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When Chi Yu was studying, he was known as a troublemaker. Apart from puppy love and fighting with teachers, he had done almost everything a problematic student could do. This became his biggest scandal since his debut. What’s even more frustrating is that he always ranked first in exams. The people he beat up were the ones who had bullied others. Coupled with his excellent grades, he was able to shake off that bad reputation.
After so many years, concealed by a humble and polite facade, his true personality had always been suppressed. Upon hearing his words, everyone finally realized that this person was completely different from his handsome appearance.
Ye Lin hadn’t reacted yet, but his face had already turned pale and red.
“I… I’m sorry,” Ye Lin said in a low voice.
Chi Yu replied, “You’re not the one who should apologize.”
Ye Lin bit his lip. Did Chi Yu want him to apologize to Jiang Mo?
[“Is Chi Yu helping Jiang Mo vent his anger?”]
[“It’s a bit excessive for him to use his seniority to pressure others!”]
[“Is it okay for Ye Lin to bully Jiang Mo? It was originally Ye Lin’s fault, as Chi Yu said it was Jiang Mo’s own decision to eat. Jiang Mo only followed Chi Yu’s instructions.”]
[“Does Chi Yu like Jiang Mo? I feel like Chi Yu treats Jiang Mo differently.”]
[“Chi Yu can’t stand seeing others being bullied. He just thinks Jiang Mo is pitiful.”]
“Alright, alright, it’s not entirely Ye Lin’s fault in this matter. We all ate the cake. Blame it on the fact that X’s cake is too delicious, and we couldn’t resist…” The atmosphere became tense, and even Liang Heng, who usually didn’t care, couldn’t avoid stepping in with so many cameras focused on them.
Chi Yu glanced at him and said, “When did you become such a glutton?”
Liang Heng replied, “…Can’t I stay silent?”
This was probably the most awkward entrance in all the dating shows. The last guest didn’t have an advantage to begin with, and if Chi Yu had entered normally, he could have definitely salvaged the delay. But by immediately siding with Jiang Mo, who knows how the remaining guests from Group O felt.
Chi Yu had already left his previous talent agency, but he still had unfinished cooperation with his former manager. When he received a text message from the manager, Chi Yu wasn’t surprised.
It had been a long time since the manager had felt the dizzying sensation of being angered by Chi Yu. The last time Chi Yu rebelled was five years ago when he hadn’t even graduated from school yet.
Chi Yu returned to his room, turned off the recording devices, and covered the camera before calling his manager.
“Why did you get so close to Jiang Mo? Why did you stand up for him!” As soon as the call was connected, an angry voice came through.
Leaning against the balcony railing, Chi Yu’s hair was gently brushed by the night breeze. He lazily replied, “Don’t you interact with people on the show?”
The manager anxiously said, “But you should still consider who the interaction is with!”
Chi Yu responded, “I have 5.2 vision.”
The manager asked, “What do you mean?”
Chi Yu said, “I see very clearly.”
The manager queried, “?”
Chi Yu explained, “Jiang Mo is the person I want to interact with.”
The manager fell silent.
The manager then said, “You’re so clever, you shouldn’t have trouble guessing who the company wants you to create a CP (couple pairing) with.”
Chi Yu didn’t immediately answer. He swiped on Da Zhuang’s phone screen and fast-forwarded to the relevant part of the live broadcast.
Not long after, he watched the confrontation between Jiang Mo and Ye Lin in its entirety. His expression remained indifferent, devoid of any emotions.
“If you know me so well, you shouldn’t have trouble guessing what I want to do.”
The manager remained silent for half a minute before asking, “Do you have feelings for him?”
“If you sympathize with him because you see him being excluded and isolated, I advise you to put away your compassion. You can help him on this show, but what about after the show ends? Can you guarantee that he won’t encounter such situations elsewhere? He ended up like this because of his past misdeeds. You need to think carefully. By helping him, you’re indirectly inviting criticism for him. Your fans have scolded him before, and now you’re getting along with him so well. Isn’t that disrespecting your fans? Moreover, can you be sure that the fans of other guests will like him just because you’re close to him?”
“Furthermore, how can you be sure that Jiang Mo’s current demeanor isn’t an act? Maybe he is deliberately seeking sympathy, using it as a way to manipulate you for publicity. You are usually so smart, why are you being so naive now?”
Chi Yu lowered his eyelids, hiding his emotions.
Just then, Da Zhuang knocked on Chi Yu’s door, timidly asking for his phone back. He wondered why Boss Chi had been borrowing his phone so often lately. Could it be that Boss Chi had taken an interest in one of the contacts in his phone?
“I’ll hang up now.” Chi Yu didn’t directly answer the manager’s question. He said that and hung up the phone.
Before returning Da Zhuang’s phone, Chi Yu specifically checked Jiang Mo’s latest updates. All the cameras in Jiang Mo’s room were on, except for the one covering the desk. Jiang Mo should be at the desk. What was he doing? Was he crying?
It was only 9:30, not too late.
Before going upstairs, Chi Yu had the intention to knock on Jiang Mo’s door and see his current expression. Perhaps he could comfort Jiang Mo with a few words.
After receiving a text message from his manager and finishing the call, he dismissed his own impulse.
Chi Yu unbuttoned his tightly fastened shirt collar, messing up his carefully groomed hair.
The manager’s questions didn’t bother Chi Yu at all. They were just trivial matters.
“─You need to think carefully.”
Chi Yu took off his heavy coat, lazily sinking into the chair. His white shirt was wrinkled, but he didn’t mind. He opened his own phone and once again clicked into Jiang Mo’s livestream. The camera covering the desk was still blocked, but this time, there were frequent sounds of mouse clicks and keyboard presses.
Chi Yu immediately thought that Jiang Mo was playing a game.
Jian Mo’s livestream hadn’t started, so he didn’t know what had happened in between. A few days ago, he had just over 100,000 followers, but suddenly it had surpassed 300,000 without going live. The chat channel in the livestream room could still receive messages.
A few people sent some gifts in the livestream room, and occasionally, there were some fan messages.
[“Bad person, you secretly duo with Xie Ning without livestreaming!”]
[“Xiao Jieba, sis misses you. Without you, sis couldn’t sleep well these past few days!”]
Chi Yu furrowed his brow and irritably clicked into Xie Ning’s livestream. The Spring Split had already started, and SVP won their first match. The next match would be in a week. Xie Ning was casually livestreaming, and at the moment, she was duoing with Moo.
When Jiang Mo first started playing on the Korean server, his account was too low-ranked to duo with Xie Ning’s high-ranked account. They could only duo when they returned to the Chinese server. Chi Yu had been happy for several days because of this, but in just a few days,
Jiang Mo’s account had reached Diamond, enough to duo with Xie Ning’s high-ranked account.
Half of the people in Xie Ning’s livestream room didn’t know about Jiang Mo’s account. Seeing the name “Moo,” they all expressed their confusion.
[“Isn’t this the expert who brutally defeated LPL professional players?”]
[“I haven’t been online for a few days. Did I miss something big?”]
[“NG’s Xu Li, RAG’s Xu Ta and Gao Ze, and PG’s Lull were all defeated by him.”]
[“A few games in ranked can’t prove anything. Don’t hype him up so much. Even the world champion has lost to many ordinary players.”]
[“I’m not bragging. He really destroyed them. There were videos posted on M Station. If you don’t believe it, go watch it yourself!”]
[“I was there personally, and this Moo does have some skills. Xie Ning even praised him publicly.”]
The audience was passionately discussing Jiang Mo, and seeing others praise Jiang Mo, Chi Yu felt even prouder than Jiang Mo himself. Suddenly, Xie Ning’s voice broke in, shattering Chi Yu’s good mood.
“Big brother, your little brother is being bullied, wuwuwu, come and save me quickly!”
Xie Ning and Jiang Mo were connected on voice chat, but Jiang Mo couldn’t speak, so he could only type in the public chat.
[Moo: Shut up!]
“Wuwuwu, I won’t shut up. The enemy jungler is targeting me because they think I’m an easy target. I don’t care, come and help me get revenge. If you don’t come, I’ll keep calling for you.”
[Moo: Stop calling, I’m coming.]
“I knew it, big bro~ you’re the best.”
[“Damn, haven’t seen him in a few days, why is this guy acting so cocky?”]
[“Is this the same braindead streamer who 1v2’d against the PG team yesterday? Did he hire a substitute or change his style?”]
Jiang Mo secured the blue buff and followed the agreement to go to the top lane. The enemy jungler recognized Xie Ning’s ID and frequently targeted the top lane. Xie Ning narrowly escaped this gank, but he was left with less than fifty health and had to recall.
In the brush, Nidalee1 accurately landed a predictive spear on the enemy top laner’s major artery. A combo of abilities took down the enemy top laner, and then she engaged in a fight with the enemy jungler, utilizing the vision from the brush and her own minions. She secured a double kill.
[“666, they always say Nidalee’s Q is mainly for zoning the enemy’s movement, but I’ve never seen a spear so accurate.”]
Xie Ning: “Wuwuwu, big brother is so handsome, he’s making my legs weak.”
[Moo: Shut up!]
[“Master, you’re so cold, but that’s the kind of style a master should have. @Xie Ning, learn from him, okay?”]
[“Hahaha, an old fan wants to say that he’s not actually cold, he’s a super cute little brother.”]
[“Impossible.”]
[“It’s true, go and follow his livestream room at xxx, Jieba’s Room. He took a few days off, and you’ll know when he comes back!”]
[“Have you noticed that Xie Ning and Stutterer are a perfect match! I love watching them bicker!”]
As these bullet comments flashed before him, Chi Yu threw his phone onto the table. He ran his fingers through his disheveled hair and let his drooping eyelids hang.
He really needed to think carefully.
“Big brother, he’s bullying me again, come and help me~” Xie Ning’s voice still echoed.
But until he figured things out, he didn’t want to suppress himself.
Chi Yu picked up his phone again and opened WeChat to message MOMO.
[CY: I’m not in a good mood.]
Chi Yu didn’t know how Jiang Mo could play games and type at the same time, but he immediately received a reply from Jiang Mo, which made him feel somewhat relieved.
[MOMO: What’s wrong?]
[CY: I’ve encountered an employee who doesn’t listen.]
[MOMO: You’re the boss, if he doesn’t listen, you can fire him.]
[CY: It’s not that serious yet.]
[MOMO: Big brother, you’re so kind, you’ll end up being taken advantage of.]
The corners of Chi Yu’s lips curled up as he felt something soft caressing his heart.
Tonight, Jiang Mo should be the one feeling sad, but Jiang Mo wasn’t as fragile as he imagined. Jiang Mo was easy to please, and the simple gaming world could uplift him. He even came to comfort Chi Yu. That’s what Chi Yu admired most about Jiang Mo.
[CY: Maybe he just thinks I’m an easy target to bully.]
[MOMO: You need to find a way to deal with him.]
[CY: Do you have any good ideas?]
[MOMO: Put on the boss’s airs, be strict with him! Make things difficult for him! Make him do all the dirty and tiring work!]
[MOMO: It’s best not to make him work overtime, and you should pay him overtime if he does.]
If Jiang Mo were the boss, he would probably be an exploitative and stingy boss.
Chi Yu thought to himself, amused.
[CY: I’m not in a good mood. Can you play a couple of games with me?]
He didn’t ask if Jiang Mo was available right now, as he knew Jiang Mo was currently playing in a duo with Xie Ning.
“Not playing anymore? Didn’t we agree to play until midnight? You liar!” Xie Ning’s complaints came from the background of the livestream room through his phone.
Chi Yu quickly opened Xie Ning’s livestream room. The game had already ended, and there was a message from Moo in the in-game chat.
[Moo: Got something to do.]
“What’s the matter?”
Xie Ning’s question didn’t receive a reply, but Chi Yu received a timely response from Jiang Mo instead.
[MOMO: Log in.]
Chi Yu’s eyes and eyebrows curved up as he opened his computer and replied to Jiang Mo’s message.
[CY: I’m here~]
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lmao no one can beat empress chi you 🤣