Shen Yanming caught a glimpse of He Changkong's suddenly gloomy face and realized that he had spoken too quickly. However, it was not easy to end it now, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to pretend to be a cool guy.
Eyes showed a bit of panic at first, but after a moment he calmed down, at least it was not obvious from his face. He opened his relatively innocent eyes and said, "Brother Luan, what did you say? Did I do something wrong?"
Shen Yanming took the envelope and slapped it on Eyes' face, making a slight slapping sound. Eyes turned away and said, "Don't do this. We are under surveillance."
Shen Yanming was amused: "Wow, threatening me?"
It really feels like a bully.
With his eyes stiff and his neck stiff, Shen Yanming continued, "How long have you been here? How long have I been here? I know how many bricks are laid on every road in the base. Let me tell you, there is no surveillance here. You can wait to die."
He Changkong: “…” You haven’t been here long.
Eyes was shocked when he heard the words "Wait for death" and subconsciously thought that he was going to be beaten up in this blind spot of the surveillance camera: "What are you going to do?! Hitting people will get you suspended!"
Shen Yanming: "What if I played? Why should I be afraid of being banned? I will break your fingers one by one first, and you will never be able to play games again."
eyes: “…!!!”
Shen Yanming's tone sounded nonchalant, but he stretched his muscles as he spoke. He had heard people say before that Brother Luanzi's actions could not be guessed by common sense. After all, he was young, and he began to feel insecure after being frightened.
As a result, after stretching his muscles, Shen Yanming just shook the envelope in his hand, pulled out a few sheets of paper from it, and pressed them in front of Eyes for him to see: "Idiot, you're tired of beating your father... Take a look at what you said online."
The paper was printed with comments from the forum, including those from the anonymous poster's account and those from eyes' own account when he was playing a black role.
He glanced around a few times, no longer as still as a mountain, his expression a little ugly, but he still said stubbornly: "I didn't say that..."
Shen Yanming raised his voice: "Say it again, isn't it?"
eyes was startled: "... No."
"I have already asked the administrator to get your real-name information. You are the one who posted it, and you are still being stubborn," Shen Yanming turned around and glanced at He Changkong, raised his chin, "Cui Zui, slap him."
He Changkong: “…”
Seeing that He Changkong didn't respond, Shen Yanming muttered, "Why don't you cooperate?" Then he turned back to eyes and continued his performance: "Do you admit it?"
In fact, the real-name information was a lie to eyes. Even the forum administrator did not have the authority to directly allow outsiders to retrieve the user's real-name information. However, eyes himself did not understand much, and the previous series of intimidation had gradually broken his psychological defenses. He still wanted to be tough at this moment, but he hesitated for a long time and could not say anything.
"You are such a coward, brother. You attack hard online but are timid in real life. That's you," Shen Yanming said, pressing the issue. "Now tell me why you did all this, and I will consider not reporting what you did."
eyes: "… "
Shen Yanming continued to threaten: "Do you know what the consequences will be? Not only will our team not want you, other teams won't want you either. You can only go back to school, but what you did will be posted on a public platform, and people will continue to scold you wherever you go."
Eyes was a little upset: "I was wrong, brother. I said... I sent the things, but I didn't want to send them like this."
Originally, only a few close teammates knew about Shen Yanming and He Changkong's relationship. These teammates were people they absolutely trusted and were not gossipy. So from the very beginning, when the anonymous poster swore that the two of them were dating, everyone thought something was fishy.
After all, apart from CP fans, it is difficult for ordinary people to associate two men with love even if they see them being so close and friendly.
When asked this question, Eyes confessed everything.
It wasn't his own guess; it was Lan who told him.
After leaving TMM, Lan joined an overseas team and was originally on the bench. Later, when the team was reorganized, he seemed to have said that he had been in TMM for so long and was familiar with TMM's tactics and routines, so he won himself a chance. Originally, this was understandable, and it was a fair fight in the world arena.
But he still felt unwilling to give in.
After Andrew came back from the training camp, he probably said something in the team. This person really witnessed Shen Yanming and He Changkong holding hands. Just holding hands was not enough to explain anything. Maybe other people didn't take it seriously, but Lan was different. He knew there was a problem immediately.
However, he was quite cunning. He asked eyes to help post on the grounds that he could not access domestic forums while overseas. The subsequent posts were basically done by eyes according to what lan said.
Shen Yanming was stunned: "He cast a spell on you? You just listened to him? What did he tell you? Did he say that if you get rid of Brother Kong, you can get promoted?"
"Not really... I used to play with Brother Lan, and he didn't have a nanny on the team, so I was always his bound nanny privately," Eyes said, looking at He Changkong cautiously, "He said before that I could join the team when I was old enough, but he had an accident and left before I came."
Shen Yanming held his forehead and said, "You know he passed away... You know what happened to him, right?" Of course, if a person does something wrong, he should have a chance to correct it, and you can't stop such a person from making friends, but it seems that Lan has not reformed. Moreover, Eyes not only continues to keep in touch with the other party, but also helps him do bad things together.
"I know... but he's not such a bad person," Eyes lowered his head, "When my grandma was sick before, Lan helped a lot after he knew about it, and also gave a lot of money. Actually, I knew it was wrong, and I refused at first, but Lan said that he had finally found a team overseas to take him in, and if he failed this time, he might not have a future, and I also felt that I couldn't be too... ungrateful."
Shen Yanming didn't know how to comment. What should he say? Should he praise Lan for having a conscience
But this cannot be used to offset one's mistakes. Most people are not ruthless and evil. They cannot use the good things they have done as an excuse.
Shen Yanming lifted Eyes' collar and said, "He has no future after his failure, but have you ever thought about Kong Ge's future? Don't you know how cruel this business is? If you lose a competition, there may not be another one. If he really fails, can you bear the responsibility?"
He Changkong, who had been watching without saying anything, spoke up: "If you really want to repay him and do it for his own good, you should reject him. You are actually harming him."
Maybe because he was young and didn't think too much, he was used as a tool by others. After hearing these words, Eyes' face turned pale: "I'm sorry... I know I was wrong."
Shen Yanming had not yet gotten rid of his bully persona, and said fiercely: "Do you really know? Or are you pretending? Now that you have bowed your head to me, you will go back and inform your brother Lan and continue to mess with us?"
My eyes were about to cry: "I... I really can't do it anymore."
Shen Yanming: "Why should I trust you?"
Eyes hesitated for a long time, and finally seemed to make up his mind: "I... I will take the initiative to talk to the manager, okay? But can you not fire me?"
This attitude was considered sincere. Shen Yanming made a "tsk" sound and released his obviously trembling eyes: "It's not up to me to decide whether to fire you or not."
Of course, Eyes' words were not enough to prove his point. It was unknown whether he had really thought it through, felt guilty, or was thinking about his future. Anyway, this young man still provided the manager with the chat records between him and Lan. He did not lie. It was indeed that Lan did what he was told to do. Some of the copywriting was even written by Lan and sent directly by Eyes.
Considering that he was not the mastermind, surrendered himself, and had a good attitude to admit his mistakes, his final punishment was criticism and a fine. Of course, this fine is something he cannot afford at the moment, so he will basically be working for the team for nothing for the next year.
After sending Eyes back, the two discussed the matter about LAN with their leaders.
For some reasons, He Changkong and his friends have not come out to the leaders yet, and they just said that what was said on the forum was a rumor. As for Xu Yun's previous visit to the hotel, the leaders didn't know what the mother and son talked about, they just knew that it seemed like a big fight.
He is now in an overseas club, and unless there is interference from the official organizing committee, the other club will only take care of these things. However, this is not a big problem, after all, the evidence is complete, and the other club itself does not take him too seriously. If the evidence is really submitted, Ian should return to the bench or even be banned.
It's just really boring.
He Changkong privately told Shen Yanming before negotiating with his leader that it must be Lan who contacted Xu Yun, so Xu Yun could react so quickly and come to the door immediately. After all, it was no secret that he had a conflict with his mother at that time, and even the players knew that he had a mediocre relationship with his family. And as a former teammate, Lan was not unaware of Xu Yun's personality.
Lan is a petty person. He may have always felt that it was a few teammates who caused him to be expelled. He will definitely not let go of the opportunity for revenge.
But this is just He Changkong's speculation.
In short, this is the situation. If he were to just disappear so calmly, Shen Yanming would feel unsatisfied.
So he said to his manager, "Let's keep the evidence first. Doesn't he want to play in the World Championship? Let him play. Let him feel the despair of not being able to defeat his opponent with dirty tricks, and still being defeated in an open fight. Then we can make these things public. It's so sour just thinking about it."
The coach then said, "You can, but don't get too cocky... Weren't those few games Changkong played last time enough to cool you down?"
He Changkong had wanted to take this opportunity to tell his superiors about his previous passive performance and prepare to receive a penalty. When he got to this point, he told them everything, saying that he was actually pretending at the time just to lure the snake out of its hole.
Coach Afeng had a complicated expression and thought for a while: "We all know your mother is like that. It's normal for you to be mentally unstable after being tormented by her like this. Victory and defeat are common in the military. If you lose, you lose. Maybe we have been with you for a long time and know that you won't say nonsense for no reason, but if you report this to the organizing committee, they will just be speechless."
The coach didn't say it explicitly, but the two people present could hear the implication. The coach's implicit meaning was that if you lose, you lose. There's no need to say that you lost on purpose. No one can be an invincible general. If you insist that you are acting, punishment is one thing, but it makes people feel that you can't accept the fact of losing. It sounds more like being stubborn than being honest.
He Changkong: “…”
The matter was inexplicably covered up like this.
When Shen Yanming returned, he wanted to ask He Changkong's mother what to do. However, when he returned to the room, He Changkong did not give him a chance to ask questions. Instead, he took the initiative and asked, "Do you know what you did wrong just now?"
Shen Yanming was confused: "Huh?"
He Changkong: "If you don't remember, I'll help you recall it."
Shen Yanming: "Are you imitating me to pretend to be a school bully? Your expression is not fierce enough. Let me teach you..."
As Shen Yanming spoke, he touched He Changkong's face all over.
He Changkong grabbed Shen Yanming's wrist: "You just called someone little darling."
Shen Yanming was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "... Are you jealous?"
He Changkong didn't beat around the bush and admitted it directly: "Yeah."
Shen Yanming: “Hahahahaha.”
He Changkong: "You've never called me that."
Shen Yanming thought about He Changkong's state and thought it was really awkward to call him "little baby". But an idea suddenly occurred to him and he tilted his head to tentatively call out, "Big baby?"
He Changkong ignored him.
Shen Yanming used the method of acting like a spoiled child: "Wife... ? Wife, wife, wife, I was wrong."
He Changkong said coldly: "You had many wives before."
Shen Yanming was choked. He used to be a scumbag straight man and a sea king. Although it was all talk, he was really powerless to refute it at this moment. He rubbed his face, and after struggling for a long time, he said rather embarrassedly: "Then...husband?"
He Changkong: “…!”