Wang's face froze, and he said awkwardly, "How can this be considered a match-fixing? This kind of competition isn't tied to rankings or anything..."
"I won't play." Lin Meng refused decisively: "Why are you asking us to have a match-fixing? There's something wrong with you! I remember REMIX made it to the playoffs, right? What are you thinking?"
With every word she spoke, Mr. Wang's face turned paler. Finally, Lin Meng slammed the table and stood up, and was about to question him, but was suppressed by Tang Jinhai.
"There's something wrong with Mr. Wang's statement. He didn't mean that." Tang Jinhai said with a smile, "Don't worry, LEMON. No one asked you to fix a match. You've read our contract. There are no such messy clauses." As he said that, he made a few looks at the man surnamed Wang and pulled him away.
The two walked outside and found a quiet place. Wang turned around and shouted angrily, "What are you doing, Tang Jinhai!"
"Don't be so anxious." Tang Jinhai took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to him: "Come, have a cigarette."
"Beat your uncle! You are not going to regret it, are you?" The man surnamed Wang slapped his hand away and said sternly.
"What are you regretting?" Tang Jinhai said lazily, cigarette in hand. "You said you wanted to step on the Lemon God to get to the top, and asked me to get him for you. I did it, didn't I? I've invested a lot of money in Guo's Enterprise. This is a business that won't pay off. You can't be so heartless."
"Of course I knew she was coming, but what if she didn't fight?" Wang asked anxiously, "Isn't this written in your contract?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? How can such a thing be written into a contract?" Tang Jinhai said with a sidelong glance, "Everyone is here, can't you figure out a solution yourself?"
"What can I do?" Wang said, "My hands are hers. If she doesn't hit me, what can I do?" He flew into a rage and reached out to pull Tang Jinhai: "Give me my money back."
"Give me back the money?" Tang Jinhai forcefully pulled his hand away. "What's the harm in giving it back to you? Let me put it bluntly. I signed with LEMON. Once the spring season starts, I'll slowly work my way up. With LEMON's level, will I be short of money by then?" He straightened his torn collar and sneered, "But you, on the other hand, are you stupid? Don't you think about it? In the esports world, fame is a matter of one battle. LEMON only defeated Mo Shen in a qualifying match and instantly became famous. Is this road easy? It's too easy. But this road to heaven is right in front of you, and you're actually unwilling to take a step."
"You make it sound so easy." Wang's face turned pale. "If she refuses to fight, can I still tie her up?"
"Who said no?" Tang Jinhai glanced at him sideways. "She signed with me. If I don't care, then no one else will." He smiled and patted Mr. Wang's chest with the back of his hand. "Think about it yourself, okay?"
He turned around and took two steps when the man surnamed Wang suddenly called out to him.
"Hey Tang Jinhai, I'm still very curious, how can you be so sure that LEMON won't go to Mo Shen to borrow money and will definitely come to you?"
"I know them so well." Tang Jinhai sighed, half smiling, "Lemon is the hardest kid to tame. This personality has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that he performs consistently during matches and isn't easily affected by emotions. No matter how familiar someone is, he'll kill them without mercy. As for the disadvantage... well, it's hard to tame them. Of course, this disadvantage doesn't exist for me, but it might be a headache for someone like Silence who's genuinely emotional. Oh, right." He seemed to remember something and warned, "You'd better make a quick decision. With her temper, she might spill the beans later."
Lin Meng cried at noon and felt really headache. The base rented by Tang Jinhai was not humane at all. She curled up in a down jacket on the hard bed for the whole afternoon. She barely rested for a while, and when she opened her eyes again, it was dark.
Her stomach growled with hunger, she struggled to sit up, and went out in a daze to find something to eat.
The cold wind was blowing, and halfway through it she became a little sober. No matter how she thought about it, she felt that there was something wrong with Tang Jinhai's team.
So she took out her cell phone and sent a message to Guo Bo.
[Boss Guo, I think the TANG team is weird. They haven't done anything today! They just talked about collaborating with the head of REMIX, and they actually asked me to fix a match for them! Can you believe it?]
The sky was dark and the street lights flickered. Lin Meng had just sent the message when her hands were too cold to bear it. She blew twice, threw the phone back into her pocket, and walked forward with her head down.
Suddenly, a rugged shadow came up from behind.
Lin Meng was slightly stunned and realized something was wrong. Just as she was about to turn around, a slightly cool and damp handkerchief covered her from behind. She struggled for two seconds and suddenly lost consciousness.
Guo Bo was walking when he received a message from Lin Meng. He replied with a "Fuck", but didn't get a response for a long time.
He made another call, but no one answered, so he guessed that Lin Meng's phone was probably out of battery.
In the winter, it is normal for mobile phone batteries to fail.
Two hours later, he called Lin Meng again, but still no one answered.
How could someone like Lin Meng, who would die without her phone, survive two hours without a battery?! Impossible!
For some reason, Guo Bo's right eyelid started twitching.
In the next half hour, he called Lin Meng repeatedly, but got nothing. The chill began to spread from his head to his feet.
A terrible thought emerged in my mind.
Nothing will happen to Lin Meng, right?
At this time in Team E's base, Zhong Xiang was making a phone call under Yu Mo's gaze.
The air conditioner was turned up high, and the room was cozy and warm, but Yu Mo's eyes were as cold as ice.
"Hey, I'm telling you, don't you really consider calling LEMON?" Xiao Xingheng walked around twice and asked with his eyes lowered.
"I called, but her phone was turned off." Yu Mo said helplessly, "I don't know what she's throwing at me. It's inexplicable."
"Hey, actually, I think your habit of not telling others when you have something wrong is very bad." Xiao Xingheng said with his arms crossed.
"Did I?" Yu Mo raised his eyebrows. "Please, when I'm done, I always inform you of the results immediately."
"Look, you always notify people of the results after you've finished. What if you can't finish?" Xiao Xingheng said, "This whole process will make people constantly worry about you and have wild suspicions."
Yu Mo was stunned.
He lowered his head again and felt around his palms. "I just think it's more efficient to handle things alone."
"I see you really enjoy the feeling of being a lone hero." Xiao Xingheng said, "Since you want to be a lone hero, don't be bothered when people hang up on you."
"Hey you!" Yu Mo hesitated to speak.
He thought back and it seemed that ever since Winter won the preliminaries, Lin Meng's attitude towards him had become a little subtle, as if she was harboring some kind of guilt and worry.
Excessive care and excessive encouragement seemed to be as if they were afraid that he would never recover from this.
But he seemed to... never take it to heart and just thought she was being petty.
Recently, he has been busy looking for teammates and treating his late hand injury, and has become increasingly neglectful of Lin Meng's condition in Winter.
"Hey." Xiao Xingheng sat down next to him and pointed at his wrist. "Have you discussed this matter with Lemon?"
"How can I possibly tell her this!" Yu Mo looked at Xiao Xingheng as if he were crazy. "If I tell her this, she'll be mad."
Then he realized that the star god looked at him with eyes full of disgust for straight men.
"Your parents know about this, Tang Jinhai knows about it, and I know about it. Through me, our entire Team E knows about it." Xiao Xingheng said, "But Lemon doesn't know."
Yu Mo's expression slightly condensed.
"Do you know that when A-Lu heard about this from me, he immediately wanted to break down your bedroom door?" Xiao Xingheng said.
"Does she think I treat her as an outsider?" Yu Mo pondered for a moment and said word by word.
"You, Silence, have fame and fortune, money and even charity. The recipients of your kindness may not necessarily be close to you." Xiao Xingheng said, "But the ones who can help you through this difficult time are definitely your family."
Yu Mo was stunned and speechless.
"I guess Lemon really wants to share the pressure with you, but you didn't give her the chance." Xiao Xingheng patted Yu Mo's leg and laughed: "So, don't think that other people's temper is inexplicable."
Yu Mo thought for two seconds, then suddenly looked up and said, "Then why didn't you tell me this earlier!"
Xiao Xingheng turned around and said in surprise, "How could I have known that you still haven't figured out such a simple truth? You are so terrible!"
Yu Mo was speechless for a moment. He slapped his thigh in frustration. Then the clock rang and he finished the call. He said seriously, "I asked, and Tang Jinhai is recently forming a team. He's already picked a name: TANG." After a pause, he said worriedly, "But this doesn't prove that LEMON has signed their team, right?"
Yu Mo said nothing.
Zhong Xiang said, "Let's take a step back and say that even if she signed with Tang Jinhai's team, 30 million, wow, this value is higher than that of a Star God. I don't think Tang Jinhai will treat her unfairly, so do we need to interfere-"
"You don't know Tang Jinhai," Yu Mo said gravely. "He wouldn't want to run a serious esports club. He's most likely looking to make a quick buck through some shady means. You've heard about him before, haven't you? He mentioned wanting to open a casino in Las Vegas. How much capital would that require?"
"After all, we are just guessing, there is no concrete evidence for this—" Zhong Xiang pulled his hair, feeling helpless, when suddenly his cell phone rang, and the caller ID showed "Hengbo Network Industry".
Zhong Xiang hasn't contacted them since the last time he borrowed Hengbo's venue to record a show. He hesitated for a moment and answered the phone, then heard a young boy's voice from the other end.
"Is that Manager Zhong?" he asked anxiously.
Zhong Xiang couldn't remember who he was. "I'm Zhong Xiang. May I ask who you are?"
"I'm Guo Bo from the Hengbo Internet Cafe chain, and I'm a friend of LEMON!" Guo Bo asked anxiously, "Excuse me, is God Mo here? I have something urgent to tell him!"
Zhong Xiang widened his eyes slightly. He glanced at Yu Mo and said, "Okay, wait." Then he handed the phone over.
Yu Mo took the phone and heard Guo Bo yelling anxiously on the other end, "Oh no, God Mo! Lin Meng refused to play a match-fixing match for the new team! She...she disappeared!"
All actions have reasons, but the foreshadowing may be hidden deeper.
Thank you to all the friends who have persisted until now, love you so much.
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