Chapter 173: Need a Little More Fuel?

Yun Yanqing had been watching Yun Fu intently. Although she was merely sitting there, he was certain that something had changed within his sister.

Sensing that his gaze was no longer fixed on her, Yun Fu raised an eyebrow. She picked up her chopsticks and began to eat slowly.

Just now, Yun Yanqing had given her an unmistakably familiar feeling, yet according to her investigation, he was merely a war correspondent.

A war correspondent who gave off the aura of an assassin—how intriguing.

With that thought, a spark of intense interest flickered in Yun Fu’s eyes.

The meal proceeded quite harmoniously, largely thanks to Qiao An, who continuously worked to smooth over the relationship between the siblings.

However, Yun Fu was fully aware that the original Yun Fu and Yun Yanqing were not estranged; they simply were strangers to each other.

After the meal, Yun Yanqing handed Yun Fu a business card and said, “If you ever need anything, feel free to contact me anytime.”

An offer of help was not to be refused, and Yun Fu accepted it without hesitation.

On the way back to the film crew, Qiao An kept commenting, “You have such an outstanding brother, yet you never told me about him. I thought you only had a younger brother.”

Yun Fu rested her arm on the window sill, watching the scenery swiftly recede outside. Her bright eyes shimmered with a lively glow, a smile playing on her lips.

She thought to herself, even the former Yun Fu probably did not truly know this brother.

Meanwhile, after leaving the hotel, Yun Yanqing took out his phone and sent a message to a group chat.

“I’m the eldest brother: The little sister has changed. I’ll conduct a thorough investigation. If the Yun family contacts you during this period, do not respond.”

Replies came quickly.

“Don’t call me second brother: Little sister?! You actually went to see Yun Fu yourself?! Traitor!”

“You’re the third brother: Isn’t the focus on the Yun family? Big brother, what’s wrong with the Yun family?”

“I’m the eldest brother: The Yun family’s financial chain has recently encountered problems. They’re setting their sights on the Lian and Gu families behind Yun Fu.”

“You’re the third brother: Ha, what a joke! What status does he have to dare to climb onto the Lian family? Could it be that person stirring up trouble again?”

“Don’t call me second brother: Who else could it be besides her! Enough talk, I need to prepare to see the little sister! Big brother, you said she changed—how exactly did she change?”

Yun Fu was unaware of the discussions in the group chat, but she sent a message to someone else herself.

“Mo Day, help me investigate the three Yun brothers.”

“Okay, boss, I’ll start checking now!”

If it had been any other day, Mo Day would have replied within four hours, but ten hours had passed with no results.

Yun Fu narrowed her eyes slightly, took a sip of the coffee beside her, and resolved silently: It seems these three Yun brothers are truly extraordinary.

Finally, after twenty-four hours, Mo Day sent a reply.

Looking over the information, despite her premonition, Yun Fu was still slightly surprised.

She raised an eyebrow, a few ripples dancing in her eyes.

Soon, March arrived; Yun Fu’s film was nearing completion, and the spring tournament was imminent.

This competition, capturing the attention of the nation’s youth, embodied the hard work and pride of many young people. Whether to rise to fame or suffer defeat once more would be decided here.

In the final days, Yun Fu took two days off from the crew to train alongside them.

She had expected everything to remain calm until the day of the tournament, but negative news still broke online.

# Yun Fu’s ambiguous relationship with KDS, which of the five is truly the goddess’s favorite guest? #

# Yun Fu frequently appears at KDS’s residence—will this affect the spring tournament? #

# The most detestable female celebrity—Yun Fu #

“Is she crazy? It’s almost the spring tournament! If she fails to make the global competition again, our Chinese esports is doomed!”

“KDS should just go home, get married, and have kids. Why keep playing games? Don’t they know esports doesn’t need love?”

“Always clinging to a female celebrity, shameless! Can’t tell what’s more important!”

“If they lose this time, they’ll have to wait three more years. By then, others will have surpassed them in age. What are they thinking?”

“They used to say Xi Rouer was a man-crazy woman—I think Yun Fu is worse! One hand on the Lian family heir, the other messing around with these young guys, shameless!”

“Always pretending to be aloof for whom? Some actually believe her? I think she’s just a prostitute trying to maintain a facade!”

The exposés stirred widespread outrage. People believed Yun Fu was deliberately undermining morale.

No matter what her relationship with KDS’s five members was, she was now the target of scorn.

The insults grew harsher and more vile, as if everyone was already convinced KDS would lose, blaming Yun Fu as the root cause.

KDS remained oblivious to all this because Yun Fu had cut off all their internet connections.

For the past two days, she had rehearsed with them every imaginable scenario to prepare for any contingency.

Mo Mo’s golden hair seemed even brighter as he lay on the sofa, watching the countdown on the wall.

“Tomorrow is the day to prove ourselves, brothers. Success or failure hinges on this moment. Let’s give it our all!”

The other four had no energy to respond, lazily leaning against each other.

Li Sinian watched the girl standing by the window replying to messages. They had met her in their darkest hour.

With her unmatched abilities, she had become their coach, pulling them out from the despair caused by betrayals from coaches and teammates.

Now, it was their time to prove themselves.

Yun Fu was replying to Lian Hanqi’s message.

“Do you want me to add fuel to the fire online?”

Yun Fu smiled, and in that instant, it was as if the spring sun broke through clouds, casting intense light.

She replied, “No need, it’s enough.”

The harsher the ridicule and harsher the insults now, the more she would gain after the competition.

Turning around, she found all five of them staring at her, their expressions somewhat stunned.

“Something wrong?”

All five shook their heads in unison, their synchronized movements comical.

Only they understood how deeply that fleeting, radiant smile had imprinted on their hearts.

Truly, some smiles could captivate an entire city.

Xi Rouer also saw the online rumors, watching the advertisement that should have been hers now being utterly wrecked by Yun Fu’s deft play.

She couldn’t help but smile smugly.

Yun Fu would never surpass her.

Meanwhile, new baseless rumors began circulating online. Some claimed Yun Fu had a highly ambiguous relationship with the KDS captain, who had even appeared at Yun Fu’s family home.

Others said Yun Fu was a sea queen, stringing along all the KDS members.