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Wen Ran was currently lying face-up on the ground in a very undignified posture. Neither foot had a shoe on; one heel had a mark from being stepped on by Xu Jiajia, while the other shoe was missing in action.
Almost everyone fell into silence. Xu Jiajia retreated a few steps with a face full of fake smiles.
“Um, Dawn, I didn’t mean to.”
Four Leaf Clover was beside them, toes curling into the ground in embarrassment. As Wen Ran’s former teammate, he felt it was necessary to stand up and help his good brother at this moment.
After all, Wen Ran cared about saving face the most in the past.
So Four Leaf Clover quietly ran over, picked up the height-increasing insole, and under the gaze of everyone, stuffed it into Wen Ran’s suit pocket. He even tried to cover it up by pulling Wen Ran’s hand over to block it, gently patting Wen Ran’s hand twice.
Wen Ran: “……”
Originally, he just planned to play dead. Now, with the help of the kind-hearted Four Leaf Clover, he really wished he could vanish on the spot.
Xu Jiajia, who witnessed the whole process: “……”
This series of operations was so spectacular that the director forgot to cut the camera.
The bullet comments froze for a second before the volume doubled.
[Hahahahahaha, I’m dying of laughter tonight, hahahahahaha!]
[Sisters in front, you’re too loud for my eyes!]
[As expected of you, Dawn. I was wondering why you suddenly grew tallerāturns out it was physical enhancement.]
[Hahahahahaha, come laugh quickly. I just searched for his same style: invisible internal lifts, easily gain long legs in seconds.]
[āInvisibleā]
[Could this be the legendary Emperor’s Insole?]
[You might as well get limb-lengthening surgery. Thatās absolutely invisible. At least more invisible than that insole of yours.]
[Then he might just be one meter tall.]
[Every time he breaks out of the circle, it’s in this way. Embarrassing, you rebellious son!]
[This one laugh cost me ten years of merit.]
[Now, the entire esports circle knows you.]
[Four Leaf Clover, oh my god. I used to think saying he had a screw loose was an insult, but now it seems it’s a realistic description.]
[Dawn: Listen to me say thank you.]
In those short dozens of seconds, Wen Ran thought of countless ways to solve the immediate problem, but in the end, he felt that moving off this planet overnight was the most effective.
Or maybe he should just play dead like this. Letting others anxiously send him to the hospital was better than being surrounded and watched like a fool here!
Suddenly, an angry male voice rang out, breaking the silence:
“Whose shoe is this?”
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man of about forty-five or forty-six walking over.
He was slightly chubby, wearing a loose dark blue work jacket and a pair of suit pants on his lower body, looking very tidy and clean.
His hair was a bit sparse, a briefcase was clamped under his arm, and following behind him were the Alliance’s top commentators, Meng Zhi and Ying Li. He had the air of a leader.
With this attire and configuration, anyone would think he was a leader sent down from above for inspection.
If… there wasn’t that distinct shoe print on his forehead.
Just a few minutes ago, Ying Li and Meng Zhi were accompanying Chairman Niu on a tour.
Chairman Niu was highly respected and handled international esports competitions. He was specially sent down from above to guide the hosting of the Ling Xiao World Championship this time.
The esports industry was a hot topic now, and Ling Xiao was going international. The World Championship hosted this time was aimed at the global market.
He had organized several sports competitions personally. This time, being assigned to take over Ling Xiao, everyone took it very seriously.
It was said that Chairman Niu even specially registered an account and played a few rounds to try it out. He had always been serious and responsible. Originally, he was scheduled to start transferring his work here after the Spring Split began, but Chairman Niu was very motivated and came to B City ahead of schedule, coincidentally catching this Drawing Night.
Ying Li and Meng Zhi were responsible for receiving him, telling Chairman Niu about the situation of these player teams. Even before entering the door, they were still earnestly recommending players who might be selected to play in the World Championship.
“Esports has now become an official competition event. Ling Xiao has such a huge audience, and the professional players are of high quality. They have great hope to win glory for the country. There are many very formidable players in these teams.”
“STE’s Ling Han, Sweet, Yue Yang, as well as Ni Feng’s Nan Xi, HG’s Indestructible Twilight. These are all excellent players. If you are interested, I’ll go back and compile a video reel.”
Chairman Niu gave a hum.
“And I personally recommend WK’s Wind and Dawn. Wind has both mechanics and command ability; he is a very strong and comprehensive player,” Ying Li said. “Dawn is also great. He has only debuted for two seasons and has already won FMVP.”
Meng Zhi said, “Yes, only 19 years old, in his prime. Once, when Dawn was playing on the international server, he matched against the Japanese Mid laner said to be the strongest and solo-killed him several times!”
“Listening to you two, this Dawn sounds quite interesting.”
Ying Li had seen Wen Ran’s appearance tonight in advance, so she simply praised him boldly: “He is also very handsome and very cute. You will definitely like him.”
Chairman Niu looked interested. “You’re making me unable to wait.”
As a result, just as he pushed the door open, a shoe flew over from who-knows-where and smashed impartially onto Chairman Niu’s forehead.
It stunned him instantly.
Along with Ying Li and Meng Zhi beside him.
Chairman Niu stood there with half a shoe print on his forehead, black-faced, holding up the leather shoe. The air pressure around him was low.
Ying Li’s pupils dilated. “Ah, this…”
Now everyone was looking at him. Hiding was definitely impossible. Wen Ran could only brace himself and stand up from the ground first. “Mine.”
Chairman Niu looked Wen Ran up and down, finally resting his gaze on his two feet clad only in socks.
Next to him lay a shoe.
It matched the one in his hand perfectly as a pair.
Chairman Niu was still angry. “What are you doing?”
Wen Ran made a long story short: “Accidentally fell.”
Chairman Niu obviously didn’t believe it. “Accidentally fell, and you flung your shoe onto my face?!”
Meng Zhi hurriedly poked Chairman Niu’s arm secretly from the side. “Chairman, it’s live.”
To maintain the image of the Alliance, Chairman Niu could only temporarily set aside personal grievances, telling himself not to get angry, not to get angry.
He threw the shoe on the ground. “Put it on quickly. What does this look like!”
Ying Li secretly sweated for Wen Ran and cast a grateful look at Meng Zhi.
“Chairman, let me take you over there to find the Winter Challenge Cup champion coach for a chat,” Meng Zhi hurriedly changed the subject. “Coach Tao is very experienced; he should have a lot of common language with you.”
“Mm.” Chairman Niu responded. Just as he planned to walk over, he paused and looked at Wen Ran, asking, “By the way, you, the shoe-wearer. Which team are you from? What’s your name?”
Wen Ran had just put his shoe on. After thinking it over, he still stuffed his insole back in and replied, “I am WK’s Mid laner, Dawn.”
Why is Ying Li blinking at me constantly? What does she mean?
Chairman Niu: “???”
Wen Ran saw the shoe print on the man’s forehead and felt very guilty in his heart. He took out a tissue from his pocket. “Do you want to wipe it?”
“Like this, it affects your image a bit.”
Wen Ran actually meant well, but because he handed the tissue over using two fingers and his expression was stiff, it looked particularly like he was deliberately disgusting the person and looking for trouble.
Chairman Niu clearly felt he was being sarcastic, and that what he really wanted to say was: See that? I even smashed my shoe on your face. Tsk tsk tsk, Little Niu, are you worthy of managing me? Quickly wipe that shoe print off, save yourself from losing face for your old mug.
The anger Chairman Niu had managed to suppress flared up again. He widened his eyes and looked at Ying Li. “This is the FMVP you told me about? Cute??”
Ying Li felt sweat beading on her forehead. “Accident, accident. He’s not usually like this.”
Chairman Niu: “I think the quality education and etiquette training of your players really need to be put on the agenda!”
Chairman Niu didn’t believe Wen Ran had truly fallen at all. Instead, he felt this was a prickly thorn giving him a display of authority.
After all, when he went to take over the international competition operations for another game before, many players were unconvinced and deliberately embarrassed him.
After speaking, Chairman Niu left the venue directly. Meng Zhi chased after him first. Ying Li, hating iron for not becoming steel, pointed her finger at the bewildered Wen Ran. “Dawn, ah! That was Chairman Niu, the big leader sent from above. You’ve caused a huge disaster!”
Wen Ran: “???”
After Chairman Niu left, Wen Ran immediately sneaked out of the venue. He didn’t dare stay there at all.
It was clearly a great Drawing Night, but it turned into chaos. He had specially styled his hair and changed his clothes, only to drop his shoe lift in front of so many people. The audience might even include his father-in-law and mother-in-law. It was bad enough that he took a step backward in love due to the blow, but he also smashed his shoe onto the new Chairman’s face, angering the Chairman into leaving in a huff…
Any single one of these things was enough for him to immigrate to Mars a few hundred times.
Wen Ran didn’t participate in the later procedures of the Drawing Night at all. He turned off his phone and didn’t want to turn it on.
Because the two trending topics related to him were #Dawn Height-Increasing Insoles and #What does it feel like to be slapped in the face by a shoe.
His toes were already tired enough.
Jiang Yan was the captain and couldn’t leave early. After finishing all the procedures, he used his key to open the little bastard’s room door, only to find Wen Ran wasn’t there at all.
Instead, a large octopus plushie was placed on the bed.
This was a “Reversible Octopus,” a gift from a fan for Wen Ran’s birthday. It was huge and could accommodate a person hiding inside.
One side of the octopus had a happy emotion, and the other side had an angry emotion.
Jiang Yan saw that the octopus on the bed now had the black, angry, sad face.
He walked over and poked the octopus. “Ran Ran?”
“Why are you hiding?”
The octopus, wearing the sad face, turned its body, its tentacles also pulling away a bit from Jiang Yan.
The voice was muffled and sticky: “You found the wrong person. There is no Ran Ran.”
“I am Little Octopus. Little Octopus doesn’t want to talk right now.”
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