Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After she sent the message, he did not reply for a while.

After a full five minutes, he sent back a message:

Shen Liangchuan: Sure.

This instantly lifted some weight off Qiao Lian’s heart.

However, there was a flash of sadness in her eyes.

Biting her lips, she lowered her head and smiled bitterly.

If she wanted to leave, she would have to pay him back the two million dollars he had given her when they first got married.

She placed her phone under the pillow and stared at the ceiling blankly, unfocused.

Accepting Shen Liangchuan’s offer had not been the result of her impulsiveness.

She had thought he was kidding that time he had said he wanted to form an eSports team. However it turned out to be true.

To form an eSports team…

Thinking of this, she could not help but remember that matter from the past.

On their date, Zi Chuan had not appear.

After this, he had told her not to meet again.

She was puzzled even after giving it much thought. She did not know what she had done wrong to make him do this to her.

Throughout the years, she was filled with questions the countless times she thought of it. At last, she had arrived at a conclusion.

If there was anything she had done that could have offended Zi Chuan and made him hate her, that would probably be the matter of forming an eSports team…

At that time, she had just started her second year of high school and Zi Chuan had been admitted into college at the Faculty of Finance in Beijing University.

When people in the team heard the news, they were all stirred up.

Those who had been addicted to videogames during high school had mostly not gotten good results. Zi Chuan was a rare case.

He did not play games due to an addiction. Instead, it was because the contents of the textbooks were too easy and too boring for him.

Qiao Lian could still remember that summer day in mid-july when he received his letter of acceptance.

Qiao Lian had felt happy for Zi Chuan, so she suggested, “We must play a round of games to vent your feelings!”

Everyone in the team agreed.

Zi Chuan was of course not against it, so everyone turned on their computers and went online ceremoniously.

As soon as they went online, they encountered provocations from their opponents.

They could play ranked matches in the game, and they had happened to clinch the first place of the season. At that moment, the people who had challenged them to a one-to-one match were last season’s champions, as they had lost to them this season.

Qiao Lian immediately said arrogantly, “They really think it’s not over ’til it’s over, huh? Hey, let’s all kill them with no mercy!”

Those who were full of youthful vigor could not take any provocations indeed.

Zi Chuan said nonchalantly, “I feel like there’s something off about this.”

Qiao Lian asked, “What?”

“I consider myself to be familiar with this team and they don’t seem like people who would lose their cool easily. However, looking at how they provoked us so arrogantly, it almost seems like they are scared that we will not accept their challenge.”

Qiao Lian ignored him straight away. “Who cares! Skills will tell everything. Let’s start!”

Since they had just clinched the season’s first place, they happened to be in a period of extreme confidence. Ever since Qiao Lian had started playing games, she had been in contact with Zi Chuan. Afterwards, she had followed him closely and played with him for nearly two years, so she was considered one of the most highly-regarded players. She used to brag that if she were to partner up with Zi Chuan, no one would be able to defeat them.

Hence, she could not have imagined that they would lose this match so terribly.

As she stared at the word ‘FAIL’ on the computer screen, her brain froze.

From the start of the game all the way until the end of the game, the other team overpowered them. Zi Chuan still commanded everyone to kill monsters, level up and carry out team battles. However, when they realized the difference in strength between them and their opponents, there was no longer any talking in their voice call.

Silence. In the heavy and stifling silence, they had lost this match.