Chapter 70 "Could it be that our sister-in-law didn't..."
Two days before the official start of the Summer Split, the entire HYG team was taken to the hospital by their team leader for a full physical examination.
"Me too?"
Early in the morning, Nan Zhiyi rubbed her sleepy eyes, a tuft of hair sticking up at the back of her head.
He rested at the base last night, but the commotion outside this morning was too loud, so he wanted to come out and see what was going on, but he was caught red-handed by the team leader, Awen.
“Yes, Brother Xu specifically told me to take you there.” Awen waved to him. “Drink less water, don’t eat anything, and meet at the entrance at eight o’clock.”
Nan Zhiyi suspected that the ambulance ride years ago had left Lao Xu with some psychological trauma. He himself was fine, and after a series of examinations, he was in perfect health. The doctor, after reviewing his X-rays, said that his wrist had recovered very well and that as long as he avoided overuse in the future, there would be no problems.
However, when he came out of the consultation room, You Xin, who was waiting outside, did not look too good. He was holding Nan Zhiyi's report in his hand, turning it over and over as if trying to find something interesting in it.
Nan Zhiyi couldn't help but laugh, and waved her hand in front of his eyes: "What are you looking at? It's nothing."
You Xin grabbed his hand and pulled him close to examine him closely.
He gently rubbed the faint scar with his thumb, almost invisible, and remained silent for a long time.
Nan Zhiyi felt a little ticklish from his touch. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Awen leading three other people from the end of the corridor toward her. She quickly pulled her hand back and put it behind her back. She cleared her throat and pretended that nothing had happened.
Fortunately, apart from milk having a minor cervical spine problem, the rest of HYG's players are all in good health, eliminating the problem that Lao Xu was most worried about: "players being eliminated due to health conditions during the season."
The schedule for the Summer Split was released a week ago, with the opening match featuring Spring Split champions WD against HYG, promising a high-intensity competition.
For the reorganized CG, this is the first time in nearly five years that they have missed the season opener. The league usually arranges for the two teams with the most viewership and the most interest to start the season with a winning game. In the past few years, CG has often been the team that has the most expectations.
According to Song Baiyu, two CG sponsors are very dissatisfied with Yux's departure and the subsequent public opinion, and plan to withdraw their investment early if the team does not achieve good results this year.
The team's owner, Yan Feng, was under attack from a group of formidable fans and had already heard about the internal affairs of the team. Under pressure from the sponsors, he politely "invited" You Qing out of the partner position. At the same time, the league also noticed the public opinion issues surrounding the Contenders Cup and canceled subsequent promotional activities with You Qing.
The competition started at 5 p.m., and everyone boarded the bus at the base gate at 2 p.m. sharp.
When we arrived at the venue entrance, the athletes' passageway was already lined with fans who were there to pick up and drop off the athletes.
Nan Zhiyi announced that this was the most spectacular support she had ever seen: there were at least six rows of fans standing on both sides, and screams poured in as soon as the car door opened. Several security personnel were trying to stop people who wanted to rush into the passage.
HYG was already one of the two most popular teams in the league, and now the addition of yux has brought the team's offline popularity to an almost terrifying level.
Nan Zhiyi reached out, about to grab his bag and catch up with the other training team members, but another hand reached out before him.
You Xin slung his bag over his shoulder and casually picked up Nan Zhiyi's heavy white backpack: "Let's go."
“…” Nan Zhiyi chuckled, “I’m not at the point where I can’t even carry a bag!”
You Xin: "Didn't I always help you carry them before?"
Nan Zhiyi was stunned for a moment.
Previously, You Xin did indeed carry his bag for him every time. He always thought it was a little trick to sell bromance to fans, and he even planned to imitate it... After all, every time after get off work, fans would excitedly film videos and post them online with captions like "Ahhh, Yux is carrying his wife's bag again."
He had no choice but to slip into the stadium empty-handed, following behind Mike, who was over two meters tall and broad, amidst the deafening cheers of the fans.
Upon arriving at the lounge, and having barely sat down, a Weibo post was pushed to Nan Zhiyi's Weibo side account homepage.
[HYG players going to and from work! The bag someone is carrying looks really familiar~ [Video]]
The Weibo post was only published a few minutes ago, but there are already about twenty comments in the comment section.
[This bag! This doll! This must be Xiaoyi's bag, it looks so heavy!]
He even helped him carry his bag; he still cares about him [crying]
[I've said it before, the rumors online don't affect their relationship at all; they're doing just fine in real life.]
Why are the contestants carrying bags for the staff? Why aren't the staff carrying the contestants' bags? Can't they carry their own bags?
[Uh, someone has to carry such a heavy bag, especially someone who's about to play a match. I heard the HYG manager and Angel Yi have a good relationship. Could he be one of the team's 80s? = =]
Wait, did I read that right? Who did you say was 80?
[You mean, someone like Yux, who beats his teammates and kicks his boss, still dares to play 80? Are they crazy? Didn't they see what happened to CG?]
Nan Zhiyi couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw the last comment, and liked it using her alternate account.
At that moment, Milk, who was sitting next to him, nudged him.
“Someone is looking for you,” Milk said, pointing to the door.
Nan Zhiyi looked up and saw Song Baiyu—the support player of their opposing team today—standing at the door of the lounge, peeking inside.
He got up, and as soon as he stepped out the door, the other person eagerly pulled him aside.
"What's going on with you?" Song Baiyu rubbed his hands excitedly, seemingly unable to contain his gossip. "What are you thinking, Coach? You're giving up your live streams?"
Nan Zhiyi shrugged: "HYG's original coach was under too much pressure and resigned. Lao Xu then approached me, and since we're on good terms, I agreed."
Being a coach for a popular esports team always comes with immense pressure from public opinion. After all, when a team loses, fans are reluctant to criticize their favorite players, so they often push the coach to take the blame.
Song Baiyu's eyes darted around, and he sneered, "Old Xu? Confess honestly, did you go there for Yux?"
"..."
"WD wants you to be their coach, are you going to come?"
"I'm not coming," Nan Zhiyi said honestly. "I don't want to be your coach."
"Get lost!" Song Baiyu feigned anger and punched him on the shoulder.
He looked around, then lowered his voice and pressed, "What exactly happened in that live stream? You just bluntly said 'Don't sell bromance,' it scared me to death! You didn't reply to my messages, I was so scared I thought you were going to commit suicide out of shame—did Yux really contact you first? Him? Selling bromance?"
"..."
Nan Zhiyi nodded with some difficulty.
"Then why did you suddenly break up with her? Did you get back together with your old flame?" Song Baiyu pressed on, at which point Nan Zhiyi patted his arm, "Could it be that our sister-in-law doesn't like it—"
"What sister-in-law?"
A voice suddenly rang out from behind.
Song Baiyu was so startled he almost jumped up. When he turned around, he saw that You Xin had silently appeared behind him, arms crossed, staring at him with a sinister expression.
"Yuuux!" Song Baiyu was quite startled. "You, come out here for some fresh air, hahaha..."
He was gossiping about someone behind their back, and the person involved caught him red-handed. You Xin didn't react much, but simply asked again, "What sister-in-law? Whose?"
"..." Song Baiyu glanced at Nan Zhiyi, his face clearly saying, "Brother, I'm sorry, I have to betray you." "Xiao Yi."
You Xin raised an eyebrow.
Nan Zhiyi: "..."
Song Baiyu was still busy "professing his loyalty": "You should know about this, right? Xiao Yi ran into his ex-girlfriend not long ago, and he still likes her, so he tried to get back together with her or something..."
Nan Zhiyi: "".
You Xin slowly uttered three words: "Ex-girlfriend?"
"What happened to my ex-girlfriend?"
"He told you himself?"
Song Baiyu was clearly a little confused: "Right? What's wrong?"
You Xin gave Nan Zhiyi a meaningful look.
"It's nothing," he said. "When did this happen?"
"Well, it was a little over a month ago... I remember I was supposed to play HYG the next day, just before that day." Song Baiyu was starting to have some doubts. "Wait, you don't know about this, do you?"
You Xin was silent for a moment.
Then, he suddenly chuckled briefly, almost startling Song Baiyu: "Oh, it's nothing. I know."
Song Baiyu breathed a sigh of relief: "Is that so? We were just talking about that. We weren't saying anything bad about you, hahaha..."
As he spoke, he glanced at Nan Zhiyi, only to find that her gaze had drifted elsewhere and her expression was somewhat blank.
What happened?
“Mike is here,” You Xin suddenly said.
The three of them turned their gazes in unison and saw Mike, wearing a white shirt and tie, walking towards them. His eyes lingered on them for a moment, and he keenly spotted their "enemy," Song Baiyu. His expression immediately turned serious.
"You should leave now." Nan Zhiyi seemed to snap out of his daze and quickly gave Song Baiyu a push. "Ever since the Soso incident this year, he's been acting suspiciously, always feeling like someone's trying to steal his BP..."
Back in the lounge, Mike, as expected, started questioning them in broken Chinese about what they had been doing, and only stopped when he figured out they were gossiping.
The afternoon competition started at 5 p.m. The players took their seats on the stage in advance. Mike, as the head coach, also went up on the stage, while Nan Zhiyi went to the special viewing room with the other members of the competition and training team.
The viewing room is set up similarly to the training room, with a computer in front of each seat for the competition and training team members to watch the matches.
In addition, there is a fixed camera in front to capture backstage footage, which the director can then cut into the live stream.
Once inside the viewing room, Nan Zhiyi could only observe the main stage through the screen.
Once the map was selected, BP (Browser Protection) began quickly.
Mike, wearing headphones, walked behind the four members of HYG with a serious expression, muttering to himself.
When it was the turn of the main carry to be picked, the director gave yux a long close-up shot while he was wearing HYG's black and gold team uniform.
Nan Zhiyi wondered if it was just her imagination, but You Xin looked better in this outfit than in his black and white CG team uniform. At this moment, he was focused on the screen in front of him, following orders to pick out the [Elemental Mage] for the support Lemon.
Meanwhile, in the studio, the commentators praised the scene, saying, "After nearly half a year, yux has once again stepped onto the stage of roeCN. Now he is wearing HYG's black and gold jersey... Having experienced some hardships outside the arena, yux seems to be more mature and composed than before after his return."
"Are you also going to say, 'He looks even more handsome'?" another commentator chimed in with a laugh.
"Uh... well, isn't it a universally acknowledged fact that Yux is very handsome?" The commentator choked on his words.
At that moment, the director immediately switched the camera angle.
So Nan Zhiyi watched in disbelief as her face, which was focused on the screen in front of her, suddenly appeared on the large screen visible to all the audience members.
Nan Zhiyi: "...???"
Is there already a cut to the backstage feed before the competition even starts?
On the other side, the commentator immediately turned the focus to this side: "Our director... suddenly switched the camera to HYG's backstage area. As everyone knows, just a few days ago, HYG suddenly announced Angel Yi, the streamer who recently led the team to win the Contenders Cup, as their new training member. When we saw this news, I'm sure everyone was just as surprised as I was."
"And we can also see that after the director cut to the long shot, Angel Yi was gazing at the screen with 'affectionate eyes' the whole time." The second commentator then made another surprising statement, "The director obviously noticed this, which is why he suddenly gave us a backstage shot before the match started."
"Ahem...ahem...well, actually, what the director meant was to show us that HYG, whether it's the players on the field or the players behind the scenes, are all very good-looking..." The commentator tried to make amends, but after a while, he finally gave up. "Seriously, is it really okay for us to talk about them in front of them like this?"
The second commentator didn't care at all: "It doesn't matter, anyway, no one can hear us now, whether on stage or in the spectator room."
Narrator 1: "…………"
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