Gu Qingqiu hadn't felt this way in a long time. It wasn't that she was really angry, but she thought she was experienced and never expected to be tormented like this by a kid so much younger than her.

However, the system quickly sent good news—the experience bar was already at 65%, so Gu Qingqiu calmly endured Bai Jingyuan's groping behavior that night. The little brat may be a bit wild, but his experience bar growth is really impressive!

The experience bar was rising quickly, and the remaining time on the countdown was long, making Gu Qingqiu more and more satisfied with Bai Jingyuan. She wished that the male protagonist's experience bar in every world would be this easy to farm!

Gu Qingqiu even thought that if the mission was completed quickly, she would be willing to stay a little longer to spend more time with Bai Jingyuan.

After months of hard training, Bai Jingyuan is about to have his first official competition.

Although he joined the team halfway through, the team was full of young boys who loved e-sports, and they quickly became friends. Gu Qingqiu also listened to Bai Jingyuan's advice and kept the original team name [King].

King's original fan base was in the lower middle range among esports clubs, but there were still many fans cheering him on at the event. However, unexpectedly, the most enthusiastic support came from Bai Jingyuan's fans.

Although Bai Jingyuan's swift and decisive announcement of his girlfriend scared away many fans, those who remained were truly attracted by his skills, as well as some loyal fans who admired his looks.

It must be said that fans have an incredibly strong ability to dig up dirt; they unearthed Bai Jingyuan's past experiences shortly after he became famous.

He had submitted his resume to many esports teams but was rejected. To make a living, he started streaming, but his income was low because he did not sign a contract with a platform. Unintentionally, his potential was recognized by the boss Autumn, who signed him and he successfully became an esports player.

Many fans were deeply moved, imagining all sorts of love and hate stories, and finally lamented that if it weren't for Autumn's discerning eye, they wouldn't have had the chance to see Bai Jingyuan stand on the professional stage.

Thinking about it this way, the fans became more polite to Autumn, after all, she was a real big spender!

As the competition drew closer, Bai Jingyuan grew increasingly nervous, while Gu Qingqiu had complete confidence in him—no kidding, how could the male lead possibly lose?

Gu Qingqiu's confidence also inspired Bai Jingyuan, calming him down considerably.

As expected, King team won the first game of the official match.

The last bit of dissatisfaction King's original fans had with Bai Jingyuan, the newly appointed marksman, disappeared. After all, in esports, skill comes first, and everyone has seen Bai Jingyuan's performance in the game.

Fans were also very excited, and many casual observers who were still watching from the sidelines began to look forward to King's next performance.

Bai Jingyuan used to think he was very unlucky, but he never expected that his luck would improve day by day after meeting Gu Qingqiu.

In this competition, we drew relatively weak opponents in both the round of 16 and the round of 8, and won very smoothly.

Of course, this also drew some negative comments from fans of other teams.

"It's just good luck. Just wait and see how we crush you in the three-way championship!"

"Yes, yes, fans, stop exaggerating. His skills are indeed amazing. After all, we can't deny that luck is also a part of skill, right?"

"This is hilarious! A livestreaming-based internet celebrity esports player, does he really think he's something special?"

"I heard that King's marksman is their boss's kept man. Could it be that the rich woman just paid another team to throw the game?"

Gu Qingqiu and Bai Jingyuan didn't care much about the online comments. Gu Qingqiu even specifically instructed the entire team to stay away from the internet during the competition and not to let public opinion affect their mentality.

As esports players who are determined to succeed, they naturally know that this opportunity to compete is hard-won and cherish it very much. They will not be easily influenced by public opinion.

In esports, skill still matters.

Interestingly, in the first round of the three-way battle, Bai Jingyuan encountered an "old acquaintance." He held the slip of paper he had just drawn and raised an eyebrow as he looked at the black words "Apple Team" written on it.

A teammate paced anxiously in the rest area, muttering, "Sigh, I knew we wouldn't be this lucky all the way..."

Bai Jingyuan didn't understand: "Is this team really that strong? Didn't the pre-match analysis say that this team's strength was only at the mid-level of the club?"

"The mid-tier team has made it into the top three!" A teammate said with a long face. "It's mainly because this team is too weird. It feels like they're specifically designed to counter us."

Team King has faced Team Apple in many official matches, but whether it's the round of 32, the round of 16, or the round of 8, they have never won against Team Apple, it's almost like a curse.

Bai Jingyuan offered very targeted comfort: "Don't think like that. We're not the Kings we used to be. Besides, Apple was able to beat us before not only because of luck, but also because their playstyle was very similar to ours, both revolving around a marksman. But coincidentally, I was the marksman who could defeat their team."

Gu Qingqiu had already asked Zhang Yuantang to play a video on repeat in the lounge of Apple team's marksman Xiaomian's solo queue match against Bai Jingyuan, in which Xiaomian was utterly defeated.

Sure enough, the team members' confidence soared. "Wow, this is something else? How come we've never heard you mention it before, boss?"

Bai Jingyuan laughed and said, "Actually, I had forgotten about this before. It was my fans who found it when they were digging up old posts. That Xiaomian probably felt embarrassed and deleted the live stream replay later, but the internet remembers. A lot of people recorded this scene at the time."

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