It's All a Coincidence, I Told You

Seeing the message, Meng Wenzhou replied in the group: If it is at 9:15, then we have to get up a bit early tomorrow.

Su Yang: Yeah, a bit earlier, let us get up at seven. The girls still have to do their makeup and stuff. Leave the house by 7:30, arrive at the airport around 8:00 to check in our luggage, and we will still have time for breakfast. But if we are running late, we can eat on the plane.

Liu Bo: Sounds good. I am getting a little excited now that we are about to set off. Even though I have been abroad many times, this is my first time going to the Island Nation.

Meng Qianyu: It is my first time going to the Island Nation too.

Meng Wenzhou: Has anyone else been to the Island Nation?

Su Qingci: I have only been to the neighboring Kimchi Country.

Tang Ziyun: I have never been there.

Lu Yun: I have never been abroad...

Zhuang Mengli: Now that you mention it, I really have never been to the Island Nation either.

Meng Wenzhou: Damn? Looks like I am the only one who has been there?

Su Yang: That is great, you can be our tour guide.

Meng Wenzhou: Haha, sure, no problem. I am quite familiar with the Island Nation. I have been to Dongjin, Xiaoban, and Beihaidao.

Pan Ning: If we have enough time, we can go to Beihaidao for fun. I heard the hot springs there are really nice.

Meng Wenzhou: Sure, we have fifteen days, which is definitely enough. We will go then.

After chatting in the group for a while, Su Yang asked: When are you guys planning to come to my place?

Meng Wenzhou: Around four or five o'clock.

Liu Bo: About the same.

Su Yang: Alright, @Everyone, remember to bring all your belongings and do not leave anything behind. Everyone will rest at my place tonight, and we will set off on time early tomorrow morning.

Others: Received!

Exiting the group chat, Su Yang stood up from the recliner and stretched.

Do you want to eat lunch? He turned his head to look at Zhuang Mengli, who was still lying down playing with her phone.

I am not hungry.

I am not hungry either, so let us wait until tonight to eat. By the way, do you know how to play games? Su Yang asked.

Play games? Zhuang Mengli looked at the sky and said flatly, I do not really have the energy to play right now. Besides, do you not know if I can play or not? We have already played seven or eight times in the past two days.

Su Yang was taken aback, then gave a speechless smile: I am freaking talking about computer games!

Oh, oh, computer games. You should have been clear. Zhuang Mengli sat up and smiled foolishly, I can play a little.

Do you know how to play League?

League... Zhuang Mengli had just said one word when Su Yang knew she wanted to make a dirty joke again.

He reached out and covered Zhuang Mengli's small mouth: Stop right there, did you not say you did not have the energy to play right now? So stop teasing me, I still have the energy.

Zhuang Mengli pulled Su Yang's hand away and laughed: Alright, alright, you have no sense of humor. I know how to play.

If you know how to play, let us go. There is nothing to do right now anyway, let us go to the gaming room and play a couple of rounds.

Fine, fine, I will reluctantly play with you. Zhuang Mengli sounded reluctant, but her movements were fast. She stood up and followed Su Yang into the house, heading straight for the gaming room on the second floor.

This was Su Yang's first time coming to play in this gaming room since Meng Qianyu bought him a bunch of equipment and set it up.

The two came to the door of the gaming room. Su Yang pushed the door open and walked in. He reached out and turned on the switch on the wall.

A circle of ambient light strips immediately lit up in the gaming room.

The room was not very large, with only three computers and a PS5, but the overall design had a great vibe. Various action figures and ornaments related to esports elements were neatly placed on a cabinet on the left side of the room as decorations.

Combined with the lighting inside the cabinet, it looked very beautiful. On the right side of the room, against the wall, were three computers.

To the right of the computers was a small leather sofa that could seat three or four people, and in front of the sofa was a small coffee table.

Directly opposite the sofa was an 85-inch 4K Sony monitor worth thirty thousand yuan. On the cabinet below the monitor lay a white PS5 and two game controllers.

Seeing this gaming room, Zhuang Mengli nodded in satisfaction: Oh, this feels pretty good.

Right? Come on, let us get started. Su Yang was also very satisfied. He walked to the front of the computer desk and turned on two of them.

Apart from these three computers, basically everything else in the entire gaming room was bought for Su Yang by Meng Qianyu.

This girl really knows how to shop. Su Yang pulled out a gaming chair and sat down, and Zhuang Mengli also came over and sat beside him.

Anyone who loves playing games would definitely fall in love with these three computers at first sight.

The peripherals of the three computers were identical, all using Samsung 32-inch 4K 240Hz high-refresh OLED gaming monitors, paired with Logitech G Pro X Superlight 3 mice, PRO X TKL keyboards, and PRO X 2 headsets, a flashy pink three-piece set.

Of course, the computer specs were also very high. An Intel Core i9-KF paired with an ASUS Z790M-E motherboard, and the graphics card was an RTX 5090 32G. This graphics card alone cost twenty to thirty thousand yuan. The other parts will not be introduced one by one, but anyway, none of them were cheap.

However, the money to buy these three computers could be completely ignored by the current Su Yang.

One of his small dreams in college was to have his own gaming room along with a computer with decent specs.

Now it was finally realized. Not just realized, but over-achieved.

After turning on the computers, the two quickly logged into their LoL accounts. Using computers with these specs to play LoL felt a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

But as someone who loves playing games, he definitely would not just play online games; many AAA masterpieces were also essential.

Su Yang looked at the slightly unfamiliar game interface and asked: I have not played this game for over two years. Have any new champions come out recently?

Zhuang Mengli shook her head: Why are you asking me? It has been at least a year since I last played too.

Really? Then let us just play a couple of ARAMs. I probably do not have the game sense for ranked matches anymore.

Sure, I only used to play ARAMs anyway.

Haha, alright.

The two quickly entered the game. As soon as they got in, Su Yang got a champion he was relatively good at, EZ.

Oh, not bad, not bad. I got my main champion right off the bat. I am not rerolling.

Zhuang Mengli got Lux. She used a die to reroll for another champion, but as soon as she rolled it, she suddenly thought of something and immediately picked her back.

I am not changing either, just her.

Lux? That works, she has long range and crowd control. We will poke them later.

Do you not know the relationship between Lux and EZ? Zhuang Mengli turned her head and asked.

Huh? Su Yang was taken aback, thought for a moment, and said, What relationship? I think they are siblings.

Siblings my foot, they are a couple!

A couple? Why do I remember them being siblings?

That is with Garen!

Is it? Su Yang scratched his head and smiled intentionally, Then it seems I remembered wrong.

Zhuang Mengli rolled her eyes: Do you not think it is very coincidental?

Coincidental how?

You are EZ, I am Lux...

Su Yang naturally understood Zhuang Mengli's meaning. He smiled: I am telling you, it is just playing a game. Pure coincidence, do not read too much into it.

This is the will of heaven!

Su Yang shook his head and smiled, not replying anymore. They quickly entered the game, and the two began to slaughter everyone on all sides.

Over twenty minutes later, the first game ended with a crushing victory for Su Yang's side. He easily racked up a 25-4-29 KDA on EZ, snagging the MVP.

"These guys are no good. I haven't played in so long, and it's still a breeze."

"The opponents were indeed a bit noobish. Let's go again!" Zhuang Mengli was getting excited.

"Let's do it!"

The two queued up for another game. This time, Su Yang got Tryndamere, and coincidentally, Zhuang Mengli got Ashe, who happens to be Tryndamere's wife in the game's lore.

"Look!!" Seeing these two champions, Zhuang Mengli suddenly stood up, pointing at the screen and shouting.

"How do you explain this!? It's a couple again!"

"Huh? That is weird, but it's definitely just a coincidence. Don't get so worked up, sit down."

"I'm telling you, it's destiny! Even God thinks we should be a couple! He's giving us hints through the game!"

Su Yang shook his head. "You women just love believing in this nonsense."

"It's not that I believe in it, but two games in a row we get couples. How do you explain that?"

"I told you, it's a coincidence."

As they were talking, another player on their team rolled a Soraka.

Su Yang glanced over and suddenly thought of something. He grinned, "Trade your Ashe to me. I'll play Ashe and you play Soraka."

"Why?" This time it was Zhuang Mengli's turn to be stunned. She didn't quite understand why Su Yang wanted her to play Soraka and didn't react immediately.

"You play Ashe, I play Soraka. You Ashe, I..." Zhuang Mengli repeated it, and being a bit of a cheeky girl, she instantly understood.

She immediately looked at Su Yang with a radiant smile and said, "Sure, I'll trade with you. You Ashe, I Soraka."

"Love." Su Yang held back his laughter and puckered his lips.

After a few seconds of silence in the gaming room, the two burst into belly laughs.

"Who came up with this crappy joke? Hahaha!" Zhuang Mengli tilted her head back and laughed.

"You haven't seen it online?"

"No."

"It wasn't really 'invented.' It was just two streamers playing bot lane together in a match, and they accidentally said it while picking champions, and then it became a meme."

"Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter."

As they spoke, the game started again, and the two focused on playing once they loaded in.

Twelve minutes later, the game ended in a miserable defeat.

Zhuang Mengli said indignantly, "See? You just had to make me play Soraka. This champion isn't strong in ARAM at all."

"It's fine, let's go again."

"Let's go. But do you think we'll get a couple again this time?"

Su Yang shook his head decisively. "Definitely not. There's no way it's that coincidental."

"I think we will."

"Wanna bet?"

"Alright, start it."

Su Yang clicked to start the game, and a dozen seconds later, they entered the champion select screen.

This time, Su Yang got Lucian, and Zhuang Mengli got... Senna.

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