Chapter 46: The Factory Director: Wait, I've become a third wheel?

As one of the four most beautiful commentators in the LPL, Rita possessed top-tier looks and a stunning figure.

Her smile sent the viewers in the live stream into an even greater frenzy.

"Rita is so beautiful! I'm wet!"

"Get together! Get together!"

"To be fair, looking at them like this, Rita and Brother Mo actually look like a well-matched couple."

"Get together my ass! Can Brother Mo even deserve our Rita!"

"If our Rita is going to find someone, it'll be a top-tier player like Clearlove. A mere substitute like Brother Mo should go find a corner to cool off in."

"..."

"Hello, Rita!" Su Mo responded, while also catching sight of the bullet chat.

He felt somewhat helpless.

She was just joining him for a voice link, but the viewers were acting like they were watching a drama, driving the momentum of the chat to an insane level...

"Brother Mo, your popularity is so high, it's almost two million. Do you mind if I leech off some of your traffic?" Rita said with a wink, looking very mischievous.

This actually caught Su Mo a bit by surprise.

When he saw Rita's request to join his stream, he had already guessed her intention.

He didn't really care; after all, Rita's traffic wasn't low either, and he had been thinking about leeching off her traffic as well.

But who would have thought this girl would be so blunt...

Her straightforward personality actually earned Su Mo's appreciation.

Immediately, Su Mo said with a faint smile, "What do you mean 'leeching'? If anyone is leeching, it should be me leeching off you. You are one of the most popular beautiful commentators in the LPL."

"Is that so? Haha," Rita was amused and gave a light giggle behind her hand. "Thank you for the compliment, Brother Mo. This humble girl has one more unreasonable request; I wonder if Young Master Su would be willing to grant it?"

Looking at the drama-queen-possessed Rita, Su Mo was also amused. "Oh? Let's hear it."

"Would you mind carrying me in ranked to climb the ladder?"

"A beauty's invitation? I shall go through fire and water to fulfill it."

"Hahahaha..." Rita couldn't help but burst out laughing. She hadn't expected Su Mo to be so witty and willing to play along with the memes. "Thank you, Brother Mo! Mwah!"

Hearing their exchange, Clearlove, who was sitting nearby, could no longer hold back. With a look of disdain, he said, "Can you two watch your wording? There are so many people watching!"

"Ah, Clearlove is here too!" Rita seemed to have just noticed him.

Clearlove:?

Clearlove was filled with question marks. He had been sitting next to Su Mo for so long, yet Rita hadn't even glanced at him once? Was her eyes only on Su Mo??

Had he been turned into a third wheel?

He felt a bit broken.

In the past, no matter where he went, he was destined to be the center of attention.

But ever since this guy Su Mo appeared, he felt like he had become a complete nobody.

And to think he had even planned to accompany Su Mo's stream to help him attract viewers...

What a beast!

Clearlove cursed inwardly, then rolled his eyes. "I have things to do. I'm leaving."

He stood up and walked away without a second glance.

"Clearlove, want to play games together?" Su Mo called out from behind, but Clearlove didn't even turn his head...

Su Mo could only withdraw his gaze and say, "Rita, do you have a Master tier account?"

"I don't," Rita shook her head. "I'm only at Diamond level. Brother Mo, you might as well just carry me through Gold or Platinum. Can I give you an account?"

"That works," Su Mo nodded.

A moment later, Rita sent the account details via private message.

Su Mo logged into the account and found it was a Gold III account.

After adding Rita as a friend, the two began their duo queue journey.

However, this scene made the viewers in the two live streams feel a sense of injustice.

"What a beast! Mo, I'm warning you, don't seduce my wife, Rita!"

"Rita actually said 'mwah' to Brother Mo, my heart is breaking."

"Rita, don't lose your mind. Creating content is fine, but don't actually fall for Brother Mo."

"I do not consent to this marriage!"

"Brother Mo is truly ridiculous. He's so witty with Rita, but he just absolutely destroys Sister Zhou!"

"..."

The viewers continued to stir up trouble in the chat.

Although everyone knew it was just for the sake of entertainment, there were always plenty of bored viewers who liked to stir the pot, making the live stream incredibly lively.

Su Mo didn't care about the insults and attacks in the bullet chat; in fact, he was a little proud.

Rita's arrival had boosted his stream's popularity significantly, officially breaking the two-million mark.

Although she said she was here to leech traffic, in reality, this interaction was a win-win.

...

Meanwhile.

Inside the EDG coach's office.

"Abby, tell me, is this kid Xiao Mo even human? I kindly thought about being his co-streamer to help him attract viewers, but he turned me straight into a third wheel."

"Why is this dog so annoying when he's with us, but so charming when he's talking to Rita?"

Clearlove's resentful voice rang out continuously.

However, Abby showed no sympathy at all, instead wearing a face of schadenfreude. "Hahahaha... how did you laugh at me before?"

Clearlove was speechless.

After a moment of silence, he seemed to think of something and said, "Abby, Xiao Mo's current popularity online is very high, but it's all because of his weird top lane picks. But next, we have to face WE. 957's strength is not something Letme can compare to. Can he win?"

These words caused Abby to fall into thought for a moment.

WE was indeed very strong this year, crushing the other teams in Group A one by one to easily take first place in the standings.

Their recent performance even gave people the impression that WE was invincible.

Among them, WE's top laner 957 was indeed much stronger than Letme in terms of both overall skill and individual prowess, and he was also the most stable player on WE.

To put it bluntly, 957 was currently one of the top top laners in the LPL.

Facing such a player, whether Su Mo could win was almost a foregone conclusion.

His ridiculous top lane picks like Singed and Karma were inherently unconventional. The reason he managed to break Letme during the match against RNG was mainly due to the element of surprise and Letme's carelessness.

Trying to use those same tactics again would definitely not yield good results.

After careful consideration, Abby finally said, "There's no rush for that. I've scheduled a scrim with IG for tomorrow. IG's two new players this year are both very strong—TheShy in the top lane and JackeyLove in the ADC position. We'll let Su Mo try it out then."

"TheShy?" Hearing this name, Clearlove frowned. "That guy is very strong. I've encountered him many times on the Korean server. His laning is extremely aggressive. I'm afraid Xiao Mo will end up with psychological trauma."

"It's fine, people need to grow," Abby said. "If Xiao Mo wants to go far on this professional path, he must bravely face all obstacles and flatten them all."

Clearlove sighed slightly. "Should we still let him play Karma or Singed top?"

"No, this time he can only play conventional top laners," Abby said decisively. "A person cannot rely on gimmicks forever."

With just a few words, Abby and Clearlove reached a conclusion regarding the upcoming scrims.

On the other side, Su Mo and Rita were still in the middle of champion selection.

"Brother Mo, do you know how to play ADC?" Rita asked.

Su Mo thought for a moment. "A little bit."

Even though he was a top laner, in a Gold tier game, there was nothing he couldn't play.

"Then let's duo down bottom," Rita said. "How about you play Ashe and I'll play Soraka?"

Su Mo froze for a moment, then said with absolute certainty

"I love it!"

(End of Chapter)