Chapter 1463: Chapter 1662: Pretentious Man

As You Yang walked towards Hao Jian and picked up his phone from the table, her expression changed upon seeing the game.

No wonder she noticed that every time she played, Hao Jian would play too, and he would stop using his phone once the game ended.

The most puzzling part was: who on earth would choose such a cheesy name, “So Handsome that It Shakes the Government”?

Considering it was a nearby player’s invitation and all these connections, You Yang guessed this “So Handsome that It Shakes the Government” was probably Hao Jian, which is why she checked his phone and, sure enough, it was him.

You Yang punched Hao Jian hard in the leg.

Seeing his phone in You Yang’s hand, Hao Jian knew his secret had been exposed.

“‘So Handsome that It Shakes the Government’?!”, You Yang teased.

Hao Jian chuckled, “Keep it low-key, keep it low-key!”

You Yang didn’t expect Hao Jian to be so shameless, then punched him on the thigh once more.

Though the punch did Hao Jian no real harm, he immediately pretended it hurt a lot.

“Ouch… it hurts, it hurts!” Hao Jian exclaimed.

If it were Shu Ya, she might have been fooled by Hao Jian, but You Yang was a doctor and had been treating Hao Jian all along. She knew full well that his thigh was uninjured, so he was just faking it.

You Yang tossed the phone back to Hao Jian, giving him a side-eye.

Feeling awkward, Hao Jian put the phone away.

Then You Yang went on to tend to her affairs, and shortly thereafter, Shu Ya returned from shopping.

The Prophet also came over.

The Prophet sat at Hao Jian’s bedside and remarked, “You seem to be recovering quite well!”

Hao Jian replied, “Not bad.”

The Prophet said, “It’s all thanks to You Yang’s amazing medical skills!”

After a few jokes and small talk, the Prophet began to report on some matters to Hao Jian.

“Just now, the Mercenary Alliance officially disbanded. From now on, there’s no such organization, and the business with Kazan is settled,” the Prophet said.

Hao Jian immediately adopted a serious demeanor: “What about the Spear God? Any news?”

The Prophet shook his head and said, “Not yet.”

“However, a certain force has already started targeting the Shu Ya Group. With both you and Shu Ya absent, no one is leading, causing some losses for the Shu Ya Group. This force emerged suddenly and is of unknown origin. It’ll take time to investigate thoroughly, so you must recover quickly. Everything depends on you,”

Hao Jian didn’t speak but began to ponder.

At this point, the Spear God would certainly remain hidden without making any moves, and since the Spear God operates solo, it’s impossible for a new force targeting the Shu Ya Group to assemble so quickly.

Now that Kazan is dead and the Mercenary Alliance is gone and the Spear God is absent.

Hao Jian’s only remaining enemies were the Murder God Alliance and the Bandit Alliance. While their hatred wasn’t deep, considering he had taken down the Mercenary Alliance and had conflicts with the Spear God, combined with their notoriety as the four alliances of the dark world.

So, without another thought, Hao Jian concluded that this force must be headed by the Murder God and Bandit God.

Hao Jian has always had deep ties with the four major alliances, and now that he’s reduced the four to three, it’s likely that the Murder God and Bandit God couldn’t sit idly by.

After pondering over everything, Hao Jian had a plan in mind.

With that, it was time to start counterattacking.

Hao Jian shared his idea with the Prophet, who also found it sensible. Without further ado, he proceeded according to Hao Jian’s proposal.

The Prophet left without having a meal, and then Shu Ya cooked up a big table of dishes, and after eating, everyone lay on the sofa resting.

At this point, there was a sudden knock on the door.

You Yang initially intended to open the door, but after peeking through the window and seeing the person outside, she ignored it and continued watching TV.

“Knock, knock, knock!”

The knocking continued, and annoyed by the sound, Hao Jian went to open the door.

Upon opening, he saw a young man standing outside with a face full of acne.

Upon seeing a man answer the door, the young man’s face immediately showed a shocked and unhappy expression.

“You Yang!” the young man called inside.

Hao Jian partially closed the door and said, “You Yang is inside but won’t bother with you, what’s up?”

The young man hesitated before suddenly realizing something.

Glaring at Hao Jian, he asked, “Are you Arthur?”

Hearing this, Hao Jian understood immediately, responding, “You’re the Pretentious Man? Pfft, Zhuge Liang!”

Indeed, the one standing outside was the Pretentious Man.

The Pretentious Man thought for a moment, believing it was best to settle this with You Yang, lest it affect his image in her eyes. That’s why he rushed over after dinner.

Yet he never expected to knock for so long without anyone answering. Initially, he thought no one opened the door because You Yang wasn’t home, but seeing the lights on inside confirmed she was home, so he kept knocking.

Still, he hadn’t anticipated that a man would answer the door.

How could a man be inside the Goddess’s home, and why hadn’t anyone answered after so long of knocking, only for a man to finally appear?

The Pretentious Man’s thoughts were racing.

Seeing Hao Jian label him as the Pretentious Man proved unbearable for him.

Pretentious Man said in his usual tone, “Who are you calling Pretentious Man?”

Hao Jian chuckled and said, “Whoever is being pretentious!”

Hao Jian’s intention was clear, so Pretentious Man responded, “You’re the one being pretentious!”

If someone said that to Hao Jian on a regular day, even ten people wouldn’t be able to fight Hao Jian, but Hao Jian found Pretentious Man amusing and didn’t start a fight.

Hao Jian said, “Pretentious Man! Pretentious Man! Pretentious Man!”

“You…” Pretentious Man was at a loss for words.

“Do you dare have a fair duel with me? Whoever loses will be the Pretentious Man, agreed?” Pretentious Man said.

Hao Jian thought Pretentious Man was going to make a move, so he cracked his knuckles noisily.

Though Hao Jian was still injured and not fully recovered, his condition was much better; even when injured, Hao Jian could defeat Pretentious Man in seconds, let alone now.

Pretentious Man was frightened and retreated a few steps.

“What are you doing!”

Hao Jian said, “A duel!”

Pretentious Man took out his phone and said, “I’m talking about a duel in Honor of Kings, where I lost before, I’ll get it back there!”

Hao Jian said, “Alright!”

Hao Jian further said, “This bet is boring, whoever loses will call the other ‘dad’, okay? And if you lose, you have to call You Yang ‘mom’ inside, do you dare bet?”

Pretentious Man hesitated, but then thought, once a gentleman makes a promise, it’s hard to take it back, besides he never thought Hao Jian was that great; last time was just a lucky streak of five kills, it doesn’t mean he can be that great next time.

As a man, one must dare to gamble and fight, gritting his teeth, Pretentious Man said, “Fine, who’s afraid of who!”

Both quickly took out their phones, entered the game, and sat outside on the ground to prepare for a 1v1 match.

The rules were whoever pushed the other’s Crystal first would win.

The game started!

Hao Jian chose Li Yuanfang, a marksman hero with high crit and high attack.

Pretentious Man chose Zhuge Liang.

The game quickly began, and both rapidly farmed soldiers.

Against Pretentious Man, Hao Jian didn’t plan to play cautiously, so he attacked Pretentious Man directly at level one.

Pretentious Man was also impatient, and immediately counter-attacked Hao Jian.

Li Yuanfang’s first skill is a dart, if it hits someone, it will explode after a short time, causing damage, and as the level and equipment improve, the damage increases.

Hao Jian didn’t hesitate to engage in a war of attrition against Pretentious Man.

Pretentious Man, although also a long-range attack hero, couldn’t hit Hao Jian due to Hao Jian’s fancy footwork.

Pretentious Man started to get anxious.

After farming some soldiers, both reached level three.

At level three, it’s possible to start attacking.

However, contrary to the norm, after reaching level three, Hao Jian didn’t attack Pretentious Man actively but started playing cautiously, not attacking Pretentious Man, nor letting Pretentious Man hit him.

Pretentious Man was initially a bit angry, Zhuge Liang is weaker early on, so he was continuously attacked by Hao Jian before; he was holding a grudge here, now he could counter-attack, but Hao Jian started playing cautiously, could he not be mad?

Pretentious Man’s eyes suddenly flickered; since you play cautiously under the tower, thinking I can’t kill you, then let you see my prowess.

As soon as Pretentious Man brought the minions under the tower, he quickly attacked Hao Jian.

Hah…

Hao Jian was waiting for this moment.

As soon as Pretentious Man jumped into the tower, Hao Jian activated the first skill and shot a dart at Pretentious Man.

Pretentious Man used skills one after another, but they were all dodged by Hao Jian’s fancy footwork.

Pretentious Man’s eyes were bewildered.

How could it be, how could anyone dodge his combo attack?

This footwork was the fanciest he had ever seen.

But in the next second, the tower’s aggro successfully transferred to Pretentious Man.

In the late game, one can tank the tower and kill without losing much health, but early on, the tower’s damage to a hero is extremely high.

Pretentious Man’s health bar was suddenly cleared by half, and at this moment Li Yuanfang’s first skill just exploded, combined with the tower’s instant damage, it immediately killed Pretentious Man.

Meanwhile, Hao Jian remained unharmed.

How could it be!

Pretentious Man’s eyes were full of shock.

Then Hao Jian quickly brought the minions and pushed the tower.

When Pretentious Man revived, Hao Jian had already brought the minions under the Crystal.

Pretentious Man immediately cleared the minions.

Unexpectedly, Hao Jian attacked actively, executing a set of skills to directly harvest Pretentious Man’s life.