In the third game, NSD won effortlessly despite LC's complete mental breakdown.
As per convention, both sides shake hands at the end of the game.
But this time, the audience could feel the invisible smell of gunpowder from the handshake even through the stands and the screen.
On the stage, the two sides faced each other, but no one extended a hand. Pei Yan had a mocking arc at the corner of his lips, and his eyes were full of disdain for looking at trash.
Xiao Wei looked at Qiao Ran, gritting his teeth. "You asked for this, little bitch! We lost the game, so what? Do you think the netizens still have the energy to scold us right now?"
"You'd better watch your mouth." Pei Yan warned coldly.
"So what if I scolded you? If you have the guts, you Pei Shen, you're so angry for your beloved that you'd rather sacrifice your future and hit me in front of the camera!"
Qiao Ran was afraid Pei Yan would do something impulsive, so he grabbed Pei Yan's hand in a hurry. Then he said to Xiao Wei calmly, "Just because it's not happening now doesn't mean it won't happen again in the future. Which do you think netizens are more interested in: a team intentionally cheating in the KPL or a family member of one of my players who has passed away and is owing money?"
By now, Jiang Wenzhou should have submitted the evidence to the competition organizers, and Qiao Ran didn't mind giving LC a preview in advance.
Xiao Wei reacted immediately after hearing this: "What did you do, you little bitch!"
…
The handshake between the two parties only had background music in the video. The members did not have microphones and everyone spoke in low voices, so the audience could only see the two parties talking but had no idea what they were talking about.
[Is there anyone here who heard the noise and wants to translate it?]
They all stood, didn't shake hands, didn't talk much, and didn't turn on the microphone. What was going on?
[Why did Qiao Shen suddenly grab Pei Shen's hand?! Is he trying to feed the losing team some dog food?!]
[Why do I feel like a fight is about to break out between the two sides?]
[Not really... After all, hitting someone in a competition is against the rules!]
…
Just after someone finished commenting on the barrage and said that a fight shouldn't break out, Xiaowei swung his fist towards Qiao Ran.
Pei Yan quickly pulled Qiao Ran back and put him behind him.
Ye Xiaofan also took a step forward and rushed out from the side. Just when Xiaowei's fist was about to hit him, he fell backwards to the ground.
As long as no one captured and enlarged this frame, everyone would see Xiaowei punching Ye Xiaofan.
"What are you doing! Why are you hitting others if you are not convinced of losing the game? You can't afford to play!" Zhao Jie suddenly had an idea and immediately shouted at the top of his voice.
The on-site staff immediately rushed onto the stage and began to control the situation.
Xiaowei's eyes turned red, like an angry beast, and he was completely irrational at the moment.
The staff members close to him were almost thrown out by him, and they and the security guards finally managed to pin Xiaowei to the ground.
Qiao Ran helped Ye Xiaofan up, thinking that Ye Xiaofan had been punched, and felt a little sorry: "Xiaofan, are you okay..."
Ye Xiaofan turned his back to the camera, blinked at Qiao Ran, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I was pretending!"
Qiao Ran was stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly after realizing what was happening, and glanced in Xiaowei's direction.
At this time, Zhang Qian, as the coach, also ran onto the stage and began to negotiate with the staff, arranging for Pei Yan and the others to leave first.
The live broadcast was suddenly interrupted because of this incident, but the audience's gossip spirit will not be interrupted.
They moved from the live broadcast room to Weibo, and naturally saw those related to Qiao Ran.
Top Killer: Holy crap! What’s going on?! I feel like there’s something fishy going on here!
Squatting Superman: This is obvious, right? Qiao Ran was screwed? Was it LC who did it? Did the two sides start fighting over this?
Dajung Daba: You said it as if it were true. Now no one has come out to explain, so there is no need to guess...
Yaomei Don’t Cry: I am just a badger in the melon field. It’s useless to worry about it. Tag the official!
Learn math, physics and chemistry: I just came from the official side, there is no movement at all, and the comment section is full of explanations.
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In the short time it took NSD to return from the front desk to the backstage lounge, the two hot searches #Qiao Ran is a deadbeat# and #Qiao Ran has paid off# had been squeezed out, and now the two terms #LC beats people# and #World Championship dispute# have taken the top spot on the hot searches.
As soon as he returned to the backstage, Pei Yan opened Weibo and took a look at the overall trend on the Internet.
How to say it?
Xiaowei's punch came just in time.
According to Pei Yan's original estimate, even with the help of his mother's agent, they could only try to minimize the impact, but could not guarantee that there would be no impact at all.
Now……
Even though the official handling has not yet come out and LC's violation has not been exposed, smart netizens have already made their own associations and blamed LC for the source of the conflict.
Each one of them spoke in a very concise manner. Some even claimed to have connections with LC or Qiao Ran and knew the inside story in order to attract attention...
Others were also surfing the Internet on their phones.
"Isn't this outrageous?" Ye Xiaofan repeated the message he had just seen. "This person claims to be Qiao Qiao's cousin. They say that the LC people saw Qiao Qiao's skills and wanted to poach her, but she rejected them, so they hold a grudge against her. They even contacted these relatives before the competition, offering them money in the hope that they would come forward and smear Qiao Qiao."
"I got it too! I got it too!" Zhao Jie also joined in the fun. "This account of mine is a newly registered account by an unknown LC staff member. He said he hears Xiao Wei insulting Qiao Ran every day at their base."
"There are still one or two people pretending to be sober and saying that we are directing and acting this out for publicity." Sun Kai shook his head and sighed.
…
Qiao Ran had seen a lot of similar comments, whether it was what was happening now or the many misunderstandings about her online in the past, it was all like this...
She couldn't help but think of a sentence in "The Crowd" -
The masses have never thirsted for truth; they are blind to evidence that is not to their taste, and would rather worship error than to deceive them, if error were to tempt them.
Qiao Ran hesitated for a while, edited a Weibo post using his main account, and sent it out.
NSD-Qiao: The official website and official blog will have relevant explanations later. Before that, I hope everyone will not believe in rumors or spread them.
After Qiao Ran posted this Weibo, many fans quickly flocked to the comment section.
Love Qiao Every Day: Qiao Qiao, are you okay? Are you scared?
Qiao Qiao’s big eyes: Move your small stool and sit in the front row to wait for the melon!
Please put on some makeup: What's going on? Can you give me a little hint? My curiosity is keeping me awake!
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No matter how much people wailed in the comment section, Qiao Ran did not respond.
Pei Yan looked around and put away his phone after making sure that there were no comments that would affect Qiao Ran.
"Where's Jiang Wenzhou? Hasn't he come back yet?"
As soon as Pei Yan finished speaking, the door of the lounge was pushed open.
Jiang Wenzhou rushed back in a hurry, holding a mobile phone in his hand, and it seemed that he already knew what had happened.
"I say, you guys really made such a big fuss just by doing it?"
"What did the competition organizers say?" Zhang Qian was still concerned about the progress of the matter.
The author has something to say:
The quote in the article is from "The Crowd".
Regarding conflict: Fiction is definitely different from reality, and the plot may require some parts that are not in line with reality or exaggerated. I hope you can understand and don't do any research, as it won't stand up to any scrutiny.
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