Chapter 496: Taking a Break
Yu Linna took some time off to go to the hospital and, from a distance, saw the heart disease patient named Jiang Xinyi through the door. She had heard from the doctor that the patient had already had surgery and was now recovering. As for her parents, they had also been locked up early on. To have broken the law and committed a crime, it was very normal to get such a result.
Yu Linna did not pursue these things any further. This child’s life was more important, and she was also innocent, but those two had to be punished.
After returning home, Yu Linna’s time of silence also increased. She would occasionally think about some things outside the window, but that was all. She had put away many things. As expected, compared to ethereal things, being alone was the most real.
“Little Nana, want to eat together? Luo Nan has made dinner.”
“I don’t have much of an appetite. How about I don’t eat?”
“No. You have to eat. Come on over.”
Zhao Yuyan also did her best to help her. Every time they ate, she would call her over, and would give her whatever there was to eat, although Yu Linna would not necessarily eat. This matter had dealt her too big a blow. She needed time to digest it, needed some time to get out of it.
Although it would take a lot of time.
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Being busy, another semester of university life was about to pass. The upcoming summer vacation was a holiday that many students were discussing. Some would say they would go on a trip, and some would say they would find a summer job to enrich themselves. But for the entire dorm 383, there was no vacation at all, because everyone was very busy. Lan Ranyan, needless to say, she was going abroad for a vacation to further her studies, saying it was for training and learning. Fang Jiangning was now one of the commentators for the LPL competition and had to follow the team everywhere. She had no time at all. What’s more, the summer split was about to start, so it was even more impossible for her to have time.
Xiao Yanhan was the same as before, busy with drawing her manga, and might also have to take on endorsements and go on shows. In short, all sorts of things. Yu Linna, even more so, she herself was a busy person. The so-called vacation was just a verbal vacation. For them, it was just changing a place to continue to work.
“Linna, you’re free recently, right? Do you want to go out and play with me? I can ask for leave to accompany you!”
As Yu Linna’s biggest simp, Xiao Yanhan, she wanted to simp for her at all times. As soon as there was a chance, she wanted to ask her out to play.
“No, I don’t want to go.”
Yu Linna very directly said that she didn’t want to go. And her state also looked extremely bad, with heavy bags under her eyes, a look of not having woken up. After all, that malicious fraud case had happened. No one would be happy.
And so the summer vacation began.
But on the first day, Yu Linna had suddenly fallen ill.
Actually, it wasn’t a big illness. It was just a stomach ulcer caused by an irregular diet and an irregular schedule. That day, she had been sent to the hospital by Zhao Yuyan for a check-up. The doctor had also prescribed her medicine and had told her to pay attention to rest. Yu Linna had just nodded and said she knew.
“How can you be so careless and not take good care of yourself?”
“I’ve troubled you, Sister Yuyan.”
“That’s no big deal, but you still have to take good care of yourself. You can just eat at my place these few days. You’ve been eating instant noodles all these days, right? How can that be?”
“Because I’ve been a little lazy.”
Yu Linna scratched her head and said with a wry smile.
Zhao Yuyan gave her a lot of face and did not expose her, but still told her to take good care of herself.
Because of her illness, Yu Linna also had to pay attention to her diet. This one careless mistake had made her lose weight again, and her whole person was also a lot more haggard.
During her recuperation, Yu Linna would still insist on writing her own things. When she was hungry, she would eat. When she was sleepy, she would sleep. It seemed that her life was very simple. This morning, Yu Linna had woken up early, had brushed her teeth and washed her face, and had gone out in her slippers to the next door. Zhao Yuyan and Luo Nan would officially graduate this year. The two of them had started their cohabitation life. Yu Linna would often run over to visit. After a long time, she had also gotten familiar with Luo Nan. Although their form of address had not changed, they still had things to say.
“Morning, Shion-sensei. You’re quite early today.”
“Morning, Canwu-sensei.”
Yu Linna nodded and greeted her, and then went in to sit. They had already gotten familiar with each other. She had gone to Zhao Yuyan’s room on the way. When she opened the door, she saw that this girl was indeed still sleeping soundly. At a glance, you could tell that she had stayed up late playing games last night. This person’s bad habit just couldn’t be changed.
“Sister Yuyan, it’s time to get up.”
“Mmm, just five more minutes…”
“If you sleep any longer, there will be no breakfast.”
“Mmm… then let’s just have lunch…”
This great slacker, Zhao Yuyan.
Yu Linna gave up on the unrealistic idea of waking her up and went to the kitchen to help Luo Nan make breakfast instead. When Luo Nan saw her come, she was a little flustered and quickly said, “No need. Shion-sensei, you just sit. I’ll do it.”
“I have nothing to do sitting here,” she said. “I might as well help out. I’m idle anyway.”
Since she had said so, Luo Nan was too embarrassed to refuse her.
“Shion-sensei, I hear you’re about to have a new serialization.”
“Yes, I’m very confident in this work this time.”
“I won’t admit defeat either, Shion-sensei. I’m also going to become a supreme god in the future.”
“Hehe, keep it up.”
She and Yu Linna were both authors from the same period. Although their publishers were different, in the novel circle, they were indeed in a competitive relationship. It was just that Yu Linna was more outstanding.
“Canwu-sensei, when you were working as a novelist, did your family not object?”
“Not at all. They are the kind of people who are very open-minded. They feel that if I have achievements, they won’t stop me.”
“I see. That’s really nice.”
Yu Linna said with a smile.
Luo Nan felt very bad seeing her like that. This child was probably thinking of something she shouldn’t have again. Girls are always very delicate and tend to overthink, especially a girl like Yu Linna who had no parents since she was little. After just experiencing a scam, it was even easier for her to have all sorts of thoughts.
But as an outsider, she had no right to say anything.
“Shion-sensei, you don’t have to be too pessimistic. I believe it will get better.”
“Thank you.”
And then the two of them did not mention this matter again, happily making breakfast, occasionally chatting a few words of homely conversation. No one had brought up this matter. In the end, Luo Nan had also spent a lot of effort to drag Zhao Yuyan out of bed. When she was still throwing a childish tantrum and didn’t want to get up, Luo Nan had pressed down on her, saying that if she didn’t get up, she would get on her. Scared, Zhao Yuyan had quickly rolled out of bed and had run to wash up.
After breakfast, Yu Linna was still thinking about how to spend this day when suddenly Fang Jiangning had called.
“Linna, I have a competition to commentate on tonight, right here in Guangnan City. Do you want to come over? Although I can’t play with you, I have tickets and can give them to you.”
“A competition?”
“Yes, it’s tonight’s professional competition between CLE and WBD. Do you want to come?”
Yu Linna thought for a moment and also went to ask Zhao Yuyan. Zhao Yuyan said of course she could. So she had asked Fang Jiangning for three tickets to go and watch tonight’s esports competition. Yu Linna’s gaming level was very bad. Because she had not been in contact with games before, her understanding of games was very little, and she couldn’t play anything. But it did not affect her watching the competition.
She still went to watch tonight’s competition. Unexpectedly, she saw an acquaintance in the audience, and that was Mi Aili. She was sitting in the VIP seat, constantly shouting words like “Go CLE!” and “Go Gao Mingyu!” on her seat, her face flushed from shouting, even though this competition hadn’t even started yet.
Yu Linna looked up at the stage and found that the professional players were already ready. Among them, the substitute Gao Mingyu of CLE, whom she knew, was sitting in the starting position today. It seemed that she was going to have a good fight in the summer split. This was also a chance for Gao Mingyu to prove himself. This year, at the age of only 19, whether he could use this stage to prove himself would depend on today’s performance.
This LOL competition, Yu Linna rarely paid attention to it, but she was also influenced by Zhao Yuyan and the others, and plus, she also had to write an esports-themed script, so she still had to pay attention to it. After all, this thing, esports, compared to the artists in the entertainment industry, the things they represented were even heavier. The former represented entertainment culture, while the latter had risen to the level of bringing glory to the country. Or to put it another way, esports was also one of the many sports competition events.
Yu Linna’s understanding of the game was not enough. She couldn’t see much from watching the competition. At most, she just felt that they played very well. And Zhao Yuyan’s face was flushed from watching, and she was particularly excited, just like Mi Aili over there. To be able to get so excited just from watching a competition.
In the end, this competition was won by CLE with a score of 2:1. The player who got the MVP was the jungler, Gao Mingyu, a two-time MVP winner. His game ID was Tarot, and he was also the key player in winning this competition. Who would have thought that he was just a substitute who had been sitting on the cold bench before?
After the competition was over, Yu Linna went around a back door. She had originally wanted to go and see Fang Jiangning. At this time, Fang Jiangning should still be commentating on the stage. After all, there was still an interview segment after the competition was over. When Yu Linna was passing by, she happened to see Mi Aili and Gao Mingyu in the corridor.
Mi Aili herself had even excitedly given him a big hug, which had made this pure big boy, Gao Mingyu, blush. He had wanted to push her away but had found that her hug was too comfortable and was reluctant to let go. To the point where his teammates were all laughing at him for his good fortune with women.
“Alright, you woman. Let go of me.”
“I was cheering for you on the stage. Comrade Little Gao, for you to be so disgusted with me, isn’t that a bit too much?”
Mi Aili had returned to her usual state, teasing him and laughing at him, but Gao Mingyu was stunned and couldn’t say a single word.
“Hey, Comrade Mingyu, aren’t you going to comfort your girlfriend?”
“You can come over after you’re done being intimate in two minutes. We still have an interview in a bit.”
“Look at that kid. His face is all red.”
Yu Linna had originally wanted to go over, but she thought she would talk about it later.
Later, after the team members had all gone to the press conference, only Mi Aili was left. Only then did Yu Linna slowly go over and greet her.
“Mi Xi-sensei.”
“Eek! Isn’t this senior? What a coincidence. You’re also here…”
“Mi Xi-sensei, you originally like someone younger than you? Congratulations.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. We’re just ordinary friends. There’s no such thing.”
“Your face is all red, and you still say no.”
Yu Linna said with a teasing smile. Mi Aili was both anxious and angry, wanting to explain but couldn’t find an excuse. So embarrassing.
Such a pure love was really enviable, Yu Linna thought. She looked at her watch. It was already 9 o’clock. She could only wait until Fang Jiangning’s interview was over before she came to find her.
