Chapter 198: The Culprit

[I'm really about to throw up. Why is this person so shameless?]

[This time, the fight hasn't even started yet, and there's already a personal attack. It seems this newbie doesn't know any manners.]

[If you want to learn how to play games, you should learn how to be a decent person first. If you can't even do that, what's the point of playing games?]

[But if we look at it from this newbie's perspective, he might think he's done nothing wrong and the things he said are reasonable.]

[Let's think this through carefully. Ji Siyue has come and gone so many times, making a fool of everyone in the league and the entire gaming circle. He can come and go as he pleases. Is this a sign of respect?]

[He knelt on the ground for three minutes, as if he was afraid people wouldn't know how much pain he was in.]

[It seems being a keyboard warrior doesn't hurt at all. All I saw was Siyue trembling on the stage, and when he got up, his pants were covered in blood. That Xiyou even asked if she had a miscarriage. If it were you, would you feel okay?]

[I don't know about others, but when I saw that blood, I almost fainted.]

[Everyone, go check out the Weibo I tagged. Xiyou seemed to be scared on the stage, but no one knew what was going on. A staff member on-site took a video.]

After Ji Siyue read these comments, he clicked on that person's Weibo homepage. The top post was a short video, posted just today, but it already had tens of thousands of likes, shares, and comments.

Although the scene in the video was a bit chaotic, it was still barely visible.

After he staggered off the stage, several members of his team caught him below and carried him away.

What happened next was unknown to Ji Siyue.

Qin Chengyao was seen standing there, pointing two fingers at his own eyes and then pointing at Xiyou. The kid was so scared that he trembled all over. You couldn't see his eyes in the video, but you could still feel the aura Qin Chengyao exuded at that moment. It really shocked everyone.

It was as if he was warning him - just you wait.

Ji Siyue looked up at the person sitting beside him.

He was holding his computer, reviewing the previously practiced strategies over and over again, re - planning some available line - ups, and memorizing some nodes where mistakes were likely to occur, getting ready to direct the team during the game.

Maybe the other team members were still immersed in anger or disdain at the moment. But Qin Chengyao wasn't.

Apart from that warning look and gesture, he had been very calm from start to finish, preparing for the game at his own pace.

But in Ji Siyue's eyes, this was a sign of extreme anger.

"There's still half a day left. Let's go back to the base for training first. Leave one person to take care of him," Bai Yu stood up and said.

Ji Siyue immediately stopped him. "Stay here for another half an hour."

"Why half an hour?" Xing Xing asked.

Ji Siyue looked up and pointed at his IV drip.

"This anti - inflammatory medicine will take another half an hour to finish. After that, I'll go out with you directly."

Qin Chengyao immediately said, "No. You just came out of the operating room. You should stay in the hospital for at least two days."

"But your competition starts tomorrow. Do you think I can just sit here idly?"

Ji Siyue raised his eyebrows and asked. Everyone immediately fell silent because this was indeed irrefutable.

A person like Ji Siyue would never obediently follow their advice.

Qin Chengyao and Ji Siyue stared at each other for a while. Finally, Qin Chengyao gave in.

"Xing Xing," Qin Chengyao called out.

"Yes!"

"Go buy a new team uniform for your team leader. We'll wait here. Then we'll go through the discharge procedures and take him home."

After giving these instructions, Qin Chengyao looked at Ji Siyue again and said, "I can let you be with us every day, but after each day's game, you must come to the hospital for an IV drip. Otherwise, there's no way I'll let you out."

This was the biggest concession. Ji Siyue naturally understood, so he didn't ask for more.

An hour later, everyone was ready to be discharged from the hospital. This time, Ji Siyue was forced to sit in a wheelchair and was pushed out by a group of big guys. The scene was really spectacular.

When Ji Siyue was discharged from the hospital, he asked everyone to gather around his wheelchair. He bent down slightly to show his face and took a selfie, then posted it on Weibo.

[I'm sorry to have worried everyone about what happened today. I've had the stitches redone and been discharged from the hospital. The team members are all in good condition. We'll keep working hard.]

Ji Siyue didn't mention a single word about the argument on the stage today.

Others didn't know whether he was angry or not, whether he minded or not. They could only bury this question deep in their hearts.

That night, Ji Siyue ordered a big meal. The atmosphere in the base was so relaxed that it hadn't been like this for a long time.

At night, while everyone was having fun, Ji Siyue slowly stood up alone and walked to the balcony to catch some air.

Just then, he received a call.

"Miss Siyue."

"Mr. Qin, hello!" Although the number was unfamiliar, Ji Siyue knew who it was as soon as he heard the voice on the phone.

"You shouldn't have come back. Since you promised before, you shouldn't have returned. Don't forget that your parents are still abroad."

If it were the former Ji Siyue, he might really have left again under such coercion.

But not this time.

"I'm not that little girl anymore. Don't think you can control me with just these words. My parents are doing fine now, and you won't be able to find them. If you call again to threaten me, I'll tell Qin Chengyao everything you've done to me. Let's see who will suffer then."

After saying that, Ji Siyue hung up the phone. But he still felt extremely annoyed, so he simply threw his phone behind him.

The sound of the phone shattering on the ground as he had imagined didn't come. Instead, it seemed to have been caught.

He turned around and saw Zhu Zhiyao catching his phone behind him.

"Why did you catch it?"

"Even if you're angry at the person on the phone, your phone is innocent. There's no need to throw it."

"As if you know what I just heard on the phone."

"Although I don't know what you heard on the phone, I accidentally heard what you said. I should be able to guess."