95: Chapter 95: A 1:1 Reproduction
Lin Yi noticed Jiang Xiaowan's unease and spoke up to comfort her.
"Xiaowan, you don't need to take this to heart."
"This bit of money is nothing to me."
"Anyway, you can never earn all the money in the world."
"If the car is broken, we can just get it repaired."
"The important thing is that you're okay!"
Having interacted with beautiful women more often, Lin Yi, this quintessential dense guy, had undergone some changes.
He knew exactly what girls wanted to hear and when.
Sure enough, upon hearing Lin Yi's words, Jiang Xiaowan looked up, her eyes brimming with tears.
Jiang Xiaowan looked at the sunny, handsome, and dashing face before her.
She recalled the melancholic and elegant way Lin Yi had looked when he played the Piano the first time they met.
And then today, he had spent a fortune to clean up her mess and even talked back to the person who had scolded her.
The key was that after doing all these things, Lin Yi didn't care at all about how much it had cost him.
He only cared about whether she had been hurt...
Was she really that important to Lin Yi...?
So... there really was someone as perfect as Lin Yi in this world!
Jiang Xiaowan blushed, and her heart began to race.
Jiang Xiaowan: Favorability +10 points.
Jiang Xiaowan: Favorability +10 points.
Jiang Xiaowan: Favorability +10 points.
Jiang Xiaowan: Favorability +10 points.
Current favorability: 95 points.
"Ding, detected an increase in favorability from the bound target Jiang Xiaowan. Congratulations to the host for receiving a reward of 40 points."
Lin Yi looked at Jiang Xiaowan in front of him and couldn't help but praise her inwardly.
It seemed this girl's heart was quite pure.
The reason she approached him in the beginning wasn't because of money either.
It was purely because she had taken a liking to his talent.
It was so easy to raise the favorability of this kind of girl.
She was just one final step away from reaching full marks.
Plus, he had managed to get over a billion in cashback through her.
She really was a treasure of a girl.
He would definitely have to treat her well in the future.
After lunch, the group prepared to head to the internet cafe together.
When it was time to pay the bill, Jiang Xiaowan refused to let Lin Yi pay no matter what, insisting on going to the front desk to settle the bill herself.
The sight of her taking the initiative to pay left He Linwei and the others feeling envious.
"Old Lin, tell me, did you put a love spell on her?"
"How come such a beautiful department belle is falling over herself to pay for your meal?"
"If the guys chasing her found out, they'd probably be so angry their noses would get crooked."
"If you really have some special skill that makes girls fall head over heels for you, you have to teach your brothers!"
Lin Yi listened and waved his hand.
"What special skill? It's personality charm, you guys get it, right!"
He Linwei and the other two rolled their eyes at this answer and let out a "Tsk."
Through this meal, the relationship between the two dorms had become much closer.
Especially Jiang Xiaowan's three roommates, who found He Linwei and his friends quite agreeable.
Plus, these three clowns kept cracking jokes and teasing, making the girls giggle non-stop.
After walking for about ten minutes, they arrived at the largest internet cafe in the university town.
The place was decorated quite luxuriously; they even had soundproof rooms specifically for competitions.
There were also large screens used for broadcasting.
It seemed they hosted these kinds of events quite often.
He Linwei and his friends took Jiang Xiaowan's three roommates to the spectator area.
Meanwhile, Lin Yi went to make pre-match preparations.
Jiang Xiaowan also found a changing room to put on her cosplay outfit.
With the rise of e-sports, many university students were now interested in gaming.
Besides Jiang Xiaowan, many other girls from the school who loved cosplay had come to the scene today.
Their task was to warm up the crowd before the match.
As the first girl dressed as Ahri the Nine-Tailed Fox walked out of the changing room, the crowd erupted into intense screams.
"Ahri! Look at me!"
"So sexy!"
"Which school is she from? I declare that she is my only goddess from now on!"
"Goddess! I haven't touched a woman in so long! Can you let me hold your hand?"
"Pervert, you're too shameless; this is only the first one."
Immediately after, the other girls who had finished changing also walked out of the changing room.
The last one to appear was none other than Jiang Xiaowan.
She was dressed today as Seraphine, a highly popular female character in the game.
Her iconic pink hair, eyes as bright as stars, and those long, beautiful legs in pink stockings.
Everything was captured perfectly by Jiang Xiaowan.
It made people feel as if she were a character who had walked straight out of the game.
Especially since Jiang Xiaowan's face shape and features were already very similar to this character.
Seeing Jiang Xiaowan appear, Lin Yi felt his eyes light up.
If Jiang Xiaowan's usual appearance was a 90, then the current Jiang Xiaowan could definitely reach 95!
She was simply a natural-born cosplay goddess!
No wonder Jiang Xiaowan was able to become famous in this industry.
She was truly born for this line of work.
Like a fairy, Jiang Xiaowan spun around in place in front of everyone, and the group of boys instantly went wild.
"Holy crap, she's so beautiful!"
"It's a one-to-one recreation!"
"Did the modeler design the character based on her face back then?!"
"Quick, let me take a few more photos, I'm going to set it as my screensaver!"
"I heard she's a minor internet celebrity, hurry up and search to see if we can find her account online!"
"Wait, I found it, she actually has over 300,000 followers!"
"Oh my god, Mom, I've made it, I've actually seen a real internet celebrity with my own eyes!"
Facing the enthusiastic audience, Jiang Xiaowan seemed to have long been accustomed to this kind of scene.
Amidst the exclamations of admiration, she circled the venue once, walked up to Lin Yi, and playfully blew him a kiss.
"Damn it, why did the goddess blow a kiss to that kid!"
"Huh, isn't that Lin Yi from our university?"
"You know him?"
"I do, he played a piece on the Piano in public a few days ago, he's pretty impressive."
"Could it be that Goddess Jiang Xiaowan took a liking to Lin Yi back then!"
"Damn Lin the Dog! We are sworn enemies!"
Upon learning that Lin Yi would be competing later, some boys even started praying in their hearts.
Hoping that someone would be able to take Lin Yi down a peg.
...
Ten minutes later, the match began.
A total of eight school teams were participating.
First were the group stages, where the four winning teams advanced to the semi-finals.
Then the winners would advance to the finals.
They had originally thought the competition would be extremely intense.
But unexpectedly, Lin Yi's team finished off their opponents in just eighteen minutes, starting from the group stage.
They finished the semi-finals in twenty-two minutes.
The finals were slightly better; their opponents held out for half an hour before their base crystal was destroyed.
The people off-stage who were originally waiting to see Lin Yi make a fool of himself were stunned.
Everyone could see that Lin Yi was carrying the team from start to finish.
Everyone hadn't expected that Lin Yi's gaming skills would be so masterful.
His various maneuvers, even if placed on a professional stage, could be called eye-catching.
There was no help for it; Lin Yi was already good at playing, and with his level 6 physical fitness level, his reaction speed was faster than before.
His operations were also two levels higher than before.
After the match ended, Jiang Xiaowan ran excitedly to Lin Yi's side and, with a "mwah" sound, took the initiative to kiss Lin Yi on the cheek.
"Ahhh! Damn it! The goddess kissed him!"
"But I have to admit, he is indeed... impressive..."
"So girls nowadays like boys who are good at gaming, huh? Then I'm going to go back and practice hard!"
"Goddess, you wait, the day I hit Challenger, I'll come and confess to you!"