As soon as the comment was sent, Jiang Zhi stared at his Weibo ID for a few seconds.

Then he closed his phone and pretended nothing had happened.

She just looked up when He Xiaoxi and the others finished their discussion.

He Xiaoxi: "Zhizhi, what do you think?"

Jiang Zhi pointed at herself: "Me?"

He Xiaoxi: "Yeah."

Jiang Zhi thought for a moment and answered sincerely, "I think we can take advantage of this wave of popularity."

He Xiaoxi: “…”

Shen Weiqi, who had been silent the entire time, seemed to agree with Jiang Zhi's opinion. He nodded and said, "I think so too."

He Xiaoxi was a little anxious because of Jiang Zhi and Shen Weiqi's attitude of not taking anything to heart.

He Xiaoxi: "Why are you trying to ride on the popularity? If you keep doing that, all our sponsors and fans will run away."

Shen Weiqi said slowly, "Do you think Jiang Zhi is a cheater?"

He Xiaoxi shook her head. "In the past few days, when Zhizhi was practicing heroes, I discussed it with Lao Xing. She's definitely a gaming genius. There's no way she's cheating."

Shen Weiqi: "Then what are you worried about here?"

He Xiaoxi: "It's useless for us to believe. If fans don't believe, it's useless for us to trust Zhizhi."

Shen Weiqi compromised: "Then how do you want to deal with it?"

He Xiaoxi: "How about we hold a press conference? It just so happens that Zhizhi's joining our club hasn't been officially announced yet. We can announce the new member and dispel the rumors at the same time, without delaying either."

Shen Weiqi refused without even thinking: "No."

Shen Weiqi had always been averse to interviews, so He Xiaoxi felt that he had refused so abruptly because he simply didn't want to add another interview. "Don't worry," he said, "I, Lao Xing, and Zhizhi are enough for the interview. You all don't have to participate."

Xing Changan clasped his hands together and rested his fingers on his chin. After a moment of silence, he said, "I don't think that's possible either."

"Old Xing, why are you against it?" He Xiaoxi said.

"Jiang Zhi's mental state isn't up to par. Back when she was at the Red Fish Internet Cafe, she was barely able to play. If we rashly hold a press conference like this, and something goes wrong, can you find an AD carry stronger than Jiang Zhi?"

As soon as Xing Changan finished speaking, the conference room fell silent again.

Squid was the first to break the silence. "Why worry about it? Let those followers run wild for a few days. Then, in the Demacia Cup, we'll give them a good slap in the face."

He Xiaoxi: "The Demacia Cup is, after all, just an official league tournament between professional league and non-league teams. The teams competing there will most likely be the second-team players from each professional team. They've been playing in the LDL for a long time, so their strength is definitely no match for the first-team starting lineup. So, as long as the first-team doesn't play, even if we win, those haters will still have reason to say she got in through the backdoor."

Squid: "This is a dead end. No matter which way we go, it's wrong."

Jiang Zhi knew that this was indeed a dead end.

Fans only believe what they believe, so as long as there is no complete clarification, they will always find a way to make up a story.

Her excessive explanations were only creating loopholes, giving those haters more leverage to attack her.

—

After the discussion, He Xiaoxi and the others realized that the current situation was not favorable to Jiang Zhi, but they did not come up with any solutions.

At first, He Xiaoxi and the others were worried that Jiang Zhi would not be able to bear the blow and would suffer an emotional breakdown.

As a result, after they took turns paying attention to her for a whole day, they realized that they were the ones who had the real emotional breakdown.

As the person involved, Jiang Zhi's emotions were no different from usual.

Besides practicing heroes, I just chat on my phone.

Jiang Zhi trained all day. Before returning home to sleep, she took out her phone and checked Weibo.

I thought that after she made some arrogant remarks under Hao Che's Weibo during the day, the haters would link ITG, Destiny and "I will dominate the world" together, and then criticize her two aliases like a thousand arrows piercing their hearts. But who would have thought that, except for a few extreme ones, no one else paid much attention to her comments.

Jiang Zhi was a little surprised, but secretly happy.

It seems that the influence of a troll anchor is far less than that of a capitalist who becomes a professional player through backstage support.

That night, negative articles about ITG and Destiny were everywhere on the Internet, but as the person involved, Jiang Zhi slept very soundly.

The next day, Jiang Zhi got up very early.

After she finished washing up, she rushed to the ITG Club.

The activity time of e-sports players is basically concentrated in the afternoon and evening.

Before eleven o'clock in the morning, the entire club was almost empty.

Because Jiang Zhi had just joined the team and her account level was not high, she usually went to the club early to upgrade her stars and practice heroes.

This day was quite special. When Jiang Zhi just arrived at the training room, Shen Weiqi and He Xiaoxi were chatting next to the water dispenser.

When they saw Jiang Zhi walk in, He Xiaoxi was the first to greet her: "Zhizhi is here?"

Jiang Zhi nodded as a greeting.

As soon as Jiang Zhi sat down, Shen Weiqi came over with a cup of soy milk and placed it in front of her.

Jiang Zhi didn't have the habit of drinking soy milk in the morning. After she took a peek into the cup, she stared at Shen Weiqi in confusion.

Shen Weiqi leaned on the corner of Jiang Zhi's computer desk, supported himself with his hands, and said to Jiang Zhi, "Jiang Sui said you don't eat breakfast. This is not a good habit."

"I'm not hungry." Jiang Zhi said.

"Not hungry?" Shen Weiqi raised the tail of his eyebrows slightly, and the corners of his lips followed suit, and he said lazily as if jokingly, "Why? Are you angry with the haters? I thought the Second Master had a strong tolerance."

"No." Jiang Zhi retorted.

Shen Weiqi: "Then drink the soy milk obediently."

Jiang Zhi glanced into the cup again and said half-negotiatively, "Can I not drink it? I don't like soy milk."

Shen Weiqi said casually: “Are you so picky about food?”

"Yeah." Jiang Zhi responded silently.

"Okay, I'll ask Auntie to make you a glass of milk later." Shen Weiqi said without making things difficult for her.

This time Jiang Zhi did not refuse and nodded as a sign of agreement.

"Chicken God, we should go." He Xiaoxi urged after sorting out the information.

"Yeah." Shen Weiqi stood up straight and rubbed Jiang Zhi's head: "If you are tired, take a rest."

"Um."

Just as Shen Weiqi was about to leave, Jiang Zhi stopped him: "Where are you going?"

Shen Weiqi simply replied: "At the airport, picking someone up."

"I'm going too, can you take me with you?"

Shen Weiqi chuckled softly: "What are you going to do?"

Jiang Zhi replied: "I'm going to pick someone up too."

When she just got up in the morning, Yin Nansheng sent her a message saying that he would be on a flight at noon today.

She originally wanted to play a game, so she took a taxi to pick him up.

Since Shen Weiqi and the others were going to the airport, it was just a good opportunity to stop by.

Shen Weiqi did not respond immediately. He stared at Jiang Zhi in silence.

Jiang Zhi looked back for a moment, as if she could read Shen Weiqi's mind, and saw through what he was worried about.

She was simply afraid that if they both appeared at the airport at the same time, she would be recognized.

Jiang Zhi immediately assured him, "I think I should stay away from you. Even if fans recognize me, I will never admit it."

Before Shen Weiqi could reply, He Xiaoxi, who had been circling the doorway for several times, urged again: "Chicken God, hurry up, we're going to be late. I'll wait for you in the car downstairs. Hurry up."

Shen Weiqi replied in a low voice: "Okay."

Jiang Zhi didn't know whether he was answering He Xiaoxi or her.

She didn't have time to think, and quickly picked up the necessary things from the table and was about to leave.

Before she could even take a step, Shen Weiqi held the soy milk in front of her again: "Drink it even if you don't like it. If you don't eat in the morning, you will easily suffer from low blood sugar."

Jiang Zhi stared at the soy milk for a long time. The words of refusal came to her lips, but she swallowed them back. After a while, she patiently took it.

She closed her eyes and drank the whole thing from the cup.

The moment the cup left Jiang Zhi's lips, Shen Weiqi clearly saw that Jiang Zhi's beautiful features wrinkled into a ball. That expression didn't seem like she was drinking soy milk, but rather like she was drinking bitter melon juice.

Shen Weiqi seemed to find it funny, and curled the corners of his lips: "Let's go."

Shen Weiqi and Jiang Zhi took the elevator downstairs, and then got into a black business car one after another.

As soon as the two sat down, the driver drove away.

At this time, He Xiaoxi, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, was looking over the materials he had prepared over and over again, muttering a few words from time to time, as if he was reciting some lines.

After he had almost finished reciting, He Xiaoxi turned around and prepared to talk to Shen Weiqi.

Before he could speak, he glanced and saw two people sitting in the back.

He turned his body as far as he could until he could see the two people behind him clearly.

The moment he saw Jiang Zhi, he was obviously startled: "Zhizhi?"

Before Jiang Zhi could speak, He Xiaoxi caught up with Shen Weiqi and asked, "Shen Weiqi, what's going on? Didn't you say you were in the training room for so long just to give me a glass of milk? Why did you bring someone out with you?"

Shen Weiqi withdrew his gaze from the window, turned his head to look at Jiang Zhiyan and said, "She went to the airport for something."

"You don't know we're going to pick him up..." He Xiaoxi swallowed the rest of her words before she finished, and continued with a different sentence, "You don't know how busy the airport is today, right? 'He's' back home, and all the clubs and radio stations are waiting at the airport. Zhizhi is in the spotlight right now, and if she rashly exposes herself to the public now, do you know what will happen?"

"It's okay, I won't go out. My friend can come to see me by himself."

He Xiaoxi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Jiang Zhi's words. He consoled her, "Zhizhi, this period is quite special. I'll find a way to make a PR article for you on Weibo, and then you can join the team activities normally."

"Yeah." Jiang Zhi replied calmly, "Don't worry, I'm in a good mood."

On this day, there were obviously many more people at the airport than usual, so Jiang Zhi and his friends could only park their car at the outermost edge.

He Xiaoxi repeatedly told Jiang Zhi not to get out of the car ever again.

He walked into the airport with Shen Weiqi.

After they left, the driver went out to find breakfast, leaving Jiang Zhi alone in the car playing with her phone.

After waiting for about an hour, there were several knocks on the car door.

Jiang Zhi took his eyes off the phone, looked at the figure, and then opened the car door.

Jiang Zhi stuck her head out, looked him in the eye, and asked, "Did you pick up the person?"

"No." Shen Weiqi replied.

Jiang Zhi: "Then why did you come back?"

Shen Weiqi: "There are too many people inside, come out and get some fresh air."

Jiang Zhi: "Oh."

Shen Weiqi leaned against the car door, glanced at Jiang Zhi out of the corner of his eye, and asked casually: "Are you coming to the airport to pick up your friend?"

"Um."

"Male or female?"

"A man."

Jiang Zhi's answer was so clear and concise that Shen Weiqi was slightly surprised.

When he was at the airport, he kept subconsciously wondering who was the person who could make Jiang Zhi come to pick him up in person.

As a result, he just asked casually, and Jiang Zhi frankly admitted that they were just ordinary friends.

It is frank and unconcealed, and is completely 100% credible.

Shen Weiqi raised the corners of his lips in self-mockery.

It's a pity that he was still worried at the airport for a long time.

"Hey, isn't this the Chicken God?" A frivolous and sarcastic voice came from behind.

Seeing the visitor Shen Weiqi frowned unhappily, he asked impatiently: "Why are you here?"

"Yin Nansheng is back, this is big news, of course I have to come."

Hearing the voice, Jiang Zhi stuck his head out and stretched it out again, only then was he able to see the man's appearance clearly.

A man, and a man without any masculinity.

He has a small frame and looks thin and weak. Even wearing a thick down jacket, it is difficult to hide the fact that his figure may be blown away by the north wind at any time.

His cheeks were almost touching his facial bones, and his entire face was devoid of flesh. His lower skeleton stretched straight to the side, making his already sharp chin even sharper. It seemed that if a piece of paper was placed on his chin, he could poke a round hole with his chin.

Looking more closely, his lips were so thin that his color was almost invisible. He had a female appearance with a male body, and he looked so weak that he looked like he could break a bone if he accidentally fell.

Jiang Zhi felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember his name.

She looked him up and down for several times, and gradually, she had a vague impression of his appearance.

Jiang Zhi knew this person.

His name is Zhou Xingtu. When LPL was short of jungle talent a few years ago, he was the most famous one in the entire region.

At that time, all teams and everyone treated him as a talented player.

There are even a few teams that are willing to pay a high price to dig him, just hoping that he can be the starter in their team. Even if the contract is signed on a season basis, the managers of each team are still willing to do so.

But Zhou Xingtu is used to being arrogant. Every time he rejects other teams, he will make sarcastic remarks. Therefore, his reputation in the LPL region is not very good, and he has offended many people.

Later, the appearance of Shen Weiqi proved that as long as the operation is good, even if it is a jungler position, it can dominate the game and become the most dazzling one in the team.

Therefore, many talented players who like to be in the spotlight gave up the AD and mid positions they had practiced before and turned to playing jungle.

With more people, there will be more talented junglers.

Because of this, talented junglers have become readily available in the LPL region.

Zhou Xingtu's role is no longer scarce, and gradually, his existence becomes useless.

As he got older, he was abandoned by his previous team and turned to other teams to make a living. However, his reputation in the LPL region was so bad that many teams would rather sign jungler Xiaobai than him.

So his career was ruined and he had no choice but to become an e-sports celebrity.

The nature of e-sports celebrities is somewhat similar to that of reporters who write gossip about the entertainment industry, but their business scope is different.

Their focus is not on celebrities, but on e-sports players.

However, even the simple role of e-sports celebrity Zhou Xingtu was not going smoothly. Whenever he was interviewed, many teams would not cooperate and would refuse for various reasons.

Many media outlets and professional teams had previously scheduled interviews, but as soon as they heard that he would be the host, they immediately changed their minds.

Once, twice, and three times, Zhou Xingtu gradually became the one with the worst KPI among all the e-sports big Vs, and many e-sports news media were unwilling to accept him.

The media he was able to stay with this time was obtained through the help of various relatives.

His future has been frustrated, and his accumulated pride has been gradually shattered with the appearance of Shen Weiqi.

So he was always unhappy with Shen Weiqi, and often had nothing to do, so he spread rumors about Shen Weiqi on Weibo.

Occasionally, when we meet him, we will be sarcastic to him.

Shen Weiqi opened his lips: "Then why did you come to my place instead of going to the airport to pick me up? You didn't miss me... did you come to see me specially?"

Zhou Xingtu laughed wantonly: "Chen Weiqi, where do you get the nerve to do that?"

Shen Weiqi chuckled softly and replied calmly: "My face was there when I was born. Why, you didn't have a face when you were born? Haha, I saw that you are quite thick-skinned, and I thought you were born with it. I didn't expect... thick-skinnedness can be cultivated later in life?"

Zhou Xingtu was annoyed, then he thought of something and laughed a few times: "Chen Weiqi, you guys are not here to poach Yin Nansheng, are you? That idiot He Xiaoxi is here too? He was the one who begged me to join ITG. If I hadn't thought ITG was bad, I wouldn't have gone. Otherwise, how could it be your turn? So, instead of thanking me and making way for you, you are still mocking me here. Don't you have thick skin?"

Shen Weiqi had nothing to be embarrassed about, and continued, "Indeed, I've always been thick-skinned. I've been thick-skinned since I was born, and I'm quite annoyed by it. How about we discuss the differences between being thick-skinned naturally and acquired? I think this topic should be much more interesting than getting the cold shoulder when you go for an interview."

"Chen Weiqi!" Zhou Xingtu gritted his teeth and called out Shen Weiqi's name.

"I'm here." Shen Weiqi responded nonchalantly.

"Hmph, you're so arrogant now, you'll cry later." Zhou Xingtu said, looked around, and then slowly said: "Where's He Xiaoxi? He won't go to the airport to be humiliated, right?"

This time Shen Weiqi didn't say anything, just stared at him calmly.

Zhou Xingtu continued, "Hahaha, did I really guess right? That's really unfortunate. Even if He Xiaoxi begged him, Yin Nansheng would never join your ITG."

Zhou Xingtu's tone was firm, and he didn't seem to be saying anything without basis. Shen Weiqi frowned, his tone a little colder, and asked: "Why?"

"Because..." Zhou Xingtu seemed to sense Shen Weiqi's nervousness, and he laughed contemptuously, "Given Yin Nansheng's strength, why would he give up the S-League champion team and come to our LPL region? To take a risk? Ha, you underestimate the 'only true god of League of Legends'. He still has several years left on his contract, and the LCK region has no chance of letting him go. The reason he was so determined to return to China is because he had already chosen a team. A friend of mine in the LCK region told me, the truth is -"

Zhou Xingtu deliberately dragged out his tone: "One hundred percent."

Shen Weiqi still didn't say anything. Zhou Xingtu laughed even more wildly, as if he was watching Shen Weiqi's excitement. "Chicken God, are you feeling frustrated? Hahaha, I know. Hahahahahahaha, Chicken God, you are the most famous jungler in the LPL region. You said you would come to pick up the duck in person, but the duck that was about to be caught flew away. I... heh... I am not happy either."

Shen Weiqi's attitude towards Yin Nansheng joining ITG was that if he could get in, he would get in, and if he couldn't, he would try his best.

So when he heard what Zhou Xingtu said, he didn't feel very angry.

Calmly reply: "You are unhappy? But I am quite happy."