As everyone knows, usernames have always been a prime spot for players to display their unhinged behavior. And while some names might not be outright unhinged, they are actually far more embarrassing.
Take Shu's username, for example. Not only was it the correct name, but it was also seen by the correct person.
"Kiana-baby" (Qibao)
Kiana stared at those characters and blinked.
Shenzhou language was a mandatory course at Chiba Academy in the Far East. Although Kiana's grades were definitely not good, she wasn't so bad that she couldn't recognize two simple characters, especially when one of them was her own name.
She slowly turned her head, narrowing her eyes slyly, and looked at Shu beside her with a meaningful gaze.
Shu was already leaning back on the sofa, eyes closed, expression calm, breathing even, looking as if he had already entered a comfortable doze.
"Haaah" Kiana's voice dragged out long, carrying a hint of a smile. "Shu"
Shu didn't move.
"Kiana-baby..." She read out the username word by word. "What... does that mean?"
Shu kept his eyes closed, his tone casual: "Hmm, just a name assigned by the system when I registered."
His voice was steady, unruffled.
Kiana nodded pretentiously, with an expression that said "I see."
Then she suddenly bent down, bringing her head right in front of Shu—
Almost pressing her face against the tip of his nose.
Shu's brow twitched slightly.
But he didn't open his eyes.
"But—"
Kiana's voice carried a sly smile. She reached out and skillfully opened the friends list, pointing at a row of default usernames:
User 38***5678
User 56***2345
User 95***9012
"Those are the default usernames, right?"
She tilted her head, staring at Shu's tightly closed eyes.
In that instant—
Shu snapped his eyes open, feeling as if something was rushing at him from all directions.
The earth cracking, volcanoes erupting, planets exploding!!
It takes ten steps to leave the sofa and get out the door, just stand up and walk; leaving this city only requires a high-speed train, buy a ticket on the phone; leaving this country requires a plane, book in advance;
Ascending to live on Mars only requires building a rocket, and the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation is Δv=—
After various formulas flashed before his eyes in that instant, what came into view was Kiana's face, impossibly close.
Those azure blue eyes curved into two crescents, the corners of her mouth tilted up slightly, carrying a devilish smugness.
Shu's breathing stopped for a moment.
But his face remained calm.
He stared at Kiana for two seconds, pretending he had just casually glanced at her.
Then he closed his eyes again.
"Hmm, it wasn't like this in the early days. This game has even changed its UI interface, what else can't be changed?"
His voice was still casual.
Kiana froze for a moment.
She didn't expect that even at this point, Shu could still make up a new excuse without changing his expression.
Truly worthy of being Shu! His intelligence is no less than mine!
But she didn't intend to let him off just like that.
She leaned in even closer, so close that Shu could feel her breath, and she dragged her voice out even longer.
"Ehh~ really~ is that so~"
That tone, that intonation, that meaningful trailing note—
Shu's brow twitched slightly.
Then he snapped his eyes open.
"Wait."
His voice suddenly became very steady.
"You knew all along?"
Kiana's smile froze.
And as Shu stared at Kiana, in the instant her expression froze, a sharp glint suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"Wha... what did I know all along?" Kiana restrained herself slightly, smiling awkwardly as she tried to retreat.
Shu didn't agree to Kiana's hit-and-run tactic. He leaned forward slightly, chasing her face, maintaining the distance between them.
"That expression just now." Shu's voice was eerie, exactly the same as when he questioned Kiana about whose toothbrush she used this morning.
Kiana tried to turn her face away, not daring to look Shu in the eye at all.
"No... not at all? I just... uh... happened to see it..."
Shu's eyes narrowed slightly.
"But you even know things about my childhood."
"!!"
Kiana's body trembled violently.
Shu could see a tiny bead of sweat sliding down from her temple on her slightly chubby cheek at a visible speed.
She opened her mouth, wanting to say something.
"That was—"
Opened her mouth again.
"It's just—"
Opened her mouth once more.
"Actually—"
Shu just looked at her like that, expression calm, gaze piercing.
Kiana felt her cheeks getting redder and redder, her eyes darting around more and more, stammering for a long time—
Then she suddenly slapped her thigh and whipped back to face the computer:
"Aiya! This game is so fun! Let's see what functions it has!"
Her voice was loudly deliberate.
Shu: "..."
Heh—trying to escape?
Shu snorted coldly, his heart as cold as iron.
However, he still followed Kiana's gaze to the game interface, and then fell into deep thought with Kiana over the same game ID.
[Mei 1 is correct] (Note: pun on Mei is top)
Shu: "..."
Kiana: "..."
Their faces squeezed together, looking at that thunderous ID in silence, thinking, trying to understand...
And Kiana made no progress.
She silently stood up. Although she didn't know what it meant, her instinct told her this was a very important matter, absolutely not to be taken lightly!
So, she turned her head and looked at her Dorae-Shu-mon.
"Um... Shu."
"Hm?"
"What does this mean?"
Shu remained silent for two more seconds.
Then he turned his head, looked at Kiana with a solemn expression, his eyes firm as if he were about to join the Party.
"It means—" Shu stared into Kiana's eyes, speaking word by word, ensuring every word he said was heard by Kiana.
"You are the one getting topped by Mei."
...
Kiana blinked.
Blinked again.
Blinked once more.
Three seconds later—
She sucked in a sharp breath. That exquisite face was dyed pink at a visible speed, even redder than when Shu caught her making the little people date just now!
Red from cheeks to ears, from ears to neck.
Poof—!
She seemed to emit a sound of steam escaping.
"Wha—What—!!!"
Her voice cracked; her defense broke effortlessly.
Watching her breakdown, the corners of Shu's mouth finally couldn't help but curve up.
This is called reciprocity.
"This... this is a rumor! This is slandering this lady!! How could this lady possibly... mm... if it's Mei... no! No no no!! Even if it's Mei... mm..."
"AHHHH—!!"
This white-haired Tuna finally went crazy.