Pretend to hate you [eSports]

After Shen Zheng asked Cheng Yu for photos and short videos, it took nearly half an hour before he received a reply from Cheng Yu.

It is a full-length photo of Cheng Yu.
He faced the window, tilted his head slightly, put his hands in his pockets, and looked casual and handsome.
The sunlight outside the window lengthened his shadow, which was imprinted on the white wall behind him, like a carefully processed artistic photo.

When Shen Zheng saw the photo, he set it as the lock screen wallpaper without saying a word.
"Cousin, does it look good?" Shen Zheng's cousin changed into a new coat.

Shen Zheng didn't even raise his head, and replied with a smile on his face: "It looks good."
The cousin approached Shen Zheng and asked, "What are you looking at? You look like you're in love. Do you have a girlfriend?"

Shen Zheng put away his phone, and the corners of his lips returned to their original arc: "Not yet."
"Still?" My cousin understood and said quietly, "I understand. The revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades still need to work hard."
Shen Zheng smiled but said nothing.

On the other side, Cheng Yu's cousin begged Cheng Yu with a sad face: "Brother Yu, it's been half an hour, and I have taken at least 99 out of 100 photos for you. Are you still not satisfied? Who are you going to send these photos to?"

Cheng Yu enlarged the photo he had just sent to Shen Zheng. He felt that the curve of the hair ends was not very good.

My cousin slumped on the sofa, feeling hopeless: "Brother Yu, believe me, the photo just now is not as good as this one even if it is retouched in a photo studio. Not to mention girls, even men would move their crotch out of politeness if they saw it."

Cheng Yu seemed not to have heard it. He lowered his head and held the phone, his eyes seeming to focus on the phone as he examined it carefully.

The cousin turned sideways and sat in a seductive posture: "Brother Yu, tell me, are you in love? That photo was sent to your girlfriend, right? A secret crush?"
Cheng Yu was concentrating on the quality of the photo, and subconsciously said, "I don't like women..."
Shit, I almost let it slip.

Cousin: “?”
Cheng Yu: "...I don't like my girlfriend to appear in my professional career. I just want to play my career in peace. Do you understand?"

"I understand." The cousin nodded. "Brother Yu, two minutes have passed. I can't undo this. Whether the other party is satisfied with the photo or not, they have seen it. I'm leaving now."
The cousin fled from Cheng Yu's room, closed the door, and told others not to go in.

Cheng Yu turned his phone around, bit his nails, and sent a message to Shen Zheng, saying, "I just saw that you wanted photos. My cousin took them casually. Please take a look at them."
Shen Zheng looked at his new lock screen wallpaper and couldn't help but chuckle.

Shen Zheng: "Please do me a favor and take a few more photos. It's not a big deal anyway."

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Perhaps it was because the Chinese New Year went too smoothly. On the first night after the New Year when Cheng Yu returned home, he received an amazing gift.
In the early hours of the night, someone posted a post in the Alliance titled "Uncovering the Growth History of Monster Cheng Yu", which attracted a lot of attention.

Cheng Yu was sleeping at the time with his cell phone turned off. When he woke up the next morning, it seemed like the whole world knew that he was an albinos.
He sat on the bed, holding his phone and staring blankly at the replies in the forum. He seemed to be in a trance and did not move for a long time.

It is said that the new year brings new beginnings, but for Cheng Yu, this new year is like the summer vacation in the sixth grade of elementary school. A group of people blocked him in a corner, pulled his hair and called him a monster.
Most of the replies in the forum were cursing Cheng Yu, with extreme language and no bottom line at all.

"Why are you playing e-sports if you're sick? Can't you just stay at home and don't come out to scare people!"
"Please, Cheng Yu, stay away from the other people in Yuhuo, okay? It's not easy for us to get to where we are today. It doesn't matter if you die of illness, but please don't bring trouble to the other people in our Yuhuo family, okay?"
"I'm so nauseous. Isn't this contagious? And it seems to have a great impact on eyesight? Is it true that e-sports don't require eyesight?"

Cheng Yu put down his phone. He found that his mental endurance had improved a lot over the years compared to when he was a child. When he saw this post, his first reaction was to worry whether this matter would affect the club's sponsorship. Ling Le had been looking forward to it for a long time.

When I opened Yuhuo’s WeChat group, the message was still about everyone’s New Year greetings. It seemed that no one knew about what happened to him online.
He found Li Hong's cell phone and called him to ask about the scope of the incident. Li Hong answered the phone quickly.
Li Hong: "Cheng Yu, you must have seen the post. Don't worry, I have already contacted the forum to delete the post."

Cheng Yu sat on the edge of the bed, his long legs raised, his elbows resting on his knees, his eyes following the patterns on the floor.
Cheng Yu: "Brother Li, is the impact serious?"

"What impact?" Li Hong smiled. "Everyone catches a cold or gets sick. You don't have to worry about other things. Just focus on the game. Don't pay attention to those insults. I'm going to say something unpleasant. Even with your poor eyesight, you can still play better than those trolls. You can dig out their eyes and donate them to those in need."

Cheng Yu smiled and felt relaxed.
Li Hong seemed to be talking to someone, his voice was a little far away: "What? Who posted on Weibo, Shen Zheng? What did they post? All of you are giving me a lot of trouble!"

After hanging up the phone, he quickly opened Shen Zheng’s Weibo.

Shen Zheng posted two Weibo posts in total. The first one was the latest one, which was pinned to the top. It didn’t have many words, but just showed a nine-grid photo.

The first photo is a group photo of Shen Zheng and Cheng Yu in the yard when they were four years old. Shen Zheng was smiling widely and making a scissors hand gesture, while Cheng Yu was behind him, pulling the corner of his clothes, and making the scissors hand gesture into rabbit ears.

The second photo shows the two of them in elementary school. At the school gate, Shen Zheng hooked his arm around Cheng Yu's shoulder, and Cheng Yu crossed his arms. They both looked very proud.

……

The eighth photo shows Shen Zheng and Cheng Yu standing on the podium of the Mathematical Olympiad. Shen Zheng is standing in the first place and looking down at Cheng Yu who is in the second place. Cheng Yu is holding up the gold medal reluctantly with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

The ninth photo was taken when Cheng Yu was taking his final photo after joining Yuhuo. Shen Zheng looked at him from a distance and made a heart gesture to the photographer.

Flipping through the photos one by one, Cheng Yu seemed to be reviewing his and Shen Zheng's life. He didn't expect that he had retained so many memories of the two of them.

Fans were blown away by Shen Zheng’s group of nostalgic memories.

The second post was succinct: "Watch your mouth."
Below is the indictment of the person who first posted on Tieba.

He moved so fast that no one could react.

The Yuhuo officials haven't figured out how to deal with the situation yet, but the first poster on Tieba has already recorded a video to solemnly apologize.
Before most of the fans of Bath of Fire could react to what happened, the matter had already been resolved.

Fans and most passers-by still have a friendly attitude towards Cheng Yu's albinism. The internet trolls and those who stir up trouble were frightened by Shen Zheng and dared not show up, and the storm gradually subsided.
Cheng Yu himself was also shocked by Shen Zheng's vigorous and decisive attitude towards work. After putting down his phone, he felt as if he had a dream. He woke up before he could even get excited.

"Cheng Yu, are you up?" Cheng's mother knocked on Cheng Yu's bedroom door. "Shen Zheng is here to play with you."

(End of this chapter)