After the two men walked away, Shen Yanming and Pudding went into a nearby famous brand. There was a small wall covered with hats. Shen Yanming picked one up and put it on. He looked in the mirror and asked in a low voice, "Are you going to send that video to his girlfriend? Or?"
Pudding knocked on his head and said, "Why are you so impulsive? Just keep it for now. If you really want to, you can also make this video look like it's just good friends playing around, although they don't look like the kind of people who usually hold hands and kiss each other to disgust others..."
Pudding said as if he was going to grab Shen Yanming's hand. Shen Yanming opened his eyes wide and dodged to the side flexibly: "What are you doing! I warn you, don't be gay with me!"
Pudding was quite surprised: "Lunjiang, you have changed. You usually say a lot of things that don't follow male ethics, but now you react like this when we hold hands?"
Shen Yanming was unable to refute.
But think about it, he has always only taken advantage of others verbally. For example, in the past, when the buddies in the class squeezed into one seat and sat on each other's thighs and touched each other, he would only watch from the sidelines, but never participated. It was okay for others to put their arm around his shoulder or hug him occasionally, but he would find it strange if they were more intimate.
He hadn't thought about the reason... or rather, he hadn't realized it until Pudding mentioned it.
He recalled that morning when he found himself holding He Changkong, his first reaction was also one of horror.
Am I actually a homophobe
Not really, he also knows some gays and doesn’t have any opinion about them…
However, a normal, educated and well-mannered straight man would not have any opinion on people with different sexual orientations. But if they were really gay, they would still feel uncomfortable.
Take pudding, a pure straight man, for example. He usually looks very casual. But last time when people mistakenly thought that he and He Changkong were a couple, his expression was as if he had eaten a fly.
But... that morning when he and He Changkong were close together, he didn't feel sick or uncomfortable, but more nervous and awkward. And the aftereffect was too strong, so he still felt a little unnatural when he was with He Changkong.
Where does this fit into the category
The hat he was holding just now was too big. When he put it on, it almost covered his entire face. He changed another hat and put it on again, and casually asked, "Straight men like to hold hands, and gays also like to hold hands, so how can we tell whether a person is straight or gay?"
"Straight guys hold hands just for fun! How can it be the same as holding hands when you are dating? If someone holds hands with me just for fun, I can hold hands with him forever. If he holds my hand with the intention of being gay with me, I will punch him and send him flying into space," Pudding answered seriously but then felt something was wrong, "Nonsense, you have a problem. I think you are very toxic for asking such a question..."
Forget it, the more I think about it, the more outrageous it gets. Shen Yanming took a denim plaid fisherman's hat and put it on his head, not worrying about the issue of straight men and gays anymore: "Is this hat okay?"
Pudding replied perfunctorily: "Okay, okay, handsome, handsome."
In the end, Shen Yanming bought seven hats, saying that he would rotate one every day so that there would be a new one every day.
Daily training and competitions proceed as planned. About one-third of the way through the points race, TMM has more wins than losses and is currently ranked first in the standings.
Needless to say, the performance of the other players is excellent, they are all familiar faces in the league, so it is not surprising if they play well, and it will only make the news if they play poorly.
Chaos, which emerged not long ago, is now the dark horse player that everyone is paying attention to.
In a match, the strong will compete against each other. The difference in level is not that big. What matters more is the mentality. Over the years, we have seen many strong players who are invincible in the youth training team or the second team, but they become confused when they step onto a bigger stage. Therefore, there were so many voices of distrust towards Chaos before he officially debuted.
Logically speaking, since he is a newcomer and was criticized a lot before the game, it would be good enough if he can perform 80% of his usual level when he officially takes the court.
However, this guy even played at 120%. The more tense and exciting the situation was, the more ferocious he became. He truly enjoyed the arena and the stage.
And in the subsequent games, he cooperated well with his teammates and basically had no major problems, winning one victory after another.
A gaming blogger directly said that the Rookie of the Year award for this season must be Chaos - after the regular season of each season, "Return to the Throne" will select the most outstanding newcomer on the field and award him the honor of Rookie of the Year.
This blogger also predicted that TMM will still advance to the next round with the first place in points this year.
However, some people say that you shouldn't start healing too early or you will become a poisonous healer. After all, xxl in second place is following closely, and the points are very close. There is also tr who is only one point behind xxl. There are still so many games left in the points race, and it is still unknown who will win.
In this game, TMM will face TR, which is currently ranked third in the standings.
That is the team that moonlight is in.
Before the game, Shen Yanming was sitting on the sofa in the lounge, and something was suddenly stuffed into his hand. Shen Yanming looked down and saw another small envelope. He raised his head again, folded up the hat brim that was in the way, and saw He Changkong's face.
Shen Yanming's heart trembled.
He wondered what was going on with this letter. It seemed that the girls in his class would write letters to each other when they had conflicts.
Recently, his relationship with He Changkong was indeed a little awkward, as if it had returned to the time when they first met. But it couldn't be called a quarrel, as normal communication had not been reduced at all, and the time spent playing games together still accounted for the majority of the time.
The others seemed to be still chatting among themselves, and no one paid attention to their corner. Shen Yanming put the letter in his pocket: "... I'll go out and check it out."
He Changkong nodded, and Shen Yanming slipped out quickly.
After unfolding the letter, Shen Yanming realized that he had thought too much. He Changkong was not writing a letter like a little girl asking for reconciliation after a conflict.
The letter reads—
"I wanted to say something to you when you first played, but seeing that you've been making great progress, it seems that I don't need to worry too much. Today's opponent is someone you've had a dispute with, and I'm afraid that you'll always be thinking about him and your mood will become bad. Regardless of whether my words can play a little role in encouraging you, I want to tell you that as long as you play normally, I will always be your backup.
To put it in your own words, 'Let's beat him together'.
Let me quote another line from Shakespeare's The Tempest. The original context may not be like this, but it is quite interesting when it is taken out alone. 'Since you are not destined to die, you should do something. The past experience is only the introduction to the beginning; what will happen in the future depends on you and me.'
Best wishes.
null."
Shen Yanming folded the letter. He didn't bring a bag with him, but he couldn't bear to just put it in his pocket. If he forgot to put it in the washing machine, he would regret it. So he took out the phone case and hid the letter in it.
Ever since that talk a few months ago, He Changkong actually rarely mentioned the past to him.
Shen Yanming didn't expect that He Changkong still remembered it.
He was not even very close to He Changkong during this period. He Changkong was worried that he would be in a bad mood because of Moonlight, so he wrote him a letter specifically for this purpose.
Shen Yanming rubbed his face.
To be honest, Shen Yanming no longer held a grudge. Even now, he did not regret punching this guy in his previous life. Without this punch, he would not have been able to see the true face of the person he had always regarded as a brother. Although he had some experiences that confused him for a while, without this punch, he would not have come to tmm, like a fish finally coming to the ocean where he can swim freely.
But I still hate this pair of gay men.
He still wants to beat this guy's head off.
He wants to work with Kong Ge and other teammates to beat the opponent's dog head.
After reading the letter and calming down, Shen Yanming planned to go back to the lounge, but he saw Zhuo Minxing popping out from nowhere again. He turned around and went back without saying a word, but Zhuo Minxing stopped him and said, "I have an accompanying person badge this time."
Shen Yanming was confused: "What does it have to do with me? I don't need this thing. If you want to be a scalper and resell NPC brands, you've found the wrong person."
"You..." Zhuo Minxing was so angry, but soon he regained his smile, "Don't be too complacent, maybe you will lose this game?"
Well, it turned out that he was here to mess with his mentality. However, Shen Yanming's mentality was not messed with at all. If such a harmless provocation could make him lose his mind, then he should not mix with him.
Shen Yanming rolled his eyes: "How did you get the NPC badge?"
Zhuo Minxing thought that Shen Yanming was going to use his old tricks again and had him kicked out on the pretext that he had no reason to sneak into the backstage, so he seemed calm but actually showed off a little: "I came here as TR's entourage."
Shen Yanming: "Oh, you are a staff member of TR."
Zhuo Minxing: “Hmm.”
Shen Yanming took out his phone and said, "I just recorded it. As a staff member of TR, you ran to the players of TMM before the game and said rude things. What do you think will happen to TR if I hand the recording directly to the organizing committee?"
In fact, Shen Yanming didn't have the time to record the video, but seeing that little gay guy looked so smug, he still wanted to teach him a lesson.
Zhuo Minxing: “…”
Shen Yanming didn't even bother to pay attention to him. He pushed the door and returned to their area.
He Changkong and Meng Yan were talking to the coach. The two substitute children were playing Jenga at the table, startled and frightened.
Pudding was leaning on the sofa, as if he was resting his eyes.
Shen Yanming actually wanted to tell someone that Kong Ge had written him a letter. He had no other intention, he just wanted to show off.
But I also feel it’s weird to show this off.
He suppressed his desire to show off, but still had the urge to express himself.
He sat next to Pudding, glanced in the direction of He Changkong and the others, suppressed the excitement of receiving the letter, and found a random topic: "I just saw that gay guy with Moonlight again."
Normally, if pudding heard such gossip, his ears would almost prick up to the sky, but today he didn't react much and just said "Hmm?" to be polite.
Shen Yanming looked at Pudding's face carefully. Normally, he would make his face fancy before going on stage, but today he only put on a layer of foundation - he didn't understand these things before, but after playing with Pudding for a long time, he understood them.
It shouldn't.
But it makes sense. Pudding suddenly asked for leave to go home yesterday, and only rushed back at noon, so it's normal that she didn't have the time or energy to dress up.
Before Shen Yanming could say anything, a staff member from the organizing committee came and knocked on the door.
"Everyone, please get ready. We will go on stage in fifteen minutes."