IMAO Chapter 66

[818[mfn]818 is the homophone of 扒一扒 (bā yi bā), which is a lighthearted way of saying “gossip about someone or something” (not necessarily in a hurtful way though).[/mfn]: The Complete Story[mfn]来龙去脉 (lái lóng qù mài) – lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects[/mfn] of the Little Shepherd Incident]

This was an anonymous post. Mu An was startled when he first saw this post. The author must have been someone from Li Wenfeng’s former team because some of the details mentioned could only be known by team insiders. When he helped Li Wenfeng manage the team, neither of them deliberately hid anything. Given Li Wenfeng’s love to show off, team members were more or less aware of their real situation.

The author remained objective, clearly laying out the sequence of events without bias.

“Hugs for the Little Sheep.”
“Damn it, die you scumbag!”
“The homewrecker’s logic is absolutely incredible! You weren’t even married, how is this being a third party? This is pursuing true love!”

While the initial responses were relatively normal, the subsequent ones took a dramatic turn.

“Even so, I won’t forgive Little Shepherd for stealing my thigh[mfn]Someone who is powerful or influential[/mfn]! Unless you let me join the team! Come out and face me, Little Shepherd!”
“Even so, I won’t forgive Little Shepherd for stealing my thigh! Unless you let me join the team! Come out and face me, Little Shepherd!”

As Mu An read these messages, he could almost picture everyone’s angry expressions. Just then, his communicator vibrated.

Flirting With Intent: Holy shiiiiit!
Mu An: ?
Flirting With Intent: An An, you’re incredible! Princess Bai was so angry that he cried! How do you know such a big shot?
Mu An: Who’s Princess Bai?
Flirting With Intent: That homewrecker, we call him Princess Bai behind his back.
Flirting With Intent: Don’t change the subject, who’s that big shot? How did you meet? What’s your relationship? Is he pursuing you?

During their previous dinner with Jiang Yuan and others, they naturally became friends due to Jiang Yuan’s brother’s situation, but they were just friends.

Besides, if he dared to pursue Jiang Yuan, he probably wouldn’t live to see tomorrow’s sunrise…

At this thought, Mu An suddenly realized something.

Damn, Ji Rong hadn’t removed him from his kill list yet…

Mu An: I won’t disclose their identity. The boss doesn’t want to affect their real life. I met them through my junior, we’re just friends. They’re not pursuing me. He was just helping out a friend.
Flirting With Intent: Who wouldn’t want a friend like that?
Mu An saw Flirting With Intent’s message and replied: That’s true.
Mu An: But I’m together with my junior now, don’t believe what you see online.
Flirting With Intent: Great!

After two minutes.

Flirting With Intent sent another message.
Flirting With Intent: An An, um… could I possibly get into the team through the back door?
Mu An: I’ll ask.

Of course, Mu An didn’t directly reveal Jiang Yuan and Ji Rong’s identities. These two were representing the country in competitions. Just a few days ago, he had watched their match with Armand.

…

Liu Zheng had been overwhelmed with work lately. Following Jiang Yuan’s design flowchart, their research group successfully modified a Thunder Fighter. The fighter passed all performance tests, and their entire group was confirmed to graduate this year, with everyone receiving offers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Since the Federation had a large number of retired fighters needing modification, their group had been busy preparing experimental reports, detailing the simplified modification process so that even non-professionals could fully understand it. The documents would then be distributed for large-scale modifications.

He had been “working overtime” for several consecutive days.

Although it was tiring, it was nothing compared to not graduating!

Even Rhodes said he was lucky. Even if an advisor had helped with the modification process, they might not have achieved such results.

He himself felt it was like magical realism. He had originally approached Jiang Yuan for mecha testing, but instead… this junior from the Mecha Department directly wrote him a modification process.

Come to think of it, Jiang Yuan was now Mr. Xu’s disciple, technically making him Liu Zheng’s senior in terms of academic lineage.

Liu Zheng hastily ate a few bites and logged into Star Wars.

Star Wars:
“Who wouldn’t want a friend like 7592?”
“Who wouldn’t want a friend like 7592?”
“Who wouldn’t want a friend like 7592?”

[World] YueJiaGuan: Can someone give me extra lessons[mfn]They don’t know what’s happening, so they are behind and needs to catch up (with the melon)[/mfn]?
[World] Little Sweetie: [Shared Link – 818: The Complete Story of the Little Shepherd Incident]

Liu Zheng: …This person looks very familiar.

…

After Jiang Yuan logged off, all his teammates had returned by dinner time.

In the evening, just after Jiang Yuan finished showering, he received a message from Ji Yang, who had created a group chat including him, Ji Rong, and Armand.

Jiang Yuan: ?
Ji Yang: [Shared Link – 818: The Complete Story of the Little Shepherd Incident] Who wouldn’t want a friend like 7592? Fighting and building teams for me!

Armand: [Image]
Armand: Would I… be like that? QAQ The people online describe it so vividly, saying you two have something going on. I’m almost starting to believe it myself.

Ji Yang: Pfft.

Jiang Yuan looked at the image, which showed a meme of someone holding a green hat with the text [Heavy lies the crown].

Jiang Yuan: …
Ji Rong: ???

Armand: No joke, thanks for today. My Star Wars skills are just average, I couldn’t beat Li Wenfeng before. I was really angry today, angry at myself for not being good enough, for not being able to win… Thank goodness you were there [Fierce A Crying]

The phrase “Who wouldn’t want a friend like 7952” circulated in the World chat for several days. When Jiang Yuan and Ji Rong logged in, many people sent friend requests. It was manageable at first, but later became annoying, so Jiang Yuan simply blocked others. With the Round of 16 matches beginning, Jiang Yuan wouldn’t be playing the game for a long while anyway.

After the group stage ended, the draw placed them against the Leia Empire.

Chris and the others arrived at the competition venue early in the morning. Although they weren’t competing today, it was the Federation versus the Leia Empire match, so they naturally had to be there.

Unlike the group stage, the Round of 16 matches drew much larger crowds.

Just as Nolan reached the spectator entrance, he heard squealing behind him. This was the typical reaction when handsome Alphas or beautiful Omegas appeared.

Nolan turned around to see an extremely handsome face, with black hair standing up like steel needles, resembling a hedgehog.

Him?

He hadn’t seen this person at any previous matches.

Lu Yan slightly lowered his eyes, followed by several people who all looked rather unwilling.

“Captain, what’s so interesting about this match? I’m not even fully awake!” complained a boy who appeared no older than sixteen, with a baby face, chewing gum and wearing an expression of clear reluctance.

“Yeah, Captain, what’s worth watching about these countries?”

Lu Yan gave them a brief glance, and those about to speak immediately fell silent, quietly following him to take their seats in the front row of the spectator area.

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