【???】
【Can you still play like this?】
【I admit he has some tricks】
【What kind of trick is this? It’s just a straight man’s trick. He only knows how to give the blue buff.】
【It doesn’t matter if there are not many tricks, as long as they work】
Yu Xinche asked doubtfully: “Huh? I’m not angry.”
He Ci paused for a moment, then said indifferently, “Oh, then you still came to take the buff.”
【Hahahahahahahahahaha】
【? You this kid】
【I am really impressed】
【But the baby has a really good temper, he’s not angry at all】
“No, I got it by my own ability.”
He Ci turned his head and looked at him: “Really?”
Yu Xinche also turned around, raised his head, and looked down at the man with his chin up: “Yes. You think you gave it up, but I snatched it myself.”
He Ci raised his eyebrows: “Okay.”
【I now understand why they were fined during the match】
【These two, hahahahaha, they keep turning their heads to look at each other, it’s so funny】
【It seems that they already were very restrained during the competition】
【I found that the tone of voice He Ci uses when speaking to Baby was really different from that of others】
【Yes! Every word he said to Xiao Yu is funny】
【What are you still waiting for? Ship them ah!】
The two of them played solo for a while, then Yu Xinche closed the custom room and switched to normal ranking, playing duo with He Ci. Before they entered the game, Xu Le came over and told them not to start yet, as there was a temporary filming job coming up.
” We are shooting right away?” He Ci asked back.
Yu Xinche also found it strange. When the club needs to shoot something, they will communicate the time with the players in advance. It wouldn’t be so sudden.
“Yes.” Considering that he was on live, Xu Le didn’t say much, “I’ll call you when the film crew is ready, probably in ten minutes. You two haven’t entered the game yet, so come down. I see the others just started their games not long ago.”
He Ci said “hmm”, and Yu Xinche nodded.
Without games to play, the two of them just sat there playing with their phones. Yu Xinche noticed that the barrage was calling for He Ci to start live streaming as well.
“They asked you to live stream it too.” Yu Xinche conveyed.
“No, it’s just ten minutes.”
“You can come back and broadcast it after filming. They said you still owe several hours. Today is the last day of the month.”
“They can fine me if they want.”
Yu Xinche looked at the comments: “They said they want to see you.”
“Just looking at you is enough.” He Ci leaned a little towards Yu Xinche, half of his body was in the camera. He said to the camera: “Isn’t God Che handsome? There’s no need to look at me. I’m too lazy to go live.”
【Handsome】
【Handsome but it doesn’t affect me wanting to see you】
【Take a step back, can I see both at the same time?】
【Baby, can you turn the camera a little bit?】
【Baby!】
【Baby】
“It’s no use calling him baby. It’s impossible.” He Ci answered for him.
【I didn’t talk to you!】
【I am discussing things with my baby!】
The screen was filled with “babies”. Yu Xinche looked hopeless and stared at the screen with a dull look in his eyes.
Seeing his expression, He Ci found it funny, so he deliberately said to the commentator: “God Che doesn’t like you guys calling him baby.”
【Hahahahahahaha I noticed it a long time ago! I get shy every time I call him】
【Then I’m excited now】
Seeing the word “baby” appear more and more on the screen, Yu Xinche raised his hand to half cover his face so that the camera could not see it, then glared at He Ci angrily and whispered, “You are so annoying.”
【Why cover your face!】
【Hahahaha you are so annoying haha】
【Although I didn’t see the expression, I still heard it】
【@He Ci, your support said you are annoying】
He was just trying to play a trick on him, so He Ci didn’t get angry after hearing that. He took the chair and returned to his seat.
Before Xu Le came to call out, Yu Xinche looked at He Ci and felt that he couldn’t let this man get away with it.
He suddenly remembered what CONTROL said when his teammates talked about this topic before, that no one called He Ci ‘baby’.
Yu Xinche came up with a plan. He turned the camera towards He Ci, and then turned it back to himself.
【!!】
【Just that angle just now, it’s very good!】
【Baby is a good baby】
He knew it would be difficult to get fans to stop calling him names, so he said, “Just call He Ci ‘baby’ and I’ll turn it around.”
【Hahahahahahaha】
【?】
【You will also take revenge?】
【I really can’t say this, I’m afraid he’ll kill me】
He Ci also heard it. He probably didn’t expect Yu Xinche to say that. He looked a little unbelievable and a little funny: ” Grossing me out?”
“How can this be gross?” Yu Xinche said sincerely, in the tone of a primary school student reading a text, “This is the love of your fans for you.”
【Hahahahaha】
【I want to see the young master’s expression】
【He Ci is also a baby, I called him, let me see it quickly】
【The bottom lane group is full of babies, woooo, I shouted too】
【How is He Ci not a baby! He Ci baby】
“Can you be more specific?” Yu Xinche couldn’t help laughing as he spoke, “Let me take a screenshot.”
【So you are this kind of baby】
【He Ci is also a baby】
【He Ci baby (this is purely voluntary)】
【FIX Baby (Purely Voluntary)】
Yu Xinche took a screenshot and sent it to the TZ group, then kept his promise and turned the camera to He Ci.
【No, that’s not right】
【Look at the two babies, not just He Ci】
【His face is so black hahahaha】
He Ci originally planned to turn a blind eye to it, but he couldn’t ignore it as his phone kept sending notifications and everyone in the group was tagging him.
He stood up and walked to Yu Xinche’s computer, and readjusted the angle of the camera so that both of them could just fit half of their heads inside.
【……】
【This is fine too】
【It’s over. We shouted baby too much just now. Now when I see He Ci, I’m already shouting baby in my heart.】
【Xiao Yu has achieved his goal】
“Have you had enough fun?” He Ci stood behind him, one hand resting on the back of his chair, looking down at Yu Xinche.
Yu Xinche smiled back at him with curved eyes, looking very happy.
“Look, the fans have completely adapted to it.” He pointed at the comments, “It’s all ‘He Ci Baby’, do you like it?”
【I like】
【Like like】
He Ci stared at the comment barrage for a while, and when he was about to say something, Xu Le came to call them.
“Okay, I’m going to get busy. I’ll go off first. Bye.” Yu Xinche waved his hand.
“Bye.” He Ci followed.
The two followed Xu Le to the floor where the materials were shot. Xu Le said as he walked, “Do you remember our new sponsor?”
“Are they making trouble again?” He Ci asked.
“Ah, yes.”
Xu Le briefly introduced the current situation. It turned out that the new sponsor had launched a new product line of clothing and hats, and asked the HPL players to help promote it.
There were 16 clubs in total, with 3-4 clubs divided into a group. They would start a small live stream with official people to attract traffic and promote it at the same time.
He Ci said, “Tsk, couldn’t they communicate in advance? Not to mention the sponsors, the official staff are also so amateur.”
“Well, this live stream was led by Huairen… I guess he just didn’t contact us in advance. But I’m just speculating, I haven’t contacted other companies to confirm it.”
He Ci sneered: “He thought he was popular again.”
“Yeah, he started jumping again after changing sponsors. He once led Xiao Yu’s hype in the second channel commentary, and our fans scolded him back.”
“Who is Huairen?” Yu Xinche asked.
“Oh, he’s a commentator. He didn’t get along well with us back then. After he found out that He Ci was the crown prince, he became more restrained. He had commented on fewer games in the past two years and mainly relies on live streaming for profit. He still has some connections, and he can make a living by occasionally revealing gossip in the circle.”
“Oh.” Yu Xinche nodded, thinking that the name was quite right, Huairen, the bad guy. [Footnote] This is a pun, 坏人 (Huàirén) = bad guy[/footnote]
He Ci poked at his phone and said, “You guessed it right, that’s why they didn’t notify us.”
“Fuck, he’s so brave.” Xu Le was so angry, “You, you two go and live stream first, be nice in front of the audience, I’ll contact the person-in-charge.”
Yu Xinche fully understood the situation. TZ had been tricked by the commentator. The one-day delay in notifying the team was not a big deal, and it actually did not cause any serious losses, but it was like being force-fed a mouthful of rotten rice, which was very disgusting.
He turned to look at He Ci, he still had the same expression, no emotion could be seen.
He Ci noticed his gaze and said, “Think carefully before answering questions later, don’t be impulsive.”
This meant that there might be a pit being dug, and Yu Xinche said “OK”.
They sat on the sofa in the studio with lights on, and both of them put on their team jackets. Although they didn’t wear makeup, they looked handsome just by sitting upright.
At the agreed time, the live stream began. Several familiar players from familiar clubs appeared on the screen, and Huairen’s voice also sounded.
“Hello, good evening, everyone.”
Huairen was the commentator when HPL was first established. He had a lot of experience and most players would give him face.
Even though the contestants who have a good relationship with He Ci know that this guy was not a good person, they would still cooperate with him in front of the camera. After all, it was a job.
The live stream was not long. Everyone discussed the new clothing and hats, and several contestants also tried on the hats they had prepared in advance.
The atmosphere was pretty good. After completing the advertising task, they talked about the daily life related to the competition.
In addition to TZ, today’s live stream also included Zhou Fang’s YC team and two other popular teams. Yu Xinche was the only newcomer among the players. Huairen did not hide his snobbishness and rarely mentioned Yu Xinche throughout the whole process.
Yu Xinche didn’t care. He Ci took on both of their speaking KPIs. He was happy to be free and was staring blankly at the plush game peripheral in his arms.
“Speaking of the HIT Support forum, I remembered something that everyone is curious about.” Huairen called out to Yu Xinche on the other end of the screen, “BREEZE, can I ask?”
Yu Xinche was suddenly called out, and didn’t react at all: “Ah, what?”
【???】
【Using an ultimate at their face?】
【Can I really ask this?】
Huairen had a “you know what I mean” expression on his face: “That’s it.”
Yu Xinche just came back to his senses and was still thinking about how to answer. He Ci’s face beside him had already darkened. Just as he was about to speak, Huairen asked before him: “Are you PURE?”
Yu Xinche was dumbfounded.
He actually asked directly, which was too disrespectful of other people’s privacy. He still overestimated Huairen’s character.
Fortunately, he remembered that it was a live stream, and He Ci had told him in advance to be more cautious, so his expression did not change. He just stared at the camera silently, pretending to be considering it.
【…I think Huairen is not very polite】
【Although I want to know, I don’t want to know it this way】
【Huai dog is just like this, a damn thing】
【But Yu’s expression really looked like there’s some juicy gossip】
He Ci narrowed his eyes slightly, stood up and walked to the camera device connected to the meeting, unplugged the cable, shook his head at Yu Xinche, and plugged it in again.
The meeting was still going on. The screen on their side went dark and then lit up again. He Ci’s face was facing the camera, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, and he spoke calmly: “The signal is bad. I didn’t hear what you just said.”
Huairen: “Ah, I just want to ask——”
“Next question.” He tilted his head and looked at Huairen through the screen, “What do you think?”
He Ci’s facial features are well-defined, and usually when he was restrained he looked sloppy. But now when his face turned cold, his eyebrows and eyes were sharp, as if he was a predator ready to launch an attack at the next second.
Being stared at like this would make people feel invisible pressure. Huairen swallowed subconsciously and said, “Okay, then let’s ask YC’s OBSESS, you previously…”
【Alpha’s power exploded!】
【Do you have a captain like this in your family? Such a full sense of security】
【The sense of pressure overflows the screen】
【This is what Huairen deserves】
【It’s so funny. I thought he wasn’t afraid of death. Turns out he is afraid of death. He just wants to bully us newbies because they have no power.】
【I didn’t expect He Ci to be so protective, serves him right】
There were no other incidents in the live stream afterwards. After it ended, He Ci stood up to leave, while Yu Xinche sat on the sofa without moving.
He Ci was waiting for him there.
After an unknown amount of time, Yu Xinche looked up and said to him, “I don’t want to endure it anymore. It’s really boring.”
He was PURE to begin with, how long could he keep it secret?
And he hated lying, so silence on this question was the same as denial to him, and he found it hard to bear the thought that he couldn’t tell the truth.
Perhaps it would be rational for He Ci to persuade him to keep it a secret, but Yu Xinche knew that he was not a person who pursued rationality blindly.
He hadn’t learned about the results of other teams during the previous training camp selection, so when he chose He Ci without hesitation, it was not rational.
It turns out that choices based on emotion were not necessarily wrong.
He had thought about how to convince He Ci, but He Ci just nodded and said, “Then don’t bear it. How do you want to make it public? Do you want to do a live stream or record a video?”
Yu Xinche looked up at him in surprise: “You don’t object?”
He Ci looked down at him and smiled: “Do I look that cowardly?”
Yu Xinche was stunned.
Then he felt that it was indeed so. This time the discussion was very fierce. He Ci had said at the time to let it take its course. There was nothing to be afraid of if netizens really found out.
“Do you think I’m being too impulsive?”
“I understand.” He Ci sat back down, “I was like this when I first started playing professionally… I’m still like this now.”
“Then how do we tell Brother Xu?”
“I’ll call him over.” He Ci took out his cell phone and called Xu Le.
Xu Le was waiting outside. He had watched the live broadcast just now and knew that Huairen had started jumping around again.
“Okay, just think it over. You didn’t want to say it before because you thought there was still some leeway, but now that this guy has come out to interfere, we can’t hide it anymore.” Xu Le nodded, “But He Ci was right just now. Even if we want to expose it, we can’t do it in his live stream. Why should we give him traffic for free? We can use this traffic for ourselves.”
Yu Xinche looked at Xu Le who was cursing non-stop and felt that Xu Le was even more impulsive than himself at this moment.
They looked and saw that Huairen was still live, and even mentioned topics related to Yu Xinche again.
So TZ decided to start the live stream directly to grab his popularity.
He Ci and Yu Xinche did not move to the same place, still sitting on the same sofa.
After the number of people in the live stream room increased, Xu Le said: “Let me get straight to the point and explain everything about the PURE account to everyone.”
Yu Xinche said seriously, word by word clearly: “I am PURE.”
He Ci sat next to him: “There is no white moonlight and no stand-in. Do you understand? Stop making it up.”
“Yes, FIX has only contacted me.” Yu Xinche felt inexplicably proud when he said this, and couldn’t help but smile at the camera, showing a little bit of his teeth, “Hehe.”
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