Lord Yan, The Little Ancestor Has Fallen Off The Horse Again!-Chapter 289: Perform Normally

Yun Yue cradled her teacup, her feet carelessly scattered, and her delicate brows lifted slightly, "Why should I be mad? Didn’t we win the match?"

Though the match was won, a loss would have affected further advancement, and every match was crucial.

The most critical aspect was that Ming Shen must have been framed, which was what truly mattered!

Watching her indifferent silhouette, Lin Xuanze clenched his teeth in anger, ran back to his room, and squatted in the esports circle, cursing at any haters he caught.

Yun Yue returned to her room, turned on her computer, and casually dialed a video call.

"Captain." Huo Baoming looked somewhat dispirited, clearly having not slept all night.

"Captain, did you hear about it too?" Lu Cheng said through gritted teeth.

They still hadn’t figured out who had snuck into the resting room during the match to tamper with the medicine, but if they ever caught them, they would never let them off.

Yun Yue gazed at the members of YYD on the screen, her dark and shiny pupils were wrapped in a layer of chill thinness, and she spoke nonchalantly, "Not only did I find out, but I also found the truth."

"Really?" Lu Cheng stood up excitedly, "Ming Shen, I said that if we found the captain, we could definitely catch this person."

The surveillance video had been destroyed, and even hackers wouldn’t be able to recover it, but they knew about their captain’s computer skills—better than the vast majority of hackers. If they had spoken to the captain sooner, the issue would have been resolved by now.

But Ming Shen insisted on not telling, and now the captain not only knew but also found the person who had drugged them.

Huo Baoming’s eyes were complex, his emotions somewhat downcast, "I’m sorry."

The sudden apology stunned everyone in the room, wondering why Ming Shen was saying sorry all of a sudden.

It wasn’t his fault that this had happened.

Huo Baoming was pressing his lips tightly, Y had entrusted him with the team, but he had let her down with consecutive mistakes in the previous matches. If they had lost this match, they wouldn’t be able to get the pass for the KPL tournament.

"Ming Shen..."

They all silently said nothing; Ming Shen hadn’t been in a good mental state these days.

They didn’t know what had happened.

"I might need to come clean about something, I accidentally injured my wrist a while back, and the matches we lost were due to my mistakes."

"What?!"

Lu Cheng anxiously looked at his wrist, "If your hand is hurt, why didn’t you say it earlier?"

Huo Baoming pursed his lips and hung his head low.

"Do you want to leave YYD?" Yun Yue asked, half-closing her eyes, her voice bland and emotionless.

"No, why leave YYD all of a sudden, if the hand is injured, just heal it, if you leave, who will take your place?" Lu Cheng was thoroughly panicked.

With the captain gone and now Ming Shen leaving, what would YYD be with just the three of them remaining?

Huo Baoming pressed his lips together and did not speak; it wasn’t that he wanted to, but his hand could no longer support him in continuing to compete.

"Captain, Ming Shen doesn’t mean that, Ming Shen, say something."

The other two team members were also anxious.

They were more than just YYD members, they were like brothers, irreplaceable.

Without those two core players, YYD wouldn’t be YYD at all.

"The jungler of YYD can only be you, it must be you. You don’t participate in the upcoming matches. After I’ve filled out my college application, I’ll go to Beijing and take care of your hand myself."

Huo Baoming’s eyes flickered, shocked by the brash and dominant girl on the screen.

"I’ve already seen a doctor, and they said it was hopeless."

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have considered leaving YYD.

"What kind of regular doctor can compare to me?" the girl boasted arrogantly into their ears.

"..."

You’re just a gamer, plus you’re decent with computers.

The way you talk, it’s as if you have medical skills and are incredibly impressive.

"I get it, you want Ming Shen to rest up, and you’ll take over the jungler position in the meantime?" Lu Cheng almost forgot his head in excitement.

Regular doctors indeed don’t play games.

The world couldn’t find a better jungler than her.

Yun Yue raised her delicate eyebrows, "Not interested."

"..."

Indeed, she wasn’t interested.

If she replaced Ming Shen as the jungler, the competition would lose its flavor entirely.

Lu Cheng looked like he wanted to say more, but the large screen had already gone dark, and he swallowed the words that had almost escaped his lips.

"Ming Shen, should we let the substitute jungler play in the next match?"

It had been a narrow victory. The synergy between the substitute jungler and the rest of the team wasn’t quite there yet; they still needed to mesh. Facing an ordinary team wouldn’t be a problem, but up against a stronger team, they would likely lose.

"We can only let him play for now. Tell the public he needs to rest for some time due to health reasons," Huo Baoming said as he looked towards the team manager.

"Okay, I’ll handle the PR. A few hours ago, there was not a single hot search item about you guys, and I don’t know who helped us with that."

There had certainly been someone manipulating things behind the scenes, buying hot search placements to push Huo Baoming up the list, even achieving nearly ten million views despite it being late at night.

Then, around five in the morning, not a single hot search item remained.

A glint flashed in Huo Baoming’s eyes as he hung his head. Who else could it have been but her?

From outside came the sound of hurried knocking, and Lin Xuanze’s eager voice pierced through.

She walked over to open the door, her brow twisted in annoyance as she looked at him, "What is it?"

"Ming Shen is benched..."

"Ask him yourself."

Bang!

The door slammed shut, almost hitting his handsome face.

"Lin Xuanze, don’t disturb your sister’s rest!"

Lin Xiang’s warning voice rang up from the living room on the first floor, startling Lin Xuanze enough to make him dash into his room.

In the days that followed, Jiang Qiong visited the Lin Family every day.

She was either chatting with Lin Xiang or Liu Lanfang.

Before they knew it, June 23rd had arrived, and national college entrance exam (gaokao) students nationwide were incredibly tense.

Because today, the gaokao results were released.

Every year, there was a moment of such tension in high schools all over the country: first, during the days of the gaokao, and second, on the day the results came out.

On the 23rd, while first- and second-year students hadn’t yet started their holiday, the teachers of the third-year classes at Lancheng High School had all gathered in the director’s office early in the morning.

This year, it would soon be known whether Lancheng High School could make a name for itself nationally.

Scores were released at nine or ten in the morning, and many were agitated, pacing around the office, while only a few were calm enough still to be sitting.

After all, with the gaokao results imminent, every third-year teacher was both nervous and expectant, and even the first and second-year students were discussing this year’s gaokao in private.

In fact, many students and teachers had started bets on who would be the top scorer in Lancheng High School and who might be the national champion.

It essentially boiled down to three people: Yun Yue, Lin Xuanze, and Gu Yue.

This year, Lancheng High School was destined to be the dark horse amidst all the schools!

It wasn’t 100% certain, but there was a 50% chance that the national champion would be one of these three.

"Mr. Xiao, did you ask Yun Yue how her exams went? And all the students in your class 7?" Li Hongsheng couldn’t wait any longer.

"And Lin Xuanze and Gu Yue."

That guy always got full marks on the regular tests and monthly exams; guessing his score shouldn’t be that hard.

As he asked, all the teachers turned their gazes towards Xiao Ye.

It was only 8:40 a.m., and they were already restless, discussing the few of them.

"The exams this time, other than English being a bit easier, Chinese, Math, and the Sciences were really hard; a lot of students came out of the exam hall in tears."

Xiao Ye, upon hearing their words, didn’t change much in expression. Holding his cup with a smile still on his face, he repeated to them what Yun Yue had texted back to him.

"Average. I performed as usual."