Xie Zhou looked embarrassed. "I meant, he's such a decent person that he probably wouldn't date just because he was lonely, and he wouldn't be that much of a player."
Ji Shan laughed, looking at him in disbelief. "How are you so innocent?"
"Do you know how many men and women shout about wanting to sleep with people like them every single day? Especially someone who looks like Du Zhou. He can take his pick of good-looking people from his DMs. Some of them switch partners every month, but none of that matters. If you're good at the game, who can say anything?"
Xie Zhou frowned. "But if that's the case, wouldn't people stop being fans once they found out the person they liked was a scumbag?"
"What's there to worry about? Someone will always like them," Ji Shan said carelessly. "How many rich people don't mess around? Everyone knows it without saying it. You'll get used to it."
"Who was that guy from OL before? He wasn't even as good-looking as me, but he still slept with fans and cheated. Later, he broke the law and went to prison, and there were still loads of people online insisting he'd been wronged."
Xie Zhou felt a weight settle in his chest, but he still couldn't help speaking up for Pei Zhengdu. "But I believe Du Zhou isn't that kind of person."
Ji Shan shrugged. "Who knows? Anyway, I only watch him for his skills. As long as those don't decline, nothing else has anything to do with me."
Xie Zhou fell silent, helplessness welling up in his chest.
That weekend, Pei Zhengdu had only just finished a match the day before, but today he said he was coming to see him.
They met outside campus. Seeing how listless Xie Zhou