Xu Cheng clicked to view the full-size image and studied it carefully for two minutes before exclaiming in surprise:
[Big Sis, they're much bigger than before! (surprised)]
[Hehe (smug), but still not as big as Shuang Shuang's. Sigh.]
[Cheng Cheng]: "Not at all! Shuang Shuang's are only a little bigger. Anyway, they all look great. I'm so envious!"
[Xiao Yu Doesn't Eat Fish]: "(whack)(whack) What's there to envy, young lady? You'll have them someday too!"
The two of them were chatting about the sort of boudoir talk girls only shared in private when the small group chat suddenly started buzzing nonstop.
Xu Cheng left the chat with the wealthy sponsor whose contact name was [Jade Bodhisattva], then opened the small group named [Female Bodhisattvas].
The group was ablaze with excitement, practically blowing up.
[Rita Gaming Chair]: "Ladies! Who watched the stream today? Data Monster was so strong!"
[Shuang Shuang Zi]: "I'm right there at the event, reporting live. He was so strong I nearly lost my mind, okay! My god! His Thresh was top-tier!"
[Hunchback Not Carrying]: "Of course I watched. He really was strong. And Data Monster's already famous! The traffic is insane; he's all over Tieba's trending posts. I'm so jealous!"
[Xiao Yu Doesn't Eat Fish]: "What the hell are you jealous of? He might go pro someday. With that kind of popularity, he's guaranteed to be a future star. What's the point of a host like you being jealous?"
[Rita Gaming Chair]: "She's probably jealous of his traffic and popularity. But honestly, Data Monster really did blow up this time. One match turned him from some unknown solo-queue player into a star in the scene."
[Shuang Shuang Zi]: "That's not all. So far, four clubs have asked me about Data Monster, and one of them is a top-tier powerhouse... These pro teams are already making their moves!"
The person everyone in the group was talking about was Data Monster, who'd just shown his talent for the first time tonight.
Or rather, the whole Esports Circle was talking about him now, all over Tieba.
Of course, a god-tier player like that was far out of their reach. After chatting about him for a while, Yu Shuang changed the subject:
[Hey, why's Cheng Cheng so quiet today?]
Xu Cheng was idly scrolling through the various photos the Female Bodhisattvas had posted in the group that day. Seeing the message, he agreed without even looking up:
[I'm watching you big sisters chat. Wow, there are people this strong in the world?]
Xiao Yu must have really watched the stream, and she clearly admired that absurdly talented young player whose skill was leagues above everyone else's.
Seeing her sweet little sister say that, she immediately perked up!
[Xiao Yu Doesn't Eat Fish]: "Right? He's terrifying. And his playstyle is completely unlike a normal person's. That ability to keep track of data—I'm utterly impressed! And... and..."
[Shuang Shuang Zi]: "What a shame, Cheng Cheng. You're a girl. With your talent and skill, you could go pro too. Then you wouldn't be short on money."
"Huh?"
Xu Cheng hadn't even finished reading Xiao Yu's long string of messages when that line made every hair on his body stand on end!
[Cheng Cheng]: "Ahaha, Cheng Cheng's happy as long as she's with you ladies... Anyway, I've got something to take care of. I'll come back and cuddle up with you big sisters later~!"
After sending that, he immediately left the group chat, afraid the conversation would veer back to the whole male-or-female issue.
"Damn it, is it easy for me to earn a little money or what?"
Xu Cheng sighed deeply.
He knew people would misunderstand his behavior, but it didn't matter. He'd get blamed either way.
To keep the big sisters from getting upset, he'd practically gone as far as dressing up as a girl himself. What did he have to feel guilty about?
He shook his head, put all that out of his mind, and quietly saved the pictures. When he looked up again, his eyes were clear and calm, not a ripple of emotion in sight!
Over the next few days, Xu Cheng went about his life as usual, quietly and peacefully.
The only thing that bothered him a little was that, ever since that last match, people kept adding him as a friend.
It made him wonder whether he'd run into some streamer during that match.
After all, a game at that level should have been enough to catch the attention of streamers who played in high-elo matches, right?
Of course, the requests came sporadically, and some people only sent one.
What creeped Xu Cheng out most was that creep with the ID [Openly in Love] kept harassing him like crazy for days on end.
When his main account got blocked, he used an alternate. When that one was blocked, he moved on to another alt...
His persistence was enough to move anyone who heard about it and bring tears to the eyes of anyone who saw it.
It was also incredibly annoying.
That weekend.
Xu Cheng sat at his computer. After finishing a match, he stared at the friend request that popped up yet again—
[Openly in Love] had requested to add him as a friend.
Fifteen accounts now!
Xu Cheng suddenly grew curious.
What kind of force could make someone switch through fifteen accounts just to harass him?
His cursor passed over the button, and at last, he clicked accept.
"Holy crap! He accepted! Ming Kai, he accepted!!"
War Flag livestream.
Factory Director was slumped over his desk. The team assistant beside him saw the notification and, at first, thought he must have read it wrong.
But after rubbing his eyes and checking carefully, the assistant burst into tears!
The big shot had finally accepted the friend request!
Factory Director, who'd been asleep, jolted upright as if on his deathbed!
He shot awake. "Accepted?! Did he accept?!"
"He did!!"
"Holy crap!"
The usually shrewd and unflappable Factory Director felt like he was about to burst into tears—
A whole week!
An entire week!
Heaven knew how he'd made it through.
At first, he'd figured the other guy would reject him two or three times, then stop clicking out of embarrassment.
Who knew the other guy would actually stop clicking in the end—by simply ignoring his friend requests!
For a whole week.
He'd been thinking about it day and night.
If anyone could confidently claim to know Xu Cheng's online schedule and habits best during this time, it was Factory Director. He knew them better than Xu Cheng himself!
No one understood Data Monster better than him!
"He finally accepted... Damn it, what kind of torture have I been through?"
Factory Director glanced at the flood of comments and felt a little aggrieved.
For an entire week, he'd put all his streams on hold, and the other guy still hadn't added him. Today, he'd dragged his exhausted self through the day, and the other guy finally accepted the friend request.
Had he done it by accident, or on purpose?
[Openly in Love]: "Bro, you finally added me!"
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "Spit it out. What exactly are you after?"
Seeing those words, seeing that ID reply to him, Factory Director felt unexpectedly flattered!
He hated how pathetic he was acting. He wanted to slap himself twice.
Damn it, had he gotten used to being emotionally manipulated or what?
[Openly in Love]: "Um, I don't mean anything by it. I'm really not a scammer... I just want to ask you one thing: do you want to go pro?"
After sending that message, Ming Kai waited for a reply, full of anticipation.
He believed that after a whole week, the other guy must surely understand how sincere he was, how wholehearted his intentions were!
As the saying went, dripping water could pierce stone, and grinding a pestle could turn it into a needle.
Even hard stone could be worn through by droplets of water, and even a pestle could be ground down into a fine needle.
Surely the other guy wasn't harder than stone or tougher than a pestle?
His heart pounding with excitement, he waited, but the other side still didn't reply.
Factory Director's fragile nerves tightened instinctively, and his heart began pounding faster...
No... no way...
Buzz.
Just as he was about to lose it, a message arrived—
Factory Director's tears of excitement spilled over. He hurriedly looked!
[Bro! We're rich now!]: "V me 50."
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