Part 2
[Holy crap, does this count as the main character personally dismantling the CP?]
[He has a partner. No wonder he resisted Mu Wan’s physical touch. Gosh, we misunderstood him.]
[See that? This is the class monitor of the Male Virtue Class. Not getting ambiguous with anyone.]
[It seems like this Mu Wan has been the one flirting with our Dawn all along, right? Are you blind? Can’t see it, yet insist on pushing some infatuated lover persona.]
[Wait a minute, I don’t care about that obscure nobody. Dawn actually has a partner?]
[And the relationship is stable???]
[You brat, hiding a wife from your father. Hidden deep enough, huh.]
[Don’t know which girl he’s plagued. With this toxic tumor’s temper, who can stand him?]
[Good job. Aside from ‘awesome,’ I can’t say anything else. You, Dawn, quietly found a partner just like that.]
[Mom, I couldn’t tell at all. Other people usually have couple outfits or couple IDs. His ID is literally ‘I Play Better Than You’.]
[Yeah, and every day aside from playing games, he’s playing games. When photographed outside, it’s just hanging out with Xiao Huang.]
[His partner wouldn’t be Xiao Huang, right?]
[Wake up. Dawn said ‘relationship stable.’ How long has he even known Xiao Huang?]
[Xiao Huang is a minor, I’m tired of saying it.]
[Sisters, perhaps, is there a possibility that his partner is Wind?]
[Another crazy one. Take them away.]
[No, isn’t it obvious to everyone that Dawn worships and likes Wind? And Wind even calls him Little Beauty.]
[That’s impossible too. Wind absolutely cannot like men.]
[Exactly. We Wind fans are just inactive, not dead. Don’t think just because you guys can spray (trash talk) that we’re afraid of you.]
[I’ve disliked this toxic tumor for a long time. If Wind likes him and is actually with him, I’ll directly distribute wealth and give away 1,000 of this toxic tumor’s FMVP skins as a gift, okay?]
[I’ll screenshot first. Rich lady, let’s cuddle~]
Wen Ran’s Weibo successfully shifted the focus and topic to the hashtag “Dawn Has a Partner.”
When they finished work and Mu Wan saw the messages on his phone, his face turned half black.
There were only the two of them in the lounge now.
“Wen Ran, you actually have a partner?” Mu Wan gnashed his teeth. “Why didn’t you say so earlier?”
“Do I need to report to you?” Wen Ran glanced at him indifferently. “You don’t really like me, do you?”
“Idiot!” Mu Wan was about to die of anger. “Who the fuck would like a man? Bad luck!”
Now the comments about him online had one-sidedly turned to calling him oily, wretched, and shameless.
Pestering relentlessly and maliciously intervening in someone else’s relationship.
This was not the result he wanted at all.
“Then it really must have been hard on you, having to pretend to be my son for so many days.”
“You!”
Mu Wan was furious, but he had a huge mess to clean up now, so he could only glare viciously at Wen Ran.
Wen Ran took his phone from behind his back and posted the recording he just made to Weibo.
[Although my partner is generous, I still hope you can apologize.]
With this heavy news released, the public opinion online came wave after wave. Mu Wan’s side found it even harder to end the situation.
[Can’t tell, Dawn actually has this kind of brain. He even had a recording.]
[What are you saying? Does Dawn look stupid?]
[People in the entertainment industry have 800 schemes per capita.]
[Tonight really refreshed my perception of Dawn. I used to think he could only trash talk, but now it seems my perspective was too small.]
[But this Mu Wan is really excessive. Disgusted me.]
[Do you think he got FMVP purely on mechanics? Playing Mid Lane requires calculating damage, matching awareness with the opponent, and finding opportunities to carry. How can you play without brains?]
[Am I the only one still concerned about his partner?]
[Help, me too. I like him and Wind so much. My CP won’t be broken, right?]
Meanwhile, in a WeChat group chat named “Rose Garden,” people were speaking freely—
[Does he really have a partner? Sisters, what do you think?]
[Shouldn’t be. I see Little Sprayer’s alt account is always fangirling over Wind. How could a partner suddenly pop up, and a stable one at that?]
[Isn’t this it? The Weibo his alt account posted two days ago: ‘Haven’t seen him for several days, miss him.’]
[Eww, I really can’t imagine Dawn posting that. It grosses me out.]
[Off-season, everyone goes back to their own homes. Can’t see the captain. It lines up perfectly. At that time, Wind should have already been home, didn’t he stream?]
[Most Popular Jungler list, he voted for Wind every day.]
[Isn’t this even more convincing proof?]
[If you could choose, who would you want Wind to be for you—Boyfriend, Brother, Husband, Teammate?]
[He chose Husband, and was happy as if it were real, saying he wanted to buy a proposal ring for Wind.]
[Dying of laughter. Can ‘Boyfriend’ no longer satisfy you, Wen Ran?]
[A partner suddenly popping up, I think there are only two possibilities. Either Wind is really dating him, or he’s making it up.]
[Not necessarily. Dawn doesn’t seem like the type to lie.]
[But this obscure idol is too disgusting. Obviously trying to suck his blood (clout) and gross people out. Does Little Sprayer look like someone who would quietly take abuse?]
[Poor child, look what he’s been forced into.]
[The entertainment industry is truly bad luck. Touch it and you lose a layer of skin.]
[Exactly. It’s not enough to ship CPs in their own circle; they have to consume professional players too.]
[Sisters, I just DM’d Wind. I sent him the Weibo posted by Little Sprayer and asked if it was him.]
[???]
[Holy crap, you are really brave!]
[Although Wind probably won’t reply, I’m still so excited!]
[Forget it. Maybe this person isn’t Dawn’s alt account. Maybe we’ve been wrong all along, and she’s just an ordinary Wind dream-girl fan.]
[Sigh, Dawn doesn’t seem to intend to reveal his partner either. But he has so many anti-fans, he probably wants to protect the other person.]
[Mm-hmm, I agree with the sister above. No matter what decision he makes, we just need to support him.]
The show was recorded at the Sports Center. Wen Ran had originally come with Chengzi, but Chengzi suddenly messaged him saying he had something to do and told Wen Ran to go back first.
Wen Ran didn’t check the comments section after posting on Weibo. Just as he planned to call a taxi, he received a phone call.
It was from Jiang Yan.
“Hello?”
“Ran Ran,” Jiang Yan’s voice was very gentle. “Are you finished?”
“Just about to go out.”
“Then I’ll wait for you outside the North Gate.”
Wen Ran gave a hum. As soon as he exited the North Gate, he saw Jiang Yan.
He was simply too good-looking, especially today, wearing a camel-colored coat. Because of his upright posture, he looked exceptionally tall and elegant.
Paired with Jiang Yan’s face, people would believe it if you said he was a male lead here to film a drama.
Seeing Wen Ran, he strode over with his long legs.
The temperature had dropped in the last two days. Because Wen Ran was participating in this event, he had to wear a suit, which meant the lining couldn’t be too thick—just a thin layer.
Jiang Yan put a cup of hot milk tea into his hand. “Cold?”
“The studio had air conditioning.”
Despite him saying that, Jiang Yan still took off his own coat and draped it over Wen Ran.
“Don’t get frozen.”
Originally, Wen Ran felt his heart warm, until he realized that draped over him, this coat almost reached his calves. Meanwhile, Jiang Yan was only wearing a thin sweater. The short style revealed his waistband with every gesture, further highlighting his good proportions, thin waist, and long legs.
If he was gentle and mature just now, the style now was somewhat lazy and sexy. Why, when both were human, was Jiang Yan’s figure so good!
And he could grow so tall!
It wasn’t fair at all!
Jiang Yan reached out and rubbed his head. “Borrowed Brother Wu’s car. It’s over there.”
Once the two sat in the car, Jiang Yan spoke up. “Ran Ran, why didn’t you post a photo when announcing the relationship tonight?”
As he spoke, he leaned over and kissed Wen Ran’s thin, soft lips. “Do you want to take a kissing photo now?”
Wen Ran: “…”
“Or take a selfie?”
Jiang Yan actually turned on his phone camera and casually took a picture of himself.
“How is this one?” Jiang Yan showed it to Wen Ran. “Handsome or not?”
Wen Ran couldn’t bear it anymore and reached out to punch him. “You think this is for posting on Moments?”
“Didn’t you say it yourself? ‘Already have a partner, relationship stable.'” Jiang Yan, having teased enough, didn’t torment him further. He started the car and focused on driving.
“Couldn’t tell, little rascal, you’re actually this tough.”
Wen Ran was a bit happy being praised. “Is this your first day knowing me? Isn’t Father always tough?”
“I really suspect that Mu Wan and Fish Leong are relatives, otherwise where did he get such a wholesale amount of courage?” Mentioning him, Wen Ran was still puffy with anger. “No self-awareness at all. Makes one want to hammer his dog head.”
Jiang Yan found this angry speech somewhat amusing. “Then why didn’t you tell Brother?”
“I already scolded him at the end of the recording,” Wen Ran said. “I thought he would restrain himself. I didn’t expect it to develop into this.”
Although Jiang Yan had also watched Wen Ran’s variety show, in his opinion, Ran Ran was communicating with the other party completely normally. He didn’t know why the bullet comments would ship them as a CP.
Their teeth must be too hard; they can chew on this too?
“Also, Jiang Yan,” Wen Ran paused, then said, “I don’t want it to be that every time I cause trouble, you protect me.”
“I can also solve problems myself.”
I also want to protect you in the future.
Facts proved that Ran Ran could indeed handle things very well on his own.
Jiang Yan hooked his lips and smiled. “As expected of Brother’s wife, just smart.”
Wen Ran blushed halfway at such a sudden address, but Jiang Yan was driving, so he couldn’t really make a fuss.
He could only awkwardly huff. “What are you randomly calling me? Who is your wife?”
But his heartbeat involuntarily accelerated.
As soon as they returned to the base, they saw Brother Wu waiting for him.
Brother Wu had dark circles under both eyes, looking particularly haggard.
“Dawn, you are really too…”
Wen Ran was already prepared to be lectured by Brother Wu, but the other party gave him a thumbs up. “Too awesome!”
Wen Ran: “…”
They had been overwhelmed by this matter. How could WK’s operations compare with the entertainment industry’s? Not to mention the water armies guiding the narrative; almost everything was heading in a direction unfavorable to Wen Ran.
As a club, their first choice was naturally to protect their own player, but they couldn’t think of any way to deal with this matter. As a result, Wen Ran entered the fray himself, directly stating he had a partner and had absolutely no relationship with him!
Straightforwardly refuting rumors and dismantling the CP—this was too decisive!
And he actually directly hammered the other party for malicious marketing and CP shipping. The evidence was conclusive; the idol apologizing was only a matter of time.
A staff member from the publicity department was still a little worried. “The other party’s PR team is better than ours. Will it really be okay?”
“They won’t say we breached the contract, right?”
“That shouldn’t happen,” Jiang Yan said. “After all, Ran Ran wasn’t recording the program this time.”
“Also, during the part in the dance studio, I had clearly stated not to record, but they released it anyway.” Wen Ran said, “Since they’ve already done that, they should have thought of the possible consequences.”
“They can release a video, why can’t I release a recording?”
“Well said!” The staff member echoed. “Why should we be framed for nothing?”
When he woke up the next morning, he saw the other party’s apology Weibo.
Probably forced into a corner with no other choice, he had a PR team write an apology statement.
It was written quite sincerely, but as for how much truth was in it, Wen Ran didn’t care.
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