Chapter 60 – Hit Back
The HT team’s official hasn’t started dealing with the online war sparked by the Weibo post yet, but DCT took action first.
Liang Feng defended his cub and couldn’t bear to see his own child being bullied.
[DCT Esports Club]:
HT team’s Qiu Mo, bgrc. [Grinning]
[Repost: Handshake video after the regular season match between DCT and HT]
After posting, feeling refreshed, Liang Feng turned his head and saw Lin Xingling. He greeted him with a guilty conscience, “Hello?”
“Little brat, not angry? Yet you’re stepping into muddy waters.”
Lin Xingling took his phone and looked at it, sighing helplessly. “He actually used the official team account to respond. The rhythm has already been set.”
This matter is far from over.
Liang Feng clicked his tongue and took back his phone. “You really don’t understand. Even if Cheng Che isn’t really angry… he doesn’t want us to ignore this matter.”
Seeing Lin Xingling’s confused expression, Liang Feng explained, “Which child doesn’t like being favored, being protected?”
Should he still let him be ignored like when he was in the TG team?
“But still…”
“Why not?” Liang Feng patted his shoulder and said, “Qiu Mo is clearly targeting Xiao Che… If we don’t retaliate, it makes our team’s cub an easy target, you know?”
Lin Xingling chuckled in exasperation. “I’m just saying, don’t respond using the official account… it’s not necessary.”
“Why not? I’m happy to stand up for my team members,” Liang Feng said. “Besides, everyone knows I’m in charge of the official account. It doesn’t matter. It’s not like it’s capital, no need for indirect methods.”
“Remember, DCT is not just a team, it’s also our family…”
And everyone inside is your younger brother, you know?
“Tsk…”
Lin Xingling muttered with suspicion.
“We only have one person researching BP strategies and five people competing, no PR or management. Don’t worry so much.”
…
This way of handling PR crises is very clear. The comment section of the official account was filled with applauding messages.
There were also some unique comments:
[Clear, give Weibo back to Teacher Feng. [Laughing and crying emoji]]
[Che Che, you dialed the wrong number]
[I’ll directly screenshot it and give it to Coach Sharp as evidence, 500 bucks, case closed. [Jester emoji]]
At this time, Clear was still eating noodles, completely unaware of everything happening online.
Until Lin Xingling approached, he was still eating.
Sleepy and hungry, he took a bite and squinted his eyes.
“Little brat?”
Being called by him, he took another bite of noodles, looking as if it was difficult to eat.
Lin Xingling sat down and reached for his chopsticks, picking up some noodles to feed him.
“Open your mouth.”
“Ah…” Cheng Che opened his mouth with narrowed eyes, revealing two blunt little tiger teeth.
For some reason, Lin Xingling really wanted to touch those teeth, even though they didn’t look sharp, but he didn’t know if they were… If they were, he should buy him some teething biscuits.
…Let it be, let Cheng Che remain ignorant for now.
Cheng Che didn’t know, Cheng Che only knew that someone feeding him meant he could save his own hands.
Lin Xingling used a spoon to feed him soup, some of which spilled out from the corner of his mouth. He wiped it with a tissue.
“Is your stomach feeling better now?”
“Mhm… mhm…” Cheng Che nodded vaguely. After eating, he persistently asked Lin Xingling to carry him.
Carrying him back to the room, putting him on the bed, and still wanting to eat candy.
His stomach was uncomfortable, and the noodles didn’t taste good. There was a slight bitter taste in his mouth… He didn’t feel well, feeling sick.
“Eat some osmanthus candy?” Lin Xingling took out two white candies wrapped in paper from his pocket.
Cheng Che shook his head and said he wanted to eat different candies.
“Alright, alright, let me find… Liu Ying has milk candy, but you don’t like milk. Xiao Pei has peppermint candy, but you probably don’t like that either… I’ll go find Xiao You, he has plenty of lollipop.”
While Lin Xingling went to find candy, Cheng Che, with a gloomy expression, picked up his phone from the table and opened Weibo.
He had a premonition that something would happen.
Sure enough, although his sarcastic Weibo post about Qiu Mo didn’t trend, it had a considerable amount of attention.
The rhythm of the fan circle was evenly divided between Lian Rong and Clear… That statement is an eternal truth.
He knew all of this, but what surprised him was that Brother Feng actually used the official account to clap back for him.
Cheng Che’s mood: Happiness came too suddenly.
That child who always takes on difficulties on his own gradually broke free from being looked down upon and ignored, becoming someone who is now being taken seriously by everyone and becoming a happy child.
But as the league’s number one trash-talker… Clear couldn’t stay silent.
Tang Li can’t represent Qiu Mo, and no matter how good Tang Li’s attitude is, it doesn’t matter… Cheng Che won’t argue with Qiu Mo, but he won’t forgive him either.
There was a repost in the comments section of DCT’s official Weibo account.
[DCT-Clear (repost with comment): Shouldn’t have done this]
Bgrc, it shouldn’t have been like this.
…The benefit of saying this is that it satisfies the desire of their own team to stand up for themselves and sarcastically mocks the opposing Qiu Mo.
—You say I’m just like this, and I say you shouldn’t have done this.
I should have grace, but I should also express my anger.
Regarding Cheng Che’s actions, the Moon Sisters, who were worried that Clear would start a fight with the opposing team, breathed a sigh of relief:
Well done, Cub!
Lin Xingling, who came back with candy, said, “Cub, have some candy.”
Cheng Che handed him the phone and said, “Look, the issue is resolved.”
“Shouldn’t have done this… That’s a great statement!” Lin Xingling expressed pride in their well-behaved kid.
Clear’s fans settled down, and HT didn’t provide any explanation. Qiu Mo’s farce was mysteriously resolved in the end.
There were no matches scheduled from Monday to Wednesday.
At 6 p.m. on the 15th, Cheng Che started his livestream as usual, playing peak games, eating, and continuing to play peak games.
Clear got a triple kill as jungle Yao, and his teammate Zhang Liang played a game to mess around, saying “bgrc.”
The barrage was filled with laughter.
After this game, Cheng Che opened Zhang Liang’s profile… Oh, goodness, it was the cold river that was being spammed in the barrage.
Cheng Che opened the chat interface with him and sent a period.
FG-Han Chuan: …
Suddenly, someone in the livestream sent the highest-quality gift.
Cheng Che didn’t pay any attention to him and read out the sender’s ID, “Thanks to ID ‘Che Che, hurry up and roll in bed with Star Daddy’… Huh? What the hell is this?”
[“This thing expresses my thoughts”]
[“F*ck, he’s just a kid”]
[“You should listen to his advice, he’s doing it for your own good [jester emoji]”]
The sender of the gift: [“Hehehe”]
They immediately changed their ID to “this thing.”
Cheng Che frowned, annoyed, and explained to them once again, “Me and, and the captain are just… just ordinary… good teammates, please stop…”
The golden barrage from the top three big shots caught his attention:
[“What if Stars doesn’t feel that way?”]
Stars wouldn’t, he likes well-behaved ones, even if it’s him, Stars wouldn’t like me… Thinking like this, Cheng Che felt a bit insecure.
The golden-powdered barrage from Rank 2: [“Exactly”]
“You all… keep saying that Stars doesn’t…” Cheng Che gritted his teeth and didn’t say anything more.
They’re all big spenders, spending so much money…
One of the top listers came out and caused a commotion among several top listers.
Rank 4: [“Stars doesn’t like you?”]
Rank 5: [“I think so too, this annoying little brother is too cocky, Stars probably can’t handle him~ [jester emoji]”]
Rank 6: [“Why are you always livestreaming in the training room? Don’t you have equipment in your room? [questioning emoji]”]
Cheng Che selectively answered the questions.
“Room… I’m with the captain, can’t…”
Rank 6: [“Why?]
“Because… I don’t want to disturb his rest. (Clear)”
Rank 6: [“You care so much about him, does he care about you?]
Rank 5: [“Does Stars know that you care about him so much?]
Rank 4: [“Simping, just like Wu You”]
…
Several top listers immediately started teasing the streamer, diverting the topic. Regular viewers in the livestream followed suit and watched the commotion.
Cheng Che was left speechless by their questions, so he decided not to continue the game. “What should I do… to prove that Stars… to prove that he cares about me? Tell me!!!”
Lin Xingling definitely cares about him…
Rank 3: [“How about this? I see that you have an intimate relationship with Xiao Ying. Why don’t you also establish one with Stars?]
“I’ll do it! (Clear)”
Rank 2: [“Wait!”]
Rank 2: [“Best friends can bind up to five tags, but if you have the guts, bind the couple tag. It’ll be unique.”]
Rank 4: [“Yeah, being unique is what it means to care.]
Cheng Che found it unreliable. “The couple tag… isn’t it only… only for couples to use?”
In fact, it can also be used between good friends, but Cheng Che was afraid that Stars wouldn’t think that way. If he got rejected… to be honest, Cheng Che wasn’t very confident.
Rank 5: [“No, look at Han Chuan. He bound the couple tag with his coach Ice. Can you say they’re a couple?”]
Rank 5: [“They’re just good friends [thumbs up emoji]”]
After reading the barrage, Cheng Che clicked on Han Chuan’s profile and opened the intimate relationship page. As Fifth place said, Han Chuan had bound the couple tag with Coach Ice.
“Well, then… I’ll go ask the captain…”
Rank 6: [“Wait, you still have vacant spots in your other intimate relationships. What if Stars asks you to bind another relationship?”]
Cheng Che, with a slightly foolish expression, asked, “What should I do?”
Rank 2: [“Just bind the other relationship tags~”]
Rank 5: [“Little brother, bind the best friend tag with me!”]
Rank 5 brothers threatened to send gifts worth tens of thousands of yuan.
Cheng Che: “I… I can’t do that. Binding with you is enough.”
He had bound one with his best friend Liu Ying, leaving four spots. He hadn’t bound the “brother for life” or “best friend” tags, leaving ten spots.
Finding fourteen people…
Apart from teammates, the first person Cheng Che thought of was Hanchuan, who was currently not in a game.
[DCT-Clear has requested to be your best friend]
Han Chuan was showing off his cup noodles when he was startled by the message projected on the computer screen from his phone.
Han Chuan: Meow meow meow?
“The sun really came out from underground.” Han Chuan clicked “Agree” and sent a message to Cheng Che in the game: Did your account get stolen?
[“While his account is stolen, bind the best friend tag with him [winking emoji]”]
[“Clear: He says no, but his body is honest as hell”]
[“Chuan Er, hahaha”]
The other person replied: Your dad is doing well.
FG-Han Chuan: ???
After a few minutes, the other person replied: My account was just stolen, but I recovered it.
[“《Account Theft》”]
[“This is hilarious, you two love and kill each other”]
[“The coldness goes right to the bone!!! (Of course, I’m snacking on Xingchenchengche)”]
[FG-Han Chuan: Do you think I’m stupid?]
[DCT-Clear: [Dumbfounded]]
…
The atmosphere in both livestreams suddenly became lively due to Clear’s playful actions.
With fifteen spots, Liu Ying, best friend Rank 5, and best friend Han Chuan… Cheng Che counted and said, “We still need… twelve more people. I’ll go find… find Wu You.”
[“Mission Impossible”]
[“Cheng Cheng, go for it!!!”]
[“We’ll just sit back and watch how the little brother finds people”]
Author’s note:
Will Cheng Che be able to bind the couple tag with Stars in the next chapter?