Chapter 199
Unlike Darwin’s modesty, it seemed as if Howard was unaware of what keeping a low–profile was.
As he shook hands with Xion, Howard grinned widely, his tone filled with arrogance.
“Don’t worry. I won’t go easy on you. After all, Howard knows no defeat for now.”
Xion merely smiled calmly at the face of his haughtiness.
“Then, I’m more excited about your performance.”
After the competition, Samantha returned to the manor and gave the players a day off.
She simultaneously gave herself a break, too.
She feared the devil at home would have a problem with her again if she kept herself busy like this.
When she arrived at her manor’s entrance, a man stopped her.
Fortunately, she was not distracted and was driving attentively, so she applied the brake quickly.
Otherwise, she would have run into the man.
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After she braked, the man opposite her hurriedly entered the passenger seat of Samantha’s car.
Samantha turned her head and looked at Jasper blankly.
She was rendered speechless..
Jasper also looked at her and said nothing.
After a while, Jasper slowly started speaking.
“Your playstyle is very similar to hers. After watching your competition livestream, I really thought you were her for a moment, so I ran here eagerly, hoping you really were her, but…
Jasper paused. He lowered his gaze, looking slightly down.
“After seeing you, I realized that you… You are only you. You’re not her. I’m sorry for bothering you.”
With that, Jasper opened the car door and left.
Samantha watched Jasper’s silhouette, looking sorrowful and lonely.
She felt a pinch in her heart.
She participated in this competition not entirely for entertainment.
There was another more important reason.
The Heroes of Kings national competition would be held in Yorksland.
As long as she led Team Gorgeous to win the national championship, they would be able to go to Yorksland.
When the time came, she could do her investigation in Yorksland under the guise of participating in the game competition. Especially the truth of her own death.
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After these things were solved, she would confess what had happened to her to Jasper and Seth.
No matter how ridiculous it was, she must tell them personally that Somnus had returned.
At night, Francis returned when Samantha was lying in bed, playing on her phone after showering.
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She had been busy with the competition lately, and Francis was swamped with other matters, often flying toward elsewhere.
Samantha knew he was, one, dealing with his own forces, and two, slowly grasping Gurray Corp. into his hands.
He would no longer tolerate the second branch of the Gurray family.
All the plans were slowly unfolding.
Francis spoke a few words to Samantha after returning and went to take a shower. After that, he lay in bed, pulling Samantha into his arms.
Samantha looked down at him.
The bags under Francis’s eyes were deep, showing a green–grayish hue underneath.
“He must be exhausted,” she thought.
He hugged her without saying a word, his eyes tightly closed.
Soon, he fell asleep.
Francis had not been sleeping well. Perhaps he had been working too much lately, and using Samantha as his pillow, his quality of sleep had unexpectedly improved.
Seeing as he was asleep, Samantha did not dare move for fear of waking him
- up.
Hence, she stubbornly continued playing with her phone in an extremely awkward posture.
She looked around in the gaming society, reading people’s comments about Team Gorgeous.
One could say they were incredibly divided.
On the one hand, some loyal fans of senior e–sport teams criticized Team Gorgeous, saying they only knew how to play tricks and had no real skill. *
Some attacked Team Gorgeous, saying they got lucky as other teams underestimated them because they were new. Thus, this gave Team Gorgeous a chance to exploit a loophole, which won them two consecutive games.
Others criticized Team Gorgeous for living up to their names, saying they indeed relied on their looks.
However, Team Gorgeous also gained a lot of fans.
After their recent victory, there were more than 3,000 people in the fan club.
Compared to the seven–digit fans of Team King, Team Gorgeous 3,000 fans indeed seemed insignificant.
At least, this was a good start.
These 3,000 fans seemed of little importance, but they still defended Team Gorgeous among the sea of haters.
[How is Team Gorgeous relying on their looks? At least they’re better than someone who doesn’t have it, like you!]
[Team Gorgeous has skills and strategy! Whose fault is it that you looked down on them?]
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[The ace players of Team Gorgeous, Darwin and Howard, are not only handsome but also amazingly skillful. That’s why we’re their fans!]
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[You look down on Team Gorgeous, but they’ve won two games in a row! So what if it’s a senior team? They still lost to Team Gorgeous!]
[Although Team Gorgeous had just been established, they have great potential! Just wait and see how they’ll embarrass you!]
Samantha read all of these comments and could not help but chuckle.
She had to admit the die–hard fans were quite adorable.
However, her laughter accidentally woke the man sleeping beside her.
“What are you laughing at?” The man’s voice was hoarse, grogginess still heavy with the remnants of sleep.
Samantha lowered her gaze and asked. “Did I wake you up?”
“Yeah.”
Francis wrapped his arms around Samantha.
“That’s why you need to compensate me.”
Samantha was confused.
After remaining in an awkward and tense posture for an hour, Samantha let out a sigh of relief. She moved, stretching
herself.
Before she could finish stretching her body, someone pulled her back into bed.
“Don’t move.”
Samantha was speechless.
“I just want to change my position.”
“Sure.”
Francis‘ voice was coarse and a little sensual.
“You can change however you like later.”
Samantha grew puzzled.
How rare it was for her to have a day off, but Samantha slept until 3 p.m. the next day when she finally woke up.
She felt sore all over.
Massaging her waist, Samantha got out of bed and washed herself. She brushed her teeth while reading the news.
There were more than 99 messages sent in the Team Gorgeous group chat.
Samantha tapped on it and read the chat history.
Howard: [Fuck! Team Gorgeous is trending on the Heroes of Kings app!]
Darwin: [What?
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Darwin: [What’s going on?).
Howard sent a picture.
Howard: [Look! Fans of the other teams are tearing into Team Gorgeous’s fans, saying we’re too arrogant! Our fans declare we can decimate all the other senior teams and win the championship.]
Lawrence: [These fans are so hard to manage.]
Lionel: [My goodness! Our fan club only has about 3,000 people. How can they win against those senior team fan clubs?]
Howard: (Putting the fan wars aside, we’re being involved in this They said, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Since Team Gorgeous are being too arrogant, that’s why their fans dare to declare Team Gorgeous will win the national championship.]
