Ch3 - The Falling Out Of CP Fans

When Li Zhongchen was alone in training room, he started to have a mild craving for cigarettes. His organ’s dependence on nicotine emerged, but he suppressed it, unwrapping a piece of candy, and started the broadcast.

There was no live broadcast in the last few days. Fans ran to his Weibo to post thousands of posts and he could not ignore it. 

[Ahhhhhhhhh husband! ! ! ! ]

[The entire West Lake is filled with my tears! Finally, I can watch a handsome guy play games again! ]

[Damn, it’s the first time Brother E started a live broadcast at this time, isn’t it too abnormal?]

[Not only is it an abnormality! The rumors on the forum is really accurate, even just mentioning Qiao Yi’s name can make Echo a mess like this] 

[Where did this non-existent passerby come from, can you please have some self-respect? What are you doing, making a fuss in Echo’s live broadcast room? ? ]

The number of viewers skyrocketed. It was most likely people who came to eat melons when there were no other news a few days after the official announcement of player information in the newcomer competition.
Seeing that the topic deviated more and more, Li Zhongchen didn’t bother about them, directly matching with passers-by to start a game. It was likely that things will settle down after letting it cool off for a bit.

He played a few satisfying rounds. His highest kill count was 37.
He was just about to go idle, but when he glanced over at the comment section, who would have expected that the black fans were still going  glanced at the comment area and eve skyrocketed in numbers.

[Huh, didn’t you say that as long as Joe returns to China, that bet will be voided? Don’t be a coward, Echo, are you going to come out of retirement soon as well? ]

[Echo, eat a few more Bing Lang herbs, and your condition will be back in no time]

[Ying ying ying ying, What’s the use of a comeback? it’s not like they can get the champion’s trophy again. Back then, when they were completely shut down by God Qiao’s team, did you not have your fill of watching old lovers falling in love and killing each other?]

[That year, didn’t you only lose once? Is it so hard to face it? I don’t ask for anything else, EJ, just be in the same camera frame for mom, okay? Wu wu wu]

Li Zhongchen laughed: “Championship trophy? It will fall into our hands when we buy God Qiao over.” 

Once these words were spoken.
The comment area exploded directly, and the page froze so much it almost crashed. After all, it was too sudden—

[Fuck, fuck, fuck! ! ! ]

[What kind of rhythm is this? ! ]

[Damn, should I be giving out candy or am I supposed to give the final blow? he has never mentioned God Qiao publicly before, what’s with this now! ! ] 

We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.

[Give out candy, give out candy! This old CP fan has been holding on for a year, but I really can’t hold on anymore…]

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E fans started to argue. In the beginning, EJ fans were constantly butting heads. Now that Qiao Yi was mentioned in the broadcast, they were naturally unhappy.
Only the sister managing the livestream remained exceptionally unaffected.

[I have silently accompanied Echo from the pinnacle to his fall from the altar. At the beginning when he was backstabbed and was slandered by public opinion, as a fan, I have never heard a single complaint from him. He is Echo, and more so a player that loves Apex. This is his livestream channel, not a platform for eating melons. While you are respecting others, you are also able to respect Echo.] 

In an instant, the live broadcast room suddenly dropped back to normal temperature.
Li Zhongchen didn’t respond for a long time, and he couldn’t say what were the emotions loomed over him. After playing for a few more hours, he turned off the broadcast and felt lost for a period of time.

In the end, he still could not stop himself and searched for the compilation of Qiao Yi’s games in the United States. No matter how big or small the events were, it was not an exaggeration to say that they were wonderful.

His teammates were all at the world class level, and the strongest healer in the national server was transferred to that competition area. Be it locally or in the American server, there was endless glory in that half a year.

But Qiao Yi was always cold. One could not tell if he was happy or angry, and even when they had won, he only pressed his lips in a thin line and smiled faintly. 

The more Li Zhongchen looked, the more he became flustered.
In fact, he had let go of the past and they had tormented each other to the end. At the very least, he had thought that Qiao Yi would have had a better life without him, but that was not the truth.

Qiao Yi was still so good-looking, Lin Zhongchen loved everything about his appearance. The only thing was that Qiao Yi no longer clung onto him like he did in the beginning

Li Zhongchen laughed mockingly at himself and put away his distracted thoughts. He planned to get a bottle of water to drink, but he did not expect to hear a familiar voice outside the pantry——

“Wu wu wu, I can’t take it anymore, It is exactly the same as that novel. He will turn into a fire-breathing dragon when training at the base, but once he meets Xiao Qiao gege, he would only treat him with infinite gentleness. This kind of contrast is too charming, I can’t help look at Master himself in the eye anymore. This is my first time shipping a CP. It’s so good!” 

“Hai, it’s so cruel that I burst into tears, I recorded all the tiniest interactions that could suggest they were together!”

“Are there any other recommendations?”

“Yes, they are all in Jinjiang Literature City. Remember to read a lot and leave comments for the Madam Writer. Those who are still writing EJ fanfictions are all about true love. They’re separated like the , what we’re snatching is expired candy!”

“I definitely will! Actually, even though I’m just a substitute, Master seems to have high expectations of me. He must have such high expectations of me because I am a fan of God Qiao.” 

“No way! My parents’ love may be fake! But EJ must be real!”

Li Zhongchen’s mouth twitched when he heard it, and he planned to ask Lao Wang to confiscate the mobile phones of the newcomers as well. They were about to compete soon, how could they still be reading novels.

To be exact, the rookie game was this Saturday.
Time passed quickly, and since there was no way to hide, it wouldn’t be too far off to bump into Qiao Yi, right?

. 

Saturday afternoon, the Newcomers’ Competition stadium.
In the lounge of the SVG team, the veterans and newcomers were all dressed in their team uniforms, seemingly ready to go. But for this commercial game, the attitude of the first team that came for moral support was extremely lax.

Yao Tong, who was the captain, played a zombie movie at a loud volume. The eerie sound effects in the background was terrifying. Ever since the manager, Lao Wang, had stepped out of the car, he was already suppressing his anger, only exploding now.

Lao Wang: “It’s not that I said it, but you’re certain about your confidence, Captain Yao?”

Yao Tong crossed a leg over the other: “You can play casually in the promotion games. This confidence is still necessary. Besides, this match is against those baldies, aren’t you clear about the standard of the newcomers they recruited this year?” 

They were actually called team 2T, but in private they were given the nicknames of being bald, bald, and worrying about the hairline.

Old Wang could not do anything more to him, so he could only find trouble with Li Zhongchen: “The arrogant soldier will be defeated! Do you think no one has an opinion about the attitude of that Captain Yao of yours? Brother, say something?”

Old Wang’s birthday had passed not long ago. Aside from becoming SVG club’s boss, he was also the first person to reach the 30 year old mark.
When he said ‘Brother E’, that had been meant for the two of them. Reading between the lines, he was hoping that Li Zhongchen would discipline him, so as not to let the newcomers learn his bad attitude of not taking the commercial game seriously.

After all, if nothing happened back then, the best candidate for the captain could only be Li Zhongchen. 

Lao Wang has issued the order, and Li Zhongchen could not take it anymore. He put the phone away and clapped his hands perfunctorily: “Come, we are having a motivational meeting.”

As the person with the most prestige in the entire Apex branch of SVG, when Li Zhongchen spoke, everyone looked up, but only to hear him say——

“Play well, especially you, Zheng Xiaokui. The meeting is over.”

It had not even been five seconds, and the motivational meeting that had just started was dismissed.
Yao Tong laughed so hard that he could not straighten his waist and almost fell off his seat. Old Wang was exasperated. “One day, I’ll be pissed to death by all of you! Sugi from MW already took 5000 damage points in the morning and took down nearly 30 enemies in a single game. This kind of monster rookie is still…” 

But having said that, the state of the SVG rookie team was still pretty decent.
Although it was a commercial game, it was also a rare opportunity for exposure, and newcomers attached great importance to it.

In the Apex e-sports circle today, the old players were beginning to retire or had reached a plateau, while rookies continue to spring up. The clubs were well aware that it was time toinject new blood. For example, MW’s newly signed Sugi was the most famous one. He was young and already famous, an unstoppable passerby king.
Most of the people’s attention were on that. It was only Li Zhongchen that was more concerned about Sugi’s other label: the apprentice of his ex-boyfriend.

There was not much left to say, the match was starting soon.

The spotlight came on, thousands of spectators filled the audience. 

The commentary lineup could be regarded as luxurious, which included the most popular e-sports channel goddess host among male players, JuJu——

Li Zhongchen had to admit that he would never offend a woman, but JuJu was the one he feared most.
To think that it was all thanks to this sister that things between him and Qiao Yi at the beginning had blown up so much. On the other hand, Sister Ju was nonchalant about it and did not even respond when she was scolded by the various fans.

“Welcome back to the competition this afternoon, the atmosphere is still very enthusiastic–!”

Li Zhongchen wore his headphones and sat in the OB position to observe the game. Zheng Xiaokui’s voice drifted to his ears: “Master, I feel…” 

“Feel dizzy when you see the screen? Are you nervous again?” Li Zhongchen said helplessly. “When you were in training, did you not also kill enemies while you were complaining about being dizzy?”

“No, it’s just that sitting…”

“Sitting on someone else’s gaming chair is uncomfortable? Zheng Xiaokui, are you still going to compete?” Li Zhongchen was trying to suppress his anger.

Zheng Xiaokui could not finish her words, and she began to regret all kinds of brainless excuses she usually made in order to eat on time. 

It was also at this time that the female commentator JuJu asked the director to switch camera views. During the pre-match segment, the camera view projected on big screen shots stopped at the guests seats at the unconspicious back row.
Without warning, the faces of Qiao Yi and Sugi were displayed on the big screen, and everyone was shocked.

There was an uproar in the audience, and some girls even suppressed the screams.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it’s God Qiao!!!”

“Wasn’t MW promotion game in the morning? Shouldn’t Qiao Yi be at the MW base at this time?!” 

“It’s over, Sister Ju is going to cause trouble again.”

“Sister Ju is really nothing but a pretty face.”

“I almost cried when I didn’t grab the ticket for the morning! My life is fulfilled, I can’t believe I saw the blonde little Joe with my own eyes wu wu wu!”

Li Zhongchen raised his eyes when he heard the sound, and through the big screen on the scene, he and Qiao Yi met each other’s gaze. He saw the dazed look in his eyes, and his heart suddenly contracted, not knowing how to react.
He thought about countless scenes of their reunion, but he did not expect it to be like this. 

At this time, a voice came from the earphones: “Master, I just wanted to tell you! I saw God Qiao in the audience seat! He, he has been watching you since just now, ahhhhhhh TAT!!!”