Let Me Sleep a Little Longer [Esports] - Chapter 08

If you say Su Heng was seriously playing the game, she never joined team fights, didn’t gank, and kept stealing jungle camps. But if you say she was messing around, she did manage to thoroughly suppress the enemy jungler.

A love-hate relationship.

Meanwhile, Miya’s viewers were still spamming the chat:

**[“This Lee Sin might not be blind physically, but he’s blind at heart.”]**

**[“Finally witnessed a jungle-mid-bottom fallout caused by a stolen buff.”]**

Among the barrage of comments, one caught Miya’s attention—
**I Can Observe from the Sidelines:** *“This seems familiar… Silver rank assassin, Sleeping. Guys, the only reason you’re having fun with this is that you aren’t stuck in silver.”*

Miya squinted. So this jungler has pulled this kind of stunt before?

She cleared her throat and, in a mock-whiny voice, complained, “For real? This Lee Sin has always played like this? No one ever called him out?”

**I Can Observe from the Sidelines** responded quickly: *“Yup. No matter how much people flame him, he ignores them. Either he trolls hard and someone rage-quits, leading to a loss, or he tilts the enemy jungler into oblivion and carries the game. With him, nobody can have a good time.”*

Miya clicked her tongue. So, the outcome of the match entirely depends on this jungler, huh?

A plan started forming in her mind. It was time to stir things up.

One minute later, their blue buff respawned. Just as expected, Miya saw the Lee Sin on the minimap, farming the camp. She leisurely wandered over, pretending to place a ward.

Lee Sin glanced at her but didn’t pay much attention. But just as he was about to use *Smite*, Miya’s Lux cast an *E*, stealing the blue buff.

Su Heng, controlling the Lee Sin, paused for less than a second. Without saying a word, she ran straight into the enemy jungle.

Miya smirked to herself. Did they think she was playing nice? As the mid-laner, wasn’t it only natural for her to take the blue buff?

The chat exploded with a flood of **[6666666]** (a Chinese way to cheer for awesome plays).

Seeing the spam of 666, Miya grinned smugly. “Heh, even with Smite, I still managed to take the blue.”

But just as Miya was basking in her moment of triumph, she noticed the enemy Gragas and Lucian chasing her jungler—and they were heading in her direction.

Before Miya could react, Lee Sin abruptly turned around and hit Lucian with a *Sonic Wave*, landing it perfectly. He followed up with a *Resonating Strike*, ward-jumped behind Lucian, and used *Dragon’s Rage* to kick both Lucian and Gragas into the air.

Although it was a 2v1, Lucian was already down to one-third of his health after the Q-ult combo. In a panic, Lucian pinged Gragas, signaling to switch targets.

Lee Sin, with a semi-tank build and decent damage, wasn’t an easy target. On the other hand, Lux had no mobility and was a squishy mage—an obvious choice.

Gragas got the message immediately. He flashed in with his *Body Slam*, followed by *Explosive Cask*, sending Lux flying toward Lucian. Before Miya could cast any spells, the two enemies spammed their abilities and secured the kill.

Lee Sin, watching like a bystander the entire time, waited until Lucian killed Miya. Then, he ward-jumped over the wall, landed *Q-E*, and finished off Lucian.

Gragas, sensing danger, tried to run, but it was too late.

With both red and blue buffs and a three-level advantage, Lee Sin made quick work of Gragas.

Five seconds later, the screen displayed **“Double Kill – Sleeping”**.

Miya sat there in stunned silence, her screen grayed out. The chat, which had been lively moments ago, fell completely quiet.

**――The silence was deafening.**

Until **I Can Observe from the Sidelines** broke the silence:

*“Oh yeah, forgot to mention—anyone who dares steal his camps never meets a good end. He always takes back what’s his, no matter what.”*

Miya was dumbfounded. So… did he deliberately lure the enemy ADC and jungler over to kill him, just to refresh the blue buff, and then kill the enemy ADC to grab the buff?

“Did he really treat all of them as mere buff carriers?”

“Just because I took a blue buff that was supposedly his, does he have to mess with me like this? Isn’t that a bit too much?”

Miya was so angry she could hardly breathe, her small face flushed red, and she was on the verge of tears.

Meanwhile, her fans were getting excited over her earlier comment, *”Can I just play passively from the edges?”*

– “Oh my god, this Lee Sin is insane!”
– “Is this even a real strategy?”
– “No way this is something a silver player could pull off.”
– “Guys, chill out—Miya looks like she’s about to cry.”
– “Poor Miya… Even in a casual silver game, she ran into someone this ruthless.”

On the other side, Su Heng kept clearing jungle camps tirelessly, casually soloing the dragon. The enemy ADC, still holding a grudge, rallied his teammates to hunt her down in the jungle.

Su Heng glanced at the minimap, a subtle smile flickering on her calm face. None of the enemy players were visible on the map, and all three lanes were being pushed forward aggressively by her team’s champions.

She silently timed her next move, repositioning deeper into the dragon pit.

As expected, 20 seconds later, five enemy players appeared from above, clearly spotting her and rushing toward her position. Her teammates spammed pings, signaling her to escape quickly, but Su Heng showed no intention of running.

The dragon’s health was still halfway down, and if she continued, both the dragon and her life would likely be lost.

Just as the enemy Gragas dashed in with his E ability, Su Heng ward-hopped through the back wall of the pit.

Gragas’s dash was now on cooldown, and the other enemies lacked mobility abilities. All they could do was helplessly watch Lee Sin escape, forcing them to continue attacking the dragon. At least it wasn’t a total loss—or so they thought.

This was exactly what Su Heng had planned.

She had warded the right corner of the dragon pit at the start of the fight, giving her full vision of the dragon.

With the dragon’s health down to one-third, Su Heng hid in the nearby brush.

When it hit one-fourth, she used her Q to target the dragon.

As the health bar reached a sliver, Gragas panicked and used his Smite too early, leaving the dragon with just a bit of health.

Su Heng followed up with her own Smite, successfully securing the dragon, and immediately kicked Gragas, the closest target.

The other enemies, standing too close, were knocked into the air by the chain reaction from her ultimate.

In the one second of chaos as they were airborne, Su Heng ward-hopped over the wall again and left without looking back.

At this point, Miya gave up struggling. She stopped complaining to her viewers—though, to be fair, complaining wouldn’t have helped.

The chat was exploding with excitement:

– “Did I just see that? Lee Sin’s mechanics are out of this world!”
– “That APM (actions per minute) has to be at least 300!”
– “Are we sure this isn’t a pro player’s smurf account?”
– “That blind monk isn’t blind—*I* am!”

Miya took a moment to compose herself and said softly, “It’s just a game, right? The point is to have fun. After this match, I’ll sing a song for you guys. Let me know what you want to hear.”

After that, Miya remained silent until the end of the game.

They won the game, but she felt utterly miserable, as if she had just swallowed something foul.

Even though Miya didn’t say another word for the rest of the match and later deleted the stream, the name *Sleeping* spread rapidly among the gaming community, becoming a legend in its own right.

Sun He realized that it was already Monday, and there were less than four days left until the competition.

He saw a comment in the comments section of his official Weibo account.

The comment read: “The king called me to patrol the mountains: [There are only a few days left until the competition, why hasn’t the new jungler been announced? If there’s no suitable candidate, I recommend Sleeping.]”

Surprisingly, this comment had quite a few replies underneath it.

“[Bro, are you trying to stir things up?]”

“[Stir things up 1]”

“[I support Sleeping, strong recommendation!!]”

“[So who exactly is Sleeping?]”

“[Link: http://dasnbcm.com/h1s453/sldk. Check it out yourself.]”

“[Wow, I just finished watching it! I’m also voting for Sleeping!! Hahahahaha]”

Sleeping? Isn’t that the competition account he gave to Su Heng?

With some skepticism, he clicked on the link and saw the name “Sleeping” on the head of the Blind Monk. The possibility of it being Su Heng was almost a hundred percent.

The video clip featured Su Heng’s part playing the Blind Monk against Miya.

He first stole blue, then stole red while getting a kill, stole blue again, stole red, and the fifth blue was stolen by the mid-laner, luring the enemy over to kill the mid-laner and reclaim blue, and then stole the dragon.

By the end, the bullet comments were filled with dense [666666], and the level of excitement was extraordinary.

After watching, Sun He finally felt a bit relieved.

He knew Su Heng was smart enough, but he never expected her to achieve such a level in just a few days.

At the same time, he was a bit puzzled. Though Su Heng had great talent, such operations still required sufficient practice time.

Her illness…

Sun He pondered for a moment, picked up his jacket, and walked out.

Rather than sitting around thinking about pointless things, he might as well go to the internet café and ask her directly.

When Sun He stepped back into the internet café where Su Heng was, the young manager who had previously spoken to him noticed him without any sign of surprise. He calmly raised his hand and pointed to the left private room, then lowered his head again to attend to his own business.

Sun He didn’t even have time to return the smile he had prepared and could only shake his head. The people in this internet café all had the same demeanor as Su Heng.

They were neither cold nor warm, not making you feel neglected, but also not particularly enthusiastic.

Sun He didn’t linger, directly pushing the door open and entering the private room.

Su Heng was wearing headphones, her eyes fixed on the screen.

He didn’t plan to disturb her and quietly approached from behind.

She was dueling with the dragon, and the opposing ADC seemed to sense something. But by the time he reached the dragon’s river, the dragon was already low on health. Su Heng didn’t force it and simply used her E plus smite to secure the dragon.

Ten minutes later, the opposing team surrendered, and the screen displayed the words “Successfully promoted to Gold III.”

After the game ended, Su Heng moved her hands slightly but didn’t take off her headphones, immediately preparing to queue for the next game.

Sun He marveled at Su Heng’s concentration and stepped forward to gently pat her shoulder.

Su Heng turned around, and upon seeing him, a hint of surprise appeared in her expression.

In an instant, she adjusted her emotions: “I was just about to look for you.”

Sun He raised an eyebrow: “Oh? What’s up?”

Su Heng took off her headphones: “I’ve practiced both of these champions quite a bit. When do you think I can practice with the other team members?”

Sun He sat down beside her, tapping the table with his long fingers, unsure of what he was thinking.

Su Heng didn’t interrupt his thoughts, quietly waiting for his response.

After a long while, he spoke: “Before you practice with the others, I want to know why you don’t gank or team fight in every game, and even steal the buffs from the mid-laner and ADC.”