Chapter 23: I Told You to Call Me Dad, Not Actually Be My Dad!
Wait, is this right?
Jiang Yuan scratched his head.
Gu Yinan’s attitude change was way too dramatic!
But honestly.
Compared to the previous image of an exhausted female CEO.
She seemed much more lively now, more youthful, rolling her eyes and joking around.
More human.
From that eye-roll, Jiang Yuan could even see Su Wanwan’s shadow.
They were practically cut from the same mold!
“Sister.” After Jiang Yuan used this form of address, his tone became more intimate: “Did you like it?”
Gu Yinan asked back: “Do you have more?”
“Uh, no, that was the last piece. I’ll make more in a few days.”
“Good.” After taking a deep breath, Gu Yinan gradually regained her CEO presence: “You’re not bad. Would you consider working for me?”
“You mean… Fengmao Group?”
“Mm.”
“I’m already working at Fengmao.”
“???”
Gu Yinan frowned, her newly-formed good feelings toward Jiang Yuan freezing.
She didn’t like smooth talkers who climbed up any available pole, so she asked: “What do you mean?”
“Guess what our team is called?”
“I don’t know.”
“Our team’s abbreviation is FM.”
“…”
FM.
Fengming?
Fengmao!
Gu Yinan was stunned.
Her expression gradually became fascinating.
She stared blankly for a long time before asking: “Wanwan chose the name?”
“Wanwan doesn’t want you to know about this.”
Jiang Yuan made up a story:
“She’s doing esports actually to raise awareness for the parent company Fengmao.”
“And Wanwan herself is both a player and a girl. Think about it—if she leads four girls wearing FM team uniforms onto the global finals stage, the promotional impact… wouldn’t be insignificant, right?”
“…”
Gu Yinan couldn’t believe it.
Su Wanwan, whom she saw as still immature, had actually thought so far ahead and comprehensively.
After a long time she said: “Wanwan… never told me about this.”
“Of course not. If it doesn’t work out, wouldn’t that be embarrassing? So she wants to do it first, then tell you after achieving results.”
Gu Yinan pondered.
Actually, Fengmao was in real estate development, and recent market conditions… those who knew, knew.
The company was internally discussing transformation.
If they could move into new media and niche areas that young people were interested in, that actually wouldn’t be a bad path.
Of course.
Based on just one meeting, Gu Yinan couldn’t completely trust Jiang Yuan.
Even if he could make incredibly delicious chocolate.
This concerned Su Wanwan’s future—she needed to observe more.
But today’s conversation was enough to change her mind, and that was sufficient.
Gu Yinan said: “I heard… you’re playing your first offline match this weekend?”
“Right.”
“Are you confident?”
“Guaranteed win.”
“After winning?”
“We’ll play the collegiate league qualifiers. If we get a spot, the class president will help us contact secondary league teams.”
“Then what?”
“Try to make it to LPL before playoffs start, then win the first stage championship and go to Seoul for the Global Pioneer Cup.”
“…”
Gu Yinan stared at him: “I’m very curious whether things will develop as smoothly as you say.”
Jiang Yuan said half-jokingly, half-seriously: “If it really goes that smoothly, would you be willing to invest in us, or buy an LPL slot?”
Gu Yinan remained silent.
Jiang Yuan continued: “You could look into it first. Before spring season starts, acquiring teams and renaming is all legal. I suggest focusing on RA, LGD, UP—those bottom-tier teams. We don’t need to worry about roster issues, just need the slot.”
Gu Yinan looked at Jiang Yuan.
She was increasingly curious.
Why could a college student have such big ambitions?
They’d just formed a team, hadn’t even finished internet café competitions, but were already planning professional league matters?
What was he thinking?
Was he overconfident, or did he really have foundation for his confidence?
But regardless, Gu Yinan appreciated young people with ideas.
At least he knew how to paint a vision.
After years in business, Gu Yinan was best at painting visions.
Painting visions for employees, investors, shareholders…
So from this perspective, she found Jiang Yuan quite decent.
So she said: “Alright, I’ll look into it.”
She was also painting a vision for Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan was crystal clear about this.
He didn’t really expect Gu Yinan to actually investigate.
No problem—as long as he planted this seed of thought in her mind, it would naturally bloom when the time was right.
“So Sister, what’s the verdict? Will you allow Wanwan to continue in the esports club?”
“Mm, let’s see after this weekend’s internet café match.”
“OK, so… that’s it for today?”
“Wait.” Gu Yinan took out her phone: “Add WeChat. I’ll need to trouble you to take care of Wanwan. If she misbehaves, let me know anytime.”
Again, that feeling of becoming a teacher…
Jiang Yuan scratched his head, scanned the WeChat QR code and said: “I’ll send you the match livestream link this weekend. If you have time, you can watch.”
“Good.”
“I’m leaving then?”
“Mm, goodbye.”
Jiang Yuan pushed open the car door.
But he heard Gu Yinan add from behind: “The chocolate… I really liked it. Thank you.”
Jiang Yuan smiled: “Good, I’ll make more for you when I have time.”
…
…
Victory Internet Café, Room 808.
Su Wanwan looked at Jiang Yuan suspiciously: “Dad, you didn’t take my mom’s money, did you?”
“No.” Jiang Yuan said: “Your mom was quite reasonable. Not only did she agree to let you continue esports, she even said she’d look into acquiring LPL teams.”
“???”
All the girls were shocked.
Especially Su Wanwan.
The girl stared wide-eyed, unable to process this for a long time, finally saying: “Impossible!”
Jiang Yuan shrugged: “Really.”
Su Wanwan still didn’t believe it, hands on her hips in silence.
Just then.
Jisu Yun ran in panting from outside, eyes bright as she looked at Jiang Yuan: “Coach Jiang, are you dating someone?”
“Huh?” Jiang Yuan was confused: “What do you mean?”
“I just saw you downstairs! Getting into a Land Rover Range Rover! Chatting with a super pretty lady! Then you gave her chocolate! She cried after eating it—are you dating someone!”
Jisu Yun was saying this on purpose.
Though she admired Jiang Yuan and was willing to help him with matchmaking.
But!
If Jiang Yuan was dating, then absolutely no two-timing allowed!
Jisu Yun seemed to blurt this out carelessly, but was actually warning Su Wanwan and Jiang Ruoxi that she’d seen Jiang Yuan being intimate with a lady, telling the two girls to be careful.
“…”
Jiang Yuan immediately guessed Jisu Yun’s thoughts.
After seeing this downstairs, she didn’t speak up then, but waited until he came back to say something.
Pure scheming.
However… this was really a pure misunderstanding.
Jiang Yuan was about to explain.
But he heard Su Wanwan say in a daze:
“Jiang Yuan, I was joking when I called you dad—don’t actually become my dad!”