"Want some noodles?"
Su Nuan's words carried no special meaning. She was simply hungry and wanted some noodles.
However, to everyone else, they sounded completely different.
After all, eating noodles was a delicate matter. Did she mean eating the top noodles or the bottom noodles?
Instant noodles?
Or eating the inside?
There was a lot to unpack there. The others were speechless, but... what could they say about it? Was she not allowed to eat noodles?
In the end, the referee coughed dryly and said, "Please proceed with the next step. Please..."
"What other step is there?"
Zz1tai said, "The post-match handshake. No, wait... it's been changed to a post-match fist bump."
"Huh? Why was it changed?"
"Well..."
Zz1tai could not answer that question either. While he hesitated, Chen Yi answered, "It's not a big deal. One player smeared snot on his hand just to disgust his opponent, and then... you get what I mean, right?"
"That's disgusting!"
Su Nuan was startled when she heard that.
What kind of person did that?
But when she thought of the fist-bumping gesture, she immediately asked, "Then now..."
"Don't worry. Most fist bumps are just for show. There's usually some distance between them, so they don't actually touch. Don't worry."
"Then all right..."
And so... they went.
Perhaps because it was her first time, Su Nuan was a little nervous.
The game was one thing.
Being there in person was another.
Thus, she once again grabbed onto her only support—Chen Yi. Before, she had at most tugged on his sleeve, but for some reason, she now preferred holding his hand.
How should she put it?
Holding hands felt safer than tugging on a sleeve.
More importantly, Su Nuan had gotten used to it. She might still have felt shy the first one or two times, but after the third or fourth, it no longer seemed like a big deal.
Over on OMG's side, the players were somewhat dejected.
"We lost!"
"We got crushed."
"But it's fine. It was only a regular-season match. So what if we lost?"
"Exactly!"
Once those words were spoken, many people nodded.
But it was true that they were in a bad mood.
Only when the Snake players came over did they force smiles onto their faces—smiles uglier than crying. They felt especially ashamed when they saw Su Nuan.
They had been defeated by a girl!
And not just any girl, but a shy, soft, and adorable one. How could that not be embarrassing?
They did not even quite dare to look at Su Nuan's face, so Xiao Wu lowered his head. There was nothing unusual about that at first, but after lowering his head, he saw the state Chen Yi and Su Nuan were in.
He was instantly stunned.
He looked up at Chen Yi, then at their joined hands.
Then he looked at Su Nuan again.
He exploded on the spot.
Fuck!
Winning the match and showing off his victory was one thing, but why was Chen Yi showing off his romance too?
[ Ding! ]
[ Xiao Wu's dog-food value +2! ]
When the notification appeared, Chen Yi was a little surprised. Until now, he had only ever received one point at most, but now he had actually gotten two.
The number did not seem large.
But compared with one, that was double, wasn't it?
Could it be because they were closer?
He did not understand.
Still, they completed the final procedure and then left.
The match was over!
The winners had the right to enjoy the stage, while the losers could only slink away dejectedly. However, Xiao Wu kept staring in the direction Chen Yi had gone.
Seriously!
He was gritting his teeth with hatred.
Xi Yang asked in confusion, "Xiao Wu, what are you doing? Why do you look like you ate a dead fly?"
"Damn it! The opponents are too much. They came over holding hands."
Xi Yang said, "Well... it's just holding hands. Is that really such a big deal?"
"You don't understand!"
"????"
Xi Yang was utterly baffled. What was it that he did not understand?
Soon, Leng Shao coughed dryly and said, "Xiao Wu just broke up recently, so... it's normal for him to be hostile toward couples."
"So what if I broke up? I broke up too!"
"What if... she took Xiao Wu's money and used it to support her boyfriend?"
"????"
Wait, wait, wait!
Xi Yang felt that his brain was not keeping up.
Xiao Wu?
Girlfriend?
Boyfriend?
But after sorting it out, Xi Yang's gaze toward Xiao Wu filled with sympathy. If that was really what had happened, then his attitude was understandable.
And once this match ended, the topic surrounding Snake exploded.
Forums!
Tieba!
Weibo!
The posts that had once questioned them online had now mostly been deleted. Quite a few female players had even begun treating Su Nuan as their role model.
Look!
Girls could be amazing too.
Not only could they play in professional matches, but their performance could be excellent as well.
But the funniest part... was Chen Yi.
When someone had previously revealed that Chen Yi was going to play professionally, many people had refused to believe it. Some had even created a self-discipline thread. At first, everyone had merely been there to watch the fun.
But now they realized...
The fun had come back to bite them.
Some people had even started counting from the day Chen Yi was born. The resulting scene was incredibly awkward.
Some deleted their posts, while others disappeared entirely.
However, even if the posts were deleted, someone had saved screenshots. They even began searching for the owners of the IDs mentioned above, making the whole scene incredibly lively.
It was lively here!
And it was just as lively elsewhere.
After winning the match, the players returned to the lounge.
As for Su Nuan, Manager Wu naturally pulled her over for a hug. The two of them shared a dorm, so they were naturally very close. They even slept in the same bed.
Now that Su Nuan had achieved such an excellent result,
Manager Wu was happier than anyone.
Manager Wu said, "As expected of my precious girl. You're amazing..."
"Sister Qian, I..."
Su Nuan was somewhat embarrassed. She did not know what to do for a moment—whether she should break free or not. In the end, she chose to ask for help once again!
And who else could she ask for help besides Chen Yi?
"Sister Qian..."
When Chen Yi spoke, Su Nuan's eyes lit up.
As expected, he was the reliable one.
But then Chen Yi spoke with complete seriousness. "Xiao Nuan isn't yours. She's mine!"
"????"
Su Nuan felt terrible as soon as he said it. At a time like this, he was still joking?
Yet that joke seemed to work. After hearing it, Manager Wu let go and said, "Fine, fine, take her! I'm not trying to steal her from you."
The moment Manager Wu released her, Su Nuan fled and then curled up behind Chen Yi like a little cat.
Su Nuan was helpless about it too. Throughout their time together, she had always insisted that she and Chen Yi were not a couple, merely ordinary friends.
But seeing her act like this, did she really believe that herself?
Manager Wu certainly did not.
But this was not the time to ask about it. After a short rest, the match entered its final stage: the post-match interview.
It was an opportunity to become famous quickly. Many players had competed for a long time without gaining any popularity, only to become famous across the internet because of one ordinary post-match interview.
So post-match interviews were a good thing.
Only this time, the interviewees had been specifically chosen. As for who they were?
Of course...
It was Su Nuan and Chen Yi.
With such a perfect debut, if they did not go, who else would?
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