Fu Yue thought that his work life would change after Wei Chen's unexpected confession.
However, it seemed that he was worrying too much.
The spring tournament was in full swing and everyone was busy with their training, especially him.
Fu Yue may be a veteran with six years of experience in this industry but TOBH was nonetheless a new game to him. In comparison to other professional players who had been trained for years, his game knowledge was severely lacking.
As a result, his schedule was the most intense and Wei Chen, who was his mentor, also got dragged into this hellish training together.
Speaking of which, Wei Chen did keep his word. Starting from that day onward, he never brought up this matter ever again.
His attitude remained the same as in the past as if his confession never happened in the first place.
Fu Yue's chaotic mind gradually settled down and he no longer put pressure on himself to give Wei Chen an answer.
He finally understood Wei Chen's intention behind his words the other day.
Wei Chen likely knew that he was going to reject him so he blocked him in time from saying it.
Maintaining this status quo was the best for both of them.
This is not the time to think about love.
Tian Meng's journey in this season has just barely started, they couldn't afford any mishaps or fallout.
In the end, both Fu Yue and Wei Chen poured their all into training for the upcoming matches.
Even though Fu Yue was confident in taking on the main stage, Coach He still had some considerations toward him, a total rookie.
There were already a lot of incidents where skilled players became total wrecks when playing on the actual competitive stage.
The coaching team had already decided to send the second team to gain experience in the first four weeks.
The main team's appearance last time was solely to appease the sponsors.
Fortunately, not only did Fu Yue not make any mistakes, he seemed to perform even better on stage.
It was his debut game and everyone was waiting to see him become a joke.
However, not only was he able to get through the game easily, he even became the MVP!
After their victory, news about Tian Meng's rookie Omega mid-laner occupied a few spots in the top 10 hot searches on Weibo.
Regardless, most of the attention was drawn to their interview.
#TM's rookie omega mid-laner entered through the backdoor!#
#TM's rookie omega mid-laner is in a relationship with Silence!#
#Silence & 404's interview#
These hot topics have just fermented overnight before it was drowned by another explosive topic.
#Silence is in love with an unknown game anchor called 'No Inted Just Bad'!#
#The Great God Silence is being taken by an unknown game anchor!#
The news of Silence being in love took the internet by storm and the topic has been occupying the number one hot search for two whole days.
But of course, the majority still knew better not to trust everything on the internet.
The only reason this topic even exploded in the first place was because Wei Chen's popularity was incredibly high.
Just as everyone was curious as to who 'No Inted Just Bad' was, another topic suddenly popped up out of nowhere.
#Silence has been underperforming because he was busy chasing a game anchor and neglected his training.#
[I knew it! Silence is not as good as before and Tian Meng's results always fell short in recent years!]
[Just because he is a two-time world champion, the arrogance has finally gotten into his head pei! I knew that he was a hypocrite!]
[What is Silence is the most hardworking esports player? While others were having fun, he was in the training room practicing alone #vomit#]
[Hahaha Tian Meng was trying so hard to build his image as the unattainable Male God, now his mask is slipping off!]
The leader of the PR team frowned, "Someone is buying the rhythm. Should we deal with it?"
"No. Leave it."
Hearing Coach He's words, the leader's frown became deeper. His voice was full of disapproval, "I know that Silence's mentality is strong but at the end of the day, he is still 21 years old."
Being scolded, Coach He was not angry. He instead showed his chat interface with Wei Chen to him.
The leader looked at their conversation and was stunned.
Coach He: People are scolding you online so turn off the chat during your live broadcast and just focus on your training with Fu Yue. I will go deal with it.
Silence: No need to.
Coach He: … Are you sure?
Silence: Yes.
Coach He: Are you trying to attract hatred value so that no one will talk about Fu Yue?
Silence: You think too much.
Silence: Rather than words I will prove it with results.
Coach He took back his phone and disdainfully scoffed, "That's what he said. As an elder, you think I am happy seeing these kids being scolded by others for no odd reason?"
Knowing that he made a mistake, the leader awkwardly cleared his throat, "Well… You know. Whenever something like this happens a scapegoat is always needed to take the blame. I just didn't expect Silence to be so responsible as a Captain."
The leader's thought process was normal. Since Fu Yue was an Omega, it would be too cruel for him to endure the internet abuse alone so Silence purposely created another buzz catching everyone off guard.
The leader slapped his thigh in realization, "No wonder he suddenly acted out of character! So it was all to save his teammate!"
Coach He: "..." No. He is OOC'ed because he fell in love.
The leader then sighed in admiration, "Silence is such a selfless person!"
Coach He: "..." No. He is quite selfish actually.
"404's matters resolved just like that! What a ruthless but effective move!"
Coach He: "..." Did you even forget that he is the one who started this mess in the first place?
The sky was still dark outside but Fu Yue had already turned on the computer in the training room ready to play some ranked games.
As one of the protagonists of the recent hot topic, he also knew about what was brewing on the internet about Wei Chen.
Witnessing all those hate comments targeting Wei Chen, he was even angrier than when the comments were being directed at himself.
As someone who had been training with Wei Chen, Fu Yue could guarantee that his strength was extremely strong.
However, knowing full well that it was useless to argue with these internet trolls, Fu Yue could only sigh.
In the end, he who had nowhere to vent his anger, woke up earlier than usual and decided to abuse people in the game instead.
As a result, at the brink of dawn, there was a crazy madman who woke up and decided to choose violence terrorizing everyone on the Korean server.
After winning three matches in a row, Fu Yue queued up for another match right away.
This time though, he accidentally ran into another professional player from a Korean team.
[BIG_Kane: Wow, I actually ran into the legendary Dumpling couple!]
[BIG_Kane: Wait. Why are you playing alone this time?]
[BIG_Kane: Where is your husband?]
The corner of Fu Yue's lips twitched.
To avoid having their strategy leaked, he and Wei Chen created another account on the Korean server.
His account was called Shuijiao whereas Wei Chen was called Zhengjiao.
[A/N: Shuijiao = Boiled dumpling, Zhengjiao = Steamed dumpling.]
At the time, Fu Yue didn't think much and jokingly said that they should name themselves after dumplings that they had just eaten.
Wei Chen didn't truly care about what he was called in the game and agreed.
Afterward, the two queued together every single time and experimented with a lot of champions, not limited to the current meta.
Their best combination so far was the legendary immortal couple, Shen and Xue.
These two heroes were made for each other. However, the two players needed to be on the same page, otherwise, they would just pit each other to death.
As a result, no matter how good the two were together, one rarely saw a good ShenXue play.
However, this doesn't seem to pose any problem for him and Wei Chen.
Thanks to their tacit understanding, in a short period, they climbed into the top 20 on the Korean server.
Having ranked this high, it was unavoidable to bump into professional players.
Despite this being the case, their winning streak was not broken.
Before they knew it they had already become a hot topic within the esport circle and were referred to as the Dumpling Couple.
Since no one was able to guess their identity, others just assumed that they were ordinary players or retired players who were also a couple in real life.
[Shuijiao: He is just a friend.]
[BIG_Kane: Heh. You two are joined at the hip, who are you to fool!]
[Shuijiao: … Whatever, forget it.]
[BIG_Kane: Are you in a bad mood???]
[BIG_Kane: Ah! Did you two fight?!]
[Shuijiao: It has nothing to do with you.]
[BIG_Kane: Should I be your Shen for today?]
[Shuijiao: Speak properly.]
[BIG_Kane: Why? I may not be inferior to your husband ah. After all, I am called a Wild King for a reason!]
At his words, Fu Yue paused.
Bathe In Glory or BIG was one of the top powerhouse teams in the Korean division.
Kane was the jungler of BIG's main team and he was often compared with Wei Chen.
Fu Yue did meet BIG's second team in the previous games but he has never played against or with the main team before.
Let's see how good he is in comparison to his captain.
[Shuijiao: Ok.]
[BIG_Kane: Wait for me to hit level 3 and I will go to you #wink#]
Fu Yue: "..." Should I just dodge this game?
Regrettably, the game soon started and everyone was developing peacefully.
As promised, Kane moved to mid-lane after hitting level three. Fu Yue nimbly tossed out his crowd-control skill trying to set up for a gank.
However, at this exact moment, Shen's dashing figure emerged from the bush to push the opponent away from his original spot.
As a result, Fu Yue's skill landed on empty air.
Fu Yue: "..."
Kane: "..."
Thankfully, the two were experienced players and quickly recovered from this embarrassing situation.
Fu Yue collected the head and Kane went back into his jungle.
[Team] Shuijiao: Just take the kill.
[Team] BIG_Kane: Hey. This big brother will take you to fly. No need to worry ;)
Fu Yue: "..." What's wrong with this person?
Despite his questionable personality, Kane's strength was indeed strong.
His rhythm was fast and he outpaced the enemy jungler by a whole two camps.
Shen's jungler was rather average, especially in the early game. However, his scaling ability is scary.
As a swordsman, he excelled in close combat and self-regeneration. His abilities were refreshed every time he got a kill/assist.
His downside was that as long as he got hit by a crowd-control ability, he was pretty much dead.
Xue, on the other hand, could apply bleed with her passive, lock down the enemies, and put on a spell shield on herself/ally.
Basically speaking, Xue set the stage for Shen to perform.
In the beginning, it was rough for the two to play together but as time passed, Fu Yue finally got used to Kane's pace.
Kane's Shen is quite hot-headed while Wei Chen's Shen is more on the disciplined side.
Kane liked to pick up a fight whenever he could whereas Wei Chen wouldn't fight for no odd reason.
A jungler's death would result in the loss of objective which would greatly impact the team's economy and the state of the game.
Of course, this doesn't mean that Wei Chen's playstyle is meek either.
Back in his younger days, everywhere he went heads fell leaving behind a trail of blood.
Those who played against him during those times couldn't help but shiver whenever his name was brought up.
Thinking of this, Fu Yue mumbled, "Hmm. I guess it is okay to be a bit more aggressive."
"Noted."
Hearing this low voice, Fu Yue flinched and his heart dropped to the ground.
Even without turning around, he already figured out who was standing behind him.
Soon, the sound of the nearby chair being dragged was heard followed by the sound of someone sitting down behind him.
Wei Chen asked in a polite tone, "You don't mind me watching, right?"
Fu Yue's scalp went numb due to his good manners. He sheepishly laughed, "Haha… Of course not."
For the rest of the game, Fu Yue was sitting on pins and needles as if he was caught cheating by his husband.
Please, don't let that guy run his mouth and speak any more nonsense.
Unfortunately, his prayer was not heard by God.
[BIG_Kane: Hey, don't you think we go well together?]
[BIG_Kane: With your husband, you always fed him kills.]
[BIG_Kane: Stop serving as his foil and come to me! I will treat you better!]
[BIG_Kane: What do you think?]
[BIG_Kane: Aren't I better than your husband?#wink#]
"Heh."
Reading Kane's comments, Wei Chen let out a snicker.
Kane debuted two years after him. He did have some impression of this BIG's jungler.
Whenever they clashed with each other on the international stage, Kane would abandon his wild area and come to bother him.
Even if the invasion failed, he would still come anyway.
As if his existence was solely to annoy him.
Wei Chen didn't mind his tactic.
After all, having the enemy jungler's position exposed would allow his teammates to develop peacefully.
However, this and that are two entirely different matters.
Trying to steal his mid-laner?
Wei Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.
Guess he must've been too docile these past years for them to forget who he used to be.