Editor: Decembery
tn: omg sorry guys scheduled this on the wrong date (meant to be tomorrow) have an early chapter ig!
Mu Feibai unexpectedly received a message from Tang Weiran.
Even before Tang Weiran jumped ship to Su Se, they rarely contacted each other and their topics of conversation would be limited to training and competitions. Conflicting viewpoints were a frequent occasion.
He never expected that Tang Weiran would take the initiative to contact him at this time.
Tang Weiran: [Is there anything I can help with regarding the online stuff?]
Mu Feibai: [You’d raise the issue of helping me?]
Tang Weiran: [I won’t hide it from you. I had a hand in everyone knowing how you were the one who came up with Qiu Yu’s ID. Sorry, I thought it was a trivial thing and never expected it would stir up such waves on the internet and cause something like this. I don’t want to be indebted to you, I’ll take responsibility for my actions. If there’s anything I can help with, feel free to tell me.]
Although she was proud, she was firm in her principles.
After some thought, Mu Feibai replied: [Sure. I recall that you have an Omega little brother right?]
Tang Weiran instantly became cautious: [What do you want to do?]
Mu Feibai: [Have him put in a request through this link (website link)]
After a moment, Tang Weiran: [The Star Alliance Omegas’ Association? You want to sue Vie?]
Mu Feibai: [He deserves it.]
After a moment of speechlessness, Tang Weiran replied: [I was asking you if there’s anything I could help with in this fiasco, but you want my brother to help you file a lawsuit… alright, since he was involved in this mess as well, I’ll forward it to him.]
While Mu Feibai was thinking of ways to retaliate against the prick who tried to hurt Qiu Yu, Qiu Yu was considering how Mu Feibai’s reputation could be saved.
He never intended for his and Mu Feibai’s relationship to be public knowledge. However, in their current situation, other routes were too dangerous and it was best to just tell the truth.
But it was nowhere near persuasive enough to merely state the facts on social media. Thinking of this, Qiu Yu decided to start a live broadcast so the audience could see his expressions and mannerisms so that the rational population could tell he wasn’t lying.
As for the irrational ones…
Since they had already gone mad, there was no need to force them to accept the truth.
However, Coach He didn’t agree to Qiu Yu’s plan.
“The final is tomorrow, you don’t need to worry yourself over this. We can talk about it after the competition.” Coach He said, “The Eagle Riders Club also has a dedicated department for these matters, they will deal with part of this situation first.”
Mulling it over, Qiu Yu agreed and temporarily let go of his worries.
No matter what, taking the champion in the Star Alliance Cup was their priority.
Exiting the Coach’s room, Qiu Yu was just about to go back to his own room when he saw someone pacing outside his door.
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Head lowered, Du Chen put one foot in front of another and occasionally looked at the door, hand twitching as though he was about to knock, but hesitated.
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Du Chen nervously retreated two steps, “No no, no need to go in… the balcony at the end of the corridor is fine.”
Seeing his nervousness, Qiu Yu nodded and closed his door.
They arrived at the balcony. Du Chen looked as though he was about to say something multiple times, but never did.
Qiu Yu broached the subject, “You want to ask about me and Mu Feibai?”
Du Chen pursed his lips and quietly hummed in assent.
“It’s just as I said,” Qiu Yu said, “He’s currently my boyfriend.”
“Is that because of what’s happening online?” Du Chen sounded a little anxious, “Was it because you saw what they said on the internet and decided to…”
“No.” Qiu Yu interrupted him.
Du Chen said, “Then was it because he marked you…”
“No,” Qiu Yu interrupted again, “it’s only because I like him.”
Du Chen didn’t say anything after that.
He turned around to avoid Qiu Yu’s line of sight, placing his hands on the balcony railing.
After a long silence, Qiu Yu sighed silently and turned to leave, “I’m heading back.”
“Qiu-ge.”
Du Chen called in a low voice.
“If… if I was the one who initially marked you, would you like me?”
Without hesitation, Qiu Yu answered, “I won’t.”
Du Chen replied without turning around, sounding a little choked up, “Why not me?”
Qiu Yu thought about it and didn’t avoid the question, “You are too protective and possessive towards Omegas. I don’t like hiding behind someone, nor do I appreciate being restricted by the so-called ‘virtues’ and ‘ideals’ of an Omega. The person who can stand at my side must be someone who can see me as an equal.”
Du Chen asked again after a moment of quiet, “So is it because of the stuff I said before… If it made you uncomfortable, I can apologise.”
Qiu Yu smiled, “And after that? What do you want me to do afterwards?”
Du Chen didn’t stay anything.
“I’m heading back.” Qiu Yu said, “We still have a competition tomorrow, so go back and rest soon.”
He turned to leave the balcony.
This time, Du Chen didn’t hold him back. He stood facing the edge of the balcony, head slightly tilted downwards, no one could tell what he was thinking.
……
The next day, 18:00 sharp.
The much-anticipated finals of Ceuntry’s Finale’s Star Alliance Cup formally began.
Because of the previous waves of public opinion wars and how KKL was targeted by EWG and ended up being eliminated in the qualifiers, the scent of gunpowder was especially intense between the Eastern First and Third Star Districts. It was as though this battle wasn’t merely limited to the virtual world, but permeated into reality. This drew even more eyes to EWG and MIG’s confrontation.
The two teams’ conflicts had already been brought into the open. Indeed, when the players shook hands before the competition, Vie had the audacity to ignore Qiu Yu and walk by him without even moving his arm.
Qiu Yu took it in his stride and retracted his hand. With a slight raise of his eyebrow, he and Vie brushed past each other.
After that, neither Du Chen nor Lin Jinxi who walked behind Qiu Yu acknowledged Vie.
Vie’s expression turned as dark as a burnt pot.
In the Eastern First Star District’s broadcast room, the netizens’ comments flew across the screen.
[Fuck him—what right does he have to be rude to god Qiu?!]
[Hahahaha it’s good not to shake hands as well, you need to be careful of being infected by his disgusting air.]
[Du Chen Xiao-Lin 666, helping god Qiu get revenge on the spot. God Qiu could be considered the Eagle Riders’ darling!]
After walking into their competition booth, Mu Feibai reminded Du Chen, “Don’t be too impulsive later in the game.”
Du Chen nodded with a tense expression, “Got it.”
Mu Feibai then turned towards Qiu Yu, “If nothing unexpected happens, Vie will be the opposing jungler. He’ll be playing against you, do you have any thoughts?”
Qiu Yu smiled, “Not really. As long as we perform according to our normal standards, they won’t be able to make a comeback.”
The first round of the finals was to take place in a randomly selected midnight-city map, point capture mode. Almost all their confrontations would take place on complex terrain, which pretty much made the map Qiu Yu’s stage. Hence, Qiu Yu’s “highway-robbery style jungling” that had never before been seen in the Star Alliance Cup finally made a comeback!
“Oh, Cupid is very daring by heading straight into MIG’s jungle area! The two team’s strengths are quite evenly matched, so this move is actually very dangerous. Perhaps the anger is affecting his judgment… As expected, we can see that upon discovering Qiu Yu’s advance into enemy territory alone, Vie immediately called for backup.” The commentator placed all attention on Qiu Yu.
“Cupid is currently facing a two-pronged attack—wait? Cupid’s restriction on their field of view is spectacular! Kino cannot catch him at all! However, Cupid has already crept in close to Vie, so Kino will receive assistance soon!”
“Cupid is very close! Vie has lost Cupid’s location!”
“Kino and Vie are attempting to retreat towards somewhere less obstructed—but Cupid isn’t giving them a chance!”
“Cupid has made a move!”
“Vie has caught Cupid’s blade! However even while in hand-to-hand combat, Cupid isn’t giving Kino a good line of sight to shoot! This is a test of Vie’s melee combat skills—ah, Vie has been killed! So soon…”
After a stream of breathlessly fast-paced and emotive commentary, the commentator remarked, “You can’t help but admit that Cupid is the god of complex melee battles!”
The other commentator added with a smile, “No, it would be better to say that Cupid is the god of all complex terrains. His utilisation of the environment has entered a higher realm—if he has his eye on someone in any complex terrain, that person will not live past three minutes!”
“Therefore,” The commentator lamented, “The outcome of this first round has already been decided the moment the map was selected.”
Of course, he said that to leave some face for MIG.
So far, the Eagle Riders had never lost a game when both Qiu Yu and Mu Feibai were on-field.
Unsurprisingly, the Eagle Riders quickly but steadily won the first round of the finals.
In the jungle, Vie was killed until he couldn’t even muster up his temper. In the end, he partnered up with Jim and went to farm mutant beasts so they could barely stave off Qiu Yu’s attacks… However, in doing so, pressure increased exponentially on the players in the lanes. Eventually, they were still unable to hold back the Eagle Riders’ attacks.
“Yep, EWG is invincible when Cupid and MU are together.” The commentator eventually concluded.
In the second game, Qiu Yu left for the infirmary and Lu Cun took his place.
Although Lu Cun had improved much in skills, building a stable mentality, and would no longer make big mistakes—he was, after all, still a newly promoted player from the youth training camp. When Facing MIG, he became the Eagle Riders’ weak spot.
There were lots of back and forth in this round. Mu Feibai’s capabilities had also improved and his command style evolved, which caused some trouble for MIG. Unfortunately, Century’s Finale wasn’t a game that could be won by the strength of a single soldier. Team Eagle Riders managed to drag the game on for forty minutes before they were ultimately defeated.
“It was so close!” After leaving the competition field, Lu Cun was still regretful for his performance, “If only I arrived a little earlier, Du Chen-ge wouldn’t have been killed and we could have had a chance to turn the tides. Sigh, I need to train more when we get back…”
“You’re already doing very well, and you’ve improved a lot,” Mu Feibai patted Lu Cun’s shoulder with a smile, “You used to cry when we lost a game.”
Lu Cun turned pink, “Captain!”
Qiu Yu arrived at their lounge just in time to see Mu Feibai teasing the little ones.
He added, “Xiao-Lu has improved quite a lot, it would be good to let him try his hand in a couple more rounds in the Autumn Regular Season. Who knows, he might be able to cooperate better with you guys.”
Mu Feibai raised his eyebrows, “You watched the game?”
Qiu Yu nodded, “Yeah, using VR glasses during treatment. Since we want to win, we’ll need to stay up to date with the opponents every game.”
Mu Feibai smiled, “Then do you want to command the next game?”
Qiu Yu shook his head, “No, you’ll still command.”
Mu Feibai pushed, “Are you unwilling to demonstrate and teach me more?”
Qiu Yu replied, “I’ll teach you in rank when we get back.”
Mu Feibai agreed happily, “That works too.”
On the side, Zhou Shu leaned towards Lin Jinxi and whispered, “Do you also feel like there’s some sort of boundary when our captain and Qiu-ge talk? Like no one can get between them?”
Does Du Chen like Qiu Yu? I’m getting some mixed signals but I also feel a bit bad for him 😖
What Qiu Yu said is correct, I hope things will go well for Du Chen!
I felt that Du Chen did earlier based on his actions and mixed signals but then he said he didn’t. I think it’s the same again. Du Chen may have been asking that to see if Qiu Yu would have fallen for any Alpha who marked him and is in his own way trying to make sure Qiu Yu isn’t being taken advantage of (maybe? lol).
That also makes sense!
Best revenge is kicking their butts!