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Inside the Sang Family Manor.
Xiao Mobai parked the car steadily in front of the villa. He should have gotten out of the car, but instead, he gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, his face was extremely tense, and his brows were deeply furrowed. If Nan Qing didn't know him well enough, she would have thought that he had been forced to come.
Seeing him like this, Nan Qing chuckled, reached out and poked his taut arm muscles, teasingly saying:
"Xiao Mobai, if you keep squeezing like that, you'll deform the steering wheel."
Xiao Mobai turned his head sharply, and when he saw Nan Qing's smiling eyes, his previously cold and stern expression softened instantly, and even his voice became a few decibels lower.
"...I wasn't nervous..."
His unintentional revelation made Nan Qing laugh. As she unfastened the safety buckle, she comforted him:
"Alright, alright, I know you're not nervous. Shall we get off the bus now?"
"My parents are very easy to get along with, and they know your father. They were very welcoming when they heard you were coming!"
Hearing this, Xiao Mobai's tense shoulders did relax a little, but just as he unbuckled his safety harness and was about to open the car door, he suddenly saw a familiar figure walking out of the villa gate.
The man dressed casually and wearing gold-rimmed glasses was walking towards them with a relaxed gait. Xiao Mobai's heart sank suddenly, his relaxed expression froze instantly, and his eyes darkened.
The man walked confidently to Nan Qing's side, and with a click, the car door opened. He leaned down slightly and spoke to Nan Qing in a friendly tone:
"Why aren't you getting off when we arrive?"
Xiao Mobai's fingers tightened on the car door handle, his knuckles turning white. At that moment, his mind was blank, with only one thought screaming wildly:
What's this person doing here?
Has he already gained entry into the inner circle?
Seeing Nan Qing get out of the car, the two stood very close together, seemingly talking about something. Xiao Mobai composed himself, opened the car door, took a long stride, quickly walked around the front of the car, and squeezed between the two.
He was a few centimeters taller than the other person, so he was slightly lowering his head, his eyes filled with undisguised hostility.
"Sir, please move aside, you're blocking my wife and me!!"
Xiao Mobai's voice was cold, and he emphasized each word heavily, especially the three words "my wife"!
The air froze instantly.
Nan Qing was taken aback, looking at Xiao Mobai who had suddenly become full of fighting spirit, and was a little confused about the situation.
"No, Xiao Mobai, this is..."
Xiao Mobai interrupted Nan Qing directly, and snorted coldly:
"I know who he is!"
He glared at the man, then turned to look at Nan Qing, his eyes instantly changing from cold to aggrieved, even his eye sockets turning red, looking like a large abandoned dog.
I saw you and him at the auction before...
You're still holding his hand!
Xiao Mobai's voice grew softer and softer, his tone carrying a hint of accusation, as if he were a wronged husband who had caught his wife dating a gigolo.
Nan Qing blinked, a guess forming in her mind. Just as she was about to explain, she heard Sang Nanchen chuckle softly beside her.
Sang Nanchen's gaze swept over Xiao Mobai's face with interest, a playful smile curving his lips as he said meaningfully:
"I see~"
"No wonder he kept staring at us that day and even tried to take the jade necklace from me."
Xiao Mobai didn't say anything, but stared at him intently with his dark eyes, as if he was very certain that the man in front of him was the hateful third party who ruined his "wonderful life"!
Seeing this, Sang Nanchen stopped teasing him and reached out his hand, but his tone still carried a hint of mockery.
"Let me introduce myself, this is Sang Nanchen, Nanqing's... older brother."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Mobai froze. He turned to look at Nan Qing, who nodded helplessly at him.
He gripped Sang Nanchen's hand stiffly, his face flushed, and his voice dry and hoarse.
"Brother, hello, I'm Xiao Mobai, I'm..."
Sang Nanchen glanced at the hand that was secretly tugging at Nan Qing's clothes, and said with an "I know" expression:
"I know, we're friends~ Nanqing and we all told you that we get along well with you in games."
Whether intentionally or not, when Sang Nanchen said the word "friend," he imitated Xiao Mobai, emphasizing the word heavily, as if afraid that Xiao Mobai wouldn't hear it.
Xiao Mobai pursed his lips, wanting to refute, but it seemed he didn't really have a proper identity yet...
So he could only give Nan Qing a pitiful look and openly complain. Nan Qing coughed lightly and quickly changed the subject.
"Alright, alright, let's go inside quickly, don't keep Mom and Dad waiting!"
After this meal, with the consent of Sang's parents, Xiao Mobai officially became Nan Qing's boyfriend, and no longer had to worry about that "pretty boy" trying to steal her away.
Two years later, the TC team represented China at a global esports competition, ultimately crushing other countries with a decisive 3-0 victory to win the world championship.
In the same year, Xiao Mobai announced his retirement.
Meanwhile, the news of "the engagement of the number one support player in the Chinese server and the strongest female jungler on the entire internet" shocked the e-sports community and dominated the trending topics on multiple entertainment platforms.
Xiao Mobai then stepped down from the spotlight to focus on building an even better Chinese e-sports team.
Nan Qing, perhaps influenced by him and also because she herself loved the game, later formed an all-female esports team called [Siren].
At the team's first press conference, the five female esports players behind her all had sharp eyes. Nan Qing raised an eyebrow and smiled at the camera, saying proudly:
"In the male-dominated jungle of esports, it's time to hear the cries of women."
From then on, the [Siren] team formed by Nanqing swept through the e-sports circle like a storm, rewriting the history of e-sports events with amazing speed.
The legend created by this all-female team goes far beyond the wins and losses on the field.
Three years later, when Nanqing's "Siren" team and Xiao Mobai's CT second team met at the National Esports Championship, they set a new record for the highest number of live broadcasts of esports events!
Perhaps because he had spent so much time traveling in the previous worlds, Nan Qing found himself becoming increasingly engrossed in his work in this smaller world.
Or rather, he's hopelessly addicted to the game, and hopelessly addicted to spending every day surrounded by a bunch of sweet and lovely female teammates.
Xiao Mobai was incredibly resentful about this. He never imagined that in his life he would not only have to experience mistaking his brother-in-law for a love rival, a "pretty boy," but also have to go through the drama of competing for affections with a group of girls...
However, no matter where Nan Qing and his team go to compete, he will follow them without missing a step, becoming the most famous "follower family member" in the e-sports circle.
During breaks in the competition, the two would transform into ordinary travelers. Xiao Mobai would always prepare travel guides for each city, taking Nan Qing to eat the most famous local delicacies and see the most beautiful scenery. Their footprints covered almost every country in the world.
In this life, Nan Qing passed away before him. In the last moment before she closed her eyes, a trace of reluctance flashed in her still clear eyes. Then, a feeling of soul being pulled away was quickly taken away from her body in this world by Xiao Ba.
Nan Qing, who had already left this small world, did not notice that shortly after her soul left, a pitch-black soul appeared beside Xiao Mobai's lifeless body. The soul was so dark that it seemed to devour all light, and it was also filled with an inexplicable obsession.
"...Qingqing."
The dark figure uttered a hoarse whisper, then transformed into a wisp of black smoke and chased after the direction Nan Qing had left in.
Wherever his soul passed, even space and time were subtly distorted, as if the laws of this world could not bind his existence.
end.
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