Chapter 163: Nuwa, are you asleep? I am too ugly to sleep.

After a satisfying meal, the group took a leisurely stroll back to the hotel.

Bai Lu intentionally avoided walking side by side with her dad. While scavenging for leftover food earlier, she had already acted alone with him. If she kept sticking to her dad like glue, it wouldn't look like an open and honest attitude toward the scandal; it would actually cement the romance rumors.

Besides, she couldn't monopolize Movie Emperor Lu forever. She needed to give other little fans a chance to get up close and talk to him.

Only Liu Jiajia didn't go forward to speak with Movie Emperor Lu. She lingered at the very back, quietly trailing behind the group.

Ever since her slip of the tongue, she had remained in this listless, wilted state.

Back at the hotel, upon learning that Bai Lu would be sleeping in the living room, her dad put on a hypocritical act of modesty in front of the cameras. "I'll sleep in the living room."

His acting was exceptionally convincing.

Bai Lu played along too. "That won't do. There's no reason for my idol to sleep in the living room for my sake! Teacher Lu, just let me use the bathroom in your bedroom."

Luyiting gave a gentlemanly gesture. "Please."

Without standing on ceremony, Bai Lu grabbed her waterproof toiletry bag and headed inside, even locking the bedroom door behind her.

Luyiting: "............"

Everyone else returned to their respective bedrooms to wash up, leaving him all alone in the living room. He wandered around awkwardly for a moment before finally sitting down on the sofa to play with his phone.

[Little Deer Bai, is this really how you treat your idol? You certainly don't stand on ceremony!]

[So what exactly do you mean by locking the door!! Who are you afraid of trusting!!]

[No jokes, girls away from home need to protect themselves. Locking the door behind you is a good habit.]

[I've already thought of the headline: Movie Emperor Lu snubbed during reality show debut. Is this clickbait enough?]

[I honestly bow down to old Lu's face!]

[He looks so insanely good-looking just sitting there playing on his phone.]

[When Nuwa created humans, she sculpted old Lu with meticulous care. When she got to me, she must have been tired, so she just flicked a mud-stained vine and threw me in to make up the numbers.]

[Nuwa, are you asleep? I'm too ugly to sleep.]

[Nuwa: This speck of mud talks too much.]

[??? Do you have any manners!!]

[Look at old Lu's hand gestures... Is he playing Honor of Kings?!]

[Old-school gentlemen play video games too?]

[I don't know why, but old Lu always gives off the vibe that when he's not filming, he's at home drinking tea, reading books, and practicing calligraphy.]

[I thought if old Lu played games, he'd play old-folks casual games like Candy Crush, Onet Connect, or Snake...]

[Me too...]

Luyiting was in the middle of a team fight at the Dragon Pit when the light in front of him dimmed, and a timid voice sounded from above.

"Teacher Lu."

The next second, his screen went dark as well.

Liu Jiajia saw this and panicked even more. "Teacher Lu, I'm sorry, I got you killed—uh, I'm sorry."

Luyiting gave an elegant smile. "It's fine. I wasn't playing very well to begin with."

Clutching the hem of her nightgown, Liu Jiajia gripped it so tightly her knuckles turned red. "Teacher Lu, I'm sorry about this afternoon..."

"It's fine." Luyiting interrupted her in a gentle tone. "Small matter, don't take it to heart. Anything else?"

After hesitating for a long time, Liu Jiajia finally shook her head. "No."

Luyiting offered a warm smile and picked up his phone to resume gaming.

Liu Jiajia stood there blankly for a moment, still wanting to say something, but Luyiting was entirely focused on the game. After a long pause, she timidly offered, "Teacher Lu, good night."

Luyiting flinched slightly, as if startled. When he looked up and saw Liu Jiajia still standing before him, his brows furrowed slightly before he smiled and nodded. "You too."

Just as Bai Lu finished her shower and walked out, she heard the game audio and put on an expression of exaggerated, convincing astonishment. "Teacher Lu plays Honor of Kings too?!"

Luyiting: "You play as well?"

Bai Lu immediately whipped out her phone. "Teacher Lu, add me as a friend! I'm insanely good at Honor of Kings! Mid, clash lane, jungle, farm lane, support—there isn't a position or hero I can't play!"

Luyiting: "Hold on, let me finish this match."

Bai Lu sat down beside her dad, stretching her neck to watch as she offered directions. "Teacher Lu, don't go over there. The enemy just took the Tyrant, and no one is showing in the clash lane. They might be hiding in the bush waiting to ambush. Toss a skill in to check."

Luyiting: "Really?"

Bai Lu: "Of course! I'm a low-key gaming genius! Diar and the others were all carried to Honor by me!~"

Luyiting chuckled and shook his head. "Not humble at all."

Bai Lu: "Modesty isn't my style. Teacher Lu, tonight I'll carry you to at least Gold rank."

It had taken her forever to drag her dad up to Platinum, only for him to fool around and drop right back down to Bronze.

Luyiting: "I'm going to wash up first."

Bai Lu: "I'll wait for you!"

[Thanks everyone, my name is Gold now.]

[Old Lu, face me head-on, I'm Gold.]

[To Gold? How terrible must he be?]

[It's already great that an old-school gentleman knows how to play, don't ask for too much.]

[I want little deer to carry me to Honor too.]

[I'm different, I just want to ascend... No! I don't!]

[What on earth is Liu Jiajia playing at? She was just standing there like a dazed statue and scared the life out of old Lu, and now she wants to scare little deer too?]

[Although... old Lu getting startled like a frightened kitten is just too cute!!!]

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To be able to carry her dad in ranked matches, Bai Lu had no choice but to register a brand-new smurf account. Just as she finished setting up her arcana pages, Liu Jiajia was still standing frozen in place with no intention of leaving.

Helplessly, Bai Lu raised her head and asked, "Is there something else?"

Liu Jiajia: "Little deer, what kind of game is this? I want to play too."

Bai Lu: "Honor of Kings."

Liu Jiajia: "Can you take me along?"

Bai Lu: "No way, carrying Teacher Lu is already carrying one noob—" she managed to choke back the word 'noob', "—carrying two rookies is more than I can handle. Why don't you download the game first and play a couple of matching matches to get familiar with it on your own."

Liu Jiajia stared at her, her eyes gradually turning red before she broke down into soft sobs.

Bai Lu's inner green-tea radar started pinging wildly!

It warned her that this might just be another green tea lotus flower.

Her speechlessness was written all over her face. "I'm just not taking you with me to play a game, is that really worth crying over?"

Liu Jiajia shook her head while reaching out to wipe her tears. "No... It's because of this afternoon... Little deer, I really didn't mean to. You know, before joining this reality show, I'd never even been on a plane... I was really terrified..."

Bai Lu: "You should probably go say that to Teacher Lu, shouldn't you?"

Liu Jiajia: "I already apologized to Teacher Lu, and he said it was a small matter and told me not to take it to heart. But I still feel so guilty inside, I don't know what to do... I can't do anything right, I don't understand anything, I haven't even heard of this game! I-I'm simply a useless good-for-nothing!"

As if finally buckling under the weight of all this pressure and emotional turmoil, Liu Jiajia burst into loud sobs.

Bai Lu: "............"

What was this supposed to be? Forcefully manufacturing drama for the show?

"What's going on?" Hearing the crying, Diar was the first to sprint over, followed by his roommate Li Huan.

Both of them cast sideways glances at Bai Lu.

——What's the situation?

——How the hell should I know!

——Then what do we do now?

——How the hell should I know!