Yin Chen was happy.
Yin Chen was extremely happy.
He even logged into an alternate account and sent Zong Cheng a wave of virtual gifts.
“Finished reading the update?”
Zong Cheng rubbed his sore wrist, looking immensely pleased with himself.
As expected of him.
Who else could have come up with such a brilliant little trick?
After a moment of thought, Zong Cheng moved on to Phase Two of his plan.
He took out his phone and snapped several photos of dishes he had specially requested from another private kitchen.
“We can go try this barbecue place tomorrow. Their charcoal-grilled garlic abalone, cheese lobster, and salt-and-pepper mantis shrimp are all excellent.”
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Yin Chen, still eating hot pot, froze when he received the message.
Barbecue!
Wait—
That was right!
How had he forgotten about barbecue?
He hurriedly opened his notes.
Barbecue appeared frequently in the novel too!
And it always sounded delicious!
Perfect!
He could do this!
Yin Chen quickly replied with a single word: “Sure.”
His typing speed practically screamed impatience.
Zong Cheng smiled faintly when he saw the reply.
Excellent. Phase Two: complete success.
Meanwhile, Yin Chen looked at the photos again and suddenly turned to Lin Yuhan.
“How about we go for a second round and get barbecue after this?”
“Huh?”
Lin Yuhan let out a belch. His hand, which had been reaching for a slice of watermelon, froze midair.
What?
There was a second round?
Then would not eating this watermelon take up precious space?
Yin Chen looked solemn.
“Do you know any good places? Let us grab barbecue after hot pot!”
Brilliant, as expected of him.
Since the places Zong Cheng took him to were always higher-end, he could enjoy one round of happiness with Lin Yuhan first—
And then upgrade to an even more advanced level of happiness!
Double the joy!
Outstanding. Truly outstanding.
Yin Chen felt extremely satisfied with himself.
Three hours later.
Zong Cheng looked at the freshly written draft chapter on his screen and let out a slow breath.
This should be enough.
Since he was meeting Yin Chen tomorrow, posting just one chapter would suffice.
He thought about it and could not resist picking up his phone.
Had Yin Chen gone to sleep yet?
He instinctively tapped into Yin Chen’s WeChat—
And discovered that Yin Chen had posted a new Moments update.
?
Yin Chen posted on Moments?
Zong Cheng was slightly surprised. Yin Chen’s feed had always been completely blank. He had assumed he simply did not use it.
Well, this was good.
Much easier to gather information.
Maintaining a perfectly upright expression, Zong Cheng tapped open the post.
He froze.
He went completely blank.
Why—
Why was Lin Yuhan in Yin Chen’s Moments?
And why did the food on their table look so painfully familiar???
In that instant, a massive word flashed through Zong Cheng’s mind—
Regret.
It was not that his plan had been bad.
The timing had simply been too reckless.
At first, not many people paid attention to ZWG-King’s late-night apology post.
But—
Zhang Taining had jumped in.
His pointed remarks were practically thrown straight into ZWG’s face, and that infuriated ZWG’s fans.
“Does BZ have any shame? A 0:5 record and you still cannot see what level you are at? King’s apology was directed at the sponsor. What does it have to do with you? Why are you hopping around?”
“BZ’s ego is ridiculous. King obviously swallowed his pride to apologize. You should just accept it and be grateful. Lost five practice matches and still not training properly?”
“I am sick of it. What a trash team with trash manners. Compared to them, ZWG’s King is so polite. Even if he was forced to apologize, a real man bends and stretches. King is amazing. As for BZ—ha.”
Some of the more extreme ZWG fans even rushed into Zhang Taining’s livestream to cause trouble.
Was Zhang Taining foolish?
Of course not.
He simply dragged Tang Chen into a training stream and turned on a setting that allowed only subscribed fans to speak in chat.
The ZWG fans were furious.
They wanted to spend money just to get in and curse at him—
But they were afraid that giving him money would only help him climb higher.
Caramel Pudding was one such fan.
She had started supporting ZWG during last year’s semifinals and had personally witnessed them rise step by step to claim the championship.
She knew nearly every member of ZWG by heart—especially the captain, King. Skilled, handsome, the dream idol of countless girls.
That Zhuo Fan had been decent too.
But after hearing rumors circulating within ZWG—that Zhuo Fan had tried to flirt with another teammate’s girlfriend—she had instantly switched from fan to anti-fan.
And she had stayed that way ever since.
Recently, when Zhuo Fan was signed by BZ, she had been incredulous.
A scumbag like him could still find another team willing to take him?
Unbelievable luck.
And that was not even the worst part.
BZ even had the audacity to challenge ZWG to a practice match.
Yin Chen was delighted.
Yin Chen was extremely delighted!
He even logged into an alternate account and sent Zong Cheng a wave of gifts.
“You finished reading the update?”
Zong Cheng rubbed his sore wrist, looking smug.
As expected of him!
Who else could come up with such a clever trick?
After a moment’s thought, Zong Cheng moved on to Phase Two of his plan.
He pulled out his phone and snapped several photos of dishes he had specially asked another private kitchen for.
“How about we go eat barbecue here tomorrow? Their charcoal-grilled garlic abalone, cheese lobster, salt-and-pepper mantis shrimp—all of it tastes amazing!”
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Yin Chen, who was in the middle of eating hot pot, froze when he saw the message.
Barbecue!
Oh wow!
That’s right!
He had completely forgotten about barbecue!
Yin Chen hurriedly opened his little cheat sheet.
Barbecue appeared in the novel quite a lot!
And it always sounded delicious!
He could do this!
Yin Chen quickly replied with a single word: Okay.
His typing speed said only one thing—he could not wait.
Seeing the reply, Zong Cheng smiled faintly.
Perfect. The plan was a great success!
On the other end, Yin Chen reread the message, then suddenly turned to look at Lin Yuhan.
“How about we go for a second round later and get barbecue?”
“Huh?”
Lin Yuhan let out a full-bellied burp. His hand, which had been reaching for the watermelon, froze midair.
Wait—there is another round?
Then if he ate this watermelon, would it not take up valuable space?
Yin Chen looked thoughtful and solemn.
“Do you have any place to recommend? Let’s grab barbecue after hot pot!”
Brilliant as he was!
Since the places Zong Cheng took him to were always better, he could enjoy himself with Lin Yuhan first—
Then level up to an even higher tier of happiness!
Double the joy—would that not make it even better?
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Yin Chen felt immensely satisfied.
Three hours later.
Zong Cheng looked at the chapter draft he had just rushed out and slowly let out a breath.
This should be enough.
Since he was meeting Yin Chen tomorrow, posting one token update would do.
As he thought about it, he could not resist pulling out his phone.
Had Yin Chen gone to sleep yet?
He instinctively tapped into Yin Chen’s WeChat—and then noticed something.
Yin Chen had posted on Moments!
?
Yin Chen actually posted on Moments?
Zong Cheng was a little surprised. Yin Chen’s page had always been blank. He had assumed Yin Chen did not use it.
But this was good.
It would make gathering information much easier.
With a completely upright expression, Zong Cheng opened Yin Chen’s latest post.
Zong Cheng froze.
Zong Cheng went blank.
W-Why? Why was Lin Yuhan in Yin Chen’s Moments?
And why did the food on their table look so familiar???
In that instant, a massive word flashed through Zong Cheng’s mind: regret.
It was not that his plan was bad!
He had simply scheduled it too rashly!
When ZWG’s King posted a late-night apology update, not many people paid attention at first.
But then Zhang Taining stepped in.
His pointed remarks were practically shoved in ZWG’s face, and that infuriated ZWG’s fans.
“Does BZ have any shame? A 0:5 record and you still cannot see what you are? King apologized to the sponsor—what does that have to do with you? Why are you jumping around here?”
“BZ should not get ahead of themselves. King clearly swallowed his pride to apologize. You should just accept it and be grateful. Lost five scrims and still not training properly?”
“I am sick of this trash team with trash manners. Compared to them, ZWG’s King is so polite. Even if he was forced to apologize, a real man knows when to bend and when to stand tall. King did great! As for BZ—ha.”
Some more extreme ZWG fans even rushed into Zhang Taining’s livestream to cause trouble.
But was Zhang Taining stupid?
He immediately called Tang Chen to train with him and set the chat so that only paid subscribers could speak.
That left those ZWG fans fuming. They wanted to pay just to curse at him—but they did not want to give him money and boost his popularity!
Caramel Pudding was one of those fans.
She had started supporting ZWG when they reached the semifinals last year. She had watched them climb step by step all the way to the championship.
She knew nearly every member of ZWG by heart, especially the captain, King—skilled, handsome, the dream guy of countless girls.
Zhuo Fan was not bad either, but when rumors spread that Zhuo Fan had tried to flirt with a teammate’s girlfriend, Caramel Pudding immediately turned from fan to anti.
And she had stayed that way.
Recently, ever since Zhuo Fan was signed by BZ, she could hardly believe it.
A scumbag like him actually found another team willing to take him?
Talk about absurd luck.
And that was not even the worst of it!
BZ actually had the nerve to challenge ZWG to scrims!
Was that not too big for their britches?
At first, Caramel Pudding felt that scrimming against such a small team would not benefit ZWG at all.
Then she saw Spider King commenting in BZ’s livestream.
Caramel Pudding took one look.
Exactly!
She thought Spider King made perfect sense!
But BZ refused to let it go and kept firing back.
She scrolled through King’s update from last night and felt that every word between the lines was soaked in grievance.
She was furious.
Why?
Why should a responsible captain like King have to bow to capital for his teammates?
King did nothing wrong!
Caramel Pudding glanced at Zhang Taining’s livestream.
Ha.
She would never spend a single cent on Zhang Taining!
BZ was not just him. She could go to other livestreams and seek justice for King!
Just as she was about to check other streams, her roommate Yuan Miaomiao walked in, face pale.
“What is wrong with you? Did you get your period?”
Caramel Pudding asked instinctively.
The last trace of color drained from Yuan Miaomiao’s face. She trembled like a candle in the wind.
?
What was going on?
Her roommate was pretty, sweet-voiced, and loved to act cute. She rarely looked like this.
Yuan Miaomiao stared at her for a long moment, then burst into tears.
“Pudding, stop stanning that King! He is trash! Garbage!”
???
Caramel Pudding was stunned.
“Did you not like him even more than I did? What happened?”
Did something happen?
Through tearful eyes, Yuan Miaomiao hesitated before finally blurting out:
“Just—do not ask. Trust me. Stop stanning him. He is not worth it!”
Caramel Pudding was confused but insisted, “If something happened, tell me. You cannot just say ‘do not stan him’ without a reason.”
She had liked him for so long—how could she just quit like that?
Then she narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
“Did you not say you went out with your new boyfriend last night? Why are you suddenly talking about King?”
Uh.
Yuan Miaomiao stopped crying.
She looked up awkwardly.
Their eyes met.
Caramel Pudding suddenly screamed.
“Your new boyfriend is King?!”
Then last night—
Caramel Pudding felt her mind buzz.
How did you guess?
Yuan Miaomiao looked embarrassed for a second, then straightened up defensively.
“Yeah. Did I not tell you I have been messaging him? Then we hit it off.”
“You—damn! Then last night…”
Caramel Pudding stared at her, then realized something was off.
“You were not happy last night? Did you break up?”
“Break up my ass. We were never officially together!”
Seeing Caramel Pudding’s innocent expression—not even angry that she had ‘snatched’ King away, instead worrying about her—Yuan Miaomiao decided to come clean.
She plopped down beside her and dropped a bomb.
“That jerk called me over last night. It was late, so I figured the fish had taken the bait and went to collect my reward.”
The fish had taken the bait?
Caramel Pudding’s face went slack.
“But when I opened the door—good grief. Including me, there were three hot girls surrounding that trash.”
Yuan Miaomiao grew angrier as she spoke. “Did he think he was short one player for mahjong?”
“At first I was kind of impressed. Wow, that bold? Three at once? That sounded like a blast.”
Bold?
Three?
A blast?
Caramel Pudding felt the door to a forbidden new world trembling on its hinges.
Yuan Miaomiao pulled out a lollipop from her bag and popped it into her mouth.
“But in the end, he was not even as useful as this lollipop! If those two girls had not been that cute, I would have lost out big time.”
As she spoke, she stuffed another lollipop into Pudding’s mouth.
Lollipop?
Cute?
Girls?
Caramel Pudding smacked her lips, unable to taste anything.
Her world was collapsing.
And that was not all. She could even feel a little black seed sprouting inside her heart.
“Hm? What is wrong with you?”
Yuan Miaomiao poked her cheek.
Caramel Pudding slowly came back to herself.
“N-No, nothing. I just… I did not know you also like girls.”
Yuan Miaomiao burst out laughing.
“Generally speaking, I am not that into girls. It is not as satisfying. Do not worry, I do not go after my roommates.”
She pulled the lollipop from her mouth, indifferent.
“But that thing last night was so tiny, it was not even worth it. Honestly, you should stop stanning him. I have seen plenty of guys like that—cannot perform but still desperate to sleep with fans. I even caught him trying to take photos of us last night. Good thing I had a whip in my bag. I knocked him flat on the spot.”
A whip?
Caramel Pudding’s barely restored sanity left home again.
Why would Yuan Miaomiao carry a whip in her purse?!
She did not want to understand!
Why did she understand at all? She was just a poor, single-from-birth girl!
That is it?
Already collapsing?
Too pure.
Yuan Miaomiao waved her hand in front of Pudding’s face, then decisively took out her phone to share this rare “treasure” with her other friends.
“ZWG-King is done. Sisters can rest now. Two lollipops are more ‘useful’ than him.”
Her hand slipped while sending it and she accidentally posted it in another group.
Yuan Miaomiao narrowed her eyes.
Damn! That was the gay socialite group she joined to learn skincare tips!
She was finished—her cover was blown!
At the BZ base.
Tang Chen stared at the new group message in shock, eyes glazed, drool practically forming.
…
Damn! This explosive?