CH 74

Jiang Min’s appearance naturally drew everyone’s attention.

All eyes in the training room turned towards him simultaneously.

Jiang Min, already feeling embarrassed, blushed even more at the sudden attention.

“Um, so, are we really going to do a cross-dressing livestream…?” Jiang Min persisted.

The thought of dressing up like that for a livestream made him cringe; his reputation would be ruined in an instant!

“Come on, Sugar God, don’t overthink it! You’ve got a good base, and with my skills, you’ll surely be the talk of the night!” Ah Xin popped out from behind Jiang Min, brimming with confidence.

Jiang Min rubbed his temples.

He really didn’t want to become a hot topic because of cross-dressing.

Looking up again, he noticed his teammates in the training room frozen in place, not moving.

“What’s… what’s wrong with you guys?” Jiang Min felt uneasy under their gaze.

Were they shocked by his cross-dressing?

To his surprise, it wasn’t his cross-dressing that shocked them, but rather how stunning he looked.

With his fair skin, soft features, and slender figure, Jiang Min was perhaps the most suitable among the teammates for cross-dressing.

He wore a sleek black wig, a white dress, and a large red bow on his head. His makeup was delicate yet natural, with long false eyelashes and a hint of color on his lips, giving him a pure and innocent aura.

Without speaking, he looked like a typical seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.

“So, did you guys help me adjust the beauty filter on the camera? As a public figure, I don’t want to ruin my image,” Jiang Min broke the silence, sensing the awkward atmosphere.

“Well, Sugar God, not to burst your bubble,” Hao Qianyi was the first to respond, “but with your looks, who needs a beauty filter! If you use a voice changer, you could just go to the beauty zone and become a female streamer!”

Jiang Min sighed, “I think I’ll pass on the beauty zone… I’ll just do a couple of live matches to fulfill the contract and call it a day. It’s too awkward…”

He took his seat at his station, only to find Yu Hao staring at him.

Seeing Yu Hao’s cross-dressing outfit, Jiang Min struggled to hold back his laughter.

With his angular face and short, pink hair, Yu Hao looked unmistakably like a guy, despite the meticulous makeup applied by the operations team, making the whole look awkward.

Seeing Jiang Min’s difficulty in holding back laughter, Yu Hao indulged him, saying, “Sugar, go ahead and laugh if you want. The others already did.”

Before Jiang Min arrived at the training room, the remaining four had already teased each other, and the “Death Trio” had even been scolded by the team tyrant Yu Hao for mocking the captain.

The “Death Trio” had gotten used to Yu Hao treating Jiang Min differently.

They knew they would never receive the same treatment from the captain as Sugar God.

“Pfft… seriously, why did they give you such a pink and tender look?” Jiang Min couldn’t help but comment.

The schedule for the Spring Tournament was tight, and it wasn’t until today’s victory that the players could finally take a breath and rest.

Jiang Min temporarily put down his burdens and genuinely smiled from the bottom of his heart.

Yu Hao shrugged, “Who knows? Maybe the operations team saw they never had a chance to mess with me before, so they took the opportunity today.”

Jiang Min nodded as he laughed, opening the game on his desktop, preparing to start the livestream.

“Sugar,” Yu Hao called out.

“Hmm?” Jiang Min stared at the screen where the tech guy had already adjusted the beauty filter on the camera, contemplating whether it was too much, without turning to look at Yu Hao.

“You look really good,” Yu Hao said.

Jiang Min’s ears turned red again.

When the makeup was done just now, the operations team, led by Ah xin, praised him. Rat also said he looked good when he came in just now.

But when these words came from Yu Hao, it stirred up ripples in Jiang Min’s heart.

Blushing, Jiang Min tried to maintain composure, “Um… it’s almost twelve, let’s start the livestream.”

He quickly changed the subject.

Yu Hao tilted his head, propping his chin as he watched Jiang Min for a while before turning back to set up his own livestream room.

At 12 o’clock sharp, all JW team members opened the livestream as agreed.

Originally, according to the contract, the coaching staff and analysts were also supposed to cross-dress.

But after the celebration banquet, they collectively pretended to be drunk, sneaked back to their rooms, and managed to escape.

JJ Livestream knew how to play the game too. As soon as the five-person livestream started, it immediately rose to the homepage of the WOC section.

The audience, who were already enthusiastic after the Spring Tournament finals, immediately flocked to JW’s cross-dressing livestream.

[“Wow, Little Rat is so cute!”]

[“Hahaha, what’s up with Yu’s look!”]

[“Yu is really not suitable for cross-dressing, hahaha.”]

[“The twins’ cross-dressing looks exactly the same, I can’t even tell them apart at first glance.”]

[“Oh my god! Is that Sugar God?”]

[“Who’s the beauty?”]

[“Mom, I’m in love!”]

[“I’ve decided, from today, Sugar Sis is my goddess!”]

At first, Jiang Min was apprehensive, not knowing how the audience would react.

He took a sip of water to ease his inner embarrassment. But when he saw the barrage, he almost spit out the water.

“What’s with the ‘Sugar Sis’!?” he exclaimed, staring at the barrage.

[“Sugar Sis is so beautiful, new female streamer followed!”]

[“Can Sugar Sis give us a heart and a WINK?”]

Jiang Min was refusing from head to toe.

But as the winner of today’s Spring Tournament, he should also give back to the fans who have supported him all along.

So, he reluctantly raised his hands and made a heart shape, closed one eye, and gave a quick wink.

He thought as long as he moved quickly, there wouldn’t be any evidence left.

But he underestimated the speed of the current fans.

The livestream was still ongoing, but screenshots of his heart-shaped wink were already flooding the internet.

“Um, cough cough! Let’s start queuing,” Jiang Min tried to ignore the exploding barrage, determined to calmly play ranked games as usual.

In recent days, he had been actively preparing for the Spring Tournament finals, and his main account, “Mid Lane Old Driver,” had fallen from first place on the national server to third.

First place was still Yan Junying, who had occupied the top spot on the national server for a long time, and his account, which few people knew the identity of, silently returned to the top of the national server.

Second place was Lock, who had been struggling in the top five for a long time but never reached the top.

As per the agreement and the club’s requirements, tonight, for the sake of entertainment, each player had to solo queue separately, so Jiang Min didn’t wait for Yu Hao and started queuing directly.

The queue time for high-ranking games on the national server was always long.

After bantering with the barrage for a while, Jiang Min finally managed to get into a game.

Most of the ten players in the match were familiar faces.

On the opposite side were Lock and Cen Yu, while on their side were Fat Hotpot, Ring, and someone specific who Jiang Min didn’t recognize but had encountered a few times—the current number one player on the national server.

[“Ying! Sugar God, you’re finally solo queueing today! Can I hitch a ride later?”]

In the team channel, Lock’s standard opening.

[“Not today, the club asked us to solo queue for the livestream contract,” Jiang Min typed back.

[“Contract? What contract? Oh right, I haven’t congratulated you guys on winning the Spring Tournament yet! Sugar God, you’re awesome!”]

[“Sugar God’s last lifesteal was so clever, I bow to you!”] Ring followed with praise.

Many players in the WPL professional circle were fans of Sugar, and Ring was no exception.

[“Little Lock, are you from a remote village net? You don’t know about JW’s championship contract?”] Fat Hotpot taunted.

[“Championship contract?”]

[“Go check out JJ platform, it’s floating on the homepage.”] Fat Hotpot directed.

Jiang Min was speechless.

To be honest, he didn’t want more people in the industry to know about tonight’s cross-dressing livestream.

It was okay if the viewers saw it since they wouldn’t have close interactions usually.

But the players were usually in each other’s sight, and it would be awkward to meet next time.

As he played the game on one side, on the other side, Little Lock slipped away to check the JJ Livestream platform.

Before long, Lock returned.

[“Oh my god! Sugar God, I’m in love! How can your cross-dressing be so beautiful!”]

【……】Jiang Min felt like he couldn’t play this ranked game properly.

The professional players were interacting friendly, while Yan Junying, the number one player on the national server, was watching from the sidelines.

It wasn’t until today, when he coincidentally matched with these players and saw their active interaction, that he realized who the people behind these IDs he often encountered in matchmaking were.

It turned out that the mid laner who replaced him at the top of the national server, with excellent skills, was none other than Lollipop, the new Spring Tournament champion and JW’s mid laner.

Even though he had retired for a long time, Jiang Min had heard of Lollipop.

A deserving star player in the league.

With great skills and awareness, Lollipop served in CC team for three years before transferring to JW team at the end of last year’s transfer window.

Although JW, this young team, had performed well in the Spring Tournament, sharp-eyed analyst Yan Junying, Chaos, still saw many problems.

To progress all the way and aim for the world championship, this team still needed training.

Yan Junying didn’t expect to casually play a game after inspecting the bar and encounter the newly crowned champion. It would be false to say he wasn’t envious.

If it weren’t for his hand injury forcing him to retire, he could have played for a few more years and won more championships.

Nevertheless, winning the Spring Tournament was a great start for JW this year.

Even Yan Junying himself didn’t realize that he seemed to be paying attention to the esports circle that he had deliberately avoided again.

Both Yan Junying and Jiang Min were mid laners, and Jiang Min made the concession first when it came to selecting champions.

[“Is third floor mid? Then I’ll play top.”] After all, he was just here to play a couple of games to fulfill the contract. He wasn’t here to climb ranks, so he didn’t mind just playing casually.

[“No need, you play mid, I’ll play top.”] Yan Junying was a rare person who understood all five positions equally well. It didn’t really matter which position he played, but playing mid lane usually made it easier to carry the game.

【.】

Jiang Min locked in the mid lane champion Shadow Dancer.

In this game, Jiang Min and Yan Junying’s dreamlike cooperation crushed the opponent in a dominant manner, lasting only about 20 minutes.

After it ended, Jiang Min stared at the ID panel of the national server’s number one player in a daze.

He could feel that this person’s skill was absolutely not inferior to any top professional player.

But in the esports circle for these years, he had never heard of anyone with this ID.

He couldn’t help but be curious about this ID.

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