When an Alpha is Marked by One of His Own Kind

Chapter 47

News of recent events surrounding Team DG at the international tournament quickly spread among their domestic fans.
The post-game interview with Shen Qiao and Hank had been simulcast back home, so everyone had already seen the way Shen Qiao turned increasingly red as he spoke throughout that interview. And they'd already seen the way Lu Zhe and various staff members rushed up to interrupt the interview.

They'd even seen the way Lu Zhe wrapped Shen Qiao up in his jacket before pulling him offstage. All that had been captured by the cameras and broadcast live.

The minds of the fans who witnessed that scene all filled up with question marks. The livestream room was flooded by curious bullet comments.

[What's that jacket supposed to mean? Holy shit, could all the gossip about Lu Zhe and Shen Qiao be true?]

[Huh? Why did Wolf Cub turn so red on stage? He was blushing? Does he have a crush on Hank?]

[Question: Is the relationship between two alphas supposed to be like this? Don't people say the thing an alpha hates most is another alpha's scent?]

[WolfDog is real, WolfDog is real, WolfDog is real. I've already said it a million times.]

[Daddy Lu is so damn forward. Nice, I love it.]

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For a while, these rumors consumed the online esports community. Even straight guys who were only interested in the gameplay aspects started to believe there was something going on between Shen Qiao and Lu Zhe. After all, the way they were almost too intimate with each other wasn't normal for a pair of alphas at all.

Eventually, some people started to raise doubts and protests-

[Even if these two are together, this sort of behavior isn't appropriate, is it? Lu Zhe's jealousy is over the top. All Shen Qiao did was accept an interview. Lu Zhe's reaction was too exaggerated, wasn't it?]

[Does anyone else feel like Lu Zhe is getting too full of himself? First he bullied one of BLX's players outside the stadium after a game, and now he's acting unprofessional on stage? He's way too arrogant, it's disgusting.]

[Can you little omegas and betas stop shipping this? Don't you think two alphas being together is gross?]

Just as these toxic comments started to surface, official statements explaining the situation were rushed out by DG's official Weibo, the official account of the LMS team they played against, and the league's official account.

The statement from Team DG offered an explanation for Lu Zhe's sudden appearance on stage during the post-game interview-

In short, the statement said Lu Zhe got on stage out of concern for his teammate. Due to a personal health problem, Shen Qiao had a severe allergic reaction during the interview. As his captain, Lu Zhe was concerned-and that was why he made the abrupt decision to act. Of course, the team officials did not encourage this sort of behavior, but they hoped everyone would understand that Lu Zhe had acted for a proper cause.

Prior to the release of that statement, some of DG's fans had already started to get high on shipping Shen Qiao and Lu Zhe. But they hadn't dared speak up too loudly, for fear of being written off as crazy shippers. However, after seeing that official release, they instantly steeled their resolve and hit their keyboards to fight back against the nasty comments that had been coming.

[Wahhhhhh, I just knew Captain Lu wasn't that kind of villainous person!]

[Lu Zhe, you're the best!]

[Is Qiaoqiao okay? I'm so worried about him. He was red in the face because of allergies?]