You Boys Play Games Very Well

Chapter 12
ImTheReferee: The game is over! Congratulations @TeamLingMeng7 on winning the championship! @TeamShanZhu won runner-up!

The contestants came forward to offer congratulations one after another. Under the leadership of the referee, red envelopes rained down in turns. No matter whether they themselves had lost or won, they all participated in the red envelope war. Only the champion, Ling Meng, was motionless.

“@TeamLingMeng7, can I get the prize?” asked Shan Zhu in the group.

Ling Meng typed with no enthusiasm: “I am in the second building, 315, you can come and take it yourself.”

After a moment, there was a knock on the door. Ling Meng lazily said: “Come in.”

The door opened and sunny, handsome guy full of vitality walked in on a pair of long legs. Even the slippers he was wearing couldn’t negatively impact his overall image.

“Come to get the prize?” Ling Meng pointed listlessly at his desk. “It’s on the table, you can take it.”

Shan Zhu picked up Ling Meng’s so-called naked photo, which was taken when he was about three years old in the bath. A bare-skinned child squatted on the ground playing with water, and Shan Zhu couldn’t help but laugh.

“What are you laughing at?” Ling Meng asked unhappily. “Isn’t that a naked photo?”

“Yes, of course, it counts,” Shan Zhu opened his mouth and laughed.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, Ling Meng opened his eyes wide. The voice was so familiar he could recognize it even if the tone changed.

“You are Mang God?!”

Shan Zhu raised his eyebrows: “I didn’t imagine MengMeng’s ears were so clever. Can I become your good friend now?”

Ling Meng was stunned then and there. His purpose of organizing the tournament was to catch Mang God. But when Mang God stood in front of him, why did he feel that it was just a fantasy?

“…Impossible, if it’s you, how can you make that low-level mistake?”

Shan Zhu thought about it, “Probably because the second prize was more attractive?”

Ling Meng choked up. He opened his mouth several times but kept hesitating, then he finally failed to resist the burning frenzy of his rage, shouting, “If you want to win, you should win! If you want to lose, you should lose! Don’t you know that you’re going too far, ah?”

Shan Zhu hummed and spread out his hands. With an expression of regret, he said, “Can’t do anything about it, we boys play games very well.”

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Footnotes:

1. PK: player kill in an mmo, now a slang term in China for 1v1 fights in real life as well↩
2. …plays games very well: yes, this is an exact reference to the infamous Lemon meme ↩
3. large account (大号): tuba or main account of a famous gamer ↩
4. small account (小号): trumpet or small account, typically used to play a game casually without anyone knowing it’s you (for famous players especially) ↩
5. Bi Xin (比心): to make a heart shape with your hand(s) to show love and support↩
6. Brush (刷): as before, this means to refresh or swipe. In a chat barrage, this is to spam messages rapidly ↩
7.good friend (好友): close friends, internet slang for mutual friends on social media so it’s said here as if it’s a rank that he’ll earn ↩
8. 快熄灯了: In Chinese universities, power is shut off at a certain time each night so students don’t stay up all night (gaming lol).↩