Chapter 31: The Junior Who Knows How to Shoot

Xu Heng's hand, in the middle of twisting off a bottle cap, suddenly froze; he widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

"God of Jiang?"

"Huh?" The girl named Jiang Mengyuan was startled by him and couldn't help but shrink back.

Xu Heng also suddenly realized that Jiang Mengyuan had not yet joined their so-called Esports Club at this point in time. After calming his emotions, he smiled and said, "Sorry, I had a middle school classmate with that same name; I mistook you for someone else."

"Oh." Jiang Mengyuan had no idea why Xu Heng would be so surprised.

Because in his previous life, during her sophomore year, this girl had joined the five-person Esports Club that Xu Heng and his friends were in, and she became the only female member of the club.

At that time, Jiang Mengyuan had already abandoned her dowdy Two-dimensional style of dress, wearing trendy and beautiful clothes, and with an AK, she was fierce and ruthless, helping this originally weak Esports Club win the championship of the 2008 second-half CS 1.5 Haofang National University League.

She was also the first top-tier FPS expert to let the world know that CS could be a one-person game; as long as the skill was there, one could win the championship even with teammates who played like CBA players, hence she was honored by others as the God of Jiang.

And the Jiang Mengyuan who later switched to CF also became a famous King of Guns on the national server, making a great success for herself in the live-streaming industry.

Xu Heng, in his thirties, often watched her streams. When he reminisced about his college days and said he used to know many big shots, his wife would chide him, saying that even if he knew so many big shots, she never saw him have the ability to earn any extra money.

Every time this happened, he would have nothing to say.

Indeed, there was nothing to say; among the people he knew in college, he was among the ones who had fared the worst.

Time flies, and now, returning to his college days once more and seeing a familiar person, memories surfaced in his mind like silk being unreeled from a cocoon, leaving Xu Heng somewhat dazed.

Jiang Mengyuan, having just graduated from high school, was not as pretty as she would be in her sophomore year, and she hadn't had laser surgery for her nearsightedness yet; those round, thick frames completely blocked her features, which was why he hadn't recognized her at first.

"Damn! Xu Heng, you wouldn't be interested in a girl with this kind of looks, would you? That Li Shanshan from before was so pretty and threw herself at you, yet you didn't want her," Zhao Gaoyang said in a low voice, nudging Xu Heng's waist with his elbow.

Xu Heng finally came back to his senses and smiled: "How about we make a bet? If you lose, you have to wash your hair while doing a handstand for us to see."

"What if I win?"

"Then I'll help you pursue Fan Xi."

Zhao Gaoyang's eyes darted around; he felt it was a cost-effective bet. Even if he lost, it would just be making a bit of a fool of himself, but if he won, his biggest potential "love rival" would be indirectly eliminated.

Poor simp Zhao didn't know that his biggest love rival wasn't Xu Heng but himself; he always felt that if no one competed with him for Fan Xi, Fan Xi would agree to be with him.

"Tell me, what are we betting on?" he said confidently.

"Let's bet that this girl is prettier than Fan Xi once she takes off her glasses."

"Bullshit, I don't believe it."

Zhao Gaoyang scoffed; wasn't this bet a sure win?

Fan Xi's looks were definitely among the highest tier, otherwise he wouldn't be pursuing her so desperately, while the girl in front of him looked ordinary, with no distinguishing features at all.

Look at that thing printed on her suitcase? Naruto? Zhao Gaoyang didn't even recognize the golden-haired anime character with a little ponytail; anyway, it was that kind of super-nerdy Two-dimensional style, which looked very pathetic at first glance.

A nerd girl, nearsighted, a country bumpkin.

"Isn't this just getting crushed by Fan Xi?"

Zhao Gaoyang thought to himself.

Xu Heng didn't say much more; he looked up and smiled at Jiang Mengyuan: "Hello, classmate. We need to confirm if your appearance matches your ID photo for the registration list here. Please take off your glasses."

"Oh, oh, okay, senior."

Having just graduated from high school, Jiang Mengyuan didn't understand these little tricks of city people and was completely taken in by Xu Heng.

The round, thick nearsighted glasses were removed from the bridge of her nose, and those large, lively, and spirited eyes, previously hidden under the glare of the lenses, were instantly revealed in full.

Although her outfit was still so dowdy, it couldn't hide her exquisite features; she looked like a character who had walked right out of an anime.

In the live-streaming era where beauty filters were prevalent, Jiang Mengyuan was one of the few streamers who didn't use them, and even so, people joked that "the dream of eight hundred million mice is not CF, but Jiang Mengyuan," which showed how high her looks were.

As for Fan Xi's looks, they topped out at an eighty-six or eighty-seven at most, while Jiang Mengyuan was a beauty who could genuinely go toe-to-toe with or even surpass Ying Ziyun; the two were not on the same level.

Seeing Zhao Gaoyang's mouth hanging open for a long time without closing, Xu Heng patted his shoulder and said: "Remember, you owe our dorm one handstand hair-wash."

"F... f... fuck, this is fake, right? This is just too ridiculous." Zhao Gaoyang couldn't return to reality for a long time, thinking he was dreaming.

"Senior, is that okay?" Jiang Mengyuan heard the two whispering about something, but with her vision being several hundred degrees nearsighted, everything in front of her was as blurry as glass wet with rain, and she didn't know what they were doing.

Xu Heng said at this moment: "It's okay, junior, you can put your glasses back on. I've filled out your report form for you. Go to room 306 of the Yangzongyi Building to complete the remaining registration procedures. If you don't have bedding, you can go to the gymnasium to pick some up, though it costs a bit of money."

"Tha... thank you, senior."

Jiang Mengyuan prepared to leave after taking the report form.

She hadn't said a single word on the shuttle bus to the school.

Because her personality was naturally introverted and she had a bit of social anxiety, she always kept her head down and looked at the ground when talking to people, and she wasn't good at communicating; only with Xu Heng could she barely manage to say a few words.

She found it hard to stay in an environment with many people like the freshman reception desk.

"Do you know the way?" Perhaps out of the camaraderie of being old acquaintances from his previous life, Xu Heng asked one extra question.

"I think I know it."

Hearing her speak with so little confidence, Xu Heng swished his pen and wrote his phone number and QQ number on a piece of white paper: "Contact me if you have any problems."

"O... okay, thank you so much, senior."

Jiang Mengyuan thanked him repeatedly with gratitude. In this strange place far from home, Xu Heng was the first person to show her care and consideration. Unlike the way her high school classmates looked at her as if she were an alien, Xu Heng seemed to understand her style and hobbies.

This made Jiang Mengyuan look at Xu Heng a few more times before she left, and she memorized the QQ number in her hand.

After she left and a new batch of freshmen arrived, Zhao Gaoyang slowly recovered from his dazed state.

"Xu Heng, how did you know she was so pretty? Did you know her before?"

"I have a relatively strong ability to see the essence through the phenomena."

"Damn, you even scam your own roommate!"

"I never lie to people," Xu Heng said faintly.

Zhao Gaoyang was speechless; I was standing right next to you when you were just scamming that little girl, and now you're spouting nonsense with your eyes wide open.

"I've discovered that you're quite cunning, Xu Heng," he said, scratching his chin. "You threw the phone and QQ numbers of those previous freshmen into the trash when they offered them to you voluntarily, but for this Jiang Mengyuan, you took the initiative to give her yours instead. So you aren't indifferent to women; you're just fishing for a big catch! Compared to you, I feel like Cheng Ge is just a pure, innocent virgin."