Ch52 - I will help you win the championship!

Edited by kat

Mo Chen said good night to his mother. When he returned to his room, he found that Wen Xi had already taken a bath and was blow-drying his hair.

He had his back to him, and the hair dryer made his hair fluffy and soft, which made people want to touch it.

Mo Chen couldn’t help but chuckle as he went to the bathroom with a change of clothes.

When he came back to the room after taking a bath, he found that Wen Xi had already got into the bed.

The soft quilt wrapped his body tightly until only his head showed, which was too cute.

Because he was lying on his side with his back to Mo Chen, Mo Chen wasn’t sure whether he was asleep or not, but he still instinctively lightened his steps.

He took the hair dryer and went outside. After drying his hair, he returned to the room and closed the door.

There was a faint fragrance in the air, the smell of shampoo.

Mo Chen had never felt this fragrance smelled so good before today.

He sat down carefully on the edge of the bed before climbing in.

Having another person under the covers gave him a strange and marvelous feeling—Yes, both of them were covered by the same quilt.

Mo Chen lay down on the bed with difficulty. In the beginning, he didn’t dare to move a single muscle. He was afraid that he would wake up Wen Xi, but he was even more afraid that he wouldn’t be able to control himself and he would do something.

However, he did not lie there for long before he couldn’t help drawing close to Wen Xi.

First he turned to face him, and then he unconsciously got closer and closer to him.

The shampoo fragrance had become a little strong.

Mo Chen reflexively propped up his body and wanted to see Wen Xi’s face.

Wen Xi seemed to be really asleep and was lying motionless, his long eyelashes trembling with every even breath. He slept silently, and his profile was like a beautiful painting.

Mo Chen stared at him for a long time. For a moment, his feelings about Wen Xi became somewhat contradictory—He wanted to forcibly seize him, but at the same time he couldn’t bear to touch him, for fear of disturbing his lovely dream.

After who knew how long, he finally came back to his senses and tentatively called out, “Wen Xi?”

Wen Xi didn’t respond.

After confirming that Wen Xi was truly asleep, Mo Chen took a deep breath, before determinedly bending over, his lips drawing close to Wen Xi’s face.

——He then lightly kissed his cheek.

It was a fleeting kiss, like a dragonfly’s touch, but it caused Mo Chen’s heart rate to suddenly accelerate. He felt a kind of excitement as though he had done a bad thing.

Quitting while he was ahead, he turned off the lights before lying back down under the quilt.

The surrounding environment suddenly darkened, leaving only the bedside night light on.

Therefore, Mo Chen didn’t know that soon after he closed his eyes, Wen Xi opened his eyes in disbelief.

——What had happened just now?

Wen Xi hadn’t fallen asleep.

This was the first time he was sleeping in the same bed as someone else, and they were even sharing the same quilt. He was a bit nervous, so he had been pretending to be asleep.

He had felt Mo Chen’s gaze on his face for a long time. He also heard Mo Chen call out to him, but he didn’t dare to respond.

He had originally thought that once Mo Chen was sure he was asleep, he wouldn’t do anything to him. He had never thought…

So that just now, was it a kiss?

Wen Xi was frightened by his guess, and his heartbeat became a little unsteady for a while, but he soon convinced himself—Don’t think about it! Quickly go to sleep!

He couldn’t be sure that it was a kiss, because it was really too light.

However, even if it was a kiss, at this moment he was sleeping in the same bed with Mo Chen, and he didn’t have the courage to respond to Mo Chen.

Thus, he could only—quickly fall asleep!

If you fall asleep, then you won’t have to think about it!

That night, Wen Xi’s dreams were a bit terrible.

Fortunately, after he woke up, he had pretty much forgotten the dream. He only remembered that Mo Chen’s face had appeared in it.

Mo Chen’s schedule was very stable, and he got up before 8 a.m.

Therefore, when Wen Xi got up from bed at 9 a.m., he found that he was the only one in the room.

He breathed a sigh of relief, before putting on his clothes and getting out of bed to wash up.

Probably after hearing him moving around, Mo Chen walked up the stairs and greeted, “Morning.”

“Morning~” Wen Xi, who had just washed his face, showed a smile at him.

Today Mo Chen was also wearing very loose clothes. You could tell that he didn’t like to be fettered.

Besides yesterday’s banquet where he had to wear more formal clothes, Mo Chen’s clothing was mostly casual and loose.

His hair also had the same negligent appearance, and was a bit disorderly. However, it added a bit of an unusual, free, easy, and uninhibited feel to Mo Chen, and Wen Xi’s heart was moved when he saw him.

Wen Xi and Mo Chen looked at each other, suddenly thought of that dragonfly kiss last night, and couldn’t help falling into a daze for a bit.

Without waiting for him to return to his senses, Mo Chen once again opened his mouth. “Do you want to come down for breakfast, or should I help you bring it up?”

“I’ll go down and eat ba,” Wen Xi responded.

He was living in Mo Chen’s house, eating Mo Chen’s food, and drinking Mo Chen’s drinks, so how could he have the nerve to allow Mo Chen to further serve him?

However, Mo Chen didn’t mind at all and even enjoyed it a bit. “Alright, the milk is a little cold so I’ll help you warm it up. Do you want to add sugar?”

“Yes!” Wen Xi blurted out.

Mo Chen smiled and happily went to help Wen Xi warm up his milk.

Wen Xi hung up the towel before going downstairs, sitting down in the lobby on the first floor.

He was actually the only one at the oval table. It was completely deserted and desolate.

“Where are your parents?” Wen Xi asked tentatively.

Mo Chen replied, “They went abroad.”

Wen Xi: ???

If Mo Chen had answered, “They went out,” then Wen Xi would probably have said “oh” and not thought any further about it.

But, going abroad?!

The people who he had just met yesterday were abroad today. Wen Xi really couldn’t imagine it. “When?”

Mo Chen replied, “My mom flew out last night, and my dad’s flight was this morning.”

Wen Xi: ….

Did he dare ask if they were even flying to the same place?

Mo Chen brought the hot milk over to Wen Xi and sat down opposite him, explaining, “They seldom come back to the country. It already counts as pretty good if I manage to see them twice a year.”

Mo Chen said this in a very calm tone, and it was hard to tell how his mood was.

Wen Xi wasn’t sure whether he was merely stating a fact or complaining, so he didn’t dare to respond.

However, Wen Xi felt that Mo Chen was different from himself who was eager to get rid of his parents and run around on his own. Mo Chen liked to stay with his parents.

Wen Xi was suddenly a bit curious and asked, “When did your parents learn about you playing e-sports?”

“From the beginning,” Mo Chen responded.

Wen Xi asked, “What was their reaction?”

Mo Chen replied, “They fully supported me.”

Alright ba, I should have guessed that a long time ago….

Wen Xi recalled the heavy atmosphere at home when he confessed to his parents three days ago that he was playing e-sports… He felt more pressure than coming out.

Sure enough, the more you compare yourself to others, the angrier you’ll get.

“Why did you want to play e-sports ah?” Wen Xi asked another question.

Hearing this question, Mo Chen slightly paused, a bit surprised. “Because I like it. Why else? Winning the championship is my dream.”

Yes, it was a very strange question.

Which e-sports player didn’t like playing games? Which e-sports player didn’t want to win the championship?

However, when Wen Xi asked himself this question, his opinion on playing e-sports was that Mo Chen seemed to be much more attractive to him than the championship.

He wanted to help Mo Chen win the championship more than he wanted to win it himself.

He hadn’t forgotten that the reason he had wanted to play professionally was because he wanted to fight alongside Mo Chen and give him a hand.

Wen Xi didn’t continue asking questions and ate his breakfast in silence.

Mo Chen wanted to say something, but after seeing that he was eating so attentively he bit his tongue, not having the heart to disturb him. He drank coffee and watched him eat, and the corners of his lips quirked up subconsciously.

*

Because of the cold weather, Wen Xi stayed at Mo Chen’s house and didn’t go anywhere for the next two days.

Two days later, Mo Chen drove him to the club and finally opened up the door that had been covered with dust for a whole week.

As their teammates returned one after another, the deserted club soon became lively.

“I’ve brought you all presents oh!” Ling Shuyi said and handed out a scarf to each of his teammates and his coach.

Mo Chen looked at the colorful scarf in his hand and made no secret of his distaste.

“My mom bought it when she was traveling in Tibet. They’ve all been blessed!” Ling Shuyi stressed.

“Oh.” Mo Chen was indifferent.

“Thank you Ling…. Kitty~” Wen Xi said with a smile.

Ling Shuyi was speechless. “Although I’m very happy you thanked la, what the hell is Ling Kitty oh? Don’t you remember my real name?”

Wen Xi let out an “er…” and didn’t reply for a long time.

——Crap, what was Kitty’s real name?! He really couldn’t remember at the moment… This was really embarrassing.

Ling Shuyi also gave up. “It’s whatever if the captain only has eyes for you, but you actually also only have eyes for the captain. Don’t tell me that you’ve been in CLM for so long but you only remember the captain’s name.”

Wen Xi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and helplessly explained, “No, it’s just that everyone calls you Kitty, and seldom calls you by your real name, so…”

“Wen Xi, Wen Xi, what’s my name?” Chen Wei suddenly came over and asked.

“Chen Wei,” Wen Xi blurted out.

Wen Xi still remembered his name since after all, everyone often called him that.

Ling Shuyi wanted to go into seclusion—It was only his name that Wen Xi didn’t remember… He lost out by even bringing Wen Xi a gift! Cry, cry, QAQ

“Ling Shuyi.” Mo Chen suddenly opened his mouth.

Ling Shuyi, who was called by his name, was given a start and gave Mo Chen a trembling glance. As a result, he found that Mo Chen wasn’t looking at him, but at Wen Xi. “Do you remember it now?”

Wen Xi let out an “en” and recited the name to himself several times.

Ling Shuyi: ….Kill me ba. Let me die.

Fortunately, this episode didn’t affect the feelings between Wen Xi and Ling Shuyi.

In fact, Ling Shuyi didn’t take this matter to heart. Instead, it was Wen Xi who took it to heart and later found the opportunity to sincerely apologize to him.

Ling Shuyi, who was suddenly apologized to, was a little surprised. After his initial surprise, he said helplessly, “Aiya, you don’t have to apologize. You’re too serious.”

However, he recalled that although Wen Xi usually looked very soft, he was really serious about everything. He always gave off a feel of being very sincere and hard-working.

For a moment, Ling Shuyi could understand why Mo Chen liked him—Such a person made people feel very protective over him.

*

The temperature was rising, which meant the day of the spring competition was getting closer.

While SGH players cheered and supported their favorite teams, they couldn’t help but also pay attention to the trends of the major teams—what changes had been made to the members, what competitions had they participated in recently, what the team’s state was like, etc.

At the same time, on the SGH official forum, a post that had been silent for several months was suddenly pushed to the top of the page.

[Surprise! In order to drag Wency into his team, Mac was willing to open up a side account and create a bloodbath in the rookie concentration camp!]

The main part of the post had uploaded two videos. After comparing them, it could pretty much be determined that Momo was Mac’s side account.

The thread had been posted before the start of the 16th global finals and hadn’t made much of a splash. It had only accumulated about 100 replies across the past few months.

However, who knew if some people found CLM an eyesore since the spring competition was about to start, but they deliberately started stirring up shit and slandering Mo Chen. In this way, a single stone was tossed and created thousands of ripples.

[104L] As a professional player, you’re not even focusing on training during the competition and instead are creating a side account to create a bloodbath in the rookie concentration camp?! With such a captain, it’s no wonder CLM can’t make it to the finals!

[105L] The previous poster is sick ba? What’s wrong with professional players creating a side account to unleash a bloodbath on the rookie concentration camp in order to relieve some pressure? How do you know he didn’t focus on training? Can you see what they’re doing?

[106L] Creating a bloodbath in the rookie concentration camp greatly affects training. I went to farm points after slaughtering my way through the rookie concentration camp, and I was pressed down onto the ground and rubbed into it like crazy.

[107L] Previous poster, it seems your reading comprehension has some problems? Which post said that Mac went to play in the competition after slaughtering his way through the rookies? How do you know he didn’t go and focus on training after finishing up his slaughter? It didn’t affect him at all, okay!

[108L] The person who says it didn’t affect him, have you ever played a game before?

[109L] The person who said it did affect him, just because you’re noob doesn’t mean that everyone is as noob as you!

[110L] Calling a spade a spade: Mac’s performance in the selection competition was obvious to all. I couldn’t see him regressing at all, but his teammates all looked as though they weren’t even awake yet, which made me feel fucking sick.

[111L] Here we go, here we go, Mac’s teammates are guilty. Does the previous poster remember Lan Yan? He went to QAQ, and now he is pretty much the main force of QAQ. He helped QAQ win the championship in the Cake Cup not long ago!

[112L] Hehe, the previous poster actually has the nerve to bring up Lan Yan?! Betraying the team that he helped to create whenever he wanted to, who knows if while he was in CLM, he was hiding his own strength?

[113L] Bringing up Lan Yan is really mentally retarded. What kind of competition is the Cake Cup? Did you see CLM participate? Did YEY and MQ participate?

[114L] What’s wrong with saying that Mac’s teammates are noob? Mac’s teammates really are noob! After Chen Xiao retired, who else in their team can keep up with Mac’s pace? Therefore, I can fully understand Mac wanting to cherish Wency after meeting him in the game. If I were Mac, I would have done anything to get Wency to join the team. What’s wrong with slaughtering your way through the rookie concentration camp?

[115L] Wait, wait, wait, wait, why did we start tearing into each other all of a sudden? What if Momo isn’t Mac’s side account? Then all the previous posters will have lined up to hit themselves in the face???

……

In the CLM club, the only one who would read the forums was Lan Yan.

After Lan Yan’s transfer, the CLM club, which didn’t pay much attention to the forum, was isolated from the world. They only found out about a lot of news after it already blew up.

The first person to know about this post was Coach Chen Xiao. He called Mo Chen to the meeting room at the first possible moment. “Is Momo your side account?”

“En,” Mo Chen admitted decisively.

Chen Xiao wanted to cry, but didn’t have any tears.

He had originally thought he could just make a post on Weibo clarifying that Momo wasn’t Mo Chen’s side account. He had never thought that….

“Did you accompany Wen Xi to livestream?” Chen Xiao asked again.

“En,” Mo Chen again admitted.

Chen Xiao looked up at the ceiling—What kind of situation was this ah.

The captain of his team made a side account to accompany someone to create a bloodbath in the rookie concentration camp before the competition. He, the coach, actually had to wait for a forum post to explode before he knew about it…

Either way, this was going to use up most of the lunch break ba.

It was no wonder that during that period of time, Mo Chen had added on training until he was about to die.

So, how should they solve this problem?

Chen Xiao sighed and told Mo Chen exactly what happened, “…and that’s how it is. Would you like to make a Weibo post to clarify the matter?”

“There’s nothing to clarify,” Mo Chen didn’t take this matter to heart at all and said, “And really, most of the things they said were true, so how should we clarify it?”

Chen Xiao clicked his tongue.

He had known he was going to say that.

The 15th global finals was also like this. The problem could have been solved by just making up any reason, and yet they had just held on stubbornly and didn’t say anything.

Was the truth so important? What the netizens really wanted was a response, so what was wrong with making up a reason to deal with it?

As if he knew what Chen Xiao was thinking, Mo Chen said faintly, “It’s not like I’m playing video games for them, and I don’t need sponsors. Why should I spend such unnecessary energy to please them?”

Chen Xiao sighed.

That was true. The one the netizens cursed out was Mo Chen, and if Mo Chen himself didn’t take it to heart, then what was he worrying about?

The club belonged to Mo Chen, and the official Weibo was also managed by Mo Chen. He wouldn’t send out more than a few posts every year, and every time he did post it was like a corpse twitching back to life…

“Alright ba, since you don’t think it’s necessary, then I won’t mind it.” Chen Xiao gave up.

“Like I said before, I just want the championship. Nothing else matters,” Mo Chen said while taking out his cellphone.

He used his cellphone to login to the SGH official forum, before finding and clicking on the post. After skimming through it, he suddenly said, “I have an idea.”

Chen Xiao interjected, “No, you don’t.”

Only god knew that when Chen Xiao heard these words from Mo Chen, several layers of goosebumps sprang up.

Although Chen Xiao didn’t know what Mo Chen’s idea was, his intuition told him it couldn’t be good.

Sure enough, Mo Chen used his long finger to stroke the cellphone screen and said, “Does the Momo ID have more of a CP feel with Wency?”

Chen Xiao: “….”

Mo Chen continued, “What do you think about me using Momo as my ID to play professionally with in the future?”

Chen Xiao replied, “I think…it’s very much looking for trouble.”

Unfortunately, once Mo Chen made a decision, even 10,000 heads of cattle couldn’t drag him back.

Therefore, following the explosion of the forum post, CLM Club’s official Weibo also exploded later that day, because it updated with such a post:

CLM E-sports Club Verified: From today on, Mac’s professional ID will be changed to Momo.

This post was basically admitting in disguise that Momo was Mo Chen’s side account.

Everyone thought that CLM would either be silent or clarify the situation, but they had never expected them to admit it so openly!

For a moment, both Mo Chen’s fans and antis were in a complex mood.

Fans: Although I was slapped in the face, Mo Chen feels a bit cool for some reason? CLM club is too strong ba!

Antis: What’s going on?! Has CLM Club’s official Weibo been stolen by friendly forces?

However, there was also a group of people who suddenly began to revel in joy!

This group of people was called MoXi CP fans!

[Fuck! I thought I was shipping something real, but it turns out I’ve been shipping something even more real than reality!]

[Momo really is Mac’s side account?! I’ve actually been shipping my male god and my male god’s CP this whole time?!]

[Mac accompanies Xixi to livestream, Xixi accompanies Mac to play in the competition—What kind of immortal love is this?! awsl]

This group of people was so loud that it took only one afternoon to suppress the comments of the Mac anti-fans, and they even made it to three trending searches in one breath.

Trending search No.5: MoXi CP

Trending search No. 8: Became Momo to protect you

Trending search No.10: Accompanying you to play e-sports

Chen Xiao had never expected this reversal.

He watched with his own eyes as the public opinion went from slandering Mo Chen, to the establishment of the MoXi CP religion, and now it was all comments along the lines of [MoXi, fighting! CLM fighting!]

He would have thought that Mo Chen had bought the trending searches and a water army if he didn’t know Mo Chen wasn’t that bored.

“You…” Chen Xiao didn’t know what to say to Mo Chen. “Do you really want to change your ID?”

Mo Chen let out an “en” and said, “We already officially announced it, so of course I’m changing it.”

“Just because it has more of a CP feel with Wen Xi?”

Chen Xiao looked at Mo Chen with a look that expressed, “Does your brain have some problems.”

“That’s one aspect,” Mo Chen replied, “On the other hand, New Year, new beginning, so changing an ID is very good.”

Like fucking hell it was New Year, new beginning!

Chen Xiao completely gave up and didn’t say anything else.

He watched as public opinion turned and suddenly realized—Public opinion was truly unpredictable.

If Mo Chen really made a post to clarify that Momo wasn’t his side account, then there may be some people who suspected that Wen Xi had been cheated and that he had only joined CLM because he thought Mac was Momo….

Forget it, forget it. Don’t think about stuff that didn’t happen, it’s meaningless.

Chen Xiao sighed helplessly and said, “You’re right. We don’t need sponsors, so it doesn’t matter what others say. Just focus on playing well during the competition.”

“It’s always been that way,” Mo Chen responded.

However, the change of public opinion was indeed beyond Mo Chen’s expectations.

At first, he thought that it didn’t matter how badly he would get cursed out, but he didn’t expect that Wen Xi would get dragged in as well…

He didn’t know what Wen Xi thought of it, so after the day’s training finished, he tentatively knocked on Wen Xi’s door.

Wen Xi, who had been lying on the bed, rubbed his eyes sleepily and asked, “Who is it?”

“It’s me, Mo Chen.”

Hearing Mo Chen’s voice, Wen Xi instantly woke up and immediately got up from the bed. “Come in.”

Thus, Mo Chen stepped into his room and explained the whole matter to him.

“Sorry, I didn’t expect this to happen. Does it bother you?”

“It’s alright ba,” Wen Xi responded and blinked.

He was actually more curious now than bothered—He was very curious about what people on Weibo were saying?

“You don’t mind having a CP with me?” Mo Chen tried to sound him out.

“If I minded, then I would have minded during the livestream,” Wen Xi replied.

“That’s true,” Mo Chen said. He had just wanted to probe further on Wen Xi’s opinion on this matter. However, he bit his tongue after seeing him yawn with a very sleepy appearance, and when he opened his mouth again, his words had changed. “There’s no other matter. Sleep ba, good night.”

“Mmhmm, good night~” Wen Xi gave Mo Chen a smile and lay back on the bed.

Mo Chen almost instinctively helped him tuck in his blanket, and then conveniently turned off the light for him when he left his room.

Therefore, he didn’t know that shortly after he closed the door, Wen Xi jumped up from the bed like a carp flipping out of the water. He grabbed his cellphone to login to Weibo and clicked on the #MoXi CP trending topic. He liked all the posts on the first page that praised how strong Mo Chen and their immortal love were.

Then, as the corners of his lips turned up, he snuck into the official CLM club Weibo and forwarded the latest post, with the message: I will help you win the championship!

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The author has something to say:

The transition is over, and the next chapter will be the competition.

It’s too hard to write. I was stuck for awhile, so it didn’t update for a long time, I’m sorry QAQ

PS: I think this piece can be renamed “The whole world knows that we are real, but we don’t know” (laughter cry)

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Juurensha: ….little bit creepy there at the house Mo Chen! But anyway, the rest was pretty cute

kat: seconded! whenever xixi blinks obediently, he reminds me of a cute little owl lol

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