Inside the rental apartment, the petite girl sat in a gaming chair adjusted to its highest setting, her eyes locked on the screen. Her hands flew over the mouse and keyboard so fast they nearly left afterimages.
Yet all that flashy maneuvering was utterly powerless in the face of poor skill. Just as the girl was about to line up another sniper shot for who knew how many times, a burst of submachine-gun fire came straight at her, turning her screen black and white once again.
"Waaah... ahh..."
The girl slammed the desk, her face flushing red again. Her throat, still unable to form clear words, let out a stream of incoherent cries. In the end, she could only let her hands fall helplessly and slump back in the gaming chair like a dead fish.
After recovering for quite a while, Xiao Yue Ming finally straightened up listlessly. Her beautiful eyes shifted to the phone beside her, which had not lit up once, and her red lips pressed together.
She picked it up, unlocked it, and opened WeChat. Finding her only contact, her gaze dimmed slightly.
On the chat screen, the last message from the contact named "Loli-Con Kidnapper" was still a courier tracking number from three days ago.
The girl thought for a moment and began typing on the screen, but after spending several minutes composing her message, she deleted it just before sending.
"Hmph..."
She let out a faint, sulky huff and tossed the darkened phone aside.
Why was she worrying about that guy? He had only disappeared for a few days! Don't think about it, don't think about it...
As she silently tried to reassure herself, the girl opened the game again and prepared to start another match. However, the captain from her previous team had already