#Xu Qian, you have no heart!#
When Xu Qian saw this trending topic, he was completely dumbfounded. How could he have lost his heart? What happened?
Yan Lang stepped forward to explain to him that it was caused by the scene in the ninth episode of "The Palace" that aired at night, where he played the scumbag Xu Chengyan, who was described as "not taking initiative, not refusing, and not taking responsibility."
"No, Xu Chengyan refused!" Xu Qian felt something was wrong. Xu Chengyan clearly refused! How could he be called a 'scumbag'?
"...?" Yan Lang tilted his head and looked at him. "You call this a rejection?"
Xu Qian blinked, looking completely innocent, "...Shouldn't we call out?"
Yan Lang gave him a look that said, "How could you think that way?" "Of course not!"
Now it was Xu Qian's turn to be dumbfounded. He paused for a moment, then said, "I'll go see what episode nine is like."
Then, Xu Qian finished watching episode nine...
"What a scumbag! He's such a scumbag!" Xu Qian said angrily.
“Right, right!” Yan Lang echoed.
Xu Qian glanced at him, took a breath, and explained, "Actually, it wasn't like this when we filmed it. Xu Chengyan and Qingque's story was before they entered the palace, but somehow it was edited to be later..."
After hearing what he said, Yan Lang thought about it again and immediately felt much better. So it was still the editor's fault, he was just too much of a rip-off!
"Are there many people criticizing him online?" Xu Qian asked him again.
Yan Lang immediately took out his phone and scrolled through it. After stammering for a while, he gave a half-hearted response.
"Let me see." Xu Qian also scrolled through his Weibo. What Yan Lang said was similar; most of those criticizing him were people who were too immersed in the story, viewing it from Qingque's perspective. However, there was also a cult-like group—they actually found it quite appealing?! Is this the charm of a 'scumbag'?!
After reading it, Yan Lang sighed, "Women don't love men who aren't a little bad. These hypocritical women!"
Xu Qian clicked his tongue, feeling increasingly out of touch with the times. People's aesthetic sense seems to be different from his generation; they like whatever is considered bad, it's really strange.
Putting this incident aside, the competition continued on the second day.
Qin You was scheduled for the second session, around 10:30.
His opponent was Wang Haichao, the team led by the streamer Nan Zhou.
Qin You took a look at the opponent's style and found that they were quite aggressive. Their team was also configured for team battles, but their individual combat capabilities were somewhat lacking.
Qin You and his teammates discussed their strategy for this match and decided to adopt a moderate approach, prioritizing stability.
Just as they were considering their tactics for the next game, news came that Nan Zhou had withdrawn from the competition.
"What? Withdrawing from the competition at this time? What happened?" Old Wang asked.
"Feng Tang said it was for personal reasons, but Wang Haichao wants to apply to add someone to the team."
"Feng Tang won't agree to this, will they?" Fei Fei thought the application was unlikely to be approved.
"Then what do we do? If Nan Zhou really withdraws, and the other side can't add any more people, does that mean we advance directly?" Tang Chen asked the staff member who relayed the message.
The staff member was clearly just relaying a message: "The production team is currently in discussions, please wait a moment."
"Oh well."
Tang Chen checked the time; the first round was already halfway through. If he didn't get a definite answer soon, the second round would start.
Meanwhile, Xu Qian learned the inside story of the withdrawal from the competition—
"Nan Zhou has been exposed for defrauding fans of 120,000 yuan and has just been taken away by the police!"
"Really?" This was the first time Xu Qian had heard about criminal gossip—no, not that, but an incident—in the leisure circle.
"It's true! They've all been taken away!" Yan Lang said with absolute certainty.
"Can the match still be played?" Xu Qian was very curious about how the second game would proceed.
"Wait for further instructions."
Half an hour later, Feng Tang issued a notice stating that, for the sake of fairness, Wang Haichao's request to add a member was rejected, and Qin You's group [213] was directly promoted to the top four of Jinjiang Literature City.
That's...very exciting.
The entire live stream exploded. Although the e-sports circle has only emerged in the last two years and doesn't receive much attention, this incident, coupled with the promotional power of Weibo, caused Feng Tang's viewership on various platforms to exceed 30 million.
When it comes to gossiping, Chinese netizens are quite happy to participate.
[That's amazing! 120,000! This girl is so naive.]
[I don't even have 120,000, let alone have been scammed...]
[Scamming both money and sex—what a fantastical plot!]
[No way, is this what a jerk looks like? Does that girl have vision problems?]
[←_← In that case, I can do it too.]
[If one party is willing to give and the other is willing to receive, what can be done?]
[Can you guys please stop being so disgusting? That girl is a victim, okay? Is mocking her fun?]
Don't ask, it just makes you look stupid!
Xu Qian frowned after reading the comments, his usual calm expression a departure from his usual demeanor, which surprised Yan Lang.
"Why that expression?" Yan Lang asked him.
"It's nothing, I just feel that it's not easy for women to survive in society, and even if it's the man's fault, they will still be blamed for some reason."
“Hmm…” Yan Lang thought about his words. Although Yan Lang agreed with this statement, he would not consider the social status of women in a practical way like Xu Qian did. Perhaps it was because he was used to looking at the world from a male perspective.
"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's continue watching the game." Xu Qian turned his gaze away.
Because the second match ended with a score of 213, Feng Tang immediately arranged the third match, and then the fourth match.
At 12:30 pm, the list of the top four was released.
[213] is the first one in the list.
Strictly speaking, however, they advanced to the semi-finals almost by accident, without even having to play a single match.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?" Old Wang saw Fatty's expression and couldn't help but laugh.
"Look, it's not our fault that Wang Haichao and the others can't fight, so why are they cursing at us? Are they out of their minds?" As one of the younger ones, Feifei couldn't hide his emotions, and his displeasure was written all over his face.
Old Wang calmly glanced at the comments in front of him, then chuckled, "That's easy, just ignore them! Let them go! Fatty, you have to understand, there are so many people in this world, not everyone speaks with their brains."
Tang Chen laughed when he heard this. Old Wang's mouth is usually not sharp, but it becomes really venomous when it comes to crucial moments!
After lunch, at 2 PM, the championship match officially began, still in the best-of-three format.
[213], as the team with the highest score, will face [Dingxingchen], which is ranked third.
According to the information Tang Chen had compiled for them, Ding Xingchen was a team similar to theirs, also known for its steady and methodical approach. In other words, [213] had run into a competitor.
"Are you confident?" Tang Chen patted Qin You on the shoulder. He was smiling, and his eyes were crinkled. Only then did Qin You notice that Tang Chen's eyes were actually peach blossom eyes.
"Just play normally," Qin You replied calmly. He was in a rather Zen-like state of mind right now. Of course, winning first place would definitely bring more prize money.
They say even a hero can be brought down by a penny, and that's not just a saying.
Soon, the first match of the championship competition began as announced by the host.
Qin You was on the fifth floor and chose his hero last, but his best jungler hero was banned by the opposing team.
Banning heroes is a skill-intensive task. Most of the time, players ban the "relatively" strong heroes in the current version, rather than the heroes their opponents are most proficient with. This is because banning the opponent's best hero subtly conveys to the audience that they are afraid of their opponent.
However, Ding Xingchen still banned Qin You's best hero, which shows the 'safety' of their team.
Leaving aside the morning's semi-final match, Qin You didn't show much of his strength. At least from the opposing side's perspective, their assessment of Qin You's strength was limited to the preliminary rounds and the round of 16.
Therefore, Dingxingchen could only guess with limited resources, but unfortunately, they guessed wrong this time.
Of course, Qin You isn't only good at one hero. He also plays the strongest jungler in the current version, Golden Screen Wolf, quite well. No, you should say he plays it even better than the last banned hero. It's not that he didn't want to play it, but that he didn't have the opportunity. But now... the opportunity has come!
"We saw 213's support hand over the first hero selection to their jungler—the youngest jungler on the field, no, the young jungle king. What hero would he choose? He chose—Golden Screen Wolf!"
"Golden Screen Wolf! He's appeared! This is the first time Golden Screen Wolf has appeared on the field. Will our young jungle king bring us a surprise this time? Let's wait and see!"
Author's note: That's all for today... I'm really not in the mood to write... I'll make up for today's missed part tomorrow.
I really don't understand why swapping the souls of a human and an animal is considered plagiarism, but thank you all for your trust.
See you tomorrow!
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