Chapter 283 – Great God, I heard you’re going to travel a thousand li to deliver (17)
On the other end of the chat, a blond young man still in his team uniform shivered at the sheer hostility radiating from the message. Clutching his phone, ut muttered, “Jeez, why so aggressive?”
However, it was not the first time he had seen Fang Shi’s such attitude before, so he only curled his lips and licked his lips slightly, a trace of curiosity mixed with another indescribable emotion.
ut : [I heard you’ve been getting along well with someone online lately? Even calling them ‘baby’ directly?]
fs : [Who told you that?]
ut : [Brother, you really underestimate online gossip, huh? You don’t realize you’re going viral? Have no idea how many fans you have now? The forums are buzzing about it, but from what I saw, there are more people who support it than oppose it~]
His tone was completely teasing.
Fang Shi frowned slightly. Though he had mentally prepared for this, he couldn’t help but feel a little worried, what would Luo think about it?
However, upon seeing that there were more positive reactions than negative ones, an odd feeling welled up inside him.
It was… satisfaction?
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly as he realized that his feelings toward this person might be too unusual.
Could someone really like a person’s voice so much that they wanted to take care of them up close, be near them, and even feel a strange excitement when others started pairing them together?
He used to hate this kind of thing. Back when he was in esports, though not for long, there were plenty of fans who shipped him with ut or other teammates, and he couldn’t stand it.
But now, being paired up like this…
He felt strange kind of joy.
Fang Shi opened a webpage on his computer, casually browsing through the forum posts. His fingers tapped twice on his phone.
fs : [Oh.]
ut, who had been joking around, choked.
What kind of reaction was ‘Oh’? Agreement? No way?!
Wait, could it be that fs actually…?
ut’s eyes widened in horror as his fingers flew across the screen.
ut : [Brother, what do you mean?! Are they just making stuff up, or are you doing this on purpose? I heard the Fang family is already using this against you, they’re all fired up. Don’t walk into their trap yourself!]
fs : [Isn’t that perfect? If I really wanted to fight them, things wouldn’t have ended up like this years ago. If this can make them settle down, all the better. Maybe they’ll stop watching me like I’m some kind of predator.]
Predator? ut swallowed nervously.
But also, what did he mean by ‘perfect’? UT was completely lost.
fs : ]Stop worrying about nonsense. Why don’t you focus on practicing? From what I saw, people say your face-fans outnumber your skill-fans by a huge margin. ツ]
ut exploded.
ut : [Bullshit! I have way more skill-fans!]
He wanted to argue more, but before he could finish typing, a [Message Failed to Send] notification popped up on his screen.
ut stared at his phone in shock, ran a hand through his blond hair, and gritted his teeth, nearly smashing his phone.
“Damn it! This tyrant blocked me again?!”
A few teammates training nearby were startled. They glanced at ut bouncing around in frustration, exchanged looks, shrugged, and continued their practice, completely unfazed.
Meanwhile, the person who had just added ut to his blacklist remained perfectly composed. Fang Shi casually placed his phone aside, calmly browsing the forum posts.
The soft glow of the screen highlighted his sharp and refined features, pure yet exuding a hint of mischief.
Among the posts, there were indeed some about him and Luo. Many had little attention, but some were deliberately hyped up.