Tingyun's eyes lit up—she was just asking casually, didn't expect to actually get an answer. But the title made her curious: "Fugue?"
"Is that some special role?"
Xia Wen was about to explain—
Suddenly someone shouted nearby.
"Crap, Blade Bro's about to fight!"
"Where's the boss?!"
"Boss, hurry! We can't hold him back!"
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"What do you mean, Blade is going to fight someone?"
Xia Wen, who had been relaxing, suddenly sprang up.
The group of people nearby were also confused.
The one calling people over was Dan Heng, his face filled with urgency, "I don't know, boss, but hurry over now."
Seeing this, Xia Wen lost all interest in enjoying himself.
He followed a group of curious people out of the hall.
Just downstairs.
There, Jing Yuan and Aventurine were holding onto Blade's arms.
"Bro, forget it, forget it."
"Calm down."
"Try a different approach."
Blade's face was grim, and he said nothing.
"What's going on here?" Xia Wen walked up curiously.
At this moment, due to the commotion, everyone in Mihoyo was alerted and gathered around Blade.
"Sigh, Silver Wolf got an email. After Blade read it in the backyard, he suddenly got really pissed off."
"Said he wanted to go deal with those little bastards."
Jing Yuan explained helplessly.
"Huh? Deal with who?" Xia Wen was shocked.
He knew Blade had a bit of a personality issue.
But whether it was in-game Blade or the living Blade now, while the methods might be extreme,there was a genuine internal drive behind his actions.
Though admittedly, he didn't think things through most of the time.
So now, Xia Wen was genuinely curious—what made Blade this furious?
Sounded like it had to do with an email.
"Calm down, Blade."
Xia Wen said calmly.
The boss's words worked. Blade, who had been struggling, took a deep breath and calmed down a
bit."Only the boss can do that."
Aventurine wiped the sweat from his brow and quietly glanced at Blade.
He had just joined Mihoyo, and this was his first close contact with Blade.
At first glance, he looked like a quiet, reserved boy, but when he went crazy, his presence was like a cold-blooded killer, enough to make people tremble.
"What's the situation?" Xia Wen came up to Blade. Blade turned his head but didn't say a word. The anger in his eyes, however, remained.
Alright.
This stubborn bull really lost it.
Xia Wen had Blade sit down. Jing Yuan, a good buddy, brought over a chilled drink to help cool him off.
"Show me that email."
Xia Wen snapped his fingers and sat beside him.
Silver Wolf quickly forwarded the email to Xia Wen's phone.
At the same time, it was also shared in the group.
Many curious people took out their phones.
The email was a letter.
"Brother Blade,
I don't know if you'll ever read this letter, but I have no one else to talk to, and I'm too scared to tell my grandma.
After returning to school, I was trying to live positively, just like you told me that day.
But on Tuesday, they dragged me into the bathroom and wrote 'fat pig' all over my face with a marker. I hid in the bathroom all day, too scared to come out, until the teacher found me.
I know I'm stupid, bad at studying, and not liked by teachers. But when I told the teacher what happened, she just said not to take jokes between classmates seriously.
I know the people bullying me all have strong backgrounds. I'm different. I'm just a rural orphan raised by my grandma, and I'm not good at studying, so teachers don't like me.
I'm fat and bad at school, but I've never hurt anyone. I always try to help others, even though no one wants my help.
I took a leave from school, and the teacher approved it easily.
I used these few days to write this letter to you, Brother Blade.
You said that kids from poor families can still have dignity, right?
I'm Li Chengcheng. You might have forgotten me, but the reason I've held on is because I met you in the square that day. You told me to keep living well.
But I really can't hold on anymore.
I'm so scared of going back to school on Monday. What should I do?
—Li Chengcheng"
The letter wasn't long, but Xia Wen fell silent after reading it.
"Those people deserve the death penalty!" Furina was the first to shout.
She stood with arms akimbo, a rare look of fury on her face.
Even Sparkle, usually there for the fun, stayed silent.
"Boss, let's help her, okay?"
Tingyun's eyes were red as she looked pleadingly at Xia Wen.
"That's right! How can our fans be treated like this!"
"No wonder Brother Blade is so angry!"
All the girls there were fired up.
Even Jing Yuan and Aventurine, who had just been restraining Blade, were silent.
Especially Aventurine—his hands clenched into fists under his sleeves.
At that moment, everyone in Mihoyo who saw the letter—except Blade—had no idea who Li Chengcheng was.
But no one even asked.
They only knew that a bullied schoolgirl needed them.
"Let's go right now." Aventurine said in a low voice.
"If we go now, we'll only push the girl into the spotlight."
A calm, mature voice rang out. Welt stepped from the crowd and adjusted his glasses, "The boss's plan hasn't reached the closing stage. If we go support Li Chengcheng publicly right now, we might only end up hurting her."
The whole internet was still attacking Mihoyo.
One careless move, and the girl would face a massive wave of online abuse.
Welt didn't think a girl like Li Chengcheng could endure that.
"So we just let her suffer like this?" Blade looked up coldly.
"Then what do you plan to do? Go beat up those bullies?"
Xia Wen patted Blade's shoulder and said seriously: "Even if you beat them to death, it changes nothing."
"Someone like Li Chengcheng doesn't need your violence. What she lacks is confidence!"
"Of course, I'm not against you giving them a good beating. I also want to beat up that bunch of bastards."
Xia Wen's words were undoubtedly a dangerous signal of support.
And what Xia Wen said was very true.
Many of the people present understood that violence couldn't solve all problems, especially when facing a child like Li Chengcheng, who lacked confidence and had been bullied for a long time.
"She mentioned in the letter that she's on vacation, right?"
"In short, she won't be under threat during this period, and our third episode of Penacony airs its final installment next Monday, so we won't have to fear these public opinion attacks anymore."
Xia Wen pondered as he spoke, "Also, I have a better idea."
"On Monday, we'll go together. Doesn't Chengcheng feel she's not good enough?"
"She feels inferior, thinks nothing about herself is right."
"And those classmates who bully her think they come from good families? Think that bullying classmates makes them some kind of top dog?"
"So, when we accompany her into the campus on Monday, guess what will happen?" Xia Wen smirked at the end.
This plan made everyone's eyes light up.
MiHoYo's influence on campus was unprecedented.
You might not play their games, but you've definitely seen their shows.
This group led by Xia Wen kept a low profile precisely because they were too famous and too intense.
Once they showed up in public, it would attract huge attention.
When the long-bullied Li Chengcheng is surrounded by world-class stars and walks into school with them—
At that moment, she'll be the center of attention.
Where does confidence come from?
This is all because they believe in MiHoYo and their boss.
By that time, Xia Wen would have ten thousand ways to crush those scumbags.
Obviously, more than one person present had thought of this.
Sparkle even let out a dark chuckle, clearly already thinking of how to make the bullies suffer.
"Send him a reply, tell him it's a go."
Seeing that Blade had completely calmed down, Xia Wen spoke, "Then, let's get through this week step by step. On Monday, we'll do a special MiHoYo group mission!"
"Support!"
"Boss is brilliant!"
"Long live the boss!"
Xia Wen smiled faintly and clapped his hands: "Alright, don't get carried away just yet. Saturday is almost here. Let's handle those haters first, then focus on this plan. The Penacony arc is ending anyway—it'll be a good break!"
Under Xia Wen's plan, A sudden storm quietly subsided.
...
Late at night.
The company group chat was still buzzing.
Everyone was pumped, brainstorming all sorts of ideas.
Furina: I'm going to bring Chengcheng lots of delicious little cakes.
Sparkle: Me too!
Kafka: Don't forget to bring the child more clothes. Clothing is an important way to boost confidence.
Silver Wolf: I'll go check if those idiot kids play games or not. Got any usernames?
Sampo: Damn! Bet! But I support this.
Uncle Yang: Everyone, don't go too far. We must use righteous means to judge evil.
March 7th: Uncle Yang, why are you acting like a teenager today?
Uncle Yang: Ahem, it's just my youthful passion flaring up.
March 7th: Uncle Yang, you're clearly already a middle-aged uncle.
(Uncle Yang left the group chat.)
Stelle: Don't tease Uncle Yang. Anyway, I'm definitely bringing my bat. (insert Honkai swear) I'll risk my career to take them down with me!
Mei: … Excuse me, I can't find where the dorms are.
Stelle: ?
March 7th: ?
Furina: ?
Xia Wen: Ms. Mei, can you please leave the doorway first? That's someone else's room.
Ayaka: ?/?
Mei: Sorry, I thought it was the gym because I heard the boss and Ayaka training.
Star: ?
March 7th: ?
Furina: ;?
Sparkle: (#^.^#)
Kafka: Tch.
Fu Xuan: Boss, you... (scared.jpg)
Xia Wen: Don't misunderstand. We were just doing some nighttime warm-up exercises. Yes, for physical health.
Furina: I see.
March 7th: Wait! Furina, you actually believed that?!
Furina: Huh? Isn't that true?
Xia Wen: Anyway, everyone's muted now. No rebuttals allowed. Someone, take Mei back to her room immediately!
(All members muted.)
...
Inside the room.
Xia Wen put down his phone and finally let out a sigh of relief.
Watching the silhouettes outside quietly leave, he relaxed even more.
These people…
Always make things difficult for him.
But luckily, Saturday was almost here.
The scandals.
The publicity.
And the situation with Chengcheng—
All would end along with the conclusion of the Penacony arc.
"~Husband, my dear husband?" Ayaka's soft voice came from the side.
"Mm, let's sleep." Xia Wen said gently, then turned off the lights.
...
Time passed quickly.
Saturday.
Early in the morning, not even 8 o'clock yet, MiHoYo's official website was once again flooded with massive traffic, almost pushing its expanded servers into standby.
...
: The third episode is finally here!
: Let those haters see it—this is our true level.
: I want to see how MiHoYo plans to wrap up the third episode. Can they really pull off a twist within a twist?
: Acheron, the Penacony crisis, the Watchmaker, the Stellaron Hunters—so many factions, so many twists, let's wait and see.
: If episode three isn't good enough, I'm gonna jump off the bridge!
...
Fans and haters debated fiercely.
Social media was a battlefield.
Meanwhile, every platform was crazily investing in Honkai-style dramas.
At this point, truly under the spotlight in every sense— Episode three of Penacony finally arrived.
As the screen lit up, with the Honkai logo appearing, what came into view was—
"The Fool always rings the bell twice."