You're Beautiful When You Smile (Falling Into Your Smile)

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: The story is not mine nor the translation. Credits to the original writer of the novel and the people who translate the novel. 

As the saying goes: there's no such thing as love affairs in esports.

Tong Yao was profoundly aware of that, from the beginning she encountered the game.

The reason that Tong Yao began playing LoL was very simple-- -- the same reason as most girls who played-- --she started playing because another person was addicted to the game and she happened to like him.

They lived very close to each other that summer, but halfway through the summer, Tong Yao realized that they rarely spoke......So, one day, she knocked on his door and discovered him sitting in front of the computer frantically playing a certain game. Tong Yao couldn't elicit much of a response from him. While he was busy with his abilities, she went up to the keyboard while he was distracted and pressed a key.

He screamed.

On screen, his character suddenly dashed forward towards a group of people with red names. Then the screen, which was full of color, suddenly became black and white.

Tong Yao giggled even as a pair of angry eyes glared at her. She moved a stool over to sit next to him, just in time to see him speedily type a message-- --

[Sorry, my girlfriend's messing around.]

Tong Yao's eyes narrowed as she laughed. She poked him, who was annoyed but afraid to complain, and slowly asked, "Jian Yang, looks like you're having a lot fun. Teach me how to play so I can play with you."

"En?" He turned around, "You?"

"Yeah, me." Tong Yao smiled.

She still remembered the look he gave her. With little choice, he was forced to log off, then used Tong Yao's QQ to create a new account. He reluctantly let Tong Yao sit in his chair and hold his mouse, then patiently explained everything standing behind her-- --

"This is a pushing tower game. There are three lanes on the map. You only need to remember that when you destroy the towers on all three lanes, the enemy base, and the enemy nexus, you'll win."

They reached the champion selection screen-- --

"Which one do I choose? Is it ok if I choose that good looking one?"

"Don't, don't, don't. Aiya, just choose a support. Support-- --see that big guy with blue armor, that's it."

"So ugly."

"It's alright since you're pretty enough."

"......you're really a sweet talker. What's a support?"

"This game has three different lanes with five people on your team. One person runs around in the jungle to kill monsters to get level up, he's called a 'Jungler'; one person takes the upper lane, called 'top'; one person takes the middle lane, called 'mid'; and the bottom lane-- --"

"It's called bot!"

"It's called 'ADC'."

"......"

"Usually there are two players at the bot because the ADC is the carry. How well the ADC plays in the beginning defines how well the game will usually go and so has a partner to help. So, the support."

"Sounds like I won't have much to do. Will I be able to browse Weibo after I choose support?"

"Might as well not play if you're browsing Weibo. Haven't you noticed that it's pitch black in the jungle area on the map? Support has to be the eyes for his teammates. He has to use wards to light up the map like planting mushrooms-- --"