With a grin on his face, Wang Haoran claid his rewards, then quickly queued up again with Xu Muyan for another match. To his amusent—and perhaps fate’s twisted humor—they matched with “Little Chick” yet again. This ti, however, they weren’t on the sa team. They were enemies.
Wang Haoran raised an eyebrow but quickly shrugged it off. It made sense. As the villain, teaming up with the female lead Xu Muyan was already a contradiction. It was entirely plausible that, due to her Female Lead Halo, Xiao Ye had been drawn to her side in the previous ga. And now, with his own Villain Halo in play, the ga’s matchmaking system likely threw Xiao Ye to the other side.
“Miss Muyan, looks like we’re matched again,” Xiao Ye typed out boldly during the champion selection screen, ssaging in the all-chat with a cocky flourish. “But don’t worry—even though we’re enemies this ti, I’ll go easy on you.”
Xu Muyan didn’t bother replying. She had no interest in feeding his delusions.
Undeterred, Little Chick sent another ssage, this ti clearly directed at soone else. “Zhang Fei,” he typed, “we’re enemies this round. Guess you can’t throw on anymore, huh?”
Wang Haoran chuckled softly. How adorably naive. Did this kid think sabotage required being on the sa team? If there weren’t any actors available, couldn’t you just hire them?
In a ga like this, money could buy you anything—including betrayal.
The mont the ga loaded in, Wang Haoran wasted no ti. He quickly ssaged all four of Xiao Ye’s teammates in private.
No planted actors? No problem. Just rent them. And when it ca to crushing protagonists, Wang Haoran had no issue throwing a bit more cash around.
Little Chick, full of hope and ready to shine, locked in Mai Shiranui—an agile, high-skill champion with tons of outplay potential. He was determined to make a highlight reel.
Wang Haoran calmly chose King of Lanling.
The match began, and just six minutes in, chaos reigned.
Little Chick’s teammates? All hired hands.
They fed first blood, gave away buffs, and delivered blue and red jungle camps to the enemy like gift baskets. And then—just six minutes into the match—Xiao Ye witnessed sothing that nearly made him drop his phone: a fully-geared King of Lanling, decked out with six completed items.
He was speechless.
Sure, Mai Shiranui had potential for flashy plays—but against a preposterously overgeared assassin like that, she wouldn’t even survive long enough to blink. Every ti she appeared, she died. There was no ti to “show off” anything.
Wang Haoran hunted him relentlessly, pushing King of Lanling into a godlike streak while Mai Shiranui floundered with death after death, dragging down the entire team’s morale.
Defeat was inevitable.
In his rented apartnt, Xiao Ye finally snapped. With a roar, he hurled his phone to the ground. The screen cracked on impact.
First-person shooters? Full of trolling teammates. MOBA gas? Teeming with undercover saboteurs.
This ga was just too damn hard.
【Ding! Host successfully orchestrated protagonist Xiao Ye’s defeat. Gained 1200 Villain Points. Xiao Ye’s Protagonist Halo -60, Host’s Villain Halo 60!】
【Ding! Host damaged protagonist Ye Qiu’s ntal state. Gained 800 Villain Points!】
【Ding! Host damaged protagonist Ye Qiu’s ntal state. Gained 800 Villain Points!】
【Ding! Host damaged protagonist Ye Qiu’s ntal state. Gained 800 Villain Points!】
Wang Haoran collected another wave of rewards with a satisfied smirk. Then he queued up for another ga with Xu Muyan.
This ti, however, there was no sign of Little Chick.
Without a protagonist to tornt, the match was boring. Wang Haoran quickly ended it and went through the motions.
“You’ve only been playing for a few days,” Xu Muyan said over voice chat, wonder in her voice. “How are you already this good?”
“This ga’s too easy,” Wang Haoran replied casually. “As long as you’ve got hands, you can play it. If I weren’t this good after a few days, wouldn’t that just an I’m useless?”
Xu Muyan was at a loss for words.
She always thought she had natural talent in gas. But compared to Wang Haoran, she was clearly still a tier or two behind.
“The more ti I spend with you, the more I realize how unbelievable you are,” she sighed softly. “You can do magic tricks, play piano like a maestro, and now you’ve got insane gaming skills too. You’re always surprising .”
“Oh, I’ve got more impressive talents,” Wang Haoran said with a subtle chuckle, his tone dripping with hidden aning.
“More?” she asked eagerly, her voice lighting up. “Tell ! I want to know!”
“That’s for later,” he teased. “You’ll see for yourself soon enough. Just be ready for it, ntally.”
His mischievous grin was audible even through the mic.
Xu Muyan paused, sothing about his tone raising alarm bells in her head. Her voice turned cautious. “Wait… Has Qin Yunhan already seen it?”
“She’s seen it long ago,” Wang Haoran said breezily, no attempt to hide it.
That reply hit like a brick.
Xu Muyan finally understood why he was grinning like that earlier. Her gut had been right. That shaless minx Qin Yunhan really had gotten the first taste!
【Ding! Host triggered jealousy in female lead Xu Muyan. Gained 500 Villain Points!】
【Ding! Host triggered jealousy in female lead Xu Muyan. Gained 500 Villain Points!】
【Ding! Host triggered jealousy in female lead Xu Muyan. Gained 500 Villain Points!】
“I’m going back to streaming. Not talking to you anymore,” Xu Muyan said, voice laced with annoyance.
“Fine, don’t talk,” Wang Haoran shrugged. “I’ll hang up then.”
“Wait.”
“What is it?”
“I… I actually… I an, I’m ntally prepared. So… You do what you want.”
Her voice trembled slightly. Part defiance against Qin Yunhan, part driven by sothing deeper. Under normal circumstances, she’d never have been able to say sothing like that.
The second she finished, she was overwheld by embarrassnt and imdiately ended the voice call.
【Ding! Host successfully encouraged female lead Xu Muyan to take the initiative. Gained 1000 Villain Points!】
Wait, this earned rewards too?
Wang Haoran blinked in surprise. Then his mind wandered.
Should he follow through with Xu Muyan’s “ntal preparation,” or let it sit for now?
After a few monts of ntal tug-of-war, he shelved the decision. For now, he had other matters to attend to.
Like finding Xiao Ye.
Based on their interactions in-ga, it was clear that Xiao Ye was the kind of protagonist who focused on streaming and gaming. That made tracking him down relatively easy.
Wang Haoran started by searching Xiao Ye’s userna—“Little CHick”—across major streaming platforms.
Before long, he found the stream archive on Douyin. The stream had ended not long ago, and the records showed the last session’s duration and tistamp.
With that data in hand, Wang Haoran quickly confird that this was Xiao Ye’s stream. If he registered as a strear, there had to be real-life traces left behind.
Activating his top-tier hacking skills, Wang Haoran broke into the platform’s backend and pulled Xiao Ye’s personal details—ID photos, current residential address, and more.
Finding Xiao Ye now would be child’s play.
Conveniently, he lived in Qingling, not far from the university district.
Wang Haoran set out that sa night.
As he stepped into the cool night air, he couldn’t help but mutter under his breath.
First that online tycoon Lin Feng was in Qingling. Now this strear-type protagonist Xiao Ye is also in Qingling. What is this, so kind of protagonist hotspot?
Too much of a coincidence. Then again, maybe not. After all, Qingling was crawling with female leads.
If anything, it made perfect sense for there to be a lot of protagonists here.
Like a dog chasing a at bun, so laws of attraction were simply universal.
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