Yu Tu directly sent a "?" over.
Qiao Jingjing held her phone, thinking more and more that her stroke of genius was absolutely correct. She had now realized that although Yu Tu was only Diamond tier, his skill level was much higher than A'guo from Ling Jie's place. Playing with him helped her improve faster than playing with A'guo. If he could teach her specifically like A'guo did, she would definitely progress rapidly.
But how could she convince Yu Tu to be her coach when she was just a "stranger" to him?
A man like Yu Tu, who had even rejected her back in the day, was truly hard to deal with.
Qiao Jingjing wasn't in a hurry to reply to him. She paced around the living room with her phone for a couple of rounds, then called Xiao Zhu: "Xiao Zhu, have Dan Dan immediately make a graphic for me. The content should be about a company organizing an Honor of Kings employee competition. Just make up any company, something high-end and trendy-looking. Get it to me in ten minutes."
Xiao Zhu felt that her artist's recent requests were all quite bizarre, but she dutifully went to handle it.
Ten minutes later, Qiao Jingjing sent Yu Tu the graphic that Dan Dan had urgently rushed out.
"Our company is organizing an Honor of Kings competition. I want to win decently, it'll help my future work."
Yu Tu: ...
Qiao Jingjing: Don't your company hold events?
Yu Tu: Does a recitation competition count?
Qiao Jingjing: ...
Qiao Jingjing became curious—where exactly did he work? Didn't he study finance in college? Weren't investment banks and such supposed to be trendy? Holding recitation competitions?
But now wasn't the time to satisfy her curiosity.
"I've signed up, but actually I don't know how to play at all, and I can't let my coworkers find out I'm completely clueless."
"I think you'd be better off finding someone else. I might quit this game at any time."
Qiao Jingjing was taken aback: "Why?"
Yu Tu felt somewhat irritated—he had actually been chatting this long with some random online friend he didn't even remember adding. But out of politeness, he still explained: "I'm on vacation recently, and my break could end anytime. Also, I actually haven't been playing for very long."
He could become this skilled after not playing for long? Qiao Jingjing grew even more excited. Did that mean she had hope of becoming this awesome too? Come to think of it, although her grades weren't as good as Yu Tu's back then, with some effort she had still reached the second tier.
Qiao Jingjing's eyes darted around: "Then when we play normally, can you give me more guidance? Like telling me where I went wrong and what I should do instead, would that be okay? If you stop playing someday, I'll find someone else then."
Qiao Jingjing: "Jade Rabbit God, please~"
She added a pitiful-looking emoji for reinforcement.
After quite a while, Yu Tu finally replied: "Fine."
Qiao Jingjing pumped her fist.
Okay! Take it slow. If he agreed to the first step, would the second step be far behind?
Wait, what was her second step???
But Qiao Jingjing subconsciously skipped over this question and typed with a smile: "Then let's start right away!"
Without waiting for his reply, Qiao Jingjing directly switched to the game interface and sent the invitation through QQ.
Yu Tu looked at the link that popped up in the QQ chat window, feeling somewhat dazed.
Hadn't he clearly rejected her? Why did it feel like he had actually agreed?
They matched with three random players and began the battle.In the hero selection interface, Qiao Jingjing once again chose Cai Wenji, but her teammates unexpectedly picked Niu Mo and Daqiao, resulting in too many Support heroes. Yu Tu directly typed: "Use Wang Zhaojun."
Qiao Jingjing had never used Wang Zhaojun before, though she had seen opponents use her and she seemed quite powerful? Anyway, with Yu Tu around, she had nothing to fear, so she selected Wang Zhaojun.
Eighteen minutes later, she proudly presented a 0-8 scoreline.
That wasn't even the worst part - the worst was that the enemy Mid-laner who had killed her three or four times even gave her a like.
Qiao Jingjing felt humiliated.
She angrily returned to QQ to vent: The enemy Mid-laner actually gave me a like!
Yu Tu: Wait a moment.
Soon he sent a game invitation. When Qiao Jingjing clicked in, she saw familiar teammates like Hao Huang.
Can Pick Cotton: Should I still use Wang Zhaojun?
With no random players around, Yu Tu turned on voice chat: "If it's for your workplace competition, it'll probably be Draft Mode. Cai Wenji is likely to be banned, and this hero can't control the tempo, being useless when behind. Wang Zhaojun is pretty good for beginners."
Qiao Jingjing also turned on voice chat: "But I don't know how to use her."
"Her skills are quite simple - first skill deals damage and slows, second skill freezes, ultimate skill rains down. Combo is 123. Change your summoner skill to Flash."
Qiao Jingjing quickly made the change.
Hao Huang interrupted: "Wait wait, what happened that I don't know about? What workplace competition?"
As the hero selection time ended and they entered the game, Qiao Jingjing answered him: "Our workplace is organizing an Honor of Kings competition, so I asked the Jade Rabbit God to teach me."
Hao Huang sent a series of incomprehensible characters.
Shilaimei Bao said: "Yu Tu is pretty good at teaching. Look at Zhai Liang as proof - his Fire Dance was terrible at first."
Hao Huang protested, "I only watched once to learn the finger techniques, after that it was all my own good game sense."
Finger techniques?
Qiao Jingjing asked studiously: "Does Wang Zhaojun have any finger techniques?"
2001 said: "Not really."
So this hero seemed quite simple. This match, Qiao Jingjing performed slightly better, but not by much, ending with a 2-7-2 score.
Yu Tu only gave some reminders near the end: "Pay attention to predicting with your second skill, you can use Flash to adjust position during your ultimate, when assassins attack you, place your second skill at your feet."
Qiao Jingjing quickly memorized this, then played three more matches with Wang Zhaojun, gradually finding fun in playing this hero. Sometimes when she was lucky enough to freeze a squishy hero and use her ultimate, it felt more rewarding than playing Cai Wenji.
In the fifth match, she picked Wang Zhaojun again, but during the loading screen, she discovered the enemy team also had a Wang Zhaojun.
In this game, having the same hero as the opponent was even more terrifying to Qiao Jingjing than wearing the same dress on the red carpet. Usually she could win in dress clashes - it would be others feeling awkward anyway - but in the game, she would definitely be the embarrassed one.
Qiao Jingjing became exceptionally nervous, causing her to perform even worse this match than before. She kept getting frozen by the enemy Wang Zhaojun, dying in tragically beautiful fashion.
After the match ended, Yu Tu was the Winning MVP while the enemy Wang Zhaojun was the losing side MVP. Qiao Jingjing thought for a moment, then frustratedly saved the replay of this match.When going to bed at night, Qiao Jingjing rewatched the video of the fifth match from the opponent Wang Zhaojun's perspective, observing how she ambushed from bushes and positioned herself during team fights, feeling quite enlightened.
Of course, she had to try hard to forget that the clumsy pig-like opponent was actually herself.
Sigh Who would have thought that just like when she studied acting by repeatedly watching videos of her seniors, playing games also required reviewing footage. When creating her, heaven must have allocated too much to her beauty, forcing other talents to be skimped on, right? Qiao Jingjing logically pitied herself.
After watching the fifth match video twice, she still wasn't sleepy, so she casually clicked on a recent match where she teamed up with Yu Tu and switched to his perspective. Yu Tu was playing Zhuge Liang, showcasing his usual flashy skills as always. Eight minutes into the game, a nearly dead Zhuge Liang was chased by an opponent Marksman with one-third health, using skills and Flash to escape. Seeing that he had run away, the opponent Marksman calmly farmed in his own jungle area. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang quietly circled back and hid in a nearby bush, then used his first skill followed by his Ultimate skill to secure the kill as the Marksman passed by.
Qiao Jingjing recalled how furious the opponent Marksman had been, cursing Zhuge Liang for being too sneaky, and couldn't help but ponder...
She quickly reached a conclusion—I need to be sneakier too. The reason she kept losing to others was because she was too straightforward!
In gaming, enlightenment is sometimes necessary. Suddenly grasping the essence of being sneaky, Qiao Jingjing's skills improved rapidly. When playing with Hao Huang and others again, she was no longer such a heavy burden. Once, with extremely good luck, she froze three low-health enemies and nervously activated her Ultimate skill, unexpectedly securing her first-ever "Triple Kill."
Hao Huang and the others spammed "666" for her, showering her with praise. Qiao Jingjing was also very proud and recorded the video to admire herself.
However, when reviewing the match alone late at night, she noticed that Yu Tu had been standing right beside her during her Triple Kill and didn't attack.
Did Yu Tu intentionally let her have that Triple Kill?
Feeling somewhat frustrated, she opened QQ, lay on her bed, and typed: "Did you let me have that Triple Kill on purpose?"
Unexpectedly, Yu Tu was online and replied after a few minutes: "My economy was sufficient. It was more appropriate for you to take the kill."
Qiao Jingjing cupped her face, casually changed her name, and waited a few minutes before replying.
Can Pick Cotton: Thank you ^_^
When Ling Jie remembered that her artist had taken several consecutive days off without going to the studio, she went straight to her home. As soon as the door opened, before she could say anything, she heard the sound effects of Honor of Kings coming from Qiao Jingjing's phone.
Well, it didn't seem like she was slacking off?
Qiao Jingjing walked back into the room without even looking up. Ling Jie quickly followed and then watched in astonishment as Qiao Jingjing, playing Wang Zhaojun, earned the MVP with a score of eight kills and three deaths.
"Is this against AI?"
"You're the one playing against AI." Qiao Jingjing rolled her eyes at her. "It's a Solo Ranked Match, okay?"
After gaining confidence from her Triple Kill, Qiao Jingjing had secretly started playing Solo Ranked Matches. At first, she was very nervous, but then she found that Bronze Tier and such were quite easy.
Ling Jie was truly shocked this time. "Incredible, you actually have the courage to play Solo Ranked now?"
"I'm already Gold IV, all from Solo Ranked."
"What kind of miracle drug did you take to get this good?"Qiao Jingjing said smugly, "Talent!"
Ling Jie chimed in supportively, "Amazing, amazing. A'guo didn't teach you this, did he? You practiced on your own?"
"Hehehe." Qiao Jingjing couldn't resist showing off, "Actually, I found a gaming expert to coach me. I think he's way better than A'guo."
Ling Jie, ever professional, expressed concern, "Is he reliable? He won't leak anything, will he?"
"Don't worry, he has no idea who I am."
"An online friend? How does he teach you then?"
"We use voice chat. He tells me how to use skills, how to position myself, what to do."
"Ah, I'm going to get some water." Thirsty from her gaming addiction, Qiao Jingjing handed her phone to Ling Jie, "It's that 'Yutu Daoyao' in my friends list. You can check his match history by tapping his profile."
Ling Jie took the phone and curiously opened the profile to view the battle records. She was taken aback by what she saw. Not only was the win rate impressive, but the proportion of MVP awards was astonishingly high. Looking at the frequently used heroes, Zhuge Liang's win rate was actually over ninety percent. She was convinced.
"He really is better than my A'guo." Ling Jie returned the phone, feeling both relieved and regretful. "Sigh, if only there was someone this reliable and skilled in real life to teach you face-to-face, you'd improve faster."
Ling Jie's words were unintentional, but they struck a chord with Qiao Jingjing—Yu Tu... was actually a real person. What would it be like if he taught her directly?
Come to think of it, it was strange. Several days had passed, and his vacation didn't seem to be over? And he was gaming every day—is that how people spend their holidays?
What was he doing now? It didn't really seem like something someone in finance would do.
After Ling Jie left, Qiao Jingjing sent a message to Yu Tu on QQ.
Can Pick Cotton: Rabbit God, you're just spending your vacation gaming at home?
Yu Tu didn't reply.
The more Qiao Jingjing thought about it, the more curious she became. Unable to wait for Yu Tu's response, she went to message Peipei on WeChat.
She asked skillfully.
Jingjing: "Peipei, are there any classmates from our class who are doing really well in their careers now?"
Peipei: "Isn't that you?"
Jingjing: "I mean the ones who used to have top grades. What are they doing now?"
Peipei: "Oh, them. Qi Qi is the chief editor at a publishing company. Wang Jiang is a vice president at a Fortune 500 company, I think."
Jingjing: "And the others?"
Peipei: "Sun Xiu works in the mayor's secretary office."
Peipei: "And Du Jia, I think he's at Alibaba, making a lot of money."
Qiao Jingjing: ...
Three minutes later.
Jingjing: "What about Yu Tu?"
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