Chapter 17: Stable Last-Hitting
Carrying the girl, he ran quite a distance.
It wasn’t until the sugar painting stall completely disappeared from view that Jiang Yuan finally put Mo Tong down.
He propped one hand on his waist, breathing heavily.
Mo Tong steadied herself, adjusted her slightly crooked cat carrier, and smoothed down her bangs.
She looked up at Jiang Yuan, her tone calm: “Yuan, I only weigh eighty-five pounds, and you’re already panting after carrying me just a few steps. Conclusion: you’re a weakling who needs to strengthen his physical training.”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
He couldn’t help himself and tried to flick Mo Tong’s forehead, but she blocked it precisely.
“With reflexes that fast, it’d be a waste if you didn’t play League,” Jiang Yuan said.
“If you buy me a sugar painting, I’ll play a few games with you.”
“Don’t even think about it. Let’s go look at apartments.”
“Oh.”
Mo Tong nodded reluctantly, her dark eyes involuntarily glancing back toward the direction they’d come from…
The two arrived at the first apartment.
Less than two kilometers from campus, the complex had a nice environment—an elevator building with three bedrooms and one living room.
They pushed open the door.
The apartment was quite new with excellent lighting.
While Jiang Yuan was still examining the layout in the entryway, Mo Tong had already walked straight to the smaller bedroom.
She stood there, looked up to check the window orientation, then examined the wall placement:
“Yuan, this room is yours. No glare for gaming, and there’s enough space for a computer desk and gaming chair.”
Jiang Yuan wandered around the other bedroom, saying:
“This room suits you well. It’s big enough for a cat tower and litter box, and the balcony is spacious. We could add wire mesh for safety.”
When apartment hunting, they first considered what would work for the other person, then thought about themselves.
A subtle understanding.
Jiang Yuan walked through the living room, kitchen, and bedroom, tapping the walls to confirm they were solid.
Then he went to the bathroom to check that the hot water and water pressure were normal.
Mo Tong followed behind him the entire time, quietly watching.
Back on the master bedroom balcony, Jiang Yuan reached out to test the wind direction.
Mo Tong came over, resting her small head next to his arm, her voice soft: “Yuan, the ventilation seems good here. The cats should like it.”
After a pause, she added in an even softer voice, with a hint of testing: “…after we finish looking at apartments, can we buy some candy? Just a small piece.”
Jiang Yuan turned to meet those big eyes of hers.
He took a deep breath and steeled his heart: “No.”
Mo Tong: “…”
She quietly withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, and stared at the tips of her sneakers like a child who’d done something wrong.
Having played together since childhood, Mo Tong definitely had her ways of handling Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth.
Spending time with her really could melt even a heart of stone.
But no means no!
He had to stick to his principles!
The second apartment was the backup choice.
An old complex, walk-up building, two bedrooms and one living room.
As soon as they entered, the two exchanged glances and both shook their heads simultaneously.
The space was too small, soundproofing was poor, and the walls seemed to have water damage stains.
After viewing another unit, Jiang Yuan said:
“Let’s go with the first one.”
Mo Tong nodded: “Agreed.”
Jiang Yuan contacted the agent, then suddenly said: “Later, drop the kitten off at the pet hospital, then come with me to the internet cafe.”
Mo Tong tilted her head: “Why?”
“I’m afraid you’ll sneak back to buy candy.”
“I won’t.” Mo Tong swallowed and shook her head eagerly.
“You think I don’t know you? Stop arguing and just come with me.”
“Oh… okay.” Mo Tong pouted.
The matter was settled.
Jiang Yuan took her to the pet hospital first.
They solemnly handed over the cat carrier.
The two took another taxi, destination—Victory Internet Cafe.
Pushing open the familiar private room door.
The sounds of keyboards and mice immediately filled the air.
Jiang Ruoxi and Su Wanwan had already arrived and just finished a duo queue game.
Jiang Ruoxi still wore that white hoodie, hood up, with only a few strands of black hair visible.
Su Wanwan had obediently put on a thick cream-colored fleece jacket today, with jeans and boots below, her pink hair tied up, looking clean and neat.
“Hello, Coach.” Jiang Ruoxi removed her headphones and politely bowed in greeting.
“Dad.” Su Wanwan stretched lazily, her gaze falling on Mo Tong. “Who’s this?”
Jiang Yuan stepped aside to introduce: “Mo Tong, my little sister.”
He then said to Mo Tong: “This is Jiang Ruoxi, our team’s jungler; this is Su Wanwan, our team’s mid laner.”
Jiang Ruoxi’s voice was gentle: “Hello.”
Mo Tong nodded in response.
Su Wanwan was more outgoing, moving closer to Mo Tong and staring curiously at her eyes: “Sister, your eye color is so unique! So beautiful!”
Mo Tong replied calmly: “Thank you.”
Su Wanwan generally didn’t like making friends with aloof people.
But for some reason, she felt nothing but goodwill toward Mo Tong.
Perhaps part of the reason was… because she was Jiang Yuan’s sister?
She smiled at Mo Tong: “Sister, I have a feeling we’re going to be great friends!”
After saying this, Su Wanwan looked at Jiang Yuan again: “Dad, is she joining our team? What position does she play?”
Jiang Ruoxi also showed interest.
Jiang Yuan smiled: “She doesn’t play League of Legends. Don’t worry about her, let’s stick to the plan and review replays first.”
He pulled out a chair and sat down, logging into his cloud storage account.
Jiang Ruoxi and Su Wanwan each found seats.
Jiang Yuan opened the first replay video.
Still the system’s high-tech style, incredibly powerful.
Jiang Ruoxi pressed her lips together.
Watching, her nose suddenly felt a bit sour.
These videos… each one must take who knows how long to make.
The coach stays up late making videos for her, for everyone, every night, right? Does he even sleep? His dark circles are obviously worse again today!
From childhood until now, no one had ever been this good to her…
She blinked and took a deep breath.
Little Jiang could only repay him by working even harder and not disappointing the coach’s expectations!
[Detected player ‘Jiang Ruoxi’ game awareness attribute slightly improved]
Second replay.
[Detected player ‘Jiang Ruoxi’ game awareness attribute slightly improved]
Third replay.
[Detected player ‘Jiang Ruoxi’ game awareness attribute improved, C+→B]
[Godfather Points +20]
[Current Godfather Points: 268]
The intensive training showed significant results.
Jiang Yuan nodded, drank some water, then got up to use the bathroom, letting Jiang Ruoxi solo queue to digest the lessons.
Meanwhile.
Mo Tong, bored, sat at an empty computer in the corner of the room.
She logged into the game with her own account and entered training mode.
She selected Vayne, no requests made.
On screen, minions spawned, wave after wave advancing toward the turret.
Mo Tong’s expression was blank, her eyes calmly focused on the screen, her fingers clicking precisely on the mouse.
Click, click, click.
She didn’t use any abilities, only basic attacks, methodically and orderly last-hitting each low-health minion.
Su Wanwan got up to stretch and caught sight of Mo Tong in the corner from the corner of her eye.
She walked over curiously and stood behind Mo Tong to watch.
After a while, Su Wanwan spoke with slight surprise:
“Sister, didn’t you say you don’t know how to play? Your last-hitting is really steady!”