CH 27

The members of JW heard about the team-building event from their leader, Emperor Fan.

Hao Qian, with a disgusted expression, said, “Tch~ What’s fun on the island? Going with those two idiots, ‘Jin Yin Man Tou’? I’d rather play games at the base.”

Without a doubt, he soon suffered a beating from the Jin Yin Man Tou brothers.

“Hmm? Wait a minute!” Hao Qian, resisting while thinking, said, “Sugar God is going too, right?”

Jiang Min nodded, “Yes.”

After joining JW, this was his first team-building event, so of course, he had to participate. However, in the past, when it came to team-building at CC, it was at most a day of fun at an amusement park or team-building park near S City. Going to the island for a vacation right from the start, like JW was doing, seemed extravagant.

“If Sugar God is going, then I have to go! I must go!” Hao Qian immediately changed his expression, showing full support for this team-building plan. Being able to go on a vacation to the island with his idol made his life complete!

Yu Hao, on the other hand, thought to himself, “Island? The people in the operations department must have thought of it. They probably wanted to go on a vacation themselves…”

Yu’s team really hit the nail on the head.

It was probably Jiji’s idea, that rich guy, who was willing to spend so much money to send the entire club on an expense-paid trip.

However, an island vacation… Yu glanced at Jiang Min standing next to him.

Going on a vacation with Sugar Sugar wouldn’t be bad at all.

“Alright, this is a team-building event that everyone must attend, whether you have any objections or not. Pack your bags, we’ll leave in two days,” Emperor Fan announced to the team members and then left the training room.

Once Mr. Ji’s approval came through, the operations department began actively preparing for chartering a flight and booking accommodation.

Since Mr. Ji held a significant stake in a large airline, JW’s charter flight was expedited through a special approval process.

The speed at which the operations department made other arrangements was equally impressive, and the process was even more enjoyable than their usual gossip about various teams.

In less than a day, the operations department had completed all the preliminary preparations and conducted a lottery to determine the personnel who would go to H Island for a site visit.

Those who won the lottery were excited, as they could finally openly use the club’s card to play! As members of JW, they had something else to brag about!

The team members, however, were not as excited as the operations department. For these addicted gamers, the allure of the computer was still stronger.

After Emperor Fan left, everyone returned to their respective positions – gaming, streaming, and doing their usual activities.

Although Jiang Min had promised Manager Shen that he would stream more, the club had not yet confirmed the premiere date on JJ’s streaming platform. So, these days, he still didn’t feel the pressure of streaming hours.

Now that his identity was exposed, he didn’t need to deliberately avoid his main account, which had many friends in the gaming community. Replying to all of their messages individually would be too troublesome.

He hadn’t logged into that account for several days, so Jiang Min decided to check it now.

As soon as he logged into the account with the ID “MiddleLaneOldDriver,” he caught the attention of various professional players.

Before even opening his friends list, chat messages kept popping up one after another.

“Hey, Sugar God! So you’re at JW now! Congratulations! I heard JW’s cafeteria is amazing!” – Panda, the third-position player for BBG team.

“Whimper, Sugar God, you disappeared for so long, I missed you!” – Lock, the first-position player for MPP team.

“So, is the rumored 30-million transfer for real, Sugar God? Damn, that’s impressive!” – LEE, the fifth-position player for SUM team.

“Sugar God, can I join your party today? Please, I’m begging!” – Hotpot, the third-position player for OVO team, weighing nearly 200 pounds.

Messages like these kept pouring in.

“Sugar, duo queue?” Yu Hao asked from the side.

“Um, sure, just a moment. Let me reply to these messages.” Since everyone was so enthusiastic, Jiang Min didn’t want to ignore them. He quickly replied to the messages.

Seeing Jiang Min’s keyboard clattering, Yu Hao slid his chair over to Jiang Min’s side.

Tsk, it’s these fish again.

Yu Hao shook his head.

“We can chat later; I’ll invite you to the party first.” Yu Hao decided to invite Jiang Min to the game first, knowing that once they were in the game, Jiang Min wouldn’t have time to pay attention to these fish.

“Okay,” Jiang Min certainly didn’t perceive Yu Hao’s true thoughts.

So, the fish in Sugar God’s pond watched as Sugar God’s status changed from idle to in a party.

“What the heck!? Who’s the idiot who stole Sugar God’s spot in the party? Daring to snatch a seat with me!” Hotpot, the third-position player for OVO team, who had acted obedient and “good” in front of Jiang Min, complained.

Here, “good” naturally referred to the output environment and crowd control abilities he provided to Jiang Min, the second-position player, in team fights.

“Sugar God?” Yushen, sitting opposite Hotpot, heard the familiar name and immediately stood up and ran over behind Hotpot.

“Do you have Sugar God as a friend?” Yushen stared at the ID “MiddleLaneOldDriver” on Hotpot’s screen.

He recognized this ID and also watched Jiang Min’s streams. It was Jiang Min’s main account used frequently during his streams.

“Hmm? Captain, when did you come over?” Hotpot looked up at Yushen, who had suddenly appeared. “Yes, it’s a rare opportunity. Remember how hard I worked back then, giving it my all, just to get Sugar God to notice me in solo queue?”

“…You have him as a friend, and you didn’t tell me earlier?” Cen Yuhao’s forehead veins bulged.

If he had known that someone in the team had Jiang Min as a friend, he would have definitely tried to get closer. Maybe Sugar God wouldn’t have gone to JW but to OVO instead.

OVO still hadn’t found a suitable mid-laner since the beginning!

“It’s not my fault; I added him recently, and then the news about Sugar God’s transfer came out. He doesn’t log into this account often. This is the first time in a while.” Hotpot raised his hand and swore.

“You should ask him if he can add me as a friend.”

“…Huh?” Hotpot was stunned. “Captain, you don’t have any ulterior motives, do you? After all, he just transferred; he probably won’t come to our side…”

“I’m not trying to convince him to transfer; can’t I experience what it’s like to duo queue with a top-tier mid-laner?” Yushen replied with a sideways glance.

“…Sure, sure, of course!” Hotpot didn’t dare to disobey the team captain’s words, so he obediently typed in the chat box.

Cen Yuhao watched his team member type and thought that even if they couldn’t get Sugar God this season, maybe there would be a chance in a year?

After all, players of Sugar God’s caliber usually signed one-year contracts. When Sugar God’s contract with JW expired, OVO would still have a chance.

Finding a qualified mid-laner in the short term wasn’t easy. OVO might have to temporarily scout someone for the current season.

Yushen was eager. Why should JW be the one to get Sugar God?

Just thinking about him and Sugar God, the second-position player, dominating the battlefield together was thrilling!

But when he thought about the reported 30 million price tag, Yushen realized that the club probably couldn’t afford such a high price, so he could only envy from afar.

However, he was confident that he could play the emotional card to get Sugar God to transfer to OVO at a price the club could accept.

Yushen was confident in his fishing skills as the league’s “Sea King.”

However, he forgot that the first step to reel in Sugar God was to add him as a friend.

Jiang Min and Yu Hao were duo queuing, and the top-ranked match didn’t allow him to be distracted, so he completely ignored his friends’ messages.

Naturally, he didn’t see the message from Hotpot, the OVO team captain, requesting to be added as a friend.

After finishing that game, he didn’t even check his messages and logged off. The reason was that Hao Qianyi had once again requested him to help with a horror game livestream. Since he couldn’t handle it himself, he had to urgently ask Jiang Min for help.

He would never ask the Jin Yin Man Tou brothers for help; those two would only mock him relentlessly! As for the team captain, the man scarier than a horror game, asking him to sub in? Forget it!

Since everyone knew that Sugar God was in their club, it wouldn’t be a big deal for him to appear in Sugar God’s livestream.

So, in Hao Qianyi’s livestream, the following scene unfolded:

Hao Qianyi sat nervously in his gaming chair on the left side, after all, it was his livestream, and he couldn’t completely hide. On the right side of the screen, for some unknown reason, Yu Hao had joined him to watch the horror game, keeping a deadpan expression.

In the middle was the calm Jiang Min.

The barrage in Hao Qianyi’s livestream was going wild.

“Ahhhh, Sugar God!”

“I can’t believe how beautiful Sugar God is!”

“Hahaha, did Little Rat ask Sugar God to play for him and reported him!”

“Place your bets, will Sugar God be scared by the ghost?”

“Yu Hao looks so serious, hahaha.”

Of course, Yu Hao wasn’t pleased. He had been in the middle of a cozy duo queue with Sugar Sugar, but Hao Qianyi had disrupted it. How could he not be annoyed?

But unfortunately, Sugar Sugar seemed willing to help Hao Qianyi in the spirit of being a newcomer to the club and looking out for his other teammates.

Yu Hao decided to see it as Sugar Sugar just arriving at the club and being kind to other teammates.

Jiang Min controlled his in-game character, walking in a dark and eerie mine.

“S-Sugar… Sugar God, be careful! I read in the guide that there are ghosts here!” Hao Qianyi warned.

“You’re still this scared even after reading the guide?” The Jin Yin Man Tou brothers, who had finished their previous duo queue game at some point, appeared behind Jiang Min.

Now, all five members of JW’s WOC division were present.

“Hahaha, it’s a JW stacking livestream!”

“Shen Manager, you better manage these kids. They’re livestreaming in someone else’s stream to steal viewers!”

“The person in front, you reminded me, Captain, did you forget you have your own livestream account?”

Jiang Min ignored the barrage messages that appeared on the upper right corner of Hao Qianyi’s screen and focused on playing the game.

“Just… just about here!” Hao Qianyi said, covering his eyes and tilting his head out of the frame.

The others also stared at the screen seriously.

Just as Jiang Min’s character had found a clue and turned around, suddenly, a grotesque and terrifying face appeared on the screen!

“Ahhhhhhhhh!!!” Hao Qianyi leaped out of the frame and fell to the ground.

The Jin Yin Man Tou brothers also jumped back several steps simultaneously. If they had known the game would be this heart-pounding, they wouldn’t have stayed to watch!

Yu Hao, on the other hand, was relatively calm. He only grabbed onto Jiang Min’s clothes discreetly.

As for Jiang Min, there was a subtle, almost imperceptible shiver in his body, but his face still showed no expression.

Was he not scared?

Of course, he was!

Sugar God, a star player burdened with the idol image, couldn’t possibly reveal his scared side in front of his viewers.

That calm demeanor? It was all an act.

Inside, he was thinking, “Darn it! I’m about to cry from fright!”

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