[Esports] Team Leader Xie, your mid laner is causing trouble again.

"Can I see the comments in the live stream replay?"

Alpha's voice came from above, carrying an air of desperately suppressing something.

Li Zhi's face was covered, and the back of her head unconsciously leaned back, touching a warm surface.

It was Xie Jichuan's chest; even through the thin fabric, my heart was pounding heavily and fast.

Li Zhiwei relaxed slightly and leaned closer to the person behind her:

"Okay, what's up?"

Xie Jichuan didn't speak. He bent down and reached past Li Zhi to control the mouse to end the broadcast.

From behind, he practically held Kurichi in his arms, his arms reaching over the Omega's shoulder, completely enclosing him in his territory.

The pheromone scent of the peppermint liquor grew stronger and stronger, emanating continuously from Xie Jichuan, its cool aroma carrying an almost imperceptible anxiety.

Li Zhi nudged the Alpha's chest with the top of her head, her voice soft:

"It's nothing, just some haters, they won't affect me."

After shutting down the computer, Xie Jichuan rested his hands on the table, and his other hand, which had been covering Li Zhi's eyes, slowly moved down and pinched Li Zhi's cheek.

The force wasn't strong, but it was a slight exertion that forced Li Zhi to raise her head and meet his gaze.

Li Zhi's eyes were suddenly exposed to light, and she blinked uncomfortably, her eyelashes trembling a few times.

Then I bumped into a pair of eyes that were inches away.

The gaze was so close that Li Zhi could even see her own face reflected in those pupils.

Alpha stared at him for a few seconds, frowned slightly, sighed, and gently brushed his thumb across the corner of Li Zhi's eye.

"Zhizhi," his voice was very soft, "Aren't you really sad? Then why are your eyes red?"

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously raised his hand to touch his eyes, but Xie Jichuan's hand was still pinching his cheek, and he couldn't move.

He pursed his lips. "It's probably from the light. Really, I'm used to it already, you don't need to be like this..."

After thinking for two seconds, I came up with a less hurtful way of putting it: "You think I'm so easily hurt?"

Xie Jichuan remained silent.

He lowered his head, and the two drew closer and closer.

They were so close that Kurichi could see the curve of his eyelashes. Their breaths mingled, and the warm air brushed against their skin, sending a shiver of tingling sensation through them.

Li Zhi's pupils dilated slightly.

He felt Alpha gently press his cheek against Alpha's through the back of his hand.

The movements were extremely light and gentle, carrying a sense of careful tenderness.

"You're definitely great."

Xie Jichuan's voice was low, flowing from his throat, carrying a tenderness that made one's heart tremble.

"I'm just worried about you, Zhizhi."

Kurichi didn't really feel anything at first.

No matter how nasty the comments were, he just glanced at them and moved on, like watching a dog barking on the side of the road—no need to get angry with an animal.

But after being treated so tenderly by Xie Jichuan, he couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat.

It was like walking a dark road for a long time, with the cold wind blowing and the rain pouring down, but he felt that he could still walk and that it wasn't a big deal.

Suddenly someone walked over and opened an umbrella over his head, and he realized that his hands were cold and his shoulders were wet.

The mint pheromones around him seemed to sense his listless mood and gently moved closer.

It was like a warm, cozy blanket gently covering him.

Xie Jichuan looked at the red eyes of the person beneath him, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he suppressed the urge to kiss him.

He straightened up and began to think of a solution: "Go back and rest now. I'll call the club and ask if they can send out the membership announcement two days in advance."

Li Zhi reached out and grabbed Xie Jichuan's sleeve: "I want to go live tomorrow to clarify things myself."

Her voice was slightly hoarse, but she spoke each word firmly, "Right here in the live stream, tell my fans from QW that I'm back."

Xie Jichuan nodded: "Okay."

He thought for two seconds, then said, "Don't worry, I'll handle the club's official announcement. I'll cooperate with you in every way."

Kuriyu hummed in agreement and finally laughed.

He looked up at Xie Jichuan, his eyebrows curved, a trace of red still lingering on the tip of his nose, but his smile was genuine:

"Xie Jichuan, it's so good to have you here."

"When there were a lot of haters before, I would cowardly create alternate accounts and curse them back one by one."

Xie Jichuan smiled, but there was a hint of bitterness in his eyes.

He looked at Li Zhi and said, "Yes, I'll be here from now on."

The two gazed at each other tenderly.

The next second, Li Zhi let out a big yawn.

Its mouth was wide open, and its eyes were narrowed into slits, like a very sleepy kitten.

The slightly melancholic atmosphere from just now was blown away by that yawn.

Xie Jichuan was suddenly charmed by her cuteness, and the dark emotions in his heart seemed to be blown away by the wind.

He chuckled softly, "Go back to sleep. You'll be in top form to meet your fans tomorrow."

Li Zhi nodded obediently, rubbed her eyes, and went upstairs to her room to sleep.

Omega's figure disappeared around the corner of the stairs, the sound of his footsteps fading into the distance, culminating in the soft sound of a door closing.

Xie Jichuan stood there, a smile still on his lips, but his eyes had turned cold.

He stood expressionless in the center of the training room, pondered for a few seconds, then took out his phone to call the club's management, sat down in a chair, and turned on his computer again.

The light from the screen reflected on his face, flickering uncertainly.

He exported the screen recording of the live stream and watched it from beginning to end.

I captured several key time points, and then packaged them together with the screenshots of the bullet comments, links to forum posts, and message records sent by the moderators, and sent them to Xie's legal team.

After hanging up the phone, he sat in the training room for a while longer.

The computer screen had gone dark, with only a small light still on the host, casting a small patch of cold white light in the darkness.

Xie Jichuan stared at that point of light, his mind filled with Li Zhi's reddened eyes and her aggrieved outpouring.

After a long time, he got up, turned off the lights, and walked out of the training room.

He thought to himself, "I won't need to do this anymore."

He can handle the dirty and tiring work.