Chapter 120: CP Fans

After the weekend matches ended, Xiao Rui sent a message to Ye Shaoyang: “Brother, can I come backstage to find you?”

The Star City E-sports Center was only three stops away from his home, so Xiao Rui had come to watch the match today. Ye Shaoyang received the message and immediately replied: “Sure, come to the side door next to the main stage, I’ll open it for you.”

A moment later, Xiao Rui arrived at the door. Ye Shaoyang opened it and brought his younger brother inside. Xiao Rui excitedly hugged Ye Shaoyang: “Brother, you guys are amazing! You actually made it into Group S!”

Ye Shaoyang gently rubbed his brother’s head: “Long time no see. You seem to have grown taller?”

Qin Rui smiled, his eyes curving into crescents: “Grew 3cm taller.”

Chi Shu walked over, his voice gentle: “Xiao Rui is here.”

Qin Rui let go of his brother and greeted politely: “Hello, Captain Chi.”

As he spoke, he took out a beautifully wrapped box and handed it to Ye Shaoyang, whispering, “Brother, I made some pastries myself for you guys. You can take them back to eat as a late-night snack.”

Ye Shaoyang felt warmth in his heart and took the box: “Thank you.”

He took out his phone and sent a large red envelope to Qin Rui: “Here’s some pocket money for you.”

Qin Rui hurriedly waved his hand: “I don’t want it.”

Ye Shaoyang said, “Take it. You’re still a college student and don’t have a source of income. This is from your brother.”

Chi Shu said faintly from the side: “It’s your brother’s kindness, accept it.”

Qin Rui glanced at the transfer amount, his eyes widening: “This is too much, isn’t it?”

Does his wealthy brother give pocket money in units of “ten thousand”?

Ye Shaoyang said gently, “Go spend it. I’m on the team and don’t usually spend much. You, on the other hand, can buy some food and daily necessities.” He paused, took his phone out of his pocket, and said: “By the way, this phone Captain Chi gave me is pretty good. I saw your phone is getting old, right? Want to go buy a new one?”

Qin Rui was stunned. He looked up and realized Chi Shu and his brother were holding the exact same phone model. Captain Chi’s was silver, and his brother’s was gold—this phone was actually a gift from Chi Shu to his brother?

An Alpha giving such an expensive phone to an Omega, and they were matching models, couple colors.

Could it be that Chi Shu was interested in his brother?

A strange feeling rose in Qin Rui’s heart, and he secretly glanced at Chi Shu.

Chi Shu’s expression was calm, his gaze towards him was very gentle, and his tone was very much like an elder brother’s: “Your brother was wondering a few days ago if he should bring you a gift when coming to Star City for the competition. However, we rarely have chances to go out during training, and he didn’t have time to buy a gift. So he’s giving you a red envelope directly. Buy whatever you need yourself.”

Qin Rui snapped back to reality and looked at Ye Shaoyang: “Thank you, brother. I don’t plan to buy a phone for now. I’ll use this money to sign up for a cooking class. I want to learn how to make Western food.”

Just then, Coach Lin walked over and looked at Qin Rui curiously. Ye Shaoyang introduced: “My younger brother Xiao Rui. He came to watch the match and brought us pastries he made himself.”

Coach Lin smiled: “Xiao Rui, I know you.”

Qin Rui blushed and said, “Coach knows me because I’m terrible at playing support, right?”

Coach Lin: “Cough cough.”

After all, playing [Blessing Priest] support and tethering an invisible jungler with a chain, exposing the jungler’s position, was indeed ridiculously bad. His impression of Xiao Bai’s brother Xiao Rui was very deep.

Ye Shaoyang turned to the coach: “Coach, can I take a day off? I want to go home and meet back at the hotel tomorrow noon. My home is only three stops away, I want to go back and pack some things.”

Coach Lin said decisively: “No problem, go ahead.”

Ye Shaoyang handed the pastries to Captain Chi: “Share these with everyone later, it’s a token of my brother’s appreciation.”

Chi Shu took the box: “Okay, be careful on the way.”

Ye Shaoyang left backstage with Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui had been living at Ye Shaoyang’s place since it was close to his school. With Ye Shaoyang not at home, he was essentially house-sitting for his brother. The two took the subway home. After arriving, Ye Shaoyang went to take a shower first, while Qin Rui returned to the study with mixed feelings and turned on his computer to go online.

Is there something going on between Captain Chi and Brother Yang?

He had been thinking about this the whole way back.

As a born-and-bred Omega, he always believed Omegas shouldn’t casually accept gifts from Alphas. Moreover, the phone his brother mentioned casually just now cost 25,000 on the official website. This wasn’t an ordinary gift.

Between ordinary friends, gifts are rarely this expensive.

Unless it’s a boyfriend…

Brother Yang is an Omega, Captain Chi is an Alpha. Spending time together day and night, it’s normal for feelings to develop, right?

Although Qin Rui was bad at gaming, he could still understand matches. Tianhuan’s Mid-Jungle synergy was very strong; Shuoyue and Lieyang were one of the most tacit partners this season.

From teammates to lovers, it seemed logical?

Qin Rui let his imagination run wild and casually searched “Shuoyue Lieyang” online. Besides some news articles praising the tacit understanding of Tianhuan’s Sun and Moon combination, he unexpectedly found a Super Topic called “Sun and Moon shine together” (Ri Yue Tong Hui).

Curious, Qin Rui clicked in—

[The Sun and Moon CP really look so good together!]

[Congratulations to Tianhuan for entering Group S! Family, I found that every time after a match, Moon Moon turns back to look at Yang Yang, and his expression is gentler than when looking at other teammates—Click for [Screenshot]]

[Love it, love it! That look is so doting!]

[He never looked at Qu Jiang like that before [Doge.jpg]]

[Our Yang Yang commanded the match against Yaoguang. Yang Yang is the most handsome Omega, bar none!]

[Tianhuan has two shot-callers, too awesome]

[I’m totally shipping this power couple’s love. Go, charge towards the World Championship!]

[Ahhh is the CP I ship real? Will they stand side by side at the World Championship? They will, right?]

[When the time comes, let Shuoyue and Lieyang spread dog food to the whole world]

Qin Rui: “…”

At first, he thought he was just suspicious.

But scrolling down the Super Topic square, the more he looked, the more he felt Captain Chi and Brother Yang seemed real?

CP fans were particularly good at picking out details.

For example, in the match where the carry jungler reappeared, Chi Shu turned around and hugged Ye Shaoyang immediately.

Another example, Ye Shaoyang switched to the same phone model as Captain Chi on his birthday.

Also, the scenes of the two smiling at each other in the soundproof booth, and whispering in each other’s ears while discussing tactics…

All were screenshotted by dedicated CP fans and posted in the Super Topic area.

Whether it was the telepathic eye contact, the tacit understanding when smiling at each other, Chi Shu’s gentle gaze, or Ye Shaoyang’s brilliant smile. Screenshot after screenshot… it was really sweet.

Even Qin Rui felt the sugar rush!

Thinking back, when his brother was still a streamer, Captain Chi pretended to be a boss gifting in the livestream room, invited his brother to watch matches live, and took him for e-sports talent testing.

Later, to get his brother to join Tianhuan, Captain Chi went against the majority opinion, invited his master out of retirement, and fought for the highest signing fee for a rookie at the shareholders’ meeting. It showed how much importance he attached to his brother.

It could be said that his brother’s achievements today were partly due to Captain Chi’s protection and escort.

An Alpha silently guarding an Omega, letting the Omega become a powerful e-sports player just like himself. The two of them overcoming obstacles together, fighting into Group S, making it to the playoffs, charging towards the World Championship…

It was truly so shippable!

Qin Rui scrolled through the Super Topic consuming sugar, getting more excited the more he consumed.

He thought, if his brother and Captain Chi got married in the future, should he personally make a wedding cake for them?

When Ye Shaoyang finished showering, he noticed the light in the study was on and walked straight over. Seeing the webpage Qin Rui had open was called “Sun and Moon shine together,” Ye Shaoyang leaned over curiously: “Sun and Moon shine together? Are you looking at Weibo?”

Qin Rui was just about to close the webpage guiltily.

Ye Shaoyang quickly took the mouse from the desk and scrolled down rapidly.

Qin Rui thought his brother would blush and be shy upon seeing the CP Super Topic of himself and Captain Chi. Instead, Ye Shaoyang laughed out loud directly: “Hahaha, Captain Chi and I actually have CP fans?”

Qin Rui: “…?”

What do you mean “actually”?

Isn’t it only natural that you two have CP fans?

Ye Shaoyang wore an expression like an old man looking at a smartphone on the subway, scrolling down while exclaiming: “Tsk, when was this screenshot taken? I smile at Chi Shu once and they can imagine a whole drama. I have to admire them.”

“And the phone, what do you mean couple colors? We’re two guys, if we don’t buy gold and silver, should we buy pink and green?” Ye Shaoyang closed the Super Topic with a face full of smiles and looked at Qin Rui: “You believe this stuff too?”

Qin Rui was dumbfounded: “Brother, aren’t you and Captain Chi… a couple?”

Ye Shaoyang said frankly: “Just teammates.” He patted his brother’s shoulder and said, “Don’t overthink it. The phone was a birthday gift from Captain Chi. We’re busy training every day, where would we have time to think about this mess?” He turned towards the bedroom, saying, “I’m going to pack some clothes. Xiao Rui, go to sleep early.”

Qin Rui scratched his head in confusion: “Oh.”

Really just teammates? But the way Chi Shu looks at you is indeed very gentle?

Back in the bedroom, Ye Shaoyang casually picked out a few changes of clothes and put them in his backpack.

It was already May, and the Imperial Capital would soon enter summer. The thick clothes he brought before couldn’t be worn anymore, and he was too lazy to buy new ones, so he simply took the opportunity of being in Star City for the competition to go home and get some summer clothes.

After packing, he lay on the bed playing with his phone.

Out of curiosity, Ye Shaoyang searched for popular CPs in the e-sports circle again. The one with the highest heat was actually #SunAndMoonShineTogether#, his CP Super Topic with Captain Chi. The reason: too much sugar.

Ye Shaoyang really had a head full of question marks.

He turns back to smile at Chi Shu. Chi Shu gives him a light hug—interactions between teammates that seemed very normal to him could make CP fans scream excitedly: “So sweet,” “My ship sailed,” “Hard to end without getting married.”

There were also CP fans discussing: “What do you guys think Moon Moon and Yang Yang’s future child should be named?” “Family, I think we can call him Xiao Ming (Little Bright).” “Sun and Moon combined, call him Ming Ming (Bright Bright).”

Ye Shaoyang: “????”

What the hell, even dragging a child into this?

A child with Captain Chi? Ye Shaoyang got goosebumps all over.

He didn’t mind the CP fan group at all. After all, in his previous life, there were also some so-called CP fans in the e-sports circle. They all stayed in their own circles to enjoy themselves. Professional players also knew what CPs they were assigned to, and sometimes even joked about it with each other. No one took the netizens’ imaginations seriously, and no one would interfere with them.

As long as they didn’t bring it up in front of the people involved or interfere with the players’ private lives, they could imagine whatever they wanted.

Ye Shaoyang didn’t care; let them say whatever. However, would Chi Shu be angry if he saw these? After all, Chi Shu’s personality was relatively serious and cold, and he didn’t like people joking about him.

Just as Ye Shaoyang was thinking, his phone suddenly lit up.

It was a message from Chi Shu: “You’re home, right?”

Ye Shaoyang replied: “Yeah, just finished packing.”

Chi Shu: “Rest early, you can sleep in tomorrow.”

Chi Shu: “By the way, I shared Xiao Rui’s pastries with everyone, and they liked them very much. Especially Old Qin, he ate five pieces in a row, stuffed himself.”

Ye Shaoyang suppressed a laugh: “What about you? Did you taste it?”

Chi Shu: “I don’t like sweets. I saved my share for you and put it in the fridge. Eat it when you come back tomorrow.”

Ye Shaoyang said, “Okay, thank you, Captain Chi.”

Just then, the phone rang suddenly. It was an unfamiliar call. Ye Shaoyang picked up the phone and heard a gentle female voice on the other end: “Hello, is this Mr. Ye Shaoyang?”

Ye Shaoyang felt the voice was somewhat familiar and answered subconsciously: “Yes.”

The woman said, “I am Doctor Xue from the Imperial Capital Central Hospital. Calling for a follow-up on your condition. May I ask, is your pheromone status stable recently?”