81-82: The Hatred of the Father Is Unmatched Under Heaven.
Chapter 81
Shan Zhu knew that once Ling ng set a target, he was more persistent than anyone else, just as when he was in a long-distance race. From that day on, in addition to eating and playing gas, there was one more additional thing in Ling ng’s world.
He watched all kinds of Galaxy videos whenever he had free ti – post-match interviews, entertainnt shows, serious interviews; watching at dinner, watching before going to bed, watching when he was walking by using his antenna.
He would listen very seriously when Shan Zhu was comntating a match and then at the end of the match would draw up a little quiz about the players.
He would collect all kinds of fresh and interesting jokes from the active communities of various Galaxy players and, before he knew it, his audience had doubled for his streams.
He even, under the lead of the producer, went to the A League as a one-day trainee reporter to interview a team he wasn’t familiar with at all, studying up on the players for a week in order to avoid making low-level jokes.
Shan Zhu’s own desk was completely overrun by Ling ng, full of his handwritten notes.
The annual Legend of the Galaxy Yearly Award Gala voting channel opened. Shan Zhu took a picture of Ling ng seriously working and sent it to Weibo to canvass for him.
@Mangosteen: I’ve been wondering if the filter blinded my eyes to make every movent of this man attractive to , until I saw him like this. No one can resist a man who shines, this hardworking @Lemon is worth your vote.
[ngng’s Seriousness.jpg]
Next up was Shan Yao selling ng:
@Yam: Please support my Lemon SAO…..ah, no, Daddy. One vote. @Lemon
[Even if I’m naughty, Daddy also won’t hit .gif]
And then Bo Luo singing:
@Pineapple: With my moving song, I canvass for @Lemon Lemon Daddy~~~
[If you don’t vote, I’ll sing on a loop, heh heh.gif]
The “I’m Not Black Powder” official account sold misery:
@I’mNotBlackPowderOfficial: Lemon Daddy and Xiao Black’s acting reporter contact is only until the next episode. If you want Lemon Dad to stay just like Xiao Black, please vote with your precious ticket for @Lemon, maybe Lemon Daddy will win most popular male anchor and won’t leave us in his good mood. [Pitiful]
[Lemon Dad Expression Pack Nine Square Grid.gif]
Most incredibly, Xiang Jiao, who had claid to have forgotten his password, also returned to Weibo and sent two posts:
@Banana: Vote @Lemon
@Guava: Forwarding Weibo//@Banana: Vote @Lemon
— FanA: Xiang God, you finally rembered that you had one……wait, you have two Weibo?
— FanB: And on that day, Xiang God finally rembered his Weibo password.
— FanC: [Ling ng: Do you still rember your Weibo password? Xiang God: Forgot.jpg]
— FanD: Thank you, Lemon Dad, for curing my male god’s amnesia.
— FanE: When I got the notification, I thought it was a bug.
— FanF: I didn’t get the notification, my special pass must have broken down.
— FanG: Extrely happy to get a notification. I thought my Xiang God was finally spoiling the powder. Unexpectedly I clicked it and found it’s a groupie post.
— FanH: Xiang God really opens his purse for the anchor, I hope this ti he can draw a good card
….
Ling ng knew his own popularity couldn’t be compared to Shan Zhu’s. It was just more fun for everyone to follow suit and canvass for him. He jokingly asked everyone to vote for him when he was live.
“Vote for , co on, vote for . That way I’ll be on top of Mang God on the voting list.”
— Save the child, it’s the only chance he’ll ever have to top Mang God.
“By the way, are there going to be a lot of powder on the scene? Holding up the light boards,” he asked Shan Zhu.
“Should be.”
“So, wouldn’t it be pretty sad if no one raised my light board?”
“I’ll give you a lift?”
“Aren’t you going to go down the red carpet with ?”
“I’ll give you a lift as we walk. Of the whole show, you’ll be the most extravagant.”
“Don’t make a fuss,” Ling ng smiled and pushed him, “Why don’t I hire a few people to lift in advance? Does anyone know what the market rate is?”
— 50 yuan a sign, 100 yuan to lift for the day.
— Lemon Dad, hire ! The light board cos with!
— Hire , hire ! Just half price!
Ling ng jiggled his legs with pride, imagining that he had stepped one foot on the red carpet and powder on both sides frantically rooted for him. “What will you write with the light boards then? ‘Lemon Dad, Lemon Dad, I’m calling for you’?”
— Such a wise light board, or let Mang God give you a lift, farewell!
— The other side didn’t answer your call and blackened you.
— Lemon Dad: You can’t lift it? Mang God: Don’t dare to not lift.
— Mang God: I can’t lift it……not capable, ah, ngng will be angry.
(t/n: for context of these jokes, the character for “lift” is the sa as……..get hard)
— While sitting on the kindergarten bus, who suddenly stepped on the throttle???
“Eh, you guys just now, your words can’t be trusted…….Housekeeper, while you’re at it, ban the ones who changed the aning of lift.”
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Chapter 82
The speaker spoke casually, but the audience listened with interest. Several of the main players of the Lemon Dad Global Black Powder Support Association conspired in private. Usually black was black, but at this big scene, they couldn’t let their Father not be extravagant, so they arranged crowdfunding and set up the light boards, aspiring to shine all over the field.
After all – at being black (secretive), they all were professionals.
When the Mang God girlfriend powder heard about it, they said that their montum couldn’t be crushed by Daddy, otherwise wouldn’t their boyfriend lose face? So that was another secret plot.
Xiang Jiao’s powder caught wind of this. As powder of the league’s most popular player, naturally they refused to lag behind and made a large set of light boards of the sa size. The red carpet show hadn’t started yet, but the three sides had already fought several hand-to-hand rounds in their great war.
So on the days of the Awards Ceremony, Ling ng and Shan Zhu arrived at the venue in a sponsored luxury car. They exited the car and saw this sort of scene of extravagance:
The red carpet was lined by the Lemon Dad Black Powder regint on the left, eight people in the front row each holding a huge single-letter light board, spelling out:
— LemonDaddy, A Father’s Love Is Like A Mountain
Next to them was the Mang God Girlfriend regint, with eight similar one-word boards:
— MangGod Husband, Beautiful Face of the Golden Age
Directly across from the Girlfriend regint was the Xiang Jiang Powder group. The light boards were like two items in the sa Taobao store, even the fonts were the sa:
— Hatred of the Father Is Unmatched Under Heaven.
Ling ng: …….=.=#
“Is there still ti for to withdraw?” Ling ng asked Shan Zhu next to him in a low voice, “It’s so embarrassing, it’s not as good as ‘Lemon Dad, Lemon Dad, I’m calling for you’.”
Shan Zhu smiled and grabbed Ling ng’s hand, leading him to the red carpet: “Smile, there’s a cara at 11 o’clock.”
“…….Galaxy dog.” With that, he forced an awkward smile in the direction of 11 o’clock.
Fighting Cat was broadcasting the entirety of the Award Ceremony live. Water friends who couldn’t be on the scene could also lie under the covers and watch while eating snacks and brushing the barrage to nourish themselves.
— Mang God’s suit, full marks!
— You boys are so handso in suits!
— So handso I’m going to split my legs!
— Double standard party, clearly my ngng is wearing a suit too!
— The black suit is handso, the white suit…….he’s rely a shou ┓( ` )┏
— The height difference is really cute, ah.
— Are these ga anchors? Not a male god model group?
— My Godfather and Dad are holding hands and walking the red carpet and will get married around the corner.
— Speaking of them holding hands, wasn’t Lemon Dad dragged over by Mang God? His expression was very wronged.
— The grievance was because of the hatred of the father, the person who arranged the light board knows Xiang God quite well.
— Xiang God powder against WULI Mang God, reported.
After checking in, the outside host wanted the two people to say a few sentences before entering, according to the routine.
“Are the two of you confident that you will win an award today?”
The two people looked at each other. Ling ng answered first: “I have a lot of confidence in him winning the award.”
“Don’t you have faith in yourself?”
“I’m here to buy (alternatively: hit) soy sauce.”
The host pointed the mic at Shan Zhu: “What does Mang God think?”
“I’m here to accompany ngng in buying soy sauce.”
“Alright, I have just one question left: What did Soysauce of Team FLAVORING do wrong, that you two are going to do this to him?”
Ling ng: ……..
— Hahahahahaha!
— Soysauce:???
— Soysauce: The beautiful conjugal love of you two, why did you hit ?
— Soysauce: A sudden CUE.
— People sit in the venue and dog food cos from heaven.
The Award Ceremony began with a high-level speech from the Legend of the Galaxy developnt company, announcing so of the most gratifying developnts of the year: first, the number of online matches doubled; second, that the number of people watching the ga hit an all-ti high; third, they signed an agreent with several famous universities in the North Hebei University City to send excellent pro players for further education who could be issued a diploma if they completed a certain number of credits.
On the player side, Bo Luo won Best Rookie, Shan Yao took Most Improved, and, as for the Most Popular Player decided entirely by a popular vote as well as the award with the highest value, MVP of the Year, those were indisputably awarded to Xiang Jiao. FRUIT also deserved to be crowned Best Team of the Year.
Moving to the Anchor Awards section, the first one up was also Ling ng’s most promising award, the Best Newcor Anchor Award.
When the nomination for Ling ng appeared on the big screen, the daily swearing against the sky of Lemon Daddy had Ling ng’s palms let out a thin layer of sweat. Shan Zhu, in a place the caras couldn’t see, gently patted him on the leg, making the motion for his peace of mind.
The Award host opened the envelope: “The Best Newcor of the Year Award, the winner is -”
Real-ti feeds of the five nominated new anchors were lined up on the screen in turn, they were all clearly inexperienced and hadn’t learned expression managent yet; the tension and anticipation was clearly showing on all of their faces.
“- Passionfruit!”
— Wow, my Lemon Dad wasn’t the best newcor, it hurts.
— Look at ngng’s expression, looking like he has slled sothing sour.
— Terrible, wuwu, brush a cat climbing tree to comfort Daddy.
Ling ng quickly bit his lower lip, passively joining in with everyone’s clapping. It would be a lie to say he wasn’t disappointed. The award-winning anchor went on stage to receive the award, happily delivering his acceptance speech. Ling ng was shown on cara, lost inside but still smiling.
Shan Zhu squeezed his hand: “There’s still a chance later.”
“Later is yours,” Ling ng put on a smile. “When you’re on the stage, rember to say a few extra words, say my share too.”
Thinking of how Shan Zhu would soon go up to receive an award, Ling ng didn’t feel so upset anymore.
“The next award is the Most Popular Male Anchor Award, selected through the Galaxy player voting, the nominated candidates are –
“Mangosteen, contracted Fighting Cat anchor, with his superb gaplay skills and a unique interpretive perspective, he has beco one of the most popular anchors for Legend of the Galaxy. As he began his comntating, his quick-thinking and thorough analysis were well-received by a majority of players. He is the strongest of the future e-sports pro league comntary candidates.
“Lemon, the new popular anchor of Fighting Cat, the best singing among the ga anchors, the highest ranked middle tier entertainnt anchor. He was sotis majestic, sotis selling ng, sotis selling ng, sotis selling ng. Fans have respectfully called him — Lemon Daddy. The web show produced by Lemon was widely disseminated among players and it also made him a rising star in the Galaxy dia circle.
……
“I declare, the winner of the Most Popular Man Anchor of the Year is -”
Ling ng started to pose for applauding, looking at the person next to him with a smile on his face, just waiting for the Award host to declare the result so he could be the first to give his best wishes.
“ – Lemon! Congratulations!”
Ling ng: *Clap clap clap clap clap* –???
His image was magnified on the big screen. All of the audience on the scene and the millions of water friends in the broadcast room witnessed the whole process as Lemon Dad went from “so happy, so happy” to “eh???”.
— Did my Lemon Dad think this award was a clinch for Mang God? The clap was so natural and such a stiff stop too [facepalm]
— ngng’s daily ng stupidity 1/1
— I can laugh for a year over a gif from just now.
— Lemon Dad: Organizing committee, ss with your Daddy again.
Shan Zhu clapped at him from the beginning until he realized Ling ng was stunned on the spot. He stood up with a forced laugh, pulling the frozen lemon out of his seat. He gave him a hug and then a little push towards the stage. Ling ng was like an object on a frictionless surface receiving so acceleration, floating and drifting to the stage.
He took the trophy from the award presenter and moved with a confused expression to stand before the mic. The soles of his feet seed to be stepping on cotton. The audience laughed when they saw him – he really deserved to be an expression pack. The other anchors were narrators, he was like a folk arts performance.
“……” Finally the laughter subsided. Ling ng struggled to choke out a sentence, “Was the voting system broken?”
The people back ho struggled not to laugh and teased him back and forth.
— Shocked! Award-winning anchor on the scene questioned the fairness of the voting!
— Ouch, I laughed so hard my eight abs popped out.
— Most of the Galaxy pro circle ca out to canvass for Lemon Dad, is Lemon Dad not confident in his strength or is he misunderstanding the popularity of pro players?
Ling ng hadn’t prepared for this acceptance speech at all. He had planned what he would have said if he took Best Newcor before but he forgot all of it right now.
“Well, I never thought I’d win this award, I previously thought……I still think the voting system might be broken.”
“Hahahahaha…..”
“And I don’t have anything prepared to say,” Ling ng looked down at his toes, “Everyone likes to say ‘don’t forget your original intention’. In fact, the original intention of my live broadcast was to compete with Mang God. After I burst into popularity overnight because his broadcast room, I was actually really envious of Mang God, because he had a lot of powder. His powder was like a ladder, lifting him high. I wanted to compete with him, but I couldn’t even touch the dust beneath his feet. Until I started to stream and gradually more and more powder ca. Of course, I pretty much forgot my original intention……”
“Hahahaha…..”
“Now I’m very grateful to my powder. If I hadn’t been streaming, I wouldn’t have t you all. I’m grateful to you every day, for you blowing , for you blackening , for you brushing my expression pack…..”
“Hahahaha….”
Ling ng looked affectionately towards Shan Zhu: “And, of course, thank you for lifting high, so I can stand shoulder to shoulder with the person I like, so that I can match him……”
— wuwuwuwu suddenly moved
— ngng’s acceptance speech is so touching.
— Trying to raise my hand, raise ngng higher!
— The sky is blue with clouds, the ground covered in yellowed leaves, I am Lemon Dad’s little ladder!
Ling ng choked up for a mont, pausing for a long ti before the phrase finally erged: “…..as a man.”
— Pop—-
— All the just-brewed touching emotions all spurted out.
— Shocked! ngng calls himself a man, what do you misunderstand about yourself?!
— Laughing too hard to lift.
— Shocked! The ladder collapsed from laughter! ngng fell off!
— You boys giving an acceptance speech was really aweso…..
The director, with deep understanding, cut the cara to Shan Zhu. He, too, had covered his eyes like everyone on the scene and was laughing hard.
Ling ng took the award, very touched. Actually, he was trying to stir up feelings and didn’t want to get the whole audience laughing, so he was angry and cosplayed a live pufferfish on the stage.
“Well, I know the sensational route doesn’t suit , but I hope you can give Daddy a little more respect.”
“Hahahahaha….”
“Chinese virtue: filial piety cos first”
“Hahahahahahahaha…..”
— Don’t laugh, my Lemon Dad is serious!
— We are all very serious and obedient! Daddy was the first to crack a joke!
— Copying Lemon Dad: filial piety laughs first!
— Silly Father’s filial laugh.
“Finally, thank you to all the people who helped by canvassing and voting for . Streaming has changed my life. I love being an anchor and that’s how I found out about my favorite career. I’ll hard for it always.” Ling ng took a bow on the stage, “‘Legend of the Galaxy’ is so fun, Mang God is so handso!”
*Clap clap clap clap clap clap*
Ling ng finished up his final words and, with a long sigh of relief, jumped away from the podium to the applause of the crowd. He exchanged a tight hug with Shan Zhu – previously when he was totally muddled, the two weren’t able to celebrate properly.
In the end, Shan Zhu won the company’s official Special Award for Best Ga Communication, to thank him for his contribution to the promotion of the ga.
The most handso male anchor in the room got up and straightened his suit, taking the stage:
“Thank you to the organizing committee for selecting for this award. Thanks to the Galaxy company, thanks for the Fighting Cat platform, thanks to the powder……”
He formally gave his thanks all around, then added, “I would also like to thank –”
During the ti when he deliberately drew out this word, the cara cleverly cut to Ling ng. The director thought he was going to say his na and ordered the cara to switch to Ling ng. That’s what Ling ng himself thought too.
He subconsciously sat up straight, tightening his facial muscles to keep from smiling too happily and not being reserved.
Shan Zhu built the tension to a climax, then smiled and went on: “The infamous Galaxy random matching system.
Ling ng:???
This didn’t seem to match the sa speech??
“Regardless if it’s qualifying matches or casual matches, we’re all in the ga and we’re all going to randomly match with a lot of people.
“We might match to a similarly-minded teammate, we might match to an equal opponent, and, of course, as rookies, it’s possible to make a match to soone who makes us throw the mouse in anger or smash a keyboard.
“We may never see them again after the GG ssage, we may et friends who we ride the black with together, and, of course, it’s possible to match with soone we stay up until dawn chatting with.
“You never know who your next random match will be, if it’s the one you like, the one you hate, or the…..” from the stage, he accurately locked his gaze on Ling ng, “one who’s going to be together with you.”
“Thanks to the Legend of the Galaxy random matching system, I was able to et this man of mine. Of the thousands of players all day, every day, we pressed match at the sa ti and were able to co across each other. This is the rare encounter that Galaxy Universe gave .
“It’s just a ga, but it’s people who play the ga. The point is, you can only conquer the person you want to have if you play gas very well.”
Beneath the stage, the crowd who had just been moved to tears laughed at this sentence.
“By the way, it doesn’t matter if no powder lift you high, because I’m going to lift you to the highest level, higher than everyone else.”
Ling ng clapped frantically.
“Finally, I wish everyone a match with the man they want to match. Thank you.”
Just as everyone was distracted and moved by Mang God’s acceptance speech, the ssage of soone in the barrage broke through:
— Wake up, hey, wake up! Million Galaxy single dogs, engine handles are most likely! Mang God has cursed us and now all of us will beco gay!
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Footnotes:
1. to root for (打Call): internet slang term from Japanese idol fans called wota who cheer through jumping, clapping, and chanting
2. don’t forget the initial heart (莫忘初心): saying from the Avatamsaka Sutra of Buddhism, saying not to get caught up in worldly things and forget the original intention of your heart
3. 碧云天，黄叶地: line from the poem Su Mu Zhe by Fan ZhongYan, expressing a beautiful landscape and strong emotions
4. engine handle (带把): a boy; Northern slang for male genitalia, used when pregnant won are talking about wanting their baby to be a son
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I was also moved to tears, just like the crowd. Both speeches were so beautiful T_T
Our boys are all grown up, I’m so proud ?
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