After being moved to tears by the sworn enemy's pheromones - Chapter 8

Under the setting sun, Gu Yu questioned He Senzhou, “Are you really an alpha?”

Before He Senzhou could answer, Shen Jin countered, “Our Senye can be flexible, and the esports club needs talents like him.”

He Senzhou was pleased by the praise and immediately hugged Shen Jin, saying, “Lead me, and I’ll call you dad slickly.”

Shen Jin felt a twinge in his shoulder from the impact, while Gu Yu pulled He Senzhou away, saying, “Why are you hugging him? Aren’t you hot?”

Seeing this, Shen Jin approached Gu Yu and mockingly whispered in a volume only they could hear, “What’s this, have you truly fallen for me? I can’t touch any other alphas?”

The more unwilling Gu Yu appeared, the more he wanted to infuriate the other.

Gu Yu also lowered his voice, unwilling to show weakness, “There are already misunderstandings about me and the senior. Although it’s not our intention, I’d appreciate it if the senior could keep an eye on him being an O, so rumors won’t spread about me being cuckolded.”

“Heh, didn’t expect you to be quite alpha.” Shen Jin waved his hand. “You even added my two roommates on WeChat. Thought you were eyeing one of them…”

Gu Yu’s voice remained calm, “I added them just because there’s a high chance I can get information about your whereabouts from their moments, making it easier for me to catch you red-handed.”

Shen Jin chuckled, “Then you better inquire about which nearby hospital offers a fifty percent discount on grand openings first.”

To avoid a real fight, Xu Tingyun casually changed the topic, “Almost forgot to ask, what online games do you guys usually play? Anything we can’t handle.”

From He Senzhou’s response, it seemed he played MOBAs, shooters, RPGs—while Gu Yu responded expressionlessly, “I play Tetris.”

Unexpectedly, Gu Yu didn’t play online games. Others laughed, but Shen Jin’s eyes lit up. He patted Gu Yu’s shoulder with feigned consolation, “It’s okay, as long as you’re willing to call me jungle daddy like the kids, I can come help you five times in ten minutes.”

Gu Yu glanced at him, a hint of a smile appearing on his lips, “Well, being the top A in C University, you sure have a lot of kids, quite fertile.”

This remark was clearly intentional. Shen Jin immediately felt indignant and tried to start a scuffle, but in the presence of others, they couldn’t determine a winner. Gu Yu lifted him by the waist, as if to prevent him from tickling, then casually wiped his hands as if they were dirty and called He Senzhou, “Let’s eat, I’m hungry.”

He Senzhou waved and followed. Watching the two leave, Xu Tingyun couldn’t help but comment to Shen Jin, “Your relationship with the juniors doesn’t seem like it’s at the point of irreconcilable enmity.”

Shen Jin flipped through the information sheet in his hand, his face rejecting, “Don’t mention it. If murder weren’t illegal, we would’ve killed each other long ago.”

In the height column on the sheet, Gu Yu had written 189cm.

Shen Jin, thinking about his own barely 180cm height, couldn’t help but mutter resentfully, “Who grows to 189cm at 18? Ridiculous.”

“Too much,” as the sun was about to set, with people dispersing, the club president called to them, “You guys take care of the newbies with me, don’t let them run off.”

He handed over three packs of the best cigarettes. Shen Jin and Xu Tingyun reluctantly agreed, and even Qin Zhu made a huge concession, “I’ll try to swear in dialect.”

After packing up, they went to the cafeteria to buy pancakes for dinner and planned to find a cool place to hang out for a while.

C City was a southern city with little temperature difference between day and night. With the ground heat rising with the twilight, it was even warmer than during the day. Qin Zhu complained, “Let’s not go back to the dorm, how about an all-nighter at the internet cafe? Use my card, it’s going to expire if not used soon, and tomorrow’s Saturday anyway.”

Shen Jin was about to say something, but Xu Tingyun hooked his shoulder, looking like a loving father, “Sure, to prevent my son from being too hot to sleep all night again, it pains me as a father.”

The school dorm’s air conditioning system hadn’t been fixed yet. It was unclear if it was due to limited technology or recurring issues in the summer. The three planned to hang out at the internet cafe for a couple of days. Unexpectedly, just as they were about to leave, a voice came from behind, “Are you guys going to the internet cafe? Can I join? I’ll treat with drinks.”

Clearly, it was He Senzhou again. Following him was a sigh from Gu Yu.

Qin Zhu turned to look at this freshman they had only met once, speaking bluntly as usual, “A scrub like you needs to buy your own drinks. Getting a pentakill at the internet cafe will get you free drinks.”

“Really?” He Senzhou didn’t mind at all, immediately putting his arm around Qin Zhu, regardless of whether they were acquainted or not, and regardless of the heat, “What role do you play, Senior?”

“Why are you like a stray dog?” Qin Zhu struggled, “I play mid lane in any game—I said let go of me.”

“Oh…” He Senzhou’s eyebrows sank as he let go of Qin Zhu’s hand, feeling the rejection keenly. Unexpectedly, Qin Zhu turned back and asked, “I said you’re like a dog, and you still don’t get it?”

He Senzhou realized and quickly asked Gu Yu, “Are you coming with us or going back to the apartment?”

Gu Yu followed, saying, “I’ll accompany you at all costs.”

He Senzhou smiled superficially, appearing triumphant, but in reality, his tail was wagging. This made Gu Yu mutter under his breath, “You seem to enjoy being called a dog. Do you have some special fetish?”

“People who top the leaderboards don’t sweat the small stuff.” He Senzhou replied, “Being able to get a pentakill in high elo matches, I could even be called a grandson, let alone a dog.”

Gu Yu, feeling helpless, stopped arguing with He Senzhou and instead walked with his hands in his pockets, occasionally glancing at Shen Jin’s expression out of the corner of his eye.

He thought Shen Jin would dislike him tagging along, but the latter didn’t say anything. The group quickly left through the north gate of the school and found a internet cafe on West Street in the university town.

“Let’s play ‘Summoner’s War,’ it’s the game we play the most in the club activities,” Shen Jin said. “You guys trio queue, and as the vice president, it’s my responsibility to help Gu Yu get familiar with it.”

His two roommates mocked him, asking if he wanted to groom the freshman. Shen Jin pushed their heads back, already planning his own strategy:

What’s the first step in getting familiar with competitive games? It’s understanding how to handle getting flamed by all kinds of players—He had prepared a complete set of flaming strategies for Gu Yu.

Shen Jin, inclined toward tactical analysis in his field of expertise, could potentially be recruited by a top-tier league team’s coaching staff if he performed well in the National University City Tournament. Educating newcomers like Gu Yu was right up his alley.

As for “Summoner’s War,” it was currently the most popular 5v5 tower-pushing MOBA game. Shen Jin helped Gu Yu set up a new account on the PC version, and chose a name for himself: Sweet Coconut Milk Puff.

Gu Yu looked at him skeptically, “This name doesn’t seem to fit the senior’s demeanor.”

“You don’t understand this,” Shen Jin analyzed, “This type of ID usually doesn’t like playing jungle, but I’ll instantly lock in the highest difficulty jungle hero. Guess what our teammates will think?”

Gu Yu didn’t understand, so Shen Jin confidently answered himself, “They’ll definitely think it’s mismatched and assume I’m a booster, which will boost their morale. When we enter the game, the opponents will also think I’m a booster, and their mentality will collapse.”

“Oh, that’s impressive,” Gu Yu nodded on the surface but muttered under his breath, “Sweet and sweet, it actually fits quite well.”

The IDs of the jungle kings on the national server were either ruthless or heartbroken. Sweet Coconut Milk Puff was indeed unique. Gu Yu subconsciously moved his mouse and created his own ID: Devourer of Coconut Milk Puffs.

He thought, it seems like he’s the only one who can restrain someone like the soft and sweet omega senior.

“What are you doing?” Shen Jin almost choked, “Who allowed you to make a couple’s ID with me?”

“…” Gu Yu was stunned for a moment, feeling that Shen Jin’s understanding was extremely poor, and said, “Couple’s ID? This is clearly an enemy-exclusive ID, eating you would make it disappear.”

Before Shen Jin could respond, Gu Yu quickly added to this cruel treatment of enemies, “Devouring the senior, heartlessly, leaving nothing behind.”

This sounded like dismemberment. Shen Jin frowned in anger, immediately took out his phone, and said, “Fine, wait for me.”

Just because he didn’t want to use a couple’s ID? Shen Jin immediately took a photo of Gu Yu in front of him, edited it for his Moments, and wrote: [Friday relaxation, teaching a certain junior how to play games~ (strawberry emoji)]

That strawberry emoji at the end surprised Gu Yu, making him unable to help wanting to stop it. However, Shen Jin immediately sent it and provocatively raised his eyebrows at him, saying, “How’s that? I might even have to deliver for love tomorrow with the new chapter of ‘Don’t Even Think of Escaping, Senior.’ Angry?”

Since Shen Jin didn’t intend to be a good person regarding Gu Yu’s matters, he remembered something and was even a little curious, “What if your childhood sweetheart hears about this, will you chase her to the crematorium? How about I donate two bundles of firewood to send you on your way?”

Gu Yu’s Adam’s apple surged, realizing that Shen Jin was right, and his entire face felt hot with anger.

But compared to thinking about how to clarify his relationship with Shen Jin, he was more puzzled by why Shen Jin suddenly brought up his so-called “childhood sweetheart.”

For this, he replied, “I’ve said it before, it’s not like childhood sweethearts, it’s just that our parents had business dealings, and we’ve known each other since we were kids—and besides, there were several other kids we played with.”

“…Oh, I see. I’ve only met him once.” Shen Jin casually looked away, while Qin Zhu bluntly said, “Son, your Moments are a mess, is it considered sexual harassment? There are already over 20 likes.”

“Nonsense, of course it counts.” Shen Jin immediately became reinvigorated, not forgetting to praise himself, “Sacrificing my own reputation to sexually harass my enemies, enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens, I’m truly the contemporary Goujian.”

“…” Gu Yu snapped out of it, unable to retort for a moment, but he had more important things to care about, “You… at least delete that strawberry emoji and repost it.”

So many people liked it? If someone found out that the cute strawberry emoji represented him, he’d rather die.

But Shen Jin didn’t accept it, instead pulling him into the bots game, “Stop struggling, Dad will teach you how to play top lane, at least you still have the online dating route.”

“…” Gu Yu let go of his hand, his originally sharp and cold face almost swelling with anger, “Fine…! I’ll meet up with my online dating partner next month and beat each other up.”