I Really Like the Male Supporting Character (Quick Transmigration) - Chapter 47

Seeing this arrogant message, Ah Luo, who was already feeling defeated by the game, instantly got angry and clicked to accept the friend request without hesitation.

[Alright, I’ll take you to win a match.]

As soon as the friend request was accepted, the other person sent her a team invite.

Ah Luo didn’t think twice and immediately clicked to join.

However, when the game started, she realised that the other person had invited her to a ranked match. She had barely managed to play bot matches before and was so bad at them that she could barely get through. The players in ranked matches were bound to be better. She feared she would get totally crushed.

Ah Luo couldn’t help but feel discouraged again. It was her fault for being so bad, and she couldn’t blame anyone for criticising her. Maybe she just didn’t have the talent for this game.

With that thought, Ah Luo glanced at the other person’s ID.

The ID was a string of random characters. She stared at it for a while but couldn’t figure out its meaning, and she vaguely remembered that she hadn’t encountered this person before.

So, where did this person add her from?

Meanwhile, the young man’s smile never faded in the other room. He really hadn’t expected that the 2-5-0 performance he saw earlier in the day from Xin Luo was actually in a bot match.

He looked at her game record: a whole list of bot matches with losing stats. It was almost painful to look at, and Shen Xi couldn’t help but feel both amused and a bit sorry for her.

Her skills were so bad, yet she still wanted to play. Did she just love playing despite being so bad at it?

If it were anyone else, Shen Xi would have just looked at the record and moved on. However, with Xin Luo, for some strange reason, he felt a sense of affection towards her. It was the kind of protective feeling a game master would have towards a clumsy newbie.

Should he take her under his wing? After all, they were a… couple now. It wouldn’t hurt to teach her a little.

Though in real life, he was always failing in front of her, in the game, he could control everything. He could see it as a different kind of victory.

With that thought, Shen Xi started a match.

In the livestream, his fans were asking him to let them see the match he was playing on the mobile version of the game as well. Some of Xin Luo’s fans had also joined his livestream to watch.

However, Shen Xi ignored them completely.

For some reason, he didn’t want to let these people disturb their gaming session. He had already gotten a lot of friend requests on this mobile account before, so he had changed his ID to something random to avoid attracting too much attention. Some people played the game just for fun, but if too many people were watching, that fun would disappear.

She probably played this game for fun, too, right?

The match started, and during the champion selection time, the random ID player asked Ah Luo to pick a support role.

Ah Luo hadn’t played this support character before, and as soon as she entered the game, the random ID player told her to stick close to him.

She didn’t recognise the champion he was playing, but following his instructions, she silently stayed behind him. She was determined that this time, she had to die less. She couldn’t afford to be looked down upon anymore.

To avoid dying, Ah Luo ran as soon as she saw an enemy. Basically, she just played cautiously and hid behind the random ID player the whole time. She didn’t once step forward.

Their teammates couldn’t stand it anymore, and one of them asked, [Support, do you know how to play? Don’t you know how to protect the ADC?]

Before Ah Luo could respond, the random ID player typed, [My support can play however she wants. It’s none of your business.]

Half a minute later, the system played a pentakill notification, and the intense sound effects resonated throughout the game map.

The one who got the pentakill was their ADC, the random ID player.

The mage on their team typed, [So it’s a big shot carrying a newbie. Big shot, big shot, I’ll keep quiet next time. Want to team up for the next match?]

The random ID player didn’t respond to the mage and typed to Ah Luo, [How was it? Did you see that? Cool, right?]

Ah Luo was ecstatic. She had managed to get five assists without dying once. She was so excited that all her earlier frustration vanished. Plus, the random ID player had defended her earlier, and she felt touched by that.

[That was so cool!]

[Then, want to become my disciple?]

Become the random ID player’s disciple? That did sound like a good idea. Having someone lead her was better than getting crushed alone. As long as she could learn even a little, she might be able to play with Shen Xi soon, right?

[Okay!] Ah Luo eagerly agreed.

From then on, Ah Luo followed the random ID player’s guidance and rampaged through the game. The random ID player was a one-man army who wiped out the opposing team’s lanes single-handedly each match. They had her pick a champion that could stay attached to them, so she didn’t even need to do anything to rise in rank.

Ah Luo experienced the joy of gaming for the first time. She hardly had to do anything. Just by following the random ID player, she could rack up kills and experience points. They would even leave her resources and teach her how to use items and how to position herself. If anyone criticised her, the random ID player would always defend her before she could even react.

This feeling of being taken care of made her develop a strong liking for the random ID player. After a few rounds, the two had become quite close with each other.

[Hey, how should I call you?]

After finishing another round, Ah Luo mentioned it was time for her to go to bed. The two of them didn’t start another game but instead began chatting.

[Call me Master], the random ID player replied.

Ah Luo typed, [That feels a bit weird. I heard that a lot of elementary school kids play this game. If you’re much younger than me, it’d be awkward.]

[Ah… then you can call me Lingdian], the random ID player said. ‘Lingdian’—Zero—was the professional ID name Shen Xi had used in the past.

After some time, she replied, [Your name sounds kind of familiar…]

The random ID player responded, [Hahaha, yeah, I really admire Lingshen, so I took his name.]

[I see.]

That made sense. Shen Xi had many fans, and almost everyone who played The Hero Returns would know him, so it wasn’t strange that she’d encounter one of his fans. Moreover, the young man was currently livestreaming, and Ah Luo knew that Shen Xi never played mobile games while streaming, only PC games.

[So, what about you? Why did you choose your ID?] the random ID player asked.

Ah Luo thought for a moment. Since the person on the other side was just a stranger from the internet, she felt no need to hide anything. She lightly tapped on her keyboard and replied half-jokingly, [Because I also like Lingshen. I’m only here for him. I want to learn how to play the game, and when I get better, I’ll go play with him~]

This time, the random ID player didn’t reply for a long time. Ah Luo didn’t wait for a response and sent a [Good night] before logging off.

In the next room, the young man sat holding his phone in front of the computer. His mind was in a strange daze.

Xin Luo liked him? Could she be a fan of his?

This was impossible, right?

Although Shen Xi knew he had a lot of female fans, he wasn’t confident that someone like Xin Luo, a national goddess, would be interested in him.

However, she didn’t know who was playing the game with her, so she probably wouldn’t lie. Maybe this was real?

Upon thinking about it, he remembered that Xin Luo had said earlier that she was participating in the variety show for the person she liked. However, she didn’t seem to like Zhou Jiayin as much as the media had suggested. Could it be that the person she liked was actually him—Shen Xi?

The thought consumed him, and his heart began to beat faster. His throat felt dry, and his ears turned hot. Suddenly, he became a bit restless.

He held his phone and wondered how he should respond to her. Should he reject her? But she hadn’t even really confessed to him, and Shen Xi subconsciously dismissed that option.

After hesitating and deleting several drafts, he still hadn’t figured out what to say. Then, he saw that she had sent a [Good night] message and logged off before he could respond.

The livestream was still on. His fans watched him play mobile games for almost half an hour while they could only see his face on the screen. The barrage of comments had already turned into complaints.

[Trash streamer, you sell dog meat under the lamb head! We came to watch the game, not your face!]

[Don’t say that. I could watch Lingshen’s face all day. Isn’t his face handsome?]

[It is handsome, but I want to see him play with Goddess Xin Luo!]

[Even a puppy dog would be protective of its food. Lingshen wouldn’t let you watch his wife, would he? If I had a wife like Goddess Xin Luo, I’d hide her too.]

“Alright, we still have one more hour. Let’s continue the livestream.”

Shen Xi put down his phone and looked at the computer.

[Lingshen, Lingshen, did you play with the goddess? You’re smiling so happily!]

“I’m not smiling! You guys are seeing things!” The young man immediately put on a serious expression in an attempt to hide his excitement. He definitely couldn’t let people think he was happy!

It wasn’t like there was anything to be happy about. It was just… just that Xin Luo liked him? There were plenty of people who liked him, so one more person didn’t really matter, right…?

[You smiled again! Stop hiding it, Lingshen! If you want to smile, just smile!]

“Shut up!” the young man said in anger. His face was thoroughly red now.

As the match started, Shen Xi played more aggressively than usual. His mood seemed extremely high, and his slender fingers flew across the keyboard. He released skills so quickly that no one could react. In just twenty minutes, he had defeated the opposing team and forced them to surrender.

[Damn! Twenty minutes, with one quadrakill and one pentakill. What kind of drugs did Lingshen take?]

In the next round, Shen Xi continued with the same style. He showed an extreme playstyle, impeccable awareness, and superior technique. This time, it didn’t even take twenty minutes for him to win the match. Before the enemy team even had the chance to surrender, he had single-handedly demolished their base.

[I used to watch Lingshen for his god-like moves, but now I just want to say—this guy isn’t a god. He’s a mad dog!]

[Let’s have a moment of silence for the players who met Lingshen tonight.]

[Lingshen must’ve been triggered. He’s probably been affected by Goddess Xin Luo. Just look at him. He’s playing like he’s high!]

Shen Xi saw this comment and paused for a moment. The strange and uncontrollable swelling of emotions within him finally began to subside. When he realised that the time was up, he didn’t start another game but instead faced the camera.

“It’s time,” he said into the mic. “That’s it for today’s stream. See you all tomorrow night.”

He then closed the livestream and logged out of the game.

Shen Xi thought of the person sleeping just one wall away, and hesitated for a moment in his livestream room. Then, he finally stood up and walked towards the bedroom.

When he reached outside the bedroom, he carefully pushed the door open and tried his best not to make any noise. He didn’t want to disturb the person who should already be asleep.

However, as soon as the door opened a crack, a lamp in the dark room suddenly turned on with a click.

Shen Xi froze and immediately looked up.

A woman was leaning against the headboard of the bed under the dim light. She seemed drowsy. She was wearing a red silk nightgown and had just lifted one soft, pale arm from beside the bedside lamp.

“You’re back?” she spoke softly. Her gaze held a mixture of sleepiness and tenderness. Her eyes shimmered like the warm and captivating gentle ripples of a lake at sunset.

At that moment, she seemed like a wife who’d been waiting for her husband’s return after a long day. Even though she was fighting sleep, she wanted to see him back home.

The young man’s heart skipped a beat.