“–Ugh!”
The Ultraman next to her bent over, covering his mouth, looking like he was about to throw up.
Yu Nuo turned her head and asked, “Are you okay? Do you need to throw up?”
“I really… can’t take it anymore…”
Ultraman retched again.
Yu Nuo handed him a cup of water, asking with concern, “Do you want to go to the bathroom to throw up?”
Ultraman waved his hand and said seriously to Yu Nuo, “It’s fine, I just got nauseated by what Conquer just said, it made me sick to my stomach.”
Yu Nuo: “……”
Chen Yuzheng’s temple twitched, the smile at the corner of his mouth disappearing.
Ultraman rambled wildly, “Zheng, you’re only 19, how can a 19-year-old be so greasy (i.e., sleazy)? Even the greasiest dish on the table today isn’t one ten-thousandth as greasy as you. How hasn’t PetroChina1 discovered this treasure of yours?”
Yu Nuo: “……”
Chen Yuzheng calmly said to Yu Nuo, “You go ahead, I’ll help him sober up.”
Ultraman’s expression froze for a moment, half sobered up by fear, and quickly grabbed Yu Nuo, “Sister, don’t go, I won’t survive if you leave.”
Chen Yuzheng asked mildly, “What did you call her?”
Ultraman trembled and looked at Yu Nuo for help, “Sister Nuo, save me.”
Yu Nuo hesitantly asked, “Save you from what?”
From afar, Xiang Jiajia called out, “Nuo Nuo, come help me hold up Killer, he’s too heavy.”
Yu Nuo saw that they seemed fine and didn’t need her help, so she went to help Xiang Jiajia.
…
…
After she left, Chen Yuzheng’s gaze slowly turned to Ultraman, “Say what you just said again?”
“What’s wrong, I just said you were greasy… but you really are…” Ultraman mumbled, “That’s not how you flirt with sister either, I’ll teach you some techniques another day.”
Chen Yuzheng smiled coldly, “What did you call her?”
“Sister…”
Chen Yuzheng nodded, took out his phone, unlocked it, and slowly typed on the keyboard.
Ultraman asked, “What are you doing?”
“Sending a message to your little whatever.”
Ultraman was shocked and lunged to grab his phone, “Let’s talk this through, why are you messaging Little Susu?! What are you going to tell her?”
Chen Yuzheng raised his hand out of reach, saying flatly, “Just sharing your flirting techniques.”
Ultraman looked a bit aggrieved, “I was just following your lead, right? I’m only 20, younger than Yu Nuo, what’s wrong with calling her sister?”
Chen Yuzheng remained cold and unmoved, continuing to type.
Ultraman looked desperately at Yu Nuo’s back, then immediately straightened up and bowed ninety degrees before Chen Yuzheng, “I’m sorry, Brother Zheng, I was drunk and confused. Please be magnanimous and forgive Manman this once. Manman understands now, this is your thing, only you can call her sister. I’ll never do it again.”
Chen Yuzheng stopped typing and pressed his phone once, turning off the screen.
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…
Killer was drunk and kept holding Ying Jiajia’s hand, mumbling incoherently, pushing away anyone who tried to approach him.
Xiang Jiajia was being crushed by him, “Brother, you’re like a bear, you’re almost suffocating me.”
Killer: “Jia, even you’re rejecting me? Wuwuwu…”
Xiang Jiajia’s small frame was about to collapse, and she couldn’t help but laugh and cry, “You’re so heavy.”
Yu Nuo saw the situation and went forward to help, but her hand was also pushed away by Killer, “Don’t touch me, I’m still a pure maiden…”
Killer’s drunken antics reminded Yu Nuo of last time. Chen Yuzheng had also been this drunk, and she had struggled to support him too. But he was much more well-behaved than Killer… though he also liked to talk nonsense.
Van had the best alcohol tolerance, and after the effects wore off, he sobered up. He was originally planning to help but after watching the situation for a while, he just stood aside laughing.
Ying Jiajia got anxious: “Don’t just stand there watching!”
Van shrugged, “Killer only wants you to help him, what can we do?”
Thomas said quietly, “This Killer is too much, I think he’s not even drunk, he just wants to take advantage of the situation to flirt with the girl.”
The celebration party ended with everyone in a mess, and they didn’t return to the hotel until three or four in the morning.
Yu Nuo was exhausted, sprawled on the sofa, not wanting to move for a long time.
While waiting for Xiang Jiajia to shower, she browsed Weibo for a while. The Intercontinental Tournament was still trending high, with several related topics hanging at the top.
She randomly opened a few to look at, scrolling down, and they were all talking about Chen Yuzheng.
She didn’t know why, but she felt happy for him. The feeling was similar to when she saw Yu Ge win the championship.
Yu Nuo continued to read intently for a while until Xiang Jiajia came out of the bathroom and called to her, “I’m done, Nuo Nuo, you can go now.”
Yu Nuo put down her phone: “Okay.”
—
After the competition, the teams stayed in Paris for a few more days to rest. Two days later, the plane from Paris arrived at Pudong Airport, where the team’s bus was already waiting outside.
Their dozen or so team members were still wearing the Intercontinental Tournament expedition jackets as they collected their luggage and walked to the exit. When OG and TG’s members appeared, the female fans gathered at the arrival gate screamed.
The thunderous cheers were so loud that passersby almost had to cover their ears.
The scene was different from before they left for abroad. Although OG and Yu Ge’s fans still made up the majority, there was clearly another voice competing for attention this time.
The female fans cheering for TG’s team members were very enthusiastic, with many slogans: “TG TG is number one, TG TG is invincible!!!!”
Killer raised his hand to acknowledge them.
Chen Yuzheng wore a baseball cap and mask, dragging his suitcase, lazily drooping his eyelids while talking to Ultraman.
The familiar electric megaphone appeared again: “?Chen Yuzheng! Chen Yuzheng!! Look here!!!!”
Still those few angry shouts: “Chen Yuzheng!!! Can’t you hear? Are you deaf?”
Chen Yuzheng looked up.
The megaphone group dispersed, revealing a long, red festive banner:
[Let the whole world hear my voice, remember my ID??TG.Conquer]
The megaphone spoke with satisfaction: “Zheng ah, you’ve finally made something of yourself, you’re famous, you’re finally going to be famous, mama has waited so long for this day! Did you see it? This grand scene is as you wished, are you satisfied with the display mama prepared for you?”
Chen Yuzheng: “……”
Looking at the very impactful scene before them, Killer was a bit dazed, and Thomas was also somewhat embarrassed by the banner, discussing with those nearby: “Why do they play with such cringy things now… too ridiculous.”
Others were trying to hold back their laughter.
To maintain their image, everyone kept a straight face, pretending to be nonchalant. Until they got on the bus, several TG members couldn’t hold back anymore and burst out laughing: “Chen Yuzheng, what’s with your fans? Too funny, are they trained by the Deyun Club2?”
Killer said dreamily: “Zheng ah, this grand scene is as you wished, are you satisfied with the display your fans prepared for you?”
Ultraman snorted and laughed so hard he could barely straighten his waist, pounding on the chair.
Chen Yuzheng put on his headphones, sat down in his seat, ignoring their teasing, and glanced at Yu Nuo.
She was laughing too.
Seeing him glance over, Yu Nuo immediately stopped laughing.
They were separated by an aisle, and Chen Yuzheng asked slowly: “Is it that funny?”
Yu Nuo held back for a moment and told the truth: “Actually, it is quite funny…”
Chen Yuzheng: “……..”
—
Time had entered June, and Shanghai’s weather was gradually getting warmer.
After repeated bombardment from Xu Yitong on WeChat, Chen Yuzheng made time to go home and accompany his parents. When he initially decided to become a professional player, he faced opposition from his family. His mother didn’t say much, but his father was quite angry.
However, Yu Yiyun held the power of speech in the family, and after Chen’s father’s anger passed, there wasn’t much he could do about it. This time Chen Yuzheng had trended several times on hot searches, and his family’s attitude finally improved a bit.
At the dinner table, Yu Yiyun was almost in tears, saying coquettishly: “Oh my, Zheng Zheng, your competitions must be so tiring, look how thin you’ve become!”
Chen Yuzheng didn’t care much: “How am I thin? Handsome guys aren’t marketable if they’re fat nowadays, young girls all like thinner guys.”
Chen Bailang couldn’t stand his frivolous attitude and scolded: “Talk properly to your mother!”
Yu Yiyun glared at him, “Can’t you stop being so fierce? Our son rarely comes home, and you’re always shouting here. If you want to lose your temper, go outside!”
“……..”
Chen Bailang’s momentum immediately weakened after being scolded by her, “You’ve spoiled him since he was young, making him lawless outside…”
Yu Yiyun’s face was full of pride: “The other day on hot search, there were so many praising our Zheng Zheng. My son is so accomplished. These days while playing cards, Zuzhen and the others specifically asked about Zheng Zheng, saying they want to introduce their nieces to him.”
Chen Yuzheng refused: “No need.”
Yu Yiyun: “At your age, you should meet more girls. When mama was nineteen, I had already dated several boyfriends.”
Chen Bailang: “……”
He couldn’t help but refute his wife: “This is his time to strive hard, what dating? Don’t tell him these things.”
Yu Yiyun was unconvinced: “Weren’t you pursuing me in your third year of high school? You didn’t study properly in high school, only thinking about dating me, what right do you have to criticize your son?”
After scolding him, Yu Yiyun turned back to advise Chen Yuzheng: “However, I disliked your father for being too rigid back then. Even with good grades and good looks, it was useless. When he pursued me, I couldn’t be bothered to give him a second look. You must not be like your father, girls don’t like that. One day mama will introduce you to pretty girls. Although being a professional player is tiring, it’s good to relax occasionally.”
Chen Yuzheng ate his meal, “Don’t introduce anyone to me.”
Yu Yiyun was puzzled: “Why?”
He casually said: “I already like someone.”
Yu Yiyun: “!”
She quickly asked: “How old is she, is she pretty? When will you bring her to meet mama?”
Chen Yuzheng paused, “Let me win her over first.”
Yu Yiyun cupped her face in both hands, her face radiating happiness: “That’s wonderful, my son is amazing, managing both career and love.”
Chen Bailang: “………”
After dinner, Chen Yuzheng went upstairs to change clothes and came down with his car keys.
Yu Yiyun sat on the sofa eating watermelon, with a idol drama playing on TV, and asked: “Little Zheng, where are you going again? Not staying with mama anymore?”
Chen Yuzheng changed his shoes at the entrance, saying: “Call your friends to keep you company, I need to see Ji Gaozuo about something.”
“You’re going to see Little Zuo?” Yu Yiyun put another piece of watermelon in her mouth, speaking unclearly, “Haven’t seen him in a long time, have him come over to play when he’s free.”
—
The “welcome” sound rang as someone lifted the door curtain to enter.
Ji Gaozuo was still busy with his work, looking up briefly: “Well, what wind blew our young master here today?”
Chen Yuzheng flicked the car keys in his hand, surveyed the store’s layout, found a place to sit down: “Stop being glib with me, I have real business today.”
Ji Gaozuo chuckled, “What real business could you have? Let’s hear it.”
The little sister in the store curiously looked at Chen Yuzheng and asked: “Boss, is this your friend?”
Ji Gaozuo responded, “We’re childhood friends, we’ve been hanging out together since we were in diapers.”
Chen Yuzheng was disgusted: “Can you be less gay? It’s quite perverted.”
Ji Gaozuo laughed: “Damn, nothing decent ever comes out of your mouth.”
The little sister went to pour a glass of water and cut some fruit, blinking her big eyes, saying softly: “Boss, your friend is handsome too, just like you.”
“Of course, do you know what his nickname is? Chen Flower Grass.”
Chen Yuzheng kicked him.
The little sister was confused: “Chen Flower Grass? What does that mean?”
“Chen Yuzheng Flower School Grass3, abbreviated as Chen Flower Grass. Back then he was our school’s famous playboy, breaking countless girls’ hearts. Don’t be fooled by him.”
Hearing this, Chen Yuzheng gave him a look: “Are you sick? You know perfectly well how I got this nickname.”
The little sister was curious: “How did you get it?”
Ji Gaozuo explained it to her.
They had known each other since elementary school, getting into all sorts of trouble together. In their reckless youth, they did everything – skipping class, fighting, challenging senior students, flirting with girls. However, Chen Yuzheng wasn’t very interested in flirting with girls, spending most of his time in internet cafes. Ji Gaozuo, thinking it would be a waste of his handsome face, habitually used Chen Yuzheng’s name to add friends when hitting on girls from other schools or junior students.
Over time, rumors spread that Fourth Middle School’s campus hottie Chen Yuzheng was an undeniable playboy who changed girlfriends weekly.
The little sister’s lips curved in a slight smile: “Boss, you’re so mean.”
Ji Gaozuo wiped his hands and stood up, “Alright, what did you come to see me about today?”
“To get a tattoo.”
Ji Gaozuo was puzzled: “Didn’t you find it annoying when I asked you to get one before, to support my business?”
Chen Yuzheng made a sound, “Well, I didn’t have anything particular I wanted to tattoo before.”
“You do now?”
Chen Yuzheng tossed his phone over, “This one.”
Ji Gaozuo picked it up, looked at it for a while, and showed a strange smile: “Well well, you’re playing it pretty wild.”
“Can you do this?”
“Of course.” Ji Gaozuo patted his chest, “Your brother’s skills are second to none in Yangpu District, no one dares to claim first.”
Chen Yuzheng couldn’t be bothered to listen to his boasting, asked: “Where would it be most visible?”
Ji Gaozuo answered seriously: “It would be most visible on your face.”
Chen Yuzheng: “………”
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…
Ji Gaozuo put on his mask, sat down in the chair, drew the initial lines, and pulled the tattoo machine cord, “Zheng, are you ready? I’m going to start.”
Chen Yuzheng lay on the bed, squinting at the strong light, “Be gentle.”
“You’re a man and you’re afraid of pain?”
The buzzing sound of the machine rang in his ears, Chen Yuzheng frowned and couldn’t help but sit up to look, “Damn, does this hurt?”
“First time seeing a big man so afraid of pain while getting a tattoo, aren’t you embarrassed?”
The tattooing took several hours. Halfway through, they took a break, and Ji Gaozuo brought over two glasses of water, “Hey, why are you getting this tattoo anyway? It’ll be hard to remove if you regret it later. I’ve seen too many impulsive young people like you.”
Chen Yuzheng propped up one leg and was busy texting.
Ji Gaozuo snatched his phone away, “Who are you chatting with so intently?”
Chen Yuzheng couldn’t be bothered to move, letting him browse through his phone.
“‘Loves to eat fish’? What kind of weird contact name is that?” Ji Gaozuo scrolled through the chat history, reading in a mocking tone, “Sister, does the tattoo hurt???”
He nearly threw up, tossing the phone back to Chen Yuzheng: “I’m really blind now. Even young girls aren’t as delicate as you. Zheng, can you stop being so affected?”
Chen Yuzheng took his phone back. Yu Nuo had just replied:
“Huh? Why did you suddenly go get a tattoo?”
Conquer: “Celebration”
Yu Nuo: “Remember not to get it wet after it’s done, be careful of infection.”
Conquer: “Don’t you want to know what I got?”
Yu Nuo followed his lead and asked: “What did you get?”
Chen Yuzheng took a photo of the half-finished design and sent it to her.
On the other end, Yu Nuo studied it for a while but couldn’t make out what it was, yet still offered insincere praise: “Hmm… it looks quite artistic.”
—
The summer season opening ceremony was still half a month away, and the entire TG team got three days off, all returning to base to stream.
Previously, because they had to prepare for the Intercontinental Tournament, everyone focused on training and skipped streaming for a long time. Now at the end of the month, they all turned into night owls, frantically streaming overnight to make up for lost time.
As soon as Chen Yuzheng started streaming, he was flooded with countless gifts big and small. Planes and rockets came one after another, and his viewership quickly shot up to the top of the LOL section.
After an hour or two and several games, fans’ enthusiasm hadn’t diminished.
Chen Yu raised his arm to block the camera and adjusted the small window, “Going to smoke.”
Although his movement was quick, sharp-eyed fans noticed his new tattoo, and the bullet comments happily asked:
[Dog, you’re so wild, you actually went to get a tattoo??]
[What what tattoo, I didn’t see it?]
[Chen Yuzheng, as expected of you, didn’t disappoint mama, you’ve become a non-mainstream person.]
Chen Yuzheng smoked for a while, looked at the comments, and didn’t deny it: “Yeah, got a tattoo a couple days ago.”
[Hubby what did you get? Let me see!! (jumping)]
[I couldn’t see clearly just now, only saw a line!!!]
[Hubby is so handsome, even more handsome with the tattoo!! Not non-mainstream at all!! So manly!!]
Chen Yuzheng wasn’t very serious, casually bantering with them: “Be careful now, don’t casually call me hubby, you’ll have to take legal responsibility.”
With this, the public screen was filled with:
[I’m willing I’m willing!! I’m willing to take legal responsibility, wuwuwu!!!!]
[Hubby hubby hubby hubby, I call it eight hundred times a day, hubby hubby did you see?]
[Hubby hubby, why hasn’t the law come to punish me?? Hurry up!!!]
[Let me shout out loud, hubby I can! Hubby I’m willing!]
Countless “hubby”s mixed with floating hearts passed by.
Chen Yuzheng laughed: “Stop calling me that, I’m not your hubby even if you call me that.”
[??????] [How dare you????? Girlfriend fans are crying TvT]
[Chen Yuzheng, I hate you like a stone!!!!]
[Conquer you’re getting cocky, just because you’re a bit famous now, you dare talk to your wife fans like this, mama won’t allow it, apologize quickly!!!!]
After finishing his cigarette, the League of Legends ranked queue was ready. Chen Yuzheng turned off the comments, casually saying, “If any boss sends gifts, help me thank them, I’m playing now.”
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…
The Weibo super topic updated with Chen Yuzheng’s dog-like words from the stream.
Besides that, some fans were curious about what exactly Chen Yuzheng had gone to get tattooed.
Someone specifically dug out the streaming clip from just now.
The few seconds when Chen Yuzheng raised his arm were captured, enlarged, and some shots were very clear, even showing the vague pattern.
Indeed it looked like it had just been tattooed recently, with the black lines surrounded by red, swollen skin.
It wasn’t letters or his ID, but rather a strange pattern – curves that weren’t quite curves, straight lines that weren’t quite straight lines, a series of ups and downs of varying lengths pieced together. It ran along the inside of his forearm all the way to his wrist bone.
Some old fans answered curious new fans: [You’ll never guess what Chen Yuzheng is thinking, we’re already used to his scene kid style.]
Some fans with tattoo experience noticed something odd and posted: “If I’m not mistaken, this should be a soundwave, right?”
Replies below: [What’s a soundwave?]
??[It’s a recording tattoo4]
Half an hour later, the original poster came back: “I climbed over the wall and downloaded Skin Motion, tried it out, and actually scanned it – it turned out to be a girl’s voice….”
Fans exploded with questions: “What did she say?”
Another fifteen minutes passed, and the poster revealed the final mystery: “I listened three or four times, it’s a bit unclear, but if I didn’t translate wrong, it should be this.”
She posted the phrase in the comments:
??[One day, Conquer will definitely be remembered by everyone]
- Oil and gas company, lol. ↩︎
- A famous comedy troupe, lol. ↩︎
- This is a literal translation. “Xiaocao” (??) / school grass, meaning the most handsome guy in school, and “xiaohua” (??) / school flower, meaning the prettiest girl. They’re like the “campus heartthrob” and “beauty queen,” used to describe the best-looking students. ↩︎
- Sharing an example. ↩︎
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