“When did the stream start?” Yu Hao asked casually during their game matchmaking.
Jiang Min, who was providing in-game companionship, knew that Yu Hao would only play when he was live streaming.
“It started not long ago,” Jiāng Min honestly replied, “You came right after I finished a game…”
“From the tone of your voice, it sounds like you’re regretful. Were you happy playing duo with that companion?” Yu Hao teased.
【Oh, listen to that sour tone.】
【Haha, Sugar Sugar, soothe him!】
【Little fish, the vinegar jar has been tipped over~】
【By the way, I’ve said it many times, doesn’t anyone find Little Fish’s voice familiar?】
In the WOC professional league, the voices from professional matches were regularly released. Some fans had heard Yu Hao’s voice in those broadcasts and naturally found it familiar.
【There are so many people with similar voices in the world. Stop suspecting things and just enjoy shipping your CP happily.】
【Shipping Mao Xian CP, we watch Sugar God’s live streams to learn techniques.】
【Sugar Sugar, Mommy loves you!】
The barrage of comments self-indulgently chatted away.
“Uh, no,” Jiang Min explained awkwardly, “It’s not like that. I…didn’t expect you to come…”
“Are you saying that if I hadn’t come, you would have continued happily duoing with that companion?”
“…No, I…”
The more he tried to explain, the worse it got, so Jiang Min just shut his mouth, trying to figure out how to change the subject.
At that moment, their game match was found, relieving the awkward atmosphere.
“What should I pick?” Yu Hao always coordinated with Jiang Min’s hero selection, so he asked in advance what hero Jiang Min wanted to play.
“I’ll pick the Paladin,” Jiang Min revealed his hero choice.
In this version, the map resources predominantly favored top lane heroes, resulting in a decreased importance of mid lane heroes. As a result, most commonly used mid lane heroes in this version were front-line heroes for team fights and control.
Jiang Min, on the other hand, excelled at playing mid lane assassins, which weren’t commonly used in this version. However, in order to adapt to the current version, he had been practicing with heroes like the Paladin for several months.
“Sure,” Yu Hao paused in the voice chat, seeming to think of something. He said, “…In the previous game, what hero did that companion pick?”
“The Spectre Knight. Why?” Jiang Min didn’t understand.
“In that case, I’ll pick the Spectre Knight too,” Yu Hao said, “I want to see if it was my Spectre Knight that made you comfortable or if it was him.”
“…”
Jiang Min really wanted to shut up those meddling barrage commentators.
Yu Hao indeed locked in the Spectre Knight, and the barrage went into a frenzy again.
【A hidden battle of the queens and their companions! Who makes Sugar God more comfortable?】
【The person who came up with this title for the material is really creative.】
【This material is definitely good. Time to work, @Wave’s Little Flower】
Wave’s Little Flower was a famous video blogger in the WOC community, known for creatively editing live streaming videos of various anchors and professional players in a funny and novel style.
The game started.
Jiang Min controlled the Paladin with a big hammer and went to the mid lane.
The Paladin was a hero with delayed development, a tanky core type. Once he got going, he could stand in one place and deal strong damage and control. But if he fell behind, he became a reliable ATM for the opponents.
The enemy mid laner was a long-range Elf Archer.
The Elf Archer was a versatile hero who could fill multiple positions. He could play as a mid lane carry, and his passive high movement speed also suited him for the roaming support position. His controlling entangling skill was suitable for the support position as well. Moreover, his early game long-range ability allowed him to harass enemy minions, ensuring the farm of the team’s top lane core.
The Paladin didn’t have high attack power in the early game, but he came with decent armor and was not easily bullied by the Elf Archer’s pokes.
The trouble was that the opponent often made up for their advantages by out-farming the minions, which made Jiang Min uncomfortable.
In games rated above 7000, even a slight mistake during the laning phase could lead to serious consequences.
Jiang Min wasn’t the type of player to shut himself off emotionally. When faced with being suppressed in the lane, he naturally called for his teammates’ help.
Yu Hao was perceptive, and of course, he noticed the disadvantage in the mid lane.
“Do you need me to come to the mid lane?” Yu Hao knowingly asked.
“Where else would you go?” Jiang Min retorted.
Both the top and bottom lanes had the advantage, so where else could Little Fish go to make a difference?
“To your heart.”
“Cough, cough, cough…” Jiang Min was drinking water when he heard this line and choked on it, even spilling some on his keyboard, “Don’t mess with me, Little Fish! I’m live streaming!”
“I know,” Yu Hao remained calm, “That’s precisely why I said it.”
“…” Jiang Mín was speechless.
This moment would definitely end up being edited by those video bloggers.
【OMG, cheesy love words alert!】
【Ewww~~~】
【Am I the only one who finds Little Fish adorable?】
Anyway, Yu Hao’s Spectre Knight quickly arrived in the mid lane, and with great coordination, they took down the enemy mid laner.
Position 4 heroes usually had good combat capabilities in the early game, which allowed them to roam and help create advantages in all lanes.
In this game, with Jiang Min’s stable performance and Yu Hao’s roaming ganks, they smoothly won the match.
“NICE!” Jiang Min couldn’t help but praise.
But Yu Hao didn’t care much about winning this game, “So, compared to that companion, who’s better?”
“You, you, you, alright? Little Fish is the best!” Jiang Min quickly placated him.
“Hmph, that’s about right,” Yu Hao felt satisfied.
After that, the two of them played several duo games together.
When playing duo with Jiang Min, Yu Hao forgot about the unpleasantness of losing and neglected the fact that it was late at night on his side. He was completely immersed in the world of WOC.
Just as they were about to start another match, the barrage in Jiang Min’s live stream started flooding.
【Sugar God, Sugar God! Are you switching teams???】
【Why, Sugar God?】
【Why would Sugar God move to CC Team B???】
【???】
【??? What’s happening? I’m so confused. Can someone explain?】
【The person above, quickly check CC’s official Weibo!】
【Damn, what’s going on???】
【Sugar Sugar, aren’t you too calm about this? Don’t you have any thoughts about being transferred to Team B?】
Jiang Min saw the barrage and furrowed his brows.
Switching teams? Moving to Team B? What the heck was going on?
He couldn’t understand what the barrage was talking about.
He immediately canceled the matchmaking and took out his phone to open Weibo.
On CC Team’s official Weibo, there was a recent announcement.
【CC Esports Club WOC Division Roster Adjustment Announcement】
Following the players’ wishes and personal development, after sufficient communication with the club, the CC Esports Club WOC Division will make the following roster adjustments:
1. Original CC Team’s position 2 player Jiang Min (ID: Lollipop) is transferred to CC.D Team and will be in the position 2.
2. Original CC.D Team’s position 2 player Ye Pei Lan (ID: Blue) is transferred to CC Team and will be in the position 2.
We hope that the two players can fully display their individual strengths in their new environment, seek new breakthroughs, and bring us wonderful matches with a better performance.
CC.D Team is CC’s second team, which competes as a goalkeeper in the domestic WOC secondary league.
After reading this announcement, Jiang Min was dumbfounded.
Following the players’ wishes? What a load of nonsense! Sufficient communication? How come he knew nothing about this?
Finding out about his “team transfer” through his own team’s official Weibo, he was probably the first person in history to experience something like this.
Yu Hao had the habit of using his phone to watch Jiang Min’s live stream while playing duo with him, mainly to see what the barrage was saying.
At this moment, seeing the barrage, he climbed onto CC’s official Weibo and saw that announcement.
“Sugar Sugar, what’s going on?” Yu Hao instinctively wanted to find out.
Jiang Min had only played in CC.D for a few months in the secondary league before he was promoted to CC Team and competed in the primary league. During this time, he never sat on the bench.
Even in this version where mid lane wasn’t strong, Jiang Min was still acknowledged as the most stable position 2 mid lane player.
At the age of 21, it was when his form and competitive experience were at their peak, so why did CC suddenly make such an adjustment?
However, at the other end of the screen, Jiang Min had already closed the live stream and disappeared.
“Sugar Sugar? Sugar Sugar? What’s wrong?” Yu Hao called out several times, but there was no response.
The live stream also showed that it had been closed.
Yu Hao suddenly felt anxious. He was very worried about Jiang Min’s situation.
Could it be that Little Fish had no idea about the transfer in advance?
【Damn, the streamer went offline at lightning speed!】
【Can someone explain what the heck is going on? Why did Sugar God suddenly end the stream?】
【I’m not sure…】
The barrage in the live stream was still flying.
———-
Inside CC Team’s base, a middle-aged man in a suit walked toward his office with a serious expression.
Xiang Mian had been the manager of CC Team for seven years, even before the formation of CC’s WOC Division, he was the manager of the entire team.
Seeing CC grow step by step into what it was today, Xiang Mian had an irreplaceable emotional attachment to CC.
However, not long ago, CC encountered a major financial crisis due to significant mistakes in running other game divisions, which forced the boss to sell off most of his shares as he could no longer support the team.
The new owner who bought the shares was a rich second-generation individual who wasn’t very reliable.
It seemed that buying CC Team was just for fun, and he didn’t care much about the team’s performance.
He often had CC players accompany him and his friends to play games every few days, or he would take them out to dinner and show off his team to his friends.
Such events, Jiang Min has refused many times before.
It’s precisely because of Jiang Min’s non-cooperation that the new owner has some opinions about their mid-laner in this WOC team.
On top of that, the number one player who joined the CC team this season has had a long-standing conflict with Jiang Min. He believes that in this version where the big brother carries the team, the mid-laner should not occupy resources like Jiang Min does, and he often reports small incidents.
In fact, Jiang Min’s resource usage is relatively low compared to other mid-laners in the current version, and he truly “takes the least and does the most.”
However, there are also rumors about some financial dealings between the owner and the number one player of the team.
As a result, the new owner has entertained the idea of replacing the second player.
But the way this was done, without informing the player and directly posting an announcement, is a pretty outrageous move. Even for Xiang Mian, who has been with WPL for so many years, it’s something he has never seen before.
Before the announcement was made, even Xiang Mian, as the manager, had no idea about this matter.
He had just gone to question the official Weibo manager, asking who authorized this information. The Weibo manager looked distressed and said it was instructed by the owner.
Immediately, Xiang Mian went to the owner’s office to understand the situation, and after learning the truth, he returned to his own office with a heavy heart.
Jiang Min is a player he has seen grow up.
Starting from the youth training, Jiang Min was the kid who would follow him around and call him “Brother Xiang.”
Now, even though Jiang Min has grown up, whenever he sees him, he still calls him “Brother Xiang” with affection.
Jiang Min is an undoubtedly talented star player, but he never carries any arrogance and treats each game with a down-to-earth attitude.
In this version where mid-laners don’t often shine and more often act as supporting roles, he has diligently polished himself and fully cooperates with his teammates.
Such a good kid, where else can they find someone like him?
Could Jiang Min accept the result with calmness?
If it were him, he wouldn’t rest until he gets to the bottom of this issue with the club.
Sure enough, as soon as Xiang Mian reached the door of his own office, he saw Jiang Min standing there with his hands inserted in his pockets, staring at him with a stern face.
“Brother Xiang, what on earth is going on?”
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