Chapter 1222 The Phenomenon of the Reception

The reception erupted, even those who previously held no ill will towards Tang Rou couldn't tolerate her attitude after witnessing it.

What was this? A stubborn mule? She had clearly lost the bet, yet she neither apologized and admitted her overconfidence, nor did she withdraw from the Alliance as agreed. Just a sentence of 'I disagree'?

The Glory Professional League had been running for ten years, and there had never been a player like this before, directly denying her own publicly stated words.

Professional players were also public figures, and credibility was extremely important. With a player who broke her promises like this, no matter how good her image or temperament, what businesses would dare to seek her for endorsements? Without these endorsements, who would be willing to promote her? Even a team, faced with a player with such a terrible image, would keep their distance, even if she was exceptionally talented, to avoid affecting the team's image, right?

Tang Rou's actions were simply cutting off her own path. The reporters were in an uproar, but for a moment, apart from the "shameless" mentioned by Ruan Cheng, they couldn't find any other way to condemn her. No one had ever experienced this before, they had no experience!

For a time, the reporters were like a disturbed hornet's nest, buzzing with voices. There might have been someone who wanted to ask something, but in such a chaotic scene, no one could hear any of the questions.

"Everyone quiet, quiet!!" The Alliance's media spokesperson shouted loudly. Usually, teams had their own spokespersons who would act as hosts during their own media receptions. Since Xingxin didn't have one, the Alliance staff temporarily filled the role. Alliance staff would also protect the teams to some extent, but ultimately wouldn't be as dedicated and thorough as a team's own public relations staff. At this moment, this person was only trying to maintain order, and didn't have much concern for Xingxin.

The reporters' uproar lasted for about five minutes. As they gradually quieted down, everyone put on a face of righteous indignation. This time, no one felt understanding towards Tang Rou's actions. Only Chang Xian felt a secret joy seeing so many reporters looking frustrated. But after that, he also began to worry about Tang Rou. He was well aware of how unfavorable Tang Rou's attitude was, and he didn't know what kind of public relations plan they had. From his understanding of Xingxin, they didn't seem to have a professional public relations team. They were usually very casual at press conferences, otherwise they wouldn't have attracted so much hatred.

In the restored order of the reporter group, Ruan Cheng stood at the forefront with a look of indignation, like an opinion leader.

"Miss Tang Rou, what do you mean by your words just now?" Ruan Cheng was quite cunning. Although he had carefully considered it, he was still worried that Tang Rou's statement might hide some public relations trap, after all, this kind of handling was too bizarre. In the ten years of Glory, it had never happened before.

"My meaning is that I will not withdraw from the professional alliance, and will continue to play," Tang Rou said.

Good, now it was clearly and unambiguously stated, there was no tortuous meaning that could be quibbled over, right? Ruan Cheng immediately perked up.

"Then, what do you think your previous oath was? Do you think you can simply dismiss it with a sentence of 'I disagree'? Where do you put the Glory players who cared about you, wished you well, and supported you because of it?" Ruan Cheng said.

"Oh," Tang Rou said, standing up.

"I am very sorry that I did not complete the one-versus-three, and disappointed those who cared about me, wished me well, and supported me." Tang Rou said, bowing forward, and then continued to stand up straight. "However, I will not withdraw because of this. Even if I break my promise, I will continue. I will bear any infamy resulting from this. What I am very uneasy about is involving my teammates. I hope the team will not be negatively affected because these are all my personal decisions. I hope all accusations and criticisms are directed only at me personally, and do not affect Team Xingxin and other team members."

"Your behavior is blackening the team," Ruan Cheng said.

"Yes, you're right. The team is suffering because of me. Thank you for being so rational," Tang Rou said.

The atmosphere at the scene became strange again.

What was this? She actually wanted to take full responsibility for all her mistakes? Such a clear statement made it impossible for some players who wanted to smear Xingxin along with her to open their mouths again. But by taking on so much responsibility, didn't Tang Rou consider her future?

All the reporters realized how insane Tang Rou was to destroy her image and future like this. But based on this point, they couldn't attack.

"Do you know how this will affect your future?"

Such a question could be countered with a "mind your own business" that would crush them to dust. If the other party really didn't care about their future, it would be foolish to bring it up. So Ruan Cheng opened his mouth to stand on the side of those who cared about and supported Tang Rou, and also to point out that she was smearing the team. But Tang Rou completely accepted it, completely adopting an attitude of scolding and spraying as much as they wanted.

Any other position would be untenable!

Could he really say, how many people were hoping that she wouldn't complete the one-versus-three and would scram? Now that she really hadn't completed it, did she think she was worthy of those who hoped she would come to a bad end?

Such an attack would probably only make Tang Rou break her promise even more gleefully, right?

The experienced reporters didn't know how to respond for a moment. They could only secretly swear in their hearts that they would attack Tang Rou with unrestrained ferocity when they got back. However, seeing Tang Rou's posture, they couldn't help but feel a little guilty. She clearly didn't care about her image, and didn't need their support and understanding. What effect could their attacks have? Perhaps it would only be a catharsis?

Tang Rou's toughness left the reporters at a loss. Ruan Cheng, who was fully prepared to savor the taste of victory, never expected such a scene. Tang Rou had taken all the blame on herself, so what about Team Xingxin? What were their views on this?

"May I ask the members of Xingxin, what are your views on Tang Rou's performance today?" Ruan Cheng said in a deep voice. He finally avoided Tang Rou. Her toughness made him feel like he couldn't hold on, and he needed to find a new breakthrough.

"Tang Rou's performance today..." Xingxin's captain Ye Xiu opened his mouth to speak. "Very good." He nodded affirmatively. Then, amidst a stunned silence, he continued, "She fought two opponents in the individual competition, directly fighting the third person. This kind of performance is really quite powerful."

The reporters were in tears, could the Great God please not pretend to be stupid? He clearly knew that they weren't asking about this. But then again, regardless of the oath, it was indeed quite impressive to defeat the opponent's third person in the individual competition! Some reporters were lost in thought. But some who weren't lost in thought were just about to quickly point out that the Great God shouldn't pretend to be stupid when Ye Xiu continued to speak.

"What needs to be seriously criticized are the two players who played afterwards. Two people, yet they couldn't take down a single opponent? Especially Fang Rui, the ace player who defended the stage and played third. The team spent so much money to bring you here, is it to make you a useless dessert? You couldn't even handle a Wang Jiexi?" Ye Xiu scolded. The tone of voice in which he said "couldn't even handle Wang Jiexi" was truly deafening! Since Wang Jiexi entered the professional alliance, the reporters had never heard such a sentence.

"Yes, yes, yes." Fang Rui on the side was repenting with a look of shame. "I was wrong, I failed to concentrate and play well. I should have been able to beat at least ten of Wang Jiexi's kind."

"A bit too much!" Ye Xiu said.

"Eight?" Fang Rui said.

"Yeah," Ye Xiu nodded.

The reporters were going crazy. They couldn't report these words, everyone would hear that they were jokes. If they took it as a serious matter and reported it, people would question their judgment. They could only curse him as shameless while writing it down first, and then ask Wang Jiexi during the interview later to see if he cared, then there would be a way to report it.

But the theme at hand shouldn't be this!

"May I ask Great God Ye Xiu, as the captain of Team Xingxin, what is your opinion on your team member going back on her word? I seem to remember that you were very firm in believing that Tang Rou could complete the one-versus-three, right?" A reporter asked through gritted teeth, pronouncing those keywords clearly.

"Those are the obligatory niceties, is this your first day as a reporter?" Ye Xiu said.

The reporter coughed up blood, but had to admit that what he said made sense. Faced with the doubts of the team members, the captain, or even any player on the team, unless there were irreconcilable conflicts, they definitely couldn't undermine their own team! Whether they believed it or not, they would definitely answer yes in unison when facing the outside world.

However, Ye Xiu's words were still caught by Ruan Cheng.

"So, Great God Ye Xiu, you actually don't believe that Tang Rou could complete the one-versus-three, right?" Ruan Cheng asked aggressively.

"How could that be? Did you forget, I set that goal for her within five rounds?" Ye Xiu said with a smile.

"But she didn't complete it now," Ruan Cheng said.

"Yeah, things in the competition, no one can predict with 100% accuracy, including me," Ye Xiu said.

"But she made such an oath," Ruan Cheng said.

"As a result, she doesn't plan to abide by it now," Ye Xiu said frankly.

"What is your evaluation of this?" Ruan Cheng asked.

"The team cannot interfere with personal decisions. I am very grateful that Tang Rou can make such a decision, allowing us to avoid losing an excellent player. Thank you." Ye Xiu said the last two words to Tang Rou.

"You're welcome," Tang Rou replied with a smile.

Crazy! Everyone in this team is crazy!

The reporters were dumbfounded. Did they not understand the seriousness of this event? They could actually deal with it with such relaxed banter. If it were any other team, the public relations team would probably already be overwhelmed, right?

Although Tang Rou had stated that everything was her personal decision and had nothing to do with the team, as a member of this team, her image was part of the team's image. Even if she made such a statement, the team would still be adversely affected. Did the operator of this team, their boss, have no opinion at all? Was she probably already cursing in her heart?

Xingxin's boss, Chen Guo, happened to be on the interview seat, and the reporters immediately started to turn their attention to her.