The screen was filled with the same characters over and over, and Zuo Tao simply pretended to be blind and couldn’t read it. He laughed dryly, pulling away from Song Shihan’s camera’s range and changing the topic robotically, saying, “Captain, I’ve created a lobby. Sending you an invite.”
He didn’t know what was up with this generation of fans, wanting to hear him call out gege all the time. It was a strange kind of enjoyment.
No matter how kind hearted and thick-skinned he was, it wasn’t easy for him to call Song Shihan ‘gege’ in front of thousands of viewers, alright?
Who didn’t like having face?
【You’re awful at changing topics, didn’t you know?】
【Just call ‘gege’, what are you being so high and mighty for?】
【What are you being high and mighty for (10086)】
【My attention span is controlled by voice. I can’t focus without hearing you say ‘gege’.】
【He looks so soft, how can Wildfire members keep from just rubbing on him?】
【Fam, remember when he last called ‘gege’? He only said it when WIND appeared /smiling_without_words.jpg】
【This little thing is quite possessive, but WIND isn’t coming today, I guess. Uhhhhhh…. Last night’s death under the fairy, ya know.】
【Spot on. If I were WIND, I’d be halfway to the grave. It’s humiliating, after all.】
“Zuo Tao.” Song Shihan’s voice startled Zuo Tao, who was busy staring at his screen.
“Huh?”
Song Shihan tapped his fingers against the table, reminding him, “Choose your hero.”
Too engrossed in watching the comments on his stream, Zuo Tao didn’t really notice that they were already picking heroes, and there were only a few seconds left to the countdown. He glanced at Song Shihan’s choice of AD, and he rushed through the hero pool, trying to find a good pair.
【HAHAHAHAHAHA look, that’s Fenmao’s idiot face.】
【Stop pretending, we know you’re watching our comments.】
【Call gege!】
There were also a few WIND fans in the comments.
【Too lazy to argue with all of you, but you should understand that WIND was just trying heroes out last night. It’s not like FIRE can master unfamiliar heroes immediately, right? I can only say that ZZ was really lucky to be a blind cat meeting a dead rat.】
【Who’s the dead rat?】
【Your WIND can suffer on his own, stop bringing FIRE into it.】
【PINK should choose Fairy Song, I really want to see it.】
【Commenter above, PINK just said he wasn’t playing Fairy Song today.】
【He shouldn’t. That video was posted just last night, and PINK even shared it early this morning. If he chooses Fairy Song again he’ll just get spammed by antis.】
【True. If he plays Fairy Song, he’s just opening himself up to antis.】
In the last second before the end of his pick turn, Zuo Tao finally found a suitable hero. Just as he was about to lock it down, the countdown ended. The system displayed the selection timeout screen, which meant that it would select a hero from the support pool itself.
Zuo Tao had a foreboding feeling.
He watched as the support heroes flashed randomly on his screen, starting out fast and then slowing down, until it finally froze. On the screen was a delicate little fairy flapping its wings and leaping about on the forest background — it was Fairy Song.
Zuo Tao: …
【Oh my god】
【HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA—】
【Make way, I’m about to explode from laughing.】
“Uh,” Zuo Tao began, blinking as he looked at Song Shihan, who was already looking at him with amusement faint on his face. Zuo Tao scratched his head and said, “I’ll play healer this time.”
Song Shihan had chosen an AD that lacked escape skills but had high burst damage. According to Jiang Ming’s suggestions, Zuo Tao should have chosen a tankier support to properly protect him.
Song Shihan said, “It’s fine, I can fight.”
Jiang Ming, watching the entire fiasco, felt his face twitch.
Fight, my ass!
Once the Fairy Song was confirmed, he almost fainted as he thought of the bloodshed on the internet in the near future.
Alright, guess I’m seeing public relations again later.
For the first time since he started coaching for esports, Jiang Ming’s heart felt tired.
Wang Qiu and Si Zheng have been holding their laughter back, but they couldn’t stop it when they saw Fairy Song, either. Even CAT was smiling.
Zuo Tao bought roamer equipment as soon as they loaded into the game map. Fairy Song’s wings flapped as she followed behind Song Shihan’s AD. Halfway down the lane, he realized he hadn’t bought any wards and quickly recalled to the base to buy them.
【HAHAHAHAHA obviously reluctant to buy Real Eyes.】
【What’s with the roamer equipment? Is that even legal?】
【Please don’t change your play style, I really want to see the violent Fairy Song.】
【Want a violent Fairy Song (2)】
【Be violent, be violent.】
“Can’t, I’m playing healer Fairy Song this game,” Zuo tao answered after glancing at the comments on his stream. He smiled and said, “Violence is bad, ah.”
【Violence is bad my fart, who the hell was torturing WIND last night?】
【OP, it was ZZ playing against WIND last night. But ZZ learned from PINK and is also his fan, so he’s among the ancestors who play damage Fairy Song.】
【Don’t miss out, make sure to follow user Wildfire-PINK to make sure you hear a cute, sweet call of gege~】
【ZZ learned from this? Seems fake. He doesn’t look like he can play damage support at all.】
【If you don’t believe it, just check Weibo. He used Fairy Song against STAR, too. Ah, my sisters, I think I’ll just become a mom fan~ PINK is just too cute!】
【Same, same. Girlfriend fans who? We’re all just mom fans.】
Zuo Tao took his attention away from the barrage that was rapidly going into an unknown direction. He was secretly pleased, though; everyone was saying he was a good boy, so it seemed his set up was successful.
They used their high-rank accounts to play, and Zuo Tao saw an acquaintance on the enemy team immediately.
Nauq284n. Zuo Tao had played against him last night; it was WIZARD’s alt account.
“Enemy jungler is WIZARD,” Zuo Tao said as he planted a ward on the bush by their lane close to the river. “FG’s jungler is good.”
Song Shihan responded through their headphones, “En, I know.”
Zuo Tao realized that he was being redundant. WIZARD and Song Shihan were considered to be players from the same generation, and they probably knew each other in private.
They had met several times in the past, and though he didn’t spend much time with the team, WIZARD had still taken time to take care of Zuo Tao. He was hesitating whether to greet the other party or not when a message appeared in the game chat.
【(World) nauq284n: Hi little brother, it’s WIZARD.】
【(World) nauq284n: How are you holding up over at Wildfire?】
Playing a healer assist wasn’t too difficult, as long as he took care of the AD. Zuo Tao tapped on the keyboard to reply as he replenished Song Shihan’s health whenever his skill went off cooldown —
【(World) Wildfire-PINK: Not too bad.】
【(World) Wildfire-PINK: WIZARD-gege, I’m livestreaming~】
【(World) nauq284n: It’s fine, everyone knows my account now anyway.】
【(World) Wildfire-PINK: hahahahaha…】
How did people find out? There was no need to ask.
The comments once more surged —
【Hahahaha, is it okay to be talking about it this bluntly?】
【Alert, alert, WIND fans are invading the livestream.】
【……】
【Am I the only one concerned that PINK called WIZARD ‘gege’?】
【Where exactly is our FIRE inferior to WIZARD? You call one gege so naturally, but it’s so hard to squeeze one out of you when it comes to FIRE?!】
【Heavens, how many gege do you have?】
【Heavens, how many gege do you have?】
【Wait, switching to FIRE’s broadcast to report you for calling randoms gege!】
Zuo Tao: …
He wasn’t really paying that much attention to what he was typing, it flowed out of him naturally. He glanced at Song Shihan at his side, who was busy moving his hero, his profile defined in the light.
He probably saw a comment on his livestream which made him smile. “Zuo Tao,” he said, “Everyone wants me to ask you, how many gege do you have?”
He looked at Zuo Tao as he spoke, eyebrow raising as he teased.
There was no need to pretend at all. Under Song Shihan’s teasing tone, Zuo Tao blushed instantly, opening his mouth. “Uh…”
Song Shihan: “En?”
Zuo Tao scratched his head and realized that he probably wouldn’t be able to get away from it today. Remembering Jiang Ming’s worries, Zuo Tao, following the principle of being open-minded, whispered, “You’re the only one…” his voice dropped even lower, “gege.”
He had white skin, round and bright eyes, and curly pink hair on top of his head. When he called out gege with a flushed face, he looked like an obedient boy straight out of a manga.
Meanwhile —
【Commentator Lin Taisen has entered the livestream.】
【Commentator Lin Taisen: ?】
【Commentator Lin Taisen: Blink if you need help. Are you okay?】
Seeing such a familiar ID, Zuo Tao felt like he’d been struck by lightning. He felt ashamed, but he felt more afraid that this man would cause trouble in his livestream.
His concerns were quickly proven right. The next moment —
【Commentator Lin Taisen sent the streamer 666 Cigarettes to Big Brother.】
Cigarettes to Big Brother was the basic free gift on Little Bear TV, which can be obtained through daily check-in. It was roughly the size of an emoji and the animation was of a small yellow character offering cigarettes with both hands.
One might not be very eye-catching, but 666 of them was enough to cover the whole screen.
It was unspeakably spectacular.
The smile on Zuo Tao’s face was already stiff. He wanted to ignore it all, but this spiteful uncle added another comment —
【Commentator Lin Taisen: I saved these up for two years and can’t even get a thank you?】
Zuo Tao gritted his teeth. This man had a dark heart, he had such evil intentions!
Facing the viewers on his livestream, though, he could only take a deep breath and try to smile as he said, “Thank you. Thank you, commentator Lin Taisen, for giving 666 cigarettes to big brother.”
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