After the shoot, Yuan Yang had finished his business, and the three of them left together.
“We’ve scheduled a scrimmage tonight with MR. Their team seems to be gelling well.” Yuan Yang said, and was interrupted by staff members.
“Excuse me, I’ve brought her to apologize to you.”
Xiao Wen stepped out from behind, her eyes even redder than Jiang Shi’s earlier, and bowed deeply in apology.
In the car, Yuan Yang immediately asked what had happened, and Jiang Shi briefly explained the incident.
“Is she an Xie Xu and Sun CP fan?” Yuan Yang asked, concerned. “Are your eyes okay?”
Jiang Shi replied, “I’m fine.”
It was just uncomfortable at the time.
Yuan Yang wasn’t convinced. “Let’s get it checked at the base’s medical room later. Next time, I’ll go with you to avoid situations like this.”
“Still, the CP fans of you and Sun are a bit crazy,” Yuan Yang commented, glancing at Xie Xu. “Every time you play against Lion, it’s like a festival for them, claiming you’re finally ‘teaming up’ on the battlefield.”
“The tickets this time sold out just as fast as before, with many fans even paying scalpers for high-priced tickets.”
Xie Xu’s expression darkened. “I’ll release another statement with Sun.”
“You’ve done that before. It’s useless,” Yuan Yang sighed. “You two debuted at the same time, are close personally, and are both famous…”
Plus, Sun had a carefree personality and often said provocative things, which fueled the fans’ fervor.
Yuan Yang sighed again. “It can’t be helped—”
Jiang Shi cut him off, raising his gaze. “There is a way.”
The reason Xiao Wen dared to treat him like this wasn’t just because he wasn’t famous yet, but because, despite his lack of fame, he was being paired as a CP with Xie Xu. She thought he didn’t deserve it.
The solution was simple.
Jiang Shi tilted his head to look at Xie Xu, speaking seriously, “I’ll crush Sun on the battlefield.”
During the evening scrimmage, Jiang Shi played aggressively, giving MR no chance. He quickly broke through the bottom lane, leaving the opponent helpless.
[All] MR-yaowan: ?
[All] MR-yaowan: You’re making me feel useless, you know that?
[All] MR-yaowan: We’re from the same debut year. Can’t you give me some face?
Right now, the word “same debut year” grated on Jiang Shi.
[All] TLG-Time: Don’t try to butter me up. If you’re bad, just train more.
After the scrimmage, Jiang Shi continued extra practice as usual.
This time, he started a livestream.
Having just filmed an endorsement, he needed to generate some pre-release buzz. However, since he had been using this keyboard on stream for a while, there was nothing new to introduce. He simply played games silently while streaming.
[Who messed with my T Bao? His lips are pressed into a line, and he’s not saying a word.]
[Is it because of tomorrow’s match against Lion? Are you nervous?]
[This will be the first strong team the rookie Little White Hair faces on the official stage. Honestly, the previous teams could’ve been handled by TLG’s second-team ADC.]
[Did you even watch the previous matches? T Bao carried hard, earning MVP multiple times. Stop pretending to be a fan, OK?]
[Why are there so many brainless fans in this livestream! You’re just going to defend him no matter what, right? This streamer is so arrogant, no wonder there’s a report that during a photoshoot at TKI today he bullied a young girl.]
[I know, he made her cry.]
[I originally wanted to see if the streamer had any explanation for this matter, but seeing his fans like this, it’s a no-brainer. No wonder that girl didn’t dare to say anything. ]
[Didn’t dare to say anything? Then shut up.]
[Where did all these little haters come from today? They deliberately came here to play psychological warfare with Time right? Just before the match? Don’t force me to curse them one by one in DMs ]
Tomorrow is the game with Lion, and Jiang Shi’s livestream channel was particularly popular.
Despite the growing chatter, Jiang Shi ignored the storm brewing in his chat, focusing solely on his game.
After a few matches, the narrative in the comments had shifted from “bullying a young girl” to “physically assaulting her.”
Finally, a fancy special effect lit up Jiang Shi’s stream.
Xie Xu had arrived.
Jiang Shi took off his headset, assuming Xie Xu needed something.
Xie Xu handed him some honey water. “I’ll just hang out in your stream for a bit.”
Hearing this, Jiang Shi took a sip of water and continued practicing.
In the large training room, only the two of them remained. One trained, while the other silently moderated Jiang Shi’s stream, muting and banning users.
Jiang Shi had already given Xie Xu admin rights to his stream — the highest level, capable of doing everything except kicking the host himself.
[Haha, watching Xu kick people is so satisfying.]
[Those trolls didn’t dare say another word and left in embarrassment.]
[Xu’s label above his name is so striking: [Time’s]. It’s obvious that he’s one of us.]
[Xu, you are so nice. I love you! Muah~]
The next moment, the fan who sent “muah” was muted.
Jiang Shi had personally muted them.
[Fck, little idiot, my main account is still grinding intimacy points! Why’d you kick me?!]
[Haha, T Bao is reading chat! I thought he was focused on training.]
[Sisters, don’t forget how he accurately responded to our comments. He definitely read the words of those haters clearly. ]
[Then why didn’t he take action? It’s not like his style. ]
[He deliberately let Xu manage his stream chat! Quite smart. ]
Jiang Shi finally responded, “I didn’t ask Xu to manage the chat.”
He looked up. “After all, even haters are still fans.”
[?]
[You really can say anything.]
[Didn’t you get looked down upon for the endorsement shoot today? Wait until this keyboard is released, and let these idiots see the buying power of your aunties, okay? ]
[T Bao, don’t worry about those rumors. Concentrate on training and playing games! ]
[They really think T Bao is a vase[mfn]just a pretty face, no ability[/mfn]? Beat Lion tomorrow, you hear me?]
[I heard a rumor saying that the so-called bullied girl is actually a Xu and Sun’s CP fan. She deliberately tripped up Little White Hair when she was putting his makeup on!]
[Fck. My bestfriend works at TKI. I’ll go to her later to find out what happened and beat up these idiots who spread baseless accusations.]
[Wahhhhh, my poor T Bao. He must have been wronged.]
[Xu, what’s wrong with you? I handed my son to you, and you let other CP fans bully him like this? Do better! @TLG-Xu]
The comments tagged Xie Xu one after another.
Jiang Shi frowned. “What does this have to do with the captain? Don’t make random accusations.”
The thing is, the comments that tagged Xie Xu were very short, so the content of those comments were easily read.
Jiang Shi’s livestream channel was very popular tonight. Besides his normal fans and a handful of curious passersby, some Xu and Sun’s CP fans also made some noise.
When they saw Xu in the live broadcast room, they didn’t say anything else, only spamming emoticons related to Xu and Sun. They didn’t discriminate calling them by IDs or real name, and the spam wall made Jiang Shi upset.
The resource library of his WeChat fan group was not as rich as these people.
He would be lying to say he wasn’t jealous.
Jiang Shi was just about to find an excuse to end the stream when he saw Xie Xu pull out a photocard from under his keyboard.
This was the photocard that Jiang Shi had asked from his fans earlier. He was going to ask for an autograph from Xie Xu.
Xie Xu tilted his head and asked him, “You want an autograph?”
After a brief moment of hesitation, Jiang Shi nodded. “Can you make it unique?”
He would put it under his pillow to sleep at night, maybe it would help him calm down.
Xie Xu didn’t say anything. He took out a pen, and signed it quickly.
When handing it to Jiang Shi, the paper was slightly tilted at an angle, and everyone could see the signature on it clearly.
Time’s—
Xie Xu.
Ahhhhhhhghhh Time’s Xie Xu!!!!!!!!