Picking Up Fragments

How could Jiang Siming refuse when Reba asked to team up?

"Sure, join YY," Jiang Siming sent her a voice message.

"What is YY?" Reba asked hesitantly.

Jiang Siming laughed—what a computer newbie.

"Then forget YY, QQ chat works too. Anyway, YY is a rogue software that drives newbies crazy with all its junk bindings."

Jiang Siming bluntly criticized YY during his live stream, not at all worried about any trouble from the YY officials.

And it was true. Five years ago, YY was a clean software, purely for voice chatting, very convenient.

Now, downloading YY came with a bunch of bundled rogue software, a game lobby, and frequent pop-up ads, which was extremely annoying.

The audience agreed while also growing curious—who was Jiang Siming about to voice chat with?

"Everyone, I have good news! Today, I'm honored to have Reba join me for duo gaming!"

Jiang Siming's words were like an atomic bomb dropped on the live chat.

What?! Reba is going to play games with Jiang Siming?!

Damn! And people still say there's nothing going on between them?

This is solid proof of their 'secret relationship'!

On the show, they had gone from strangers to familiar acquaintances, then to subtle flirting. The audience had already sensed something, though they couldn't say for sure that Jiang Siming liked Reba.

However, they could definitely tell that Reba had fallen for Jiang Siming.

And now, it was confirmed—they were even gaming together outside the show. Who would believe there was nothing between them?!

"Ahhhh! My Reba! My goddess!"

"This is 100% a CP moment!"

"Reba, stay away from my husband! Ming Shen belongs to our wives' club!"

"The most frustrating part is that Reba was the one who initiated contact. Where's the justice?!"

"Ming Shen, please teach us how to woo girls!"

As word spread, Jiang Siming's live viewers skyrocketed again.

The "Jiang-Reba CP" gained a massive following overnight.

Just yesterday, the show aired, and today, the two of them were gaming together. The buzz was endless!

Jiang Siming didn't care about the gossip and successfully connected with Reba on QQ.

"Silly girl, hurry up and log in," Jiang Siming teased as soon as he spoke.

"Why are you calling me silly?" Reba pouted.

"If you weren't, would you even try to argue? Do you still want me to carry you to victory?" Jiang Siming laughed.

"Hmph! I, Dilraba Dilmurat, admit I'm silly!" Reba dramatically surrendered like a scene from Wang Jingze's meme.

"That's more like it, silly girl."

"Eh~"

"Silly girl?"

"Why do you keep calling me that?"

Hahaha...

The two of them laughed, and the live audience found it even more hilarious.

How do these two make everything so entertaining? Even the single viewers were enjoying it immensely.

Breaking news: Jiang Siming calls Reba "silly girl"—too sweet to handle!

"How do you have time to play games today? No new episode recording for Go Fighting?" Jiang Siming casually asked while waiting for her to log in.

"Finished recording! But it wasn't as fun without you. The new guy, Sha Yi, is so clueless—even Yue Yunpeng can bully him. Oops, did I just spoil something..."

Reba suddenly realized that Jiang Siming was live streaming.

"It's fine. If the director dares to scold you, just tell me—I'll back you up," Jiang Siming said, sounding like a protective husband.

Hearing this, Reba's eyes turned into crescent moons as she smiled sweetly at her computer desk. She obediently responded with a soft "Mhm."

Reba logged into the game, and Jiang Siming invited her to the lobby.

Reba's in-game character was a dark-skinned girl with an afro, but she was wearing Jiang Siming's MVP outfit, making her look a little comical.

"Looks like real goddesses don't need in-game beauty to decorate themselves. They're already tired of looking at their own face, so they go for a drastic change in the game?"

Jiang Siming teased, making Reba's heart flutter with his smooth talk. She smiled even more brightly.

"Jiang Siming, stealing wives is an unforgivable crime!"

"Ming Shen flirts seriously—take notes!"

"Writing this down! I'll use this line when I play games with girls."

"Jiang-Reba CP, let's go!"

"Jiang-Dumb CP, fight me!"

"The Jiang Fan Club rises!"

Jiang Siming glanced at Reba's stats—925 points, KD: 0.2.

Wow, even worse than Tuan Tuan!

The two clicked ready and entered the game lobby.

"My skills are average, you have to carry me well," Reba said with a grin.

Jiang Siming mercilessly exposed her: "Yours isn't called average, it's called average-average-average-average-average..."

"Ugh! Just wait until I get a gun and shoot you!"

Reba, fuming, walked up to Jiang Siming and pounded his chest with her little fists.

Jiang Siming took a moment to glance at the other players in the lobby but didn't see any golden-rank players.

The plane took off, and this round was on the Sanhok map.

Jiang Siming was about to mark a landing spot when he noticed a red glow at the Salt Fields in the upper right corner of the map.

He was pleasantly surprised—he hadn't expected such a lucky start in his first match playing with Reba. Not bad.

"Let's go here. Do you know how to deploy your parachute?"

"Hmph! You're underestimating me! I've played for more than fifty hours, you know! I'm a veteran player!" Reba said proudly.

Jiang Siming chuckled. If fifty hours made someone a veteran, then players with over a thousand hours should be called ancestor players.

The two flew towards the Salt Fields, and Reba's parachute was orange.

"You're not good at the game, but your skins are top-tier," Jiang Siming teased.

"I matched my outfit with yours, okay? Look, my orange parachute goes so well with your clothes. Doesn't it look beautiful?" Reba retorted.

"Alright, alright. There are others landing here too. Let me deal with them first."

"Huh? Then I'll fly a bit farther away!"

Hearing that there were enemies nearby, Reba quickly adjusted her parachute to land farther away.

Jiang Siming, however, had already landed, picked up a QBZ, loaded his bullets, and fired two bursts. The enemy squad was eliminated mid-air before they even touched the ground.

"Where are they? I'll come help!"

Reba had just landed, picked up an SMG, and was ready to assist Jiang Siming.

Previously, when she played this game, Chen He, Lin Gengxin, and Jia Ling were her teammates. They always needed help when encountering enemies.

So Reba developed the habit of rushing to support as soon as she found a gun.

But by the time she arrived, Jiang Siming had already finished the fight.

"They're dead already. Go loot."

"Oh... oh."

Reba stood there, dumbfounded, completely unaware of when Jiang Siming had taken them out.

Jiang Siming then walked over and picked up the glowing red fragment.

"Picked up [Universal Vehicle Driver's License] Red Fragment *1 (1/2). Fragment count incomplete, cannot use yet."

This Universal Vehicle Driver's License included A1, A2, B1, B2, and various other vehicle categories.

It also granted the skills to drive all these vehicles.

Jiang Siming thought this skill was quite useful. Now he could even drive buses and heavy trucks.

Skipping the process of taking tests for each license was a nice perk. Plus, it only required two fragments. Definitely worth it!