Chapter 61 Recognizing "Brother Ye Hantao is Maze?"...
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Chapter 61 Recognizing "Brother Ye Hantao is Maze?"...
The courtyard of the guesthouse was covered in dust.
The fall left his new clothes, which he had just changed into after a shower, covered in dust.
Su Yi'ang seemed oblivious, sitting on the ground, staring blankly at the young man not far away.
High nose bridge, single eyelids, and a height of over 1.8 meters...
Su Yi'ang's eyes widened even more.
Ye Hantao checked again to make sure Su Yi'ang wasn't hurt.
Her eyes darted around, and before her eldest brother could leave, she seized the opportunity to say jealously, "Big brother, look at him!"
"He's only 20 years old and he's already a starter, just like everyone else who plays computer games!"
The crisp words struck everyone's ears.
Zhou Mingsheng: "..."
Ye Hantao didn't hear any feedback from the character, so she added, "Your skills are no worse than Angang's, it's just that your ambitions lie elsewhere, otherwise you would definitely have a place in the global competition!"
Zhou Mingsheng: "…………"
[Disease progression: 69.1%]
[666!]
[Hahahaha, Flash is being dragged into this too.]
[How did you get dragged into this? Wasn't Spring Vine the player with the most kills in the entire match back then?]
[It was just that one match?! Why didn't he dare to accept the challenges after that?!]
[Do you think everyone has a job and gets paid and bonused just by playing games like you esports players?]
Wow, are you Ye Hantao's fans extending your affection to everything related to her?
[NONONO, because he made XBL suffer a humiliating defeat, I will always apply double standards to him.]
[XBL underestimated him! It could be done with Flash too!]
[Do you Flash fans dare say he definitely performed even better than Ye Hantao?]
Su Yi'ang's e-sports fans: "???"
Fans were furious.
In the matter of esports, Flash has actually been compared to a random passerby!
You say Flash can't compare to Maze and they agree, but you say Flash's performance is inferior to a random passerby?!
fart!
The live stream was in an uproar, with Su Yi'ang's fans eager to show these people what they were capable of.
The next second, they saw Su Yi'ang, who was being pointed at, suddenly wake up and shudder.
His face was filled with terror: "The...the big boss?!?!"
A deafening roar, so loud it cracked his throat.
The ducks in the pen responded to him with a "quack quack quack".
The live stream was silent for a moment, then a barrage of comments flooded in like a tidal wave.
[The big boss? ???]
Maze isn't the only company that Su Yi'ang calls "Big Boss"!
[Are you referring to Maze, the former mid-lane demon king and now the devilish coach?]
[Huh? He pointed at Ye Hantao and said it was Maze? ???]
[Su Yi'ang! Wake up! You fell on your butt, not your brain!]
Zhou Mingsheng's gaze sharpened.
He quickly looked down at Tao Tao, only to see that Tao Tao was also looking up at him.
A pair of watery almond-shaped eyes were filled with confusion.
Ye Hantao still remembered Maze from the group photo. He had dark skin, white hair, and wore big glasses. At first glance, he looked nothing like her older brother.
However, Angang said that Maze turned white after retiring.
Is it because the older brother looks similar to Maze that Angang mistook him for someone else?
But then Ye Hantao thought of Maze's habit of signing his team jersey, the pickled green beans in the HT base cafeteria, and so on...
In one game, the older brother completely dominated, taking down several professional esports players in one go.
But if the eldest brother is Maze, there's no way he could keep it a secret from his family.
Zhou Mingsheng kept observing Tao Tao's condition, feeling even more nervous than when he first stepped into the global finals, his fingertips were even cold.
Zhou Mingsheng wanted Tao Tao to know.
But she was also afraid that Tao Tao would find out.
Ye Weizheng and Zhou Ti, watching from outside the screen, were in utter shock.
The eldest son didn't even know that Tao Tao had returned to the guesthouse early?
The two of them bumped into each other unexpectedly.
Not only did they bump into him, but his eldest son's teammates also saw him? Didn't his eldest son say that no one in the base had ever seen him without his glasses?!
Zhou Ti suddenly stood up. "Let's go to the filming location of the program."
The eldest son is too famous, and his achievements in e-sports are too outstanding.
This is not something that Tao Tao can handle at present.
Zhou Ti couldn't help but feel panicked, as if she had returned to that day when she was waiting hopelessly outside the ICU.
Although reason tells her that Tao Tao has recovered a lot and would not be pushed into the ICU again even if she knew the identity of her eldest son.
But she couldn't calm down!
"Let's go now." Ye Weizheng held Zhou Ti's hand tightly.
He is giving strength to Zhou Ti, and he is also drawing strength from Zhou Ti.
In the live stream, Su Yi'ang had already gotten up from the ground and was sprinting towards them.
He rushed to Ye Hantao and Zhou Mingsheng, stopped abruptly, and stared at Zhou Mingsheng with a mixture of surprise and fear.
"Maze, what have I done wrong? Why did you have to come all the way to the show's set to arrest me?"
As the questions continued, he panicked and started to confess, "The cleaning lady found out I was hiding beer in the dorm? Heaven knows! I didn't drink a single can, you can ask Sky!"
SKY Luo Ye off-screen: "..."
Luo Ye didn't have time to denounce Su Yi'ang; he quickly revealed Su Yi'ang's identity as an accomplice, pointing at the figure on the screen whose chin was barely visible, "Yi'ang said this is the big boss?"
"Are you kidding me?" Old Ning looked bewildered. "Isn't this Brother Tao Tao?!"
“That’s right! We’ve also teamed up with Brother Tao Tao to play games. How could Brother Tao Tao be the boss?”
The last word was silenced amidst the horrified stares of the group.
They all thought of TaoTao's skillful play; such a play was unparalleled among active players nationwide.
But if you say it was Maze's doing, then I can only say—
Performed as expected.
Su Yi'ang's heart skipped a beat when he saw that the big boss's gaze was indifferent and unmoved.
"Could it be..." he hesitated.
Upon hearing this, a thought flashed through Zhou Mingsheng's mind: there's something else they're keeping from him.
Amid Zhou Mingsheng's silence, Su Yi'ang whispered, "I didn't listen to Dr. Zhong and insist on doing half an hour of rehabilitation exercises every day?"
Su Yi'ang's cautious and timid demeanor stunned all the viewers in the live stream.
A huge, incredible, and utterly absurd conjecture gradually took shape.
So, is Ye Hantao really Maze?!
At first I thought it was a misunderstanding, then it seemed absurd, and now I'm actually starting to have some doubts.
[How could that be?! Ye Hantao even visited the HT base! If it really is her older brother, Ye Hantao would definitely brag about it!!!]
[Yeah! Ye Hantao has that kind of personality—she can brag about having a million dollars when she has only a hundred. On the first day of filming, she was already shouting that her brother was Maze!]
[The day Ye Hantao crashed her car into Maze, she was even searching for information about Maze online!]
Could it be that they're deliberately searching in front of the camera to mislead us?
[Then let's award Ye Hantao the Best Actress award!]
Zhou Mingsheng keenly noticed that Tao Tao's lips were pale and immediately said, "I have an average face."
He glanced at Su Yi'ang and said detachedly, "He's mistaken."
Su Yi'ang: "??!"
Ye Hantao hesitated, scrutinizing Zhou Mingsheng's handsome face. "Big brother, you..."
That's perhaps too modest.
Given that her elder brother couldn't possibly keep it from their family, Ye Hantao was more inclined to believe that Su Yi'ang had admitted his mistake.
From childhood to adulthood, she has always unconditionally sided with her family.
Even if the whole world says it was his family who did it, she will believe them as long as his family says it wasn't.
Ye Hantao sometimes thinks that she will never become a fair and just lawyer.
If you side with your family instead of those in the right, how can you talk about fairness or justice?
But her initial motivation for becoming a lawyer was to fight for her family's rights.
Su Yi'ang was about to refute that he hadn't admitted his mistake when he suddenly remembered that Ye Hantao had just called him "Big Brother".
Big...Big Brother? ?
"B-Big Brother!" Su Yi'ang jumped up in shock when he saw Ye Hantao's fingers still resting on Zhou Mingsheng's arm. "The big boss is your brother?!?!"
Wasn't the big boss personally involved in their last team-up, Spring Vine?!
That's not the point.
The key point is that Tao Tao is the big boss's sister?!
ah?
ah? ! ! !
Su Yi'ang's memory had never been so good. In just a few seconds, he remembered all the things he had said to Ye Hantao when he complained about the big boss.
In an instant, it faded, turning black and white.
"Tao Tao, your brother is..." Su Yi'ang finally understood what it meant to say something carelessly, and was on the verge of tears, "Maze!"
Why did he have to vent to Tao Tao?!
Zhou Mingsheng really wanted to cover Su Yi'ang's mouth.
Just as he was talking about the average face, Tao Tao's lip color had just started to return!
Zhou Mingsheng instinctively steadied Tao Tao, fearing that Tao Tao might fall ill again after listening to Su Yi'ang's words.
The production crew had a team of doctors accompanying them, and there were ointments prepared by the great-aunt in the bag.
Once he hands over the HT base, then Peach—
Before he could come to a conclusion, Tao Tao put her arm around his again.
Zhou Mingsheng saw Tao Tao nod emphatically towards Su Yi'ang.
Ye Hantao: "That's right! Your big boss is my brother!"
Sorry, Maze, the big boss I've never met.
Although Ang Ang admitted his mistake, the audience definitely knows that I was lying.
I really want to get better qaq.
After making sure her mouth wouldn't contradict itself, Ye Hantao loudly lied, "My brother is Maze!"
Zhou Mingsheng's heart raced as he stared at Tao Tao in disbelief.
Tao Tao just accepted that he was Maze?
Looking at Tao Tao again, her cheeks had become rosy, and her lips had regained their color.
Zhou Mingsheng's breathing became heavier.
Did TaoTao's appearance on the variety show really have an effect?
[Disease progression: 69%]
Ye Hantao was very satisfied; the audience certainly had sharp eyes.
[Disease progression: 67%]
Ye Hantao: "?"
[Disease progression: 64%]
Ye Hantao: "?!"
[Disease progression: 60%]
Ye Hantao: "!!!"
What surprised Ye Hantao even more was that after the disease progressed to 60%, it did not reach the critical point again, but instead had a temporary recovery experience!
[Because the host paused refreshing the recovery process at the critical point, the disease progression dropped sharply by 10% on the same day, resulting in a 100% recovery within 48 hours.]
[Note: The host will be in perfect health for 48 hours.]
Happiness came so suddenly!!!
Almost simultaneously with achieving absolute health, Ye Hantao suddenly felt a sense of profound comfort, as if she had been reborn.
I felt so light and agile, like I could fly.
The heaviness and sluggishness in my body disappeared completely, and I felt as comfortable as if I were soaking in warm water.
In the live stream, Ye Hantao and Su Yiang's fans were engaged in a heated debate.
[From neutral to skeptical, Maze is not a tool you can use to create a trendy persona!!!]
[Su Yi'ang, I have no problem with you liking Ye Hantao, but you used Maze to help Ye Hantao stage this incident, so you'll be blacklisted from now on :)]
Is anyone at the HT base? Aren't they going to help Maze clear its name?
It was one thing for them to be skeptical before, but it was another thing to hear Ye Hantao admit it with their own ears.
In particular, the brother and sister are quite cunning, trying to use their generic faces to tell them that Ye Hantao's older brother looks like Maze.
Is this something they can fake an accident for?!
Maze is a legendary figure in the Chinese esports scene!
He once led the HT team to win two championships in a global competition, creating a glorious chapter in the history of e-sports in China.
After retiring, Maze took over the HT team and became its owner. The HT team lived up to expectations and won the global championship last year.
This directly ended the four-year streak of several major domestic teams as global runners-up.
This is also why Maze's prestige and status remain undiminished even six years after his retirement.
Whether as a player or a coach, Maze has demonstrated unparalleled, overwhelming strength.
The title of Great Demon King was also welded to his head.
The thought that Maze, even after retiring, still can't stop making a fuss makes fans want to tear Su Yi'ang and Ye Hantao apart.
Su Yi'ang and Ye Hantao's fans were not to be trifled with either, and for a time, the comments section was filled with back-and-forth exchanges.
Just then, a voice suddenly came from the live stream: "TaoTao, didn't we say before that we'd have your brother lead us in a team to play in a competition when we had time?"
The audience looked and saw that it was Liao Jiayue who came out of the house.
Liao Jiayue's gaze lingered on Zhou Mingsheng's handsome face for a moment, and she immediately guessed Ye Hantao's plan.
They never come early or late, always choosing the time when the guests are at the guesthouse to deliver things.
Is Ye Hantao trying to use the show's popularity to help her older brother debut?
She had gone to tell Su Yi'ang that Brother Ye Hantao had arrived, intending to stop him from staying and playing a game with them.
Viewers in the live stream were watching to see where Ye Hantao would find a substitute player.
Before she could even step out the door, she heard Su Yi'ang call out "Big Boss" to Ye Hantao's older brother.
Liao Jiayue was furious.
Jin Shiyue and Su Yi'ang are both rushing to help Ye Hantao build her character!
Ye Hantao actually had the audacity to admit it?!
How dare this guy say that his older brother is Maze?!
The agent spotted Liao Jiayue in the live stream.
"The manuscript can be prepared for distribution," the agent said.
As early as the day Liao Jiayue attended the food tasting event, they had already discussed exposing Ye Hantao's hiring of skilled players to impersonate her older brother and team up for gaming.
However, Ye Hantao's dazzling performance at the food tasting event directly brought their plans to a halt.
One of the studio staff members responsible for laying out the manuscript suddenly wondered, "Could Ye Hantao's older brother really be Maze?"
“Impossible,” the agent replied.
This certainty came from the Liao family's investigation; Ye Hantao's older brother was indeed working as an internet cafe manager.
My monthly salary is 4,000, and I don't even know if my social security contributions are being paid properly.
After having her family investigate, Liao Jiayue became even more convinced that Ye Hantao's older brother couldn't possibly have such amazing skills.
It's estimated that he met a random streamer at an internet cafe and paid them to help him play a game of Spring Vine using Ye Hantao's account.
Zhou Mingsheng lifted his eyelids and glanced at Liao Jiayue, who was blocking their way, and roughly guessed her purpose.
Liao Jiayue smiled and said, "Taotao, since Big Brother is here today, why not play a game now?"
[Liao Jiayue probably doesn't believe Ye Hantao's brother is Maze either!]
[No way, I think Liao Jiayue just believes it, that's why she wanted Ye Hantao to play a couple of games to prove it to them.]
[Proof? How to prove it?]
Seeing that Ye Hantao remained silent, Liao Jiayue continued to persuade her, "Several of my friends don't believe that Big Brother's Golden Bow Guard can shoot 10 arrows. Let's form a team and have a competition to show them how powerful Big Brother is."
Ye Hantao hadn't seen her older brother play the Golden Bow Guard in a long time, and she was suddenly tempted.
The main reason is that her older brother just arrived, and she wants to spend more time with him.
"But the driver was already waiting outside."
It's difficult for them to get a taxi here, so it's more convenient to have a driver who can wait.
Liao Jiayue had been waiting to expose Ye Hantao's lie in the live broadcast room. Upon hearing this, she immediately said, "We'll be going to the station, which passes through the city center. Let our brother take our bus."
Ye Hantao asked Zhou Mingsheng for his opinion, "Big brother, do you want to fight?"
Liao Jiayue sneered, "They're afraid of being exposed!"
Once Brother Ye Hantao says she won't fight, I think some people in the live stream will start to doubt Su Yi'ang's claim of being the "big boss."
Zhou Mingsheng looked away and asked, "Tao Tao, do you want to see? Watch me shoot 10 arrows."
"think!"
"Then let's fight."
Zhou Mingsheng's casual reply instantly froze the smile on Liao Jiayue's face.
You agreed?
Brother Ye Hantao actually agreed?!
Isn't he afraid of being exposed in the game and being cursed by the entire live stream audience?!
Zhou Mingsheng was of course not afraid.
The thought that Tao Tao had successfully accepted that he was Maze filled him with immense excitement.
After today, everyone will know that Maze's sister is Ye Hantao, and Ye Hantao's brother is Maze.
The group decided to play a game in the living room. They finished playing exactly thirty minutes later, and the rest of the group had also finished showering.
In addition to Liao Jiayue and Su Yiang, Cheng Zhao joined the team as the fifth person.
He's good at playing.
Cheng Zhao not only brought his phone, but also handed Ye Hantao a cup of warm brown sugar water.
“I noticed you didn’t look well upstairs,” he said. “Don’t have low blood sugar.”
Ye Hantao wasn't worried about low blood sugar at all, since she had 48 hours of absolute health!
But Ye Hantao didn't say that. She happily took the cup and said, "Thank you."
Cheng Zhao suddenly noticed a death stare coming from beside him.
He didn't pay any attention and said again, "There's donkey-hide gelatin stewing in the kitchen. Chen Xiaofeng is watching over it. It'll be ready for us to drink when we get back tonight."
[Hahahaha, Old Chen's hair wasn't even properly rinsed before you bombarded him with soap suds, so you've made him watch the stove.]
Cheng Zhao, don't be too obvious in front of her older brother!
[Is the production team doing this on purpose?! Can't we at least get a glimpse of what Ye Hantao looks like?!]
[Maybe it's just ordinary?]
Soon, several people formed a team.
Ye Hantao is the marksman, Su Yi'ang is the jungler, Liao Jiayue is the support, and Zhou Mingsheng is the mid laner.
ID: Peach Brother is online.
Liao Jiayue, who was initially panicked by Zhou Mingsheng's decisive agreement, realized that her plan was secure as soon as she saw the ID.
If Zhou Mingsheng is really Maze, why doesn't he log into his main account?
Ye Hantao didn't think there was anything wrong with the account her older brother logged into; in her memory, her older brother had always used this account.
Three minutes into the show.
[System Announcement: Brother TaoTao has killed everything you said is wrong, securing First Blood!!!]
Five minutes into the show.
[System Announcement: Brother Peach has entered harvest mode, Double kill!]
【？？？？】
[Holy crap?!]
[No?! Doesn't this terrifying dominance look familiar?!]
Eight minutes into the game.
Triple kill.
Ten minutes into the show.
Quadra kill.
Cheng Zhao and Ye Hantao were two different people: one was a complete newbie to the game, and the other was a newbie who wasn't good at playing marksman.
The two of them watched as Zhou Mingsheng wreaked havoc in the canyon, with Su Yi'ang assisting him.
Looking at the support character in the team, Liao Jiayue's character stood still, not even reacting to the enemy team's sneak attacks.
How could that be?
Liao Jiayue's hands stiffened, her face pale. How could Brother Ye Hantao have gotten four kills in one go?!
Surely he can't actually be Maze?!
How could Ye Hantao, who was merely a minor character in the original novel, possibly be Maze's sister?!
The agent stared at the smear article that had just been released, and everything went black.
Oh no, this time I've helped promote Ye Hantao again!!!
"Change the narrative!" the manager quickly responded. "Change 'Ye Hantao hired a stand-in to impersonate the big brother' to 'Big Brother Ye Hantao is using the hype surrounding the fake Maze to prepare for her debut!'"
Before the match was even over, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhou Mingsheng, controlling the Golden Bow Guard, soared into the air and drew back the golden bow.
Golden light bathed the entire canyon.
Whoosh whoosh!
The arrow shot through the air!
The viewers in the entire live broadcast room held their breath and focused intently on counting the golden arrows that Zhou Mingsheng shot.
One, two... six... nine...
He's already on par with professional player Crow!
The next second, an even brighter arrow, crackling with lightning, shot out with a deafening roar!
The tenth arrow!!!
[System Announcement: I can't help it if Brother Tao Tao thinks that way after killing you]
The enemy has been completely wiped out!
"Aaaaaah! Bro, you're amazing!!!"
"The big boss is awesome!!!"
Amidst Ye Hantao and Su Yiang's praise, a line of large characters jumped out.
"Victory!"
The audience cheered.
The esports fans in the entire live stream fell silent.
They understood all too well the difficulty of the Golden Bow Guards shooting 10 arrows, and thus couldn't celebrate as carefree as the casual spectators.
On mobile!
No active mid-laner in the entire national server can fire 10 arrows on a mobile device!!!
Unless... that person is Maze.
This is the remarkable reputation of the esports legend.
Gradually, people began to list suspicious points.
[I suddenly remembered something! Ye Hantao said that her older brother can also sign Maze's autograph.]
[Someone pointed out last time that HT base is the initials of Hantao.]
[Ye Hantao kept saying that her older brother managed a lot of people at the internet cafe, so why isn't the HT base considered an internet cafe in some sense?]
[And there's the pothos plant outside HT! It's Ye Hantao's favorite!]
[Last time Ye Hantao visited the HT base, the canteen bought organic mangoes. Sky later said in his live stream that it was the first time he had ever eaten them at the base!!]
【You guys are making it sound more and more convincing!!!】
[I just used software to compare Ye Hantao's voice with Maze's previous conducting voice, and the similarity is 99%...]
[Holy crap?! Really?! ...
Just then, Director Wan instructed the cameraman to move the camera upwards.
Caught off guard, all the viewers in the live broadcast room got a clear look at Zhou Mingsheng's outstanding facial features.
His eyebrows were sharply defined, and his dark eyes were calm.
Her whole being was like snow falling on jade, exuding a coldness and nobility from the very core of her being.
[This is what Ye Hantao's older brother looks like!]
This is the attitude of passersby.
Is this the real Maze?!
These are fans who believe in Su Yi'ang.
[Is this...is this really Maze?]
These are Maze fans who are captivated by the Golden Bow Guard.
The starting players in the HT training room slowly, slowly opened their mouths wide.
Luo Ye: "Holy crap!"
Old Ning: "Holy shit! Holy shit!"
They've spent at least a year with Maze, and Lao Ning has spent as much as three years with it.
If this guy puts on a pair of glasses, he really looks like their big boss and coach!
The audience didn't recognize him because their impression of Maze was still that of a dark-skinned, white-haired man; they had always seen Maze as a white-skinned, dark-haired man!
Thus, a breath of fresh air appeared in the chaotic barrage of comments in the Qingning TV live stream.
Several accounts officially verified by HT successively sent out bullet comments.
[HT-Sky: Big Boss!!!]
[HT-Lao Ning: Big Boss!!!]
【HT……】
[ZYZ-Crow: My dream is shattered! The person I was trying to dig up all along turned out to be Maze herself!!!]
If Su Yi'ang can be said to have been bewitched by Ye Hantao, then what about the entire HT team plus Crow?
Of course, Crow wasn't 100% certain. He just saw that all the members of HT were so sure, and when he looked at Zhou Mingsheng in the live stream, he looked more and more like Maze, who usually wears glasses.
In fact, Maze's glasses really do cover most of his face.
It was only after Su Yi'ang shouted out the words "Big Boss" that the starting players of HT's first team accurately recognized Maze, based on this assumption.
If they were to encounter Zhou Mingsheng on the street, they would probably only recognize him and would never associate him with Maze.
The fans' arguments came to an abrupt end amidst the barrage of comments from these esports players.
All members of HT and Crow came forward to testify.
So, is this fair-skinned, handsome guy in the live stream really Maze, who's been criticized for being ugly by haters for years?!
Maze's fans: "..."
[Is Ye Hantao the same person as Maze?]
We just... insulted Maze's younger sister?
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Author's Note: Maze fans: [Fear][Fear][Fear]
--Randomly dropping red envelopes~--
(Updated ahead of schedule, thank you everyone for the birthday wishes [hugs])