After saying that, Lin Linya was brimming with confidence. “Just watch. After I say this, he definitely won’t be able to resist inviting me to Ranked. Who could refuse a thoughtful little enchanter support?”
[Damn, he’s showing off again.]
[Here we go, here we go, he’s starting.]
[So being cute makes you something special, huh?! So having a bro to carry you makes you something special, huh!]
Since Chu Fengyi said he would take Lin Linya to play Ranked, he genuinely meant it.
Chu Fengyi was using his Smurf Account. Lin Linya’s own account rank had already been boosted too high by Sound Slowly, so the two couldn’t Duo Queue. Chu Fengyi was about to log into his Main Account to play with him.
The moment he logged into his account, all sorts of party invites popped up endlessly. Chu Fengyi didn’t even blink, rejected them all, directly created a Ranked room, and invited Lin Linya in.
The moment that cute little grass avatar appeared in the room, Chu Fengyi heard a sweet voice. “Bro, I’m here.”
The instant Chu Fengyi heard that voice, he felt shivers all over. He feigned calm on the surface, not even lifting an eyelid, and after a long pause, managed to grunt a single word from his throat. “Mm.”
He was handsome, sure, but a bit of a show-off.
[Damn, he actually pulled it off. Jungle God Bro, say something! Weren’t you pretty quick when you invited him?]
[He’s just shy, right? After all, our Bao’s voice is sweet and he calls him ‘Bro’.]
[Normal. Top Bro is great at everything, just loves acting cool. Let him be, let him be.]
Chu Fengyi glanced at the danmaku, thinking how speechless he felt. A guy calling him ‘Bro’, what was there to get all fluttery about? His fingers resting on the gaming desk tapped lightly; he moved his mouse and directly clicked Matchmaking.
Seeing him start it right away, Lin Linya quickly asked, “Bro, aren’t we inviting anyone else?”
Chu Fengyi was used to Solo Queue. Occasionally, playing with other streamers was just to stir up some hype for the platform. He joked, “What, do you think this is Fight the Landlord and we need a third player?”
“No,” Lin Linya was very well-behaved. Whatever Chu Fengyi asked, he answered. “Brother Slow told me Duo Queue is pretty unstable at this rank.”
Lin Linya knew Chu Fengyi was impressive, but he had no idea just how impressive. Sound Slowly was a National Server Arrow Tome user and could always carry, so he was a bit worried Chu Fengyi might fail miserably. He phrased it quite tactfully.
[Bro Chu, the little sister seems to think you’re not up to it.]
[Stop practicing heroes, stop practicing heroes. What if you keep practicing and scare Little Ya away?]
[What’s the fun in using a smurf to pick up girls? If you’ve got skills, use your main and bring out your main champion. Just whip out your big treasure and show our inexperienced Baby.]
[Pick up girls??? A certain female-leaning streamer Yaya shocked.jpg]
When they entered the Draft Phase for heroes, the danmaku was all telling Chu Fengyi to pick his main champions. Chu Fengyi completely ignored them and asked Lin Linya, who could pick heroes earlier on his team, “What position are you playing?”
“Huh?” Lin Linya, who had muted his mic and was quietly griping to his stream viewers, “He won’t fail, right?”, was suddenly called out. He thought his words had been overheard and jumped, startled.
He unmuted his mic and whispered, “I, I’ll play Support.”
Chu Fengyi didn’t overthink it. At most, he found it relatively rare for a guy to play a soft support hero like Anana. He nodded and, after his teammates had all picked their heroes, filled the Jungler position.
Lin Linya watched him pick the Warp Drifter. He hadn’t thought much of it initially, but seeing the stream chat spamming comments, he couldn’t help but ask, “Bro, your Jungling is really good, isn’t it? People in my stream say your Jungling is amazing.”
Chu Fengyi replied lazily, “Not really that good.”
Lin Linya actually believed him, until he loaded in and saw the Gold Badge. He was dumbfounded, his eyes wide with shock. “Chat, what’s this?”
[Reporting, Wife, that’s a National Badge.]
[Everyone, forgive him, my wife is from the countryside and hasn’t seen the world.]
[Dude, Chu Bro actually picked Warp Drifter, immediately pulling out the National Badge to carry.]
Lin Linya’s confidence instantly skyrocketed, as if the badge were his own. “See that? National Badge.”
Lin Linya had truly never seen a National Badge up close before. Seeing such a big one for the first time, as soon as the game started, his teammates were all typing ‘666’. Someone even recognized Chu Fengyi. [Wolf Fang streamer Fanta?]
People usually called Chu Fengyi ‘Top Bro’ or ‘Bro Chu’. His main account’s ID was Fanta. Years ago, his game guides had gone quite viral, so being recognized now wasn’t strange.
The Marksman on their team, who’d also seen the guide videos, was the first to question it. [Is that really the streamer? Probably just a copycat.]
[With a National Badge, it must be real, right? Check for pro player verification after the game. For a high-skill ceiling hero like Warp Drifter, besides pros, how many Solo Queue Gods on the leaderboard could there really be?]
“They all seem to know Bro Yi,” Lin Linya had his mic muted, so Chu Fengyi couldn’t hear him. Thus, he dared to say anything.
His pretty little face focused intently on the screen. Playing a small support, he didn’t need any fancy mechanics, but his little mouth kept chattering non-stop. “Seeing a live National Server player today, boys.”
“I’m giving you all a tutorial today on how to bag a National Server Jungle God. Sisters, watch closely and learn.”
At the Start of Game, he followed the Warp Drifter into the Jungle to farm, like a diligent little nanny, throwing skills on him as if afraid the Warp Drifter would lose even a single point of HP.
When not healing, Lin Linya would Auto Attack the jungle camps wildly. “Bro Yi, this Blue Buff actually dared to hit you, I’ll help you fight him.”
Chu Fengyi, “…”
After clearing the Blue Buff Area, the Warp Drifter had hit Level 3. Since the Warp Drifter was a very strong early-game jungler, to gain an advantage early, you needed to secure more Gold and Gank.
Lin Linya followed the Warp Drifter to Mid Lane. After eating the Gold Pouch, they caught the enemy Mid Laner who was pushed up too far, helping the Warp Drifter successfully secure First Blood.
Even though Lin Linya felt zero involvement, he still had to say, “Bro Yi, you’re amazing, all thanks to me.”
Afraid Chu Fengyi would scold him, he muted his mic after saying that and scurried off towards the Bottom Lane where the Marksman was.
“Alright, no more messing around. The Marksman and Jungler are both gonna yell at me soon,” Lin Linya had that much self-awareness. “Just watch, he’ll definitely try to keep me with him.”
The bouncing Fawn crossed the River. He panned his Vision over and saw the Warp Drifter directly enter the Red Buff Area to take Red, without saying a word.
Lin Linya forcefully tried to save face. “It’s fine, he’s too much of a Straight Man, we’re not playing with him.”
His teammates this game were quite friendly. Probably thinking Lin Linya was a girl, the Marksman, besides Laning, even interacted amiably with the Fawn, Anana.
Lin Linya was spinning in circles with the Marksman when an Assassin wielding a sword suddenly burst out of the Brush. He panicked, wanting to go Under the Tower, but the enemy charged straight at him.
A sword strike landed on Lin Linya, marking him before unleashing an Ult. Lin Linya didn’t even get the chance to heal himself before dying.
Lin Linya watched the Marksman, who retreated Under the Tower unscathed and even grabbed a Health Pack for recovery. He asked dumbly, “What’s the enemy Jungler’s problem, targeting me?”
“This is the moment we need to type and greet the enemy.”
Having said that, he pitifully typed in the chat to ask, [What does that mean, bro, why are you Ganking me.]
The Enemy Jungler kept coming to Gank, so their own Marksman didn’t dare leave the Tower. The Enemy Jungler unashamedly used a Recall Taunt on Lin Linya’s corpse.
Then he asked slowly, [Date me, Anana?]
Lin Linya, “…See that? That’s the charm of a soft support.”
[Damn, real girls get ignored in the Canyon, but fake ones get hit on like crazy.]
[Help, does he think he’s all cool and domineering? I’d go up there and give him two punches!]
[Classic Sister Ya, you sinful man.]
[Could the guy on the enemy team be a Yaya fan (whispering). That tone is way too similar to Yaya’s toxic male fans.]
This game, the Marksman on the Farm Lane was Laning against a hero immune to physical damage—a hard counter to the Warp Drifter, whose damage output was primarily physical. The enemy had deliberately counter-picked to target their Jungler.
So Chu Fengyi sensibly chose to create advantages from the Clash Lane and Mid Lane, rarely going to Bottom Lane for Backup.
This resulted in the Enemy Jungler practically setting up camp in Bottom Lane. Soon, the Tier 1 Turret on the Farm Lane fell. Lin Linya died three or four times too; twice, he had actively blocked skills to save the Marksman.
[Bro Yi is about to break through on Top Lane, and the Enemy Jungler is still Ganking our Ya. Ya’s so miserable.]
[Jungler-san, your home Nexus is about to explode. Won’t you go back and check?]
“Playing support means showing weakness appropriately to trigger the Jungler’s protective instinct,” Lin Linya said, looking at his 0/6 stats, silently putting on a pained mask.
He unmuted his mic and asked Chu Fengyi, who was already 11/0, in a small voice, “Bro, can you kill the Enemy Jungler for me? He keeps Bullying me.”
Chu Fengyi was dumbfounded. Carrying him to rank up was already a favor; he actually dared to make requests?
Lin Linya thought he hadn’t heard clearly, so he quietly repeated, urging, “Bro, the Enemy Jungler is Bullying me. Go kill him for me.”
Chu Fengyi, “…” Just felt shivers all over.
[The support who acts cute has the best fate.]
[It’s useless. Everyone knows how much of a straight man that guy is. Last time he was in a voice chat with a Female Streamer, she wanted a Blue Buff. Not only did he not give it, he said, ‘You’re a support, what do you need a buff for?’ I died laughing.]
[I don’t want to be fished either, but he acts so cute though.]
Game notification: Warp Drifter has slain Guardian.
[???]
[What the heck??? So your cluelessness was all an act?]
[I saw it, Top Bro’s Warp Drifter tanked the Tower shots and killed the Enemy Jungler.]
[Guardian: ??? What’s your problem, Tower Diving to kill me.]
Chu Fengyi was originally planning to act cool, but unexpectedly, Lin Linya typed even faster. He mysteriously told the Enemy Jungler, [You killed someone you shouldn’t have killed. That someone is me.]
Just as he finished typing, Lin Linya heard a soft chuckle in his earphones. “You type pretty fast, huh.”
Game notification: Warp Drifter is unstoppable, slaying Guardian.
Game notification: Warp Drifter is godlike, slaying Guardian.
The Enemy Jungler was utterly humiliated, crying and begging Chu Fengyi to stop killing him, promising never to act cocky again. Only then did Chu Fengyi stop.
He secretly glanced at Lin Linya’s Livestream Room and found him bobbing his head happily, muttering to himself. “Well, he’s not entirely wrong though.”
