Following the match, Jian Rong was absent-minded the entire night. After acting as a charity donor in the Summoners Rift for an evening, he decided to just simply power off his computer and go downstairs to wait for Lu Boyuan to return.

Then he turned on the match recording as an accompaniment and fervently argued with people on Tieba for three hours straight. However, the commentators voices coming from the TV were too sleep-inducing, and all the people trading insults with him on Tieba were also fairly useless, always throwing out the same two or three phrases, unable to come up with anything new. As he threw out insult after insult, he eventually fell asleep.

After the weight on his mind was lifted, Jian Rong came out of the shower and let out an extremely long sigh.

Even though he was also very unhappy about the fine, at least it wasnt a competition ban.

He casually rubbed his hair a few times before he spotted from the corner of his eye the jacket that he had taken off earlier, and he remembered how Lu Boyuan had just tugged on his zipper

Jian Rong rubbed his face with the towel before he carefully hung the jacket back up in the closet.

The packages that he had received a few days ago were strewn over the floor. The boxes were filled with all sorts of massagers that Jian Rong had opened and used already.

Jian Rong definitely wouldnt randomly let Lu Boyuan use these things, so he had tried a few out on himself beforehand. He felt like they all werent very effective, and if the last few massagers still werent any good, he was going to find the shop owner and have a nice heart-to-heart chat with them.

The next afternoon, Ding-ge came back to the base with some news.

He closed the door to the practice room. The investigation results are out. That dumbass recently went bankrupt

Serves him right. Yuan Qian cut in. But what does him going bankrupt have to do with Jian Rong? Its not like Jian Rong made him go bankrupt.

Ding-ge lifted an eyebrow. He actually did.

The others were silent for a moment, before they each turned to look at Jian Rong.

Yuan Qian sighed. Is this the legendary the days have grown cold, let the Wang corporation go bankrupt1? Ive experienced it now.

Jian Rong, if Ive ever offended you in the past, its all my fault. Xiao Bai scooted closer. Last night when we were playing ranked, I didnt really think you were trash, its all because our other teammates and I just couldnt keep up with your rhythm

Jian Rong was in the middle of reading the patch notes for the next game update, and he didnt bother looking over when he heard that. If I had that kind of ability, I wouldnt come and work here.

Enough, lets get back to business. Now that things were mostly resolved, Ding-ges expression also grew much more relaxed, and he finished what he was saying earlier. That person is a small-scale gambling banker who ran a gambling house.

Once he said that, everyone understood.

Because of what happened with Kan, TTCs members were all sensitive to the word gambling. Xiao Bai rolled his eyes so hard they almost flew into the sky.

After all the chaos last night, Lu Boyuan woke up the latest today. He sat in front of his computer, head lowered as he played a match three game on his phone. He held a piece of toast in his other hand, but he wasnt very focused on eating it.

Small-scale gambling banker? Noticing Ding-ges phrasing, Pine asked, Theyre all gambling bankers, whats the difference.

Of course theres a difference. Ding-ge laughed mockingly. The one who sought out Kan before was a large-scale banker. Theyll take on any bet and accept any stakes, whereas small bankers only take on one bet. Using yesterdays match as an example, he would only start a bet with TTC wins or the match time exceeds thirty minutes as the sole wager, and he wont accept anything else. Actually, its the equivalent of putting himself on the betting table as well. This sort of small-scale banker earns money quickly, but they also lose faster too.

Yuan Qian caught on. So you mean that he opened a gambling house based on our team, lost his money, and then blamed it on Jian Rong?

Ding-ge nodded. Correct. Apparently, after Jian Rong joined the team, he lost every bet that he started. Probably because Jian Rong is a newcomer, at first he only accepted bets in which the other party wagered that we would win2, all the way until the match against Fighting Tiger, when he finally yielded and bet on us winning. Unexpectedly, a big client came during that first game Jian Rong played averagely during that matchs first round, so he thought that Jian Rong was matchfixing and manipulating the betting tables.

Dumbass. Jian Rong clicked his mouse loudly. Gambling dogs will undoubtedly die.

Xiao Bai nodded in agreement. Will undoubtedly die!

Lu Boyuan rapidly eliminated cubes in his game and asked without looking up, Did they find the people who participated in the gamble?

They found a few, the police work very fast. Ding-ge heaved a sigh. I heard that the big client put down over two million yuan on just one game, what are people even thinking nowadays? If you have that much money, why dont you go do something else in any case, that persons in big trouble now. The consequence for opening a gambling house alone is enough to make him suffer.

Lu Boyuan gave an en. Itll be troubling you a bit, but keep an eye on this incident.

Got it. Ding-ge cleared his throat and looked at Jian Rong. Also, about the LPL I talked it over with them last night. What you two did yesterday at the backstage entrance was captured on camera by the fans and spread over the internet. Even though were in the right concerning this matter, it still isnt a good influence, so the outcome of the negotiations was that you and Xiao Lu would each hand over a ten thousand penalty.

Worried that Jian Rong wouldnt accept it, Ding-ge said hastily, Of course, you guys definitely didnt do anything wrong. So I discussed it with the boss, and we decided that the club would reimburse the fines for you two.

Damn, theyre even going to be penalized for this? Xiao Bai couldnt help but say, But Jian Rong was nearly stabbed yesterday! It isnt too much for him to curse a bit, right?

Its not. Ding-ge exhaled. But the LPL also has their own rules. What Xiao Lu did yesterday is called using violence to fight violence, so the LPL definitely has to punish him a bit for obligatory reasons. As for Xiao Rong, that was indeed how about this, Ill go negotiate with them again and see if I can exempt Jian Rongs.

No need. Jian Rong refused. If there has to be a punishment, well be punished together.

Everyone else went silent for a few seconds.

Xiao Bai crinkled his face and asked, How come youre treating this as if youre at school, and that your disciplinary record will be automatically reset next semester? If you get too many penalties, youll probably end up being directly banned from competing the next time you do something wrong again.

Then isnt it fine as long as I dont do something wrong? Jian Rong persevered. You dont need to negotiate with them. Ill take the penalty with Captain, I can also pay the ten thousand out of my own pocket as well.

Ding-ge was speechless. What was wrong with all these people?

Fine, I dont want to see the LPLs people again for a while either. Ding-ge rubbed his forehead. Consider this as me begging you all, can you please just let me peacefully finish this year?

After explaining everything, Ding-ge was about to leave the practice room, but then he saw Jian Rong minimize the game client and open the streaming platform.

Youre still going to stream? Ding-ge said hesitantly, Maybe you shouldnt stream for the next few days, and dont look at all that stuff on Weibo or Tieba either. Right now, there are a lot of moronic antis who are stirring things up about you online.

Im just going to casually cheat out some gifts. Jian Rong skillfully adjusted his peripherals. Also, why does someone else have to stir things up about me? I can do it myself.

Ding-ge still wanted to stop him, but Jian Rong had already pressed down on the start stream button.

What the eyes dont see, the heart doesnt grieve over. Ding-ge covered his eyes and walked away.

Nobody expected Jian Rong to stream at a time like this. At the beginning, the barrage was filled with question marks, causing the comments containing actual words to stand out much more.

Why stream? Jian Rong minimized the stream window, only leaving behind the barrage helper. Why else? To pass the time and trick out some gifts.

After Ding-ge left, he immediately contacted StarTVs employees, which was why the room mods arrived extremely promptly this time. Those who were trying to stir up drama were all banned right after sending a single comment.

[If youre going to trick us, then just trick us, do you have to always put it so bluntly? Every time laozi sends you a gift, it makes me loathe myself a lot!]

[My darling husband must have been so shocked~ sending a little star to you, use this gift money to buy a copy of The Art of Speaking, try your best not to be threatened at knifepoint again in the future.]

[What in the world was the grudge or grievance? You stole their boyfriend?]

Dont call me husband. Jian Rong blurted out, I didnt, Im not interested no, why is it a boyfriend? Youre dead.

[Dumbass, you werent injured, right?]

Youre the dumbass. Jian Rong sneered coldly. I wasnt injured. With that tiny physique, he wouldnt be able to hurt me even if I gave him ten knives. If someone hadnt stopped me, I wouldve shown that grandson

[Stop! Please watch your wording! Its not that someone stopped you, its that someone carried you away.]

[Thanks for the invite. I was there at the scene, and I witnessed with my own eyes Road picking up the little dumbass like he was lifting a chick.]

[If I hadnt seen the video before, Dad wouldve almost believed what this dumbass was saying.]

[A full-grown man, effortlessly carried away by someone else. If I were you, I would be too embarrassed to bring this up again]

[Excuse me, if I get a knife and stab myself, will God Lu carry me??]

[Who said God Lu was going to retire this year again? Theres no way God Lu wouldve been able to kick like that without some basic training, his body must be in a better state than who knows how many other pro players.]

[Why dont you take a look at your own physique first, how do you have the nerve to say someone else has a tiny physique??]

[Heard some internal news, you and God Lu are going to be penalized???]

[No way no way, youre even gonna be punished for this? Then what did you want my son to do in that original situation? Stand up straight and proper, and after getting stabbed, thank that person?]

What kind of strange people were the water friends in his livestream room? They even had access to that sort of internal news?

What about my physique? Jian Rong was wearing a loose shirt with half-length sleeves today. Right after he said that, he tugged up his sleeve and crooked his arm, flexing his muscles for the camera. If this fist of mine lands, you all can just find me later today in Shanghais police reports.

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[Stop flexing stop flexing youre so embarrassing]

[WTF, his arm is even thinner than my wrist, laoniang3isnt eating dinner tonight]

Jian Rong had enough streaming experience to easily change the topic of conversation.

LoLs icon on the taskbar was flashing the entire time; someone was messaging him in the game.

[Fighting Tiger Da Niu: Duo Q?]

[Just Watch My Gameplay: No sorry, going to practice in sandbox mode]

[Kongkong: Bro, you good? Duo Q?]

[Just Watch My Gameplay: Good, no to Q, youre a mid laner can you not always ask me to duo Q? Get a life.]

[Im Qiuqiu4 You QAQ: Soft, want to play together?]

When the barrage saw that message, it exploded.

[Shit shit shit, how do you have Qiuqiu added as a friend?!]

[My goddess?! My fucking worlds are colliding.]

[Qiuqiu is like nobility, dumbass youre not deserving.]

[Whos Qiuqiu?]

[Female celebrity Ji Qiushi ah. At last years anniversary celebration, she led a team as the celebrity representative and played with a bunch of retired pro players. She also used Miss Fortune to get a legendary kill.]

[Shes a true goddess. She only ever filmed one movie, and after becoming a film empress, she went back to school. And shes a bona fide LoL player, shes been in Diamond for a few consecutive seasons now.]

[Many LoL pro players all follow her Weibo, and a few of them have even admitted that shes their goddess. Last time when Fighting Tigers Da Niu ran into Qiuqiu in ranked, he begged to be added as a friend, but he wasnt successful. Yet here she is asking Soft to duo Q]

[Son, Dad has acknowledged this daughter-in-law.]

[Ah but in my eyes, my son is already taken ah]

Jian Rong only remembered who this person was once he glanced at the barrage.

He typed

[R-ong: No sorry, going to practice in sandbox mode]

[Im Qiuqiu You QAQ: Okay.]

I dont know her, we havent talked before. Shiliu was the one who told me to add her as a friend. Jian Rong looked at the questions on the screen and frowned. Also, didnt I already write it in my stream title? Im practicing last hitting today, if you think its boring, youre welcome to go watch another stream.

After Jian Rong said that, he opened sandbox mode and was about to enter it.

Buzz

[TTC Road: Duo Q a bit?]

Closed sandbox mode, created a party lobby, invited friend TTC Road.

Jian Rong accomplished that series of actions in less than five seconds.

As soon as Lu Boyuan entered the lobby, Jian Rong warned him in advance, Im streaming.

I know, its fine. Lu Boyuan selected his roles.

Jian Rong was startled. Youre playing support?

Lu Boyuan: Mn. Im a little sleepy, just going to muddle through a game first.

Jian Rong let out an oh. The moment before they entered the queue, he secretly switched his second choice from the top laner role to ADC.

[???]

[Practicing last hitting today???]

[Damn, you didnt go when Qiuqiu asked you, yet Road just has to crook his finger and you even create a lobby? Are you still a man??]

[Didnt you fucking say that playing ADC in this meta is the same as being someone elses son??]

[Thank you thank you Im shipping it.]

[Like hell you straight guys would understand!!!]

[I dont care! Ill even concede if the dumbass bans me from speaking! Im going to shout it out loud today no matter what! Soft definitely likes Road!!!]

A frankly kind of complicated meme the original was the equivalent of a Chinese acronym but it sounds too ridiculous in English, so I just translated the actual meaning. The line is originally said by one of those pretentious CEO-type characters who can make a huge corporation go bankrupt just like that ^This is a little confusing since hes a small-scale banker, he personally gambles against the people hes betting with, so if the other party gambles that TTC will win, that means the banker loses money if TTC wins ^Laoniang = female equivalent for laozi (kinda arrogant way of saying this old man/woman, implying hierarchy) ^Her username is a pun but I have no brain cells to come up with a good pun right now Qiuqiu here means sphere/ball, and its her (nick)name, but its also a homophone for begging/pleading, which means the username should be Im Begging You QAQ (subbed for Qiuqiu instead). If anyone has any good puns feel free to comment them lol! ^

Yan: Road aint about to let some female celebrity snatch his man :eyes: also as a heads up, Fridays chapter might end up being Saturdays chapter instead haha, work has been getting pretty busy lately and Ive run out of stocked up chapters. Cant wait for my winter break so I can potato again ><