Chapter 1 — Leave Your Game

While playing the game, Lam Duc Sam told me to get milk tea. I took it home, but there were only two cups.

“This cup is mine.”

Lam Duc Sam took a cup, then turned to take the cup from my hand and gave it to Tu Duyet:

“This cup is yours. Grape cheese, iced, three parts sugar, your favorite.”

I stood next to him with empty hands, somewhat confused. They are childhood friends, and they get along extremely well. Just like when playing ranked, one person is the national uniform level gunner, the other is the national uniform level support, perfect coordination without any gaps. And my rank is not even qualified to play ranked with them. After the game ended, Lam Duc Sam remembered me:

"Duong Duong, you can order whatever you want to drink yourself. Tu Duyet and I still have to watch the match again."

I bowed my head and looked at the ordering interface on my phone. Suddenly felt extremely tired. This game that I can never get into, I don't want to play anymore.

1

In the milk tea shop filled with summer flavors, the staff continuously handed out cups of my favorite watermelon and coconut milk to customers. But I'm not in the mood anymore. I turned off the phone, shook my head:

“Well, I don't drink anymore.”

Lam Duc Sam nodded:

"That's even better. Tu Duyet and I bought tickets for the movie that's coming out ten minutes later. We'll go there first, you should hurry up and buy tickets."

Then, he pulled Tu Duyet to stand up. Tu Duyet, who was already upset about losing the game, immediately became angry when he pulled him like that:

"Lam Duc Sam, why didn't you go with the team just now? It's all your fault!"

Lam Duc Sam refuses to be weak:

"Isn't it because you don't stick to me and insist on sticking to the jungler? Is he very good?"

“How about better than you?”

"Tu Duyet, try saying it again..."

Lam Duc Sam was dissatisfied and strangled her. He didn't use much force, but Tu Duyet's whole body still fell into his arms. At first glance it looked like they were fighting and joking, but in reality it was too intimate. Until they entered the movie theater, they still didn't notice that I was still standing in the same place. Returning to the dormitory, my roommate looked at me with a puzzled look:

"Duong Duong, why did you come back so quickly? Didn't you go with Lam Duc Sam and Tu Duyet?"

I didn't answer, leaning back on the chair tiredly. Even my roommates saw it. In this three-person relationship, I am the stalker. Seeing that I was not interested, my roommate quickly changed the subject.

“Duong Duong, have you seen the notice the advisor just sent?”

“What announcement?”

"You should quickly see it. I feel like only someone like you who is at the top of the class all year round can do it!"

I opened the WeChat group and saw that the advisor had just sent a notification. Students whose average scores are in the top ten percent can apply for a student exchange place. The location is remote country M, people who want to register must submit their application at the advisory office within three days. Country M is really far away, it takes more than ten hours by plane. But the place is also very beautiful. The sky is as blue as a painting, it is said to be like a movie that never ends. I thought for a moment. Taking a year to go out and experience life is not a bad thing. I called my mother and told her I was planning to register as an exchange student. Mom agreed, then asked again:

“Duc Sam And Tu Duyet is also coming with you?

I shook my head:

“Mom, they're not leaving.”

The other end of the line was silent for a few seconds, then probed:

“So what about Duc Sam? Isn't he in love with you? Is it not with you?

Hearing that, a bitter feeling arose in my heart. Lam Duc Sam is really in love with me. But it seems that he and Tu Duyet are a couple. Everyone unconsciously put them together. This is also my responsibility. The day Tu Duyet first introduced me to Lam Duc Sam, they invited me to play games with them. After a few games, they cooperated extremely well, and I couldn't even learn the basic operations. Later, Lam Duc Sam and I fell in love, but we were still each other's best partners. When we go to class, we sit in the last row, frantically climbing the rankings right under the teacher's eyes. After school, I ran to the internet cafe, formed a team and played all night without returning, with only the other person in mind. Obviously I've felt uncomfortable for a long time, but I've always convinced myself that their personalities are like that. The two often quarreled, probably just because they were childhood friends so they were used to that way of living together. But today I just realized that Lam Duc Sam clearly understands Tu Duyet's hobbies, but has never remembered mine. I said:

“Mom, this time it's okay for me to go alone.”

I don't want to continue to fall into conflict and self-doubt because of trying to integrate with them. When I was young, I wanted to go out and see a wider world.

2

I finished printing the documents that need to be submitted. As soon as I walked out of the printing shop, I saw Lam Duc Sam and Tu Duyet standing next to each other. I was just about to leave when Tu Duyet saw with sharp eyes and immediately called me back:

“Duong Duong, come over here and play with us!”

Before I could refuse, Lam Duc Sam pulled me over.

“You came at the right time, we are four short of one.”

This is an activity organized by a school club, requiring five people to participate in the game "I have, you don't have". The winning team will receive a secret reward. The game officially started, the host asked the first question:

“Have you ever been in love?”

Except for Tu Duyet, everyone else lowered a finger. Tu Duyet angrily said:

“Huh, I know everything, everyone has been in love, only I have never been in love, only my first love is still alive, only I am still a virgin, okay?”

Tu Duyet pouted, his face full of discomfort. Lam Duc Sam held her shoulder and laughed until he couldn't stop:

“Even though I'm in love, I'm still a virgin. The two of us are not that different!”

Tu Duyet looked at me in surprise:

“Duong Duong, how long have you two... been in love? Is Lam Duc Sam still a virgin?

“I didn't expect you to be so conservative, you're really awesome!”

Tu Duyen gave me a thumbs up. But this statement made me feel very uncomfortable, so I didn't pay attention to her. The host continued to ask the second question:

“Have you ever had unusual thoughts with a friend of the opposite sex?”

Like the previous question, at first only Tu Duyet did not lower his finger. But a moment later, she nervously glanced at Lam Duc Sam and then slowly lowered her finger. Right after that, she immediately changed her attitude, Put your hands on your hips, pretend to be strong:

"Who said that once a thought arises, it must be love? Because he is so obnoxious, I wanted to hit him, is that okay?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she punched Lam Duc Sam in the shoulder.

“Ah…”

Lam Duc Sam took a painful breath:

“Is there anyone who treats teammates like you?”

"So what? Who said your face looks worth beating like that!"

Lam Duc Sam hugged his shoulders and looked at me, acting coy:

"Duong Duong, tell me, is there any girl as rough as Tu Duyet? You're still the best."

“Come on, give me a hug.”

He opened his arms to hug me. Tu Duyet interrupted again. She crossed her arms and stood in front of me.