Yu Ge was provoked and laughed in anger, “What’s it to you?”
Chen Yuzheng shrugged, hands in his pockets, maintaining his usual arrogant attitude, responding coolly, “Don’t get excited, just making a guess.”
“No, no,” Yu Nuo quickly answered before Yu Ge could, “you’ve misunderstood.”
Yu Ge turned to look at her with a frosty expression.
Yu Nuo instinctively closed her mouth when she met his gaze.
After hesitating briefly, she finished in a small, guilty voice: “…he’s my brother.”
Yu Ge’s eyes were dark, though he appeared calm. But Yu Nuo knew him well. This was clearly a sign that he was about to lose his temper.
In this awkward situation, Yu Nuo felt uncomfortable. She tugged at the hem of his clothes, looking at him pleadingly.
A Wen, afraid the situation would become too tense, coughed twice and stepped forward to smooth things over. “This is…” he paused while looking at Chen Yuzheng, and politely said, “Conquer, right? Let me introduce myself. I’m OG’s jungler A Wen. Don’t mind him – Fish is just like this. He treats his sister like his daughter and gets defensive whenever he sees a guy near her.”
Facing A Wen’s politeness, Chen Yuzheng smiled.
Even though he was more restrained, his manner still lacked sincerity. “I don’t mind, but Fish seems to have misunderstood something.”
After speaking, Chen Yuzheng glanced at Yu Nuo, who had been pulled aside.
She kept her head down, pretending to look at the floor, standing obediently next to Yu Ge like a docile animal.
While he was looking at Yu Nuo, Yu Ge was watching him.
Chen Yuzheng made a sound and started to speak, then stopped, realizing he didn’t know her name. After thinking for a moment, he drawled: “Loves fish…?”
Huh?
Yu Nuo looked up.
Their eyes met, and she thought silently to herself.
It’s actually ‘loves eating fish’…
Her expression was anxious, her fingers twisting together at her side. These small movements didn’t escape his notice. Chen Yuzheng’s lips curled into a half-smile.
Everyone’s expressions became peculiar.
Chen Yuzheng looked away, casually dropping the words: “I have something to do, I’ll go first.”
Yu Nuo responded after a slight delay, nodding, “Oh… okay, goodbye.”
After he left, A Wen, unclear about the situation, said: “Sister, I have a question.”
Yu Nuo: “What?”
“How do you know Conquer?”
“We’re not really acquainted,” Yu Nuo shook her head, “A friend likes TG, and I met him once when we went out.”
Yu Ge’s face darkened as he slowly asked: “Then what was he pulling you aside for just now?”
Yu Nuo thought about how to tell him, “Well, well…”
“Well what?”
Yu Nuo didn’t dare tell the truth, avoiding his eyes, she vaguely said: “He asked me something.”
Yu Ge persisted: “What did he have to ask you about?”
“Come on, it’s not a big deal, why are you making such a fuss?” Will said, both amused and exasperated, walking forward to pull Yu Ge away, “Are you interrogating a criminal?”
Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere lightened.
A Wen patted Yu Nuo’s head, joking along: “Exactly, sister is all grown up now, can’t you give her some personal space? Come on, let’s go finish the photoshoot and head back to base to sleep.”
Yu Ge sneered, “How old is she? What personal space?”
A Wen was stunned: “Man, your sister is 21, twenty-one!! TWENTY-ONE! Not twelve, when will you stop?? At this age, chatting with a handsome guy, having a little flirt, isn’t that normal?”
Little C, who had just finished his solo shoot, arrived late to the scene. Seeing Yu Ge’s black face, he couldn’t resist asking about the drama: “What’s wrong with Fish? What happened?”
A Wen pretended to be serious: “Something big happened.”
Little C was confused: “What big thing?”
A Wen continued stirring things up: “His sister is about to start dating, and he’s throwing a tantrum about it.”
“What what?” Little C sensed unusual gossip and eagerly asked, “Who is Little Nuo dating?”
“That TG’s AD you were talking about the other day!”
“Whoa…” Little C felt like reality was breaking down. He looked at Yu Nuo, “No way… with Chen Yuzheng?!”
“……”
Seeing things getting more and more out of hand, Yu Nuo felt internally devastated and quickly interrupted, “It’s really a misunderstanding, he and I… we barely know each other.”
The team manager waved everyone away, “Alright, alright, you bunch of guys are gossiping too much. Let’s go, let’s go.”
—
In the break room after resting for a while.
Yu Nuo sat restlessly in the corner of the sofa, thinking about how to explain the Chen Yuzheng situation to Yu Ge later. There were too many people earlier, so he had controlled his temper and hadn’t blown up in front of everyone. But given his expression, he would definitely question her later.
As she thought about this, her mind wandered to Chen Yuzheng.
He now knew that she was the sister of the person who had caused him to be heavily criticized…
Sigh.
She wondered what he thought about it.
Little C was born after 2000, making him the only team member younger than Yu Nuo. With his lively personality, he chatted around until everyone got annoyed and told him to go away. Little C sulked for a while, then wandered over to sit beside Yu Nuo, secretly probing, “Hey, sis, what happened with Conquer earlier?”
Yu Nuo: “Nothing happened, we just exchanged a few words.”
Little C urgently said: “He’s not a good person!”
Yu Nuo: “…What’s wrong with him?”
Little C analyzed seriously: “Guys who are as handsome as your brother usually aren’t good people, don’t you think?”
“?”
“People like our Fish who maintain their integrity are rare now, sigh.” Little C sighed worriedly, “I’ve seen enough of this circle, it’s too dirty. Some players, as soon as they get a bit famous, start sleeping with fans and visiting prostitutes. Listen to your little brother, don’t date pro players, they’re all pretty outrageous.”
Yu Nuo: “……”
She wanted to cry, “Little C, your imagination is too wild, this is all nonsense…”
Little C clicked his tongue, “Sis, I’m just worried about you.”
Just then, a staff member pushed open the break room door and poked their head in.
TG had finished their group shots, and now it was time for the final long shot requiring both teams to shoot together.
On the way to the venue, the planner briefly explained the effect the photographers wanted to achieve – the two teams would walk from opposite sides of the stage to the middle, creating a sense of two armies facing off.
From a distance, they could see TG’s members either squatting or standing.
The filming crew was setting up the venue.
Chen Yuzheng was leaning casually against the wall behind the camera setup, chatting idly with someone beside him.
Perhaps sensing the gaze on him, he suddenly turned his attention away from his conversation and glanced over.
Yu Ge met his cold gaze, intentionally or not blocking Yu Nuo who stood at his side.
Chen Yuzheng leisurely looked away.
Yu Ge suddenly slowed his pace, “Yu Nuo.”
“Huh?” Yu Nuo looked at him blankly.
“Stay away from him.”
Yu Nuo: “…?”
—
The stage was almost ready, with the soft lights set up, and the floor manager shouted for everyone through a megaphone. Yu Nuo blended into the crowd, staying on the sidelines while waiting for Yu Ge and the others to finish filming.
There was a small issue during filming.
Each team needed to send one person to perform a signature hero move. Professional players, unlike advertising models, hadn’t received professional training, so they weren’t very camera-friendly.
OG’s side was slightly better, but TG’s representative had no such experience at all. After several takes, the results weren’t satisfactory.
Half an hour passed, and Van really couldn’t handle these awkward poses anymore, suggesting, “Why don’t we switch to someone else from our side?”
Little He, who was in charge of filming, was also tired of his struggles, “Who should we switch to?”
“How about Killer?”
Killer looked like he’d been struck by lightning.
After the others’ persistent bombardment of persuasion, and seeing Van already looking like he was about to die if he had to continue filming, Killer had no choice but to step up.
After a brief discussion, they unanimously decided to use the signature mid-lane hero Syndra.
Little He suddenly remembered Yu Nuo – they had met at a comic convention before and had collaborated several times. He called Yu Nuo over from the corner: “Didn’t you cosplay Syndra before? What was the dance for her Pool Party skin again?”
Yu Nuo thought for a moment before answering: “Girls’ Generation’s ‘Hoot’?”
Killer almost cursed.
Then, realizing it was Yu Nuo, he stuttered, “Eh, why are you here?”
Little He, while fiddling with the equipment without looking up, answered for her: “Oh her? She’s Fish’s family.”
Killer exaggerated his surprise, “Fa-family? Fish’s family?!”
Little He didn’t notice anything strange, “Yeah, family. Wait a sec, I’ll pull up the dance video, you can learn some basic moves from it. We’ll add special effects in post-production, so the final product won’t look too awkward.”
Killer’s expression became somewhat peculiar, and he couldn’t help but look at Yu Nuo a couple more times. But there was no time for gossip now, so he reluctantly started imitating a group of Korean girl idols’ random gestures.
In front of the camera, Killer waved his straight arms up and down like a zombie that had just jumped out of a coffin.
The rest of TG nearly burst out laughing.
Amidst the laughter, Killer’s face turned red with embarrassment as he shouted: “I’d like to see you try!”
Little He crouched on the ground, studying the footage with a frown, and said, “Little Nuo, why don’t you go show him how it’s done?”
Yu Nuo met Killer’s lifeless, blank stare.
She hesitated for two seconds, took off her backpack, and walked somewhat nervously toward the TG side.
Van, now freed from his ordeal, started teasing: “Pay attention and learn well from the young lady.”
Chen Yuzheng was standing just a few steps away.
But Yu Nuo didn’t dare look in his direction at all, quickly walking to the front of Killer. Forcing herself to smile a little, she comforted him, “These moves are actually very simple.”
She demonstrated the bow-and-arrow motion for Killer at one-tenth speed.
However, Killer was really uncoordinated – while his upper body could barely keep up, his legs seemed paralyzed when it came to the lower body movements.
Thomas carefully examined Yu Nuo, curiosity getting the better of him as he lowered his voice to ask: “How old is she? She looks quite young, is she even an adult? She’s not still in high school, is she?”
Ultraman: “Aren’t you exaggerating a bit?”
Everyone else was watching and laughing at Killer, but Chen Yuzheng remained silent. He kept his eyes lowered, slowly playing with a cigarette box.
Van nudged him: “Who upset you?”
After a while, Chen Yuzheng propped his elbow against the wall, straightened up, and said, “What?”
Van muttered, “You’ve been so quiet.”
…
…
After fifteen minutes of struggle, Killer finally managed to perform a movement that wasn’t too stiff. They just needed to film a few more shots to complete the final shooting.
Thank heavens, Yu Nuo finally completed her mission and quietly sighed in relief.
Looking up, she saw the TG group walking towards her.
Yu Nuo tensed up again, shuffling to the side to make way for them. She sighed internally. Considering whether she should greet them. But… they probably all knew she was Yu Ge’s sister now.
Whether to greet them or not, it seemed awkward either way.
“Fish lover.”
This abrupt address made everyone pause.
Yu Nuo collected herself, “Hm?”
Chen Yuzheng walked past, glancing at her feet, “You dropped something.”
Yu Nuo looked down.
She had been so focused on teaching Killer the dance moves that she hadn’t noticed her phone falling out of her pocket.
Before she could say thank you, they had already walked away.
Yu Nuo watched his back for a second or two, then bent down to quietly pick up her phone.
…
…
Van secretly looked back, and thinking of something, called out to the person beside him with a mischievous grin, “Chen Yuzheng.”
Chen Yuzheng glanced at him, “What?”
“Why was your voice eight octaves lower than usual when you were talking to the girl just now? It sounded oddly sexy.”
“……”
Before Chen Yuzheng could respond, Ultraman suddenly realized:
“—Holy shit! Conquer, are you trying to seduce her?!!!”
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