Chapter 17: I Can Do Any Position You Like
The next afternoon...
The sports field was packed with people. A huge crowd had gathered, all waiting for the competition to begin.
Banners were hanging everywhere around the stage. The most eye-catching one read:
[Maple Internet Café Wishes Qingnan University's 6th Campus League of Legends Tournament Great Success! All Qingnan University students get a 20% discount!]
The advertisement was impossible to miss.
As soon as Lin Wan walked onto the field and saw the huge crowd, he would have turned around and run if Zhuo Feng hadn't been blocking the way behind him.
"Don't be nervous." Zhuo Feng wore the same black face mask as Lin Wan and looked as cool as ever.
Lin Wan rubbed his thumb and took a deep breath. "I'm not nervous!"
"It's not our turn yet. Why are you walking onto the stage? This way." Zhuo Feng grabbed Lin Wan, who was heading toward the stage without thinking. "The third-place match comes first to warm up the crowd. The championship match is the last one."
"Oh, right."
The members of Team RSNDM sat down in the chairs that had been prepared for them.
On stage, the host first thanked the university and the school leaders, then thanked the sponsors, and finally introduced the players for the first match.
The match soon began.
The ten players on stage had never experienced hundreds or even thousands of people watching them before, so some of them were under huge pressure and made mistakes at the beginning.
Whenever that happened, the students watching the giant screen laughed and cheered, which only made the players even more nervous.
But as the game went on, everyone gradually settled down. Whenever someone made a great play, loud cheers came from the audience.
The atmosphere was lively. Even if the match itself wasn't very exciting, once enough people gathered together, the excitement of the crowd could easily affect everyone.
It was like watching a movie alone compared to watching one with a huge crowd on the school field—the feeling was completely different.
The two teams were evenly matched. They fought back and forth for third place and played all five games. By the time the match ended, it was already dark.
In the end, Team "Tall, Rich, and Handsome Looking for Fair, Rich, and Beautiful" defeated Team "East African Honey Badger" to win third place.
After a fifteen-minute break, it was Team RSNDM's turn.
Their opponent was a team called "Baby Bus."
According to their coach, Chen Jie, the highest-ranked player on Team Baby Bus was only Master rank. There was still a big gap between the two teams, so they just needed to play normally.
After the host introduced the team members, Lin Wan sat down in his chair with his legs shaking.
Well... it was a little cold.
There were even more people in the audience than before. The crowd seemed endless.
After all, they were college students. Even those who didn't understand the game still wanted to join the fun. Besides, there were plenty of younger and older female students watching as well.
The girls came to see handsome guys, and the boys came to see pretty girls. It was only natural, so the crowd kept growing.
Fortunately, the lights below the stage were dim. Lin Wan could only see countless blurry figures. After imagining they were all trees, he finally felt much calmer.
In the darkness beside the sports field, excitement shone behind a girl's round glasses. She tugged at the elegant senior student beside her.
"Senior Sister, look!"
Liu Yiyi narrowed her eyes as she looked at the two people on stage wearing matching face masks.
"This is excellent material. Mengmeng, write it down quickly."
The girl with glasses typed rapidly on her phone.
"Already writing! Already writing!"
[The shy and slender top, together with his tall, handsome, and gentle wife wearing a matching couple's face mask, bravely stands side by side to fight against the invading enemy…]
The two girls belonged to the same mysterious organization at Qingnan University, the “Couple Shipping Club”.
They worked quietly in secret. They shipped TV couples, real-life couples, and just about any pair they could find. As long as two people looked like a couple, there was nothing they wouldn't ship.
Of course, they only enjoyed it secretly in their group chat. They never disturbed other people's lives or let anyone find out.
(Mainly because they were afraid of getting beaten up.)
The girl with glasses was actually the same person who used the online name "Qin-chan Should Be Happy Today Too." Her real name was Hao Meng, and she was the main writer of the “Couple Shipping Club”. Whenever she saw something that inspired her, she would immediately start shipping the pair and write a short story to post in the group chat.
The stories were bold, passionate, and so interesting that people couldn't stop reading them.
Sometimes, girls are just like that. When they get together, the topics they talk about can be unbelievably bold.
But when they are with their boyfriends, they often act shy instead. The boys think they've finally won their hearts, never realizing that the best hunters often appear as the prey.
Just look at how many good men have fallen because of that. Their confidence is gone, their backs are bent, and they've started drinking goji berry tea to take care of themselves.
Liu Yiyi read the short story that had just been posted in the group chat, then looked back at the stage. A meaningful smile appeared on her lips.
"I didn't expect our junior's story to be this exciting!"
Meanwhile, the first game had reached the middle stage.
Suddenly, someone in the audience stood on a chair. Two people held up a banner together, making sure everyone could see it. They even shined their phone's flashlight on it.
"If anyone disagrees, come fight! Brother Wan will be the champion!"
Sun Mao and Qiu Cheng shouted at the top of their lungs.
Lin Wan almost pressed his Flash skill by accident after seeing them.
It's over. This is so embarrassing! What are those two doing?!
The crafty strategist, Zhang Dingding, immediately moved three meters away from them, acting as if he had never met them before.
The idea of cheering with a banner had actually come from Zhang Dingding.
He had told his two single roommates,
"Just imagine holding up a banner during the match. It'll attract so much attention!"
"When the senior girls and younger girls see two energetic guys with loud voices cheering like that, you'll become the center of attention. Won't your WeChat friend requests come pouring in?"
"Then your chance to find love will come, and you can finally say goodbye to being single!"
The two of them believed every word and happily prepared the banner.
What they never expected was that the moment they held it up, there wasn't a single person left within three meters of them.
They had practically destroyed their dating chances for the next four years.
But they had no idea. Every few minutes, they would raise the banner again and shout even louder.
Sun Mao even slapped his thigh and muttered that they should have borrowed a loudspeaker. That would have looked much cooler.
In the first game, neither team knew much about the other's strength, so both sides played carefully.
It wasn't until the thirty-minute mark that Team RSNDM finally won the game.
After figuring out which players on the other team were the biggest threats, Team RSNDM focused on shutting them down in the second game. They targeted them from the champion ban phase all the way through the laning phase, using every strategy they had.
As a result, they won the second and third games very quickly, crushing their opponents.
Finally, under a shower of golden confetti, the team accepted a 200-yuan cash prize and a trophy from the school leaders.
The Qingnan University League of Legends Cup came to a successful end.
After the award ceremony, a bold senior girl shouted from below the stage in a loud, clear voice,
"Hey, handsome tall guy with the face mask! My bestie wants to know if you have a girlfriend! If not, can we add each other on WeChat?"
"Whoa!"
The students watching immediately became excited.
The place suddenly turned noisy. This was much more interesting than the match they had just watched.
Some boys started shouting too.
"Bro, add me too!"
"Add me! I can act all cute!"
"Add me! I can do any position you like!"
"Can you do a handstand?"
"Yes!"
"Hahaha!"
……………………
The audience became a complete mess. Hidden by the darkness, the college students threw away all their embarrassment and became bolder than ever.
In the end...
Zhuo Feng covered his face and ran away, his ears bright red after being completely overwhelmed.
Only Han Jinsong took out his phone, opened his WeChat QR code, and shouted from the stage,
"Add me instead! I'm his roommate! Even without his face mask, he's not even half as handsome as I am!"
A senior girl shouted back,
"At first glance, you don't look that great either! But after looking more carefully..."
Han Jinsong's face lit up with hope.
Could it be...?
"You're even worse than you looked at first glance!"
Han Jinsong walked away in shame and anger, tears filling his eyes as he staggered off.