When an Alpha is Marked by One of His Own Kind

Chapter 51

"Congratulations to Team DG on their victory! The LPL division has awarded five points so far. Of those five points, DG has won two. Teams WTG, BIG, and COCO have each won one. And the showdowns between WTG, BIG, and COCO have yet to take place. Which teams will make it to the finals this year? We'll have to wait and see!"
Multi-colored lights swept across the stage where the five members of Team DG were situated. The piercingly bright, white lights of the stadium also flooded down on the stage, illuminating those five alphas and highlighting their exceedingly handsome features. Underneath the spotlight, the five of them looked every bit like a wildly popular idol group.

The cheers in the stadium peaked, growing louder and shriller!

From the rows closest to the stage, a male spectator's voice rang out and cried, "Shen Qiao, let me have your babies!"

In today's match against XHG, Shen Qiao put on such a stellar show with the champion Mordekaiser that the opposing top laner practically felt numb all over. To make matters worse for XHG, they made the mistake of not banning Elise in the first round of the picks and bans stage. Coach Fang had instantly instructed Lu Zhe to lock in Elise when their turn to pick came up-

Qian Bao and Old Wo were clearly DG's two main sources of DPS, but Shen Qiao also effectively used Mordekaiser to rampage down the top lane. His astonishing display had fans sending countless exclamation marks through the bullet comments of the livestream.

Hearing that shrieked confession from the crowd, many eyes instinctively turned in that direction. Lu Zhe, however, only lifted a hand and nudged Shen Qiao behind himself. He grinned and teased, "What, you want to accept another interview?"

Shen Qiao quirked the corners of his lips as well. He didn't pay any attention to the fan's loud confession, instead following Old Wo and the others backstage to leave Lu Zhe to do the post-game interview.

When they saw him take the stage that day, the tournament organizers had originally wanted to interview Shen Qiao again. They'd planned on riding the buzz around him and asking about his recovery, partly to offer the fans some reassurance about Shen Qiao's condition. But the whole team had rejected that idea.

Lu Zhe had been glued to Shen Qiao's side ever since they arrived at the stadium that day. He took an overprotective stance, acting like a human-shaped pheromone detector. Whenever he sensed an omega within fifty meters of them, he pulled Shen Qiao away in the other direction. Any onlookers would have thought they were carefully navigating a minefield.

Even if the event organizers had learned their lesson about putting players from opposing teams on the stage at the same time for post-game interviews, Lu Zhe couldn't get over the shadow of the previous day's events so easily. He couldn't completely eradicate the tradition of a post-game interview, but how could he possibly push Shen Qiao into that situation again?

Old Wo and the others had also heard from Manager Zhou that Shen Qiao couldn't get too close to an omega's pheromones for a while. Maybe they had been influenced by Lu Zhe's overprotective nature too. For whatever reason, they all instinctively surrounded Shen Qiao, until he wound up completely enveloped in a circle of his teammates.

Shen Qiao was silent.

His teammates were squeezed so tightly around him that he could barely set his foot down to take a step forward. He was practically trapped in place. After a while, he looked at each of them in turn, meeting each of their worried gazes. Then, finally, he slowly asked, "What are you doing?"

Old Wo was the first to answer. "We're worried about some omega staff member accidentally getting too close and aggravating your condition again, aren't we? Ah, no need to thank us. Just call me the selfless Lei Feng."