As per the original plan, the official announcement regarding personnel changes for the yLs team was not expected until next week at the earliest.
He had witnessed Yang Sinian and gdt engaging in far more despicable acts. Tonight's incidents, whether it was the car collision or Yang Sinian's passive-aggressive remarks in the group chat, were trivial to Sheng Kuang.
Normally, he would pretend not to see them, offering no comment or simply dismissing them with a smile.
But today, for some unknown reason, after kicking everyone out of gdt's group chat, leaving only himself, and looking at the chat history, an inexplicable rage burned hotter within him.
It was his nature: whoever displeased him, he would make them displeased in return.
He took a long screenshot of what Yang Sinian had said and tossed it into the small group chat shared by Lan Bowen and Chen Jing: "Announce it."
Chen Jing was already agitated because of the incident in Yang Sinian's livestream, and seeing this made him even more furious. He flooded the group chat with a barrage of curses, each one different, and then, apparently finding typing insufficient, began sending long voice messages, dozens of seconds each.
Compared to Chen Jing, Lan Bowen's response was a single word: "Okay."
When the decision was to announce, Lan Bowen arranged everything meticulously in less than an hour.
The moment the decision to go public was made, Chen Jing packed some essential items overnight and left the CeC base.
By the time Chen Jing arrived, the internet had already exploded. He casually dumped his belongings somewhere, slumped onto the sofa next to Sheng Kuang, and eagerly logged onto Weibo to surf: "One, two, three, four… eight trending topics! This is the kind of heat only KPL championships generate. Why does Mosquito get his own trending topic, and mine are either tied to Kuangzai or Kuangzai and Mosquito? Where's the recognition for me, KPL's number one support?"
Chen Jing, unwillingly, refreshed the trending list and, confirming there was no solo trending topic for him, turned his gaze to Sheng Kuang. The words on the tip of his tongue were swallowed as he remembered this guy made his living on his looks. He then turned to Lan Bowen: "Mosquito, are you using your power as coach and team manager to secretly buy yourself a trending topic?"
Lan Bowen, scrolling through Weibo, replied, "When I trended by myself before, you couldn't get on it either."
Chen Jing: "..."
Sheng Kuang let out a laugh.
Chen Jing felt his heart being stabbed twice in succession. He resentfully turned to glare at Sheng Kuang, only to find him looking down at his phone with an unreadable expression, not at all like he was mocking him.
Chen Jing studied him for a moment, then curiously leaned in: "What are you looking at?"
Sheng Kuang moved his fingers, scrolling down the screen: "Moments."
"What's so great about Moments?" Chen Jing lost interest instantly, sat up straight, and rubbed his slightly hungry stomach: "Mosquito, hasn't the late-night snack you ordered arrived yet?"
Lan Bowen opened the food delivery app, "Still a hundred meters away, almost here."
Jiang Xin: "I'll go pick it up at the door."
"Alright," Lan Bowen glanced at the others who were still scrolling through Weibo, "You guys stop scrolling and wash your hands for supper." As he spoke, Lan Bowen also stood up, "Oh, right, almost forgot Lin Jing. She shouldn't be asleep at this hour, should she?"
Sheng Kuang lowered his eyelids, looking at the Moments post the girl upstairs had made five minutes ago: "She's awake."
Lan Bowen took out his phone, "Then I'll send her a message…"
Sheng Kuang slowly tapped on his phone screen: "No need."
Lan Bowen: "Huh? Send one. Whether she eats or not is her business. We should still ask. Don't let us all eat well while leaving her alone, making it seem like we're excluding her."
Sheng Kuang looked up: "What I mean is, I sent it. You don't need to send one."
…
After posting on Moments, Lin Jing was about to enter Weibo when her phone suddenly vibrated in her palm.
miracle: Come downstairs.
Xiao Jing Jiang: ?
miracle: For supper.
Xiao Jing Jiang: Oh.
Lin Jing wasn't really hungry and didn't have a habit of eating late-night snacks, but since Sheng Kuang called her, she was reluctant to refuse. She took her phone and went downstairs.
The lights on the first floor were all on, and a group of young men were gathered around the dining table waiting for her.
Seeing her approach, Chen Jing greeted her enthusiastically: "Little sister."
Lin Jing twitched the corner of her lips: "...Can you stop calling me that name?"
It made her feel like she was underage.
Chen Jing was quite compliant: "Okay, as you wish."
After a two-second pause, Chen Jing added, "Sister Lin?"
"…"
Lin Jing sat expressionlessly in the chair next to Sheng Kuang. She noticed a box of sticky bean buns in front of Chen Jing: "Do you see the sticky bean buns in front of you?"
Chen Jing thought she wanted some and handed the box over.
"I'm not eating them, I'm telling you to eat them," Lin Jing looked at Chen Jing and seriously advised, "You'd better eat a few more, try to get your mouth stuck shut."