Suddenly Angry

017. Sudden Anger

She remembered Jiang Siming's SKS only had a 3x Scope, and she herself only had a 4x—how could he possibly hit anyone at that range?

"No need. They won't get away."

With that, Jiang Siming raised the SKS Sniper Rifle.

Through the 3x Scope, the enemy figures were still far off, but they couldn't escape Jiang Siming's control.

It was his first time using an SKS, so he'd just use those two as test subjects.

Bang! Bang!

Two shots! In an instant, he blew the head off one enemy who only had a Level 2 Helmet.

"Whoa!" Tuan Tuan gasped.

Two shots, three hundred meters, a 3x Scope, and the interval between those two shots was definitely under 0.2 seconds.

With no time to marvel, Tuan Tuan quickly raised her Kar98k and aimed at the other enemy, who had a Level 3 Helmet and Level 3 Armor.

This guy already knew someone was ambushing him, so he wasn't about to sit still—he started zigzagging wildly.

Bang!

One shot, missed!

Bang!

Two shots, missed!

After three consecutive shots, Tuan Tuan hadn't landed a single hit on him.

She coughed awkwardly, then pretended to shout, "Got one hit, he's really low."

Jiang Siming noticed but didn't call her out. Seeing the enemy about to slip out of their sight, he stopped watching and instantly shifted his scope near the target.

Ahead of the guy's thigh by just a little, he rapidly fired four shots in succession.

Anyone who'd played PUBG knew that hitting a moving target required leading the shot, because bullets had travel time and gravity factored in.

But leading a shot wasn't something you could just pull off—besides practice, luck played a big part, even for pro players.

Yet unexpectedly, all four bullets Jiang Siming fired hit flesh, each one slamming into the enemy's sprinting thighs.

Tuan Tuan could only see through her scope that the guy's legs looked like they'd been blown up, blood splattering wildly.

Good thing she'd set it to green blood, or it might've been a bit gross.

All four shots hit, and the man crumpled to the ground.

The Live Stream Room went silent.

"What just happened? Did I see that right?"

"A hundred percent accuracy? That's a bit fake, isn't it?"

"Thought he was a pro, turns out he's a cheater. Thought cheaters were extinct, but a year later they're back."

"Feel bad for Tuan Tuan, this account's probably getting banned soon."

"Bringing a hack to play? Not afraid of getting your stream shut down?"

Even Tuan Tuan thought Jiang Siming was using cheats.

"Brother, are you hacking?"

Though she really didn't want to believe it, what she'd just seen forced her to doubt.

"I never use that kind of thing," Jiang Siming replied.

Tuan Tuan wanted to ask more, but after a moment's thought, she chose not to speak.

Instead, she switched screens and sent Jiang Siming's account to the Monitoring Station.

"Everyone, stop arguing. I've already sent the account to the Monitoring Station—we'll have results soon."

"If he really is hacking, I'll terminate his companion contract immediately. But for now, please don't stir up trouble and insult him—that's very rude."

Tuan Tuan said to the audience. After that, she restarted the game.

But her mood had suddenly turned gloomy, filled with anxiety.

If Jiang Siming really was hacking, she'd lose this companion.

The new streaming effect she'd worked so hard to create would all be for nothing.

"It's just a game—why cheat? Even if you play terribly, I wouldn't look down on you. Sigh!"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, and her attitude toward Jiang Siming grew impatient.

"You can take the Level 3 Armor and Level 3 Helmet. I've already got a helmet."

Jiang Siming, unaware of all this, kindly said to Tuan Tuan as he got into the car, ready to take her to loot the crates.

But the reply he got was a cold refusal.

"I don't want that stuff, take it yourself! I'll run the zone on my own—don't follow me!"

Frustrated and irritable, Tuan Tuan turned away from Jiang Siming and ran toward the safe zone by herself.

Jiang Siming was stunned, not understanding why she'd suddenly gotten angry.

Even though he'd been slighted, he still had to fulfill his duty as a paid companion.

He quickly caught up, abandoning the car and leaving the loot behind.

"I said don't follow me! I'll go on my own! If you keep following me, I'll give you a bad review and refund!" Tuan Tuan shouted angrily.

Jiang Siming stopped in his tracks. Tuan Tuan didn't even look at him, stubbornly running toward the safe zone.

The poison soon swept in, but Jiang Siming didn't move. The damage ticked away on him, his health steadily dropping.

On the lonely Desert Map, Jiang Siming's figure looked utterly helpless.

Tuan Tuan, who had run far ahead, found it strange that her teammate's marker stayed frozen in place. She was about to ask when she heard Jiang Siming sigh, and then he left her YY channel.

Right after, a plug icon appeared next to Jiang Siming's ID in the bottom-left corner.

That meant he was offline—had he quit the game?

Tuan Tuan froze, never expecting Jiang Siming to voluntarily leave the match.

Not only that, but soon her phone account buzzed with a notification: he had returned the full payment for the companion service, along with a message:

"Sorry, I don't know why you're angry, but I think it must have something to do with me. This companion service wasn't up to standard—please don't be upset. I won't take the money, and I hope you won't give me a bad review, because this is my job and I need it. Thank you."

Seeing that message, Tuan Tuan's nose stung with emotion. She hadn't expected Jiang Siming to be so stubborn too.

Had she been too harsh on him just now?

But if you hadn't cheated, why would I have snapped at you?

I actually really liked playing with you...

Unfortunately, Jiang Siming was already gone, and she had no one to talk to about it.

Her fans sensed her low mood and started comforting her.

"It's okay, Tuan Tuan. That's how you treat cheaters—you did the right thing. Supporting you!"

"A cheater's a cheater, and so dramatic. Can't take a little criticism?"

"That bastard wants to have his cake and eat it too. Brothers, let's go spam his reviews!"

"Yeah, yeah! We gotta teach this scumbag a lesson!"

The fans were indignant, and Tuan Tuan, flustered, quickly said, "Everyone, don't go! This has nothing to do with him—it's my own problem. Please don't bother him, I'm begging you!"

Just then, another YY account entered Tuan Tuan's channel. It wasn't Jiang Siming—it was Chen Sigou.

"Tuan Tuan, I heard you ran into a cheater when you hired a companion?"

Chen Sigou came over, acting like a 'nice guy,' all 'caring' and 'right on time.'

Tuan Tuan ignored him, but Chen Sigou kept 'kindly' soothing her:

"You're great in every way, but you're too soft-hearted. People like that deserve to be exposed. Think about it—if you hadn't caught it in time, your account could get banned, and your streaming career would suffer. He has to be removed from Bixin. Cheaters don't deserve jobs. I've already told my fans to go leave bad reviews—we'll deal with that bastard!"