Ch63 - Newing.

Edited by kat

Jiang Xinyi followed Mo Chen and the others back to the hotel.

He continued questioning his life until he stepped into the hotel, so after entering the hotel he casually found a seat and sat down, and didn’t move.

He tried to clear his mind and convince himself that whether it was the manager being a man or the number one sharpshooter god and the archer assassin being a CP, it was just those people messing with him, and none of it was true.

Coach Chen Xiao looked at him from afar for a while, before skeptically approaching Liu Weizhe and whispering into his ear, “That’s the newbie?”

Liu Weizhe froze, then let out an “en” sound, discreetly turning his head to avoid the other.

“What’s wrong with him?” Chen Xiao felt that the newbie’s state was a little strange. “What did you guys do to him?”

What was with this “what did you guys do to him”?

Liu Weizhe thought it was a little funny, but he didn’t show anything on his face. He said lightly, “Nothing, just opened up a door to a new world.”

Chen Xiao: ???

Ling Shuyi noticed Jiang Xinyi’s appearance and laughed loudly, “Hahaha, you just found out about Liu Jie’s real gender, but your reaction shouldn’t be this bad ba?”

Of course it wasn’t only because of that.

However, this really was one of the things that had shocked Jiang Xinyi.

When he heard Ling Shuyi’s words, he finally came back to his senses and subconsciously opened his mouth to respond, “How on earth does he do it?”

“You go ask Liu Jie ah, even if you ask me, how would I know?” Ling Shuyi said, then suddenly thought of something, and said with a snicker, “So you certainly haven’t seen Xixi’s crossdressing!”

“Hey!” Wen Xi, who had been standing to the side and watching the show, was suddenly mentioned and instantly grew worried. “I’m not, I haven’t, don’t talk nonsense!”

Hearing his words, everyone couldn’t help laughing. Even Mo Chen’s face had a trace of a smile.

However, he soon restrained his smile and got to the point, “You will be substituting for Chen Wei in the competition. Chen Wei plays solo matches, so tomorrow’s solo match will be played by you and Cat.”

He was obviously saying this to Jiang Xinyi.

If it was Jiang Xinyi from a few minutes ago, he would certainly kick up a fuss and say that no, if he wasn’t playing duos with Wen Xi, then he’d rather break the contract.

However, at this moment, he somehow almost instinctively let out an “en” and had no objections to this arrangement.

Maybe it was because he subconsciously didn’t wanted to be misunderstood as someone who was gay and interested in Wen Xi that way ba.

Anyway, everyone was relieved that he was being so cooperative.

Then Mo Chen continued, “We will be responsible for buying all of your equipment, so you just need to think about how to play after entering the game. Since you don’t have any experience playing with professional players, we can accept however you play in the first match.” He paused for a bit before continuing, “But, you have to know, your results are directly related to your own reputation. If you don’t want to be cursed out, you’d better keep your mind steady and try your best to fight.”

“Oh,” Jiang Xinyi responded, and really didn’t realize until this moment—Eh? I’ve really become a professional player?

Originally, he had just been playing around. He never expected that he really would become one. After listening to Mo Chen’s words, he felt quite stressed….

Mo Chen’s next words were not directed to him. “Manager, go help him check in. Coach, go help him analyze the other team’s styles and noteworthy players.” He paused and looked at Ling Shuyi, adding, ” Cat, if you are not sleepy, then you should also go and listen in.”

Ling Shuyi: “….”

Why did they mention him for everything?

Ling Shuyi jutted out his lower lip, but ultimately didn’t dare to refuse. He followed Chen Xiao into his room in an orderly fashion.

“Do I also need to stay and listen?” Wen Xi asked tentatively.

Mo Chen turned back and looked at him, and the corners of his lips rose uncontrollably. “Whatever you like.”

Looking at the smile on his lips, Wen Xi couldn’t help laughing. “Okay.”

Jiang Xinyi left the lobby early and didn’t see this scene. However, after he entered the room with Chen Xiao, he couldn’t help asking, “What is the relationship between your captain and Wen Xi ah?”

“Whatever you think the relationship is, that’s what it is,” Ling Shuyi blurted out and corrected his sentence casually, “Besides, it’s not ‘your captain’. He’s also your captain now.”

This answer obviously didn’t satisfy Jiang Xinyi.

To tell you the truth, he still suspected that these people were still purposefully putting on an act.

“The manager is a man, but he has to wear women’s clothes. The captain and Wen Xi also are… What kind of team are you guys?”

“It doesn’t matter,” Chen Xiao opened his mouth and said. He sat in front of his desk and was turning on his laptop. “Time is tight, so I will speak pretty fast. Listen carefully and directly ask if you have any questions.”

“Alight ba,” Jiang Xinyi agreed in low spirits. He kept feeling as though his heart was filled with gas and couldn’t go up or down, suffocating him and making him feel uncomfortable.

Probably aware of the uneasiness in his tone, Ling Shuyi whispered in his ear, “You can rest assured, I’m still barely normal.”

Jiang Xinyi: ….

What the hell was still barely normal! Can this team be a little better than this!

However, at the same time, Jiang Xinyi’s curiosity and thirst for knowledge were constantly expanding.

He was originally a person who liked to pursue exciting things, and although CLM had caused him to rethink his life, it also gave him a great deal of excitement.

As Liu Weizhe said, he had opened the door to a new world.

He would not be Jiang Xinyi if he didn’t go in and explore.

In this way, he no longer brooded over Liu Weizhe’s gender or the relationship between Mo Chen and Wen Xi, and seriously listened to Chen Xiao’s analysis.

——He needed to have a firm foothold in the CLM team before he could further explore the truth!

*

Jiang Xinyi and Ling Shuyi stayed in Chen Xiao’s room for a long time.

Liu Weizhe helped Jiang Xinyi fill out all the formal paperwork before going back to the main room. Seeing that they had not finished yet, he handed the room card and Jiang Xinyi’s ID card to Mo Chen and said, “When he comes out, give him these. I’m going to go take a bath and sleep. No need to call me when you guys go eat dinner tonight.”

Mo Chen let out an “en” and naturally received the items, asking, “Do you need us to bring you food?”

“No need, just help get some for Xiao Wei,” Liu Weizhe responded and yawned.

Mo Chen saw that he was very sleepy. “Did you stay up and burn the midnight oil last night?”

Liu Weizhe replied, “It’s my personal affairs.”

Mo Chen replied, “Okay, I won’t ask.”

He said they were his private affairs, but everyone knew what Liu Weizhe was busy with. What else could he be busy with besides his studies?

In fact, Mo Chen had previously mentioned to Liu Weizhe that he could just be a manager in name only and concentrate on his own affairs. As for the manager’s work, everyone could split it up to finish it. If that really still didn’t work, then they could also bring in outside help.

However, regardless of what Liu Weizhe said, everything that needed to be done would be done, and he even began to oversee more and more things. Over time, Mo Chen also just let him do what he wanted.

Looking at Liu Weizhe’s back as he returned to his room, Mo Chen suddenly felt that time had passed quickly.

Two years ago, the five of them casually got together because of their own reasons and goals. They never expected that after gathering together, two years would pass by.

A lot of things happened in the past two years—Chen Xiao had retired, Ling Shuyi had joined the team, Lan Yan had transferred… In the end, the only one who had stuck to their original position besides himself and Chen Wei was just Liu Weizhi.

Mo Chen still remembered that two years ago, when Chen Xiao had introduced Liu Weizhe to him, he had asked Liu Weizhe what he could do for the team. Liu Weizhe’s answer had been, “Whatever you want me to do, I can do it.”

He had said it so confidently, forcefully making himself bigger than anyone, but Mo Chen paused and could see the uneasiness in his eyes.

What he didn’t say was—I desperately need this job.

Therefore, Mo Chen had used him, and it turned out that Liu Weizhe really could do anything.

Mo Chen couldn’t help laughing.

This time, they truly had to win the championship. Not just for himself, but also for this group of people who had always accompanied him on this journey.

*

The next day, Jiang Xinyi arrived at the spring competition with the CLM team.

Amid the crowd of players wearing team uniforms, he stood out a lot in his normal clothes.

Wen Xi had originally wanted to lend him his team uniform when he went up to play, but without waiting for Mo Chen to stop him, Jiang Xinyi refused him first.

He didn’t even bother Wen Xi to sign autographs for him.

Looking at his back, Mo Chen raised his eyebrows.

This person seemed like he did things his own way, thought he was the only one throughout the heavens and earth, and looked down upon everyone, so he had never expected him to take the initiative to “avoid suspicion”.

“Hello, everyone. Welcome to the spring competition. I’m Caster Bunny Ji~”

“And I’m Caster A-Yi!”

The two casters’ opening remarks were always these two sentences, and had become very familiar.

After introducing themselves, Bunny Ji couldn’t help sighing before the competition started, “How time flies ya! In a blink of an eye, the spring competition is already on its fifth day!”

“Yes!” A-Yi echoed, “Yesterday’s game was too dramatic. CLM’s points were so far ahead that I thought they would just sit still in first place. I didn’t expect that there would be such an accident in yesterday’s squad match, which directly led to their total points falling to second place.”

“CLM’s squad match yesterday was really a pity. The main reason should be because of Windy’s mistake,” Bunny Ji said, “I think something must have happened to Windy. We won’t see him go up today?”

“Yes, there is a new member of CLM today. His name is Newing.”

With A-Yi’s explanation, the director cut to a shot of Jiang Xinyi.

Jiang Xinyi was a tall and thin boy. He wasn’t as tall as Mo Chen or Wen Xi, which gave people the feeling that he wasn’t fully grown.

However, he exuded a sense of confidence that made him seem very reliable on the whole.

“I’ve never heard of this player before,” Bunny Ji said, “I don’t know where CLM found him, or even when he joined the team.”

These words made A-Yi unable to tell if he should cry or laugh. “Yes, I haven’t seen an official announcement from CLM.”

Bunny Ji added, “But when Kitty joined the team, CLM also didn’t announce it.”

“No, CLM has announced a person before.” After A-Yi spoke, he suddenly thought of something. He was stunned and immediately changed the topic. “…they probably just forgot to ba. In short, I’m looking forward to the performance of this new member!”

A-Yi had only said half of that sentence, but all the people who followed CLM’s official Weibo knew who he was talking about.

CLM’s official Weibo, from its verification until now, had been used to officially announce only one member of CLM joining, and that was Wen Xi.

And the old fans of CLM all knew that CLM’s official Weibo was completely managed by Mo Chen himself.

Mo Chen only gave an official announcement for Wen Xi—It was ambiguous no matter how you thought about it.

Therefore, A-Yi stopped in time for fear of triggering some unnecessary speculation.

However, although he managed to control the conversation at the arena, he couldn’t control the barrage in the livestream or the posts on the forum.

[I wouldn’t have even realized that if A-Yi hadn’t said it. When he said it, I immediately realized—CLM only posted a public announcement when Wency joined!]

[Holy shit, if I think about it carefully, it’s really true! When Kitty joined the team, there was no official announcement. We also have no idea where this newbie, who you can tell from their ID is very new, came from. But when Wen Xi joined the team, CLM made a high-profile official announcement!]

[It’s not just an official announcement, and they also participated in a competition that they had never participated in before!]

[Yes! They also let Wen Xi win all kinds of championships so he would steal the limelight at the Ice Cream Cup. If this isn’t showing him off, then what is it?]

[If you know that CLM’s official Weibo is Momo’s private account, then you will all understand everything.]

【！！！]

[Shit! If the two of them are like this and still not real, I’ll livestream myself crossdressing and doing a handstand!]

In this way, A-Yi’s seemingly irrelevant words triggered a burst of discussion and revelry about the MoXi CP.

And it was while these fans crazily shipped their CP that the solo match on the fifth day of the competition started!

*

Today, Liu Weizhe didn’t go to the scene of the competition, but instead chose to keep Chen Wei company in the hotel.

They borrowed Chen Xiao’s laptop and sat on the same bed to watch the livestream.

The computer was set on top of Liu Weizhe’s knees, and below was his crumpled skirt.

Chen Wei’s gaze paused on the screen for a moment, before unconsciously moving to Liu Weizhe’s lap, and then he forced himself to turn his gaze back to the screen.

Originally, when Liu Weizhe asked him whether he wanted to watch the livestream, he had nodded his head without even thinking about it. He had never expected that they would watch it like “this”.

However, after thinking about it, it made sense. They only had this laptop, and he was nestled up in his blankets and refused to come out, so of course Liu Weizhe could only accompany him to watch it in bed.

Two grown men sat in bed and watched a livestream. Although the location was a little strange, it wasn’t a matter to get worked up about.

But for some reason, Chen Wei just felt a little tormented.

Therefore, he hadn’t watched for long before he sniffed and said, “If you’re too close to me, you will be infected…”

“It’s okay,” Liu Weizhe replied casually.

Chen Wei opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.

Fortunately, after the game really started, out of concern for the newbie, Chen Wei unconsciously forgot about the matter of Liu Weizhe being next to him and successfully focused on the livestream.

For this solo match, the city area and forest area were actually on the edge of the map. Therefore, the mountain area in the center was favored by many players.

However, both Ling Shuyi and Jiang Xinyi jumped into the forest area.

Chen Wei was a little surprised and asked, “Is the newbie also good at the forest area?”

“I don’t know.” When Liu Weizhe didn’t know something, he would clearly say that he didn’t know. “I don’t quite understand terrain and stuff. In my opinion, no matter where he jumps to, it won’t make any difference. However, I noticed that Jiang Xinyi jumped after Kitty did. Maybe he jumped to the same place as Kitty on purpose.”

“Uh, no way ba?” Chen Wei expressed his doubt, “This is solo, not duo. Jumping to the same place is useless, and I don’t even need to mention that they’ve never even played duos together.”

This would just draw fire to them.

After Mo Chen had tossed Chen Wei and Ling Shuyi into solo matches, they had reached a consensus that they would jump to different places each match. For example, if Ling Shuyi jumped into the forest, he would jump into the city or the mountains. In short, the further away he jumped from Ling Shuyi, the better.

It was a useful tactic—Teams that targeted CLM too much would have to split up, so this way they wouldn’t have too much pressure on them.

But in this match, Jiang Xinyi jumped to the place as Ling Shuyi.

Chen Wei and Liu Weizhe didn’t participate in the meeting yesterday, so they didn’t know what tactics their teammates had discussed and came up with behind their backs.

However, they were willing to believe that this was an agreed upon tactic, rather than Jiang Xinyi’s wishful thinking.

Liu Weizhe originally just wanted to keep Chen Wei company while watching the livestream, but after listening to his words, he was suddenly interested and asked, “Why can’t you jump to the same place?”

Chen Wei patiently explained everything, and Liu Weizhe’s interest only grew. “You can’t see their IDs, so how do you distinguish between enemies and friends?”

The more Chen Wei explained, the more questions Liu Weizhe had. “How do you guys see that? Why can’t I see anything?”

“How did he get knocked down just like that?”

“Why was the previous guy knocked down with one shot, but now it’s been three shots and he still hasn’t been knocked down?”

“How can you judge their positions? Based on the gunshot? You can deduce their approximate distance and location through the headphones? Amazing.”

If it was someone else, Chen Wei would definitely be impatient, and might even kick the person off of bed.

However, he didn’t know why, but faced with Liu Weizhe’s questions, Chen Wei didn’t feel any impatience as he answered them. Instead, he felt a little happy.

After answering another question from Liu Weizhe, Chen Wei couldn’t help laughing.

Liu Weizhe was stunned for a moment before looking at him suspiciously. “What are you laughing at?”

“Is the reason why you don’t want to stay in the club for a long time or watch us play games because you’re afraid of getting too into it?” Chen Wei said while laughing, “Once you start asking questions, you can’t stop….so funny.”

Liu Weizhe opened his mouth, and only then realized how many questions he had asked in one go. He felt a bit embarrassed.

He had been like this since a long time ago. Once his curiosity was aroused, he would never give up until he had made a thorough inquiry.

Seeing that Liu Weizhe was embarrassed and was even at a bit of a loss, Chen Wei’s heart was stirred up a bit for some reason.

He quietly mocked himself—Sure enough, no one could refuse to lend a helping hand to a soft and gentle-looking person who showed a troubled expression.

Even if he knew the other was a man like himself.

“You…” Chen Wei’s Adam’s apple rolled—he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

He didn’t know whether to say his next words.

However, he finally plucked up his courage and asked, “What are your future plans?”

Liu Weizhe came back to his senses and reflexively replied, “Take the post-doctoral examination, and after becoming a post-doc, study for a lifetime.”

Chen Wei said, “…I mean, emotionally.”

Liu Weizhe was stunned for a moment.

After hearing these words and looking at Chen Wei, after a short amount of time, he understood everything.

He was originally good at capturing a person’s microexpressions and judging what the other person was thinking.

At this moment, he and Chen Wei were so close that those micro expressions that he needed to observe had now been infinitely enlarged, which made it difficult for him not to notice them.

After a period of silence, he sighed and responded directly to Chen Wei, “Sorry, we’re not possible.”

“Why?” Chen Wei had been vaguely aware that he would reply like this, but now that he had actually heard it, he was still a little frustrated. “We haven’t even tried.”

“Because with you, I will never be able to escape from your Ge.”

After saying this sentence, Liu Weizhe’s tone suddenly cooled down, but his gaze also swept to the side at the same time, not daring to meet Chen Wei’s gaze.

Chen Wei was stupefied, but thinking about it, it made sense—Liu Weizhe liked his Ge, and liking a person wasn’t something one could easily let go of. He could only rely on time and distance to dispel it bit by bit, but if he agreed to be with him, then he wouldn’t be able to look up or down without seeing his Ge, so how could he let go?

Unless he completely left his Ge.

Could the him right now really do that?

“Regarding what happened just now, I’ll just pretend that nothing occurred,” Liu Weizhe gently said, dragging Chen Wei back to reality from his whirlpool of ideals. “If you’re simply asking me what I intend to do emotionally, then I can answer that for you.”

Chen Wei raised his head and met his gaze.

Liu Weizhe calmly looked back at him and continued, “I’m not planning on dating anyone. I’ll be single until I die.”

Hearing this, Chen Wei’s originally despairing eyes suddenly grew clear again. “That is to say, you will always wait for me ba!”

Liu Weizhe: “….”

Chen Wei exclaimed, “I will keep fighting! When I have saved enough money to buy my own house, would you be willing to live with me?”

Liu Weizhe gazed at him deeply for a moment and let out a snort.

It sounded as though he was being dismissive of Chen Wei’s invitation. However, after that snort he added a light sentence, “When that time comes, we’ll see how I feel.”

Although he felt that he would be one step ahead of Chen Wei in buying his own house.

Seeing that he didn’t refuse, Chen Wei automatically translated his response into acceptance. His mood once again brightened, and even his nose cleared up. He picked up a tissue and blew his nose happily.

Liu Weizhe rolled his eyes with a disdainful expression. For a moment, he really wanted to smash the computer onto his leg and stop worrying about him.

Anyway, Chen Wei originally had a cold and wasn’t lame, so why should he support the weight of the laptop?

However, before he could take action, the weight on his legs suddenly lightened.

“Do your knees hurt? Put it on my legs for a while ba,” Chen Wei said, putting the computer in his lap.

Liu Weizhe glanced at him then turned to get out of bed, saying, “Okay, then you can watch by yourself ba. I wasn’t interested in it anyway.”

Chen Wei exclaimed, “Eh?!”

Hearing Chen Wei’s exclamation, Liu Weizhe instinctively turned his head to see if he looked regretful, and reluctant to let him leave at the moment.

However, to his surprise, Chen Wei had a shocked expression, and his gaze wasn’t directed at him, but at the computer screen.

The next second, the voice of the casters rang out with the same surprise as Chen Wei, “The CLM newcomer Newing has gotten two kills in a row! After blowing up YEY’s team captain, Lightning, he headshotted and killed MQ’s captain, CC, with one shot! How on earth did he do it?!”

Bunny Ji’s shocked voice had just finished speaking when A-Yi continued, “Just until a second ago, he was still being chased by the YEY team’s Lightning! The next second, he not only cooperated with CC to kill Lightning, but he also killed CC with the help of Kitty! Was this a coincidence?!”

“It’s not a coincidence!” Chen Wei called out on the spot. However, he couldn’t help frowning after exclaiming so loudly that he hurt his throat.

Before he returned to his senses, he felt the bed suddenly sink down.

He looked back in surprise. Liu Weizhe, who said he was going to leave, had suddenly crawled back. That pair of eyes watching the screen looked as though there was light shining within them.

What? What happened? So curious ah….

—

Juurensha: LWZ is such a tsundere! And I’m cheering for Chen Wei and him to get together!

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