Zhou Lingxing put down his clothes and surveyed Su Heng with an indifferent expression for a while.

This woman… either doesn’t have a fit, or when she does, it happens in such an urgent moment; that’s a skill in itself.

He stood quietly in the living room for two minutes, then slowly walked over to Su Heng. When he saw the mask on her face, he frowned again.

Recalling what she said to him last time, he was somewhat curious.

“I don’t want someone to see.”

Who could that someone be?

A friend? Or perhaps… an ex-boyfriend?

Zhou Lingxing chuckled to himself, never mind, it had nothing to do with him.

Returning to the moment, he slowly grasped Su Heng’s slender arm and wrapped it around his neck.

With his other hand, he slipped through her knees, applying a bit of force to lift her up.

At the moment he picked Su Heng up, Zhou Lingxing couldn’t help raising his eyebrows; usually, he didn’t see her eating much, yet she was not light.

As he prepared to go upstairs, Zhou Lingxing glanced at Su Heng’s mask, which he found increasingly displeasing.

As he tightened his grip around her shoulder, the mask fell off, revealing the young woman’s beautiful face, though most of it was still hidden by her long, loose hair.

Zhou Lingxing felt satisfied and carried her upstairs.

No one would have expected that Su Heng’s nap would cause a huge stir.

On the only illuminated computer screen in the living room, the message notifications on the taskbar had reached an extremely alarming number.

Whether it was fans of Sleeping or haters, fans of the team, or Zhou Lingxing’s fans, everyone was united in their astonishment.

【Ahhhh!!! What did I just see!!!】

【Don’t say that it was LING who princess-carried Sleeping! I won’t listen, I won’t listen!】

【Oh my god, the sister’s mask fell off! I saw her side profile!!】

【Who said the sister was ugly? Step forward! I won’t hesitate to hit you!】

【Based on my 5.2 vision, Sleeping’s mask was intentionally taken off by LING!】

【Are you crazy? Why would God LING intentionally remove the sister’s mask?】

【What did I say before! I’m a fan of the sister’s looks! Forever loyal to her beauty!!】

The plot twist happened too quickly, and the fans could only use a stream of exclamation marks to express their feelings at that moment.

As for the two main characters being discussed by the fans all night, one had long since fallen asleep, while the other was oblivious, focusing on ranking matches.

This sudden incident fermented overnight, eventually reaching Shen Jianian, who was at a meeting far away in the United States.

The comments under the official Weibo were too enthusiastic, and the management team of GI was flustered, so they reported it directly to Shen Jianian.

When Zhou Lingxing received Shen Jianian’s call, it was already late at night. He was in a bad mood due to an actor dropping out at the last moment.

He glanced at the suddenly lit-up screen of his phone, frowned, and answered, “What’s the matter?”

Shen Jianian was taken aback, hearing the impatience in the voice on the other end, and spoke in a low tone straight to the point: “What’s going on between you and Su Heng?”

Zhou Lingxing was puzzled. “What could possibly be going on between us?”

“Didn’t you carry Su Heng upstairs when she fell asleep during the live broadcast?” Shen Jianian’s tone carried discontent.

Zhou Lingxing paused, “The live broadcast didn’t end at that time?” He quickly guessed the situation.

“You didn’t know? Forget it, no matter what’s going on between you two, right now Su Heng has just joined the team, and it’s not suitable for her to get entangled with any team members at this time; it would be bad for her.” There seemed to be noise on Shen Jianian’s end, as if someone was calling his name, “So, tomorrow you need to take some time to post a Weibo explaining that Sleeping is sick and that you took her upstairs out of care for a teammate, asking fans not to overthink it. I have things to do, I’ll hang up first.”

Listening to the busy tone on the other end, Zhou Lingxing chuckled twice, not taking it seriously.

It was best to ignore such matters; posting a Weibo explanation for it was unnecessary.

Nothing seemed to be going on, but it turned into something after all.

Thinking about it, Zhou Lingxing picked up his phone again and opened Weibo. As expected, his and Su Hang’s posts had been overwhelmed by tens of thousands of live viewers, and there was even a GIF of him carrying Su Hang upstairs circulating online.

He enlarged a few blurry GIFs and began to browse through them one by one, thoroughly enjoying himself. It wasn’t until the originally pitch-black night sky gradually lightened that he went to take a shower and then sleep.

*

Early the next morning, the official Weibo of GI updated with a post:
【Recently, Miss Sleeping fell asleep during the live broadcast and was carried upstairs by Princess LING. Sleeping has been feeling unwell lately, and as a team that values unity and friendship, isn’t it normal for LING to take her back to her room to rest? Please, everyone, remain rational. After all, no one in a relationship would take their girlfriend upstairs and come back down in less than a minute.】

The comments under the Weibo post quickly surged, but fortunately, most of them were positive.
【What happened to GI??? Why is the official Weibo starting to act cute???】
【I got it!!! Is the official Weibo that golden retriever from yesterday?】
【Hahahaha, that last sentence is savage, does it mean LING is destined to be single??】
【No one thought there was anything between these two, but!! I’m really jealous that Sleeping can be carried by Princess LING!!!!】

The small board, who was also caught in the crossfire, couldn’t help but comment from a secondary account:
【What are you guys even thinking? Let me clarify, the golden-haired beauty from yesterday is actually the substitute jungler who got promoted from the second team!!!】
This comment was quickly drowned out by the many envious comments from female fans about Sleeping, not causing a stir at all.

Wave, who had watched the whole thing, couldn’t help but laugh: “Golden-haired beauty, hahahaha, I can’t believe you said that, it’s killing me with laughter.”

As soon as Su Hang came downstairs, she heard Wave’s laughter and couldn’t help but glance at the small board next to Wave: “What’s going on?”

Seeing the culprit appear, the small board was filled with frustration: “Why are you asking me? Just go check your Weibo and you’ll know.”

Su Hang fell silent; ever since she opened Weibo, it seemed like there hadn’t been a moment of peace.

Helpless, she pulled out her phone and scrolled through Weibo until she saw the GIF of Zhou Lingxing carrying her upstairs, which finally made her realize what had happened.

She scanned the room for a while, unable to find the person she was looking for, and then asked the small board, “Where’s Zhou Lingxing?”

The small board shrugged: “He probably hasn’t gotten up yet; Ling Ge seemed to have gone to bed pretty late last night.”

Su Hang nodded, sat down, and opened the game, quickly putting the incident out of her mind.

For her, the most important thing now was to deepen her hero pool; everything else could wait.

After a while, Sun He walked over: “Today’s training match, the small board will play; you should practice your heroes well.”

According to the schedule, Su Hang was supposed to play in today’s training match, but because Zhou Lingxing called Jiang Yuan over, and although she didn’t know when Jiang Yuan would arrive, it was safer to let the small board take her place.

Su Hang was confused and looked at Sun He in doubt: “Why? The schedule says I’m supposed to play today; I want to try out the new hero I’ve been practicing.”

Sun He shook his head: “Not today, I’ve arranged something else for you.”

Although Sun He’s expression remained gentle, Su Hang could still hear the unyielding tone in his voice.

Seeing that he was about to return to training, Su Hang hurriedly asked, “What’s the arrangement?”

Sun He winked at her: “You won’t be disappointed.”

Tonight’s practice match was very important for Su Hang; she needed to use this match to convince Shen Jianian to allow her to use the Sword Saint in tomorrow’s official match, so she was determined to get an answer.

Just as she was about to press for more information, Zhou Lingxing’s voice suddenly came from behind her: “The number one jungler in the country is here to give you one-on-one guidance. Are you satisfied with this arrangement?”

Su Hang froze for a moment, slowly turning around to look at the man behind her.

“The number one jungler in the country, who is that?”

Seeing that it had indeed piqued her interest, Zhou Lingxing’s expression softened: “Jiang Yuan, the jungler of the FHL team, which has not suffered a defeat in the LPL for the past three years.”

Su Heng stopped speaking, but ripples stirred in her heart. She had never considered how far she could go, but being called the best jungler by others—could that not be seen as the highest honor for a jungler?

That’s how people are; where there is desire, there is motivation.

A strange light flashed in her eyes as she met Zhou Lingxing’s gaze: “When is he coming?”

Zhou Lingxing sat down leisurely beside Su Heng, pressing the power button on his computer: “Around 8 o’clock. I hope you won’t be asleep.”

Su Heng nodded and fell silent.

So, throughout that afternoon, Su Heng maintained a state of heightened concentration. She played ranked game after ranked game, practiced one hero after another, and watched match after match of FHL.

At half-past seven, Jiang Yuan finally arrived.

Jiang Yuan looked like a grown-up version of a child prodigy, with the same baby face and golden hair, just taller than before.

He appeared before everyone unguarded, exuding an innocent vibe.

With a beaming smile, Jiang Yuan greeted everyone: “Hello, good to see you again.”

He seemed to have a good rapport with several of them.

Sun He was the first to stand and exchange pleasantries: “Long time no see, when’s the next match?”

“Tomorrow. After you guys finish, it’s our turn.” Jiang Yuan smiled warmly, but his gaze kept searching the room for something.

It finally settled on the man who had been silently playing games.

Jiang Yuan walked over, his smile growing wider, but if you looked closely, you’d notice it was no longer the polite smile he had shown to Sun He.

“Ah Ling, I’m glad you asked me for help.”

Zhou Lingxing’s expression, however, looked particularly cold. After pressing the recall button, he took a folder from the drawer and tossed it into Jiang Yuan’s hands without raising his eyes.

“I won’t let you help for free. If it’s not enough, tell me.”

After saying this, Zhou Lingxing picked up the mouse again and guided his hero toward the mid-lane.

The air fell silent for a moment before he spoke again: “And don’t call me Ah Ling anymore. This is the last warning.”

A complex expression flickered across Jiang Yuan’s face, leaving him speechless for a long time.

Sun He sighed softly, while Wave, Old Fish, and Xiao Ban exchanged confused glances.

Su Heng glanced at the man beside her, whose expression was unfriendly, and主动 stood up to extend her hand to Jiang Yuan. “Hello, I’m Su Heng.”

The moment she saw Zhou Lingxing’s expression, she realized this was related to his past.

She also had a past and not-so-good memories; she could understand his feelings.

While she couldn’t help him directly, she could show kindness to those or things he wished to avoid, so that when he was ready to move on, he would feel less burdened and guilty.