Huayu: Starting from retirement, sweeping across the domestic entertainment industry

After things calmed down, the netizens who were watching the drama dispersed, seeing that there was no more drama to see.

A significant portion of Li Ran's fans are female; otherwise, he wouldn't live up to the title of "the most handsome man in esports."

The hot-tempered e-sports players might just feel that as long as Li Ran wasn't wronged, they wouldn't pay much attention to what happened next.

However, these female fans who follow e-sports have no intention of easily letting go of Li Mingde, who slandered Li Ran. In the past, they could not do anything for "Burn" on the field, and could only cheer him on silently.

Now that Li Ran has entered the entertainment industry, and they are preparing to support him, boost his rankings, and help him reach the top, someone actually dared to jump out and slander him.

They couldn't swallow this insult.

Thus began a quiet online manhunt for Li Mingde, and all his past scandals were unearthed one by one.

This prompted many netizens to sit down and happily enjoy the gossip.

Everyone says that fangirls are incredibly powerful, and fangirls can be pretty crazy too!

Li Ran didn't pay much attention to the aftermath of the incident. She continued filming and spent her free time cultivating relationships with Xiao Tian or Zhou Ye.

Three days later, Li Ran and Zhou Ye had just finished a scene, and since they didn't have any more scenes to film, they returned to the dressing room.

Li Ran pushed open the door first and entered, only to see an elegantly dressed beautiful woman sitting on the sofa, holding Tian Xiwei's hand and whispering something to her.

Xiaotian lowered her eyelashes, her cheeks flushed, looking shy and obedient, completely unlike her usual carefree self.

Li Ran stopped at the door and asked in surprise, "Mom? What brings you here?"

Zhou Ye, who was following behind him and fanning himself with his script, replied without thinking, "What 'Mom'? Hurry up and go inside, it's so hot..."

"You can shout however you want tonight, but for now, let me..."

She stopped speaking abruptly when she saw the situation inside the room.

The beautiful woman on the sofa released Tian Xiwei's hand and looked over with a beaming smile: "What? Can't I even come to see my precious son?"

Zhou Ye froze at the doorway, his cheeks quickly flushing red.

Is this my future mother-in-law?! And what she just said...?

Her mind went blank, a mix of nervousness and embarrassment welling up inside her, but her body reacted faster than her brain. She bowed respectfully in the direction of Li's mother and blurted out the words.

"mom!"

The crisp, clear sound instantly silenced the lounge.

Li Ran froze, turned to look at Zhou Ye, her eyes filled with "What are you doing?"

Sitting to the side, Tian Xiwei was also stunned, staring wide-eyed at Zhou Ye.

Are you kidding me? Are you really that direct? Has your relationship with Li Ran progressed to this point? Then I…

Li's mother was slightly taken aback at first, then covered her mouth and chuckled, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes smoothing out: "You little rascal, you're really interesting."

She waved to Zhou Ye, her tone gentle, "You're Zhou Ye, right? Dan Ni mentioned you to me."

Zhou Ye belatedly realized the huge blunder he had made, his face turning bright red. He hurriedly waved his hands, explaining, "A-Auntie, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to..."

"Um, you gave me a really warm feeling just now, just like my mom. When I get nervous, I..." She spoke softer and softer, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Li Ran quickly stepped forward and changed the subject: "Mom, why didn't you tell me you were coming? I could have come to pick you up."

"A surprise inspection, huh?" Mother Li elegantly picked up the water glass on the coffee table, took a sip, and her eyes, filled with a smile, lightly swept over Zhou Ye and then over Tian Xiwei, who was quietly looking down at her.

"It seems... I've arrived just in time."

After Li's mother finished speaking, she stopped looking at Li Ran and left him standing there.

She turned to Zhou Ye, beckoning him gently: "Come, Xiao Ye, sit next to Auntie."

Zhou Ye's cheeks flushed slightly. Upon hearing this, he sat down on the sofa on the other side of Li's mother, his eyes lowered, looking somewhat reserved.

Li Ran simply sat down on the single chair next to her and looked at her mother, asking, "Mom, do you have anything important to do? Aren't you busy at the company?"

Li's mother then turned to look at him, her expression becoming more serious: "Such a big thing happened, and you didn't even tell me. I only found out by seeing it trending on social media and asking Dan Ni."

She spoke with a hint of reproach, "Now that you're all grown up, you keep everything from your mother."

Li Ran explained, "Isn't everything resolved? Besides, do you even have time to browse Weibo?"

"Resolved?" Li's mother raised her eyebrows slightly. "I feel like it's not over yet. You bullied my son, and you just let it go like that? Your father knows about it too. You don't need to worry about the rest."

As she spoke, her gaze seemed to sweep over Tian Xiwei almost imperceptibly, and her tone softened, "Xiao Tian is a good girl. She protected you so much back then, you can't treat her badly, understand?"

Li Ran was completely confused. Zhou Ye was sitting right next to her. What did her mother mean by that?

Zhou Ye's heart leaped into her throat. Was she being "sentenced out"? She looked at Li Ran with pleading eyes. She was clearly the official girlfriend!

Tian Xiwei lowered her head shyly, but a sweet smile couldn't help but appear on her lips. Could this be considered as her mother-in-law's approval in advance?

"Mom, what are you saying!" Li Ran's face stiffened. "We're just good friends."

As if suddenly remembering something, Li's mother looked at Zhou Ye again and added in a gentle tone, "What did I say? I just asked you to take better care of her."

"Of course, Ono is the same; they're both good kids."

Just then, there were two restrained knocks on the door, and then a well-dressed, capable-looking middle-aged man led Producer Wang in.

The middle-aged man first nodded slightly to Li's mother, his voice steady and clear: "Madam, this is Producer Wang."

He then turned to Li Ran and respectfully but warmly greeted him, "Young Master."

Zhou Ye and Tian Xiwei were both stunned. They exchanged a glance subconsciously. No way, Li Ran really is a "young master"?

Producer Wang quickly stepped forward, bowing slightly, and said cautiously, "Vice President Long, hello!"

Seeing his slightly nervous appearance, Li's mother smiled gently, her voice calm and revealing little emotion: "Alright, don't be so reserved. I just came to see my son today."

She paused, her tone softening slightly: "You've done a good job. With someone like you working for President Fan, he can have a lot less to worry about."

Producer Wang immediately understood the deeper meaning behind the words and quickly bowed again: "Thank you for your affirmation, Mr. Long! Then I won't disturb your family reunion any longer."

Li's mother nodded slightly, and the middle-aged man understood, politely leading Producer Wang out of the lounge.

The door closed gently, and the room returned to silence, yet an invisible aura seemed to slowly settle down.

Li Ran rubbed his temples, while Zhou Ye and Tian Xiwei sat quietly, unsure of what to say.

Mother Li picked up her teacup, took a slow sip, and her gaze swept over the three young men before finally settling into a soft, meaningful laugh.

"Mom, what are you doing again? You're acting like a gangster." Li Ran said with a wry smile.

What just happened clearly shocked both women.

Li's mother scolded, "How dare you talk about your mother like that! Gangsters, indeed! Do you think this Producer Wang doesn't know who you are?"

"He's a sensible man. I'm too lazy to talk to you about this. Just do what you want to do. I know you have your dad and me backing you up, so don't worry about anything else."

Seeing this, Li Ran didn't say anything more. He was just keeping a low profile. Outsiders might only know him as a champion jungler and the "crown prince" of Wajijiwa, but in some people's eyes, these identities meant nothing.