Volume 1, Chapter 52: Publicly Pinning the Sixth Brother to the Ground and Rubbing Him in the Dirt

Lu Ning looked at the computer screen with a calm tone. "But my goal is the national team."

[Lemon, little sister, I suggest you join the Ball Team. The national team is definitely within your reach.]

[The Lutian Team gets eliminated in the first round and only gets a chance to enter the finals through the resurrection match. This team lacks real strength!]

[That's right. I heard there are management issues in the Lutian Team. The younger sister who clearly has the talent was suppressed, and they only let her play when the match was almost lost—and she even pulled off a twelve-hit combo!]

Seeing these comments, Lu Ning spoke up. "As for which team to join, I haven't decided yet. The game PK is about to start."

She logged directly into the game and began preparing for the PK.

However, upon hearing this response, Lu Liu was so furious that he smashed his keyboard!

Qin Xiang tried to persuade him hypocritically from the side, "Sixth Brother, don't be so angry. She's just a bit famous now, so she's acting arrogant. She's probably just trying to raise her bargaining chips. If worst comes to worst, we can just offer a bit more money."

Lu Liu frowned. "It's useless."

"Sixth Brother, let me help you out. I have an idea."

Qin Xiang looked at the live broadcast in front of the computer, a calculating glint in her eyes.

While in the middle of a PK, Lu Ning suddenly sneezed several times, feeling a faint chill down her spine.

Taking advantage of this momentary distraction, her opponent found an opening and hit her with an ultimate move, reducing her HP to a critical level.

Lu Ning instantly regained her full focus, relying on nimble footwork to dodge directly into a building.

After hiding for a moment, she found an opportunity and leaped straight out into the air.

Realizing she was about to execute a twelve-hit combo, she quickly reined herself in.

Even without using the twelve-hit combo, Lu Ning still won the match.

The moment she saw the victory screen, Lu Ning finally let out a sigh of relief.

The live stream chat was flooded with messages: [If I'm not mistaken, that standard takeoff posture just now was a twelve-hit combo!]

[That's right! As a fan of the god-tier player King, I've practiced the twelve-hit combo countless times and am very familiar with that takeoff!]

[Lemon, little sister, were you trying to use the twelve-hit combo just now?]

Seeing these comments, Lu Ning had already anticipated this reaction.

She said, "I am also a fan of the god-tier player King, and I've practiced the twelve-hit combo before, so I naturally used that movement instinctively in that situation. But as everyone knows, how difficult is it really to successfully pull off a twelve-hit combo!"

She had almost given herself away just now.

Lu Ning felt a slight pang of guilt.

Following the end of a PK match, there was a ten-minute rest period.

[Lemon, little sister, someone on Qingguo Live is calling you out. Are you going to respond?]

Lu Ning clicked on the link posted by a fan and unexpectedly entered Qin Xiang's live stream room!

Qin Xiang was sitting in front of her computer wearing a white dress, with the beauty filter turned up to the maximum, portraying the image of a pure and innocent beauty.

Qin Xiang's eyes were red and swollen. "Lemon, little sister, I don't know why you suddenly broke our agreement and went to Doutiao Live. But my Sixth Brother discovered your talent before you even became famous, talked to you extensively, and taught you a lot about team operations. Yet, you turn around and refuse to cooperate? That is just too hurtful."

Qin Xiang also had her share of brainless fanboys and fangirls, many of whom flooded into Lu Ning's stream to hurl abuses.

The corners of Lu Ning's lips curled into a cold smile. "First of all, I never agreed to sign with the Lutian Team. Secondly, whatever success I have today is due to my own efforts."

Qin Xiang continued with a tearful, grievance-stricken voice, "Everyone knows that someone who has never received professional team training could never be this professional!

"Miss Lemon, even if you wanted to break the contract, you should have parted ways on good terms. Instead, you turned around and went to Doutiao Live. You shouldn't treat people like this."

Impatience flashed in Lu Ning's eyes.

She directly opened the in-game chat window. "Here is the complete conversation between me and the captain of the Lutian Team. The truth is right here!"

She publicly exposed her chat logs with Lu Liu.

Since Sixth Brother was being relentlessly aggressive, she wouldn't bother holding back her counterattack.

The contents of the chat window were quickly screenshotted and posted in the comment section.

[To that tearful beauty, open your eyes wide and look closely! It was clearly Lu Liu who kept hounding Lemon, and she never once agreed to join your team.]

[Now that you're green with envy over Lemon's achievements, you're trying to use moral blackmail to harvest the fruits of her labor. Have you no shame?]

[Don't think that crying like a white lotus flower proves you're in the right! Spare us this act; the public has sharp eyes!]

For a moment, the comment section of the live stream descended into a chaotic shouting match.

Seeing the viewer count in her own live stream rising, Qin Xiang was overjoyed in her heart. She knew that doing this would boost her follower count!

Lu Liu, however, felt that he was losing face. He hadn't expected the other party to directly leak their conversation history.

Now, he finally believed that Sweet Lemon was not Lu Ning.

If it really were Lu Ning, she certainly wouldn't have done such a thing, as it would inevitably bring negative repercussions to the Lu family.

Since she refused a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, he wouldn't hold back anymore.

Lu Liu logged straight into the game and queued up for the PK promotion match.

As it happened, his current ranking was 90th.

He messaged several other players ranked around the 90th spot, telling them not to log into the game so that his next opponent in the PK would undoubtedly be assigned to him.

If Sweet Lemon wanted to advance, she would have to defeat him!

Originally, Lu Liu had planned to wait for her to agree to sign with him and then run a marketing campaign around today's PK match, but that was no longer necessary.

His assistant tentatively asked, "Boss, she's just a newcomer. Are you going to go up against her personally?"

"Yes, I'm going to teach her the rules myself!"

Lu Liu was full of confidence. Surely, a skilled and seasoned veteran like him couldn't possibly lose to a newcomer?

Even if that streamer had a bit of talent, it was still far from enough compared to a professional.

The PK started quickly.

When Lu Ning saw who her opponent was standing right before her, her gaze turned significantly colder.

She said indifferently, "What a coincidence."

She knew roughly where Sixth Brother's ranking was, but there were multiple players around the 90th rank, and PK match-ups were randomized.

Therefore, Sixth Brother had done this on purpose.

By this time, many viewers in the live stream had also noticed.

[Lemon, don't be afraid. You have the skills.]

[What kind of superiority is a professional opponent trying to show off here? Isn't this considered a violation?]

[The captain of the Lutian Team is clearly engaging in malicious retaliation!]

Lu Ning's tone remained calm. "Everyone don't worry. The match isn't over yet, and it's still anyone's game."

Haters emerged: [Don't speak too soon. It'll be a huge slap in the face if you lose miserably later.]

Lu Ning ignored the haters.

She looked at the character on her computer screen. Sixth Brother's current equipment loadout was something she had personally curated and configured for him.

Yet today, she was going to destroy this very set of equipment with her own hands.

In this world, no one understood Sixth Brother's playstyle better than she did!

Lu Ning picked up her weapon. "Let's begin."

Her slender fingers danced rapidly across the keyboard. She could accurately predict almost every single move Lu Liu made.

However, Lu Liu could not anticipate her actions at all.

Five minutes later, Lu Liu's health bar was down to a critical trickle, and he was forced to hide inside a building.

Lu Ning didn't chase after him; she simply stood motionless in the open area.

Lu Liu grew furious. "How is this possible? How does she know all of my moves and playstyles?"

"Boss, could this woman have researched you in advance? That's why she's so familiar with you!"

Lu Liu shook his head. "No, that final move just now—I was saving it specifically for the finals and had never used it before!"

At this thought, Lu Liu suddenly realized something. "No, there is someone who knows."

Lu Ning knew!

Because all of these secret moves were originally invented and proposed by her.

Lu Liu's breath caught in his throat. Could she really be Lu Ning?