Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 182

In the next moment, the man felt a sharp pain coming from his wrist. It felt almost as though the bones in his wrist were being fractured. He began to wail in agony, “Ow! It hurts! Buddy, I’m only trying to comfort you! Why are you being so hostile?”

Callum snarled coldly, “Don’t touch me.”

Once he liberated his hand from Callum’s grip, the man flicked his wrists and gritted his teeth in pain. “Miss, your friend has such a strange personality. Who would want to be his friend? That would require great patience. Forget about finding a girlfriend! He has such good looks, but his personality is terrible. Those who love him probably have masochistic tendencies!”

Callum turned to look at Elspeth and angrily demanded, “Why don’t you just tell them that I’m your boyfriend?”

Elspeth looked at the injuries covering his handsome face and the crystal-clear teardrops that seemed to hang from the eyelashes beneath his large European-style double eyelids… She couldn’t help feeling slightly distressed at the sight.

Handsome men sure are good at manipulating your emotions.

She cleared her throat. “This is my boyfriend. I am that person who has masochistic tendencies.”

While he wasn’t abusive, whenever he acted like a boyfriend who was easily wronged, it definitely made her seem like a terrible girlfriend.

The three men loitering around were so shocked that their jaws practically fell to the floor. Afterward, they did not dare to tease her again. If they continued to tease her, their hands would probably be broken by Callum. Their hands were the most essential tools of their livelihood, after all.

Kenneth was clearly not on the same wavelength as the others. So, when he saw that they were almost done talking, he quickly said, “Let’s head to the training room.”

Then, he saw the three men beside him shooting desperate looks at him. He couldn’t help feeling confused. “What’s wrong? Do you have a cramp in your eyes?”

The three felt themselves screaming inwardly as they collectively groaned at him being a dumb*ss.

“Ken, isn’t the training room off-limits to people who are not part of the club? So, why did you bring your sister there?”

Only then did he realize that he had forgotten to introduce them to Elspeth. He smiled apologetically. “This is Birdy, Susy, and Carrot of the FX Club.”

After that, he turned to the other three. “This is my younger sister. She will be replacing Wolf in the team competition.”

“Her?”

Birdy could hardly control the corners of his mouth from twitching. “Ken, are you joking? Wolf plays the role of the shooter. How can you give such an important central position to any random person?” Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Even Susy was astonished. “Ken, we’re going up against the AD Club, the newly-debuted dark horse! If we lose to them, we will never be able to hold our heads high in the esports industry again!”

Carrot did not seem to mind. “Miss is so pretty. When the time comes, we won’t even need to play seriously. If she smiles at the opposing party, all the men on the opposing team will definitely become distracted and flustered. We will definitely win!”

Elspeth thought to herself, Has the competition bracket been drawn?

Kenneth glanced at them coolly. “I played against her in a one-on-one two days ago, and I lost.”

Birdy frowned. “Winning or losing one game is nothing. Who can guarantee that they won’t lose…”

“It was two games.”

“You’re amazing, Miss.”

Aside from Kenneth at his peak condition, there was nobody else who could win two consecutive games against Kenneth.

Elspeth was clearly outstanding if she had succeeded in beating him twice in a row.

“But I still want to see Elspeth’s true strength for myself.”

Birdy was a serious person when he was not fooling around. At the moment, he was studying Elspeth with a critical expression on his face. “Can I play against you in a one-on-one battle? I’m considered the second-best player in the club. I will recognize your skills as long as you win against me.”

Elspeth did not seem to mind and nodded in agreement. “Sure. Where shall we compete?”

He pointed with his right hand. “Right here.”

They took out their phones and entered the one-against-one mode.

He mainly played in the top solo position and displayed great finesse with the character ‘Pocahontas’.

She knew that his purpose was to defeat her soundly. After all, beating her was equivalent to defeating Kenneth. Who would let such an excellent opportunity to increase their fame slip through their fingers?

Since she was meant to replace the shooter position, she decided to play as a shooter and chose the character, ‘Gongers’.

Gongers was not only known for her flashy moves and generally recognized as the original character of the ADC world. However, Elspeth chose Gongers simply because the hero was beautiful.

Gongers was incredibly agile and flexible; she could easily leap up and down the canyon. Comparatively, Pocahontas seemed clumsy and slow. So, it didn’t take long before Birdy’s screen went black.

After several consecutive rounds, Elspeth’s Gongers flashed across the screen in a storm of dazzling moves. On the other hand, Birdy’s Pocahontas collapsed to the ground again and again.

Elspeth did not try to destroy the towers and simply watched her minions working frantically to destroy them. Finally, when Birdy was on the verge of death, she tapped at the top right corner and pressed the ‘Surrender’ button.

Elspeth had lost. No, the truth was that she won the game and humiliated Birdy at the same time.

When Birdy stared at the word ‘Victory’ flashing across his screen, he felt his face turning as red as a tomato. He never expected her to choose to surrender at the last moment. Instead, her choice only made his loss even more humiliating.

“Do you want to continue?”

Be that as it may, he had no problem accepting the truth. Elspeth was somebody whom Kenneth couldn’t defeat. So, it was perfectly understandable if he could not defeat such a talented individual.

“Miss, you truly are pretty and skillful. Why don’t you create an account and broadcast your playthrough live? With a beautiful voice and good skills like yours. you will easily rise to become one of the top streamers in no time!” Carrot acted like a fan of Elspeth’s appearance. He held his face in his eyes and stared at her with hearts in his eyes.

Elspeth couldn’t help laughing when she heard his suggestion. “Your imagination sure is wild.”

“That’s not true! I have my own live stream account too. I have accumulated quite several fans these days.” He dug out his phone and reverently showed her his account as though he was handling a precious treasure.

When she saw the 5 million fans indicated on the screen, she smiled and encouraged him, “You’re amazing! I believe you will break through 10 million soon!”

Callum pointed out lightly, “You have 30 million fans. Don’t you feel embarrassed making such a claim?”

Her identity as Nancy Star certainly had many fans.

It was just that she had been fading out of the entertainment industry for the past two years. She had not released any new songs recently. So, how could the men in the club, who were only interested in games, recognize her?

“30 million fans? Who are you?”

Carrot’s mouth fell open in shock, and he had a look of disbelief on his face.

When she saw that Callum had let the cat out of the bag, she could only answer honestly, “I have another identity that goes by the name of Nancy Star.”

His eyes widened to the size of saucers. “Nancy Star? I love your songs! I listen to your song ‘Good Night’ every single night before I sleep! It’s very nice!”

The corners of her mouth twitched at his enthusiasm. “Is there a possibility that my song is called ‘Good Good Night’?”

Beside them, Birdy clutched at his stomach and howled with laughter. “Hah! You fake fan!”

Carrot scratched his head in embarrassment. “I may have misremembered the name. My memory isn’t that good.”

“A man who can memorize the introduction and explanation of every skill in a game? Can somebody like that forget the songs of his favorite singer? Carrot, how can you call yourself a fan? Don’t you feel embarrassed?” Suzy snorted and teased him mercilessly.

Kenneth’s head was filled with the team competition that would take place the day after tomorrow, so he wanted to rush them off to training. “Alright, let’s enter the training room to do some training and get used to each other’s tactics. Stop fooling around. Chop chop.”

The three professional players immediately schooled themselves and became solemn. “Understood.”

Elspeth glanced at Callum, who was standing behind her. “Are you following us in?”

Callum shook his head. “I will wait here for you. After all, you will need a quiet environment to adjust to the new group. It would be bad if I distracted you.”

She was secretly amazed by his unusually sensible, generous, and understanding attitude…

“But… You have to give me a kiss before you go.”