia Hou Zhong Ying and Zheng Xiujing looked at each other and chuckled, not pointing it out, and continued playing the game. Their expressions made Zheng Xiuyan even more awkward, and she secretly cursed her sister to be killed by someone.

It wasn't clear whether Zheng Xiuyan's curse worked or if Zheng Xiujing was just that bad. After playing three rounds, she was eliminated as soon as she saw an enemy, without even getting a chance to shoot. She was so angry that she pushed the keyboard forward and said to Xia Hou Zhong Ying, "You come, take revenge for me. Kill them, kill them a hundred times, a hundred times."

"No problem, watch me. I'll show you how to kill them," Xia Hou Zhong Ying said, flicking his hair stylishly.

Xia Hou Zhong Ying often played CS in China and, with his martial arts training, had faster reflexes and better skills. In the online matches, few could match him, and he usually hit his targets accurately.

After taking over, he played ten rounds without dying once, and most of the eliminations were his. The sudden shift from Zheng Xiujing's poor performance to a near-professional level made the opponents accuse him of cheating. After the tenth round, he was kicked out of the room by the host.

Xia Hou Zhong Ying didn't mind much; he had encountered this before, mostly because his skills were too high, making people think he was cheating. In the past, he would just change rooms.

Zheng Xiujing, however, was furious at the room's people for being so uncivilized, saying they accused others of cheating just because they couldn't win and kicked them out. It wasn't clear if she really thought they were uncivilized or if she was upset that she couldn't complete the task of killing them a hundred times and continue to torment them.

After changing rooms, Zheng Xiujing had already forgotten her painful experience and enthusiastically took over again.

After two rounds, in the third round, she finally got her first kill, jumping up in excitement. However, she was immediately headshot, which made her very depressed.

"I'll do it," Zheng Xiuyan finally couldn't resist the temptation, looking like she was going to teach her how to play, and quickly jumped over, pushing her sister aside and saying, "Let me show you how to play."

After saying this, she looked at the computer screen, paused for two seconds, and turned to Xia Hou Zhong Ying, asking, "How do you play?"

"Ha ha," Xia Hou Zhong Ying couldn't help but laugh. Seeing Zheng Xiuyan frown, he quickly taught her the basic movements and how to play, diverting her attention.

Zheng's mother, who was doing housework, watched the three children fighting over the game and held her head, groaning helplessly.

Zheng Xiuyan's close trainee sisters from the company had agreed to come and see her. As soon as they entered, they heard the sound of gunfire and saw a scene that left them speechless.

"Sister, your skills are too bad. Let me take revenge for you," Zheng Xiujing reached for the mouse and pushed Zheng Xiuyan.

"You're even worse. I've already killed three, and you've only killed one. Let go, the enemy is coming again," Zheng Xiuyan held the mouse tightly, eyes glued to the screen.

"Hey, let me do it. Your skills are so bad, I can't even watch," Xia Hou Zhong Ying said, frustrated, as he hadn't touched the mouse since Zheng Xiuyan came.

"Get lost," the two sisters glared at Xia Hou Zhong Ying.

"Damn, you got me killed again. Can't you keep quiet?" Zheng Xiuyan turned and saw her character lying dead, feeling extremely angry.

"Xiuyan, what's going on?" Huang Meiyi, seeing the scene, asked hesitantly.

Hearing someone call her name, Zheng Xiuyan turned and saw her sisters staring at her, slightly stunned, mouth slightly open.

Xia Hou Zhong Ying also turned to look at the door.

Huang Meiyi only recognized Xia Hou Zhong Ying when he turned, and she was shocked, pointing at him, "Y-You, you, you..."

Behind Huang Meiyi were three other girls. Seeing Zheng Xiuyan and Xia Hou Zhong Ying turn, they burst out laughing. They had heard from Huang Meiyi that the two were injured in a funny way, but seeing them made them laugh even harder, unable to care about Zheng Xiuyan's dignity.

Although the bumps on their heads were better than yesterday, they were still very noticeable.

"You, why are you here?" Zheng Xiuyan, hearing her sisters' laughter, came to her senses and asked, then became furious, "What are you laughing at? Are you such good sisters that you don't comfort me and instead gloat?"

"Xiuyan, you don't seem to need our comfort. You look like you're having a great time. What are you playing? I heard gunfire as soon as I came in, I thought it was a terrorist attack, how scary," a girl said, laughing and walking over.

"Hey, what game is this? It looks fun. Let me try," the girl said, trying to pull Zheng Xiuyan up.

"Yunnie, if you want to play, you'll have to wait your turn. You want to play, go to the back of the line," Zheng Xiujing, seeing the girl try to take the computer, was unhappy and grabbed the mouse, pushing Zheng Xiuyan, "Sister, your sisters are here, go entertain them."

"Oh, little Xiujing, don't be so stingy. You've already played, let me try. It's not good for kids to play too much," the girl said, acting like she was doing it for her own good, shamelessly.

"None of you can play. Xiujing, go do your homework. You haven't finished it yet," Zheng Xiuyan, pushed by the two, became indignant. She couldn't not entertain her friends, but she also didn't want to let them play, so she stood up and turned off the power strip with a slap.

"Sister," Zheng Xiujing, seeing her sister turn off the power, glared at Zheng Xiuyan.

"Go, or no allowance," Zheng Xiuyan used her ultimate weapon, making Zheng Xiujing so angry she could barely stand it, but she had no choice. Her parents trusted her sister to manage her finances, so she walked to her room with resentment.

Xia Hou Zhong Ying reached for the power strip, but Zheng Xiuyan slapped his hand away, "You can't play either."

"Hey, you're being too controlling. I'm your brother," Xia Hou Zhong Ying said, frustrated.

"I don't have a brother like you," Zheng Xiuyan, hearing Xia Hou Zhong Ying mention this, refused to acknowledge it.

"Okay, even if I'm not, you have no right to control whether I play the computer or not, right?" Xia Hou Zhong Ying said helplessly.

"This is my family's computer," Zheng Xiuyan's reason was strong, "I say you can't play, you can't play."

Xia Hou Zhong Ying was speechless. This reason was hard to argue with, seeming reasonable but also feeling off. After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure it out and could only jump to the sofa, dejected, saying, "If I can't play, I'll find my own computer."

Sitting on the sofa, Xia Hou Zhong Ying took out his phone and called his father. After connecting, he said, "Dad, have someone bring my computer and clothes over. I have nothing, how can I live? Oh, and my credit card, and some cash, I don't have much money left."

"..." Zheng Xiuyan's friends looked at each other, not sure what was happening.

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