Both the Kills and You Are Mine [e-Sports] Chapter 20

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Chapter 20

Translator: Aafkee

Proofreader: ChaiTea

Mu Wanwan goes straight to her bed and lies down, feeling a little tired. She has another half a month before she goes home. A moment later, she picks up her cell phone and transfers ten thousand dollars to Mama Mu without hesitation. Before she can even send out her message, Mama Mu is already calling her. "Where did this money come from? Why are you transferring to me?" "It's the prize money I got from a small tournament," Mu Wanwan tries to brush it off, "the television at home has been broken for a while now. Let's buy another one. "What tournament gives such a large sum of prize money?" Mama Mu pauses, "I don't watch TV, and neither do you. What do we need a new one for?" There's only her and her mum. Her father passed away when she was very young, and her mother is a civil servant. Her mother has been working hard to pay for her education until now. Although the two live relatively frugal lives, Mu Wanwan finds happiness in it anyway. "Who says I don't watch the TV? We can even watch the new year show together," Mu Wanwan says, "it's not exactly a small tournament. I was just being humble… Have you had dinner?" "Yeah." Mu Wanwan got a scholarship when she was a first-year student in university, so Mama Mu isn't that suspicious of it and thus does not ask any further, "When are you planning to travel?" "These two days." "Remember to take loads of photos. The weather is getting cold now. Did you wear more layers?" Photos… Mu Wanwan thinks about how to deceive her mum as she replies, "Yeah. You remember to wear more layers, too. Did you wear the masks I bought for you last time?" "I did, I did," Mama Mu laughs, "Then I'll use the money you sent me to get us a television and wait for you to come back." Mu Wanwan springs up from her bed after hanging up the phone. She touches up her makeup and turns on her computer unhurriedly. Her account on the streaming platform is finally unbanned. A large number of viewers swarm to her stream the moment she goes live. Her computer is even lagging a little due to the many donations she receives from her viewers. [We waited so long! You're finally online!] [Where are those anti-fans who accused Wanan of hiring a substitute? Are you guys still here??] [Quick, game time.] Mu Wanwan can't catch up with all the comments. She can only catch a few and responds to those. She starts the game client and replies, "I'm logging into the game now." Her page is still on the seventh page from when the admin limited her account last time. Still, the popularity of her stream is increasing so quickly that it has become the third most popular stream in real-time in just ten minutes – the first one is LPL's Spring tournament stream. The second is the playback of BattleCatTV's streamers' tournament. Naturally, her popularity is also partly because BattleCatTV wants to make it up to her. But Mu Wanwan has never been concerned with such things – she didn't even know about the soft cap on her account that made her stream appear in the later pages until Lin Jiu told her about it. As a custom for her streams, she asks, "Any 'orders*'? If not, I'll start straight away." (TL/N: The viewers can send her a donation and "order" her to play any heroes.) [Taking 'orders'? You can do that? Aren't you just trying to trick viewers of their money? I'm reporting you, you shitty streamer.] [That's normal, it's precisely the same as paying money to get the streamer to sing the song the donator wants. Are you trolling?] [Leave if you don't wanna watch… Sigh, I think Wanan is gonna become popular soon. We can't enjoy this as a small, cosy community anymore.] [The commenter before me, are you misunderstanding something? Wanan has always been pretty popular since she started streaming.] [Is this the streamer who camped at the fountain? I'm curious how a streamer with no quality and a shitty personality like you can join the streamers' tournament.]
As her mic picked up more background noises than usual, Mu Wanwan was busy changing her mic settings. After a long while, she finally gets into a queue and has some spare time to look at her chat. She puts her head on her head, her tone lazy as she responds, "What's with today? There're quite a lot of antis." [Maybe someone bought you an 'anti-fans meal plan' for the new year. Many streamers received them. They're pretty professional; they even have timely shift changes.] Mu Wanwan speaks from the bottom of her heart. "... I'm impressed." Once the game client started up, the live stream of LPL's spring tournament automatically popped up on the main page. The next match is team MA versus the up-and-coming team GGX. Due to MA's influence and popularity, many viewers watch this match. As the match has not begun, the two male commentators are chatting merrily on stage. These two commentators are known as the "troublemaker duo". They are very daring with their words and have worked together at multiple major tournaments. And this time, they are collaborating again for the spring tournament. Commentator A says, "GGX is actually a solid team. They brought in two Korean professional players right after the team's establishment. They are starting strong." Commentator B responds, "Now that you mentioned it, MA has also just brought in two Korean players. What a coincidence, haha." Commentator A, "Our country's teams are beginning to import more players from other countries since last year. I guess that's what they call diversification." Forced diversification. Mu Wanwan smiled wordlessly and was about to close the window. Commentator B, "Yeah, but it seems like the general public prefers a full locals team. It caused quite a backlash when MA lost to TS last game." Commentator A laughs, "You're right. TS is playing pretty well this season, but there was a bit of an incident a while ago... Hey, Xiao-B, which new AD will they invite to the team? I heard the Korean player, Quan, is in contact with a few of our local teams..." The camera is immediately cut to the audience area the moment he finishes his sentence, and the two commentators fall silent. They are most likely muted by the broadcast director. Mu Wanwan finally turned off the programme and unexpectedly received many comments regarding the match between TS and MA. Everyone has their own opinion. Some think it was MA's mistake, while others believe TS is becoming stronger. There are also discussions regarding the fight backstage. Those two commentators sure are good at leading the conversation. When Mu Wanwan finally gets into a match, she instant-locked Lucian and says unhurriedly, "How about a game of solo-mid Lucian?" Everyone responded, successfully overshadowing the previous discussion. The match is relatively easy. Mid-lane Lucian is a niche trend this season, so there are quite a few games with players playing as mid-lane Lucian. The game is not difficult for Mu Wanwan, who had used mid-lane Lucian the previous season to rank up, ending the game in 25 minutes. Just as she is about to queue for another match, she hears a notification bell and sees a friend request popping out on the bottom right corner of her game client.
【LookAtMyUltimateMeowMeowPunch √ ×】 ?? Is this some sort of setup? Knowing how Lin Jiu will rush into her house in ten minutes if she accepts the friend request, Mu Wanwan rejects it without hesitation. [How straightforward, hahaha!] [I gotta say, this streamer sure is petty.] [Everyone, go to Meowmeow's stream now. She's explaining the history between her and Wanan!!] Very quickly, the sub-account which advertised another streamer on Mu Wanwan's stream was banned. Mu Wanwan glances at the chat, her face innocent, "Hm? Who was that? I didn't see who it was before I closed it. The management told me not to give away my spots on the friend list because it's easy to get stream sniped." [The one who requested to add you was Meowmeow.] "Oh," Mu Wanwan starts the next game without wasting any time, "I don't know that person." ** After her stream, Mu Wanwan removes her make up, brushes her teeth, and finally looks into the mirror. She has been staying awake overnight in recent days to study and stream, even the dark circles under her eyes are visible now. A notification bell sounds from the cell phone resting near the sink. She leans over and sees a notification from WeChat. She frees one of her hands to unlock her phone and glances down casually. The hand she is using to brush her teeth pauses. It is a notification telling her that Pei Lu has accepted her friend request. She blinks, picks up the phone, and goes straight into his moments. And she regrets the second she sees his postsー Every single post she sees is photos of food, food, and more food! Lunch box! Sushi! Seafood! Barbeque! Hotpot! All sorts of food that Mu Wanwan has not even thought of. Is the food at TS that good?? Occasionally, there are a few photos of Pei Lu in sportswear, dripping with sweat, among his food pictures. From top to bottom, every post has a caption in this format: XX/XX date, checking in. ...He must be a Virgo. Although she is roasting him internally, she can't stop her hand from scrolling through the ten plus pages of his posts. She then exits the WeChat app calmly and prepares to order a delivery. A message notification pops up at the top of her phone screen as she is picking a restaurant. Pei Lu: "You have finally found me." Mu Wanwan's heart skips a beat. Why does that sentence somehow sound strange?
How should she reply? She thinks for a moment and replies seriously. Wan: "Have you eaten supper?" Pei Lu: "How do you know we're getting supper..." Wan: "...It was just a casual question. It's so late now. Aren't you sleeping?" Pei Lu: "We're used to burning the midnight oil. We just finished our practice match." Pei Lu: "Oh, right. I saw your match this afternoon. You played really well." Wan: "That's not true. Bot lane was a goner." Pei Lu: "It's just the team comp. It'd be much easier if the support played as Morgana." Wan: "Yeah, but it's only an entertainment match, so it's not as serious as a professional one... it's fine as long as I win in the end." Pei Lu: "Then, do you wanna try playing professionally?" ... Why are they back on this topic again? Pei Lu: "TS didn't have good results last year, but we have increased our training in the recent half a year. We have also researched and come up with several different strategies." Pei Lu: "The team has an excellent relationship, and the teammates are all very nice. Besides... it feels completely different to compete on the stage compared to sitting in front of your usual desktop." Pei Lu: "We are very well-prepared. Our win against MA was not a coincidence. TS's goal for the summer tournament in the next half of the year is the Global Grand Finals. The team will not disappoint you if you are willing to join us." A series of messages follows. Mu Wanwan's eyes flash slightly as she watches, her heart pounding. A while later, she lets out a long breath. Wan: "I'm sorry, I really... won't play professionally." The other side goes silent for a moment. Pei Lu: "It's okay." Mu Wanwan's fingertips move slowly across the screen. When she is only halfway through her sentence, another message comes in. Pei Lu: "At the backstage last time... you said you are my personal fan. Are you still my fan?" Mu Wanwan nearly drops the phone on the ground. Before she can recover from the shock of her identity being revealed, she receives another message. Pei Lu: "...Do you like another player now?" Mu Wanwan replies immediately dazedly: "No!!" Pei Lu: "Then, our team has fan service. You can come and visit the training base. Do you want to come?" After sending out the message, the tips of Pei Lu's ears flush red. He has never said something as thick-skinned as this before. But since he has already sent out the message... Pei Lu: "[pleaseplease.gif]" "..." With her hands shaking, Mu Wanwan saves the gif.

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Translator's note:

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

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