Huayu: You were supposed to be a top star, but you've become capital?

Chapter 94 You're coming to Jinling?

Night had completely enveloped Shanghai.

Lin Shen came out of the bathroom; the room was very quiet.

The afternoon shoot involved changing plans one after another, and it didn't wrap up until after six o'clock.

Yang Chaoyue was sitting cross-legged in the corner of the sofa, his phone screen lit up, his fingers flying across the keyboard. Hearing the noise, he looked up and asked, "Brother Shen, are you done showering?"

"Hmm." Lin Shen sat down on the edge of the bed. "Who are you chatting with so enthusiastically?"

"Sister Ruonan," Yang Chaoyue waved his phone, "she just boarded the high-speed train and is heading back to Hangzhou."

Lin Shen nodded without saying anything.

Yang Chaoyue lowered his head and typed again, muttering to himself as he typed: "She said she'd go back and think about it, and tell me if she's made a decision—"

Lin Shen glanced at her: "Decided what?"

Yang Chaoyue blinked and smiled slyly: "Nothing, nothing?"

Lin Shen didn't bother to ask further and picked up his phone to open WeChat.

He scrolled down and found that familiar profile picture.

Lin Shen moved his fingers and sent a single word: "?".

He replied almost instantly.

"OK"

Lin Shen got up and walked to the chair by the window, casually tossing the towel aside.

Yang Chaoyue looked up at him: "Brother Shen, is something the matter?"

"Let's play games." Lin Shen tapped the familiar icon. "You go about your business."

Yang Chaoyue said "Oh" and continued typing.

During the game loading interval, the voice call connected.

"Feed?" Chen Duling's voice came from the other end. "Wait for me a minute, I'm putting on my headphones."

After the rustling sounds subsided, silence fell.

"Okay," she said. "What brings you here today? Aren't you busy, big star?"

Lin Shen smiled and said, "I'm done with work, so I'd like to relax with you."

"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony."

What are you playing?

Lin Shen thought for a moment: "Yasuo, I guess."

"Yasuo?" There was silence on the other end, then a laugh broke out. "Are you sure? With your E-wielding skills?"

Lin Shen objected: "What's wrong with me being Yasuo? As long as I'm having fun, that's all that matters."

"Happiness is happiness, and so is true recklessness."

Chen Duling spoke without any mercy, "I still remember your stats when you played Yasuo last time."

"That was an accident," Lin Shen argued. "The internet in Changbai Mountain is bad."

"Oh, the internet is bad." Chen Duling drawled, "Is the internet good today?"

Lin Shen was momentarily speechless, then laughed: "Alright, alright, you're so clever, what do you want to play?"

"I'll play mid," she said matter-of-factly. "You can play Lee Sin."

Lin Shen: "————"

Lin Shen: "I don't want to play blind man."

That's a really direct way of putting it.

"What, you're not happy?" Chen Duling's voice was tinged with laughter. "Then I'll go find someone else."

"No, no, no!" Lin Shen quickly opened the hero selection screen. "A blind man is fine, who's afraid of who?"

The game loads into Summoner's Rift.

Lin Shen controlled the Lee Sin to walk into the jungle, and Chen Duling's voice came through the headset: "You start with red buff, I'll place wards for you, and then come to mid lane."

"Got it," Lin Shen replied, and after finishing off the red buff, he started walking towards the blue buff area.

The headphones were quiet for a while, with only game sound effects and the occasional sound of keyboards.

Then Chen Duling suddenly spoke up: "Hey, are you alright about what happened online the other day?"

Lin Shen continued working, casually saying, "It's alright, it's all over now."

"That's good," she said. "Our whole dorm has listened to your song 'The Lone Warrior'."

Lin Shen raised an eyebrow: "Your dorm?"

"Yeah, my roommate said it sounds nice and asked if I knew you." She was a little smug. "I said yes, we're high school classmates, we even played games together."

Lin Shen laughed: "And then?"

"Then they asked me for an autograph." She paused, "I said I'd ask them next time we meet."

Just as Lin Shen was about to reply, a voice came through his earpiece: "FirstBlood".

Chen Duling's voice rang out at the same time: "Isn't he handsome?"

Lin Shen glanced at the screen. The enemy mid laner was lying on the ground, while her hero was recalling to base in the middle of the minion wave.

"handsome."

"Absolutely." She said cheerfully, "Play well, and I'll carry you this game."

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Lin Shen smiled and continued farming.

Fifteen minutes into the game, Lin Shen's Lee Sin was indeed playing a bit recklessly.

He insisted on turning back and kicking when he should have retreated, and even when he was low on health, he tried to harass the enemy jungle, only to be caught by the enemy jungler and die.

"Lin Shen." Chen Duling's voice came through the earphone, her tone calm.

"Um?

""

"Have you been out partying again?"

Lin Shen glanced at the black and white screen and chuckled dryly, "My mistake, my mistake."

"You could have easily walked from that spot," she said. "Why did you have to turn around and kick me?"

"I just wanted to help you catch it."

"Help me catch it?" She laughed. "You're almost dead and you're still helping me catch it? I'd be so grateful."

Lin Shen was rendered speechless by her words and could only obediently wait for his resurrection.

Twenty minutes later, a team fight broke out.

Lin Shen's Lee Sin used his ward to enter the fray, then used his ultimate to kick away three enemies, coordinating with Chen Duling's skills to create a perfect team fight.

"That was great!" Chen Duling's voice rose. "Great job, great job, you didn't give up for nothing."

Lin Shen smugly said, "How about it? Not bad for a blind man like me, right?"

"It was alright, it was alright," she said dismissively. "It was just a bit too wild up front."

The game ended at 30 minutes. Chen Duling was the MVP with a godlike performance. Lin Shen's Lee Sin score was 7-3-15, which wasn't bad, but he was definitely the one who got carried.

"I took a screenshot," Chen Duling said. "I'm going to post it on my WeChat Moments."

Lin Shen chuckled: "Go ahead and post it, just remember to censor my ID."

"Okay." She paused, then suddenly asked, "Want to come again?"

Lin Shen glanced at the time; it was almost ten o'clock.

"Let's play one more round, I have things to do tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll wind it up again, you can continue being blind."

In the second round, Lin Shen became much more restrained, playing it safe when necessary and acting decisively when needed.

Halfway through the game, Chen Duling suddenly asked, "What's on your schedule tomorrow?"

"Going to see a friend," Lin Shen said casually, "and then taking care of some business in Jinling."

"Jinling?" She paused for a moment, "You're coming to Jinling?"

Lin Shen noticed the change in her tone and chuckled softly, "Yeah, there's an event at Deji Plaza on Monday. What, you want to see me?"

There was silence on the other end, then a soft snort came from behind: "Who wants to see you? I was just asking."

"Oh one "6"

"Then I won't bother you?"

"Come if you want, don't come if you don't." She regretted saying it as soon as she finished speaking. "—When are you getting there?"

"I'm free in the afternoon, which is part of the Monday morning event."

There was silence on the other end, then a quick reply: "I don't have class this afternoon."

Lin Shen smiled: "Okay, I'll contact you then."

After the second game ended, Lin Shen glanced at the score and realized he was the MVP this time.

"Sure," Chen Duling said. "I didn't make any mistakes this time."

"Of course, we can't let you look down on us."

"Come on, it's just one." She paused, "Alright, go to sleep early, you have things to do tomorrow."

"Yes, you too."

"Bye-Bye."

The voice call ended.

Lin Shen put down his phone, and Yang Chaoyue, who had somehow gotten close to him, asked, "Brother Shen, who are you playing games with?"

Lin Shen glanced at her: "A friend."

"Oh, is this Sister Duling?"

Lin Shen ignored her: "Weren't you chatting with Zhang Ruonan? Are you done?"

"We're done talking." Yang Chaoyue sat back on the sofa. "Brother Shen, let me tell you about the itinerary."

Lin Shen nodded.

Yang Chaoyue opened his tablet: "Tomorrow I'm going to Caohejing to meet with Mr. Cai and his team from Mihoyo. Monday morning is an event at Jinling Deji Plaza, an invitation from Gucci. I'll arrive at 10:30, and the photo shoot and interviews will take about an hour and a half. After that..."

She paused, looked up, and said with a smile, "You'll be free this afternoon."

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Lin Shen glanced at her: "And then?"

"Then the flight back to Changbai Mountain is at 8 pm, arriving at 10:30 pm. The film crew will arrange a car to pick us up." Yang Chaoyue closed his tablet. "That's all."

Lin Shen nodded: "Okay, I understand."

Yang Chaoyue stood up, walked to the door, then turned back: "Brother Shen, what do you need me to arrange for this afternoon in Jinling?"

Lin Shen smiled at her gossipy expression and said, "No need, I can arrange it myself."

"Okay." Yang Chaoyue pushed open the door and poked his head back in. "By the way, Sister Ruonan said she's made up her mind. She'll ask for leave from school and come to the capital soon."

Lin Shen raised an eyebrow: "So fast?"

"She said she'd have to decide sooner or later anyway, so she might as well come sooner," Yang Chaoyue said with a smile. "If Sister Nan comes, I can make the arrangements, right?"

"Okay, you decide what to do."

Yang Chaoyue nodded, then actually went out and closed the door behind him.

The room fell silent.

The next afternoon, in the Caohejing Development Zone of Shanghai.

Lin Shen's car was parked in front of an inconspicuous office building. The building was not tall, with a simple gray and white color scheme, and a sign hanging at the entrance read "Mihoyo".

Yang Chaoyue looked at Lin Shen: "Brother Shen, we've arrived."

Lin Shen nodded and opened the car door.

The sun was shining brightly, and he looked up at the building, feeling a bit sentimental.

When I first invested in them last year, the team consisted of only seven or eight people, crammed into an even smaller office, so poor that they had to be careful with their server usage.

Now that we've moved here, at least it's more spacious, even though it's still inconspicuous.

Lin Shen walked inside, and the young woman at the front desk already recognized him, greeting him with a smile: "President Lin! President Cai and Brother Dawei are waiting for you in the conference room."