The middle-aged man stopped a few steps away, spread out his hands to show that he was not threatening, and said with a kind face: "Both, I have no malicious intent. ”

"What do you mean you're following us?" Lian Chengbi didn't have a good face and didn't buy the other party's account. Xin Lin stood beside her, half a step forward to protect her, his eyes locked on the senior samurai behind the middle-aged man, making a defensive appearance. When the senior warrior saw Xin Lin act like this, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he clasped his hands on his chest, looking high.

The middle-aged man explained: "I have something important to discuss, but none of you accept calls from strangers, so I have to make this decision." He looked around and said in a low voice, "Mr. Lian, Mr. Xin, can we take a step to speak." ”

"Your actions have violated my rights, and I have no interest in listening to your nonsense." Lian Chengbi flatly refused and turned around to leave.

As soon as she took a step, she heard a whistling sound in her ears, and her eyes flashed, and Xin Lin was already in front of her. A few meters ahead, the high-ranking samurai came around behind him and blocked his way.

At this time, the senior samurai was surprised, as if he didn't expect Xin Lone's reaction to be so fast, as soon as he made a move, Xin Lone protected Lian Cheng Bi half a step in advance, in the process of his circle, Xin Lone always stood between him and Lian Cheng Bi, if he really intended to make a move, he couldn't avoid Xin Lone's block.

Lian Chengbi turned around and stared at the middle-aged man coldly, "What, do you want to do it here?" ”

"Don't dare." The middle-aged man said that he didn't dare, but there was no longer a smile on his face, and he said lightly: "Since Mr. Lian is unwilling to change places, then I will say it directly here." I hope Mr. Xin will raise his hand and make it easier in the next game......"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lian Chengbi: "Impossible. ”

"Nothing is impossible." The middle-aged man's face was full of confidence, and he looked like he was in control, and continued: "I know very well the situation of your Hongqiao Sports Company, it is just a small company, even if it gets the policy support of the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce, it is difficult to make a big difference, it is better to cooperate with me." Of course, I will not let you make sacrifices in vain, and after the deed is done, I will definitely give you satisfactory compensation. ”

Lian Chengbi was still unmoved, his delicate face was like frost, and he flatly refused: "You are dreaming." ”

"No room for negotiation at all?" The middle-aged man asked again without giving up, but Lian Chengbi didn't even say anything this time, it was completely an attitude of not entering, he finally changed his face, and said gloomily: "Lian Zong is so bad at being a person, I'm afraid that the operation of Red Bridge Sports in Europa will not be too smooth in the future." ”

"I'm going to have to figure out what didn't go well." Lian Chengbi sneered, not taking the threat of the middle-aged man in his eyes at all.

The middle-aged man ignored Lian Chengbi, he turned to Xin Lin and said, "Mr. Xin, I know that you are from the earth, and you are not an employee of Hongqiao Sports, if you are willing to cooperate with me, no matter how much benefits Hongqiao Sports gives you, I can give you double!" ”

"Okay!" Xin Xiao readily agreed, but before the middle-aged man was happy, he smiled and said, "If you give me 500 million, I will release the water." ”

The middle-aged man's face suddenly became very ugly, and he knew that he had been tricked by Xin Lone.

The prize money of the champion is only 50 million, even if the benefits brought by the support policy of the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce are far more than 500 million, it is impossible to give so much money to the contestants.

"If you change your mind, you can call me on this number, and you two can do it yourself." The middle-aged man threw down a card with a string of numbers written on it.

"Let's go." The middle-aged man had a sinister face, and finally glared at the two of them fiercely, and boarded the flying car without looking back. The high-ranking samurai hurriedly followed, and as he passed by Xin Lian's side, he made a thumb-down gesture to Xin Lian, his eyes full of provocation.

Xin Silent was not weak, and raised his middle finger at him.

Anger immediately appeared in his eyes, and he paused, as if he wanted to teach Xin Lin a lesson, but there were many pedestrians around him, and there were cameras all over him, which made him very jealous, and under the urging of the middle-aged man, he could only get into the car depressed.

Xin Lin laughed, this kind of person is really underbeaten.

If you knew this, you should have gotten off in a hidden place and taught this guy how to behave.

The two watched the flying car leave until it disappeared from view, Lian Chengbi's expression changed from tough to worried, and said, "Xin Lone, what do you say they will come from?" ”

"Looking at him like this, he must be a big deal, but an ordinary person has a high-level samurai as a bodyguard, and it is estimated that he is an executive of a large company represented by which player." Xin Xiao guessed casually, carefully recalled what the middle-aged man had said, and found that he had never revealed his identity from beginning to end, hiding his head and showing his tail, very cautious.

Lian Chengbi thought for a while and analyzed: "You have now reached the top thirty-two, if nothing else, the opponent in the next game should be Qiao Jing." She has already lost to you once, and the difference in strength is very large, if you deliberately lose to her by releasing water, you will be found out immediately, so Qiao Jing's suspicion is very small and can basically be ruled out. ”

"What do you mean, the opponent's goal is to get a place in the quarterfinals, and let me play a match-fixing match in the quarterfinals, so he was sent by the company represented by the opponent in the third round?" Xin Lin asked.

Lian Chengbi nodded lightly, "This round of opponents is the most suspicious. ”

Xin Lin recalled in his mind the information of his opponents in the third round, which will be generated between the four players of No. 9, No. 56, No. 24, and No. 41. According to the comparison of strength, it is definitely the No. 9 player who is the strongest, and the possibility of facing himself in the end is the greatest, but it cannot be ruled out that the company behind the other three players has bought off the opponent and advanced to the third round from these four people.

Xin Lin frowned and said, "No matter which player advances to the third round, we can't guess the identity of the other party without enough evidence." ”

"It doesn't have to be a third-round opponent." Lian Chengbi groaned: "There is a difference in the rewards of the top eight and the top four, and the champion and runner-up are also very different, so the opponents you meet later are all suspicious. ”

Xin sighed: "It's just an amateur game, why is it so." ”

"Although it is an amateur competition, it is related to the major interests of many companies, and it is inevitable that some people will have crooked thoughts." Lian Chengbi operated on the mobile phone for a while, shook his head and said: "I just secretly took a photo of those two people, searched and compared them on the Internet, and found no results." ”

"It's not easy." Xin Xiao was a little surprised, and his expression became cautious.

The federal image search engine is very powerful, and the face recognition technology is extremely accurate and mature, even the most ordinary citizens will more or less leave a few photos on the Internet, but these two people can't be found on the Internet, and they should have asked Internet privacy experts to do the protection treatment.

Ordinary people will not be like this, so it can be seen that these two people came prepared, and they are not afraid of being photographed and recognized at all.

Lian Chengbi's face was worried, she was not afraid of other people's business tricks, but the enemy hidden in the dark was the most troublesome and difficult to guard against.

Xin Lin glanced down at the card on the ground, which was blank except for a string of numbers, and there was no other information. The material of the card is also very ordinary, and there is no clue to be seen. This string of numbers is a phone number, you don't need to call to know, it must be a temporary number generated on the network, and the owner behind the phone can't be found.

"I'll put this thing aside, I'm not going to put water in the game anyway." Xin Lin gave up his guess and said, "We should go back." ”

"Thank you." Lian Chengbi glanced at Xin Lin gratefully.

The conditions offered by Hongqiao Sports to Xin Lin are only 20 million at most, and if Xin Lin is willing, the benefits he will get from the middle-aged man will definitely be no less, but he refused without hesitation, which made Lian Chengbi's heart warm and completely relieved.

Xin Lin knew what Lian Chengbi was thinking, and said with a smile: "Don't look at me like that, I will help you get it if I say 20 million, you have to be honest, I don't want any money if it's not mine." ”

Liancheng Bi smiled and said nothing, everything was silent.

The two summoned a speeding car, confirmed that no one was following them on the road, and returned to the hotel smoothly.

Xin Lin didn't play the next day, so he didn't go to the scene, and stayed in the hotel to watch the sixteen fights. On this day, from player No. 17 to player No. 32, against player No. 33 to player No. 48, their strength is relatively close, so there are many games of upsets, and there is a situation of going down, and the scene is a few points more exciting than the first day's game.

As expected, Qiao Jing defeated her opponent and will face Xin Lin again in the next match. After her victory in the ring, there was no joy on her face, and she was also absent-minded in the post-match interview, and left in a hurry after a few perfunctory words.

On the third day, the round of 32 to 16 began.

Xin Lin was too eye-catching because Lianchengbi was too eye-catching, so she stayed in the hotel and went to the arena alone.

Unfortunately, Xin Lian's game today was scheduled to the penultimate game, and many of the previous games were very anxious, delayed for a long time, and it was not his turn to play until more than three o'clock in the afternoon.

As soon as he got into the ring, Xin Lin saw Qiao Jing on the opposite side with a wry smile.

"You are really my nemesis, I finally avoided the knockout round, but I ran into you again in the final, it's really unlucky!" Qiao Jing said indignantly.

Xin Xiao spread his hands and said, "I'm sorry, that's not what I intended. ”

"Forget it, it's just that I'm not as good as others." Qiao Jing sighed depressedly and said, "I'm unwilling, I originally wanted to fight for a place in the top eight......

Xin was silent, not knowing how to comfort her, and he couldn't let go of the water in the game.

As soon as the opening countdown ended, Qiao Jing raised her hand to admit defeat.

Even though all the audience knew that Qiao Jing would definitely lose this game, she admitted defeat before she could fight, which immediately aroused the boos of tens of millions of spectators, Qiao Jing waved her hand around indifferently, and quit the ring without even participating in the post-game interview.

Xin Lin is also happy to be like this, it is so easy to be able to advance without using his hands.

There was one last game next, Xin Lin was not interested in watching, and when he got out of the venue, he found that Lian Chengbi was already waiting in the car outside, and the two made an appointment to have a big dinner outside in the evening to celebrate entering the top 16.