Chapter 23: The wager, part two
The moment the man with the bowl cut said that, a wave of snickering and competing jeers rose around them. "Haha, force yourself on her! Awesome! Bite her, really sink your teeth into her!"
StarCraft was a competitive game. To those who loved it, playing every battle properly was the most basic respect they could show both the game and their opponent. Yet Gua Gaitou was sleazy enough to make a wager that required Lin Luoran to stand aside and let him forcibly demolish her headquarters. Under ordinary circumstances, it might not have mattered much—it was only a game. But now, with everyone egging him on, he was still acting so arrogantly and even teasing her. Lin Luoran glared furiously. "You!"
Were these people standing here to watch them play StarCraft, or to look at Lin Luoran? Perhaps half and half. They might never have any closer contact with a girl like her, but provoking her into these shifting expressions of delight and anger was satisfying enough to watch.
"Fine!" Unexpectedly, Lin Luoran was the first to agree. She pointed at Gua Gaitou. "If you lose, you have to admit you're stupid, you're really stupid, you're the stupidest! Wang Weiwei, if you can't beat him, I'm not letting you off today!"
"He probably wants you pestering him!" someone suddenly piped up, setting off another round of laughter. These people meant no harm, and some were even innocent boys whose hearts pounded at the sight of Lin Luoran, their faces reddening as they laughed. But hearing this, Lin Luoran nearly exploded with anger.
"Best of three?" The fellow immediately hosted a game and chose Zerg. Wang Weiwei joined with a dark expression, choosing Protoss and spawning at six o'clock. After putting down a Pylon and