Chapter 55 - "Stand up, leave the stage first."
XIU was rendered speechless for a few seconds before he burst out laughing. "Don't get too excited... it's only because he still remembers those few ranked games where he encountered you previously. The day of your stream, he was holding his phone and watching the entire time, he really does think you're cute."
Xiao Bai thought, You better fucking stop saying the word 'cute,' or else if this guy opens his mouth, nobody will be able to stop him.
Sure enough, Jian Rong's face had already soured quite a bit.
The staff member ahead of them saw that they had stopped, and the staff member hurried over to ask, "God Lu, what's wrong? Can the team go on stage now? Fighting Tiger is about to go up."
Lu Boyuan nodded without saying anything.
Jian Rong glanced at the back of Lu Boyuan's head and swallowed down the ridicule that had just reached his mouth. He thought to himself, the faster they walked away, the faster they could play, and the faster they would be able to return to the base.
Unexpectedly, right after he took a single step, his name was called again.
Savior had been learning Chinese recently, but it was true that he had joined the LPL not too long ago, so he only knew some commonly used phrases for communicating in game.
Savior: "Soft, WeChat, can I?"
"No." Jian Rong answered flatly, " simida."
His English made Lu Boyuan quirk his lips and chuckle. A heavy feeling intermittently traveled from the back of his head, but by the time Lu Boyuan turned his head again, he had already regained his original expression.
"Let's go."
Jian Rong let out a muffled "en" before he caught up with Lu Boyuan's figure, both hands stuffed in his pockets, treading with his new shoes.
Fighting Tiger's members were already sitting in their seats. All five veteran players had tall and sturdy builds, and they gave off a distinctive aura just by sitting there.
"Da Niu-ge seems to have become even sturdier lately, the team uniform can't even contain his muscles anymore. It looks like Fighting Tiger is gonna have to get a new team uniform for my Niu-ge again." Commentator A said jokingly.
Commentator B nodded. "Yes, as veteran players, all of Fighting Tiger's members usually pay a lot of attention to working out. It's true, you can only perform better by maintaining a healthy body—TTC's members are coming on stage now. Oh my, today God Lu... looks so handsome?"
The camera instantly gave Lu Boyuan a big close-up shot.
The man was expressionlessly checking the state of his equipment. He was indeed handsome, but he appeared much colder than normal, and he hadn't spoken once since sitting down.
"Ai, I can suddenly sort of understand some of what the female fans feel." Commentator A sighed.
"Enough, be quiet, if you keep talking you're going to end up violating the rules." Commentator B lifted an eyebrow. "Soft doesn't seem to have a great expression either? What's up with TTC today?"
"Ah? Hasn't Soft always looked like this? The day he walks on stage with a smile, that's when things will become weird." Commentator A abruptly laughed. "However, speaking of which... director, don't you know better? Shouldn't you be focusing the camera on Qian-ge today?"
Although Yuan Qian behaved in a fairly low-key way, nowadays people paid just as much attention to professional gamers as they did to celebrities. In addition, since Yuan Qian had never deliberately hidden it before, the romantic relationship between him and the female streamer Youyou was common knowledge in the circle.
