Lin Mi finally managed to comfort Dong Hui, who had eaten chili peppers because she had to make up for the filming tomorrow. After hanging up the phone, he turned around and saw Rong Zezhou sitting in the bedroom, staring at him with a smile.
Lin Mi looked back with a puzzled look: "Ship God, what are you looking at?"
Rong Zezhou smiled and said, "Look at a little scumbag."
Lin Mi: ...
"Hey, when you ask for someone's protection, you call them "Sweetheart", but after winning the game, you turn around and hug someone else. The world is going downhill, and people's hearts are no longer the same as before—"
Rong Zezhou looked at Lin Mi with a resentful look on his face, "How do you think we should deal with this kind of scumbag who is thrown away after being used?"
Lin Mi cleared his throat and changed the subject: "Didn't Roll say that there was an additional training match tonight? Let's go down and discuss the lineup first."
He is not a scumbag, he just seems a little bit stupid.
The comments under the official blog are already heartbreaking enough, can you please stop adding to the chaos, Mr. Ship God?
Rong Zezhou saw through it but didn't say anything. He stood up obediently, then stood in front of Lin Mi and stretched out his hand to him: "Okay, let's go downstairs together."
Rong Zezhou's meaning was very clear, he wanted to hold hands.
The whole world is supporting them as a couple, even Lin Mi's mother praised him, but he didn't even get to hold hands with them officially, what a loss.
Lin Mi looked at the big hand in front of him and suddenly became a little nervous.
Why do we suddenly want to hold hands?
They haven't been together yet, it would be so embarrassing if their teammates saw it.
Rong Zezhou looked at Lin Mihong's red ears and conflicted expression, and smiled secretly in his heart.
Shy Xiaomi is really cute.
"The light in the corridor is broken, and Han Qing hasn't had time to replace it yet. It's safer to hold on to it."
Rong Zezhou said as a matter of course, "If he falls accidentally, our team won't have a substitute to play."
Nonsense.
Lin Mi complained in his heart that there were so many lights in the corridor and if one was broken it wouldn't affect anything at all.
However, he took the opportunity to grab Rong Zezhou's hand and whispered, "Well, then I'll hold your hand, don't fall down."
Lin Mi walked in front with his head down. The corridor was as bright as day, but he never let go.
Rong Zezhou's palms were big and his fingers were long. Although he took the initiative to hold Rong Zezhou's hand, he always felt that his hand was held in Rong Zezhou's palm.
It is still summer now, and it is still hot even at night. The palms of the two people holding hands are sweating slightly, but neither of them is willing to let go.
An atmosphere that seemed to be filled with pink bubbles lingered around the two people who held hands for the first time. They were clearly walking one after the other in the corridor of the base, but it seemed as if they were in a world with only the two of them. Everything around them became blurry, and only the sound of their thumping heartbeats was the most obvious.
Zhuo Yang, who also opened the door and prepared to go downstairs, was about to speak, but was covered by Hai Ge's hand. Hai Ge looked at the two people who walked straight past them with a look of satisfaction, and laughed softly, "Not bad, these two people have finally developed from childhood love to kindergarten, and know how to cross the road hand in hand."
Zhuo Yang looked confused: "Road? Where is the road?"
Brother Hai rolled his eyes: "Do you understand the metaphor? Xiaoyang, you are so straightforward, can you really find a partner?"
Zhuo Yang snorted proudly: "Old people like you with families don't understand the happiness of us single people!"
Haige: ...
Okay, kid, as long as you are happy.
Lin Mi and Rong Zezhou walked hand in hand from the room to the stairs, one in front and one behind, and then walked downstairs step by step while keeping the same posture.
At the bottom of the stairs, Roll was discussing something with Mao Bing. When he heard footsteps coming down, he looked up and saw two children holding hands.
Roll chuckled: "I say, are you two acting in a school play or a children's play?"
Lin Mi retorted: "The lights in the corridor are broken. We are doing this for safety reasons."
Recalling the shiny second-floor corridor, Roll fell silent.
It was obvious as soon as he heard this reason that Rong Zezhou made up to deceive Lin Mi, but Lin Mi believed it seriously. It was really a case of one willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten.
Alas, he doesn’t understand the world of innocent boys.
"Okay, okay, then you two should hold on tight and don't fall. The team doesn't have any other substitutes."
Roll complained without looking at it and walked towards the training room, "Come over when you've had enough. I've come up with a new lineup. Let's try it out in a training match later."
Lin Mi: ...
Help, why did he just say that!
What's there to be afraid of falling? He himself doesn't believe it, okay?
Lin Mi suddenly stopped and pulled Rong Zezhou, who was one step behind him, to his side. Then the two of them walked forward side by side instead of one in front of the other.
Why pretend? I won't pretend anymore.
Anyway, they are holding hands, so what!
Mom is right, they are all adults, what's wrong with having a relationship?
Rong Zezhou chuckled softly: "Xiaomi, you are holding me so tightly, are you going to take responsibility for me?"
Lin Mi refused to agree: "What responsibility? Didn't you say you were afraid of falling? It would be safer if I held it tighter!"
Mom also said that he should be more reserved. He can flirt with Rong Zezhou and take advantage of him, but when it comes to establishing a relationship, he must wait for Rong Zezhou to speak first.
Although he didn't understand why, he always felt that there seemed to be some truth in it.
The two children holding hands consciously let go of each other's hands when they entered the training room.
You can fool around as much as you want outside, but you have to be serious during training. The two of them didn't say it explicitly, but they made the same decision in sync.
However, just as they entered the training room, Hayate and Roll, who were huddled together looking at their phones, looked up at them at the same time.
Ji Feng looked at Rong Zezhou with a sad face: "Brother, I didn't expect you to be such a scumbag!"
Rong Zezhou:? ?
He was just accusing Xiaomi of being a scumbag, how come he has become the scumbag now?
After the game, he didn't hug anyone!
Lin Mi came over curiously, and Ji Feng quickly hid the phone behind him.
Roll pulled out a cell phone from behind and handed it to Lin Mi: "Look at the true face of the person you just held hands with!"
Lin Mi looked at his phone, which contained a Weibo post from a gossip blogger:
[A talented man and a beautiful woman! The marriage of two super wealthy families in S City is confirmed, and good things may be coming soon! ]
There is a picture below. In the picture, Rong Zezhou is leaning on the railing of the pavilion near the water. Opposite him, a woman in a champagne-colored cheongsam is handing a mobile phone to Rong Zezhou. From the angle of the photo, the two people are very close to each other and seem to be looking at their phones together.
Lin Mi's pupils suddenly shrank and he looked up at Rong Zezhou.
Rong Zezhou had a bewildered look on his face. He walked over and looked at his phone, then he suddenly lost his composure.
"I don't even know this woman!"
Rong Zezhou explained hurriedly, "I saw her for the first time that day when I went home to celebrate my grandfather's birthday!"
Lin Mi looked at the distance between the two people in the photo and felt a little uncomfortable.
In order to avoid gossip, he didn't even dare to hug Rong Zezhou after winning the game. Why could Rong Zezhou be so close to this woman and be praised by others for their good looks!
"The person who took the photo deliberately found a good angle to take the photo. I was very far away from her at the time. She took out her phone and asked me for my WeChat ID, but I didn't give it to her."
Rong Zezhou felt very wronged. He had been careful enough that day, but he didn't expect that he would still be tricked.
He said that this woman must have had bad intentions in approaching him!
Lin Mi let out a breath slowly, letting out all the sourness that had just risen in his heart.
Rong Zezhou came back from home that day and swore that he had wisely and cleverly avoided a beauty trap. He also mocked Rong Zezhou for watching too many melodramatic dramas about wealthy families. He didn't expect that reality was as melodramatic as in the TV dramas.
Speaking of which, Rong Zezhou returned home a few days ago, why are the photos being released only now?
Lin Mi opened the account of the gossip blogger and looked through his previous Weibo posts. As he was flipping through them, he felt something was not right.
"Look at this blogger. He once shared a video about the departure of the XY team's Kurofune.
Lin Mi showed his phone to the others, "We are going to play against Team XY in the next game. Isn't it a bit too coincidental that he is posting this kind of gossip at this time?"
Lin Mi didn't know if he was infected by Rong Zezhou and was thinking too much, but he always felt that there was no such coincidence.
Since there were photos, why didn’t they post them two days ago, but instead posted them after they easily beat the GD team?
Could it be that the boss of Team XY saw that they were in good shape and was afraid that they would lose the next game, so he was playing dirty tricks again?
You know, Team XY could have a lot of criminal records!
"Interesting," Roll touched his chin. "This tactic of adjusting the mentality before the game is very similar to Qin Yingzhuo's style. When he was promoting his girlfriend to the talent show, didn't he spread the scandal of his opponent before the game, causing the girl to make mistakes on the spot, so that his girlfriend could take the top spot?"
It was Qin Yingzhuo himself who boasted to them about this matter, and it was because of this incident that they made up their minds to leave the XY team.
It makes me uncomfortable to think about following such an unscrupulous boss.
E-sports is a competitive game and should be more pure. It is better to stay away from the intrigues in the entertainment industry.
"If it's him, there will definitely be further actions,"
Rong Zezhou thought for a moment and said, "I won't let my family clarify it yet, let's see what he wants to do."
Rong Zezhou was not worried about Qin Yingzhuo. Gossip was just gossip. As long as Lin Mi didn't believe it, he didn't care.
What he was worried about was that someone had teamed up with Qin Yingzhuo, because Qin Yingzhuo was not invited to his grandfather's birthday party at all.
The person who entered the old house and took this photo is even more terrifying.
This was originally Rong Zezhou's private matter and had nothing to do with the team. After Brother Hai and Zhuo Yang came in, no one on the WDG team mentioned the matter anymore. Instead, they turned on the computers used for training games and prepared for the evening's training game.
While everyone was debugging the computer, Rong Zezhou secretly reached out and held Lin Mi's hand and squeezed it gently.
Lin Mi turned his head to look, and saw Rong Zezhou with a flattering smile, looking quite cautious.
Lin Mi smiled and stroked Rong Zezhou's palm with his finger to show that he was fine.
It’s not that he doesn’t mind, but he trusts Rong Zezhou.
As for those dirty tricks, we can only deal with them as they come. If all else fails, we can ask his mother for help.
No one is more familiar with the means of stirring up trouble in the entertainment industry than Ms. Dong Hui.
The WSD team safely arranged a training match with the DZG team, but at this time, a bloody storm began on the Internet.
The gossip blogger’s Weibo post was quickly forwarded, and the overwhelming discussion directly pushed #Rong Zezhou’s romance# to the top of the hot searches.
[Fuck, the God of Ships is a hidden talent. Some people have spread rumors that the God of Ships is from a grassroots background. Is there a grassroots person who comes from a wealthy family? ]
[Is Rong's the same Rong's I know? The one with the hotel chain?]
[It’s that Rong family, the ship god is awesome! ]
[Hahaha, someone is always trying to ride on the popularity of the God of Ships and hype up couples. Isn't that disgusting? Now that the young mistress has appeared, is he going to hype up another one for me? ]
[The young lady and the ship god are a perfect match, blessings and blessings]
[It's just a secretly taken photo, and you guys are calling her a young lady? Where is the evidence? ]
[How stubborn! What kind of status does Rong Group have? How could such a groundless rumor be exposed? If it was false, Rong Group's public relations department would have come out to refute the rumor long ago, right? ]
【Xdjm guys, go check out Mrs. Rong’s Weibo post! 】
A Weibo user named @容夫人 just posted a photo of two women.
The middle-aged woman in royal blue cheongsam was all smiles, and the person she was holding in her arms was none other than the legendary young lady, Gu Ya.
Mrs. Rong often accompanied Rong Heng to attend some events, and many people knew her. Once this photo came out, it almost completely confirmed the matter.
The mother has come out to show off her daughter-in-law, how could it be fake?
For a while, the super topic was silent and no longer had the lively atmosphere of the past. Lin Mi’s old fans were trying to appease the restless fans and not let them speak out now, for fear of causing trouble for Lin Mi.
[Mommies, Mizhou CP is something we imagined, Xiaomi has never admitted it, everyone please stay rational, don’t go out and argue with haters, don’t cause trouble for Xiaomi! ]
[Girls, Xiaomi and Chuan Shen have always been teammates. Don’t be influenced by the black fans online. Just continue to support Xiaomi.]
[Baby, e-sports is not the entertainment industry. What we do in private has nothing to do with the players. Don’t take it to the real person. Xiaomi is very tired from constantly changing positions in the competition. Please don’t let him worry about it anymore.]
Fans comforted each other, but everyone felt bad.
Many old fans who have watched Lin Mi's journey have been secretly sending private messages to Lin Mi, carefully comforting him and encouraging him, but they dare not mention too much about Rong Zezhou, for fear that there really is some misunderstanding in between, which will make Lin Mi even more sad.
After finishing the training match, Lin Mi picked up his phone and saw these restrained, warm, and cautious messages of concern.
Rong Zezhou, on the other hand, was looking at his phone.
He has been enduring these years for the sake of his grandfather's face. Does Lin Jinxiu really regard herself as the mistress of the Rong family?
She and Rongheng are really a perfect match, a turtle and a mung bean, they are a perfect match.
He remembered clearly how Rong Heng used his romantic affairs to drive his mother into depression when he was a child. Now Lin Jinxiu wants to use the same method to hurt his beloved? He is dreaming!
Rong Zezhou called Old Man Rong directly and said straight to the point: "Grandpa, I have someone I like. Now he is very unhappy because of what Lin Jinxiu did. I want Rong's public relations department to come forward to refute the rumors and file a lawsuit against the relevant personnel. I hope you can understand."
Mr. Rong was very good at grasping the key points: "Is it the Xiaomi from your team?"
"Yes," Rong Zezhou did not hide it, "Grandpa, I don't want him to get hurt because of me. Lin Jinxiu dared to do this today because she felt that I couldn't do anything to her, but this time I will never tolerate her again. Over the years, she has enjoyed so many things that don't belong to her under the banner of Madam Rong. I want everyone to see her true face."
Rong Zezhou is now like a small beast whose reverse scale has been touched, and he wishes he could transform into a big monster and fight back.
For his grandfather's sake, he had endured it for too long, so long that everyone thought he was easy to bully.
This time, he didn't want to endure it anymore.
Mr. Rong was silent for a while, then answered the question irrelevantly: "The child is good-looking and seems to have a good personality. It's a pity that you didn't bring him home last time, so I didn't get to meet him."
"Grandpa wants to visit my team, and you will be able to meet him then. However," Rong Zezhou hesitated, "please don't say too much then, I haven't--"
"You little bastard, you're already talking to your grandfather here before you even catch him, right?"
Mr. Rong immediately understood what his grandson meant. "I see. I just want to get to know him and let him know that you are serious about him and that your family supports you."
Old Master Rong slowly let out a breath: "As for Lin Jinxiu, you can do whatever you want. Grandpa is old, and the Rong family will be yours in the future. There are some clowns who have taken over the magpie's nest, and Grandpa can't control them, so you can take care of them."
For more than ten years, Mr. Rong has not cared about it. It's not because he acquiesces, but because Rong Zezhou is too young and the Rong family needs stability.
Now that his grandson has grown up and has his own favorite people whom he wants to protect, he naturally won't stop him.
"A Zhou, whatever you want to do, Grandpa will support you, but before you do it, you have to think about how to deal with it afterwards,"
Old Master Rong warned him earnestly, "Lin Jinxiu is not important, but Rong Heng is your father after all. Once you and Lin Jinxiu fall out, you should know the consequences. You don't have to worry about the Rong family, Grandpa has already made arrangements, but you have to protect your team yourself."
Rong Zezhou hummed and said seriously: "Don't worry, Grandpa. I wanted to form my own team just for this day. WDG is not XY. I will never let anyone interfere in the affairs of the team!"
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