"What do you plan to do if you go?" He asked with arms folded.
"Take Lin Sitian and run." Lin Meng said, "If they don't let her go, I'll call the police."
This was in line with Lin Meng's usual style, just run when things got tough.
"I don't think she'll necessarily go with you," Yu Mo lightly sneered, "Police won't interfere in consensual matters."
"What consensual matters?"
"Nothing," Yu Mo didn't want to talk further, "Wait for me here, don't call a car, they can't come in."
Yu Mo was right, probably to keep the area clear for luxury cars, there was really no ride-hailing spot near Tianchi Yuet Mansion.
He quickly drove over, parked the car steadily next to Lin Meng, and rolled down the window, "Get in the car."
Lin Meng: "..."
Yu Mo changed into a smoky gray shirt, the V-neck cut accentuate his chest muscles, his collarbones looking attractive, coupled with his handsome face... Lin Meng swallowed saliva, inexplicably picturing a cartoon character sitting on a bed patting a pillow with a "pa-pa" sound.
"You're such a rogue," she said word by word.
Meanwhile, Yu Mo: "??"
Lin Meng didn't stay in her own imagination for long, her eyes flickered and muttered, "No one's watching you in the middle of the night, yet you changed your clothes."
Yu Mo chuckled, "Aren't you no one?"
"Are you dressing up for me?" Lin Meng asked.
Yu Mo neither confirmed nor denied, "Hmm, just for you."
Lin Meng's face turned black, "Of course I don't like it!"
Yu Mo wasn't angry, "Then I won't wear it next time."
Lin Meng: "..."
It was like punching into cotton, Lin Meng lost her temper. She reached for the door on the back seat but couldn't open it. She looked at the driver, who casually said, "Come up front. Am I your driver?"
Lin Meng: "..."
Lin Meng didn't linger in her own imagination for too long. Her eyes flickered and she muttered, "No one's watching you in the middle of the night, yet you changed your clothes."
Yu Mo chuckled, "Aren't you no one?"
"Are you dressing up for me?" Lin Meng asked.
Yu Mo neither confirmed nor denied, "Hmm, just for you."
Lin Meng's face turned black, "Of course I don't like it!"
Yu Mo wasn't angry, "Then I won't wear it next time."
Lin Meng: "..."
It was like punching into cotton, Lin Meng lost her temper. She reached for the door on the back seat but couldn't open it. She looked at the driver, who casually said, "Come up front. Am I your driver?"
Lin Meng: "..."
The car started, Lin Meng sat in the passenger seat, holding the seat belt without saying a word.
The street lights flickered on and off, casting dynamic shadows on the front window of the car.
Lin Meng glanced at Yu Mo.
The man drove attentively, with his long legs buried in the darkness, stepping on the brakes and accelerator steadily. His hands on the steering wheel were slender and clear, beautifully captivating.
Lin Meng reluctantly averted her gaze, pondering why heaven had combined so many excellent accessories together; it seemed unfair.
She looked around boredly, and her gaze landed on a jade pixiu in the front of the car.
The jade pixiu had an antique look, but it had a string of pink feathers hanging around its neck, two very different styles clashing. Obviously, it was placed there by a woman very close to the car owner.
The car had a female owner, so naturally the passenger seat belonged to the female owner. Lin Meng didn’t like taking someone else’s place, so after a moment she spoke up, "I still want to sit in the back."
Yu Mo braked at the red light and glanced over. "Give me a reason."
A reason? Lin Meng chuckled with frustration. She really wanted to ask Yu Mo why he played dumb when he understood everything, why he kept creating a mysterious persona outside despite having a girlfriend, and why he flirted ambiguously, causing others to blush and feel hot. But she didn't say it out loud, as it would have seemed like she cared too much. Although, she had never truly let it go. Not only because she lost a game and was then scapegoated by the whole team, causing her life to take a steep downturn. What made her truly disheartened was the reason Yu Mo withdrew from the competition. An engagement. Just for a woman, Silence, who was strong-willed and crazy in love, chose to give up the fervent hopes of fans, and the honor of the whole team, to get engaged. If the team captain, Silence, didn’t care, what did others matter? Looking at it, all Lin Meng's perseverance and restraint were just a joke.
Not to mention her past unrequited teenage love.
Looking at the jade pixiu, Lin Meng sneered and said, "Eye-sore. This thing is ugly to me."
Yu Mo blinked, his gaze following hers to the jade pixiu. "Saying that, it does seem quite ugly," he laughed. "My mom just likes to tease my dad, who has no sense of aesthetics." With that, he took the jade pixiu off the table and put it in the glove compartment beside him.
Lin Meng was speechless. "Your mom and your dad? But isn't this your car?"
"Of course, this isn't my car. Would I use such a tacky headrest?" Yu Mo raised his chin, pointing to the large pillow that looked like a bridal trousseau on the dashboard. "My dad took my car, this is his senior citizen mobile."
"Senior citizen mobile?" Lin Meng was half skeptical. From her personal experience with the car, it seemed like it wasn't just a senior citizen mobile.
"What kind of car is this?"
"Porsche 911, it's common as dirt," Yu Mo said.
Lin Meng did a quick search to check the price, then fell silent as a chicken, completely losing the desire to continue the conversation with Yu Mo.
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They soon arrived at the destination, the Norstone Hotel. As soon as the car stopped, Lin Meng went to open the door, but Yu Mo said, "Wait in the car for a moment."
Lin Meng:?
Yu Mo got out of the car first and was immediately recognized by a group of fans who surrounded him, asking for photos and autographs.
Public figures were different indeed, Lin Meng watched from the car, feeling a tinge of sourness. If she had gotten out of the car with him, she'd have been bombarded with questions about her relationship with Yu Mo. It was weird how Yu Mo had even male fans, was his charm that strong? Wait, they had arrived at their destination, why did she have to be tied to Yu Mo?
Lin Meng remembered how Yu Mo had said, "Wait for me in the car," and suddenly felt a strange and disdainful arrogance, as if he was expecting someone to travel with him.
"Do I have to wait in the car just because you told me to?" Lin Meng scoffed, sneaking out of the car.
The Norstone Hotel was one of the top hotels in Z City, where many celebrities stayed. Lin Meng walked past the magnificent indoor fountain and found the elevator.
The hotel had over twenty floors, and as she waited for the elevator, two men approached. One of them was wearing ripped jeans, had platinum blonde hair, three silver earrings on his ears, and a handsome, slightly mixed-race look. He was on the phone: "You asked for the SN team's Wild Wind, so why are you calling me? I can't appear with him on the screen, I think he's lousy. His team can't even win a championship."
"If you're so capable, then make him leave," the person on the other end challenged.
He hung up and stood in front of the elevator, asking his companion, "What's up, Doctor?"
Lin Meng thought it was going to be an old grudge.
No, it was actually a warning from the battleground.
Today, I don't know what day it is. The stars of esports have gathered in one place. This haughty-looking Doctor is actually the chief logistics officer of the European server, ranked number one.
"The Dai Cong from Xingmi platform, always flip-flopping, trying to suck up to everyone. I didn't even see him in the parking lot just now, and he has the nerve to call me," Doctor sneered.
"What are you calling me for?"
"To party," Doctor said. "Do you think I don't know? The Rainbow Cup first invited E-team's Silence. When Silence didn't come, they called SN's Wild Gale. The second-rate team's people have no backbone, yet they actually went. If it were me, I wouldn't pay any attention to them."
Doctor is of Chinese, Korean and German descent, with the Chinese name Jin Yunhui. He is the champion of the European SOLO Championship and can even get MVP in a support role, showing his high skills in the game. Despite his bad temper, he is still extremely popular due to his good looks.
Lin Meng rolled her eyes.
"SN played terribly in that match." Doctor couldn't stop talking, with a disdainful attitude. "The support's skills can't keep up with the output pressure, so they were only able to be suppressed by the E-team. Even if they got second place, it was a stroke of luck."
This guy doesn't speak standard Mandarin, but surprisingly uses proverbs fluently. Lin Meng couldn't help but sneer. "Don't talk about second place, you would have been crushed in the first round."
The girl's voice was cold, like a thin blade, cutting off Doctor's words directly. He paused, forgetting what he was going to say next, furrowing his brows and looking down.
"What did you say?" he said in a harsh tone. "Do you have the guts to say it again?"
"I said," Lin Meng raised her head, not sparing him, "You would have been crushed in the first round."
She squinted, like an arrogant and noble swan. Doctor was stunned and sneered, "Miss, do you know who I am?"
"Yes, Jin Yunhui, the flashy chief logistics officer of the European server," Lin Meng said with no expression.
Doctor: ???
This title was oddly interesting, but it didn't seem like a compliment. Doctor was dumbfounded for a moment, then angrily asked, "Miss, do you understand BOD?"
"I don't understand BOD, but I do understand you," Lin Meng said, staring at the elevator's slow-moving digits with a blank expression. "The best performance award in the European SOLO Championship. A game that could have been finished in fifteen minutes ended up being performed for half an hour just to show off your skills. If you aren't MVP, who is?" She suddenly looked sideways. "I think you should consider taking up ballet."
Doctor: ???
From his debut until now, he had never been criticized for his skills. Doctor slowly pointed a finger at her and said, "Miss, let me tell you, the world champion Eteam Eternal was willing to pay a high price for me to join them as a support, and I am still considering it."
Lin Meng's eyes dangerously twitched.
E-team was willing to pay a high price for Jin Yunhui to join as a support?! Why then did Yu Mo still invite her to join E-team as a professional player? Who would she be a substitute for?
No one could match Yu Mo's degree of pig-headedness. Lin Meng couldn't help but laugh in anger.
"Why didn't you go then?" she sneered. "That's a champion team."
Thinking that he had piqued her interest, Doctor proudly said, "Just kidding. If even the terrible support, Xiao Xingheng, is worth 20 million, of course, I can't be paid any less than him."
Lin Meng sarcastically remarked, "What makes you worth 20 million? Your style of play is only suitable for solo performances. No one can cooperate with you in a league. The members of team POP may not play very well, but you are definitely the one who gets blamed the most."
Thinking that he had misheard, Doctor exclaimed, "What did you say?!"
The thought of this white-haired, gothic guy overtaking him on the technical side made his ears almost deaf as anger surged through him.
"I said, you are a tumor in team fights," she said word by word.
Doctor's forehead bulged slightly. He suddenly raised his hand, and his companion thought he was going to hit someone and exclaimed in surprise. However, Doctor instead bent down and grabbed Lin Meng's hand.
Lin Meng froze.
"If you weren't so cute, I would really punch you," Doctor smirked wickedly and said coldly, "Don't think I won't hit women."
"Can't I speak the truth?" Lin Meng calmly gazed at him. "Let go."
"Are you Wild Gale's girlfriend or Xiao Xingheng's girlfriend?" Doctor smirked, clenching his teeth. "Why are you defending them so much?"
"Are you in love?" Lin Meng narrowed her eyes. "Looks like there's a reason why you're so bad."
Doctor stared at her fiercely as if flames were about to burst from his pupils. After a moment, he clicked his tongue, straightened up and took out his phone to make a call.
"Hello? Dai Cong? It's Doctor," he said lazily. "Yes, I've decided to come to your gathering. I heard you're short of girls, so I'm bringing one."
Lin Meng suddenly stared at him, surprised.
Doctor hung up the phone and leaned closer to her, whispering, "There's a wild scene over there right now—testosterone everywhere, just missing a girl. Wild Gale has already been drunk and can't protect you. Are you afraid?"
His words were heavily suggestive. Lin Meng frowned and tried to pull her hand away in disgust, but Doctor held on tightly.
"If you are afraid, call me 'oppa' (Korean term for an older male)," the white-haired guy said with a self-satisfied expression, enjoying her anxiety. "When we get there, you can say I'm your boyfriend, and I will protect you. How about that?"
At that moment, the elevator arrived. With a click, Doctor pulled her inside, waved to his companion, and his companion understood, turning and walking away.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Lin Meng was puzzled. In an instant, she finally understood what was happening with that group upstairs, and goosebumps ran down her body. She tried to stomp on Doctor's foot to escape, but he quickly pressed the close button, forcefully pushing her against the elevator wall. "Trying to escape."
The elevator shook violently, and the doors gradually closed.
When there was only a few centimeters of space left between the two elevator doors, a hand suddenly reached in, grabbing the edge of the door and pulling it open inch by inch.
As I need to check the leaderboard for this week, the word count has already exceeded the plan.
I will be updating every other day from today until next Thursday. Don't miss it at 9 a.m.