Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 471 Tang Xiaolian's Question
The next day, on the eve of the press conference.

The interview order was Zhenhai Team first, then Huofeng Team. Therefore, everyone woke up early and asked Xie Ruoxi to put on makeup for everyone one by one. After all, appearing on camera without makeup was really unsightly, and the girls on the team absolutely couldn't accept that.

Yan Yu wanted to sneak away, but was caught by Lin Ning and forcibly sent into Xie Ruoxi's clutches.

"Captain, do you want a sunny look? A heroic look? Or a domineering look?" Xie Ruoxi said in front of the mirror, carefully combing his bangs. "By the way, I recommend the domineering look! It suits the captain's current temperament very well!"

"I choose the minimalist solution." Yan Yu said impatiently, "Hurry up and let me go."

"Hey——" Xie Ruoxi made a dissatisfied cry, like a disappointed deer.

"We're going to a press conference, not a blind date!" Yan Yu said coldly, "Can you please understand the main point?"

"But Captain!" Xie Ruoxi argued, "No matter how beautiful you are, you can't appear in front of the camera without makeup! It will make the female fans who adore you sad and upset!"

This remark moved Yan Yu somewhat. You're right. After all, I'm a handsome monk pursued by countless girls. If my appearance in front of the camera isn't perfect, it will indeed damage my public reputation.

As the strongest person in the world, you must also get full marks in self-image management!
Humph, this pretty loser was worthy of being a top suit man in his previous life, and he is not completely useless in fan management.

Forget it, just do as she says!

He stopped trying to stop her and let Xie Ruoxi pat his face with the small powder brush.

"Captain Yan!" A lively voice suddenly rang out from outside the door. "Didn't expect me to come looking for you...eh?"

Tang Xiaolian, who had just opened the door, looked at Xie Ruoxi and Yan Yu inside and immediately smiled awkwardly:

"Am I disturbing you?"

"Sit down." Yan Yu said, "Why did you come to see me?"

Tang Xiaolian blinked deliberately and glanced at Xie Ruoxi again, as if to say, "I have something secret to tell you, Captain Yan, please ask everyone to leave."

Yan Yu pretended not to understand what she meant and said:

"I have a press conference coming up soon, and I have to put on my makeup right now. I don't have time to entertain you."

Tang Xiaolian saw that she couldn't deceive him, so she sighed and said frankly:

"Forget it, there's no need to entertain. I just came here to visit and have fun."

She ran to Xie Ruoxi's side, stared at Yan Yu for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing, covering her mouth and said:
"That's weird, why did you make yourself so white?"

"Is there something wrong with the white spots?" Xie Ruoxi said, a little unhappy. "Do you know that being on camera makes you look even darker? Private photographers can increase the exposure to make people look better, but official media cameras usually don't have exposure compensation. If you can, don't put on makeup and wait until you're on camera to see how dark your skin is, okay?"

"Alright, alright~" Tang Xiaolian quickly apologized with a smile, "I was just teasing him, I didn't mean to criticize your makeup skills."

"Don't tease our captain!" Xie Ruoxi became alert. "Yan Yu, this woman is from the enemy team. She came here rashly to gather information. She must be a spy. Kill her!"

Before Yan Yu could say anything, Tang Xiaolian started to argue:

"No, no! I really just came here to play with Team Yan. I promise not to mention the upcoming game."

"She's getting more and more suspicious!" Xie Ruoxi thought to herself, "This is what I'm afraid of," but she said, "Captain! Let's kick her out!"

"Okay." Yan Yu made a "stop" gesture, "The jealousy stops here, there are still many important things to do next, you can wait until the game is over to decide who is better..." "I'm not jealous of you!" The two girls shouted at the same time.

"That's it!" Xie Ruoxi was furious. She simply gave him a few final strokes and said angrily, "It's done! Leave now and call the others over!"

Yan Yu stood up, patted his butt and left.

Tang Xiaolian followed closely behind, catching up with Yan Yu in the corridor, saying:
"Captain Yan, I won't tell you the Fire Phoenix Team's order of battle."

"Nonsense, I'm not interested either." Yan Yu said.

"Oh," Tang Xiaolian sighed. "That's boring. How about you, Captain Yan, test me, and then I'll righteously reject you. Then you can send a message to Deputy Captain Zhang saying, 'That little Tang in your team is really tight-lipped. I asked her for a long time, but she refused to tell me.' How do you do that?"

"What's in it for me?" Yan Yu asked.

"You can win my favor." Tang Xiaolian replied.

Yan Yu frowned and turned around, sizing up the girl who had come looking for him… Tang Xiaolian actually looked a bit like Chen Lingyun, both possessing that delicate, sweet, girlish vibe, but Tang Xiaolian was about 1 meters tall, which completely eclipsed Chen Lingyun. While she also had a playful personality, compared to Chen Lingyun's peculiar, "I'll always stir up trouble," she was less annoying.

Tease her.

"What's the point of your favor?" Yan Yu said jokingly, "If it's Zhou Hongyu's favor, I might consider it."

"Aha! Captain Yan is indeed plotting something bad against our Captain Zhou..." Tang Xiaolian screamed. Before she could finish her words, Yan Yu dragged her to the back of the corridor and covered her mouth with his hand.

"What's your name? There are hotel staff staying on the same floor. Don't let anyone hear it and start a scandal. It would hurt both of us."

Tang Xiaolian blinked, pulled his hand away from his mouth, and said:
"Humph, wouldn't that just give you an advantage? I won't harm Captain Zhou."

She took a few steps forward, then turned back and said:
"Do you think there are any underground palace ruins deep beneath the Yarlung Zangbo Gorge?"

"How should I know?" Yan Yu was a little puzzled, but he quickly realized, "Who told you to tell me?"

"Captain Zhou," Tang Xiaolian replied, "The higher-ups really want us to win, but Captain Zhou feels... defeating you through such petty tactics would be even more painful than losing to you squarely."

"I see." Yan Yu nodded, "I understand, you can go now."

"Are you kicking me out?" Tang Xiaolian protested. "I risked a huge risk to come here and deliver this message to you, and you don't even think of buying me a cup of milk tea?"

"Next time for sure!" Yan Yu said with a smile, "I won't forget your contribution!"

"Hmph, then I'll put it on the account." Tang Xiaolian turned and left, saying proudly, "This is a loan shark. The later you pay back, the more you'll owe me. Be careful~"

Watching Tang Xiaolian turn and leave, Yan Yu couldn't help but laugh, suddenly remembering the duel with the Feilong team. At that time, Cai Qianlong had also been "spoiled" in advance, but he couldn't get over the mental barrier, so he came to confront the Zhenhai team.

In short, it was all because of the enormous influence of the live broadcast. The Fire Phoenix team represented the Pingxi Army. If they lost this time, everyone in the country would know that the top-tier Pingxi Army had been defeated by the Zhendong Army... or to put it simply, the Pingxi Army was no match.

In addition, the Pingxi Army is not a monolithic entity, so there will naturally be some "less conservative" people who try to secretly interfere with the outcome of the game, just like what the Dingbei Army did before.

To be frank, this is an old tradition of the Lu Kingdom. For example, in the older Red and Blue exercises, the winners and losers were always biased by the directorate, making it impossible to arrange a completely fair duel environment for both sides.

But it doesn’t matter. Doesn’t Zhou Hongyu want to lose to me fairly?
I'm a nostalgic person! For the sake of our past friendship, I'll satisfy her!
　I had finished writing it, but later I found a huge bug, so I quickly revised the whole article, which delayed it until now... Sorry

　　
　
(End of this chapter)