The Story of the Rookie and CF (Part 2)

The newbie was the first one to step forward and speak up for him.\ The newbie said it was nothing because he had been in the same situation before, even worse than him. The little newbie was very happy, saying that the newbie was his first friend in playing CF, wanted to recognize him as his elder brother, and promised to play games with him from then on. The newbie also knew what it felt like to play without friends and readily agreed. He played games with him, taught him the skills and experiences, just like Yiyi had taught him back then.\ However, the little newbie was very clumsy. Some things, no matter how many times they were taught, he couldn't learn, but the newbie never got angry or impatient, always patiently explaining again and again. Sometimes, the newbie would take the little newbie to the expert zone to continue challenging the masters because he had not forgotten his promise with Yiyi.\ The experts who knew the newbie all laughed at him, saying that a big silly bird was bringing along a little silly bird to be trampled. The newbie ignored them and continued to challenge these people. The little newbie, unable to take it, started arguing with them.\ But every time, the newbie would stop the little newbie, saying that they were here to practice skills, not to argue. Sometimes, the little newbie also felt wronged, saying that when he helped the newbie argue, he was actually defending others. Then he would sulk and not speak to the newbie. The newbie also felt sorry for the little newbie and explained the reason why they were there to challenge the masters.\ The little newbie was very touched after hearing it, saying that his brother was a good man, and whoever married him would be happy for a lifetime. The newbie laughed, really happily, and then continued to challenge the masters. The masters also enjoyed it; some came because they were bored, some were in a bad mood, some wanted fun—they would all come to the newbie's room to seriously beat him up.\ After the game logged off, the little newbie suggested having a video call with the newbie. The newbie said, "We're both men; what's there to see? I just treat you as my brother." The little newbie refused, saying he must see his infatuated brother.\ When the video opened, the newbie was stunned. He had never imagined that the little newbie was actually a girl, and a big beauty at that, even a few points more beautiful than Yiyi.\ The little newbie playfully waved her hands in front of the video, laughing happily. She laughed beautifully, very attractively, and had two small dimples when she smiled. The newbie nervously said, "Why didn't you tell me you were a girl?"The little newbie proudly said, 'There are many bad people in the game. I have to say, many people are not truly here to help me but have ulterior motives. But you, big newbie brother, are not like that.'\ The big newbie and the little newbie continued to play games together as always, recording the little details in the game. After more than a week, the big newbie's shooting skills improved rapidly under the torment of the experts. Now he could be considered a beginner who had just crossed the threshold to become a skilled player. The little newbie was like a shadow following him wherever he went. Whenever the big newbie appeared, the little newbie always cheered him on.\ The big newbie felt confident that he could compete with those second lieutenants. Although the little newbie was reluctant for him to go, she still fully supported his decision. When they reached Yiyi and the others, the big newbie had no extra words and directly challenged the second lieutenant from last time. The big newbie narrowly defeated the second lieutenant 7:6. Everyone was very surprised that the big newbie could improve to such a level in such a short time. Yiyi was also very surprised because she herself couldn't defeat that second lieutenant. However, Yiyi did not honor her promise. She said that competitions were very popular now, and relying on the big newbie alone wouldn't achieve anything. She would only agree if the big newbie could form a team and compete against the lieutenant's team and win.\ Yiyi knew that the lieutenant's team was already operating at a very high level and was preparing to enter the WCG competition. Even if the big newbie formed a team, it would definitely end in defeat. Yiyi was giving the big newbie a difficult challenge. The big newbie had no words, too, because he loved her! He simply said to Yiyi, 'Give me one more chance, and there will be that day.' Then he resolutely left with the little newbie.\ After returning to the novice demolition channel with the little newbie, the big newbie began to establish his own team. The big newbie was the captain, and his first team member was the little newbie. After forming the team, the big newbie began to recruit everyone far and wide. But after several days of trying, he didn't recruit a single member.\ This was because the big newbie had no other friends. In CF, he only knew Yiyi and the little newbie. Everyone else thought his team of only two people was too small and didn't want to join. Even if someone joined, they wouldn't stay long and would leave the team. This troubled the big newbie for a long time, and he lost interest in gaming, staying at home feeling down for several days.That day, Rookie went to the internet café. As soon as he logged onto QQ, he saw a flood of messages from Little Rookie. Rookie felt very ashamed; he had been thinking about the team and Yiyi these past few days and had almost forgotten about Little Rookie. After starting the game, Rookie found Little Rookie, who was extremely happy. If it were in real life, he probably would have hugged Rookie. Little Rookie asked Rookie a lot of questions: where he had been these past days, why he hadn't played games, even thinking something might have happened to him, and being very worried. Rookie repeatedly apologized and promised that from now on, he would inform her in advance about anything. Little Rookie was finally satisfied, then pulled Rookie to create a room, saying she wanted to give him something. Rookie was very curious. Once in the game, Little Rookie skillfully used bullets to draw a perfect heart shape on the wall. Rookie watched her in amazement. With his current skills, even he couldn't do that because drawing this heart required not only precise shooting but also agility; otherwise, the bullet marks on the wall would disappear. If the aim was off, the heart would look ugly. Little Rookie proudly said, "So, Big Brother Rookie, does it look nice?" Rookie nodded repeatedly, saying it was beautiful and that he really liked it. Little Rookie said that since he liked it, she would give it to him, and then drew another heart on the wall, saying that this heart also represents her heart. Rookie happily accepted it, though he had no idea that Little Rookie had only achieved this level after seeing someone else draw it and having to exchange QB to get permission, staying up for two entire days and nights practicing. Even now, Little Rookie's eyes were still red. Rookie was about to take Little Rookie to play some fun games when QQ popped up with a few messages: it turned out that some people had applied to join his team. Rookie excitedly approved the requests; neither more nor less, there were exactly three people. Together with him and Little Rookie, the five-person match team was complete. When Rookie saw the names of these three people while approving, he was even more excited. These three were all top players from the expert zone who had previously beaten him 7:0, so of course, their shooting skills were impeccable. Rookie thought that luck had finally sided with him, but little did he know that those three had come only after Little Rookie had earnestly begged them, and she had also promised them QB during a video call before they agreed to help. So, their motives weren't entirely pure.The little rookie no longer paid attention to any of this; she just wanted to help the rookie fulfill his wish. Once everyone was gathered, the rookie began organizing his team to practice coordination, participating in competitions here and there, challenging expert teams. How could this new team possibly compete with those who had long-established synergy? They were beaten badly every time, yet the rookie persisted. He was not discouraged; he did not compromise. But the three experts were conceited—they couldn't stand being beaten in this way, so they announced they wanted to leave the team.

The anxious little rookie privately negotiated with them, adding rewards and conditions, and only then did they agree to stay. Gradually, their cooperation became increasingly skillful, their reinforcements, flanking, and positioning were all very timely. General teams were no longer a match for them.

The rookie was very satisfied because he felt he was one step closer to Yiyi.

Half a month later, the rookie found Yiyi and her team again and began that brutal match. Both hands were evenly matched, winning and losing alternatively.

Until the last round—the crucial round. The little rookie was defending the rear, and due to being overly nervous, her flash grenade accidentally landed in the middle of her own team, resulting in the rival team surrounding and annihilating all of the rookie's team.

The rookie lost! Lost very regrettably! The rookie angrily scolded the little rookie.

The little rookie felt extremely guilty for causing the loss due to her mistake, crying very hard and deeply saddened. She apologized to the rookie, thinking that it was because of her that the rookie lost, because of her the rookie couldn't win Yiyi's love! It was all her fault.

Then, the little rookie went offline, and the rookie regretted scolding her. He realized it was just a moment of impulse, and he tried to find her, but no matter what, he couldn't locate her.

Yiyi, however, was moved by the rookie's sincerity and wanted to agree to his request. But the rookie refused; he no longer had that feeling toward Yiyi. From Yiyi, he couldn't feel the love that the little rookie had. The rookie's feelings for Yiyi were not love, just emotional sentiment from his initial experiences in the online world.

It wasn't until the little rookie disappeared that the rookie understood what real love was! What true romance was! But by the time he realized it, it was too late…

Why is it that people only learn to cherish when they lose something, and only understand regret when they can't have it? Happiness and love will quietly come, and just as quietly, they will also leave.