Chapter 35: Tree Hiding
The previously empty wardrobe was now filled with all kinds of clothes.
If she hadn’t known that her and her wife’s old clothes had been disposed of by her son, she would have thought these clothes belonged to her wife.
But upon closer inspection, there were still significant differences; at least, her wife’s clothes didn’t include Lolita items!
Ji Yunqi didn’t need to think to know that her son must have changed them for her.
She rummaged through the wardrobe, and good heavens, even her previous few old outfits were gone, replaced by various fashionable women’s clothing. She really was a good son!
Helplessly, Ji Yunqi searched the entire wardrobe and finally found a decent-looking outfit.
A pink t-shirt and a pair of white pants.
They looked very ordinary, which was a small comfort to her not-yet-fully-shattered heart.
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In class, Ye Mingkong internally exclaimed that an opportunity had arrived as he watched Ji Yunqi next to him perform his “nodding divine skill.”
He poked Ji Yunqi’s cheek and whispered, “Little loli, stop listening to the lesson. It’s a water conservation class anyway, and you’re falling asleep. Let’s play a game.”
“Huh?”
Ji Yunqi rubbed her eyes, feeling hesitant. Was it really okay to play games during class?
Although the lesson was indeed boring, wasn’t it too disrespectful to the teacher?
“This doesn’t seem right. We are students after all.”
“Don’t worry, we’re sitting at the back, so the teacher can’t see us. And look ahead, so many people are playing games.”
Ji Yunqi looked up and saw that indeed, many students were using the partitions in front of them as cover, hiding their phones underneath to play.
Ji Yunqi’s eyes twitched. This was too obvious…
Did they really think the teacher had been teaching for so many years for nothing? The teacher might not be able to see what these guys were doing, but just by looking at their arm movements and expressions, he knew they were slacking off.
Even so, the teacher didn’t say anything to them. Instead, he continued his lecture as if he were having a solo performance.
However, judging by this, it seemed the teacher really didn’t mind. In that case, she could play.
To avoid boredom, Ji Yunqi had downloaded some games the night before, games that her wife and son occasionally played with her.
She just didn’t know if Ye Mingkong would play these games.
“Alright, what should we play?”
“What do you have on your phone?” Ye Mingkong asked back, also worried if this little loli’s phone could run games.
He was stunned when he saw Ji Yunqi pull out that Fruit 16Pro Nikes from her bag. He, a young master, didn’t even have such a high-end phone!
How could Ji Yunqi afford this?
Did she win the lottery?
“No, little loli, did you get rich?”
Seeing Ye Mingkong’s shocked expression, Ji Yunqi felt a moment of smug satisfaction.
This was given to me by my son, isn’t that amazing?
However, these were thoughts Ji Yunqi only dared to have in her heart, not to say out loud. It wouldn’t do to say them openly.
A beautiful young girl of eighteen having a good son in his twenties – the very idea sounded absurd.
“Uh… it’s nothing, my family replaced it for me.” Ji Yunqi could only make up an excuse to brush him off, hoping Ye Mingkong wouldn’t find out.
“Little loli, don’t you not have parents? Where did your family come from?” Ye Mingkong asked, the corners of his lips slightly upturned.
“This…” Ji Yunqi’s heart sank. How to explain this?
Ye Mingkong was also silently observing Ji Yunqi’s every move. His sharp eyes noticed that Ji Yunqi’s hands were tightly clasped together at this moment.
This was a signature move someone displayed when they were nervous.
Ye Mingkong silently took note of this, considering it as another piece of evidence.
“Okay, okay, I was just teasing you. Let’s play Kun~”
“Okay.” Seeing that Ye Mingkong wasn’t dwelling on it anymore, Ji Yunqi felt a sense of bewildered relief, as if she had narrowly escaped something.
Because Ji Yunqi actually had two accounts before, one for interacting with outsiders and another exclusively for gaming.
Her own account had naturally been deregistered with her death, but the other gaming account was given to her by her son.
The identity verification was linked to her son, so it was still valid. This account was the essence of her stealthy player strategy!
After adding each other as friends, Ye Mingkong’s gaze towards Ji Yunqi became increasingly inscrutable, as if he were contemplating something.
Just in that fleeting moment, Ji Yunqi turned back to ask Ye Mingkong why they weren’t starting the game, only to catch sight of Ye Mingkong’s almost frenzied eyes.
“What the hell… what are you doing?” Although she didn’t want to admit it, Ji Yunqi was genuinely terrified by Ye Mingkong.
She knew it wasn’t an illusion. Although the look was only for a moment, Ji Yunqi had keenly captured it. It’s nothing.
“It’s nothing, what should we play?”
“Let’s play Rainforest. The map is small, and there’s plenty of loot, right?” Ji Yunqi didn’t dare to tell the truth. She was still reluctant to talk about being a stealthy player with others.
She always felt like she would be looked down upon, especially in the past when her wife had ridiculed her about it many times.
She would always say, “Why don’t you, a grown man, confront enemies head-on? Why must you always sneak attack from behind?”
Although Ji Yunqi wanted to explain, she ultimately gave up the idea because she knew her wife likely wouldn’t understand.
After all, what was the point of fighting desperately?
What was the meaning of being an eliminator king?
When facing an enemy hiding in the shadows, weren’t they still like those noobs, destined to be ambushed and killed?
In the end, the loot carried out from a group of dozens of people would just become her spoils of war, wouldn’t it? What was the point?
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Ye Mingkong naturally did not refuse Ji Yunqi’s request. Rainforest it was, for him, it was merely a means of relaxation or verifying someone’s identity.
During the game, Ji Yunqi lived up to Ye Mingkong’s expectations, successfully executing the moves he remembered.
Ji Yunqi ran to the edge of the safe zone in advance, jumped onto a rock, then changed into a silver-gray outfit, and aimed at a tree ahead.
Then, she leaped!
She landed steadily on the tree, adjusted her position slightly, and her game character perfectly blended with the tree trunk, reaching a unique state of stealthy play—tree hiding!
Ye Mingkong, lying in the grass beneath the tree, watched Ji Yunqi’s series of familiar actions. This time, his internal assessment gained even more points.
It wasn’t that no one could perform such stealthy maneuvers, but there were very few who could do all of this skillfully…
Next, it was time to look at other aspects…
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