He looked at me with a fierce expression. Then he sat beside me. Ou Yang took a chair on the other side of me. I saw her eyes had traces of tears, so I was a little worried. Anyway, Diamond was not a big deal to me. Soon Chen Lu logged into the game with familiarity. I saw his ID and level: “The Northern Wolf, Diamond 3.” Somehow, I was excited. Since S8, if I recalled correctly, we didn’t meet any players higher than Diamond. Right now, Chen Lu was challenging me with questions. “Who should we solo with? Which lane? How?” “Middle, First Blood decides, as to who to solo. . . ” I chose randomly with confidence. Ashe, The Frost Archer. I was surprised with the result. Chen Lu was also baffled, but he also chose the same character. After a while, we entered the game. I bought shoes and four Elixirs of Fort.i.tude, then ran to the middle lane immediately. Ou Yang was surprised and asked me, “Why did you buy the shoes? Isn’t Doran’s Blade better?” I smiled and raised my finger to my lips to remind her to keep it a secret. On the other side, Chen Lu also started to run to the lane. I opened TAP; he had chosen Doran’s Blade, as I’d expected. When he saw me, Chen Lu immediately tried to strike me with his sword without hesitation. I chose to walk back; thanks to the shoes, my speed was increased. Chen Lu couldn’t get me. But how could I be waiting in this way until I was kicked off? I ran back to the tower, taking a chance that he was incautious. I came out to hit him a click, then ran back again. When he noticed my sneak attack, I was already beyond his AOE. He was. .h.i.t by my arrow, with his speed being slower. By using this method, taking the time of dispatching, I made him lose 100 HP. Chen Lu was irritated, but he somehow found me a different player than before. Then he chose to hide behind the line and waited for an opportunity. Then we two began to grow in quietness. The first bunch of soldiers disappeared soon, and then the second wave came. I took the time to attack the ordinary soldiers. In order to reach Level 2, and acc.u.mulate a pa.s.sive Q skill. Soon the soldiers were killed by me, and I became Level 2 first; meanwhile, my Q skill was also ready. Without hesitation, I began to shoot him with W, and my Q was open. Chen Lu hadn’t antic.i.p.ated that I was interested in Level 2, and he didn’t guess I would choose to shoot him crossing the line, which led to huge consuming. So, he began to fight me directly. Both of us were losing HP. But I had W; even though I was crossing the line, my health was still higher than his. Soon he realized that this kind of confrontation was not good. So he released a flash to avoid my attacks. At this time, I chose to give up chasing him. We entered a new period of growth. This time, the period lasted only several seconds. Chen Lu chose to fight me when he also reached Level 2. I gave him a W and a normal right click, then I turned back. Chen Lu didn’t have enough speed to catch up with me. He didn’t even hit me. Now he had less than 200 HP left. He also felt the situation was not right, and planned to retreat. I took this best opportunity to give him a deadly beating. I returned and then two rays of lights came down on him. Fire the weak! Snap! Chen Lu, who was sitting by my side, heavily threw away his mouse. The gray screen of his computer told the truth. I won! Chen Lu stood up sharply. “A game is just a game. Even the strongest challenger can’t guarantee you happiness. Ou Yang, think about my suggestion!” Ou Yang was still in shock that I had won. When she heard Chen Lu’s comment, she was awakened. “The strongest challenger? Oh, yes, I have a challenger boyfriend. Compared to you, a Diamond, he is better, isn’t he?” Chen Lu’s face soon turned red. He was infuriated by her disdain. “Tell me, which school are you in? There are only a few challengers, but I haven’t seen you before.” So . . . he wanted to take back his dignity from me? I stretched myself with a yawn, saying, “What strongest challenger? I think I should tell you the truth.” Chen Lu didn’t guess I would reply to him with such words; he was curious and asked, “Tell me, what truth?” “Sorry, but I am only a Bronze.” I took the hands of Ou Yang, pushed away the chair, so we could leave the compet.i.tion. Before we left the internet cafe, I laughed to myself, guessing that Chen Lu was still wallowing in his distress in there. “Thank you. My name is Ou Yang. You are Liu Ming, right?” Ou Yang raised her hands from my grasp. I was surprised that she knew my name. But soon I thought of the ID card, which I had changed.