LOL: The Joy of Being a Chinese Mid-Laner in the LCK
Chapter 9

Scolded Too Harshly, Xiaohu Completely Overheated

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The two RNG fans duo queuing bot lane saw Xiaohu speak again and quickly followed up with their own comments.

[damengyichang]: "Bro, that's Xiaohu, RNG's mid laner Xiaohu, give up the position."

[aqcft]: "Holy crap! The enemy mid laner is Letme? Bro, seriously, give up the position, let Master Hu have a mid lane solo with Emperor Rang."

The mid laner still hadn't replied.

[damengyichang]: "Bro? Asleep? He's really Xiaohu, I'm watching his stream."

[aqcft]: "You can't beat Emperor Rang, let Xiaohu play. He's stable and can carry, don't you want to climb ranks?"

[damengyichang]: "Xiaohu, why don't you just pick it? He might have gone to the restroom, he'll definitely give you the position when he comes back and sees this."

[aqcft]: "What's wrong with this guy? I just checked his match history, it's all losses. With this skill level, he's not giving up the position? He's looking for death?"

[damengyichang]: "This person isn't an actor, right? His match history is all red, he won't give up the position, and he won't say a word."

[aqcft]: "He might actually be one. Anyway, I've reported him. If he's an actor, he'll be banned soon."

Seeing their mid laner remain silent, the two RNG fans became a bit angry and even started checking the match history of the player in the mid lane.

Xiaohu watched and felt secretly pleased. Of course, he wouldn't openly criticize this person along with these two fans. He said generously, "Alright, alright, if he's not giving it up, then so be it. It's the same playing against Yan Junze next game. Maybe this brother really has some skills. Yan Junze, be careful."

"Hahaha!"

Letme's disdainful laughter came from the side.

The RNG fans in Xiaohu's stream, who couldn't stand it anymore, all unleashed their skills, some searching match history, some cursing, some reporting.

"This is an actor!"

"Definitely an actor! He started playing ten days ago, with more losses than wins. Tell me, what else could he be?"

"He suddenly started playing ranked ten days ago, tsk tsk! Whose account is this from, which big director?"

"Reported, reported."

"Ran into an actor, so unlucky!"

"..."

Just then, a fourth person's message appeared on the in-game public chat.

[MinnaaQAQ]: "You two, that's enough. It's none of your business if someone doesn't want to switch positions. Do you need to wag your tails like dogs and scream hysterically? So what if he's a pro player? He's not your dad, you don't need to fawn over him like this."

[MinnaaQAQ]: "Also, has fabricating facts out of thin air completely become an RNG tradition? From the club down to the fans, you're all getting better and better. Not giving up a position means you're an actor? Are your brains really okay?"

Since the people in Xiaohu's stream were also staring intently at the chat box when they were calling the mid laner an actor, the moment the fourth person spoke, everyone immediately noticed.

First, they were slightly stunned, and second, they were collectively enraged!

"Damn! What is this son of a bitch saying?"

"Who's the dog here? Could this person be the actor, and he's lashing out in anger after we exposed him?"

"RNG hater? Could it be a Yan fan? I remember Yan fans speaking like this during the early days of that ungrateful wretch's downfall, it was particularly outrageous."

"He's getting anxious, anxious! The actor is anxious! He started getting anxious before we even said anything about him, haha!"

"Encountered two actors in one game, this is incredibly unlucky!"

All the viewers in Xiaohu's stream were furious, trembling with anger from these two messages.

Of course, no matter what, they seemed to be intentionally ignoring the part where [minnaaQAQ] said "He's not your dad, you don't need to fawn over him like this," because they didn't know how to respond to it. They felt guilty, very guilty.

The two RNG fans duo queuing bot lane were the most enraged. They both spoke simultaneously, directly spewing curses at [minnaaQAQ] with extremely foul language.

Xiaohu watched indifferently. Seeing the fourth speaker being completely torn apart by the insults, he sneered inwardly.

Of course, on the surface, he still pretended to mediate, typing, "Alright, alright, I don't need the position anymore. Let that brother play mid, I have no objections."

Under the combined attack from [damengyichang] and [aqcft], the fourth person, who seemed to have fallen silent again, finally spoke up once more.

[MinnaaQAQ]: "You have no objections? Then why should you have any objections? Play whatever you get. That mid laner bro got his position and is playing his position, when did he need your commentary?"

The temperature on Xiaohu's face instantly rose, a flush spreading from his neck upwards, until his entire face was somewhat red.

However, concerning his stream, Xiaohu didn't dare to openly argue with this person and ruin the image he had painstakingly built.

He forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, put on a smile, and said, "This brother has quite a temper. Alright, it was my fault, I apologize to him. Don't be mad, let's play the game properly."

After saying that, Xiaohu typed, "Since you know you're brainless and don't know how to speak, then speak less. Also, you're apologizing to me? The person you should apologize to the most is the mid laner who inexplicably suffered this disaster. As for playing the game properly, if you had shut up and spoken less earlier, and made your idiotic fans shut up earlier, no one would have had trouble playing the game."

The temperature on Xiaohu's face rose even higher. He cursed the top laner in his heart a million times, as foul as could be, gritting his teeth.

Aggressive!

The key was that this person's insults were reasonable. He had no angle to forcibly defend himself, which was the most infuriating part!

[MinnaaQAQ]: "Also, a friendly reminder, what the hell is 'me can mid'? Read it out loud, does it make sense? As for 'I pro, can C', who gave you the courage to 'C'? Do you even have a clue what role you play in the team?"

Xiaohu's temperature instantly shot up to its highest point, his face turning extremely red. He felt the anger in his chest could no longer be contained and he was about to black out his screen to type a response.

Suddenly, the game ended. Because the opponent's last player didn't select a hero, this game ended without a conclusion.

Xiaohu looked at the barrage of comments in his stream angrily cursing [minnaaQAQ], and his anger finally subsided a little.

"Just a clown."

Xiaohu tried to comfort himself, but for some reason, he felt a sense of unease deep down.

One reason was that this [minnaaQAQ] had been incredibly aggressive with their insults. Another was that their every word seemed to hit the mark, full of sharp insight, striking at the most painful parts of his heart.

This person seemed inexplicably familiar with him, meaning they knew him very well, even understanding him inside and out.

Just as Xiaohu was about to ponder this further, a new game lobby was found. The moment he accepted, Letme's shout came from beside him, "Holy crap, Li Yuanhao, we got matched together?"

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