Won the Game, Lost at Life

"She's really confident." After Zhao Yu passed A Shui's words along, Yuuka spoke softly in praise.

But she still sounded somewhat flat, making A Shui's competitive spirit burn even hotter.

Since A Shui was in bot lane this game, Zhao Yu unsurprisingly started at Red Buff, ready to protect A Shui all the way.

"I'll help you take Red first. Once you finish Rift Scuttler, if I haven't killed the enemy bot lane, I'm trash!" A Shui said as he headed toward Red Buff.

"That cocky, Shuizi Ge?" Zhao Yu asked in mock surprise.

"Of course. Today, I'm gonna show this Japanese girl what a world champion is capable of," A Shui said.

"Then I'll watch you perform." Zhao Yu nodded.

Before long, Zhao Yu finished Red Buff. Just as he finished Rift Scuttler, the announcement for first blood came from bot lane.

Zhao Yu looked toward bot lane. A Shui's Kaisa was dancing atop the enemy Vayne's corpse.

"You knew I picked Kaisa and still dared to pick Vayne? What were you thinking? Don't you know Kaisa counters Vayne?" A Shui said, sending a thumbs-up emote.

"You're amazing, JackeyLove-san." Yuuka's praise came at just the right moment, her soft, sweet voice making A Shui feel like he was basking in a spring breeze.

"Not really... Hey, bro, how do you say that again?" A Shui scratched his head and asked Zhao Yu.

"Futsuu desu."

"Oh! Futsuu desu!" A Shui stammered to Yuuka.

"JackeyLove-san is very humble." Yuuka spoke softly.

"What did she say?"

"She said you're humble."

"Hahaha, then I'll kill him again when he gets back!"

Tsk, tsk, tsk... Zhao Yu could not help shaking his head. Poor A Shui—he had been completely wrapped around that Japanese girl's finger by just a few compliments.

But since bot lane no longer needed him, Zhao Yu did not linger and headed straight for mid lane.

After sweeping the river brush and discovering that the enemy Talon had not warded, he charged up his E in the brush, then burst out and kicked Talon.

Talon clearly had not noticed Zhao Yu's Hecarim. He panicked and tried to retreat, but Zhao Yu's mid laner, Ahri, gave him no chance.

She hit Talon with an E Charm, then immediately followed with W and Q, killing him together with Zhao Yu.

"Wow! Tyou-san's jungling is amazing too! The game has barely started, and you've already gotten a kill." Yuuka praised him.

"I'm not as good as Yuuka says. My mid laner just cooperated well," Zhao Yu said.

"If Tyou-san hadn't seized the opportunity, you wouldn't have been able to kill him either, right?" Yuuka said.

"A Shui got a solo kill, though. He's even better than me." Zhao Yu hurriedly brought up A Shui.

"He's different. He's a professional player, so it's normal for him to be better."

Perhaps because Zhao Yu was the boss, he felt that Yuuka's praise for A Shui was nowhere near as sincere as her praise for him.

And even when he tried to give A Shui some credit, Yuuka would find another angle from which to praise him.

[Hahaha, Shuizi Ge failed at showing off again. That Japanese girl isn't buying it.]

[I feel like the Japanese girl prefers interacting with the streamer? She's a little perfunctory with Shuizi Ge.]

[Can't be helped. The streamer knows Japanese, but Shuizi Ge doesn't.]

It was not only the Bullet Screen in Zhao Yu's stream that noticed it. A Shui himself could clearly feel that the Japanese girl was treating them differently.

But just as the Bullet Screen said, A Shui did not really understand Japanese, so communicating with the Japanese girl was a major problem in itself.

He could not exactly make the Japanese girl blindly shower him with praise when she understood nothing, could he? That would be asking too much of her.

Besides, he had only joined Zhao Yu's party out of curiosity. A Shui did not take it too seriously and simply played even harder.

He believed that as long as they won this game in crushing fashion, the Japanese girl would definitely see him in a new light.

It was not because he wanted a few more compliments. He just wanted to show the Japanese people the strength a world champion should have. That was right... that was all!

However, that made things rather miserable for the enemy duo. A Vayne and Janna pairing simply could not stop A Shui's Kaisa.

And Yuuka was learning quickly as well. Her pokes and shields were perfectly timed, leaving the enemy pinned down before they had even scaled up.

Not only had their first turret been chipped down by more than half, they were forced to cower beneath it and could not come out.

By then, A Shui alone had claimed four kills. His development was incredibly smooth, and his gold was the highest in the game.

Around level six, the enemy's positioning suddenly became much more aggressive. A Shui keenly sensed that something was wrong.

"The enemy jungler's coming soon. Bro, come help me out." A Shui last-hit minions as he spoke to Zhao Yu.

"Got it, I'm coming!" Zhao Yu glanced at the minimap but did not spot the jungler. The enemy mid and top laners were both playing extremely cautiously, so the jungler really was likely bot lane.

Before long, Zhao Yu controlled Hecarim into his own tri-brush, while the enemy Lee Sin, just as A Shui had predicted, strolled into the river brush.

Zhao Yu pinged A Shui and Yuuka. "He's here. He should be about to make a move."

"Don't worry. It's 3v3, and I'm so fed. There's no way we can lose." A Shui spoke confidently.

The next instant, Lee Sin's Q struck A Shui's Kaisa dead on.

"What? He actually dared to Q that?" A Shui was somewhat surprised.

[As expected of Q Dance.]

[Of course, Q always lands on A Shui.]

Lee Sin did not care what A Shui thought. He immediately followed up with the second cast, preparing to kick him out, but A Shui flashed away.

Vayne followed right after him, however, and with Janna's slow, successfully pinned A Shui against the wall.

Fortunately, Zhao Yu's Hecarim arrived at that moment. One ultimate fear caught all three enemies within its range.

As soon as his stun ended, A Shui rapidly followed up with damage and, together with Yuuka's Lulu, beautifully secured a triple kill.

"Was that handsome or what?!" A Shui instinctively shouted.

The Bullet Screen flooded with people typing handsome, handsome, handsome, but the voice channel was an entirely different scene.

"Whoa! It's all thanks to Tyou-san arriving in time. Without you, we probably couldn't have won that team fight, right?"

"No, no, A Shui was the main damage dealer."

"But I think Tyou-san was very important too..."

Though he could not understand what they were saying, A Shui somehow felt like an extra.

That triple kill suddenly became tasteless. A Shui finally understood what it felt like to be a third wheel.

From then on, the match became completely one-sided. A Shui alone dazzled the entire game, and they quickly ended it.

Still, he had won the game and lost at life...

Even though he was the MVP, the occasional conversations between Yuuka and Zhao Yu constantly reminded A Shui of one thing.

Winning the game alone was useless. You needed a girl to chat with too.

After the game ended, it was around eleven o'clock. Zhao Yu was about to queue for another game when he noticed that Yuuka's companion service time was about to end.

"Yuuka, do you have anything else to do later? If not, I'll extend the order," Zhao Yu asked.

"Well, I still need to study, so I probably won't continue." Yuuka spoke apologetically.

"You're still a student?" Zhao Yu was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, I'm still in university. Being a gaming companion is only an occasional part-time job," Yuuka said.

"Then forget it. Shall I ask you to play together again next time?" Zhao Yu asked.

"Sure. Let's play together again next time." Yuuka had originally planned to end the session directly, but for some reason, she suddenly spoke up.

"How about we add each other's contact info?" x2

"Pfft!" The two of them burst out laughing at the same time.