Chapter 549: 322 (third watch of the night)_3
This ti, the pressure was on Xia Ye’s side.
A question asked in Chinese, the pretty little lady couldn’t possibly fail to understand this ti, right?
But still, Xia Ye maintained her smile and kept silent.
At that mont, only one sentence ran through her mind, “You have the right to remain silent, but whatever you do say may be used as evidence in court.”
The blonde reporter sharply continued to press, “God of the Night won’t answer, does that an it’s inconvenient to answer? Does it imply that you don’t want to go public? Does that an you’re tacitly admitting you have a boyfriend?”
To be honest, Xia Ye was sweating.
She hadn’t said anything wrong!
The blonde reporter probably translated a bit, and the other reporters also started to get excited.
Luckily, Xia Xing stepped in just in ti, “Personal questions are not convenient to answer.”
Pang Shen also caught on, “Please, friends from the press, let’s change the topic. Today’s interview is with the FB team, thank you for your cooperation.”
The reporters, who had already sensed the scent of gossip, really didn’t want to give up so easily, until Tian Ye seriously stood out, presenting the notes he had diligently compiled, “If you can’t think of any other questions, I can share with you my analysis report on the teams that have made it to the finals…”
As he said that, he flipped open his notebook, densely packed with text and ticulous line charts.
He was the kind of employee who would take up the most ti at a eting, making long and unending speeches.
If he really got talking, the reporters couldn’t simply omit any summary from their follow-up articles, could they?
But the reporters who were only interested in gossip were not at all enthusiastic about an academic approach, quickly looking for their way out.
“Ah… since God of the Night finds it inconvenient to answer, perhaps we should wrap up today’s interview, shall we?”
“Yes, yes, after such a long flight, the team mbers must be exhausted!”
“Well then, we’ll take our leave first. We look forward to FB team’s thrilling performance in the friendly match tomorrow!”
Almost instantaneously, the reporters who had just been crowding around left, and Pang Shen unexpectedly gave Tian Ye a pat on the back, “Not bad, little Tian, who knew you were reporter-repellent? From now on, you have to attend all FB team interviews.”
Although it was praise, to Tian Ye it felt…
He nervously clutched his notebook, squinting his eyes into thin slits…
**
The hotel where the team mbers stayed was prepared by the friendly match host team.
It was the sa hotel Xu He had previously stayed in, not as luxurious as the one Jiang Xuan later got for her, but still a five-star hotel and among the best in F country.
The FB team conveniently took up two adjacent floors, the Xia siblings, Gu Mingzhi, and Pang Shen on the sa floor.
The team mbers had rested on the plane, so by the ti they arrived at the hotel, they were still quite energetic.
Pang Shen ordered food and beer, gathering the team mbers in his room.
Gu Mingzhi helped the team mbers remove their makeup.
Having such a beautiful and cute makeup artist to help them remove their makeup, the mbers would usually be quite rowdy.
But that was Gu Mingzhi, and they didn’t dare, because God Xia had a bad temper.
Each one of them cooperated especially well, tilting their heads and making the most suitable expressions for makeup removal.
Gu Mingzhi was a bit flustered.
After finishing her work, she went back to her room to pack and also took the opportunity to call her mother to report her safety.
Her mother was very strict, having told her to call ho imdiately after landing. It was now over two hours late, and she didn’t know if her mother would be angry.
Indeed, as soon as the call connected, Mrs. Gu started to complain, “You dead girl, why are you only calling now? Do you know how anxious your mother has been waiting for you?”
Gu Mingzhi moved the phone away from her ear, to prevent eardrum damage, and waited until the voice on the other end quieted down before she began to explain, “I just got the hotel arrangents sorted out. I’m a makeup artist for the team. I had to prioritize my work and help the team mbers with their makeup removal first…”
“Remove makeup? Did you remove makeup for Xing Xing?” Mrs. Gu asked.
Gu Mingzhi glanced at the closed door, “Yep, also helped him with that.”
Who knew just because of that one sentence, Mrs. Gu’s attitude did a 180-degree turn, “You should’ve said so earlier, that’s proper business, if you had told Mom earlier, she wouldn’t have been mad.”
Gu Mingzhi truly witnessed wonder, hearing for the first ti from Mommy that being a makeup artist was a ‘proper job’…
“Baby, since you chose to be a makeup artist, you’ve got to do your job well and not ss up. I can’t explain it to your Aunt Xu if sothing goes wrong…”
“And another thing, Xing Xing now has so many fans, you’ve got to keep up…”
“Are your rooms close to each other? Don’t misunderstand Mommy’s aning, a girl still needs to be reserved…”
“…”
Gu Mingzhi could hardly get a word in edgeways, just listening to Mom talk excitedly, laughing in full bloom.
She could only get in a word during the brief pauses in her mother’s monologue: “Got it…”
Xia Ye and his group were still in Pang Shen’s room, where Pang Shen had roughly explained tomorrow’s schedule to them.
They had participated in many such friendly matches before, it really just ant a change of venue, a change of opponent, nothing special.
It was still recorded in the form of a live broadcast, with multiple countries around the world broadcasting it, and there were likely thousands of live audience mbers.
The only difference from before was that this match would be watched by esports enthusiasts from various countries together.
Everyone on the team had a beer at their side, except Xia Ye had juice.
However, her juice was placed next to Xia Xing’s beer, and by the ti Pang Shen’s eting finished, the juice bottle was almost untouched, while three bottles of beer were already empty.
Xia Xing popped open the tab of the fourth bottle, wondering to himself, ‘Did I drink that much?’
The rival team for the friendly match was DragonX, also one of the teams that qualified for the World Finals. Although FB team was confident about winning or losing the friendly match tomorrow, they had never played against them before and thus were all rather cautious and took it seriously.
Having had a few drinks now, they didn’t challenge anything too difficult, and Pang Shen had arranged for them to get five ‘smurf’ accounts with over 50 stars in the French region, letting them play a couple of rounds to get ward up.
It was just to get used to the gaming habits of the esports enthusiasts over here in advance.
The team started matchmaking, and soon they were matched with a team. Judging by the opponents’ hero selection, they seed quite professional.
Teams with over 50 stars in King rank typically matched against very strong opponents.
The FB team exchanged aningful looks, feeling a bit amused—
At the sa ti, in the DragonX club’s practice room, the team mbers also used ‘smurf’ accounts with over 50 stars in King rank to start a ga. While waiting to get into the ga, they began to mockingly discuss their opponents for tomorrow’s friendly match.
“I heard the FB team is ranked first in the China region? So if we beat them tomorrow, does that an China’s entire league is done for?”
“Tsk tsk, they flew all the way here, it wouldn’t be nice to let them lose too badly; otherwise, they’ll say we’re bullies.”
“Haha, true. I just read the info; they’re just a couple of pretty boys, not bad-looking. The funniest part is, there’s actually a woman in their team? They’re ranked first in China with that? The strength of the China region is really worriso, isn’t it?”
“Sigh, you can say that again. They’ve got so many fans in China, nearly put them on a pedestal. I don’t think this looks like an esports club, more like an idol group. Are they trying to debut or what? Hahaha…”
DragonX, the top-ranked team in France, also advanced unstoppable in the qualifying rounds, with no rivals to speak of in France.
Having just won several gas to qualify for the World Finals, their speech now carried an air of unabashed arrogance.
The phone showed the ga was ready, and the five players, still laughing, went to their respective lanes.
The jungle player was the most wildly amused. He was playing King of Lanling, and as he chopped at the red buff, he continued to mock the FB team.
But he failed to notice the Daji, the little fox from the opposing team, poking her head out of the bush—
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PS: Guess who this bunch of poor saps is matched against?
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