Chapter 337: Li Beijue

Gu Ruohan hit the nail on the head with sharp precision; the moment his voice fell, he indeed saw a flash of unnatural expression cross Li Beijue's face.

He immediately understood the situation, simply leaning directly against Li Beijue's office desk, and said excitedly: "Good idea! Although she might have prejudices against you in her heart right now, if you two play games together, it's roughly equivalent to getting to know each other all over again! When the time comes, you throw some money into it, get her some nice equipment and outfits—many girls nowadays fall for this! In their eyes, real-life clothes are far inferior to a set of limited-edition outfits in a game! I guarantee you can easily win her over! When the timing is right, ask her for an offline meeting, and while you're at it, confess your feelings; wouldn't that be a natural progression?"

Gu Ruohan analyzed it logically and clearly, nodding with satisfaction as he spoke, as if he had already seen the scene of Li Beijue and Jiang Baobao reconciling.

Li Beijue listened in silence, a glimmer of light unable to help but flash in the depths of his eyes.

Although he hadn't thought that far ahead, the method Gu Ruohan mentioned might not necessarily be unfeasible...

Li Beijue looked at the game character still lying on the ground on the screen, clicked the mouse lightly, and returned to the resurrection point once again.

Then, he asked casually: "So, what did you come here for today?"

"Me?" Gu Ruohan was startled upon hearing this, and only then did he suddenly think of something, waving his hand helplessly: "Nothing much, just being nagged about marriage by the old man at home until I'm annoyed, so I ran over to your place to avoid the trouble..."

Gu Ruohan stood up as he spoke: "Since you're busy right now, I won't disturb you. Practice well, strive to become a master, and you might even get her to admire you properly!"

Upon hearing this, Li Beijue's expression couldn't help but become somewhat subtle; he watched Gu Ruohan leave, then resumed maneuvering his character to run across the map.

Let Jiang Baobao admire him?

That was probably not very likely...

Li Beijue thought to himself as he once again charged into the wolf pack single-handedly.

An entire afternoon passed, and seeing his level finally change from "fourteen" to "fifteen" above his head, Li Beijue finally let out a sigh of relief.

At the same time, with a "click" sound, the system notification rang out.

The friend function was officially enabled.

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment, and he quickly clicked on the friend list, only to see that it was completely empty; there wasn't a single person there.

"If you two play games together, it's roughly equivalent to getting to know each other all over again!"

Gu Ruohan's words from earlier echoed in his ears again; Li Beijue typed Jiang Baobao's game ID into the search box, feeling some inexplicable anticipation in his heart.

The next second, he saw a system prompt appear on the screen again.

【This player's friend list is full; cannot add.】

Li Beijue's grip on the mouse paused abruptly, and unwilling to give up, he clicked it again.

【This player's friend list is full; cannot add.】

The system prompt appeared before his eyes once more.

Li Beijue took a deep breath and clicked the red cross in the top right corner without hesitation.

The game screen flickered, and it instantly returned to the desktop.

Li Beijue sat in his chair, looking at the computer screen in front of him with an expressionless face, his mind rarely blank for a moment.

Friends list full?

Is Jiang Baobao that popular in the game?

Then what was he struggling for all afternoon?

He even wanted to talk to her in the game... now this is great, he can't even add her as a friend!

Evening—

The bet between Jiang Baobao and Shen Yi had completely fermented on Weibo.

Almost everyone was waiting for the competition to open in ten days; even the fan groups of both Teams had started lucky draws to cheer for their respective Teams.

Even the game officials released an announcement, stating that although the association had no jurisdiction over the bet between the two bosses, such things should not happen again, and they hoped both Teams could set a good example.

Things having reached this point, all that remained was to see each other on the day of the competition.

Jiang Baobao had been leading her team members to practice new tactics, and it was very late by the time she returned to Li Mansion.

Just as she stood at the bedroom door, she heard the door next to her suddenly open.

Jiang Baobao paused her steps, subconsciously looking up at Li Beijue as he walked out of the room.

As soon as Li Beijue saw Jiang Baobao, he thought of how he had been dying and reviving in the game all afternoon, and his expression immediately became somewhat subtle.

"Ahem..." He coughed lightly, then asked as if casually: "Are you very busy today?"

"Mm, a bit busy, after all, the competition is coming up soon," Jiang Baobao answered truthfully.

Li Beijue nodded, then suddenly thought of something else and said in a low voice: "About today's matter... it was my lack of consideration..."

"It doesn't matter, I've already solved it anyway. You've seen what kind of person that guy Shen Yi is; it's better to have torn off the mask, so we don't have to pretend to exchange pleasantries when we meet in the future."

Jiang Baobao raised her eyebrows dismissively, her hand already on the doorknob, but she saw that Li Beijue seemed to still have something to say to her.

"You..."

Li Beijue opened his mouth, the words reaching his lips, but he couldn't say them no matter what.

He couldn't exactly just ask Jiang Baobao if she could play games with him and add him as a friend while she was at it!

That would be too stupid!

"Li Beijue?" Jiang Baobao's voice suddenly came from his ear, pulling Li Beijue back to his senses.

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment, but in the end, he swallowed the words back and said in a low voice: "Get some good rest, good luck with the competition."

"Okay..." Jiang Baobao nodded subconsciously, a trace of confusion flashing across her expression as she looked at Li Beijue.

Then she asked tentatively: "Then... can I go back to my room? Do you have anything else?"

"No, goodnight," Li Beijue replied quickly.

Jiang Baobao nodded, turned around to return to her room, and pursed her lips helplessly.

Li Beijue really did seem to have something to say just now...

Jiang Baobao's mind was full of the competition, so she didn't think much of it and turned to go to the bathroom to wash up.

When she came out, she saw her phone lighting up.

She walked over and picked it up, only then seeing that it was a missed call from Cai Xiaotang.

"Xiao Tang is back from her business trip?" Jiang Baobao muttered in a low voice, then hurriedly dialed the number.

Immediately, she heard the phone ring only twice before it was answered.

"Hello... Baobao..."

Cai Xiaotang's voice was listless, which gave Jiang Baobao a start.

She hurriedly asked, "Xiao Tang, what's wrong with you? Did you run into some trouble?"

Her intuition told her that Cai Xiaotang must have encountered something.

But there was suddenly no sound from the other end of the line.

"Xiao Tang?" Jiang Baobao called out again, feeling uneasy.

Cai Xiaotang sighed on the other end of the line, then continued in a listless tone: "I don't even know how to say it... Let's meet tomorrow, I'll tell you in person..."