Chen Yuzheng logged into his main account and went to Yu Ge’s livestream, lavishly sending dozens of super-expensive gifts. As a result, Yu Ge mercilessly banned him permanently, which immediately sparked discussions from outsiders.
Since their debut this year, TG had risen from an unknown team to become a popular team with a fanbase rivaling the top teams. As TG’s most talked-about player, Chen Yuzheng was constantly being compared to Yu Ge, though no one knew exactly when this started.
Adding to their previous emote drama, fans often got into heated arguments. While Yu Ge’s fans were known for their fighting spirit, Chen Yuzheng’s fans took after their idol – thick-skinned as a fortress wall, boldly firing back even when at a disadvantage.
Everyone thought the two avoided each other in public and must be sworn enemies in private. But then Chen Yuzheng suddenly did something crazy that left both fanbases confused.
Bystanders who witnessed the whole thing commented: “Come on brothers, spam ‘perfect match’ in the chat!”
A certain secret fan forum exclaimed: “Holy crap?? Holy crap?? Did our ship just become canon?”
Other fans who loved drama tagged both TG and OG’s official accounts, demanding they approve this marriage right now.
As they say, enemies are destined to meet. After this publicity stunt, the official organizers also seized the opportunity to hype things up. They turned next week’s finals match between Conquer and Fish into LPL’s most anticipated esports event of the season.
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On September 7th, the LPL Summer Finals were held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.
Even before the matches began, during the warm-up period, the viewership on the ZhanYu streaming platform had already exceeded 10 million.
“Hello everyone, this is the 2021 LPL Summer Finals, I’m commentator Jun Hao.”
“Hi everyone, I’m commentator Xiao Li.”
“I’m commentator Jia Wei.”
Jun Hao smiled, “Hey, why does this match seem familiar?”
Xiao Li picked up his cue: “That’s right, it was these same two teams in the Spring Finals, and we were the same three commentators too.”
Jun Hao: “TG has come on really strong this time, fighting their way through the playoffs to reach the finals stage. They must be here with revenge against OG in mind.”
Jia Wei joked with them, “Today’s match will be great to watch. Since both teams have enough points, TG and OG have already secured their spots at Worlds. So even if either team loses today, their fans won’t be too heartbroken. Let’s just enjoy this finals match – watching two strong teams clash is always a visual feast.”
Xu Yitong came to watch the finals with her group of girlfriends.
Except for Xu Yitong, the others didn’t usually follow League of Legends. Though they didn’t understand much, they were caught up in the atmosphere of the venue. When fans screamed, CC joined in too.
After the opening ceremony performers finished, it was time for the classic trash talk segment.
Yu Ge was the first to appear.
Xu Yitong excitedly grabbed CC’s hand, pointing at the big screen: “Look, my idol!”
CC winced in pain: “Calm down, calm down.”
The interviewer: “OG is facing TG again in the finals, and the bot lane matchup between Fish and Conquer is the center of attention. How would you describe your rival Conquer in a few words?”
Yu Ge maintained his familiar ice-cold expression, though this time his disdain was evident: “Unskilled, talks too much.”
Laughter rippled through the venue.
The scene changed to a different background. A few days ago, after filming the Summer Finals promotional video, Chen Yuzheng was lounging lazily on the edge of the stage when the interviewer asked him the same question.
Chen Yuzheng curved his lips slightly: “About Fish… I’d rather not comment. Let’s skip this question.”
Off-screen, the female interviewer laughed: “But this is the trash talk segment! Don’t you want to say something provocative?”
Chen Yuzheng: “I’ve offended Fish before, so I’ll pass on the trash talk. If I get the chance, I’d actually like to be friends with him.”
CC gazed at that perfectly handsome face on the big screen and sighed: “The kid’s grown up, he’s really damn handsome. No wonder he has so many female fans.”
One of the girlfriends sensed some tension and asked curiously, “What’s the relationship between Fish and Xiao Zheng? Our Zheng seems so submissive.”
Xu Yitong: “How can he not be submissive? He’s got his eye on the guy’s sister.”
“What??” CC was shocked, “Chen Yuzheng likes Fish’s sister? Is that for real?”
“Hey, keep it down! We’re gossiping here. What if someone hears us??”
CC hadn’t expected this twist and pulled Xu Yitong closer: “Have you met the sister?”
Xu Yitong nodded: “Of course I have. Remember that video I sent you? The one where the girl was drunk and Chen Yuzheng wouldn’t let go of her.”
“What does she look like? I’m so curious, introduce us sometime.”
“I’ll message her later and ask if she wants to grab food together. She should be here at the venue today.” Xu Yitong also liked Yu Nuo, “That girl is so sweet and gentle, has a great personality, and can cook too. No wonder that bastard Chen Yuzheng has his eye on her.” Xu Yitong snorted, “What a waste of a sweet girl, a flower stuck in cow dung.”
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After the coaches shook hands and left the stage, the first game was about to begin.
This wasn’t their first time in finals, so TG’s players were much more relaxed than last time.
Even with headphones on, they could still hear the crowd’s chaotic cheering.
While waiting for the game to start, Killer propped his chin on one hand, swinging his mouse, and suddenly laughed, “Hey, Conquer?”
Chen Yuzheng pulled down his headset and took a sip of water: “What?”
“Want to say hi to Fish in all-chat?”
The team voice chat went quiet for a moment.
Thomas burst out laughing: “You’re so mean!”
Killer clicked his tongue, “Weren’t you the one who said next time we play OG, you’d type ‘your sister is gone’ in all-chat to mess with their mental?”
Van glanced at the camera above their heads and warned: “Don’t mess around, this might end up in the voice comms highlight reel.”
Ultraman wasn’t in the mood for jokes, but seeing Chen Yuzheng put both hands on his keyboard, actually typing something, he was startled, “Whoa, what are you doing? It was just a joke!”
Chen Yuzheng: “Just saying hi.”
In the custom game lobby’s all-chat:
[TG-Conquer: hi]
At this moment, the expressions of OG’s players on the other side of the stage became particularly strange. Roy was confused: “What’s Conquer doing? Getting friendly all of a sudden.”
As someone in the know, Awen worriedly glanced at Yu Ge.
Killer came to the rescue:
[TG-Killer: Don’t mind our AD, he’s having another episode]
[OG-Will: hahahahaha]
[TG-Killer: Bros, go easy on us later~]
[OG-Awen: ?]
Yu Ge entered the game and immediately used Mute all, blocking all messages from the enemy team.
In the first game, OG was on red side, TG on blue side. Before five minutes, Yu Ge called to Awen: “Come here.”
Awen checked the minimap, pinged a few signals, and gritted his teeth: “Don’t rush, let me clear this camp, then I’ll help you teach that brat a lesson.”
Roy was curious: “Who are you guys going to teach?”
Awen: “Never mind.”
As expected by everyone.
At eight minutes into the first game, the bot lane duo began their clash. Awen came to gank at level 2, making bot lane his home, refusing to leave, constantly targeting TG’s bot lane.
Jokes aside, once Chen Yuzheng got into the game, his style became extremely aggressive and sharp.
The three opponents showed no fear either.
Since both TG and OG were bot lane-focused teams, nobody found it strange to see fights breaking out in bot lane.
After two games, OG and TG had each won one, evening the score.
Backstage in TG’s rest room, the coach quickly reviewed their games so far. With ten minutes before going back on stage, Chen Yuzheng slouched in the sofa and suddenly asked: “Where’s Yu Nuo?”
Xiang Jiajia looked around: “Don’t know, she was just here. Probably went to get water.”
Chen Yuzheng got up and messaged her. He took out his phone and walked out, running straight into several people.
He nodded in acknowledgment.
Not far away, Yu Nuo and Yu Ge were standing at the corner of the hallway.
Chen Yuzheng stopped in his tracks, watching them from a distance.
Yu Nuo had her back to him.
Yu Ge leaned against the wall, saying something to her that made Yu Nuo nod obediently.
Yu Ge looked up and saw Chen Yuzheng standing a few steps away. While coldly maintaining eye contact with him, Yu Ge raised his hand and ruffled Yu Nuo’s hair.
Yu Nuo looked confused: “What’s wrong?”
Following his gaze, Yu Nuo turned her head.
Chen Yuzheng hadn’t left, just standing there. He raised an eyebrow and asked, “What are you doing here?”
Yu Nuo: “I’m just talking to my brother.”
Yu Ge: “Is that any of your business?”
His tone was impatient. Yu Nuo looked back at Yu Ge with an expression that seemed to want to say something but held back.
Chen Yuzheng put his phone in his pocket, automatically ignoring Yu Ge, and said to Yu Nuo: “Are you two done talking? If you’re done, let’s go. Jiajia seems to be looking for you about something.”
Yu Ge commanded coldly: “Don’t go over there.”
Yu Nuo’s footsteps stopped: “…”
Chen Yuzheng snorted with amusement, shrugged, and turned around alone, heading back to TG’s rest room.
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Game three.
After a peaceful early game farming phase.
The exchanges between TG and OG’s bot lane suddenly became incredibly frequent, happening one after another.
Yu Ge and Chen Yuzheng seemed to have a personal vendetta. The junglers from both teams took turns coming bot – it was kill or be killed, neither side having an easy time.
By mid-game, Chen Yuzheng’s Vayne had scaled up, becoming aggressive and brutal. Yu Ge refused to back down, directing Xiao C’s Alistar to engage even at low health, determined to fight.
Vayne sidestepped and pinned the Alistar against the wall.
Yu Ge used Heal and positioned himself among the minions. Kog’Maw’s spray took out a huge chunk of Vayne’s health.
Every time the camera switched to their fights, the fans’ reactions were particularly intense. Even the commentators sensed the antagonistic atmosphere between them, “Why is bot lane fighting again? What’s going on this game? Fish and Conquer seem especially fired up?”
Jia Wei strongly agreed: “It is strange. Actually, compared to TG’s aggressive bot lane, Fish’s style has always been more steady. But this game it’s like something triggered him and he’s getting heated too??”
Xiao Li fell into thought, “You’d think TG and OG’s AD carries had some deep grudge against each other. Look at Conquer – he’s not even interested in farming cannon minions, just rushing in to fight Fish.”
Will had teleported to support bot lane several times and was really struggling to keep up, “What’s going on with their bot lane? Has TG’s AD gone crazy?”
Looking at the aggressively jumping Vayne, Yu Ge said coldly: “A jumping clown throwing a tantrum.”
Game three’s bot lane situation could only be described with one word: “madness.”
In all previous finals matches, even with lots of fighting, no bot lane matchup had ever been this intense.
The camera stayed on bot lane about two-thirds of the time, making viewers feel like they were watching League of Legends All Random All Mid mode.
The game was full of ups and downs, lasting over fifty minutes and approaching an hour. TG, taking advantage of their team composition, found an opportunity in top lane, killed the enemy jungler and mid laner, and went all-in to rush Baron.
OG’s bot lane and mid laner ambushed in the river, trying to stop TG from returning to base after taking Baron.
The two sides engaged in one final teamfight.
TG traded three for three, with OG getting wiped out.
The survivors were Chen Yuzheng and Killer. They ate a honeyfruit to restore health and headed straight to mid lane, pushing with super minions all the way to OG’s inhibitors.
OG’s defeat was inevitable.
The commentators looked away from the screen and began their closing remarks: “Let’s congratulate TG on winning this match.”
Killer was hitting the tower. After taking down both nexus towers, OG’s nexus started losing health bit by bit. Just seconds before the base exploded, the crowd suddenly stirred.
Jia Wei was confused again: “Hm? What’s happening?”
He looked back at the game screen.
Xiao Li was puzzled: “Why did Conquer stop moving?”
Realizing what Chen Yuzheng was about to do, Ultraman sighed, “Oh god, don’t be flashy, bro.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole venue erupted.
In front of OG’s fountain, the golden Vayne did a dance, then stopped. A white bubble appeared above her head, showing two black and white fish.
A perfect callback to the Spring Split opening game——
Chen Yuzheng once again flashed the Yin-Yang emote in front of OG’s fountain.
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