ã€ŠFOG [e-sports]ã€‹


 Chapter 1

    Chapter 1

    It was two o¡¯clock in the morning and the lights in the IAC eSports Club FOG division in Shanghai were still bright.

    The practice match just ended, and it was free time now. The yers in the base were washing up and ordering takeaway. There was only one person left in the training room ¡ª Shi Luo who was in his seat ying the game.

    It wasn¡¯t that Shi Luo was diligent, but it was the end of the month and he still owed more than 20 hours of live broadcast time to fulfil the terms of his contract.

    Shi Luo, ount name: Evil, 19 years old, young, skilled, unfortunately quite handsome. Two years after his debut, he was one of the domestic league¡¯s top tier gaming celebrities. He was the poster boy for the IAC team, their cash cow and their pir.

    The celebrity himself, though, didn¡¯t like doing live broadcasts. But ording to his contract, he had to do at least 30 hours of live broadcasts a month. So, barring any incident, at least 29 hours of those would be broadcasted at the end of the month.

    Just after the practice match ended, the club manager called again. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t put it off any longer and he finally started to make up work.

    Only two or three minutes after the live broadcast started, Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast room had more than 3 million viewers. The barrage was densely packed, and they had ovepped over one another until it was almost impossible to make them out.

    [I¡¯d been expecting this broadcast, hhhhhhhhh ...]

    [Ha ha ha ha ha It¡¯s that beautiful time of the month when Shi Shen is forced to open business.]

    [It¡¯s the 29th already, there¡¯s not much time left for Shi Luo Xuanshou.]

    [It¡¯s the 29th already, there¡¯s not much time left for Shi Luo Xuanshou. +1]

    [The end of each month is when my husband apanies me day and night. Just as I thought! Husband, you¡¯ll keep mepany for the next 25 hours, right? Are you happy? Are you?]

    [Look here. Look here. Look here. After the preseason matches next month, it¡¯s going to be the transfer period. Is my husband still going to be at IAC next season? Will you be transferring this year?]

    [Yes, it¡¯s time for the annual transfer again. They said all the teams would be making some pretty big moves this year. I¡¯m waiting for that big shake up in the league.]

    [IAC¡¯s boss¡¯s heart isn¡¯t on the game at all. He only wants to make money. He¡¯ll only hold back the team. My husband, the earlier you transfer, the earlier we can rest assured. Asking for a transfer!]

    [Stop with the spections. Every year, everyone goes crazy during the transfer period. Just calm down, alright?]

    Near the transfer period, the e-sports fans would all be in an unstable mood, and an argument inexplicably broke out in the barrage. However, Shi Luo wasn¡¯t the single bit affected. After all, he hadn¡¯t opened the barrage interface.

    Shi Luo opened the FOG game client, logged in to his side ount and waited. After a short while, he entered the game.

    FOG, the domestic trantion for ¡°Within the Fog¡±; it has been six years since its public beta, and its poprity has only increased year by year. It was now ranked top 3 among the world¡¯s most popr games.

    FOG is a four-on-four confrontation game. In each game, the yer and his teammates would be ced on one end of a map covered in dense fog. At the other end of the map would be their four opponents. yers have different abilities and tasks depending on their jobs. The ultimate goal is to clear away the fog on the other side of the map, leaving your opponents nowhere to hide. Then the team that kills all their opponents and destroys the opponents¡¯ resurrection stone first, wins.

    Each team of yers consists of three jobs &#k2014; two strikers, one sniper, and one medic. Shi Luo yed as a striker. As the name suggests, his role was to charge to the front and attack.

    Shi Luo was used to ying a side ount whenever he did live broadcasts. He hadn¡¯t yed this side ount much this season and its rank was very low. Naturally, the level of his teammates that the system matched with him was average. Shi Luo waspletely indifferent. Run of the mill yers could rarely keep up with his rhythm and he was used to solo-ing matches. So long as his teammates weren¡¯tpletely terrible, they¡¯d win. And if they were &#k2026; then he¡¯ll just take it as training.

    Such as this match.

    The other striker in the team opened the match by letting the other team take his head. He hadpletely no awareness of his movements, and he shot haphazardly, exposing his position. Less than ten minutes into the game and hadn¡¯t contributed even half a point; what¡¯s more, he gave up three heads to their opponents.

    In low level matches, he would often be matched with some endearingly silly teammates. Shi Luo didn¡¯t care. In this match, he had already gotten two heads from their opponents. He had upgraded and he could do this 1V4.

    But his pig teammate who¡¯d handed over his head, clearly didn¡¯t have such a good mentality. After dying for the fourth time, he started to idle and type out curses in the team chat.

    [Thief fierce thief strong]: [Medic, what¡¯s going on? Are you sleepwalking? You¡¯re not providing cover with that photon shield and you¡¯re not adding blood. Then why are you even here? ]

    [Thief fierce thief strong]: [You can see I¡¯m taking hits here, why aren¡¯t you helping? What are you ying? If you can¡¯t y then leave! Just f*ck off! ]

    [Thief fierce thief strong]: [Why are all these stupid c*nts who can¡¯t get points ying medics now? What? You¡¯re just gonna leech off some points? ]

    Shi Luo was in a 1v2 face off, after killing the opposing team, he nced at the team chat.

    Even his spraying was subpar.

    Although the team¡¯s medic wasn¡¯t all that sharp, he was a lot stronger than this piss-poor shit of a striker, ¡°Thief Fierce Thief Strong.¡± The shield cover he¡¯d given Shi Luo just now was very timely. There weren¡¯t any problems.

    The medic was probably young or good-tempered, and he¡¯d been insulted for a long time before typing to say: [I¡¯m not just muddling along, I was helping the other striker just now.]

    One stone set off a thousand waves. The piss-poor striker was provoked and the team chat started beeping nonstop.

    [Thief fierce thief strong]: [You can only assist one striker? Do you only have one hand? Are you handicapped? ]

    [Thief fierce thief strong]: [Do you know how to y or not? If you can¡¯t y, can¡¯t you just stop digging pits for your teammates? ]

    [Thief fierce thief strong]: [You¡¯re a f*cking c*nt! If you think I¡¯m going to give you free points then think again! ]

    This guy was shit at ying the game but he typed pretty fast. The medic didn¡¯t seem like the type to scold people and after typing out a few sentences to exin himself, didn¡¯t type again.

    Shi Luo looked at the team chat interface, paused his movements, and in the end, typed nothing.

    That¡¯s why he didn¡¯t like doing live broadcasts.

    Opening a live broadcast would take upwork speed and it would influence his operation, that¡¯s a given. But the most annoying thing about doing live broadcasts was that the league had regtions that stated that active professional yers mustn¡¯t disy any negative behavior in the game, including but not limited to trash talking or spraying other yers.

    So many people watched during the live broadcasts and the chat records served as irrefutable evidence; getting penalized was a matter of course.

    It wasn¡¯t worth being penalized for something like this.

    Shi Luo upgraded his equipment and continued to charge forward alone.

    This ¡°thief fierce thief strong¡± saw that no one was paying him any attention and threw in angrily: [Damn it, I met three useless medics in one night and lost three matches in a row. All these medic yers are stupid-ass b*tches!! Stupid-ass b*tches! ]

    The chat notification beeped, and Shi Luo narrowed his eyes at the chat interface. After a second, he pushed the mouse aside and started typing.

    Beginning with Shi Luo¡¯s first sentence, ¡°Don¡¯t insult the medic. Come on, let us two have a contest¡±, the barrage in the live broadcast room went crazy.

    [Pfft, I knew he wouldn¡¯t be able to help it.]

    [You think the no. 1 sprayer in the country in those days is ying a joke on you? After ying professionally for a few years, you think he¡¯s forgotten how to insult people?]

    [A spraying contest with Evil? Is he looking to die? No one can out trash talk him ha ha ha ha ...]

    [This person¡¯s ability to set off mines is amazing. Don¡¯t you know that Shi Shen¡¯s first in-game upation was a medic? How can he tolerate insults to medics?]

    [Ha ha ha Shi Luo¡¯s using a side ount, and this guy has no idea that this is Shi Luo.]

    [It¡¯s been a long time since I saw the Little Master¡¯s artful spraying, I¡¯ve missed it a lot. Look at that pro-gamer hand speed, look at this huge vocabry, and look at his flexible use of obscenities! Ah...feels so good.]

    [Aren¡¯t professional yers not allowed to trash talk other yers? Isn¡¯t he afraid of being penalized?]

    [There¡¯ll definitely be a penalty. Just wait for the announcement on the club¡¯s official blog. That¡¯s 10,000 yuan down the drain.]

    [My God, he¡¯s still raining down abuse? What¡¯s with this hand speed hhhhhh ...]

    Shi Luo was expressionless as his fingers flew across the keyboard.

    The penalty wasn¡¯t based on the number of insults. One insult had a fine of 10,000. A hundred insults also had a fine of 10,000. In any case, this 10,000 yuan was as good as gone, so why not curse this little sh*t some more?

    This ¡°thief fierce thief strong¡± obviously couldn¡¯t keep up with Shi Luo¡¯s hand speed. After a few minutes, he was scolded and trash talked blind. Once Shi Luo insulted him enough, he picked up his mouse and continue the game.

    For low level games like these, it didn¡¯t matter if they were missing a teammate. Shi Luo and the two other team members quickly and urately destroyed the enemy¡¯s resurrection stone and a big ¡°win¡± popped up on screen.

    In the chat interface, the other two teammates thanked Shi Luo, and Shi Luo did not reply. When he was about to withdraw, the ¡°thief fierce thief strong¡± who had been idling for nearly 20 minutes, mystifyingly sent out a sour statement: [So what if you won? It¡¯s just because your opponents were also sh*t! They better not team me up with this kind of medic anymore. ]

    [Thief fierce thief strong]: [If you can¡¯t y a medic then study more. Watch how pro-yers operate, like Whisper. ]

    [Thief fierce thief strong]: [Look at how other medics y. You can only help one teammate? Stop making meugh. ]

    [Thief fierce thief strong]: [Good thing Whisper¡¯s going to return to China. When the timees, you can watch his live broadcasts. Hehe, I hope I never see you again! ]

    This ¡°thief fierce thief strong¡± quit the game after finding a venue for his sour grape-ing. The other two teammates immediatelyforted each other and ignored him. Shi Luo looked at the chat record and was shocked.

    A few minutester, Shi Luo canceled his next match, got up and went downstairs.

    In the lounge on the first floor, team manager Zhao Feng was looking at WeChat. When he saw Shi Luoing, he sighed. ¡°I¡¯ve been getting all theseints. Did you just trash talk a random yer? I told you, you can spray as much as you want when you y in private. But if it¡¯s a live broadcast then bear with it as much as you can. When you do it this publicly, when people ask me, what can I say? I can¡¯t cover it for you even if I want to, you ... ¡±

    Zhao Feng was looking at WeChat as he babbled, when he finally looked up and saw Shi Luo, he was startled. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you? What¡¯s with that look? I-I didn¡¯t say anything about you ...¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s looked gloomy. Without saying a word, he turned around to head back upstairs. Halfway there, he turned and went back.

    Manager Zhao stared at Shi Luo in shock, ¡°What the hell are you doing?!¡±

    Shi Luo stood still and asked coldly, ¡°Yu Sui ising back to China?¡±

    Zhao Feng was unable to utter a word.

    Zhao Feng nodded cautiously. ¡°Yes, he may even possibly be back already.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips moved without a sound, and it took a while to slowly say, ¡°No one told me.¡±

    ¡°Who would dare to tell you? Everyone knows you two ... Sigh, I was going to tell you! It¡¯s just that we¡¯ve been busytely and the transfer period¡¯sing up soon. There¡¯s so many things I haven¡¯t gotten ¡¯round to yet.¡± The more he spoke the more he seemed inadequate. He smiled apologetically and said, ¡°For your sake, we didn¡¯t consider signing him. That¡¯s all there was to it.¡±

    Several of his other teammates came into the lounge. His teammates felt that there was something off and they were baffled as they looked at Zhao Feng and Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo also realized his loss ofposure. After a moment, his lips remained t as he said, ¡°It¡¯s nothing. So he¡¯s back. I just wanted to ask.¡±

    He headed back upstairs to continue his live broadcast. It was as if nothing happened just now.

    In the lounge on the first floor, Shi Luo¡¯s teammates were quite puzzled. Bewildered, they asked, ¡°What happened? Who¡¯s back?¡±

    Zhao Feng pursed his lips. ¡°Whisper, Yu Sui. He came back from the European league.¡±

    The medic on the team was startled. ¡°Whisper!!!¡±

    Zhao Feng shot him a look, telling the medic not to be so loud. The medic hastily covered his mouth, and then whispered, ¡°Whisper¡¯s back in our region?! Which team is he going to? F*ck, this year¡¯s transfer period is really going to be earth-shattering.¡±

    Zhao Feng shook his head: ¡°No one knows yet where he¡¯s going.¡±

    The youngest in the team, their sniper, entered the pro-sce and so he wasn¡¯t familiar with the situation. He said, ¡°Yu Shen, the former no. 1 medic in the domestic league, currently the European region¡¯s no. 1 medic, three consecutive World Championships ... who doesn¡¯t know of him? So? What¡¯s wrong with himing back? What does it have to do with Shi Ge? ¡±

    Zhao Feng sighed. ¡°It has a lot to do with Shi Luo.¡±

    ¡°Two years ago, Yu Sui was still the strongest yer in our region, and Shi Luo was just an unknown ordinary high school student.¡±

    ¡°Shi Luo originally didn¡¯t want to join this industry. It was Yu Sui who personally signed him into his own club, promising a lifetime contract. Afterwards, he personally ...¡±

    ¡°Packed up Shi Luo and sold his contract to another club for a high price.¡±

 Chapter 2

    Chapter 2

    The teammates looked at each other in nk dismay.

    Zhao Feng shifted in his seat to a morefortable position, and slowly said, ¡°I¡¯m going to tell you about this now so that you¡¯ll understand the situation. You¡¯ve got to know things clearly so you won¡¯t say anything to set him off.¡±

    ¡°Before starting his pro career, Shi Luo had been doing well in school, exceptionally well. Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to go down this path so he would asionally do some live broadcasts. Of course, his family didn¡¯t agree with him.¡±

    ¡°Shi Luo hasn¡¯t contacted his family up til now. No one knows if it¡¯s because of this that he¡¯s had a falling out with his family. No one dares to ask.¡±

    ¡°His live broadcasts were quite popr at the time. It ranked high on the Chinese servers. He was soon discovered by several clubs. Shi Luo was still ying a medic at that time. There¡¯s always a shortage of good medics. There had been a lot of clubs who contacted him and he refused everyone, including me. At the time, what he told me was that he didn¡¯t want to y professionally. But then for some unknown reason, he joined Whisper¡¯s team.¡±

    ¡°Because of this, he offended several clubs. He¡¯d said that we were wasting our time and that he¡¯d never ever y professionally only to go to Whisper, huh ...¡±

    ¡°You all know what happened after that. Not long after that, who knows what got into Whisper, he rebelled against the domestic league, took his team and left. It made him infamous...¡± Manager Zhao Feng nced upstairs and pursed his lips. ¡°We shouldn¡¯t be talking about this so listen up.¡±

    Zhao Feng loosened his grip. ¡°At that time, the European region was forming their Gctico Team. They were missing a first ss medic and Whisper suddenly decided to go to the European region to develop. Those he could take with him, he took with him. Those he couldn¡¯t, he sold their contracts for a high price and that was how Shi Luo was sold to the NSN team. ¡±

    The people in the room were rendered speechless.

    After a long while, a team member whispered, ¡°... Shi Luo was used purely as a money-making tool.¡±

    One person asked bewilderedly, ¡°At that time, Yu Sui¡¯s team was already the strongest in the country. He¡¯d even won the world championship. So, why?¡±

    ¡°Who knows? Everyone has their own aspirations. The contract fees over there are indeed higher, and their business operations are also very well-developed.¡± Zhao Feng continued slowly, ¡°Because those top-level yers left two years ago, our region suffered a lot. We missed the World Championship for two consecutive years. Whisper, though, had done well for himself. He became the runner-up in the World Championships during his first year in Germany. The next year the Gctico Team finally clicked, and they won the World Championship. He is indeed amazing. He can find glory anywhere. ¡±

    The team¡¯s sniper curled his lips in contempt. ¡°He ran off to y for an enemy region. What¡¯s so glorious about that?¡±

    ¡°Hey, don¡¯t be so narrow-minded. As clubs, we¡¯re inpeting regional divisions. We¡¯re not enemy countries. These matters are of little interest, but ...¡± Zhao Feng made some allowances, ¡°Be that as it may, everyone still wants for these types of yers to stay within our region. Look, how many fans does Whisper have right now? This is maybe just the ten or twenty percent that remained. Back then, when he suddenly moved to another division, he truly made a lot of fans angry. For every thousand that wanted him dead, ten thousand would curse him. Seeing how he still has this many die-hard fans, you could tell just how good he was then. ¡±

    A member of the team nced upwards and whispered, ¡°If he weren¡¯t amazing, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to get Shi Luo to reject so many of the clubs for him. Hey, isn¡¯t it that Shi Luo offended a lot of clubs? Then how did Shi Luo end up on another team? ¡±

    ¡°You can still sign people who¡¯ve offended you <i>ba</i>.¡± Zhao Feng couldn¡¯t helpughing. ¡°When faced with profits, who would care about something like this? Back then, he was a medic known as¡± Little Whisper ¡°. When they heard Whisper was selling his contract, there wasn¡¯t anyone who wasn¡¯t interested. Captain Gu Gan of the NSN team has always been good friends with Whisper, and Whisper sold Shi Luo to the NSN team. ¡±

    The other striker in their team muttered, ¡°... Shi Luo must hate Whisper.¡±

    ¡°Probably ... but who knows? Nothing good was being said about Whisper back then, but Shi Luo never said anything about him. No one could say anything about Whisper in front of him. Any mention of Whisper would get him angry.¡± The manager shrugged. ¡°Then Shi Luo changed his job to a striker. NSN was very good about it. He wanted to change so they let him. He wasn¡¯t forced to y a specific job. But NSN had beencking medics and they had no shortage of strikers. NSN also didn¡¯t want to waste his time making him watch the dispenser, so they decided to sell his contract to me. ¡±

    Zhao Feng smiled shrewdly, ¡°Of course, I got the better end of that bargain. Who could have thought that Shi Luo¡¯s development as a striker would totally go against the natural order? In less than half a year, he had reached the top of the domestic servers and became our team¡¯s chief striker. If Whisper had known, he would have regretted selling him for only three million yuan.¡±

    Everyoneughed, and one of their teammates sighed. ¡°No wonder Shi Ge had such a big reaction... I only heard that Shi Ge had spent several months with Whisper¡¯s team, but I didn¡¯t expect so many things to have happened.¡±

    Zhao Feng followed with a sigh, ¡°What I know is also limited. But it was really chaotic two years ago. Our league has had a lot of trouble in recent years because of the capital shocks. The enmity between these yers now probably arose then.¡±

    After listening for a long while, the medic on the team probed out, ¡°Manager, now that Whisper¡¯s back, won¡¯t hee to our team?¡±

    Zhao Feng looked pensive, and patted the medic¡¯s shoulder with a hearty smile, ¡°What are you afraid of? It¡¯s almost impossible. Look at your Shi Ge, do you think he¡¯d ever get along with Whisper?¡±

    Everyoneughed and talked about other gossip.

    On the second floor, Shi Luo sat back down on his seat and he clicked the ¡°Continue¡± button on the game client and waited for his next match.

    The live broadcast was still open, and the barrage was still in a heated discussion.

    [He¡¯s back. He¡¯s back.]

    [It can¡¯t be that he only just found out Whisper¡¯sing back, right? Did he leave just now because of this?]

    [There¡¯s so many people in his team, and so many people in the league. Did no one tell him?]

    [Probably no one dared to tell him...]

    [Which team will Whisper go to? Can¡¯t hee to IAC?]

    [Impossible. If he did,e the next day, they¡¯ll be carrying a corpse out of IAC headquarters. Shi Luo and Yu Sui, one of them would definitely be dead.]

    [Ha ha ha ha,e to IAC. That¡¯ll be fun to watch.]

    [What do you want Whisper to do in IAC? Can the new fan just shut up?]

    [I¡¯m not in the mood to bring up the past, okay? So don¡¯t provoke people.]

    [Just asking, but are there any CP fans here? Just now this knife stabbed into me. I¡¯m losing blood, I need my sisters to quickly pull it out andfort me. TAT.]

    [The barrage just turned strange. Just what¡¯s going on?]

    [That¡¯s unexpected. He was only away for five minutes. And now, he¡¯s able to y like usual. My son is all grown up. I¡¯m so proud.]

    [Looks like he¡¯s notpletely unaffected. I think I heard the sound of a lighter. I¡¯m calling it. Evil¡¯s smoking ¡®cause he¡¯s off camera.]

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t say anything and he entered the match. He took a deep drag of the cigarette and then snuffed it out against the ashtray. He then continued to level up his side ount.

    When ying at this level, Luo Shi didn¡¯t need to think. He could rely on muscle memory to get him points. He yed five games in a row and won five games in a row. In each game, he was the MVP. Shi Luo¡¯s mom-fans were endlessly gratified. The little whelp has matured and he was now a steady and stable yer. Although he¡¯ll still engage in a bit of spraying, he was no longer so easily affected. Take a look at this calm and light attitude, look at this unfazed manner, look at his steady ying!

    Naturally, there was no shortage of ck fans in the chat room of popr yers such as Shi Luo. There were always repeaters in the barrage. Going on and on about how Shi Luo only knew how to abuse yers in low-level matches like these.

    The haters would often send it out on the chat and when Shi Luo was waiting in the queue, he looked at the barrage interface and happened to see one.

    [You only ever use your side ounts when you do live broadcasts. Guess you only want to show off on low-level matches. If you¡¯ve got what it takes then use your main ount.]

    Shi Luo was immune to this low-level insult. He nced at it and continued to wait in the queue. Unfortunately, the system automatically canceled the queue when the queue timed out. Shi Luo simply logged out of his side ount, and logged onto the main ount on the domestic server provided by the league to every pro yer.

    Naturally, there was a cheer in the live room.

    His main ount had already reached the top of the national rankings so of course, the queue was slower. Shi Luo clicked on the ¡®ready¡¯ button. He leaned against the back of his gaming chair, a cigarette between his lips, waiting patiently to enter the game.

    While waiting, Shi Luo looked at his in-game character, and became a little lost in thought.

    Luo Shi was indeed affected by the news of Yu Sui¡¯s return to China.

    This wasn¡¯t anything to be embarrassed about. There¡¯s no point in denying it. After two years, his former captain, his former model for his in-game job, his once ultimate goal as a professional ... and the person he once hated the most has returned to the local scene. Wasn¡¯t it normal for his mood to be a bit vtile?

    Shi Luo had long expected Yu Sui to return to China, but he didn¡¯t expect it to be so soon.

    Shi Luo was very clear on the number of years on Yu Sui¡¯s contract. If he remembered correctly, there should still be three months remaining in Yu Sui¡¯s German contract.

    Shi Luo gently tapped on the keyboard and said silently in his heart: three months in advance.

    But it also made sense. Since Yu Sui was back, he was definitely going to continue to y. The new season begins in two months. Yu Sui needed to sign with a new team before the start of the new season. Afterwards, he¡¯ll use around a month to get used to ying with his teammates and adapt to the domestic league¡¯s rhythm. That way he¡¯ll greet the new season in perfect shape.

    He had arranged everything very thoroughly.

    The live broadcast was still on so it wasn¡¯t convenient to use theputer. Shi Luo picked up his phone and entered a few keywords to search for rted information.

    The news of Yu Sui¡¯s return to China came out three days ago in the hottest e-sports forum in China. The news spread so extensively. The matter everyone was still arguing about was Yu Sui¡¯s ¡°rebellion¡± against the domestic region. However, right now, there was a shortage of medics in the domestic league so they were still happy to see him return. Other than that, there was little concrete news. Over and over again, it was said that Whisper has reportedly left the European region and will return to register in the domestic region.

    When will he return, which team will he join afterwards... There was no useful news.

    Shi Luo set his mobile phone aside, and countless team names appeared in his head.

    Except for Team Saint, which utilized medics as its core, any number of teams were possible.

    Including the team he ys for ¡ª IAC.

    What Zhuo Feng said was nice to hear. For his sake, they wouldn¡¯t sign Yu Sui. When Shi Luo heard this he wanted tough.

    Either for the club¡¯s overall business value, or for the team¡¯s performance, or just for the buzz it would generated, as long as it could bring realizable benefits to IAC, Zhao Feng and the other senior executives wouldn¡¯t take into ount what he felt about the matter.

    For these purelymercial clubs, he was nothing more than a yer that could bring in rtively more money. Shi Luo had already seen through these trivial matter two years ago. Now, these embarrassing and beautiful words were just trulyughable.

    Yu Sui, this money tree, has now returned. Zhao Feng must have contacted him and now it was simply a matter of whether he could get him to join or not.

    If he really were to join then...

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips moved, he unconsciously looked at theputer screen. The match hasn¡¯t started yet.

    Shi Luo nced down at the barrage. The barrage was discussing which team Whisper would join, and the analysis was surprisingly logical.

    [Let¡¯s leave the bottom teams out of the discussion. They wouldn¡¯t be able to afford it.]

    [We can also take out Saint. That teamcks medics the least or it could be said that they¡¯re notcking in first-rate medics.]

    [IAC can also be excluded, right? Although IAC¡¯s medic is pretty average, if Whisper goes to IAC, then this year¡¯s transfer period won¡¯t just be the earth-shattering, it will be apocalyptic.]

    [Yeah, let¡¯s leave it. If Yu Sui goes to IAC, I¡¯m worried that Shi Luo will sneak into Yu Sui¡¯s dorm room and kill him in the middle of the night = =]

    [NSN might be possible. Yu Sui has a good rtionship with their captain. I just don¡¯t know if NSN is willing to spend that much money.]

    [When we take everything into ount, the Bison team is the most likely. The club owner is very rich and can afford Yu Sui no problem. Though it¡¯s kind of a shame to have Yu Sui match up with those strikers on the Bison team.]

    [Ha ha ha ha ha! In any case, the Bison team¡¯s owner is filthy rich. He could just buy Shi Luo too.]

    [Yeah, hahahaha. He could buy them both and as long as they can keep from killing each other, next year¡¯s World Championship will be in the bag.]

    [Although I want to have Shi Luo transfer to Bison, can¡¯t you stop always pulling Shi Luo and Whisper together? I¡¯m sick of people trying to make this into a thing.]

    [Please don¡¯t add fuel to this. The fans would go crazy if these two went to the same team.]

    Shi Luo stared nkly at the barrage, and calcted the possibility that he and Yu Sui would be on the same team next season as the fans thought.

    Yu Suies to IAC.

    Or maybe he and Yu Sui would both be bought by Bison.

    Then the probability is ...

    Before Shi Luo coulde up with a form, he finally entered the game.

    Those at the top tier would always run into people they know. The other striker on Shi Luo¡¯s team was NSN¡¯s team captain, Gu Gan.

    Shi Luo spent a short two months at NSN. During that time, Gu Gan had taken good care of him. Unfortunately, NSN was teeming with strikers, and the team couldn¡¯t take on anymore. After Shi Luo changed to a striker and could no longer stay at NSN, it had been Gu Gan who contacted his current club to give Shi Luo a more suitable transfer contract.

    Because of the care he¡¯d given him at that time, Shi Luo has always respected Gu Gan.

    When Shi Shiluo entered the map and saw Gu Gan¡¯s ID, he immediately greeted him.

    [IAC-Evil]: [Captain Gu ]

    Maybe Gu Gan didn¡¯t notice but he never gave a reply back. Shi Luo didn¡¯t mind and he made a mark on the map and started to probe his way forward. The team chat unexpectedly gave a notification beep. Shi Luo inclined his head and took a look.

    [NSN-GU]: [Yu Sui is returning to our region, did you know? ]

    Shi Luo looked at the screen and typed after a while: [I just found out. ]

    Shi Luo nced at the barrage, and was just about to type a reminder to Gu Gan that he was doing a live broadcast, when the notification for team chat beeped again.

    [NSN-GU]: [He came to my team. ]

    NSN, the team whichcked strikers the least.

    Shi Luo stared silently at Gu Gan¡¯s message for a long time.

    Thinking of the fans¡¯ clear and careful analysis on the barrage just now, Shi Luo suddenly couldn¡¯t helpughing. Then he couldn¡¯t stop himself from having aughing fit as he held the keyboard.

    Yu Sui was going to NSN. There was now no possibility of them being on the same team.

    The fans can now rest assured.

 Chapter 3

    Chapter 3

    Gu Gan was still sending messages nonstop.

    [NSN-GU]: [He will be at the warm up match with your team next Monday. It hasn¡¯t been decided whether he¡¯ll go up or not. ]

    [NSN-GU]: [When the timees, when you see him don¡¯t make trouble. ]

    [NSN-GU]: [You¡¯re not a kid anymore. ]

    [NSN-GU]: [I shouldn¡¯t need to say this but I was worried that you¡¯d suddenly find out during the match and it might affect your game. ]

    [NSN-GU]: [Although winning or losing the match won¡¯t affect the team¡¯s points for the season, I didn¡¯t want to have an unfair advantage. You should mentally prepare yourself in advance. ]

    Shi Luo hadughed enough and stared at the screen in a trance.

    He had no idea if at this moment, at NSN¡¯s base Yu Sui was standing next to Gu Gan¡¯sputer, watching as Gu Gan asked him to take some precautionary measures.

    Shi Luo rubbed the back of his neck and typed a question in response. [What¡¯s there to prepare for?]

    [NSN-GU]: [? ]

    [IAC-Evil]: [Am I going to trade blows with him at the stadium? ]

    [IAC-Evil]: [Don¡¯t they say let bygones be bygones? I¡¯ve forgotten all about those things.]

    [IAC-Evil]: [By the way, just a friendly reminder, Captain Gu. Looks like you¡¯ve just set off an issue. I¡¯m doing a live broadcast. ]

    [NSN-GU]: [......]

    [NSN-GU]: [... you. ]

    Shi Luo typed with a smile: [Captain Gu was too fast. I couldn¡¯t stop you. ]

    After knowing that Shi Luo was doing a live broadcast, Gu Gan didn¡¯t say anything more. Shi Luo also didn¡¯t speak anymore. The two silently pushed against the opposing side. After the game, without even a greeting, they exited the map one after the other.

    Naturally, at this moment, none of the e-sports forums were very calm. Gu Gan had let out such big news that the forums exploded immediately.

    There are too many points for the yers to discuss. There were those hopefuls who were already dreaming about NSN winning the World Championships next season. There were those who were regretting that NSN stillcked a great sniper. There were also those who wanted to watch the excitement and felt sorry that Yu Sui couldn¡¯t be on the same team as Shi Luo. And there were still those who couldn¡¯t set aside their hate and were still scolding Yu Sui for abandoning the domestic league before and thought that he was unworthy of returning. Reasonable discussions and personal attacks were flying all around. Then, there were the countless haters with private agendas taking the opportunity to create rumors. The forum administrators temporarily blocked posts until four or five o¡¯clock in the morning, when the immortals could no longer stay awake and things gradually calmed down.

    They¡¯ve made enough noise and issued enough criticism that the rest calmed down and suddenly realized a problem: today was Saturday.

    Saturday!

    In other words, after another day it would be Monday!

    Every year, there was a three-month rest period after the end of the FOG World Championship matches until the start of the new season. During these three months, teams would officially or secretly reorganize. The professional league team that failed to secure their spot the previous year will go to y the qualifying matches. Newly transferred team members and coaches would familiarize themselves with their new team and teammates ... During these messy three months, in order to keep the viewers¡¯ attention and interest, the league inserted a one-month long period of preseason matches, which Gu Gan referred to as a ¡°warm-up match¡±.

    The winning or losing of the preseason match doesn¡¯t affect the team¡¯s points. These were purely for the sake of profit and to remain relevant to their viewers. It was also to allow the newly transferred yers to train and prepare for next season.

    The preseason matches were simple round robin, best of 1 matches. One game would decide victory or defeat. Except for the two teams that were rtedst season, the ten teams that were still in the league would participate, ying against each team in turn. And to kick off the preseason matches next Monday, there will be a match up between Evil¡¯s IAC team and Gu Gan¡¯s NSN team.

    IAC vs. NSN, it was a game that was already quite hot and now because of Yu Sui¡¯s arrival, the interest in this topic quickly soared. In less than two days, fans of the two teams and Yu Sui¡¯s local fans increased the ticket price of this warm-up match by more than ten times. On the day of the match, the fans surrounded the outside the stadium until not even a single drop of water could pass through. Shi Luo and Yu Sui¡¯s fans had a little bit of contention, and their banners showing their support were all bigger than the next.

    Inside the IAC team¡¯s nanny car, the team manager, Zhao Feng looked out through the window of the co-pilot seat and clicked his tongue. ¡°Scary ... Shi Luo, your normally soft and gentle sister fans are uncharacteristically fierce today. Looks like they came with swords drawn and bows bent.¡±

    Shi Luo said nothing. He leaned against the back of his seat with his eyes closed, and headphones over his ears, blowing his chewing gum.

    Zhao Feng looked back at Shi Luo and said, ¡°Wearing headphones again. Did you hear me? Sigh... to tell you the truth, the boss will be watching the live broadcast of today¡¯s match. He¡¯s paying very close attention. He even sent me a message on WeChat. Give it to me straight, what do you think about our chances of winning today? ¡±

    Shi Luo chewed his gum, took off one of his earphones, and after a pause, said, ¡°Twenty percent.¡±

    Zhao Feng¡¯s expression turned bitter when he heard these words. The other yers in the car, though, suddenly rxed. Shi Luo said that there was little hope of winning, which meant that it was totally normal to lose! They didn¡¯t have to take the me or receive a scolding!

    The other three teammates looked much more rxed and started joking and bantering. Zhao Feng, though, wasn¡¯t reconciled to losing. ¡°Don¡¯t say that. Can¡¯t you raise the teams¡¯ morale a little? NSN¡¯s sniper is pretty average, and their team hasn¡¯t gotten used to each other yet. I think we¡¯ve got a pretty good chance of winning... and as I¡¯ve told you, the boss is watching. ¡±

    ¡°If the boss is watching, it¡¯s 20%, and when he isn¡¯t watching, it¡¯s still 20%.¡± Shi Luo wasn¡¯t about to make a military pledge in order to make the club owner happy. ¡°Before, our probability of winning against NSN was at 50%, that¡¯s all. Now, ... ¡±

    After a short pause, Shi Luo continued, ¡°Now they¡¯ve changed their medic and patched up the team¡¯s shorings. Our possibility of winning will inevitably shrink, isn¡¯t this true?¡±

    Zhao Feng naturally understood that and heughed. ¡°Don¡¯t they say that you¡¯re supposed to outperform yourself on the field? Well, it¡¯s fine. I wouldn¡¯t want to put more pressure on you, just do your best out there, alright?¡±

    The fans¡¯ cheers receded in the background as the nanny car went into the underground garage. Shi Luo put on his team uniform and prepared to get off. ¡°Of course, we will.¡±

    The IAC team members and their entourage proceeded to their own lounge under the guidance of the stadium staff. They walked through a long corridor and passed by the lounge with the NSN team logo pasted on the door. Shi Luo paused in his steps and shot a nce at the tightly closed door.

    Manager Zhao Feng¡¯s heart instantly jumped to his throat.

    Although everything had been normal with Shi Luo during the past two days, Zhao Feng has worked with him for two years and could clearly feel that the young master had been suppressing his anger in his heart since he learned of Yu Sui¡¯s return to China, and that anger was definitely not small.

    He was very worried now that a single inappropriate remark might set off Shi Luo and he would suddenly kick open the door to the NSN lounge and do something that wouldnd him on the front page of the newspapers.

    Everything¡¯s still fine. Shi Luo¡¯s just taking a look.

    Shi Luo wore his headphones and blew a big chewing gum bubble, with nary an expression on his face. With his peripherals bag in tow, he entered the IAC team¡¯s lounge.

    The IAC team¡¯s coach hurriedly emphasized the key points for each team member and adjusted everyone¡¯s mood before the match. Since there was never anything to tell Shi Luo, the coach generally didn¡¯t waste time talking to him. Today, contrary to his usual practice, he asked Shi Luo, ¡°Evil, do you have any ideas?¡±

    Shi Luo had been looking down at his phone this whole time. When he heard these words, he looked up, ¡°What ideas?¡±

    Coach wasn¡¯t as cautious and meticulous as Zhao Feng, and he straightforwardly said, ¡°Our team are all neers. Only you are familiar with Whisper. Do you have any points to mention? Things we need to pay attention to.¡±

    Coach said, ¡°You should know best how Whisper operates, right?¡±

    Shi Luo put away his phone.

    No one could possibly be more familiar than him.

    Back then, Yu Sui had been the one to teach Shi Luo how to y a medic; little by little, detail by detail, he had shaped him. Shi Luo was called ¡°Little Whisper¡± at that time, not only because he yed a medic very well, but even more because his gamey was almost aplete copy of Yu Sui¡¯s.

    No one understood Yu Sui¡¯s customary gamey more than Shi Luo did.

    Shi Luo nodded. ¡°Naturally.¡±

    The coach was reassured. ¡°This is a big advantage for us. In a moment, you should listen to Shi Luo¡¯smands in the early stage. We must pay close attention to Whisper. Don¡¯t treat him as just a medic. He can kill people. You must never ever let him take your head. It would be best not to let him get even the auxiliary points in the early stages. This person will be terrible once he can use the public economy. If he manages to buy the three-faced photon shield in theter stage, he¡¯ll be even more difficult to y against. Be careful, Shi Luo ...¡±

    Shi Luo looked up, and the coach emphasized: ¡°For today¡¯s match against NSN, don¡¯t focus on Gu Gan. Look at their medic and target Whisper. Got it?¡±

    Zhao Feng stared at the coach all jittery. His entire face spelled out: ¡°Whisper, Whisper, Whisper, all the time! Aren¡¯t you afraid of death?¡±

    Contrary to what Zhao Feng expected, Shi Luo acted like normal. ¡°Target Whisper, no problem.¡±

    The coach then emphasized a few more points to note. When it was ten minutes before the match, the stadium staff came to verify the information of the yers for thest time, and then informed them, ¡°Your opponents, the NSN team¡¯s starting line-up will be ROD as sniper, Gu Gan as striker, Xinran as striker and Wawa as medic.¡±

    Shi Luo turned to look. ¡°What?¡±

    The entire IAC was dumbfounded. Zhao Feng confirmed, ¡°The opponent¡¯s medic is Wawa? Whisper won¡¯t be getting on stage?¡±

    The staff nodded. ¡°Yes.¡±

    Zhao Feng didn¡¯t quite understand, and asked again, ¡°Is Whisper here?¡±

    The staff member replied, ¡°He¡¯s here. I just saw him.¡±

    ¡°Oh.¡± Zhao Feng smiled, ¡°Strange, NSN spent who knows how much to buy Yu Sui and they¡¯re not going to let him y? Could it be that they didn¡¯t want to expose too much of their tactics in the preseason? Not likely. Maybe Yu Sui hasn¡¯t gotten used to ying with his teammates yet? ¡±

    The staff smiled and said nothing. He left after confirming their information. Zhao Feng happily said to everyone. ¡°Do your best! Break a leg! If Whisper isn¡¯t going on stage, that¡¯s all the better for us, Shi Luo ...¡±

    Zhao Feng asked. ¡°What¡¯s our chance of winning now?¡±

    When Shi Luo frowned slightly, he didn¡¯t know what medicine NSN was selling in their gourd, and he answered, ¡°Forty percent.¡±

    Zhao Feng was dissatisfied: ¡°In the car, you said that we had a 50% win rate against an NSN without Yu Sui. How can it be 40% after just a short while?¡±

    Shi Luo opened his peripheral bag to get his own keyboard and mouse, and said, ¡°They¡¯ve got a momentum bonus.¡±

    There was no need to mention who this ¡°momentum¡± referred to.

    After pondering for a bit, Zhao Feng had to agree. With Whisper as their trump card, regardless of whether the ace of the entire team was not ying or not, the confidence and vigor he gave to the whole team was enough. Zhao Feng smiled indifferently. ¡°Let it be, then. Everyone should just do their best. This is already good news. This is the preseason¡¯s inaugural match. Everyone, good luck out there! ¡±

    Everyone nodded. Zhao Feng nced at Shi Luo, confirming that his mood was stable, before he could rest at ease. Zhao Feng self-mockingly smiled. Maybe he was just overthinking it. Looking at Shi Luo, he obviously couldn¡¯t look more normal.

    A few minutester, after the staff came once again to inform the team, everyone stood up and followed the staff to the stage.

    Shi Luo walked at the very front. He walked to the stage as usual while discussing a few things with the other striker on the team. They hadn¡¯t reached halfway through the long corridor, when Shi Luo¡¯s footsteps paused and he stood rooted on the spot. .

    Less than five meters away from them, the NSN lounge door opened.

    NSN¡¯s coach and team members came out in order.

    NSN¡¯s coach walked out in front, followed by Gu Gan. Behind him were Rod and Xinran who had their arms around each other¡¯s shoulders, the two were followed by Wawa, and then at the very back ... patting Wawa¡¯s shoulder, was a person in civilian clothing.

    Maybe it was because he had joined the team in a rush and the uniform with his ID on it hadn¡¯t made it in time.

    Evidently, this man hadn¡¯t cut his hair in two years. His brown hair now went past his shoulder.

    German food probably didn¡¯t agree with him, because now he also looked a lot thinner.

    There are so many changes, so much so that the other people from IAC asks with a puzzled expression, ¡°Who¡¯s the tall handsome guy behind Wawa?¡±

    Only Shi Luo could see through his totally altered back profile with a single nce and recognize his former captain.

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui¡¯s back and it was like he was nailed to where he stood.

    Since knowing the news of Yu Sui¡¯s return, Shi Luo believed himself to be calm. He never forgot himself; he hasn¡¯t made any fuss; hasn¡¯t caused any trouble for the team, and hasn¡¯t given any of the haters anything to joke about. He wasn¡¯t agitated, he wasn¡¯t irritable. Totally unlike two years ago when he¡¯d so desperately made a scene and kicked up a fuss.

    Shi Luo originally thought that this was because he had grown up, matured. He was now able to calmly face the past and calmly face this person.

    What a pity, this was just what ¡°Shi Luo thinks¡±.

    Suddenly, the ups and downs of Shi Luo¡¯s chest grew faster. The mouse in his right hand gave a ¡°ck ¨C ck¡± as he began to fidget.

    ¡°Shi Luo? Shi Luo?¡± Zhao Feng frowned, and gently patted Shi Luo, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    When Shi Luo took a deep breath, he identally choked.

    Zhao Feng was confused, and he nced forward. ¡°Who is that?¡±

    Su Luo¡¯s expression gradually recovered. He said, ¡°Whisper.¡±

    F*ck !!!

    Everyone in IAC was startled. Zhao Feng was too surprised to say anything. ¡°This, this ...¡±

    Everyone had made a lot of noise, and the NSN yers who were walking ahead, all turned back, including Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui was stunned when he caught sight of Shi Luo.

    Suddenly, the rise and fall of Shi Luo¡¯s chest intensified. He turned his eyes away from Yu Sui¡¯s. It was more than he could bear. He stared fixedly ahead and with peripherals in hand, he walked past the entire NSN team.

    Luo Shi walked all the way forward, ignoring the staff who was signaling for him and his team to wait. He walked through the waiting area, directly into the dazzling stage bathed in lights. A tsunami of cheers burst from the spectator stands.

 Chapter 4

    Chapter 4

    ¡°... Evil?¡±

    Upon entering the soundproof ss room, the four IAC yers took their seats. While testing out his microphone, the sniper of the team asked, somewhat ill at ease, ¡°Are you alright?¡±

    Within the team¡¯s voice chat, Shi Luo said dispiritedly, ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡±

    The three teammates all turned to look at Shi Luo. He didn¡¯t look the least bit ¡°fine¡±.

    Shi Luo seemed like apletely different man since he saw Yu Sui in the corridor. Hisplexion was ashen and his expression hadpletely changed. If you pay close attention, you¡¯ll notice the slight tremble of his hands.

    Just now, his teammates noticed that it took Shi Luo a few tries before he was able to install his keyboard because his hands had been shaking. He had jammed it in so forcefully that the medic seated beside him was afraid he¡¯d wreck the USB interface.

    The difference between the Shi Luo now and how he usually is was too big.

    The sniper tried to ease the tension before the match. Unfortunately, this person wasn¡¯t the sharpest tool in the shed and he brought up the pot that didn¡¯t boil. ¡°Just ¨C just now, that was really Whisper! Wow, he¡¯s changed a lot! I¡¯m half a fan of his but I didn¡¯t recognize him at all. Shi Ge has really good eyes. ¡±

    The medic stared at the sniper with a terrified look and tried to salvage the situation. ¡°... Of course, Shi Luo had been teammates with Whisper in the past. He¡¯d definitely be more familiar with him that others.¡±

    The sniper nodded: ¡°Yes, yes, after all, it¡¯s team camaraderie.¡±

    Originally, Shi Luo had on a tense expression. But hearing his teammates trying to sound him out inconspicuously only to make it worse, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but give a self-deprecatingugh. Seeing him now, the others must think that he¡¯d gone mad.

    They had just been teammates, they just hadn¡¯t seen each other for two years and it was just a reunion. That¡¯s all.

    Professional yers transferred clubs, divisions and regions all the time. Separating, reuniting; these were routine urrences. Even today¡¯s opponent, NSN was Shi Luo¡¯s old team. Seeing former teammates on the field was nothing out of the ordinary.

    So what was he losing his cool for?

    Shi Luo finally managed to adjust his peripherals. He opened the gaming client and opened his ount. After logging on to thepetition server, there was still about ten minutes before the official match. The yers were all warming up and Shi Luo also shot a full cartridge of bullets. His y wasplete garbage; an absolute eye-sore.

    When there was a lot of fluctuations in one¡¯s mood, the hands might be cold and stiff from insufficient blood supply. It was a psychological problem, there was nothing that could be done. Shi Luo was already trying to control himself.

    Shi Luo let go of the keyboard and he gently rubbed his stiff hands. He took a deep breath and exhaled. This won¡¯t do.

    Shi Luo looked at the screen. It had been quiet for a while. He whispered into the mic, ¡°He and I, we weren¡¯t just teammates.¡±

    His teammates were shocked when they heard Shi Luo¡¯s voice from their headphones. They didn¡¯t know where Shi Luo was going with this. The medic replied dully: ¡°Uh ... Manager Zhao told us before that Whisper was the one who took you to y pro.¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Not just that.¡±

    His teammates looked at each other in dismay. The referee monitoring the IAC voice chat also tilted his head and nced at Shi Luo. No one understood what was happening with Shi Luo. Shi Luo had always talked very little, and he was always tight-lipped about Whisper. What has gotten into him today?

    ¡°My rtionship with Whisper ... Shi Luo tried to keep his voice mild. ¡°Let¡¯s just say that, back then, it was almost like I had given him my life.¡±

    The medic froze and he looked around uneasily. He covered his mic, lowered his voice and reminded him, ¡°Shi Ge, you should remember that there¡¯s an archive of the game¡¯s voice chats? You should&#k2026;think about what you should and shouldn¡¯t say. ¡°

    Shi Luo alternately massaged his arms. He simply said, ¡°Of course, I know that.¡±

    ¡°I first knew about this when Whisper told me during my first professional match.¡± Shi Luo slowly said as he rubbed his gradually warming hands, ¡°At that time, it wasn¡¯t long after I joined the team. There was only one more match left in the regr season. If I wanted to follow the team to y in the yoffs, I needed to y in the match. ¡±

    The FOG League Tournament Association expressly stipted that professional yers must y at least one best of 3 match for their team during the regr season in order to appear in the yoffs as a starter or substitute.

    ¡°At that time, our team was first in overall points for the regr season, and we were a shoe-in for the yoffs. So, it didn¡¯t matter if I yed in the match. It was just to give me a ce in the yoffs.¡± Shi Luo moved his fingers, practicing his joints. ¡°The team wasn¡¯t under any pressure. But for me it was it was like I was a duck driven onto a perch. I wasn¡¯t ready but I was inexplicably pushed on stage.¡±

    ¡°I haven¡¯t even watched a match and I was going as part of the starting line-up. I waspletely ignorant. Whatever Whisper said, I did.¡± Shi Luo ce his hands on the keyboard and mouse once again. ¡°He told me to test the mic before the match, so I tested the mic. He told me the best way to test the mic was to sing, so I sang. Although I thought it was quite stupid, I thought what the captain says must be right, so I followed him. I really sang a couple of lines. The next day, my song was featured in the game as part of the live chat best of the best collection. ¡±

    The three members gasped in surprise. They looked at Shi Luo pitifully, unable to imagine what a terrible scene that was.

    ¡°I was very young then, one year younger than Wawa, just seventeen. I didn¡¯t understand anything ... Shi Luo sneered, ¡°I was a stupid little sh*t.¡±

    The medic reluctantly said, ¡°No, no, no, you weren¡¯t stupid. You were a neer. Whisper shouldn¡¯t have bullied you.¡±

    ¡°Bullied?¡± Shi Luo re-loaded the gun and said, neither too tense nor too slow, ¡°It was a regr season game that had no effect on the rankings. They could have made a dog y that match. No one paid any attention to me or to that game.¡±

    ¡°He was a medic and I was also a medic. In fact, I could just gone up there, taken his position and yed any which way but...¡±

    Shi Luo took aim and continued, ¡°But he was uneasy, afraid that I had no experience, afraid that I would get stage fright, afraid that no one would take care of me, and afraid that the strikers on the team would look at me as just some neer and not cooperate well with me. He was a medic, and for that match, he yed as a striker for the first time.¡±

    His teammates looked at Shi Luo in shock. ¡°Whisper yed as a striker?!¡±

    The other striker in the team asked weakly. ¡°I seem to recall that Whisper made it clear in an interview that he didn¡¯t like ying the other jobs.¡±

    Since his debut, Yu Sui has only ever yed as a medic. Even in normal broadcasts done just for amusement, he still wouldn¡¯t y any other upation. Before when he had participated in an event, the organizers had personally asked him to show them how he yed the other upations, but he tactfully declined. He himself has also said in numerous interviews that he didn¡¯t like ying the other jobs.

    Shi Luo nodded. ¡°He didn¡¯t like it, but if he didn¡¯t y as a striker, how could he go on stage with me as a teammate?¡±

    The expression in their medic¡¯s eyes turnedplicated. ¡°So, Whisper used to treat you ...¡±

    ¡°Very well.¡±

    ¡°He apanied me during my debut match; what I couldn¡¯t do, he taught me how to. He dealt with any matter, regardless of importance. ¡°Shi Luo¡¯s face returned to normal, and his voice was finally as steady as usual. ¡°Just like now, when I¡¯m feeling extremely uncertain, I shouldn¡¯t avoid the problem and I should voice out painful matters. By chatting, I can vent and speedily return to a steady state. He¡¯s the one who taught me that.¡±

    The medic couldn¡¯t help but continue to ask, ¡°If he treated you so well before then, how did matters between you two get like this?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s just the problem. Because he was so good to me before,¡± Shi Luo held the mouse and said faintly, ¡°Soter, when he so easily pushed me away, it only to made me brood on it even until now. ¡±

    Shi Luoughed and murmured: ¡°If I had never seen light ...¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t say anything else. He held his breath for a couple of seconds, and along with a burst of gunfire, Shi Luo steadily shot a cartridge of bullet through the same bullet hole.

    His teammates were shocked almost to the point of having their mouths agape.

    ¡°He had been such a good senior to me and I had just met him once again. Unfortunately, the way he sent off Wawa to y reminded me of when he sent me off to y for the first time. I couldn¡¯t control my emotions and I made myself aughing stock for everyone.¡± Shi Luo let go of his mouse and rubbed his shoulders. His expression has returned to normal. ¡°Okay, I¡¯m fine now.¡±

    His teammates marveled at Shi Luo¡¯s natural and spontaneous way of operating his character and sighed. ¡°... this way of readjusting your mood is amazing.¡±

    The match was about to start. The sniper asked, ¡°Their lineup hasn¡¯t changed. Should we still use our usual style of y against NSN? Let¡¯s target their strikers?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°No, we¡¯ll target the medic today.¡±

    The sniper was surprised. ¡°We¡¯re targeting Wawa? Aren¡¯t you guys on good terms?¡±

    ¡°We have a good rtionship and I often look after him.¡± Shi Luo adjusted his microphone. ¡°We¡¯ll focus on their medic. It¡¯s best that we kill him as soon as he shows up. Let¡¯s not leave him any room to do anything.¡±

    The striker smiled: ¡°So this is how you want to y this? But Wawa usually doesn¡¯t show up during the early stages, right? Can we still target him?¡±

    Shi Luo stared at the screen, ¡°I have a feeling he will this time.¡±

    The striker raised an eyebrow. ¡°Alright then! I like this brainless kind of ying too.¡±

    The team¡¯s medic shivered. ¡°You guys are terrible!¡±

    The game began.

    Sure enough, just as Shi Luo expected; at the beginning of the match, Wawa followed the striker to feel his way around. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t be more familiar with the route he was taking. Shi Luo didn¡¯t even have the sniper open the scope for confirmation. He directly opened fire and got his first kill off Wawa.

    After receiving first blood, Shi Luo could already upgrade.

    The IAC medic was too surprised to utter a word. ¡°The poisonous mist hasn¡¯t even been cleared yet. How did you find him there?¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t see him. I heard him.¡± Shi Luo held his breath. ¡°Next, after returning, he¡¯ll go around to the west and rece the striker¡¯s photon shield. Pay attention to your positions.¡±

    It was like Wawa had listed to Shi Luo¡¯smands. Two minutester, IAC¡¯s sniper got the kill on the west side of the map.

    The sniperughed in spite himself. ¡°Did you also hear that he was heading west?¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t hear it. I guessed.¡±

    ¡°Now that he¡¯s lost his head twice, he wouldn¡¯t dare go by himself to clear the fog. He¡¯ll follow after the striker to gain some auxilliary points.¡± Shi Luo quickly said, ¡°Medic, you¡¯re with me. They¡¯re going to go for a frontal assault.¡±

    Their team¡¯s medic heard him and first gave their sniper a photon shield before following after Shi Luo. Sure enough, three secondster, NSN, who¡¯d already lost two heads, were unable to hold back and rushed at Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo had anticipated that. Moreover, his essories were better than Gu Gan¡¯s. He wasn¡¯t afraid of meeting them head on. Shi Luo immediately open fired and ordered the medic to hide behind the bunker. He relied on his offensive position to sweep Gu Gan with two rounds of gunfire. Gu Gan didn¡¯t stiffen. When he found that Shi Luo had predicted his position, he immediately returned into the cover of the poisonous mist without handing over his head. He also fired at Shi Luo before hiding in the bunker. Unfortunately, the other NSN striker, Xinran, didn¡¯t have Gu Gan¡¯s level of awareness. He hadn¡¯t escaped in time and had his head taken by Shi Luo. Wawa wanted to assist Xinran, only to expose his position and have his head taken by Shi Luo¡¯s striker teammate.

    Nice!

    Within five minutes of the opening, IAC¡¯s strikers and sniper had gotten enough kills and the medic had also gotten enough auxiliary points to upgrade the whole team¡¯s equipment.

    The team¡¯s sniper was incredulous. ¡°How on earth did you know what they were doing?¡±

    Shi Luo opened the upgrade interface to buy bullets. ¡°It was nothing. I¡¯m very familiar with this kind of tactic.¡±

    In the early stages, the medic would be used as the bait to give the strikers and sniper enough room to do their work. During the first five minutes, they would be able to take their opponent¡¯s heads undisturbed. As long as the medic didn¡¯t die, they would be able to gain an early advantage.

    This was the way Yu Sui ys.

    Unfortunately, Wawa¡¯s skills weren¡¯t sufficient enough to support this kind of tactic.

    At this point, NSN also realized the same thing. But after all, they were an old established team. Despite their opponents getting an early overwhelming advantage, they didn¡¯t fall apart. They immediately adjusted their tactics and changed back to their most familiar aggressive tactic, preventing their opponents from continuing to strengthen their dominance. In the end, that tumble they had in the early stages, allowed IAC to suppress their y despite their recovery in the middle andte stages. Thirty-two minutester, IAC killed all the NSN yers, destroyed their resurrection stone, and won the game.

    When the match summary appeared on screen, Shi Luo took a look. No. of deaths: Wawa ¨C 13 times.

    Their team¡¯s medic was putting away his peripherals. He was speechless when he saw the match summary. ¡°I feel kind of bad for Wawa. You guys targeted him for the entire match. If I were him, I would have quit early on.¡±

    Shi Luo collected his peripherals. ¡°Thirteen times. That¡¯s all.¡±

    The corner of the medic¡¯s mouth twitched, ¡°Shi Shen, if this were a shonen manga, your character would be a viin.¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t mind in the least. ¡°Good. I was never a good person anyway.¡±

    As per usual, the winning team had to be interviewed after the game. The IAC team was invited to the stage. Worried that some ambitious reporter would provoke Shi Luo to get a sound bite, Zhao Feng had already found a presenter in advance. Therefore, when the time came for the interview, the presenter steered clear of any sensitive topics. After these very nd questions, the team members bowed and thanked their fans for supporting them in the match. They then turned to head to their lounge backstage.

    They had just won the game, so his teammates were quite excited. Pushing and shoving good-naturedly as they discussed what they¡¯d eat that night. Shi Luo¡¯s footsteps were a bit heavy. When he passed the NSN lounge, Shi Luo turned his head and stared.

    ¡°Shi Luo, Shi Ge?¡±

    The medic looked suspiciously at Shi Luo. ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Shi Luo came back to his senses. ¡°What?¡±

    The medic smiled. ¡°We¡¯re going out to eat crayfish. Are youing with us?¡±

    ¡°Nah, there¡¯s going to be a line if you go now.¡± Shi Luo threw the peripherals bag to the medic, ¡°You go ahead, I have something to do.¡±

    The medic took over Shi Luo¡¯s peripherals bag and wondered, ¡°The interview¡¯s over. What else do you need to do?¡±

    Shi Luo turned around and before the shocked expressions of his teammates, pushed open the door to the NSN lounge.

    The lounge door was wide open and the room was empty.

    There was only one person in the room; a cleaning staff member who turned to Shi Luo with a confused expression. ¡°Do you need anything? The NSN team has already left.¡±

    After much difficulty, Shi Luo managed to take deep and even breaths. He closed his eyes and shook his head. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. It¡¯s nothing.¡±

 Chapter 5

    Chapter 5

    In the end, Shi Luo didn¡¯t go out to dinner with the team. He went back to the base alone and ordered takeaway. Then after a shower, he went to the training room.

    Those who¡¯d gone out for dinner hadn¡¯te back yet and so the training room was empty. Shi Luo sat by himself in front of hisputer.

    Shi Luo usually didn¡¯t involve himself with the team¡¯s group activities. He had no friends in IAC. It wasn¡¯t the team who was isting him but Shi Luo himself who preferred to keep a strictly professional rtionship with the team.

    Compared with the other people in the team, who took pains to socialize, Shi Luo preferred to train by himself. asionally, when he felt troubled and wished to talk to others, it wouldn¡¯t be with the other members of the team.

    Like now.

    Shi Luo sat in front of theputer and opened Wawa¡¯s live broadcast.

    In the live broadcast room, Wawa had his webcam open and he was tearfullyining about Shi Luo.

    ¡°Thirteen Kills !!!¡±

    ¡°In the first match of the preseason inaugural game, I was killed thirteen times!!!¡±

    ¡°Do you know what that means? It means I did only one thing throughout the entire game! Just one thing!!! I ran from the resurrection stone to the front line!!! And when I reached the front line, Evil shot me dead!!! Then I¡¯d just repeat the entire process all over again!¡±

    ¡°I was like a poorly written training script!!! I¡¯d revive and hand over my head! Revive, hand over head; revive, hand over head!!!¡±

    ¡°Really, I have already mentally copsed. Oww, my stomach hurts...¡±

    Shi Luo took his mouse and made a few clicks.

    In the broadcast, Wawa covered his face and cried. When he heard the distinctive notification sound, he looked up and sniffed. ¡°Someone gave a reward? Thank you to Papa Shi for the three meteor showers. Woah! Three!!! Thank you to Papa Shi for the reward...Hey, no! ¡±

    Wawa cried angrily, ¡°Shi Luo!!!¡±

    Shi Luoughed.

    Wawa was fuming and said between gritted teeth, ¡°Some people already think I took money from your club to throw the match today!!! And now you¡¯re even giving me a reward!!!¡±

    Shi Luo smiled. He then rewarded Wawa with five more meteor showers worth three thousand yuan each.

    ¡°Fine, fine. Seriously, stop sending rewards. Just invite me out to eat somewhere good some time.¡± Wawa was an honest young man. He didn¡¯t want Shi Luo to waste any more money on the live broadcast tform¡¯s processing fees and had him stop sending rewards. ¡°If you don¡¯t have anything on right now, should we pair up for a match? I¡¯ll hold your thigh and leech off some points. That can be your apology to me. ¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t respond, but he gave every single one of hisplementary poprity gifts given by the tform to Wawa. He the closed the live tform and opened the game client.

    Shi Luo teamed up with Wawa, and the two waited for a match on the national server.

    Wawa sent a voice chat request and Shi Luo epted.

    Wawa was still sobbing. ¡°You guys were absolutely vicious today! Too vicious! You guys ripped me apart and I had absolutely no way to fight back ...¡±

    The two entered the map, and Shi Luo said, ¡°That was the point.¡±

    Wawa cried, ¡°What did I ever do to provoke you? ¡±

    Shi Luo said. ¡°It had nothing to do with you.¡±

    It had barely been a year since Wawa entered the business. He really had no idea about the old scores, Shi Luo and Yu Sui needed to settle. He said ignorantly, ¡°If not with me then with who? Even an idiot could see that you were targeting me today.¡±

    Shi Luo bought the basic equipment. ¡°Didn¡¯t I already apologize?¡±

    ¡°Okay.¡± Wawa sighed. ¡°I¡¯m not ming you. If it were me, I would have also gone for the medic. I absolutely sucked in the early part of the match. I just can¡¯t do it the way Yu Shen does it. My skills just can¡¯t keep up. His skills just blows me away.¡±

    Shi Luo paused.

    Shi Luo stopped talking and he took Wawa to clear the fog.

    Wawa was still feeling regretful. ¡°Sigh, it was the same type of y but the way Yu Shen ys is so natural and spontaneous. When he demonstrated it to me, I could just swoon. Really, he¡¯s a medic but he can suppress the opponent¡¯s strikers. He got my blood boiling! I was so fearless and raring to go try it out against your team and then you guys just ripped me to shreds. ¡±

    Shi Luo killed one of their opponents but he still did not speak.

    ¡°Yu Shen is really amazing. Sigh, I give up. I¡¯m not gonna y as an assassin-type medic, I can¡¯t do it. I¡¯ll stick with being an honest milk tank.¡±

    Shi Luo seemed to be absent-minded. ¡°You¡¯re already pretty good. There¡¯s no need for you to copy someone else¡¯s style.¡±

    Wawa sighed, ¡°Our captain told me to learn, how can I not listen? Our captain said that while I still haven¡¯t finalized my style, I should try out other styles. And that¡¯s what I¡¯m doing. ¡±

    ¡°I was actually afraid of Yu Shen but I totally didn¡¯t expect that he¡¯d be so nice. I kept asking so many things but he never grew impatient. It¡¯s probably just to give our captain face, though.¡± Wawa said helplessly, ¡°Yu Shen¡¯s a good teacher, but I¡¯m a lousy student. I¡¯m doing my best but if you can¡¯t learn, you can¡¯t learn. ¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Just let it be then.¡±

    ¡°The Captain also thinks I should just forget about it, but our manager hasn¡¯t given up. He insists that I continue practicing. Whatever, it¡¯ll be to my benefit anyway. If they want me to practice, then I¡¯ll practice,¡± Wawa said somewhat miserably. ¡°Say...Shi Ge, can I practice with you? Let me y in the front row and you take care of me. ¡±

    Shi Luo had been lost in thought when he was listening to Wawa. Once he had recovered his senses, he said, ¡°Alright.¡±

    They had absolutely thrashed Wawa on the field that morning, so Shi Luo felt a bit guilty. So when Wawa said that he wanted to use him to practice, he didn¡¯t think twice and immediately agreed. However, not even ten minutester, he was already regretting his decision.

    The reason wasn¡¯t him but because Wawa¡¯s y as an assassin-type medic just f-ing sucked!

    Except for when he yed his side ount for live broadcasts, Shi Luo hasn¡¯te across such a sh*t medic in a very long time!

    From the very first day, Shi Luo started ying this game he has never cursed at medic. But today might just be the day he breaks that vow!

    ¡°You f- ...¡± Shi Luo gritted his teeth and swallowed back the words into his stomach, ¡°Far! You¡¯re too far ahead ... Can¡¯t you judge first how many people the other team has?¡±

    ¡°You sh- ...should slow down, okay?

    ¡°You w- ... West! Go to the west side? Did you hear me? Go !!!! Didn¡¯t you hear me? !!!

    The two of them teamed up to y matches for two hours and Shi Luo¡¯s main ount¡¯s rank on the national server bungee jumped from the top and dove to no. 17.

    After ying a match, Shi Luo took a look at the list of the Top 100 on the national server. When he saw that he¡¯d dropped to 19, he was renderedpletely speechless.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to curse him out in public so he lit a cigarette.

    Wawa tread very carefully. ¡°Shi Ge? Should we...still continue to y?¡±

    Shi Luo blew out some smoke. After a long beat of silence, he said, ¡°Do you know how many high-score matches I have to y every week to keep my no. 1 position on the national server?¡±

    ¡°I had kept my no. 1 ranking for four months now. If I hadn¡¯t lost my position today, I would have broken the record in just half a month more...¡±

    Shi Luo began to doubt if Wawa was as honest a person as he thought. ¡°Are you ying me?¡±

    Wawa wanted to cry. ¡°I¡¯d love it if I were just ying you. But I¡¯m just really sh*t at this. You go smoke. I think you probably need to cool off.¡±

    Shi Luo held his cigarette in his mouth. He shook his head, ¡°No, no, no. Look for Captain Gu and ask him to practice with you. I¡¯m not going with you anymore.¡±

    Wawa was so worried, his stomach began to hurt. ¡°He quit practicing with me a long time ago. My assassin-type medic actually managed to repulse a striker.¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°I consider you as one of my few friends so I sincerely advise that you give up.¡±

    ¡°I think so too. Obviously, assassin-type medics can only be discovered and not sought. I don¡¯t want to keep doing this ... hey!¡± Wawa suddenly remembered something, ¡°Shi Ge, weren¡¯t you an assassin-type medic before you changed to a striker?¡±

    Shi Luo took a drag off his cigarette and murmured vaguely.

    ¡°What a rare talent! Why did you change jobs? What a waste!!!¡± Wawa thought for a moment, and then said, ¡°But then, you¡¯ve also reached the top as a striker so that can¡¯t be considered a waste. But there¡¯s so few good medics and assassin-type medics are even rarer. It¡¯s a pity. ¡±

    Shi Luo withdrew from the map. ¡°There¡¯s nothing regrettable about it.¡±

    Wawa still felt sore. ¡°It¡¯s nice when you know you¡¯ve got strong backing ... But why did you change upations? Aaaaaaaahhhhhh, it really is too bad.¡±

    Shi Luo ignored Wawa. After smoking a cigarette, he was ready to shut down hisputer. Wawa, though, was still asking his question and raising a ruckus. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t helpughing. ¡°Even I myself don¡¯t think it¡¯s a waste. So why are you feeling distress in my ce?¡±

    ¡°It just feels like such a waste ...¡± Wawa beat his breast and stamped his feet, feeling vexed. ¡°If you hadn¡¯t changed upations, you wouldn¡¯t have transferred clubs. You¡¯d still be NSN¡¯s medic. It would¡¯ve great to be your sub! I would have happily served as Shi Ge¡¯s footman, ah ... ¡±

    Shi Luo scoffed.

    Wawa¡¯s curiosity was piqued. ¡°So tell me, why did you change jobs?¡±

    Shi Luo lit another cigarette.

    ¡°Because ...¡±

    Shi Luo was annoyed. ¡°There was an official statement back then. Check it out for yourself.¡±

    Wawa said anxiously, ¡°Come on, just tell me. I entered the sce so I have no idea about these stuff that happened a long time ago.¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°The official statement goes like...¡±

    Shi Luo thought back on it and slowly said, ¡°Evil¡¯s desired path of development in the game no longer coincides with that of a medic¡¯s. To force him to continue on as such would simply cause suffering, and so ...¡±

    Wawa probed out, ¡°Wait a minute, allow me to trante it to in English. ... Evil has gotten sick of ying medic, so he has decided to quit being a medic, right?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°You can actually trante that even more inly.¡±

    Wawa reinterpreted, ¡°I¡¯m not ying a f*cking medic. Laozi won¡¯t be adding blood anymore.¡±

    Luo Shi nodded his approval.

    ¡°Awesome. Real awesome.¡± Wawa gasped in admiration, giving a slow, dazed apuse. ¡°Actually, every once in a while, I get the same idea. But I don¡¯t dare to actually go through with it.¡±

    Shi Luo smiled and continued: ¡°... After thorough discussion between Evil and the management of the NSN Club¡¯s FOG branch, it was agreed upon by both parties that Evil Xuanshou will transfer to striker from today.¡±

    ¡°Because NSN¡¯s roster for strikers is currently full, the Club will make further arrangements in ordance with Evil¡¯s personal wishes.¡±

    Shi Luo smoked his cigarette. ¡°End of statement.¡±

    While chatting with Shi Luo, Wawa had opened the official website of the FOG China Division League. He entered Shi Luo¡¯s yer ID to search for the official statement from two years ago, and finally found it.

    Although Shi Luo was still a rookie at that time, he was already a half-celebrity. At that time, the League Management treated the announcement of Shi Luo¡¯s change in jobs very seriously. A poster had even been drawn up for it.

    In the poster, two game characters stood behind Shi Luo. Standing in the shadow and holding a three-faced six-cornered photon shield was Shi Luo¡¯s previous medic game character. Standing under the spotlight, carrying a sub-machine gun was Shi Luo¡¯s newly built striker.

    Wawa said hesitantly, ¡°Although I can understand being sick of ying a medic, but at the time you didn¡¯t know if you¡¯d be able to be a top yer after changing to a striker. Changing so hastily ... That was too s- ... ...uh.¡±

    Shi Luo said it for him. ¡°Too stupid.¡±

    Shi Luo took another puff of his cigarette. ¡°Back then, I was an idiot, all right. But that¡¯s not actually the reason why I changed jobs.¡±

    In an instant, Wawa became even more curious. ¡°They why?!¡±

    Shi Luo stubbed out his cigarette. ¡°I¡¯m not going to tell you. I¡¯m off.¡± Shi Luo then shut down theputer and went to sleep.

    Once Shi Luo said he was off, he left immediately. The fans who were listening in on the two people chatting in Wawa¡¯s live broadcast room suddenly exploded. Wawa was afraid he might have said something wrong identally while he was swept by Shi Luo¡¯s rhythm. He turned off the live broadcast in a flurry.

    In NSN team¡¯s training room, Captain Gu Gan got up to pour himself a ss water. Wawa took off his headphones and asked offhandedly, ¡°Captain, when Shi Shen was in our team, why did he suddenly change to a striker?¡±

    Gu Gan paused in his steps and looked at the person who had been ying with his phone by the window. ¡°Because that guy caused trouble for him.¡±

    Wawa was stunned. ¡°Yu Shen?¡±

    Wawa thought about it and said, ¡°No, that¡¯s not possible. At that time, didn¡¯t Yu Shen already transfer to the European region? How could he ...¡±

    ¡°I was precisely because they were no longer on the same team.¡± Gu Gan said calmly. ¡°At the time, we had a scheduled practice match with a European team. It just so happened that we yed against Yu Sui¡¯s new team. Shi Luo was our team¡¯s medic. We yed three matches and lost three matches. Shi Luo was targeted throughout all three of the matches. By thest game ... Shi Luo hadn¡¯t been able to step foot outside the resurrection stone except during the beginning of the game. ¡±

    Wawa was stricken. ¡°Isn¡¯t that way worse than what happened to me today?¡±

    ¡°What happened to you today was nothing.¡± Gu Gan said, ¡°The European team stepped all over our resurrection stone. They¡¯d kill as soon as a yer resurrected. Resurrect and kill, resurrect and kill. And the one who had their medic kill our yers was him, Yu Sui.¡±

    ¡°At the time, by thest match we had already retreated from the map. We had absolutely no means to fight back so it didn¡¯t make sense to waste time. Only Shi Luo hadn¡¯t retreated. He alone remained on the map. He¡¯d stand up and die, stand up and die...

    In FOG, the yer¡¯s character will incur some scars and blood stains after being injured. Even if the character was resurrected during the same match, the scars and blood on the character will not disappear. If a yer was continuously killed and resurrected ...

    Wawa imagined that scene and asked, ¡°How many times did...he die?¡±

    ¡°Thirty-four times.¡¯ Gu Gan looked at Yu Sui who was still ying with his mobile phone, ¡°Right?¡±

    Wawa was incredulous. ¡°Thirty-four times? !!!¡±

    Yu Sui was still looking at his phone, and he hummed his assent.

    In that game that year, Shi Luo¡¯s in game character was horrifically wounded. Half of its face was soaked in blood, scarred beyond recognition.

    Wawa struggled to say, ¡°...At the time, he¡¯d just had his contract sold by you. Yu Shen, if this were a shonen manga, you¡¯d be a viin.¡±

    Yu Sui had been a bit lost in thought, and then he smiled to himself and said, ¡°Even when not in a shonen manga, I had already long been the viin.¡±

    ¡°Ah, that¡¯s right.¡± Gu Gan said, ¡°If I remember correctly, there was only two times when the haters in the domestic e-sports circle united together against amon enemy. The first time was when Yu Sui led away his team to Europe, and the second time was because Shi Luo had been sold twice within three months. ¡±

    ¡°All the haters in the e-sports forums worked together toe out with sensational videos and they Photoshop-ed funeral pictures and posted it everywhere... Everything just shy of hiring hitmen and having them waste Yu Sui¡¯s hands.¡±

    Gu Gan quietly summed it up. ¡°The first person to unify the e-sports haters ¡ª Whisper, Yu Sui.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled. ¡°That should be my calling card.¡±

    Wawa gave Yu Sui an awkward look. He didn¡¯t dare joke around with Yu Sui, so he simply continued ying.

 Chapter 6

    Chapter 6

    For the next few days after Shi Luo and Wawa¡¯s double team live broadcast, terror reigned over the forums. Many old long-buried matters were unearthed and brought to light to once again to be criticized. Yu Sui¡¯s fans, Shi Luo¡¯s fans, Yu Sui¡¯s haters and Shi Luo¡¯s haters mixed all together as they fought and quarreled, raising quite a ruckus.

    During a lull in their training session, Shi Luo opened the forum pages. Zhao Feng saw Shi Luo¡¯sputer screen and hurried to block his view. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with ying a bit when you¡¯re free? What are you looking through the forums for? Are you tired of living?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not afraid of being insulted online.¡± Shi Luo slowly pulled up the forum page, ¡°I¡¯ve long been at the center of controversies, facing off against these haters. I¡¯m used to it.¡±

    Zhao Feng didn¡¯t know whether tough or cry. ¡°This kind of mentality of yours can actually be considered as quite good. Fine <i>ba</i>. By the way, I have something to discuss with you.¡±

    Zhao Feng nced at the other people in the training room. Shi Luo understood. He pushed close the keyboard tray, and followed Zhao Feng out of the training room.

    The two went to the conference room next door. Shi Luo casually pulled out a chair and sat down. He put his hands in his trouser pockets, and casually put his feet on the table. ¡°Is it about the live broadcasts again? I can¡¯t continue to add any more hours. Thirty hours a month is the limit. ¡±

    Zhao Feng leaned against the table and smiled helplessly. ¡°Other teams have their yers signed for forty-five hours. Some for even sixty hours.¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s impossible. You don¡¯t want me revealing too much of my y so you only let me y just a few games on the live broadcasts. Now, you want me to add more time? You¡¯re the one who¡¯s contradicting yourself.¡±

    Zhao Feng knew that he was in the wrong. He also knew that Shi Luo wasn¡¯t short of money, but the club had no other means to motivate its people other than with money. He had no other alternative but to say, ¡°Well, can you at least not squeeze in all the thirty hours at the end of the month?¡±

    Shi Luo absentmindedly gave a perfunctory nod.

    ¡°I have one other thing to tell you.¡± Zhao Feng pulled out a chair and sat down, his tone lightened. ¡°I see that you¡¯ve been checking the forums on your own, and that¡¯s fine. But I¡¯m going to tell you this directly so that no mishaps might happen if you find out about it at thest moment.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned as he looked at Zhao Feng.

    Zhao Feng slowly said, ¡°It¡¯s just that, it¡¯s your former teammate, Chen Huo ...¡±

    Zhao Feng watched Shi Luo¡¯s face carefully, and said, ¡°He¡¯ll also being back soon.¡±

    Luo Shi slightly raised his chin, and without the slightest change in his expression, simply said, ¡°Oh.¡±

    Zhao Feng was a little surprised. ¡°You¡¯re not upset?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s tone was calm, ¡°Just as I expected.¡±

    Zhao Feng smiled. ¡°How¡¯d you guess?¡±

    Shi Luo said lightly, ¡°Wawa didn¡¯t keep his mouth shut. After talking to him that time, it was all clear.¡±

    ¡°Ah?¡± Zhao Feng was perplexed. ¡°Did you mean that time when you and Wawa teamed up on the live broadcast?¡±

    Shi Luo leaned against the back of his chair and stared nkly at the ceiling of the conference room, saying, ¡°Yeah.¡±

    Zhao Feng didn¡¯t understand at all. ¡°I went to watch that live broadcast of you two. I watched that from beginning to end, without skipping a single minute. Why didn¡¯t I notice anything?¡±

    Shi Luo turned his head and nced at Zhao Feng. His eyes narrowed slightly, and said, ¡°Want to hear how?¡±

    Zhao Feng was really curious and nodded, ¡°Tell me. There¡¯s no training right now anyway.¡±

    Shi Luo took out his mobile phone and nced at it. There was still time. He threw the mobile phone onto the conference table. ¡°Then next time, don¡¯t pressure me to do the live broadcast.¡±

    Zhao Feng couldn¡¯t help himself. He hesitated and then nodded. ¡°Okay, okay, okay. I won¡¯t pressure you to do it.¡±

    When Shi Luo got his assurance, he put his feet down from the table. He looked at Zhao Feng. ¡°Since NSN has Whisper, why did Wawae up to y that day?¡±

    Zhao Feng hesitated. ¡°Maybe they were afraid of exposing too much of his tactics. Every season, whenever we¡¯re already a shoe-in for the yoffs, we have substitutes rece you. That¡¯s because we¡¯re afraid of exposing too much of your y before the yoffs. It was warm-up game that had no bearing on the points, doesn¡¯t it make sense that they wouldn¡¯t put in Whisper? ¡±

    ¡°It makes sense.¡± Shi Luo nodded. ¡°Even with Yu Sui, I can understand why NSN wouldn¡¯t sell off Wawa directly. Maybe it¡¯s out of friendship or maybe they wanted more kinds of ys.¡±

    ¡°Yu Sui¡¯s signature is an assassin-type medic. Wawa has always been a milk tank medic. They have twopletely different types of medics. They already have good routines. But in that case, why did Captain Gu still force Wawa to learn from Yu Sui? Did he want to assimte the two types of y into one?¡±

    Zhao Feng was dazed. ¡°That ... naturally, it¡¯s because Yu Sui is the best medic...¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ve said it yourself. He¡¯s the best. Then what does Wawa need to practice for? He can¡¯t ever be as good as Yu Sui.¡± Shi Luo¡¯s lips ticked up in a mocking smile, ¡°Captain Gu has already given up but the senior executives haven¡¯t. They¡¯re still forcing Wawa to learn. Even now, Wawa is still dropping on the national server list. What for? ¡±

    Zhao Feng said dryly, ¡°What could it possibly be for?¡±

    ¡°Because they¡¯re worried. They¡¯re trying to make the most of their time. They¡¯re getting Wawa to do his very, very, very best to learn within this limited time.¡± Shi Luo stared at Zhao Feng with a narrowed eyes. ¡°What do you say has got NSN¡¯s top management so anxious? Why is Chen Huoing home now? ¡±

    Zhao Feng gulped. ¡°Wh-why?¡±

    Shi Luo looked down and said coldly, ¡°Because Yu Sui will soon leave NSN.¡±

    Zhao Feng identally let out a cough.

    ¡°He hadn¡¯t actually joined NSN. He¡¯s teaching Wawa now just to pay back Captain Gu. He¡¯s just stopping over at NSN.¡± Shi Luo stood up. ¡°If nothing goes amiss, Yu Sui will be forming his own team right away.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Zhao Feng¡¯s eyes were filled with shock and he looked at Shi Luo incredulously. ¡°How did you guess this?¡±

    Shi Luo turned back around and looked up and down at Zhao Feng. ¡°There¡¯s also no need for you to pretend to be shocked. Since he¡¯s forming a team, he must have already submitted an application to the league. It¡¯s normal that I wouldn¡¯t know but you¡¯re a team manager, don¡¯t tell me you haven¡¯t heard of any rumors?¡±

    Zhao Feng subconsciously avoided Shi Luo¡¯s eyes and forced augh. ¡°What would I know?¡±

    ¡°If you really don¡¯t know anything, then why are you trying to probe me out now? Why check out Wawa¡¯s live broadcast with me? That¡¯s three and a half hours of recording, do you have that much free time to be watching Wawa getting me killed?¡± Shi Luo closely examined Zhao Feng, pierced through thestyer of feigned ignorance, ¡°Chen Huo is a striker. Yu Sui is going to form a new team, and he¡¯s still missing another striker. You¡¯re worried. You¡¯re worried that Yu Sui has already contacted me so you used the live broadcast as an excuse to sound me out. ¡±

    Shi Luo put his hands in his trouser pockets. ¡°If there¡¯s anything wrong with what I said, point it out to me now and I¡¯ll immediately sign a contract for sixty hours of live broadcasting a month.¡±

    Even though he¡¯d been seen through, Zhao Feng wasn¡¯t the least bit embarrassed. He shook his head and smiled. ¡°Shi Luo, that what I really like about you, you¡¯re clever! You¡¯re young and you usually don¡¯t talk much but in fact, you clearly know the score. In this aspect you¡¯re really much better than your peers. ¡±

    Shi Luo mockinglyughed at himself and turned to walk out the door.

    Despite being seen through, Zhao Feng wasn¡¯t ashamed, he simply asked, ¡°Then Yu Sui...¡±

    ¡°Rx.¡± Shi Luo held the handle of the meeting room door, after a while he said, ¡°From the beginning, he¡¯s never contacted me.¡±

    Once out of the conference room, Shi Luo¡¯s fingertips felt a little numb. He pulled out the Bluetooth headset from his trouser pocket and stuffed it into his ear. For a while, he just closed his eyes and leaned against the wall. It was only once he had calmed down his emotion that he returned to the training room.

    Trainings still went on as usual and preseason matches continued.

    No matter how fierce the recent online disputes were, Shi Luo¡¯s condition during games was always stable. During the following half-month of preseason games, IAC was scheduled for four games and they won all four games. Including the match against NSN, IAC has now won five games in a row. IAC took the lead and quickly left the other teams in the dust, firmly securing first ce in the league¡¯s preseason games.

    Two preseason games were yed daily. On this day, NSN was set to battle against Mad de and IAC would y against Worker Bee in the second half.

    Although they weren¡¯t directly ying against each other, IAC and NSN will inevitably appear at the same venue at around the same time. This time, Zhao Feng¡¯s conflicted mood was obviously much stronger than that of Shi Luo¡¯s. From the moment he entered the stadium, Zhao Feng became hyper-vignt, he stuck closely by Shi Luo¡¯s side, refused help from any of the staff, and took care of everything by himself. He was guarded against everyone, for fear that behind that friendly and gentle facey one of Yu Sui¡¯s nted agents. They would take advantage of a single moment of carelessness and with their glib tongues, whisk off Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo watched as Zhao Feng carefully checked whether thebel of his water bottle hid some notes. He made as if to speak and then stopped.

    Shi Luo, with the very best of intentions, wanted to say something to Zhao Feng. Don¡¯t worry, I didn¡¯t lie to you.

    He¡¯s been in China for more than half a month already, there had been so many chances, but Yu Sui, truly, truly, from beginning to end, never tried to get in touch with him.

    There hasn¡¯t even been a single hint of it.

    IAC¡¯s game was in the second half and there was more than enough time still. Shi Luo was in the waiting room, lying on the sofa. He had a baseball cap pulled down very low and obscuring half his face, but he still felt out of sorts. Shi Luo took a deep breath,pulsively taking out his earphones and putting them on before he was finally able to rx a little.

    After a moment, Shi Luo, who was just finally starting to feel a bit better heard rustling beside him. He impatiently opened his eyes and saw Zhao Feng hesitantly trying to feel through his backpack.

    Shi Luo took off the headphone from one ear and frowned, ¡°What are you doing?¡±

    Zhao Feng withdrew his hand in an instant, and smiled. ¡°I don¡¯t know what brand of dried fruit the staff just gave you. I was afraid you wouldn¡¯t be used to eating that so I was checking it for you.¡±

    Shi Luo held back his anger. He took out the dried fruit from the bag himself, dropped it on the table, and then closed his eyes once again.

    After inspecting the dried fruit, Zhao Feng said helplessly, ¡°Don¡¯t be angry, you know what I¡¯m worried about. At the slightest word from Yu Sui, you¡¯d definitely go with him. I¡¯m just being careful.¡±

    Shi Luo opened his eyes a crack and he said coldly, ¡°I¡¯ll go with him at just the slightest word? Am I cheap? Is there ¡®cheap¡¯ written on my face?¡±

    Zhao Fengughed in spite of himself. ¡°The way you¡¯re saying it makes it sound terrible. That¡¯s not what I said. Don¡¯t get angry, don¡¯t get angry. You¡¯ll have to go on in a while so don¡¯t get angry. You sleep, sleep. I definitely won¡¯t touch your stuff anymore. ¡±

    Shi Luo pressed down his anger, turned up the volume and closed his eyes again.

    Half an hourter, NSN won the game in the first half and it was finally IAC and Worker Bee¡¯s turn. The overall strength of the Worker Bee Team was in the lower reaches of the league, and Shi Luo and his teammates ended the game decisively in 23 minutes.

    There wasn¡¯t anything newsworthy about defeating a lower level team so after being asked a few nd questions, the four IAC team members went backstage and headed to their lounge. Coincidentally, in the not so spacious corridor, everyone once again ran into the NSN team.

    Only this time, Yu Sui wasn¡¯t around.

    Shi Luo raised his hand to say hello to Gu Gan and hadn¡¯t yet taken two steps when Gu Gan called out, ¡°Shi Luo.¡±

    When Shi Luo stopped, the other three members of IAC looked around and seeing that it had nothing to do with them, left to return first to the lounge.

    Shi Luo carried his peripherals bag over his shoulder. He tilted his head and asked, ¡°What is it?¡±

    Gu Gu said, ¡°Chen Huo¡¯s back. He just got off the ne. I reserved a ce for a wee dinner. His old friends are going, you ...¡±

    Understanding what things were taboo for Shi Luo, Gu Gan let him know in advance. ¡°Yu Sui, of course, will be there. Will you...be going?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Gu Gan indifferently, ¡°My rtionship with Chen Huo before was just so-so.¡±

    It seemed that Gu Gan had already anticipated that Shi Luo would answer this way. Gu Gan was only extending the invitation out of courtesy. After hearing this, he made to leave. Shi Luo said, ¡°I¡¯ll go.¡±

 Chapter 7

    Chapter 7

    At eight o¡¯clock in the evening, at the top floor of the club where NSN often had their get-togethers, a group of Inte-addicted teenagers entered the private room in twos and threes. They had just eaten hotpot and they were now lying on the sofa, paralyzed in a fooda.

    When Yu Sui had returned to China he had done so quietly. The pro-yers he¡¯d had good rtionships with before werepletely unaware until the news broke out. They hadn¡¯t had the chance to meet up. So this time, they took advantage of Chen Huo¡¯s return to gather together, making this a wee dinner for the both of them.

    ¡°Oh ......¡± Chen Huo spread his legs t, feeling very satisfied. ¡°I had been dreaming of that hotpot for so long. That was great. Hey, what are you all being so awkward for? Come on, sing ......¡±

    Yu Yan, Gu Gan and these old guys were all ying on their mobile phones. No one paid attention to Chen Huo being noisy. Wawa, Xinran, and the few neers stared at this congregation of so many great gods and couldn¡¯t rx. They pulled back, huddled together and drank, too embarrassed to sing. Chen Huo got up and reserved a dozen songs. He then shoved the microphone to Wawa¡¯s chest and ordered beer and snacks from the server. With that done, he sat back down on the sofa.

    Chen Huo looked around and sighed, ¡°I was pretty popr back then. When I came back today, there weren¡¯t any fans to greet me at the airport. Fine, that¡¯s to be expected, but why are only a handful of you guys here? Whatever! Let¡¯s forget about sad stuff like this. All the brothers who came here today are my true brothers. Together, we shall walk down the... ¡±

    The old guys as before, still yed on their respective phones, ignoring Chen Huo. A few of the newbies hurriedly apanied Chen Huo to drink. Chen Huo scoffed at their soft drinks and everybody changed to beer after a making a show of initial resistance.

    Chen Huo downed half a can of cold beer and shakily patted Wawa¡¯s shoulder. ¡°What¡¯s your name? Wawa, right? Wawa! From now on you shall be my didi! You ... the little man over there. What are you called? Come here... ¡±

    ¡°You think there¡¯s not enough people?¡± Gu Gan nced at Chen Huo, ¡°I forgot to mention, Shi Luo will be here in a while.¡±

    Yu Sui, who had his head bowed as he fiddled with his phone, suddenly stopped.

    ¡°Shi Luo?!¡± Chen Huo was dazed. He looked around and said, ¡°I didn¡¯t notice but this club does have a security check, right? ... If hees here with a steel pipe, security will stop him, won¡¯t they? ...¡±

    Gu Gan calmly said, ¡°Not that they¡¯d be able to. You¡¯ve experienced for yourself the way he fights, haven¡¯t you?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s precisely because I¡¯ve experienced it that I¡¯m scared! Ten of me wouldn¡¯t be enough to beat that little bastard!¡± Chen Huo copsed. He took a look at Yu Sui, and subconsciously gulped. ¡°Let me make this clear now. For every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor, okay? ...He should look for who he came here to look for. Don¡¯t go involving me in this. ¡±

    Yu Sui looked back down at his phone. ¡°Wimp.¡±

    Chen Huo rubbed his neck and couldn¡¯t help grumbling to Gu Gan, ¡°You couldn¡¯t have left well enough alone? Why are you looking for trouble trying to provoke him?¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect him to agree toe. But I was also hoping that he would. Now that you¡¯re back you¡¯re going to meet him sooner orter.¡± Gu Gan was looking at Chen Huo but was addressing Yu Sui. ¡°Is it fun having things this strained? Wouldn¡¯t it be better to clear up the misunderstandings as soon as possible? ¡±

    Naturally, Yu Sui was clear on Gu Gan¡¯s intentions. He shook his head helplessly and sighed. ¡°The problem between us is that ... there is no misunderstanding.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Gu Gan. ¡°With that sharp mind of his, could I have deceived him? What could I have hidden from him?¡±

    Gu Gan stopped and didn¡¯t continue to talk.

    Someone was singing and it was very loud in the private room. Though not far from where they were, the children didn¡¯t hear what the three had said. Wawa took a few cans of beer and ced them on the small table in front of Gu Gan. He looked at the three people who weren¡¯t looking so well, and asked dumbly, ¡°You¡¯re not gonna drink?¡±

    ¡°Drink, drink! I¡¯ll drink...¡± Chen Huo had a sh on inspiration. ¡°Yeah! I¡¯m gonna get myself drunk and then I¡¯m gonna find myself a ce to pretend to sleep. I don¡¯t think he¡¯ll drag me up just to beat...¡±

    Even Gu Gan was starting to lose patience with Chen Huo. ¡°Can you stop being so panicky?¡±

    ¡°What do you know?¡± Chen Huo opened a can of beer and letting out some of the spirit. ¡°That little whelp &#k2026; hiss &#k2026; Don¡¯t remind me.¡±

    Wawa was at a loss. ¡°Are you talking about Shi Ge? Shi Ge¡¯s really nice.¡±

    Chen Huo looked Wawa up and down. ¡°Wawa, you have a good rtionship with Shi Luo?¡±

    Wawa nodded. ¡°Shi Shen took care of me when I first started. He might be a bit cold but he really is nice.¡±

    Chen Huo looked at Wawa in disbelief. He just couldn¡¯t imagine that scene. He shook his head. ¡°Anyway, he wasn¡¯t the least bit nice to me. Do you want to know what he was like before ...¡±

    Chen Huo hadn¡¯t finished speaking when the door to the private room opened.

    Seeing who hade in, the private room quieted down instantly.

    Chen Huo¡¯s face stiffened and he gulped down the drink in his mouth. He thought to himself, ¡®It¡¯s okay. At least, he didn¡¯t bring a steel pipe.¡¯

    Shi Luo had changed into casual clothes and had a baseball cap on backwards. He looked indifferently around the private room and while gazing fixedly, headed straight for Chen Huo. He picked up a can of beer and pulled the tab open. With a slight chin raise, he emptied the can in one go.

    Chen Huo¡¯s Adam¡¯s apple bobbed, and he said hoarsely. ¡°Then, then I¡¯ll join you for a drink of two. I-I, I drink really slow s-so, you, you should sit down first.¡±

    Shi Luo put the empty beer can on the table and with a nk expression, walked over to the empty bar counter and ordered a few cans of beer from the server.

    Chen Huo looked stiffly at Gu Gan and said in a broken whisper. ¡°Did h-h-h-he just give me a wee?!¡±

    Gu Gan couldn¡¯t bear to look straight at him. He pushed Chen Huo to sit down on the sofa and said to the neers in the team. ¡°You guys y amongst yourselves.¡±

    The newbies continued to sing and y amongst themselves. Gu Gan looked at Shi Luo¡¯s back, hesitated but still decided to say nothing.

    The beers in front of Chen Huo suddenly went down a few cans. Wawa took a few more cans and handed one to Yu Sui as well. Yu Sui had been lost in thought. Upon seeing this, he smiled. ¡°Thanks, but I don¡¯t drink.¡±

    Wawa was surprised. Chen Huo waved it away saying, ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it. He won¡¯t touch even a drop of alcohol.¡±

    Wawa said hurriedly, ¡°It¡¯s all right, I understand. I¡¯m actually not good with alcohol either. We¡¯re the same.¡±

    ¡°No, it¡¯s not the same.¡± Chen Huo reached his limit and gave a burp. ¡°The amount he drank...¡±

    Chen Huo thought back to that year and became upset from what he remembered. ¡°That year! This, this, and this ...¡±

    Beacon used his chin to point to everyone in the private room and sighed. ¡°Everyone in this room and add to that those who retired this past two years,bine us all together, and we still wouldn¡¯t be able to outdrink this guy. Who do you think Yu Shen is? He¡¯s the Little Prince of Henshang Road! I have known him for so many years and I have never seen him drunk. ¡±

    Wawa looked up at Yu Sui in surprise. He whispered, ¡°Then why...¡±

    Yu Sui frowned slightly, and threw a look at Chen Huo.

    Chen Huo smacked his lips and continued, ¡°How do you say it? Ah, yeah, the belle is past his prime! Your Yu Sui, saw his health report at age neen and decided to quit smoking, give up drinking and refrain from speaking profanities. From then on, he became a good boy, who will one day find a good woman to marry ...¡±

    Wawa was even more shocked. ¡°Yu Shen also used to smoke?!¡±

    Beside them, Gu Gan said, ¡°He was a chain smoker.¡±

    Chen Huo nodded, and added, ¡°The kind that sneaks off between games to take a smoke in the toilet.¡±

    Wawa looked reverently at Yu Sui. ¡°Your addiction was so bad but when you said you¡¯d quit, you really did. As expected from Yu Shen! Was there something wrong with your health back then? Was it something serious?¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s face was solemn. ¡°... Massive hemorrhage, we almost lost him.¡±

    Wawa suddenly paled.

    Yu Sui had no choice but to say, ¡°... It was f*cking gastric bleeding.¡±

    ¡°Oh, yeah, gastric bleeding.¡± Chen Huo pointed to his own stomach and sighed, ¡°Here, there was a lot of bleeding. Even his face was deathly pale for a whole month. Fortunately there wasn¡¯t anything else the matter.¡±

    Wawa breathed a sigh of relief, ¡°That¡¯s good then.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s great, but from then on, he was no longer allowed to eat or drink a lot of things. Else, it¡¯s going to be a month-long emergency room tour again.¡± Chen Huo sat up and took the beer that Wawa had ced in front of Yu Sui. He opened the can and drank a couple of mouthfuls. ¡°If you want to see your Yu Shen drink, you¡¯ll have to wait for him to drink a toast when he gets married <i>ba</i>. Only the future Mrs. Yu will ever have to honor of making your Yu Shen break his abstinence.¡±

    Wawa instantly seized the keyword. ¡°Married! Do you have a girlfriend? Are you getting married ?!¡±

    Chen Huo had just blurted out these things that came to mind. But seeing Wawa was so excited, he smiled. ¡°Wouldn¡¯t that be a matter for the future? When the timees would you toast to the lovely couple?¡±

    Wawa was excited. ¡°Of course I will!¡±

    Not far from them, in front of the bar, Shi Luo had his back to everyone. He emptied out the contents of a can of beer in one swig.

    Unfortunately, Wawa will chattered on and on, ¡°I didn¡¯t know about this. I¡¯m sorry, Yu Shen. You really need to be careful about gastric bleeding. Only Mrs. Yu would be worthy of such risk. <i>Aiya</i>, if Yu Shen¡¯s future girlfriend finds out about this, she¡¯ll be really moved. Yu Shen would only drink for her! It¡¯s really sweet when you think about it ...¡±

    It was like Shi Luo¡¯s face had iced over. He opened another can of beer and once again, emptied it in one go. Then with just with a little pressure from his fingers, crumpled the empty can t. Without looking, he threw it over his shoulder and into the concealed waste basket. The waste basket was originally decorative. It waspletely empty and the smashed can made a loud ¡®bang¡¯ as itnded. The chattering Wawa was closest to the basket and he got quite the scare.

    Chen Huo was quite a distance away from Wawa and didn¡¯t notice anything. In true straight guy fashion, he said. ¡°It¡¯s downright miserable. Now, he can only ever drink once in his entire lifetime. What¡¯s so sweet about this?¡±

    Wawa¡¯s attention was instantly drawn back. With eyes sparkling, he said, ¡°This once in a lifetime chance, he would only use it for her! Yu Shen would only risk drinking for one person alone, isn¡¯t that sweet?¡±

    Chen Huo was disdainful. ¡°Sweet, my ass.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s brows knit slightly, raised his eyes and stared at Shi Luo¡¯s back.

    Shi Luo had already drank several cans of beer in a row, and his eyes were already a little unfocused. He rubbed his eyes, slowly raised his hand, and the server in the private room promptly walked over.

    The server stooped slightly, and Shi Luo leaned in and whispered a few words. The waiter nodded and went out.

    Shi Luo took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. He held one between his lips, lit it and took a deep drag.

    Seeing how practiced Shi Luo seemed at lighting that cigarette, Yu Sui¡¯s brows furrowed slightly. He tried to resist but still turned his head to look at Gu Gan. ¡°When did he learn how to smoke?¡±

    Gu Gan realized that ¡°he¡± meant Shi Luo and asked in reply, ¡°Didn¡¯t he smoke before?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head.

    Gu Gan said, ¡°He was already smoking when he came to our team two years ago.¡±

    Yu Sui took a sip of his watermelon juice. ¡°... That¡¯s young.¡±

    Chen Huo turned to him and scoffed, ¡°You have the gall to say that about other people? How old were you when you started smoking? Do you even remember?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°No, I don¡¯t remember. So?¡±

    ¡°So, nothing. He¡¯s also all grown up now and he has gotten by well enough. This isn¡¯t any of your business now, is it?¡± Huo Chenpletely didn¡¯t care. ¡°If he wants to smoke, let him smoke. If he wants to drink, let him drink. It¡¯s none of your business.¡±

    Chen Huo said, ¡°Besides, people change as they grow. You can¡¯t even guess what he wants now. Then what are you worrying about?¡±

    Yu Si stared at Shi Luo¡¯s back and tried his best that aura of foreboding he could feel in air. He said to himself, ¡°That I can¡¯t figure out what he wants ... might be for the best.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s sixth sense has always been the kind that worked well about bad tidings but never about good ones. It was the same this time.

    Ten minutester, the server ced a tray on Yu Sui¡¯s table. The tray was filled with tenrge sses of an unknown drink.

    Chen Huo had been talking to Gu Gan about the transfer period. When he turned to look at it, he was confused and asked, ¡°What¡¯s this?¡±

    The server hesitated, ¡°Distilled vodka. This is actually what we use to mix drinks. It has a proof of over 90%. We don¡¯t rmend that you drink it directly ...¡±

    ¡°No one would want to drink that directly.¡± Chen Huo was at apete loss. ¡°Who ordered it?¡±

    Shi Luo extinguished his cigarette and came over with a can of beer. He looked calmly at Yu Sui, and said, ¡°I did.¡±

    Chen Huo and Wawa looked at each other in dismay. Yu Sui put away the phone and exhaled softly. Finally.

 Chapter 8

    Chapter 8

    Half the private room grew quiet in an instant.

    The people who were farther away didn¡¯t actually hear the conversation at their table, but it was as if the heavy atmosphere spread in an instant. Everyone noticed something was up and they all looked over, one after the other.

    For a while, the private room was as quiet as a library.

    No one was clear on the details of Yu Sui and Shi Luo¡¯s rtionship. Their matters ¡ª their debts of gratitude and grievances ¡ª were just those which could be seen on the surface. Their actual thoughts were never made public.

    To say that these two got along about as well as fire and water would be understating their rtionship.

    If Shi Luo were to take out a watermelon knife this instant to have it out with Yu Sui, no one would be too surprised.

    From the moment they learned that Yu Sui had returned to China, everyone had the vague feeling that this would happen sooner orter.

    One by one, the people who were singing, drinking, and ying dice stopped and looked surreptitiously at them with bated breaths, their nerves somewhat keyed up.

    Shi Luo was already half drunk. The redness on his neck had spread all the way into the low neckline of his T-shirt, enhancing the wicked air about him. Shi Luo raised his hand and rubbed his neck. He reached out with his long leg to bring over a low stool. With legs bent, he sat in front of Yu Sui, facing across from him with the table between them.

    ¡°You¡¯ve already been back for so long.¡± Shi Luo stared at Yu Sui intently. He slowly pulled open the tab on his can of beer while saying, ¡°I haven¡¯t been able to properly greet Yu Shen.¡±

    Without waiting for Yu Sui to speak, Chen Huo interrupted with a smile. ¡°Well, aren¡¯t we all greeting each other now? Hey, your gamest week was absolutely ruthless! I reyed the game from your perspective, it was clear that you were going for Wawa, I¡¯m telling you ... ¡±

    Shi Luo refused to be distracted and treated Chen Huo as if he wasn¡¯t even there. He looked at Yu Sui and asked, ¡°Is Yu Shen forming a new club?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. He was surprised but then dismissed it.

    Shi Luo really was too smart.

    Gu Gan vigntly watched the already intoxicated Shi Luo. He asked quietly, ¡°Shi Luo, I think you¡¯ve had a bit too much to drink. Maybe I should call your team assistant for you? Or I could take you back. You can talk about this some other day...¡±

    Gu Gan had once looked after Shi Luo. Although Shi Luo had be even more reclusive in the past two years, he has always respected Gu Gan. This time though, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t attend to him. Shi Luo turned a deaf ear to what he was saying. He only had Yu Sui in his eyes. ¡°Yu Shen, you¡¯re build a new club. I¡¯m right, aren¡¯t I? ¡±

    Yu Sui knew that he could no longer avoid the matter, and after a moment, said, ¡°Yes.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded and said to himself, ¡°Look, I guessed correctly again.¡±

    Shi Luo took a sip of his beer and asked, ¡°Then, are you still missing a striker?¡±

    Everyone was stupefied.

    The yers sitting some distance away looked at each other helplessly.

    What does Shi Luo mean by this? Could it be that he wanted to join the Yu Sui¡¯s team? Haven¡¯t you two decided long ago to grow old and die without having any dealings with each other?

    Just how much has he had to drink topel him to take the initiative to ask Yu Sui if they still needed strikers? If these two winded up in the same team, wouldn¡¯t a single inappropriate remark be enough to get someone stabbed?

    Wouldn¡¯t that team simply be an abyss of extreme misery?

    Gu Gan and Chen Huo looked at each other. They didn¡¯t understand what Shi Luo meant by this. Just a while ago, wasn¡¯t this little wolf cub just raring to bite Yu Sui to death?

    Compared to the shock of the crowd, Yu Sui was still quite calm. After a moment of silence, he said, ¡°We are stillcking strikers.¡±

    Shi Luo stared straight into Yu Sui¡¯s eyes. ¡°As I am now, am I now qualified to be your teammate?¡±

    Yu Sui had long ago epted that he had no ce to feel grief-stricken. But looking at Shi Luo, he unexpectedly found it a bit hard to breathe.

    Yu Sui nodded. ¡°You are.¡±

    Shi Luo let out a snort ofughter, his eyes full of ridicule.

    Chen Huo¡¯s face immediately rxed.

    Shi Luo smiled for a moment and nodded: ¡°I¡¯m qualified&#k2026;that¡¯s good then&#k2026;¡±

    ¡°Weren¡¯t they just ying dice over there?¡± Shi Luo took another sip of beer and looked at Yu Sui. ¡°Yu Shen, would you like to y a game with me?¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s tone wasn¡¯t good. He tried to forestall, saying, ¡°y what with you?¡±

    It was as though Shi Luo could only see Yu Sui as he stared fixedly at the other. His long middle finger tapped against the marble tabletop. He slowly said, ¡°On this tray, there are nine sses of vodka used for mixing cocktails, the kind that has a proof of over 90%....and one ss of lemon tea.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui and the corners of his mouth ticked up slightly. ¡°Yu Shen, pick a cup and drink it all down. If you manage to pick the lemon tea ...¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s utter sh*t!¡± Chen Huo hade to the end of his patience. ¡°Who¡¯d be crazy enough to y this game with you? That¡¯s a one in ten chance, who¡¯d be able to pick that? And say that he does manage to pick the right one, then what? He gets a cup of lemon tea? You¡¯re crazy...¡±

    ¡°If you pick it out,¡± Shi Luo interrupted Chen Huo, ¡°I¡¯ll waive the contract fee to join your new team.¡±

    In an instant, there was absolute silence in the private room.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were fierce and grim. ¡°I won¡¯t need to pay me a penny and I¡¯ll work myself to the bone for you. I will y for you for an entire season. So, are you ying or not?¡±

    Chen Huo was stunned. He was dumbfounded by this sudden gift, and he instantly forgot what scolding he¡¯d been about to deliver. Stuttering, he said, ¡°But if he chooses ... The vodka?¡±

    Shi Luo stared at Yu Sui who had remained silent all through out. He could hardly conceal the hatred in his eyes. He slowly said from between gritted teeth, ¡°You have to drink the entire ss of whatever you choose.¡±

    ¡°Drink the entire ss?!¡± Chen Huo exploded in anger. ¡°Are you insane? This big a ss has at least 400 milliliters in it! Normal people drinking something like that would result in some serious consequences and you¡¯re making him drink that?! Others might have no idea but don¡¯t you know about his condition?! ¡±

    ¡°His life is valuable, and my contract fee for an entire season is worthless?¡± Shi Luo said calmly, ¡°High risk, high return. That¡¯s just fair.¡±

    Gu Gan gave Shi Luo a warning look. ¡°Evil.¡±

    Shi Luo turned a deaf ear. He felt around for a cigarette and put it between his lips. He bowed his head and lit it. ¡°Yu Shen, it¡¯s a one in ten chance. Are you ying?¡±

    Shi Luo took a puff of his cigarette. His tone was no longer so patient. ¡°If you¡¯re not going to y, I¡¯ll have the server take it away.¡±

    Chen Huo was agitated. ¡°He won¡¯t y! Take it away!¡±

    Shi Luo was about to get up...

    Yu Sui said, ¡°I¡¯ll y.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s fingers trembled slightly, almost letting the ashes burn his hand.

    ¡°Are you thinking straight?!¡± After a moment of being stupefied, Chen Huo waspletely infuriated. He said sternly, ¡°You f*cking looking to die? What about your stomach? Don¡¯t you know what could happen to you? You want to end up in the ER again?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s face was serene, and he said again, ¡°I¡¯ll y.¡±

    Shi Luo blew out some smoke and cursed silently.

    Shi Luo threw his half smoked cigarette into his empty beer can. ¡°Let me state it clearly ...¡±

    Shi Luo looked up at Yu Sui, ¡°These are the rules of the game. No matter which ss you choose, you have to drink the entire ss.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. ¡°I understand.¡±

    ¡°Yu Sui.¡± Gu Gan never could have foreseen things turning out like this. Had he known Shi Luo would act like this, Gu Gan would have never invited him without permission. He frowned. ¡°Don¡¯t joke. Everyone has had a bit too much to drink. Stop with the jokes, I think it¡¯s time we wrapped this up. ¡±

    ¡°I owe you a lot.¡± Yu Sui took a bottle of milk someone had ced by the side of the table. He unscrewed the bottle and took a few gulps. ¡°It¡¯s no use trying to talk me out of this. I¡¯m ying.¡±

    ¡°What do you mean you¡¯re ying?! What good is drinking some milk now? That¡¯s vodka! Those could be used as explosives!¡± Chen Huo wanted to throttle the both of them. He red fiercely at Yu Sui. He stepped in close, lowered his voice and said through clenched teeth. ¡°You ... if you really want him, we can just get him from IAC! How much is it? We¡¯ll buy it! How much money could be worth more than your life?¡±

    Yu Sui slowly shook his head. ¡°We can¡¯t buy it.¡±

    Shi Luo heard it perfectly clear. Heughed mockingly. ¡°Now you want to buy? Sorry, once I walk out that door, there¡¯s no way I would join your team, ever.¡±

    Chen Huo was so angry, he was about to explode. ¡°You whelp!¡±

    Sitting to the side, Wawa couldn¡¯t sit still anymore. He timidly urged, ¡°Shi Ge... Don¡¯t take this too far. Even if there was some kind of argument or misunderstanding in the past, there¡¯s no need for this to end up with someone in the hospital, right? Isn¡¯t this a bit excessive...¡±

    Shi Luo ignored Wawa.

    Yu Sui looked down and picked up his phone to send a message to his personal doctor in China. He then set his phone aside and surveyed the tenrge transparent drinks on the table.

    Shi Luo had probably instructed the server earlier. Each cup was covered with ayer of fresh mint leaves used for cocktails. Itpletely covered any bubbles that might possibly float to the top of the drink and it also interfered with the color of the drink. It seemed that they were afraid he¡¯d try to guess via the alcoholic smell and so they had also flooded the entire tray with vodka. The alcoholic smell assailed their nostrils and there was no way to differentiate.

    Yu Sui looked at it silently for a minute, and gave up relying on his experience to choose.

    The ten sses were so well grouped together that even the bartender wouldn¡¯t be able to tell.

    Chen Huo¡¯s face was flushed with anger. He said through gritted teeth, ¡°Are you crazy? The probability is so small it would be impossible to pick it out! Haven¡¯t you understood yet? This little wolf cub is out for revenge! He wants to send you to the hospital without getting his hands dirty!¡±

    Shi Luo opened himself another can of beer and didn¡¯t refute.

    Yu Sui looked up at Shi Luo. He saw how he was extremely adept at smoking and drinking, and was suddenly lost in thought.

    It¡¯s only been two years.

    Across the wide table and nine sses of deadly drinks, for a moment, the two looked at each other face to face.

    It¡¯s only been two years.

    ¡°Before, I left in a bit of a hurry, and I forgot to tell you something.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. ¡°It was my fault. I went back on my word.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes instantly reddened.

    Shi Luo had difficulty swallowing and he said in a hoarse voice, ¡°Drink.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. He didn¡¯t bother choosing and simply picked up arge ss of drink. He quickly tipped his head back and took a drink before Chen Huo and the others could stop him. His entire person froze.

    ¡°What is it? Spit it out! If it¡¯s not lemon tea, spit it out!¡± Chen Huo was about to climb the walls in worry. ¡°What¡¯s with that face? The car¡¯s downstairs. Get up! I¡¯ll take you to the hospital ...¡±

    Yu Sui slowly took another mouthful. ¡°...It¡¯s lemon tea.¡±

    Everyone in the private room collectively breathed a sigh of relief. They then all broke out in a cold sweat over how close they¡¯de to disaster.

    Chen Huo still couldn¡¯t believe it. He snatched it up, smelled it, and muttered, ¡°The f*ck ... what¡¯s with that Ou Huang like luck of yours?.¡±

    Yu Wei slowly drank the entire ss of lemon tea. Shi Luo took a deep breath, set aside his beer can, and gracefully epted his loss. ¡°I will contact youter about the transfer. You should have yourwyers draw up the contract.¡±

    Everyone in the box started to whisper amongst themselves, marveling for Yu Sui. This was no longer just in good luck. He didn¡¯t have to spend a penny, and he managed to sign on the no. 1 striker on the national server!

    Gu Gan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Afraid that something else might happen, he got up and said, ¡°Okay, you can just discuss the details privately. It¡¯s gettingte, let¡¯s leave matters here for now.¡±

    After watching such drama, everyone was no longer in any mood to sing. One by one, everyone nodded and started to make their way out. Only Shi Luo was still sitting at the table silently, watching the remaining nine sses of vodka quietly on the table.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± Chen Huo¡¯s back was drenched in sweat. He had just recovered from a fright and urged Yu Sui. ¡°Go, go. We can discuss about this arrangement.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s movements were sluggish. He followed the flow of people down the elevator, and then waited at the entrance lobby of the club.

    Chen Huo¡¯s heart was still pounding, he rubbed his chest, saying, ¡°Scared me to death ... you too! He¡¯s already gone crazy but do you have to join him too? Normally, you treasure your life so much! What was that just now? If you really wind up in the hospital, this time it won¡¯t be as simple as just staying there for a month! ¡±

    No one knew what Yu Sui was thinking. He didn¡¯t say a word.

    ¡°Do you think it¡¯s a good thing that he¡¯sing over? Just now he¡¯d been trying to make you drink to your death.¡± The more Chen Huo thought about it, the more apprehensive he felt. ¡°Before, he already wasn¡¯t such a good kid, but he¡¯s be even more troublesome. Now, he¡¯s out for your life. Just look! This is the cub you brought back to raise back then! ¡±

    There was suddenly a sh of light in Yu Sui¡¯s eyes, and he turned and went back in.

    Chen Huo was suddenly worried. ¡°Oh my God, what is it now?!¡±

    Chen Huo was about to follow Yu Sui, but Gu Gan, who had gone to the underground garage, came back and asked him for the car keys. Chen Huo couldn¡¯t attend to both things at once. While he hurriedly rummaged in his bag for the misced car keys to give to Gu Gan, Yu Sui had already given him the slip and entered the elevator.

    The elevator rose to the top floor, and with a ¡®ting¡¯ the doors opened and Yu Sui stepped out and headed for the private room.

    In the deserted private room, Shi Luo was still there just as they¡¯ve left him.

    Shi Luo nced up and frowned with obvious dissatisfaction. ¡°You¡¯ve won. Why haven¡¯t you left? Did youe back tough at me?¡±

    Yu Sui stared at the nine drinks remaining on the table, his fingertips trembling slightly.

    Shi Luo then realized something and said sharply, ¡°It¡¯s over, get out of here!!!¡±

    Yu Sui turned a deaf ear and without giving Shi Luo a chance to block him, went forward and drank one of untouched sses.

    Yu Sui¡¯s eyes changed instantly.

    His eyes trembled, and he turned to look at Shi Luo incredulously.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes werepletely red as though he wanted to kill someone. He stepped forward and grabbed Yu¡¯s wrist, his voice was hoarse, and he gritted out word per word, ¡°I, said........ Leave.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s lips trembled slightly, and he slowly but firmly pushed away Shi Luo¡¯s hand. He took another ss of untouched ¡°vodka¡± and took a sip.

    Yu Sui¡¯s entire person was rooted in ce.

    After a while, Yu Sui picked up another ss once again, took a sip and put it down; took another ss, took a sip, and put it down again.

    Shi Luo had his jaw clenched tightly.

    Like this, Yu Sui, with hands trembling, took ss after ss, until he had drank from each of the remaining nine sses.

    Ten cups of drinks, each and every one of which was lemon tea.

 Chapter 9

    Chapter 9

    Two years ago.

    Yu Sui put the half-finished cup of lemon tea on the table andy down on the bed.

    In the captain¡¯s dorm room of the FS team base in Shanghai, all was quiet. The warm afternoon sun was just right. The windows of the room were open and the curtains swayed gently with the breeze, sweeping across the ss of lemon tea on the table. .

    The phone on the side of the bed was constantly buzzing, and with every buzz it slowly slid a little towards edge of the bed; little by little until finally fell to the floor.

    Yu Sui opened his eyes slightly, nced down over the side of bed, and turned over to continue sleeping.

    An hourter, Yu Sui, who had caught up on sleep, got up, bent down, picked up the mobile phone on the ground, and put it back on the bed.

    Yu Sui washed his face, sat by the window and lit a cigarette. He picked up his phone and looked through it.

    His WeChat was filled with both useful and useless messages. Yu Sui looked through them one by one and replied to those that needed it. A little unexpectedly, Yu Sui saw several missed voice calls from Ke Hao.

    Ke Hao was a ssmate and childhood friend of Yu Sui¡¯s.

    Although the two no longer kept in touch, their rtionship has always been good. Yu Sui called back Ke Hao, and it quickly went through. Yu Sui slowly said, ¡°I just saw it, what¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Ke Hao on the other end of the line sounded as though he had grabbed onto a lifesaver and said miserably, ¡°Ancestor, why couldn¡¯t I get in touch with you? I was about to try to camp out at your doorsteps.¡±

    ¡°You won¡¯t be able to find me at my house.¡± Yu Sui smiled. ¡°I can only go back there few times a year. Why are you looking for me?¡±

    After exchanging a few pleasantries, Ke Hao then tentatively asked, ¡°Can you do me a favor?¡±

    Yu Sui took a puff of his cigarette. ¡°What is it?¡±

    Ke Hao sighed. ¡°My cousin, he had aplete falling out with the family recently. Not only did he leave the house, he also isn¡¯t going to school anymore. I heard that recently he does live gaming broadcasts. My uncle¡¯s lungs are about to burst from anger. If heter bes an inte celebrity...well, what a way to bring honor to our ancestors, huh?¡±

    Ke Hao¡¯s family was engaged in business, but for the past eighteen generations of the family, they were all men of letters. They were a proper family with a literary reputation. They were old-fashioned and conservative. Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help but smile.

    But there were a lot of inte addicted teenagers who didn¡¯t want to go to school and ran away from home. Most of Yu Sui¡¯s friends were like this.

    Ke Hao said sadly, ¡°He¡¯s in high school. He¡¯ll have college entrance examinations in two months and his grades are not bad. If he really dropped out of school at this time ... then what would you call this? And it would because of ying games ¡ª that game of yours, FOG! My God, my uncle doesn¡¯t dare tell my grandfather. He¡¯s afraid the news would send him directly to the hospital.¡±

    Without waiting for Yu Sui to speak, Ke Hao said quickly, ¡°Hey, don¡¯t be so touchy! I¡¯m not saying that what you do is bad. I¡¯d be happy if he really could follow in your footsteps. But just how many can actually get into your business? And he¡¯s not even ying as a profession, he¡¯s doing live broadcasts! An anchor! Anchor, do you understand? !!! ¡±

    ¡°I understand.¡± Yu Sui blew out some smoke, ¡°I asionally broadcast live too. What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    Ke Hao said miserably, ¡°This really won¡¯t do. He hasn¡¯t graduated from high school yet. Where can he go from here? Can you ... help?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°How can I help?¡±

    Ke Hao said, ¡°If he really, really doesn¡¯t want to study, we can¡¯t force him. He¡¯s this old now, he can¡¯t be tied down. To be honest, my cousin has been rebellious since he was a child. He has never been obedient. These past few years he¡¯s tormented my uncle so much, he¡¯s long given up already. But ... he can¡¯t really just be an anchor. If my grandfather knew about this, he¡¯d be worried to death. ¡±

    ¡°I also convinced my uncle to take a step back and make apromise.¡± Ke Hao said helplessly, ¡°If he really likes that game so much, he could y it professionally like you, instead of trying to make a living by doing live broadcasts. I thought about how my grandfather had always liked you. If he knew my cousin was in the same profession, maybe he could ept it.¡±

    Yu Sui held his cigarette between his lips, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly. ¡°Do you think anyone who ys games can get into my line of work?¡±

    ¡°No, no, no! I know it¡¯s harder than testing into Tsinghua!¡± Ke Hao frantically tried to apologize. ¡°My uncle shouted at me so much, my brain¡¯s been scrambled. My idea was to ask you to please take a look. Can you see if he has what it takes or if he¡¯s a dud? ¡±

    Ke Hao said, ¡°If he¡¯s a dud, then that¡¯s it. But if he could develop into that direction, then he could be a professional yer.¡±

    Yu Sui was not optimistic. ¡°I¡¯m telling you now, there are a thousand people who brag about going pro, if there¡¯s even one of them that actually has the qualifications for the job, that could already be considered as a pretty good turnout.¡±

    Ke Hao said quickly. ¡°I understand, but it actually seems like he really can y pretty well. And he ys the same position as you do, that, that ...¡±

    Yu Sui raised an eyebrow. ¡°A medic?¡±

    Ke Hao pped his thigh, ¡°Yes!¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, ¡°Okay, send me his ID. I¡¯ll look at his ranking on the national server.¡±

    Ke Hao stuttered, ¡°Wha-what are you talking about?¡±

    Yu Sui said tersely, ¡°It¡¯s his game ount. Send it to me.¡±

    Ke Hao drew a nk. ¡°Huh?¡±

    Yu Sui sighed. ¡°You can just ask him, he¡¯ll understand.¡±

    Ke Hao said miserably, ¡°He already cklisted me a long time ago&#k2026;¡±

    Yu Zheng couldn¡¯t do anything about it. He said, ¡°Then send me the address to his live broadcast, and I¡¯ll go watch it.¡±

    Ke Hao sighed. ¡°To be honest ... I don¡¯t know where he¡¯s doing his live broadcasts.¡±

    Yu Sui was so angry that heughed. ¡°Then f*ck off. I can¡¯t help you.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t be like that!¡± Ke Hao said incoherently, ¡°It¡¯s not my fault! My uncle only told me that he was working as an anchor, but he didn¡¯t tell me where! I asked my uncle and he was shaking with anger. Then he asked me back, just what the heck a live broadcast was. What could I do? I knew that you¡¯d know, but I was afraid you were busy withpetitions so I didn¡¯t dare bother you. So, I asked my ssmates who are in China. ¡±

    ¡°My ssmates tried to exin it to me for a long time, but ... I really can¡¯t understand any of your gaming jargons. I searched for several days like a headless fly. My uncle and my father came to remind me again. I haven¡¯t even finished writing my group essay for the week and my head¡¯s going to explode. Yu Sui, help me out ... ¡±

    Yu Yan lit another cigarette and shook his head. ¡°No way, you don¡¯t know anything. Where would I even begin to look for him?¡±

    ¡°You must have a way, can¡¯t you help?¡± Ke Hao was afraid that Yu Sui wouldn¡¯t care about it anymore, and shamelessly said, ¡°Look... I really didn¡¯t want to bring this up. But you remember when you started your career? That year you had a falling out with your family, who gave you tuition and living expenses so that you could go to school while you were still training your skills? ¡±

    Yu Sui asked in reply. ¡°How much was the tuition?¡±

    ¡°The tuition wasn¡¯t that much, but do you want topute your living expenses?¡± Ke Hao remembered these past matters and was filled with anger. ¡°You spent tens of thousands worth in living expenses every month! Have you forgotten whose pocket money you spent?! My mom suspected that I was already providing for some starlet at my young age! ¡±

    ¡°Pfft!¡± Yu Suiughed. ¡°I paid it back to you a long time ago, didn¡¯t I?¡±

    ¡°Yes, you paid it back but the me I took for you is nothing to scoff at either! All that money I saved up for so many years by living frugally was all spent on starting your e-sports career!¡± Ke Hao¡¯s tone was unstable from anger, ¡°You can ask anyone, what kid who runs away from home lived as cushy a life as you did back then?

    Yu Sui really did owe Ke Hao a debt of gratitude for this matter. He nodded helplessly. ¡°I ... I¡¯ll think of a way.¡±

    Yu Sui sighed. Ke Hao was instantly relieved. ¡°I can¡¯t tell you how thankful I am!¡±

    Ke Hao believed himself to be in the wrong. He chuckled. ¡°I know you¡¯re busy, but I had no other way. I¡¯ll invite you to dinner when I return home.¡±

    ¡°Alright.¡± Yu Sui thought to himself that it was lucky he was idle recently. ¡°Send me his contact information.¡±

    Ke Hao hurriedly sent a bunch of information and said, ¡°I have given you his name, age, mobile number, and QQ number. The phone is probably a dead end. It¡¯s been shut down for half a month, and he won¡¯t add any strangers to his socialworking ounts......I guess you¡¯ll still need to start from his live broadcasts. ¡±

    Yu Zheng minimized the voice call to see the messages. ¡°Shi Luo. Your surname is ¡®Ke¡¯ and your cousin¡¯s is ¡®Shi¡¯, since which generation has your family been green-hatted, huh...¡±

    ¡°Bah!¡± Ke Hao mocked good-naturedly. ¡°It¡¯s not convenient to tell you the family scandal right now. I¡¯ll tell you some other time.¡±

    Yu Sui never actually intended to ask. He was about to hang up when Ke Hao hurriedly added. ¡°He¡¯s really bad-tempered. Just be patient with him, he¡¯s in his rebellious period.¡±

    ¡°En¡±, said Yu Sui and then hung up. He then received several messages from Ke Hao.

    Ke Hao sent all the information he had on his cousin, even his grades from school.

    Yu Sui narrowed his eyes as he took a look.

    Shi Luo, male, 17 years old, 181cm tall.

    Ke Hao, being overly careful, also sent several photos. Yu Sui raised his eyebrows as he looked at the photos.

    Handsome.

    Very handsome.

    The 17-year-old teenager in the photo had extremely short hair that was dyed white. He had several rings on his ears. Even if he squandered away this aristocratic appearance, people could still see through his appearance into his true nature; seeing that he was indeed very handsome.

    The rebellious young man had eyes and brows that looked a bit wild and ruthless, almost as though his expression was telling strangers to keep away.

    Yu Sui gave a call to this Shi Luo. It was turned off.

    He added him on WeChat. There was no response.

    He could only begin his search from the live broadcast. Yu Sui sent a message to his club owner and former captain Ji Yanhan. He gave him a brief rundown of the situation and sent Shi Luo¡¯s name and age. He requested Ji Yanhan to ask a few people he was familiar with in the live broadcast tformpanies. Maybe they could directly find Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast room.

    Ji Yanhan was out discussing business, but he immediately replied after receiving the information and asked Yu Sui to wait for news.

    Yu Sui left his mobile phone on the bed and went to take a shower. After he took a shower, he ced the clothes he had changed out off into the clothes hamper and sent it to the base¡¯s cleaning aunt. He then took a look at his mobile phone. Ji Yanhan had already sent news back.

    Ji Yanhan: [I couldn¡¯t find him. Either he doesn¡¯t broadcast on these mainstream live broadcast tforms, or he does, but he didn¡¯t sign a contract with them and didn¡¯t upload his real personal information, so they couldn¡¯t find him. Who is this guy? ¡¿

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t been expecting that at all. They couldn¡¯t find him?

    Yu Sui let Ji Yanhan get back to work. He told him not to mind him anymore.

    Then he really had to search for his live broadcast. This needed luck. It¡¯d be great if Shi Luo was broadcasting at this time. He doesn¡¯t know how many rounds of searching he¡¯ll need to do before he bumps into him. Yu Sui really didn¡¯t want to bother with this anymore, but thinking about that home before, he couldn¡¯t refuse. That scene when he went to Ke Hao¡¯s home and ate Ke Hao¡¯s mother¡¯s dumplings for New Year¡¯s Eve shed across his mind. Yu Sui sighed and headed towards the training room.

    Yu Sui¡¯s teammate, Chen Huo, just happened toe back from outside. When he saw Yu Sui enter the training room, he followed in. ¡°Isn¡¯t it a rest day? Are you still going to train?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s a personal matter.¡±

    Chen Huo shrugged his shoulders. He wasn¡¯t going to touch aputer during his hard-earned short vacation. So after walking around the training room a couple of times, he left.

    Yu Sui was the only one in the empty lounge. He opened the first live broadcast tform and opened the FOG game category.

    Male, young, ying a medic.

    Yu Yan screened out the professional yers he knew, and based on the meagre information Ke Hao provided, he began to investigate one by one ...

    Half an hour passed.

    An hour passed.

    Three hours passed.

    Yu Sui let go of the mouse, lowered his head and pinched the corner of his eyes.

    He was going blind.

    Chen Huo hade back from eating barbeque with the team next door. Seeing Yu Sui still sitting at hisputer desk, he became curious and said, ¡°You haven¡¯t opened the game client and you¡¯re not doing a live broadcast. Just what the heck are you doing?¡±

    Yu Sui said expressionlessly, ¡°Going door to door to help my buddy find a missing child.¡±

    ¡°Scary!¡± Chen Huo was horrified. ¡°Who lost him?! How old is the child? How tall?¡±

    Yu Sui opened another live broadcast room. ¡°Seventeen, one meter and eighty-one.¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s face revealed shock. ¡°... I think you¡¯re losing it.¡±

    ¡°I think so too.¡± Yu Sui took a new pack of cigarettes and drew one out using his lips. ¡°I f*cking don¡¯t believe it anymore. The little bastard...¡±

    Huo Chen was afraid that he¡¯d be roped in by Yu Sui to do the work, and so he ran away on tiptoe.

    Yu Yan took a puff of his cigarette and continued to investigate.

    Two hourster, Yu Sui looked at the live broadcast room on his screen, his face ashen.

    The game that was being broadcasted was FOG, alright.

    The live broadcaster was ying as a medic, alright.

    The webcam was turned on in the live broadcast room. Yu Sui looked at the picture sent by Ke Hao on the mobile phone, and then looked at the person who was broadcasting live¡ªthat¡¯s him, alright.

    It¡¯s this person.

    There was nothing wrong. The live broadcast was also pretty popr. Logically, it should have been easy to find, but ...

    Yu Sui really wanted to type in the live chat and ask his Shi Luo: You, a technical game anchor, why ... why the f*ck did you ssify yourself under the house dance channel?

    ¡°You......¡±

    Yu Yan hadn¡¯t eaten all night. Right now, he was so angry, he was getting a stomachache.

    He really had expended a great deal of effort just now. After checking all the possibilities, he could only believe the impossible.

    Yu Sui opened the strange, more unlikely channels one by one, and then he finally saw Shi Luo¡¯s unique game interface and indifferent male face amongst a group of trembling cat-eared maids on the house dance channel.

    Yu Sui was so annoyed that he wanted to call the tform administrator to report the anchor¡¯s malicious mis-categorization, but thought better of it and pulled his hands back.

    Shi Luo hadn¡¯t signed a contract, and the tform administrator had no way of controlling under which channel he ced his streams.

    ¡°F*ck.¡±

    Yu Sui took a deep breath and opened his game client.

    Yu Sui re-opened the live broadcast room, nced at Shi Luo¡¯s game ID and then opened the client¡¯s national server rankings. He entered ¡®2000-Luo¡¯ in the search bar.

    The search results came out instantly:

    2000-Luo, national server ranking 179.

    Yu Sui was stunned.

    It has been less than two months since the new season started. At this point in time, a lot of professional yers hadn¡¯t yet entered the top three hundred of the national server rankings.

    Of course, the possibility of someone else actually ying his ount couldn¡¯t be ruled out. Yu Sui closed his client and opened the live broadcast room to watch him y. Combined with the webcam image and the game being broadcasted, Yu Sui could basically rule out the possibility of someone else ying for him.

    He was the one ying this himself.

    Yu Sui watched Shi Luo y another round. He then sent a message to Ke Hao: [I¡¯ve found your cousin. There¡¯s a possibility he could be a pro-gamer.]

    Ke Hao immediately replied back. [What do you mean by ¡°possibility¡±? Were you able to see his ranking? ]

    Yu Sui: [A high rank doesn¡¯t necessarily mean he can y professionally. They¡¯re not necessarily rted.]

    Ke Hao: [Then how can you judge?]

    Yu Sui was toozy to exin to thisyman, saying, [There are a lot of things to ascertain.]

    Ke Hao replied, [Then can you help me check to make sure?]

    Yu Sui: [No way.]

    After having said so, Yu Sui was about to close the live broadcast room when Ke Hao hurriedly sent a message over: [My allowance! !! !! New Year¡¯s dumplings! !! !! Dragon Boat Festival dumplings! !! !! Mid-autumn Festival moon cakes! !! !! !!]

    Yu Sui paused and typed: [Give me a few days ... I need tomunicate with him myself.]

    Ke Hao was instantly relieved and sent another message. [Great, I wish I could contact him, but he said that he had nothing to talk about with an old man like me. Then what ... You¡¯re the same age as me. You, you ... you should watch out for that. ]

    Yu Sui held back his anger. He threw the phone aside, reopened the game client, and applied for a side ount.

    Recalling what Ke Hao said just now ¡ª ¡°He said that he had nothing to talk about with an old man like me¡±, when he was filling out the details he changed his age to fifteen. He tried to remember the youthful trends when he was young. After incorporating it with this rebellious boy¡¯s aesthetics and interests, he quickly changed his nickname and signature.

    Yu Sui used a side ount to send a friend request to Shi Luo in the game. He said to himself: ¡°A career assessment hase, young man, if you don¡¯t pass this, it will be too much of a loss...¡±

    At the same time, at a certain inte cafe, Shi Luo friend request notification shed.

    Shi Luo opened it¨C

    [¢Ù Heartbroken Person] sent a friend request. Reason for the application [Little gege, won¡¯t you ease my broken heart a little?]

    Shi Luo looked at the ID, his slightly sharp eyebrows twitched. The next second, he decisively pressed ¡°decline¡±.

    Trantor¡¯s notes ¨C very important:

    To understand why Yu Sui¡¯s catfishing message was like that, you have to understand that this (see below) is Yu Sui¡¯s mental image of Shi Luo.

    It¡¯s also necessary that you understand this so that you can understand why his messages in the next chapter sound the way they do. This is the Bury Love/Shamate Family subculture in China. They¡¯re characterized by the outrageous hair and make-up. They¡¯re often viewed as less-educated partly because a lot of them came from families of migrants from the provinces. Of course, a lot of them are young teenagers so they¡¯re also kind of emo. You know, railing against the system, being angst-y, stuff like that. So his messages to Shi Luo, are kinda of dramatic/emo sounding. In the original Chinese there were tons (like 90% of the message) was spelled wrong. Sigh...I guess, to reflect the uneducated image people in this subculture have.

    I guess, the closest American equivalent would be Emo-punk? But of course, there are a lot of cultural differences.

    For more info, you can check this out: Link or this Link

 Chapter 10

    Trantor¡¯s note: Wait, did you read the note on the previous chapter? Yes? Then, go on ahead.

    Chapter 10

    Yu Sui had been waiting for Shi Luo to kowtow to him and when he saw this rejection notification, he didn¡¯t know quite how to react.

    Did he just get rejected?

    It¡¯s been so long since someone rejected Whisper¡¯s friend request.

    Yu Sui looked at his rejected friend request and did some deep self-examination. Was it because he was not ¡°bury love¡± enough?

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo¡¯s provocative and arrogant appearance in the live broadcast room, and felt that he might have been a little too conservative. This aristocratic brat must have turned his nose up at him.

    Yu Sui hated losing face and really didn¡¯t want to bother with this anymore. But he thought back to the care and consideration Ke Hao had shown him when they were in school and thought about how his hardships this night would alle to nothing if he quit now. He gritted his teeth and proceeded to change his nickname and sent Shi Luo another friend request.

    Yu Sui made a guess based on experience. A kid like Shi Luo with three hoops around his ears, must have gone through some pretty tough things. He must have turned up his nose at something as mild as this.

    He needed to redouble his efforts.

    While in the middle of broadcasting, Shi Luo nced at the friend request prompt at the lower left corner. He clicked it open.

    System prompt: [Cruel Bloody Dream] sent you a friend request. The reason for applying [my deliberate provocation, how long can you endure? ......],ept or reject?

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to endure it even for a second, and directly refused. But only half a minuteter, a new friend request came in again.

    System prompt: [Heart breaks until Numb] sent you a friend request. The reason for applying [hundreds and thousands of holes through the heart, no blood left to bleed, I¡¯m already used to it ...], ept or reject?

    Shi Luo clicked ¡®reject¡¯ once again, ten secondster ...

    System prompt: [Living Badly] sent you a friend request. The reason for applying [gambled, got drunk, hurt and got hurt for you before, I ced my bet and never regretted. ] ept or reject?

    Shi Luo quickly refused and then ten secondster ...

    System prompt: [For my Brothers] sent you a friend request. The reason for applying [åø¿Ú åø! Who would dare break my brothers¡¯ wings? I will destroy his entire heaven! ] ept or reject?

    Shi Luo closed his eyes. His eyes stung.

    Shi Luo clicked on ¡®reject¡¯ again, and started another match. He stopped looking at the system prompts and concentrated on ying this game.

    In the FS base, Yu Sui looked at the screen and frowned.

    This was totally unexpected.

    He hade across a hard stubble today.

    Why won¡¯t this kid ept his friend request?

    Could it be that he doesn¡¯t like this tone?

    Was this not ¡®hardcore¡¯ enough?

    It¡¯s wasn¡¯t that he couldn¡¯t make it even more moronic but Yu Sui himself found it a little hard to endure.

    This was too f*cking stupid.

    Today, Yu Sui was supposed to be able open a live broadcast and make his rounds. He thought about it and came to the conclusion that in order to sessfully add this little bastard as a friend, he¡¯ll have to take some emergency measures. Hepletely abandoned his precious time this night.

    Yu Sui has been an e-sports star since he made his debut. In fact, he carried a heavy burden to maintain his image as an idol. There was absolutely no way, he could ever let anyone know the ck history of moronic things he¡¯d gotten up to just now.

    But if doesn¡¯t manage to add him now, who knows when the little bastard will do a live broadcast next. If he lets go of him now, will he have to go door to door to search for him next time? What if he flees to and hides in the mukbang channel next time?

    Yu Sui cannot let the tiger return to the mountain.

    While Yu Sui was hesitating, he saw through the webcam, that while the stand-in shield was loading, Shi Luo took out his phone, turned it on and made a call.

    Yu Sui raised an eyebrow. As expected, this little bastard hadn¡¯t opened his phone until just now.

    But who was he calling? Was he going to order take out?

    If he was ordering food, he¡¯d have to dere the address of the Inte cafe. Yu Sui quickly turned up the volume of the live broadcast room, ready to write down Shi Luo¡¯s address to give to Ke Hao.

    Yu Sui leaned over and took a pen from his neighbor¡¯s desk. He was preparing to write down the address for when Shi Luo¡¯s call connected and he hadn¡¯t even found a piece of paper yet, when Shi Luo said coldly in the live broadcast, ¡°Ke Hao, is this as much as you can do? You posted my information on some sort of alternative dating forum and had a bunch of freakse and harass me online? *Huff*... Did you think that would scare me? ¡±

    Shi Luo who was poised with paper and pen: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui said to himself, ¡®Of course, you¡¯re not scared. You¡¯re one of them. You can¡¯t be any happier finding somewhere you finally belong. What have you got to be afraid of?¡¯

    Before Yu Sui could put the pen and paper back, Ke Hao¡¯s call finally came.

    Yu Sui had no choice and epted the call.

    Ke Hao was at a loss, ¡°What have you done?! Everything was going so well and then my cousin suddenly called me and chewed me out!¡±

    Yu Sui had a terrible headache. He picked up the cigarette case, lowered his head and picked one up with his lips. ¡°It¡¯s nothing. I wanted to add him as a friend to talk to him ...¡±

    Ke Hao was even more confused. ¡°Then why¡¯d he call to scold me?¡±

    Yu Sui lit the cigarette. ¡°He found out that you were the one who asked me to find him.¡±

    ¡°Oh.¡± Ke Hao couldn¡¯t helpining. ¡°How did you get exposed so early? Can he still add you now that he knows we know each other?¡±

    ¡°I ...¡± Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to bother telling Ke Hao how hard he had worked all night. ¡°It¡¯ll take too long to tell you. I¡¯m hanging up. I¡¯ll try again.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t wait for Ke hao to say anything more and hung up. He essed his side ount once again and bought a rename card.

    Yu Sui found it troublesome to register a new ount every time so he only bought a ¡®rename card¡¯ to change the nickname. One name change was worth 200 yuan. For one side ount, Yu Sui had already spent more than a thousand yuan tonight.

    Yu Sui looked at the live broadcast room, grinding his teeth. He was left with no choice but to follow Shi Luo¡¯s script.

    Yu Sui changed his nickname and signature, and once again sent a friend request to Shi Luo.

    In the Inte cafe, Shi Luo had finished another match and continued to queue for another one. Looking at the shing system prompt sign, Shi Luo sneered and opened it.

    System prompt: [Nervous about Online Dating?] sent you a friend request. The reason for applying [QAQ Someone in the forum posted that I could get 10 yuan at a time for harassing you online. Little Gege, I have no more money for breakfast tomorrow. Can I add you please? Brother help me out! ] ept or reject?

    Shi Luo was preparing to hit reject when he suddenly paused.

    10 yuan...

    Shi Luo had on a terrible expression as he looked at this friend request. His face was darker than the bottom of a pot.

    After half a minute of hesitation, Shi Luo clicked ept.

    Shi Luo clicked on the in-game chat box and with a cold expression on his face, sent a message to his newly added friend. [Are you with those guys just now?]

    There quickly came a reply. [No way, I only bury love by myself. I haven¡¯t joined any family.]

    Shi Luo¡¯s arm was itchy.

    Shi Luo resisted the strong urge to directly delete the other, typing: [Do what you want but don¡¯t disturb me.]

    Nervous about Online Dating? immediately responded. [Okay. But gege, I also y this game. Can you take me with you to y a match?]

    Shi Luo typed out: [No.]

    ¡°Nervous about Online Dating? added [Then, can you add me on WeChat, gege? I¡¯ll wait until you have time to take me with you to y a game. ]

    Shi Luo suppressed his ire. He hesitated for a full minute before typing out a series of numbers. With a ¡®ding¡¯, he got a friend request on WeChat.

    Shi Luo quickly closed the in-game chat interface and focused on ying the game.

    In the FS base, Yu Sui also swallowed down his disgust as he looked at his side ount and his newly-changed WeChat name. He suppressed his anger and called back Ke Hao.

    ¡°I¡¯ve been added as his friend in the game. When I have time, I¡¯ll y a round or two with him to see. It¡¯s impossible right now.¡± Yu Sui was exhausted physically and mentally. ¡°He¡¯s also added me on WeChat. I¡¯ll keep an eye on him for you. If there¡¯s something really important and your family can¡¯t get in touch with him, I can sent him a message for you guys ... Does he have a ce to live? ¡±

    Ke Hao quickly thanked him, ¡°Thank you very much! Thanks your thoughtfulness, where he lives ... I don¡¯t know.¡±

    Yu Suiughed. ¡°Is he really your cousin? He¡¯s a student who ran away from home, doing live broadcasts in some seedy inte caf¨¦ and you¡¯re not worried that he has nowhere to live? What if he¡¯s sleeping under some bridge?¡±

    ¡°Sigh, don¡¯t worry.¡± Ke Hao said, ¡°He¡¯s been running away from home since he was 13 or 14. At first, everyone in our family was also sent out to search for him. This ...... happens several times a year, until things got to how they are now. He himself is used to it and his family is also used to it. ¡±

    Yu Sui frowned. ¡°They¡¯ve been quarrelling since he was a child? Does he have some sort of grudge?¡±

    Ke Hao sighed. ¡°In any case, he has his own pocket money. He must have somewhere to live. As for the other things...it¡¯s a long story.¡±

    Yu Sui had no interest in listening, he said, ¡°Let¡¯s leave things here for now. This is all because I owe you for back then. After I¡¯ve confirmed whether he can cut it as a pro, I¡¯ll delete him. I have no time to be looking after kids for you ...¡±

    Ke Hao quickly said, ¡°Of course, of course.¡±

    Yu Sui hung up the phone and nced at Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast room. Shi Luo had already ended the broadcast.

    Yu Sui rubbed his tired eyes, and his phone rang again.

    Ji Yanhan was calling.

    Yu Sui leaned back on his gaming chair and spread his long legs. He saidzily, ¡°Captain.¡±

    ¡°Just finished with my business dinner.¡± Ji Yanhan smiled and said, ¡°How¡¯s your search for that anchor? I¡¯m free now, need me to look for someone to do a professional search?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head. ¡°No, I handled it myself.¡±

    Ji Yanhan had drank a lot, and it was quite talkative. ¡°Tell me, who¡¯s this amazing yer you¡¯ve taken an interest in? What job does he y?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°It has nothing to do with me. He ys a medic.¡±

    Ji Yanhanughed, ¡°Well, does he y well?¡±

    Yu Sui frowned, ¡°...Passable.¡±

    Ji Yanhan said: ¡°What does that mean? Better than you?¡±

    The corner of Yu Sui¡¯s mouth raised slightly. He smiled and said nothing.

    Ji Yanhan alsoughed, ¡°I¡¯m talking nonsense. But even if he¡¯s not as good as you, maybe he can be recruited, to be a substitute for you.¡±

    Yu Sui raised his eyebrows. ¡°Did you drink too much? Our team has always never been the tightly-knit type. If you¡¯re able to y then you¡¯re on the starting line-up. If you suck, then you¡¯re gone. We don¡¯t even have a second team. Since when have we been able to afford this luxurious thing called a substitute?¡±

    ¡°No one else can have one but you can.¡± Ji Yanhan said half-seriously and half-jokingly, ¡°How about it? Find a substitute for you. That way you can have more time to slowly take over the team¡¯s affairs ...This really is getting to be a little bit too much for me. So, help me out? ¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t even think about it. ¡°Impossible.¡±

    Ji Yanhan said again, ¡°Do you really not want a substitute?¡±

    Yu Sui simply said, ¡°No need, so long as my hands don¡¯t stop, I¡¯ll y.¡±

    Ji Yanhanughed, ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll listen to you. If you¡¯re not willing, then that¡¯s that. Hey, that¡¯s right! Haven¡¯t I sent you the regr season match schedule yet?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°No.¡±

    ¡°Aiya, I¡¯m an idiot!¡± Ji Yanhan patted his forehead fiercely. ¡°me me, me me, me me ... Your manager recently asked for a leave. He sent me the schedule the day before yesterday. I¡¯ve been so busy recently, I totally forgot! ¡±

    Yu Sui frowned. ¡°You ...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s all my fault.¡± Ji Yanhan apologized quickly. ¡°I¡¯m so tired these days. I¡¯ll send it to you on WeChat right away.¡±

    Yu Sui said helplessly, ¡°Send it to me. I¡¯ll handle the logistics for you. I¡¯ll have them arrange the details early.¡±

    Yu Sui hung up the phone and was about to order a takeaway when Ji Yanhan called again.

    Yu Sui answered the phone, ¡°En?¡±

    Ji Yanhan was confused and said, ¡°Oh, my eyes are getting a bit blurry. Why can¡¯t I find you on WeChat? Did you delete me?¡±

    Yu Sui was irritable. ¡°How much have you had to drink?¡±

    Ji Yanhan hurriedly apologized, ¡°Sorry, sorry. It¡¯s my fault.¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°I¡¯ll send you a message on WeChat and you can just reply back.¡±

    Ji Yanhan knew that he was in the wrong and said, ¡°Okay.¡±

    Yu Sui hung up the phone and sent a message over on WeChat. A few thousand kilometers away, Ji Yanhan,pletely hammered, stood in the center of the well-lit hotel lobby, squinting and holding his mobile phone, solemnly waiting. After half a minute, his mobile phone buzzed ¡ª

    [Nervous about Online Dating? ]: The schedule, quickly.

 Chapter 11

    Chapter 11

    Ji Yanhan had already touched Yu Sui¡¯s nerve several times today. He didn¡¯t understand and didn¡¯t dare to ask. He quickly sent the schedule and sighed, ¡°Isn¡¯t it a bit toote to be going through a rebellious phase...?¡±

    In this way, Yu Sui lost face all over without even knowing it. It was a whole 24 hourster that he remembered that he had changed his WeChat nickname in order to add Shi Luo on WeChat.

    He was worried that he¡¯d be exposed by Shi Luo if he changed it back so he could only put up with it and resisted changing it back.

    Coming from Yu Sui, this situation was too weird. But his friends in the industry didn¡¯t dare ask. Yu Sui also didn¡¯t have a way to exin it. He could only swallow down his anger and carry this pot.

    ¡°Tomorrow, the new season will begin again. So, let¡¯s get our spirits up...¡±

    The manager of the team had returned to his hometown. Ji Yanhan, the club owner, had long been a hands-off kind of leader. As captain, Yu Sui had to carry the banner and symbolically hold the mobilization meeting for the team before the opening match.

    The boss and manager were absent, and the team members were absent-minded, openly ying with their phones during the meeting. Yu Sui himself was not in the mood. He¡¯d just opened the meeting but he was already impatient. ¡°The regr season will begin immediately. We ... if we y well, we get bonuses, if we don¡¯t, we get sprayed online. That¡¯s all, meeting adjourned.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s over?¡± The meeting leader, who was temporarily tasked with taking the minutes of the meeting, was told that the meeting was over so soon after he¡¯d been seated. He was confused and said, all flustered, ¡°I-I-I¡¯ve just written two lines! The manager told me to send him the minutes after. It won¡¯t do if it¡¯s just this, right?¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? You can just edit it a bit.¡± Yu Sui was used to just faking these things. He held a cigarette in his mouth and said vaguely, ¡°Write in a bit more so they don¡¯t say I just muddled through it. Alright, meeting¡¯s over. ¡±

    The team members were also all too d to do things this way. They picked up their phones and left the conference room.

    ¡°Oh, one more thing.¡± The meeting leader chased after them, ¡°This quarter¡¯s bonuses are out. Take a look at your transfer records. If there¡¯s a problem, report it within a week. Thank you for all your hard work, everyone.¡±

    Yu Sui took out his phone and nced at the six-digit transfer record. He didn¡¯t care too much. When he was about to put the phone back into his pants pocket, the phone vibrated.

    [Luo]: [Are you still short of breakfast money? ]

    Yu Sui raised an eyebrow.

    He¡¯d been so busy the past few days, he¡¯d almost forgotten about this rebellious boy.

    He thought he¡¯d have to be the one to look for the other and didn¡¯t expect this rebellious kid to remember the matter about breakfast.

    Yu Sui leaned against the wall of the corridor, holding a cigarette in his right hand and typing with his left. [Gege, you still remember me? ]

    [Luo]: [...I asked you something. ]

    Yu Sui smirked and typed: [I am. Gege, will you give me some money? asdfdkjf!! ]

    Yu Sui smoked his cigarette. When he was about to tease Shi Luo again, his phone buzzed. Shi Luo had sent him a red envelope.

    Ten whole yuan.

    Yu Sui¡¯s WeChat transfers were deposited into his bank card in real time. He epted the transfer and received a text message the second after.

    [Your ount ending in *8888 was deposited £¤10.00 at 16:05 on April 27th. Your avable bnce is 5,372,937.46 yuan. ]

    ¡°Wow.¡± Yu Suiughed. ¡°What a big spender.¡±

    Yu Sui typed while smoking. [Thank you. Gege! Now, I¡¯ve got money for breakfast tomorrow. ]

    There was no reply there, Yu Sui raised his hands and typed again: [Gege, asdkfdjhjh, what about the day after tomorrow? ]

    Yu Yan¡¯s phone vibrated.

    [Luo]: [I¡¯ll give it to you the day after the day after tomorrow. ]

    Yu Sui asked again: [Three days from now (O-O)? ]

    [Luo]: [I¡¯ll give it the day after three days from now. ]

    Yu Suiughed and continued to type. [You¡¯ll give me breakfast money every day? ]

    [Luo]: [... What are you f*cking relying on me for? ]

    Yu Sui held back augh and typed. [Gege, I¡¯m hungry. ]

    [Luo]: [...I¡¯ll give you the money. ]

    Yu Sui said: [Really? Gege, why are you so nice? ]

    [Luo]: [Because when I didn¡¯t have money, I couldn¡¯t eat breakfast.]

    Yu Suiughed. ¡°Your floor is all iid with gold and jade. You¡¯re saying you didn¡¯t have money, who are you kidding&#k2026;?¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t expose him and went along with it. [Thank you, Gege! Maybe you should give me a week¡¯s worth already so that I won¡¯t have to trouble gege every day?]

    [Luo]: [If I give you a week¡¯s worth, won¡¯t you just spend it all in Inte cafes? ]

    Yu Sui was quite surprised, this little rebel still had some life experience, he was able to think of this.

    [Luo]: [Also, can you not call me ¡®gege¡¯? It¡¯s sickening. ]

    Yu Sui: [asdskjd Then what should I call you? ]

    [Luo]: [Call me Shi Ge. ]

    Yu Sui followed along. [Shi Ge. ]

    Yu Yan was amused enough and began to get down to business. [Shi Ge, can you apany me to y ¢Ù game? ]

    [Luo]: [I don¡¯t y with children. ]

    Yu Sui typed. [Take me with you please. I¡¯m no good, no one wants to team up with me. ]

    [Luo]: [I need to get points for my main ount. I have no time to take you. ]

    After a while, Shi Luo sent another message: [Wait a few days. ]

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t force it. [Okay. ]

    It was almost another week, Yu Sui had just finished the training match that day, when Shi Luo sent over a WeChat message with an unfamiliar ount. He said: [Add this number. ]

    Yu Sui knew that Shi Luo¡¯s main ount was already too high leveled at the moment. It was no longer possible for him to team up with Yu Sui¡¯s side ount. He had applied for a side ount to apany him.

    The little rebel had unexpectedly remembered about teaming up with him for a game.

    His teammates were all gone. Yu Sui sat back in front of hisputer and turned it on. After logging in to his side ount and he added the new ount sent by Shi Luo. Shi Luo was already online. Shi Luo sent a message telling Yu Sui to open the voice chat. Yu Sui refused, making an excuse that someone in his family was sleeping next door.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t insist, he asked Yu Sui to go to the live broadcast room to listen to hismands.

    In the broadcast room, Shi Luo said apathetically, ¡°Today, I¡¯m taking a kid to y a low level match. Those who don¡¯t want to watch me abuse noobs can leave.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled and sent a team invite to Shi Luo.

    The two queued up for a match. During the waiting period, Shi Luo opened his mic and asked dully, ¡°You know the basics, right? Ah, forget it ...let¡¯s just treat this as a tutorial match today.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s voice had already changed from puberty but it was still crystal clear. It was like he didn¡¯t want to waste too much energy from talking so loud and he kept his pitch very low. His voice came across as having the mischievous tone particr to young people. Yu Sui thought it sounded very nice.

    ¡°We are in a group of four. I¡¯m a medic. You and the other one are strikers. The one at the very back is a sniper. The opposite team has the same configuration as ours.¡±

    ¡°Half the map is our base and half is the opposing team¡¯s. The way we see things, there¡¯s no fog in our half. The opposite side is full of poisonous fog. The same goes for the opposing team.¡±

    ¡°You can¡¯t walk into the opposing team¡¯s fog, you¡¯ll be poisoned upon contact. I can¡¯t use a photon shield to protect you either. The poisonous fog is a chemical attack. There is no equipment that can resist it. It can only be dispersed.¡±

    ¡°Strikers and medics can disperse the poisonous fog. If you look in your backpack, there¡¯s an unlimited-use purifying dish in there used to dispel the poison. Go down to the poisonous mist and set down the purifying dish. The radius of the purifying dish is 2.5 meters and will take effect after three seconds. The poison in the area will be cleared up...are you listening? ¡±

    There had been no response from Yu Sui for a long time and Shi Luo, in the live broadcast room, frowned slightly.

    Yu Sui typed in the in-game chat. [Taking down notes.]

    Shi Luo threw him a disbelieving look through the webcam and continued: ¡°You, me, and the other striker¡¯s job during the early stages is to dispel the opposing team¡¯s fog and prevent them from dispelling ours. We¡¯ll dispel it all the way to their base¡¯s resurrection stone. Once we destroy it and then kill them all, we win. ¡±

    Yu Sui typed out. [Understood.]

    The game started.

    Shi Luo said indifferently, ¡°Follow me.¡±

    Shi Luo led Yu Sui forward, and said as they proceeded. ¡°The opposite team might also ambush us at themon boundary of the map. In a while, you¡¯ll need to be careful, don¡¯t let them take your head and try to get theirs. You only have the basic equipment now. As a striker, you can only get enough points to upgrade by killing members of the opposite team, otherwise you¡¯ll be as good as useless for this entire match. ¡±

    Yu Sui typed. [How do medics upgrade?]

    Shi Luozily said, ¡°When you kill someone, as long as I¡¯m no more than five meters away from you, I can get auxiliary points. With the auxiliary points, I can get a primary upgrade. I only have the original photon shield, the narrowest quadrteral photon shield. With the auxiliary points, I can buy a muchrger hexagonal photon shield, which is more resistant than the original shield. Of course, I can also upgrade without the auxiliary points and that¡¯s by... ¡±

    In the game, Shi Luo¡¯s medic pulled out a long dagger. He blocked a bullet that came from one of the opposing strikers lying down and hiding just at the edge of the fog. At that moment, he also immediately cut down with his dagger. He followed up with a kick and another swipe of the dagger, sessfully iming first blood from the opposing striker.

    ¡°The medic doesn¡¯t have a gun, but he can also get heads with a dagger.¡± Shi Luo calmly said, ¡°After getting one head, I can directly buy the hexagonal photon shield at 70 percent less points. I can cover you and we can proceed better.¡±

    In the FS base, Yu Sui¡¯s eyes gradually brightened.

    The job of a medic was mainly auxiliary. They weremonly known as the milk nurse profession. Most yers took the milk tank route. In general, there were very few who took the assassin type route and those who could y it well were extremely rare and far between.

    Although they were ying a low level match right now and the other side¡¯s striker sucked, but Shi Luo¡¯s series of moves and skills were the real deal. Yu Sui himself was also a medic, so he can see it most clearly. Even if this had been one of his teammates, Shi Luo would have taken at least half blood.

    The little rebel did indeed y well.

    Though the y was a little rough.

    Yu Sui yed with Shi Luo for three hours. They yed seven matches during that time. During this time, Yu Sui asked Shi Luo so many questions, taking the opportunity to assess the extent of Shi Luo¡¯s knowledge.

    Yu Sui has already learned what he wanted to know. He pretended his parents would beat him up if he yed for too long. He sent a message in the in-game chat saying he couldn¡¯t y anymore.

    In the live broadcast, Shi Luo said expressionlessly, ¡°Oh, do you still need me to team up with you next time?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, there shouldn¡¯t be any need for it.

    After the game, he called Ke Hao to exin to him clearly. After paying back Ke Hao for his kindness back then, this matter would be officially closed. He shouldn¡¯t meet this little rebel again.

    The regr season was about to start, Yu Sui is no longer just Yu Sui. He was now also Whisper.

    He was also the captain ofst season¡¯s World Championship team, the shield and light of the China division, and FS team¡¯s strongest trump card.

    The new season was officially starting soon. With so many eyes watching Yu Sui¡¯s every move, he wouldn¡¯t have time to tease some little kid.

    Yu Sui typed in the game: [Thank you, Shi Ge, I have learned a lot today. I should be able to y by myself in the future. ]

    In the live broadcast, Shi Luo looked at the team¡¯s chat and sneered, as though thinking back on all of Yu Sui¡¯s blind ys just now and refused toment.

    Yu Sui smiled as he looked at the live broadcast room.

    In the live broadcast, Shi Luo had dropped his side ount and switched to his main one. ¡°I hope you can still say that after your mentality copses from being abused. Won¡¯t your dad punch you? Shouldn¡¯t you be going?¡±

    Yu Sui logged out of his side ount.

    Yu Sui picked up his phone and dialed Ke Hao.

    Ke Hao quickly picked up.

    Yu Sui massaged his neck. ¡°With a slight change in attitude, he can y professionally.¡±

    Ke Hao was overjoyed: ¡°Really? He really yed that well?¡±

    ¡°Considering his age, he¡¯s quite outstanding. Of course, whether or not a passer-by can y well depends on his psychological quality and on-the-spot performance. This, I won¡¯t be able to judge.¡± Yu Sui said, ¡°Whether he turns out to be a horse or a mule, can only be known once he enters thepetition. But my preliminary evaluation...can¡¯t be that far off ¡±

    Ke Hao thanked him repeatedly. ¡°Then I¡¯ll tell my dad and my uncle. Sigh ...I can finally hand over this matter to them. They¡¯ve been nagging me nonstop. Thank you so much.¡±

    ¡°It was nothing big,¡± Yu Sui said, ¡°So, I can delete his WeChat? I¡¯ve been using that WeChat nickname for a week and I can¡¯t stand it anymore.¡±

    Ke Haoughed out loud: ¡°Okay, okay. I really owe you this time. I¡¯ll ask you out to eat when I return home.¡±

    ¡°Okay, we don¡¯t even know when that will be.¡± Yu Sui minimized the call interface and found Shi Luo in his WeChat. He said in passing, ¡°Oh yeah, your cousin has been giving me ten yuan for breakfast every day. It¡¯s been a few days. ¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo¡¯s chat record and couldn¡¯t helpughing. ¡°Should I pocket this money or return it to you?¡±

    On the other end of the phone, Ke Hao was quiet for a moment. He said hesitantly, ¡°He ... gives you breakfast money every day?¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. ¡°Yeah.¡±

    Ke Hao stopped talking.

    Yu Sui smiled. ¡°What is it? Are you distressed that I¡¯m spending you family¡¯s money again? This is less than a hundred yuan, should I return it to you?¡±

    Ke Haoughed bitterly. ¡°That not what I meant.¡±

    ¡°Just that... no one cooks breakfast at my uncle¡¯s house.¡±

    ¡°They used to let my cousin go out to buy breakfast for himself.¡±

    ¡°My uncle is a little too careless. When Shi Luo had just entered junior high school, my uncle forgot to give Shi Luo breakfast money for an entire semester.¡± Ke Hao whispered, ¡°My cousin¡¯s also really stubborn. If no one gives it to him, he won¡¯t ask for it. He didn¡¯t have breakfast for an entire semester, and finally winded up in the hospital because of low blood sugar. That¡¯s the only time his family found out...¡±

    Yu Sui thought he had a problem with his ears.

    ¡°You......¡±

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t believe it. ¡°When you went to school, there was enough money on your card to buy half an apartment. You¡¯re both from the same family, how can your cousin not even have a penny? He still has to ask for breakfast money every day? ¡±

    Ke Hao was quiet for a moment. ¡°I told you I shouldn¡¯t air out our dirtyundry in public. My uncle was afraid he¡¯d steal money from the family, so ...¡±

    Yu Sui was dazed.

    Afraid Shi Luo would steal the money?!!

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°Well, did he steal it?¡±

    Ke Hao was silent for a moment. ¡°That doesn¡¯t seem to be case.¡±

    Yu Sui was dumbfounded. ¡°If he didn¡¯t steal, then why did you guys ...¡±

    Ke Hao interrupted Yu Sui said, ¡°Sigh, geez, don¡¯t say any more.¡±

    Ke Hao hung up.

    Yu Sui sat in front of hisputer and stared at still open live broadcast room. For a moment, he couldn¡¯te up with a reaction.

    The FS team¡¯s sniper, Puppy, walked into the training room and saw that Yu Sui hadn¡¯t left. He swung by and saw the live broadcast on Yu Sui¡¯s monitor. He said unexpectedly, ¡°Luo?¡±

    Yu Sui looked up. ¡°Do you know him?¡±

    ¡°I know of him. Lately, he¡¯s a king amongst the passer-bys.¡± Puppy looked at Shi Luo in the live broadcast room. ¡°Lao Gu from next-door contacted him. Lao Gu¡¯s missing a medic and wanted to recruit him into NSN. This little kid¡¯s really proud, Lao Gu asked for his contact information but he refused, like some aristocrat ... Hey! Why do you have his WeChat? ¡±

    Puppy looked down at Yu Sui¡¯s mobile phone interface and murmured. ¡°That can¡¯t be. He said it himself. He won¡¯t add anyone.¡±

    Puppy looked at Yu Sui. ¡°Howe he added you?¡±

    Why did Shi Luo add him?

    Yu Sui remembered that day when he was looking for Shi Luo from one live broadcast room to the other. The only time he sessfully managed to be epted as Shi Luo¡¯s friend, the reason he¡¯d given was...

    [QAQ Someone in the forum posted that I could get 10 yuan at a time for harassing you online. Little gege, I have no more money for breakfast tomorrow. Can I add you please? Brother help me out! ]

    Puppy saw Yu Sui wasn¡¯t looking so well and frowned. He asked, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head. He took a deep breath and exited the WeChat interface.

    He knows better than anyone else that he didn¡¯t have the time to be distracted. But in the end, Yu Sui still couldn¡¯t bring himself to press the ¡°Delete¡± key.

    Trantor¡¯s note: We¡¯ll be back to the present day timeline next week. =)

 Chapter 12

    Sleepy little mushrooms: Only two chapters this week. Sorry about that. But these chapters also pack quite a punch. =)

    Chapter 12

    Inside the private room, Shi Luo¡¯s chest was heaving.

    Yu Sui stared at Shi Luo withplex look in his eyes. He slowly put down the wine ss.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you think this feels like deja vu?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were red, and his voice was unsteady. ¡°In those days...when you found out why I gave you breakfast money, were you stung by your conscience?¡±

    ¡°The night before you sold me to NSN, when you saw that I had finally opened up to you, did you hesitate a little?¡±

    ¡°After killing Evil 34 times, when you finally found out that it was my new ID, you must have regretted it for a second or two, right?¡±

    Shi Luo tried his best to make himself sound light and casual. He tried his best to suppress the sobs that were threatening to escape from his throat. ¡°I didn¡¯t guess wrong did I? But ... Back then, weren¡¯t you pretty good at pretending?¡±

    After Shi Luo joined the FS team, he brought up the old matter about the breakfast money. Yu Sui didn¡¯t reveal even the tiniest bit of shame but from that day on, he never let Shi Luo go hungry in the morning.

    ¡°What¡¯s going to happen now?¡± Shi Luo grabbed onto Yu Sui¡¯s wrists; his eyes full of hatred. ¡°Can¡¯t we treat this as if you never came back? Can¡¯t you pretend that you thought all the other nine sses were full of alcohol? Obviously nobody else has found out. No one saw through it ...just pretend you don¡¯t know; like you never came back to verify. Is that so hard to do? ¡±

    ¡°Yu Shen ...¡± Shi Luo hated how he couldn¡¯t just swallow whole the person in front of him. ¡°Everyone¡¯s already an adult. Hasn¡¯t anyone told you? Discretion is the better part of valor?¡±

    Then I won¡¯t need to be embarrassed, and you won¡¯t need to be condemned by your conscience.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo for a long time and holding back his emotions, said, ¡°Shi Luo, this is different from what you told me before I left.¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter if it is? So what if I lied?¡± Shi Luo¡¯s voice trembled. ¡°After all, did you keep you word? In the end, didn¡¯t you lie too? I¡¯m curious how you can say such words ... Someone like you actually has the nerve to me others for not keeping their word?¡±

    Yu Sui took a deep breath and after a moment he had calmed down. He took back his hands that Shi Luo held. ¡°Today¡¯s bet doesn¡¯t count.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes suddenly widened. ¡°You ...¡±

    ¡°About your transfer, I¡¯ll talk to your club about it and go through the normal process.¡± Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Even if the bet today was real, I won¡¯t let youe to my team without any contract fee.¡±

    Shi Luo was so angry heughed. ¡°Do you think IAC will let me go? Do you think you can talk them down?¡±

    Yu Sui has resumed his calm state and said, ¡°Then that¡¯s for me to worry about.¡±

    The punch that had been brewing for so many days finally hit cotton. For a moment, Shi Luo didn¡¯t know what else to say.

    Shi Luo tried his best to hold back the tears so as not to make himself look even more pathetic. After a long time of saying nothing, he said, ¡°... I¡¯ll consider thest time I¡¯m yed by you. You should treat it as if I had never even been here today.¡±

    Shi Luo put on up his baseball cap and pulled the brim down low. He picked up his mobile phone from the table then turned around and left.

    By the time he had returned to the IAC base, dawn was breaking over the horizon. Shi Luo did not return directly to the base and turned instead to a breakfast ce nearby that opened early.

    Shi Luo sat at the innermost seat by the window and ordered himself a bowl of wontons.

    The steam from the wontons rose up, warming Shi Luo¡¯s reddened eyes.

    Actually, Shi Luo had long let go of that trivial matter about the breakfast money.

    At the time, Yu Sui hadn¡¯t intended anything malicious and he¡¯d only happened upon it by ident. He hadn¡¯t meant anything by it but unfortunately brushed against Shi Luo¡¯s sore spot.

    It was just a coincidence.

    What¡¯s more, after that, Yu Sui also stood in for him to put forth his resentment regarding breakfast.

    It was back then, when it hadn¡¯t even been a week since Shi Luo joined the FS team.

    At that time, Shi Luo¡¯s father, Ke Chunjie, was still unwilling to give up. Seeing that Shi Luo had followed Yu Sui¡¯s advice and moved from that seedy inte caf¨¦ into the FS base to be a professional yer, he felt moved and felt that he could take it a step further and convince Shi Luo to go back to school.

    Of course, it was much better to be a professional yer than to do live broadcasts on some questionable tform, but it wasn¡¯t enough. Ke Chunjie always thought that being a professional yer was not the proper way. Not to mention that when the rebellious Shi Luo waspared with the outstanding Ke Hao, Ke Chunjie had no way to lift his head in front of Shi Luo¡¯s grandfather.

    The Ke family had two grandchildren. Compared with Ke Hao, who had entered the gates of a prestigious school, his son appeared to be too inferior to show in public.

    So it hadn¡¯t even been a few days since Shi Luo moved to the FS dorms when Ke Chunjie wheedled the FS base¡¯s address from Ke Hao and came visiting.

    This prim and proper father came, and Yu Sui had no reason not to let him in. Moreover, he himself was uncertain. He though it wouldn¡¯t a bad idea if Shi Luo agreed to go back to school. So without so many words, he asked Ke Chunjie toe in.

    However, Yu Sui didn¡¯t bring him to Shi Luo¡¯s dorm and only asked him into the training room.

    Yu Sui sat back on his seat and put on headphones to y the game, signaling to the both of them to do as they wished.

    In the empty training room, Yu Sui trained as usual. There was a dark undercurrent between father and son, and the atmosphere quickly turned strange.

    Seventeen-year-old Shi Luo stared furiously at Yu Sui¡¯s back. He eyed Ke Chunjie warily, without saying a word.

    With outsiders around, Ke Chunjie was also very restrained. He looked around the training room and frowned slightly.

    It was before noon, the other team members were still asleep, and the aunt, who cleaned the base hadn¡¯t had time yet to clean up. The training room was a mess. Except for Yu Sui¡¯s desk which was a bit more orderly, the others had various wires from peripheral devices all tangled up together. There were all sorts of action figures around. On the middle of the training room floor someone¡¯s jigsaw puzzle was spread out. The couch cushions were strewn on the ground. The takeaway boxes were still on the table in front of the sofa as well as a few unfinished cups of milk tea.

    Ke Chunjie unobtrusively pinched his nose. He had just barely sat down on the sofa when he stood up instantly.

    On the sofa were someone¡¯s keycaps.

    Ke Chunjie didn¡¯t want to sit anymore.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes shed with a sneer. He picked up the keycaps and sat on the sofa. He propped his legs on the coffee table, looking down at the keycaps in his hand.

    Ke Chunjie sighed. ¡°Luo Luo, I heard all that your cousin had to say. This is ce is good, but they don¡¯t have a vacancy for you. You could go to school first and maintain a good rtionship with the people here. Considering their rtionship with your cousin, they wouldn¡¯t just cut you off. ¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes and looked at Ke Chunjie like he was a f*cking idiot, smirking and not saying anything.

    Ke Chunjie had no idea what was wrong with what he¡¯d said, and he didn¡¯t feel that what he was proposing was at-odds with anything here. He continued to persuade him. ¡°The college entrance examination is happening soon. You have such good grades. Don¡¯t you think it would be a pity not to take the exam?¡±

    Shi Luo held the keycap and asked ¡°What would be a pity?¡±

    ¡°It would be a waste of all your good grades!¡± Ke Chunjie was filled with anger. ¡°You¡¯ve studied for ten long years and this is how you end up? Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s a waste?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Shi Luo stared at Ke Chunjie calmly and said, ¡°I got good grades not because I worked hard but just because I was smart. It wasn¡¯t any hardship to study so how can this be a waste?¡±

    Ke Chunjie was angry to the point of almost suffocating. ¡°Shi Luo!¡±

    Shi Luo tossed the keycap in his hand, and the corners of his mouth hooked up slightly. ¡°This is the truth, I don¡¯t feel distressed at all.¡±

    Ke Chunjie suppressed his ire. ¡°Then do you feel like you¡¯ve achieved something glorious here?!¡±

    ¡°Not glorious, but nothing shameful either.¡± Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were ck and bright, staring at Ke Chunjie, ¡°Is someone feeling ashamed? Maybe this someone can¡¯t justify it to grandfather?¡±

    Ke Chunjie was jabbed at his core and was speechless for a moment.

    There was a sh of pleasure in Shi Luo¡¯s eyes, and when he stopped. He didn¡¯t want to continue what he had to say. He set down his feet and squatted on the sofa to whistle quietly.

    ¡°I see.¡± Ke Chunjie no longer tried to deceive him with flowery words, ¡°You¡¯re purely out for revenge, right? Shi Luo, you¡¯re using your future to anger your father. Are you stupid? Won¡¯t you be the one who¡¯ll regret it? Am I the one you¡¯re angering? You¡¯re only interfering with yourself! ¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips moved but said nothing.

    ¡°Childish! Ridiculous!¡± Ke Chunjie snapped, ¡°When you¡¯re an adult and have really matured, you¡¯ll know how irresponsible your behavior is now! Not to me! It is irresponsible to yourself!¡±

    Shi Luo exhaled.

    ¡°Don¡¯t make me say everything, it won¡¯t be very nice.¡± Shi Luo narrowed his eyes slightly. ¡°You know best just who exactly I harm by dropping out of school, dad ... There are some things that would be better left unsaid. I also don¡¯t want to insult grandpa so I think we¡¯re almost done here. ¡±

    Ke Chunjie was unable to utter a word from extreme anger.

    Shi Luo sneered and stopped talking.

    Ke Chunjie looked at Shi Luo with dread. He took a few steps in ce, took a deep breath, and slowed his tone. ¡°I understand, you still hate me, don¡¯t you?¡±

    ¡°Dad was too busy to take good care of you these years. But look at Ke Hao, did your uncle and aunt take good care of him? You¡¯re much better off than he was. He was sent to study abroad by himself when he wasn¡¯t yet an adult. All these years, he¡¯s been taking care of himself.¡± Ke Chunjie whispered softly, ¡°But look at your cousin, did he me your uncle and aunt? The first money he made, he didn¡¯t spend a penny on himself. He used all of it to buy gifts for your aunt and uncle. Why don¡¯t you take a page from his book? ¡±

    Shi Luoughed.

    Shi Luo said grimly, ¡°I¡¯m really sorry, I bought breakfast with the first money I made. I have to feed myself before I buy gifts for you.¡±

    Ke Chunjie¡¯s face was extremely taut. He subconsciously nced at Yu Sui and whispered, ¡°Just when will you stop turning over old ounts?¡±

    ¡°Never.¡± Shi Luo said faintly, ¡°Sorry, I just like to turn over old ounts. It¡¯s not me who¡¯s embarrassed, so why can¡¯t I?¡±

    ¡°Okay, okay.¡± Ke Chunjie tried his best to make his voice softer. ¡°Dad knows that he was wrong. Dad promises that he will never limit any of your spending in the future, okay? I will double your living expenses so that you can have money at any time, alright?¡±

    Ke Chunjie took out his mobile phone and nced at it. ¡°Two thousand ... doubled to four thousand. I¡¯ll add another one thousand, five thousand, is that enough?¡±

    Ke Chunjie couldn¡¯t bear to look at the overnight takeaway boxes on the table and whispered. ¡°You don¡¯t want to eat all the good food the housekeeper makes at home and instead you want to live this kind of life? And even if you y games here, just how much can they pay you?!¡±

    Shi Luo paused.

    He had joined in a hurry and Yu Sui hadn¡¯t talked to him about this yet. He really doesn¡¯t know how much it will be.

    When Ke Chunjie saw Shi Luo had stopped talking, he said, ¡°Don¡¯t you understand? You¡¯re not willing for dad to provide for you, so you insist oning here to eat takeaway for all your meals, drink this kind beverage made from who knows what, and waste away your potential by making this little bit of money during your best years?! ¡±

    With a click, on the other side of the training room, Yu Sui took off his headset. Father and son instinctively turned to look.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, uncle.¡± Yu Sui smiled. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to disturb you and your son. I just heard that you¡¯ve been curiously asking so I thought I¡¯d answer.¡±

    ¡°The FOG branch of our FS club is quite heartless and faithless. It has never been our custom to provide our yers with mental reassurance, so we only have one team and no secondary team, and definitely no substitutes. Shi Luo Xuanshouing here was unexpected. Right now, he is nominally my substitute and the very first substitute yer we¡¯ve had in years. So, we had nothing to base his annual sry on, which caused a dy in resolving this issue. But we¡¯ve arranged something now.¡±

    ¡°Since he¡¯s just a substitute, a tenth of my annual sry should be enough. Right now, we don¡¯t have his manager¡¯s contract, so advertising fees, live signing fees and such are still to be determined. I can only tell you the basic contract fee...¡± Yu Sui smiled, ¡°It should be 3.5 million, equivalent to a bit less than 300,000 monthly sry.¡±

    When Ke Chunjie, this outsider to matters regarding e-sports, heard this figure, his face gradually turned green.

    Shi Luo resisted and coughed twice.

    Yu Sui picked up his headset, ¡°By the way, the takeaway on the table is specially delivered by a private food store we often go to, not the kind that can be ordered with a mobile APP. The ingredients are definitely not as good as yours, but they are all flown in on the same day from Japan. Please rest assured that we won¡¯t treat Shi Luo badly.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Also, those limited-edition keycaps are Puppy¡¯s. They¡¯re more than four thousand each. You can y with them but don¡¯t lose them.¡±

    Yu Sui put on his headphones and continued ying games.

    Shi Luo, holding the five-figure keycaps in his hand, looked up at Ke Chunjie. ¡°You...how much were you saying my monthly allowance would be?¡±

 Chapter 13

    Chapter 13

    Although Yu Sui had his misgivings about Shi Luo¡¯s family, he never asked Shi Luo anything about them.

    Judging from the previous situation, anyone with eyes could see that Shi Luo¡¯s family rtionship was veryplicated. Yu Sui wasn¡¯t good at helping people work through their issues and he also didn¡¯t want to pry into another¡¯s private matters. So by tacit mutual understanding, they shelved that matter. Until one day, when Yu Sui together with Shi Luo had to drive for ten kilometers before they found a wonton shop. Yu Sui, finally couldn¡¯t help but ask, ¡°Ke Hao was loaded when we were in junior high school. So, why was...¡±

    Why was your situation so miserable that now, you¡¯d even feel uneasy if you don¡¯t get to eat breakfast every day?

    ¡°Captain, among your rtives, do you have one who¡¯s ...¡± Shi Luo¡¯s tongue was scalded by the hot wonton. He quickly sucked in some air to cool it down. ¡°Outrageous? Or rtively outrageous?¡±

    After a bit of hesitation, Yu Sui nodded.

    Shi Luo said, ¡°For everyone in my extended family, my dad was that outrageous rtive.¡±

    ¡°Starting from when he was young, he was already ignorant and ipetent. When he grew up, he began to run amok. All his romantic rtionships were a mess. His decision to get married was an impulsive one and after he got married he didn¡¯t want to bear any responsibilities. At the post my grandfather arranged for him, he enjoyed all the privileges without doing a stroke of work and he stole funds to invest in get rich quick schemes ...¡± Shi Luo sneered. ¡°¡¯Engaged in every kind of evil imaginable¡¯, that¡¯s him, alright.¡±

    Yu Sui frowned slightly.

    When he was a teenager, Yu Sui asionally went to Ke Hao¡¯s house. That year when he left home, his visits there became more frequent and he would freeload meals off them almost every month.

    At that time, Ke Hao lived with his parents in a little family of three. Their house wasn¡¯t very big, but a single nce was enough to see that it was a very exquisite home.

    Ke Hao¡¯s father was gentle and refined. Ke Hao¡¯s mother was gentle and elegant. They treated others with respect. When they found out about Yu Sui¡¯s profession, they were very understanding. They even often advised Yu Sui to keep in touch with his parents, hoping that they could resolve their conflict as soon as possible. Family was, after all, family.

    That year, Ke Hao¡¯s family was a source of greatfort for the young Yu Sui. So when he found out that Ke Hao had an uncle and cousin, Yu Sui instinctively thought that, given they came from the same n, even if their situation wasn¡¯t as good as Ke Hao¡¯s, it wouldn¡¯t be that different either.

    This clearly wasn¡¯t the case.

    Shi Luo preferred strong and rich tasting foods. When eating wonton, he would put a lot of condiments in his bowl. Soon, he had dumped half a bottle of vinegar into his soup. He continued to add vinegar and asked, ¡°Do you think my father¡¯s a lot poorer than my uncle?¡±

    Yu Sui said nothing.

    Shi Luo, himself, wasn¡¯t the least bit concerned. ¡°It¡¯s nothing that can¡¯t be said. He really doesn¡¯t have much money. Think about it, if you were my grandfather, would you trust someone like him to hold an important position? Can you trust him to be in-charge of a lot money?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled but said nothing.

    ¡°Maybe, grandfather did give him a lot of money but my father¡¯s great at squandering away a family fortune. He was always throwing money at things I always felt were no good. When he lost big time, it was my grandfather who told me the whole story. My uncle and my aunt don¡¯t say anything outwardly, but inwardly... ¡°Shi Luoughed at himself,¡± I was always the one who was embarrassed for him. But he didn¡¯t feel ashamed. He was always asking money from my grandfather. My grandfather also felt that things couldn¡¯t go on like that. It would be very unfair to my uncle. So, my dad was paid a little less than half of thepany five years ago. After that, he wasn¡¯t to be given any more money. ¡±

    Shi Luo quickly ate half his bowl of wontons and said, ¡°But every month, he could still receive some dividends. All he needed to do was be a bum, do nothing and just spend money. But he was unwilling. He keeps trying to create some big news so that my grandfather would acknowledge him and give him back the family business. As you can guess, my grandfather grew more and more disappointed in him and his share of the dividends was docked. ¡°

    Something shed in Yu Sui¡¯s eyes. His lips moved, but he still didn¡¯t speak.

    Shi Luo took a sip of soup and raised an eyebrow. ¡°So, now, the only thing my dad has that¡¯s presentable enough is me. Although my grandfather doesn¡¯t like me, I am still his grandson. And my grades are really good, so he needed to give it more consideration. After that ... my grandpa is already eighty years old this year. Do you understand? ¡±

    Yu Sui looked quietly at Shi Luo. ¡°So you dropped out?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Shi Luo said indifferently. ¡°I won¡¯t help my dad to fight for a share of the will. Even if he does manage to get something someday, he won¡¯t give it to me anyway. Besides, I don¡¯t want any part of it.¡±

    Shi Luo held the soup bowl with both hands. ¡°So, while it¡¯s still early, better smash the pot because it¡¯s cracked. Let my grandfather give up on both father and son altogether. It would be best if he leaves us not even a single penny. I can already support myself. He......¡±

    ¡°He won¡¯t go hungry. He¡¯ll just have to live the rest of his life depending on my uncle¡¯s handouts and my aunt rolling her eyes at him.¡±

    Shi Luo let his imagination run wild and thought about that scene. He gave his thigh a loud p. ¡°If things really turn out that way, I¡¯ll be ecstatic!¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo with a smile on his face and an unlit cigarette between his lips.

    Were it someone else, they would have perhaps impatiently or maybe earnestly persuaded Shi Luo to not sabotage himself for the sake of some momentary satisfaction. The future is yours. You mustn¡¯t hurt yourself for revenge, let alone against your own father. How can there be intense and deep-seated hatred between father and son?

    But the person before him had been Yu Sui.

    At that time, Yu Sui simply said, ¡°Your choice, your freedom.¡±

    His future was his own, his father was his own, and the pain and torment he had suffered since childhood was also his own.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to interfere with anything. He hadn¡¯t suffered the same bitterness as Shi Luo. It wasn¡¯t Yu Sui¡¯s ce to forgive anyone for the wrongs Shi Luo had suffered.

    However, Yu Sui definitely didn¡¯t like Shi Luo¡¯s suicide-style revenge and attack. At that time, he warned Shi Luo that there won¡¯t be another matter like this again.

    Yu Sui had juste to his rescue and helped preserve his dignity in front of his father. Shi Luo listened to Yu Sui¡¯s words and hurriedly nodded his head, agreeing with him.

    Before he had promised so earnestly and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed and here was Shi Luo frantically giving Yu Sui ten cups of lemon tea for the price of an entire season of his free service.

    In his core, Shi Luo was such a person.

    Even at this moment, Shi Luo didn¡¯t regret it. His only regret was that he hadn¡¯t executed it beautifully enough this time. There wasn¡¯t any of that great satisfaction from that year.

    After two years, Shi Luo once again sat in this renovated breakfast shop and looked at the samerge bowl of wonton. Shi Luo gently sniffed and thought to himself; he hadn¡¯t failed because he¡¯d been reduced to some weak chicken these past two years or because his own brain had turned wooden and he hadn¡¯t prepared thoroughly enough. It was simply because the one who had provided the follow-up blow that year was now standing against him.

    That day during that year, as soon as Ke Chunjie stepped out of the training room, Shi Luo hurriedly ced the keycaps on the table. He hurriedly turned to the sole witness of the incident and asked Yu Sui to testify for himself that he had just yed with the keycaps; that after ying, there had absolutely been no damage, and he hadn¡¯t caused any wear and tear on those keycaps.

    Yu Sui¡¯s game was already in the second half. His stomach hurt from trying to hold back hisughter. He said, ¡°I¡¯ll testify for you.¡±

    ¡°Four thousand each, four thousand each ...¡± Shi Luo looked around nkly. He felt like he understood less and less the prices of these things around him. He looked in awe at the in takeaway bag on the table, not daring to underestimate it. After studying it for a long while, his attention was gradually attracted by the words on the takeaway bag. He said slowly, ¡°Captain, although ... but, shouldn¡¯t a private kitchen as expensive as that have a special food box with dry ice or something? Why ... are they using Red Armor takeaway boxes and takeaway bags? ¡±

    Yu Sui took a cigarette and lit it. He stared at the screen and said, ¡°Because that¡¯s take-away crayfish from Red Armor.¡±

    Shi Luo was tongue-tied. ¡°Just now, you said ...¡±

    ¡°I made it up. So what?¡± Yu Sui said without a change in his expression. ¡°The private kitchen I mentioned does regrly deliver to us but we happened to order crayfishst night. I didn¡¯t make it up from out of nothing. I just pretended a little. So what?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s argument seemed to hold up, but Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help casting another suspicious look at those keycaps on the table. ¡°Then, these little things ...¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Those are really four thousand each. If you don¡¯t believe me, pick it up and take a look. There should be special serial number inside the keycaps.¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to touch these more than 10,000 yuan things at all, and he shook his head: ¡°No need, no, I believe it.¡±

    There was a smile in Yu Sui¡¯s eyes. He took a puff of his cigarette and continued ying.

    Very few of what Yu Sui said then were true. He especially loved to tease Shi Luo. But, at the time, Shi Luo was still at that honest young age when he¡¯d believe anything. He couldn¡¯t distinguish between jokes and serious talk. As long as Yu Sui said it, Shi Luo believed it without the slightest doubt.

    Although Yu Sui was very young at that time, he was already a veteran-level figure in the circle. He was also at the pinnacle of all medics and he was their division¡¯s strongest shield. So many haloes had been bestowed upon his person that it was all too easy to be duped by Yu Sui. So, it wasn¡¯t until long after that, when Shi Luo had entered NSN and then IAC; after being beaten down several times by reality and having received wages from both teams did he realize, that wages should have been paid by the club¡¯s finance department. They weren¡¯t paid via direct cash transfer from the team captain¡¯s Alipay ount.

    It was then that Shi Luo found out that the two months sry he had received from FS that year were all from Yu Sui¡¯s personal ount.

    Until now, the former senior executives of FS didn¡¯t even know that their club had a parasite of a substitute who had been earning that much of an annual sry.

    Those two months¡¯ high monthly sry was just Yu Sui¡¯s way of letting Shi Luo maintain his dignity in front of Ke Chunjie.

    Shi Luo, who came to understand afterwards, also wanted to question Yu Sui. But Yu Sui had already left for Europe. He thought of returning the hundreds of thousands to Yu Sui. But, of course, these simply remained as thoughts.

    The two had long since broken all rtions with each other and they¡¯ve both said they¡¯d never contact the other again.

    At that time, Shi Luo looked at the transfer records from Yu Sui and found it hard to breathe. He suddenly realized why, despite Yu Sui¡¯s situation, despite hurting so many people with what he did, he still had so many die-hard followers.

    Some people were able to treat you so well and also break off things with you so decisively that in the following years, you would hate them to the bone but you would be unable to let go.

    For a time, Shi Luo hated Yu Sui so much he¡¯d almost gone crazy. He wanted to tell everyone. Don¡¯t be fooled by this person. Don¡¯t let him treat you well. Otherwise, he¡¯ll dig a pit for you from which you won¡¯t be able to crawl out of and you¡¯ll regret it to death. Butter, Shi Luo gradually found out that the only one who couldn¡¯t crawl out of his pit of memories, was only himself.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were reddened by the hot steaming from the wonton soup. He forced himself to eat all of the wontons and then drink the soup until there wasn¡¯t a single drop left.

    Shi Luo wiped the corners of his mouth with a tissue. He hung his head low as he swiped his QR code to pay. He turned around and headed out of the breakfast shop, walking back to the IAC base.

    It was only seven o¡¯clock in the morning and the base was silent. Shi Luo dragged his feet towards the stairs. When he passed by the meeting room on the first floor, the door to the meeting room opened.

    Shi Luo looked out from the corner of his eyes. It was Zhao Feng.

    Zhao Feng looked up and down at Shi Luo. Shi Luo¡¯s eyes, ears and neck were all red, but his lips were slightly pale, and his eyes were slightly ashen. He was obviously in a bad state. Zhao Feng was speechless. ¡°You, you are ...¡±

    ¡°I drank too much. Have the substitute join the afternoon training matches instead. I need to sleep this off.¡± Shi Luo¡¯s voice was hoarse, ¡°Don¡¯t call if there¡¯s isn¡¯t anything the matter.¡±

    Zhao Feng nodded hurriedly.

    Shi Luo turned and started climbing the stairs. Zhao Feng hesitantly called out, ¡°Evil.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned. ¡°Is there anything else?¡±

    Zhao Feng gulped. ¡°I don¡¯t want to disturb you, but I wouldn¡¯t be able to hide this. It¡¯s just that...¡±

    Shi Luo had a splitting headache, and said irritably, ¡°Can you just spit it out?¡±

    Zhao Feng said, ¡°Whisper will being over tonight, should I ... call you?¡±

    Shi Luo froze in ce.

 Chapter 14

    Chapter 14

    Yu Sui¡¯s purpose foring to IAC at this time was obvious.

    For a while, Shi Luo didn¡¯t know whether to get angry or to feel relieved. He was so tired that he just sat down on the stairs and lit up a cigarette.

    Zhao Feng had on a bitter expression. ¡°You should have guessed it already. Whisper¡¯s here to talk about you. Didn¡¯t I say this was going to happen? He still wants to buy you. I already guessed it, but ...¡±

    Zhao Feng hesitantly said, ¡°Although club management isn¡¯t allowed to privately contact yers of other clubs, everyone knows that there will still be some hinting of transfer fees and such in private... It¡¯s human nature. What I want to know now, has Yu Sui already made you an offer? ¡±

    Shi Luo smoked his cigarette and shook his head.

    Zhao Feng didn¡¯t believe him at all. He asked closely, ¡°He really hasn¡¯t? Maybe he implied a price and you just didn¡¯t catch it? I won¡¯t look into whether you two have been in contact privately. I just want to know how much he¡¯s offering you. He¡¯s alreadying tonight. I need to know what¡¯s what so that I can be a bit prepared. ¡±

    Shi Luo still shook his head. ¡°He didn¡¯t imply any price. I don¡¯t know.¡±

    Zhao Feng looked distrustfully at Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo had a splitting headache. ¡°Would you believe me if I told you he won¡¯t give me a cent?¡±

    Zhao Feng looked at Shi Luo in surprise. ¡°How¡¯s that possible?¡±

    Shi Luo was upset and said, ¡°Why are you asking if you don¡¯t believe me?¡±

    ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll treat it as if he hadn¡¯t contacted you, so why don¡¯t you tell me what you want.¡± Zhao Feng also sat on the stairs. ¡°Would you like to stay in our club or go to Whisper¡¯s? I¡¯ll let you in on a secret. Whisper¡¯s going to go about this the hard way. We made some inquiries. Instead of buying a ready-made team to grab a spot in the league, he¡¯s preparing to form his own team to fight through the secondary league to earn a spot.

    Zhao Feng gave Shi Luo a warning nce. ¡°That is to say, if his new team loses in the qualifiers, his team will be stuck in the secondary league for the entire season. You should consider this risk yourself.¡±

    ¡°Master Shi, you have already changed hands twice before and you might feel your situation¡¯s kind of miserable but have you actually experienced real misery? You know those yers who are obviously capable but can¡¯t climb up because they¡¯re forced by their ck-hearted bosses to stay in the secondary league? Those guys aren¡¯t any less capable than you yers here. Maybe they don¡¯t have enoughmercial value, or maybe they offended someone from the top, or it may just be because they¡¯re ying a striker and the leagues overflowing with them already. They clearly has the ability to y for a first-line team, but they can only run around the second league teams, ying inter-citypetitions. Have you ever seen an inter-city match? Do you know there are times when they can¡¯t even sell a single ticket? In the entire stadium, there¡¯s only the yers¡¯ parents watching?¡±

    Zhao Feng let out a heavy sigh. ¡°Those yers who can never appear on stage, they¡¯re the ones who are really miserable. Evil, there¡¯s nothing disastrous about your career. What are you miserable for? Do you think about where you debuted? You debuted in FS, the former e-sports ma! You were still a minor and you made your debut at FS. Then you went to NSN another first ss first league team, and then you came to our IAC. ¡±

    Shi Luo smoked his cigarette in silence. ¡°Each team worse than thest...isn¡¯t this miserable?¡±

    Zhao Feng¡¯s chicken blooded zeal was coldly doused by Shi Luo and he suddenly coughed.

    IAC was indeed inferior to the previous FS and NSN. Zhao Feng held himself back until his face was thoroughly red but he still didn¡¯t say anything.

    ¡°Okay, let¡¯s not talk about this.¡± Zhao Feng continued to follow his gut. ¡°I¡¯m only telling you these just to help you assess the risks. In my opinion, Whisper¡¯s move is very unwise and you have to consider this.¡±

    Shi Luo wore his usual expression. ¡°Risk? Him going to the qualifiers would be like a full-leveled ount going to bomb the Novice Vige. What risk?¡±

    Zhao Feng was embarrassed. ¡°You have to admit, there is still that possibility, right? Every game carries the risk of losing. It¡¯s not like Whisper has never lost a game, but ... I don¡¯t understand what he¡¯s nning. He¡¯s not short of money. There are so many bottom teams. They¡¯re all just losing money holding on to their ce in the league. So long as he¡¯s willing to buy, I know of at least two that he could easily get. Directly buying a team to secure a ce in the first league would save a lot of trouble and he won¡¯t need topete in the qualifiers.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips moved. He knew why Yu Sui was doing it this way, but he was toozy to enlighten Zhao Feng.

    There is no point in two people who follow different ways to take counsel in each other.

    Zhao Feng waved the matter away. ¡°Fine, let¡¯s not to mention this. If you¡¯re not afraid of going to a secondary league team, then what can I say? Now let me ask you, do you really want to go to Whisper¡¯s team?¡±

    Shi Luo kept silent.

    Zhao Feng sighed. ¡°I know. If he so much as crooks his finger a little, you¡¯ll go.¡±

    The point Zhao Feng was still at a loss about was the money. ¡°So how much did he give you as a signing fee? Give me a number. It¡¯s not like we can¡¯t discuss this. As long as it is within the scope of what the club can bear, I¡¯ll help you talk to management. Isn¡¯t this just about who can pay more? ¡°

    ¡°I admit that the signing fee that our club has given you for the past two years is a bit on the low side. But you agreed to all this. This timest year, I also asked you if you wanted to sign on for a contract that had a longer duration. That way, I could go to management and negotiate a special higher contract for you. But you refused, right?¡± Mentioning the past, Zhao Feng hated iron for not turning into steel. ¡°If you¡¯d listened to me, your signing fee would have been raised long ago. You clearly know how much I¡¯d like to have you stay with us. Ah, no! Is the reason why you keep signing one year contracts because you were just waiting for Whisper toe back?¡±

    Shi Luo pretended not to hear thest sentence. He looked up. ¡°Should I have signed on for three years?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s head hurt too much. He didn¡¯t want to go around in circles anymore, and simply said, ¡°The reason why you¡¯re so cautious now, the reason why you still haven¡¯t turned hostile on me is simply because there¡¯s only two more months left on my contract. After two more months, I can go wherever I want, you can¡¯t control me at all. ¡±

    Zhao Feng was at a loss for words.

    Shi Luo raised his eyes. ¡°Had I listened to you and signed for three years for a higher signing fee, after I¡¯ve indentured myself to you for three years, would you still talk to me in such a kindly manner?¡±

    ¡°During my short stay in FS, I learned one thing ... it¡¯s a lesson engraved in my bones, and I don¡¯t dare forget it even for a single moment. Never ever sign a contract for more than a year.¡± Shi Luo took out another cigarette and held it between his lips. He said coldly, ¡°Once the deed is sold, you have no freedom left.¡±

    Zhao Feng knew that he wouldn¡¯t be able to deceive Shi Luo and could only say, ¡°Alright then. So you¡¯re sure we won¡¯t be able toe up with a higher signing fee than Yu Sui¡¯s so you¡¯re definitely going to go with him?¡±

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t in any mood to repeat himself. ¡°I said, he didn¡¯t offer me a price.¡±

    ¡°Okay, I understand. You¡¯ll go no matter how much he offers. It¡¯s good that you¡¯ve made things clear. Now, I can continue to talk to about how I propose you leave.¡± Zhao Feng changed faces faster than flipping a page in a book. ¡°I really want to have you stay but we also need to respect your decision. Now this situation ... I have a way to let neither of us suffer a loss. What do you think? ¡±

    Right now, Shi Luo just wanted to go to his room to sleep. He massage firmly the space between his eyebrows. ¡°Say it.¡±

    ¡°Whisper¡¯s rich. I¡¯m sure you know this. So my transfer fee is your signing fee, and we can¡¯t afford any less.¡± Zhao Feng looked at Shi Luo¡¯s expression and hurriedly said, ¡°It¡¯s not all about the money. This is also to see whether Whisper really values you or not! If he¡¯s going to begrudge the singing fee, then just how well would he treat you in the future?

    Shi Luo nodded vigorously. ¡°You¡¯re right, can you hurry up? I have a headache.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m getting there now.¡± Zhao Feng said hurriedly, ¡°My n is when hees this evening, I¡¯m going to say that we¡¯re not willing to let you go. Then, I¡¯ll bargain with him. You just have to keep quiet and not say a word.¡±

    ¡°Your current signing fee is eight million a year. We can¡¯t hide this from him and we¡¯ll raise the price from this. I¡¯ll help you jack up the price!¡± Zhao Feng¡¯s eyes glowed. ¡°If he wants you, he can only give a higher price than mine. I¡¯ll stop when the price goes up to around 15 million. In this way, I won¡¯t do you a bad turn. 70% of the amount higher than 8 million counts as your own transfer fee. The remaining 30% goes to me. How does that sound? ¡±

    Shi Luo raised his head. His forehead had turned red from being rubbed so much. He grinned. ¡°Are you asking me to ... Collude with you, to cheat him of his money?¡±

    ¡°Tsk.¡± Zhao Feng waved his hand, ¡°How could this be considered cheating? Then wouldn¡¯t it mean he also cheated you before? Let¡¯s at least get back the money he sold you for, right?¡±

    Shi Luo smiled. ¡°Manager Zhao, have you forgotten again? I only have two months left in my contract. Wouldn¡¯t it be better if I just wait for two month and talk to them on my own? Then, the entire amount would go into my bankcard instead. ¡±

    ¡°What kind of price would you be able to negotiate if you went there yourself? You have to set yourself high! You have to make him think that I¡¯ll pay you a high price to have you stay! And besides... you certainly wouldn¡¯t want to get into a fight with him over money, right? Me, this vile and evil man, would be the most suitable to handle this.¡± Zhao Feng didn¡¯t feel that he was doing anything reprehensible. He rubbed his hands. ¡°Moreover, Whisper¡¯s rich. It¡¯s fine. ¡±

    Shi Luo stood up. ¡°Do what you want.¡±

    Zhao Feng¡¯s face lit up with happiness. ¡°So, are we agreed?¡±

    Shi Luo said nothing and went upstairs.

    Shi Luo went into his room and dove into bed without taking a bath or even changing his clothes.

    He hadn¡¯t slept all night. He was extremely sleepy and tired. He finally got rid of Zhao Feng and got in bed but he couldn¡¯t sleep.

    His head was filled with thoughts of Yu Sui.

    In the two years he hadn¡¯t seen him, Yu Sui had changed a lot.

    He was a lot quieter, and he didn¡¯t like talking anymore.

    When he was at FS, Shi Luo was most afraid of Yu Sui when he wasn¡¯t talking. Yu Sui before talked a lot. When he suddenly said nothing, it meant he was about to get angry.

    In the few months he¡¯d been at FS, Shi Luo had gotten into a lot of trouble. Yu Sui would turn a blind eye on the little things. But for the big matters, Yu Sui would watch Shi Luo silently, thinking about how to deal with it.

    Whenever this happened, Shi Luo would pretend to be indifferent but in his heart, he would be panicking.

    He was worried that Yu Sui would throw him, this substitute that had almost no chance of taking the stage, back to school.

    Shi Luo was all too familiar with that expression of Yu Sui¡¯s. He¡¯d look at you silently but his heart would be in a spectacr mess.

    Now, since their reunion, Yu Sui seemed to always have on that expression.

    It¡¯s when he¡¯s hiding a great deal of things that he would keep quiet instead.

    In the past, Yu Sui would still lose his temper. He¡¯d swear up a storm; filled with all sorts of obscenities that were beyond unpleasant to hear.

    Now, he probably won¡¯t.

    Over time, there are a lot of things that can no longer be exined clearly. In the end, thousands of words will inevitably converge into amon phrase ¡ª ¡°forget about it.¡±

    Before, Shi Luo thought Yu Sui had dismissed him; had said ¡°forget it¡± about himself. He never thought Yu Sui would choose to go about this the proper way and talk to Zhao Feng.

    The terms of the bet clearly could have just remained valid.

    No matter whether it was before or now, Shi Luo always provided the best solution to Yu Sui. Too bad he never wanted it, not even once.

    Shi Luo buried his face in his pillow. ¡°F*ck ...¡±

    Shi Luo fell asleep in a daze and woke up not long after. He nced at his mobile phone and found that only an hour had passed.

    Shi Luo went to sleep again, and woke up again, this time, after two hours.

    Shi Luo clearly hadn¡¯t dreamt anything, but he was awakened repeatedly. He was left with no choice. He took a painkiller and fell asleep again. The painkiller gradually took effect. The headache from the hangover was gone. But after tossing and turning, he still couldn¡¯t fall asleep. He nced at his mobile phone, it was just five o¡¯clock in the afternoon.

    Shi Luo got up and took a cold shower. He took a look downstairs. His teammates were ying a training match in the training room, and Shi Luo¡¯s substitute from the second team was in his seat.

    It was toote to join the training match, and he couldn¡¯t sleep anymore. Shi Luo then just went to the second team¡¯s training room, found an open seat and started a live broadcast.

    Shi Luo was already in a bad mood to begin with and in his first match, he met with a moronic sniper teammate.

    Both Shi Luo and his sniper teammate had taken a head. Without waiting for Shi Luo to upgrade his essories, the sniper began to type like crazy on the team chat, telling Shi Luo not to use the public economy.

    For a moment, Shi Luo thought he had read it wrong. After confirming that the sniper was warning him against spending the public economy, Shi Luo sneered. He immediately bought the matching upgraded bullets. In passing, he also upgraded all equipment and essories, regardless whether they were useful or not.

    Upon seeing this, his sniper teammate lost it, cursing in the chat. Shi Luo was only too eager to find someone to spray. He set aside his mouse and immediately cursed up a storm against the sniper.

    It was only 10,000 yuan. That¡¯s hardly even a penalty!

    Shi Luo continued the game while spraying, and his sniper teammate withdrew from the match in less than ten minutes. Shi Luo let out a sigh of relief. In the team chat, he promised his teammates he could win this match even without a sniper.

    ¡°What¡¯s with that temper?¡±

    Without him noticing, Zhao Feng hade over. He looked at theputer screen and said helplessly, ¡°I don¡¯t me you though. This is one of those little things that are bad about being a pro yer. They can only be sprayed but can¡¯t spray back. Too bad you¡¯ll have to pay again.¡±

    Shi Luo had on a frosty expression. ¡°They can fine me all they want.¡±

    ¡°Look how lenient our team is. When you vite the rules, you¡¯ll only be fined but won¡¯t get scolded. There¡¯s not even an extra fine. Don¡¯t you know? In many other clubs they¡¯ll deduct bonuses after yers vite the rules.¡± Zhao Feng saw a gap and stuck a needle in. ¡°It¡¯s not toote to regret it now. Before, in FS and NSN, did they deduct?¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know about NSN. They have the strictest management among the teams. They can¡¯t even swear during training. I was just there was a benchwarmer at the time. I didn¡¯t have the opportunity to vite the rules and I¡¯ve never seen anyone vite it either, so I don¡¯t know.¡± Shi Luo said dully, ¡°FS ...¡±

    Zhao Feng was curious. ¡°What about FS?¡±

    Shi Luo looked down. ¡°It wasmon for yers in FS to curse and rain down verbal abuse when they yed, but they¡¯re rarely punished.¡±

    Zhao Feng couldn¡¯t believe it. ¡°How¡¯s that possible? Even if it weren¡¯t on a live broadcast, your teammates would take a screenshot of it and report it, right?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Side ounts.¡±

    Zhao Feng hesitated. ¡°With the way you guys y, in high level matches, someone would know that you¡¯re professional yers. It¡¯s notpletely safe even when you use a side ount.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s safe.¡± Shi Luo hesitated, and didn¡¯t feel much like saying it, but he still did. ¡°There was a time when Yu Sui had been cursing someone out. He swore so much that the other yer threatened to report. Yu Sui said ...¡±

    Zhao Feng was very curious. ¡°What did he say?¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t bear to recall, and it was a momentter before he said, ¡°Laozi¡¯s main ount is FS team¡¯s Chen Huo. Let¡¯s see if you¡¯ve got the guts to report it.¡±

    Zhao Feng: ¡°Pfft!¡±

    At the time, the way Yu Sui did it so naturally and matter-of-factpletely astonished Shi Luo; it was a long while before he could even muster a reaction. But after a long while, Shi Luo gradually figured out the order in the madness. When spraying, the yers would use the name of whoever wasn¡¯t in the training room. Yu Sui and Chen Huo trained the least and so they were the ones most often used as scapegoats.

    Later, he too had been led astray and he¡¯d also dere someone else¡¯s ID when he cursed someone in game.

    Shi Luo¡¯s mouth twitched unconsciously and couldn¡¯t help smiling.

    ¡°Manager Zhao?¡±

    The training room door was pushed open, and an IAC staff member looked in. ¡°Someone¡¯s here to see you.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s smile disappeared.

    He¡¯s here.

    Zhao Feng got up, he adjusted his suit, and whispered to Shi Luo. ¡°Don¡¯t drop the ball ... Watch me raise the price for the both of us.¡±

    Shi Luo followed silently behind Zhao Feng.

    No one could have guessed that after only a single night, he would change shape in a single shake and be Zhao Feng¡¯s dog, helping him to jack up the price.

    Shi Luo lit a cigarette. In his heart, he said, ¡®You asked for it¡¯.

 Chapter 15

    Chapter 15

    In the conference room, Yu Sui and Zhao Feng sat across each other around a round table. Shi Luo,pletely expressionless, half-sat half-squatted on the sofa.

    The atmosphere was awkward and strange.

    Yu Sui had changed into his personal clothes, a simple T-shirts and casual pants. It made him look not much bigger than Shi Luo. Zhao Feng looked Yu Sui¡¯s face that still seemed a little boyish and felt a sense of discordance. In the past two years, aside from growing his hair a bit longer, he still looked like a young boy. Was this person going to soon be a club owner?

    Compared with Yu Sui and Shi Luo¡¯s casual attire, Zhao Feng¡¯s three-piece suit was a bit too formal. Zhao Feng himself seemed to feel awkward. He took off his suit jacket and smiled. ¡°Some things aren¡¯t easily discussed over the phone so I thought it best to have a face to face discussion. But Whisper, the thing that you mentioned isn¡¯t easy to handle. To tell you the truth... ¡±

    ¡°For this discussion...¡± Yu Sui interrupted Zhao Feng. He tiled his head and looked at Shi Luo. ¡°the yer does not need to be present.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s alright. Other clubs operate in the dark, but we at IAC like to be open and honest. We want to respect the yers ¡®opinions. So, let¡¯s just talk like this.¡± Zhao Feng smiled, insinuating that ¡®We won¡¯t go against the yers¡¯ wishes and force them to go to another club.¡¯

    When Yu Sui heard this, he lowered his head and smiled. He didn¡¯t mind.

    Shi Luo frowned and cursed.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, and their two eyes met. But they quickly broke eye contact.

    Yu Sui looked at Zhao Feng: ¡°Alright, then let¡¯s talk.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s like this. After you contacted me, I immediately got in touch with management. Everyone agreed that¨C¡± Zhao Feng had a firm expression, his mouth full of lies, but his face remained unchanged, ¡°we can¡¯t let Evil transfer to your team in the secondary league.¡±

    Zhao Feng said positively: ¡°Even if we involve the league in this discussion, they will definitely support our opinion on this matter. Evil¡¯s performance has been sure and steady. Although he has the asional minor disciplinary vitions, he has never made major ones. There is no reason for such an outstanding yer to suddenly be relegated to y in the secondary league. This would clearly be a loss for our division. ¡±

    ¡°There is no need to worry about this,¡± Yu Sui said without any hesitation. ¡°After we buy Shi Luo¡¯s contract, he can still y for IAC. The real transfer process shall be carried out after we have passed the qualifier. If my team can¡¯t enter the league, he may choose to break the contract. He himself may choose to stay in IAC or go to another team. ¡±

    ¡°Impossible.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s great!¡±

    Shi Luo and Zhao Feng had opened their mouths at the same time. Yu Sui took a look at Shi Luo from out the corner of his eyes. For a moment, Shi Luo was a little embarrassed. He said, vexed, ¡°What the hell is this? A pre-order? After purchase, you¡¯ll leave a deposit?¡±

    ¡°What kind of talk is that?!¡± This way they could keep Shi Luo for a while without having to spend any money. Zhao Feng was very satisfied with this freebie. He smiled and said, ¡°Whisper is certainly very considerate. This way, Evil won¡¯t need to y in the secondary league. Alright, let¡¯s set aside this matter for now.¡±

    Zhao Feng looked at Yu Sui. ¡°But, I think we¡¯re getting ahead of ourselves. Right now the situation is that our senior executives don¡¯t want to let him go. While I say that, our problem is that we respect our yers¡¯ own opinions. To stay or to leave depends on Evil himself. However, he is currently indifferent regarding this matter. In this case ... I mean, everyone here¡¯s a businessman. So I say he should go to whoever can offer the higher price.¡±

    ¡°Honest people have nothing to hide. Shi Luo¡¯s current annual signing fee is this much.¡± Zhao Feng raised eight fingers. ¡°We will certainly be offering him higher. And you, Whisper?¡±

    Zhao Feng stared closely and intensely at Yu Sui. He had already figured out how to control the situation. Step by step, he will incite Yu Sui to offer more than 10 million. Afterwards, he would be able to collect the spoils of victory without lifting a finger and he¡¯ll be able to cash in on some big money.

    ¡°Fifteen million.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s shook so badly he almost dropped his phone.

    Zhao Feng swallowed silently.

    Zhao Feng and Shi Luo¡¯s eyes met, aplicated look in their eyes.

    This was the exact target price Zhao Feng had set that morning.

    No one could have thought Yu Sui wouldn¡¯t conduct the negotiations the normal way.

    Shi Luo wanted to ask Yu Sui, ¡®when you y ¡®Fight the Landlord¡®, do you always start by throwing out your king?¡¯

    Zhao Feng originally thought he¡¯d have to exhaust all his skills in order to get this price. After all, they were starting from eight million. Getting it to ten million would already be pushing it. He never thought Yu Sui woulde right out with the final price. Zhao Feng looked suspiciously at Shi Luo. He even suspected that this matter had been leaked to Yu Sui in advance.

    Shi Luo saw the suspicious look Zhao Feng was directing at him, and he murmured between gritted teeth, ¡°...I didn¡¯t!¡±

    If he hadn¡¯t leaked it out, then that¡¯s fine. 15 million. Zhao Feng felt a little dizzy. He wanted tough but didn¡¯t dare to. With much effort, Zhao Feng managed to school his expression. He tried to keep his tone as steady as possible. After a while, he said, ¡°15 million five hundred. ¡±

    Shi Luo frowned.

    What was with this? Wasn¡¯t the final price supposed to be 15 million?

    Yu Sui said, ¡°17 million.¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°No ... What¡¯s the meaning of this?¡±

    Applying for a ce in the secondary league wouldn¡¯t just require the yers¡¯ own umted points, they would also need to provide a huge deposit to the league. Then, they¡¯ll need huge sums of money to pay for thepetition venues provided by the league. Afterwards, they still need to secure a headquarters for the team and have it furnished. And they¡¯ll need to sign and formally register the yers... Only once everything was ready and each items manages to pass the league¡¯s verification will the new team be officially recognized by the league and qualified for formal participation.

    This was also why Zhao Feng didn¡¯t understand why Yu Sui didn¡¯t just buy a ready-made officially recognized first-league team. Not only was it troublesome, money would be flowing out like a river with how much would be needed to get a new team off the ground.

    Shi Luo knew that Yu Sui was very rich, but forming a club would definitely set him back by a lot. He didn¡¯t know how much of his funds were left. Why was he still negotiating like this?

    ¡°Don¡¯t bother us. Didn¡¯t we say just now, that you will go to whoever could offer a higher price?¡± Zhao Feng¡¯s face had gradually turned red. He stopped his eyebrows from gradually rising up and up. He said, ¡°Seventeen million five hundred.¡±

    Yu Sui said: ¡°Neen million.¡±

    Zhao Feng¡¯s eyes shed with excitement. ¡°Neen million nine hundred fifty.¡±

    Yu Sui said: ¡°Twenty-one million.¡±

    Zhao Feng¡¯s palms began to sweat. ¡°Twenty-one million one hundred fifty.¡±

    Yu Sui said directly, ¡°Twenty-five million.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui in disbelief. ¡°Twenty-five million?!¡±

    Zhao Feng¡¯s face and neck were red. He licked his lips. ¡°Twe-, twenty ... Twenty-six million!¡±

    Seeing that Yu Sui intended to follow up with another offer, Shi Luo was driven to the edge of his patience. ¡°I ept that deal!!!¡±

    The entire meeting room instantly turned quiet.

    Yu Sui was startled. Zhao Feng was dumbfounded.

    Zhao Feng broke out in a cold sweat.

    Wha-what the hell?

    You¡¯re epting the deal?!!

    Weren¡¯t we going to take Yu Sui for all he¡¯s got? Why are you taking the deal here?

    And where would he get twenty-six million? He wouldn¡¯t get that much even if he sold himself. When the club owners heard that Shi Luo was going to transfer, they only agreed to offer Shi Luo ten million to get him to stay. Where would he get the remaining sixteen million from?

    When Zhao Feng returned to his senses, he no longer had it in him to take notice of anyone else. His face ghastly pale, he rose to his feet and hurriedly said, ¡°Shi Luo, what¡¯s gotten into you?¡±

    Shi Luo had also lost his temper. He stood on the sofa and said angrily, ¡°What¡¯s the matter with you?! Twenty-six million! Are you crazy? Just what about me is worth twenty-six million?¡±

    Zhao Feng howled, ¡°That¡¯s Whisper¡¯s price!¡±

    ¡°That you jacked up!¡± Shi Luo really couldn¡¯t stand it anymore. ¡°Twenty-five million! Why don¡¯t you sell your wife?¡±

    For twenty-five million, Zhao Feng really would sell his wife. Zhao Feng could really drive a person to vexation with his unreasonable demands. He said, ¡°No, what you said doesn¡¯t count ... IAC won¡¯t renew your contract.¡±

    Shi Luo said furiously, ¡°Didn¡¯t you just say that you would respect the yers¡¯ wishes!¡±

    In his anger, Zhao Feng couldn¡¯t help bringing up his grievance. ¡°Shi Luo, what did we talk about this morning?¡±

    ¡°You want to talk about this morning? Who said that he¡¯d stop when it reached fifteen million?¡± Shi Luo couldn¡¯t hold back his anger. ¡°When this started, did I say anything? I didn¡¯t let you suffer a loss, did I? You got the price, so why haven¡¯t you stopped?!¡±

    ¡°You ...¡± Zhao Feng was speechless. He threw a guilty look at Yu Sui, not daring to say anything more. His face was purplish red and after a long while, he said, ¡°Anyway ... this is not possible.¡±

    ¡°Why not?¡± Shi Luo looked beyond irritated. He had thoroughly given up. ¡°Twenty-six million, hit me with the contract! I¡¯ll be IAC¡¯s yer for life.¡±

    Zhao Feng was shaking with anger. ¡°Where would I get that much money?!¡±

    Shi Luo shouted, ¡°What do I care where you get it!¡±

    ¡°Just now ...¡± Yu Sui who had been silently watching the two argue, said, ¡°Was this a shill bidding?¡±

    Shi Luo and Zhao Feng were at a loss for words.

    Shi Luo then realized that he¡¯d been too indiscreet. He closed his eyes and wished he could just rewind time.

    Why ... Couldn¡¯t he control it?

    Shi Luo bit down on his lip. He wanted to exin to Yu Sui that he had no intention of acting in league with Zhao Feng to cheat him, but...

    Shi Luo pressed his lips into a thin line. It was an indisputable fact that Zhao Feng had raised the price again and again just now. There was already no way to exin it clearly.

    This was the case every time.

    Once again, there was no way to clearly exin it.

    ¡°How about we...¡± Zhao Feng found himself in a very embarrassing situation. This time he really had lost all face. He forced himself to remember his manners. He wanted to tactfully send Yu Sui out. ¡°set aside the matter of his transfer for now. Apparently, there are some points on which Evil and our club don¡¯t match up on. If there is a need to, we can discuss again at someter date...right, let¡¯s do it that way. ¡±

    Yu Sui stood up and said, ¡°I probably understand. It¡¯s really nothing. Manager Zhao must have been a little bit emotional just now because you were reluctant to let Shi Luo go. That¡¯s only normal.¡±

    Yu Sui said: ¡°When I negotiated Shi Luo¡¯s transfer to NSN before, I myself wasn¡¯t very calm. It¡¯s understandable.¡±

    When Shi Luo heard this, he turned his head to look at Yu Sui. His eyes suddenly reddened.

    When discussing his transfer contract to NSN that year, Yu Sui had worked on it with NSN for an entire week.

    At the beginning, Shi Luo had been hysterical. He¡¯d argued with Yu Sui constantly. He smashed his CPU and threw down his keyboard. He¡¯d flung Yu Sui¡¯s car keys into a pond, blocked the gate of their headquarters and did everything to prevent Yu Sui from going out. He even went to NSN¡¯s base to create a scene. He wanted NSN¡¯s manager to think he was some madman and give up on him.

    But in the end, he couldn¡¯t stop it.

    Yu Sui could screen out all of Shi Luo attempts at interference. He continued to discuss the details of the transfer contract with NSN¡¯s manager.

    One by one, Yu Sui personally reviewed each stiption with awyer.

    Shi Luo remembered that day when they officially signed the contract. He had lost his mind in anger. Outside NSN¡¯s base, he picked up a brick and hurled it into the ss window of NSN¡¯s headquarters.

    Only Yu Sui had been injured.

    Yu Sui wiped his bleeding forehead, scratched by the broken ss. He signed his own name, and said quietly to NSN¡¯s manager and NSN¡¯s team captain, Gu Gan: ¡°I will leave the rest to you.¡±

    Shi Luo regretted his impulsive action and wanted to check on Yu Sui¡¯s injury, but by the time he made up his mind to return to FS¡¯s base, there was nothing left in the huge base except for a scattered mess.

    They had all left already.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were red as he looked at Yu Sui, who was about to leave the IAC base. He felt extremely distressed.

    Two yearster and he once again messed everything up.

    He was the one who messed everything up.

    ¡°Since it was done on impulse, then we can consider as if thest bid hadn¡¯t happened.¡± Yu Sui continued, ¡°Since yourst bid has been invalidated, how about we go with myst bid?¡±

    Shi Luo froze.

    Zhao Feng¡¯s eyes lit up instantly.

    Yu Sui¡¯sst bid was twenty-five million!

    Zhao Feng nodded eagerly and smiled. ¡°Yes, yes, of course!¡±

    ¡°But ...¡± Yu Sui looked at Zhao Feng and added, ¡°Because Shi Luo won¡¯t be transferring before the qualifiers, he¡¯ll be waiting until everything is ready on our side, I guess his contract with IAC would have already expired by then. That¡¯s why my quoted price will be the signing fee I will give him and not a transfer fee. ¡±

    Zhao Feng choked. Doesn¡¯t that mean he won¡¯t be getting anything?

    Yu Sui said, ¡°But for emotional considerations, IAC should still bepensated a little. Two million, how about it?¡±

    Zhao Feng¡¯s eyes changed and he immediately rapped the gavel. ¡°We ept!¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, he looked at Shi Luo.

    Both of Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were rimmed in red.

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression was no longer the indifferent one he had on just now. He looked at Shi Luo hesitantly and made as if to speak but then stopped.

    After a long while, Yu Sui lowered his head and used the hem of his shirt to wipe the screen of his phone. He said in a low voice, ¡°... When the new club is all set up, I¡¯lle pick you up.¡±

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¨C>>>>

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    Fight the Landlord: Link

 Chapter 16

    Chapter 16

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui and he gulped. Without saying anything, he turned around and left the conference room.

    Zhao Feng sent Yu Sui out and Shi Luo himself returned to the second team¡¯s training room. Just now, when he saw Zhao Fenge over, he only turned off the live broadcast but the game client was still running. Shi Luo sat in front of theputer. When he was hesitating between continuing to gather points for his main ount or shutting down to sleep, the in-game friend channel glowed with a notification.

    Shi Luo took a look. It was Wawa.

    [Awa]: Shi Ge, can you y a few games with me? [Humble .jpg]

    [Awa]: Chen Ge said he¡¯d take me to get some points, but after three rounds he didn¡¯t want to y anymore. He said if he yed anymore, he¡¯s going to be put out ofmission. QAQ.

    [Awa]: Shi Ge, I forced another striker to close shop.

    The disturbances in Shi Luo¡¯s mind were cleared instantly. Looking at the chat records, he could feel a headacheing on.

    When Wawa was still ying as a nurse-type medic, Shi Luo liked teaming up with him. Wawa had a good temperament and worked hard to serve as Shi Luo¡¯s milk tank. He also had good skills. The two would simply abuse theirpetition as they worked their way up the national server. But after studying Yu Sui¡¯s ys, whenever Shi Luo would be randomly matched with Wawa, he wanted to retreat.

    Shi Luo wanted to pretend not to have seen it and just go offline, but he¡¯d been sleeping for the entire day and now, he wasn¡¯t the least bit sleepy. Shi Luo weighed his options. He could lie in bed unable to sleep due to insomnia or he could team up with Wawa. In the end, he still chose thetter.

    Shi Luo replied back in the friend¡¯s chat. [Evil]: I¡¯ll change to my side ount.

    Wawa responded quickly, [Awa]: Thank you, Shi Ge! Kowtowing to Shi Ge! ng ng ng!

    Wawa said quickly, [Awa]: Shi Ge, is your side ount¡¯s level high enough? Can your side ount team up with me?

    Shi Luo typed, [Evil]: Even my side ount is at the top 200 of the national server. What about yours? Is it still in the top 1000? I¡¯m more worried that your main ount might not be able to team up with my side ount.

    Wawa kept quiet, and Shi Luo changed from his main ount to his side one. He sent a message to Wawa.

    Shi Luo has already logged onto his gibberish-named side ount, [Jyhbdhs]: Team up with me.

    Wawa quickly formed a team with Shi Luo. He felt that typing was troublesome so he sent an invitation to voice chat with Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo hesitated before epting. He frown and said, ¡°I¡¯m upset today. I¡¯ve got nothing good to say. If you want to keep the voice chat on, you can¡¯t do a live broadcast.¡±

    ¡°No problem!¡± Wawa happily agreed. He greeted his fans in the live broadcast. ¡°That¡¯s it for today. I¡¯ll be stopping the broadcast now. See you tomorrow night!¡±

    When his fans in the live broadcast heard that he was teaming up with Shi Luo, they all begged him not to close the broadcast. Wawa smiled and consoled his fans with a few words and the shut it down.

    With the live broadcast off, both of them were a lot more rxed. Wawa felt that he able to speak a lot more freely and he asked quietly, ¡°Shi Ge ... Is something the matter?¡±

    Shi Luo was quiet for a moment and then said, ¡°What could be the matter?¡±

    Wawa hesitated and asked, ¡°Yu Shen went out earlier tonight. Chen Ge said he went looking for you, did you two...talk?¡±

    Shi Luo lit a cigarette.

    After a while, he said, ¡°It shouldn¡¯t be more than a month before the official announcement.¡±

    Wawa breathed out a sigh of relief. ¡°That¡¯s good &#k2026; Seriously, although I heard that there were some not so good things that happened between you and Yu Shen before, his new team would definitely be a lot stronger than IAC.¡±

    The two entered the map. While covering Shi Luo and their other striker teammate with the primary shield, he said, ¡°I heard our captain say that when you transferred, he didn¡¯t really rmend that you go to IAC. I agree with the captain. How do I say this...this kind of purelymercial club never feels right. ¡±

    Shi Luo took a puff of his cigarette and slowly said, ¡°They each have their pros and cons. It¡¯s troubling at times, but I kind of like IAC.¡±

    Wawa asked, ¡°What?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°It¡¯s rxing.¡±

    Wawa¡¯s head was full of question marks. ¡°How can it be rxing? You don¡¯t even have a friend you can confide in. Especially that manager of yours... Whatever, this isn¡¯t a live broadcast and you¡¯ll be leaving soon anyway so I¡¯m going to juste right out and say it. How can you rx with that kind of manager? During the yoffsst year, it was the quarterfinals already and even though it was the day before the knockout match, he organized a meet-and-greet with the fans! Each ticket was worth more than a thousand yuan and there were hundreds of fans! He made a killing that day and even spewed out some pretty words, saying that this was to let the fans give you encouragement. He really is just a f*cking marketer. ¡±

    Wawa couldn¡¯t believe it. ¡°And it was on the day before the knockout match! As your opponents, do you know how happy we were at NSN when we heard the news? We thought we¡¯d definitely knock your guys out. Cough ... Although, in the end, you guys didpletely thrash us. But I¡¯m sure it affected your condition, right? ¡±

    Shi Luo admitted ¡°It did affect us. We didn¡¯t make it to the finals ... That may have been part of the reason.¡±

    Wawa said scornfully, ¡°That¡¯s why I don¡¯t like him. He doesn¡¯t treat you yers like people at all. Even a tool wouldn¡¯t be used like that. There¡¯s been so many instances like that, I can¡¯t even count them ... So, how is that rxing?¡±

    ¡°Let me ask you.¡± Shi Luo loaded the bullets and marked a dot on the map. ¡°If your manager did the same thing, what would you do?¡±

    Wawa instinctively defended their manager who treated him like his own son. ¡°Impossible! Our manager never tormented us like that! We only do a few activities per year and they¡¯re all during the offseason!¡±

    Shi Luo held the cigarette between his lips. ¡°I said ¡®if¡¯. How would you feel?¡±

    Wawa hesitated: ¡°... Really disappointed, I¡¯d be really, really sad.¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Look, I wouldn¡¯t be sad.¡±

    ¡°No matter how this club f*cking operates, you¡¯d only be angry but not disappointed.¡± Shi Luo said, ¡°Trust me, angry is 10,000 times better than disappointed.¡±

    Shi Luo assisted in getting Wawa a kill. ¡°Everyone doesn¡¯t bring emotions into it. They join if they join and leave if they leave. Both parties can feel at ease. So I have noints about IAC.¡±

    Wawa was quiet for a moment and whispered, ¡°Did I mention something that I shouldn¡¯t have again?¡±

    Shi Luo smiled. ¡°You think I¡¯m talking about myself? About when I left FS? I¡¯m really not.¡±

    Wawa didn¡¯t quite understand. What else could it be about?

    Wawa recalled what had gone on in the clubst night. He was dying of curiosity, it was digging into his heart and scratching at his insides. But he didn¡¯t dare ask.

    The two made idle conversations. After ying two games, Wawa left for a while, and Shi Luo waited for him while ying on his mobile phone. After a while, Wawa returned and whispered, ¡°Yu Shen¡¯s back. He went back to his room.¡±

    As though he hadn¡¯t heard, Shi Luo said, ¡°Let¡¯s keep ying.¡±

    Wawa agreed. After a while, Wawa asked in a low voice, ¡°Shi Ge, I have a question to ask, but I¡¯m afraid you¡¯ll hit me if I do.¡±

    ¡°Ask <i>ba</i>.¡± Shi Luo remained indifferent. ¡°What question would I be afraid of?¡±

    Wawa hummed and hawed for a long time. He kept his voice very, very low. ¡°Shi Ge, are you and Yu Shen...together?¡±

    Shi Luo heard him and went quiet for a couple of seconds. He asked, ¡°What do you mean by ¡®together¡¯ ...?¡±

    Wawa lowered his voice even further. ¡°I mean, like that, you ... you understand.¡±

    Shi Luoughed.

    Wawa was terribly frightened. ¡°Sorry, sorry, pretend I didn¡¯t ask!!!¡±

    Shi Luo asked, ¡°Why would you want to ask this?¡±

    ¡°Just ... you know.¡± Wawa said in a quivering tone of voice, ¡°I follow the Super Topics for a lot of yers, and I log-in every day so... I recently saw the Super Topic for you and Yu Shen. There was a lot of stuff there that I didn¡¯t know were true or not. I remembered how you two werest night and I got this really outrageous idea ... ¡±

    Before Wawa finished speaking, Shi Luo said, ¡°No, we¡¯re not.¡±

    Wawa said nkly, ¡°... You never were?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Never.¡±

    Wawa rxed. ¡°That¡¯s good, that¡¯s good. Otherwise, this really would be too dog-blood dramatic. But ...¡±

    Wawa couldn¡¯t control his excitement, and eagerly asked, ¡°Shi Ge, can I ask another question?!¡±

    Shi Luo resigned himself to being magnanimous and candid. There was nothing he couldn¡¯t answer. ¡°Ask away.¡±

    Wawa tried his best to suppress his voice and asked, ¡°Someone in the Super Topics also said that Chen Ge and Yu Shen were together before. Is that true?¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    This narrative gradually turned into a thriller and suspense. Shi Luo suddenly wanted to go see what kind of f-ing Super Topics these were.

    Without waiting for Shi Luo to answer, Wawa whispered once again, ¡°Actually, it started when everyone was discussing whether Yu Shen has had a girlfriend these past years. After gossiping for a long time, none of them found any traces of one. Then they started to gossip about you and found they found you were even more abstinent! Not just female friends, you don¡¯t even a lot of male friends. The one who¡¯de closest would probably already be me. Then they stared pairing up the two of us. <i>Aiya</i>, that article they wrote could really embarrass someone to death... ¡±

    Shi Luo had on aplicated expression. ¡°Skip this article <i>ba</i>...¡±

    ¡°Okay, okay.¡± Wawa continued. ¡°Then someone said, things were actually unclear between you and Chen Huo too...¡±

    ¡°Stop!¡± Shi Luo¡¯s head hurt, ¡°I¡¯d rather have an affair with you! Skip this too.¡±

    Wawa quickly agreed. ¡°Okay, I¡¯m getting to the important part. Then, there was an old fan of FS¡¯s who made allegations that Chen Ge and Yu Shen were a pair. The reason being that... Yu Shen¡¯s first kiss was from Chen Shen.¡±

    ¡°She said FS had a party before that went well into the night. The next day, Chen Shen opened a live broadcast and joked that Yu Shen¡¯s first kiss was gone. Seems like Chen Shen drank a lot then, and then ... News was passed around quite a lot.¡±

    Wawa didn¡¯t dare to ask but he couldn¡¯t help it. ¡°So ... Is it true or not? Are they kidding or ...¡±

    In the game, Shi Luo destroyed the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone. He said, ¡°Do you believe all these sensationalist gossip in the Super Topics?¡±

    Wawa hesitated: ¡°Well, she described it in very vivid details, you know. She even knew where the party was ...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll go to your NSN¡¯s Super Topics tomorrow. I¡¯ll say that Captain Gu actually has ulterior motives towards you. I¡¯ll describe it very vividly, do you think some of your fans would believe it too?¡± Shi Luoughed. ¡°Or I could go to Chen Huo¡¯s Super Topicster and tell them Chen Huo got smashed yesterday and was part of a drunken sex party. You think someone would believe me? ¡±

    Wawa let out a snort andughed until his stomach hurt.

    Shi Luo exited the map. ¡°Stop looking at these things so much. They¡¯re all stupid.¡±

    Shi Luo and the Wawa teamed up for the whole night. At 2am, Wawa couldn¡¯t hold on and went to sleep. Shi Luo logged-off the game and looked at theputer screen in a daze.

    What that old fan said hadn¡¯t been untrue.

    But some of the details were wrong.

    Two years ago Yu Sui was admitted to the hospital on his birthday because of acute gastric hemorrhage. Naturally, the long-prepared birthday party was cancelled. One monthter, everyone in FS made a birthday party for Yu Sui.

    It was Yu Sui¡¯s birthday party, but it was Yu Sui who arrivedst. Everyone was bored, and under Puppy¡¯s urgings, they yed truth or dare.

    Shi Luo was unlucky and lost at the start of the game. Chen Huo dared him to drink, but at that time, Shi Luo wouldn¡¯t touch a drop of alcohol and wouldn¡¯t drink no matter what. Chen Huo then gave a different dare. Shi Luo was even more unwilling. But everyone in FS jeered and boo-ed. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help being a little bit pressured. When he was forced beyond his limit, Yu Sui suddenly entered the room.

    With Yu Sui¡¯s face still pale, Shi Luo was half-forced to kiss him.

    Chen Huo¡¯s new dare was to find someone to kiss.

    Shi Luo still remembers Yu Sui¡¯s surprised expression at that time.

    After the two kissed that day, the whole private room went into a frenzy. Chen Huo never expected that Yu Sui woulde in at just the right moment. Afterughing until he was half-dead, Chen Huo said that this was definitely Yu Sui¡¯s first kiss. Their teammatesughed until their sides hurt. They couldn¡¯t wait to post on Weibo and tell Yu Sui¡¯s fans that their Whisper was no longer untouchednd.

    Yu Sui wiped the corner of his mouth with his thumb and then turned to ask Shi Luo if this was his first kiss.

    At that time, Shi Luo watched as the crowdugh wildly at Yu Sui. A young man¡¯s inexplicable sense of shame suddenly reared its head. He straightened his flushed neck and said, ¡°Of course not.¡±

    Yu Sui was dazed. Then, heughed and picked up a cushion and hit Shi Luo.

    When this old matter got passed on, because it came out of Chen Huo¡¯s mouth, the story gradually changed until he became the protagonist.

    Truth and fiction, it all became unclear.

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª->>>>>>>>>

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    Super Topics : Link

 Chapter 17

    Chapter 17

    After a few days without any further incident, Puppy, the FS¡¯ former sniper, also returned to China.

    Puppy was never as popr as Yu Sui and Chen Huo, and he returned to China without any fanfare. There was no sensational news online, and only some of the more astute fans sniffed out that there was something strange afoot.

    These were all former members of team FS and the timing of their return was a bit too coincidental, don¡¯t you think?

    And the rumors that Yu Sui had joined team NSN still hasn¡¯t been affirmed by an official announcement on the team¡¯s website. Yu Sui seemed like a free man and Chen Huo even more so. Although he¡¯s also been living at NSN¡¯s base since his return, he¡¯s never even yed in a training match. This whole time, he¡¯s only served as Wawa¡¯s training partner for a few matches. It felt like they were waiting for something.

    But what could they be waiting for?

    Small groups of fans began to discuss amongst themselves and they made a bold prediction. It couldn¡¯t be that Whisper¡¯s going to form his own team, right?

    A fan posted his prediction on his Weibo, where an intrepid someone took a screenshot and posted it on the e-sports forums. This then instantly detonated the gunpowder kegs and blew everything up once again.

    Yu Sui was indeed worthy of being the man who once unified all the haters in the e-sports circle. The slightest hint of trouble brought in tens of millions of online traffic. In one afternoon, the forum that published this issue was flooded and ughtered. Strangely, about this matter Yu Sui¡¯s fans and haters were in unanimous ord. Everyone wasn¡¯t happy.

    The haters naturally had ample reason. This defector was back. It was barely eptable to them that he help out in whichever team as a paltry means to redeem himself to their regional division. But to dare form his own team?! Who does this team-breaking dog think he is?! Pah!!!!!

    The reason of the fans though could reluctantly be considered as valid. Yu Sui¡¯s defection, disbandment of his team, forcing his teammates to retire, selling off his teammates...all these heavy hammers have long pounded his fans until they could only lie prone on the ground. You could curse them all you want, they won¡¯t exin anything. After all these years of difficulties and hardships, only the chillest of the chill among Yu Sui¡¯s fans still remained. All they wanted now was for Yu Shen to peacefully spend thest few years before retirement in NSN and enjoy the life that a normal e-sports yer should have. Afterwards, he can have a low-key retirement in the China region. This is now the only thing that his fans ask.

    Yu Sui¡¯s fans are low-profile enough, but Yu Sui was the original sin. After seeing these remarks, NSN¡¯s fans quickly split into two camps. Some wanted Yu Sui to quickly leave the NSN base and f*ck on back where he came from. While the other insulted Yu Sui while still wanting him to stay and y in the starting line-up instead of Wawa.

    If one were to look carefully, many of the so-called NSN fans who wanted Yu Sui to leave were actually haters in disguise. They were actually fans of other teams. The trippiest thing about it was that some even made posts wishing for Yu Sui to transfer to their teams...

    Yeah, they wanted to curse and insult Yu Sui, but his strength was undeniable. Fans of other teams, especially those who weren¡¯t satisfied with their team¡¯s medics, couldn¡¯t help but eye him covetously. They felt they could continue to curse at Yu Sui while having him render service to their team to atone for his crime.

    During a lull in the training match, Shi Luo curled up in his gaming chair and watched the haters battle it out in the forums. Once again, he wanted to prostrate himself in admiration for these forum fighters. This fighting ability! It was a wonder how they didn¡¯t spray Yu Sui to the point of mental copse back then. The heavens really are heartless.

    It would be a first in the gaming circle if the formation of a new team wasn¡¯t met with much anticipation by both fans and haters.

    In fact, Shi Luo has long been immune to thements on the blogs and forums. No matter how unpleasant the words, he¡¯ll remainpletely unmoved. But after seeing thements from Yu Sui¡¯s fans, his heart felt inexplicably stifled.

    Not even considering past events, Yu Sui truly is the only yer Shi Luo knew who, ever since his debut, couldn¡¯t go a day without causing a reign of terror amongst the e-sports fans.

    When Shi Luo was still doing live broadcasts in an Inte cafe, Yu Sui had been pretending to be an underage kid to try to trick him. Later, Shi Luo started to harbor some suspicions about this non-mainstream type youth and when the two of them teamed up to y a match, Shi Luo suddenly opened a live broadcast and Yu Sui was exposed without him even knowing it.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t watch anypetitions and didn¡¯t follow any of the e-sports yers so he wasn¡¯t very sure. But it was impossible for the live broadcast fans not to know. As soon as Yu Sui¡¯s voice came out, the whole live broadcast chat blew up.

    That was Shi Luo¡¯s first contact with the e-sports circle.

    Shi Luo followed the vine to get the melon and entered an e-sports forum. He searched for Whisper¡¯s ID and opened the door to a new world.

    Judging from the past posts in the forum, although Yu Sui¡¯s career could grudgingly be considered as having gone well, it certainly hadn¡¯t been easy.

    Yu Sui had also made a name for himself when he was young but he had been even younger then than Shi Luo. When Yu Sui yed his first professional game for Team Knife Edge, it wasn¡¯t even a week since his sixteenth birthday.

    Just barely over the minimum age required to participate in the FOG League.

    There were a lot of young people who got to debut, but very few were able to do so as part of the starting line-up for a first-tier team. Back then, the sprayers first said that he was too young, that he didn¡¯t deserve to take the ce of more seasoned yers in the starting line-up. Then they found that he was really strong and qualified. They then changed to criticizing his assassin-type medic style of y. They said he was exploiting his striker teammates¡¯ natural resources; that he was a malignant tumor on the team by unnecessary increasing the overall difficulty for the team.

    After much difficulty, the team managed to polish their ys. The haters finally acknowledge Yu Sui¡¯s abilities. Before long, he managed to garner achievements in internationalpetitions. Team Knife de¡¯s club executives wentpletely overboard. If IAC were to bepared to Knife de¡¯s management team back then, IAC would be considered as phnthropists.

    Knife de¡¯s boss never expected them to achieve any results. He never would have thought that after Yu Sui¡¯s debut, the team would advance by leaps and bounds. Now, it even faintly seemed like they could make a run for first. No one ever thought you could achieve that kind of sess with a team with a medic as its core. Everything had been a pleasant surprise.

    The Knife Edge¡¯s boss was absolutely beyond pleasantly surprised. Seeing this situation, he suddenly asked all the yers to sign a more demanding economic contract on top of the yer¡¯s contract. This wasn¡¯t a big deal. A lot of the other teams had this kind of contract. However, all the yers on Team Knife Edge understood that their boss wanted them to operate like idols.

    The signs were already there as early as half a year ago. The club¡¯s publicity department would publish eight personal Weibo posts for each of the yers every single day. If they don¡¯t shoot them while waking up, they would while they were eating. Sometime, the publicity department would go too far and even shoot them while they were sleeping.

    At that time, Yu Sui and several of the other more popr yers hadpletely no privacy. What time they get up every day, what clothes they wore, what they ate for lunch, what they ate for dinner, even what color pajamas they wore... the fans knew it all.

    They could have lived with it if it were just that. However, yers still needed to shoot all sorts of promotional videos for various event tforms during thepetition season. The team¡¯s only manager for yer affairs and the operation department quarreled every day because of the yers¡¯ schedules. A foul atmosphere settled over the team. There simply wasn¡¯t a moment of peace.

    None of the team¡¯s yers were old, almost all of them were teenage boys, and their bodies would be dragged down by being made to run around like that. After one instance where they weren¡¯t allowed to rest even after 48 hours of continuous activity, Ji Yanhan, their captain and the eldest team member at that time, was finally driven over the edge. He along with several yers, canceled their contracts and formed another team.

    That was what wouldter be the gaming ma ¡ª the FS team.

    During the early years, it wasn¡¯t so expensive to terminate a yer¡¯s contract. Several yers hadn¡¯t had time to renew their contracts. Moreover, the captain and another older yer had been ying for many years and had saved up a bit of money. They managed to scrape together enough to help these younger yers to pay the cancetion fee. Cancelling their contracts had gone off without a hitch. Naturally, they were quite poor when they initially started the new team, but finally they no longer needed to participate in endless strange business activities, and it was no longer necessary to expose every minute of their life.

    At longst, Yu Sui was able to sink his heart into the game and quietly polish his tactics under the protection of the new club. After a breaking-in period thatsted more than a year, the impoverished FS team won the World Championship, at the same time causing a sensation that rocked the entire e-sports circle and set themselves at its pinnacle.

    Yu Sui also officially became their division¡¯s sharpest de, and the skepticism has finally disappeared.

    But the good times didn¡¯tst. After a few years, Yu Sui did the biggest thing ever to shake the e-sport circle.

    Thinking back to the difficulties and hardships they experienced when he left for Europe, Shi Luo pitied Yu Sui¡¯s fans.

    To stan Yu Sui was to endure a lot of hardships.

    ¡°Now we only hope that Yu Shen can spend thest few years before his retirement peacefully. We hope that he may also enjoy the life that a normal e-sports yer should have.¡± They weren¡¯t trying to sell pity to calm down the ire of the haters. To have been able to stan Yu Sui for so many years, all his fans must think this way now.

    We¡¯ve felt sorry for you; we¡¯ve cheered for you; because you, we¡¯ve cried and we¡¯veughed. We have shared in your glory, and in your condemnation by the public. We¡¯ve been disappointed in you but we¡¯ve also loved you dearly. We¡¯ve stuck by you through wind and waves and now we can still stay for this calm. We only wish that you can live a peaceful normal life for a few days.

    But Yu Sui stubbornly refuses to.

    The training match started up once again. Shi Luo didn¡¯t y. Instead, he was observing his substitute. He would be leaving IAC soon and he readily began to hand over his duties to his recement, helping the substitute yer to get used to the tempo of thepetition matches as quickly as possible.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t need to be very focused when observing the match. He only needed to take note of the mistakes and corrections and give them to the coach after the training match. Shi Luo was multitasking and the more he thought, the greater his headache.

    Right now, it¡¯s just unconfirmed news that Yu Sui was going to be making a new team and things have already blown up to this extent. What more when it¡¯s officially announced? Most terrible of all would be when they officially announce that he¡¯ll be transferring to Yu Sui¡¯s team.

    His and Yu Sui¡¯s fans have been at each other¡¯s throats for so long that they were now as ipatible as fire and water. After hearing this news, he was afraid they¡¯d shovel open each others¡¯ ancestral graves.

    What a beautiful scene it would be if his fans and Yu Sui¡¯s fans could each hold down their nausea and deign to sit together to support them in their matches once they¡¯re on the same team. But Yu Sui didn¡¯t even dare to imagine this.

    It would be enough if they could just maintain superficial civility. Worstes to worst, someone might take the joke too far and directly bomb the new team base.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to wind up on the news. He was worried that his old man would see it and rejoice.

    He had to think of a way ...

    He remembered what he¡¯d heard from Wawa that day. In fact, the best way now would be to directly disclose that he was together with Yu Sui. Maybe both their fans would very reluctantly ept each other, after they¡¯ve mentally copsed and ground their teeth into dust that is.

    However, the price was a little too high. It¡¯s probably not as bad as all that. Shi Luo was confident that he could still find a way.

    Shi Luo looked at the screen, thought for a moment and then picked up his mobile phone. He wanted to send a message to Yu Sui when he suddenly remembered that he and Yu Sui hadn¡¯t added each other¡¯s contact info since they deleted it two years ago.

    Shi Luo had long forgotten Yu Sui¡¯s previous number and even if he did, it would probably be useless. Most probably, he had already canceled that number long ago. Shi Luo frowned. He was still friends with Chen Huo on WeChat, but he didn¡¯t want to talk to Chen Huo.

    Shi Luo carefully looked through his contacts, and found that he still had Puppy¡¯s contact details.

    Shi Luo¡¯s rtionship with Puppy was also just so-so, but it was much better than his rtionship with Chen Huo. Puppy was a kind and honest person. Shi Luo has always had a very good impression of him. Shi Luo opened the chat interface and quickly sent a message to Puppy.

    [Evil]: Tell Whisper not to announce for the time being that I¡¯ll be transferring to your team. I¡¯ll make some arrangements.

    After Shi Luo sent the message, he put his phone aside and continued to watch the substitute¡¯s practice match. After the match, Shi Luo picked up his phone and saw that Puppy had replied with a voice message.

    Shi Luo opened it...

    Yu Sui¡¯s voice came through. ¡°Okay.¡±

    Shi Luo looked down at the phone screen. After half a minute, he couldn¡¯t hold back. He clicked and listened to it again. Then, he clicked it for the third time and listened again.

 Chapter 18

    Chapter 18

    In the car, Yu Sui was holding Puppy¡¯s phone.

    On Puppy¡¯s phone, Shi Luo was still saved as ¡°Luo¡±.

    Shi Luo¡¯s first registered ID with the league.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t send a reply. Yu Sui returned the phone to Puppy, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

    ¡°Yu Sui...¡± Puppy looked at his mobile phone and hesitated. ¡°Shi Luo himself knows that when it¡¯s announcedter that he¡¯sing to our team, the forums are going to explode. You ...¡±

    With his eyes still closed, Yu Sui smiled, ¡°What do I do so the forums don¡¯t explode?¡±

    Puppy was helpless. He continued, ¡°Is this necessary? This game is overflowing with strikers. There are lots of good yers out there, even if they¡¯re not as good as he is. If we find one who¡¯s willing to cooperate with Chen Huo, that¡¯s also a suitable choice for us. When Shi Luoes overter on, he¡¯s sure to get into a lot of fights with Chen Huo. But even putting that aside, there¡¯s still going to be a lot of trouble for sure. I¡¯m even starting to suspect some of Shi Luo¡¯s fans mighte to our base and poison us. Are you sure you want to invite this trouble...¡±

    Puppy hade backte and didn¡¯t know about the gamble that urred at the club that night. Yu Sui also didn¡¯t want to mention it again. He only said, ¡°There¡¯s no trouble. And it¡¯s not like I¡¯m baselessly looking to pick a quarrel. If he didn¡¯t want toe back, I wouldn¡¯t be bothering him again.¡±

    Puppy shrugged, ¡°I don¡¯t understand you two ... what¡¯s so bad about being fated rivals? Tigers on different mountains? You two had such a terrible falling out but you still haven¡¯t learned your lesson. I¡¯m not trying to rake up old scores here. Back then, you really shouldn¡¯t have let Shi Luo join the team. He was such a good kid. Wouldn¡¯t it have been better for him to go to another team than just be your substitute? In the first ce, didn¡¯t I urge you to give him to Lao Gu? Gu Gan said it himself. If he went to their team he would have been part of their starting lineup. But you wouldn¡¯t listen......¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t speak.

    Puppy harped on and then sighed. He put on his headphones and continued listening to theedy skit.

    Back when Shi Luo had just moved into the FS base, Yu Sui really did consider sending him to NSN.

    At the time, aside from their boss, Ji Yanhan, everyone in the team felt that Shi Luo should be sent away.

    There really was no reason for Shi Luo to remain at FS back then.

    But it was Yu Sui who arranged for him toe and the final decision on what to do with him fell to Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui hesitated for a long time. During those few days, he definitely smoked way too much.

    ¡°Are you trying to smoke out mosquitoes?¡±

    Seventeen-year-old Shi Luo shoved open the door to Yu Sui¡¯s dorm room in the base. He frowned. ¡°Aren¡¯t you afraid of choking on all this smoke?¡±

    Yu Sui looked anxiously at this teenager that he¡¯d picked up. He blow out some smoke.

    Shi Luo opened the window for Yu Sui, puzzled. ¡°You¡¯re not that old. How¡¯d your addiction get so bad?¡±

    Yu Sui flicked off the ash from his cigarette. ¡°I¡¯m soon going to be a four-year veteran. Is that still ¡®not that old¡¯?¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re just a bit older than me ...¡± When Shi Luo sat, he didn¡¯t sit down properly. He squatted on the sofa opposite Yu Sui and looked around. ¡°Do you still y with Gundams?¡±

    Shi Luo took one of the model figures and fiddled with it. He muttered to himself, ¡°F*ck, isn¡¯t this that deadly expensive one...¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Yeah, the one that if you break, you won¡¯t be able to afford.¡±

    Shi Luo hastily put it back in ce, and he went back to staying on the sofa.

    Yu Sui was toozy to care about his image in front of Shi Luo. After sitting for a long time, his whole body hurt. He bent his left leg and stepped on the sofa, his left hand resting on top of his knee. With a serious expression on his face, he continued to blow out smoke.

    The two teenagers stayed faced against each other like this.

    Shi Luo put on an apathetic expression and said, ¡°Can you stop smoking?¡±

    Yu Sui put out the cigarette. ¡°Sorry, ma¡¯am.¡±

    Shi Luo turned gloomy. He suddenly asked, ¡°Are you worrying about what to do with me?¡±

    Yu Sui never had any intention of discussing this with Shi Luo. Without batting an eyelid, he said, ¡°It has nothing to do with you.¡±

    Shi Luo was sure now. ¡°Then, it is about me.¡±

    Shi Luo tried to lighten his expression. ¡°So...what are you thinking?¡±

    Yu Sui hesitated and didn¡¯t speak.

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Ke Hao really is too mean...¡±

    Yu Suiughed. ¡°What does this have to do with him?¡±

    ¡°He threw me to you to be your problem. How is that not mean?¡± Shi Luo narrowed his eyes. ¡°Did you owe him a debt of gratitude?¡±

    ¡°I did,¡± Yu Sui said simply, ¡°but it¡¯s not entirely because I owe him. He¡¯s my friend.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded and asked, ¡°So why haven¡¯t you contacted your good friend recently?¡±

    Yu Sui pursed his lips. He wanted to take out a cigarette. Not giving him a chance to move, Shi Luo snatched away the cigarette case first. ¡°There¡¯s no need to hide it, is there? Let me be the one to spell it out?¡±

    Yu Suiughed in spite of himself. ¡°What do I even have to hide?¡±

    There was a sh of ridicule in Shi Luo¡¯s eyes. ¡°Fine, I won¡¯t expose your good friend for you.¡±

    ¡°Ke Hao and I...these past few years, we¡¯ve seen each other less than ten times and we haven¡¯t exchanged more than twenty sentences. To be honest, I might not even be able to recognize him if I came across him while walking down the street.¡± Shi Luo held Yu Sui¡¯s cigarette case and asked, ¡°Same goes for him, he wouldn¡¯t recognize me either. So why would he be so kind as to worry about my trivial matters?¡±

    Yu Sui paused. Without waiting for him to open his mouth Shi Luo added, ¡°Okay, even if he really does sincerely mean well for me, then shouldn¡¯t he want me to go back to school? My uncle and aunt are very resourceful. They could have forced me into a strictly supervised boarding school. Is it difficult to find a few people to bundle me up? Or they could have shut me up at home, find a few tutors and bodyguards to monitor me 24 hours a day. They wouldn¡¯t even have to lock me up for that long, they just have to hold out until I pass the college entrance exam. Is it that difficult?¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t speak because inwardly, it wasn¡¯t that hard for him to figure out.

    Shi Luoughed. ¡°Why didn¡¯t they do any of these? Because Ke Hao as well as my uncle and aunt, don¡¯t actually want me to return to school.¡±

    ¡°But letting me float around outside won¡¯t work, because they all know that ying at making live broadcasts won¡¯tst long and can be abandoned at any time. I might happily return to school someday or do something else. It will be a constant worry and they¡¯ll never be able to rest assured.¡± Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, ¡°So, Ke Hao thought of you. Why did he look for you? Becausepared to making live broadcasts, being a professional gamer wouldst longer, and it can postpone my return to what they call the ¡°right path¡±. And you ... ¡±

    Shi Luo raised an eyebrow. ¡°You look good-tempered, but you¡¯re pretty intense when handling stuff. They know that once Ie here, my dad would have no way to take me from you ... And that¡¯s really how things did y out.¡±

    Just a few days ago, Yu Sui¡¯s obvious scorn and ridicule, sessfully caused Ke Chunjie to not dare darken their door in the meantime.

    ¡°As long as my dad can¡¯t take me back, everything in the family will be Ke Hao¡¯s in the future. He, my uncle and my aunt won¡¯t have anything to worry about anymore.¡± Shi Luo said easily. ¡°You understood that the day when my dad left. You hated how Ke Hao used you but you can¡¯t really say anything to Ke Hao. After all, he really had been good to you. A favor for a favor. You feel conflicted so you¡¯re not taking the initiative to contact him. ¡±

    Shi Luo calmly said, ¡°But you really don¡¯t have to feel all tangled up about this. Given all the atrocious stuff my dad has done over the years, my uncle¡¯s family treating my like this can already be considered as pretty generous. Everyone¡¯s just human. Everyone having their own selfish motives is just normal.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, and for a moment did not know what to say.

    Shi Luo observed the subtle look on Yu Sui¡¯s face. ¡°What? You¡¯re not used toying things out in the open like this? I like it though.¡±

    Shi Luo nastily brought up what Yu Sui least wanted to hear. He said, ¡°Your boss also has his own selfish motives, right?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled helplessly.

    ¡°Here ... disregarding you, except for your boss Ji Yanhan, no one wants me to stay. Everyone thinks my presence here is just troublesome and unnecessary.¡± Shi Luo sat down properly on the sofa, his legs stretched out, ¡°I¡¯ve heard Ji Yanhan on the phone with you a few times ... his business is too big now, and he can¡¯t attend to and even more, he doesn¡¯t want to manage this club anymore. He told you several times that he wants to give you this club, didn¡¯t he? As an aside though, looks like this old captain of yours still treats you pretty well. I saw it in the forums. Before, when you terminated your contract with your old club, he paid for your penalty fee, right?¡±

    Yu Sui said lightly, ¡°And because of it, his girlfriend almost broke up with him.¡±

    ¡°In the beginning, I thought he really wanted you to join him in the business side of things and so he wants me to rece you. But you¡¯ve rejected this time and again, so this was probably just Ji Yanhan¡¯s original idea. He¡¯s given up on it and no longer mentions it.¡± Shi Luo continued, ¡°You¡¯ve made it clear that you don¡¯t want a substitute, so why does he still want me to stay?¡±

    Shi Luo smugly said, ¡°Because he thinks I¡¯m impressive.¡±

    ¡°If I remember correctly, he only made it clear that he wanted to have me stay when he found out that several teams were after me.¡±

    ¡°Every team is on the lookout for a good medic. In order to keep his team firmly in the first ce, Ji Yanhan would rather pay me a huge ie to do nothing than let me y for any other team.¡±

    ¡°Your teammates don¡¯t have these messed-up schemes. They all think that instead of letting me be a benchwarmer here, better to let me go to other teams to make full use of my abilities. Your teammates actually have the purest thoughts out of everyone here.¡±

    Shi Luo stopped speaking. He leaned slightly forward, his ck eyes shone as he stared at Yu Sui. ¡°Finally, there¡¯s you.¡±

    Yu Sui cast his eyes down and looked at Shi Luo. He warned in a low voice, ¡°Shut up.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t want his heart to be cut open and scrutinized by Shi Luo like this.

    ¡°Can¡¯t. I¡¯m not biased.¡± Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui¡¯s with eyes that looked as if they were filled with starlight. ¡°Your position is the mostplicated. Because your motivation isn¡¯t pure but it¡¯s noting from any wish to gain any personal benefit. You helped me register my yer information in the league, but you¡¯re still hesitant to let me sign a contract because ... ¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°You can¡¯t get over that hurdle in your heart.¡±

    ¡°You want me to go back to school, and also feel that you should respect my own choice. You want to sign me, but you don¡¯t want me to be just a substitute for years and years. You think I can really find a ce to shine in other teams, but if you really let me go to another team ... ¡°Shi Luo gave a rougish smile, ¡°You¡¯re worried that given my situation, if I were to go somewhere else, there won¡¯t be any who¡¯d keep a close eye on me. Then, I¡¯d go astray and grow up to be a useless pile of shit ... This is what¡¯s been worrying you to death these past few days? ¡±

    Yu Sui leaned back slightly, and smiled helplessly. ¡°You¡¯re just seventeen. Do you really need to be so smart?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve had a lot of practice since I was very young.¡± Shi Luo calmly said, ¡°I can see with a single nce what others think about me.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui and hesitated: ¡°Except for you ... you don¡¯t have any schemes about me, so you¡¯re not so easy to read.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, aplex expression on his face. He could feel his head ache. ¡°What about you? If you were to choose, where would you want to go?¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t even have to spare a moment of thought. He said happily, ¡°Of course, I¡¯d want to go back to making live broadcast and pissing off my dad!¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s head hurt even more. ¡°Then you should just be my substitute.¡±

    Shi Luo curled up on the sofa and gave a muffledugh.

    Yu Sui clearly knew that Shi Luo had forced his hand. But what could he do?

    However, at that time, Yu Sui was still young and didn¡¯t have a great amount of tolerance. Being pitted by Shi Luo once, he would inevitably think up of a way to get even.

    That was Shi Luo¡¯s first official match. Yu Sui couldn¡¯t rest assured. Unfortunately, the previous day, Shi Luo and Chen Huo had argued over a stick of barbeque and they had a fierce row at the base. Chen Huo swore he would definitely not provide cover for Shi Luo at tomorrow¡¯s match. Shi Luo then swore he wouldn¡¯t protect Chen Huo with the photon shield. As a result of their quarrel, Yu Sui had Chen Huo take a break and he himself reced Chen Huo as striker. In any case, FS¡¯ spot at the top of the regr season was unassable. If they lose one game then they lose one game.

    Chen Huo¡¯s mouth dropped open in surprise, ¡°But you don¡¯t y any other jobs, right?¡±

    Yu Sui did find it annoying to y the other jobs, but he still knew how to y them and they still won that regr season match.

    It was Shi Luo¡¯s first game. After the game, Shi Luo¡¯s face was flushed. Although he tried his best to hide it, the excitement in his eyes just couldn¡¯t be hidden. Yu Sui smiled and looked at Shi Luo. When there weren¡¯t a lot of people about backstage, he whispered to Shi Luo, ¡°Don¡¯t tell the others. You and me, let¡¯s celebrate.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded quickly.

    The two avoided the others and quietly went to the underground garage of the stadium and got in the car.

    ¡°The ce is a bit far away.¡± Yu Sui was driving. ¡°It¡¯s at least eight hours away. You should sleep. When you wake up tomorrow, we¡¯ll be there.¡±

    Shi Luo was surprised. Where were they going?

    Young people always like surprises. So there were some things that Yu Sui wouldn¡¯t say, and Shi Luo wouldn¡¯t ask.

    An unknown journey is the one most worth looking forward to.

    Shi Luo spent a glorious eight hours in joy and anticipation.

    The two sped through the expressway, passing by the rest areas, through the mountains, over water, and they finally entered a noisy city in the early morning. They passed through somewhat crowded streets, through more crowded streets and through very congested streets, etc. When they were stopped by traffic on the road, Shi Luo finally realized that something was wrong.

    Shi Luo was puzzled. ¡°Why are there so many cars here? But there¡¯s no one here. What¡¯s going on?¡±

    Yu Sui parked his car. ¡°We¡¯re just in time. Come on.¡±

    Outside the car, Ji Yanhan, holding a transparent case, waved his hand. ¡°Over here.¡±

    Yu Sui took Shi Luo to meet him. Yu Shi said to Shi Luo, ¡°Mobile phone.¡±

    Shi Luo nkly took out his mobile phone and gave it to Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui checked Shi Luo¡¯s pockets and nodded. He then took the transparent case from Ji Yanhan and shoved it to Shi Luo. He then suddenly remembered something and took out a thirteen yuan-worth children¡¯s wristwatch from his pants pocket and put it on Shi Luo. He fervently urged, ¡°Pay attention to the time. Everything you¡¯ll need is in this document bag.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at the contents of the document bag in his hand, and then looked to the left and right. He finally noticed that something was fishy.

    Before Shi Luo could flee, Yu Sui kicked him into his registered college entrance examination site.

    Shi Luo said vexed, ¡°I¡¯m not taking the exam!!!¡±

    Ji Yanhan tried to console him. ¡°Aiya, Yu Sui also took his exam, you know. After taking the exam, he just informed the university that he¡¯ll be deferring schooling to pursue an e-sports career. That doesn¡¯t matter though, go quickly. Do you know how many people I had to trouble to find your test site and these materials?! ¡±

    Shi Luo came prettyte. There was no longer anyone outside the testing site. The uncle guard at the gate impatiently dragged Shi Luo into the school grounds and locked the gates. ¡°We¡¯re gonna close up the exam site, don¡¯t you know? Not going to take the exam? Then what would you do in the future?¡±

    Shi Luo said angrily, ¡°I can y in matches! I¡¯m already in the top 50 on the Chinese server! I just took the FOG regr match MVP title!!!¡±

    Uncle guard:¡±......¡±

    ¡°Even whatever-¡®P¡¯s need to take the exam!¡± The uncle guard looked at Shi Luo up and down like he was a lunatic. ¡°Young man, if you won¡¯t take the exam and you won¡¯t go to school, how will you earn a living in the future?¡±

    Shi Luo choked. ¡°My basic sry is 200,000 a month !!!¡±

    The uncle looked at the other side of the iron railing in surprise. Yu Sui pointed to his head, and said helplessly, ¡°Please be considerate.¡±

    The uncle nodded, ¡°I understand.¡±

    Shi Luo had difficulty persuading the guard, and he didn¡¯t dare make amotion that could affect the other candidates. Eventually, under Yu Sui¡¯s kindly and amiable look he was handed into the exam site.

    ¡°My sry is more than 200,000 a month ...¡± Shi Luo sat in his examination room, gritted his teeth and took out the 2B pencil and ck pen from the transparent document bag. Mortified, he whispered, ¡°I just took the regr match MVP title ... ¡±

    The proctor gave Shi Luo a cold look. ¡°Please, no talking, candidate.¡±

    Shi Luo trembled in anger. ¡°I¡¯m...I¡¯m sorry.¡±

    ¡ª¡ª>>>

    Trantor¡¯s note: Chapter 18 AKA Shi Luo is too smart for his own good. He¡¯d be happier if he were less smart. Featuring the College Entrance Examinations: The Great Equalizer.

 Chapter 19

    Chapter 19

    In front of the college entrance exams, all people were equal.

    While rookie yer Luo, endured humiliation and answered thenguage test, Yu Sui and Ji Yanhan were unable to break away from convention. They, like so many of the candidates¡¯ parents, anxiously couldn¡¯t bring themselves to leave the examination site. Instead, they endured the summer heat, waiting eagerly and anxiously outside, together with the candidate in spirit.

    Of course, the two of them though, were inside the car. Theyy the car seats t, using the cushion as pillows with the air-conditioning at full st and with drinks in hand. The summer heat couldn¡¯t get at them inside.

    Ji Yanhan took a sip of his c and looked outside the window, feeling absolutely stupid. ¡°Do we really have to wait here?¡±

    ¡°Of course.¡± Yu Suiy down. He put on his sunsses and looked at his mobile phone. ¡°What if that little bastard suddenlyes out and we¡¯re not here?¡±

    Ji Yanhan shook his head. ¡°I was looking at the examination room instructions while I was waiting for you. It seems you can¡¯t submit your paper even if you finish earlier ...¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s always a ¡°what if¡± in every situation. What if he pretend to be ill?¡± Yu Suizily said, ¡°If he really ran away, who would take the next three exams for him?¡±

    After thinking awhile, Ji Yanhan agreed. He squinted as he took a look at Yu Sui¡¯s phone interface. He moved closer and frowned. ¡°Are you still taking selfies?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Yu Sui took off his sunsses and directed a business smile to his phone. ¡°There¡¯s no training today so I thought I¡¯d do an outdoor live broadcast for everyone. Ji Shen is also here too. Captain, say hello!¡±

    Ji Yanhan: ¡°...¡±

    Ji Yanhan simply copsed. ¡°Can¡¯t you read the mood? That little whelp is inside right now preparing toe out and chop you down. And you still felt like doing a live broadcast? What¡¯s the difference between you and those who do live broadcasts of their family¡¯s funeral arrangements?¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with me doing a college entrance exam live broadcast?¡± Yu Sui urged. ¡°Hurry up! I still have 20 hours of live broadcast this month. Today, I¡¯m going to knock off at least 10 hours.¡±

    Ji Yanhan was left with no choice but to go along with it. He reluctantly smiled and made a peace sign with Yu Sui. He greeted the fans and hurriedly put on his sses, embarrassed.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t feel there was anything embarrassing about this. Everyone here was bored. So what if he opened a live broadcast?

    ¡°What are we doing out here? Sending Luo to take the exam, yup, the college entrance exam.¡± Yu Sui stretched his legs, exuding a sense of healthy vitality, ¡°The holy light ofpulsory education shines equally on every student ¡ª including our e-sports yers.¡±

    ¡°Of course, Luo is taking the exam willingly. Why wouldn¡¯t he? The college entrance exam is such a good thing, of course, he wanted to take it. When he went into the venue, his face was radiating with gratitude. He even gave us a deep bow.¡±

    ¡°Chop me down? You guys heard wrong. Ji Shen was joking. Luo is very grateful that his alma mater hadn¡¯t given up on him and gave him this valuable opportunity to take the college entrance examination. He also cherishes this opportunity very much. It¡¯s true. I¡¯m not lying to you. Why don¡¯t you believe me? ¡±

    ¡°Why are you all saying I haven¡¯t spoken a word of truth?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know if he¡¯ll do well on the exams or not...¡±

    Yu Sui suddenly thought of something. He asked Ji Yanhan, ¡°Can you have them hurry up a bit? Get them to quickly finalize Luo¡¯s live broadcast contract? How about for his first live broadcast, he does a college entrance exam score reveal? It will be exciting and a nice surprise. ¡±

    ¡°A college entrance exam scores reveal...¡± Ji Yanhan looked at Yu Sui, at a loss for words. He might as well smash the pot since it¡¯s already cracked. ¡°Why don¡¯t I have the publicity department fly over here now? They can shoot him through the entire process. Later, they can edit a college entrance examination documentary. What do you think? Will Shi Luo smash up our base? ¡±

    This really was possible. Yu Sui could only regretfully give up.

    Yu Sui continued to tease the fans. He was a very talkative person. He didn¡¯t need to interact with the chat. He could talk to the mobile phone without feeling the slightest bit awkward. He could happily amuse himself with talking for a long time. In the time they were waiting for Shi Luo toe out, at first, Yu Sui was in high spirits as he held the phone and chatted; then, he half-leaned, halfy down as he gossiped idly with the viewers. And after another hour, Yu Sui gave an apologetic smile and said, ¡°This won¡¯t do. I didn¡¯t eat this morning. I think my blood sugar¡¯s a little low so that¡¯s it for today.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s lips were pale. The fans too felt that he didn¡¯t look quite right and so they asked him to quickly eat something. Yu Sui hurriedly closed the live broadcast.

    Putting the mobile phone aside, Yu Sui quickly pushed open the car door and rushed to the side of the road to retch into a garbage can.

    Ji Yanhan, who was in the car, took off his sunsses and took a bottle of mineral water as he too got off the car.

    ¡°The doctor told you already. You have to pay attention to rest. You probably hurt your stomach because you haven¡¯t rested all night.¡± Ji Yanhan frowned. ¡°Howe you didn¡¯t vomit out anything? Didn¡¯t you eat anything at all this morning?¡±

    Yu Sui rinsed his mouth and rubbed his cramping stomach. He gave a pained smile. ¡°Eat? I didn¡¯t dare to dy even a second and we still almost got herete.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why I said before that you should just take a ne or the high-speed rail. But you insisted on driving over here.¡± Ji Yanhan couldn¡¯t understand. ¡°Who could stand driving the whole night after having ying just yed in a match?¡±

    Yu Sui drank a couple mouthfuls of water. ¡°If we took the ne ... He¡¯d know what was going on as soon as he saw the destination on the ticket. You think he¡¯d go with me then? I wouldn¡¯t be able to catch him if he tried to run at the airport. It¡¯d be even more troublesome.¡±

    Ji Yanhan frowned. ¡°Aren¡¯t you a little too nice to him?¡±

    Yu Sui wiped the water from his chin with the back of his hand. ¡°He¡¯s a devil of my own making ... Let¡¯s not talk about this anymore.¡±

    Ji Yanhan was helpless. He said, ¡°Then what should we do about you? Should we buy some medicine for you around here? What medicine should I buy? Is indigo woad root ok?¡±

    ¡°Indigo woad root can¡¯t do shit...¡± Yu Sui said, half-dead, ¡°It¡¯s no use taking medicine. Just give me a cup of hot water.¡±

    Ji Yanhan said, ¡°Okay, you get in the car first. I¡¯ll get you something hot for you at the convenience store.¡±

    Yu Zheng nodded and got into the car, mineral water bottle in hand.

    Not long after, Ji Yanhan brought some hot soup from a convenience store and got in the car. ¡°They didn¡¯t have much so you¡¯ll just have to make do with drinking a bit of this.¡±

    Yu Sui wasn¡¯t picky. He drank the soup slowly and said much more easily, ¡°Much better.¡±

    Ji Yanhan looked at Yu Sui, and after a moment, said, ¡°How about you slowly retire, and then ...¡±

    Yu Sui felt a headacheing on. ¡°Here we go again. Who doesn¡¯t have any stomach problems? We¡¯ve had it checked before. It¡¯s just a small problem. Do you have to go that far?¡±

    Ji Yanhan continued, ¡°It¡¯s okay to be unwilling to manage the club. These can all be learned slowly. When I first formed the team, I waspletely blind to everything. Later, when I started thepany, I was caught even more unprepared. Fortunately, Minmin and her father were there to help. ... Let¡¯s not talk about this. Every time I mention it, you don¡¯t listen. Some things haven¡¯t been exined clearly. I¡¯m not asking you to work as my assistant. ¡±

    ¡°Isn¡¯t it your birthday next month?¡± Ji Yanhan smiled generously. ¡°How about I give you the entire FS Club was your birthday present?¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t even have to think. ¡°I don¡¯t want it.¡±

    Ji Yanhan sat in his seat, paralyzed with exhaustion. ¡°I¡¯m not kidding. I¡¯m giving it to you. I really don¡¯t want to manage it anymore. I¡¯d feel distressed giving it someone else. It would be better if I left it to you.¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head: ¡°It¡¯s impossible. There are a lot of good managers out there. Look for one yourself.¡±

    Ji Yanhan was left with no choice. ¡°Why are you so stubborn about this? Did you close the broadcast already?¡±

    Yu Sui nced at his phone and nodded. ¡°It¡¯s closed.¡±

    Ji Yanhan talked more freely. ¡°You can only y pro for a few years. You¡¯re not worrying about it now. You feel like you can y for another ten years. I thought so too back then. But what was the result? OK, fine. Even if you could y for another ten years. ¡±

    Ji Yanhan looked at Yu Sui with a serious expression on his face. ¡°What will you do in ten years? Have you thought about it? Good timing. We both have a lot of time these next two days. Tell me what you think.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Ji Yanhan like he¡¯d gone crazy. ¡°Have you been attending too many meetingstely? Really, thest person who talked to me like this was my high school counselor ...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m passing on to you my precious life experiences right now!¡± Ji Yanhan was helpless, ¡°I¡¯m not older than you by eight years for nothing, okay? If there¡¯s something you didn¡¯t think of, I can think it over for you. You shouldn¡¯t just think about training andpeting all day long. You have to n for your own future. ¡±

    Yu Sui said indifferently, ¡°I¡¯ve already thought about it.¡±

    Ji Yanhan said, ¡°Then you tell me about it.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled and said nothing.

    Ji Yanhan said angrily, ¡°You just can¡¯t recognize others¡¯ good intentions!¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°Okay, Sister Minmin has always disliked me because of the penalty fee from back then. After two long years, she¡¯s finally a little happy with me. Please stop trying to ruin our hard earned friendship, alright? It¡¯s unlucky enough for her that she¡¯s fallen for you, standing by you for so many years. Don¡¯t do anything unnecessary. ¡±

    Ji Yanhan was left with no choice and could only set aside this matter once again.

    During their conversation, more and more people gradually gathered outside. Yu Sui looked out the window of the car and his eyes brightened, ¡°Are theying out soon? Come on,e on. We have to be there to wee him.¡±

    Ji Yanhan sighed and followed Yu Sui out of the car. He opened the backpartment and took out two bunches of flowers.

    Yu Sui took one of the flowers from Ji Yanhan. He frowned, and cautiously expressed his doubts. ¡°This type of hydrangea seems to be used on a specific asion ...¡±

    Ji Yanhan looked uncertainly at the flower in his hand. ¡°Is that right? I don¡¯t understand things like these. Didn¡¯t you tell me to buy the most expensive one? It¡¯s that expensive! One bunch for two thousand yuan!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s fine.¡± Yu Sui himself wasn¡¯t quite sure himself. ¡°Maybe I guessed wrong. Hold it tight.¡±

    Yu Sui and Ji Yanhan stood side by side. Five minutester, Shi Luo, surrounded by a vicious aura, walked out of the examination site. He was like the sun-shooting Houyi, like a warrioring out of purgatory, his body emanating monstrous raging fires.

    Yu Sui faintly sucked in a breath. He handed the bride¡¯s hand bouquet to Shi Luo. He appeased him quietly, ¡°We have no experience with this kind of thing. I think the other parents are holding up sunflowers to symbolize besting the exam in one take... You¡¯ll just have to make do with these.¡±

    Ji Yanhan also handed the bride¡¯s bouquet in his hand to Shi Luo. ¡°Tomorrow, we will also hold sunflowers.¡±

    Shi Luo was so angry that he couldn¡¯t speak. He even thought of turning right back around and going back to the exam room.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go get something to eat. You can take a noon break.¡± Yu Sui urged Shi Luo to get in the car. ¡°It¡¯s too hot out here.¡±

    Shi Luo was flushed with anger. He stiffly got in the car. He sat by himself and closed himself off, refusing to talk to Yu Sui.

    ¡°Hey... what¡¯s with this? You think I didn¡¯t earn as much as you do when I took the exam?¡± Yu Sui held back from smiling. ¡°But unlike you, I never told them my annual sry was in the millions and I still took the exam.¡±

    Shi Luo ignored Yu Sui.

    ¡°Are you really angry?¡± Yu Sui smiled. ¡°Or are you angry because we weren¡¯t holding sunflowers for you?¡±

    Shi Luo was so angry he was about to let out steam and he still didn¡¯t speak.

    However, this just reminded Yu Sui of something. Yu Sui said, ¡°Or we could hold up a banner for you this afternoon. Is there still time?¡±

    Ji Yanhan, who was driving, tilted his head and asked, ¡°A banner? What would we write on it? ¡®A warm wee for FS substitute yer Luo to the exam venue¡¯?¡±

    ¡°Why do you have to emphasize ¡®substitute yer¡¯?¡± Yu Sui shook his head. ¡°Forget it, a big banner would be too ostentatious. Did you bring any of the staff with you? Let¡¯s just hold up some hand signs. Having a small group of supporters should be fine.¡±

    Ji Yanhan was still more concerned about the content. ¡°What would we write on the signs?¡±

    Yu Sui thought for a moment: ¡°Take the test one time, get happiness for a lifetime.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Ji Yanhan readily followed good advice. ¡°That can work. But it would be best if wee out with something a bit different.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s easy.¡± Yu Sui put on his sunsses and leaned back against his seat. ¡°This test¡¯s my b*tch, this will go off without a hitch.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui came up with another one, ¡°Test and write, get life right.¡±

    Yu Sui was simply bursting with ideas. ¡°One¡¯s exam story, the whole team¡¯s glory.¡±

    ¡°Yu ... Sui ...¡± Shi Luo finally spoke, and he was practically grinding his teeth. ¡°One more word and ... I¡¯ll jump out of this car ...¡±

    Yu Sui got a stomachache with how hard he tried to stop himself fromughing. He waved and gestured for Shi Luo to take a quick rest.

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¨C>>>>>>>>

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    I had to get creative with Yu Sui¡¯s suggestions for the content of the hand signs. In Chinese they sound great, very rhythmic and it just wouldn¡¯t convey the same feel if I just tranted them literally. Please forgive my weak rhyming sense. orz

 Chapter 20

    Chapter 20

    There are too many cars at the exam site. Even if there was special traffic police to direct traffic, the road was still jammed. Each car had an exam candidate in it, and everyone was in a hurry. The road became even more congested. For a moment, Yu Sui was afraid they wouldn¡¯t be able to return to the hotel. Yu Sui took a look outside and said to Shi Luo, ¡°Maybe you should take a nap first? The math test is this afternoon, right? It won¡¯t do if you suddenly turn sleepy.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned and closed his eyes with an ¡°En¡±.

    Although Shi Luo was much better off than Yu Sui, having had a few hours sleepst night, the exhaustion from theirst match hadn¡¯tpletely dispersed. Add to that the shock from this morning and having to take the exam, his energy was sapped. After a few minutes, he actually fell asleep.

    Ji Yanhan turned his head and nced at him. ¡°He¡¯s sound asleep... Not bad, he didn¡¯t put up a fuss when he got in the car. I was worried that he was going to run and not take the other tests.¡±

    ¡°He definitely thought about running. But after thinking about it, he realized he had no choice and he turned up his nose and got in the car.¡± The corner of Yu Sui¡¯s lips twitched slightly. Lowering his voice, he said, ¡°I¡¯ve got his wallet and phone here. Where would he run? And besides, he¡¯s a minor, he won¡¯t be able to check into a hotel. ¡±

    Speaking of this, Ji Yanhan was reminded of something and heughed.

    Three years ago, FS went to another part of the country for a match. Ji Yanhan was no longer with the team at that and unfortunately, the coach wasn¡¯t there that day. It was soon after the FS team was formed, and their staffing wasn¡¯tplete yet. There was no one else who could manage the team. Ji Yanhan¡¯s brain short-circuited, and he waved his hand and told the four of them to go on their own. In any case, it was just a regr season game.

    Yu Sui and the others didn¡¯t think much about it. After theynded, they took a taxi to the hotel. Once they were there though, they looked at each other,pletely at a loss. The four of them were minors and none of them could process the check in.

    In the end, Ji Yanhan had to fly over himself He hurried to the hotel where he found the four inte-addicted teenagers sitting on top their suitcases with ¡®F*ck You¡¯s written all over their faces.

    Ji Yanhan sighed, ¡°Everything was a mess back then. We¡¯ve actuallye so far.¡±

    Yu Yan said indifferently, ¡°We¡¯ll endure anything for sess.¡±

    Ji Yanhan said, ¡°Of course. Yu Shen¡¯s so awesome.¡±

    Yu Sui was about to say something back when suddenly there was a harsh car honk from outside. Then next second, Yu Sui leaned sideways to Shi Luo¡¯s side and put his hands around Shi Luo¡¯s ears.

    Shi Luo was dead tired and he didn¡¯t wake up. He moved though and leaned against Yu Sui¡¯s palm.

    Yu Sui simply wrapped his hands on Shi Luo¡¯s shoulders, letting him lean against him more steadily.

    Ji Yanhan nced at them from the rearview mirror. ¡°... I didn¡¯t know you wanted a younger brother.¡±

    ¡°Thanks¡± Yu Sui said very quietly. ¡°but no thanks. I don¡¯t.¡±

    Fortunately, the road didn¡¯t stay blocked for long. The three hurriedly ate something and headed to the hotel. However, there was another problem at the hotel. Ji Yanhan miscalcted. All the decent hotels near the exam site were almost booked full. They didn¡¯t have any extra rooms.

    Even for thergest suites that hardly anyone ever booked, there were only two avable.

    ¡°Originally, I did say we¡¯d each get a room but&#k2026;¡± Ji Yanhan said helplessly, ¡°What can we do? It¡¯d be fine if these were standard rooms. At least, there¡¯d be two beds, but the suites only have onerge bed.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t even have to think about it. He said, ¡°Shi Luo can have a room by himself. I¡¯ll squeeze in with you.¡±

    Yu Sui turned to Shi Luo. ¡°You get a whole room to yourself. That good?¡±

    Shi Luo frowned. ¡°What do you mean ¡®good¡¯? ...Won¡¯t you hate crowding into one room?¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s crowded about this? When I started out, the team dorms only had one-meter-wide bunk beds.¡± Yu Sui took Shi Luo¡¯s ID and handed it to the front desk. ¡°I¡¯ve suffered all types of hardships.¡±

    Shi Luo curled his lips in contempt. ¡°Hardship? When I had nowhere to live, I slept on an inte cafe sofa. What do you say about that?¡±

    The only one of the three who had actually suffered hardships, Ji Yanhan was at the end of his rope. ¡°Fine, fine. Young masters, I have made you suffer such a great grievance making you stay in an executive suite worth more than four thousand yuan per nights! It¡¯s my fault that I didn¡¯t arrange it well. I¡¯m so sorry! ¡±

    Ji Yanhan took the room cards and herded the two towards the elevator. After watching Shi Luo enter his room, Ji Yanhan said uneasily, ¡°He won¡¯t run, will he?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Rx, he not actually unable to differentiate good from bad. He knows we mean well.¡±

    Shi Luo definitely can differential good from bad.

    After entering his suite, Shi Luo stuck his head in his pillow andy on his stomach for a long time.

    He was really embarrassed to say that Yu Sui was the only one who has ever waited for him to get out of school for the day.

    Though technically, he hade out of the exam site, not out of school for the day. But it was simr. It really was Shi Luo¡¯s first time to leave through the school gates and have someone there waiting for him.

    Ji Yanhan, who had been standing next to him, could be disregarded. In short, Yu Sui was the first person to pick him up from school.

    He was also the first person to drive for eight hours to send him to school.

    Did he tax his mind and body, drive himself to exhaustion to get him here to force him to take the college entrance exam for a mere prank? Who was he kidding?

    Shi Luo sighed softly. He suddenly understood what was this indescribably feeling he¡¯d been having these past days.

    It was peace of mind.

    It was the first time Shi Luo had found a ce where he could have peace of mind.

    Although the boss had his own selfish motives, being willing to spend money to have him be nothing more than a benchwarmer, was to some extent a recognition of his ability.

    Teammates ... Although he would constantly quarrel with that bastard Chen Huo, in the end, they were just petty quarrels. Here today, gone tomorrow.

    Old Qiao, the other striker in the team, and Puppy, the sniper, didn¡¯t even quarrel with him. Although they only exchanged a handful of words, the two had no malicious intentions against him so Shi Luo was quite satisfied.

    Finally, Yu Sui...

    Shi Luo¡¯s thoughts swelled.

    Yu Sui had driven the entire nightst night. When they passed through a rest area, Shi Luo was lying half-asleep in the car. He looked out between the crack in his eyelids. Underneath themplight of a tollbooth, there stood Yu Sui, stic bag in hand. Inside were several cans of drinks he had bought from the service area supermarket. He didn¡¯t immediately get in the car. He grabbed his cigarettes from the bag and had a smoke.

    By then, Yu Sui hasn¡¯t had any rest for more than twenty hours already. One can well imagine how tired he must be from driving more than 500 kilometers in the night on no sleep.

    Under the hazy spotlight, Yu Sui¡¯s arm holding the cigarette seemed particrly thin, making his whole person look a bit thin.

    At that moment, as Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui in the distance, his eyes inexplicably turned red.

    It can no longer be said that he hasn¡¯t known Yu Sui long. But from beginning to end, Shi Luo has never been able to clearly figure out what Yu Sui was thinking. He was forever unable to predict what Yu Sui would do when ites to him.

    None of the clues came from a ce of self-interest. The other party was simply being good to him.

    Shi Luo has lived for seventeen years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a thing. He felt a bit helpless.

    Shi Luo rubbed his face and sat up on the bed. He pushed aside the bunch of flowers that Ji Yanhan gave him and picked up the one handed to him by Yu Sui. He lowered his head and took a sniff.

    Shi Luo sniffed, got up and threw Ji Yanhan¡¯s flowers into the trash.

    With Ji Yanhan¡¯s flowers thrown away, Yu Sui became the only person who ever gave him flowers.

    In the suite on the other side of the corridor, Ji Yanhan sneezed.

    Yu Sui lying on the bed and ying with his mobile phone. He said absent-mindedly, ¡°Want some indigo woad root?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Ji Yanhan rubbed his nose, ¡°Are you really gonna share a bed with me?¡±

    ¡°Of course not,¡± Yu Sui said, ¡°I just took a look at that sofa. It¡¯s not that small, and it¡¯s foldable. In a little bit, we¡¯ll unfold that sofa for you to sleep in.¡±

    Ji Yanhan: ¡°...¡±

    Ji Yanhan really couldn¡¯t understand. ¡°So a substitute yer gets a suite to himself, the captain gets to sleep in a big bed and the boss sleeps on the sofa?¡±

    ¡°Why do you always have to emphasize the ¡®substitute¡¯?¡± Yu Sui looked down at his mobile phone. ¡°He¡¯s a fragile and susceptible exam candidate, ok? I¡¯m too tired today, I can¡¯t sleep on the sofa. We¡¯ll change tomorrow. I¡¯ll sleep on the sofa and you get the bed.¡±

    Ji Yanhan respectfully refused. ¡°No, I¡¯ll be leaving tomorrow. I just happened to have business around here so I handed the stuff to you. I don¡¯t have any more business here tomorrow so I won¡¯t be apanying you guys.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. ¡°Okay, you go handle your matters.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll be really busy for the next two months so I can¡¯t take care of the team¡¯s affairs. I already told your manager. If anything majores up and he can¡¯t contact me, he¡¯ll look for you.¡± Ji Yanhany paralyzed on the sofa. ¡°Don¡¯t refuse this, alright? Take it as you helping me. ¡±

    Yu Sui had no choice but to agree. ¡°En.¡±

    ¡°Actually, there shouldn¡¯t be anything. We¡¯ve already secured a spot for the yoffs.¡± Ji Yanhan rxed and patted his stomach. ¡°We¡¯ll definitely reach the finals, the matches before that ... You can keep any eye out for things. Actually, aside from the matches, there¡¯s nothing you need to look out for. Just shooting some promotional videos, record a few rubbish words, and then ... ¡±

    Ji Yanhan rubbed his eyebrows and tried to think about what else he needed to exin. ¡°Ah, right. Shi Luo¡¯s a neer, and this will be his first time to participate in arge-scale match. He¡¯s like a nk te. Don¡¯t forget to mention the things he needs to pay attention to so that he doesn¡¯t go amiss. His yer¡¯s personal points are zero and he won¡¯t be able to afford to get into trouble ... Oh no, he just yed a regr season game. He¡¯s got two points, but those two points are as good as nothing. They¡¯re not even going to be even to pay for a minor vition. ¡±

    The FOG League has regtions that provided professional yers with personal points that they obtain through various league-recognized matches. For the regr season best of three match that Shi Luo just yed, he got one point and he got one more point for winning the game. So, Shi Luo¡¯s personal points now totaled two points.

    The umted points won¡¯t be cleared out at the end of the season but will be retained forever. It was usually useless. Only when the yer vites the regtions, will the officials of the league deduct from the yer¡¯s points ording to severity of the vition. If the offense was too great or if the yer had negative points, they may be suspended from the matches as a penalty. It would be for at least one match but there was no ceiling on the maximum possible number of suspended games. They would have to look at the severity of the situation and decided from there.

    Once the suspension has expired, if the yer¡¯s personal points are still negative, they will have to umte points from each match to get it back to positive. Before that, it was a period of observation. If they were careless, they could be punished even more severely. If the matter was serious, a lifelong suspension was possible.

    yers like Shi Luo, who have a scant number of points, feared this the most.

    ¡°You¡¯ve already discussed everything before the game yesterday.¡± Yu Sui yawned. ¡°When there are official cameras around, you must wear the team uniform whether it is for a game or not. You must not cover the sponsor logo on the team uniform, especially the game sponsor¡¯s logo ...You must not say anything bad about the league or the club while in public. You must not discredit the league officials and you follow the arrangements of the referee during the game... You mustn¡¯t look at the screen of your teammates during the game. Do not get up and leave without special reason. If there is, you must first call for a timeout. They must first approve the timeout ... You can¡¯t type in the public channel during the game. You can¡¯t say f*ck off in it. You can¡¯t even type hello... ¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve said everything I can remember...¡± Yu Sui was so sleepy, ¡°He remembered it very well. He remembered everything, and he made no mistakes during the game yesterday. There won¡¯t be any problems in the yoffs ...¡± ¡±

    Yu Sui has been ying for so many years. He should be familiar with all the things that needed to be looked out for. Ji Yanhan thought for a while and said, ¡°En, nothing should go wrong if he¡¯s with you.¡±

    Unfortunately, it was too early for Ji Yanhan to rest assured.

 Chapter 21

    Chapter 21

    Ji Yanhan flew back to Shanghai the next day. Yu Sui was left by himself to apany Shi Luo to take the day¡¯s examination. He was in high spirits as he opened a day long live broadcast.

    Shi Luo had already gone through a full day of testing yesterday and so his mood had gradually stabilized. He no longer disyed any intense resistance. When Yu Sui asked him to say hello to the fans in the live room, Shi Luo even forced his lips to stretch, baring a fierce and sinister perfunctory smile.

    Yu Sui was quite satisfied. Regardless whether Shi Luo himself was happy or not, he was very happy anyway.

    After Shi Luo¡¯sst English test, Yu Sui wanted to take him to dinner. Yu Sui¡¯s n was to let Shi Luo rest for a day, and the two of them would return to Shanghai the next day. Who could have expected that as soon as Shi Luo got out of the exam site, he urged, ¡°Call the hotel, we¡¯ll check out now and go directly to the airport. Let¡¯s hurry back to the base.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t understand, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    Shi Luo was burning with impatience, ¡°I haven¡¯t touched my ount in two days! I might have fallen out of the top 50 already!!!¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui was astounded. ¡°Substitute yer Luo Luo, this is the first time I have seen such conscientiousness and dedication. This intense fighting spirit of yours might make me think that you¡¯re trying to usurp my spot in the starting lineup.¡±

    Shi Luo urged again, ¡°I don¡¯t have time to joke around with you. Hurry up! Let¡¯s go back already.¡±

    Yu Sui could only nod his head. He left the car with Ji Yanhan¡¯s local staff, and booked a ne ticket back to Shanghai for him and Shi Luo.

    The two went directly to the airport. After eating whatever was convenient at the airport, they boarded the ne. Throughout the entire thing, neither of them talked. When the ne was about tond, Shi Luo finally couldn¡¯t hold back. He took off his eye mask and hesitantly asked, ¡°You ... you¡¯re not going to ask how the exam went?¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t open his eyes. He asked back in a low voice, ¡°Can I ask?¡±

    It¡¯s been two days. Yu Sui hasn¡¯t asked if the test was difficult or not, if he did well or not. He hasn¡¯t asked anything about the exam. Shi Luo wanted to act like a pretentious prick but wasn¡¯t given any chance to do so. He¡¯d been holding back for so long, he was almost suffocating from it. Shi Luo pretended to be very rxed and casual. He said, aloof, ¡°You can.¡±

    Yu Sui opened his eyes and thought about it. He asked, ¡°Was math ... difficult?¡±

    Shi Luo tried his best to make himself seem indifferent. He shook his head, ¡°It wasn¡¯t difficult.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded his head. He felt relieved. ¡°The questions weren¡¯t difficult. That¡¯s good.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s brows furrowed slightly. A momentter, he corrected him uneasily, ¡°... It wasn¡¯t difficult...for me.¡±

    Shi Luo stressed thest two words ¡ª ¡®for me¡¯.

    Yu Sui raised his eyes and looked at Shi Luo. The corner of his lips rose bit by bit, until finally, he couldn¡¯t help but snort out augh.

    Shi Luo¡¯s face turned red from holding himself back. ¡°What are youughing ...¡±

    Yu Sui tried his best to restrain hisughter, ¡°What score do you think you¡¯ll get?¡±

    Shi Luo tried his best to remain aloof, ¡°About one hundred and three points.¡±

    ¡°Awesome.¡±

    Yu Sui asked about each subjects one by one. Shi Luo indirectly tooted his own horn, his face was flushed with happiness.

    ¡°Hey &#k2026;¡± Yu Yong sat up. ¡°You did so well on the exam, you¡¯re probably not afraid of checking your score, right? How about you open a live broadcast when you check your score?¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t even think about it. ¡°No, it¡¯s stupid.¡±

    Without giving Yu Sui a chance to speak again, Shi Luo said, ¡°Unless you get Chen Huo to make a live broadcast of him answering this year¡¯s math exam.¡±

    Yu Sui had no choice but to give up, ¡°Just kill him, why don¡¯t you? He¡¯d even believe it if you give him the general sciences test and say it¡¯s the math exam.¡±

    The nended smoothly and the two of them took a taxi back to base.

    Once they got back to the base, Yu Sui was no longer Shi Luo¡¯s captain alone.

    Since the day they returned, Shi Luo hardly ever saw Yu Sui.

    The yoffs were just around the corner. Yu Sui was determined to win the championship and they couldn¡¯t afford to waste any more time. He added for himself two full hours of training time every day and spent all day in the training room. Substitute yer Shi Luo didn¡¯t have any practice games he could y in and he didn¡¯t feel like going to the training room to watch his four other teammates practice their tacit gamey. He shut himself in the dorm and focused on improving his score on the national server.

    For a long time, Shi Luo has been very satisfied with his national server ranking. When he wasn¡¯t yet a professional yer, he could already step on a lot of professional yers to score points. Now that he has been trained by a professional team, his rank had risen steadily. He was now in the top fifty, asionally entering into the top forty when he yed particrly well.

    For medics, this could basically be considered as the peak of what can be achieved.

    Of course, that didn¡¯t include Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo clicked on the national server rankings and looked at Whisper¡¯s name firmly rooted in first ce. He was quiet for a long while.

    What was an upational ceiling? Yu Sui was.

    The most terrifying thing was Yu Sui¡¯s numbers. Shi Luo gave a nce at Yu Sui¡¯s KDA; a medic with an average kills per game of 3.2.

    It meant on average, he would get 3.2 heads per game.

    Just how terrifying was this number? Chen Huo, who was ranked 27th on the national server, as a striker, only averaged 6.8 kills per game.

    As a striker, Chen Huo would had more heavy duty firearms than Yu Sui. Medics like Yu Sui only had a close-range pistol and a military-use long dagger.

    In order to leave as much of the public resources to his teammates as he could, Yu Sui also rarely used the pistol, Yu Sui preferred to use the dagger, this cold weapon that didn¡¯t consume any resources.

    FOG was different from the other games where yers obtain tactical resources while fighting. Most other games let yers obtain resources as the yers confronted the enemy and captured more of the map. FOG was just the opposite. From the onset of the game, a total of 10,000 points will be directly allocated to the yers.

    10,000 points. 1,000 to the sniper, 1,000 to the medic, 2,000 each to the two strikers, and 4,000 in public economy for the team to share.

    Of course, yers can¡¯t just use the public economy. Strikers and snipers can only upgrade their equipment and use public economy after they¡¯ve scored a kill. Medics can only upgrade their equipment and use the public economy after they get auxiliary points or perhaps take a head.

    Regardless of whether it¡¯s the personal economy or the public economy that can only be used after killing the enemy, there was 10,000 points in total; not a single point more and there was no means to get any more.

    After you¡¯ve used it up, it was gone.

    Therefore, yers would be very mindful about how to use the economy. If a team already wasted their entire economy while they still haven¡¯t dealt with the enemy, the situation could turn very dire.

    All their weapons would turn into fancy lighters. Without a way to buy bullets, what use was an upgraded firearm?

    At that time, only weapons like daggers could be used. You could just imagine what the result would be if a team tried to match their daggers against their enemy¡¯s bullets.

    Of course, asionally, there would be times when both sides would have used up their resources. They would then enter into a bitter struggle and the game would be even more interesting.

    In an instant, everyone would be transported back to the era of cold weapons.

    Yu Sui was the one who was most fond of this kind of hard battle.

    In the early and middle stages of the game, both sides would have abundant resources. Despite Yu Sui¡¯s order-defying skills it was difficult for him to bridge the gap between the enemy¡¯s firearm advantage and the inherent weakness of a medic. Once all the economy has been exhausted though, the medic¡¯s inherent weakness became void.

    Once everyone can only use cold weapons, who was afraid of whom?

    Yu Sui loved to score his kills during this bitter situation. Since he usually only used a dagger, he practiced this the most. In this kind of situation, few people could win against him.

    As a medic, with a de he became a striker.

    Shi Luo had seen Yu Sui¡¯s kill highlights and had to admit that this was something that couldn¡¯t be acquired with mere practice.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t feel like getting points anymore.

    Even if he asionally wormed up a few more ranks this was all just luck. He would just immediately fall back down. He rocked back and forth between these spots; this was his current level.

    Shi Luo¡¯s current level was about 50 in the national server.

    Shi Luo pushed the keyboard forward and looked at the time ...

    23:35.

    The four were still in ying in the training room.

    Shi Luo was a little annoyed. For the past several days in a row, he ordered for himself, ate his meal by himself and listened to himself speak. He was quickly turning into an invisible person.

    He couldn¡¯t even quarrel with Chen Huo, let alone Yu Sui ... Shi Luo basically couldn¡¯t see anyone.

    A week ago, the two of them had obviously eaten and lived together.

    But now, it seemed like it had happened in some other parallel universe.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t make head or tails of it. He suddenly remembered something he had unintentionally read when he had been searching for Yu Sui¡¯s ID.

    To be Whisper¡¯s fan, you must endure deep chasms of suffering and dizzying heights of happiness.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t treat his fans badly. During the offseason, even if Yu Sui has already fulfilled the requisite number of live broadcast hours, as long as the fans mored on Weibo, he would open a live broadcast, directing a huge amount of traffic to the live broadcast tform for free.

    During the live broadcast, if the fans wanted him to sing, he¡¯d sing; if they wanted him to open the webcam, he would open the webcam. When he was in a good mood, he would even use his mobile phone to do a live broadcast giving the fans a look of the nts and flowers around the base. If a fan says it¡¯s their birthday, Yu Sui would even smile and hum out a few bars of the happy birthday song.

    But this was only during the short offseason.

    Once the season starts in full swing, Yu Sui would rather incur the heavy penalties imposed by the live broadcast tform for months on end rather than open a live broadcast. As long as he doesn¡¯t want to be disturbed, the fans could scream and mor until their voices went hoarse and he still wouldn¡¯t do anything other than practice. His Weibo ount was like a perennial nt, it could be left without a single post for half a year. It was as if he hadpletely evaporated into thin air, disappearing entirely from all social media tforms.

    During the season, Yu Sui focused solely on training and he wouldn¡¯t even give the time of day to anyone. This has been the case since his debut.

    During his early years, there was one time after they had finished a game that a host had jokinglyughed at Yu Sui, saying that he hasn¡¯t done a live broadcast live for 172 consecutive days. The fans are very worried that he wasn¡¯t eating well and smoking too much. Maybe he should say more than a few words to them now? He jokingly asked for the fans if Yu Sui had forgotten his ount name and password for the live broadcast ount. Wasn¡¯t he working too hard during this time?

    Yu Sui¡¯s answer in that video left a deep impression on Shi Luo.

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Of course I have to work hard. If I don¡¯t, wouldn¡¯t it be an embarrassment to all the people who support me? Wouldn¡¯t I be putting them in a difficult position?¡±

    When he had watched this video, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but sigh. How could anyone sidestep this loaded kind of broadcast and give an answer so awe-inspiringly bold and righteous?

    The result was obvious. The fans who criticized Yu Sui for disappearing instantly burst into tears and forgave this jerk.

    Yu Sui had answered it sincerely. He had delivered a truth and he had done so tactfully.

    After all, this wasn¡¯t a fan club. What would you do if you managed the fans but had no results to speak of? In E-sports, results speak.

    The e-sport circle had a special kind of culture, they never blew smoke but were straightforward and simple instead. There was only one irondw, and that was sess.

    Yu Sui¡¯s unspoken words were that if you don¡¯t work hard and don¡¯t produce results, the fans won¡¯t have any confidence to match up against the haters and they can only shut up as the haters stepped all over their faces.

    Gossip and ridicule never cared whether something was true or not. If you can only ept other¡¯s insults, then you would truly be in a difficult position.

    The only thing Yu Sui can truly give his fans was this piece was confidence.

    Since then, every time Yu Sui disappeared, the fans would stay calm and justfort each other. Yu Shen is working hard for us. After watching the match videos, everyone would watch his videos fromst year to satisfy their craving. What? You¡¯ve already memorized every little detail of his videosst year? Then what about the year before? What about three years before? Brother, are you a new fan? Do you need a link?

    The yoffs wereing soon, the fans were still this chill. Shi Luo didn¡¯t have the slightest expectation that Yu Sui would spare some time for him. He clicked the link on the forum he followed, preparing to watch the video of Yu Sui¡¯s debut while eating a midnight snack. He¡¯ll be able to study how he ys. He¡¯ll be killing two birds with one stone.

    Shi Luo picked up his mobile phone to order a midnight snack. Before he could choose something to eat, his phone buzzed. He had a WeChat message.

    [Whisper]: Have you had your midnight snack yet? Want to grab something?

 Chapter 22

    Chapter 22

    [Whisper]: Have you had your midnight snack yet? Want to grab something?

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui¡¯s WeChat, and an inexplicable bout of bad temper red up and he replied, [Not hungry. Not gonna eat. ]

    After sending the message, Shi Luo regretted it. Not to mention anything else, he really was hungry; very, very hungry!

    Shi Luo stared, puzzled, at his mobile phone. He was never the kind of person to say one thing and mean another. So why has he developed this bad habit since meeting Yu Sui?

    How could he order now that he¡¯s said that he¡¯s not hungry and that he won¡¯t eat? If he gets seen when he goes to pickup the delivery ... He¡¯ll be seen as a kid throwing a tantrum, so stupid.

    Shi Luo grabbed his short hair. Irritated, he got up and rummaged through his bag. There wasn¡¯t even half a snack in it. There was only a pack of chewing gum. Shi Luo chewed his gum, looking depressed.

    Five minutester, there was a knock on Shi Luo¡¯s door.

    Shi Luo silently blew a bubblegum bubble. Inwardly, he said, this g man is getting started. He¡¯s getting started again.

    Shi Luo sighed. He stood up to open the door, but he couldn¡¯t help saying a few contrary words, ¡°I told you I wasn¡¯t gonna eat, why on earth are you ...¡±

    Outside the door, Chen Huo¡¯s face was filled with question marks.

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Excuse me ...¡± Chen Huo picked his ears and asked with uncertain surprise, ¡°But did you just ... Were you throwing a tantrum at me? Have you gone crazy from scrambling for points on the national server?¡±

    Shi Luo and Chen Huo looked at each other, both of them feeling disgust in the pit of the stomachs. Now, he really wasn¡¯t hungry.

    Chen Huo soothed his rather uneasy stomach and forced himself to say, ¡°I came up to change clothes and Yu Sui asked me to call you. We¡¯re going out to eat together.¡±

    Shi Luo looked irritable, ¡°I got it. So, go away!¡±

    Chen Huo shrugged and headed to his room.

    Shi Luo went back inside his room. He put on his jacket and donned on a handsome-looking baseball cap. He then grabbed his mobile phone and headed downstairs.

    The five headed for a private hot pot restaurant nearby.

    This hot pot restaurant had a total of eight tables. Each of the partitioned rooms had no door, only a curtain. Everyone entered the restaurant and walked in. It just so happened that the room next to theirs was upied. Fortunately or unfortunately, the diners were industry colleagues, Team Bison.

    It was their opponents during the regr season game where Shi Luo made his debut, the one before his college entrance examination.

    Yu Sui lifted the curtain and said hello. The Bison Team captain hurriedly returned the greeting. The two of them exchanged a few words. Shi Luo was so hungry, all he could think about was quickly getting something to eat. However, the space in the corridor was limited. Yu Sui and Chen Huo were standing at the door of the other team¡¯s private room and so he couldn¡¯t go any further. Shi Luo stood impatiently behind Yu Sui. When he nced inside, he saw one of Team Bison¡¯s members looking at him with an ugly look on his face.

    I¡¯m unhappy because I¡¯m hungry. What could you still be unhappy about when your lips are smeared with chili oil?!

    Shi Luo swept a nce around the room. Besides the one who was ring at him, there was a little man beside him who seemed to look at their team with a bit of hostility.

    Were all the Bison Team members all born in the year of the Bison? Do they all have bad tempers? Are these people sick?

    Yu Sui had finally talked enough, and the five of them entered the next room. Old Qiao sat down and whispered, ¡°That Violent Shu, if looks could kill.¡±

    As though he hadn¡¯t heard, Yu Sui picked up the menu to order and urged them, ¡°Order whatever you guys want? Hurry up, I¡¯m dead on my feet already.¡±

    Shi Luo picked up the menu, ¡°Who¡¯s Violent Shu? Is it that a-hole with chili oil all over his mouth? What¡¯s he unhappy about?¡±

    Yu Sui frowned, ¡°Order.¡±

    Puppy was sitting next to Shi Luo. He leaned towards Shi Luo and whispered, ¡°Before ying thatst match with us, Bison was ranked fifth in the regr season, only a little lower than the fourth ranked LAD. If they¡¯d won that best of three, they would have jumped to fourth. ¡±

    ¡°If you take a look at the schedule for the yoffs, fourth ce has a much more dominant position than fifth. You¡¯ll y one less match. Of course, your chances of getting to the finals is also a little better. The fifth ce ... just in case you wash out in the first round, what would you do? But fourth ce is different. The fourth ce team will only y from the second round. ¡±

    ¡°When Bison heard you were going up, they were ecstatic.¡± Puppy lowered his voice even further, ¡°When they heard Yu Sui was going to rece Chen Huo as striker, they were over the moon. They thought they were already a shoe-in for the second round. ¡±

    Puppy sat up properly, picked up the menu and said, ¡°But in the end ... you know what happened. They¡¯re still in fifth and they failed to reverse their fortunes.¡±

    Shi Luo was speechless, ¡°I won fair and square. His skills didn¡¯t match up so what¡¯s he upset for?¡±

    Yu Sui gave Shi Luo a warning look, ¡°... Go and order.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s because they already talked big on their official blog. Now, they feel that they¡¯ve embarrassed themselves.¡± Chen Huo also turned his nose up at Bison¡¯s sore loser attitude. ¡°They thought we had a freakish lineup. A substitute medic and a non-specialized striker. They were sure they could win. But unfortunately, even if we just y casually, they still wouldn¡¯t be able to beat us.¡±

    Old Qiao whispered, ¡°Don¡¯t talk like that. Actually, only Violent Shu and that new substitute have a bit of a bad temper. The rest didn¡¯t take it to heart. Look, weren¡¯t they nice enough just now? Don¡¯t mention it anymore. Let¡¯s just eat.¡±

    Chen Huo thought about it and had a realization, ¡°Oh yeah, that Violent Shu is also a neer and a medic too. It just so happened it was also his first match that day. He probably wanted to show Shi Luo. I guess he didn¡¯t expect Shi Luo would show him up instead and take the MVP title to boot. Sigh ... I don¡¯t understand you medics, isn¡¯t it good enough to be a cute and gentle little milk tank? Why is your hunger for victory even more intense that us strikers¡¯? ¡±

    There were two medics in this table of five. Yu Sui and Shi Luo both looked up at Chen Huo at the same time. Chen Huo waved his hand and said, ¡°Sorry, sorry. Let¡¯s order.¡±

    The five quickly ordered their food. This restaurant served dishes slowly; they were ready just when the pot started to boil. The five of them chatted about the yoff arrangements while eating. Old Qiao took the opportunity to educate Shi Luo. ¡°There¡¯s no difference between the yoffs and the regr season, except that the best of three turns into a best of five. Since we¡¯re leading in points for the regr season, the initial games have nothing to do with us. We¡¯ll only y in the semifinals and finals ... ¡±

    Yu Sui took a sip of his drink, ¡°Have you guys made your preparations for the finals?¡±

    Old Qiao sighed, ¡°This is the same old song and dance. What¡¯s there to be afraid of?¡±

    Old Qiao continued and told Shi Luo at the same time, ¡°Aside from having more spectators and a slightly more tedious process it¡¯s no different from the regr season. Just follow the instructions that Yu Sui told you before, but ... you shouldn¡¯t be going up to y so, there probably won¡¯t be any problems. ¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. ¡°You can just stare at the water dispenser.¡±

    Shi Luo pouted but he himself knew clearly. The team wouldn¡¯t risk putting a substitute yer like himself in the lineup for the semi-finals and finals. He took a big sip of watermelon juice and got up, ¡°I¡¯m going to the bathroom.¡±

    The corridor of this hot pot was f*cking winding and strange. Shi Luo walked around for a long time before finding the bathroom. He went in, relieved himself and walked out to wash his hands.

    He was just in time to run into Violent Shu, the one who had been staring at him earlier.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t feel like greeting him. He stepped forward to wash his hands.

    To the side, Violent Shu had on a foul expression on his face. He washed his hands and instead of drying it using the hand dryer or wiping it, he shook it directly. The water droplets sprinkled on Shi Luo¡¯s face.

    Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°What are you doing?!¡±

    Violent Shu turned his head and looked at Shi Luo. He smiled provocatively, ¡°Rx, Master¡¯s hands have been cleaned. This is water not urine.¡±

    Shi Luo heard him and immediately ced his two fingers directly against the water faucet spout. The water pressure increased and a jet of water squirted out following Shi Luo¡¯s fingertips, spraying Violent Shu full in the face.

    Shi Luo said with a nk expression, ¡°Rx, Master hasn¡¯t had time to wash his hands just now. I¡¯m pretty sure that was urine and not water.¡±

    Violent Shu instantly blew his top.

    In the private room, Old Qiao took a bite of crown daisy. ¡°What¡¯s taking him so long?¡±

    The corner of Yu Sui¡¯s mouth ticked up slightly, ¡°The young ones take longer.¡±

    Old Qiao smirked and sighed, ¡°I¡¯m not that much older than Shi Luo, but just look at him ...He flew back immediately after the college entrance examinations and spent the entire night raising his rank on the national server. What¡¯s with that physical constitution? What¡¯s with that steely resolve? With his inte addiction as bad as this, what else could he do besides enter into our line of work?¡±

    Chen Huo scoffed, ¡°He¡¯s been getting points for so long but his still isn¡¯t as good as mine.¡±

    Puppy said, ¡°It¡¯s already good enough. Did you think about when you first debuted? And really, in that game before his college entrance examination, with how calm and steady he was, who can tell that this was his first time ying?

    ¡°But he wasn¡¯t calm and steady!¡± Chen Huo nitpicked and said fussily, ¡°Why don¡¯t you ask Yu Sui? He prepped him so well it was just short of telling him how many steps he needed to take from the backstage lounge to the stage and whether he should use his right or left foot first! If I had a senior who looked after me that well when I debuted, I would have been way more calm and collected than he was! ¡±

    Old Qiao took a look outside. ¡°I don¡¯t know how many steps there are from the lounge to the stage but I¡¯m quite clear just how far it is from here to the toilet ... It¡¯s just a few steps, why hasn¡¯t he returned yet?¡±

    Yu Sui frowned slightly.

    Puppy took a bite of green bamboo shoots and suddenly thought of something. He said quietly, ¡°Captain, you taught Shi Luo so many of theplicated rules and regtions. But did you tell him about that high-voltage wire that he absolutely mustn¡¯t touch? That one that could get him immediately retired?¡±

    Yu Sui got up and quickly walked out of the private room. He lifted open the curtain to the private room next door...

    Several of the Bison team member looked bewilderedly back at him.

    Violent Shu wasn¡¯t there.

    Yu Sui walked directly to the bathroom without saying a word. He bypassed the winding corridor and before he even reached the bathroom, Yu Sui already heard sounds of something being smashed. His scalp instantly went numb.

    The door to the bathroom was locked. The staff of restaurant were hurriedly going round in circles. Ceaseless cussing could be heard from inside. Yu Sui was hit by a bout of anxiety and with a single kick, knocked open the door to the bathroom.

    In the bathroom, one of the two huge decorative vases has been smashed, and the broken porcin pieces were littered on the ground. Both Shi Luo and Violent Shu were rolling around on the floor. Shi Luo¡¯s face was pale, his eyes were red. He had a deathly tight grip on Violent Shu¡¯s shoulder. With a forceful flip, he pressed Violent Shu against the floor. Shi Luo turned his wrist, and Yu Sui immediately saw that Shi Luo¡¯s arm was stained with blood.

    Yu Sui looked at the blood on Shi Luo¡¯s hand, his brain went nk for a moment, and his heart almost stopped.

    Yu Sui pounced on them and pulled Shi Luo from the ground. Shi Luo said angrily, ¡°Stop pulling at me! I¡¯m gonna kill this assh*le!¡±

    Yu Sui wished he could stuff Shi Luo inside the trunk of his car. ¡°Shut up! Follow me!¡±

    ¡°Ask him what he said! You ask him!¡± Shi Luo struggled incessantly. He struck out with his foot, still wanting to kick the Violent bastard. ¡°Come at me if you can! Come at me!!!¡±

    Violent Shu took this opportunity to get up. He wiped the corner of his mouth which was bleeding from a hit and starting throwing insults, ¡°I just called you a son of a b*tch, you son of a b*tch! Son of a b*tch! Which b*tch untied her pants and had you, huh?!!! ¡±

    Blue veins burst out on Shi Luo¡¯s forehead. In an instant, Shi Luo pounced again and Yu Sui barely managed to get his arms around him to hold him back.

    Shi Luo struggled and yelled at Yu Sui, ¡°Didn¡¯t you hear what he said?!¡±

    ¡°I heard ...¡± Shi Luo was too strong. Yu Sui knew that he couldn¡¯t hold on for long. He tried his best to restrain Shi Luo in his arms. He said, ¡°If you don¡¯t stop, I will absolutely ... dismiss you ... I mean it.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s entire body went ck.

    Not giving Shi Luo a chance to react, Violent Shu, who had already lost all reason, took the other decorative vase and swung it.

    There was nowhere to dodge in this small space. Yu Sui¡¯s eyes quivered and he instinctively hugged Shi Luo from the back.

    Yu Sui locked Shi Luo tightly in his arms, and in the next second, the vase was smashed loudly straight against Yu Sui¡¯s back.

 Chapter 23

    Chapter 23

    When all their other teammates came, this was the scene that greeted them.

    Team Bison¡¯s captain looked at Yu Sui and his face instantly turned white.

    It would have been fine if it were just a couple of neers having a bit of a tussle.

    But now that he¡¯s touched Yu Sui, this had turned into a huge matter.

    Shi Luo was stunned for half a second. After he realized what had happened, he roared madly at Violent Shu, ¡°You f*cking asshole!!!¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes fell to the pieces of broken porcin closest to him. His eyes turned cold and a crazy thought suddenly shed in his mind. Yu Sui realized what Shi Luo was nning and he grabbed onto his shoulder. Shi Luo struggled but he was unexpectedly unable to move even the slightest bit.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t want to hit you. Laozi just...¡±

    Violent Shu had smashed that vase ruthlessly against his back and Yu Sui had no idea what condition his back was in right now. At this moment, he was in so much pain, he couldn¡¯t help breaking out in a cold sweat. Yu Sui tried to restrain his anger and pushed Shi Luo towards Old Qiao. ¡°Take him and lock him up in the car.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s head was about to explode in anger. ¡°I ...¡±

    Yu Sui said coldly, ¡°I told you. If you make another move, I¡¯ll definitely dismiss you.¡±

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth. In an instant, he no longer dared to move.

    Shi Luo¡¯s whole body was shaking uncontrobly. Yu Sui turned to look at Old Qiao. Old Qiao restrained his anger and dragged Shi Luo away.

    It was only then that Yu Sui turned back to the deathly pale Violent Shu.

    After Shi Luo sprayed him with water, they both got into a cussing match. He thought that it was just a matter of swearing at each other a few times and then that would be that. He hadn¡¯t considered that Shi Luo would have an even worse temper than he did. The two had been exchanging some ugly words when Violent Shu said something, he¡¯d already forgotten what, and Shi Luo immediately struck out. Violent Shu naturally wouldn¡¯t just stand there and take a beating. Things escted from there.

    Violent Shu¡¯s voice quivered. He suddenly thought of something and he hurriedly said, ¡°That¡¯s right! Shi Luo hit me first! Don¡¯t me me!¡±

    Team Bison¡¯s sniper gulped. He tried to follow it up. ¡°If it had been Shi Luo who hit first...¡±

    ¡°Was there surveince of it?¡± Yu Sui asked, ¡°Do you have any evidence that Shi Luo hit first?¡±

    Violent Shu said anxiously, ¡°Ask him yourself! He¡¯ll admit it!¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°He¡¯s gone. I can even say he wasn¡¯t even here today. I¡¯m asking you now, is there surveince in this toilet? Can you prove that he hit you?¡±

    ¡°How could there be surveince in the toilet...¡± Grumpy Shu was thoroughly dazed, ¡°What do you mean? If he didn¡¯t do it, then what? I hit myself?! Where did the wound on my facee from? Didn¡¯t you just see it yourself?¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t see it.¡± Yu Sui turned hostile faster than turning a page in a book. He looked coldly at Violent Shu. ¡°But you just hit me. These people all saw it. There are both witnesses and material evidence for that.¡±

    Chen Huo suppress the impulse to immediately kill this Violent Shu. He said, ¡°The door was open just now. I think the surveince in the corridor reaches into here. We¡¯ve got evidence and witnesses to support that you hit Yu Sui just now.¡±

    ¡°You should go to the hospital first. I¡¯ll take you there.¡± The captain of the Bison Team was dripping with cold sweat. He stepped forward and said to Yu Sui, ¡°Let¡¯s leave talk about anything else for now. We should get your back seen to first &#k2026;¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not urgent.¡± Yu Sui¡¯s lips were pale, but his tone was as usual. ¡°It¡¯s better to rify this matter right now. Puppy, find the owner and get the surveince.¡±

    Puppy agreed, but he didn¡¯t move. He continued to watch the members of Team Bison. He was on guard against someone striking out with a hit. With fewer people, they would be at a disadvantage.

    The Bison Team captain nced at Puppy and realized that Yu Sui wanted to settle things in private. He steeled his resolve and said, ¡°We¡¯re about to enter the yoffs. If this gets out, it¡¯ll be bad for everyone. So, let¡¯s ...¡±

    ¡°What do you mean it would be bad for everyone?¡± Yu Sui looked at the Bison Team captain and narrowed his eyes. ¡°Shi Luo didn¡¯t hit anyone and neither did I. What do we have to be afraid of?¡±

    Violent Shu still didn¡¯t understand. He continued to scream angrily, ¡°He hit me! Shi Luo hit me!!!¡±

    The Bison Team captain wanted to wring Violent Shu¡¯s neck!

    Yu Sui looked at Violent Shu and couldn¡¯t help smiling, ¡°Why don¡¯t you shout a little louder?¡±

    ¡°Shut up, you!!!¡± The captain of the Bison Team wanted nothing more than to stuff Violent Shu in the toilet. He was left with no choice. He could only probe out and discuss things with Yu Sui, ¡°We will, of course, cover all medical expenses. Then ... I guarantee that what happened today won¡¯t get out. I¡¯ll handle things with the hot pot restaurant. We can deal with the surveince and any videos the staff might have taken... All will be dealt with. I promise, what happened today will definitely die in this bathroom. When we walk out this door, no one will know about it. Ok? ¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression rxed somewhat. He looked at Violent Shu.

    The Bison Team captain hesitated and said, ¡°Violent Shu ... a game ban.¡±

    Yu Sui sneered.

    The Bison Team Captain gritted his teeth, ¡°Violent Shu is banned for the entire yoffs, and a penalty of a quarter year¡¯s sry will be issued.¡±

    Violent Shu howled incredulously, ¡°Whatever for? Shi Luo hit me too! Why isn¡¯t he being suspended or fined!¡±

    ¡°Because you hit Whisper just now!!!¡± Bison Team¡¯s striker couldn¡¯t bear it. He stepped forward and covered Violent Shu¡¯s mouth. He growled lowly in his throat, ¡°Are you really going to kill yourself and our team? If it gets out that you got into a fight with Shi Luo and hit Yu Sui too, it would be enough for the league to remove you from the registered yers list! Do you want to retire?! ¡±

    Violent Shu was dazed. Cold sweat instantly dripped down his forehead.

    He was also a neer, and he hadn¡¯t known that the punishment for violence would be so serious. But he still wasn¡¯t willing to give up. He said weakly, ¡°But Shi Luo hit me too...¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re lucky Shi Luo hit you!¡± The Bison Team¡¯s striker was going to die from anger from this blockhead¡¯s stupidity. ¡°If he didn¡¯t, would FS be willing to swallow this and settle privately?! The one you just smashed that vase against is Yu Sui!!! Do you really think they¡¯re afraid of causing trouble? They don¡¯t want Shi Luo to be penalized! So stupid!!! ¡±

    Violent Shu sobered down a bit. He was ovee with dyed fear and he didn¡¯t dare speak again.

    Chen Huo pressed down on his anger. ¡°Everyone ... Everyone has gone through a lot to be able to y in the first league and get to this point. It hasn¡¯t been easy so stop trying to look for trouble. If you¡¯re looking to die then go do it by yourself. Don¡¯t go dragging any of our team into it. Let¡¯s call it a day. Yu Sui ... we¡¯re going to the hospital. ¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Get a copy of the surveince. Once we¡¯ve got it, we¡¯ll leave.¡±

    Puppy gave Yu Sui an uneasy nce. Once he was sure that a fight wouldn¡¯t break out again, he went to find the hot pot restaurant owner.

    Chen Huo shot a nce at everyone on Team Bison and said coldly, ¡°Right, we¡¯ll leave with the surveince, to guard against them.¡±

    Not long after, Puppy came back and the three of them headed out. The t-shirt Yu Sui had on had already been soaked in cold sweat. Puppy said anxiously, ¡°Are you all right? Should I carry you? Get in the car.¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head, ¡°Let them go first. Have Old Qiao take Shi Luo back to the base ... Let¡¯s take a taxi.¡±

    Chen Huo was puzzled, ¡°You need to get to the hospital ASAP. What do you mean you¡¯re taking a taxi?¡±

    Puppy understood, ¡°OK ... Sigh, how can you not understand? Wouldn¡¯t it be awkward for Shi Luo to go with us to the hospital now? Let¡¯s have him calm down first.¡±

    Puppy hailed a cab. Chen Huo pped his forehead and hurriedly helped Yu Sui into the car.

    After arriving at the hospital, Yu Sui had tests and x-rays taken and he went in for an examination. When Chen Huo saw Yu Sui¡¯s reddened back, he felt a chill run down his spine. Yu Sui¡¯s entire back was covered in clotted blood. It was a horrible sight to see.

    However, Yu Sui was still very lucky. The result came out immediately. None of his bones were hurt, but he had soft tissue contusions.

    Yu Sui was relieved and finally couldn¡¯t help cursing, ¡°F*ck, it hurts like a b*tch ...¡±

    Chen Huo listened to the doctor and was relieved to hear that there weren¡¯t any major problems. ¡°That¡¯s good. That¡¯s good.¡±

    The doctor looked at these three boys who couldn¡¯t be older than his grandchildren, and said coldly, ¡°What¡¯s so good about this? Do you know how dangerous it is to get an injury on your back? If you identally break your ribs, it wouldn¡¯t be so easy to put it back in this position. What more if you hurt your spine? ¡±

    Yu Sui obediently epted the scolding. He really wanted to record the doctor¡¯s words and y it back to Shi Luo. He endured the pain and said, ¡°You¡¯re right.¡±

    ¡°Making trouble and getting into fight at such a young age. How worried your parent must be when they find out?!¡± The doctor red at Yu Sui. ¡°You shouldn¡¯t be staying out sote. Do you know how much pain you¡¯ll cause your parents when they see you like this?¡±

    Yu Sui lowered his head and smiled, ¡°Yes, if my mother finds out she¡¯ll be very distressed ... I can¡¯t let her know.¡±

    The doctor was dissatisfied, ¡°You¡¯ll have to stay in the hospital and you¡¯re not going to tell her? You¡¯re not going to let your guardiane?¡±

    ¡°My guardian ...¡± Yu Sui smiled in anger. ¡°It¡¯s fine. I¡¯ll just take care of myself. Would you please let me lie down? It really hurts.¡±

    The old doctor again reminded them again of the matters needing attention and then had the nurse handle Yu Sui¡¯s hospitalization procedure.

    Half an hourter, Yu Sui finally got his wish and hey on the bed.

    The nurses in the evening shift were all young girls. Yu Sui felt embarrassed to be swearing in front of the girls. And so, through putting in the IV and changing his bandages, he was cursing up a storm inwardly. He was almost suffocated to death.

    Puppy frowned, ¡°What undeserved bad luck. I just don¡¯t understand you, Shi Luo looks like he grew up fighting. It would have been fine to leave him to it for a bit. But you just had to ... Yu Sui, don¡¯t you think you¡¯re being a little too good to him?¡±

    ¡°I asked for it, okay? I¡¯m going f*cking weak. No one can say anything about what happened today ...¡± Yu Sui was in so much pain, he was starting to break out in a cold sweat. ¡°You hear me?¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re a little toote there.¡± Puppy, who was paring an apple for Yu Sui, nced silently at his mobile phone, ¡°Old Qiao has already told your guardian.¡±

    Yu Sui almost sat up, and Puppy added, ¡°It¡¯s not your parents, it¡¯s the boss.¡±

    Yu Sui rxed and frowned, ¡°What¡¯s the matter with Old Qiao ... The captain¡¯s has been so busy recently. There was no need to tell him. Everything¡¯s already been dealt with.¡±

    An hour ago, Ji Yanhan was in a chaotic meeting. He blocked one ear with one hand, and tried to listen to his mobile phone with the other. He said loudly, ¡°What are you talking about? Who fought with whom? Speak louder!!!¡±

    After listening to Old Qiao, Ji Yanhan though he must be losing it and hearing things.

    Ji Yanhan walked to a quiet spot in the corridor. He said incredulously, ¡°You mean ...¡±

    ¡°Three medics... Are you sure it was three milk tanks. Not some other profession?¡±

    ¡°Then these three milk tanks ... in the hot pot restaurant¡¯s restroom, had a fight?¡±

    ¡°And someone got beaten up?¡±

    Ji Yanhan was utterly difited, ¡°Are you insane?! Why would three medics stay upte and go gather in the toilet of a hotpot restaurant to have a fight in the middle of the night?!¡±

    In the hospital, Puppy sighed, ¡°It couldn¡¯t be helped. Our team¡¯s medics are both such ruthless characters. FS Team¡¯s first incident of violence since its foundation and the participants were actually our first line and substitute medics. It truly is unexpected.¡±

    Chen Huo, who had to scramble against Yu Sui for kills in-game said, ¡°Thanks but I¡¯m really not surprised at all.¡±

    Puppy sighed, ¡°What was that saying? I remember there was a saying that praised this kind of behavior ...¡±

    Yu Sui was lying on the bed, enduring pain and ying mobile games to divert his attention, ¡°... Weapons over rouge.¡±

    ¡°Yes, that¡¯s right.¡± Puppy nodded. ¡°Don¡¯t our medics have such high aspirations! To want weapons over rouge. They were talking about you.¡±

    Puppy curiously said, ¡°Can I ask you something? When you usually serve as our auxiliary, do you feel particrly resentful? Did this resentment gradually umte in your body bit by bit, bit by bit, until today...¡±

    ¡°For sure.¡± Chen Huo said quietly, ¡°Puppy, don¡¯t you know? You never noticed? Yu Sui¡¯sputer screensaver is the character for ¡®endure¡¯.¡±

    Chen Huo looked at Yu Sui, ¡°I always wanted to ask, but I didn¡¯t dare to. I always felt in my heart that that character ¡®endure¡¯ had a lot to do with me.¡±

    ¡°You guessed it,¡± Yu Sui calmly said while ying the game. ¡°I have to read the word ¡®endure¡¯ 10,000 times a day to prevent bloodshed in the base. Now that I can¡¯t see my screensaver, I probably can¡¯t bear it anymore. Are you two sure you want to be provoking me? ¡±

    Chen Huo and Puppy thought about the Yu Sui-Shi Luo medic team up in the hot pot restaurant and they decided shut up and stop with their bb.

 Chapter 24

    Chapter 24

    The painkiller gradually took effect and Yu Sui felt a little bit better. He chased away the two to return back to the base. Chen Huo and Puppy discussed it. Chen Huo would return to the base to sleep first, and Puppy would stay with him.

    Yu Sui had no choice. ¡°What are you doing here? I¡¯m just going to sleep. Tomorrow morning, you can just ask the manager to find someone toe over.¡±

    Puppyy down on the caregiver¡¯s bed and said calmly. ¡°Did you not listen to what the nurse said just now? With this kind ofrge area soft tissue contusion you need ... need ... what do you need?¡±

    Yu Sui bit the pillow from pain. ¡°Need to rest and avoid excessive movement.¡±

    ¡°Right. No excessive movements.¡± Puppy crossed his hands over his stomach. He said, calm and dispassionately, ¡°Don¡¯t be shy if you need to go wee-wee in a while. Tell Big Brother Puppy and Big Brother Puppy will get the chamber pot and even whistle for you.¡±

    Yu Sui gritted his teeth, ¡°Thank you but no.¡±

    Puppy sighed. He put on his headphones and listened to theedy show, ignoring Yu Sui.

    At the FS base, Chen Huo quietly opened the main gate, entered the door and went to head upstairs. In the dark, there was a vague silhouette of something on the sofa. Chen Huo frowned, bent forward and stepped forward a few steps. When he reached the sofa, that indistinct immediately said, ¡°How¡¯s the captain?¡±

    Chen Huo was almost scared to death.

    ¡°Would it kill you turn on amp?¡± Chen Su was so angry, he wanted to hit someone. ¡°Who goes around staying up thiste and pretending to be a freakin¡¯ ghost?¡±

    This was the first time that Shi Luo was shouted at by Chen Huo that he didn¡¯t fight back. He was silent for a moment and asked again, ¡°How is the captain?¡±

    When Chen Huo heard Shi Luo¡¯s thick nasally voice, he couldn¡¯t help but smile, ¡°Hey, are you crying? You are, aren¡¯t you? Haha ... For real? Turn on the lights and let me see ...¡±

    In the dark, Shi Luo said indignantly, ¡°No! I¡¯m asking you something!¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s with your attitude?¡± Chen Huo said resentfully, ¡°Wasn¡¯t it you who caused all this trouble today? What are you still acting high and mighty for?¡±

    Shi Luo stopped talking once again.

    ¡°Yu Sui... I don¡¯t know how he¡¯s doing right now either.¡± Chen Huo lied between his teeth, ¡°The doctor didn¡¯t give a definite answer.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart tightened, ¡°What does it mean if he didn¡¯t give a definite answer?!¡±

    Chen Huo casually made stuff up, ¡°Meaning ...¡±

    ¡°Oh, I remember.¡± Chen Huo said seriously, ¡°The doctor said so, if Yu Sui can make it until next spring, then there is still hope for his injury. You could say by then that he¡¯s already ovee it.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Chen Huo said ambiguously, ¡°Are you happy now? Yu Sui won¡¯t be able to y in the meantime. You have seeded in bing our FS team¡¯s empress. Bet you¡¯re secretly happy.¡±

    Chen Huo then turned to head up the stairs. When he passed the sofa, he tripped over the carpet and almost fell. Chen Hu turned on the light, cursing under his breath. On the sofa, Shi Luo tried to avoid the re from themp. Chen Huo turned to look and froze.

    Shi Luo was crouched in a corner of the sofa, his eyes and nose werepletely red. When Chen Huo turned on the light, Shi Luo immediately turned his head around, turning his back to Chen Huo and facing the wall.

    Chen Huo sighed, who could stand this?

    Chen Huo, a through and through straight man, couldn¡¯t help it anymore. He walked back helplessly, sitting on the sofa opposite Shi Luo. Frowning, he said, ¡°Fine. No need to hide. I didn¡¯t say anything that bad to you. Let¡¯s have a chat. ¡°

    Shi Luo said hoarsely, ¡°I¡¯m not talking with you.¡±

    ¡°OK, I¡¯m gonna tell you the truth.¡± Chen Huo honestly said, ¡°None of his bones were hurt. Just a lot of soft tissue contusion. In fact, it would have been fine if even if he didn¡¯t get admitted to the hospital. There are no major problems. He should be discharged tomorrow or the day after. Fortunately, we got to the hospital in a time. If we¡¯d gone a day or twoter, his injuries would have gotten a lot worse. ¡±

    Shi Luo turned his head and asked distrustfully, ¡°Really?¡±

    ¡°Really. Would I have been able toe back here to sleep if there was anything the matter?¡± Chen Huo picked his ears, ¡°He¡¯s in a lot of pain, alright. His entire back is ck and blue. Scary stuff.¡±

    Shi Luo hesitated and asked in a low voice, ¡°Can I go to see him?¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s the use of going at this hour? He must be asleep already.¡± Chen Huo was also dead on his feet. Hey back against the backrest of the sofa, ¡°We¡¯ll talk about it tomorrow.¡±

    Shi Luo lowered his head and said after a long while, ¡°Thanks.¡±

    Chen Huo raised his eyes and said uncertainly, ¡°What ... did you just say to me?¡±

    Shi Luo paused and said again, ¡°Thank you.¡±

    Chen Huo wished he could have recorded it! Shi Luo actually thanked him!

    ¡°That¡¯s something you don¡¯t hear every day. You actually said thank you to me...¡±

    Chen Huo stopped himself from smiling. He looked at Shi Luo¡¯s thoroughly red eyes and asked in a low tone of voice, ¡°Do you regret it?¡±

    Shi Luo bowed his head and said nothing.

    He regretted it. Of course, he regretted it. He already regretted it so much, he could die.

    Chen Huo looked at Shi Luo¡¯s expression and said quietly, ¡°I hope you¡¯re not regretting that you didn¡¯t fight well enough today and Shi Luo got injured.¡±

    Chen Huo had hit the nail on the head and Shi Luo averted his eyes, looking elsewhere.

    ¡°Injuries are the least of the problems you could have gotten from today¡¯s incident.¡± Chen Huo dropped his joking tone of voice. ¡°If today¡¯s incident had gotten out, or if it had happened backstage after a match, in front of everyone, do you know what would have happened?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Chen Huo.

    ¡°The most lenient punishment would have been ... You and Violent Shu would have been banned from ying for an entire season and then both of you would be expelled from your team.¡± Chen Huo calmly said, ¡°In serious cases, you two would have been banned for life.¡±

    For the first time, a look of panic shed through Shi Luo¡¯s eyes.

    He cannot afford to be suspended.

    ¡°Think the punishment¡¯s too strict?¡±

    ¡°A lot of people ...¡± Chen Huo saidzily, ¡°look down on our industry. They think we¡¯re a bunch of uneducated, ignorant teenagers who do nothing but swear all the time. The only thing we know how to do is y games. We¡¯re not doing honest work. We¡¯re a bunch of dropouts who have gambled away our future prospects...¡±

    ¡°But is that really how things are?¡± Chen Huo looked at Shi Luo, ¡°I¡¯ll ask you.¡±

    ¡°How many professions are there where when you utter a single swear word, you get deducted 10,000 yuan?¡±

    ¡°And how many industries are there where you¡¯d be dismissed and banned from the entire industry for getting in a fight in private?¡±

    ¡°They think everyone¡¯s too young. They think we¡¯re impulsive and that we all too readily ignore the consequences. The league management is bing more and more demanding and they¡¯re trying to regte our behavior ... They also want to reverse the public¡¯s impression of us, although, up to now, there are still so many people who look down on us.¡± Chen Huo got up. He looked at Shi Luo and said, ¡°But will there be a day when they¡¯ll acknowledge us?¡±

    Saying so, Chen Huo felt his teeth sour and goosebumps rise all over. ¡°F*ck, next time, I¡¯ll leave discussion of this kind of ideological and moral lessons to Old Qiao. I can¡¯t stand this.¡±

    Shi Luo bowed his head in embarrassment and rubbed his nose.

    ¡°Looks like Yu Sui also thinks it¡¯s too unreasonable. He didn¡¯t feel like talking about these things. And these things simply doesn¡¯t need to be said. After ying for a year, you¡¯ll slowly pick these things naturally. Who could have guessed you¡¯d hit a high-tension wire as soon as you stepped into the industry?¡± Chen Huo pursed his lips. ¡°Is it just because you have a bad temper? You think I don¡¯t have a bad temper? When I first started ying professionally, I made a major mistake in the match that cost us the game. When I left the stadium, a fan poured his unfinished milk tea over my head. My head was covered in the stuff. My lungs were about to explode. The man was less than two meters away from me. I wanted to fight back and I absolutely could, but could I really? ¡±

    ¡°If Iid hands on him, what would happen to me? What would happen to the team?¡± Chen Huo raised an eyebrow. ¡°Do you understand?¡±

    Shi Luo honestly gave an ¡°en¡±.

    ¡°As long as you understand. Anyway, this matter was more scary than dangerous. Yu Sui has already smoothed out matters this time. Even if the league finds out, with no evidence, they¡¯ll just ignore it.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded and whispered, ¡°Then ... Can I send a WeChat to the captain?¡±

    ¡°Why not?¡± Chen Huo shrugged. ¡°But I¡¯m sure you won¡¯t get any reply back now. He¡¯s asleep by now. You can just message him tomorrow.¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but ask, ¡°Will he ... ignore me now?¡±

    Chen Huoughed, ¡°You think he¡¯d go that far? At most, he¡¯ll probably scold you a bit. So, just listen honestly and then apologize, alright? He has never very good at lecturing people, and he¡¯s never one to turn over old ounts. It¡¯ll be fine.¡±

    Chen Huo looked at Shi Luo and smiled, ¡°Just use that little dog hyper energy of yours into your apology. Yu Sui has never been as soft on me as he is on you.¡±

    Shi Luo bowed his head. It was only now that he felt a bit relieved.

    Chen Huo looked at Shi Luo. He was actually worried about another thing.

    If word doesn¡¯t reach the officials, then the league won¡¯t care. But what about the boss? Will he be able to stand this?

    Chen Huo¡¯s prediction had been spot on. Ji Yanhan couldn¡¯t stand it.

    Early the next day, Ji Yanhan went to the hospital to take a look at Yu Sui¡¯s injury. After confirming that there were no problems, he sat down and rubbed his forehead. ¡°Good. At least, this issue didn¡¯t blow up. I rmend he be transferred to another team.¡±

    Yu Sui pretended not to hear. He looked at Ji Yanhan and noticed his bloodshot eyes. He asked, ¡°Did you not sleep at allst night? What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s a problem in Minmin¡¯s father¡¯spany. It¡¯s okay now.¡± Ji Yanhan said unhappily, ¡°Don¡¯t try to change the subject. I¡¯m trying to have a serious discussion here. Hurry up and send this young man away. He¡¯s too dangerous. He¡¯s just entered the team and look at what he¡¯s already gotten into. What moreter?¡±

    Yu Sui said to Puppy, ¡°Big Brother Puppy, can you buy me some congee. Remember to bring a salted duck egg.¡±

    Puppy understood that the two were going to quarrel. He sensibly left as to avoid being cannon fodder.

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Mine.¡±

    ¡°Right now, he¡¯s no different from an industry outsider. There¡¯s a lot he doesn¡¯t know about yet.¡± Yu Sui assured. ¡°I¡¯ll tell him all about theseter.¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s already yed in a match. How can he be considered an outsider?¡± Ji Yanhanughed in spite himself, ¡°Don¡¯t joke! I told you that I don¡¯t have much time to waste here. I¡¯m going to leave soon so you better give me a decision as to which team we¡¯ll be sending him now. I will have someone talk to them today. How about Miracle? ¡±

    Ji Yanhan tried his best to discuss it with Yu Sui. ¡°Send him to Team Miracle. That team¡¯s not bad and they have a spot for a medic. If he goes there, he can be a starter. His situation there will be a lot better than here with us. He can make the best use of his abilities.¡±

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t helpughing. ¡°Team Miracle¡¯s got no chance in hell at this year¡¯s world championship. How is that better? And they¡¯ve cultivated a team full of bullies. Who could stand that?¡±

    Ji Yanhan said again, ¡°Then to Bison. It just so happened their medic has been suspended.¡±

    ¡°What a great arrangement!¡± Yu Sui smiled from anger. ¡°Later, when they talk about it, Shi Luo can boast that he really fought for and won this spot on Bison¡¯s starting line-up with his own hands. Awesome!¡±

    Ji Yanhan said impatiently, ¡°Then where should he go?¡±

    ¡°I admit, I did consider letting him sign with other teams before, but I only considered NSN. But I was hesitant even about NSN at the time.¡± Yu Sui didn¡¯t even think about it. ¡°Not to mention other teams, it¡¯s simply impossible.¡±

    ¡°We cannot give him to NSN!¡± Ji Yanhan simply came right out with it. ¡°The only thing they¡¯re missing now is a medic! If we hand over a medic over to them, NSN will immediately be in a position to challenge us. I can never agree.¡±

    ¡°Then there¡¯s no need to discuss this matter. I don¡¯t want to quarrel with you.¡± Yu Sui said coldly, ¡°And I simply can¡¯t sell him.¡±

    Ji Yanhan was so angry hisplexion was starting to change. Yu Sui said, ¡°You¡¯ve already seen what kind of temper he has. If no one¡¯s there to look out for him, what if something happens in the future and he gets banned for life?¡±

    Ji Yanhan burst out, ¡°Whether he lives or dies, what¡¯s it to you? I knew that at first, you were helping to look after him for his cousin, but haven¡¯t you done enough?!¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ve brought him out of that inte cafe, stopped him from being some wild live broadcaster. You had him register as a professional yer and spent so much effort to get him to take the college entrance examinations. And now you¡¯ve gotten yourself admitted to the hospital for him!!!¡± Ji Yanhan regretted it so much; unthinkingly helping him that time. ¡°It¡¯s okay now, right? Isn¡¯t it enough? Will this do, Whisper? What else do you want? Are you waiting to be selected for this year¡¯s CCTV Touching China?! When will this end? ¡±

    Yu Sui was alsopletely irritated by now. ¡°It will never end! I¡¯m willingly taking care of him, so what?¡±

    Ji Yanhan was going out of his mind from anger. ¡°Are you sick! Do you have to offer your heart and soul to him like this? Are you ...¡±

    ¡°Yes! You¡¯re right.¡± Yu Sui said loudly, ¡°I¡¯m interested in him! I like him! Didn¡¯t you see it long ago? What are you still asking for?¡±

 Chapter 25

    Chapter 25

    ¡°I knew it...¡± Ji Yanhan sat down in anger and murmured, ¡°I knew it... you were never willing to room with anyone. Everyone more or less knows your preference already. It¡¯s just an unspoken agreement. These past few years, no one rooms with you during trainings orpetitions. That¡¯s why I found it strange when we were at Shi Luo¡¯s hometown that day. Why were you suddenly indifferent? Why were you suddenly willing to share a room with me... ¡±

    The more Ji Yanhan thought, the angrier he got. ¡°Why? At that time, were you afraid that something would happen if you roomed with him?¡±

    Since he had admitted it already, Yu Sui threw out his sense of shame. ¡°Yes, because I was afraid something might happen too soon, so I let him have a room to himself and squeezed in with you. Anyway, you¡¯re straighter than straight, what¡¯s the big deal?¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ve already set your sights on him and you didn¡¯t tell me. I tried to sound you out so many times, short of just asking you straight to your face. But you kept going around in circles...¡±

    ¡°You were even acting so high and mighty...saying it¡¯s to return a debt of gratitude, saying you didn¡¯t want it weighing on your conscience. You even said it was for the sake of the team. Throughout this entire thing, you¡¯ve just been tossing me about. You made Laozi spend so much energy to register him for the college entrance exams!¡± Ji Yanhan ground his teeth, ¡°Was all that just me helping you to get a little boyfriend? Whisper, how conscientious of you! You¡¯ve really treated me fairly, huh! You¡¯re all grown up now. You now know how to y with your Ge, using him like a handy tool!! ! ¡±

    ¡°Why would I tell you anything when nothing has even happened yet?¡± Yu Sui hadn¡¯t wanted to talk about this at all. If Ji Yanhan hadn¡¯t provoked him into anger, he definitely wouldn¡¯t have been so impulsive. He regretted it now. ¡°Just forget about this. Don¡¯t mention it again.¡±

    Ji Yanhan said angrily, ¡°What do you mean? Watch your tone! I haven¡¯t even gotten angry enough yet and you dare give me orders?!¡±

    Ji Yanhan was going to anger Yu Sui to death. ¡°Shout it louder why don¡¯t you! How about I open a live broadcast for you and you can tell this to everyone for me?¡±

    Ji Yanhan froze, his lips moved and his voice quieted, ¡°This ... This...nobody else knows.¡±

    Ji Yanhan thought about it and felt that something wasn¡¯t right here. He said angrily once again, ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to say something about this sooner orter? Why are you afraid of me doing it?¡±

    ¡°As if I¡¯d say anything!¡± Yu Sui felt jittery. He stood up and took a cigarette. He lit it up and took a puff, ¡°I¡¯m not arguing about this with you. I was going to bury this matter, thank you.¡±

    Ji Yanhan looked at Yu Sui in disbelief. He looked Yu Sui up and down, ¡°Why? Have you already confessed? Did you get rejected? Awesome, serves you right!!!¡±

    ¡°I haven¡¯t confessed and I have no ns of telling him.¡± Yu Sui said while smoking, ¡°I can¡¯t tell whether he¡¯s straight or bent. He doesn¡¯t seem straight, doesn¡¯t seem bent either ... I don¡¯t know what thing this is. Maybe I don¡¯t know him well enough yet. I¡¯ll have to wait a bit more.¡±

    Ji Yanhan raised his eyebrows, ¡°Can¡¯t you ... can¡¯t you people tell at a nce?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not that urate, okay.¡± Yu Sui, said irritated, ¡°Just stop asking, will you?¡±

    He wasn¡¯t just giving Ji Yanhan a perfunctory answer to get him to drop it, Yu Sui really wasn¡¯t sure yet.

    The only thing he could say was...he was 80% sure that Shi Luo was.

    Ji Yanhan said impatiently, ¡°If you¡¯re not sure, then make sure. Isn¡¯t there any other way to tell? Right, doesn¡¯t he have pierced ears? That¡¯s like 80% sure!¡±

    Yu Sui sneered, ¡°His left ear is pierced, but he¡¯s gone and had three holes pierced all in one go. He also has two on his right ear. What does this mean? Nothing save for that he used to ¡®bury love¡® before! It doesn¡¯t prove anything! ¡±

    Ji Yanhan remembered Shi Luo¡¯s fierce row of ear piercings and said uncertainly, ¡°In any case, there¡¯s a bit of hope. From a different perspective, maybe it just means that he¡¯s very ¡°shou¡°. Then doesn¡¯t that make him totally your type?¡±

    ¡°Stop.¡± Ji Yanhan didn¡¯t understand anything at all, and Yu Sui wasn¡¯t interested in discussing this with him. He bowed his head and took a smoke. ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk to you about &#k2018;types¡¯ at all.¡±

    Ji Yanhan said impatiently, ¡°So what do you want to do? Why don¡¯t you just ask him directly? If he¡¯s straight or isn¡¯t the least bit interested, then we can just sell him. You don¡¯t have to feel sorry for him anymore.¡±

    ¡°Whether I have him stay or not has absolutely nothing to do with if he¡¯s straight or not. Can we not talk about this?¡± Yu Sui and Ji Yanhan have inherently different understandings ofpetition and Yu Sui really didn¡¯t want to quarrel with Ji Yanhan, ¡°When you walk out that door, just forget about this matter. How many times do I need to say it?¡±

    Ji Yanhan didn¡¯t understand, ¡°Why can¡¯t you tell him?!¡±

    ¡°Because we¡¯re on the same team! Because we can¡¯t avoid seeing each other!¡± Ji Yanhan was going to drive him mad. ¡°Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s embarrassing? If back then, you had fallen in love with Old Qiao and Old Qiao rejected you, would you two still be able to y on the same team? Do you really have such sadomasochistic feelings to pass your days that miserably?! ¡±

    Ji Yanhan¡¯s eyes lit up and grasped the key point. ¡°All the more reason to sell him! Once he leaves, you can confess and if he rejects you, then he rejects you! In any case, you no longer live together.¡±

    Yu Sui was sure Ji Yanhan had gone mad from all the torment he¡¯d been receivingtely from business dealings. He looked at Ji Yanhan like he was looking at an idiot. He asked him pityingly, ¡°And what if he epts?¡±

    Ji Yanhan froze.

    Yu Sui put the cigarette butt out and said coolly, ¡°And then when we get matched up against his team, whether we win or lose, you¡¯ll probably all say that I didn¡¯t y seriously.¡±

    Ji Yanhan¡¯s brain was hurting. ¡°Well, what were you nning on doing?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m going to let nature take its course. He¡¯s a little young anyway, and I don¡¯t have the time right now.¡± Yu Sui leaned against the window and looked out. ¡°I¡¯ve still got a lot of time so I¡¯ll take it easy... I¡¯ll tell him when he¡¯s an adult. If he doesn¡¯t agree, he will definitely begin to avoid me. No one needs to say anything. What should happen will happen. It won¡¯t interfere with anything.¡±

    Ji Yanhan raised his eyes, ¡°What if he agrees?¡±

    Yu Sui paused and smiled with his head down.

    ¡°If he returns my feelings ...¡± Yu Sui¡¯s eyes shone brightly, looking out of the window, he slowly said, ¡°FS will have a pair of medic stars.¡±

    Disagreement was written all across Ji Yanhan¡¯s face, but he has never been able to dissuade Yu Sui once he had already decided on something. Ji Yanhan stood up, his face dark, ¡°Do what you want. But I¡¯m warning you now. Keep an eye on your little friend. If he causes trouble again, he won¡¯t just have no future, he won¡¯t even have a present. I don¡¯t care if he gets suspended by the league or not. If he gets you involved again, I won¡¯t even discuss it with you, I¡¯ll just drop him.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Hurry up and draw up a contract for him. Find some time to do it, won¡¯t you? This has dragged on for long enough.¡±

    Ji Yanhan frowned, ¡°Got it, I¡¯ll send it to you tonight.¡±

    Ji Yanhan really had no time to hang around. He pushed open the door and left.

    When he went through the hospital doors, he ran into Shi Luo, carrying some take out.

    Ji Yan nced coldly at this white-haired, short-haired, misfortune-bringing beauty and got into the car.

    Shi Luo looked baffled. He figured that Ji Yanhan med him for getting Yu Sui involved. Since he was in the wrong, he didn¡¯t even re back.

    Outside the hospital room, Shi Luo knocked carefully on the door.

    Yu Sui had juste out of the bathroom, he wiped his hands and opened the door.

    Outside the door, Shi Luo mumbled carefully, ¡°Would you...like to eat some wontons?¡±

    Yu Sui sighed, ¡°Come in.¡±

    After arguing with Ji Yanhan for so long, Yu Sui was indeed hungry. He opened the take out box without saying a word and started eating the wontons. After a while, he finished it off.

    Shi Luo stood by the side, at a loss as to what to do.

    After eating all the wontons, Yu Sui also drank all the soup. He looked at Shi Luo, ¡°Did Chen Huo exin everything to you?¡±

    Shi Luo nodded honestly.

    ¡°As an e-sports yer, you should ...¡± Yu Sui began but stopped. He waved his hand. ¡°Whatever. As long as you keep it in mind from now on.¡±

    Shi Luo hesitated, ¡°Will...will I be punished? Chen Huo told me that Violent Shu was suspended, and was even fined. I ...¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, heart weary, ¡°If you were also penalized like he was, then what the hell did I get hospitalized for?¡±

    Inwardly, Yu Sui clicked his tongue. Is this really someone who feels secure in the knowledge that he is favored? He¡¯s even asking for himself to be penalized.

    ¡°I...¡± Shi Luo whispered, ¡°I really was the one who started the fight,st night ...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t ever mention it again and don¡¯t ever tell it to others. Don¡¯t let me eat this hidden loss in vain.¡± Yu Sui frowned, ¡°Do you hear me?¡±

    Shi Luo knew that Yu Sui just wanted to bury this whole matterpletely. He pursed his lips and nodded, ¡°I know, but ...¡±

    Shi Luo frowned, ¡°I should be penalized something, like Violent Shu...¡±

    ¡°Penalize? What penalty? Should we also ban you from the yoffs?¡± Yu Sui smiled, followed with the pain on his back. He could only bear it. ¡°Luo Luo, I¡¯m sorry to remind you that you¡¯re a substitute. You were never going to y in the yoffs. So what would be the difference? ¡±

    Shi Luo paused, ¡°You ...can still y?¡±

    ¡°If my hands can move, I can y,¡± Yu Sui said without even thinking about it, ¡°If this was the regr season I¡¯d let you sub for me, but this is the semifinals and finals, we can¡¯t take risks.¡±

    Shi Luo bit his lip. He has practically nopetition experience. If he were to substitute for Yu Sui, he was indeed unsure of winning even the semi-finals best of five.

    ¡°Don¡¯t think about it too much. Our team has always been like this. For outsiders the penalty is fiftyshings, for our people, it¡¯s three shots.¡± Yu Sui reluctantly sat back on the bed, ¡°Can we move on?¡±

    Lying on the bed actually didn¡¯t look so cool and Yu Sui¡¯s habit of maintaining his image was ingrained f*ckingly deep. He gritted his teeth andy t. ¡°It¡¯s fine already. It¡¯s nothing.¡±

    Shi Luo stood ramrod straight beside Yu Sui¡¯s bed, his eyes were red and he was doing his utmost to hold back tears.

    Puppy went out and took a walk around. He watched the grandpa and grandmas dance in the public square and he then went to buy some rice porridge. When Puppy returned, he pushed open the door to the hospital room and it was this scene that he saw.

    Yu Sui¡¯s face was pale, and he was lying t on the hospital bed, at a loss as to what was going on.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were filled with tears. He was choked with sobs, trying to suppress his emotions.

    Puppy narrowed his eyes and tried to tactfully probe out, ¡°Yu Sui, I guess...you couldn¡¯t wait for me toe back?¡±

    Shi Luo hurriedly turned around and wiped his face.

    Puppy entered the room. After asking a few things, he said indifferently, ¡°Sigh, just give him some kind of punishment. Otherwise, our little Luo Luo will keep feeling guilty.¡±

    Yu Sui also didn¡¯t want Shi Luo to feel guilty. He thought about it and said, ¡°Well, it¡¯s my birthday on the day of the semi-finals. As punishment, you can order a cake for me.¡±

    Puppy pped his forehead, ¡°Oh yeah. It¡¯s going to be your birthday. I forget every year. We can¡¯t have a half-assed celebration this year. I¡¯ll talk to the manager when I go back. We¡¯re gonna celebrate in style.¡±

    Shi Luo still felt that it wasn¡¯t enough. ¡°Just ... that¡¯s it?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo andughed in spite of himself, ¡°Then how do you want me to punish you?¡±

    For some unknown reason, Shi Luo¡¯s ears suddenly turned a bit red. He scratched his ears and stammered, ¡°Tha-that day ... I¡¯ll give you another gift.¡±

    ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll be waiting for it.¡± Yu Sui looked at Puppy. ¡°Has Bison said anything? Or has this beenpletely suppressed?¡±

    ¡°It has, finally.¡± Puppy said. ¡°Bison definitely won¡¯t dare say anything. They¡¯re already scared to death. They¡¯re afraid the league would punish their team if word gets out. They¡¯re also scared your fans wouldy siege on their base. But......¡±

    Yu Sui frowned, ¡°But?¡±

    ¡°One of the guests in the hotpot restaurant yesterday found out. Fortunately, he was so anxious to watch the excitement that he hadn¡¯t taken any pictures. He has no evidence to show. He was so excited, he made a forum posttest night. But it became just gossip. He hadn¡¯t attached a single photo. The post was already deleted this morning.¡± Puppy said calmly. ¡°It took a while to get it deleted, but it doesn¡¯t matter. The fans reacted pretty much the same way the boss did. They thought it was impossible. ¡±

    Puppy looked coldly at the two of them, imitating a fan¡¯s voice, he said, ¡°They only wild thing about our little Ge Violent Shu is his ID. He¡¯s actually really gentle. He¡¯s never even dyed his hair.¡±

    ¡°And Shi Luo might look like a rave-going teenager, but who hasn¡¯t gone through a wild phase in their youth? He¡¯s actually really good-tempered, alright? And since he joined FS, our Luo Luo took off all his earrings. The moment he removed his studs and hoops, it meant he was renouncing his old self! ¡±

    ¡°For our Whisper to be involved is even more impossible. I¡¯m not trying to shield his shorings here. Anyone who has managed to persist in ying a medic for three long years has basically lost the human ability to lose control. If Whisper still had the tiniest bit of the most basic human emotions and desires, he would have already murdered Chen Huo, Old Qiao and Puppy.¡±

    ¡°These young men who y medic have long since reached enlightenment. I doubt they can even hurt a fly. How could they have been involved in a fight?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right. That¡¯s right. These young men who willingly y medic are simply mankind¡¯s treasures. Having a hot-blooded fight in a hotpot restaurant in the middle of the night. Ha ha ha ha ha. I¡¯m gonna die fromughing. The person who posted this has probably never yed this game at all. ROFL... ¡±

    Puppy looked at the two expressionlessly, ¡°How can your fans have such a deep misconception about you two?¡±

 Chapter 26

    Chapter 26

    Yu Sui¡¯s injury wasn¡¯t very serious. He was discharged from the hospital that afternoon. For the time being, he couldn¡¯t sit for a long time. Fortunately, they had their substitute Shi Luo. Shi Luo went on when Yu Sui couldn¡¯t y and so FS¡¯ daily training was affected. The best part was that not only could Shi Luo be Yu Sui¡¯s substitute, but he could also be Chen Huo and Old Qiao¡¯s.

    Old Qiao had debuted a year earlier than Yu Sui and he was also a five-year veteran this year. Both his hands have little injuries. These usually didn¡¯t present any problem but every year during the yoffs and the World Championships season, the training period would be too long and it was easy to make a little mistakes. This year, he hasn¡¯t had any problems yet, but because he was worried that it might affect theing games, Old Qiao didn¡¯t dare train too hard. But this will undoubtedly affect the time his teammates¡¯ spent training. Just when he was worrying over this problem, Shi Luo, who had just been reced by Yu Sui, said that he could also y as a striker.

    It was definitely better than nothing and Yu Sui had no objections. Moreover, Shi Luo had yed as a striker during his live broadcasts before so he wasn¡¯t aplete newbie. To everyone¡¯s surprise, Shi Luo yed striker pretty well.

    Moreover, he had the ability of a medic to look at the overall situation. He won¡¯t recklessly charge forward like Chen Huo and his y style was much more meticulous.

    ¡°Not bad, Luo Luo.¡± Puppy praised him. ¡°Your striker y would get you into at least the top 300 of the national server. Howe I don¡¯t see you y striker normally?¡±

    After abandoning his post as a medic and changing to a striker, Shi Luo¡¯s attacks were very energetic. He changed the gun magazine and said, ¡°There are too many strikers at the top level of the national server. The queue for a match as a striker is too slow. I hate waiting ... There¡¯s not enough medics so you can basically join a match in seconds. ¡±

    Chen Huo was speechless. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you gave up ying my amazing striker post for this reason?¡±

    Shi Luo nced at Chen Huo, ¡°Yeah.¡±

    Puppy sighed, ¡°It seems that the most enjoyable this about this game for Xiao Luo Luo is getting points. When you do live broadcasts, you¡¯re umting points. When you¡¯re not doing a live broadcast, you¡¯re still umting points. The same night you finished your college entrance exams, you spent the entire night getting points ... Tell gege, why are you a points-ve?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m happy when I see that I a lot of points. Is that so wrong?¡± Shi Luo wrinkled his brows. ¡°What¡¯s there to ask ...¡±

    Yu Sui, who was to Shi Luo¡¯s left, restrained himself from smiling. His lips moved but he said nothing.

    Shi Luo nced at Yu Sui and after a moment he said sulkily, ¡°If you¡¯ve got something to say, say it!¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°You¡¯ll let me say it?¡±

    Shi Luo took the opponent¡¯s heads. He clicked the timer on the purification dish and flung it to the rock bunker. He dodged and waited for the purification dish to take effect. After a while, he said, ¡°Well...go on then!¡±

    ¡°You guys haven¡¯t been to an Inte cafe in a long time ...¡± In the game, Yu Sui avoided the opponents and dodged to Shi Luo¡¯s side. He replenished Shi Luo¡¯s blood for him. ¡°You don¡¯t know what braggarts Inte cafes are now. When yers like our Brother Shi here log into the game at the inte cafe, there will be an audio announcement in the entire inte cafe.¡±

    Chen Hu was bbergasted. ¡°What do you mean?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°It means exactly how it sounds like.¡±

    Puppy was dazed. ¡°Like...a public broadcast?¡±

    ¡°Yup...¡± Yu Sui healed up Shi Luo and with apletely t tone, said, ¡°Slot 57, the great god ranked 179th on the national server is logged on. The great god in slot 57 has obtained the free use of facilities reward. Once again, thank you for gracing us with your presence.¡±

    The three outdated Inte-addicted teenagers were dumbfounded.

    Chen Huo couldn¡¯t believe it. ¡°So when Shi Luo used to y in an Inte cafe, he didn¡¯t have to pay for use of theputers?!¡±

    ¡°Not just that, the Inte cafe would even send him drinks.¡± Yu Sui said, ¡°This is the perk given to yers in the top three hundred on the national server. After each of his broadcasts, there would be other guysing to see him. Once, I kid you not, there was even a line right behind him.¡±

    Chen Huo, Puppy and Old Qiao¡¯s hearts flew off to a longed for ce. ¡°How extravagant?!¡±

    Shi Luo was very happy inside but he maintained a stern expression. The corners of his mouth turned up slightly and he forced himself to keep it down.

    Chen Huo still didn¡¯t believe it. ¡°Is that really true? How do you know? How many years has it been since you¡¯ve gone to an Inte cafe?¡±

    ¡°Why don¡¯t you go through the screenshots of his live broadcasts he used to do at the Inte cafes?¡± Yu Sui raised his eyebrow. ¡°I used to camp at his live broadcasts the whole day. How can I not know? Unfortunately, even though Shi Luo¡¯s already in the top fifty, he doesn¡¯t have time to go to an inte cafe.¡±

    Chen Huo was so excited that he couldn¡¯t help saying, ¡°How about we go and y at an inte cafe one of these days? Wow, a cafe-wide audio announcement!¡±

    Puppy¡¯s interest was also piqued but after thinking about it, he said, ¡°Forget it, it might be fine if it were someone else but with Yu Sui¡¯s rank, the Inte cafe might explode. It might even cause a stampede.¡±

    Chen Huo thought about it and had to agree. He couldn¡¯t help but sigh, ¡°What kind of misery is this? To have such a high rank and you can¡¯t even use it to intimidate a bunch of inte-addicted teenagers&#k2026;¡±

    Old Qiao, who was resting to the side,miserated, ¡°We started our career too early. We weren¡¯t able to experience the joys of summoning the wind and the rain.¡±

    Shi Luo, the only person to have ever experienced this joy, pretended to be indifferent. ¡°It¡¯s not that interesting, you get used to after the first few times.¡±

    Chen Huo said sourly, ¡°Alright, alright. No need to pat yourself on the back.¡±

    Everyone finished ying the round while exchanging jealous sentiment. Yu Sui said, ¡°I¡¯m almost done for today. I¡¯m going to take a break.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui and frowned, ¡°Does your back hurt? Or is your stomach upset?¡±

    ¡°Stomach hurts, I¡¯ll go drink some hot water.¡± Yu Sui plucked off his headphones and got up. ¡°Are you guys going to do individual training or are you going to continue?¡±

    ¡°Continue.¡± Old Qiao hurried said. He¡¯d gotten enough rest. ¡°Come, Luo Luo. Change back to your medic ount. I¡¯ll y striker.¡±

    When Shi Luo changed ounts, Yu Sui smiled. ¡°We¡¯re almost done. Why don¡¯t we let everyone¡¯s substitute take a little break?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not tired, it¡¯s fine.¡± Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui worriedly, ¡°Are you really okay?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head, ¡°I¡¯m fine. I¡¯ll be okay after I drink some hot water. Sub for me.¡±

    The remaining four people continued training. Yu Sui poured himself a cup of hot water. He leaned on the sofa and took a pillow against his stomach. He picked up his phone and typed, continuing his quarrel with Ji Yanhan.

    In the hospital that day, Ji Yanhan actually agreed to sign Shi Luo. That night, he also sent over the contract. However, he not only sent Shi Luo¡¯s yer contract, but also his economic contract. This was fine. After all, the club will inevitably tap into Shi Luo¡¯s personalmercial value. This was only reasonable, and moreover the terms of the brokerage contract weren¡¯t harsh. Everything was eptable except that the contract term was f*cking lousy. He went so far as to make the contract for five f*cking years.

    This would mean that he head basically bought Shi Luo¡¯s entire career.

    Naturally, Yu Sui wouldn¡¯t agree. He hadn¡¯t told Shi Luo a single thing about the contract. These past few days, he found time to argue continuously about this with Ji Yanhan.

    Yu Si drank his hot water slowly but typed lightning fast.

    [Whisper]: Nowadays, there aren¡¯t these types of contracts anymore. Five years? Are you asking him to indenture himself?

    [Ji Yanhan]: Back then, didn¡¯t you sign for five years?

    [Whisper]: ... How is thisparable to that? We both know why I signed that back then. But what need is there for him to sign something like this now?

    [Ji Yanhan]: ...

    [Ji Yanhan]: I blurted that out without thinking ... Ge knows you originally did it for the team. Sorry, don¡¯t take it to heart.

    When Ji Yanhan took Yu Sui and a few of the others to form the FS team, they were basically broke with nothing to their name. The only thing the team had to present were Yu Sui, the yer certified as god-level from the moment he set out and Old Qiao, who¡¯d been proven to be a skilled and powerful yer.

    In order to attract and convince the sponsors to invest in FS, Yu Sui voluntarily signed a five-year contract with Ji Yanhan. There were many restrictions in Yu Sui¡¯s contract, but at the time, the purpose was actually very simple. It was to reassure the sponsors that Whisper, this stabilizing force, at the very least, wouldn¡¯t leave and would be inseparable from the FS Team for the next five years.

    Using this contract in which Yu Sui basically indentured himself, Ji Yanhan sessfully drew in several yearly sponsors. After a year, he relied on this contract and sessfully convinced the genius striker, Chen Huo to sign with FS. After another half a year, Ji Yanhan relied on this tried and tested form and sessfully signed Puppy.

    If someone were to look at Yu Sui¡¯s contract now, it would appear to be very unreasonable. But at the time, they were really left with no choice. During their team¡¯s infancy, if Yu Sui hadn¡¯t been there to stabilize the troop¡¯s morale, who would have the confidence to throw money at them? Who would have the confidence to switch over to their team?

    Without his sacrifice at the beginning, the current e-sports ma, Team FS, wouldn¡¯t exist. Yu Sui had no regrets.

    [Whisper]: You don¡¯t need him to pull in sponsors anymore, do you? So why go so far?

    [Ji Yanhan]: You and Old Qiao both signed on for five years back then. The other¡¯s contracts aren¡¯t short either. Why should he get special treatment? Impossible.

    [Whisper]: ... Captain, wake up. It¡¯s 2017. The club¡¯s already working fine. Is there a need for this?

    [Ji Yanhan]: ...Stop meddling. It¡¯s five years.

    Yu Sui¡¯s stomach was starting to feel even more painful. He wanted to call Ji Yanhan and curse him out directly. But not only was he afraid that Shi Luo might hear, Ji Yanhan was also busy with who knows what these past few days and he hardly ever picked up his call. Yu Sui could only bear the pain and keep typing.

    [Whisper]: Two years.

    [Ji Yanhan]: Impossible.

    [Ji Yanhan]: Don¡¯t you like him? What¡¯s wrong with signing him for longer? He¡¯ll spend his entire career with you. Aren¡¯t you happy? Shouldn¡¯t you thank me?

    [Whisper]: These are two entirely different things. He doesn¡¯t owe FS anything. It doesn¡¯t make sense for him to sign such an unreasonable contract. What¡¯s more, he¡¯s just a substitute now. It¡¯s fine if you give him three million a year but what about five years after?

    [Whisper]: Five yearster, I¡¯ll probably be retired. He might have alreadypletely reced or surpassed me by then. Will you still give him just three million? Don¡¯t tell me you don¡¯t know how much his value would be by then.

    [Ji Yanhan]: I¡¯ve made enough concessions. Stop trying to bargain already, will you?

    [Ji Yanhan]: You¡¯re the one who forced me to make him stay and you¡¯re still making demands? Don¡¯t force me, will you? Min Min is also arguing with me, my head¡¯s about to blow up.

    [Ji Yanhan]: If he¡¯s okay with it, then he¡¯s okay with it. If not, I can contact Bison for him. End of story.

    [Whisper]: ...

    Yu Sui¡¯s face wentpletely cold. He typed: Two years. If you¡¯re okay with it, then you¡¯re okay with it. If not, I can contact NSN for him. End of story.

    Yu Sui threw the phone aside. His stomach was feeling more and more painful. The hot water he drank just now wasn¡¯t having any effect. Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to tell his teammates though, Hey t on the sofa and closed his eyes to sleep.

    Not far away, Shi Luo¡¯s mobile phone buzzed while he was ying the training match. He nced at it, then looked back at Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui had the back of his left hand over his eyes, his right arm pressed against his stomach.

    Yu Sui was a few centimeters taller than Shi Luo, but when lying on the sofa like this, Shi Luo always felt that he looked much thinner than himself.

    He looked pretty tired.

    Shi Luo frowned, turned around and picked up the phone. He replied with an ¡°OK¡± while ying the game with the other hand.

    Yu Sui was really tired. He unintentionally fell asleep on the sofa and when he woke up, it was already four in the morning. Yu Sui sat up slightly to find that he¡¯d been covered with a quilt. Without waiting for him to get up, in the faint morning light, a person ying with his cellphone on the couch spoke up. ¡°Are you going to go back to your room to sleep?¡±

    Yu Sui rubbed his brows and frowned, ¡°What are you doing watching over me?¡±

    ¡°I was afraid you¡¯d roll off the sofa.¡± Shi Luo got up. He stayed up all day and night but there wasn¡¯t the slightest trace of fatigue on his face. He looked at Yu Sui and whispered, ¡°Yesterday, were you ... Troubled because of something about me? ¡±

    His argument with Ji Yanhan hadn¡¯t produced any results yet and Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to tell Shi Luo, ¡°It had nothing to do with you. It was just my stomachache. F*ck ... I was afraid of stomachaches so I already quite smoking the past few days. But it¡¯s f-ing useless.¡±

    ¡°A good stomach condition is something you cultivate, alright? What¡¯s the use of embracing Buddha¡¯s feet in one¡¯s hour of need? I¡¯ve also heard that people with a bad stomachs mustn¡¯t drink, mustn¡¯t stay upte and musn¡¯t ...¡± Shi Luo whispered, ¡°mustn¡¯t get angry.¡±

    ¡°What do I have to be angry about?¡± Yu Sui smiled at Shi Luo. ¡°When have you seen me get angry?¡±

    Shi Luo pursed his lips, ¡°You sure you¡¯re not the type to get angry?¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, ¡°I have a pretty okay temper, basically ... have you ever seen me angry?¡±

    ¡°You said it yourself, so in a moment, don¡¯t get angry, okay?¡± Shi Luo rxed a little and picked up his phone. ¡°I¡¯m going to...show you a screenshot.¡±

    Yu Sui raised his eyes, ¡°What screenshot? Your new score record? You¡¯ve entered the top forty? Top thirty?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Shi Luo walked to Yu Sui and squatted down, handing the phone to Yu Sui. ¡°Look.¡±

    Yu Sui took the phone and took a nce. His face instantly turned livid.

    Contract.

    A five year contract.

    A five year yer and economic contract.

    ¡°You said you wouldn¡¯t get angry!¡± Shi Luo hurriedly said, ¡°And it¡¯s useless to be angry! I signed both contracts and the manager took it away already. It¡¯s already binding!¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s fingers trembled slightly, and for the first time he felt malice towards Ji Yanhan.

    This was downright low.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and said coldly, ¡°You signed it, what are you still telling me for?¡±

    Shi Luo froze, then suddenly smiled.

    Shi Luo crouched in front of Yu Sui, his eyes sparkling, he whispered, ¡°Captain, you¡¯re distressed for me, aren¡¯t you?¡±

    Far more than distressed.

    Yu Sui struggled to restrained his impulse to hit Shi Luo and he said coldly, ¡°Do you know what this means?¡±

    ¡°I know.¡± Shi Luo didn¡¯t care in the least. ¡°I¡¯ve basically indentured myself. On average, yers can go on for about five years. I¡¯m giving my entire career to FS.¡±

    Yu Sui said angrily, ¡°You knew and you still signed?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m okay with it.¡± Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui seriously. ¡°Back then, weren¡¯t you also perfectly happy to sign over your career to FS?¡±

    Yu Sui nearly choked and did not speak.

    ¡°All along, I¡¯ve never really looked up to Ji Yanhan very much, and I didn¡¯t understand how you can fight so hard for FS.¡± Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui calmly and whispered, ¡°But now, I understand.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, ¡°I just did the same thing you did back then. So, why are you scolding me?¡±

    ¡°When you signed that contract back then, maybe you did it for Ji Yanhan or Old Qiao, maybe it was for your own professional aspirations... As for me, I¡¯m much simpler than you.¡±

    The look in 17 year old Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were firm and stubborn. He said simply, ¡°I did it for you.¡±

    ¡°You are the only one who has ever treated me well and so I was perfectly happy to do so.¡±

 Chapter 27

    Chapter 27

    Yu Sui looked into Shi Luo¡¯s glossy dark eyes. For a long moment, he debated whether to give this whelp a big p to wake him up or go to hell with it and just confess outright.

    He¡¯d hesitated for so long that Shi Luo got tired squatting and just sat down on the carpet in front of the sofa.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and suddenly whispered, ¡°For me?¡±

    Shi Luo nodded, ¡°Yes, for you.¡±

    After a long stretch of silence, Yu Sui asked, ¡°What am I to you?¡±

    ¡°The ultimate aim for medics, my starter, my captain, my friend, and ...¡± Shi Luo was a little embarrassed and turned his head to look around. ¡°Howe you¡¯re suddenly asking this ...¡±

    Yu Sui tried his best to make his tone seem casual, ¡°And?¡±

    Shi Luo was having a hard time saying it, ¡°A bi- ...big brother.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and said quietly, a pause between each word, ¡°Shi Luo, you absolute bastard.¡±

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t happy about that. ¡°What are you cursing at me for?¡±

    ¡°Not just that. I still really want to hit you.¡± Yu Sui was quiet for a moment, and then smiled, ¡°Forget it, let¡¯s talk about itter.¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t understand what Yu Sui meant. Rubbing his knees, he said, like aplete rogue, ¡°No need to talk about itter, if you want to hit me then hit me, if you want to scold me, then scold me. When Ji Yanhan sent me a message yesterday, I already guessed that you two were quarrelling for a long time because of this. Otherwise, he wouldn¡¯t have gone to find me. I don¡¯t quite understand what about this you¡¯re taking issue with. Is it possible that you still want me to sign to another team? Didn¡¯t you already decide that you want me here a long time ago?¡±

    ¡°I want you, but I didn¡¯t want you to sign for that long.¡± Yu Sui asked Shi Luo, ¡°Do you know how many years are left in my contract?¡±

    Shi Luo froze, ¡°How many years?¡±

    Yu Sui whispered, ¡°A little more than two years.¡±

    Shi Luo blinked, ¡°What do you mean? Will you be transferring in two years? F*ck, don¡¯t y with me!¡±

    If someone had asked Yu Sui this question a week ago, Yu Sui would have said that it was absolutely impossible.

    But now Yu Sui was not so certain.

    His and Ji Yanhan¡¯s view differed on many things but they were originally not so irreconcble. Not even considering how gracious Ji Yanhan had been to pay for his contract penalty at that time, Ji Yanhan had been very good to Yu Sui these past years. Though Yu Sui had never voiced it out, but he was perfectly willing to y for Ji Yanhan and Team FS for a lifetime. Even when he retires in the future, Yu Sui was willing to stay in the club.

    But recently, or for a long time recently, the atmosphere between Yu Sui and Ji Yanhan was a little bit tense.

    This kind of subtlety existed even before Shi Luo joined the team. Yu Sui originally made allowances for Ji Yanhan. His business was getting bigger and bigger and the more involved in the business he became the greater the pressure he faced. Yu Sui turned a blind eye on many things, but he couldn¡¯t pretend to be blind to what Ji Yanhan did today.

    Both Yu Sui and Ji Yanhan knew that Shi Luo was at that most rash and impulsive age and he himself already had a somewhat extreme personality. So from the very start, it was Yu Sui who talked with Ji Yanhan on matters regarding Shi Luo¡¯s contract. They¡¯d talk about it between themselves and if Yu Sui finds nothing wrong with it then Shi Luo¡¯s family would be notified. Although Shi Luo was already past 16 and could sign the contract without a guardian¡¯s signature, in the end, he was still a minor. ording tomon practice within the circle, he still needs to notify his family. This was the same for any team.

    Ji Yanhan was well aware of these things. And before, he answered positively, giving pleasant to hear answers. But when the two hit stalemate yesterday, he went to Shi Luo behind his back, taking advantage of when Yu Sui was asleep to cut the Gordian knot and pressed Shi Luo to conclude the contract.

    Shi Luo did voluntarily sign the contract but what Ji Yanhan did was disgusting.

    Not to mention that he already knew of Yu Sui¡¯s intentions towards Shi Luo. Even if the yer were aplete stranger, he shouldn¡¯t have been so ruthless.

    Shi Luo saw that Yu Sui wasn¡¯t speaking and couldn¡¯t help but urge, ¡°Hey, say something, what¡¯s the matter with you? Hasn¡¯t... hasn¡¯t Ji Yanhan said that he¡¯ll give you FS? How could you transfer to another team?¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t speak.

    Ji Yanhan did say before that he¡¯d give him the club, but that was before.

    Ji Yanhan had already gone silent about this matter.

    Yu Sui never thought about asking for FS nor did he ever think about leaving FS, but Shi Luo¡¯s contract really made him a little ufortable.

    This uneasiness was exactly the same that he felt when he was in Team Knife Edge.

    No freedom.

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, confused, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s okay, I¡¯m not going to transfer.¡± Yu Sui lit a cigarette. ¡°I¡¯m just annoyed by your contract.¡±

    Shi Luo smiled, ¡°Upset that your good captain pulled one over you?¡±

    Yu Sui said nothing. Shi Luo said easily, ¡°I told you before. Ji Yanhan is very selfish, and although he was also a professional yer once, he¡¯s already different from you and your teammates... Making money and chasing a dream, there¡¯s an inherent difference between the two. He and you are no longer the same kind of person. I have seen a lot of this kind of person. I¡¯m not at all surprised that he coulde look for me behind your back.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui and saw that Yu Sui wasn¡¯t going to say anything. He looked at Yu Sui again and looked at Yu Sui again. He looked over and over.

    Yu Sui said, vexed, ¡°Shi Luo, I¡¯m already being very restrained by not beating you up right now. Don¡¯t expect me to praise you for being smart.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s petty thought was seen through. He coughed and stopped fishing forpliments. He looked at Yu Sui, afraid that Yu Sui would really get angry with him. He thought about it and said, ¡°It¡¯s because I¡¯ve already seen early on what kind of person he is, that I simply couldn¡¯t understand why a person like you would be so dead loyal to him and be so willing to invest so much back then for him ... Ji Yanhan told me yesterday. Back then you also signed a five-year contract. I really wanted to look for you and give you a piece of my mind. But when I thought about it ... what right do I have to criticize you? ¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes and looked at Yu Sui, whispering in a low voice, ¡°Now, am I not f*cking the same as you are. For you ...¡±

    ¡°Was he very good to you back then?¡± Shi Luo inexplicably felt a little bit jealous. ¡°Did he also defend you in front of your other teammates? Did he also y with you in your first game? Did he personally teach you? Did he ever take you to eat wonton? Or did he ... ¡±

    ¡°Stop.¡± Yu Sui said coldly, ¡°He was a striker before he retired and I¡¯ve always yed as a medic. There was no way he could have taught me anything. And I never eat breakfast. If he dared to wake me up before 11 telling me to go eat wontons with him, I¡¯m afraid I would have done something terrible to him. ¡±

    Shi Luo pouted, ¡°Was he good to you some other way? That must be the case. I¡¯m the unluckiest one here. This is a closed circle ... He was good to you, you are good to me, so it¡¯s only natural that I should be good to him. But really, Ji Yanhan is just so disgusting. Instead of being nice to him, I can only be nice to you back. So the rtionship between the three of us will never be equal. In this cycle of karma, the three of us ... ¡±

    ¡°I beg you.¡± Yu Sui¡¯s stomach hurt. ¡°Shi Shen, I don¡¯t want any part of this three-way rtionship. Spare me.¡±

    ¡°What? You don¡¯t like the sound of it? A rtionship?¡± Shi Luo got up and patted his legs. ¡°Isn¡¯t Ji Yanhan going to get married?¡±

    It¡¯s true, he¡¯s going to get married. Ji Yanhan was also a straight man. Shi Luo was making Yu Sui¡¯s head ache and stomach churn with his ¡°Three Person Cycle of Karma Theory¡±. Shi Luo, this wretched kid. If this were a love triangle movie, if both other parties were straight then he¡¯d wind up being the most miserable.

    Yu Sui was upset and said, ¡°Go back to your room and rest. Training starts back up at 4 this afternoon.¡±

    During the next few days, Yu Sui didn¡¯t know if it was because he¡¯d been so angry about the contract but his stomach ache began to hurt more and more. The yoffs were almost upon them. The training load became heavier and heavier and he didn¡¯t have the time to have it checked at the hospital and if he did have the time, he¡¯d rather use it to quarrel with Ji Yanhan to have Shi Luo¡¯s contract scrapped.

    It seems that something fairly big had happened at his girlfriend Min Min¡¯s family business. Yu Sui originally had no intention of pressuring Ji Yanhan during this time, but that five-year contract just f*cking sucked. Yu Sui had no choice but to pester Ji Yanhan. Ji Yanhan¡¯s attitude also blew hot and cold. At times, he would be on edge, saying that he didn¡¯t want to manage anything anymore. He was going to give the club to Yu Sui. He didn¡¯t even want his own business anymore. He was going toe back to be an instructor for the team.

    Sometimes, he¡¯d take leave of his senses and say that Yu Sui and the other starting yers should sign contract extensions and have it end at the same year as Shi Luo¡¯s. Naturally, Yu Sui would never agree.

    While Yu Sui was tangling with Ji Yanhan, he couldn¡¯t help worrying about his condition. When he asks him if he had drank too much, Ji Yanhan would say no and hang up the phone in a hurry. When Yu Sui tries to call again, the line would either be busy or he¡¯d refuse to pick up.

    Yu Sui and Ji Yanhan have known each other for many years, and this is the first time their rtionship had reached a stalemate.

    Fortunately, Ji Yanhan only acted crazy with Yu Sui. He didn¡¯t mention anything to the others in the club. Yu Sui hid his emotions very well, and the FS club wasn¡¯t affected.

    Only Shi Luo, who was sensitive by nature, felt that something was a little off. But when he thought about his practically ¡®give-away¡¯ contract, he automatically thought it was about that trivial matter of his.

    Shi Luo had some qualms about it. He actually regretted it a bit. He shouldn¡¯t have signed a contract at this critical junction. They¡¯ll soon be entering the semi-finals. He shouldn¡¯t have added this kind of trouble for Yu Sui. Seeing Yu Sui weighed down with anxieties very day, Shi Luo worried right along with him. But when he hears or sees Yu Sui arguing with Ji Yanhan, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but be happy.

    It was inexplicable. Shi Luo himself couldn¡¯t exin why. But he just liked it when Yu Sui argued with Ji Yanhan for his sake. The fiercer the quarrel, the more pleased he felt.

    Every time he saw Yu Sui frowning and smoking a cigarette while he quickly typed on his phone, Shi Luo knew that Yu Sui was having another row with Ji Yanhan.

    This unnamed desire to possess that emerges during one¡¯s youth, made Shi Luo even more extreme. He was jealous of Ji Yanhan¡¯s many years of close rtionship with Yu Sui and the team. He obviously didn¡¯t want Yu Sui to feel troubled but every time he sees Yu Sui at odds with his former captain for his sake, he simply couldn¡¯t control his happiness.

    At first, Shi Luo could still conceal this dark happiness, but it didn¡¯t take long before he simply couldn¡¯t.

    Yu Sui was having a call with Ji Yanhan and he walked into his room. Shi Luo just so happened to have been right behind Yu Sui. He took advantage of Yu Sui not closing the door to slip in and sit to the side. He was looking very much forward to listening to the live broadcast.

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui really wanted to throw this little whelp who simply couldn¡¯t wait to watch the spectacle and fan the mes right out the window.

    Shi Luo refused to budge. Yu Sui shoo-ed him away. He whispered, ¡°I¡¯ll shout. I¡¯ll shout and let Chen Huo and the others know!¡±

    Yu Sui was helpless. He threw a cold look at him and then refused to pay him any more attention.

    Shi Luo was awfully pleased with himself. Look! Chen Huo isn¡¯t allowed to listen in! But I can! I¡¯ll sit here and listen to this live!

    After another day or two, Shi Luo¡¯s ego started to inte and he was no longer content. He was now brazenly listening to Yu Sui¡¯s phone call and also took the opportunity to take in eye drops.

    Every time Yu Sui quarreled with Ji Yanhan, he was particrly nice to Yu Sui. Whenever this happens, Shi Luo would pour Yu Sui a cup of hot water or maybe give him a snack. His eyes would be provocative and also blunt. It was short of just outright saying, ¡®Look, who is it that really cares about you? It¡¯s not that shitty Ji Yanhan, it¡¯s me, Luo Luo!¡¯

    Yu Sui was physically and emotionally drained from quarreling with Ji Yanhan. While doing so, he watched as Shi Luo repeatedly handed him cups of hot water. Nevertheless, he didn¡¯t feel the least bitforted. On the contrary, a cold wind chilled him to the bone and he was bitterly disappointed.

    The way Shi Luo eagerly urged him to drink his hot water, it looked much too much like the actions of a straight guy.

    What¡¯s the use even if had five piercings on his ear? The practiced way Shi Luo poured that hot water was enough to make people despair.

    Yu Sui was made all the more mentally and physically exhausted by Shi Luo¡¯s cup after cup of hot water. He was struggling to stay alive, and then finally the day of the semifinals arrived.

    Trantor¡¯s notes: =)

    Chapter 27 (this chapter) AKA If there¡¯s anything worse than being friend-zoned, it¡¯s being big-brother-zoned.

    Chapter 28 (next chapter) AKA Shi Luo: green tea b*tch or jealous wife?

 Chapter 28

    Chapter 28

    On July 22, 2017, Yu Sui had the most unbearable birthday of his life.

    As soon as Yu Sui woke up, he felt that there was something wrong. His stomachache was particrly serious that day. His stomach condition has always bad, but today was the worst. What¡¯s more, he¡¯s never had it start hurting first thing in the morning. They were going to y the semi-finals this afternoon and Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to affect his teammates¡¯ mood. He reluctantly got up and rummaged for the stomach medicine his parents had sent him before. He then headed downstairs to make a cup for himself.

    Chen Huo was also up. He headed downstairs and frowned when he saw Yu Sui holding a steaming cup, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s lips were slightly pale. He took a sip of his drink and said, ¡°It¡¯s that time of the month. Got a problem?¡±

    ¡°F*ck you.¡± Chen Huo smiled, ¡°I got it. No cold drinks for you at the party tonight. Happy birthday.¡±

    Old Qiao and Puppy also came down one after the other. Old Qiao saw that there was something off with Yu Sui and asked after his condition. After a hot drink, Yu Sui looked slightly better. He waved Old Qiao away, asking him to stop being such a mother hen. He urged everyone to check their peripherals; if nothing was the matter, they¡¯d head to thepetition venue early.

    Shi Luo had been standing a little ways off. After everyone went to pack their peripherals, Shi Luo walked to Yu Sui, frowning, ¡°Are you really okay? If you can¡¯t do it, I¡¯ll go up.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, and he hesitated for a moment.

    But then he discarded this idea.

    Yu Sui recognized Shi Luo¡¯s strength. He was very clear on how strong a yer Shi Luo was. In this semifinal, Shi Luo might not necessarily lose.

    But if Shi Luo fails in his first ever appearance on a major match and sends everyone¡¯s hard work during the regr season down the drain...he was afraid the sprayers would be sending their regards to Shi Luo for a whole entire year.

    ¡°Of course I¡¯m okay.¡± Yu Sui took the cup and walked to the bathroom. ¡°My stomach¡¯s been hurting for so many days, I¡¯m already used to it.¡±

    Shi Luo followed Yu Sui and forced his way into the bathroom. Yu Sui rinsed the cup clean and said helplessly, ¡°What are you doinging in here? I¡¯m going to f*cking take a leak. Are you gonna watch me piss?¡±

    ¡°Are you really all right?¡± Shi Luo looked critically at Yu Sui. ¡°Are you sure?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m sure.¡± The space inside the first floor bathroom was very small. Yu Sui urged, ¡°Get out.¡±

    It was like Shi Luo hadn¡¯t heard it. He frowned as he looked at Yu Sui, ¡°Then why do you look so off? Your lips are all white. You should take a look at yourself in the mirror. Anyone would be distressed looking at you.¡±

    Yu Suiughed in spite of himself.

    Shi Luo was too perceptive. Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to make this into a big deal. He gave perfunctory answer. ¡°I had a little quarrel with the captain this morning. It¡¯s no big deal.¡±

    ¡°What were you arguing about?¡± Shi Luo wasn¡¯t happy about that. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you call me to listen in?!¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s stomach was hurt like a b*tch but he really wanted tough. He leaned against the wall and said dispiritedly, ¡°I¡¯m so sorry. Next time I¡¯ll ask you toe and watch the train wreck. Unfortunately, this morning¡¯s quarrel was done through text. All visual, no audio. Sorry. Are we done here? ¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were shining. He nced at Yu Sui¡¯s trouser pocket which held his mobile phone. He made as if to speak but stopped.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t even have to think. He already knew what Shi Luo wanted to do. He opened the bathroom door and said, ¡°No way am I letting you go through my chat history so beat it.¡±

    Shi Luo knew that he had gone a bit overboard. He said sluggishly, ¡°Fine. Go take your smoke. I¡¯ll go pack up ...¡±

    Shi Luo walked out. Suddenly, without waiting for Yu Sui to close the door again, Shi Luo skillfully slipped in through the crack!

    Yu Sui was in the middle of closing the door. Like this, Shi Luo was almost nestled right into Yu Sui¡¯s arms.

    There really was very limited space in the bathroom. Yu Sui wanted to be a gentleman, but there was no room for retreat.

    Shi Luo hemmed and hawed, ¡°He ... Did he say anything bad about me? You can¡¯t listen to him. Your rtionship with me now is obviously much better than with him. His is all in the past.¡±

    Yu Sui hung his head and looked at Shi Luo, after a moment he conceded. He let go of the door handle and fished out his mobile phone. He unlocked it and handed it to Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo gripped Yu Sui¡¯s mobile phone and gulped. He whispered hesitantly, ¡°You¡¯re... really going to let me see it?¡±

    Yu Sui nodded.

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips slightly ticked up and he bowed his head to look through the chat records.

    The two were nestled a little too close. Yu Sui tried his best to stick to the wall behind him. Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo from out the corner of his eye and whispered, ¡°Shi Luo, do you have any idea what you look like right now?¡±

    ¡°I know.¡± Shi Luo didn¡¯t even raise his head, and said happily, ¡°I look like a green tea b*tch taking advantage of a lover¡¯s quarrel to look over someone¡¯s chat records!¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°&#k2026;¡±

    Yu Sui felt a bit heart weary and he snatched the phone back. ¡°I suddenly don¡¯t feel like showing it to you anymore. Get out.¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s your hurry!¡± Shi Luo felt awfully wronged. He muttered in a low voice. ¡°Such a bad temper, geez &#k2026; OK, I¡¯m going.¡±

    Yu Sui closed the bathroom door and muttered, ¡°F*cking idiot...¡±

    He wasn¡¯t a green tea bitch looking over a quarreling couple¡¯s chat records.

    He was a bag of vinegar worriedly investigating his husband.

    Yu Sui¡¯s stomach was so painful that hey in front of the small hand-washing station for a while. After the meager effects of the medicine started to kick in, he got up and went out of the bathroom.

    At around ten o¡¯clock in the morning, everyone was already all packed up. Shi Luo also had his uniform on and was stuffing snacks, a thermos bottles and stomach pellets into his own peripherals bag ... Along with an unknown thing.

    Yu Sui lowered his head slightly, scrutinizing the pack in Shi Luo¡¯s hand. He read the words softly, a pause between each word. ¡°Motherwort¡¯s , Menstrual, Heat, Patch?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips twitched. ¡°See? You shoo-ed me away, but I still went out to buy these for you. Look how nice I am to you ...¡±

    ¡°Oh, so that¡¯s for me, is it...¡± Yu Sui nodded calmly. ¡°It¡¯s my fault. I take back what I said this morning. I don¡¯t have my period today but thanks.¡±

    ¡°What do you know? This kind of heat patch is also good for stomachaches.¡± Shi Luo tucked the heat patches into his peripheral bag. ¡°Later, I¡¯ll help you stick it under your team uniform.¡±

    ¡°I refuse.¡± Yu Sui really wanted to open Shi Luo¡¯s brain to see what was inside. ¡°What are you doing putting in all this crap? You didn¡¯t even put in your mouse and keyboard. Take those out and put in your peripherals! ¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m a substitute, I don¡¯t need my peripherals. Is it even necessary to pretend that I¡¯m even carrying any peripherals?¡± Shi Luo acted quite reasonable. ¡°In any case, the fans can¡¯t see what I have inside here. So, who exactly am I obstructing here? ¡±

    Yu Sui was at the end of his patience. ¡°It¡¯s obstructing me! Go put them in. If you don¡¯t take your peripherals we won¡¯t take you with us.¡±

    Shi Luo was left without a choice. He grumbled out a few words, but threw out the snacks from his bag, and stuffed in his keyboard and mouse. He insisted on bringing the thermos and motherwort¡¯s heat patches. His peripherals bag almost burst from how overstuffed it was.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t helpining, ¡°My peripherals bag is all stretched out!¡±

    Yu Sui shot Shi Luo a nce and then ignored him.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to say anything but he had an uneasy feeling since this morning.

    Yu Sui¡¯s sixth sense has always been the kind that worked well about bad tidings but never about good ones.

    Yu Sui thought about it over and over and the more he thought, the more he felt that something was going to go wrong in the semi-finals today. If he really couldn¡¯t get his stomachache to subside, Shi Luo would have to go up.

    Naturally, no matter what, Yu Sui would do his utmost best to push through. But this kind of uneasiness that he¡¯d felt since getting up that morning was like a shadow that wouldn¡¯t leave. Aside from an ident urring in the game, Yu Sui couldn¡¯t think of any other possible setback.

    But they cut down Team YT, gaining a decisive victory, 3-0.

    Yu Sui¡¯s stomach was really hurting. And it was getting more and more painful. He didn¡¯t want any idents to ur so he yed very aggressively from the very first game. He didn¡¯t give YT nor himself the chance to breathe. Game after game, for 3 games straight, he staked everything. He didn¡¯t allow himself even the littlest bit of fault-tolerance ratio. After three high-intensity games, not to mention Yu Sui, whose stomach hurt so much he no longer wanted to speak, even Old Qiao couldn¡¯t stand it anymore.

    After winning the game, Yu Sui was a little more at ease. He pushed himself to ept the interview and ept the fans¡¯ birthday wishes. As soon as he returned to the lounge, he fell on the sofa. He smiled, ¡°I¡¯m dying here. I seriously can¡¯t make it to birthday party tonight. You guys go. Take my card ... I¡¯m gonna go back to the base and sleep for a while. ¡±

    ¡°If you don¡¯t go, what would we celebrate? We¡¯ll have the party some other time.¡± Old Qiao sat next to Yu Sui. ¡°Maybe you should go to the hospital?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head, ¡°Too much trouble. It will just be the same set of examinations again and then they¡¯ll prescribe some medicine that doesn¡¯t solve the problem. It¡¯s just a waste of time. Better just head back to the base ...¡±

    Shi Luo frowned, ¡°Then don¡¯t do the examination. Let¡¯s first get some medicine to help your stomach. I¡¯ll go with you.¡±

    Yu Sui hesitated then his phone suddenly rang.

    It was Ji Yanhan calling.

    Yu Sui picked it up, nodded a momentter, hummed twice, and hung up the phone.

    ¡°No wasting any more time. The captain is already waiting at the base. Let¡¯s have dinner there.¡± Yu Sui got up, ¡°I¡¯ll be fine until the finals. Stop treating me as if I¡¯m dying...¡±

    This was Yu Sui¡¯s nature. No one would be able to persuade him. Everyone knew it was no use. All they could do was ask the assistant to go ahead and buy Yu Sui some medicine for his stomach. Everyone went back to the base together.

    By the time they returned to the base, it was already ten o¡¯clock in the evening.

    The long coffee table in front of the sofa on the first floor was piled with several cakes. The sofa was filled with flowers and gifts from the fans that the team manager had brought back early on. Yu Sui looked at the roomful of birthday presents and said, ¡°Use the official Weibo and thank the fans for me. Where¡¯s the captain? ¡±

    The team manager pointed upstairs, ¡°He arrived earlier. He¡¯s waiting upstairs.¡±

    Yu Sui said to everyone, ¡°Go take care of your own things first ... Take a bath or take a little rest. Food delivery should be here in a while.¡±

    Everyone agreed and busied themselves with their own matters. Only Shi Luo remained, his eyes always locked on to Yu Sui.

    ¡°You ...¡± Yu Sui asked with a smile, ¡°Which cake did you order?¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyebrow. He signaled with his eyes, ¡°That all white one.¡±

    Yu Sui picked up theplementary fork provided by the cake shop and took a little cream from Shi Luo¡¯s cake and had a taste. ¡°It¡¯s delicious. You rest first, I¡¯ll go find youter.¡±

    Shi Luo made as if to say something and stopped. Yu Sui smiled, ¡°Today is a no go. I want to have a good chat with him. Don¡¯t make trouble.¡±

    It was Yu Sui¡¯s birthday, Ji Yanhan must also want to talk over this calmly. Shi Luo understood the gravity of the matter and nodded reluctantly. ¡°Hurry up though. I also have something else for you.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded and went upstairs.

    Since joining FS, Yu Sui lost the habit of locking his door. The dormitory doors were all usually lever handle types. In his room, Ji Yanhan had already been waiting for a long time.

    Ji Yanhan was sitting on the small sofa in front of the window, his elbows on his thighs and his face buried in his hands. It looked as if he had fallen asleep from waiting too long.

    A small birthday cake was ced on the small table in front of Ji Yanhan, and more than a dozen shopping bags were piled on the ground. A very familiar logo was stamped on the shopping bags. It was from a street wear brand he liked when he was a bit younger.

    Yu Sui sat opposite Ji Yanhan. He picked up a shopping bag and took out the limited edition T-shirt from inside to have a look.

    When Yu Sui just started ying professionally, he was too young and he grew too fast. He would outgrow his clothes after just a few days. Yu Sui had to train every day and had little time to go clothes shopping. He was FS¡¯ most valuable yer. His time was more valuable than gold. And so, Ji Yanhan, who was retired by then, went out to buy clothes for him.

    Yu Sui was picky when it came to his clothes but Ji Yanhan had zero fashion sense. He knew that his sense of style wasn¡¯t as good as Yu Sui¡¯s so every time he bought a few items to let Yu Sui have his pick. The ones Yu Sui didn¡¯t like and couldn¡¯t be returned, Ji Yanhan was very reluctant to throw away. So he grudgingly wore them himself.

    At that time, Ji Yanhan was taller than Yu Sui. Yu Sui really couldn¡¯t bear to look at Ji Yanhan wearing clothes that were clearly too small for him. After a few times, no matter crude the style or how garish the colors of the clothes Ji Yanhan bought for him, Yu Sui gritted his teeth and said ¡®This is f*cking cool. I love it.¡±

    Later, things got better for everyone. Yu Sui also managed to get some breathing room and Ji Yanhan hadn¡¯t bought clothes for Yu Sui for two or three years now.

    Yu Sui breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that he didn¡¯t need to choke back his words today. Today, he could confide in the other entirely.

    ¡°You¡¯re back?¡± Ji Yanhan moved, sitting up straight. His eyes were bloodshot and he said tiredly, ¡°Today¡¯s your birthday. I didn¡¯t know what to buy for you, I saw this brand again on the way to the base. So I picked the most expensive ones to see if you¡¯d like any of them.¡±

    Yu Sui said lightly, ¡°I like it all.¡±

    Ji Yanhan smiled, ¡°No need to humor me. It¡¯s already pretty good if you like even one the things I bought. You¡¯re just like Min Min. You both have really good tastes. You guys never would have taken a second look at the things I bought...but you both say you like them anyway.¡±

    Yu Sui paused. ¡°How are things with her family?¡±

    It was as though he hadn¡¯t heard. Ji Yanhan continued, ¡°Min Min¡¯s just like you. Came from a family with a good social standing, she¡¯s never suffered any grievance since she was young. A decent and respectable Ms. Perfect. She must have gone blind for her to settle on me.¡±

    ¡°All these years, I always wanted to wait for everything to settle down before marrying her. I¡¯d grow the business, make it impressive so that she¡¯d be able to raise her head in front of her friends. That way they¡¯ll stop saying that she found a country bumpkin. I really tried my best. ¡°Ji Yanhan was silent for a moment, and said,¡± Unfortunately ... it¡¯s all messed up again. ¡±

    Yu Sui narrowed his eyes, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    ¡°Her dad ...¡± Ji Yanhan gave a long exhale. ¡°The older he gets the more muddled he gets. I think it¡¯s unreasonable to invest in those things, but he just doesn¡¯t listen. He doesn¡¯t listen to me nor does he listen to Min Min. Now ... In a couple of months, Min Min¡¯s apartment will probably be auctioned off. ¡±

    Yu Sui frowned. He had also guessed that there was something wrong with Min Min¡¯s family, but he hadn¡¯t expected it to be so bad.

    Yu Sui asked, ¡°How much do you need? I still have some.¡±

    Ji Yanhan shook his head, ¡°If it was an amount you can make up, then I could too. So it¡¯s useless to do that.¡±

    Before Yu Sui could ask again, Ji Yanhan looked up at Yu Sui and said, ¡°Yu Sui, I remember ... you lived in Germany for two years as a kid, didn¡¯t you?¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. He didn¡¯t have any idea what he was getting at.

    ¡°I remember you said that you really liked their ...¡± Ji Yanhan murmured, ¡°If you like it then that¡¯s good.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t know if it was because of his stomachache or because of what he instinctively perceived from Ji Yanhan¡¯s voice, his back was suddenly covered in cold sweat.

    Yu Sui took a deep breath, rubbed his stomach vigorously, and said as calmly as possible, ¡°I don¡¯t have a lot of money I can move around here but I do have some assets that I can cash in. Give me half a month, I¡¯ll give you all I have... 60 million. Will that be enough? ¡±

    ¡°How can I not know how much you have?¡± Ji Yanhan sneered and shook his head gently, ¡°It¡¯s not enough.¡±

    Yu Sui endured the twisting pain of his stomach, ¡°Chen Huo still has a little bit. I¡¯ll owe him. He still has at least 20 million on his side. I¡¯ll give him an IOU and we¡¯ll give you everything.¡±

    Ji Yanhan shook his head, ¡°There¡¯s no use thinking about it. I¡¯ve already thought about all these.¡±

    Without waiting for Yu Sui to speak again, Ji Yanhan asked in a low voice, ¡°Yu Sui ... remember who paid the penalty fee for you when you left Knife de?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Ji Yanhan and suddenly became speechless.

    Yu Sui was still in a deadlock with his family at the time. He absolutely refused to ask money from them. It was Ji Yanhan who lost all his savings and sold Min Min¡¯s car to get enough money to pay off Yu Sui and their other team members¡¯ contract penalty fee.

    ¡°That time she even sold her own bags and shoes ... I¡¯ve been unfair to her. I haven¡¯t changed all these years. Yu Sui, this time I¡¯m being unfair to you.¡± Ji Yanhan looked at Yu Sui impatiently. His eyes were red. ¡°Yu Sui, but if Ge could have made this up myself, I wouldn¡¯t have thought of you. I have put in all that I can put in. The only thing I have in my hands now is you ...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not your private property.¡± Yu Sui tried his best to keep calm. ¡°I know that rich European club is rebuilding a new team. They¡¯ve also contacted me. I can¡¯t go, you know that.¡±

    ¡°You have rtives over there, they¡¯ll treat you well, and they can give you the best teammates and the best team configuration ...¡± Ji Yanhan unwittingly murmured to himself, ¡°I can examine the contract for you. We¡¯ll add a lot of favorable conditions for you ... ¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to hear a word of it.

    Unexpectedly, years of friendship finally reached this step.

    Yu Sui got up, ¡°How much is the penalty fee? Compute it and let me know. Aside from the penalty fee, I can still give you a bit more...I¡¯ll leave here with nothing. I won¡¯t even take the uniform with me.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re going to terminate your contract with me? You¡¯re going to be a free agent? How nice...¡± Ji Yanhan looked up at Yu Sui and said coldly, ¡°Have you taken a good look at your contract? Do you know how much your penalty fee is? ¡±

    Yu Sui said coldly, ¡°Laozi can afford it.¡±

    Ji Yanhan was silent. Indeed, if Yu Sui forcibly terminated his contract, even if his own private assets weren¡¯t enough, he could still lower his head and ask it from his family. Yu Sui¡¯s family was rich. Ji Yanhan had already anticipated that he could pay it off this way.

    But......

    Ji Yanhan looked at Yu Sui almost pityingly, ¡°You can afford to pay for yourself, but can you pay off Chen Huo¡¯s? Old Qiao¡¯s? Puppy¡¯s?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s face paled.

    ¡°And ...¡± Ji Yanhan thoroughly hardened his heart. ¡°What about your little boyfriend, Shi Luo? At seventeen ... his best age, he clearly signed with me for five years.¡±

    A few days ago, at this base, Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui and said, ¡°I just did the same thing you did back then. So, why are you scolding me?¡±

    The look in Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were stubborn but firm. ¡°You are the only one who has ever treated me well and so I was perfectly happy to do so.¡±

    Ji Yanhan looked at Yu Sui and said cruelly, ¡°He did it all for you.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s fingertips shook slightly. He turned around and barely managed to walk into the bathroom. He bent down and retched and suddenly spit something out.

    In the sink, there was ck and red, all of it was blood.

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    The plot thickens! See you tomorrow! Tomorrow? Yup. See you tomorrow!

 Chapter 29

    Chapter 29

    Ji Yanhan noticed that there was something not quite right happening in the bathroom. Agitated, he stood up and headed towards it. Yu Sui endured the pain in his stomach and raised his hand to close the bathroom door and lock it.

    He still has a lot of things to settle with Ji Yanhan.

    Ji Yanhan anxiously pounded on the door, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? You vomited again? Open the door! Let me see! Is it serious?!¡±

    Yu Sui put one hand on the sink counter, and slowly rubbed his stomach with the other, trying to keep himself from being too perturbed. He needed to sort out his thoughts as soon as possible.

    Min Min¡¯s family¡¯s situation was probably reaching its most crucial moment. The gap in funding that Ji Yanhan wanted to make up was too big. The incident happened too quickly and he couldn¡¯t afford to have Yu Sui waste time.

    The situation right now was moving too fast. Yu Sui didn¡¯t dare imagine what would happen if he were to be hospitalized now. He¡¯d probably wake up to everything already settled, by then it would really be toote to do anything.

    He rxed after a moment. With a doorway between them, he said, ¡°I...¡±

    Yu Sui bent over slightly. Cold sweat was dripping down his face. It hurt so much.

    It hurt so much things around him were starting to appear blurry.

    ¡°Put...put my name up for transfer, the other domestic teams might be able to offer a high price.¡± Things have already reached this point, arguing now was meaningless and Yu Sui didn¡¯t have the time. He endured the nausea and pain and tried to calm down, ¡°Bison¡¯s owner... has always wanted me. He¡¯s mentioned it several times in recent years. Go ask him for his price. How much is the European team offering you? Discuss the price with him. He should give you an opening price...¡±

    Yu Sui took a momentary breather. ¡°NSN may not be able to offer too high a price, but you can also ask them. Their boss really wants a championship and they¡¯re onlycking a medic. They should be willing to spend money. Or you can try ICE... they¡¯ve contacted me before and gave an opening price of 50 million. That¡¯s pretty high. Go to their boss...¡±

    Ji Yanhan¡¯s voice outside the door was hoarse, ¡°So many teams...they all went to look for you?¡±

    More than just them.

    ying the sentiment card was useless and Yu Sui had absolutely no desire to bring up their past friendship. Not only was it useless, it only added to the pain.

    Ji Yanhan didn¡¯t speak for a long while. Yu Sui gritted his teeth and hammered against the bathroom door. ¡°Have you gone deaf?! Didn¡¯t you hear me?! Go find them. Put up my two years. Set whatever price you want. I¡¯ll go anywhere!¡±

    NSN was fine. ICE was fine. He¡¯ll go to any team even to Bison with whom he¡¯d just tied a huge knot of enmity with.

    As long as you can stay within his own region.

    After a while, Ji Yanhan¡¯s depressed voice came from outside the door. ¡°You think I didn¡¯t ask? If I could sell you to a team within the country, how could I be willing to let you move out of the region...¡±

    ¡°There are a lot of teams that want you, but they only want you... but your two-year contract fee alone won¡¯t be enough to make up the amount I need.¡± Ji Yanhan said shakily, ¡°Only the European Sacred Sword team agreed to buy all the contracts. They¡¯ll take all five...¡±

    ¡°A game...¡± Yu Sui said, holding back his emotions, ¡°only needs four yers but they¡¯re going to take all five in one go? Are they stupid? And they can¡¯t just only be buying FS. They¡¯ll definitely be buying the other jobs¡¯ top yers. Why? Are... are even their water dispensers made of gold? They need that many people to keep watch over it?¡±

    Ji Yanhan was silent for a moment, and then he hardened his heart and said, ¡°Of course, the only one they really want is you, the others...It¡¯s not that bad. They¡¯ll also buy the others. They want to y the South Korean model. They¡¯ll rotate yers back and forth. There¡¯ll be no fix starters that way they can best motivate the yers to improve...and train harder for the starting position.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. Now, he got it.

    Aside from himself, Chen Huo, Puppy, Old Qiao and even Shi Luo were done for. They wouldn¡¯t even be assured of a position as a starter.

    Yu Sui grabbed the edge of the sink, his fingers turned white.

    ¡°They¡¯re the only one willing to buy so many yers all at once. And they¡¯re willing to cover everyone¡¯s remaining contract periods...¡± Ji Yanhan was choked with emotion. ¡°If any domestic team could pay this high price, why would I sell you to Europe? You think I don¡¯t know how disgusting this is?! I was once a pro-yer too!¡±

    Yu Sui smiled bitterly.

    You actually still remember.

    Yu Sui spit out blood into the sink. He closed his eyes to calm himself, and tried to remember the other four¡¯s contracts.

    Shi Luo¡¯s contract was the longest, but his was actually the easiest one to deal with. Ji Yanhan¡¯s stipted signing fee for him was too low. He could easily pay off his penalty fee himself. This wasn¡¯t a problem. Before, he wasn¡¯t willing to let Shi Luo¡¯s contract be terminated, because one, he didn¡¯t want Shi Luo to go to another team and two, he didn¡¯t think things were so bad that they had reached the point where they had to shed all pretenses of cordiality. But seeing how things were now&#k2026;it was actually best to terminate it.

    Chen Huo still had two and a half years left in his contract. His signing fee was also really high; it wasn¡¯t much lower than his Yu Sui¡¯s own. Moreover, there were a lot of restrictions and it was also tied up with a messy economic contract. His wasn¡¯t easy to handle, but fortunately, Chen Huo had a considerable amount of money on him.

    Puppy still has three years to go. His signing fee isn¡¯t too high, but the contract period was too long. He also joined thetest and his contract stiptions may be harsher.

    The most difficult to handle was Old Qiao¡¯s. If Yu Sui remembered correctly, Old Qiao had just renewed his contract earlier this year. He still has at least four years left. What¡¯s more, he started his career to pay back his family¡¯s debts. He had used his first two years to clear out his family¡¯s debts. He probably doesn¡¯t have a lot of money left on him. Having him pay out his own penalty fee was simply out of the question.

    Yu Sui looked up at the mirror. After taking a few deep breaths, Yu Sui hadpletely calmed down and his mind was clear.

    ¡°I¡¯ll pay the penalty fee for Shi Luo and Old Qiao¡¯s contract cancetion. There¡¯s no need to fool me...¡± Yu Sui said coldly, ¡°The Sacred Sword Club definitely has no interest in a striker with a hand injury and an unstable substitute medic. You forced them to take these two in... There¡¯s no need for you to do that. How much is their penalty fees, I¡¯ll pay for it.¡±

    Behind the door, Ji Yanhan was dazed. ¡°You¡¯re going to redeem Old Qiao? You... Don¡¯t you get along best with Chen Huo? If you... If you do this, you won¡¯t even be able to redeem yourself.¡±

    Yu Sui instinctively looked at the door of the bathroom. He opened his mouth to say something but gave up a momentter, saying no more.

    Not redeem Old Qiao? Was he going to watch on helplessly as Old Qiao was sent to Europe to watch a water dispenser? Could he let Old Qiao live out the rest of his career as a substitute yer before having a lonely retirement in an aliennd?

    For a professional yer, was there anything more terrible than this?

    There was no point in people who follow different ways to take counsel together.

    Yu Sui also needed to save his strength to discuss other matters.

    ¡°I¡¯ll also buy half a year off Chen Huo¡¯s contract. Chen Huo will pay for that himself... After I pay off Shi Luo and Old Qiao¡¯s contract, I should still have some left... I¡¯ll use what I have left to buy one year off Puppy¡¯s contract. Go and change their contracts. Change their contract terms to end with mine in two years.¡± Yu Sui endured the pain, ¡°Ji Yanhan... If you still have a conscience, you will sell these to me.¡±

    Ji Yanhan was silent.

    Ji Yanhan knew it clearly. Yu Sui was nning for the future. He wanted Chen Huo and Puppy toe back with him two yearster.

    ¡°I¡¯m well aware of how much money I still have. Since I said I said I¡¯m going to buy it, I can definitely afford it...¡± Yu Sui clutched his stomach and did his best to say coldly, ¡°I have made all the concessions I can make. If you decide not to agree, then fine...they¡¯ll just have to consider themselves unlucky. I won¡¯t care about anyone else...I¡¯ll just buy out my own contract. How about it? Though I don¡¯t know if Sacred Sword will still take them without me in the deal.¡±

    ¡°No!¡± Ji Yanhan said hurriedly, ¡°You can¡¯t go... OK, I¡¯ll do what you say.¡±

    That¡¯s good then.

    Yu Sui was in so much pain that he couldn¡¯t speak. He put his head against the mirror and after much effort, managed to take out his phone.

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t see things clearly anymore. He rummaged through the address book and said weakly, ¡°One other thing, you...must promise me one thing...¡±

    Outside the door, Ji Yanhan said hoarsely, ¡°What is it?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s lips moved and he spoke quietly.

    Yu Sui¡¯s voice had been very quiet, but Ji Yanhan, outside the door, still managed to hear it.

    Ji Yanhan looked at the bathroom door in surprise, and after a while, he nodded. ¡°I will never say a word of it.¡±

    Yu Sui breathed out a sigh of relief. He picked up his phone once again. Outside the door, Ji Yanhan hardened his heart and said, ¡°I¡¯ve already done this wicked thing...I might as well thoroughly cken myself.¡±

    Ji Yanhan¡¯s voice trembled, ¡°I¡¯ll hide this for you, and in exchange...you must also hide something for me.¡±

    Yu Yong struggled to open his eyes, his voice hoarse, he said, ¡°Say it.¡±

    ¡°I promised Min Min already. When we get married, we¡¯ll have a big wedding. I¡¯ll invite all the famous yers in the circle toe. It will be broadcast live on the inte. It will be better than the parties given for retiring yers...¡± Ji Yanhan¡¯s face was turning red and purple from holding back. The more he said the less lung power he had left. In the end he was practically begging, ¡°I don¡¯t want her to be insulted along with me; to the point that she might not even be able to leave her house. Yu Sui, she has been with me for six years... ¡±

    Yu Sui finally found Shi Luo¡¯s name in the address book.

    ¡°Six years.¡± Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo¡¯s name and murmured quietly, ¡°You¡¯ve known me for just three months...¡±

    Outside the door, Ji Yanhan was choked with sobs, ¡°I¡¯ve treated her so shabbily all these years. I was never able to make good on any of the promises I made her. Now if the matter about selling your contracts gets out, let alone everyone in the circleing to celebrate, I¡¯m afraid even the wedding might be called off. Yu Sui... I¡¯m being so unfair to you. I can only be unfair to you. About the transfer...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s all my idea.¡±

    Outside the bathroom, Ji Yanhan¡¯s eyes grew wide in disbelief.

    In the bathroom, Yu Sui¡¯s voice came.

    ¡°It¡¯s me who wants to go to Europe.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s me who doesn¡¯t want Old Qiao dragging me down anymore.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s me who doesn¡¯t want Shi Luo, this substitute, blocking and hindering my way...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s me who wants to go to Germany. It¡¯s me who wants to go to the best team possible.¡±

    Behind the door, Yu Sui said softly, ¡°Captain, congrattions on your wedding.¡±

    From now on, I don¡¯t owe you anything.

    Yu Sui finally dialed Shi Luo¡¯s number.

    Afterwards, Yu Sui didn¡¯t have much of an impression of what happened.

    It seemed that within a few seconds after he had just hung up, Shi Luo broke open the door. Yu Sui had wanted to unlock the bathroom door, but he didn¡¯t have enough strength to even raise his hand.

    He seemed to have dimly heard Shi Luo asking him to move further away. Yu Sui tried his best to lean on the inner side of the bathroom. The next second, Shi Luo had kicked open the door to the bathroom. Yu Sui sighed. Simply wow.

    There was blood on the sink, blood on the ground, and blood on both his own hands.

    He didn¡¯t know if he thought he was so depressed that he¡¯d cut his wrists.

    Shi Luo looked at the horrible picture in the bathroom, and was obviously shocked.

    Yu Sui¡¯s first thought was that Shi Luo might bolt from fright. Yu Sui wanted to tell him it was nothing but before he could say anything, Shi Luo had turned around and nted a kick to Ji Yanhan¡¯s stomach so strong it almost caused internal bleeding.

    Ji Yanhan, who had been crying outside the bathroom, was now curled up on the ground because of Shi Luo¡¯s kick. Shi Luo didn¡¯t dare to dy any longer. After speedily beating up Ji Yanhan until he coughed up blood, he charged into the bathroom and supported Yu Sui. Voice trembling, he said, ¡°It¡¯s fine. It¡¯s nothing...I will take you to the hospital and you¡¯ll be fine right away. You¡¯re so young, you won¡¯t die from coughing up a bit of blood. It will be fine...¡±

    Shi Luo quickly helped Yu Sui downstairs. The crowd who¡¯d been waiting to celebrate Yu Sui¡¯s birthday were shocked but immediately rushed over.

    Yu Sui had absolutely no impression of what happened after that.

    When Yu Sui woke up again, he was already in the hospital room.

    In the room, Chen Huo, Puppy and Old Qiao were all sleeping squeezed in together on the caretaker¡¯s bed. Shi Luo fell asleep beside his bed. Even in sleep, he held Yu Sui¡¯s hand that was attached to the IV drip.

    In the faint rays of dawn, Yu Sui tried to move as lightly as possible. He took hold of his phone that he been set on top of the drawer.

    Yu Sui looked at his phone. There were already 24 messages.

    Yu Sui unlocked the phone, skipping a bunch of greetings until he found Ji Yanhan¡¯s messages.

    [Ji Yanhan]: The contract is already revised ording to what you said, don¡¯t forget what you promised me.

    [Ji Yanhan]: Yu Sui, Ge has been inhuman. You should hate me.

    Yu Sui was relieved. He put the phone aside and looked around at the few people in the small room. He exhaled gently.

    Every year, on his birthday, the FS Operations Department will create a birthday celebration video for Yu Sui. Most of the time, Yu Sui doesn¡¯t even watch it. Basically, it was a video summarizing his outstanding achievements over the years. It was meaningless.

    Moreover, FS¡¯s operations media always boasted too much about his achievements. Yu Sui felt numb watching it.

    What ¡®debuted at fifteen to carve a new way for medics¡¯? What ¡®took on a leadership role at a time of crisis at sixteen to follow their captain¡¯s footsteps to smash through the league¡¯s record¡¯? What pletely resisted the club¡¯s banner at seventeen...¡¯?

    It¡¯s all fake.

    Afterboring for so many years, the only thing Yu Sui recognized was his owns strength. Other things that were a mix or half-lies and half-truth, Yu Sui simply regarded as all fake.

    How could he have done so many things by himself? What did Ji Yanhan do? What did the club¡¯s numerous staff members do?

    Thinking back on these years since his debut, Yu Sui suddenly felt that he really was unworthy of any praise.

    Setting aside matters at Team Knife de before, when they had just set up Team FS, Old Qiao was obviously more qualified that he was to be the captain. But because he had many fans, because he was young, because the new FS team needed gimmicks, needed fans and needed something to draw their attention, he forcibly fashioned himself as a fighter and he forcibly gave himself the position of captain.

    Did Old Qiao say anything? No, he congratted him wholeheartedly, and then continued to do what a captain should be doing, taking on responsibilities, he as captain should be taking.

    It was baffling how he¡¯d managed to earn this reputation for himself when it seems that he hasn¡¯t done anything much for the team in recent years. Many of the things he never even thought of doing were quietly done by Ji Yanhan and Old Qiao, andter on, by Chen Huo and Puppy too.

    In the game, given his auxiliary position, he should have been a milk tank, to help the dying and heal the injured.

    But because of his twisted method, as an assassin-type medic, the assistance he could give to his teammates was very limited. Sometimes it was his teammates who were assisting him instead.

    On the hospital bed, Yu Sui used his own arm as a pillow. He thought back to his professional career these past few years. In the game, on the game field, he only wanted to win. It seems he was never able to protect his teammates properly.

    Five years ago, the FOG game was officially opened for public testing. Yu Sui downloaded the client at home and looked back and forth at the job selection. While hesitating between a striker and a sniper, Yu Sui¡¯s cursor identally clicked on medic.

    In the game interface, the job introduction was disyed below a character with a photon shield in his left hand and a long dagger in his right.

    Yu Sui had long forgotten what had been written in that trivial description. After so many years, only thest sentence of the introduction still remained fresh in his mind.

    [So long as the medic lives, hisrades will never be wounded.]

    At the time, Yu Sui, this youngster, was hooked by this sentence. He, who hadmitted himself wholeheartedly to selecting a killing post, unexpectedly took a step into this deceptive job. He was out of ce and became the league¡¯s first assassin-type medic. After so many years of fighting, he hasn¡¯t been able to properly protect his strikers and his sniper.

    But when all was said and done, he was a medic.

    The strongest medic in the league; he used all his assets and his reputation and turned them into five three-sided six-edged photon shields. He set them firmly in front of his five former and present teammates. For the first time, he thoroughly fulfilled his role as a medic.

    So long as the medic lives, hisrades will never be wounded.

    Whether they live or die, he took on this burden.

 Chapter 30

    Chapter 30

    Yu Sui never wanted to remember the month that followed his birthday that year.

    He really hadn¡¯t put up a good fight.

    After thinking about it as hey on the hospital bed that day, Yu Sui decided not to call his parents.

    When he left home to join Team Knife Edge, he made a solemn vow. This was his own choice, no matter what happens, he wasn¡¯t going to let his parents provide for him or clean up his own messes. If he were to go back now to ask for money, the personal humiliation was secondary, now that he¡¯s reached this point he didn¡¯t have any face to lose, but now even his own parents would lose theirs?

    His parents were intellectuals, having such a young son dropping out of school was bad enough. Why should they pay for his team now? Why should they pay for his teammates?

    Not to mention, his parents were obsessed with their studies. All these years, the couple hasn¡¯t saved much money. Their family¡¯s savings were actually handed down from his grandfather¡¯s generation. This was what his grandfather left to their children. If he were to demand money now, it would be the same as robbing them of their retirement fund...It waspletely immoral, worse than mooching off his parents.

    This wasn¡¯t a pot for his parents to bear. He was the one who owed a debt of gratitude and thus he needed to be the one to pay it back.

    After deciding not to speak his parents, Yu Sui looked around the four people sleeping in the room. He took a deep breath. He never could hide anything from his teammates.

    After a couple of days, Yu Sui had recovered enough to be able to get out of bed. He found an opportunity to discuss it alone with Old Qiao.

    Yu Sui gave Old Qiao a heads-up in advance. He said helplessly, ¡°The doctor said that with my condition I can¡¯t be overly happy or overly sad right now. I can¡¯t have intense mood swings or much physical activity. I will have to ask you to be mindful of the patient. We have something we need to discuss. I really want to be able to leave the hospital as soon as possible so do be careful with my emotions, okay?¡±

    Old Qiao lookedpletely at a loss. ¡°What happened? Tell me.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded and got up to close the door of the hospital room.

    Old Qiao had the best temperament on the team. He knew how to keep a cool head when something crops up. He didn¡¯t dare give voice to his grief and indignation. He simply bit to pieces the caregiver¡¯s bed¡¯s sheets. He was venting so much, Yu Sui almost fell ill again.

    In any case, he still managed to calm down.

    The second person was Puppy.

    Snipers were generally a veryposed bunch, but Puppy was still more difficult to deal with than Old Qiao. Yu Sui could only continue to use the same method ¡ª

    ¡°If there is anything I haven¡¯t thought of, tell me, if not... don¡¯t quarrel with me. I¡¯m sick, I have a stomachache. If you have something to say then say it, but don¡¯t bully the patient.¡±

    Yu Sui had dealt with every aspect of this matter. Puppy¡¯s, like Old Qiao¡¯s, abilities fell short of their wishes and he couldn¡¯t think of what else to do. He was so angry he could almost lift the hospital off its foundations. But he didn¡¯t want to stimte Yu Sui and have him fall ill again.

    But Puppy did his best to get 12.5 million through his own efforts and transferred it to Yu Sui¡¯s ount. Yu Sui didn¡¯t try to be polite with him and epted the money.

    On the day Yu Sui had his showdown with Puppy, Old Qiao, who¡¯d been repressing his bitterness and anger for three whole days for Yu Sui¡¯s sake, suddenly developed a 40.5 C high fever and was also hospitalized.

    Yu Sui happened to be in leaving the hospital that day and he simply gave up his room to Old Qiao.

    Yu Sui looked at Old Qiao¡¯s flushed face and decided to postpone his conversation with Chen Huo for a few days.

    As for Shi Luo...

    Yu Sui gave up any thought of hiding it from him the day he entered the hospital.

    To be able to hide something from Shi Luo was a fluke. It¡¯s been so many days and there¡¯s been so many clues, Shi Luo has probably guessed most of it. Yu Sui knew that he couldn¡¯t deceive him and he didn¡¯t feel like pretending with him.

    There was something though that Shi Luo just couldn¡¯t understand. He asked Yu Sui, ¡°He¡¯s going to sell all of you. How can you still discuss the details with him so calmly? If murder weren¡¯t a crime, you should kill him for this.¡±

    Yu Sui asked Shi Luo in reply, ¡°If someday I sell you and it weren¡¯t a crime to kill someone, would you kill me?¡±

    Shi Luo stopped talking.

    On that day, Shi Luo felt like he understood Yu Sui a bit better.

    It was true that Ji Yanhan was harming him now and it was also true that he used to treat him unconditionally well.

    Once all these matter be entangled with feelings, they were no longer ck and white.

    Shi Luo epted this point. He thought it was also good. After this, Yu Sui would no longer owe Ji Yanhan anything. The only thing was, at that time, Shi Luo never could have guessed that he would be left behind.

    Even though Yu Sui had already hinted to him, ¡°They may already have a substitute medic where I¡¯m going.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s great.¡± Shi Luo was very optimistic. ¡°I can just be a bum. Or maybe I could be your assistant? How about it? I can fold your clothes for you. Folding clothes is pretty much all I know how to do.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. At the time, Yu Sui¡¯s physical energy couldn¡¯t keep up. He was worried that Shi Luo¡¯s impulsiveness would push him to sign with Ji Yanhan some contract that he couldn¡¯t control. And so he simply massaged his temples and decided not to say anything.

    Shi Luo had been a professional yer for less than a month. Under the FS¡¯ protection, he was still a baby who dared to pick fights and dared to fearlessly say that he might as well be a bum.

    He was so innocent and cute, it made Yu Sui¡¯s heart go soft.

    Yu Sui thought at the time that he¡¯ll put it off as long as he could.

    Then, like that, with worries weighing on their minds, the day of the finals came. Yu Sui and Old Qiao had been hospitalized one after the other. The condition of the entire team fell to an all-time low. Unsurprisingly, FS lost in the finals, 2-3 to the DDF team. Yu Sui finally suffered his first defeat in a majorpetition in the local league.

    There were a lot of things that couldn¡¯t be kept concealed.

    Ji Yanhan had secretly offered all five members of the team up for sale before and so, several of the domestic clubs knew what was up. Although they are all top executives, there would always be gossips and rumor of Yu Sui transferring was passed around.

    After losing in the finals, the direction of public opinion started to be delicate.

    Yu Sui¡¯s fans were naturally the first to take a stand. At that time, the fighting power of Yu Sui fans was very strong, powerful and tyrannical. They immediately unearthed and flung out Yu Sui¡¯s medical certificate, proving that Yu Sui was hospitalized on the day of the semi-finals due to gastric bleeding. For an ill person suffering from gastric bleeding to take the stage and y in the finals was already good enough. They had no idea how much suffering he must have endured to y through all five games in the finals. Winning and losing wasmon. Which team has never lost? Why is it that only FS isn¡¯t allowed to lose?

    Naturally, the sprayers had more to say about it. It was fine for other teams to lose but FS¡¯ fans kept boasting about how Whisper was no. 1 in the league. He lost. Why can¡¯t he be sprayed?

    Later, Yu Sui¡¯s video of the semi-finals and the finals was analyzed frame by frame by the yers. Although Yu Sui¡¯s stomach was in unbearable pain on the day of the semi-finals, he yed aggressively and made zero mistakes. Rtively speaking, his performance in the finals was a lot rougher. Not to mention, Old Qiao many a lot of mistakes that day, which also affected Yu Sui¡¯s y. There really were too many ces where the two of them made mistakes in tandem.

    These two games served as evidence for the sprayers¡¯ conspiracy theories. Combined with the gossip of Yu Sui¡¯s transfer that had the whole fan base abuzz, they cooked up a whole pce drama.

    [He yed perfectly on the day he had stomach bleeding and waspletely out of shape when he was discharged from the hospital. This is logic only fans would believe. ¡¿

    [Is Whisper going to DDF? Did he deliberately throw the finals. Kind of like a gift to his new master? ¡¿

    [Old Qiao might not be the strongest striker but he¡¯d definitely the most stable. What could have happened that got him making mistakes like that? He¡¯s the one who copsed the most during these five games. This is the first time this has happened all these years and no one is wondering why? ¡¿

    [Old Qiao has been with FS for so many years. He¡¯s definitely not going to transfer. Maybe he couldn¡¯t ept Yu Sui¡¯s transfer and parting ways with him so it affected his y?]

    [Whisper has no reason to transfer. It must still be because of his injury. ¡¿

    [Stop trying to make excuses for Yu Sui. A hospitalization certificate isn¡¯t all that difficult to fabricate. Who hasn¡¯t yed at creating a medical certificate to get out of military training? He¡¯s just cheating he fans.]

    [I¡¯m not trying to hit a person when he¡¯s down but I just don¡¯t see how Yu Sui could have a stomach problem. Someone photographed him smoking backstage on the day of the finals. Would someone with a stomach injury be smoking?¡¿

    [He didn¡¯t y well. Now, he¡¯s not allowed to smoke backstage to calm down?]

    [The fans admitted he had stomach bleeding, right? Could a sick person who had just had stomach bleeding be smoking?]

    [Stay on topic, will you? I want to know what¡¯s happening to FS. Who¡¯s leaving? Who¡¯s staying? Will they still y in the World Championships? If there¡¯s a problem with FS, what¡¯s going to happen to the World Championship? ¡¿

    [Whisper¡¯s too busy looking for a new club. He has no time to y in the World Championship. ¡¿

    [You call him Yu Shen when he wins the championship but you¡¯re trampling all over him when he¡¯s just lost a local finals. You¡¯re all awesome. Next time he wins the World Championship, don¡¯t try to bask in his reflected glory, alright? ¡¿

    The major forums were all in a hubbub. Yu Sui himself felt nothing, but Old Qiao and Chen Huo were almost ready to explode, especially Old Qiao. That day, he posted numerous mini-thesis on Weibo to rify matters regarding the semifinals and the finals. He posted so much that his ount was branded as Yu Sui¡¯s puppet ount.

    Shi Luo was also unbearably angry. He was looking for things everywhere. He was going to beat up Ji Yanhan once again and have him rify everything. Puppy stopped him.

    Yu Sui and Puppy nced at each other. A silent message passed between them.

    At that time, Old Qiao and Shi Luo¡¯s contracts were still with Ji Yanhan.

    Although Yu Sui had a gentleman¡¯s agreement with Ji Yanhan, was Ji Yanhan a gentleman?

    Shi Luo could breach his contract and Yu Sui could pay for it. But Old Qiao couldn¡¯t.

    There were too many years left on the contract, the stiptions were harsh and the contract price was high. When it was a matter of life and death, they couldn¡¯t afford to take any risks.

    Puppy was also considered to be a hundred dors, He stopped Shi Luo and asked him if he¡¯ll give Yu Sui a make-up birthday party.

    Shi Luo¡¯s attention was instantly diverted.

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui and he said they could.

    Puppy said he¡¯ll handle it then.

    They didn¡¯t know when would be the next time they could have a party with the five of them. Puppy has been very attentive. Even though Yu Sui camete because he had to take a trip home, he was still very satisfied.

    That¡¯s how Yu Sui dragged things out for another day, another day, and another day, until the night before he had to go to NSN to discuss Shi Luo¡¯s transfer.

    Yu Sui had mostly recovered by then. He thought he could handle it if Shi Luo decided to quarrel with him.

    But Yu Sui overestimated himself once again.

    That day, Old Qiao and Puppy thought of a way and got everyone of the base. In the big base, only Yu Sui and Shi Luo were left.

    Yu Sui called Shi Luo to his room.

    The base was too quiet, and the atmosphere didn¡¯t feel right. Shi Luo entered Yu Sui¡¯s room and the expression of his face didn¡¯t look good.

    Shi Luo was naturally perceptive. He had a feeling that something beyond his control had happened.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo¡¯s wary eyes, his stomach that he¡¯d been nursing for more than a month, suddenly hurt once again.

    Yu Sui asked Shi Luo to sit down and after a few aborted words asked, ¡°Do you remember NSN? They contacted you before and you¡¯re met their captain, Old Gu. He¡¯s a good guy and easy to get along with...¡±

    Shi Luo felt a chill all over and instantly understood. He interrupted Yu Sui and said coldly, ¡°Don¡¯t say it.¡±

    Yu Sui gently rubbed his stomach. For the first time, he wasn¡¯t at all happy with Shi Luo¡¯s clever and perceptive brain.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t dare to let Yu Sui finish speaking. He instinctively took two steps back. His voice was hoarse. ¡°Yu Sui, this wasn¡¯t what you said before.¡±

    Yu Sui took a deep breath. Yes, this wasn¡¯t what he said before.

    He said he would never sell Shi Luo, that he would sign him for life.

    How long has it been since then?

    The atmosphere was so oppressive that Yu Sui couldn¡¯t stand it anymore. He smiled and stood up before Shi Luo.

    Yu Sui lowered his head slightly and asked softly, ¡°How did you beat up Ji Yanhan that day? Come on, give Ge a...¡±

    Yu Sui said with a smile, ¡°Punch. I won¡¯t fight back.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes instantly turned red.

    Yu Sui¡¯s lips quivered slightly. His eyes almost turned red as well.

    If there was some other way, I wouldn¡¯t do it like this.

    Yu Sui tried his best to rx a little, ¡°Luo Luo, I wouldn¡¯t do anything to hurt you. Don¡¯t worry. At most it will be two years. I¡¯ll definitelye find you. You...¡±

    ¡°Shut up.¡±

    With tears in his eyes, Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui guardedly and said coldly, ¡°Shut up, I don¡¯t want to hear a word.¡±

    The two looked at each other, Shi Luo was alert and resentful, and Yu Sui was calm and enduring.

    After being silent for a minute, Shi Luo was the first to break.

    ¡°It was 2009...¡± Shi Luo tried his best to calm his tone and slowly said. ¡°It¡¯s also summer, around this time as well. I was nine years old...¡±

    Shi Luo was choked with sobs. ¡°My mom sent me to my father¡¯s house.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s heart sank, Shi Luo was only starting, but he felt like he had stepped on a mine.

    ¡°I begged my mother. I told her I didn¡¯t want to go. My mother said...¡± Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, he choked, and then grew silent. After a moment, when he got his voice back to normal, he continued, ¡°she said, don¡¯t say such childish things. I wouldn¡¯t do anything to hurt you. Don¡¯t worry.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s chest hurt instantly.

    What did I say to Shi Luo just now?

    ¡°Sounds familiar? Is it like what you said just now?¡± Shi Luo raised his eyes and slowly said. ¡°She also told me, don¡¯t make trouble, don¡¯t be afraid, you¡¯ll just stay for summer vacation. As long as I bperformed well and I make my father like me, at most it would be one summer vacation... As soon as the summer vacation was over, she would take me home.¡±

    ¡°What does it mean to perform well?¡± Shi Luoughed at himself, ¡°I didn¡¯t know what it meant to perform well but I really tried my best. But grandfather still didn¡¯t like me, my father didn¡¯t like me, my uncle, aunt and cousin didn¡¯t like me... Every day of that summer vacation was torture. But I endured it, I scratched a tally on my headboard, counting down the day, waiting for my mother to pick me up. And then the summer vacation was over... my mother didn¡¯te.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui.

    ¡°The new semester started but my mother still didn¡¯te.¡±

    ¡°Then winter vacation came but my mother didn¡¯te.¡±

    ¡°It was the new year but my mother didn¡¯te.¡±

    ¡°Eight years passed...¡±

    Shi Luo bowed his head and tears finally came streaming down. He was absolutely choked with sobs finally unable to speak.

    There was a bit of sweetness in his throat but he tried to hold back and nailed himself in ce.

    What have I done?

    Did I just tell him to wait for me?

    Yu Sui struggled to control himself and whispered, ¡°The Sacred Sword Club...is a club in the European Division. It¡¯s not good for you to follow me there. You¡¯ve seen how the haters insult me online. Do you want to be cursed along with me?¡±

    ¡°I want to. I¡¯m okay with that.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t want you to entrust me to someone else!¡± Shi Luo shouted, ¡°You yourself know that the European Division! Things there are beyond your control! You can¡¯t guarantee when you¡¯lle back! What do you think you¡¯re doing drawing me a big cake? So that I¡¯d wait for you like a fool?!¡±

    Shi Luo was furious. He no longer knew whether he was talking to his mother or Yu Sui, ¡°Last time, you told me it would only be for the summer. You had me waiting until now. But you got married and had a daughter. And me?! Now you¡¯re making me wait for two years? How will it be like in two year? With your body like it is, will you be able to y for two years?! If you retire, then who am I going to look for?!¡±

    Yu Sui said hoarsely, ¡°I¡¯ll quit smoking, I¡¯ll quit drinking, I...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t promise me anything.¡± Shi Luo interrupted Yu Sui. He was at the end of his patience. ¡°Don¡¯t try to deceive me. Don¡¯t promise me things you can¡¯t do. I won¡¯t believe a word of it!¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui with tears in his eyes. He suddenly slowed down his speech, ¡°Captain... Don¡¯t do this, take me with you. Two yearster, we¡¯lle back together...¡±

    Yu Sui did his best to press down against his stomach. He could no longer tell whether it was his stomach or heart that was hurting. For a second, Yu Sui wanted to go f*ck with it all and confess to Shi Luo, take him with him no matter what.

    But only for one second.

    Yu Sui calmed down and shook his head, ¡°That¡¯s impossible.¡±

    Although Yu Sui hadn¡¯t suffered any major hardships in his career, he has been in the circle for so many years and he¡¯d seen a lot of things. He was a lot clearer on the situation than Shi Luo.

    It wouldn¡¯t be difficult to change his contract to two years. And it wouldn¡¯t be difficult to take him with him to Sacred Sword. But things after that would no longer be under his control.

    It would be easy to take him but it wouldn¡¯t be easy to bring him back.

    Things with Chen Huo and Puppy were simpler but it would be impossible for Old Qiao and Shi Luo.

    In a purelymercial team, yers without any use would be repeatedly put up for auction. Once there was a winning bid, they would then be sold to who knows where.

    If it was within the local division, it didn¡¯t matter which team he went to. He could owe them a favor and think of a way. But it wouldn¡¯t work in a different division.

    Yu Sui could ept being sold off like somemodity by Ji Yanhan, but he couldn¡¯t ept that after the five of them joins Sacred Sword together, that he would watch helplessly as Old Qiao and Shi Luo are put up on auction. He¡¯d have to watch as they¡¯re put up for sale by all sorts of known and unknown clubs and sent off to some unknown ce.

    Europe was very big and club bases were scattered everywhere. He didn¡¯t know where they¡¯d go.

    It may even be sold to another region, transferred to North America or to South Korea...

    Watching Shi Luo being bounced around, Yu Sui would go crazy.

    Yu Sui tried his best to exin it was inly as he could. He once again assured, ¡°I can¡¯t give a hundred percent assurance, but as long as I haven¡¯t retired, I won¡¯t renew my contract with them. It will just be two years...¡±

    ¡°Please...Don¡¯t say this.¡± Shi Luo, whose former hatred was evoked by the past,pletely copsed. ¡°I have waited too long! I won¡¯t wait another day. If you won¡¯t take me with you now, then it¡¯s no use to say that you¡¯ll look for me in the future!¡±

    Shi Luo burst into tears and gritted his teeth, ¡°I don¡¯t understand and I don¡¯t want to listen! I¡¯m telling you now, if you dare send me to NSN, it doesn¡¯t matter if you return after two years, I won¡¯t look for you and even if you contact me, I won¡¯t ever be teammates with you ever again!¡±

    Shi Luo thought Yu Sui¡¯s heart would soften.

    Shi Luo makes a ruckus and has him get up so that can have breakfast. Yu Sui agrees. He listens in on his phone conversations. Yu Sui agrees. He looks over his private chat records. Yu Sui agrees. How could such a gentle and soft-hearted person have the heart to throw him away again?

    But there was a limit to Whisper¡¯s gentleness and this time, he left Shi Luo behind.

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¨C>>>>

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    1. Wooh! This chapter really drove home the point for me that at this point in time, Shi Luo still regards Yu Sui as a big brother figure. I wonder how, if any, the two year separation has changed that? Guess we¡¯ll just have to read on. (yeah, guys, I¡¯m actually only a few chapters ahead of y¡¯all) We get a little break from the drama next chapter as we go back to the present timeline. 2. This chapter was so long.... 3. I hate Shi Luo¡¯s mom.

 Chapter 31

    Chapter 31

    At the FOG China Division League headquarters, Yu Sui submitted the documents for his, Puppy¡¯s and Chen Huo¡¯s cross-division transfer. He also organized all the documents for the formation of a new team. The procedure was cumbersome and after submitting the requirements, Yu Sui and Puppy sat down to wait.

    When the senior officials at the headquarters heard the Yu Sui was there, they hurried out to chat with him. They gave him a very enthusiastic reception.

    Yu Sui hade back to his home region. No matter what the sprayers said, the staff of the Chinese league gave him a very warm and sincere wee. Although yers weren¡¯t limited to ying for a club within their native region, everyone still preferred local yers to y in their local region, especially a yer like Yu Sui.

    The senior official gave Yu Sui the green light. He wasn¡¯t very strict in the examination and approval of his application. Actually, he even asked him if he needed any help, saying that he could redeploy or lend the league¡¯s staff to help in his new team. If their team was still missing yers, the league was willing to contact the other teams for them to negotiate the transfer of yers who wanted to transfer.

    Old Qiao had already retired in the local region more than half a year ago. His hand injury had be serious, and there was no possibility of himing back. Now Yu Sui, Chen Huo and Puppy were back. It seemed that they stillcked a striker. The senior official¡¯s meaning was obvious. They were willing to help him find a strong and suitable striker.

    The senior official was very proactive. ¡°The qualifiers are just around the corner and you can¡¯t y with just three people now, can you?¡±

    To the side, Puppy said, ¡°We¡¯ve reached an agreement with NSN and one of their people will temporarily be transferring over.¡±

    The senior official wasn¡¯t expecting that and he was startled. ¡°Uh... then we need to remind you that you are now a secondary team. If it¡¯s not a full transfer but just a temporary transfer, you can only use yers on the same level; which means that you can only have yers from their secondary team for the temporary transfer.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not someone from their secondary team.¡± Puppy said, ¡°It¡¯s one of their youth trainees, a good performer among NSN¡¯s youth trainees. There aren¡¯t a lot of opportunities for neers to getpetition experience. NSN and the yer himself expressed their wish to have him participate. They¡¯vee to an agreement that if he performs well in the qualifiers, he will have a ce in their secondary team afterwards.¡±

    ¡°You... You¡¯re helping NSN train their neer?¡± The senior official was stupefied. ¡°Isn¡¯t this too risky? In case, you fail in the qualifiers...¡±

    Puppy shrugged, ¡°Then this will be Whisper¡¯s first time ying for a secondary league team.¡±

    The senior official couldn¡¯t helpughing, ¡°That¡¯s impossible... Even with a neer, the qualifiers are as good as won. But NSN will owe you a favor for training their neer for them.¡±

    The senior official was still very curious, ¡°After the temporary transfer, you¡¯ll still have only three yers. You¡¯re stillcking a striker. You still haven¡¯t chosen a good person? The qualifiers will end soon and the regr season will begin immediately. Time is still tight.¡±

    Yu Sui paused. Without waiting for him to speak, Puppy said, ¡°We already have our own secret weapon. But right now the other party is still within his contract period. It¡¯s not convenient to announce it publicly just yet.¡±

    Understanding dawned on the man¡¯s face and he hurriedly said, ¡°Well, that¡¯s good. Then we¡¯ll just wait and see. And finally, let me say it again. Whisper, wee back.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. After receiving the approval documents, he left with Puppy.

    The new base had been sorted out and Yu Sui and Puppy left the league headquarters to head there.

    On the way, Yu Sui continued to close his eyes and rest. Puppy slowly took out his headphones to continue listening to crosstalk. For a while, no words were exchanged between them.

    Half an hourter, Puppy took off his headphones, looked at the car¡¯s ceiling and suddenly said, ¡°Yu Sui, I¡¯ve always wanted to ask you one thing... I wanted to ask two years ago, but I didn¡¯t get the chance to before all that shit went down. After that, there was never a good time to ask. Now that we¡¯re back, it should be okay to ask. I just want to know, you...¡±

    Yu Sui said, still with his eyes closed, ¡°I like him.¡±

    Puppy wasn¡¯t expecting Yu Sui to admit it so easily. He dazedly stroked his chest and sighed, ¡°So angst-y.¡±

    Yu Sui calmly said, ¡°Back then, lots of things were a mess. But I¡¯m really not so upset because of this, so you don¡¯t have to feel sorry for me.¡±

    Puppy asked again, ¡°Does Shi Luo know?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head.

    Puppy covered his chest again, ¡°That¡¯s just too cruel.¡±

    Puppy had a clear understanding of the situation at that time. It was better that Shi Luo didn¡¯t know but he still felt hurt for Yu Sui. ¡°At that time, it might have been better if you¡¯d just blurted it out and got it over with.¡±

    Yu Sui said nothing.

    Puppy turned to look at Yu Sui. ¡°Why? Don¡¯t you regret it?¡±

    ¡°No, I don¡¯t regret it. I¡¯m really d,¡± Yu Sui said lightly. ¡°At that time, I was too young. I encountered that situation&#k2026;and there were a lot of things I didn¡¯t handle well enough. I was too impulsive, too extreme.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s tone was calm, ¡°When I think about it, there wasn¡¯t any need for it. Obviously it could have been handled a little more peacefully. I could have sat down with Ji Yanhan and talked about the contract over a cup of tea. The results would have been the same anyway, there was no need to make such a fuss about it that Inded myself in the hospital.¡±

    ¡°I know what you mean.¡± Puppy sighed. ¡°In those days, everything was so chuunibyou. We¡¯ve never been tempered by the realities of society. The first time we encountered something like that and it had to be that damned thing. Really... I¡¯m a pacifist but back then, I wanted to go to hell with it all. I wanted him and I to just perish together. So stupid¡±

    ¡°But no.¡± Puppy was distracted. ¡°What are you doing dragging Ji Yanhan into this conversation? Who¡¯s asking about him? I was asking if you didn¡¯t regret liking Shi Luo. Didn¡¯t you regret not telling him?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°I don¡¯t regret it. I said so already.¡±

    Puppy looked at Yu Sui closely, ¡°You really don¡¯t regret it?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head and said lightly, ¡°Although it never amounted to anything, I¡¯ve always cherished the few months I got to know him. Back then, he was... very good.¡±

    There were a lot of details in those few months that were still hidden in Yu Sui¡¯s memory. Two years ago, Yu Sui was tortured by those memories. He wished he could just forget about Shi Luo. But after so long, Yu Sui had matured and was willing to ept both the good and the bad that once was. ¡°Shi Luo is my first love and the only person I have ever liked. Who would regret falling for his first love?¡±

    Puppy had to agree and he nodded, ¡°Then what about Shi Luo? Did he like you? It can¡¯t be that...is he straight?!¡±

    Yu Sui closed his eyes again and didn¡¯t want to talk anymore, ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±

    Puppy put his hand to his chest once again. ¡°FOG heartbreak drama... But if you¡¯re already over him and you don¡¯t like him anymore, I guess we can¡¯t call it that. Hey, hey?¡±

    Puppy pushed Yu Sui, ¡°Do you not like him anymore? You were so calm just now, so that means you don¡¯t like him anymore, right? Now that you¡¯ve said everything, I feel a little better.¡±

    Yu Sui ignored Puppy.

    Puppy was helpless, ¡°I can¡¯t force you to talk if you don¡¯t want to. Sigh...After a month, Shi Luo will be moving in. Why is it that when I think about the two of you living under the same roof, I¡¯m worried but also kind of looking forward to it ... ¡±

    Yu Sui coldly said, ¡°There won¡¯t be the kind of dog blood drama you¡¯re thinking of. Just forget it.¡±

    ¡°I sure hope not. I¡¯ve had enough of being tossed about.¡± Puppy slumped against the back of his seat. ¡°Now I just want to be able to y peacefully for a few years and then retire at the end of my career. We¡¯ve had a really close call. My reputation was almost in ruins. I thought I was gonna die in a strangend with my integrity in shambles...¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t pay attention to Puppy anymore. Puppy continued on with his soliloquy for a while longer before he got bored. After thinking about it, he picked up his phone and typed something.

    At the IAC base, Shi Luo¡¯s mobile phone buzzed.

    Shi Luo picked up his phone to take a look.

    [Puppy]: [Care to reminisce?]

    Shi Luo was startled.

    A few hours ago, it had been Yu Sui who sent a voice message from Puppy¡¯s number.

    Then who was sending him this message now?

    Yu Sui...wants to reminisce with him?

    Shi Luo hesitated and did not reply. The other party sent another message.

    [Puppy]: [Are you free to chat?]

    Shi Luo held his phone and calmed down.

    It wasn¡¯t Yu Sui.

    The other party typed quickly, [Puppy]: [I came back and didn¡¯t even get a wee dinner. That¡¯s fine but I didn¡¯t even get to see my old friends. In any case, we were teammates once so care to listen to me pour out my woes?]

    Shi Luo typed, [Luo]: [Tell me.]

    [Puppy]: [It wasn¡¯t easy for me toe back. ]

    [Puppy]: [Did you know? Within the first year after we left, of us three, only Yu Sui remained in Sacred Sword? ]

    [Puppy]: [Chen Huo still managed to be a benchwarmer for a few months. I didn¡¯t even make it to the bench. I only yed two training games for Sacred Sword before I was put up for sale. After that, not even a month passed before I was transferred to another team in the European division.]

    [Puppy]: [Do you know how colorful the team I went to was? There were a total of four people in one team from three different countries! One German, two Koreans and me. ]

    [Puppy]: [The four of us yed using signnguage for half a year. ]

    [Puppy]: [There was a time when we were matched against Sacred Sword and Yu Sui just cares so deeply for his former teammates. Do you know, how he showed his concern?]

    [Puppy]: [During the interviews, Yu Sui had the host ask me if what they¡¯d fed me to get me to shut up and just stick to gesturing!]

    Shi Luo held the phone, he tried his best to hold back but he couldn¡¯t endure and burst outughing.

    When Yu Sui was being poisonous, it really made people want to strangle him.

    [Puppy]: [I really wanted to kill that guy. But we were cut off by the sound-proofed room. He wouldn¡¯te out and I couldn¡¯t get in.]

    [Puppy]: [It didn¡¯t actually matter if you had differentnguages. So long as you all knew a few English words that was enough to y the game, even topete. But that wasn¡¯t enough for day-to-day conversations. My German teammate and I always thought those corncobs were secretly insulting us.]

    [Puppy]: [As it turns out, they really were talking in their mother tongue and talking sh*t about us.]

    [Puppy]: [They yed like sh*t but still had the nerve to insults others. It was unbearable. The two corncobs were finally sold away and then two Germans came. OK, three Germans and me. Now, I became the only one secretly being insulted by these three. ]

    [Puppy]: [Finally, finally, after another year, I crawled my way up to top three of the regr season. I was bought back because of my outstanding performance. Can you believe it? ]

    [Luo]: ...

    [Puppy]: [Chen Huo¡¯s experience was about the same as mine. When we first arrived in Germany, because ofnguage problems, we really couldn¡¯t perform well. We were sold one after the other. After a year, we got used to the environment. Basicmunication was no longer a problem. This god was bought back by Sacred Sword. The three masters were back. That¡¯s when I really admired their team. ]

    [Puppy]: [When we won the championshipst year, with all three of us being in Sacred Sword, it wasn¡¯t bad. But before that, Chen Huo and I were really tossed about. A lot of people don¡¯t know that part of it and I think I need to talk about it. ]

    [Puppy]: [Luo Luo, if you hade with us back then...]

    Shi Luo looked down and said nothing.

    If he¡¯d gone to Europe with them back then, his situation would have been more miserable than Puppy¡¯s.

    [Puppy]: [There¡¯s a lot about the past that can¡¯t be exined clearly anymore. And I don¡¯t really intend anything by this, I just want to tell you what I¡¯d gone through this past two years. ]

    [Puppy]: [There was a reason we had to leave you and Old Qiao behind.]

    [Puppy]: [Afterwards, I heard a little about your family. I can understand why you were so against the idea. You had your reasons.]

    [Puppy]: [No one has had it easy. We¡¯re all going to be one team soon. So about the past...let¡¯s let bygones be bygones. How about it? ]

    [Puppy]: [I was just talking with Yu Sui and he shares my opinion, more or less. What happened in the past, we should just let it be. It doesn¡¯t matter if it¡¯s good or bad, let¡¯s just all forget it. I can understand but there¡¯s no need to bring up old scores. Who¡¯s right, who¡¯s wrong, none of that¡¯s clear anymore anyway.]

    [Puppy]: [We moved to the new base today. We¡¯ll be waiting for you to move in.]

    [Puppy]: [After you move in, let¡¯s just forget everything that happened in the past, okay?]

    Shi Luo looked at Puppy¡¯s messages,ing in one after the other. Puppy must really have been suffocating in Europe.

    Now that he¡¯d caught someone who understood Chinese, he just couldn¡¯t stop yapping.

    Shi Luo re-read the chat log and typed out a reply.

    [Luo]: [No.]

    [Luo]: [What happened in the past, happened. I can¡¯t pretend it didn¡¯t.]

    Shi Luo nced coldly at the chat log. He threw the phone aside, and continued to watch the substitute¡¯s practice game, ignoring Puppy.

    Yu Sui and Puppy finally arrived at the new base. Puppy looked at the chat log and sighed, ¡°An ill-fated rtionship...¡±

    Yu Sui frowned, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    ¡°Look for yourself.¡± Puppy handed the phone to Yu Sui and got out of the car. He opened the trunk to take the suitcase. ¡°I wanted to be a peacemaker for you two. But what can you do? Xiao Luo Luo¡¯s upright and above ttery. He didn¡¯t ept.¡±

    Yu Sui quickly nced through the chat record and whispered, ¡°...you didn¡¯t have to say any of that.¡±

    ¡°I thought that after two years, he¡¯d be pretty chill about this. Maybe he could be like me and just turn a blind eye to it all and get along.¡± Puppy pushed the luggage into the new base. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that after he¡¯d experienced being tempered by society that he¡¯d still hate evil like an enemy.¡±

    Puppy shook his head. ¡°It feels like this base isn¡¯t going to get a moment¡¯s peace after Shi Luo moves in.¡±

    Yu Sui took his own suitcase and didn¡¯t make conversation. Puppy said again, ¡°Oh, yeah. Old Qiao told me yesterday that he has to wait two more days before he cane over. So the position of coach is temporarily vacant. The new manager, Zhou Huo will being over at about the same time.¡±

    Yu Sui gave an ¡®en¡¯. Puppy was still a little amazed, ¡°This Zhou Huo used to be NSN¡¯s deputy manager, right? The one that despite all dissenting views helped you get Shi Luo into NSN? Back then, Shi Luo was being so difficult, NSN top management almost gave up on him. This guy said all along that Shi Luo¡¯smercial value was high so they grudgingly signed him.¡±

    ¡°Yes, we¡¯ve known each other for a long time. We can trust him.¡± Yu Sui thought Puppy was suffering from post-traumatic stress and said, ¡°But it doesn¡¯t matter what his character is. Now I¡¯m the boss, what are you afraid of? If it turns out he won¡¯t do, then he¡¯s fired.¡±

    ¡°I also know him, and I also know he¡¯s not bad. I¡¯m not scared.¡± Puppy quietly said, ¡°I¡¯m just reminding you, I heard he¡¯s got quite the brains for operations and his gimmicks are unconventional...I heard that when Wawa joined NSN, he wasn¡¯t popr at all. None of the sponsors wanted him to shoot their promotional videos. Do you know how Zhou Huo handled the entire thing?¡±

    Puppy clicked his tongue. ¡°He made a daily video of Wawa and Gu Gan interacting in the base. In the video, Gu Gan took such great care of the neer. The father-son feels were so moving, Wawa¡¯s poprity instantly skyrocketed.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t think there was anything to this. ¡°The neer wasn¡¯t popr and they couldn¡¯t cash in on hismercial value. As a manager, should he have sat by and done nothing? yers only care aboutpeting, and the manager only cares about the operations of the team. This is what he should have done. So what?¡±

    ¡°No, I just want to say that unlike Zhao Feng who only pulls the yers to make money, he doesn¡¯t toss people about but he has a lot more of these little ideas.¡± Puppy looked Yu Sui up and down, ¡°How do you think he¡¯s going to handle this little situation between you and Shi Luo?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s eyes slightly moved but he said nothing.

    That night, the new manager Zhou Huo cautiously sent Yu Sui a message.

    ¡°Whisper, after Evil moves in, would you team up with him to do an hour-long broadcast every day for this first month?¡±

    ¡°You don¡¯t even need to be ying the game. The two of you just have to be in the same frame for the live broadcast.¡±

 Chapter 32

    Chapter 32

    At the same time, in the IAC base, Shi Luo received a friend application.

    Shi Luo opened it. It was NSN¡¯s former deputy manager.

    When Shi Luo first went to NSN, he and Zhou Huo were in the same club for only two short months. Later, Shi Luo transferred, and Zhou Huo went to another team not long after.

    Zhou Huo exined his current situation to Shi Luo. Shi Luo then found out that he was to be his future team manager.

    After exchanging a couple of polite words, Zhou Huo brought up the matter of the live broadcast to Shi Luo. After half a minute¡¯s hesitation, Shi Luo replied to Zhou Huo.

    Yu Sui was contacting the FOG China Division headquarters to retrieve the game ount that had been cancelled back then. He opened the voice call with the headquarters employee and typed back a reply to Zhou Huo.

    [Yu Sui]: [I refuse.]

    [Shi Luo]: [No. ]

    Zhou Huo: ...

    Zhou Huo could understand how Shi Luo as the perceived victim could still be nursing a grudge, but what he couldn¡¯t understand was that not only did Yu Sui refuse, his reply came even faster than Shi Luo¡¯s! Zhou Huo quickly replied back to Yu Sui.

    [Zhou Huo]: [I don¡¯t know just what it is that happened between you two, but the situation now is like this, your fans are absolutely hostile to each other and you two will soon be in a team. If we¡¯re always going to be in this kind of deadlock, I won¡¯t be able to progress my work.]

    [Zhou Huo]: [The new team has just been established. As a manager, there¡¯s a lot of work I need to do and a lot of that will require the fans¡¯ cooperation. ]

    Yu Sui replied quite happily: [If the fans won¡¯t ept it and won¡¯t cooperate, then let them. ]

    [Zhou Huo]: [...]

    Zhou Huo had a lot of confidence in this team that he was about to take over. Even if they won¡¯t be able to produce the best results, they will certainly be a mainstay in the first league. With all four yers at this level, there was absolutely no need to doubt it. But if he were to appraise the team¡¯s style, Zhou Huo was quite sure that such a team of filled with such wicked people wouldn¡¯t get anywhere good.

    [Zhou Huo]: [Whisper, there¡¯s something I¡¯ve been wanting to tell you since years before. Aside from a championship trophy, there¡¯s something else you can give to your fans. ]

    [Yu Sui]: [I¡¯m not giving them anything else.]

    [Zhou Huo]: [I ask with only the best of intentions. But, Yu Shen, did you know that as early as two years ago, no, maybe even earlier than that, you¡¯ve already earned yourself the nickname of ¡®scumbag¡¯? ]

    It was only after he hadpleted the application and saved his ount that Yu Sui took a look at his phone. Zhou Huo had already sent over several messages.

    [Zhou Huo]: [Setting aside the fact that our chances of winning the championship this season isn¡¯t all that great to begin with, are you saying we¡¯re going to let the fans rip us a new one all the way from the qualifiers to the yoffs? That¡¯s a huge pressure to put on the yers. ]

    [Zhou Huo]: [There aren¡¯t a lot of people like you who arepletely immune to negative remarks. Everyone cares about what fans say about them online. Evil and Chen Huo quarrel all the time with the sprayers. Obviously, they get affected easily.]

    [Zhou Huo]: [My job isn¡¯t to simply increase the number of fans. It¡¯s also to give the yers a rtively rxed environment thates from enjoying a rtively favorable public opinion. That way, the yers can focus on the game without unnecessary pressure weighing down on them.]

    [Zhou Huo]: [This is where my responsibility lies. ]

    [Zhou Huo]: [Of course, it¡¯s also my job to do my best to increase the team¡¯s relevance andmercial value. Boss, you¡¯re both my boss and my yer. My position is definitely a bit difficult. Right now, can we agree on a few simple rules? When ites to the operations of the team, can you listen to my arrangements? ]

    Yu Sui was about to type ¡®no¡¯, when he thought about it and said, [Use your own discretion.]

    [Zhou Huo]: [... OK. ]

    Yu Sui put on his headphone and was preparing to queue up for a game when his phone buzzed again.

    [Zhou Huo]: [But in case a situationes up, I¡¯m gonna bepletely shameless and ask. Were you and Shi Luo together?]

    Yu Sui looked at the phone and smiled.

    Has hemitted some grave sin that people were taking turns to stab his heart today?

    Yu Sui typed. [No. ]

    [Zhou Huo]: [That¡¯s good. I¡¯m not holding out much hope but you really won¡¯t agree to the live broadcast?]

    Yu Sui replied: [No. ]

    [Zhou Huo]: [Can you give me a reason? ]

    Yu Sui knew that Zhou Huo wouldn¡¯t give up that easily. He might as well exin. He was toozy to type and so he picked up his phone and sent a voice message. ¡°This &#k2018;real situation-true feelings¡¯ live broadcast is gonna be boring. I can guarantee that not a word would be said throughout the whole thing. The fans would be even less willing to ept that. Faking teammate camaraderie&#k2026;I wouldn¡¯t be able to pretend and I don¡¯t want to. I¡¯m even more unwilling to make him pretend. It¡¯ll be boring and it¡¯s unnecessary.¡±

    In the first ce, top yers who¡¯ve reached this far shouldn¡¯t be distracted by this kind of thing. Zhou Huo also knew that he had no choice but to give up.

    After sending off Zhou Huo, Yu Sui put on his headphones, opened the game client, debugged the basic settings, logged in and queued up for a game.

    After Yu Sui returned to China, when he¡¯d been staying at NSN, teaming up with Wawa, Yu Sui applied for a side ount on the national server. These days, his side ount was also within the top 200 of the national server, barely enough to y. At least he was no longer abusing newbies. But the higher the rank, the longer the wait to enter a match. While waiting for the match to start, Yu Sui stared absent-mindedly at his screen.

    What was the use of doing a ¡®same frame¡¯ live broadcast? To pretend with Shi Luo that they¡¯ve let things go?

    Not to mention that Shi Luo hasn¡¯t let anything go, Yu Sui himself hasn¡¯t.

    Were they going to put on an act to appease the fans?

    Forget about it.

    Even if they didn¡¯t have to act, for now, Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to be in the same frame as Shi Luo.

    He finally entered the game. Yu Sui nced at his teammates and muttered softly, ¡°F*ck.¡±

    At the IAC team base, Shi Luo wasn¡¯t normally so proactive but the closer he was to leaving the team, the more he felt like he had to go through the motions of doing his job, to stand at thest mound of his job. After watching the training match, Shi Luo opened a live broadcast.

    After entering the game, Shi Luo took a look at the names of his teammates. None of them had a team name in front of their names. None of them were side ounts that he recognized either. Looking at their opponents though, Shi Luo saw an acquaintance, Team Saint¡¯s medic, Angel Sword.

    Shi Luo typed in the team channel. [The opponent¡¯s medic is a pro-yer, a first-rate milktank. Try your best to target that one. ]

    Two of his teammates typed out an ¡°ok¡±. Only their own medic hadn¡¯t said anything. Shi Luo has always been more tolerant towards medics. Thinking that he may have exaggerated the opponent¡¯s ability and made their own medic unhappy, he typed:

    [IAC-Evil]: [Don¡¯t mind their medic. I¡¯m sure you¡¯re pretty amazing yourself. Just follow after me. I¡¯ll take care of you. ]

    Their medic still didn¡¯t speak. Shi Luo thought the other party might be the reserved type, or an expert meizi who was embarrassed to speak. He didn¡¯t pay it any mind and typed: [Follow me. We¡¯ll win. ]

    After a full minute, their medic slowly typed: [OK. ]

    There was a generalck of top medics in the pro circle. Since Whisper went to Europe, there were fewer top medics in the local division, but Team Saint¡¯s Angel Sword was definitely one of them.

    However, his style of y was different from Yu Sui¡¯s as well as Shi Luo¡¯s own y from before. Angel Sword was a pure auxiliary medic, the type that could pour milk onto his teammates. His skills were top-notch and he had great awareness. Whenever, Shi Luo gets put onto the same team as him, he feels very reassured. Not only would Angel Sword neverpete against him for heads, but he would also pay particr attention to this position. He would secure the most optimal position to be able to cover every corner and patch up his teammates. He gives timely shield cover and whenever he gets even the littlest bit scratched up by the enemy, he¡¯s there to patch him up. He was considerate to the extreme.

    Recently, Wawa keeps pulling him in as a training partner. Whenever he reached the point when he was better off dead than living, Angel Sword alwayses to mind. What was a milktank-type medic? This was a milktank-type medic!

    However, Shi Luo didn¡¯t have such high requirements from a medic that he was randomly teamed up with. They just needed to not ¡®AFK¡¯, not wander off carelessly, not stray and block his field of vision, not rob of him of heads, not squander away the team economy, provide a shield when his own shield breaks and add blood in a timely manner when he¡¯s in urgent need of it. If they could do that, that was fine.

    With this mentality in ce, Shi Luo took the medic to push forward, but the more they yed the more surprised he was.

    Their medic was more of an angel than Angel Sword.

    After the game began, their medic gave a shield to both their other teammates. Afterwards, they followed him all the way, but they weren¡¯t brainlessly following after him. In FOG, yers were modeled to be solid substances. Not only can yers jostle against each other but whenever yers bump against anything on the map, it would produce a sound. yers could even judge the position of the enemy based on the sounds they make. That¡¯s why unnecessary movements, like repeatedly pulling back the bolt of the gun or walking around could expose themselves. What Shi Luo feared the most was that the medic would follow too closely and reveal their position. But their medic was able to skillfully evade this problem.

    Their medic¡¯s familiarity with the map was unsurpassed. Not only could they always find the most suitable bunkers to hide in, they could also avoid bumping into any of the vegetation that could produce any sound. It was like they were hiding within the map.

    They followed after him, not too near and not too far, always ensuring that he was within his healing range. They simply couldn¡¯t be more fitting.

    Soon after, Shi Luo took the opponent striker¡¯s head. At the same time, their medic obtained auxiliary points. Both of them earned the authority to utilize the team¡¯s economy. However, their own medic never used even half a point from the public economy. They confined themselves to using only their 1000 points of personal economy.

    The public economy was limited but Shi Luo upied all that could be upied. He spent it very presumptuously.

    With Angel Sword looking after the opposite team, the three other yers seemed to have higher HPs than they did. But in the end, passer-by strikers were simply no match against Shi Luo. At around the 24 minute mark, Shi Luo¡¯s team managed to clear out the opponent¡¯s fog and he directly destroyed their resurrection stone, securing the win.

    Shi Luo hasn¡¯t encountered such an amazing milktank in a long time. After the game, Shi Luo didn¡¯t immediately withdraw from the map. He sent the other a friend application and typed:

    [IAC-Evil]: [Medic nb, when you¡¯re free next time let¡¯s team up. ]

    Unexpectedly, the other party didn¡¯t immediately ept his request.

    The live broadcast¡¯s barrage was speeding past. Shi Luo only ever looks at the live chat after the game. While waiting for the other party to reply, he took a look at the barrage and was dumbfounded.

    [Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...]

    [666, the drama of the year. ¡¿

    [Can we submit the record of this game to be included in the e-sports headlines?]

    [After two long years, we finally have new material.]

    [Drama of the year! Drama of the year! Drama of the year!]

    [Can Evil see the barrage or not! We¡¯ve been howling here for half an hour! You even sent out a greeting to the other party! Are you stupid? That¡¯s Whisper!!!¡¿

    [Are you sure? Whisper didn¡¯t open a live broadcast. I looked at all the live broadcasts from NSN and I didn¡¯t find a single clue. Looks like Yu Shen isn¡¯t at NSN headquarters. ¡¿

    [Whisper has already moved bases.]

    [This is definitely Whisper¡¯s ount. Whisper used this side ount during one of Wawa¡¯s live broadcasts. This is Whisper for sure. ¡¿

    [I watched Wawa live broadcast, I was pretty sure that ount is Yu Shen, but now I¡¯m not sure. Can Yu Shen actually y as a milktank? ¡¿

    [It could be his ount but it¡¯s not necessarily him ying, right?]

    [I have the same doubt. Yu Sui can also y nanny? He hasn¡¯t touched his signature long dagger throughout the game. I never knew he could resist the instinct to kill his opponents. Is this really Yu Shen? ¡¿

    [That¡¯s him for sure. With this kind of map awareness, could it be anyone else?]

    [I can understand where you¡¯re alling from but Whisper can actually y milktank?]

    [Who else could it be besides him? Who else could use his ount? It can¡¯t be Wawa. Wawa¡¯s milktank y isn¡¯t that detailed. ¡¿

    [Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I¡¯ve been dead for two years. Why won¡¯t you two still not let me off?]

    [Tears spilling into the Huangpu River. It¡¯s been two years and these two put their hands together to stab my heart! ¡¿

    Shi Luo looked at the barrage and details of the past game shed through his mind.

    Thinking back on it now, it really was him.

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª->>>>

    Trantor¡¯s note: Some of you might be wondering about my use of word milktank for the healer instead of the more literal nursemaid/milk-mom/nanny and the simple exnation is...I thought milktank sounded better than nursemaid. That¡¯s pretty much it. orz

    Just keep it in mind that they all mean healer especially the traditional type of healer that does mainly healing.

 Chapter 33

    Chapter 33

    Yu Sui clicked ept on his friend request. He then opened the in-game friends list page. On Yu Sui¡¯s empty friends page, only Shi Luo was listed there.

    For a long while, Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo¡¯s profile image. Afterwards, he continued to queue up for a game.

    Although the game will randomly assign you teammates for a match, it wasn¡¯t actuallypletely random. The system will arrange yers from roughly the same points range into the same team. With how limited the number of yers there were on the top, the likelihood of them running into each other wasn¡¯t small. The only reason they haven¡¯t run into each other these past two years was because they were ying on different servers.

    On his side, Shi Luo continued to queue up for matches, but the two never ran into each other again.

    But online, this incident had already grown legs. Netizen were weighing in on it with fervent frenzy.

    Every yer has fans, the basic difference was in how many or less there were. The number of a yer¡¯s fans was generally corrted to his individual rank. yers who gave their fans a little more face, had a little more fans, but it didn¡¯t affect the overall principle behind it. Only two yers were ever an exception to this principle.

    One was Shi Luo, and the other was Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t have any results when he debuted, but because he brought over his old fans from his house dance broadcasting days and with Team FS¡¯ fans, he already had a lot of fans despite having no record. For a long time, he was constantly being called into question, they ridiculed the fan club culture. But Shi Luo struggled and worked hard. After changing to a striker, his individual ability soared. After half a year, he became a stable starter as a striker. He blocked the mouths of everyone who said that he relied on his face to enter the gaming circle. If a yer worked hard, the fans¡¯ lung power increased. In normal times, they were invincible in any fight.

    Yu Sui¡¯s situation was even more magical. His individual level had been at the very top since his debut. His face value was also top-notch. His number of fans and other yers¡¯ number of fans simply weren¡¯t on the same level. It basically steamrolled over everyone. Later, because he dropped out of the local division, he lost 90% of his fans. It seemed only reasonable that they would be left with no fighting power. But because the base number had been too big, there were still quite a lot of them left and all that remained were die-hard loyalists. Usually, they didn¡¯t fight and they were perpetually peaceful, but if someone were to touch their bottom line, their awesome fighting power would be brought to the fore.

    You could just imagine the ensuring chaos when these two groups met.

    When ites to spraying people, the e-sports circle had a monopoly on the top spot. So far, it has been unrivaled. The firepower it directs to other circles was already enough to grind them up but when it directed that firepower to within themselves, it was even more intense.

    To anyone with a discerning eye, what happened that night was simply a coincidence. But Shi Luo¡¯s fans couldn¡¯t bear the fact that it had been Shi Luo who had taken the initiative to add Whisper as a friend. Fans would dote on their own yers. His fans felt that from the very start of the game, Yu Sui could have already made his identity clear. Hiding it until the end, meant that this was deliberate deception. When ites to deception, there were a lot more instances of that from their past. If they didn¡¯t tear apart this scumbag, he truly wouldn¡¯t be worthy of all the breakfast money Shi Luo gave Yu Sui back then! Everyone spiritedly opened their mics and sted Yu Sui¡¯s forum.

    Although, all this time, Yu Sui¡¯s fans have been lying down and letting others insult them, they weren¡¯t going to take it from Shi Luo¡¯s camp! If it weren¡¯t for our Whisper, your Shi Luo would still be dancing disco on his live broadcasts. In any case, he was the one who let him into this profession, does he not bear even he littlest bit of sentimentality for that? Can this young one conduct himself with a bit of conscience?

    Yu Sui and Shi Luo hadn¡¯t crossed paths for two years. The fans on both sides hadn¡¯t dealt with each other for a long time. New and old hatreds were stacked together. No one wanted to back down when they were being ripped apart like this. If things remained like this, it would have still been fine. After all, Yu Sui and Shi Luo, especially Yu Sui, had long been through a hundred battles and didn¡¯t care a wit about this. But the more materials the fans knew from when they were on the same team, the more trivial the matters they brought up. The two sides sprayed each other while exposing dirt on the other from two years ago.

    Yu Sui went to eat hotpot and because it wouldn¡¯t cook, he went to eat hotpot with the Bison Team andter on because they¡¯d been scrambling over the dishes, he got into a fight with Violent Shu. Shi Luo clearly knew that Yu Sui didn¡¯t eat breakfast but two years ago, Shi Luo always dragged Yu Sui to have breakfast outside in order to mess up his biological clock. And look, sure enough, this whelp got his way and Yu Sui developed gastric bleeding and had to be hospitalized...

    The more they sprayed, the more distressed they felt for their own yers. Yu Sui¡¯s fans ran to his Weibo and postedment afterment, hating iron for not bing steel. Aren¡¯t you an assassin-type medic, when did you be so soft?

    Shi Luo¡¯s situation was even more miserable. He was in the middle of a live broadcast. Shi Luo¡¯s fans ran to his live broadcast room and bombarded him with questions. Why did you add him as a friend? Did he take the college entrance exams in your stead? Did he catch an atomic bomb barehanded for you?

    Shi Luo who was still in the middle of his broadcast, couldn¡¯t bear it anymore and he sent a message to Zhou Huo. [Are you going to handle this or not? Why don¡¯t you get some water army to paint this over? ! ! ! ]

    Zhou Huo just happened to be in the middle of a call with Yu Sui.

    After quietly ying match after match for one whole night, Yu Sui had charged his way to the 158th spot on the national server. He picked up the phone and listened for a bit. Zhou Huo asked carefully, ¡°Do you want Evil to make a Weibo post? Saying it was just a car crash? It was nothing, ying that match had beenfortable, that kind of thing?¡±

    Yu Sui quit the game interface, ¡°Why do you have to force him to put on an act?¡±

    Zhou Huo gave a hollowugh. ¡°Why are you calling this ¡°forcing¡±&#k2026;¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°If this isn¡¯t forcing someone, then what is? You know very well that he feels very awkward about me right now. Why are you forcing him to express his position?¡±

    ¡°Expressing his position isn¡¯t going to be any skin off his back.¡± Zhou Huo tried to smooth things over, ¡°Don¡¯t you think they¡¯re insulting you too much?¡±

    ¡°Didn¡¯t you say I¡¯ve always been a scumbag?¡± Yu Sui said calmly, ¡°Why would I need to be afraid of being sprayed?¡±

    Zhou Huo didn¡¯t say anything. He tried to probe out. ¡°I¡¯m asking this without holding out much hope but Yu Shen, what was your n originally? I understand that you don¡¯t want to put any pressure on Shi Luo. But it can¡¯t be that things with Shi Luo will always be like this, right? In any case, I¡¯m a manager that you have a bit of respect for. So, can you tell me?¡±

    Yu Sui was silent.

    Zhou Huo was on guard. ¡°Let me say it first. If you two are always going to be like this, I really can¡¯t do my job. Later, when you go out to y a match, am I going to have to arrange two separate cars for you two?¡±

    ¡°The rtionship hasn¡¯t reached that point yet.¡± Yu Sui said, ¡°I know how to separate my public and private life. I can cooperate with him to y, that won¡¯t be a problem.¡±

    Zhou Huo was a little relieved. As long as they were able to produce results, other matters wouldn¡¯t be a problem. But, for one, he sincerely cared about Yu Sui and secondly, he was very gossipy. He couldn¡¯t help but ask, ¡°So... privately? What are you thinking?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°That¡¯s my own business.¡±

    Zhou Huo smelled something fishy and smiled, ¡°Why? Finally ready to repair the rtionship?¡±

    Yu Sui lowered his eyes.

    How could he not want to repair his rtionship with Shi Luo?

    When he had first gone to Europe, there was a long time when although Yu Sui was still invincible on the field, in private, his condition was very bad. It got to the point that his boss at the time was a bit worried as well.

    At that time Puppy once asked Yu Sui if he was missing Shi Luo a bit.

    Yu Sui said no.

    What was there to miss? Did he miss him calling him ¡®ge¡¯? Did he miss him pouring hot water for him?

    But Yu Sui had been lying.

    Although the time he¡¯d had with Shi Luo was short and there had been a lot of external pains, but that time was indeed the most beautiful period in Yu Sui¡¯s career.

    Zhou Huo didn¡¯t know what Yu Sui was thinking, but his hopes had been rekindled. He was eager to give it a try. ¡°How are you nning to fix it? And up to what point will you fix it?¡±

    Yu Sui looked quietly at hisputer screen and said after a while, ¡°We¡¯ll fix it up til whatever point he wishes it.¡±

    Zhou Huo choked.

    This was too ambiguous.

    Especially since Zhou Huo was well aware of Yu Sui¡¯s inclination.

    But if the rtionship wasn¡¯t going to remain in a deadlock, that was a lot of pressure off Zhou Huo as a manager. He sighed. ¡°We¡¯ll let things online stew for a while. In any case, with or without the live broadcast, you were bound to be a hot topic online anyway. By the way, Old Qiao contacted me today. He just added me as a friend. I haven¡¯t added Puppy yet. Send me his ount.¡±

    After agreeing, Yu Sui hung up the phone.

    Yu Sui sent Puppy¡¯s ount to Zhou Huo. Not long after, his mobile phone buzzed.

    Zhou Huo pulled them into a group. He himself, Old Qiao, Yu Sui, Chen Huo and Puppy, all five of them.

    The qualifiers areing, Zhou Huo may have wanted to create a loving and peaceful environment for everyone. Even the group name was very unconventional: A whole family on friendly terms.

    Yu Sui stared at the group name and for a second he thought he¡¯d been pulled into a group chat with his distant rtives.

    Yu Sui¡¯s mobile phone suddenly burst into a frenzy as Chen Huo fired off several messages.

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Whisper! Come out for Laozi! ah ah ah ah ah I¡¯m gonna kill you! ! ! ! ! ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [@Whisper, @Whisper, @Whisper! ! ! ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Come out!e out! ! ! ]

    Yu Sui typed.

    [Whisper]: [? ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Video link. ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [*Smile.* May I ask, who was it that was using this ount?]

    The video link Chen Huo sent was of Yu Sui and Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast just now. Suddenly, Yu Sui wanted to withdraw from the group.

    After three minutes.

    [Puppy]: [I just finished watching the video. Was Yu Sui¡¯s ount hacked? ]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [I saw the video. Did someone steal Yu Sui¡¯s ount?]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Obviously not. ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Yu Shen, what do you want to say to your brothers who have been fighting by your side for several years? Is there anything you¡¯d like to rify? ]

    In the face of irrefutable evidence, what was there to rify? Yu Sui typed: [That was me. ]

    [Puppy]: [I am slowly typing out a small question mark.]

    [Old Qiao]: [... I don¡¯t know how to feel about this. ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [*Smile, smile, smile.*]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Yu Shen, it hasn¡¯t been easy on you. You¡¯ve been hiding it so well for so many years! Turns out you can actually y as a milktank! ]

    [Puppy]: [+1, I learned today that my medic could y as a milktank all along.]

    [Old Qiao]: [...]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [The mic is all yours, Old Qiao. You and Yu Sui have been on the same team for the longest time, please open your mic. ]

    [Old Qiao]: [...]

    [Old Qiao]: [When Yu Sui first joined the team, I asked him once if he could y a traditional medic. ]

    [Old Qiao]: [Yu Sui said no. ]

    [Old Qiao]: [He even said that if he were to y as a traditional medic, his y would be an eyesore. It would cause people¡¯s eyes to sting.]

    [Old Qiao]: [At that time, everyone was very young. And very simple. He said so and I believed him.]

    Yu Sui typed. [It¡¯s not as good as my assassin-type y. Am I wrong? ]

    [Old Qiao]: [It¡¯s not as good, but is that what you¡¯d call an eyesore? As something that would cause people¡¯s eyes to sting?]

    [Old Qiao]: [Was I not worth it?]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Was I not worth it?]

    [Puppy]: [Was I not worth it?]

    [Whisper]: [...]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Do you know how I found out about this? Because Yu Shi and Shi Luo¡¯s fans have decided they¡¯ve sprayed each other enough and have called for a retreat. I don¡¯t know which big brother was so considerate that suggested they¡¯ve insulted each other enough. Afterwards, all these brothers sent out a wave of #WefeelSorryforChenHuo and went to sleep. ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [They all responded en masse. These brothers went to my Weibo and they each left ament ¡ª ¡®We feel sorry for Chen Huo¡¯. They¡¯ve already posted 20,000ments.]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Thank you, thank you to the two great immortals for pulling me along into the hot search in the middle of their fight.]

    [Puppy]: [Well, I¡¯m satisfied with my lot. No one thought to be distressed for me. When your poprity¡¯s low, you don¡¯t get any rights. I¡¯m happy.]

    [Old Qiao]: [... I canment you one.]

    [Puppy]: [Nah, no need for that. It looks even lonelier when there¡¯s just one. Better none at all.]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [The more I watch this video, the more irritating it is. Whisper, tell me, is ying a wet nurse fun? Does it make you happy?]

    Yu Sui moved his neck around and typed: [Fun, my ass. I¡¯ve never yed like this. I couldn¡¯t kill anyone. I had to hide and not get in anyone¡¯s way. I have no idea how Angel Sword has put up with this all these years. ]

    The moment before Yu Sui pressed send, Zhou Huo, who had just been talking to Shi Luo on the phone, also pulled Shi Luo into the group.

    The first message that Shi Luo saw upon entering the group was Yu Sui¡¯s.

    [Evil]: [...]

    Yu Sui stared silently at the group chat. He wanted to ask God just how much evil had he done in hisst life to deserve this.

    It¡¯s all a fuss about nothing. Even if he¡¯d did something wrong during his young and frivolous years, did life have to be this hard on him?

    Chen Huo was heartless in his simple-mindedness. Seeing that the other party to his misery had arrived, he said, tone dripping acid,

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Evil, Yu Sui served as your milktank. Was it fun? Are you happy?]

    After a while, [Evil]: [Just so-so.]

    The corner of Yu Sui¡¯s mouth ticked up slightly.

    He sent a personal message to Chen Huo.

    ¡°Send the group¡¯s entire chat record to Shi Luo.¡±

 Chapter 34

    Chapter 34

    While Zhou Huo was rying messages, he was also reporting work in the group.

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [I would like to remind everyone that the relegation tournament is about to start. Although it is not our game, but barring any incidents, the teams that are defeated tomorrow may be matched up against us in the qualifiers. You should watch the game tomorrow so that you¡¯ll be familiar with the opponent¡¯s situation. ]

    There are only twelve teams in the FOG professional league in China. Last year, those twelve teams were Saint, NSN, Bison, ICA, Yizhan, Ten Thousand Mountains, YT, DDF, FS, Warframe, MO, and Windsh.

    Each season starts with the regr season. During the regr season, the twelve teams adopt a double-loop best-of-3 system, and each team umtes points in pairs. After the regr season, ording to the points ranking, the top eight teams will enter the yoffs. Subsequently, those who couldn¡¯t enter the yoffs, the four teams ranked at the bottom will y in the relegation matches.

    These four teams were also thest four teams inst year¡¯s ranking: FS, Warframe, MO and Windsh.

    The four teamspete in a round-robin game, and the two teams with the most defeats are directly relegated. This means that the two teams are officially kicked out of the FOG professional league team in the Chinese division and relegated to the secondary league.

    There are then only ten professional league teams left, so two seats have opened up. At this time, the highlight ising. It is the one time in the year when the doors to the FOG league open up.

    The qualifiers for two precious professional league teams will then officially start.This is the only chance for the secondary league teams to advance to the first league every year.

    After the end of the relegation tournament, all the officially registered and league-recognized secondary league teams plus the two teams that were relegated will y a round-robin tournament. The two teams with the highest points would be promoted to first league. After filling up the twelve seats, all the remaining teams are officially ssified as the second-level league teams for the year. If these teams want to enter the first league, they will have to wait for the next year¡¯s qualifiers.

    This system is a bit cruel, but it¡¯s very important for the entire league.

    ording to regtions, there are only to be twelve teams in the league. Each quota is very precious. But teams and clubs can be bought, which opens them to the risk of capital being used to intervene in the league.

    The e-sports industry has developed rapidly in recent years, moving step-by-step from its niche market to center stage. It has changed from being disliked to being faintly fashionable. It has also attracted the interest of capitalists. Among them are countless people who don¡¯t understand sh*t, taking a club and treating it like a ything. They would spend huge sums of money to buy a professional league team, upying valuable quota, fooling around, making a mess of things and instating a bunch of trash to serve as yers.

    The relegation system is a good way to put an end to this kind of possibility.

    Capital can buy one or two of the twelve teams but at most they¡¯d only be able to y one regr season. At the end of the regr season, other professional teams will use their strength to clean up the league together and boot this dishonest and unscrupulous team out the door.

    The base price for a team that upies one of the spots in the first league is eight digits. There¡¯s no cap on the first five digits of that. Given the huge amount of money involved, after they¡¯ve managed to y only one nd regr season, no matter how rich the fool, they would think twice about doing it again.

    Under such a system, the FOG League is able to preserve the teams that are honest and diligent about ying the game. They can also motivate the teams to do their best to improve. Year by year, they can add new blood into the league, recing the teams that were at the end of their level and absorbing strong secondary teams. They¡¯re killing several birds with one stone.

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [The relegation matches are yed using a double-loop best-of-1. All the matches should be done within a day. The two teams with the lowest scores among FS, Warframe, MO, and Windsh will be joining us to y in the qualifiers. Would you all like to guess...which of these four it will be? ]

    [Puppy]: [Wait, something¡¯s not right.]

    [Puppy]: [... I just returned to China, don¡¯t understand the situation in your region. Don¡¯t scare me like this. Are my eyes deceiving me? How is it that I¡¯m seeing a team that I¡¯m very familiar with? ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [...I haven¡¯t been home for long. I think my eyes are also failing me. What¡¯s going on here? That¡¯s my mother team! ]

    [Puppy]: [? ]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [You didn¡¯t see that wrong.]

    [Puppy]: [...]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Things couldn¡¯t have gotten as bad as this, right? In any case, this is a World Championship double crown team. Now it¡¯s fallen so low that it has to y in the relegation matches? ]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [It¡¯s the yers who won the World Championships, not the team. ]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [Calling it the e-sports holynd doesn¡¯t mean that this club is really a championship incubator. No matter how many jaw-dropping games the team has won, it¡¯s the yers who won those game after game. What does that have to do with the team itself? ]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [Without the yers and without even working hard to train any neers, they¡¯re just relying on an empty shell to trick other yers to serve as a stopgap. What favorable result were they expecting?]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [They were barely able to enter the yoffsst year and they dropped out after the first round. In the second year, it waspletely impossible. They weren¡¯t able to make it into the yoffs. Now, they¡¯re just a relegation club.]

    [Puppy]: [...Don¡¯t say anymore.]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Don¡¯t say anymore. My heart¡¯s feeling a little suffocated. ]

    Yu Sui looked at the chat but didn¡¯t want to say anything.

    After selling the yers, Ji Yanhan originally wanted to sell the entire FS club. However, the FS club had no yers and could only rely on its reputation as the World Championship double crown team. Like someone who wasn¡¯t good enough for a high post but too proud to take a low one, although Ji Yanhan had been in talks with several parties for a long time, nothing came out of it. Those who wanted to buy couldn¡¯t afford it and those that could afford it hated that it was merely a shell with no yers. In the end, FS remained as is. Back then, he basically had no money to sign any yers. He was in a dilemma, with no room to advance or retreat.

    But at the time, FS was still a sacred ce for e-sports. There really were yers who just wanted to enter the championship club and transferred to FS. Of course, these definitely weren¡¯t clear-headed first-line yers.

    In this way, FS¡¯s results plummeted in the next year. Relying on the transferred yers¡¯ hot-blooded zeal they staggered into the yoffs and were eliminated in the postseason. Of the four starters, three immediately transferred. After a year, Ji Yanhan had managed to gather a bit of money and signed on a few rtively strong yers. He also began to watch over the team¡¯s operations closely. But there were some things that once broken, were broken forever.

    This year, Ji Yanhan did his very best. He diligently ran that team, tried hard to sign on new yers, and even trained a second team. But FS¡¯ results weren¡¯t as good as the previous year¡¯s. They yed poorly in the regr season and despite staking their all, weren¡¯t able to enter into the yoffs. Nowadays, they had be a relegation team.

    FS has always meant something different for Yu Sui, Old Qiao, Chen Huo and Puppy.

    FS was the club Yu Sui and Old Qiao established with their own hands and it was Chen Huo and Puppy¡¯s first club.

    Old Qiao was right, the game was yed by the yers. It was them four who made the letters FS the nightmare of the four divisions.

    Only two years.

    None of them felt distressed for Ji Yanhan. Only that they couldn¡¯t get rid of the thought that the team they had once poured all their blood into has fallen to this level.

    Chen Huo and Puppy felt a little suffocated, and no longer talked in the group. Old Qiao spoke a bunch of words to vent out his feelings and then stopped talking. After a few minutes of silence in the group, it shook once again.

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [What¡¯s with this atmosphere? Don¡¯t worry, among these four, FS has the highest ranking during the regr season. Chances are, they¡¯re not gonna lose in the relegation tournament. They¡¯ll be able to keep their spot. Don¡¯t worry. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Moreover, they have a double insurance. Even if they fail in the relegation matches, they can continue to y the qualifiers. There are two spots to be able to return to the first league. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [It¡¯s not that I¡¯m ridiculing the secondary league teams. But really, there¡¯s a wall between them and the first league. A match between the bottom team in the first league and any one of the teams in the secondary league, is like a father hitting his son. There¡¯s basically no suspense. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [FS practically has double insurance. It is 99% impossible to be downgraded. What are you feeling all choked up for? ]

    [Puppy]: [Knowing that FS cannot be relegated, but has fallen to the relegation tournament is already enough to get me choked up. What¡¯s the relegation tournament? I hadn¡¯t even heard of it when I was in FS. I don¡¯t even know what the relegation format is. ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [That¡¯s true...I only just found out the format because I checked it just now. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [When you start to mix in with the bottom or the twelve teams, this is the treatment you get. They better get used to it. Let me speak truthfully. If you have time to be feeling sorry for someone else, you better use that to feel sorry for yourself. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [After you pass through the qualifiers, you¡¯ll officially be in the same division as your previous employer.]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Come the regr and postseason, there¡¯ll be lots of chances to meet them. Better get used to it now, so that you won¡¯tment over the passing of spring and theing of autumn every time. ]

    [Puppy]: [OK. ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [OK. We¡¯ll wait and watch the relegation matches tomorrow.]

    At 12 noon the following day, the relegation matches officially began.

    The four teams will y the matches in a double-looped best-of-1 format; a total of 12 small matches. Each team wins one point for each game won.

    The average time for each game is forty minutes. It will be evening by the time all 12 matches are finished. At first, no one in the group ¡®A whole family on friendly terms¡¯ was concerned. ording to the trend from previous years, those who would lose in the relegation tournament were the two at the very bottom of the rankings, namely this year¡¯s Team MO and Windsh.

    But this year there was something unexpected.

    No one knew whether Warframe, second to FS in regr season, had undergone some sort of special training, but whether it was their mental strength or their yers¡¯ personal ability, both were much better than during the regr season. The tournament had barely just started when they had already snatched three points.

    Comparatively, the FS team yers¡¯ mental state was loose. No one expected they would encounter anything unexpected during the relegation matches, but they lost the first game against Warframe and then lost again against the MO team. In an instant, their situation had be precarious. By the evening, FS was at the edge of the cliff. They had only managed to get two points off the Windsh team.

    It was only then that Yu Sui started watching the relegation game.

    Twelve small games, only one game left, FS vs. MO.

    Team Warframe had gotten five points and sessfully secured their spot. Team Windsh only got 2 points and they have been directly relegated.

    The only question left was whether it will be FS or MO who will be relegated.

    Right now, MO had 3 points and FS had two.

    If FS can win against MO, they¡¯ll both have three points and they¡¯ll have to y a tiebreaker.

    If FS loses against MO, they¡¯ll be relegated, just like Windsh.

    The group chat kept buzzing with message after message.

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [F*ck. It¡¯s thest game, thest game. Howe I¡¯m more nervous than when I¡¯m the one ying?]

    [Puppy]: FS¡¯ y during the first games was utter sh*t. What¡¯s with this team¡¯s mentality? The way they y ispletely deformed. I can¡¯t watch this.]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [What to do, what to do, I¡¯m so nervous!]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [What are you nervous for?]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Fuck! That was my old club, my alma mater, my first team!]

    [Puppy]: [+1]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [...To tell the truth, I¡¯m also nervous. Although this whole thing¡¯s suffocating, I really don¡¯t want FS to be relegated.]

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t look at the group chat. He looked at theputer screen quietly, thest game had already started.

    Five minutes into the game, Yu Sui exhaled and shut down the live broadcast interface.

    They had no possibility of winning.

    At least three of the four yers have mentally copsed. They were all professional league yers. Falling into the relegation tournament was tantamount to being humiliated; not to mention the risk that they would actually be relegated. If they really were relegated, it would be a ck mark on their resumes.

    The greater the pressure, the more nervous they got, the more nervous they got the more mistakes they made. Five minutes into the game, each of the two strikers had lost their heads once. Having both strikers killed at the same time was something that should be avoided at all costs. It would mean that only the medic was left on the front line, it was tantamount to handing over their map to MO.

    While they were waiting for FS¡¯ strikers to resurrect, MO¡¯s strikers had cleared the map of fog. This opening was too stimting. There basically wasn¡¯t any reason to y anymore.

    Yu Sui opened his game client and queued up for a game. Twenty minutester, he looked at the group chat.

    [Puppy]: [The absolute f*ck! They were actually relegated!]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Gods! I really want to ask those FS strikers! What are you ying? Hammers? ! ]

    [Puppy]: [Was it because they felt too pressured?]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [Which professional yer hasn¡¯t felt pressured on the field? ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Why are you all so angry? Do you have lingering feelings for Ji Yanhan? Why are you feeling so distressed for him? ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Who¡¯s feeling distressed for him? ! ! ! Laozi feels distressed for himself! ! ! ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [I used to be able to boast that I made my debut in FS. When anyone heard this, they all bowed down and called me ¡®father¡¯! ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Now? If I say I debuted in FS! Others will only say, ¡®oh, that team that was relegated¡¯! F*ck! ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [hhhhhh]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Really... Sigh.]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [They¡¯ll have to y in qualifiers, just like us. Getting back into the first league won¡¯t be too much of a problem. After all, Team Windsh really sucks. In the end, we¡¯ll probably be promoted together with Team FS. Oh, f*ck, that¡¯s disgusting. I don¡¯t want to be promoted together with Ji Yanhan to anything. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [It¡¯s fine. The matches are over. Go get some rest. Soon, it will be our turn.]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [ok. ]

    [Puppy]: [ok. ]

    [Evil]: [Will Ji Yanhan go to the qualifiers?]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [He should. He went to watch the relegation matches. He must also be anxious. Why are you asking? ]

    [Evil]: [Nothing.]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Evil, let me say it now. Don¡¯t cause any trouble.]

    [Evil]: [...You think I¡¯m crazy?]

    [Evil]: [Believe it or not, I also don¡¯t want FS to be relegated.]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [That¡¯s right. If they really get relegated, how are we going to boast now!]

    [Evil]: [...]

    Yu Sui looked at the group chat records and opened Shi Luo¡¯s profile. A momentter, he clicked ¡°Add as a friend¡±.

    A minuteter, Yu Sui¡¯s mobile phone buzzed. Shi Luo had epted his friend invite.

    Yu Sui opened the chat interface, hesitating on what to say. While he was hesitating, Shi Luo sent a message.

    [Evil]: [I want tickets to the qualifiers.]

    [Evil]: [... To your games.]

    Yu Sui looked at the phone and typed.

    [Whisper]: [Wear a mask and sunsses.]

    Yu Sui¡¯s cell phone vibrated. Shi Luo had sent another message.

    [Evil]: [Qualifier...You better not be like FS and suddenly develop some sort of problem in the qualifiers.]

    Yu Sui slowly typed: [Of course not.]

    [Whisper]: [Is your luggage packed?]

    [Whisper]: [After we sessfully pass through the qualifiers, I¡¯lle pick you up.]

 Chapter 35

    Chapter 35

    Shi Luo looked at his chat with Yu Sui. He looked at this sentence ¡°Is your luggage packed?¡± and his heart felt a bit sour.

    All of this time, the two of them have been in an awkward situation. They have not been in touch since they bumped into each other on the live broadcast two days ago. Today, anxiety and close friends have been added into the mixture. The mood between them have turned fragile and they¡¯ve be estranged.

    Right now, even Shi Luo himself couldn¡¯t tell how he felt about Yu Sui. His hatred towards him was real, as was his empathy. It was true that he bore a grudge but it was also true that he remembered him fondly.

    For him, Yu Sui was a truly special identity.

    He had given him his best days but he has also given him his worst days.

    Shi Luo actually knew long ago that there was nothing wrong with what Yu Sui did at that time. Given his position, Shi Luo doesn¡¯t think he could have handled it better than Yu Sui did. But up to this day, the shadow of his childhood tormented Shi Luo. No matter who it was, Shi Luo was unable to believe their promise.

    Yu Sui would only sign him after they¡¯d passed through the qualifiers sessfully. Shi Luo knew Yu Sui¡¯s intention. Yu Sui was providing him with a powerful insurance. However, Shi Luo had always been paranoid. What if they fail to pass the qualifiers?

    How could there be anything in the world that was a hundred percent certain? Even if it were Whisper, how could he guarantee that they would be promoted into the first league?

    What¡¯s more, it took four people to y this game. What if a problem arises with one of the yers? Especially with that NSN trainee that was there as his substitute? He didn¡¯t even know his name. Could someone who hasn¡¯t even yed in an intercity match be reliable? Is he there to serve as some sort of mascot?

    What would they do if there was some problem with the neer and he drags down the entire team with him, causing them to lose the qualifiers? If that happens, who was he supposed to reason with?

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t rest at ease. At first, he had no intention of messaging Yu Sui but the more he thought about it the more he obsessed over it. After absentmindedly ying a couple of games, Shi Luo picked up his phone and sent a message to Yu Sui.

    [Evil]: [There¡¯s still time for me to transfer now.]

    Shi Luo held his phone tightly. He bit down on his lip as he squinted at his phone.

    Yu Sui responded quickly, and Shi Luo¡¯s phone vibrated two secondster.

    [Whisper]: [No need.]

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth and typed.

    [Evil]: [Nothing is absolute. What if you fail to be promoted?]

    When Shi Luo sent the message, he felt that he might have overstepped. He hesitated, and when he was thinking about saying something more, his phone buzzed once again.

    [Whisper]: [That¡¯s not possible.]

    Shi Luo suffocated. Feeling a bit like not wanting to let him off, he said: [But what if? What if you fail? Are you not even willing to admit that there is a chance of failure? ]

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t reply for a long time.

    Shi Luo knew that he was being neurotic by getting himself all in a twist over this issue. People who were a little more normal wouldn¡¯t torture themselves like this. Shi Luo took a deep breath and was about to type to say that it was all right when his phone shook again.

    [Whisper]: [Alright, I admit, there is a chance of failure. ]

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart immediately seized. Without waiting for him to type a reply...

    [Whisper]: [If we fail, I¡¯ll have to inconvenience you to ask Zhao Feng for me if IAC still needs a medic.]

    Shi Luo stared nkly at Yu Sui¡¯sst message, and after reading it over and over several times, the corners of his lips couldn¡¯t help ticking up.

    This guy......

    Shi Luo held the phone and was about to reply when there was a message in the group. Shi Luo exited the chat and took a look.

    [Puppy]: [I am here to make a short report. I just went to the bathroom and walked by the sofa. I identally nced at someone¡¯s phone and I think I saw something remarkable. ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Whose phone? ]

    [Puppy]: [I wanted to pretend that I didn¡¯t see it, but a certain someone¡¯s individual remark was too foul that I felt it needed to be exposed.]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Ex-pose! Ex-pose! Ex-pose! What is it?]

    Shi Luo looked at the group chat and suddenly had a bad feeling.

    [Puppy]: [A certain medic and a certain striker from another team was discussing about us losing in the qualifiers.]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [We haven¡¯t even started ying yet and they¡¯re already talking about us losing? ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Who is it that dares to shake our morale?]

    [Puppy]: [Far more than shaking our morale, this certain medic is asking the striker from another team if should we lose in the qualifiers, if IAC has an opening for a medic.]

    It was toote for Shi Luo to regret it. Just what had he been doing just now? What crazy idea had he gotten in his head that he decided to contact Yu Sui!

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Whisper? ? ? ]

    [Puppy]: [We haven¡¯t even begun to y the matches but he¡¯s already contacting other teams. I would appreciate an exnation.]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [... Yu Sui, is it really you? ]

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth and was anxious and was about to exin for Yu Sui when Yu Sui replied to the group.

    [Whisper]: [It was me.]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Do you even have a shred of conscience left?]

    [Whisper]: [When did I ever have any conscience? This isn¡¯t my first time selling a team.]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [...]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [...I can¡¯t refute that.]

    [Puppy]: [That¡¯s what I like about my Yu Shen. He¡¯s not afraid to cken himself.]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [But I still can¡¯t ept it. The game hasn¡¯t even been yed yet. Why are you already privately looking for a way out? @Evil, is there still an opening for a striker in IAC? ]

    [Puppy]: [That¡¯s right. Why do it secretly? If we really fail the qualifiers, who wouldn¡¯t want to go to IAC? @Evil, do you have an opening for a sniper in IAC? ]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [Can you all please act a little normally? ? ? ]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [...Forget it, we¡¯re all adults, and there¡¯s no need for me to block my own way out. @Evil, do you have an opening for a coach in IAC? ]

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo massaged his temples. They¡¯d been separated for so long that he¡¯d forgotten what a bunch of sh*ts they all were. And to think he actually believed they¡¯d gotten angry.

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [? ? ? ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [What¡¯s going on here? ! I just went to make a phone call, why have you all suddenly started looking for a new home? ! ! ! ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Zhou Zhou is really pitiful. Only you can¡¯t contact Zhao Feng and ask him if IAC still needs a manager. ]

    [Puppy]: [Yeah. I¡¯ve heard of twin-star medic teams, but I¡¯ve never heard of a twin-star manager team. ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [I feel sorry for our manager. Maybe we should send him a wave of #WeFeelSorryforZhouZhou.¡±

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [We feel sorry for Zhou Zhou]

    [Puppy]: [We feel sorry for Zhou Zhou]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [We feel sorry for Zhou Zhou]

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t bear to watch it anymore. He put the phone aside and continued to y the game. He was made the subject of their teasing for a long time, and Shi Luo¡¯s uneasiness slightly eased.

    Until the day when the qualifiers officially began.

    Including the two teams that failed the relegation tournament, FS and Windsh, this time around there were eight secondary league teams participating in the qualifiers. The format was a single-loop best-of-one system. All teams would y against each other once. Each win was equal to one point. In the end, the two teams with the highest points will be promoted to the first league.

    Eight teams ying in a single-loop system would result to 28 games. Each team would y seven matches.

    The qualifiers was scheduled for only one day. In order to save time, the first sixteen small games were divided into four timeslots in the morning, and the next twelve games will be yed in the afternoon. Afterwards, the results will be decided.

    Shi Luo miscalcted his style and only realized how stupid he was on the day of the qualifiers.

    Shi Luo also knew that he mustn¡¯t be recognized. The day of the qualifiers, he donned on some casual clothes that weren¡¯t eye-catching. He also wore a mask and sunsses as well as a baseball cap that was a little bit big to hide his conspicuous silvery hair.

    Shi Luo thought that he had already hidden himself well enough. When he arrived in the stadium wearing this get up, he hadn¡¯t even passed the security check yet when the staff at the stadium nced at him and asked, ¡°Evil, why are you here?¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Wawa, who was equally heavily decked out, took off his sunsses and asked warily, ¡°You recognized who he is?¡±

    The staff was also vignt, ¡°Wawa, are you doing some sort of program that you mustn¡¯t be recognized? But... as long they¡¯re you¡¯re fan, catching sight of you is like catching sight of someone streaking. You can¡¯t hide your figure and silhouette. They¡¯ll know who it is with just a nce.¡±

    Shi Luo gave up and took off his sunsses and mask. Surrendering to his fate, he said, ¡°Take us through the staff passages and find a location on the camera station that the fans won¡¯t notice.¡±

    The staff nodded sympathetically and handed him an employee pass. ¡°You should have just contacted us earlier. Did you still have to buy your tickets?¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to admit it and said vaguely, ¡°Sorry for the trouble.¡±

    The staff took Shi Luo and Wawa to the camera room. After contact the broadcasting staff, Shi Luo and Wawa were found a spot on the second floor that was a blind spot from the fans¡¯ perspective. The staff warned them that when it came time to change the venue to next door, they must contact the staff first. Under no condition, should they go downstairs, where they could be seen by the fans. After that they were given some c and a tub of popcorn.

    Shi Luo finally had his spot and sat down with Wawa to wait for the yers to enter.

    Wawa looked left and right, ¡°What¡¯s the name of Yu Shen¡¯s new team?¡±

    Shi Luo whispered: ¡°Free.¡±

    When the members of Team Free entered the stadium, Shi Luo stopped breathing for a couple of seconds.

    The new team¡¯s uniform was ck. Only the left sleeve had a single white wing printed from the shoulder all the way down to the wrist. It was simple and clean.

    ¡°Wow, your new uniform looks good.¡± Wawa jostled Shi Luo, ¡°Look! Look! Look!¡±

    Shi Luo was afraid of Wawa¡¯s poisonous milk and hurriedly said, ¡°It¡¯s not necessarily my new team yet! They have to advance first! Advance first!¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t have the mental capacity to pay attention to anything else and stared nervously at the match.

    As it turns out, he was worried for nothing.

    In the first sixteen games, they had to y four games. They yed four games and won four games. It was an effortless crushing of their enemies. The difference between the opponent and their strength was too great and they weren¡¯t able to disy their true strenght. Shi Luo gradually emerged from his concentrated watching to a dull and insipid watching. There were three games left in the afternoon. As long as they didn¡¯t lose all of them, it was to be expected that they¡¯d be promoted.

    Now that nothing wrong could happen, Shi Luo finally calmed down. While they were changing venues, he looked distractedly at the instant scores and frowned slightly.

    Team Windsh, who was thrashing all the other teams in the qualifiers, was ying pretty well today.

    Aside from their game against Free, which they lost, they won all three of their other games that morning.

    In contrast, FS also yed four games that morning, but only won two games.

    Only two teams can be promoted. Yu Sui has already secured his spot but FS was still in trouble.

    Shi Luo buckled down his hat and got up to look around the stadium, but didn¡¯t see Ji Yanhan.

    Shi Luo leaned against the corridor¡¯s railing, chewing on his popcorn expressionlessly. There was a certain uneasiness in his heart.

    The afternoon games started. Two of the first three games were Free¡¯s games. They ended the game steadily and quickly. At this point, Team Free has won six games and gathered six points. They were now assured of being promoted.

    Shi Luo should have been relieved, but he looked at the schedule and the uneasiness he felt worsened.

    Yu Sui¡¯sst game was against FS.

    Shi Luo secretly prayed for FS to be directly knocked out and not let them hang on the edge of the cliff.

    For yers, to hang on the edge of the cliff meant to hang between being able to qualify or not qualify for the next round.

    Under a points ranking system, it was often not one¡¯s own game, but someone else¡¯s that determined whether one can or cannot qualify.

    Shi Luo has yed professionally for two years. Whether it was thest few yoff spots or the cliff for the World Competition , the absolutely most annoying thing was ying against the team that could get on thest bus at thest minute. Every time he encountered such a team, winning was wrong, losing was also wrong.

    The season beforest, Team NSN had been in poor condition. During the initial stages of the regr season, they were in a slump. They lost a game for every one they won. Their condition was constantly fluctuating. And in the middle of the season, they began to lose a few games in a row. By the tailend of the regr season, NSN was ranked eighth, in the veryst spot that could enter the yoffs. They only had half a foot into the yoffs. If the next few games went all wrong, they would miss the yoffs and be a relegation team.

    The absolute worst thing was, at that time, IAC¡¯s, where Shi Luo was ying,st regr season match was against Ten Thousand Mountains, who was ranked ninth in the regr season. If IAC identally lost to Ten Thousand Mountains, then Ten Thousand Mountains would advance to eighth ce. NSN would naturally drop to ninth, which meant that they not only wouldn¡¯t be able to enter the yoffs but would also need to y in the relegation tournament.

    NSN had taken good care of Shi Luo at the time, and Shi Luo¡¯s rtionship with NSN¡¯s yers had always been good. Although, it wasn¡¯t without selfish motives. However, this kind of game didn¡¯t rely solely on himself. He¡¯d also lost to Ten Thousand Mountains before. That week, the pressure on Shi Luo had doubled. He was worried that he could make a mistake and lose to Ten Thousand Mountains, personally sending his old team, NSN, to the relegation tournament.

    Fortunately, NSN did their best and improved on their own. The following three regr season games they won 2-0. Their ranking jumped to sixth ce so they managed to secure their spot in the yoffs. Their game against Ten Thousand Mountains can no longer affect their standing and Shi Luo was able to y that game without any worries.

    Shi Luo looked at the instant team points and became more and more disturbed.

    At the end of the 26th game, Shi Luo got a splitting headache from watching the game.

    Team Windsh had finished all of their games and was now ranked second with five points.

    Team FS had finished six games and was in third with four points. They had officially reached the edge of the cliff.

    FS once again drove themselves into the same corner they had during the relegation tournament. If they can win in theirst game, they can still y overtime against Windsh. They had a chance to stake their all once again. If they lose, then... ...Nothing.

    Their opponents for thest game was Yu Sui¡¯s Free.

    Shi Luo had been ying professionally for two years and had seen the edge of the cliff too many times. There was even once that he¡¯d been driven over the edge by the leg by a water monster. He didn¡¯t mind, but this didn¡¯t apply for everyone.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t dare to think about it. If in a while, Yu Sui¡¯s team won thatst match, it was going to be hell.

    But setting that aside for now, the most important thing right now was...

    ¡°What about Yu Shen themselves?¡± Wawa whispered, ¡°In the end, maybe they¡¯d want to lend a hand to FS? After all...¡±

    Shi Luo pursed his lips and said nothing.

    Wawa whispered, ¡°They¡¯re not handing out points per se. They¡¯ll just be giving FS a final chance, giving them a final chance to have a rematch against Windsh. There were a few games where FS yed really well. They don¡¯t necessarily have no hope of beating Yu Shen and the others. If they rx a little bit then FS might be able to y the rematch.¡±

    ¡°In the end, whether its Windsh or FS who gets promoted would depend on FS¡¯ skills.¡±

    ¡°A few years ago, before the World Championships changed the rules, groupings were done based on your division. A lot of teams would rx their y against teams from the same division.¡± Wawa whispered, ¡°Everyone knew this so now the league has changed its system. It no longer allows teams from the same division to meet in the group stage of the World Championship. This was to prevent teams from involving personal considerations. This kind of thing...the league can understand.¡±

    Wawa looked at Shi Luo, ¡°Do you think...they¡¯ll...for old times¡¯ sake?¡±

    Shi Luo recalled the group chat from a few days ago and shook his head uncertainly.

    Everyone, Shi Luo included, didn¡¯t want to see FS demoted to the secondary league.

    ¡°Quietly.¡± Shi Luo whispered, ¡°Follow me to the waiting room backstage.¡±

    Under the protection of the staff, Shi Luo and Wawa used the staff passages and arrived at Team Free¡¯s door.

    They had yet to enter the door, when they already heard the distinct and constrained voices.

    Wawa was speechless. ¡°It really is...just as I said.¡±

    In the waiting room, Zhou Huo looked at everyone in confusion, ¡°We¡¯re as good as promoted. What¡¯s with your glum faces? If I didn¡¯t know any better, I would have thought we lost all our games and are being sent off.¡±

    Old Qiao got up, turned off the cameras and microphones in the waiting room, and said glumly, ¡°Now, we can speak at ease.¡±

    Puppyy t on the sofa. Without any expression on his face, he said, ¡°Fine. I admit it, I¡¯m soft-hearted.¡±

    Chen Huo let out a deep sigh.

    Puppy said helplessly, ¡°Ok, if you really don¡¯t have the heart to do it then raise your hand. I have no objections.¡±

    ¡°I can¡¯t ept it but I also don¡¯t have the heart to do it.¡± Chen Huo sat on the gaming chair and stretched his legs, muttering, ¡°Forget it... I¡¯ll listen to you guys.¡±

    Old Qiao gave a ¡®pah¡¯ and holding back his disgust said, ¡°We¡¯ll do it this way then. We¡¯ll consider this thest thing we do for them out of friendship. Yu Sui?¡±

    Yu Sui had his headphones on as he looked at his phone. Puppy had to give him a push against his shoulder before he took off his headphones, ¡°What is it?¡±

    Puppy was helpless, ¡°FS is at the edge of the cliff for the next game. In any case, whether we win or lose, won¡¯t affect our promotion into the first league. Do you want to...¡±

    Yu Sui put away the headphones, put on his uniform and asked, ¡°Want to what?¡±

    Puppy¡¯s lips moved. His next words weren¡¯t easy to say. ¡°You...everyone already understood. Do you want me to spell it out? Don¡¯t tell me you don¡¯t understand what I want to say here.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. ¡°I understand.¡±

    Yu Sui said indifferently, ¡°We¡¯ve been ying for an entire day, and we¡¯ve worked hard for six games. Everyone¡¯s tired. I can understand. To be honest, I¡¯m not in very good shape right now either. Thest game was a little difficult.¡±

    Old Qiao gave a sigh of relief and was about to follow up Yu Sui¡¯s words. He was going to say that they should look for a good reason in advance when Yu Sui coldly said,

    ¡°There¡¯s still half an hour before we need to y. If you¡¯re hungry go get something to eat, if you¡¯re thirsty, get something to drink. If you¡¯re getting sleepy, drink some coffee. Do I have to teach you how to adjust your condition?¡± Yu Sui got up and looked at everyone in the waiting room. ¡°I understand what everyone¡¯s thinking, but I¡¯m sorry. When I y a game, I do my best. I¡¯m not going to allow myself to make any mistakes and I¡¯m not going to allow anyone else in the team to make any mistakes either.¡±

    ¡°Winning or losing the next game won¡¯t affect our promotion. I know that.¡±

    ¡°Our opponent is FS and they¡¯re at the edge of the cliff. I know that too.¡±

    For a while, everyone was speechless. Then, Old Qiao hesitantly said, ¡°If not for old affections, if we crush their chance for a rematch, the sprayers online, towards you, they¡¯ll probably...¡±

    Yu Sui looked at OId Qiao and asked calmly, ¡°Am I still afraid of being sprayed?¡±

    In the next round, Team Free crushed the FS team and quickly won the game. The three in Team Free personally sent off their youth and were formally promoted to the first league with Team Windsh.

 Chapter 36

    Chapter 36

    After thest best-of-one match against Team FS, Yu Sui packed up his peripherals a little slower than usual.

    Chen Huo and NSN¡¯s youth trainee had already packed up their peripherals and headed backstage. Puppy noticed that Yu Sui was acting a little different than normal and slowed down as well. He watched Yu Sui, lowered his voice and said, ¡°Before the match, weren¡¯t you being so ruthless and indifferent? In the game, your y was absolutely airtight, so what¡¯s the matter now?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression was no different than his usual one. He sat in his seat and slowly coiled the keyboard cord. He asked, ¡°What could the matter be with me?¡±

    ¡°Other people can¡¯t see it but I can see it a little. Mainly because I¡¯m familiar with that look in your eyes right now...¡± Puppy looked at Yu Sui and nodded. ¡°Yes, that¡¯s it. The day you sent Luo Luo to NSN, you had the same expression. .¡±

    Puppymented, ¡°Your expression is particrly natural, but your eyes look unfocused.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled. He unplugged his mouse and got up to head backstage.

    Puppy used his mouse pad wrap up all his peripherals. He caught up with him and couldn¡¯t help saying, ¡°You know, we didn¡¯t only want to save FS. We also wanted Ji Yanhan to owe us one, have him send out an announcement to rify what had happened back... ...¡±

    ¡°No need.¡± Yu Sui walked towards the backstage lounge. ¡°I¡¯m already long used to it, and something like this isn¡¯t worth throwing the game.¡±

    Puppy was speechless. ¡°If this isn¡¯t worth it, then what is?! You¡¯re so used to getting insulted that none of their poison gets to you anymore?¡±

    ¡°You really deserve to be called a f*cking g man by the fans!¡± Puppy walked behind Yu Sui and kept grumbling, ¡°You¡¯re really f*cking cruel. Cruel to others and even crueler to yourself.¡±

    ¡°I have something I¡¯ve always wanted to ask since my debut.¡± Yu Sui asked curiously as he walked. ¡°Why have they always called me a g man? I was only fifteen or sixteen at that time. If I¡¯m so cruel, why is it that they just call me a g man? Shouldn¡¯t they be calling me a wolf-hearted dog-lungs bastard? g man seems too gentle.¡±

    ¡°Your situation¡¯s special.¡± Puppy nced up and down at Yu Sui. ¡°Look at your figure, look at your face, look at your nine-figure sry at such a young age...¡±

    Puppy said,pletely unreconciled, ¡°There are a lot of things that if we did, we¡¯d be wolf-hearted, dog-lungs bastards. But if you did, you¡¯d be a g man. Understand?¡±

    Yu Sui clearly understood, nodded and added. ¡°Ah, that¡¯s right. Don¡¯t forget, I¡¯ve also been the top medic in the league since my debut.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not praising you and there¡¯s no need for you to add on to it.¡± Puppy wanted to smash the peripherals over Yu Sui¡¯s head, ¡°...I¡¯m so angry.¡±

    ¡°The crucial point though is...¡± The two turned into the backstage corridor. Puppy said, ¡°When you¡¯re being cruel, you really are cruel. But when you¡¯re being gentle, you really are gentle. It makes your fans and the people around you, both love and hate you. They can¡¯t hold onto you but they also can¡¯t let you go. If this isn¡¯t a f*cking g man, then what is?¡±

    Yu Suiughed mockingly at himself.

    It was he whose heart had been moved, it was he whose first kiss had been unknowingly snatched away, it was he who had liked someone for so long and it was he who still had no idea up to now if Shi Luo was even bent, but it was he who was dubbed as a g man.

    Puppy saw the young man wearing a mask and sunsses standing outside the door of Free¡¯s lounge and he slowed his steps.

    Yu Sui stopped when he saw the person before him. He put always his joking expression. ¡°...You go ahead.¡±

    Puppy took Yu Sui¡¯s peripherals for him and made his way to their lounge.

    Shi Luo heard the movement and turned around to look over at them. He raised his hand to take off his sunsses. Yu Sui said, ¡°Anytime now, someone coulde backstage to do the interview and record video material.¡±

    If they found out Shi Luo had gone to watch the game, it would create amotion online. What more if they find out he actually went backstage to Free¡¯s lounge. If he was actually photographed here, it would cause no end of trouble. Both of them were clear on that.

    Shi Luo no longer took off his sunsses. He put down his hand and for a time, said nothing.

    Shi Luo wore his own clothes. He had on a ck mask, ck sunsses and a ck baseball cap. He¡¯d covered himself uppletely, making it impossible to see his expression clearly.

    The two silently stood face to face.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, standing there in full battle array and he felt a seldom experienced pain in his heart.

    He really was a g man.

    NSN had arranged a training match with another team that night. As soon as Free and FS¡¯ game was over, Wawa took with him their youth trainee that Free had borrowed. Shi Luo was worried that if he left now, he¡¯d be seen by the fans emptying the stadium and so he hid backstage. Unfortunately, he happened to walk to the door of Team Free¡¯s Lounge and unfortunately, he happened to run into Yu Sui.

    Under the mask, Shi Luo¡¯s lips moved slightly, hesitating whether it would be better to say something.

    At this time, almost all the fans must have gone already. He could probably leave now too.

    His current rtionship with Yu Sui was too subtle. Every time they meet, they¡¯re put into a difficult situation. Shi Luo kind of wanted to escape. Without waiting for him to speak, Yu Sui cleared his throat. ¡°I...¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui.

    While he stared directly at Yu Sui¡¯s hesitant expression, Shi Luo was d he hadn¡¯t taken off his sunsses.

    With the protection of his sunsses, Shi Luo could look at Yu Sui whichever way and how ever much he wanted, without worrying about exposing too much of his emotions.

    Yu Sui pursed his lips. ¡°Today, I...¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t drive over here.¡± Yu Sui unconsciously riffled through his trousers pocket and then he looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Will you be returning to IAC in a while? I can pick you up tonight or tomorrow. You set the time.¡±

    Shi Luo was startled, and suddenly remembered what Yu Sui had said before.

    After sessfully passing the qualifiers, he was going toe pick him up from IAC.

    Unexpectedly, no mishaps urred. Everything happened as nned. Shi Luo actually felt a bit like he couldn¡¯t believe it.

    He said he was going to pick him up so he really was going to pick him up already?

    Tonight or tomorrow...then, that means it¡¯s right away, right?

    Shi Luo was so lost in thought that for a moment he waspletely motionless. Yu Sui couldn¡¯t see his expression behind the sunsses and he frowned uncertainly.

    Someone passed behind Yu Sui. He heard a voice behind him and he leaned back slightly towards Shi Luo, blocking the sight of Shi Luo from anyone passing behind him. Shi Luo took a tiny step back. ¡°Either¡¯s fine...¡±

    Yu Sui nodded.

    Silence descended upon the two once again.

    Shi Luo felt that the atmosphere was getting more and more awkward. Just when he was about to say that he was going to go, Yu Sui asked again, ¡°Do you have...a lot of things? If you¡¯ve got a lot, should I bring my suitcase along?¡±

    ¡°No, I haven¡¯t got a lot.¡± Shi Luo paused. ¡°Just some clothes and shoes and my IAC team uniform. My tworge suitcases...can hold everything.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. ¡°Okay.¡±

    The corridor was quiet again.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. ¡°So, tonight...¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s go for dinner?¡± Chen Huo suddenly burst out from the lounge. He had his peripherals bag with him and he looked Shi Luo up and down. ¡°I¡¯ve been wanting to ask. Is this a staff member? He¡¯s been outside our door all this time!¡±

    Shi Luo took off his mask and stared incredulously at Chen Huo.

    Chen Huo choked. ¡°Sorry, Shi Ge. I¡¯m going blind. Sorry sorry sorry sorry.¡±

    Puppy nced at Chen Huo like he was as an idiot. He looked at Yu Sui and Shi Luo and noticed the not so harmonious atmosphere between them. He tried to probe out. ¡°We¡¯re going to dinner. Shi Luo, you probably haven¡¯t eaten yet, have you? Should we eat together? You can pick the ce.¡±

    Shi Luo put on his mask again and nodded half a minuteter. ¡°Okay, we can eat wherever.¡±

    Everyone waited for a moment. After confirming that all the fans had left, they exited the stadium and got into the team car.

    In the end, they all went to eat hotpot.

    When Shi Luo entered the private room, he took off his mask. Yu Sui looked down at his phone, all the while not taking a seat. Wittingly or unwittingly, Puppy jostled Yu Sui until he was close to Shi Luo. On the other side, Zhou Huo was also a slick person. His eyes did a sweep of room and his mind cleared up. With his right hand, he pulled the absolutely clueless Chen Huo to sit in the inner side and with his left hand, he pulled out a chair and sat down. In this way, Yu Sui and Shi Luo were forced to sit together.

    Everyone quickly ordered food. At lunch, they were afraid being overly full would make them sleepy and it would affect their y. So basically, everyone just had a couple of bites to eat. They yed the entire way through until the evening by which time, their stomachs were already rumbling with hunger. Once the dishes were set, no one talked. Aside from Yu Sui and Shi Luo, who didn¡¯t eat much, everyone else had their heads down, eating like crazy. No words were spoken as each concentrated on their own food. It was half an hourter before they began to slow down, groaning in satisfaction.

    ¡°It¡¯s finally over!¡± Chen Huo sighed. ¡°Seven games in a row... I haven¡¯t yed this kind of wheel battle in a long time. Turns out the qualifiers was like this!¡±

    It was also Puppy¡¯s first time ying in the qualifiers. He shook his head and said, ¡°I¡¯m even beginning to suspect that it was designed to test the yers. See if their physical condition can f*cking cope. It will eliminate anyone who¡¯s sick, weak or injured.¡±

    Yu Sui slowly ate some vegetables while looking at his phone. Old Qiao frowned. ¡°Why are you still looking at your phone? What¡¯s there to see? Have you gotten addicted to seeing people insult you online?¡±

    Yu Sui put away his mobile phone. ¡°I wasn¡¯t looking at the forums. I think it¡¯s safe to presume that everyone¡¯s cursing me out right now. They must have added another one on my tally of sins... Murdering my master and wiping out my ancestors.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t guess wrong. Once the qualifiers ended, all the major e-sports forums piled on the abuse. There was another charge levied on Yu Sui¡¯s head: in the qualifiers, he was an ungrateful bastard who kicked his benefactor in the teeth and didn¡¯t know how to treasure old rtionships. He personally put an end to any possibility of promotion for the team where he made his debut.

    Actually, under that situation, if Free had yed normally, even if there were sprayers, there were only a few. If they really had sent FS to y the rematch, naturally, Team Windbreaker¡¯s fans would curse at him. Only, Yu Sui¡¯s identity was special and the sprayers were taking things very personally. The details surrounding his departure from FS were still unclear and the fans, especially, FS¡¯ old fans still haven¡¯t let Yu Sui off. Now FS has been relegated to the secondary league. Team FS¡¯ fans automatically turned all their attacks onto Yu Sui once again.

    It¡¯s all this traitor¡¯s fault!

    Everyone in Free wavered before thatst game. It was for FS, but it was also for Yu Sui.

    Old Qiao looked at Yu Sui with aplicated expression on his face. ¡°So, tell me, why¡¯d you do it? It can¡¯t be that you¡¯re actually fine seeing them fall?¡±

    ¡°Of course I didn¡¯t want that.¡± Yu Sui put down his chopsticks and took a sip of warm water. ¡°During the start of the game, when I saw the team logo in front of the opposite team¡¯s names, I almost thought that was my team logo.¡±

    Chen Huo pped a hand against the table andughed. ¡°As it happens, so did I!¡±

    Team FS¡¯ mark, uniform and emblem, were all very familiar to them.

    They didn¡¯t recognize any of Team FS¡¯ yers who came to y today. But when they went up against that FS, seeing that logo, these three probably thought they were seeing things. The ones they were killing weren¡¯t their opponents, but their own younger selves.

    ¡°Just now, I didn¡¯t just y a match.¡± Chen Huo took a sip of cold beer. ¡°... Laozi f*cking destroyed his old home.¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s eyes suddenly turned red after saying this.

    Puppy was holding a piece of tripe between his chopsticks. Hearing this, he grew silent and put it back on the te.

    Chen Huo shook his head and smiled. He wiped the corners of his eyes with his thumb, and looked at Yu Sui. ¡°Whisper, our old home is gone, and we were the ones who personally destroyed it.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression was as usual. He raised a ss of warm water. ¡°Let¡¯s drink.¡±

    Old Qiao¡¯s eyes were slightly red. He raised his ss as well. ¡°Me too.¡±

    The four of them clinked sses.

    From out the corner of his eyes, Shi Luo watched as Yu Sui¡¯s Adam¡¯s apple bobbed slightly. He felt conflicted.

    After today, FS no longer existed in the league.

    Today, what was once the former e-sports holynd haspletely disappeared.

    ¡°Hey, if the old doesn¡¯t leave, the new won¡¯te.¡± Zhou Huo looked at everyone¡¯s expressions and broke the tense atmosphere by calling out. ¡°Hurry and eat, it¡¯s going to be another busy day tomorrow. Yu Sui, you¡¯re going with me tomorrow to swap documents. You have to update the information of your yers. Especially Shi Luo¡¯s. His transfer contract is moreplicated. Eat up and get to bed early. Tomorrow, you better not dawdle in bed and dy proper business, alright?¡±

    Chen Huo nodded. He wanted to wash his face. He got up and said, ¡°I¡¯m going to the toilet.¡±

    Puppy quietly said, ¡°Come back straight away. Don¡¯t pick fights in the bathroom.¡±

    Shi Luo, who¡¯d been keeping quiet all night, was suddenly stabbed for no reason.

    Chen Huo snorted and said as he walked out, ¡°Rx, I¡¯m not a medic.¡±

    Yu Sui was stabbed as well. He drank a mouthful of warm water, pretending not to have heard it.

    Old Qiao couldn¡¯t helpughing, only Zhou Huo waspletely clueless. So, after making sure everyone was full, Zhou Huo pressed the service button and waited for the waitress to get the bill.

    Not long after, Chen Hue returned, a strange expression on his face. He sat down and said, ¡°Hey, I have something to tell you...¡±

    Puppy looked at Chen Huo warily. ¡°What¡¯s this? You didn¡¯t actually pick a fight did you?¡±

    ¡°Of course not!!¡± Chen Huo looked offended and he hesitantly said, ¡°Inside the next room is FS. Seems like they¡¯re having a farewell dinner. Guess who...Ji Yanhan¡¯s there too.¡±

    Chen Huo had hardly finished speaking, when Shi Luo¡¯s eyes instantly turned bright.

    Puppy and Old Qiao looked at each other and sighed. They carefully advised, ¡°If the bathroom doesn¡¯t have any surveince...then fighting there should be no big deal?¡±

    Old Qiao hesitated. ¡°Although I wasn¡¯t a medic before I retired, that doesn¡¯t mean I can¡¯t fight...¡±

    Chen Huo gulped. ¡°I¡¯m not gonna hide it from you guys. I really did take a look to make sure. There¡¯s no cameras in the bathroom, none outside it either.¡±

    Shi Luo heard this and felt relieved. Without saying a word, he began to rotate his neck, massage his wrists and stretch out his shoulders.

    Zhou Huo looked at everyone, rmed and fearful. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? You¡¯re not nning to touch that high-voltage wire, are you? Don¡¯t y with me! We¡¯ve just been promoted. If all of you get banned and the team gets disbanded, where will I go? IAC?!¡±

    The waitress came, and the little girl looked timidly at these imposing and seemingly unfriendly faces. ¡°Um... Did someone ask for the bill?¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. ¡°Here.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked apprehensively at everyone. ¡°You guys, say something! Don¡¯t scare me!¡±

    ¡°Of course, we won¡¯t be picking a fight. What do you think? We¡¯re all professional yers. What if we get photographed and can¡¯t y anymore?¡± Yu Sui signed the bill and looked up at the waitress. His tone was gentle andpletely harmless. ¡°Do you keep rat poison here?¡±

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª>>>>>>>>

    T/N: Seriously, they should just avoid hotpot restaurants all together. What¡¯s wrong with a nice old barbeque, right? Hmmm, rat poison, seems like a fitting poison for Ji Yanhan.

 Chapter 37

    Chapter 37

    The waitress shivered. ¡°Rat...rat poison?!¡±

    Yu Sui nodded and the waitress shook her head frantically: ¡°No!!! Our restaurant has a sanitation permit, absolutely no rats! We don¡¯t have any rat poison!¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s thoughts were quickly derailed by Yu Sui¡¯s words. He then asked, ¡°If you haven¡¯t got any rat poison, how about arsenic? You have any of that?¡±

    Puppy followed up with. ¡°Hedinghong?¡±

    The waitress was on the verge of copse. ¡°He-hedinghong?!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t you know what Hedinghong is?¡± Old Qiao looked pityingly at the waitress and kindly helped to exin, ¡°That¡¯s the one that the Empress Dowager had Imperial Concubine Xiang drink. Didn¡¯t your parents let you watch TV dramas during summer vacations when you were a kid?¡±

    Shi Luo had grown impatient. ¡°What are you wasting time for? This matter can be settled with a cleaver!¡±

    The little waitress had never run across bandits before. With trembling hands, she was going to take out her walkie-talkie. ¡°You, you...¡±

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t helpughing.

    ¡°Don¡¯t call security!!!¡± Zhou Huo increasingly began to regret taking over this team filled with wicked beings. He had reached the end of his patience. He stood up and said loudly, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, we¡¯ll be leaving now! Sorry, little sister. I will immediately take these bunch of lunatics out of here! I¡¯m begging you, please don¡¯t call security! We can¡¯t wind up on the newspapers, Yu Sui! Didn¡¯t you already settle the bill! Go! Let¡¯s go!¡±

    Chen Huo was pushed to stand up. He still wasn¡¯t quite willing to give up. ¡°We¡¯re not allowed to fight and we¡¯re not allowed to poison him? Now, we¡¯re just going to leave?¡±

    ¡°Forget it. There¡¯ll be next time.¡± Puppy said quietly. ¡°Our team has just been promoted and our prospects look great. Scum like him isn¡¯t worth it. In the future...when we run across him during apetition abroad, why don¡¯t we settle it then? If we go about this well, no one would even know if we dispose of him abroad...¡±

    ¡°No, that¡¯s not allowed! Not even abroad!!!¡± Zhou Huo was so angry that he wanted to hit Puppy. ¡°I have you figured out now! The normally quiet ones really are the worst! Shut up!¡±

    Everyone knew not to cross any lines. They just wanted to say a few things to vent or maybe cause a small scene, small enough not even to wind up on social media. But Zhou Huo on the other hand, didn¡¯t want even the least bit of anything troublesome. He quickly snatched the receipt and urged everyone to get up. All of them were helpless. They reluctantly grabbed hold of their phones and got up.

    On their way out, when they passed by FS¡¯ private room, Chen Huo couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°It¡¯s this room.¡±

    Without giving Zhou Huo a chance to block anyone, Shi Luo, who had been at the very edge of the group, suddenly pushed open the door to the room. Inside were two waiters who were in the middle of tidying up. ¡°Did you forget something?¡±

    Shi Luo frowned. ¡°No.¡±

    ¡°They were certainly quick to make their escape.¡± Chen Huo sneered, ¡°They must have seen me.¡±

    Zhou Huo breathed a sigh of relief. ¡°Everyone¡¯s gone. Good. That¡¯s good. We should leave too.¡±

    Zhou Huo called the driver while also hurrying everyone out. The night was dark. Everyone walked to the curb and Yu Sui rubbed his stomach.

    Shi Luo frowned and looked over. Puppy asked first, ¡°Is your stomach hurting again?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s fine.¡±

    ¡°What are you pretending for?¡± Puppy frowned, ¡°You weren¡¯t allowed to go hungry in the first ce. But you barely ate anything for lunch and you ate only a little from the hotpot just now. Did it begin to hurt just now?¡±

    ¡°Who are lecturing, talking that loudly? It hurts a little bit. It¡¯s really not serious.¡± Yu Sui looked as usual. ¡°I¡¯ll just drink some medicine when we get back.¡±

    ¡°Your stomach hurts again?¡± Zhou Huo said nervously. ¡°It¡¯s nothing serious, is it? Isn¡¯t your stomach all better already?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°It¡¯s been fine for a long time. It just acts up a bit when I don¡¯t take my meals regrly. It¡¯s nothing.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked distrustfully at Yu Sui. He then looked at Puppy and Puppy nodded. ¡°It¡¯s true. The doctor said that if he doesn¡¯t take his meals regrly, it may cause a little problem. But generally, he should be fine if he drinks his medicine. This&#k2026;don¡¯t you always have some with you? You should go back in to the restaurant and ask them for some hot water.¡±

    Yu Sui was still nning on moving in Shi Luo tonight and didn¡¯t want to dy any longer. ¡°I can just take it back at the base.¡±

    ¡°What if it turns serious by the time we get back?!¡± Zhou Huo didn¡¯t dare let anything happen to Yu Sui again. Brooking no arguments, he said, ¡°I¡¯ll go back in with you. Let¡¯s go. Go, go! Old Qiao, the car will be here any minute. Wait for us to get back.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded. ¡°Hurry up.¡±

    Yu Sui had no choice as Zhou Huo brought him back into the restaurant.

    The remaining four stayed waiting at the curb.

    A private car came up from the underground garage and slowly parked on the side of the road. The driver¡¯s door opened and a lone person got down and stood behind the car. Only half of the back could be seen.

    Shi Luo had been waiting for their car all this while. After catching sight of this, he narrowed his eyes and sneered. ¡°Isn¡¯t this a coincidence?¡±

    Chen Huo nkly followed Shi Luo¡¯s gaze. ¡°F*ck.¡±

    Puppy looked over and said hesitantly. ¡°This entire ce is covered with surveince. Don¡¯t go looking for trouble.¡±

    The lesson from two years ago was still fresh in his mind. Shi Luo truly didn¡¯t dare cause another incident and let someone else shoulder the me.

    Nevertheless Shi Luo walked towards the private car.

    Old Qiao had been looking at his phone the entire time and only now turned to look up. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    Chen Huo looked at the person standing not too far away. ¡°Ji Yanhan.¡±

    Old Qiao¡¯s eyes darkened.

    Ji Yanhan had drunk a lot just now and after sending off the FS team members in the van, he stayed. Through the haze of intoxication, he was looking for a designated driver service. Hearing the footsteps, Ji Yanhan nced up and after a dazed moment, said, ¡°... Shi Luo?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Ji Yanhan indifferently.

    Ji Yanhan rubbed his eyes and looked nkly at the people who came over, his lips trembling, ¡°Old Qiao, Chen Huo, Puppy...¡±

    Ji Yanhan looked back at Shi Luo, and instantly recovered his senses, sobering up. He looked away, wanting to escape into the car. But Shi Luo quickly ced his hand on the car door.

    Ji Yanhan stepped back guiltily. ¡°You...¡±

    ¡°Rx, there¡¯s a surveince camera. I¡¯m not gonna beat you up.¡± Shi Luo looked at Ji Yanhan in disgust, ¡°I just want to ask you something. We¡¯ll leave after.¡±

    ¡°Ask...¡± These people were the one Ji Yanhan was most afraid to see right now. However, today was the make or break game for team FS. He had no choice but toe. He had hidden from them for the entire day. He never thought he¡¯d run into them in the end. With a trembling voice, he said, ¡°Ok, ask...¡±

    ¡°That Min Min.¡± Shi Luo asked, ¡°Is she still ok now?¡±

    Ji Yanhan looked at Shi Luo, dumbfounded. Never in his wildest dream could Ji Yanhan have expected that Shi Luo would ask this. He unconsciously said, ¡°After you guys left that year, we were barely able to pay her family¡¯s debts. Her father suffered a stroke after that and was bedridden. He no longer manages their business. After we got married...the two of us are now the ones managing the family affairs. She...she¡¯s okay.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded. ¡°OK.¡±

    Shi Luo turned around and was about to leave. Ji Yanhan hadn¡¯t been able to react to what had just happened. Shi Luo hadn¡¯t asked anything about himself but instead asked after Min Min, someone who he had zero interaction with. What did that mean?

    Ji Yanhan was startled and hurriedly said, ¡°Old Qiao! Chen Huo!¡±

    Voice shaking, he asked, ¡°Today, did you...was that to get revenge on me? Was that Yu Sui¡¯s revenge for before?¡±

    Chen Huo picked his ear and smiled. ¡°Revenge?¡±

    Ji Yanhan wanted to say something but hesitated. ¡°Thest game...¡±

    ¡°All matters between you and Yu Sui have been settled. Right now, I¡¯m afraid he¡¯s even forgotten what you look like.¡± Chen Huo looked Ji Yanhan up and down. ¡°Right now, the one who can¡¯t let go of things, isn¡¯t it you?¡±

    Ji Yanhan¡¯s eyes shrank suddenly. He didn¡¯t dare look these people in the face.

    Indeed, it was himself who couldn¡¯t let go these past two years and was constantly tormented by what little conscience he had left.

    It was he himself who had done this shameful deed. Yu Sui did nothing that should be a burden on his heart. What would he have to struggle emotionally with?

    It¡¯s just a game. At most, they would feel sad for their former team.

    Thinking of the now gone team FS, Ji Yanhan tilted his head and looked at this handful of people. With admiration in his eyes, he talked to himself, ¡°Old Qiao, are you going to be a coach? OK, now everyone¡¯splete...¡±

    The former genius group of FS had been sessfully reassembled. Only now, they no longer bore FS¡¯ logo.

    Ji Yanhan murmured, ¡°In the end, I was the one who was driven away.¡±

    Among them, Old Qiao and Ji Yanhan had spent the longest time on the same team. He was the one who wanted to see Ji Yanhan the least. Old Qiao had on a calm expression. He had no intention of saying anything at all. He was pulling everyone to leave when Ji Yanhan suddenly said, ¡°Shi Luo, you...also joined their team?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Ji Yanhan with an ugly expression on his face. ¡°Yes, what about it?¡±

    Ji Yanhan said uncertainly, ¡°Aren¡¯t you alreadypletely at odds with Yu Sui? You...¡±

    Ji Yanhan looked at Shi Luo and asked uncertainly, ¡°Are you together with him now?¡±

    Shi Luo stared nkly at him. ¡°How much have you had to drink? What did you say?¡±

    ¡°Then, you¡¯re not together...¡± Ji Yanhan murmured to himself, unable to understand, ¡°Then why did you go to his team again? He...is there something you still don¡¯t know?¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyebrow. ¡°What is it that I should know?¡±

    ¡°Nothing.¡± Ji Yanhan shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s nothing...¡±

    ¡°Hemming and hawing like that. Are you trying to sow discord in the team? Or are you trying to hint at something or deliver some sort of threat?¡± Now that he¡¯s mentioned ¡®threat¡¯, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t hold back his anger. ¡°Ji Yanhan, you know full well how you were able to threaten Yu Sui before. Now, all his debts to you have been paid off. If you¡¯ve got something to say, then say it. What are you still afraid to say?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not nning on threatening him again!¡± Ji Yanhan said anxiously, ¡°I-I¡¯m, considering something for Yu Sui. If you...¡±

    ¡°Considering what? What else is there that you can you still consider?¡±

    Ever since his retirement, Old Qiao had been holding back his anger. Now he was on the edge of breaking. He said gruffly, ¡°What do you want to consider?! I¡¯m telling you now. Shi Luo ising to our team. He and Yu Sui have reconciled. What are you trying to instigate?!¡±

    Ji Yanhan couldn¡¯t stop himself from taking a step back. Stuttering, he said, ¡°I, I want topensate Yu Sui a bit, onest time. I...¡±

    ¡°You want topensate him? Fine.¡± Shi Luo grabbed the point in an instant, ¡°Go, go and issue a statement. Clear up everything you did two years ago. What¡¯s the matter? You¡¯re already married. Now, your team is gone. You can¡¯t possibly manage a secondary league team, right? What are you still afraid of?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s impossible!!!¡± Ji Yanhan didn¡¯t even want to think about it. ¡°All my friends are in the gaming circle! If I let this out, then in the future...¡±

    ¡°In the future?¡± Shi Luoughed in spite of himself. ¡°As long as you have a future, it¡¯s fine for other not to?¡±

    ¡°Two years ago, you dug a pit for me and caused Laozi to be sold around. After two years, I have finally, finally managed to have a little hope for stability. In the end, you still had to show up and block my way.¡± Shi Luo tried his best to push down on the urge to hit him. ¡°You used that empty shell and created that sh*t team that couldn¡¯t beat anyone. You drove a good championship team to fall to ying the relegation tournament all the way to where it is now. Don¡¯t involve anybody else in your f*ck ups. But at the very end, when you were at the edge of the cliff, your opponents just had to be Free and the ¡®old feelings¡¯ card was put into y. FS was about to scram but it had to dig just onest pit and now all the sprayers online are insulting my new team. Ah...are you going to f*cking stand in my way your entire life?!¡±

    If there weren¡¯t so many cameras here, Shi Luo really wanted to beat him up. ¡°Laozi owed a debt of gratitude to FS, but not to you. Now, you¡¯re talking to me about the ¡®future¡¯? What are you talking about?¡±

    Ji Yanhan took a couple of steps back, flustered. ¡°You owe Yu Sui, but in those days, Yu Sui was... In those days, towards him, I also...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t mention it, please.¡± Chen Huo couldn¡¯t bear it anymore and interrupted Ji Yanhan. ¡°All debts have already been cleared. Don¡¯t mention how good you were to him back then. Let¡¯s leave some untainted memories for each other. Don¡¯t mention the past and cause us to feel nauseous when we think back on it in the future. Okay?¡±

    Ji Yanhan said nothing.

    After a while, he said in a subdued voice, ¡°I...¡±

    Shi Luo said, irritated, ¡°If you¡¯re not willing to do it then forget it. We¡¯re used to being sprayed anyway.¡±

    Old Qiao¡¯s hands trembled slightly and he turned away without saying a word.

    ¡°Wait...¡± Ji Yanhan said suddenly, ¡°How about this? You guys, you guys issue a statement yourself. I won¡¯t exin. It¡¯ll be fine like this, right? Ok...¡±

    ¡°F*ck you!!!¡± Old Qiao had been holding back for a long time and was now driven to vexation. He turned and said angrily, ¡°F*ck you!!! After saying so much, this is as much as you¡¯re willing topensate him?¡±

    Old Qiao blew his top. ¡°Issue a statement? Do you think we haven¡¯t been rifying things for him all these years?! But did anyone believe us? Did anyone believe?!!!¡±

    ¡°During that year¡¯s finals, Laozi rified for Yu Sui, but what did the sprayers say?!¡±

    ¡°They said I¡¯ve been Yu Sui¡¯sp dog for so long that I¡¯ve gotten used to it. That I¡¯ve been pushed forward as a scapegoat!!¡± New hatreds and old hatreds had all stacked together and Old Qiao could no longer control his anger. Right now, he wanted nothing more than to tear Ji Yanhan apart. ¡°Puppy also tried to rify. Chen Huo too. But did anyone believe it?! They all said that regardless how angry Chen Huo and Puppy were, they wouldn¡¯t dare say anything for fear that Yu Sui would make their lives hard at their new team. They even said that their ounts were being controlled by Yu Sui!!! The more we tried to defend Yu Sui, the more they ckened him! What could we do?!¡±

    ¡°No one believes what we say and we have no evidence to show. On the other hand you¡¯ve created such good contacts and rtionships all these years that no one would believe you¡¯d dig a pit for the teammates you once brought with you! What could we do? Laozi owed Yu Sui so much from all those years, making him shoulder this burden. You think I don¡¯t feel torn up about it?!!! I was afraid of causing him any problems, of making him the topic of the sprayers¡¯ hate online once again that I didn¡¯t even dare mention him during my retirement ceremony! You think I didn¡¯t absolutely hate that!!!¡±

    Mentioning his retirement, Ji Yanhan couldn¡¯t hold it anymore. He gritted his teeth and wept.

    ¡°And Shi Luo! When he was personally sent away by Yu Sui he said so many hateful words. But heter turned around and told NSN that this wasn¡¯t Yu Sui¡¯s own idea! But everyone thought he was a troubled kid who never got his parents¡¯ love that now he developed some sort of ducklingplex on Yu Sui!¡± Old Qiao shouted, enraged, ¡°He said the same thing at IAC but they just said that he held himself so cheaply and that he must have been forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement before he left FS!!!!! In the end, Yu Sui became some sort of puppeteer controlling his teammates. What could he do? He was only seventeen at that time!!!¡±

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth. He turned his head to close his eyes. His Adam¡¯s apple bobbed.

    ¡°Now, you want us toe out and rify? Again? What for? You saw that we were finally having a few good days and you couldn¡¯t stand it?¡± Old Qiao couldn¡¯t hold back his anger. ¡°Aside from protecting yourself what else can you do? I¡¯m telling you now, you deserve to lose your team today!!! Serves you right!!! You deserve to have no one as you lie here drunk!!! So don¡¯t talk to me about old friendships. If you hadn¡¯t brought me and Yu Sui out from Knife Edge back then, I would have already torn you to pieces!!!¡±

    Ji Yanhan slowly squatted down. He covered his eyes and finally audibly burst into tears.

    Puppy tried his best to keep calm. ¡°Okay, there¡¯s no need to talk with him. He¡¯s not worth getting worked up over. Let¡¯s go.¡±

    Old Qiao¡¯s eyes were red and he was panting hard. After throwing out a few curse words, he turned around and headed for their car. Chen Huo gave Ji Yanhan the middle finger and left with Old Qiao.

    Puppy nced back at Ji Yanhan and said slowly, ¡°Captain, if you even have a little conscience left, you¡¯ll send out a rificatory statement. You don¡¯t have to confess to anything, you don¡¯t even have to give them the details. Just tell them what the money you got from selling us was actually used for. Because, up to now, there¡¯s still some people who think Yu Sui pocketed that money. You...should think about how he¡¯s been these past few years.¡±

    Puppy looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Shi Luo, let¡¯s go.¡±

    They left one by one and Ji Yanhan knelt on the ground and wailed, crying for half an hour.

    Half an hourter, the hired driver helped Ji Yanhan into the car and Ji Yanhan took out his phone with trembling hands.

    In the forum, as expected, they were insulting Yu Sui, saying such vicious and malicious things that Ji Yanhan couldn¡¯t bear to look at it.

    Ji Yanhan watched the forums for a long time. After hesitating numerous times, he opened his Weibo app.

 Chapter 38

    Chapter 38

    On the way back to Free¡¯s base, except for Yu Sui and Zhou Huo, who were still in the dark, the other four¡¯s expressions didn¡¯t look quite right.

    Puppy, intentionally or unintentionally, pushed Yu Sui and Zhou Huo to sit in the front row. The other four were in thest two rows of the nanny car.

    Yu Sui, who was sitting in the front row, looked back at Shi Luo but said nothing.

    Zhou Huo also turned to look at Shi Luo. He wanted to ask what Shi Luo was doing, silently following them back to the Free¡¯s base. Wasn¡¯t he going to return to IAC to pack up? IAC and Free¡¯s bases were in the opposite direction. Was he going to move in today or not? How much time was he going to waste?

    Like Chen Huo and the others, Zhou Huo was also a bit fearful of Shi Luo. After thinking about it, Zhou Huo thought that if Yu Sui wasn¡¯t going to ask, he wasn¡¯t going to ask either.

    In the backrow, Shi Luo, with a cold expression on his face, was lost in thought. Ji Yanhan had thrown his emotions into chaos. He had forgotten that he had to take a taxi back to IAC alone. It wasn¡¯t until the driver parked the car in front of Free¡¯s base that Shi Luo returned to his senses. Without any rhyme or reason, he had gone into the car with them back to Free¡¯s base.

    Shi Luo got out of the car and checked the time. It was already eleven in the evening.

    Zhou Huo proposed, ¡°Should I have the driver take you back?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t! No, no!¡± Puppy hurriedly stopped them, saying, ¡°You¡¯ve alreadye all the way here. Come on up and hang out.¡±

    ¡°Yes, yes, yes.¡± Chen Huo followed up, eyes bright, ¡°Come on up to my room for a cup of tea. Come on,e.¡±

    Old Qiao reacted as well. He nodded. ¡°Oh, right. You¡¯re here already soe on in. It¡¯s been a long time since us four brothers have had a nice chat. Come on.¡±

    Shi Luo understood what the other three were trying to do. He said stiffly, ¡°Alright...¡±

    All four headed for Chen Huo¡¯s room.

    Yu Sui, who was left standing where he was, turned to Zhou Huo.

    Zhou Huo was even more at a loss than Yu Sui. He asked carefully, ¡°In your team before...did the four of them get along particrly well?¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui, who had been inexplicably isted, entered the base to collect the materials to be used tomorrow. On the second floor, in the room marked as Chen Huo¡¯s, the four people entered and locked the door.

    ¡°I regret it so much.¡± Old Qiao clutched at his hair in vexation. ¡°What was I doing trying to scold that kind of person? I wasted all that effort just to give him a goodugh.¡±

    ¡°In any case, he won¡¯t help. We should have just dragged him to somewhere without anyone else and beat him up to vent.¡± Chen Huo was endlessly annoyed. ¡°We shouldn¡¯t have left. We were hasty, too hasty.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s no medicine for remorse. Besides, it would have been useless.¡± Puppy was helpless. ¡°What I regret is not recording it.¡±

    Chen Huo pped his forehead. ¡°Yes!!! Why didn¡¯t anyone record it?¡±

    ¡°Who would have thought we would run into him?¡± Puppy was helpless. ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have said so much either and had him rify by himself. He probably wouldn¡¯t have talked and what if he¡¯d said something ambiguous? If he¡¯d said something unclear, it would have just added trouble for Yu Sui...My god, my head hurts.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded. ¡°This was what I was afraid of. The original idea was that after the new team entered the league, a few of us would find an opportunity, whether it¡¯s by imploring to his emotions, by trickery or by threatening, to have that bastarde forward and say something. We were too carried away today and we weren¡¯t able to do it well.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t me you,¡± Chen Huo consoled. ¡°Who could f*cking stay calm when faced with Ji Yanhan?¡±

    Old Qiao said warily, ¡°He wouldn¡¯t try to nder us and say that we beat him, right? We didn¡¯t eveny a hand on him.¡±

    Shi Luo whispered, ¡°We have to take precautions against him making any false usations. We have to get our hands on that surveince. It might not be very clear but it will prove that we didn¡¯ty a hand on him.¡±

    Chen Huo looked at Shi Luo and tried to probe out. ¡°Have you...already reconciled with Yu Sui?¡±

    As soon as Shi Luo heard this, his face darkened. Puppy hurriedly said, ¡°When the external contradiction is greater than the internal contradiction, we have to settle the external contradiction first! Once this matter is settled, whatever he and Yu Sui want to do is up to them. It has nothing to do with us.¡±

    Shi Luo felt troubled and he turned to look out the window.

    ¡°What I¡¯m afraid of now is that I may have overreached.¡± Old Qiao continued to clutch his hair. ¡°You think I infuriated that bastard just now?¡±

    Chen Huo said, unsure, ¡°Probably&#k2026;not.¡±

    Old Qiao clutched madly at his hair. ¡°If instead of helping I just gave more fuel for the haters&#k2026;I¡¯m going to jump out that window in apology!¡±

    When a knock sounded on the door, everyone grew quiet, feeling guilty. Behind the door, Zhou Huo said, ¡°Because of the team¡¯s promotion, there are documents that each yer needs to sign. Come down and sign them.¡±

    They all looked at each other and shook their heads. They went out the door and headed downstairs. Upon seeing Yu Sui, Old Qiao, Puppy and Chen Huo avoided him out of guilt.

    Yu Sui had the most things that needed signing. While he signed the documents, he surveyed everyone and said, ¡°Actually...¡±

    These people¡¯s heart immediately flew to their throats.

    Yu Sui kindly reminded them ¡°If have something bad to say about me, you can actually just say it to my face.¡±

    ¡°What the hell are you talking about? Who¡¯s saying bad things about you!¡± The more Old Qiao wanted to conceal it, the more conspicuous he seemed. ¡°We were just talking about today¡¯s game, it has nothing to do with you.¡±

    ¡°Oh.¡± Yu Sui nodded and organized the documents. ¡°That¡¯s right. Because it was you four who yed today¡¯s games.¡±

    Old Qiao pretended not to hear and signed his own documents.

    Yu Sui looked at each of them and his eyes finallynded on Shi Luo.

    The two stared at each other for a second, and looked away at the same time.

    This atmosphere was too awkward. This kind of thing was the most unbearable for Shi Luo. He said, ¡°Just now, we saw Ji Yanhan and we...¡±

    Shi Luo might as welle out with everything.

    In the first floor conference room, the atmosphere was solemn.

    Yu Sui listened to the whole thing quietly and smiled.

    ¡°What were you all thinking?¡± Yu Sui continued to sign. He said lightly, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. Let him do what he wants.¡±

    Old Qiao looked embarrassedly at Yu Sui. ¡°You...¡±

    Chen Huo hesitated. ¡°Aren¡¯t you worried?¡±

    ¡°I already knew this might happen when I decided not to let them off on thatst game.¡± Yu Sui said indifferently, ¡°Let him do as he wants.¡±

    Old Qiao and Chen Huo still looked worriedly at Yu Sui. Yu Suiughed in spite of himself. ¡°What I¡¯m actually more curious about is why you all think I¡¯m afraid of being sprayed.¡±

    Yu Sui reached out his hand and pulled over Zhou Huo¡¯s notebookptop. ¡°Is the projection connected? Do you need me to make a live broadcast of me looking through the forums to reassure you?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t! Please don¡¯t!¡± Old Qiao said hurriedly, ¡°I¡¯m afraid I¡¯m going to die from anger before you do!¡±

    Old Qiao¡¯s words were a step too slow. Yu Sui¡¯s hand was too fast and he had already clicked open a certain forum¡¯s e-sports section.

    The first highlighted title was very eye-catching:

    [That disloyal servant, Whisper¡¯s own team was promoted thru the qualifiers today and in theirst game, they sent their old home, Team FS packing. How do you look at this? ¡¿

    Old Qiao mmed his hand against the table angrily. ¡°The f*ck! Disloyal?! You don¡¯t know sh*t!¡±

    Yu Sui continued to scroll down. They were all basically rted to him. There were those who were cursing him, those that felt sorry for FS and there were also those who were taking advantage of the confusion to spray and cken people. As they continued to scroll, Yu Sui saw a new post that made him pause.

    [FS¡¯ boss Ji Yanhan just posted and then deleted a series of posts on Weibo. What¡¯s with this situation? ¡¿

    Yu Sui narrowed his eyes and clicked on this post.

    A screenshot was posted on the first page of the post, first were screenshots of the posts Ji Yanhan made before.

    [Sorry for disappointing everyone. Team FS has lost in the qualifiers. I¡¯ve just finished having a farewell drink with the yers. I¡¯ve discussed with the yers and senior management. FS will be relinquishing our qualification to participate in the secondary league. Senior management willplete the termination after three months. During this period, the transfer of the remaining FS yers will be arranged. ]

    [Sorry, everyone. ]

    Then there are several screenshots of the posts Ji Yanhan deleted.

    [Some things have been misunderstood. Today, I would like to rify that no yer of FS has the right to buy or sell other yers. ]

    [Two years ago, there was a problem with the funding of the FS Club. There was no other choice but to arrange for the transfer of the yers to gather the necessary funding. It was a top management problem and had nothing to do with the yers.]

    [It was top management from back then who had been unfair to the yers.]

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    The following pictures were the transfer contracts from two years ago. They were written in ck and white. The years remaining on Yu Sui¡¯s and the other¡¯s contracts were clearly written. Everyone still had more than two years in their contracts. It waspletely different from what was previously uploaded online ¡ª that Yu Sui had taken advantage of his expiring contract to leave with the team.

    Within a few minutes, all the major e-sports forums were ughtered by Ji Yanhan¡¯s Weibo, and everyone went into a frenzy.

    Old Qiao stared nkly at the projection. ¡°He... actually rified?¡±

    ¡°What does he mean by posting it and then immediately deleting it? Fortunately someone took a screenshot.¡± Puppy hurriedly took out his phone to look at it. ¡°My god... My WeChat¡¯s going crazy.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s expression was stiff. He stood up and said, ¡°No one post anything on Weibo or respond to anyone on WeChat. For now, I... I have to hold a meeting with the operations and the media. None of you make any moves. Maybe we really can sessfully rify this! Don¡¯t move.¡±

    As soon as he said that, Zhou Huo left the conference room to make the necessary calls. Yu Sui continued to look at the post, his expression remained unchanged.

    Shi Luo picked up his mobile phone and read the post quickly. His WeChat kept buzzing with iing messages. Shi Luo went out to block all messages and then continued reading the post.

    Ji Yanhan¡¯s single stone incited thousands upon thousands of waves. Late into the night, the forums exploded.

    Shi Luo scrolled through the post, his fingers slightly trembling.

    Two yearster, can they finally rify what happened back then?

    The Inte was divided into two factions, torn apartpletely. Yu Sui¡¯s haters were long ustomed to hating on him and so they naturally found their own angle. Even if they were beaten to death, they wouldn¡¯t admit that Ji Yanhan was rifying things for Yu Sui. They kept insisting that there was more to this matter, that there were still secrets that were hidden.

    Yu Sui¡¯s fans werepletely mad. They had endured abuse for two years. The fans themselves had already recognized it. Unexpectedly, back then, not only did Yu Sui not get a single penny, he was even made to carry the entire pot. Fans now can¡¯t wait to stab to death Ji Yanhan¡¯s ¡°FS top management¡±. They weren¡¯t satisfied with just tearing into the forums. They directly flooded Ji Yanhan¡¯s Weibo,pelling him to exin the details. Just who had it been who sold the yers? For how much? Using what methods?¡±

    Ji Yanhan¡¯sst Weibo post passed 30,000ments in a sh. Fans even started bombarding all FS executive¡¯s Weibo ounts, demanding justice. All of FS¡¯ executives, including Ji Yanhan, did not respond.

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth. Right now, he wanted nothing more than to put a knife against Ji Yanhan¡¯s neck and force him to open a live broadcast to exin everything.

    Most everyone felt that same. Old Qiao and Chen Huo were about to explode from holding back. The already couldn¡¯t help but open side ounts to exchange insults with the sprayers.

    Only Yu Sui, showed no difference from how he usually was. He looked through the post like he was reading through a document.

    Shi Luo looked at uprehendingly at Yu Sui. He couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°You...¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. ¡°It¡¯s already gettingte. Should I send you back to IAC? Should we get your luggage today?¡±

    ¡°How can you think about my luggage at a time like this?!¡± Shi Luo looked at the other people in the meeting room. He was angry but had no ce to vent it on. He got up and said, ¡°You...e out.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, put away his cell phone and followed Shi Luo out of the meeting room.

    In the hallway, Shi Luo gritted his teeth. ¡°You... You¡¯re not angry at all?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head. ¡°No.¡±

    Shi Luo really didn¡¯t understand. ¡°Do you really not care about what happened that year?¡±

    ¡°Of course I care.¡± Yu Sui leaned against the wall. ¡°That year even made me vomit blood. Did you forget?¡±

    Shi Luo cried out. ¡°Then after that? Did you think you¡¯d squared all ounts and forgetten all about it?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and after a moment, said, ¡°No.¡±

    ¡°When I first arrived in Germany...¡± Yu Sui looked at the hangingmp in the corridor and slowly said, ¡°I wasn¡¯t in a good ce for a very long time.¡±

    He was a human person with a human body. Nobody was indestructible.

    Yu Sui had just transferred to the European division and he watched helplessly as Puppy and Chen Huo were put up for sale one after the other. He kept thinking of Old Qiao and Shi Luo across the sea. For Yu Sui, each miserable day felt like a year. For a time, he felt like giving up on himself.

    ¡°For a period of time...except for training sessions, I didn¡¯t talk. Except to contact my parents, I didn¡¯t look at any social apps. I didn¡¯t socialize, I didn¡¯t go out...¡± Yu Suibed through his hair, ¡°I let my hair grow long at that time, because I didn¡¯t feel like getting it cut. I didn¡¯t want to see people, I didn¡¯t want to talk to anyone. I didn¡¯t want to make small talk.¡±

    ¡°Back then, I blocked out everything, including myself.¡± Yu Sui whispered, ¡°I couldn¡¯t exin to myself, so I just gave up and stopped bothering. I made myself into a machine. I considered myself as just a tool for the team. I would just muddle along... muddle along until I retire. Just finish everything.¡±

    Yu Sui focused back his attention at Shi Luo. ¡°Later I found that...I couldn¡¯t just muddle along. I could be met with retribution.¡±

    Shi Luo was dazed. ¡°What retribution? What happened to you?!¡±

    ¡°Nothing happened to me.¡± Yu Sui stared fixedly at Shi Luo and said quietly, ¡°Something happened to you.¡±

    Shi Luo was at a loss. He tried to recall the time when Yu Sui had just gone to Europe. Yu Sui¡¯s departure had hit him hard. Was there anything else that involved himter on?

    Shi Luo tried his best to recall when something suddenly came to mind. He was struck speechless. ¡°That time...¡±

    Yu Sui whispered, ¡°Yes, that practice match.¡±

    ¡°At that time, that was Sacred Sword¡¯s style. They would unreasonably roll over everyone. They did whatever made them happy. Things like keeping guard on the resurrection stone was pretty standard for them. I had never practiced such a disgusting tactic before. But since I regarded myself as their tool, I didn¡¯t care anymore.¡±

    ¡°At the time, my teammates were trying to curry favor with me. I¡¯m a medic. No matter what kind of y I did, the number of heads I¡¯d get would always be the least. That¡¯s why they always let me have the kill.¡±

    ¡°Of course, there was no excuse for it. It was me who camped at the reincarnation stone. No one pressed my keyboard for me. And back then I didn¡¯t feel guilty at all. I was numb all the way until...¡± Yu Sui paused and couldn¡¯t say anything else.

    Yu Sui, who¡¯d kept his emotionspletely steady for two whole years finally felt a bit like he couldn¡¯t control them anymore.

    ¡°Until...¡± Yu Sui felt like there was a lump in his throat, ¡°One hour after the game ended and I found out from Gu Gan that that new medic named Evil, who I¡¯d just run over, was originally named Luo.¡±

    It was Shi Luo who Yu Sui had killed 34 times at their resurrection stone.

    ¡°Sure enough, I couldn¡¯t just muddle along.¡± Yu Sui closed his eyes. ¡°I just decided to muddle along for a day and...¡±

    Retribution rained down on the person he least wanted to harm.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to speak for myself and you don¡¯t have to forgive me.¡± Yu Sui said quietly, ¡°I owe you, I haven¡¯t forgotten, but I just want to tell you that the real torment for me was those few months after arriving in Europe. How Ji Yanhan got me so angry that I had to be rushed to the emergency room is no longer worth mentioning. It doesn¡¯t torment me anymore. That¡¯s why I really don¡¯t feel anything about this littlemotion he¡¯d created online now. It can¡¯t harm me anymore.¡±

    ¡°There is nothing to owe.¡± Shi Luo frowned and whispered, ¡°I was the one who impulsively signed that five-year contract. I was the one who caused you trouble. It was you who worked hard to protect me. I knew everything. What I couldn¡¯t ept wasn¡¯t that. I had long forgotten that matter about being repeatedly killed at the resurrection stone. It was because of...¡±

    ¡°Problem solved!¡±

    From the other end of the corridor, Zhou Huo hurriedly rushed over, ¡°I contacted the hotpot restaurant we just ate at and asked them to cooperate. They looked through the surveince and there was a record. But the video they themselves have of you guys talking with Ji Yanhan was shot from pretty far away and it was obstructed by the car. However, their next door neighbor had a personal surveince camera there and they¡¯re going to send the video record to us. Although, the car still partially blocked the scene, this one has audio recording and it captured everything loud and clear!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m afraid Ji Yanhan might also think about getting this surveince and distort the contents so we¡¯ve bought the surveince content and are prepared to upload it. I¡¯d like to see him try to wash it clean this time!¡± Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo, his face absolutely beaming. ¡°I don¡¯t have enough time to listen through it. You guys didn¡¯t say anything that could be detrimental to us, right? It¡¯s fine to release the video now, right?¡±

    Shi Luo was relieved, and after thinking about it, he couldn¡¯t remember anything that couldn¡¯t be made public, and said, ¡°It¡¯s okay, upload it.¡±

 Chapter 39

    Chapter 39

    As a manager, Zhou Huo¡¯s professional ability was naturally, much stronger than Qld Qiao and the others¡¯. With the media team that Zhou Huo brought with him, they now had the ability to rify the situation. They presented ideas in an orderly and methodical manner and in an instant, the preparatory work was arranged systematically.

    Like Old Qiao and the others, Zhou Huo had long had the idea to find a suitable opportunity to dredge out the events of that year and have it rehashed. Now, one mustn¡¯t go into battle unprepared. With this surveince video, everything was going to proceed much more smoothly. A big weight was taken off Zhou Huo¡¯s mind and it was only then that he managed to take a good look at the two in the corridor. ¡°Eh...what were you two talking about just now? Though I don¡¯t want to disturb you two, but, Yu Sui...did you leave your phone in the conference room? Your parents have been trying to call you but no one answered so they already called Chen Huo.¡±

    Yu Sui turned around and headed for the meeting room.

    ¡°Evil.¡± Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Are you...going to spend the night here? Your room has been sorted out, but it¡¯s a little empty. We haven¡¯t managed to prepare some of the basic things yet. If you don¡¯t mind though, would you like to stay here tonight?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°My stuff is still in IAC, originally...¡±

    ¡°Originally, you should have directlye over with your stuff but everything¡¯s a mess right now. Our driver has also gone home already. So...¡± Zhou Huo proposed, ¡°How about I get my car and drive you there? My car¡¯s pretty big so it definitely has room for your stuff.¡±

    Shi Luo instinctively looked towards the conference room. Zhou Huo smiled, ¡°Of course, you could also wait for Yu Sui but he might not finish his phone call with his parents anytime soon. His parents must have heard the news and must be feeling distressed for their son. I don¡¯t know how long they¡¯ll be talking.¡±

    Shi Luo sullenly said, ¡°Then, I¡¯ll have to trouble you.¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter, let¡¯s go.¡± Zhou Huo said while walking, ¡°You¡¯re old enough to get your license, right? You haven¡¯t found the time to take the driver¡¯s license exam? This year, we¡¯ll have to find some time and hire an instructor for you...¡±

    Zhou Huo drove and Shi Luo sat in the co-pilot seat. For a while, silence reigned between them.

    After driving out of thepound, Zhou Huo turned off the music. ¡°It¡¯s gonna be a pretty long drive, if you¡¯re sleepy, you can sleep for a while. If not, we can chat for a bit.¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head, ¡°You don¡¯t have to mind me. Do what you have to do, make the calls you need to make.¡±

    ¡°You mean this situation of Yu Sui¡¯s? No need for you to worry about that.¡± Zhou Huo let out an easy breath. ¡°There¡¯s a reason why Yu Sui¡¯s spending so much to hire me as manager. I deal with these problems for you. That¡¯s my job. Not to mention that I myself have long wanted to deal with Ji Yanhan. So, you can rx.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned, ¡°That¡¯s good, but what do you want to talk with me about?¡±

    As an exemry businessman, Zhou Huo wasn¡¯t about to let go of any details that can make a profit for the team. Just now, he had watched the surveince video and had also taken note of what Ji Yanhan¡¯s sentiments. Now, that huge matter from before had signs of a positive oue. Zhou Huo wanted to probe out what Shi Luo was thinking.

    ¡°Nothing, really. I¡¯m just worried that if this thing between you and Yu Sui won¡¯t be resolved, it might hinder the future development of the team.¡± Zhou Huo drove very steadily, and the words were very gentle. ¡°You and Yu Sui have been awkward with each other all this time, won¡¯t it affect your performances during the matches?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s tone was stiff. ¡°It won¡¯t.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s good then.¡± Zhou Huo realized that the two of them hadn¡¯tpletely melted the ice and stopped trying to incur some bad luck. He changed the topic and said, ¡°That¡¯s right. I heard you have a girlfriend. Is that true?¡±

    Shi Luo titled his head and looked at Zhou Huo, ¡°I don¡¯t. What about it?¡±

    ¡°Nothing. If you don¡¯t have one, that¡¯s great. It¡¯s easy to get distracted by a girlfriend.¡± Zhou Huo asked again, ¡°Did you not have time to look for one because of your career or did you always didn¡¯t have one?¡±

    Shi Luo never spared a thought for this. ¡°I¡¯ve never had one.¡±

    ¡°Never had one, never had one...¡± Zhou Huo mumbled to himself repeatedly, ¡°Is there someone you like?¡±

    Shi Luo looked up and down at Zhou Huo, He had on this look that was short of directly saying, ¡®Even ignoring the fact that we¡¯re not that familiar with each other, is it even appropriate to be talking about sh*t stuff like this under this kind of situation?¡±

    Zhou Huo smiled, ¡°Chatting. We¡¯re just chatting. I¡¯m curious.¡±

    Shi Luo sat down properly. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±

    ¡°What do you mean by ¡®I don¡¯t know¡¯?¡± Zhou Huo said, ¡°Most people are already realize this kinda this when they¡¯re about thirteen or fourteen. No one has caught your interest?¡±

    Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°When I was 13 or 14, I was thinking about how to run away from home. I really didn¡¯t have those kind of thoughts.¡±

    Zhou Huo had also heard about some things regarding Shi Luo¡¯s family and realized that he¡¯d made an indiscreet remark. He asked instead, ¡°Then how about after leaving home? After you started your career?¡±

    Shi Luo narrowed his eyes, ¡°Do you want to ask me if I like Yu Sui?¡±

    Zhou Huo choked.

    Shi Luo looked at Zhou Huo warily, ¡°The reason why you wanted me to do a live broadcast with him before was not just to ease the rtionship between us and let the fans gradually ept it. You also want to use our rtionship for business, just like you did before to Gu Gan and Wawa, right?¡±

    Zhou Huoughed, ¡°Evil, when adults chat it¡¯s generally not so straightforward. You¡¯re a little too clever.¡±

    Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°I¡¯m not Wawa, don¡¯t y those games with me. If you have something to say, tell it to me straight.¡±

    ¡°Alright.¡± Zhou Huo said while driving, ¡°I don¡¯t quite understand though. What¡¯s so wrong about that? Look at Gu Gan, that old-fashioned straight man. He cooperated with it. At the time, under my arrangement, whenever they did a live broadcast, they would team up. The effect was particrly good. Wawa¡¯smercial value rose many times over in an instant. It made my work easier and he was also epted by NSN¡¯s fans. He was happy every day, his mentality improved. His performance in the matches also improved. He was more confident and stable.¡±

    ¡°Then you can rest assured that I¡¯m not the same as Wawa. Even if I don¡¯t get along with my teammates, I¡¯m going to be confident and stable in the game.¡± Shi Luo said with a sullen face, ¡°That goes double for Yu Sui.¡±

    Shi Luo looked out of the window, ¡°After this matter is rified, the number of sprayers should go down. As for the rest...once we start showing results, they¡¯ll naturally shut up.¡±

    ¡°What you say is true. But since you two aren¡¯t easily affected, why won¡¯t you just listen to my arrangement and cooperate with me?¡± Zhou Huo didn¡¯t want to release this cooked duck, ¡°In any case, neither of you care about that other people say.¡±

    Shi Luo took off his baseball cap, smoothed out his hair and put it back on again. ¡°Others can¡¯t affect me, but I can affect myself.¡±

    Zhou Huo frowned, ¡°I&#k2026; I don¡¯t understand.¡±

    Shi Luo looked out the window and refused to exin.

    Shi Luo was just a yer, not a broadcast anchor, nor an actor. There were some things that once faked too often, would no longere out.

    Zhou Huo pondered on it for a long time and had a thought. He asked carefully, ¡°Then you&#k2026;were interest in Yu Sui before? Two years ago before things broke down?¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t answer.

    Zhou Huo sighed, Shi Luo was a tough nut to crack. No wonder Yu Sui hadn¡¯t won him over two years ago.

    At night, there were few cars on the road and everything was quiet. After a long time, when Zhou Huo thought that Shi Luo had already fallen asleep, Shi Luo took his bag and pulled out his headphones. ¡°About Yu Sui... I don¡¯t know.¡±

    Zhou Huo was confused, ¡°You still don¡¯t know?¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t understand it at the time.¡± Shi Luo put on his headphones and said hoarsely, ¡°I didn¡¯t know what that was andter... I didn¡¯t want to think about it anymore.¡±

    ¡°So, I don¡¯t know.¡±

    Shi Luo closed his eyes and stopped talking.

    Zhou Huo was stunned and quickly thought back. Back then, Shi Luo certainly hadn¡¯t stayed in FS for very long.

    Moreover, it had been when FS was preparing for the yoffs. He probably didn¡¯t have a lot of chances to be in contact with Yu Sui.

    And he was seventeen, that extremely confusing age of seventeen.

    Too young, and the time given to him was too short.

    Most of Zhuo Huo¡¯s thoughts about promotions and hyping in the media went away. For the first time that night, he truly hated Ji Yanhan.

    If it weren¡¯t for this sh*t creating all that trouble back then, the e-sports circle would probably have a pair of heavenly twin-stars.

    The kind that were childhood sweethearts to booth.

    Zhou Huo gritted his teeth, ¡°Lack of great morals...¡±

    After half an hour, the two finally arrived at the IAC base. The e-sports circle never sleeps. The IAC base was aze with lights. Zhou Huo said, ¡°If you don¡¯t have a lot of things, can get it yourself? This... it¡¯s embarrassing, but in my early years, I got into an argument with Zhao Feng. I don¡¯t really feel like seeing him.¡±

    Shi Luo took off the headset and got off the car, ¡°I¡¯ll handle it.¡±

    Zhou Huo watched as Shi Luo entered the IAC base. He then quickly picked up his mobile phone.

    Zhou Huo and Zhao Feng did have arguments before, but they are both the type to speak human when they encounter humans and to speak ghosts when they encountered ghosts. In short, they were wily old foxes in the industry. When they meet, they can talk andugh cheerfully, there¡¯s no reason they couldn¡¯t cross paths.

    Zhou Huo quickly called Yu Sui. The line was still busy. Zhou Huo was anxious and called a few more times. After about five minutes, the call finally connected.

    ¡°Yu Sui, this time it¡¯s purely for your sake.¡± Zhou Huo kept an eye on the IAC base from out the window and quickly said, ¡°I just had a talk with Shi Luo. A lot of things have really happened today and it evoked a lot of mixed emotions. He told me a few things.¡±

    Zhou Huo said, ¡°I asked him if he liked you.¡±

    Over the phone, Yu Sui paused for a moment, ¡°He said...¡±

    ¡°He does not know.¡±

    Zhou Huo tried his best to recall, afraid of missing even a single word. ¡°He said, he didn¡¯t understand it at the time, he didn¡¯t know what it was, andter he didn¡¯t want to think about it.¡±

    The other end of the phone grew even quieter.

    Zhou Huo said quickly, ¡°Although he said he didn¡¯t know, this isn¡¯t bad news. He was too young at the time, he¡¯s never liked anybody and he came out of that kind of family environment. This is normal. But this just goes to prove that he might have just needed one more push.¡±

    Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t help but curse again. ¡°Ji Yanhan, that absolute waste, if you two were in my hands, you¡¯d probably have a marriage certificate by now, sh*t.¡±

    ¡°Hey, but don¡¯t let this affect your mood, okay? I didn¡¯t tell you this so you can have regrets.¡± Zhou Huo gritted his teeth. ¡°After two years of dy, I don¡¯t know if Shi Luo can really let go. You...what do you want to do? Do you want to let this remain as a memory of your youth and we never mention it again, or...do you want to try?¡±

    On the other side of the phone, Yu Sui whispered, ¡°...how can I not try?¡±

    Zhou Huo felt ufortable, ¡°Damn, what¡¯s with this thing?¡±

    ¡°But this is good news, maybe it¡¯s not toote.¡± Shi Luo came out of the base gate, Zhou Huo hurriedly said, ¡°He¡¯s back. I¡¯m hanging up now.¡±

    Zhou Huo packed away his emotions, got off the car and took the suitcases from Shi Luo.

    On the way back to the Free base, Shi Luo really did fall asleep, and Zhou Huo had a whispered phone call with the operation department.

    After Ji Yanhan spontaneously deleted his Weibo posts, his Weibo ount was bombed by countless people. Ji Yanhan didn¡¯t give a single word of response. Those who¡¯ve been spraying Yu Sui for a long time, still doubted Yu Sui but those who wanted to beat up Ji Yanhan were also getting impatient.

    As a result, FS¡¯ former senior executives no longer responded openly to any questions. Those who were questioned closely would only say that the situation was currently unknown and they were not able to answer. The sprayers began to lose their lung power. While on the other hand, Free¡¯s operations department was now in full swing. The fully-prepared operations department began to one-by-one refute the rumors for Yu Sui.

    The most terrible problem was the one that was most unclear throughout all these years. Just who got the money from the sky-high transfer fees of FS¡¯ five yers back then?

    Free¡¯s operation department directly posted the data derived from Tianyan and other online data records. Before the transfer of the five yers, Ji Yanhan¡¯s current father-inw had a lot of questionable assets listed under his name. The number clearly illustrated that it was a huge debt.

    After the transfer of the five yers, Ji Yanhan¡¯s father-inw¡¯sstpany was miraculously saved.

    Of course, this alone couldn¡¯t buckle the pot to Ji Yanhan, but it coincided perfectly with what Ji Yanhan posted previously about a funding problem with FS¡¯ high-level executive.

    The images Ji Yanhan deleted were saved by Free for notarization. That was indeed their contract from back then. The remaining contract period was clearlyid out and none of their contract durations matched. But now, against all reason, all of them managed to be free agents all at the same time. There could only be one exnation for this. The yers themselves bought part of their contract. This waspletely inconsistent with prior rumors of Yu Sui selling his team.

    In the first ce, Yu Sui wasn¡¯t part of FS¡¯ management. He still had a two-year contract in Ji Yanhan¡¯s hands. How could he possibly sell the others?

    There were countless details that theizens dug out, such as the details of Yu Sui¡¯s stomach bleeding at that time. In the case of Shi Luo, for example, he still had a five-year contract. How could he suddenly turn around and be a free agent? Another example was Chen Huo and Puppy. After fulfilling their two-year contract, if they had simply been forced by Yu Sui back then, howe afterpleting their contract, they came back and joined Yu Sui¡¯s new team?

    Naturally, these cannot bepletely rified. That was until Free¡¯s operations department released the surveince video at the end. It was the final nail on the coffin.

    In the surveince video, all the rights and wrongs couldn¡¯t be more clearly stated.

    After the video was uploaded, the people who sprayed Yu Sui gradually shut their mouths. And within an hour, Ji Yanhan emptied his personal Weibo, leaving not even a single post.

    After a full night¡¯s work, things have turned around. Don¡¯t pass judgement on a person¡¯s life until the lid is on the coffin. Now, there was nothing that could be debated about.

    At dawn, Zhou Huo and Shi Luo finally returned to the Free base. Of those they left at the base, none of them slept. All of them were still in the conference room.

    Chen Huo looked at his cell phone and sighed. He gave Zhou Huo a thumb up, ¡°Professional, very professional.¡±

    Puppy shook his head and sighed, ¡°Releasing the surveince at the end was the coolest. It totally crushed Ji Yanhan. He even emptied out his Moments.¡±

    Zhou Huo had been tired all night. Right now, he didn¡¯t have time to bask in his sess. ¡°As long as its rified already, that¡¯s fine. Which forum has the most people calling us into question? I¡¯ll contact the administrators to deal with it. I can warn them off by saying they¡¯re pressing rumors.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s fine now.¡± Old Qiao couldn¡¯t bear to watch it anymore and turned off the surveince video. ¡°Did I actually shout for that long? It¡¯s embarrassing for me to watch that video. But everyone¡¯s praising me. The number of my Weibo fans have gone up to a million overnight. Ah, fine. Let it be. It was worth it.

    ¡°That¡¯s good.¡± Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui, ¡°What¡¯s got you so busy? Let me see, you¡¯re contacting the league headquarters?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m trying to retrieve our old FS ounts. It¡¯s nothing.¡± Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, ¡°You¡¯ve... gotten all your things?¡±

    The look Shi Luo directed at Yu Sui was a bit evasive. ¡°En.¡±

    Zhou Huo sat down and said, ¡°Is there really no hot posts we need to rify?¡±

    ¡°None. Nearly all of them have changed tunes already.¡± Yu Sui used Zhou Huo¡¯sptop to casually look through the posts. ¡°Including the hottest post yesterday, the hottest one now, is...someone else¡¯s.¡±

    Yu Sui re-opened the post he projected onto the screenst night:

    [That disloyal servant, Whisper¡¯s own team was promoted thru the qualifiers today and in theirst game, they sent their old home, Team FS packing. How do you look at this? ¡¿

    #1 Hot Post:

    As an old fan of Whisper¡¯s, there are a few things I¡¯d like to say.

    I¡¯m not a champion fan, nor a girlfriend fan. I¡¯m a guy. I¡¯m a purebred couch potato kind of guy. I started ying FOG from its public beta. I really like this game. When I first started to like this game, I found out there was this very good yer ying as a medic. That¡¯s all.

    At that time, Whisper wasn¡¯t Yu Shen yet. He wasn¡¯t a champion medic and he hadn¡¯t even been ying professionally but a lot of yers already knew of him. Because he was the first yer to top the national server as a medic after the public beta. I learned how to y a medic by watching Whisper¡¯s videos back then.

    I¡¯m a rtively early fan. I watched Whisper make a stunning debut at the age of 15, watched him continue to dominate the national server, watched him be brought into Team Knife Edge by Ji Shen, and watched him be pitted by his old boss because he was inexperienced in the ways of the world. I watched him and Ji Shen set off to create a new club, watched this 16-year-old take over the position of captain, watched him get better year after year. I watched his teammates join team FS one after the other, watched him lead the team to take home the World Championship. I watched him stand at the highest peak of the league.

    Then I watched him as he fell from that highest peak.

    At the time of the incident, us old fans were mocked and scolded. We were caught unprepared and we didn¡¯t know how to respond.

    It was all too sudden.

    It was indeed him who suddenly switched to the European division, it was him who demolished the team, and it was him who sold Shi Shen.

    Arge number of fans became haters, and the remaining fans didn¡¯t know what to say.

    But I always felt that the captain I¡¯ve been watching since he was 15 years old isn¡¯t this kind of person.

    It turns out that he really isn¡¯t.

    Whisper¡¯s personal ability is really strong. There can be no doubt of that. But his teams have been a bit unlucky. They encountered these two owners and both were orphans.

    He wasn¡¯tpletely faultless in all this. For one, when he entered the league, he didn¡¯t choose his club carefully. For another, he was too trusting of the captain who brought him into the league. But these mistakes aren¡¯t reprehensible, are they?

    After being thoroughly cheated by his former captain, he managed to safely send Xiao Shi Shen to NSN, he managed to have Qiao Shen who had a hand injury at the time to remain in the country, and he managed to ensure that Chen Huo and Puppy would smoothly return to China after two years. Isn¡¯t it enough?

    I don¡¯t know if anyone remembers but Whisper was barely 19 when he arranged all this.

    He was certainly no longer a child at the time, but he was only neen years old.

    I know that all of you, when you were 19, were winners in life, full of vim, passing judgement on everything and hadn¡¯tmitted even the slightest fault. But I¡¯m sorry, when I think back when I was 19, I was nothing but a f*cked up good-for-nothing. That¡¯s why I can¡¯t even imagine how he had managed to bear all that.

    I yed this game during the open beta, ying it every day with a bunch of my college roommates. Then, we graduated. Everyone began getting married and starting their own career. We yed less. We¡¯d y a couple of games on Sundays or when we didn¡¯t have to do overtime.

    I identally found out about this news. It identally stirred up some past emotions. It identally made me sigh a bit. That¡¯s all.

    I knew Whisper since he was 15 years old. At the time, I was in my sophomore year, and he had just joined Team Knife Edge.

    Later, Yu Shen went to Germany and his reputation was ruined. I graduated and started work and I uninstalled the game. I haven¡¯t paid much attention to this game in recent years. Unexpectedly, the youngest captain during that time at 16 years old, had reached this point through so many twists and turns.

    When I got to this topic, and I saw this post, I felt that if I didn¡¯t write something, I would be letting down my youth.

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª

    I seem to have gone a bit off topic. I¡¯m sorry. I will leave my answer at the end. Whisper has established his own team, how do I look at it?

    My official answer is: How do I look at it? I look at it with my eyes.

    He fights, I watch.

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª

    While I am writing this, I¡¯m downloading the game once again in the background. I¡¯ve just logged into my ount after two years. My assassin-type medic uses the same skin and attire as the original Whisper.

    After two years of absence, the dagger in the medic¡¯s hand is as sharp as before, and the light remained the same.

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª

    The rest of them saw this post and were speechless for a while.

    Chen Huo gritted his teeth, ¡°Damn, finally, this day hase.

    ¡°The timing is just right. Do you want to go ahead and announce Shi Luo¡¯s transfer?¡± Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Is it all right?¡±

    Shi Luo nodded, Zhou Huo turned to Yu Sui and Yu Sui said, ¡°Okay, the headquarters just sent me your officially recovered ounts. They¡¯ve updated the team name. I¡¯m sending them to you. Remember to change your password.¡±

    They received their old ounts.

    Shi Luo picked up his phone and saw his old ount, his eyes flickered.

    Old Qiao¡¯s eyes were red. He stood up and said, ¡°Anyway, I can¡¯t sleep anymore. Let¡¯s start up theputers! We¡¯ll change our password.¡±

    In the early hours of dawn, on the FOG national server, a bunch of old yers who followed the former FS team, received a series of announcements on their feed.

    It has really been so long since theyst saw this announcement that many of the old yers even thought they were dreaming because of the all-nighter they pulled ying the game.

    System prompt: [Following] Free-Qiao is online, 673 days have passed since the yerst went online.

    System prompt: [Following] Free-Puppy is online, 689 days have passed since the yer wasst online.

    System prompt: [Following] Free-Fire is online, 645 days have passed since the yer wasst online.

    System prompt: [Following] Free-Luo is online, 757 days have passed since the yer wasst online.

    System prompt: [Following] Free-Whisper is online, 757 days have passed since the yer wasst online.

 Chapter 40

    Chapter 40

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t lose hisposure as the operations department systematically dismantled this ck pot that he¡¯d been shouldering all these years. He didn¡¯t lose it as his old fan cherished the memory of his difficult six-long-year career. But right now, seeing his ount from two years ago on his gaming client, Yu Sui found it a little difficult to bear.

    This ount was his very first ount in the game.

    Yu Sui was only fifteen at the time. If he used his own credentials to apply for a game ount, he would have been subjected to the underage safeguards and he would be limited to two hours of y a day. Therefore, Yu Sui secretly used his father¡¯s ID card when he registered an ount.

    After ying for less than three months, he was contacted by almost all the domestic clubs. Later, he joined Team Knife Edge. ording to the rules, after officially registering as a yer, the league would assign him a yer-specific ount. Yu Sui had already invested more than 20,000 yuan on this ount at that time. He¡¯d been using a limited edition no longer avable skin on this ount and felt it would be a pity. He wanted to continue to use his own ount. By special approval of the Chinese Regional League, they modified his ount information and upgraded it to a yer ount.

    After that, Yu Sui took this ount to FS with him. With it, he won the domestic region championship, won the world championship, and won the world championship again.

    This ount truly carried a lot of glory. Despite lying unused for a long time, it was still the only medic ount to climb to the top of the national server. It was still the ount that has maintained the number one position in the national server for the longest time. It was still one of the ounts that has won the most number of championships in the FOG league.

    Two years ago, after the transfer was confirmed, when the person in charge of the Sacred Sword Club discussed the details with Yu Sui, the person in charge and the league headquarters both had specifically asked Yu Sui if they needed to apply for a cross-region transfer of his ount.

    Transferring ounts over to another region was aplicated affair but this was, after all, Yu Sui¡¯s ount. The league thought it over and felt that it was only right for Yu Sui to be orded this respect.

    After all, this ount was also the greatest living legend in the game. Its significance was simply out of the ordinary.

    But Yu Sui refused.

    Yu Sui directly asked the local division to reim his ount.

    At the time, the person in charge of the transfer on the domestic league side had been very surprised. He felt that this young man was really cold-hearted. Such a precious ount was actually so easily cast aside. Yu Sui didn¡¯t bother to exin.

    That day, Yu Sui wasn¡¯t certain if he could ever return to the domestic league.

    He was neen years old then. Two yearster, he¡¯d be twenty-one. The number of yers who retired by that age weren¡¯t few. The road before him was uncertain. He had no way to know for sure that he¡¯d be able to keep on fighting.

    If he retired within two years, Yu Sui refused to bury this ount in the European division.

    Fortunately, he was now back.

    After the sessfully applying for the creation of a new team, Yu Sui immediately asked the league to return his and his teammates¡¯ old ounts. He had been waiting for this moment.

    Who said that Whisper was an experienced and steady young man? In his heart, he was still a second year middle schooler.

    He needed toe back and he needed to get back his youth.

    Yu Sui looked at his game avatar in the login interface and his eyes turned red.

    This ount that he hadn¡¯t thought about casting aside two years ago was the ount he applied for with his father¡¯s ID card when he was fifteen, the ount he used for four full years, the ount he used to win two World Championships. How could he not feel distressed over it?

    In the game¡¯s friend¡¯s list interface, many of his friend had the officialbel of [Reimed and Dmissioned] attached to them. The first item on previous game records list was still from two years ago. It was a passerby game where he and Shi Luo had been teamed up. They won the game. Now as he clicked open that record, all the details of that game were still fresh in his mind.

    Step by step, Yu Sui adjusted the various settings that were two years behind the current version, breathing lightly.

    Although it was difficult, he did it.

    Compared to Yu Sui, Old Qiao and Chen Huo weren¡¯t quite able to control their emotions. When Old Qiao first looked at hisputer screen, first, he was choked with emotion, then he began to sob and sniffle and then he wailed while still cursing Ji Yanhan. Simrly, Chen Huo kept wiping his eyes while cursing. Finally, he couldn¡¯t bear all the emotions these memories stirred up. He burst into tears and couldn¡¯t bear it. After changing his password, he quit the game.

    ¡°Okay, we haven¡¯t slept for 20 hours. Time to rest.¡± Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t bear to keep looking. He urged, ¡°Everything for today will be pushed back. Rest first, rest.¡±

    Zhou Huo helped Old Qiao up. ¡°Go to bed, go to bed. Hurry up. Shi Luo... Do you need help unpacking?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Shi Luo quickly wiped the corners of his eyes and stood up. He said, voice hoarse, ¡°I¡¯ll do it myself.¡±

    Zhou Huo nodded. ¡°Okay, all of you get up. You¡¯re gonna die if you still won¡¯t sleep. Go, go, go.¡±

    The five of them got up and went back to their rooms to rest. Zhou Huo also couldn¡¯t hold out any longer. He went to the guest room specially prepared for him to sleep in when in the base.

    The sun was riding high in the sky, but they were all fast asleep.

    At the same time, on the Inte, everyone had yet to recover from the incident with Ji Yanhan when they were sted by another piece of news.

    At the tail end of the 2019 transfer period, the Free Club and the IAC club made announcements one after the other. IAC Team¡¯s FOG division active yer, striker Evil, after thorough consultation and agreement, will be transferring to Team Free as a starter striker.

    In the early morning, when all five of FS¡¯ former members went online one after the other, some of the older yers began to vaguely suspect that this wasing. But seeing the official announcement, they still couldn¡¯t help but be excited. Doesn¡¯t this mean they¡¯re all back?!

    Naturally, there were still controversies. Setting aside the fact that Yu Sui and Shi Luo¡¯s fans haven¡¯t had time yet to reconcile, many people were still doubtful whether Yu Sui and Shi Luo could y in a team without ill feelings.

    It was true that everything before had been a misunderstanding. Shi Luo was different from his other teammates. It was also true that he had zeromunication with Yu Sui during the past two years. The best evidence of that was when Shi Luo had yed that game with Yu Sui during the live broadcast and Shi Luo failed to recognize Yu Sui. If the two were as good as ever, why was the atmosphere when they met unexpectedly so subtle? Just what was the situation with these two people now?

    Over the night, Yu Sui¡¯s fans formed a group to st Ji Yanhan¡¯s Weibo in anger. After his Weibo ount was cleared out, everyone turned to other social media tforms. They went through everything rted to Ji Yanhan like they were steamrolling through them. Despite this, their anger was still unsated and so they also sted all the other lesser executives of Team FS. After killing their enemies with their own hands, they suddenly received word that Evil had transferred to Team Free. Yu Sui¡¯s fans and Shi Luo¡¯s fans met unexpectedly and they felt somewhat awkward with each other.

    Immediately shake hands and make peace? That still a little hard to swallow. Continue to quarrel? It wouldn¡¯t be conducive to harmony within the team.

    The fans on both sides did not know what to do, so they worked together to attack Ji Yanhan in turn. Afterwards, they continued to face each other awkwardly.

    At four o¡¯clock in the afternoon, everyone at the Free base gradually woke up.

    Puppy slept the least. He was the first to go downstairs, order takeout and then sit dazedly on the sofa. Zhou Huo then woke up. He handled some of his business affairs and then looked around on the Inte. When he went downstairs, he ran into Puppy. ¡°How many people?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s too early.¡± Puppy rubbed his eyes. ¡°Each of them can sleep better than the other... By the way, didn¡¯t you say there were some transfer documents that I needed to sign?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Zhou Huo took a documents pouch and handed it to Puppy. ¡°Your new live broadcast contract is also in it. If you want to read it then read through it. If you don¡¯t want to, you can just sign it. The legal department has already read it for you. ¡±

    Puppy sighed. ¡°I¡¯m gonna read through it myself. Once bitten by a snake, tens years in fear of a well rope, right?¡±

    Zhou Huoughed. ¡°Alright.¡±

    At the same time, on the second floor of the base, Shi Luo opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling.

    He really was at Free now.

    Too many things had happened during the past two days. Shi Luo felt that he had been hotly pursued and attacked by all sorts of incidents, hurrying him up to here. He originally thought it would drag on for a longer time yet. But now, he unexpectedly found himself in Free already.

    Shi Luo picked up his mobile phone and looked through it. His WeChat was bursting at the seams. He didn¡¯t feel like going through each of his messages so he simply went on Weibo and searched for information pertaining to himself.

    After looking through it for a full half hour, Shi Luo put his phone aside.

    Everything else was okay, but his fans were still worried; worried whether he can actually fit well into Free.

    After all, the other three yers on the team were teammates who had fought through thick and thin for the past two years.

    No matter how you looked at it, he seemed like an outsider.

    Speaking of being an outsider, Shi Luo has had a lot of experience being an ¡°outsider¡±.

    When he was young and with his mother; he watched as she crossed over by herself into her splendid life. She Luo felt like an outsider.

    Later, when he was sent to the Ke Family, he didn¡¯t just ¡®feel¡¯ like an outsider, he truly was one.

    And then when his mother remarried andpletely cut off all contact. Wherever Shi Luo went in this wide world, he always felt like an outsider.

    Until Yu Sui epted him into FS.

    At that time, Shi Luo actually still regarded himself as an outsider. Unless necessary, he wouldn¡¯t take the initiative to talk to people other than Yu Sui. The others were very busy and had little time to pay attention to him.

    However, Shi Luo didn¡¯t resent his teammates. His teammates just didn¡¯t have the time to pay attention to him. They held no hostility towards himself. At the time, Shi Luo was actually very satisfied with this kind of rtionship. He didn¡¯t much like getting close to other people in the first ce.

    But they were all just human. Later, they came into contact more and more, and before they knew it, they got closer and closer.

    When he had gotten into that fight, it had been Old Qiao who, afraid that he would cause more trouble but also afraid that he would be caught on tape, had covered his head with a jacket and dragged him out of the hotpot restaurant.

    It had been Chen Huo, who openlyughed at him while secretly warning him not to do anything stupid that might destroy himself.

    It had been Puppy who normally stayed calm and collected and helped him out of predicaments.

    Even if he constantly quarreled with Chen Huo, in the end, was there actual enmity between them? They both just had loose tongues.

    In fact, if that incident hadn¡¯t happened back then, Shi Luo probably would have been like most everybody. After joining the team, he would have gradually became friends with the others, regardless of the distance.

    It¡¯s was a pity Heaven didn¡¯t allow it. Before anything, they were forcefully broken apart.

    It was reasonable for the fans to worry whether he would be able to properly assimte into his new team. Shi Luo had also anticipated this long before.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t care at all.

    No matter how bad, can it be worse than IAC?

    Shi Luo looked at his mobile phone once again. He opened his personal Weibo. His private inbox was filled to bursting.

    The fans weren¡¯t just worried about Shi Luo¡¯s rtionship with his teammates, but also about his rtionship with Whisper.

    After all, Whisper was not only the captain, but also the boss. If they can¡¯t get along harmoniously, Shi Luo definitely wasn¡¯t going to have an easy time of it.

    As he was reading through the messages, a new one that had been blocked before because of his full inbox, suddenly came in. A small fan of Shi Luo¡¯s was very worried. [Evil, we know that Whisper is a responsible captain, but after all, it¡¯s been so long. You keep on insisting on crossing paths him, but can he really treat you like before?]

    Shi Luo muttered, ¡°How would I know?¡±

    If this had been two years ago, he could have gone to Yu Sui¡¯s room and forced him to say, ¡®you¡¯re going to be nice to me, you¡¯re always going to be nice to me. Go on. Reply to this fan and tell her that you promise.¡¯

    Now......

    Shi Luoughed at himself.

    Back then, he got away with a lot of things.

    Thinking about it now, it was truly a miracle that Yu Sui was able to put up with him back then.

    What Zhou Huo had asked him in the carst night was still ringing in his ear. Did you like Yu Sui back then?

    Shi Luo had been telling the truth. He truly hadn¡¯t understood.

    The only thing that was certain was that had they not been separated two years ago, he would have understood already.

    Unlike now, where everything has turned into a total mess.

    Now it was no use talking about these things. Separation was still, after all, separation. He had grown up. Yu Sui was already twenty-one years old.

    Both of them are no longer seventeen and neen-year-olds. How could they possibly reinstate that kind of pure,pletely unobstructed contact?

    Shi Luo had learned a lot of lessons growing up. Nevertheless, the one he constantly reminded himself of was: Don¡¯t ever have expectations of anyone.

    No expectations, no harm.

    This was also the reason why he stayed with IAC for two years.

    Shi Luo got up and washed up. It¡¯s been two years. Now...he¡¯ll treat Whisper as his boss.

    After washing up, Shi Luo put on a change of clothes and prepared to head downstairs. He pushed open the door.

    In the corridor, the lights were dim. Yu Sui had the team uniform draped around his shoulders. He was leaning against the wall opposite Shi Luo¡¯s room. He had his eyes closed and was dozing off. Who knows how long he¡¯s been waiting there for.

    Shi Luo was stunned.

    As a boss...you shouldn¡¯t be waiting for your yers like this, should you?

 Chapter 41

    Chapter 41

    Yu Sui opened his eyes when he heard the door open.

    The corridor was less than two meters wide, and the two stood face to face. Shi Luo¡¯s Adam¡¯s apple bobbed. ¡°You...:

    Yu Sui pinched between his eyebrows. ¡°Sorry, I was too sleepy. This is for you.¡±

    Yu Sui stood up properly and took out the door card from his trousers pocket. ¡°The key to your room is in your bedside table. The cleaning aunt will clean the room at 5 pm every day. If you want to lock the door, remember to open the room for her around that time. The driver isn¡¯t avable 24 hours. Zhou Huo will send the driver¡¯s contact detailster. If you want to use the car, you can just call him. In case of an emergency and you can¡¯t contact the driver, you can contact any of the staff at the base. They all have licenses, including...¡±

    Yu Sui paused and handed the door card to Shi Luo. ¡°Including me.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips turned down slightly. Inwardly, he said, ¡®Using my boss as a chauffeur? How is that even appropriate?¡¯

    Shi Luo took the card and asked quietly, ¡°Why... Didn¡¯t you knock?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. ¡°...I was afraid you weren¡¯t awake yet.¡±

    Shi Luo pursed his lips. In his heart, he couldn¡¯t help but silently say, ¡®Here hees again.¡¯

    No wonder so many young girls are pitted by g men. This f*cking... Even if he really were a g man, you just couldn¡¯t hold out against him; especially this kind of g man, who had zero self-awareness and whose thoughts were pure and simple.

    ¡°Just knock on the door next time.¡± Shi Luo said sullenly, ¡°Is there... anything else?¡±

    Yu Sui put on his uniform jacket. ¡°A lot. There¡¯s a lot of things that you need to sign. Let¡¯s head downstairs.¡±

    Shi Luo then thought of the matter about his transfer documents and the contract for the new team and so he followed Yu Sui downstairs.

    Except for the two of them, everyone was already in the lounge on the first floor. They were all looking over their contracts. Once the two of them came in, Zhou Huo immediately handed Shi Luo his set of documents.

    Shi Luo took the documents and sat down. ¡°Where¡¯s the pen?¡±

    ¡°No need to hurry.¡± Yu Sui sat down. He didn¡¯t have anything he needed to sign. At this moment, Yu Sui said to everyone, ¡°Look over your own contracts. In a while, I¡¯ll call in the legal department toe so they can answer any questions you might have.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned. He was about to say that they needn¡¯t go through all that trouble when Puppy, on the side, said, ¡°Evil, don¡¯t look at it as troublesome. Look through it carefully. You¡¯re the one who¡¯s most in danger in this room.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Puppy suspiciously. ¡°What do you mean?¡±

    Puppy nced at Yu Sui for a moment. He made as if to say something but hesitated. He didn¡¯t dare spew out poisonous milk. ¡°It¡¯s nothing. I just blurted out whatever.¡±

    Shi Luo brows wrinkled. This time, he really didn¡¯t understand.

    Chen Huo was trying to keep fromughing. ¡°That¡¯s right, really...no matter how you look at it, Shi Luo is the most in danger.¡±

    Yu Sui took out his mobile phone to send a WeChat to the legal staff. His lips moved slightly to give out a silent curse. He then exined, ¡°Back then, Ji Yanhan entered Team Knife Edge and after being pitted by the club, he ran away and built the FS Club. After three years, he then pitted me and now I myself have also built Free. The sprayers think we¡¯ve got a very poisonous history and if history repeats itself&#k2026;¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. ¡°It¡¯s your turn next.¡±

    Old Qiao and Puppy couldn¡¯t helpughing out loud.

    Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo. His head was starting to hurt. ¡°Do you know? Your fans feel that this team, from its roots up to its Feng Shui is simply no good. They collectively sent a private message to our official Weibo, warning us not to dig a pit for you. Ifter on, you really do end up leaving and setting up your own team, the this f*cking program¡¯s really effective.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Chen Huo nodded and reminded him. ¡°Whether in terms of seniority, age or time period, the next one is you. So you must be sure to carefully look through your contract and prevent this nightmare from ever happening again. You must be sure to end our curse with you.¡±

    Shi Luo nced at the contract and frowned. ¡°I¡¯m just signing for a season. What could happen?¡±

    ¡°Signing season after season is troublesome. My original suggestion was for you to sign two seasons directly, but the boss disagreed.¡± Zhou Huo was helpless. ¡°It couldn¡¯t be helped. Let¡¯s just listen to the boss. Also, make sure to look through the broadcast contract. Except for the contract fee, everything¡¯s the same. All of them stipte 30 live broadcasting hours per month. Let me say this first, I wasn¡¯t the one who set the contract fees to be different. Those were based on the prices given by the broadcasting tform They¡¯re basically reasonable. The profit sharing from the rewards are the same. Take a look at it yourselves. If you have anyments then let me know.¡±

    It was just a season¡¯s contract. The terms of the contract was also very favorable to the yer. This was the most lenient contract ever given to Shi Luo. He has noments on it. After reading through it quickly, he grabbed a pen and signed.

    Zhou Huo looked at the others. ¡°Anyone else? Anyments?¡±

    Chen Huo raised his hand while looking at his contract. ¡°Question, how is the live broadcast time calcted? Is it only live broadcasts on the gaming channel or all channels?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not the hours spent broadcasting on the gaming channel. It¡¯s for all hours you spent live broadcasting.¡±

    Chen Huo hadn¡¯t yet said anything but Zhou Huo already knew what he wanted to ask. He sighed and looked at Chen Huo. He said, annoyed, ¡°I know you¡¯re all the kind of yer who still owe 29 hours by the end of the month. I understand. If you¡¯re not going to do a live broadcasting of you ying the game, even a live broadcast of you eating takeout is fine. As long you yourself is doing the broadcast, that¡¯s fine.¡±

    Chen Huoughed mischievously. ¡°Nice.¡±

    ¡°But I beg you, please don¡¯t cram everything for the end of the month. I know that you don¡¯t actually need these live broadcasting fees and that you¡¯re not afraid of being fined for not reaching the required hours. The live broadcast tform won¡¯t dare to disturb you, but they will certainlyin to me. So, please. I¡¯m begging everyone,¡± Zhou Huo asked again, ¡°Anyone else?¡±

    Puppy looked up and said very positively. ¡°Manager, I¡¯m not the kind of student who puts off his homework until the day before school starts. Can I broadcast on my mobile phone now? I think the fans would like to watch our team sign their contracts.¡±

    ¡°No!¡± Zhou Huo didn¡¯t even have to think about it. ¡°Not to mention that I haven¡¯t shampooed my hair for over a day, I haven¡¯t finished discussing business with you guys yet.¡±

    Puppy shrugged. ¡°Fine. I guess we¡¯re going to miss out on all those rewards from a certain couple of teammates¡¯ fans.¡±

    Chen Huo wondered, ¡°Which couples¡¯ fans? Mine and Yu Sui¡¯s?¡±

    ¡°I think you need to take a long hard look at your poprity.¡± Puppy ruffled Chen Huo¡¯s head like he would a dog and sighed. ¡°Haven¡¯t you noticed yet? Your poprity has dropped to third ce. But it¡¯s still much stronger than mine. So, that¡¯s something to be happy about, right?¡±

    Chen Huo stared at Shi Luo.

    ¡°I¡¯m not as popr as Shi Luo now? I¡¯m a serious and earnest returnee yer! You¡¯re saying my poprity can¡¯tpare to his?¡±

    Shi Luo was starting to have a headache. Who the f*ck wanted topete with Chen Huo on poprity?

    ¡°Speaking of live broadcasting, let me remind everyone. There are...some sensitive topics...that you need to take note of a bit.¡± Zhou Huo thought for a while, ¡°For example, some details two years ago and what not. We¡¯ve already given our official statement on this. Right now, there aren¡¯t a lot ofizens left who would dare insult you but we wouldn¡¯t want to start anything ourselves. Normally, live broadcasts should be for discussing something lighter, right, Yu Sui? You probably don¡¯t want the others mentioning about that, right?¡±

    ¡°Me?¡± Yu Sui looked up and very nimbly pulled out the rug from under Zhou Huo¡¯s feet. ¡°I certainly wouldn¡¯t take the initiative to mention it, but if the others want to mention it, I don¡¯t really care.¡±

    Shi Luo followed coldly, ¡°I won¡¯t make any guarantees. I don¡¯t care about the others either. Whatever the others want to say, they should say it. It¡¯d be best of Ji Yanhan gets whipped all the time.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s head was hurting. ¡°None of you want to back down from this? Then...can they talk about anything?¡±

    Yu Sui himself was big-hearted and he didn¡¯t want to put too much restraints on his teammates. ¡°Whatever. I don¡¯t mind.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s that then.¡± Zhou Huo looked around the meeting room and sighed. ¡°You¡¯re all ruthless characters who spend year in and year out, standing where the struggle is fiercest anyway. What more have you got to be afraid of? Fine, we won¡¯t ce any other restrictions within the club. Just follow the rules of the league, don¡¯t do anything that will hit that high-voltage wire. You¡¯re all seasoned yers. You know the rules of the league better than I do.¡±

    ¡°Normally, you¡¯re all very proficient at toeing the line when throwing out insults.¡± Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo and coughed. It was obvious who he meant. ¡°But try to curse as little as possible. 10,000 yuan for each cursing incident, I mean, what¡¯s wrong with saving this bit of money and using it for something else, right?¡±

    Shi Luo was criticized without being explicitly named. He silently bowed his head, continued signing and didn¡¯t refute.

    He also had nothing he could refute. Even including the other regions, he was the one who racked up the most penalties for spraying yers in the game. Someone who has to sign several penalty tickets every month had no right to quibble.

    ¡°Let me think. What else...¡± Zhou Huo tried seriously to think back. He pped the table. ¡°Yes, the staff at our base is basicallyplete. Though we¡¯re still short of a psychological counselor. I haven¡¯t had time to interview one yet. So it will be at least a month before the psychological counselor cane in and then...¡±

    Chen Huo looked up and asked, ¡°Psychological counselor? Why are we hiring a psychological counselor?¡±

    ¡°Why shouldn¡¯t we?¡± Zhou Huo looked at everyone dumbly. ¡°Didn¡¯t FS have a psychological counselor before?¡±

    Old Qiao shook his head. ¡°No.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui with a surprise look. ¡°What about at Sacred Sword? There wasn¡¯t any psychological counselor there either?¡±

    ¡°There was.¡± Yu Sui said, ¡°But I never looked for him. He wanted to talk to me a few times to give me some help, but I didn¡¯t epted it, so I don¡¯t know exactly what it is he does.¡±

    Zhou Huo was shocked and turned to look at Shi Luo. ¡°What about IAC? I know IAC has one.¡±

    Shi Luo was still signing the documents and he didn¡¯t look up. ¡°They do.¡±

    Everyone turned to look at Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo said vaguely, ¡°It was useless, at least for me.¡±

    Chen Huo was curious. ¡°What can he talk with you about? What¡¯s the process? Can he hypnotize? Is hypnosis cool?¡±

    Shi Luo gave Chen Huo a dead-eyed stare. Chen Huo didn¡¯t dare provoke him. He shut up and continued to sign, but he was still curious.

    Puppy and Old Qiao were also curious.

    Shi Luo hadn¡¯t wanted to mention this part, but what could he do? He was the only person in the room who had actually received sports psychotherapy. He had to hold back his ire and say, ¡°I didn¡¯t like talking when I first joined IAC. Zhao Feng at first thought I was mute. After he found out that I wasn¡¯t, he thought that I needed psychotherapy.¡±

    Puppy pped his thigh. ¡°When I first got to Europe, people there also thought I was mute, hai! That son of a b*tch, Ji Yanhan! Continue.¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t bear to recall. ¡°After the daily training matches, Zhao Feng, that stupid sh*t, would warn me against inte addiction. He forced me to keep an hour free to talk with this psychological counselor. I just didn¡¯t want to talk. They insisted on making me talk, like Xuanzang, that continued on for a whole month...¡±

    Chen Huo shook his head again and again, sighing, ¡°That son of a b*tch, Ji Yanhan. He¡¯smitted some evil sins. And then?¡±

    Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°They saw that I was turning from simply not wanting to talk to being outright rash and hot-headed. Zhao Feng was worried there would be an incidence of violence in the base, so he never asked me to go to that counselor again.¡±

    ¡°Look.¡± Old Qiaomented, ¡°It¡¯s basically useless. That son of a b*tch, Ji Yanhan.¡±

    ¡°...¡± Zhou Huo was speechless and couldn¡¯t help spraying, ¡°It¡¯s just useless to you guys! This position is very important!¡±

    They all looked at Zhou Huo apathetically, refusal written across their faces. A team filled with wicked people wasn¡¯t easy to lead. Zhou Hu had no choice but to yield. ¡°Fine, meeting you all is my great fortune in life. It¡¯s so nice that everyone here is so mentally strong. We might as well save up on this expense.¡±

    ¡°Okay, that¡¯s about it.¡± Zhou Huo took away the signed contracts one by one. ¡°ording to normal practice, I would take this time to make some concluding remarks. I¡¯d like to thank Whisper for trusting me and bringing me on board. Although, this is more your home than mine, I¡¯ll act as host instead of guest and say ¡ª Wee, everyone.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ve all worked hard these past few years.¡± Zhou Huo looked around at everyone and said resolutely, ¡°No one has had it any easier than anyone else so let¡¯s not talk about that. Let me be even more shameless and be the voice of all your fans.¡±

    Zhou Huo epted all the contracts and seriously said to them. ¡°These past two years hasn¡¯t been easy on you. Thank you to the great gods for sticking it out till now so that this story can have a new beginning. Thank you.¡±

    ¡°The contracts have been signed, and the new season will begin immediately. I ask that everyone go into a battle with a light pack and spare no effort in your fight.¡±

    ¡°Sigh, my tear nds have been acting up recently. Stop saying this.¡± Chen Huo waved his hand. ¡°All the contracts have been signed, is there anything else?¡±

    ¡°Everything¡¯s done. Just let me tell you a little about your work schedule.¡± Zhou Huo took out his mobile phone and opened the notepad. ¡°Now that the contract with the live broadcast tform has been signed. You should begin broadcasting in session. Perfect timing. It¡¯s the start of the month. Let¡¯s start this month.¡±

    ¡°The four of you signed with the same tform. The tform was worried that if you all broadcasted at the same time on the same day, the server wouldn¡¯t be able to handle it and moreover, it would be a waste of traffic. So I have a suggestion for your first broadcast schedule. You¡¯ll go one after the other. This is only for your first broadcast. You can schedule your subsequent broadcasts whenever.¡± Zhou Huo read from the notepad. ¡°First day is Yu Sui, second day is Puppy, third is Shi Luo and fourth is Chen Huo.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked to Yu Sui. ¡°Are you alright with taking the first day?¡±

    This wasn¡¯t his first live broadcast and Yu Sui didn¡¯t care either way. ¡°It¡¯s fine.¡±

    Zhou Huo nodded. While sending a message to the person in charge of the live broadcast tform, he said, voicepletely level, ¡°If you feel that doing a broadcast by yourself is too boring, you can pair up with one of your teammates. This is your own business. If you want to pair up or not or who you pair up with, I¡¯m not setting any of that up.¡±

    Zhou Huo raised his eyes and looked at Yu Sui, ¡°It¡¯s up to you to look for whoever.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s fingertips twitched. With a great deal of effort, he forced himself not to look at Yu Sui. He stood up and followed everyone out of the lounge.

 Chapter 42

    Chapter 42

    After all the contracts were signed, the team began their normal operations. The next day, Zhou Huo issued the work schedules, training requirements, and management rules to everyone. These were no different from the previous FS¡¯, and they were virtually the same as those in Sacred Sword and IAC. Everyone took a look at it and had no objections.

    ¡°A lot of the time, I want to send these details for the sprayers to see.¡± Zhou Huo held a work schedule, as he shook his head and sighed. ¡°Who the f*ck said professional yers were paid to y games for free? If I were to show this schedule to them, no one would want to go pro.¡±

    During the normal training period, you must be at yourputer by 2 pm every day and group training ends at 10 pm. During this time, you can¡¯t y with your mobile phone, you can¡¯t y any other games, or watch any shows, etc. You can only y FOG. During those 8 consecutive hours, you can only be away from the training room for one hour and that already includes dinner.

    What do you do after the group training? You can¡¯t rest. You have to do another four hours of personal training. You can only rest once you finish at two o¡¯clock in the morning.

    During thosest four hours, yers can generally do live broadcasts, but they can only y FOG. They can never y any other games. When you add that all up, there are at least ten hours for training per day. Of course, this is only the basic training time. If they were in the preparatory period, it was even more uncertain how many hours there would be. 12 hours may be possible, 14 hours may also be possible, even more than that is also possible.

    There are no weekends and holidays, and each person only gets one day off per month. The specific day is subject to the team¡¯s arrangement. This day is often mixed up. Other times, only the Mid-Autumn Festival and the New Year¡¯s is given to the yers as holidays, provided that there is nopetition during this period. If there is, then any festival or holiday is useless. There is no vacation for eSports.

    Each training match is scheduled first thing for that day. So you can¡¯t be absent orte. After the training match, you¡¯ll have to watch the game rey. If you yed well or yed ok, you will be told so. If you yed badly then you¡¯ll be scolded the entire way. After you¡¯ve been scolded to within an inch of your life, then it ends. Finally, the next time you get the chance to take a look at your phone, you can be certain that the sprayers havee right on time to pay their respects to your parents and to sneer at how much you suck at this. You could very well imagine the psychological pressure this brings.

    During thepetition period, the requirements for the yers may be rxed. yers can set the times themselves but they still need to guarantee at least six hours of practice. Even during the New Year or the holidays after thepetition, every day, everyone must y eight high-level games. In the club, they have a person specifically assigned to check on the yer ount¡¯s situation. ying less games or ying them badly wasn¡¯t eptable. The mary penalty was just a small matter. If the management determines that the yer hasn¡¯t yed well enough or if he wasted away his time, they may ask the yer to make up for those lost hours.

    In this respect, yers were training almost all year round.

    Old Qiao sighed. ¡°This schedule¡¯s really not that harsh. Now, there are a lot of clubs where yers have to ask for permission before they leave the training room. They have to clearly state what they¡¯re going to do, when they¡¯veing back. Whether it¡¯s do go eat or go to the toilet. They can¡¯t even be the slightest bitte. They have absolutely no privacy.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s plenty harsh.¡± Zhou Huoughed in spite of himself. ¡°There are a lot that are stricter than this; some even to the point that they¡¯d have to clock in and out every time they go out. But there¡¯s no need for that with us. They¡¯re all old yers. They know self-discipline. We don¡¯t need to supervise them that much.¡±

    ¡°Right, this much is good. Everyone already knows what they need to do.¡± Old Qiao was filled with wonder. ¡°I spent a few months in a secondary league team during my early years and it was terrible over there. The yers¡¯ mentality were absolute sh*t. If they wanted to loaf around on the job, they¡¯d loaf around. They wouldn¡¯t attend to work and just go dating. My god...there¡¯s a reason they don¡¯t produce any results.¡±

    ¡°Speaking of dating...¡± Zhou Huo¡¯s eyes lit up, ¡°Is Yu Sui finally going to do a live broadcast tonight?¡±

    ¡°Really?¡± Old Qiao didn¡¯t know why he would. ¡°Is he? I don¡¯t know. What¡¯s the big deal about the live broadcast? This isn¡¯t his first time doing one.¡±

    Zhou Huo was anxious. ¡°Early this morning, I mentioned this to Chen Huo too. His response was almost the same as yours. Don¡¯t tell me I¡¯m the only one in this team looking forward to Yu Sui¡¯s broadcast?¡±

    Of course, it wasn¡¯t only Zhou Huo.

    Although he has repeatedly hinted to himself that he shouldn¡¯t expect, think too much or pay any attention to it, it still weighed on Shi Luo¡¯s mind.

    Zhou Huo said it at the meeting that day. He suggested that Yu Sui pull a teammate to team up with him for his first live broadcast. After hearing this, Yu Sui neither agreed nor refused. No one knew how he was going to do it.

    For his first live broadcast back in his home country, if he was going to pull in a teammate, then who was it going to be?

    Shi Luo knew it clearly. No matter which aspect you looked at it from, he was the most inappropriate one for Yu Sui to look for. But what Zhou Huo said was like a feather, sweeping through Shi Luo¡¯s heart from time to time.

    Shi Luo told himself over and over. His rtionship with Yu Sui was very strange. Suddenly doing a live broadcast with him would be ufortable and filled with awkward silences. Moreover, this wasn¡¯t two years ago. He was 19 years old. He had grown up and was no longer a child. He can no longer be that possessive; he can¡¯t be bothered by things like these anymore.

    The live broadcast tform had already given an advance notice. Yu Sui will start broadcasting at eight o¡¯clock that night. At seven o¡¯clock in the evening, Shi Luo went to the hallway. He opened a window and smoked a cigarette, emptying his mind a bit.

    You shouldn¡¯t think too much. You can¡¯t think too much. You can¡¯t expect.

    After a cigarette, Shi Luo had calmed down a bit. He closed the window and returned to the training room.

    The others hadn¡¯t finished dinner yet. There was only Shi Luo in the training room. Shi Luo sat down and aimlessly refreshed his Weibo. He saw the countdown notice sent by the live broadcast tform promoting Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast.

    He didn¡¯t know how Zhou Huomunicated it to the live broadcast tform but it seemed that the live broadcast tform has already assumed the Yu Sui will be doing it with a teammate. They hinted at it in their countdown notice.

    Shi Luo opened the Weibo post and nced at thements. The topment was Yu Sui¡¯s fan inviting people to watch. The secondment was Yu Sui¡¯s fan helping to promote the address of the live broadcast room. The thirdment was Chen Huo¡¯s fan, expressing their anticipation of Yu Sui and his old teammate¡¯s team up. The fourthment was Puppy¡¯s fan, the fifthment... The fifth hotment was advertising and selling fake shoes.

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo was unwilling to give up. He scrolled through thements. What about his fans? Wasn¡¯t anyone looking forward to seeing him?

    Not to mention, wasn¡¯t his poprity second in the team?

    Shi Luo irritably picked up his phone. He logged on to his Weibo side ount and clicked on the live broadcasting tform¡¯s countdown post, ready to rescue his dignity. He typed: [Looking forward to Shi Shen. Shi Shen is awesome. ]

    As soon as Shi Luo posted, he received severalment notifications. Shi Luo frowned. What were his fans doing? They didn¡¯t put up any presence and only when someone posts first will they post theirments in reply?

    Shi Luo clicked on thements &#k2014;

    [Don¡¯t stir up anything. Our Shi Shen isn¡¯t looking for a date.]

    [Don¡¯t! Don¡¯t! We just want to watch the live broadcast. We¡¯re not here to watch a fight erupt on the live chat.]

    [The fans on both sides are now in a period of truce. Haters mustn¡¯t deliberately provoke any incidents!]

    [Why are there so many sprayersing over to gloat and fan the mes? Can you just not mention your Daddy Evil?]

    [Our son, Shi Luo, likes to y single row. Mind your own business, okay?]

    [Obviously, this is a sprayer who¡¯s using this deliberately ambiguousment to incite discord between the two sides. What are you doing pay attention to this guy?]

    [Brother, delete thisment, okay? Our Shi Shen clearly doesn¡¯t have any interest in teaming up with him.]

    [Delete it. ]

    [Delete it +1]

    [Delete it +2]

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo pushed down on his anger and deleted his side ount¡¯sment. He now understood why none of his fans werementing.

    His fans were...truly considerate.

    Shi Luo no longer looked at Weibo and logged onto his ount to queue up for a game.

    Half an hourter, Chen Huo and Puppy came up after eating. As they used to do before, they talked for a while then sat down at their seats and began to queue up for a game.

    After another ten minutes, Yu Sui also came upstairs into the training room.

    Shi Luo took a deep breath. He didn¡¯t look up and put all his attention into his game.

    Fifteen minutester, at exactly eight o¡¯clock.

    Yu Sui started broadcasting.

    When the notice was issued at seven o¡¯clock, Yu Sui¡¯s new live broadcast room was already 10 million in poprity. When he officiallyunched the broadcast, the poprity directly rose to 30 million. Although the live broadcast poprity does not represent the actual number of viewers, it was still very rare for the poprity of any live broadcast to reach this magnitude.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t open his webcam. He only opened his mic but didn¡¯t talk much. After opening the broadcast, he opened the client and started to adjust the game settings.

    Chen Huo and Puppy had just finished a game. Chen Huo looked at the time and hurriedly said, ¡°Yu Sui started broadcasting? Come on,e on. Let¡¯s give him a reward.¡±

    Chen Huo exited the game and opened the live broadcast interface to give Yu Sui a reward of 20,000 yuan. He didn¡¯t forget to say, ¡°You better remember to pay back the favor when I do my live broadcast. Don¡¯t forget!¡±

    Puppy also went to send him a reward. Afterwards, they both continued to y.

    Shi Luo¡¯s fingers moved lightning-quick on the keyboard. After taking down one of the opponents, he frowned slightly.

    What was with everyone sending him rewards? He himself...

    Shi Luo took a deep breath. He pretended not to have seen it.

    Shi Luo yed this round very quickly. He led his three teammates to seize the enemy¡¯s resurrection stone, directly and efficiently ending this match.

    It wasn¡¯t noisy in the training room. Save for Chen Huo asionally cursing at the teammates he¡¯d been teamed up with, only the tap-tapping sound of the keyboards and mice could be heard.

    It was actually Yu Sui, who was doing a live broadcast, thought that was the quietest among them.

    Zhou Huo came up and stuck his head in and looked around. He slipped to Yu Sui¡¯s side and whispered, ¡°You haven¡¯t started ying yet?¡±

    Behind theputer screen, Yu Sui quietly said, ¡°I haven¡¯t finished adjusting the game settings yet.¡±

    ¡°Okay, okay. Hurry it up a bit.¡± Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t help ncing over at Shi Luo. He didn¡¯t dare say anything though because Yu Sui had opened his mic. He then slipped away.

    Shi Luo moved his cursor over the [Single yer] option on the game client. Just before he could click on it, his in-game friend interface lighted up.

    Shi Luo¡¯s finger paused and opened the friend interface.

    [Awa]: [QAQ, Shi Ge, I¡¯ve fallen out of the top 500 on the national server. If I can¡¯t get back in it by the end of the month, they¡¯re going to deduct from my sry. Can you take me with you for a few games?! I beg you to take pity on poor Wawa!]

    [Awa]: [Shi Shen, please help me again. I promise this will absolutely be thest time! 55555...]

    Shi Luo stared at Wawa¡¯s message for more than half a minute before replying, [Add me.]

    Wawa quickly teamed up with him.

    Shi Luo clicked on the [Paired yer] button.

    Shi Luo chuckled.

    It seemed like it wasn¡¯t meant to be.

    In any case, it was impossible now. Shi Luo hadn¡¯t opened a live broadcast, so he wasn¡¯t afraid the fans would see. The other people in the room were even less likely to see his screen. So, while waiting to enter the match, Shi Luo simply opened Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast.

    Yu Sui had just pressed the option for a single row.

    Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast was exploding in poprity. Message after message filled the barrage.

    [Wee home, Whisper. May you spend your remaining years here.]

    [Wee home, Whisper. May you spend your remaining years here.]

    [Wee home, Whisper. May you spend your remaining years here.]

    [Wee home, Whisper. May you spend your remaining years here.]

    [Wee home, Whisper. May you spend your remaining years here.]

    ...

    [TAT, I finally managed to see Yu Shen in a domestic live broadcast. I¡¯m so grateful!]

    [My roommate asked me why I¡¯m crying. Huhuhu...]

    [Yu Shen, we won¡¯t be unreasonable and ask that you open your webcam. We only ask that you say a few words, please?]

    [Did you queue up for a game? So excited!]

    [Didn¡¯t the broadcast tform¡¯s advance notice say that he might be teaming up with someone?]

    [Don¡¯t ask for a team-up. A single row for his first broadcast is plenty good.]

    [+1, single row is good. ¡¿

    [It¡¯s starting! It¡¯s starting! So excited...]

    ...

    Shi Luo and Wawa¡¯s team-up also entered their match. Shi Luo closed the live broadcast and focused on the match.

    Wawa¡¯s recent drop in points was too severe. Shi Luo ying in matches outside the range of the top 200 in the national server, was simply asking him to massacre passerby yers. He didn¡¯t need to expend a great deal of effort. Shi Luo and Wawa, won match after match. Shi Luo yed it absent-mindedly but the more Wawa yed, the more excited he became. Hevished Shi Luo with praises in the friend interface.

    [Awa]: [Shi Ge is awesome!!!]

    [Awa]: [Shi Ge is the best striker!]

    [Awa]: [Evil can get points even with his eyes closed!]

    [Awa]: [The world¡¯s best ¡ª Shi Ge! ! ! ]

    Shi Luo let Wawa sing his praises until his head started to hurt. After a match, Shi Luo was about to simply block his friend interface when Wawa sent over a message.

    [Awa]: [...]

    [Awa]: [Shi Ge, Yu Shen sent me a message. ]

    [Awa]: [QAQ He¡¯s asking how long I¡¯m nning to y. What does that mean? ! ! ]

    Shi Luo froze for a moment and subconsciously reopened Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast.

    The barrage in Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast room had exploded. Comment afterment had piled on top of one another until absolutely nothing could be made out through them. Shi Luo turned off the barrage and his eyes were drawn involuntarily to Yu Sui and Wawa¡¯s chat.

    [Free-Whisper]: [How long are you still nning to y for?]

    [Awa]: [Yu Shen? *Frightened* Why are you looking for me? ]

    [Awa]: [I, I, I, I... I still need five or six matches so I can get back to the top 500. What¡¯s wrong? ]

    [Free-Whisper]: [Is this a convenient time for me to stick you into another team up?]

    [Free-Whisper]: [I¡¯ll let Chen Huo take you.]

    [Awa]: [Eh? Yes, of course, but Chen Shen already said before that he¡¯d be dmissioned if he yed with me again. Is he willing to y with me?]

    [Free-Whisper]: [He¡¯s willing.]

    Shi Luo¡¯s Adam¡¯s apple bobbed. This...what...does...this...mean?

    Even more shocking for Shi Luo was that Yu Sui¡¯s fans in the live broadcast room were filling the barrage to bursting.

    The next second, Shi Luo¡¯s own friend interface lighted up once again. Shi Luo clicked it open¡ª

    [Free-Whisper]: [Wawa wants to team up with Chen Huo. Want to team up with me for a while?]

 Chapter 43

    Chapter 43

    Shi Luo looked nkly at the screen, both his hands were ced on the keyboard. Before he could tell Wawa, Wawa had already quickly withdrawn from their team up.

    In the training room, Chen Huo, who had just finished a match, looked at the message Wawa had sent him. He looked over hisputer screen at Yu Sui. Taking Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast into consideration, Chen Huo was angry but dared not speak. He lowered his voice and confirmed through gritted teeth. ¡°I, want, to, team, up, with, Wawa?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Chen Huo with apletely innocent look on his face and asked, ¡°Don¡¯t you want to?¡±

    Yu Sui had a live broadcast open. If Chen Huo dared to say no, NSN¡¯s fans mighte knocking on their door the next second. Chen Huo exited the single row interface and teamed up Wawa. He gritted his teeth. ¡°Of course, I want to! How can I not want to! I so f*cking want to!¡±

    Shi Luo stared nkly as Chen Huo went to team up with Wawa. Over at his side, his game client beeped with a notification. Yu Sui had sent him an invite to team up.

    Shi Luo paused for a moment before clicking ¡®ept¡¯. In the next second, there was a system notification that Yu Sui had already queued up for a match.

    These twists and turns were too much for Shi Luo¡¯s emotions that it was a while before Shi Luopletely came back to his senses. While waiting in queue, Shi Luo hesitantly opened Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast and took a look at the barrage.

    [6666666...]

    [Skill fans are very satisfied. Passerby strikers are too low standard. If you¡¯re gonna watch a striker, it has to be Evil.]

    [Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...]

    [Whisper, this g man, has killed me again. How did he know so well? Who can stand it? ]

    [This g man has killed me again +1. Sisters, you must never ever fall for this kind of person. You¡¯ll be killed by him. Ahhhhhhh....]

    [Can¡¯t stand it! Can¡¯t stand it! We¡¯re not even the ones directly involved in this and we already can¡¯t stand it!]

    [Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I¡¯m dead! I¡¯m perfectly satisfied! No one believed me when I said it. I guessed that he would be teaming up with Evil today...]

    [What¡¯s the situation between these two? What¡¯s the situation?!!!]

    [Does Yu Shen know that we can see his chat?]

    [It¡¯s not his first time broadcasting. He must know...]

    [This is what I admire about Yu Shen. Whether it¡¯s reporting his teammate¡¯s ID when trading insults with sprayers or sending off Wawa, he does it all out in the open and with a clear conscience.]

    [I also like this about my Yu Shen. If he¡¯s going to lie to you, he¡¯s not gonna hide it.]

    [But don¡¯t people say that they don¡¯t get along very well? What¡¯s the situation now?]

    [¡®Don¡¯t get along¡¯, my ass! If that were the case, would Shi Shen go to Free?]

    [Let¡¯s take a closer look at it.]

    [It¡¯s starting! It¡¯s starting!]

    Shi Luo quickly closed the live broadcast page. Taking a look at the game interface, the match was indeed starting. When he entered the map, Shi Luo looked at the medic standing beside his in-game character. His Adam¡¯s apple bobbled slightly.

    Both of them had ¡®Free¡¯ written in front of their ount names. When their passerby teammates saw this they began to flood their team chat withments. Yu Sui typed nothing all throughout. As for Shi Luo, even if he typed something, it would just be swept away by their teammates¡¯ments, so he chose not to type anything.

    Shi Luo actually wanted to ask Yu Sui how he wanted to y.

    Was he going to go with his assassin-type style?

    If he was going to use his assassin-type y, Shi Luo would cooperate with Yu Sui in the early stage to let him have the heads. In theter stage, he¡¯ll pay attention not to upy too much of the public economy. If Yu Sui upgrades, he can buy the three-sided photon shield. It would need a lot of economy but it would also benefit the team a lot. It was equivalent to giving the team anotheryer of life.

    But this really wasn¡¯t convenient to ask.

    Because he had known Yu Sui for so long and Yu Sui has always yed as an assassin-type medic, except for that time they unexpectedly ran into each other during that one broadcast and he yed as a milktank, if Shi Luo asked now, it would seem like he wanted Yu Sui to y as a milktank.

    Shi Luo silently watched his teammates flood the team chat. As soon as the game countdown reached zero, he immediately rushed forward.

    Yu Sui followed closely behind him.

    Yu Sui yed very meticulously. While walking, he sent out the initial photon shields to cover his other teammates, not wasting even a single second. By the time Shi Luo and their passerby striker teammate met up after fumbling through the map, they had alreadypleted the initial phase. When Shi Luo heard footsteps, he didn¡¯t panic and deployed the purification dish. He retreated two steps and hid behind some shrubbery. Without waiting for him to take aim, beside him, Yu Sui had already taken out his dagger and with a swipe, he brought down the dagger and took the kill.

    As expected, Yu Sui was ying as an assassin-type medic. After letting him have that kill, Shi Luo waited for Yu Sui to withdraw back behind the bunker before opening fire once again.

    Although the two of them have never cooperated in this way, this was just a passerby game. With two professional yers in the team, they basically crushed everyone. In less than 20 minutes, they finished the match. Both of them exited the map at the same time.

    After exiting the map, Shi Luo took a deep breath. He didn¡¯t know whether Yu Sui nned on continuing on to another match.

    Before, Shi Luo had heard Yu Sui and Zhou Huo discussing that for his first broadcast, about 2 hours would be good. It was already past an hour. For the next hour, Yu Sui should go and talk with his fans, right?

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t keep him guessing for long. Over on his side, Yu Sui had already queued them up for another match. Less than a minuteter, matching was sessful and they entered the map.

    In the second game, the two still didn¡¯tmunicate, but they cooperated better than during the previous game.

    Moreover, conditions were more favorable for them this time and they steamrolled over their opponents. This time they finished in just sixteen minutes. Once again, they both exited the map.

    Shi Luo had just exited the map, when he received an in-game notification that they were queuing up again for another match.

    In this way, the two of them, withoutmunicating with one another, quickly yed five games in a row.

    They leveled up too fast and the queuing time was getting longer. By the sixth match, they waited for three full minutes and the system still hadn¡¯t found any opponents for them. Shi Luo took a look at the time. It was already 10 ¡®clock.

    Yu Sui should be wrapping up his live broadcast soon.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t know what Yu Sui was nning to do. While he was hesitating whether to ask Yu Sui, his friend interface lighted up. Shi Luo clicked it open.

    [Free-Whisper]: [I¡¯ll y as your milktank for the next round.]

    Shi Luo paused. He wanted to type a message back to ask, what does this mean? I yed well in the first five games so you¡¯re giving me a reward by letting me experience having you as a milktank?

    By considering Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast, Shi Luo still decided not to ask.

    They finally entered the match and just as Yu Sui said, for this match, he yed as a milktank.

    Yu Sui was like a whole another person. He lost all killing intent and followed Shi Luo closely all through out. When Shi Luo¡¯s shield broke, Yu Sui was there to patch it up. When Shi Luo and their opponents exchanged fire, he secured his position and kept Shi Luo¡¯s health up. He was plenty considerate and a lot gentle.

    At a certain point in the game, their two other teammates had fallen behind and couldn¡¯t offer any support to Shi Luo. Shi Luo and Yu Sui were suddenly surrounded by their opponents. Yu Sui only had one shield in hand. Without the slightest bit of hesitation, he used it to cover Shi Luo and he himself stood in front him and blocked four rounds of bullets. Only when a sliver of blood was left of Yu Sui¡¯s health did he withdraw back behind the bunker. When Shi Luo was beaten to residual blood by their four opponents, Yu Sui came out. He hadn¡¯t done anything to mend his health. With only a sliver of blood left, he immediately gave Shi Luo an injection of blood and tied some bandages.

    In the game interface, Shi Luo¡¯s game character was sitting on the ground leaning against the torn stone wall. Yu Sui¡¯s game character was half-kneeling beside Shi Luo, with a blood bar that could shatter with the slightest touch, he was fully concentrating on wrapping Shi Luo¡¯s bandages.

    Looking at this picture on the screen, Shi Luo¡¯s face suddenly felt a little hot.

    It was too close.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help typing.

    [Free-Evil]: [There¡¯s no need to take care of me like this. ]

    Not two secondster.

    [Free-Whisper]: [I said I¡¯d be your milktank.]

    Yu Sui said so and that¡¯s what he did. For this match, the strikers on the opposing team were also professional yers and so things didn¡¯t go that smoothly. Nevertheless, not once did Shi Luo die.

    Throughout the entire match, Yu Sui was never more than 5 meters away from Shi Luo, always guaranteeing that Shi Luo was always operating at full state.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t know what was up with himself? Obviously, these were just in-game characters, but seeing Yu Sui sticking that close to him, it made his face get redder and redder.

    In the end, they still won this game, though it took them a full 35 minutes. After exiting the map, Shi Luo took a deep breath.

    It was the first time ever in history that he unexpectedly blushed because of a medic giving him milk.

    After quitting the game, Shi Luo sent Yu Sui a private message.

    [Free-Evil]: [You... Aren¡¯t you only going to broadcast for two hours? It¡¯ll be eleven o¡¯clock soon. ]

    Yu Sui responded very quickly.

    [Free-Whisper]: [Already tired? ]

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t at all tired. But he found it embarrassing to tell Yu Sui that having his as a milktank made his entire body feel ticklish.

    Shi Luo moved his finger and typed quickly.

    [Free-Evil]: [Just... before it seemed that Zhou Huo said you shouldn¡¯t make your first broadcast too long.]

    [Free-Whisper]: [I don¡¯t care but if you¡¯re tired, we won¡¯t y anymore.]

    [Free-Evil]: [...Let¡¯s stop here. I¡¯m gonna go out for a smoke.]

    [Free-Whisper]: [ok. ]

    Yu Sui withdrew from their team up. Shi Luo, afraid that he really was blushing and would be seen by someone, quickly picked up his mobile phone and left the training room.

    Shi Luo walked to his room. Inside, he headed for the little bathroom where he washed his face.

    Shi Luo looked at the mirror. His face was no different than usual, but the tips of his ears were already thoroughly red.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t stand himself. ¡°What are you getting all f*cking red for...¡±

    Shi Luo rubbed his ears. He left the bathroom andy t on his bed. He moved about then took out his phone and entered the live broadcasting app to watch Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast.

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t left yet and the messages in the barrage were still flying by as fast as ever.

    [Whisper is awesome! He can y as an assassin-type medic and even as a milktank AND he¡¯s amazing at both! ]

    [There¡¯s nothing to say about Yu Shen¡¯s skills. 666666]

    [Is there anyone who still dares to say that Yu Shen and Shi Shen don¡¯t get along?]

    [The problem now is no longer whether they get along or not. Don¡¯t you think the atmosphere between these two seems a bit ambiguous?]

    [Although I¡¯ve seen Whisper milktank from Shi Luo¡¯s broadcast before, it doesn¡¯t look the same. How should I say it...]

    [Looking at it make my knees go a little weak.]

    [Knees going weak +1]

    [Inexplicably, I also felt my knees go a bit weak. Whisper can actually be that gentle.]

    [I couldn¡¯t bear it. I wonder how the other party feels right now.]

    [The other party went out to smoke. Hhhhhh......]

    Shi Luoy on the bed with two red ears and clenched his teeth. ¡°The other party also feels like his knees are going a little weak. Are you happy now...?

    Shi Luo turned over toy on his stomach. His mind was in aplete mess.

    Yu Sui, this is...what are you up to aaaaahhhhhh!

    Yu Sui still hadn¡¯t shut off his live broadcast and he continued to y the game as a single yer. The barrage is urging him to team up with someone but Yu Sui ignored the chat and continued the single row.

    Naturally, he still yed his assassin-type medic, cutting down people like grass. He¡¯d kill and flit away. The barrage was filled with ¡¯Ë«¡¯, asking Yu Sui for a team up. Shi Luo saw someone type out a whole block of ¡¯yoooooooo¡¯ and his ears turned even redder.

    This person......

    Shi Luo clutched at his hair. He closed the live broadcast and was about to ssh cold water on his ears when his phone buzzed. A Wechat message hade in.

    [Whisper]: [Still not done with your smoke? It¡¯s not time to clock out yet. You¡¯ve been gone for quite a while.]

    Shi Luo nced at the time and quickly typed back, [Evil]: [I¡¯ll head back immediately.]

    Yu Sui sent over a reply.

    [Whisper]: [Just a small reminder. No rush.]

    Shi Luo held the phone and after a moment, sent a message to Yu Sui.

    [Evil]: [You... Still aren¡¯t done with your live broadcast?]

    After a while, Yu Sui still hadn¡¯t replied. Shi Luo remembered that he must have already entered the game and couldn¡¯t be distracted from ying. Shi Luo took the tabletputer next to his pillow and opened the Yu Sui¡¯s live room. Sure enough, Yu Sui was in closebat with an opponent.

    Half a minuteter, Yu Sui took the other person¡¯s head. When he turned back to give himself some medicine, Shi Luo¡¯s phone buzzed again.

    [Whisper]: [I¡¯m gonna muddle along for a bit longer so that I won¡¯t have to broadcastter in the month.]

    Shi Luo looked at the live broadcast and then looked at his mobile phone. He had to admit that Yu Sui was really powerful.

    He even found the time to reply to his message.

    Shi Luo originally didn¡¯t want to disturb Yu Sui but seeing that he was able to do both things at once, after much internal debate, he couldn¡¯t help but ask.

    [Evil]: [Just...just now, why did you y as a milktank?]

    In the live broadcast, Yu Sui was face to face with his opponent once again. This time, after they wipe out the opposing team, they should be able to directly clean up the other team¡¯s territory of poisonous fog and directly destroy the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone, ending the game. Yu Sui definitely had no time to reply to his message. Shi Luo looked at the live broadcast room, and then looked at what he had just asked. He regretted it.

    This question was...sticky.

    It was like he was acting coquettishly. It was nauseating.

    In the live broadcast, Yu Sui didn¡¯t stop for even a moment. He mustn¡¯t have had the chance yet to check his phone. Shi Luo hurried tried to recall the message.

    Shi Luo sat up. He rubbed the space between his brows and sighed.

    He was normally very calm and even-keeled. This was all Yu Sui¡¯s fault...he had teamed up with him for a night and the strange thing was, he now felt a bit like he couldn¡¯t think straight.

    Less than a month ago, he had ruthlessly told Yu Sui that everyone was now an adult. There were some things that shouldn¡¯t be dug up.

    Sometimes things were said too clearly that no room for expectations were left.

    How embarrassing would it be if Yu Sui replied, ¡®Nothing. I just wanted to try out being a milktank to see if the results were any good or not.¡¯

    It¡¯d be like he was showering affection on an uninterested party.

    Shi Luo rubbed his face. He watched Yu Sui¡¯s sharp operation. He was unstoppable. He led his teammates deep into the enemy¡¯s territory. His dagger destroyed the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone and they won the game.

    At the same time, Shi Luo¡¯s phone buzzed once again.

    [Whisper]: [No reason, I is weeling 2 milk for u.]

 Chapter 44

    <h4>Chapter 44</h4>

    Shi Luo looked at the familiar non-mainstream text and the corner of his lips ticked up. However, his throat felt like it was blocked up.

    At that time, the two of them had just met. Somehow, Yu Sui firmly believed that he belonged to the Bury Love Family and in order to find amon topic of conversation, every day, he would chat with him using this aliennguage.

    Back then, Shi Luo thought this was some kind of underage alternative lifestyle nutball and intended to keep a respectful distance away but somehow, he just couldn¡¯t rest assured. Then this non-mainstream youth was suddenly unmasked and changed shape in a single shake. He was suddenly the league¡¯s number one medic. And inexplicably, he was abducted from that shady inte cafe and brought into this group.

    He¡¯s only ever heard of ¡°A look at Yang Guo, the mistake of a lifetime¡°. So, for him, what is this? ¡°A look at Bury Love, the mistake of a lifetime¡±?

    Shi Luo looked at his phone screen and was about to reply when the WeChat group ¡°a whole family on friendly terms¡± buzzed alive.

    [Puppy]: [I am here to make a small report. In the middle of training, a certain striker went out for a smoke and has been gone for almost half an hour.]

    [Puppy]: [At the same time, a certain medic has been multitasking, ying the game while also fiddling with his phone and replying on his WeChat. It is simply most improper.]

    [Whisper]: [R u sic in da head? Why do you just love being such a tattletale?]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [? ? ? ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [? ? ? ]

    [Whisper]: [... I forgot to switch back. ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [*Shocked* What¡¯s with this situation?]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Yu Sui! Could it be that you¡¯ve been hiding it from us? Are you secretly into Bury Love?]

    [Whisper]: [Shut up. ]

    [Evil]: [I¡¯ll go back immediately. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [It¡¯s nothing, it¡¯s nothing. No need to hurry. No rush. We¡¯re not that strict here.]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [*Satisfied* Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast today got particrly good results. Keep up the good work!]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Oh, really?]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [Isn¡¯t there anyone who cares about me? Laozi, this championship striker, for the sake of his f*cking brother, spent the entire night training with Wawa!]

    [Puppy]: [#We Feel Sorry for Chen Huo#]

    [Evil]: [...]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Oh, don¡¯t be so petty. Everyone, go y for a bit longer. Later, let¡¯s go out for a midnight snack. My treat. I trust no one has a problem with that?]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [No problem. ]

    [Puppy]: [No problem. ]

    [Handsome Chen Huo]: [No problem. ]

    [Evil]: [No problem. ]

    [Whisper]: [No problem. ]

    Shi Luo washed his face with cold water and returned to the training room to continue queuing up for games. At past 12 o¡¯clock midnight, Zhou Huo happily came up to invite everyone to shut down theirputers and go out to eat.

    For some metaphysical reason, they no longer went out for hotpot but chose a ce serving pretty good Shanghainese home dishes.

    ¡°There is good news, and there is bad news.¡±

    After waiting for everyone to order, Zhou Huo said, ¡°Let me first tell you the good news. The regr season schedule is already out. I will post itter in the group. You will be able to see it on the official website in a couple of days. I¡¯ve looked through it and for us, this schedule is very favorable. It basically progresses from easy to difficult. The first half is basically filled with weak teams. We¡¯ll only meet teams like Saint and NSN during the second half.¡±

    ¡°Although you were already teammates early on, it¡¯s been a few years since youst yed together. Moreover, this time Evil has transferred to being a striker. We¡¯ll need time to get used to it. This schedule lets us get into gear bit by bit.¡± Old Qiao said, ¡°For us, getting into the yoffs is pretty much a done deal but whether we can get into the finals depends on everyone.¡±

    ¡°Old Qiao is being too conservative. If it¡¯s for the domestic finals, I think you can already be preparing for that. This isn¡¯t what I¡¯m worried about. I¡¯m now going to tell you the bad news.¡± Zhou Huo took a drink of his tea. He looked at everyone and said, ¡°I¡¯ve just received word that sacred Sword has bought both the American Team Secret and the South Korean Team Devil¡¯s Curse.¡±

    ¡°What the f*ck?¡± Chen Huo was incredulous. ¡°They... bought two teams?!!!¡±

    Zhou Huo nodded. ¡°America¡¯s No. 1 seeded teamst year, Team Secret and South Korea¡¯s No. 2 seeded teamst year, Team Devil¡¯s Curve were bought together.¡±

    Puppy sighed, ¡°Our former boss is really rich... I thought it was already pretty much their limit when they bought the three of us from FS back then. This time they¡¯re even more ruthless. They bought two teams at once. Are they trying to build another Gctico warship again?

    ¡°How is this a warship? They¡¯re obviously trying to raise a Gu!¡± Old Qiao gasped, ¡°The three teams merged into one. They can continue to rotate their yers throughout the regr season. They¡¯lle up one by one. Among these skilled starters, not performing well enough would mean being a substitute and if they perform even worse then they¡¯ll be sold off. After a few months in the regr season, the ones who are left would form most powerful lineup.¡±

    Puppy was made to recall some very unpleasant memories. He covered his face and bitterly said, ¡°Back then, I was the one who was sold off. F*ck, Laozi yed as a starter in China for so many years. I¡¯ve never ever been a substitute. When I went overseas, I was sold off...what a disgrace.¡±

    Chen Huo said coolly, ¡°Back then, Laozi was made a sub and then sold off. I¡¯m not that much better than you.¡±

    Zhou Huo was speechless. ¡°They¡¯re rich, alright and his kind of method is indeed very useful. The only ones who can survive this hellish kind of method are those fierce characters who¡¯re mentally strong. For instance,st season¡¯s voodoo king.¡±

    Everyone looked at Yu Sui. Yu Sui silently drank his tea. ¡°Thanks, but I really don¡¯t think that¡¯s apliment.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, just look at my Yu Shen. Look at what happened to his hair!¡± Chen Huo said, vexed, ¡°The Sacred Sword Team is seriously toxic. They¡¯re ruthless.¡±

    Old Qiaolooked at Yu Sui. ¡°You don¡¯t seem the least bit surprised.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not.¡± Yu Sui said while drinking his hot tea. ¡°A month before I returned to China, Sacred Sword top management let loose some pretty harsh words.¡±

    Shi Luo looked up. ¡°What harsh words?¡±

    Yu Sui put down the tea cup and slowly said, ¡°A rough trantion would probably be...¡¯Whisper, why do you insist on leaving? If you go back, we won¡¯t let you get the World Championship. Stay and you can remain as the World Champion. Why do you want to make things hard for yourself?¡¯¡±

    The room grew quiet.

    This was also the first time Chen Huo was hearing about this. He asked carefully, ¡°The manager talked to you? What did you say back?¡±

    Yu Sui said with a nk expression, ¡°What¡¯da hafta do with ya?¡±

    Shi Luo visualized that scene and couldn¡¯t help letting out a snort ofughter.

    Yu Sui smiled. ¡°I didn¡¯t get the ent right. I only know a little bit of Shanghai-ese.¡±

    ¡°Why were you taunting him!¡± Chen Huoughed. He beat his chest and stamped his feet. ¡°Look! You got them angry and they directly bought two teams to strike back at you.¡±

    ¡°They would have bought them regardless what Yu Sui said. This is just the way that club operates.¡± Old Qiao said coldly, ¡°Back then, when they were looking to buy FS, I asked around. Since this club was established four years ago, they¡¯ve never developed their own yers. They don¡¯t care about nationalities; they¡¯ll buy whoever¡¯s good. But after they¡¯ve bought the yers, they won¡¯t cherish them. It doesn¡¯t matter to them how long the yer has yed for them or how many championship that yer has won for them, if their performance suffers a setback, they won¡¯t even give the yer the courtesy of being a substitute. They¡¯re going to sell him right off.

    Old Qiao shook his head. ¡°They don¡¯t have a shred of humanity. But it does produce results.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, just look at their attitude...¡± Zhou Huo sighed, ¡°They feel like they¡¯ve got this year¡¯s World Championship in the bag already. This time, they¡¯ve absorbed yers from three teams to field a single four-yer team. How can they not be powerful?¡±

    Everyone was speechless. Yu Sui still had on that indifferent expression.

    Zhou Huo thought optimistically. ¡°However, we¡¯re still at the early stages of building our team. We don¡¯t need to think that far ahead just yet. I¡¯m basically just sharing gossip. It¡¯s doesn¡¯t necessarily have anything to do with us.¡±

    Zhou Huoughed. ¡°It¡¯s not easy to say whether we can enter the World Championships this year. If we can¡¯t then we won¡¯t even see them at all. We¡¯ve just established the team, we should first think about the domestic league.¡±

    ¡°This year NSN hasst season¡¯s most powerful sniper, ROD. Although they¡¯re still missing a good medic, overall they¡¯re a pretty strong team.¡± The food was served. While getting some food, Old Qiao said, ¡°There¡¯s no need to mention Saint. They were the domestic league championst year. There¡¯s also Bison. We can¡¯t look down on that team. Their boss¡¯ temperament is nearly the same as Sacred Sword¡¯s. He¡¯ll also buy whoever¡¯s good. They¡¯ve done some integration for this season and they¡¯ve increased their strength considerably. Sigh...The more I look at it, the more I feel like...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t say it.¡± Chen Huo had on a pained expression. ¡°Next, you¡¯re going to say, we should just disband. Stop praising other teams!¡±

    Old Qiao didn¡¯t know whether tough or cry and hurried said, ¡°I won¡¯t say it. I won¡¯t.¡±

    Everyone concentrated on eating and once they had all eaten their fill, Zhou Huo settled the bill. They all piled into the car and headed back to the base.

    On the way back to the base, Zhou Huo said, ¡°Three dayster, on Monday, we will have our first regr season game, um... guess who? One of your old acquaintances.¡±

    Everyone was a little sleepy from eating so much. There came a lot of perfunctory ¡°um, um¡±s but no one guessed. It was Old Qiao who opened his eyes and asked, ¡°Who?¡±

    Zhou Huo let out a ¡®hehe¡¯. ¡°Team Bison.¡±

    Shi Luo opened his eyes and then closed them again.

    ¡°Violent Shu¡¯s been getting along pretty well these past few years. I heard that he¡¯s already the captain.¡± Chen Huo said slowly. ¡°It¡¯s been a long time since Ist saw him. I¡¯m gonna need to teach him how to behave himself once I see him on Monday.¡±

    ¡°Okay, let¡¯s agree right now. If you¡¯re going to fight, do it in the game!¡± Zhou Huo warned them. ¡°Violent Shu¡¯s gotten a lot steadier nowadays. Don¡¯t any of you go stirring up trouble. Puppy, if any of them get up to any little tricks, be sure to tell me.¡±

    Puppy, who has developed a tattletale addiction, found this very interesting. ¡°No problem!¡±

    Shi Luo pouted. He was a lot steadier than Violent Shu.

    ¡°That¡¯s pretty much it.¡± Zhou Huo arranged his work and started happily looking through Weibo. ¡°Today¡¯s live broadcast was good. We made a highlights video on our official blog. You can go check it out.¡±

    Chen Huo and Puppy weren¡¯t very interested and did not go to watch. Sitting alone at the backrow, Shi Luo¡¯s eyebrows twitched. He took out his mobile phone.

    Free¡¯s official blog was something that was made in a hurry. The video¡¯s title was also very direct. <<Whisper¡¯s g Man Teachings>>

    Shi Luo turned on the mobile phone¡¯s video sound to mute and then clicked on the video. The video started with high energy and then it was that conversation between Yu Sui and Wawa.

    Although he¡¯d seen it briefly during Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast, he hadn¡¯t been able to look through it carefully back then. Once Shi Luo had reconfirmed that no one was paying any attention to himself, he pulled back the video bar and re-watched that portion several times over.

    Shi Luo guiltily let out a cough and closed Weibo.

    There was nothing worth seeing.

    When Shi Luo¡¯s mobile phone vibrated. Gu Gan sent several messages to him on WeChat, all of which were pictures.

    Gu Gan didn¡¯t like to chat. It wasn¡¯t at all usual for him to contact Shi Luo. Shi Luo opened it to take a look. They were several screenshots of a chat record.

    After clearly seeing whose chat record it was, Shi Luo gulped.

    [GU]: [Wawa has always been like this. He¡¯s familiar with several skilled strikers and would often look for them to level up together. He doesn¡¯t n it in advance either.]

    [GU]: [He¡¯s a bit scared of me and basically won¡¯t ask me to y with him. He also won¡¯t ask to y with our team striker, Xinran. Because Xinran has a loose tongue and loves to bb him. ]

    [GU]: [It¡¯s only a trifling matter. If Evil can¡¯t apany him, he¡¯ll go look for someone else. No one really takes it very seriously.]

    [Whisper]: [It¡¯s fine.]

    [GU]: [I actually have something to ask you. ]

    [Whisper]: [? ]

    [GU]: [Your milktank y is pretty 6. It¡¯s not as good as Angel Sword¡¯s. Looks like you don¡¯t y it much but it¡¯s still pretty awesome.]

    [GU]: [Was this skill a big move you were hiding?]

    [Whisper]: [...You could say that.]

    [GU]: [Really? ]

    [GU]: [Isn¡¯t it something you¡¯re preparing for the regr season to catch us by surprise?]

    [Whisper]: [...]

    [Whisper]: [You¡¯re thinking too much. My milktank y isn¡¯t good enough to be used in an official game.]

    [GU]: [Can I believe you? ]

    [Whisper]: [You usually shouldn¡¯t believe me when I talk to you about tactics but this time, what I told you is definitely true.]

    [GU]: [Why am I still suspicious? Since you won¡¯t be using it in an official match, then what were you practicing it for?]

    [Whisper]: [I didn¡¯t practice it. ]

    [GU]: [Video link]

    [GU]: [If it isn¡¯t for the matches, what are you ying milktank for?]

    [Whisper]: [In order to coax a child.]

    [GU]: [...]

    [GU]: [Aren¡¯t you afraid I¡¯d take a screenshot of this and send it to Evil?]

    [Whisper]: [I¡¯m afraid, so very afraid. Make sure to not not take a screenshot of it.]

    [Whisper]: [Shi Luo, it¡¯s time to get out of the car.]

    Shi Luo saw thest sentence and flushed. Yu Sui was obviously talking to him through Gu Gan but it was like he was caught peeping and he suddenly looked guiltily ahead.

    They were at the base. The car had already stopped.

    Yu Sui, who was sitting at the very front row, put on his team uniform jacket. Expressionpletely normal, he said, ¡°Stop looking at WeChat and get down.¡±

 Chapter 45

    Chapter 45

    Three dayster, on Team Bison¡¯s home court, Team Bison met the new Team Free.

    Zhou Huo was now ¡°one of their own¡±. He knew that there had been some conflict between them and the Bison Team two years ago, but he didn¡¯t know the details. Zhou Huo was very sensitive to this fact. He warned them repeatedly that under his management of the team, there can be no incident of violence.

    ¡°A new team, a new season, a new aura.¡± On the way to the Bison Team¡¯s home stadium, Zhou Huo tried his hardest to rouse everyone¡¯s enthusiasm. ¡°I¡¯m not asking you to outperform yourselves, but you must disy your strength and let everyone see. Understand?!¡±

    The four inte addicted teenagers, except for Yu Sui, were all immersed in ying with their phones. None of them were roused.

    The only one who wasn¡¯t ying on his phone, had his eyes closed instead, trying to make up for lost sleep.

    Zhou Huo sighed. ¡°Forget it, all of you should already know what you need to do anyway.¡±

    Only Old Qiao was still idle, and Zhou Huo was left with no one to chat with but Old Qiao. ¡°What¡¯s the friction between you guys and Bison exactly? Why¡¯s the rtionship been you two so subtle?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s not called friction.¡± Old Qiao said sadly, ¡°That¡¯s a blood feud. It was something that happened when Violent Shu was still just a brat who yed as a sub. Do you really want to hear it?¡±

    Of course, Zhou Huo wanted to hear about it.

    Old Qiao patted his stomach and slowly narrated the tale. These people had already dismissed this matter from their minds but as Old Qiao began to recount the story, the expression on their faces began to change until they could practicallypete with each other on who had the worst expression on. When Shi Luo heard the part about Yu Sui entering the hospital, the expression on his face had darkenedpletely.

    Zhou Huo looked carefully at everyone and regretfully asked, ¡°Should I...have not asked at this time?¡±

    ¡°Toote now.¡± Chen Huo rubbed his wrist. ¡°It¡¯s been a few years since I¡¯vest seen him. I don¡¯t know if my old friend¡¯s been doing well...¡±

    Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°Won¡¯t you be seeing him in a little bit?¡±

    Zhou Huo made a face palm. ¡°Why am I such a big gossip...¡±

    Half an hourter, they arrived at the venue. There were too many fans on the scene and the driver didn¡¯t dare stop in the midst of them. He drove directly into venue¡¯s underground parking lot.

    Everyone went directly from the underground parking lot to the backstage lounge. Zhou Huo stared intently at Shi Luo and Chen Huo, lest someone take advantage of apse in his attention and go bounding off to Team Bison¡¯s lounge. Fortunately, the waiting time during regr season games was pretty short. After less than an hour of waiting in the lounge, the match started.

    This was the first time Team Free would be participating in an officialpetition, and there wasn¡¯t a single empty seat in the stadium.

    It wasn¡¯t only the fans who were enthusiastically watching this game. As expected, all the other first league teams apart from Team Bison were also paying close attention to this match.

    While testing out their equipment before the game, Chen Huo,ughingly said while testing out his mic, ¡°Guess. Do you think all the other teams are watching the match¡¯s broadcast in their bases?¡±

    Puppy smiled. ¡°I don¡¯t wanna be too shameless but I¡¯m guessing...yeah, they probably all are.¡±

    Chen Huo raised an eyebrow and said, ¡°I don¡¯t know what they¡¯re saying about me, but they should all be cheering for us, right? Aiya, now I¡¯m thinking twice about going all out. I might expose too much of our tactics. Maybe I¡¯m just gonna y this easy.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t be too optimistic.¡± Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°All the teams arepeting for a spot in the yoffs. Why should they cheer for you? And who knows? Maybe Ji Yanhan¡¯s also watching the broadcast. Waiting for us to make a fool of ourselves.¡±

    Once Ji Yanhan was brought up, everyone lost their weariness. Chen Huo was instantly filled with fighting spirit. ¡°Let¡¯s give them a good fight! We have to y our best! For old scores and new grievances!¡±

    Puppy stopped himself fromughing. He sighed, ¡°Shi Luo, I like your way of encouraging your teammates.¡±

    Puppy tested his equipment and leaned against his gaming chair. ¡°Captain, aren¡¯t you going to say a few words? It¡¯s tradition for the captain to issue a three-thousand word manifesto before the first game of the regr season, right?¡±

    Yu Sui moved his mic. ¡°Thanks. There¡¯s not a lot to be said.¡±

    ¡°You should at least go through the motions of it.¡± Puppy looked into the ss soundproof room on the right side of the stadium. ¡°Look at Team Bison over there. Violent Shu looks like he¡¯s pretty fired up. He¡¯s definitely trying to raise his team¡¯s spirits. You should say something too.¡±

    Yu Sui took a light breath and he did things very perfunctorily. ¡°Let¡¯s have a good fight.¡±

    Puppy snorted. ¡°Add a few more sentences! How many years has it been already? You always do a half-assed job of this.¡±

    Yu Sui was helpless. ¡°OK...¡±

    Yu Sui looked at theputer screen and after a moment, he said, ¡°Our team is still too new. The team itself has no results. We¡¯ve just gotten here by ying through the qualifiers. Right now, in the eyes of other clubs in the league, we¡¯re just a disruptor. If we want them to show us some respect, there¡¯s only one way and that¡¯s to win.¡±

    ¡°Up to now, there are still some old FS fans who me us for eliminating FS¡¯ chance to be promoted back. They think we snatched FS¡¯ spot in the league.¡± Yu Sui swept his eyes around the stadium. ¡°We have always used only one way to deal with these nderous rumors. We let our results do the talking.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯ll let the match results show this ce, this season and this entire league that Free belongs here.¡±

    Shi Luo froze and couldn¡¯t help turning to look at Yu Sui.

    Chen Huo murmured. ¡°Whisper is Whisper. Every time, you...¡±

    ¡°Did you get all that?¡± Yu Sui instantly rxed. He adjusted his microphone, and asked, ¡°Later, if you¡¯re going to make our team do a promo vid for the season, you can edit that just now.¡±

    The referee who was monitoring their team chat for the match, said into their team chat. ¡°It¡¯s been recorded.¡±

    Yu Sui felt relieved. ¡°My mission has beenpleted.¡±

    Chen Huo rolled his eyes. ¡°And here I f*cking thought you were really trying to boost our morale.¡±

    After a few words, the referee signaled that the game was about to begin. Everyone settled down and the game began.

    As soon as the countdown for the match finished, the four of them seemed to move as one. They put away their joking expressions and immediately rushed out of their resurrection stone.

    From the four Free Team members¡¯ perspective, Bison¡¯s half of the map was shrouded in dense fog. They couldn¡¯t see anything.

    Chen Huo and Yu Sui, moved together as a unit and quickly went to the two teams¡¯mon boundary on the map. Shi Luo went off alone to secretly clear out a path on the west side of the map. As the sniper, Puppy was the only character with a scope. He temporarily stayed towards the back, using his scope to report on the enemy¡¯s situation and using his shots as the situation calls for it.

    Bison always opens their games with the two strikers and medic rushing to the front line. Whether they would do the same this time was uncertain. Puppy hurriedly reminded, ¡°Chen Huo, quickly clear the fog. There¡¯s a big possibility that there would be three peopleing. I can¡¯t see it clearly over here.¡±

    Chen Huo went to put down the purification dish at the junction of the map. He was a natural bait at this moment. Sure enough, in the middle of the animation of putting down the dish, shots were fired from the dense fog. Yu Sui had been waiting for this moment. Judging the location by gunshots, a dagger suddenly appeared behind the bunker and came striking down. Chen Huo took advantage of this half a second to sessfully put down the purification dish. He got up and opened fire. The two of them worked together to take down one of Bison¡¯s strikers. The head count went to Yu Sui.

    Bison¡¯s other striker was also beaten to half-blood. They quickly backed away and hid behind a bunker. Over by the other side, Puppy said, ¡°Shi Luo, if you don¡¯t leave now, they¡¯re gonna find you. Don¡¯t try to sneak around anymore. Go look for Yu Sui and Chen Huo.¡±

    In order to make the most of their time, since running out of the resurrection stone, Shi Luo hadn¡¯t met up with Yu Sui. Right now, he didn¡¯t have any shield or any sort of stat boosts. He also wasn¡¯t overly greedy. After hearing what Puppy said, he didn¡¯t wait for the next purification dish to be ced sessfully and quickly went to find Yu Sui. ¡°Give me a shield.¡±

    Yu Sui mended his own and Chen Huo¡¯s health and then gave Shi Luo a shield. The three of them hid behind the bunker and quietly waited.

    The rustling of the grass at themon boundary of the map became more and more obvious. Shi Luo and Chen Huo came out of the bunker at the same exact time and opened fire, collecting the head of Bison Team¡¯s other striker.

    ¡°Okay, let¡¯s clear the fog.¡± Puppy was relieved. ¡°Both strikers are gone. They¡¯re not gonna dare show their faces for the next half minute.¡±

    Chen Huo continued to clear the front of the poisonous fog and attract firepower, while Shi Luo returned to the left side of the map to clear the path.

    This was a tactic they used a lot in the past. Taking full advantage of the yers¡¯ excellent skills, one striker and the medic would be used to fight against the opponent¡¯s strikers and medic. While their other striker goes another way to secretly create a small path, cing their opponents in straitened circumstances.

    Bison also has a sniper monitoring the field, and naturally it won¡¯t take long for him to discover Shi Luo¡¯s movements, but as long as Yu Sui and Chen Huo can rain down firepower on the front line, they won¡¯t be able to break off and deal with Shi Luo. Otherwise, it would only take a moment for Yu Sui and Chen Huo to open a breach at the front of the map and directly wipe them out.

    From behind, Puppy kept an eye on the opponents¡¯ movements while covertly letting out some shots. He couldn¡¯t help ridiculing, ¡°I think Violent Shu¡¯s on the verge of mental copse. It¡¯s three of them against two of you. It¡¯s a major embarrassment.¡±

    Violent Shu¡¯s mentality really had copsed. After the three of them gradually began to lose against Yu Sui and Chen Huo, they had one of the strikers, sneakily break away.

    Yu Sui noticed that the footsteps behind the fog didn¡¯t seem quite right. ¡°There seems to be one less person on the opposite side. Shi Luo, be careful of any iing guests.¡±

    While clearing out the poisonous fog by himself, Shi Luo whispered, ¡°I heard you.¡±

    Shi Luo took his time. He didn¡¯t rush. As much as possible, he kept behind the bunker,ying down the purifying dishes. The purified areas ovepped but he didn¡¯t feel distressed about the waste of purifying dishes. He moved steadily and surely; all the while making sure that he didn¡¯t expose his position behind the bunker. Even when the Bison striker approached, he didn¡¯t rush. He immediately held off, keepingpletely still, waiting for the other party to move.

    Shi Luo and the Bison striker kept watch on each other for nearly a minute. It was Bison¡¯s striker who gave in first. He turned sideways to open fire but the moment he did so, Puppy, who¡¯d been staring at him the whole entire time, fired a shot and directly took his head.

    ¡°Nice.¡± Puppy sighed, ¡°Shi Luo, so steady. I was almost stuck in this position.¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t say anything back. It has been twelve minutes since the game started and Free had yet to give up a single head while Bison had already lost five in a row. They basically had no way of turning this game around.

    After twenty-two minutes, Free sessfully won the game.

    The start had gone off very smoothly. Everyone, including Zhou Huo and Old Qiao backstage, breathed out a sigh of relief. For the next match, everyone was a lot more rxed. Shi Luo relied on his superior skills and mastery of them to begin venting his personal spite. Throughout the whole game, he targeted Violent Shu. Chen Huo and Puppy followed along. While saying stuff like ¡°Aiya, this won¡¯t do. Won¡¯t do at all.¡± in the team chat, they were still adding in their own strikes. After the game, the match statistics showed that Violent Shu had died a total of fifteen times.

    In the opener of the regr season, Free won over the Bison team so thoroughly, they couldn¡¯t even get angry over it.

    ¡°Crushed. Completely and utterly crushed.¡±

    On the way back to the base, Zhou Huo breathed a sigh of relief, looking through the post-match data analysis with joy. ¡°Aiya, why are they all praising us like this? Is it really that much of a surprise? Given our team configuration, shouldn¡¯t it be expected that we¡¯d easily be able to press Bison¡¯s faces and rub it against the ground?¡±

    Old Qiao was quick to pour cold water all over his enthusiasm. ¡°Don¡¯t be so pleased with yourself. You can¡¯t really consider Bison as a first rate team.¡±

    ¡°I know, I know. I¡¯m just happy we yed so beautifully in our inaugural fight.¡± Zhou Huo was very pleased and praised Shi Luo in passing. ¡°Evil, you¡¯ve really grown up. To tell you the truth, we had been preparing for the worst today. We already had an emergency public rtions n in ce to counter unexpected incidents that might have happened today. Say, like if you and Violent Shu had gotten into a fistfight backstage...¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo and said, gratified, ¡°Thank goodness, our son Luo is very sensible and didn¡¯t force me to put this n into action.¡±

    Shi Luo was dumbfounded. Everyone was now an adult. How could things possibly dissolve into a fistfight?

    But Shi Luo kind of wanted to know Zhou Huo¡¯s n and asked, ¡°If I really had gotten into a fight with him, what would you have done?¡±

    ¡°What would I have done? You still want to try?¡± Zhou Huo closed the folder and warned coldly, ¡°We would have contacted a feelings mediation talk show and have you and Violent Shu sign up for it. Then we would have handed over the both of you to the recording of the show. You would have been subjected to the passionate mediation of those old uncles. They would have made you cry, shake hands and make peace.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Zhou Huo finished his short rant. Everyone in the nanny car stopped ying with their phones.

    Chen Huo sighed, ¡°The money Yu Sui spent to hire you was not spent in vain.¡±

    ¡°Manager Zhou really is professional.¡± Puppy gasped in amazement and slowly apuded. ¡°Isn¡¯t this a bit too cruel? How much animosity...but I¡¯m unexpectedly looking forward to this thing.¡±

    Old Qiao said quietly. ¡°I am also looking forward to it. It¡¯s kinda embarrassing but what the heck. To tell you the truth, I love watching these kinds of shows. Silver Medal Counselor? Emotional Aid?...They¡¯re actually fun to watch.¡±

    Chen Huo imagined Shi Luo and Violent Shu getting into that kind of program together and eximed in admiration. ¡°The ratings for that show would explode! Everyone in the league would tune in!¡±

    They were nearly dying from holding back theirughter. Only Yu Sui, who practically never watched any TV and also never watched any domestic TV programs, was stillpletely clueless.

    Yu Sui asked, at a loss, ¡°What mediation? What program?¡±

    ¡°Oh, I¡¯ll tell you!¡± Chen Huo was radiant with delight. He exined such and such. ¡°It¡¯s a program where both sides express their own feelings and opinions. Afterwards, they would tearfully recount how they¡¯ve had it so hard these past few years, huhuhu, so on and so forth. They¡¯ll resolve the misunderstandings and then afterwards the TV hosts would begin stirring up their emotions and ask both parties, ¡®are you willing to forgive the other? If so you must walk through that door and give the other a hug.¡¯ Finally, with everyone¡¯s loud blessings, the program will reach its climax and the two parties would cry and hug it out. They will embrace each other and the end.¡±

    Yu Sui was still as confused as before. It was only when Old Qiao exined it once again, that he began to have a vague idea. Yu Sui¡¯s lips moved. He wanted to say something but then hesitated.

    Zhou Huo saw that Yu Sui wanted to ask something and said, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Don¡¯t understand it yet?¡±

    ¡°I understood.¡± Yu Sui looked at Zhou Huo and asked hesitantly, ¡°You...have this kind of contacts?¡±

    Zhou Huo had just been talking sh*t just now. Where would he have this kind of oundish connections? But his college ssmate certainly did have connections in this field of work. He could find some connections if he really needed to. Zhou Huo said uncertainly, ¡°More or less. Why are you asking?¡±

    Old Qiao had been very protective of Shi Luo. Hearing this, he hurriedly said, ¡°Don¡¯t! No, no, no. Jokes are just jokes. Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re really thinking of sending Shi Luo and Violent Shu on this kind of program.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned and looked at Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui broke intoughter. ¡°You think I¡¯m crazy? I was just asking. It¡¯s nothing.¡±

    Everyone resumed ying with their phones. Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and then back at Zhou Huo. After a little hesitation, he still chose to say nothing.

    It was the first time Yu Sui had heard of such a program. After the initial shock, relying on his imagination, he unexpectedly felt that it was actually pretty good.

    Yu Sui felt that this kind of show was just f*cking tailor-made for himself and Shi Luo.

    This was simply the best shortcut to solve their problem!

    Find a contact. He and Shi Luo would go. They¡¯d look for one of these CCTV hosts who were good at rousing emotions and have him mediate between them. Afterwards, for the show¡¯s finale, Shi Luo would tearfully run into his arms. Then, wouldn¡¯t that solve all their problems?

 Chapter 46

    Chapter 46

    After returning to the base, everyone went to wash up. Chen Huo only slept for four hours yesterday. Now all be wanted was to shut up and go to sleep but he couldn¡¯t help grumbling, ¡°When can the league change the rules? Why do you have to wear makeup before you can go on stage? I can¡¯t even tell the difference with or without makeup on.¡±

    Chen Huo wiped his face, rubbed his fingertips, and said disgustedly, ¡°Putting on make-up¡¯s fine but the lousiest thing is having to take it off. It¡¯s so troublesome. If you don¡¯t though, you¡¯re gonna grow pimples. This f*cking...¡±

    ¡°Rules are rules. Why do you have so manyints?¡± Behind him, Old Qiao knocked on Chen Huo¡¯s head. ¡°You think it would look good if everyone got up on there looking like slobs? Under those lights on stage, everyone¡¯s ws would be exposed, alright? Besides, it¡¯s just a bit of powder. Isn¡¯t it fine if you just rub it off when you wash your face?¡±

    ¡°You need to use makeup remover.¡± Chen Huo turned to look at Old Qiao, confused, ¡°Did you always use to take it off by rubbing it off your face? No wonder your looks aged so fast...¡±

    Old Qiao rolled his eyes and pressed down on Chen Huo¡¯s head.

    During match days, their work and rest times weren¡¯t set. Once they returned to base, everyone got free time. If you wanted to take a bath, go take a bath. Rest, if you wanted to. Yu Sui himself went to the training room.

    Yu Sui wasn¡¯t in any hurry to wash his face. He relied on his handsome face and good skin and usually just needed minimal make-up before the games. It was the same before today¡¯s game. He went to the official dressing room and after a quick go around, came out. Straight men wouldn¡¯t be able to tell the difference but his make-up was already done.

    Excused from this troublesome procedure, Yu Sui went to open hisputer. He took advantage of this moment to take a look into his newfound knowledge ¡ª feelings mediation talk shows.

    It sounded pretty powerful.

    Yu Sui was twenty-one this year. Thest time he watched a variety show was Big Pinwheel more than a decade ago. Since entering this line of work, Yu Sui basically had no entertainment life. During his downtime, he usually watched American and British dramas. He knew very little about these weird variety shows. He opened the webpage and did a random search. It took a bit of time to check and after ten minutes he clicked on one that looked like it was produced by some domestic TV station. He put on his headphones and took an earnest look.

    After watching it for three minutes, Yu Sui took off his headphones.

    He rubbed the space between his eyebrows. What was that eyesore he¡¯d just watched?

    Yu Sui was extremely d he hadn¡¯t opened his mouth and said he wanted to join this type of program on their way back to the base just now.

    This was absolute trash.

    This talk show was totally different from what Yu Sui had imagined. Ten or so so-called feelings experts kicked up a racket and the noise they made caused Yu Sui¡¯s ears to hurt. He ced the headphones on his desk, thoroughly abandoning this idea and went to take a shower.

    Ten minutester, Shi Luo, freshly-showered and sporting his own clothes, walked into the training room.

    There were a lot of problems that appeared in today¡¯s game. The only reason Free was able to push around Bison like that was because Bison was too weak a team and because their own personal abilities were too strong. But a careful observation of both games showed that there wasn¡¯t any good cooperation between them. There were even times in the game, where their rhythm broke because of theirck of coordination. This was just the regr season but if this kind of w appeared during a majorpetition, it would allow their opponents to open a breach and turn around the situation.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t ept there would be a problem with the team because of him. He was just about to watch a rey of the game when he passed by Yu Sui¡¯s seat. He unexpectedly found that Yu Sui¡¯sputer was on. Shi Luo titled his head and took a nce. The look on his face gradually froze.

    On Yu Sui¡¯sputer screen, his video yer was opened and the talk show had already reached its climax. The mother-inw and daughter-inw were seated at both ends of the sofa, crying their hearts out, both of them criticizing and ming the other.

    Shi Luo stared nkly at theputer screen.

    Thinking back on their conversation on the way back to base, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

    This...was Yu Sui...really thinking of sending him and Violent Shu to this kind of thing?

    If it were someone else, Shi Luo would never believe such a ridiculous idea. But this was Yu Sui and he had a previous record.

    That time when he¡¯d been shoved into taking the college entrance examinations was a very powerful lesson. Shi Luo firmly believed that when Yu Sui was feeling merciless, he was capable of anything.

    Shi Luo looked in awe at the fast-speaking host on the screen. Trembling with fear, he rounded Yu Sui¡¯s seat and carefully sat at his own desk. In a trance, he opened hisputer and forced himself to watch the game rey.

    After taking a shower, Yu Sui was called downstairs by Old Qiao.

    They did very well on their first game of the season and Old Qiao had especially gone out to get them food to celebrate. After a round of thanks, they all sat down to eat. Because of Yu Sui¡¯s stomach condition, these past few years, he ate slowly. While eating, he would nce at Shi Luo from out the corner of his eyes time and again.

    Yu Sui frowned slightly. He didn¡¯t know if he was just overthinking it but he vaguely felt that Shi Luo was avoiding his gaze.

    Although, up til now, the two of them would quickly look away whenever their eyes met but it was never this bad. Right now, Shi Luo radiated avoidance and rejection.

    If the rtionship between the two could be disyed on a progress bar, Yu Sui felt that right now, they were at least back to the day when Shi Luo moved to the Free base.

    What¡¯s wrong?

    All they did was y a match.

    They won that game without a hitch and they hadn¡¯t gotten into any conflicts during the game. What happened?

    Yu Sui remained calm and collected as he slowly ate and observed Shi Luo¡¯s expression. Soon Shi Luo was full and instead of staying at the table for a while ying with his phone as he usually did, he handed his empty te to the cleaning aunt and immediately headed upstairs. Looks like he didn¡¯t want to stay even a second longer.

    Yu Sui also put down his chopsticks.

    Old Qiao nced at Yu Sui. He swallowed his mouthful of food and said, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? You only took a few bites, why have you stopped eating?¡±

    Yu Sui took a couple of sips of his soup. ¡°Stomach hurts.¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Zhou Huo, sitting on the other side, looked over. He was very sensitive about this matter. ¡°Let¡¯s not waste any more the time! Get your coat and I¡¯ll take you to the hospital.¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s nothing serious, just a little ufortable. A little bit of hot soup and I¡¯ll be fine.¡±

    Puppy looked up. ¡°Are you okay? Do you need to take some of your stomach medicine?¡±

    ¡°No, it¡¯s not serious.¡± Yu Sui shook his head. ¡°Hurry up and eat. We¡¯ll rey today¡¯s game.¡±

    Zhou Huo asked anxiously, ¡°Are you okay? Don¡¯t try to bear with it. You¡¯ve got a lot of things to do the next few days. You can¡¯t drop the ball.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded. ¡°It¡¯s okay, don¡¯t worry.¡±

    Zhou Huo nodded reluctantly, and reminded him, ¡°Both the driver and I have our phones on 24 hours a day. At any time that you don¡¯t feel well, you call us immediately.¡±

    They finished dinner and headed to the meeting room to review the match together.

    Altogether, it took less than an hour for them to finish the two games, but Old Qiao gave a review for three hours. His notes were seven pages long. This was the review of their first game and Zhou Huo joined them. He sleepily followed along for three hours of dry as dust game review. When the review was finally over, he had to sigh again, ¡°In the future, if anyone dares to say that e-sports yers are good-for-nothings who do nothing but y, I¡¯m going to drag them to listen to a game review... Old Qiao, can I ask? Was it really necessary to repeat that two second movement of Chen Huo¡¯s while he ced the purification dish thirty times? Let alone Chen Huo, even I¡¯m gonna vomit from how much I¡¯ve seen it...¡±

    ¡°It was necessary. If he has this kind of problem again next time, he¡¯ll need to review it sixty times then he¡¯s going to have to repeat the standardized movement at least a thousand time to form the muscle memory.¡± Old Qiao gave the notes of each person¡¯s problems to each of them. ¡°It is the most basic micro-maniption training. If you rx during training, problems can easily appear. Your movements won¡¯t be refined enough.¡±

    ¡°Fine.¡± Zhou Huo shook his head and sighed, ¡°I thought this would take half an hour at most. I was gonna say a few words after to boost your morale. But after three hours of listening, even I¡¯ve lost my morale. Everyone has worked hard and I won¡¯t take up any more of your time.¡±

    Everyone got up and turned to head back to the training room. Zhou Huo looked back and said worriedly to Yu Sui, ¡°Whisper, are you sure you¡¯re ok?¡±

    Shi Luo, who¡¯d had his head down looking at his own game notes, suddenly looked up at Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui looked as per usual. ¡°Not bad.¡±

    When Yu Sui said ¡®not bad¡¯, Zhou Huo became even more worried. ¡°What do you mean not bad? You shouldn¡¯t be joking around about your condition. If you really don¡¯t feel well, we should head to the hospital while it¡¯s still not thatte. Don¡¯t wait until it turns serious.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m really okay.¡± Yu Sui refused bluntly. ¡°I¡¯m going to head back and review these notes. I also want to broadcast a bit tonight. Don¡¯t worry about me.¡±

    Zhou Huo was helpless. ¡°Why do you have to be this stubborn? Okay, anyway, we¡¯ve got a car right here. Tell me right away if it turns serious.¡±

    Yu Sui rubbed his stomach with one hand and took the notes that Old Qiao had given him and left the meeting room to head to the training room.

    Shi Luo followed behind Yu Sui, frowning slightly.

    After returning to the training room, everyone looked at their own notes of the game. After reviewing their problems, they began their individual training. Chen Huo formed a team up with their neighboring team¡¯s Angel Sword. Puppy did simtion training on a custom server and sure enough, Yu Sui opened a live broadcast.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t start a live broadcast. He instead went to absent mindedly y single row to level up.

    After taking back his old ount, his ranking had been cleared. These past few years, Shi Luo had be ustomed to leveling up. These days, whenever he was free, he would y single row to raise his rank. Now, he had already gotten back to within the top 100 of the national server.

    After entering the top 100, queueing times were a lot longer. While waiting, he harbored his worries. His phone suddenly beeped with a WeChat message.

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Evil, I¡¯m going to stay at my parents¡¯ house today. I won¡¯t be at the base. Help me keep an eye on Yu Sui. His stomach isn¡¯t feeling very well today and he refused to drink any medicine or see a doctor. I¡¯m worried it might turn serious.]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [I also told Old Qiao, but Old Qiao can be too careless. I can¡¯t stop worrying so help me keep an eye on him.]

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyebrows twisted up. As expected, it was his stomach that was acting up.

    Shi Luo looked up and observed Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression was the same as usual, but from time to time he would stroke his stomach with his left hand. He was also ying a game so he had no hand to spare to take care of himself. Every time, he would stroke his stomach and then quickly go back to tapping on the keyboard.

    Shi Luo replied to Zhou Huo: [I understand.]

    Shi Luo was absently ying, looking at Yu Sui from time to time. It was obvious that he was rubbing his stomach more often.

    But this person seemed to bepletely unaware. After one round ended, he started up another round immediately. There was no break in between. Medics didn¡¯t queue up for very long. He entered a map almost as soon as he clicked for a game. For two whole hours, Yu Sui basically yed without a second¡¯s pause.

    Shi Luo became more and more anxious. Isn¡¯t he even going to go drink a cup of hot water?

    Shi Luo looked at thepletely oblivious Chen Huo and Puppy, and couldn¡¯t help grumbling. Are you two really his close friends? Aren¡¯t either of you going to urge him to take break?

    Shi Luo became more and more upset. After another half an hour, when Shi Luo was at the end of his rope and was about to remind Yu Sui to take a break, Yu Sui himself pushed away his keyboard, adjusted his mic and said, ¡°I¡¯m not feeling so well. I¡¯m gonna stop here.¡±

    Saying so, Yu Sui took off his headphones and left the training room.

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart emptied. Some unpleasant memories poured into his head and he practically instinctively got up to follow.

    Yu Sui went back to his own room.

    Shi Luo stood in front of the training room door, looking in the direction of Yu Sui¡¯s room, hesitating.

    Was he feeling a little unwell so he went to sleep early or was he feeling a lot unwell and he went to vomit?

    Was it serious or not?

    Shi Luo smoked a cigarette in the hallway. He gritted his teeth, went up to Yu Sui¡¯s door and knocked.

    A momentter the door opened. Yu Sui didn¡¯t look like he¡¯d been vomiting. Shi Luo felt a little relieved and then embarrassed. ¡°Nothing, I just...¡±

    Yu Sui quietly looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Just?¡±

    Shi Luo was helpless and whispered in a self-defeated kind of way. ¡°Do you have a stomachache? I saw that you... Kept rubbing your stomach.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t speak.

    Shi Luo hesitated and said stiffly, ¡°Shoud I...get you a cup of hot water?¡±

    Yu Sui was silent for a moment and then nodded. ¡°Okay.¡±

    Shi Luo headed downstairs to get some hot water.

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t locked the door. Shi Luo got the hot water and when he got back, he directly pushed open the door to Yu Sui¡¯s room. Yu Sui was sitting on his bead, head down looking at his phone.

    Shi Luo approached, handed the cup of hot water to Yu Sui and awkwardly said, ¡°Drink.¡±

    It was like a look of helplessness shed across Yu Sui¡¯s eyes, Shi Luo said uncertainly, ¡°Wha-what is it?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡±

    He slowly drank half a cup of hot water. Shi Luo tilted his head, looked at him and asked, ¡°Are you feeling better?¡±

    Yu Sui used his thumb to wipe the water from the corner of his mouth. He nodded. ¡°Yeah.¡±

    Yu Sui raised his eyes to look at Shi Luo. His lips moved.

    Shi Luo saw that Yu Sui seemed like he wanted to say something. ¡°Is...there anything else the matter...?¡±

    Yu Sui lowered his head and mumbled to himself: ¡°... Five hundred yearster and it¡¯s still hot water.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s voice had been too soft, Shi Luo didn¡¯t hear clearly. He raised one eyebrow. ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s something...I¡¯ve wanted to say since two years ago.¡± Yu Sui made as if to speak then stopped. ¡°Shi Luo, even if you find a girlfriend for yourselfter, when your girlfriend is feeling unwell, you can¡¯t just keep giving her a cup of hot water, understand?¡±

    For some inexplicable reason, Shi Luo¡¯s ears turned red once again. ¡°I don¡¯t have a girlfriend yet! Besides, you...what do you mean by saying this?¡±

    ¡°Just some g man teachings.¡± Yu Sui took another sip of hot water. ¡°When someone feels unwell...you should at least help give a massage.¡±

    Massage...massage...

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears werepletely red.

    Shi Luo froze in ce and stuttered: ¡°You...does it really hurt that bad?¡±

    Yu Sui was like this every single time. No matter how severe his stomachache was, he wouldn¡¯t let it show on his face. In those days, even though he was already suffering from gastric bleeding, he could still deal with Ji Yanhan¡¯s garbage as usual. Shi Luo wasn¡¯t sure how Yu Sui was now. He hesitantly said, ¡°Do you really need me to...help massage?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. He wore his usual indifferent expression.

    This face matched with this expression...

    This was what Shi Luo absolutely couldn¡¯t stand against.

    Shi Luo took two steps forward, squatted down halfway, overcautious. ¡°You...¡±

    Without waiting for Shi Luo to figure out what to do, Yu Sui reached out a hand and gently held Shi Luo¡¯s wrist.

    Shi Luo was stunned. He gulped. ¡°Wh-what?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll teach you.¡±

    Yu Sui held Shi Luo¡¯s wrist and pressed his hand against his stomach.

    Shi Luo: ¡°!¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s fingers trembled.

    He was neen years old. A boy at that age where his energy was at its most exuberant. The heat of his palm was a touch higher than others¡¯.

    Yu Sui held Shi Luo¡¯s hand and rubbed it against his stomach. ¡°Like this.¡±

    Shi Luo was stiff from head to foot. He rubbed gently. ¡°Li-...like this?¡±

    Yu Sui silently looked at Shi Luo and nodded.

    Shi Luo¡¯s fingers moved slightly and rubbed a few more times. He said, not quitefortably, ¡°Aside from a massage, is there anything else...?¡±

    Yu Sui asked. ¡°What?¡±

    Shi Luo cleared his throat. He tilted his head and quietly said, ¡°These are g man teachings, right? You have anything else to teach?¡±

    ¡°Oh, aside from this...¡±

    Yu Sui looked longingly at Shi Luo. A bit reluctantly, he moved away Shi Luo¡¯s hand.

    Yu Sui gantly moved back a bit and quietly said, ¡°Aside from this, I was just pretending to have a stomachache.¡±

 Chapter 47

    Chapter 47

    Shi Luo choked and pulled his hand back like he¡¯d suffered an electric shock. He was so ashamed and resentful that he blurted out, ¡°You were pretending and you actually admitted it?!¡±

    Yu Sui adjusted the hem of his T-shirt and said softly, ¡°You were rubbing so earnestly that my conscience couldn¡¯t bear it.¡±

    Shi Luo wanted to say ¡®you still have a conscience?¡¯. But thinking about it carefully, this person was indeed very conscientious. Saying this would be too hurtful. Shi Luo tried to hold back his blush. Gritting his teeth, he said, ¡°That¡¯s so magnanimous of you...¡±

    Shi Luo took a couple steps back and sat down on a cushion on the floor. He took out a cigarette and held it between his lips. He lighted it up and with earspletely red, he said nothing and began to smoke.

    Yu Sui looked silently at Shi Luo. ¡°You were acting strange since we came back from the game. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s the matter with you. So I thought of tricking you intoing out so I can ask you.¡±

    Shi Luo blew out some smoke and frowned, ¡°You couldn¡¯t have just...called me?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and asked in return, ¡°If I had called you, would you havee? Could you have let your guard down...and be honest?¡±

    Shi Luo took a puff and did not answer.

    ¡°Let¡¯s chat.¡± It seemed like thest time this happened between the two of them was two years ago.

    Since their reunion, there have always been other people or other matters between the two of them. But even when they¡¯re alone, they were unable to bepletely calm.

    Yu Sui actually didn¡¯t feel all that sad about how things have changed between them. If he wanted them to go back to those times when there weren¡¯t any unpleasantness between them then that would take time. They¡¯ve been apart for so long. How was it possible to say, ¡®let bygones be bygones¡¯ and let things just pass?

    Misunderstanding can be rified, gross injustices can be wiped clean, but wounds needed to slowly recover.

    Yu Sui carefully observed Shi Luo¡¯s expression. ¡°What did I identally do to make you unhappy?¡±

    ¡°Nothing.¡± Shi Luo sullenly said, ¡°I was just shocked when I saw that feelings mediation talk show on yourputer when we got back. I thought, I thought...¡±

    Yu Sui was at a loss. ¡°Thought what?¡±

    Shi Luo indignantly mumbled, ¡°I thought you really wanted to send me and Violent Shu to that kind of show.¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui tried his hardest to make himself appear like a normal person. ¡°I just haven¡¯t seen this kind of thing before. I was curious. I wanted to take a look. It would be impossible to send you to participate in this kind of thing...¡±

    ¡°Yeah. I figured that after some thought.¡± Shi Luo smoked another cigarette. He said reluctantly, ¡°My brain just short-circuited during dinner. Afterwards, I didn¡¯t think about it anymore.¡±

    Shi Luo looked distrustfully at Yu Sui. ¡°Is your stomach really ok?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s really fine.¡± Yu Sui made his g-ness clear. ¡°It¡¯s not ufortable at all. I was pretending all that time just to trick you into looking for me.¡±

    Shi Luo was so furious that he snatched back the cup of water he had just gotten for Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui reminded him. ¡°But I already drank it.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were ck and bright. He¡¯s already drank it so there¡¯s no way to retaliate?

    Shi Luo took a puff of cigarette. He raised his hand and flicked soot into Yu Sui¡¯s cup.

    This action simply couldn¡¯t be any ruder.

    But when Yu Sui looked at him, Shi Luo obviously had on a flippant and impudent expression touched with a bit of regret that he might have been too rude. The corner of Yu Sui¡¯s lips slightly ticked up.

    He¡¯s still a little brat.

    Yu Sui¡¯s cell phone suddenly rang. Shi Luo frowned. ¡°Zhou Huo? He was the one who asked me to look after you just now. You talk to him. I¡¯m gonna head out.¡±

    Before Shi Luo could get up, Yu Sui shook his head. ¡°Gu Gan.¡±

    Yu Sui pressed the hands-free option.

    ¡°Yu Sui?¡±

    Over the phone, Gu Gan said, ¡°Congrattions to Yu Shen on your first victory.¡±

    ¡°Thanks.¡± Yu Sui raised his eyes and looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Shi Luo¡¯s here with me. Is something the matter?¡±

    Gu Gan¡¯s voice came over the loudspeaker, ¡°Evil, I watched your game today. You yed well.¡±

    Shi Luo said in a muffled voice, ¡°I didn¡¯t really y well. I wasn¡¯t able to cooperate well.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ve just formed a team. That¡¯s normal. Just try to learn to get along slowly. I¡¯ve got something to tell you guys.¡± Over at the other end of the line Gu Gan¡¯s voice dropped a bit deeper. ¡°European Division¡¯s Sacred Sword Team asked us for a practice match.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s eyes met with Shi Luo¡¯s.

    Gu Gan added, ¡°By the way, Sacred Sword scheduled a practice match with Saint yesterday.¡±

    Saint, Angel Sword¡¯s team, the Chinese Division championsst year.

    ¡°Are all the teams in the European division dead? They couldn¡¯t find anyone to practice with so they absolutely had to insist on practicing with the team in our division?¡± Shi Luo narrowed his eyes. ¡°Who won?¡±

    Gu Gan said, ¡°Sacred Sword.¡±

    ¡°They yed three games?¡± Shi Luo frowned and questioned closely, ¡°How many to how many?¡±

    Gu Gan sighed, ¡°Two to zero.¡±

    Shi Luo extinguished the cigarette butt. ¡°F*ck.¡±

    ¡°The details of the practice match can¡¯t be made public. This is the most basic professionalism. It was inconvenient for Saint to tell us more but they contacted our manager today and told him that if Sacred Sword asks for a practice match, we should find a way to politely refuse.¡± Gu Gan paused for a few seconds. ¡°It¡¯s probably because... Although their entire team has been reced, their overall style is still the same. They love to crush their opponents to the point of breaking their spirit. They y a bit dirty...you understand.¡±

    Worried that the two didn¡¯t understand, Gu Gan said it more bluntly, ¡°Even if they crush you in the game, they won¡¯t end the match. They won¡¯t destroy the resurrection stone either. They also love making their medic guard the resurrection stone and having him kill anyone that resurrects.¡±

    Yu Sui said, exasperated, ¡°No need to jog my memory. I remember my sins full well.¡±

    Gu Gan, his straight-man-ness going off the charts, nodded, saying, ¡°Right, that¡¯s what you did to Shi Luo back then.¡±

    Shi Luo felt entirely ill at ease and quietly lit a cigarette.

    Gu Gan said to himself, ¡°I thought that when you guys left Sacred Sword, they would at least need one season to recover. I never thought they¡¯d be able to crush our no. 1 team right after they¡¯d just reorganized.¡±

    ¡°They have nothing they need to recover from.¡± Yu Sui put down the phone between himself and Shi Luo. He said slowly, ¡°Our departure wasn¡¯t sudden. As early as half a year ago, the management of the Sacred Sword Team was already asking me to renew the contract. I never expressed any desire to. Sacred Sword must have been forming a new team half a year ago or even earlier than that.¡±

    ¡°So that¡¯s it...¡± On the other end of the line, Gu Gan sounded lost in thought. ¡°That makes sense. They had ample time. Not to mention, this time they absorbed two teams in one go. They have more than enough yers to choose from.¡±

    Gu Gan added. ¡°Now I understand. Two years ago, I didn¡¯t understand how a European club like theirs could be so clear on the situation of the clubs over here and were even able to immediately contact Ji Yanhan...turns out they¡¯re the kind of club that specializes in buying teams and stripping it down, ah.¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t care about what kind of foul operations Sacred Sword was involved in. He interrupted Gu Gan and questioned closely, ¡°Captain Gu, so after Saint¡¯s manager warned you, what happened? Did you decline their invitation for a practice match?¡±

    Gu Gan said over the phone, ¡°No.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Gu Gan said, ¡°We agreed.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled.

    ¡°Captain Gu, you...¡± Shi Luo gritted his teeth, ¡°... Should I be thanking Sacred Sword in advance for their Mental Copse Gift Package to Wawa?¡±

    ¡°What could we have done otherwise? Reject them?¡± Gu Gan said, ¡°Although NSN doesn¡¯t have any achievements to show in recent years, we¡¯re also an old club that has survived for ten long years. No matter how great the disparity we must face it with our all. They have alreadye right at our doorsteps. How could we possibly reject their invitation because we¡¯re afraid?¡±

    Shi Luo was speechless for a while.

    Yu Sui whispered, ¡°The pride of an old veteran. They can¡¯t refuse.¡±

    ¡°Evil, although you were only with NSN for two months, I still think of you as one of my former teammates.¡± Gu Gan said, voice deep, ¡°Don¡¯t throw away the arrogance of a pro-yer just because you squandered away two years at IAC. We may lose but we may not be afraid. Always remember this.¡±

    ¡°...¡± Shi Luo wanted to defend himself, exin that he was only worried for Wawa, who had weak psychological endurance. If it were himself, of course, he wouldn¡¯t be afraid. But Shi Luo has always been very respectful towards Gu Gan and he didn¡¯t want to talk back. He couldn¡¯t only behave himself and listen to his admonishment. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Captain Gu. I understand.¡±

    Gu Gan was also worthy of ying as a striker. When he attacked, he made sure to gun everything down. He added, ¡°What¡¯s more, you shouldn¡¯t give up on yourself just because you¡¯ve gone to Free, this new team of less than a month, with absolutely no heritage to speak of. You can always treat NSN as your mother team. Remember our NSN¡¯s team training, take our motto as yours. Never say never, remember?¡±

    ¡°...¡± Yu Sui asked hesitantly, ¡°Gu Gan, are you trying to use a crowd taunt? Shi Luo¡¯s mother team should be FS, shouldn¡¯t it?¡±

    ¡°But this ID, Evil, was registered with our team.¡± Gu Gan didn¡¯t even have to think about it. ¡°No matter how you think about it, Evil is a yer who emerged from our team. Back then, when he was at NSN, he dared to stand firm against Sacred Sword, now, he¡¯s actually thinking of running away.¡±

    Shi Luo was intimidated by Gu Gan¡¯s overwhelming sense of moral courage and righteousness. He gave up on trying to exin and reluctantly said, ¡°I-I understand. I won¡¯t...give up on myself.¡±

    Gu Gan was relieved. ¡°Tomorrow, after the match, I will tell you the result. I¡¯ll hang up.¡±

    Gu Gan¡¯s vehement presentation of his views thoroughly diffused the charm that had suffused Yu Sui¡¯s room just now. The two of them looked at each other and then helplessly got up and headed towards the training room to continue practice.

    With a strong enemy eyeing them menacingly, where would they have the time to fix that matter about that stomachache?

    The next day, Zhou Huo returned to the base, taking advantage of everyone having lunch in the dining room, he said, looking mysterious, ¡°Have you all heard that Saint had a practice match with Sacred Sword the day before yesterday?¡±

    ¡°We know.¡± Puppy¡¯s face was calm. ¡°Yu Sui told us, two to zero. Our former boss is rich, our former boss is terrifying, our former boss is scary good.¡±

    ¡°Hey, stop praising them!¡± Zhou Huo said, ¡°Then do you know how miserably they bullied around Saint during the second game?¡±

    Old Qiao frowned. ¡°How would you know this kind of detail? Let me remind you guys now, we don¡¯t y dirty here. Stealing the details of another team¡¯s training matches must never ever be done. Never, no matter when or in whichpetitive region.¡±

    ¡°Rx, would I invite this kind of trouble upon myself?¡± Zhou Huo whispered, ¡°It was Saint¡¯s sniper, Illusion. He was so angry that he let it slip during his live broadcast. Illusion¡¯s not very popr and not a lot of people watch his broadcasts so not a lot of people know. It only spread to a small group.¡±

    Old Qiao breathed out a sigh of relief. ¡°Then borate.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s not much to tell either. Illusion only said a few things.¡±

    ¡°They yed two games. The first was fine, they lost, that¡¯s all. You know, Sacred Sword¡¯s style has always been that the more they win, the more confident they are, and the more confident they are, the better they y. Their performance was even better during the second game. From the very start, they pushed around Saint. Saint never could have imagined that a newly formed team could abuse their championship team that much. Their mentality was a bit unstable. The more they yed, the more they went to pieces. In the end...¡±

    ¡°It seems that Sacred Sword heard that Angel Sword¡¯s the best medic in our region. Oh, the former being...¡± Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui and waved his hand, ¡°So they deliberately targeted Angel Sword. But Angel Sword¡¯s a pure milktank-type medic. He can¡¯t even use his dagger. He was abused but had no way to fight back. He could only endure. They attacked him the entire game. He couldn¡¯t even leave the resurrection stone. Sigh...¡±

    Chen Huo and Angel Sword teamed up just yesterday. He frowned. ¡°F*ck, he¡¯s a good guy! What are they bullying him for?¡±

    ¡°They¡¯re deliberately making people sick with disgust.¡± Zhou Huo spreads his hands. ¡°Thankfully, Angel Sword has a good mentality. He didn¡¯t say anything despite being targeted and abused for an entire game. After the game, he did what had to be done and even took the team to review the game. It was Illusion who couldn¡¯t take it. He refused to do the game review and went off on his own to y single row. Finally, it was Angel Sword by himself, who dragged Illusion to do the game review. He couldn¡¯t help telling this during his live broadcast, that¡¯s how I found out.¡±

    ¡°A small incident of going AWOL.¡± Puppy¡¯s thoughts were starting to drift. The more he heard, the more wistful he became. ¡°Why is their medic so warm and so gentle? Illusion refused to go to the game review and not only was he not beaten for it, Angel Sword even brought him to do a personal game review? What kind of angel is that?¡±

    Yu Sui swallowed his mouthful of food and looked at Puppy. ¡°What were you saying?¡±

    ¡°Nothing, nothing.¡± Puppy gave a forcedugh. ¡°I was so moved I just couldn¡¯t help it. Sigh, Sacred Sword is sick. Everyone knows they bought the yers from two whole teams. What do they think they¡¯re doing crossing over the ocean just to show off?!¡±

    ¡°Throwing down the gauntlet in advance.¡± Zhou Huo shook his head. ¡°They asked NSN for a practice match today. I hope NSN can teach them to have some decency.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded. ¡°Let¡¯s keep our hopes up. NSN¡¯s not some vegetarian. They¡¯ve also added a genius sniper this year. They¡¯re very fierce.¡±

    Shi Luo put down his chopsticks. ¡°I hope so.¡±

    That evening, just after their practice game, Shi Luo received a message.

    [AWA]: [Shi Ge, is it toote for me to change to a striker now?]

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 Chapter 48

    Chapter 48

    Shi Luo had actually been expecting NSN¡¯s loss to Sacred Sword.

    It was true that NSN has changed to a more powerful sniper this year, but Saint¡¯s sniper wasn¡¯t weak either. Comparing the two, NSN didn¡¯t have any exceptional advantage over Saint.

    Last year¡¯s domestic champion Team Saint was defeated 2-0. It was only normal for NSN to be defeated by Sacred Sword.

    Not to mention, Wawa wasn¡¯t as skilled as Angel Sword.

    Shi Luo typed and replied to Wawa.

    [Evil]: [How many times were you cycled?]

    [Awa]: [*Shaking all over*...In the second game, 21 deaths! ]

    [Evil]: [That¡¯s not bad. You still haven¡¯t broken my record. ]

    [Awa]: [Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah I hate it! Why am I not an assassin-type medic! ]

    [Awa]: [If I were like Yu Shen, I could have at least killed them once or twice, instead of just being beaten over and over!]

    Shi Luo typed.

    [Evil]: [No need to study Whisper. His style of y isn¡¯t suitable for you. Your milktank y is pretty good. It just as good as the other medics¡¯.]

    [Awa]: [But milktanks can¡¯t kill!]

    [Awa]: [Shi Ge, do you know how dirty they y?! ]

    [Awa]: [One time we winded up face to face. It was three on three. We staked it all but we still couldn¡¯t beat them. But that¡¯s not the problem!!!]

    [Awa]: [Sacred Sword killed out two strikers and when I was the only one left they didn¡¯t kill me! ! ! Shooting left, shooting right, they deliberately missed and had me run away by myself! ! ! ]

    [Awa]: [Are they teasing a dog? ! ! ! ]

    Shi Luo frowned. He hadn¡¯t encountered Sacred Sword in two years. After their reorganization, Sacred Sword¡¯s style became more and more disgusting.

    What kind of sick joke was that?

    [Evil]: [How many to how many?]

    [Awa]: [......]

    [Awa]: [Same, 2-0. ]

    [Awa]: [I feel like I¡¯m gonna explode from how angry I am, but...I can¡¯t tell you the details. ]

    [Evil]: [I understand. I didn¡¯t want to ask either.]

    [Awa]: [There are only two choices before me now. ]

    [Awa]: [One way is to switch to a striker, sleep on brushwood and taste gall, lie low and bide my time.]

    [Awa]: [The second choice...is to add another hour to my daily training T0T.]

    [Evil]: [Then you¡¯re going to have to make sure you get some rest. Strike the proper bnce between work and rest.]

    [Awa]: [55555...You¡¯re not a good friend. I¡¯m going to go look for Angel Sword Gege to cry.]

    In the training room, Puppy, who had just finished a game, stretched his body. He tilted his head, saw Shi Luo and raised his hand. ¡°Old Qiao, yer Evil is ying on his phone during training time.¡±

    Old Qiao himself was ying on his phone. Without even raising his head, he said, ¡°He¡¯s waiting to enter the game. What¡¯s wrong with messing on your phone in the meantime?¡±

    ¡°He obviously isn¡¯t,¡± Puppy saidzily, ¡°Look at hisputer screen, he hasn¡¯t even queued up.¡±

    Shi Luo looked up, expressionless. ¡°NSN has finished their practice match.¡±

    Old Qiao hurriedly put his phone aside and said anxiously, ¡°How¡¯d it go?¡±

    Except for Yu Sui, who was still ying a game, all the others in the training room turned to look. Yu Sui took off the headset and ced it on the table but he kept his eyes trained on theputer screen.

    Shi Luo put down his phone, ¡°Same, two to zero. Wawa is considering switching to a striker.¡±

    ¡°What is with NSN¡¯s Feng Shui?¡± Chen Huo was distressed. ¡°Are they going to have another medic beaten into retiring? Why is my NSN always short of medics?¡±

    Puppy slowly shook his head and sighed, ¡°NSN can¡¯t have another medic turned striker. Advise Wawa not to seek his own death. It was already a miracle that you were able to do that back then. It won¡¯t do for Wawa to try it too.¡±

    Old Qiao knocked Puppy on the head, ¡°Wawa is just kicking up a fuss. How could he possibly suddenly change jobs? If he changes jobs, where would Gu Gan look for another first line medic?¡±

    They were all expecting this result and so it didn¡¯t rattle them much. But after listening to Shi Luo talk about the details of how dirty Sacred Sword yed, they couldn¡¯t help but curse.

    ¡°What a bunch of sh*t,ing over here and throwing their weight around!¡± Chen Huo became angrier and angrier. He pped the table with a ¡®bam¡¯. ¡°I¡¯m curious, did a hundred medics go disco dancing over our old boss¡¯ ancestral tombs? Howe they¡¯re so malicious towards medics? F*ck it. Pure nanny medics are humanity¡¯s angels, alright? I spend all day going about begging other teams¡¯ medics to team up with me. Whenever they agree to y with me, I sometimes find myself unable to curse out loud. These people really are...¡±

    Puppy coolly said, ¡°They obviously take pleasure in humiliating medics. Except for our medic who licks blood off his de, all the other medics are so easy to bully. Moreover, they have no need to worry that those medics would retaliate. They can y however they want. Sacred Sword¡¯s substitute sniper substituted for me before. There was a time when he yed in a match and the way he yed got me confused. The opponent only had the medic left. Do you know how he toyed with that medic?¡±

    Puppy mimicked taking a shot, ¡°He took that medic to practice his marksmanship. While ying, he¡¯d say, ¡®left hand, right hand, left leg, right leg¡¯... And shoot each part.¡±

    Old Qiao waspletely disgusted, ¡°F*cking piece of sh*t.¡±

    ¡°We can¡¯tmit suicide in this game. yers in officialpetitions can¡¯t voluntarily withdraw. The opponent¡¯s medic could also resign to being toyed with as he was shot repeatedly.¡± Puppy shrugged. ¡°By the way, I think our Evil deserves some praise regarding this. Lately, we¡¯ve been ying together and I found out...that once we¡¯ve established dominance in a match, if thest yer on the other team¡¯s a medic, he stops shooting and waits for the medic to withdraw on his own.¡±

    Chen Huo looked at Shi Luo in surprise, ¡°Really? I always thought that only Yu Sui was like this. He doesn¡¯t kill yers of the same job. What¡¯s your reason?¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes and nced at a certain someone who was still ying the game. He looked down and fiddled with his phone, offering no exnation.

    Refusing to kill the medic when they¡¯ve already proved their dominance of the match was something Shi Luo had picked up from Yu Sui two years ago.

    At the time, Shi Luo had asked Yu Sui a very simr question. Yu Sui tried to shake him off with a perfunctory answer, saying he wouldn¡¯t bully someone with the same job as his. Later, when Shi Luo kept pestering him, he finally said that he was unwilling to kill a medic who couldn¡¯t even use a dagger.

    Yu Sui was extremely ruthless when ying the game but he was not interested in unteral ughter.

    Haven¡¯t yers who¡¯ve reached the high level matches had their fill of killing already? What was one or two kills off a medic?

    This was indeed Yu Sui¡¯s usual practice as well. However, after he went to Sacred Sword, he broke this rule with Shi Luo. Afterward, it gave rise to a series of mishaps and ever since then it became something both of them were unwilling to mention.

    ¡°Have you heard?¡± Zhou Huo pushed open the door to the training room. He came in and pulled out a chair to sit down. He sighed, ¡°Sacred Sword beat NSN two to zero again.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded, ¡°Wava told Shi Luo. He was cursing out Sacred Sword.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at several people, a cautious look in his eyes, ¡°Just a casual question, what are our chances of winning against Sacred Sword?¡±

    After a moment of silence, Old Qiao said, ¡°50-50.¡±

    ¡°Only half?¡± Zhou Huo was speechless, ¡°How...conservative an estimate is this?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not. The current Sacred Sword is the cream of the crop from three teams. What¡¯s more, you can tell from how they yed against those two teams. They simply crushed them. You know they¡¯re strong. I was already giving us some free points by saying we¡¯ve got a 50-50 chance against them.¡± Old Qiao was not optimistic. ¡°Not to mention, that we¡¯re still trying to get smoothen out our team y.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m under a lot of pressure right now.¡± Zhou Huo looked at his mobile phone with a bitter face, ¡°I¡¯m worried, worried that the manager for Sacred Sword¡¯s gonna contact me any second now.¡±

    Old Qiao¡¯s expression turned a bit strange, ¡°Are they... really picking through our division one by one?¡±

    ¡°Right now, it looks like it.¡± Zhou Huo said, ¡°The first wasst season¡¯s champion, Saint, the second wasst season¡¯s runner-up, NSN. Who do you think is going to be the third one?¡±

    ording to the previous season¡¯s ranking of the domestic teams, the next one would be IAC. Of course, no one knows whether Sacred Sword was actually doing it in that order. It was also uncertain whether they would be eyeing Free next.

    Zhou Huo was exhausted physically and mentally, ¡°There¡¯s really no need for them to give our team that honor. We¡¯re just a newly established team after all.¡±

    Puppy looked at Zhou Huo and said slowly, ¡°Uh...although it¡¯s not good to say this, but just a little question. What happens if we refuse their invite for a training match?¡±

    ¡°Nothing good.¡± Zhou Huo looked at his mobile phone with a horrified expression, ¡°We¡¯d be getting off easy if all they did was mock us on Twitter for a month. I guess we should be d they can¡¯t use Weibo.¡±

    ¡°Why are you afraid of them?¡± Chen Huo looked at Zhou Huo and Puppy in confusion, ¡°Let¡¯s fight! Let¡¯s beat these f*ckers! Why shouldn¡¯t we fight? Are you afraid of them? If we win, we win. If we lose, we lose. In any case, our medic¡¯s tough. What wind and waves hasn¡¯t Yu Sui weathered through that he can¡¯t suffer this setback?¡±

    Puppy looked at Chen Huo like he was an idiot. ¡°If we lose, we lose? Have you ever thought that if we lose too, it means that our entire region has been run through by their team? Let me ask you, who else in our region can stand up to Sacred Sword?¡±

    Chen Huo was dazed for a couple of seconds. After some thought, he said, ¡°Uh...it seems like there isn¡¯t anyone.¡±

    Chen Huo was quick to take back what he said. He cleared his throat and said to Zhou Huo, ¡°Tell them we can¡¯t possibly bring ourselves to fight against our old boss so we can¡¯t ept their invite for a match.¡±

    Zhou Huo sighed, ¡°Saint and NSN¡¯s managers have contacted me. They¡¯re also suggesting that I should try to refuse them if I can. I think so too. Although, this has got me a bit rmed, fortunately, I¡¯m pretty thick-skinned.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Old Qiao, ¡°What do you think?¡±

    Old Qiao was silent for a moment and shook his head, ¡°I can¡¯t agree to epting or refusing them so I can¡¯t offer any opinions on this.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo, ¡°Evil?¡±

    Shi Luo had one foot on his gaming chair. He spun a lighter with his fingertips. Pursing his lips and shaking his head, he said, ¡°Same, noment.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui, ¡°Whisper? Are you finished? What¡¯s your opinion on this?¡±

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t finished his game yet. He kept his eyes trained on the screen and said, ¡°My opinion?¡±

    Yu Sui quickly ended the game and pushed the keyboard in. He said, ¡°I think we should y.¡±

    Chen Huo gave a hollowugh. ¡°You don¡¯t have to say it that strongly. If we lose, it¡¯s your face they¡¯re gonna walk all over the most. They told you before that you definitely wouldn¡¯t be able to win the championship if you return to the domestic league. If you lose to them now, wouldn¡¯t it just prove that they hit the nail on the head?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t care about winning or losing. That¡¯s not the problem here.¡± Yu Sui tapped lightly on his keyboard, ¡°I just want to have a try against their new starters.¡±

    Zhou Huo was dumbfounded, ¡°Why would you need to do that? It¡¯s good enough that you know how powerful they are. They¡¯ve already carried off two teams. You can already tell how powerful they are.¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head lightly, ¡°If I don¡¯t fight them myself, then I can¡¯t grasp the details clearly.¡±

    ¡°If you want to know, just look at the videos of their regr season games.¡± Zhou Huo raised his chin and said, ¡°You can just look for it on the inte.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not the same.¡± Old Qiao, to the side, exin in a deep voice, ¡°There are a lot of details that can only be grasped if the yer themselves y. There¡¯s no sense in watching a match from a bird¡¯s-eye point of view.¡±

    Zhou Huo blurted out, ¡°Then go ask Saint and NSN!¡±

    The other five people in the room all turned to look at Zhou Huo at the same time. Zhou Huo paused, and said helplessly, ¡°I don¡¯t understand. We can do it secretly, no one will find out anyway. What does it matter if we watch the video of their practice matches? Sacred Sword abused them so much, they¡¯d probably be fine showing us the videos so that we can get revenge for them, right?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s a matter of principle. Even a team as disgusting as Sacred Sword wouldn¡¯t steal a look at another team¡¯s practice videos, let along Saint and NSN.¡± Chen Huo curled his lip, ¡°This would be exposing the team¡¯s tactics. Us professional yers still have a bit of a bottom line.¡±

    Zhou Huo said embarrassedly, ¡°Okay, then... then there isn¡¯t actually any need to schedule a practice match just to suss out their situation, right?¡±

    Yu Sui said calmly, ¡°If you don¡¯t schedule a practice match with them early on, the next time we meet them might already be at the World Championshippetition. Of course, assuming we can enter the World Championships. Then? When we get there, are we going to kowtow because we met a strong opponent?¡±

    Zhou Huo remained undecided. While everyone was in a deadlock, Zhou Huo¡¯s phone lighted up.

    Zhou Huo tremblingly unlocked the phone. He nced at it and pped his forehead. He groaned out, ¡°Sacred Sowrd¡¯s here...¡±

    ¡°Time to make a decision.¡± Zhou Huo said helplessly, ¡°fight or not? I¡¯ll reply to them now.¡±

    Yu Sui has already expressed his position. Old Qiao still refused to give an opinion either way. Puppy and Zhou Huo suggested not to fight. Chen Huo said that if their medic didn¡¯t care, then he didn¡¯t f*cking care either. Zhou Huo ced hisst hope onto Shi Luo. He said pitifully, ¡°Evil, now the number of votes is two to two. You¡¯re the deciding vote! You don¡¯t really want to fight, right?¡±

    Shi Luo hesitated slightly, before he could speak, Yu Sui, to the side, suddenly coughed.

    Zhou Huo was overly anxious and said angrily, ¡°What are you? Some middle schooler?! Sending out secret signals?¡±

    Shi Luo nced at Yu Sui. He pursed his lips and said, ¡°y.¡±

    Zhou Huo was disheartened and reluctantly replied to Sacred Sword¡¯s manager.

    Yu Sui picked up his headphones and put them, continuing to y. After a while, his phone buzzed. He picked up the phone and ¡ª

    [Evil]: [I helped you out with that vote... Will you... y a few games with me during your live broadcast tonight? ]

    [Evil]: [Not as an assassin-type medic, but... As a milktank. ]

    [Evil]: [...OK? ]

    Yu Sui turned his head to look in Shi Luo¡¯s direction. Shi Luo was staring out the window, looking ill at ease.

    Yu Sui took in a light breath. This felt a bit familiar.

    Was little Shi Luo acting spoiled with him?

 Chapter 49

    Chapter 49

    [Report! ! ! Whisper and Evil have teamed up a-a-a-a-a-a-a-again! ! ! Counting that car ident, this is the third time, right?]

    [Report! Whisper is ying as a milktank a-a-a-a-again!!!]

    [This pair of former enemies in Team Free is really reconciled already, right? Although they still don¡¯tmunicate much during their team-ups, the very fact that they can team up means that they¡¯ve already broken the ice, right?]

    [There¡¯s certainly nomunication. It definitely can¡¯t bepletely the same as before. It¡¯s understandable. After all, they¡¯ve gone through so many bad things.]

    [It¡¯s good enough that they were able to break the ice. Otherwise, how can they y together as teammates? I am satisfied. Go for it this season, Team Free! Just go for it! ! !]

    [I am not satisfied. I can¡¯t ept this! Ji Yanhan, you f*cker, return my twin stars to me! ! !]

    [To those new fans who say that they¡¯re already satisfied, I suggest you watch Shi Shen¡¯s videos from when he was still doing live broadcasts from an inte caf¨¦ to learn of their history. Once you see how these two were back then, then you¡¯d understanding why everyone isn¡¯t satisfied.]

    [Don¡¯t mention the past anymore...]

    [Don¡¯t mention the past anymore +1, these are all old wounds.]

    [Don¡¯t mention the past anymore +3. During the live broadcast today, Whisper wanted to replenish Evil¡¯s blood. Evil probably felt that he had only lost a little blood and that it didn¡¯t need replenishing so he went charging on ahead. Whisper¡¯s healing was interrupted several times until he had no choice but to open his mic and call ¡®Shi Luo¡¯. I swear I¡¯m going deaf, I thought he called him ¡®Luo Luo¡¯. Damn it! It seems that ever since he transferred from FS and changed his ID, no one ever calls him ¡®Luo Luo¡¯ anymore.]

    [My Luo Luo, ah f*ck...]

    [Kill me. Let¡¯s just forget about it...]

    At noon, Zhou Huo used his mobile phone to scan the forums. He was having mixed emotions.

    The rtionship between Yu Sui and Shi Luo has recently ceased to be hostile. Everything was going as he expected. Zhou Huo was very satisfied. But whenever he thought about the practice match with Sacred Sword that afternoon, he couldn¡¯t bring himself to be happy.

    Sacred Sword really loved messing with people¡¯s heads.

    Speaking of, Shi Luo was a mentally-tough yer. Back then, he refused to keep holding on to Sacred Sword¡¯s ¡®great gift for newbies¡¯ and directly switched jobs. If they lose today¡¯s game once again, these yers probably wouldn¡¯t go so far as to change jobs, but they would definitely take a hit to their morale.

    The morale of a team has always been a very mysterious thing. In a strange way, it was like a kind of luck. When morale was high, the team could outperform themselves, almost rendering them invincible. But once it was thwarted, it was like the entire team was possessed. Losses would follow one after the other.

    Having won their first match of the regr season, Zhou Huo thought that this was a good sign and that they would be able to go about things steadily and smoothly, winning match after match. He never expected that at this time, those bunch of devils would appear to ruin his teams¡¯ good Feng Shui.

    ¡°You¡¯re thinking too much.¡± Old Qiao too got up early. While eating, he said, ¡°You think a winning streak¡¯s a good thing? All teams who stumbled in thepetition had winning streaks early in the season. Yu Sui¡¯s got the right idea. Losing now is better than being caught off guard when we encounter them in the future.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Old Qiao,pletely vexed. ¡°Isn¡¯t their usual training difficult enough? Why do you all insist on giving yourselves lessons in frustration?¡±

    ¡°Adjusting one¡¯s mentality after a loss is also one of the lessons and it¡¯spulsory for all yers.¡± Old Qiao said nonchntly. ¡°It ismonly known as the ability to resist stress. This ability is also very fascinating. It¡¯s an ability that can be eroded over time and needs continuous strengthening. You don¡¯t understand.¡±

    ¡°Fine. I can¡¯t control you guys anyway.¡± Zhou Huo said helplessly, looking at the time. ¡°I¡¯ll go to pull up the custom server. When they wake up, ask them to go to the training room after they¡¯ve had something to eat.¡±

    At three in the afternoon, all four of Free¡¯s yers logged into the custom server on time.

    The game officials provided all the teams in the first and secondary leagues custom servers specifically for the yers¡¯ training. This kind of dedicated server is separated from the main server, so ordinary yers and other teams wouldn¡¯t be privy to the details of their practice matches.

    Inwardly, Zhou Huo said to himself, ¡®Good thing the league was these safety measure in ce. Otherwise, news of Sacred Sword trampling all over their region¡¯s champion and runner up team would be all over the inte by now.¡¯

    After confirming that there were no problems with any of their yers, Zhou Huo notified Sacred Sword. Both sides clicked on ¡®enter¡¯ at the same time and directly entered the map.

    ¡°To be honest, my dear brothers.¡± Chen Huo pulled over his mouse and adjusted the sounds, ¡°I regret it a bit. Why did I vote to fight this f*cking team? After they teach me a lesson, do you think our former boss will send out a tweet to celebrate? He¡¯ll say, ¡®fortunately, I didn¡¯t waste any money to keep this weak-ass sh*t.¡¯

    ¡°It¡¯s very likely.¡± Puppy exercised his wrists. ¡°He¡¯ll probably throw me in there as well. After watching the results of the game, our former boss will breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, I didn¡¯t renew those two utter trash.¡±

    Yu Sui adjusted the microphone. ¡°At the same time, this new team of our former boss will have so much confidence. After the match, they¡¯ll think, ¡®If these lousy dipsh*ts can win the championship, what more us?¡¯

    Zhou Huo, who was monitoring the team voice chat, couldn¡¯t help but copse. He said, ¡°We haven¡¯t even yed yet! What are you doing psyching out your own teammates?!¡±

    ¡°Tactics, I¡¯m talking sh*t about myself.¡± Chen Huo cleared his throat, ¡°Don¡¯t you understand? I¡¯m feeding them poisoned milk, trying to get us some emotional points, y¡¯know.¡±

    Zhou Huo was fast losing his temper with this group of people. He was about to praise Shi Luo when Shi Luo also began to adjust his own mic. ¡°After beating us two to zero, he¡¯ll probably tweet me to ask which job I¡¯m going to switch to next. Sniper?¡±

    Zhou Huo shut himself up. He gritted his teeth and said to himself, ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have worried about them mentally copsing...¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s no problem with the sounds.¡± Yu Sui said in a low voice. ¡°Let¡¯s start.¡±

    The practice game officially began.

    Although Sacred Sword had undergone a huge reorganization, most of the coaches have remained the same and so their main tactics were still the same. During the early stages, they prioritized lying low, attacking was secondary. They would lie in wait until their opponents lose their cool. Once the game started, none of the yers from Sacred Sword approached their mutual boundary on the map. Inside the dense poisonous fog, neither their shadows could be seen, nor their footsteps heard.

    ¡°They like to y a defensive game.¡± As the other striker, Chen Huo had to take it upon himself to exin the situation to Shi Luo. This was also one of the reasons Yu Sui insisted on ying this practice match. Chen Huo quickly said, ¡°They¡¯ll let you clear the fog. Their two strikers and their medic will band together and lie behind the bunker, waiting for the sniper to report our positions. Generally, they¡¯ll wait until you¡¯ve set down at least three purification dishes and then they¡¯lle when the poisonous fog is no longer so even. They¡¯ll try to draw you into their map and then use the uneven distribution of the fog to make you lose your footing.¡±

    The poisonous fog on Sacred Sword¡¯s side of the map won¡¯t harm them, nor would it obstruct their sight. But it was apletely different matter for Free. If Free was greedy and rushed to clear out their poisonous fog first, they would be operating within the limit of their enemy¡¯s field of vision.

    Limited visibility was the least of their problems. They still had to be very careful not to touch the enemy¡¯s fog. Based on the game mechanics, triggering the poisonous fog would result in instant death.

    ¡°So, we¡¯ll have to bear with it first.¡± Chen Huo took the lead in hiding behind the bunker. ¡°To be honest, we¡¯re not strong enough to just walk all over them. So we¡¯ll have to endure in the early stages and not rush over there. After half a minute, if they haven¡¯t moved, we¡¯ll let Whisper go out there and be bait.¡±

    Yu Sui used this time to set them up with the basic photon shield. 30 seconds after Chen Huo finished speaking, he walked out of the bunker and moved forward. Because of the dense fog, their opponents on the other side could not tell which yer wasing. Once Yu Sui leaned over, his silhouette was no different from that of a striker setting down a purification dish. As expected, their opponents directly opened fire.

    The sound of the gunshots instantly exposed the positions of the Sacred Sword yers. Moving at the same exact moment, Shi Luo and Chen Huo returned fire. Both sides engaged in an exchange of shots. Shi Luo killed the opponent¡¯s striker while Yu Sui was beaten to half-blood. Yu Sui¡¯s maneuverability skills were the best among these yers. Enduring his half-blood state, Yu Sui quickly pulled back and hid behind the bunker.

    ¡°Amazing.¡±

    Chen Huo was cursing while quickly reloading. ¡°Of course, we¡¯re amazing.¡±

    ¡°I meant they¡¯re amazing.¡± Puppy murmured behind them, ¡°Would you believe it? From start to finish, I didn¡¯t see even a sliver of their clothes. They¡¯ve already determined my position in advance and made sure that I wouldn¡¯t be able to tell their positions. Just now, that kill that you got was purely coincidence.¡±

    Chen Huo wasn¡¯t won over but he had no choice by to admit it.

    During that firefight just now, the only reason Yu Sui didn¡¯t die was because of his extremely skilled y. When he retreated, he immediately gave himself an injection of health. Consequently, he had a little bit more blood and their opponent died instead of him.

    After giving up a head, their opponents didn¡¯t daree charging. Shi Luo and Chen Huo waited for Yu Sui to recover and then they began clearing out the fog. From time to time, they would be eliminated by the sniper. Puppy also tried his best to cover their rear, however because they were out in the open when clearing the fog, he was always a little disadvantaged all through out. After the first round of clearing the fog, although Free had one more head than the other team, they used more than double the economy their opponents used.

    Yu Sui narrowed his eyes slightly. It was only six minutes into this practice match and the hidden danger has already appeared. They were straining their economy because of their heavy use.

    Sacred Sword wasn¡¯t the type of team to fight quickly to end the match. Moreover, they were nning to drag out this fight. Yu Sui had the vague feeling that the other team wanted to drain them of ammunitions and provisions.

    It was indeed as Yu Sui expected.

    When the match reached the 30 minute mark, Free had already cleared out arger area of the map, but they used way too much of their economy. Sacred Sword¡¯s y during this match was absolutely wretched. When they meet face to face, if Free gets one of their yers, they rest will immediately flee. Even when they can save their teammate, they won¡¯t. They¡¯ll just let Free have the kill. Because of the many kills Free got, they were able to upgrade their equipment. And along with the upgrade in their equipment, their economy was inevitably consumed. Even if they wanted to rely on their upgraded equipment to grind over their opponents, it wasn¡¯t as though their opponents were unskilled. When their opponents came to contend with them, they weren¡¯t able topletely hold out.

    Forty-two minutes into the game, Free¡¯s economy was basically exhausted and the victors of this match could already be determined.

    Zhou Huo didn¡¯t even dare blink during these forty-some minutes. The more he watched, the more anxious he got. Seeing the conclusion, he heaved a sigh.

    They¡¯re gonna be cycled through the resurrection stone again.

    Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui anxiously. He knew that Yu Sui¡¯s ability to withstand pressure was extremely strong and getting killed a dozen times was no big deal for him but it would still inevitably be difficult to bear.

    Just because he could resist that pressure doesn¡¯t mean he should be subjected to it.

    The practice match hadn¡¯t ended yet. Zhou Huo didn¡¯t dare to say a word let alone try to talk sense into everyone now. He didn¡¯t dare say that it was just a practice match, that Sacred Sword was really strong both in their yers¡¯ personal ability as well as overall control of the situation and that there was no shame in losing to them.

    What sense was there in saying these nd and ineffective words?

    Didn¡¯t Saint understand this too? Didn¡¯t NSN?

    Especially for NSN. They knew that Saint had been defeated. Gu Gan knew that that they would undoubtedly lose this practice match but he still epted it without hesitation.

    Didn¡¯t Wawa know that he was inferior to Angel Sword? But despite knowing that he would be humiliated, he still epted Gu Gan¡¯s arrangement without any objections. He was ughtered by Sacred Sword twenty-one times and climbed up twenty-one times.

    Old Qiao looked at the game interface, shook his head and said in a low voice, ¡°The domestic region has gone through a path of blood and bones.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s righteous ardor was suddenly ignited. He cursed and shouted obscenities. ¡°Fuck it! If they want to keep cycling us through the resurrection stone, then let them! We¡¯re not f*cking afraid!¡±

    Before Zhou Huo could finish speaking, in the game interface, Yu Sui, Puppy and Chen Huo, starting from Yu Sui, all clicked the option to surrender.

    Zhou Huo choked abruptly. A cough emerged from his muffled throat.

    In the game, Shi Luo, who had used up hisst bullet, was dazed for a half a second then quickly surrendered as well.

    But because Shi Luo was a stepte, the opponent still managed to take his head.

    Chen Huo quickly clicked his mouse and taking pleasure in other people¡¯s misfortune, ¡°Hehehe, those who surrenderte, get killed.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s menacing stare swept over to Chen Huo. Chen Huo quickly shut his mouth.

    ¡°Cough, cough, cough...¡± Zhou Huo was out of breath and looked at them in shock. ¡°What happened to going through a path of blood and bones? Aren¡¯t you supposed to give it your all no matter how great the disparity?!!!¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression was calm. ¡°Why waste time on a match that¡¯s already a certain loss? Click on ready. Let¡¯s start the next match.¡±

    Zhou Huo was so angry that he sat down to cool his head. He shouldn¡¯t have worried about this team full of viins!

 Chapter 50

    Chapter 50

    Old Qiao was eager to record all the problems that had just been exposed. He didn¡¯t have time to talk much, and he urged them, ¡°Quick, you guys talk about your problems first.¡±

    Puppy rotated his wrist a bit. ¡°I can see the most clearly in the back so let me go first. I waspletely suppressed by the opponent¡¯s sniper just now. We¡¯re both snipers and we¡¯re both shooting from covert positions. But the other yer¡¯s obviously wilier than I am. He can always find my position, but I always lose his. I also keep losing the other opponents¡¯ positions. That¡¯s my problem.¡±

    Chen Huo was the most annoyed by these introspection exercises. He said, a bit irritably, ¡°I still haven¡¯t shaken off the rhythm of ying against Bison. My y was too unrestrained. I was prone to making mistakes. In this extreme kind of game, a mistake in the early stage bes a hidden danger. There¡¯s too many hidden dangers in this game and I wasn¡¯t able to handle them in theter stages...¡±

    Old Qiao noted it down quickly. ¡°Next person.¡±

    Yu Sui tidied up the wire of his mouse. ¡°I made no mistakes.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded, ¡°Indeed.¡±

    Chen Huo gave Yu Sui a jealous look, and Puppy said sourly, ¡°Damn, so angry.¡±

    Old Qiao looked up at Shi Luo. ¡°Evil? Did you make any mistakes?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Shi Luo said with a cold expression on his face, ¡°I didn¡¯t click ¡®surrender¡¯ fast enough.¡±

    Chen Huo and Puppy chuckled. Old Qiao said helplessly, ¡°Okay, you guys calm down, adjust your emotions and prepare for the next game. I¡¯ll look at the record of your game just now.¡±

    Old Qiao flipped through the notes he had made during practice match and shook his head. He lowered his voice and said to Zhou Huo, ¡°It couldn¡¯t be helped. The other team is too familiar with the way we y.¡±

    ¡°They have two years worth of practice videos on three of our four yers. Not to mention, those coaches in Sacred Sword. There is no one more familiar with their situation than those coaches. Our opponents definitely came here prepared. Our yer¡¯s moves, the way they think, even their minute positioning and maneuvering habits, they know it like that back of their hands.¡± Old Qiao immersed himself in taking down notes quickly. ¡°The other team also understands that our yers, including Shi Luo, are basically full frontal attackers, used to crushing the enemy team. If you can quickly resolve a game by steamrolling your opponents, that¡¯s fine. But if you can¡¯t?¡±

    Zhou Huo seldom ys FOG and even when he does, he¡¯s a low-level yer who often gets abused. Right now, he could do nothing to help the other out. He could only help Old Qiao take down notes. With a slight frown, Zhou Huo asked, ¡°So, what do you normally do to get out of this?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s fine to y like this when they enemy¡¯s weaker. But once they meet someone strong, things can easily turn difficult. That¡¯s because they can¡¯t push forward quickly enough.¡± Old Qiao said, ¡°The more you advance, the more economy you consume. Buying shields consumes economy. Buying bullets consumes economy. Buying injections, bandages...everything consumes economy. For one game, the entire team only has 10,000 worth of economy in total. Once it¡¯s gone, it¡¯s gone. They yed too fiercely during the early stages. They kept fighting, fighting, fighting and buying, buying, buying. At the same time, the opposing team kept avoiding and running away. They would rather lose a head or lose a bit more of their map than too spend their economy. To put it simply...¡±

    Old Qiao looked up at Zhou Huo. ¡°In the early stages, they were hoarding money while ying gueri tactics, lying low and taking a beating. They were waiting until we used up our money. Once our economy was drained, we couldn¡¯t buy any bullets and all our firearms turned into lumps of useless metal and we became nothing but meat targets.¡±

    Zhou Huo understood a bit better. ¡°By the time we got to theter stages...even the cleverest housewife can¡¯t cook a meal without rice.¡±

    Old Qiao pulled over and put on the headset. He opened the mic and spoke into the team chat, ¡°You wouldn¡¯t be able to see it unless you¡¯re looking at it from the bird¡¯s eye point of view, during that match just now, Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy was always more than yours. A lot more than yours. It¡¯s clearly intentional. They were targeting Chen Huo and Shi Luo¡¯s tendency to hotly pursue and fiercely attack. The other team was always carefully calcting and budgeting their economy. You must find a way to respond. Either you y fiercer and finish up this match as soon as possible or you slow down your rhythm and economize as well. I suggest thetter.¡±

    The game was about to start and Old Qiao rushed to say into the mic. ¡°Don¡¯t be too wasteful. Chen Huo, how many bullets did you use from your cartridge when you exchanged fire in the shrubbery just then? One bullet is 10 gold. Didn¡¯t you use the economy to buy that?¡±

    Chen Huo knew that he had wasted too much just now. He nodded, ¡°My bad.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t go up, don¡¯t go crazy when you fight one-on-one. Shi Luo also has this problem. When they fight carefully, you have to fight even more carefully. You have to be careful of any useless consumption. Of course, this shouldn¡¯t scare you off from taking action either.¡± The second training match has already begun, and Old Qiao could no longer say anything. He rushed out to urge them, ¡°Keep a level head and do your best.¡±

    The second practice match began.

    ¡°I won¡¯t focus on taking any shots for now. I¡¯ll keep an eye on their positions for you. Let¡¯s slow down our y.¡± Puppy said, ¡°We¡¯ll have to skimp and save for now. The two strikers, don¡¯t feel too pressured.¡±

    Yu Sui started the game by mending their condition. He said, ¡°There¡¯s no need to feel pressured. I won¡¯t be consuming anything from the public economy for this match.¡±

    Shi Luo was startled and couldn¡¯t help but raise his head to look in the direction where Yu Sui was.

    ¡°F*ck.¡± Chen Huo had on a dull expression. ¡°What the hell? You¡¯re going to have us take you along, huh? You¡¯re not gonna use the public economy? You think your own one thousand economy is enough?! You¡¯re a medic. If you don¡¯t use the public economy to buy yourself a three sided shield, then what? You¡¯re going to rely on your shitty defense to kill the enemy?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, just focus on your own y.¡± Yu Sui sounded the same as usual, ¡°This time I will leave the entire public economy to the two strikers. You two can y as you normally do. I want to give this a try.¡±

    Puppy was dumbfounded: ¡°...Whisper, you¡¯re really ying to the limit.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t say a word. After patching up everyone¡¯s condition, he didn¡¯t even spend to buy an initial shield for himself. At the start of the game, he only spent a little of his personal economy for his teammates. The only thing he spent for himself was the dagger worth 50 points of the economy.

    Yu Sui said, ¡°It¡¯s started.¡±

    The same opening. Their opponents performed the same routine.

    Sacred sword did the same things; avoiding them and refusing toe out during the start. Whenever they fought, as soon as they had one casualty, they would still run, abandoning their teammates. They still hoarded their economy like an old housewife defending her property to the death.

    But in this game, Yu Sui didn¡¯t use even a single point from the public economy. By the twenty-fifth minute of the game, Free¡¯s remaining overall economy was only a little over a hundred less than Sacred Sword¡¯s.

    However, this specific value was not disyed in the game. Free and Sacred Sword were unaware of their opponent¡¯s remaining economy. Only Old Qiao and Zhou Huo who are watching the OB interface could see it.

    ¡°We can do it! We can do it this time!¡± Zhou Huo lowered his voice and said excitedly, pushing Old Qiao, ¡°We¡¯ve spent only a hundred or so more than the other team. It¡¯s almost level! We might win this one.¡±

    Old Qiao shook his head slowly: ¡°It¡¯s hard to say. It¡¯s not more than the other teams¡¯. When your skill level¡¯s about the same and your economy is level, it¡¯s hard to say who¡¯ll win and who¡¯ll lose...¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at both teams¡¯ remaining economy. ¡°Isn¡¯t this an advantage? We¡¯ve cleared out more of their map!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s no use clearing out the enemy territory fog. As long as their reincarnation stone isn¡¯t broken and their yers are still alive, the team with more economy will have better chances of winningter on.¡± Old Qiao frowned tightly. ¡°And Whisper still hasn¡¯t taken any from the public economy. In theter stages, the economy might be further reduced. It¡¯s hard to say.¡±

    Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t understand the direction the game was going. He could only look at the remaining economy of the two teams, he hesitated, ¡°Let¡¯s see...how they¡¯ll y next.¡±

    Thirty minutes into the game, the two sides became more and more gridlocked. Each confrontation was a battle of precision, exact to two-decimal ces. Both sides have made up their minds to simply make the other consume their way to death. No one dared to rx. Even Chen Huo, this violent striker, has changed his y to be even more meticulous. He would never fire two shots if he could just fire one. If the bulletnded on the ground and could still be used, he would pick it back up. He would even charge to an opponent¡¯s corpse and dig out the bullets.

    Shi Luo was able to skimp even more. He was originally an assassin-type medic who studied under Yu Sui. The little Whisper of before was also a master of daggers. When confronted with the other team, he would chose not to use his gun so as not to use a single bullet. He directly used the dagger to take down the enemy.

    The game continued to the forty-five minute mark.

    From the OB interface, Free¡¯s remaining economy was 738. Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy was 890.

    ¡°There¡¯s not a lot of difference. Not a lot.¡± Zhou Huoforted Old Qiao in a low voice, ¡°It¡¯s less than two hundred. It¡¯ll be fine if we just save a bit more.¡±

    Old Qiao shook his head: ¡°It¡¯s useless. The longer this goes on, the more they¡¯ll use.¡±

    ¡°But there¡¯s no need to be depressed.¡± Old Qiao¡¯s expression didn¡¯t look too good, but he could still bring up his spirits tofort Zhou Huo. ¡°Yu Sui is obviously doing an experiment, wanting to see if he can break this match without consuming any of the public economy at all. We¡¯ll soon have the results of the experiment. Just a little bit more. We only need to get the conclusion of this match. That is very valuable.¡±

    Disappointment shed in Zhou Huo¡¯s eyes. The match was about to end. Zhou Huo didn¡¯t dare let his mood affect the yers. He smiled and said, ¡°That¡¯s right. Right, right. Our original purpose was just to have a try at this. Know yourself, know your enemy and all that. We¡¯ve already achieved our purpose. This is already fine. There¡¯s nothing we need to mind about.¡±

    Zhou Huo inwardly sighed. Was it possible not to mind?

    If Free were to be shut out by Sacred Sword as well, given Sacred Sword¡¯s base personality, was it truly possible that they wouldn¡¯t make this matter public?

    Sacred Sword¡¯s official Twitter was usually very active and lively. They loved to post taunts. But when they beat both Saint and NSN before, they hadn¡¯t posted any ridicule on their Twitter. Zhou Huo was afraid they were only waiting for today¡¯s practice match before doing so.

    He was afraid that they would immediately publicize it in a while, that they had sessivelyid low the three teams the fans were most hopeful about in the domestic region. If this information was disseminated, all the fans would probably spray their three teams to death.

    Zhou Huo secretly wiped away his cold sweat. He picked up his mobile phone, ready to contact Free¡¯s staff to have them prepare in advance; prepare to be sted by these yer.

    ¡°They......¡±

    Old Qiao stared at the OB interface and slowly said, ¡°What are they doing?¡±

    Zhou Huo put down his phone and looked nkly at the disy. ¡°How far have they gotten? Are they about to cycle our yers already? Hey? They¡¯re not surrendering? Why are they all holding their daggers? Are they nning on fighting the other team with those daggers? How could they possible y like that?¡±

    Zhou Huoughed. ¡°Why are these people suddenly so firm and unyielding? Go ahead, surrender already. Don¡¯t let Sacred Sword throw their weight around.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Old Qiao called his attention, ¡°Look at the remaining economy on both sides.¡±

    Zhou Huo took a closer look and was stunned.

    Free¡¯s remaining economy: 527.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy: 684.

    Zhou Huo was rendered speechless from surprise. ¡°They still have money left? Why don¡¯t they buy bullets and shields?¡±

    Old Qiao¡¯s eyes brightened a little bit. ¡°This game isn¡¯t done yet...¡±

    Zhou Huo chocked. ¡°Oh yes, Sacred Sword can¡¯t see our remaining economy! These idiots think we have no money left again!!!¡±

    In the game interface, the four Free yers didn¡¯t fire a single shot and began to fight hand-to-hand with the other team. As one can well imagine, no matter how sharp their y, with just cold steel, it was impossible to win against their enemies. A breach was quickly opened on Free¡¯s map. Free¡¯s yers looked as though they were putting up a desperate struggle. They¡¯d be killed and resurrected. After being resurrected, they would strive their best to stem Sacred Sword¡¯s advance. When facing off against Sacred Sword, they would then fall once again.

    However, these game values that were invisible in the game but visible on the OB interface began to pulse frantically. Zhou Huo was practically lying on top of the monitor, watching intently as Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy sharply declined.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy: 534.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy: 364.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy: 204.

    When Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy reached 100, they slowed down a bit. They no longer ughtered like crazy, wasting their bullets. They began to gather together to clear out what remained of the poisonous fog near Free¡¯s resurrection stone.

    In the game, Yu Sui¡¯s character had died 15 times. The medic¡¯s white doctor¡¯s uniform waspletely soaked in blood. Yu Sui swept his eyes over Free¡¯s remaining economy. He said lightly, ¡°It¡¯s our turn.¡±

    Yu Sui immediately bought four luxurious three-sided shields for everyone on the team. Shi Luo and Chen Huo bought two cartridges of bullets each. Puppy then cleaned out the remaining economy and gave himself an ultra-upgraded gun.

    Sacred Sword, who proceeded boldly and with absolutely confidence,y down the purification dishes and waited for the fog to clear. When the fog dispersed, Free¡¯s four yers were already locked and loaded.

    The four members of Sacred Sword were momentarily stunned.

    Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°Go f*ck yourselves.¡±

    The four attacked at the same time.

    The Sacred Sword¡¯s economy was officially exhausted and they could only use daggers to resist. yer¡¯s who¡¯ve known nothing but to rely on guns simply can¡¯t match up to how Yu Sui used his dagger. Yu Sui said nothing. It was like he was chopping melons and cutting vegetables.

    It was like Shi Luo was bearing a grudge from thest round when they surrendered but didn¡¯t take him along with them. He locked on to Sacred Sword¡¯s striker who killed during thatst second during the previous game. While killing him, he muttered, ¡°Is it fun to take the head of someone who¡¯s already surrendered? Is it fun? Is it fun?...¡±

    Chen Huo had no idea whether that unlucky striker of Sacred Sword¡¯s was having fun or not, but he himself was very happy. Living frugally for an entire game, now that he was finally able to wantonly open fire, he couldn¡¯t be any happier. Chen Huo was like a human tank. Without rhyme or reason, he directly infiltrated Sacred Sword¡¯s map and opened fire with his eyes closed.

    Old Qiao, who was staring at the OB interface, wished he could go up and fire a couple of shots himself. He couldn¡¯t help but make an exception, opening the mic during the practice match and egging them on, ¡°Cycle! Send them cycling through the resurrection stone for me!¡±

    Free didn¡¯t cycle them though. After realizing that they¡¯d been tricked by Free, not even five minutes after, Sacred Sword realized that they had no hope of turning things around and directly surrendered.

    Zhou Huo happily pped the table. ¡°So cool!!!¡±

    1-1, it was a draw. They took off their headphones. Chen Huo snorted, ¡°Acting all cocky. Who do you think you¡¯re scaring?!¡±

    They clicked to continue on, waiting for the third match.

    The third round didn¡¯t start. On Sacred Sword¡¯s side, they hadn¡¯t clicked to continue.

    ¡°Oh.¡± Zhou Huo nced at his phone after waiting for a while. He rolled his eyes, ¡°Sacred Sword¡¯s manager sent me a message saying that there¡¯s a power outage at their base. What a coincidence.¡±

    Team Free was taken aback and then couldn¡¯t help butugh.

    Old Qiao cursed and then felt a bit regretful. ¡°I wanted to do a 1-to-2eback and then post it on Weibo.¡±

    ¡°You can still post about them not letting us get a 1-to-2eback.¡± Zhou Huo waspletely disgusted by their opponent. He said mystifyingly, ¡°You¡¯d be a saint if you didn¡¯t try to get revenge. I¡¯ll use the official Weibo to make a post, ¡°During our practice match with European Division¡¯s Sacred Sword Team, they suddenly had a very timely power outage after we won the match and made aeback. We sympathize with Sacred Sword and light a candle for them. May Sacred Sword never again suffer a power outage when they¡¯re at a disadvantage!!!¡±

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¨C>>>>

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    I just wanted to share something I learned recently. Remember in Chapter 27, when Yu Sui was getting ¡®straight-guy¡¯ vibes from shi Luo because Shi Luo kept giving him hot water? Well, now I understand that reference!

    Offering someone a hot drink, specifically hot water, is seem as a straight guy thing in China following a post enumerating the top things girlfriends hate hearing from their boyfriends. ¡°Drink some hot water (and you¡¯ll feel better).¡± was one of them.

    Consider the following scenario:

    Girlfriend: Oooohhh, I have my period today. My stomach is cramping up. It hurts so bad.

    Boyfriend: Have some hot water and you¡¯ll feel better.

    It basically became a sort of standard reply and it began to sound super insincere, something just to get their girlfriends to stopining so it got linked to being a very ¡®straight-guy¡¯ thing to say.

    Sorry, I only found out about it now. orz

 Chapter 51

    Chapter 51

    Since the establishment of Team Free, Zhou Huo has been very conservative in managing the external image of the team. Aside from unyieldingly rifying the rumors of Yu Sui¡¯s selling off his teammates at the beginning of the team¡¯s establishment, he was usually so low-key, he couldn¡¯t be any more low-key. After winning their first game of the regr season against Bisonst week, he didn¡¯t say much. He only posted a temted message on Weibo exining the results of the game;pletely average, mediocre and ordinary.

    Low-key was humble but not without character.

    ¡°This really is the first time I¡¯ve ever seen a team set up a practice match and once they see they couldn¡¯t win im a power outage cut theirwork connection.¡± Zhou Huo was at the end of his patience as he edited his Weibo post. ¡°Weren¡¯t they just afraid that if they lost the next match it would affect their yers¡¯ mentality? F*ck! After they sent medics from two teams in our region cycling through the resurrection stone?! Didn¡¯t they think that would affect those people¡¯s mentalities? What the hell!¡±

    ¡°Do they really regard our region as pushovers? They haven¡¯t even won the championship yet and they already couldn¡¯t wait their turn,ing here to step on people¡¯s faces.¡± Even Old Qiao, who has never liked inviting trouble said, ¡°Post it, post it. Is only their mentality valuable? Others¡¯ are worthless?¡±

    ¡°Exactly!¡± Chen Huo was indignant. ¡°Although I don¡¯t like teaming up with Wawa very much, I say it as it is and he¡¯s not a bad kid. After being abused by them like that, I don¡¯t even know if he¡¯s managed to recover yet.¡±

    ¡°Not yet.¡± Shi Luo held his mobile phone in one hand and slowly swiped through his circle of friends. He said in a low voice, ¡°He¡¯s been abused into a confused daze.¡±

    Chen Huo looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Why do you say that? How is he?¡±

    Shi Luo looked down at Wawa¡¯s friends only posts. He read without a trace of emotion, ¡°After waking up at noon, I took a very long shower, letting the water of the Yangtze River wash over my body as best as possible. But Sacred Sword¡¯s stink doesn¡¯t seem to wash away from my body. I still feel so dirty, so dirty. Crying emoji, crying emoji, crying emoji.¡±

    Chen Huo sighed, ¡°Look, just take a look at that. Sigh. I feel sorry for my baby.¡±

    Puppy shook his head. ¡°Such evil people... His ability to withstand pressure definitely isn¡¯t strong enough. But Shi Luo, I have a question that I¡¯m really curious about and I can¡¯t help but want to interview the victim.¡±

    Shi Luo looked up at Puppy.

    Puppy¡¯s face was full of curiosity and desire to learn. ¡°Are we too shameless, or are you too rigid? Will you medics die if you try to be more flexible? In that kind of game, you know you can¡¯t turn the situation around, you know the opposing team has malicious intentions, so you guys should just surrender.¡±

    ¡°Yeah!¡± Chen Huo said thoughtlessly. He let go and said, ¡°In that first game, if you had just kept up with our hand speed and was as quick as we were to surrender then you wouldn¡¯t have lost one more head. Sigh...¡±

    Shi Luo nced at Chen Huo, and a momentter said, ¡°The stubbornness of youth.¡±

    To the side, Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo.

    After speaking, Shi Luo shook his head and quickly changed the subject. ¡°Let¡¯s do the game review.¡±

    ¡°Alright&#k2026;I won¡¯t bicker over this. I¡¯ll do the game review too.¡± Chen Huo sighed, ¡°Among the renowned medics in our region, only our team¡¯s Whisper hasn¡¯t been done in yet. In order to protect our most amazing Yu Shen, we¡¯ll have to train and train.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t even look up and said lightly, ¡°Do I even have use for your protection? Who was it that forced me to y to the limit today to save his fool dog¡¯s life?¡±

    Chen Huo smiled guiltily and went to watch the game rey by himself.

    Old Qiao nodded and said, ¡°I¡¯ll have to watch these two practice game videos a couple of times before I can conduct a game review. Else, I might not be able to catch all the problems in one go. You can look at the video recording and focus on your own situation first. To be honest, even if we really yed that third game, our chances of winning weren¡¯t all that big. There are still a lot of problems. The strong enemy is out, so pay attention.¡±

    ¡°Yes, we have to make the best use of our time. You have a regr season game against Ten Thousand Mountains tomorrow. It¡¯s a home game for Ten Thousand Mountains.¡± Zhou Huo felt much more refreshed after he scolded Sacred Sword on Weibo. He pped his hands and said, ¡°We have to fly to Chongqing in the morning so go to bed early tonight.¡±

    Ten Thousand Mountains was one of the few teams whose bases weren¡¯t in Shanghai. Their base was in Chongqing. Because the match tomorrow afternoon would be yed in their home court, Free would need to arrive in Chongqing at noon to report at thepetition venue. They were in for an early start tomorrow.

    ¡°Okay...¡± Puppy had a headache at the thought of getting up early tomorrow. He went back to reviewing the game with a bitter expression.

    Old Qiao photocopied his notes from the practice matches and handed them to everyone. He then went to the next door meeting room to review the game. The yers busied themselves reviewing tape or ying the game.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s approach ying against Free today was very obvious. They used Free¡¯s aggressive style to y with their economy, seeing who would spend their money first. In the second game, Yu Sui already did his best, but without the use of that clever scheme, they still used more of their economy than Sacred Sword did. Yu Sui logged onto the custom server to do economic deductions. It took two hours and afterwards, he marked down the peak economic consumption points and saved them as a file.

    Yu Sui rubbed his eyes, got up and left the training room.

    On the small terrace on the second floor of the base, Shi Luo was lying against the railing, smoking.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo from a distance, and remembered when Puppy asked Shi Luo just now why he didn¡¯t surrender immediately. Shi Luo said that it was the stubbornness of youth.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo¡¯s back. Just then, there was a moment when Yu Sui suspected that Shi Luo had deliberately said those words, alluding to their past.

    Shi Luo never liked mentioning the past, but Yu Sui has recently had a vague realization that as long as he was present, Shi Luo wouldn¡¯t be so avoidant about it.

    It wasn¡¯t that Yu Sui was sensitive. As early as two years ago, when ites to making his heart ache, Shi Luo was never one to disappoint.

    But thinking this way was unavoidably too malicious. It was obviously himself who had killed Shi Luo so many times back then.

    Yu Sui sneered at himself. It was obviously he whomitted the crime, and now he dared to suspect others of deliberately unearthing old matters.

    Shi Luo sensed someone behind him and turned around to see Yu Sui.

    The two looked at each other for a second. Yu Sui didn¡¯t try to avoid it and simply walked over to the terrace.

    For some reason Shi Luo was reluctant to face Yu Sui. He avoided looking at him by lowering his head and fiddling with the thorns of the cactus on the terrace. He had nothing he wanted to talk about but tried to find something to fill the awkward silence, ¡°I...didn¡¯t y very well today.¡±

    Shi Luo lowered his head and said to himself, ¡°Although Chen Huo unavoidably makes mistakes, he can keep up. I still can¡¯t fully integrate into the team¡¯s overall rhythm. But this is something that can only be broken in gradually. I already talked to Puppy. After our match with Ten Thousand Mountains we¡¯ll start teaming up, try to work on our cooperation as much as possible, then...¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s words went in Yu Sui¡¯s left ear and out through his right. Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and was almost certain. What Shi Luo said just then was said for him to hear.

    What¡¯s more, he regretted saying it.

    That¡¯s why he was so embarrassed now, trying his best to avoid talking about it.

    Yu Sui acquiesced that right now, Shi Luo was trying to keep the peace by changing the subject. Inwardly, he warned himself to ept this kindness. He mustn¡¯t cause trouble for himself by mentioning past matters.

    Right now, everything was proceeding smoothly. Sometimes, it was necessary to feign ignorance. Not to mention, everything that happened then had been his fault. Bringing it up and rehashing the matter was of absolutely no benefit to himself.

    ¡°Then I should also practice a lot with Chen Huo.¡± Shi Luo was practically just talking to himself out loud. ¡°Then, I¡¯ll try as much as possible to fix this problem of going out of sync with your three before the payoffs. Of course, that¡¯s assuming we¡¯re able to enter the yoffs, but this problem shouldn¡¯t be that bad...¡±

    Yu Sui watched Shi Luo trying his best to find a graceful exit from this awkward situation. Inwardly, Yu Sui said to himself, ¡®to fuck with keeping the peace¡¯.

    ¡°Shi Luo.¡± Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, ¡°During that practice match two years ago, when I killed you so many times, why didn¡¯t you surrender?¡±

    Yu Sui frowned slightly, ¡°The stubbornness of youth...what did you mean by that?¡±

    Shi Luo pursed his lips tightly and stopped talking.

    ¡°I originally...¡± Yu Sui paused, ¡°I originally thought that you and Gu Gan were the same, stubborn to the point of obstinacy and would rather break than bend. But you also surrendered in that first game just now.¡±

    Shi Luo put out his cigarette. He continued to tug the thorns of the cactus. After a while, he whispered. ¡°... I did that on purpose.¡±

    ¡°At first, I wanted you to recognize that it was me, so I kept at it and kept at it. Although I changed my usual military uniform skin and changed my ID, I felt that you would definitely recognize me. Shi Luo looked down at the cactus, ¡°After all, I was the medic you personally taught. We were teammates for a few months. I didn¡¯t believe you wouldn¡¯t recognize me.¡±

    Shi Luo paused and continued, ¡°Unexpectedly, you really didn¡¯t recognize me. Right?¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to lie to Shi Luo and didn¡¯t feel inclined to exin how bad his state was at that time. He simply admitted it, ¡°Yes, I didn¡¯t recognize you at all.¡±

    ¡°I realized that. So Ipeted with myself at first. I kept getting up, thinking that if I could just go two meters forward. I had to make it in front of your character to let you take a good look at who it was. I wanted you to recognize me.¡± Shi Luo stubbornly said, ¡°But you cut me down until I couldn¡¯t move. At that time, I waspeting with myself as well as with you. I couldn¡¯t understand. How could you not recognize even me?¡±

    Shi Luoughed at himself: ¡°F*ck, it was so unreasonable.¡±

    ¡°But I quickly stopped being unreasonable. If you couldn¡¯t recognize me then you couldn¡¯t recognize me. By the twentieth time that you killed me, I had already epted that fact. But I still kept getting up, letting you kill me.¡±

    ¡°Twenty times still wasn¡¯t enough. I let you kill me a few more times.¡± Shi Luo raised his head and looked at Yu Sui, his ck eyes looked the same as they were two years ago, ¡°If I didn¡¯t die so many times, when you find outter that Evil was actually me, it wouldn¡¯t hurt as much.¡±

    ¡°I did it on purpose.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s how messed up I am.¡±

    ¡°I told you about how my cousin¡¯s family schemed against me. I made you me yourself about inadvertently helping them in their n. I did that on purpose.¡±

    ¡°I let you know how unreliable my dad is, and told you that I would continue being an anchor if you didn¡¯t let me y professionally. I did that on purpose.¡±

    ¡°I told you about how my mother abandoned me and showed me not the least bit of concern for so many years. I did that on purpose too.¡±

    ¡°You have too many friends around you. You¡¯re so powerful and too busy every day. It would be the same to you whether I was in your life or not... Back then I was such an idiot and I was too inexperienced. I couldn¡¯t think of any other way to attract your attention, to get you to care about me.¡±

    ¡°Of course, this method might not work very well.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, his eyes were clearly provocative, but the redness around its rim ruined that effect. ¡°Yu Sui, did I seed?¡±

    Shi Luo asked, ¡°Did you feel distressed when you were in Germany and you found out that I was Evil?¡±

    ¡°I...¡± Yu Sui took a deep breath, his voice a little hoarse, ¡°After I went to Germany, I only had a stomach problem once.¡±

    ¡°It was on that day I found out your new ID.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes trembled slightly. After a while, he whispered, ¡°Then I won, huh.¡±

    Shi Luo cleared his throat and tried to calm himself down, ¡°When Puppy asked me that today, I fell back onto old habits and said that. I was using that method to try to get your attention once again. Don¡¯t worry, I know I¡¯m not a child anymore. Later, I¡¯ll try my best to pay attention and not...¡±

    ¡°No need to change. Just do as you want. You haven¡¯t done anything wrong.¡± Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, ¡°I¡¯ve already epted this.¡±

    ¡°I have since two years ago.¡±

 Chapter 52

    Chapter 52:

    Yu Sui tried his best to restrain himself and warned himself not to ruin the care and preparation he¡¯d been doing these past few days on a moment of impulse.

    Yu Sui leaned against the balcony railing with both hands. Dropping an indirect hint, he said, ¡°And... Shi Luo, I¡¯m not the kind of straight man who doesn¡¯t know when I¡¯m being made the subject of some scheme.¡±

    Being a veteran in this industry, the number of times people have attempted to seduce or entice Yu Sui wasn¡¯t exactly few. Back then, Yu Sui rushed to the top of the industry as soon as he made his debut, not to mention inte celebrity anchors, he even normally ran into small time entertainment celebrities. The entertainment circle was shallow. There was nock of minor celebrities who relied on this somewhat good looks to chat and flirt with a star yer to either rub off on their poprity or to make a quick buck. Since entering the industry, Yu Sui has been affixed with the dazzling ¡°rich¡±bel. He had the face and the reputation. Naturally, there were quite a lot of people who saw him as a target for easy profit.

    Expressly confessed to, secretly seduce, Yu Sui had seen it all from when he was in his teens to now.

    It wasn¡¯t that Yu Sui had absolutely no clue about Shi Luo¡¯s little asional schemes.

    Yu Sui never thought of those as scheming.

    When people he didn¡¯t like schemed, those were scheming.

    When the person he liked schemed, that was called acting spoiled.

    Even if this spoiled act was a tad bit intense, consequently earning him stomach trouble andnding him in the hospital for an overnight stay.

    But Yu Sui himself was a willing party in all this.

    Shi Luo hadn¡¯t yet recovered from when Yu Sui said, ¡°After I went to Germany, I only had a stomach problem once.¡± He looked at Yu Sui and said guardedly, ¡°You... don¡¯t you think I¡¯m being unreasonable?¡±

    The wind on the terrace was a bit strong, and Yu Sui held down the team uniform jacket he had on. He shook his head. ¡°I told you. I¡¯ve already epted this.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips moved.

    He wanted to ask Yu Sui whether he¡¯d let himself fall for anyone¡¯s repeated disaster-courting traps or if he¡¯d only do so for Shi Luo¡¯s disaster-courting traps.

    But just now, telling Yu Sui that he¡¯d deliberately thrown away his life in order to tell him the real situation had already exhausted up all his courage for the day.

    All the replies he¡¯d gotten from Yu Sui so far have been so gentle. He said that he had fallen ill after knowing that Evil was Shi Luo himself and he said that he had been distressed.

    Yu Sui hardly ever lies. Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to hear something simr to ¡°I didn¡¯t recognize you at all¡± that could pierce his heart, nor did he want to destroy the rare tenderness that was between him and Yu Sui at this moment.

    Shi Luo lit a cigarette. This was enough.

    If Shi Luo didn¡¯t ask, there was nothing to regret. This was answer he¡¯d finally gotten.

    Not long after the two returned to the training room from the terrace, Old Qiao called everyone to the conference room to start the game review. The contents of their match against Sacred Sword could truly make one feel unwell. Fortunately, Zhou Huo was very good at maneuvering everyone¡¯s emotions. In the middle of the review, he used the projector to show them thements posted on Free¡¯s official Weibo. Thements under Zhou Huo¡¯s impassioned post insulting Sacred Sword had already surpassed 10,000ments. From beginning to end, the fans all insulted Sacred Sword. After reading the first 100 topments, they resumed the review.

    Everyone dug into dinner as they did the game review. It was ten o¡¯ clock in the evening by the time they finished. Old Qiao said, ¡°I¡¯llpile all the things you need to pay attention to and send them to you separatelyter. There are also things you need to personally pay attention to. Remember to take a look at it.¡±

    Zhou Huo sleepily stayed with them til the end of the review. Seeing that it was finally done, he hurriedly told them, ¡°Ok. Tomorrow, we¡¯re flying to Chongqing. We¡¯ll wrap up things here for today. Go and hurry to sleep.¡±

    ¡°You don¡¯t really need to sleep if you¡¯re not tired.¡± Old Qiao refuted. ¡°You can start a live broadcast or whatever.¡±

    Without waiting for Zhou Huo to speak, Puppy said helplessly, ¡°I really can¡¯t sleep right now. If you force me to go to bed, I¡¯m just gonna y on my phone. It¡¯s not as though we can change our biological clock in just a single day, right?¡±

    ¡°All right...¡± Zhou Huo said helplessly, ¡°Just don¡¯t stay up toote. Let¡¯s agree now. When you¡¯re called tomorrow to wake up, don¡¯tin orze around in bed, okay?¡±

    None of them returned to the dormitory. They all went to the training room.

    After their one-to-one match with Sacred Sword today, an rm sounded in everyone¡¯s hearts. They would joke around but they stifled a sigh in their hearts. None of them were willing to dy their training time too much.

    ¡°Come on,e on. Agreed. Let¡¯s practice our cooperation.¡± After entering the training room, Chen Huo reluctantly said, ¡°Shi Shen&#k2026;I know you don¡¯t like teaming up with me. As it happens, I also don¡¯t like teaming up with anyone who isn¡¯t a medic but during today¡¯s practice match we were practicallying apart. Sigh, let¡¯s go&#k2026;¡±

    Normally, Shi Luo also pairs up with a medic. Naturally, he wasn¡¯t willing either but pairing up would indeed be the best way to practice their cooperation. Frowning, he said unhappily, ¡°Add me.¡±

    Puppy looked at Yu Sui ¡°We don¡¯t need to practice our cooperation, right? There¡¯s nothing for us to practice. I will go y some matches by myself. You...you¡¯ll do a live broadcast?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head. ¡°I¡¯ve gotten enough hours this month already. I¡¯ll y some matches.¡±

    Puppy nodded and went to queue up. Yu Sui turned on the game client, logged in to the game, and started queuing up as well.

    Yu Sui sometimes suspected that he must be some sort of jinx.

    Whatever it was, as long as it was something bad and he mentioned it, it would basically happen for certain.

    That afternoon on the terrace, he¡¯d mentioned that he¡¯d been the subject of others¡¯ scheming before and that evening it was like he had summoned it.

    Actually, at first, there was nothing the matter. Yu Sui quietly leveled up on the national server. He used his main ount and when his passersby teammates see him, they would bluster loudly for a while, or they¡¯ll be super excited or they would confess to being a fan; basically, how they treat most every professional yer. Yu Sui was ustomed to it. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn¡¯t reply; only asionally, when he was in a good mood would he type a few words. Coincidentally, today, Yu Sui was in a very good mood.

    Actually, what Shi Luo said that afternoon on the terrace pricked his heart a bit but for Yu Sui, who perpetually walked on mountains of swords and seas of mes as though he were walking on even ground, he was able to easily ept this.

    Shi Luo might not have noticed it but the rtionship between the two of them had be increasingly ambiguous.

    The ambiguity made Yu Sui more and more unable to restrain himself.

    Were it not because their two years of separation had left too deep an impression, Yu Sui would have let himself indulge already.

    Just when Yu Sui was in such a good mood, his passerby striker teammate flooded their chat, expressing his admiration for Yu Sui.

    [EE anchor]: [The real Whisper? Whisper, I like you so much! And Evil too! ! ! ]

    When Yu Sui saw Shi Luo¡¯s ID, he replied with an emoticon. His passerby striker teammate immediately responded even more enthusiastically. Yu Sui didn¡¯t reply again. Only when he had killed enough of their opponents in the game, did he show a little bit of consideration for his passerby striker teammate. He gave the other timely shield cover and even replenished a bit of her health.

    Not everyone can stand having a pure assassin-type medic for a teammate. Those that could were teammates Yu Sui had cooperated with for years already. Yu Sui would asionally do these things when he did single row and got matched withpletely passerby teammates. He did these things without any thought.

    It was also very coincidental. After they quickly finished one round, Yu Sui continued to queue up. Of the three games, he yed after that, he was matched with this striker for two of them.

    They were all ying to gather points. There was nothing strange about bumping into the same people. Yu Sui yed however he needed to y. After the three rounds, Zhou Huo knocked on the door of the training room with an embarrassed expression. ¡°Whisper, you... are you ying single row? Did you happen to meet an anchor?¡±

    Yu Sui turned his head and nced at Zhou Huo. ¡°That striker called EE something? What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    ¡°She¡¯s an anchor for an enemy station of the live broadcast tform that we signed up with. Of course, no one¡¯s ming you. She has nothing to do with you. She¡¯s just someone you happened to run into coincidentally. But...¡± Zhou Huo¡¯s expression was a little dumbfounded. ¡°Your fans, in order to see you, went to her live broadcast room to watch. She¡¯s a small-time entertainment anchor whose main content is singing. Most of the time, her broadcasts only reach a million in poprity. At the moment, her live broadcast room has already reached 5 million in poprity.¡±

    ¡°You too... A few days before you were pretty active in trying to raise your rank. If you could¡¯ve entered the top ten of the national server a little earlier you wouldn¡¯t have been matched with these entertainment anchors.¡± Zhou Huo was helpless. ¡°Right now, it¡¯s pretty embarrassing. Sending people traffic for nothing.¡±

    Puppy, who had just finished a round, turned to his gaming chair around and looked at Zhou Huo. ¡°Did our live broadcast tform¡¯s manager call you? Does he think Yu Sui¡¯s attracting traffic for the rival station?¡±

    Zhou Huo showed everyone his WeChat chat interface, and smiled bitterly. ¡°Yes, and the manager of the live broadcast tform feels that the other party is deliberately targeting Yu Sui.¡±

    Yu Sui took off his headphones and frowned, ¡°Even if she is targeting me... how could she have known she¡¯d be matched with me continuously?¡±

    ¡°The problem is here.¡± Zhou Huo pointed to a screenshot sent to him by their contracted live broadcast tform¡¯s manager. ¡°Do you know what title she put on her live broadcast?¡±

    Shi Luo, who was in the middle of a match with Chen Huo heard a bit of their conversation but wasn¡¯t clear on the situation. He took off his headphones and set them on the table. He heard Zhou Huo read off that screenshot, ¡°Taking You to See Whisper¡¯s Gentle Milktank y from a Girlfriend¡¯s Perspective.¡±

    Splendid. Now, his exclusive milktank was gone.

    Shi Luo¡¯s face went cold. He emptied out a whole cartridge of bullets and directly took three of the opponent¡¯s heads.

    Thepletely out of the loop Chen Huo kicked up a fuss and yelled, ¡°Shi Luo, what¡¯s the matter with you? Can you just break it up? What¡¯s the matter with you?¡±

    Shi Luo acted like he hadn¡¯t heard it. He upgraded his own equipment and continued taking down their opponents.

    Zhou Huo had been painstakingly trying to bring together Yu Sui and Shi Luo but still had no results to show for it. Now, their team¡¯s core yer had been plundered. He couldn¡¯t help grumbling, ¡°You even yed milktank for her?!¡±

    Yu Sui sneered. ¡°yed milktank, my ass.¡±

    Zhou Huo thought so too. He couldn¡¯t help saying, ¡°These economicpanies these anchors have signed up with are f*cking shameless when ites to attracting poprity... Forget it, it¡¯s not worth arguing with them. Just stop ying single row for now. Your rank bracket must be really simr to hers¡¯ right now. It¡¯s too easy to target you. You need to get up early tomorrow anyway. Go get some rest. Once the viewers in her live broadcast room can¡¯t see you anymore, they¡¯ll disperse soon enough.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll take care of the rest. These people who try to piggyback off on other¡¯s poprity and create ambiguities are really the most troublesome ones.¡± Zhou Huo lowered his head and typed on his mobile phone. ¡°We¡¯ll need to warn them off, otherwise this will happen a lot more often in the future. You guys do what you need to do. I¡¯ll go contact their live broadcast tform¡¯s manager. I¡¯ll have them change the title of her broadcast.¡±

    Yu Suibed his fingers through his hair and said lightly, ¡°I advise you not to send the warning.¡±

    ¡°Why?¡± Zhou Huo cursed without thinking. ¡°If we don¡¯t scold them, this kind of thing will keep happening. Even I¡¯m not willing to use up your poprity, why should we let them use it?¡±

    Yu Sui was all too familiar with this kind of scheming. As expected, within three minutes, Yu Sui received a friend request on his WeChat.

    Yu Sui unlocked his phone and nced at it¨C

    [EE anchor]: I¡¯m sorry, Yu Shen. I was that striker just now. I¡¯ve inconvenienced you. I just like you too much. Can I add you as a friend? I would like to apologize in person. TAT

    Yu Sui looked at Zhou Huo. Zhou Huo was stunned by how she had carried out this scheme. ¡°Although I know that your WeChat ount is no secret, but...aren¡¯t they really proficient at this? After apologizing, are they going to post their chat record with you?¡±

    Yu Sui, who has long been familiar with these cheap tricks, threw his phone aside. ¡°What do you think?¡±

    ¡°These people...damn it. Looks like I¡¯ve run into someone today who¡¯s even better at marketing than I am.¡± Zhou Huo was so angry, his head was going to explode. ¡°This is endless, right?! What should I do? If we rebuke this kind of small anchor from some small-time tform, we¡¯ll just be sending them publicity. Does this still depend on us? Damn it, f*cking...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it.¡± Yu Sui said coldly, ¡°I¡¯ll handle it.¡±

    Yu Sui actually didn¡¯t care that she tried to piggyback off on his poprity. He was long used to that. He was a bit angry right now though was because he was worried that a certain someone in the training room was now upset.

    And judging by Chen Huo¡¯s anguished wailing and the exceptionally heavy cking of a certain someone¡¯s keyboard, that certain someone truly was upset.

    Yu Sui ground his teeth lightly. He had finally made a little progress with Shi Luo today. He wasn¡¯t about to let some nobody interfere with that.

    Yu Sui started his own live broadcast.

    If you wanted to reduce the poprity of the other anchor¡¯s live broadcast, wasn¡¯t the best way to open one yourself to snatch it all back?

    Yu Sui opened his in-game friend interface where all his friends¡¯ status were disyed. Shi Luo had just finished his team-up with Chen Huo.

    Yu Sui immediately invited Shi Luo to team up.

    Yu Sui sent a message to Shi Luo through the friend interface.

    In his live broadcast, in order purely to let others see, he typed¡ª

    [Whisper]: [ying single row is boring. Can you team up with me for a while? ]

    The fans frantically flooded the live broadcast¡¯s barrage. Everyone jeered. Sharp-eyed fans grabbed onto Yu Sui¡¯s ¡°ying single row is boring¡± and they began to mock and ridicule the rival broadcasting tform¡¯s anchor for her self-directed performance.

    [Aiyo, Yu Shen himself said ying single row is boring. ¡¿

    [¨r(¨s_¨t)¨qOf course it¡¯s boring. How can pro-yers y when they¡¯re matched up to mere entertainment anchors? They wouldn¡¯t be able to perform to their best at all.]

    [It¡¯s still more interesting to watch them pair up with teammates.]

    [Ha ha ha ha ha, the poprity of a certain anchor¡¯s live broadcast suddenly dropped by 2 million. ¡¿

    [It¡¯s so disgusting. Just now that anchor even opened her webcam to show that she added Yu Shen on WeChat. She says she wants apologize to Yu Shen. The faker. *throws up*]

    [She just wants to brag that she knows Yu Shen¡¯s WeChat. Sigh.]

    [I don¡¯t know which executive gave her that WeChat ount. Although a lot of industry insiders know Whisper¡¯s WeChat ount, can you please respect the pro-yer¡¯s privacy? ¡¿

    [Okay, stop giving publicity for the enemy live broadcasting tform. Calling Shi Shen.]

    [Calling Evil+1]

    [Calling Evil+2]

    [Calling Evil+757. What¡¯s wrong? Where¡¯s Shi Shen? Why isn¡¯t he replying? ¡¿

    Yu Sui also wanted to know. Yu Sui tilted his head and nced at him. Shi Luo was obviously not in the middle of a game or doing anything else. He was just staring at hisputer screen with a nk expression.

    Yu Sui continued typing.

    [Whisper]: [Can you? ]

    [Whisper]: [you gonna sleep already? ]

    [Whisper]: [Shi Luo? ]

    Shi Luo still didn¡¯t reply.

    Yu Sui took in a light breath. Was he really angry now?

    Then, it seemed that simply doing a live broadcast was not enough to coax him.

    Yu Sui was about to get up when his phone buzzed.

    Yu Sui clicked to open¡ª¡ª

    [Evil]: [Keep typing...]

    [Evil]: [...Be a bit gentler. ]

    The corners of Yu Sui¡¯s lips couldn¡¯t help but tick up. He tried his best to keep fromughing.

    What a bag of vinegar.

    Yu Sui put down his phone and opened the game client that was being shown on the live broadcast. He started typing amidst all the howling in the barrage.

    In front of anotherputer, Shi Luo was beginning to regret that he¡¯s been a bit too unreasonable. But within a couple of seconds, messages began popping up on his friend¡¯s chat interface.

    [Whisper]: [If you want to sleep already, it¡¯s okay. But if you¡¯re not yet sleepy, should we y for a bit?]

    [Whisper]: [Do you want to maybe y for a bit?]

    [Whisper]: [I¡¯ll y milktank for you and help you level up.]

    [Whisper]: [Is that ok with you?]

    [Whisper]: [Why won¡¯t you reply?]

    [Whisper]: [Reply back, okay?]

    [Whisper]: [If you don¡¯t want to reply, you can also just click to agree.]

    [Whisper]: [I¡¯ll be waiting for you.]

 Chapter 53

    Chapter 53:

    Having some unknown inte celebrity anchor try to piggyback off on their poprity was something a lot of pro-yers encounter. Having being in this industry for so long, Shi Luo clearly understood the situation. He knew that it had nothing to do with Yu Sui. However, despite listening to the entire sequence of events just now, Shi Luo still felt inexplicably angry.

    When he first met Yu Sui two years ago, there was always this person who was around Yu Sui for some inexplicable reason. For some unexinable reason, she became Yu Sui¡¯s friend and for some inexplicable reason, she prattled on to others about how she¡¯s been doing this and that with him. Long story short, those who didn¡¯t know the situation actually thought that Yu Sui had gotten himself a girlfriend.

    At the time, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t even bear how close Yu Sui and Ji Yanhan were, let alone this ¡°person who hadeter than he himself.¡±

    For what reason?

    Shi Luo himself hadn¡¯t even gotten much of anywhere yet so why should others get to apologize and add Yu Sui on WeChat?

    In the course of time, would Yu Sui really y milktank for her?

    Going a step further, in the future was he going to have to look at someone else¡¯s face when he teams up with Yu Sui?

    The most terrible thing was that Yu Sui even told himself inly today, that he had already epted his schemes.

    While ying double row with Chen Huo, Shi Luo was tearing up with regret. He should have just asked clearly that afternoon. In the end, do you really just love falling endlessly for disaster-courting traps like these, or...

    Do you only let yourself fall for my traps?

    Therefore, when Yu Sui sent Shi Luo that message to team up, Shi Luo hesitated and didn¡¯t reply.

    Instead, he switched to WeChat and sent Yu Sui a message there instead.

    Originally, Shi Luo only wanted Yu Sui to post two or three more messages. He has always been quick to anger but also quick to cool off. Actually, Shi Luo had already worked off his anger when Yu Sui opened that live broadcast and asked him to pair up just now. It was fine as long as it gets that little anchor to leave and get far away from their team captain. Who knew that Yu Sui, this g man, would be so good at coaxing people? Message after message, message after message, each more ambiguous than thest. Looking at these messages, Shi Luo¡¯s ears turned red.

    Yu Sui¡¯s typing speed was too fast and the messages were sent at lightning speed. Shi Luo¡¯s ears flushed red and pressed the queue up button in a fluster. Only then did Yu Sui called off his attacks.

    However, at this moment, the barrage in Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast was blowing up. Everyone was rendered confused and disoriented by Yu Sui¡¯s show. For a while, none of them could react.

    While waiting for the match to start, Shi Luo held an unlit cigarette in his mouth, and couldn¡¯t help quietly reopening Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast and taking a look at the barrage.

    ¡¾? ? ? ? ? ? ?¡¿

    [If it weren¡¯t for this familiar hand speed and keyboard cking sounds, I would suspect Whisper had been hacked. ]

    [Although he hadn¡¯t opened his webcam, I¡¯m pretty sure. That¡¯s definitely Yu Sui. ]

    [Wow, teaming up with Evil again! Technical fans are very satisfied. ]

    [I can¡¯t f*cking believe it. Those were things my husband typed just now...]

    [Don¡¯t tease my son, Luo Luo like this. QAQ, our Luo Luo has juste of age. ]

    [Doesn¡¯t everyone Whisper wants to team up with immediately ept? What¡¯s going on here?]

    [Can anyone tell me what happened? When did this g man I watched grow up get so good at coaxing people? Whisper, what did you do behind our backs? ]

    [Exposed ¡ª the unknown side of the Free team.]

    [@Free e-sports club, just what is going on between your team¡¯s medic and striker? ]

    [...Who would have thought that a month ago, it was still being said that these two create nothing but an abyss of misery for each other, that they would grow old and die without having any dealings with each other? F*ck. Is there no longer any truth in this world?]

    [TTATT, it¡¯s been two years, please, please give me a definite answer. Are you two for real?]

    [In the future, if anyone says Yu Sui¡¯s a g man, I¡¯m gonna tell them, Yu Sui¡¯s not a g man, he just hadn¡¯t found someone he wanted to coax...]

    [*Sheds tears*...Couldn¡¯t you have given a fraction of that sweet talk you gave just now to coax your fans on Weibo? Whoever told you that your fans only wanted trophies! You g man!]

    Yu Sui¡¯s thousands of female fans would, of course, feel jealous seeing that but when they remember that it was Shi Luo who¡¯d been on the receiving end of that coaxing, everyone felt a little bit better. At least, it wasn¡¯t some small-time inte celebrity trying to rub off on Yu Sui¡¯s poprity. The rich water didn¡¯t flow out into someone else¡¯s field; it was still within Team Free and they were contented.

    Zhou Huo was even more contented. He watched as Yu Sui executed these series of steps and couldn¡¯t help but be struck dumb with admiration. This was simply the acme of perfection. These two were definitely the two yers who were most cooperative with his propaganda work!

    Getting results in thepetitions was the yers¡¯ job. Zhou Huo¡¯s job was to make sure no outsiders would hinder or obstruct the team. This naturally included not letting people from outside the team who had nothing to do with them to piggyback off the heat and poprity of his team. Today, the one who was angered the most by this anchor¡¯s coquettish scheme was undoubtedly Zhou Huo. Zhou Huo went to check the poprity of that little anchor¡¯s live broadcast. After seeing that it had fallen to her usual level, he was in a much better mood. Still, his anger was not yet satisfied and so he had the team¡¯s publicity department download Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast video toe up with a short video to warn off those persistent bloodsuckers trying to target pro-yers.

    Adding someone on WeChat pretending to want to apologize after a few car crashes, Zhou Huo would never believe someone who did this didn¡¯te with ulterior motives.

    Free¡¯s publicity department staff were all Zhou Huo¡¯s personal soldiers. They executed his orders cleanly and resolutely, with the power of a thunderbolt and the speed of lightning. Early the next day, a video was posted. The title entirely captured Zhou Huo¡¯s intention. ¡°Whisper¡¯s Double Standards¡±.

    In the morning, in the airport VIP lounge, all of Free¡¯s yers were too sleepy to even open their eyes. They copsed on the sofa, trying to catch up on sleep. Zhou Huo looked at Weibo, absolutely beside himself with joy. ¡°Look at this poprity, look at this page views...¡±

    ¡°What did you post again?¡± Chen Huo¡¯s face was the very picture of renal deficiency. He opened his eyes with much difficulty and took out his phone to have a look. He refreshed Weibo, movements sluggish, clicked on thements, nced at it, and read, deadpan, ¡°I, have, discovered, that, Yu, Shen, likes, the type, who, throws, mini, temper, tantrums oh...hee hee, hee hee...¡±

    ¡°Looks, like, Yu, Shen, likes, little, kids, who, act, all, petnt...¡±

    Chen Huo narrowed his eyes. He tried to get his tired brain working. Not quite understanding, he asked, ¡°Are they talking about Yu Sui?¡±

    Chen Huo raised his head to look at Yu Sui, who was leaning against the sofa with his eyes closed. Chen Huo decided to test out what he had just learned. He said, trying to sound him out, ¡°Yu Ge~, pour me a ss of sparkling water and put a slice of lemon in it.¡±

    Yu Sui slowly opened his eyes and tilted his head to look at Chen Huo. His voice carried that slight early-morning-hoarseness, ¡°What did you say?¡±

    Chen Huo gulped and continued, ¡°If you don¡¯t, I won¡¯t drink water for the entire day! I¡¯ll let myself die of thirst.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Chen Huo like he was some sort of idiot. He agreed, ¡°Okay, if you can¡¯t hold back from drinking, then you¡¯re my b*tch.¡±

    Puppyughed, half asleep. Chen Huo said angrily, ¡°The fans said you liked it when people threw mini temper tantrums! They even f*cking praised you for being all gentle! Gentle, my ass! Did you record that just now? Video staff? Tell me you recorded that!! Let the fans see how he normally treats me!¡±

    The video staff who followed them around chucked and didn¡¯t dare turn on the cameras. Chen Huo nced at a certain sunsses-wearing someone who was sleeping not far away. He snorted, ¡°Cmitous beauty. Why aren¡¯t Yu Sui¡¯s fanatical girlfriend fans tearing into him...¡±

    As facts would prove, Yu Sui¡¯s girlfriend fans were very calm. They even sent Shi Luo PM messages, expressing their sincere gratitude.

    Before boarding the ne, Shi Luo also took a look at Weibo. His inbox was full of thank you messages from Yu Sui¡¯s fans. Everyone sincerely thanked Shi Luo for blocking those ghouls and monsters for Yu Sui. They also asked Shi Luo to continue with his efforts. They reminded him to not be so good-tempered. So long as there was someone trying to rub off on his poprity, Shi Luo was to use any aggressive behavior to drive away that nobody. They told him to feel free to use his great spraying skills he often used on sh*t passerby teammates. He was to let loose and use his skills to its greatest extent.

    With Shi Luo, with his highly effective temper tantrums, within the team, Yu Sui¡¯s girlfriend fans could rest assured.

    The flight attendant came to remind him and Shi Luo turned his phone to airne mode.

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui on his left, who was sleeping with his headphones on. An idiom came unbidden into his head.

    An inside job ¡ª Stealing what is entrusted to one¡¯s care.

    Shi Luo choked, put on his headphones uneasily, and closed his eyes.

    A three-hour flight, plus matches in the afternoon. He really should sleep for a while. But Shi Luo just couldn¡¯t sleep. He kept thinking of that scene on the terrace yesterday.

    Sometimes, there are some scenes thate too unexpectedly and too hurriedly, without any rehearsal or design. Everything then just happens, without any preparation.

    If he could go back twenty hours into the past, Shi Luo wouldn¡¯t have said so little. He would have wanted to say thank you to Yu Sui.

    Thank you for caring so that my sincerity was not in vain.

    Thank you for your feeling distressed for me so that it could also experience the feeling of someone¡¯s concern.

    Shi Luo was embarrassed to say how much he cared about this.

    Since he was a child no one has ever been concerned for Shi Luo.

    Of course, Shi Luo grew up freely, and he grew safely up to this point. If one weren¡¯t to be too strict about it, you could say that Shi Luo grew up well.

    But he still wished for someone to dote on him. Maybe he didn¡¯t need to put it that sappily. He also wanted someone to care.

    To sincerely care about him.

    All the people around him had designs for him to some extent. Shi Luo could see it clearly. Only Yu Sui never had any ns for him.

    Therefore, Shi Luo grew addicted to Yu Sui¡¯s care and he grew somewhat stubborn.

    It felt good for his every move to incur someone¡¯s notice.

    Shi Luo chewed gum slowly, saying in his heart, ¡®he conceded that he felt concerned, that¡¯s already enough.¡¯

    Returning to Free after those twists and turns. It was all very much worth it.

    In the future, he must try his best not to court disaster or be childish anymore. He was no longer a child. He¡¯d matured a bit too.

    Shi Luo blew a bubble. I also have someone who cares about me.

    After quietly pondering the things that happened on the terrace yesterday, Shi Luo finally calmed down. He opened the nket bag and wrapped it around him. He put on his eyemask and began to sleep.

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t a behaved sleeper. He would toss and turn even on his bed, let alone in an airne. Even though the first ss seats were a bit more spacious, it was still only a bit more spacious. Shi Luo tossed and turned, half-asleep. His nket slowly slid off little by little until it fell to the floor.

    Shi Luo frowned slightly, half asleep, he was toozy to pick it up. After a while, he felt his shoulders warm up.

    Shi Luo opened his eyes, looked down through the gap in his eyemask. His nket was on top of him again.

    There was no need to guess who had put it there.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but say again in his heart, ¡®He cares about me¡¯.

    Shi Luo, who had just told himself not to court disasters or act childish anymore, to mature a bit, who was just covered once again by a nket; that Shi Luo¡¯s mental age suddenly dropped by two years, returning back to two years ago.

    Shi Luo moved slightly. He leaned to the left, and after a while, leaned to the right. In less than five minutes, the newly covered nket fell to the ground once again.

    Shi Luo instantly stopped moving. With the eyemask on, he could only look through that tiny sliver below. He paid close attention and not more than three minutester...

    In the gap below the eyemask, Yu Sui¡¯s wrist appeared, pulling up the nket.

    After half a minute, the nket was lightly covering him again.

    For the first time, Shi Luo felt that airline nkets were so soft.

    Shi Luo could not restrain himself from being a demon. After behaving himself for less than three minutes, he once again shook off that nket.

    He then quickly opened his eyes and stared at the gap in the eyemask.

    Less than a minute this time, the nket was picked up again.

    Yu Sui was probably worried that the nket would slip off again. This time, when he covered him with the nket, he leaned over and his fingers carelessly bumped against Shi Luo¡¯s ear. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t see anything. He only felt that his ears had instantly turned hot.

    Shi Luo was quiet for less than two minutes. Cursing at himself for being crazy, while also saying that this was thest time, definitely thest time, he rolled over again.

    Yu Sui had draped the nket a bit high. This time, it wasn¡¯t so easy to get it toe off. He needed to work hard for it. Shi Luo turned over again. When he faced Yu Sui¡¯s side, Shi Luo paused, preparing to move a bit more aggressively next time. With unrelenting effort, Shi Luo managed to throw off this unlucky nket. Without waiting for him to turn over once again, his left earphone was plucked off.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t see anything with the eyemask on. The next second, before he could react, he heard Yu Sui whisper into his left ear, ¡°If you throw the nket off again, I¡¯m not going to pick it up for you anymore.¡±

 Chapter 54

    Chapter 54:

    For the next two hours, Shi Luo endured his thoroughly red left ear and slept, keeping his posturepletely proper and motionless.

    Sometime after, Zhou Huo came over to help the camera crew take a half-minute video to be used as material. He sighed and whispered to the sleepless Yu Sui, ¡°Evil is sleeping really well today. He didn¡¯t y with his phone, eat snacks, or toss and turn. Looks like he¡¯s honestly trying to catch up on sleep.¡±

    Yu Sui was ying Tetris on his phone. He sneered when he heard that, but didn¡¯t expose Shi Luo.

    After about two hours, the nended smoothly. After picking up their luggage, they all headed straight to thepetition venue.

    ¡°You don¡¯t need to be nervous about ying against Ten Thousand Mountains. Just y normally and we¡¯ll be fine.¡±

    After arriving in thepetition venue lounge, Old Qiao turned on his tablet and called up Ten Thousand Mountains¡¯ information. He said, ¡°Their style of y is a bit reckless, but they¡¯re not reckless the same way you are. After all, their personal ability is inferior to yours. They¡¯re impulsive and easily make mistakes. Their overall rhythm is a little bit violent. You just need to catch their mistakes and keep amplifying them.¡±

    Aside from Shi Luo, these people didn¡¯t know much about the current yers in China. When the three of them went abroad, there wasn¡¯t even a Ten Thousand Mountains Club then. Puppy raised his eyes andzily said, ¡°Violent? Hearing this word, I¡¯m starting to get a bad feeling. Are their yers violent?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Shi Luo opened his peripherals bag and took out the keyboard and mouse. He whispered, ¡°They¡¯re pretty even-tempered, especially their captain.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded. ¡°Yes, Ten Thousand Mountains¡¯ captain is famous for being good-tempered. If I remember correctly, Xiao Jun, Ten Thousand Mountains¡¯ captain, is friends with you, right, Shi Luo?¡±

    Shi Luo untangled power cords and shook his head. ¡°Not friends, exactly...just our paths crossed a bit.¡±

    Yu Sui was also taking out his own peripherals. After hearing that, he looked at Old Qiao. ¡°Who¡¯s...Xiao Jun?¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s a yer who came from the secondary league just a year ago. You don¡¯t know him since you were abroad.¡± The game was about to start and Old Qiao didn¡¯t have much time to exin. He simply said, ¡°Anyway, he¡¯s a good guy, very willing to endure hardships. But that doesn¡¯t matter, you just need to y well. Just now, I said they¡¯re pretty violent in their y but don¡¯t let that mislead you trying to figure out if they¡¯re ying violently or not.¡±

    Zhou Huo, who had just checked in, returned to the lounge and heard them talking. ¡°Who¡¯s violent? Ten Thousand Mountains isn¡¯t violent. Before we came, their manager even sent me a message and told me that Ten Thousand Mountains wees Team Free. The people of Chongqing are very warm and hospitable. They said, ¡®If you dare toe, we¡¯ll dare to lose.¡¯¡±

    Chen Huo couldn¡¯t helpughing. ¡°Now that¡¯s just too non-violent! Have a little pride, why don¡¯t they!¡±

    ¡°They themselves know that their level isn¡¯t high enough so they¡¯re just staying upbeat.¡± Zhou Huo smiled, ¡°Their club is really good. Every time they y against other teams, after the game, their coaches woulde over to give their greetings and also to ask the other team to share their perspectives. They ask if you could share some of your opinion with them.¡±

    Chen Huo waspletely relieved. ¡°That f*cking fight with Bison before cast a shadow over me. Not to mention, we¡¯vee to our opponent¡¯s turf. If they decide to start something with us here, it won¡¯t be easy to rify things.¡±

    Everyone cracked a few jokes and chatted a bit. When it was time to prepare, they took their peripherals and went up on stage.

    Ten Thousand Mountains¡¯ performancest seasonnded them somewhere around the middle of the domestic league. They hadn¡¯t changed their lineup this season and their level has improved slightly fromst year. However, it wasn¡¯t by much. Free made quick work of them, like a butcher handling a cleaver. They weren¡¯t able to y the entire best of three, Free concluding the match in two games.

    After the match, as Zhou Huo said, Ten Thousand Mountains was very humble and friendly. Early on, they were already waiting outside Free¡¯s lounge backstage. They waited until Free finished their interviews and asked if they could talk for a bit and receive some advice.

    Naturally, they wouldn¡¯t pay attention to this were they in an internationalpetition, but being that they were both teams in the domestic league, there was no need to shy away from it. None of Free¡¯s yers minded, Zhou Huo though was more than willing in order to give his new team a good reputation to wash away their image of being viins from before. He hurriedly called out to Chen Huo and Shi Luo, the two strikers, to give them a few pointers. Chen Huo loved being ttered. With hands in his pockets, he happily went to pass judgment.

    The rest of the team went back to the lounge to pack their things. As though Yu Sui just remembered what Old Qiao said before the game, he asked as he entered the room, ¡°What kind of friendship does Shi Luo have with Ten Thousand Mountains¡¯ Xiao Jun?¡±

    ¡°Yu Shen.¡± Puppy, who was sitting to the side, paralyzed, couldn¡¯t help joking, ¡°You¡¯re gonna burn a hole through them if you keep staring like that...g men like you shouldn¡¯t be the least bit concerned about these kind of details, right?¡±

    Straight as a ruler straight-man Old Qiao, who still hasn¡¯t noticed what was going on between Yu Sui and Shi Luo, asked,pletely at a loss, ¡°What staring? What g man?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s nothing. I just couldn¡¯t stand by and watch.¡± Puppy put his leg over the sofa. He shook his head and sighed, ¡°The double standard was just a bit too much. He won¡¯t give a f*ck if it¡¯s about anyone else but when ites to Shi Luo, he has to ask about every rustle of leaves in the wind. This is not in line with the ruthless viin style of our team.¡±

    Yu Sui ignored Puppy, ¡°Tell me.¡±

    ¡°Oh, well, it¡¯s not a secret or anything, nothing that can¡¯t be said.¡± Old Qiao didn¡¯t understand what Puppy was hinting at, and Yu Sui once again drew back his attention. He sighed, ¡°It¡¯s a pretty shameful matter but of course, Shi Luo wasn¡¯t the shameless one in this.¡±

    Old Qiao narrowed his eyes and carefully trying to recall. ¡°That was... You had just left... less than two months after. It should be around that time, because it was a matter regarding the secondary league.¡±

    ¡°Yes, it happened at that time.¡± Old Qiao thought for a while and nodded, ¡°It must be when Shi Luo just changed to being a striker and when he was still with NSN. It must be at that time because NSN has no shortage of strikers so Shi Luo could only be a benchwarmer at the time. The timeline¡¯s right.¡±

    Yu Sui unscrewed the bottled water and took a sip. ¡°So what was it about?¡±

    ¡°Shi Luo had just changed his job as a striker, so he naturally lost his starting position in NSN¡¯s lineup. For the month before he moved to IAC, he wasn¡¯t even a substitute for the first team and he would asionally follow NSN¡¯s secondary team to y a match in the secondary league.¡± Old Qiao smiled bitterly, ¡°You may not know what the second league or intercity matches are like. I don¡¯t look down on yers in the secondary league or small-scalepetitions, but it¡¯s true that those yers have it much harder than you guys. Their ie not even a tenth of yours. The environment there...it¡¯s impossible topare, it¡¯s just that bad.¡±

    ¡°You all made your debut in the first league and in first line teams at that. You can¡¯t imagine how bad the situation is over there.¡±

    ¡°The current captain of Ten Thousand Mountains, Xiao Jun, did his time in the secondary league. He could y well, otherwise he would not be able to join the first league now. Only that his teammates at the time were bastards.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not calling them bastards because they yed like sh*t. It has nothing to do with whether they yed well or not. But they wereplete bastards.¡± Old Qiao has always been kind and rarely ever uses vicious words, but now he said these without batting an eye, ¡°Complete bastards,plete and utter bastards.¡±

    Puppy frowned, ¡°Complete bastards...howplete are we talking here? What did they do? Didn¡¯t train? Seduced female fans?¡±

    Old Qiao shook his head and said coldly, ¡°They threw their matches.¡±

    Puppy¡¯s face changed, he put his feet down from the sofa andughed, ¡°This...bastards is not enough to describe them then.¡±

    ¡°Thepetition between teams in the secondary league is actually very fierce. They don¡¯t only fight when they¡¯re vying for the right to enter the first league every year. Of course, it¡¯d be great for the team to advance, but there is only one chance for the carp to jump the dragon gate every year. You yourselves have seen how fierce thepetition was this year. Take this year for example, so many secondary teams came topete but only two team could advance.¡±

    ¡°One of those was us and the other was Team Windbreak, which was originally a first league team already. Team FS, an amazing team themselves, was demoted to the secondary league. To tell you the truth...it¡¯s near impossible for the secondary league teams to advance.¡±

    ¡°Aside from hitting the jackpot and getting the entire team promoted to the first league, those yers in the secondary league still have one other chance to cross over and that¡¯s through a transfer.¡±

    ¡°y their best, try to shine during their regr season in order to get the twelve teams in the first league to take notice; directly get picked by the management of those twelve teams.¡±

    ¡°But in order for one to shine, others need to be a stepping stone for them.¡±

    Old Qiao said coldly, ¡°Those bastard teammates of Xiao Jun¡¯s in the secondary league were just collecting money to y fake matches and serve as stepping stones for others.¡±

    ¡°I...f*ck...¡± Puppy was stunned. ¡°Do they even have a shred of dignity left?! Can they still be called yers, earning this dirty money?!¡±

    ¡°The sorriest thing about it was that Xiao Jun yed in this team for two full years, never knowing that his teammates were throwing their matches.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s f*cking...¡± Old Qiao shook his head and couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°Xiao Jun was still desperately training all day! Encouraging his teammates, thinking about the day he could bring the whole team into the first league. He had absolutely no idea that it was already hopeless. Out of the four yers in the team, three were already taking money to throw their matches. Even if he has used everything he had to fight, tell me, how could they have gotten any sess?¡±

    Puppyughed in spite of himself. ¡°This damn... Two years of his youth for nothing. To make this kind of money, weren¡¯t they afraid of karma?¡±

    ¡°So, there are some things you young masters really don¡¯t know anything about. I knew a little bit since I spent half a year in the secondary league. You made your debut in the fairest, strictest and most morous first league teams. You¡¯ve yed in internationalpetition that haveyers andyers of strict inspections. There are some dirty things you geniuses can¡¯t even imagine.¡± Old Qiao said helplessly, ¡°Actually, it¡¯s the same in any industry. At the bottom...exists the most hateful but also the most pitiful.¡±

    Yu Sui had listened quietly through the whole things. He looked at Old Qiao, ¡°So in the end, how did those three bastards run into trouble?¡±

    Old Qiao took a couple of sips of water and said, ¡°They yed against the NSN¡¯s second team and Shi Luo.¡±

    Half an hourter, Chen Huo, like the moon surrounded by the stars, followed Shi Luo back to their lounge, his face the very picture of satisfaction. He gave an insincere apology, ¡°Aiyaya, I¡¯m sorry, sorry. It would be ungracious not to ept your kindness! Ten Thousand Mountains is so humble and such good students! All of them even had notebooks with them. I was really embarrassed to just leave after saying a few words. But you can rest assured, we never mentioned a word about our core tactics. I just gave a few pointers to their striker. It couldn¡¯t be helped. Shi Luo hardly said anything. I had to be the one to represent the kindness of our team, hehehe...¡±

    Chen Huo rubbed his chest and said with satisfaction. ¡°It feels great to be surrounded by a group of small yers!¡±

    Shi Luo was keenly aware that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the lounge and he frowned slightly. ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s nothing. Nothing.¡± Puppy got up and smiled, ¡°We just got hungry waiting for you guys. Let¡¯s go eat hot pot. We¡¯ve all been waiting for this. ¡±

    Old Qiao sighed and then got up. ¡°Yeah. Let¡¯s get going and eat hot pot.¡±

    Old Qiao urged everyone to go out. Zhou Huo, ever smooth and slick, went outside to socialize and came back content. Seeing that everyone was all ready, he hurriedly called the driver and invited everyone to go to the hotpot restaurant where they had booked a table in advance.

    In the private room of the hotpot restaurant, everyone started ordering freely. Shi Luo liked the spicy soup here. He had his head bowed as he seriously contemted his orders. Yu Sui¡¯s stomach wasn¡¯t good. Now he just eats from the clear soup whenever he¡¯s at a hotpot restaurant. Since he ate so little, he didn¡¯t care what they ordered. Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, thinking about what Old Qiao had said in the lounge. His heart was filled with an indescribable feeling.

    Puppy thought him a little too narrow-minded but Yu Sui wasn¡¯t narrow-minded, otherwise he wouldn¡¯t be alright with how sticky Wawa was with Shi Luo. Yu Sui didn¡¯t mind whoever Shi Luo was friends with. What he cared about was what happened to Shi Luo during the two years he was gone.

    He wanted to find out everything, bit by bit.

    Two years ago, Yu Sui had left in a hurry. The thing Yu Sui had been most worried about was Shi Luo. Two months before he left, Shi Luo was the kind of kid who could get into a fight with another yer. He hadn¡¯t yet fully integrated into this industry. He hadn¡¯t yet gained the basic awareness and knowledge of the rules that came with joining a normal and healthy club. Yu Sui was always worried. He even doubted whether Shi Luo was suitable for this kind of career and whether he could get by on his own here.

    It turned out that Shi Luo could.

    17-year-old Shi Luo, had just been in the industry for a few months. He was young and reckless. He had just been ¡°betrayed¡± by his former captain. After changing his job, he had fallen to ying in the secondary league, where it was all too easy to turn corrupt.

    But Shi Luo didn¡¯t.

    Shi Luo was very young at the time, but he was Whisper¡¯s personally appointed substitute. He was a yer who came out of the e-sports holynd, Team FS, where he debuted. He was born with extraordinary talent. While waiting for their turn to get up on stage, Shi Luo saw Xiao Jun¡¯s teammates ying and saw through what they were doing with a single nce.

    At that time, the game was a wheel fight. When it was NSN¡¯s second team¡¯s turn to y against Xiao Jun¡¯s team, Shi Luo refused to open his peripherals bag. He refused to y. He refused to y against the opponents who were ying a fake match.

    If Shi Luo had still been in FS and still in the first league, this kind of thing would naturally be solved by the official staff. But this was a small arena without even any spectators, in a match for a league where dragon and fishes were jumbled together.

    Shi Luo could have actually easily gone with the flow. He was just a neer. He could just pretend that he hadn¡¯t seen it. He could just y those two games and leave with the win. Gu Gan had already contacted IAC for him at the time, and Shi Luo knew very well in his heart that he wouldn¡¯t stay in the mud for long and that he would be able to return to a first league team immediately. It didn¡¯t matter how disgusting the situation was just then.

    However, Shi Luo took a few bewildered NSN neers and resolutely refused the match.

    The young master said that they wouldn¡¯t y, so they wouldn¡¯t y.

    Old Qiao had stayed in the country at the time and had transferred to another first league team. Only afterwards did he learn about this upsetting matter. It was a long time before he saw Shi Luo again and he took this chance to ask him about it.

    When he transferred to IAC, Shi Luo had be a lot quieter than before. Even when he faced Old Qiao, that old familiarity was gone. When he was asked this, he said slowly,

    ¡°That man told me that that was a high-voltage wire.¡±

 Chapter 55

    Chapter 55

    It was easy to guess who ¡®that person¡¯ was; who ¡®that person¡¯ was that Shi Luo didn¡¯t even want to mention back then.

    ¡°Shi Luo¡¯s really tough.¡± That afternoon, in the lounge, Old Qiao hadn¡¯t noticed the slight change in Yu Sui¡¯s expression after hearing that statement. He sighed, ¡°At the time, the match was supposed to start right away. There were four yers from the NSN second team and none of them left the lounge. Thepetition organizers were in a hurry. No matter what the situation, they wanted them topete first and then discuss the matterter. The three other yers on NSN¡¯s second team hesitated on whether they should just y the match first. What if the other team hadn¡¯t yed a fake match just now? What if they were penalized because of thister on...¡±

    ¡°Shi Luo though insisted that there was something wrong with the other team. He couldn¡¯t be persuaded by anyone. He sat smoking in the lounge and refused toe out. It was his refusal that created quite themotion and the secondary league officialsunched a thorough investigation regarding the fake matches. ¡±

    ¡°When you pull out carrots, mud goes with it. A bunch of dirty yers were suspended from thepetition. All three of Xiao Jun¡¯s teammates were banned for life. Xiao Jun was hit hard at that time and almost got into a fistfight with his former teammates, but fortunately, in the end, he slowly got over it.¡±

    ¡°His own personal skills are pretty good, only that he was dragged down by his bastard teammates. With his bastard teammates gone, he trained hard and yed hard. He yed better and better. A year ago, there was a match where his skills shined and all of a sudden, Ten Thousand Mountains¡¯ senior management took notice of him and had him join their team as a starter. Now... Xiao Jun¡¯s in the first league and Ten Thousand Mountains¡¯ senior management values him a lot. His teammates here work together with him to y really well. He¡¯s proven the saying that out of extreme adversityes the beginning of good luck.¡±

    ¡°Xiao Jun has always been very grateful to Shi Luo but he¡¯s never had a chance to cross paths with him. And you know Shi Luo. It¡¯s not easy for people to get close to him. So the two of them aren¡¯t friends, they¡¯re just sort of old acquaintances.¡±

    ¡°Shi Luo himself doesn¡¯t like mentioning these things. But at the time, after he refused to y the match, NSN¡¯s executives and Gu Gan were very satisfied when they found out about it. Later, they told me that he had proved himself worthy of being a yer from e-sports¡¯ holynd, Team FS; he¡¯s a truly proud and unyielding character. ¡±

    It still wasn¡¯t toote in the evening by the time they finished eating hotpot. The ce where they ate hotpot was next to Hongyadong. Instead of going back directly to the hotel, they decided to walk around Hongyadong.

    Yu Xie walked very slowly. He looked at Shi Luo¡¯s tall back and recalled what Old Qiao had said. He thought that it had nothing to do with FS.

    Although Shi Luo hadter mentioned Yu Sui, Yu Sui didn¡¯t think it had anything to do with him either.

    Shi Luo was born like this.

    Yu Sui had just been overly anxious.

    With or without him, Shi Luo wouldn¡¯t have let himself go, nor would he have given in to despair. He would have grown into an admirable yer regardless.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t think he deserved any credit for this, because Shi Luo¡¯s proud and unyielding spirit was something innate to him; he was born with it.

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter with you?¡± Old Qiao fell back two steps to walk beside Yu Sui. He looked at Yu Sui¡¯s face. ¡°Your face has been looking all nk since we ate. What¡¯s the matter? Are you still thinking about that matter with Shi Luo? It¡¯s been so long. Shi Luo himself has probably forgotten about it.¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head and put his hands in his pants pockets. ¡°No.¡±

    ¡°But to be honest, there is one thing I haven¡¯t figured out.¡± Old Qiao said frankly, ¡°Who was ¡®that person¡¯ Shi Luo mentioned at the time? He looked at me like I was a stranger. So I just listened to what he said but didn¡¯t dare to ask.¡±

    Yu Sui slowly turned his head to look at Old Qiao. Through Old Qiao¡¯s sincere eyes, he confirmed that he wasn¡¯t deliberately pricking his heart for the second time nor was he messing with him. When he really couldn¡¯t find anything there, Yu Sui couldn¡¯t helpughing out loud.

    People belonging to the species known as ¡®straight men¡¯ really were so slow, it was scary.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t feel like exining it to him.

    Old Qiao was still out of the loop. He whispered, ¡°Right? Aren¡¯t you curious about who Shi Luo was talking about?¡±

    ¡°I am curious...¡± Yu Sui nodded for a while, trying to keep a straight face and help him with his analysis, ¡°First of all, we can eliminate Chen Huo...¡±

    Team Free was able to nab the win without any problems for their regr season game in Chongqing. With training and their other regr season games waiting, they only stayed in Chongqing for one night. The next morning they hurriedly flew back to Shanghai.

    Once they got back to the Free base, everyone washed up and went back to their dorm rooms to rest for a while. After sleeping for less than three hours, they woke up one after the other towards the evening and headed downstairs to eat, preparing for their training that evening.

    While everyone was eating dinner, Zhou Huo took the time to say, ¡°There¡¯s something I need to discuss with everyone. Don¡¯t worry, this won¡¯t take up too much of your time.¡±

    Everyone was so sleepy that they all just hummed in reply without raising their heads. Zhou Huo chuckled, ¡°It¡¯s like this, all the other teams have an assessment system. Before, we had just established the team and you¡¯re using your recently retrieved ounts so I didn¡¯t bring this up before. It¡¯s been a few days now, so I think it¡¯s time that we settled this matter regarding your assessment.¡±

    There was nothing wrong with what Zhou Huo was saying. Each team had to assess the record of the yer¡¯s main ount every month. Everyone was already ustomed to this and they continued to focus on eating. Puppy nudged Chen Huo, ¡°Give me another te of Siumai.¡±

    ¡°As you know, I used to be the NSN¡¯s deputy manager. NSN¡¯s assessment standard is the top 500 in the national server. If they drop out of the top 500, their sry will be deducted; they lose their bonus for that month which is basically a third of their monthly sry.¡± Zhou Huo looked around at everyone and continued, ¡°However, this was before they were provoked by the Sacred Sword. After being provoked by Sacred Sword from across the sea, NSN now adjusted their criteria to within the top 200 of the national server. Saint adjusted theirs to within the top 100 in the national server. I originally wanted to draw the line ording to Saint¡¯s standards, but Sacred Sword, those assh*les have been pissing me off these past two days and now I¡¯m also a little anxious. I think we should bring our criteria to be in line with international standards, so I wanted to ask...¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at the three former Sacred Sword yers and asked, ¡°Up to what rank was the assessment criterion for Sacred Sword?¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°500.¡±

    Puppy: ¡°300.¡±

    Chen Huo: ¡°200.¡±

    The three spoke quickly, each person giving a different number. An awkward silence suddenly descended over their table.

    Zhou Huo held back from cursing out these bunch of liars and resigned himself to searching on the inte for Sacred Sword¡¯s assessment criterion. Coincidentally, a yer of the Sacred Sword¡¯s revealed in an interview a month ago that their assessment criteria was within the top 30 for the European server.

    Zhou Huo said bitterly, ¡°Did you have to go that far? Did you all have to make up those lies just so I wouldn¡¯t find out Sacred Sword¡¯s assessment criteria? Fine! We¡¯ll set ours to be the same as Sacred Sword¡¯s, within the top 30.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t, why do we need topare ourselves with that kind of inhumane club?¡± Chen Huo was eating while also hurriedly selling misery. ¡°When I was at Sacred Sword, pouring out my blood, sweat and tears for that capitalist, there was never a month that I was able to get my full sry. Why must I suffer this same injustice now that I¡¯ve returned to my mothend¡¯s arms? Forgive me if my ranking has dropped but sometimes I run across pig teammates, not to mention that I sometimes have to help out others by teaming up with them.¡±

    Zhou Huo hesitated, ¡°Weren¡¯t you all ranked high before? Why...¡±

    ¡°That was umted over the course of a season. It was cleared to zero at the beginning of this season. How could it be that easy?¡± Puppy took the opportunity to request for the standard to be lowered. ¡°It will be easier towards thetter part of the season when we¡¯ve gathered some points. For now, cut us some ck, ok?¡±

    Zhou Huo hesitated and looked at Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui took a sip of soup, ¡°Top 100.¡±

    Zhou Huo reluctantly agreed. ¡°Okay, we¡¯ll start this month. The points will be counted at midnight on the 1st of next month.¡±

    The assessment was a rule that every team has. Top 100 in the national server was much easier than the top 30 in the European server. No one tried to reach for a yard after getting an inch and they all went to the training room after their dinner.

    ¡°Time to look at daddy¡¯s ranking...¡± Chen Huo opened the game client to logged in with his ount. He opened the national server rankings and gave a bitterugh. ¡°I¡¯ve been ying so many days already, why¡¯s my rank still so low? Why? Where did all my motivation go? ......Pushing Wawa onto me must have been some sort of conspiracy by Yu Sui and Shi Luo. I¡¯m 346 on the national server. Anyone lower than me?¡±

    Puppy sighed, ¡°I¡¯m 288.¡±

    Puppy pulled up the ranking list. ¡°Whisper¡¯s ranked at 196 and Evil¡¯s at 168...¡±

    No one¡¯s reached the standard. Puppy instantly calmed down and saidzily, ¡°There¡¯re still ten days until the end of the month. Good luck to everyone.¡±

    Shi Luo had already opened the client. He also took a look at his national server rankings. He felt that this wasn¡¯t too big of a problem. There were still ten days left. As long as he doesn¡¯t jump off a cliff and cause himself to lose points, it shouldn¡¯t be too difficult to get into the top 100. Shi Luo was considering whether to start a live broadcast when he heard Chen Huo pleading with Yu Sui, ¡°Yu Shen, look kindly upon your brother. Team up with me for a bit, okay? I¡¯m not asking you to y milktank. Just y like your normally do. There are too many sh*tty passerby medics. I can¡¯t waste any more time.¡±

    Shi Luo subconsciously looked at Yu Sui. Past twoputer screens, their two eyes met.

    Shi Luo looked away. Over on his side, Yu Sui still hadn¡¯t agreed. Chen Huo began to try and exploit morality. ¡°Yu Sui, you were the one who set the standard to within the top 100!¡±

    It would have been fine if Chen Huo hadn¡¯t said anything. Hearing that, Yu Sui nodded and said, ¡°It was because I wanted to intentionally deduct your sry. Get lost.¡±

    ¡°No, no, no, no. Please team up with me tonight.¡± Chen Huo grew panicky, ¡°Just one night, I¡¯ll get off at midnight.¡±

    Yu Sui sent Chen Huo and invite to team up and Chen Huo hurriedly, groveling, agreed.

    Wawa, whose team¡¯s assessment criteria had been adjusted to within the top 200, also came crying to Shi Luo. After Wawa repeatedly vowed that he¡¯d stop trying to practice Yu Sui¡¯s style of y and that he would be a milktank even more milktank-y than Angel Sword, Shi Luo allowed them to team up.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s provocation of the Chinese league was no longer a hidden matter due to the Zhou Huo¡¯re previous post. Although Zhou Huo has never revealed the results of NSN and Saint¡¯s matches, the other teams more or less guessed it. After these three teams raised their assessment criteria one after the other, the remaining nine teams also adjusted their assessment criteria. Now, the lowest cutoff line was set to within the top 300. This was like a stab at the ho¡¯s nest and all at once, the national server¡¯s ranking list became a bloody battlefield.

    Chen Huo, who was bitterly trying to rise to the top 100 and yet still couldn¡¯t do so, wanted nothing more than to find the other eleven teams and curse them soundly. What were they doing joining in on the fun!

    Passerby yers were curiously watching the miserable national server rankings. What was going on here? The rankings were almost constantly changing. These were all professional yer ounts with their team names attached. What kind of ultimate KPIs were the 12 domestic league teams pursuing?

    Once all the other teams raised their assessment criteria as well, Team Free¡¯s yers were no longer able to rise in the rankings as fast as before. Thankfully, they were all very skilled yers and by the end of the month all four of them managed to make it through the cutoff.

    But because all the major teams raised their assessment standards, there would always be those who due to carelessness would be squeezed out of the top 100. Chen Huo used to always love ying recklessly in passerby matches. Now, he didn¡¯t dare rx anymore. He yed every game seriously.

    ¡°Actually, this isn¡¯t so bad.¡± At the end of the month, Puppy, who finally got into the top 100 after much difficulty, sighed, ¡°Now, if anyone wants to y around, they¡¯ll have to use their side ounts. Their main ounts are for ying seriously. Looks like everyone¡¯s taking things really seriously. That¡¯s good.¡±

    Puppy looked at Shi Luo who was in the middle of ughtering on the national server using his side ount. He said sarcastically, ¡°People who have passed the assessment line a long time ago sure have it easy... hey!¡±

    Puppy looked left and right. He nced at Yu Sui¡¯s empty seat and raised his eyebrows. ¡°Where¡¯s Yu Sui? His match is about to start.¡±

    Shi Luo nced at Puppy. He hadn¡¯t heard him clearly. He frowned and said, ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°It seems that Yu Sui was called away by Zhou Huo just now.¡± Puppy slowly pointed to Yu Sui¡¯s seat, ¡°He forgot to cancel the queue. The match is about to start, the countdown¡¯s about done.¡±

    Chen Huo, who was still struggling to secure his position on the national server, said with satisfaction, ¡°You get a hundred point deduction for abandoning a high-level match. 100 points is kinda a lot. Even I¡¯m not sure I¡¯d be able to get a hundred points in a day. Thank you, Yu Sui. Thank you for oh so generously freeing up a spot.¡±

    Shi Luo took off his headphones and frowned, ¡°Stand in for him for a while.¡±

    Puppy spread his hands. ¡°I don¡¯t know how to y a medic. How am I supposed to sub for him? He didn¡¯t bring his mobile phone, and it¡¯s toote to call him...¡±

    Shi Luo quickly got up after destroying the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone in his game.

    Puppyughed and continued ying his own matches. Chen Huo let out a regretful ¡°sigh¡± and grumbled while ying, ¡°What¡¯s with you, Evil? Don¡¯t you dare bring NSN¡¯s team unity crap into our team. Why do you always have to go wrecking our team¡¯s style?¡±

    Shi Luo ignored Chen Huo and hurriedly put on Yu Sui¡¯s headphones and bought him the initial photon shield and long dagger.

    It¡¯s been a long time since Shi Luo yed as a medic so he was a little bit rusty. Fortunately, his foundation from all those years before had already formed into muscle memory. Shi Luo upped his tempo and kept up with the rhythm.

    Yu Sui must havepletely forgotten that he¡¯d queued up for a game. He still hadn¡¯te back even after ten minutes. Shi Luo looked helplessly at Yu Sui¡¯s phone on his desk. They couldn¡¯t give him a call. Chen Huo and Puppy were also ying their main ounts and couldn¡¯t get away. He had no choice but to continue ying.

    He¡¯d taken over in a hurry and didn¡¯t have time to think about it much but now that he¡¯d been ying for a while, Shi Luo gradually reacted. He was using Yu Sui¡¯s ount, typing on Yu Sui¡¯s keyboard, holding Yu Sui¡¯s mouse, and wearing Yu Sui¡¯s headphones, trying to adapt to using Yu Sui¡¯s keyboard settings...

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth and scolded himself inwardly. What are you suddenly getting all f*cking embarrassed for!!!

    Time passed and this match gradually proceeded into a deadlock. Shi Luo wanted to type something to spray his passersby teammates who keep making mistakes. Can you stop getting yourselves killed? ! I can¡¯t keep f*cking healing all of you. If I keep ying here and Whisperes back and sees me here, you¡¯re not the ones who¡¯re going to die of embarrassment, are you?! So stop getting yourselves killed!!!

    Fortunately, his passers-by teammates seemed to be able to feel ¡°Whisper¡¯s¡± irritation. In thetter stage, they managed to pull off a passable team cooperation. Ten minutester, they smoothly leveled the opponents and ended the game.

    Fortunately, Yu Sui hadn¡¯t yet returned.

    Shi Luo sighed in relief.

    The team chat interface was filled with praises for Whisper. Shi Luo didn¡¯t reply and just wanted to quit when he saw a message from one of his teammates.

    [Free forever nb]: [Yu Shen, I¡¯m your fan! ! ! I¡¯m so excited! My several days of ying to get into the top 500 has not been in vain! I actually ran into you. Me and my dorm buddies all like you! ! ! ]

    [Free forever nb]: [Whisper is awesome, Free is awesome! ! ! ]

    [Free forever nb]: [Please tell Evil for me that Shi Shen is awesome! ! ! ]

    [Free forever nb]: [Yu Shen, did you quit already? Or are you still reading? I adore you ah ah ah ah ah ah...]

    If it were his own ount, meeting such a die-hard fan, Shi Luo would have replied back with some sort of emoticon. But this was Yu Sui¡¯s professional ount and he hadn¡¯t even gotten his consent. It wasn¡¯t convenient for Shi Luo to say anything. He was about to quit when the other party typed out¡ª

    [Free forever nb]: [Oh, yeah. I¡¯ve gotta ask for my girlfriend. Yu Shen, Yu Shen. You don¡¯t like that EE anchor from the other day, right? She¡¯s particrly concerned about this.]

    Shi Luo frowned and typed¡ª¡ª

    [Free-Whisper]: [I don¡¯t like her!]

    When Shi Luo finished typing, he suddenly felt guilty. He was just about to leave when the passerby quickly typed¡ª

    [Free forever nb]: [Great! My girlfriend¡¯s very satisfied! She still wants to ask you though, do you have someone you like? ]

    Shi Luo paused.

    Shi Luo looked at theputer screen. It was as though his slender fingers were possessed. His finger gently swept the letter between the number keys 3 and 4.

    Shi Luo pressed it and then quickly deleted it again.

    ¡°F*ck, I¡¯m sick...¡±

    Shi Luo felt that he must really be possessed. He frowned and cursed. He took off the headphones and was about to get up when he was met with the sight of Yu Sui standing behind him for God know how long already.

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart went ¡®badump¡¯.

    Yu Sui¡¯s face was the same as usual though. He said softly, ¡°Thanks.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears instantly turned red. He quickly set down Yu Sui¡¯s headphones, vaguely muttered that it was nothing and ran back to his seat.

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª>>>>

    Chonqing Hangyadong walking tour : Link

 Chapter 56

    Chapter 56:

    Shi Luo returned to his seat. He was still logged into his side ount in the game client. Shi Luo quickly clicked to queue for a match and the game started immediately.

    He was afraid Yu Sui would have seen something if had been even one secondte.

    Shi Luo yed his side ount uneasily. Actually, he didn¡¯t have the least bit confidence that he hadn¡¯t been seen.

    The ¡°E¡± had already hit the chat window. Yu Sui had probably already been upstairs at the time. There¡¯s every possibility that he had seen it.

    Of course, even if he¡¯d been seen, Shi Luo could exin it away. He¡¯d say that he actually wanted to type ¡°en¡±, but he identally pressed the uppercase key.

    It made sense ¡ª barely.

    Shi Luo shook his head. He¡¯d almost lost his head. He returned behind the bunker and loaded some bullets, taking a deep breath.

    But the problem was, right now, the frightening thing was how does he exin it to Yu Sui?

    Under his thin T-shirt, Shi Luo¡¯s chest was pounding nonstop.

    No, that¡¯s not it.

    Right now, this wasn¡¯t the most frightening thing for Shi Luo.

    For professional yers, especially those who¡¯ve been ying for many years, the name they respond the most to was no longer their given names but rather the name that they see everyday in the game, the name that apanies their registered yer ID.

    For Shi Luo, he is more responsive to ¡°Evil¡± than ¡°Shi Luo¡±.

    Shi Luo knew very well that just then, for some unexinable reason, he had been about to type out ¡°Evil.¡±

    Shi Luo has always admitted that he was partial towards Yu Sui. Just now, his emotions had indeed been agitated when his passerby teammate had mentioned that small-time anchor. He instinctively wanted to stake his im. But using Whisper¡¯s main ount to tell this to a random stranger was simply going too far.

    This went far, far beyond just staking his im.

    Shi Luo¡¯s head wasn¡¯t in the game and he was killed. While waiting to be resurrected, Shi Luo carefully tilted his head and snuck a peek at Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui though lookedpletely the same as usual. His next game was already in progress, and his expression was no different than the one he usually wore.

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui.

    In their entire team, Yu Sui was the quietest when ying.

    Chen Huo was the noisiest. When things weren¡¯t going his way, he¡¯d spray. When things were going his way, he¡¯d still spray. When he yed like sh*t, he¡¯d curse and when he yed wonderfully, he¡¯d shout it out for everyone to know. So long as he was in his seat, Chen Huo could rarely be quiet for more than three minutes.

    Shi Luo, himself, often threw insults but he¡¯d usually type it out. He didn¡¯t often yell out verbal abuse but he typed quite furiously on his keyboard. Strikers had the most keyboard operations. What¡¯s more, he used blue switch keys. When ying, he often seemed to be abusing his keyboard judging from the nonstop cking and rattling.

    Puppy yed a sniper, crawling in the underbrush, targeting his opponents. There weren¡¯t a lot of keyboard operations. However, after years of watching the confusing y of passers-by teammates, he has cultivated the habit of making deliberately ambiguous insults. From time to time, he¡¯d let out some truly acidicments.

    Only Yu Sui could go on for an entire night without talking.

    Unless they are in the same matches, his other teammates, even when in the same training room, wouldn¡¯t ever know whether Yu Sui was on a winning or losing streak. Whether he yed well or not, his expressions were almost exactly the same.

    Shi Luo was feeling a little guilty and he would cast sidelong nces at Yu Sui from time to time. However, it was hard to make out anything from Yu Sui¡¯s expression.

    If he were forced to say what he could make out from Yu Sui¡¯s expression, it would be...

    Shi Luo chewed his gum hard. It was a bit of an ufortable thought but, it would be that Yu Sui was really handsome.

    Free didn¡¯t have any regr season games the past two days and everyone had been working hard to raise their rankings. Inside the base, these inte addicted teenagersid bare their true slovenly everyday selves.

    The same went for the league¡¯s number one medic.

    He wouldn¡¯t blow dry his hair after washing, letting it air dry naturally. What wouldn¡¯t dry was the towel he had draped around his shoulder. Everyday, he¡¯d don on a pair of sports pants and a T-shirt. When it¡¯s cold he¡¯d put on the team jacket. He hardly ever wore his shoes properly. He didn¡¯t spare any thought for his 10,000 yuan worth limited edition sneakers, stepping on its back and turning them into slippers.

    asionally when he had to go out, he would bend down and lift up the back part, slip it on and head out. It couldn¡¯t be more convenient.

    But despite being so careless and casual, he was still handsome.

    Back then Yu Sui had yed so hard and had gained a bad name for himself. And yet so many of his girlfriend fans stood by him. There was a reason for his. He had the capital for it.

    You¡¯re disappointed with his moral character? You can still stan him for his skills. You don¡¯t understand the game nor do you care about skills? No problem. You can always stay for his g man face.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help remembering that small time anchor who piggybacked off Yu Sui¡¯s poprity. His typing became noisier and noisier.

    After that day, that small time anchor made several more attempts to create a ssh and garner attention with limited sess. She desperately insinuated that she had added Yu Sui on WeChat and they have already had ¡°a few exchanges¡±.

    Those who were unscrupulous and wanted to take advantage of the situation followed suit, saying in a vague way that after Yu Sui returned to China, they had been in contact with him.

    Girls who¡¯d been linked to Yu Sui by even the tiniest bit two years before were, of course, better able to pull off this sort of sham. Most of the time, they would say, ¡°When Whisper returned to China, naturally I wanted to meet up. But I didn¡¯t want to disturb him. Pro yers are so busy after all. Of course, even if I¡¯d really seen him, I wouldn¡¯t be able to tell anyone, lest anyone say I¡¯m piggybacking off his poprity.¡±

    With so many nks left in their narratives, it opened the way for people to specte. It made people feel as though they (female) really had some sort of reunion with Yu Sui.

    All these were people of very little fame and couldn¡¯t make much of any waves on their own. Zhou Huo yed his cards well and refused to even cast them a nce. Yu Sui himself paid them no attention.

    However, sometimes, when Shi Luo saw these, he wanted to rise to the bait.

    He wanted to find these people and ask them inly. Just where did you meet Yu Sui? Was it in-game? Why do you keep mentioning him? Are you some poor soul who¡¯d died under his dagger? Why are you hanging about here like some ghost waiting to prey upon his life?

    Shi Luo tapped forcefully on his keyboard. He¡¯d feel vexed every time he thought about those people.

    Being at the same base with Yu Sui all day, Shi Luo knew better than anyone how untrue those ims were.

    But it was still annoying.

    It might not be true now but it might be true in the future.

    Yu Sui was already 21 years old.

    In another year, he¡¯d be legal to get married.

    Yu Sui was better at everything. There was nowhere to put him where he¡¯d be safe. He was always going to attract people¡¯s eyes.

    What if he brings back a little wife in the future...

    No matter how hard Shi Luo beats the balcony railing or even if plucks off all the thorns from that cactus, he would no longer care about Shi Luo.

    Naturally, he would have someone else to care about.

    Shi Luo knew very well just how good Yu Sui could be when he was being good to someone.

    No one could stand against it.

    When that timees...

    If Shi Luo tries that trick with the nket again, he¡¯d really be considered as a green tea b*tch.

    Shi Luo spit out the gum and reced it with a cigarette that he held between his lips. The expression on his face was vicious.

    During the span of a short game, Shi Luo¡¯s thoughts had already wandered, flying thousands of miles away.

    When Shi Luo finished his match, it was exactly midnight.

    The new month had started. Zhou Huo came upstairs and checked on everyone¡¯s rankings. All four of them were in the top 100 and all of them qualified.

    Zhou Huo was very satisfied. ¡°Not bad, not bad. Everyone came within standard in the first month. Now you only need to maintain your rankings next month. It should be much simpler, right?¡±

    ¡°This is no longer about this being simple or not.¡± Chen Huo looked at his national server ranking and heaved a sigh, ¡°Really, is there anyone here who cares about getting his pay docked? No one¡¯s actually gonna miss this bit of money, right? Take a look at the national ranking list! It¡¯s an abyss of suffering! This has already be a matter of pride!¡±

    Puppy nodded in agreement. ¡°I already didn¡¯t care about getting my pay docked in the first ce. You can deduct the money. It¡¯s fine. But when I think about how if I lose my ce in the top 100 some other yer from some other team would surpass me, forget about the deduction, that¡¯s simply unbearable!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right!¡± Chen Huo red at Yu Sui with bitterness. ¡°It¡¯s even more unbearable when it¡¯s someone from your own team. It¡¯s even more infuriating, when that someone should have had his points deducted but didn¡¯t!¡±

    ¡°What a grudge. Let¡¯s end a bit earlier today.¡± Zhou Huo informed them, ¡°I just asked the driver to go out and buy crayfish for you guys. It¡¯s at the first floor. Go to bed after you¡¯ve eaten.¡±

    Everyone got up to leave. Yu Sui was the slowest.

    Yu Sui had noticed how Shi Luo had kept shooting him nces just now.

    Recalling how Shi Luo had used his own main ount to type out that letter, Yu Sui dragged his steps to fall behind Shi Luo, narrowing his eyes.

    After paying such careful attention to that matter that has long been on his mind, was it finally going to yield some positive results?

    They all went to the first floor and each tore open the take-out boxes. They put on gloves and started peeling crayfish. Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui, ¡°Yours is here. I know you can¡¯t eat spicy food. Here¡¯s some shrimps with egg yolk and garlic.¡±

    It was already sote in the evening, even though it wasn¡¯t spicy, Yu Sui still couldn¡¯t eat a lot of it. He peeled a few and had a taste but didn¡¯t eat anymore after that. He went to the kitchen and took a bowl of the rice porridge the cleaning aunt had prepared for him.

    While peeling spicy crayfish, Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui. After a moment¡¯s hesitation, he asked, ¡°...stomachache?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Yu Sui sat down and slowly ate his porridge. ¡°It¡¯s reallyte, eating too much will hurt my stomach.¡±

    ¡°Tsk tsk.¡± Chen Huo looked at Yu Sui pityingly, ¡°You¡¯re so young but you can no longer eat whatever you want for a midnight snack... Over here, we have a cleaning aunt. When you retire in the future and live by yourself, who¡¯ll look after and cook for you? You¡¯ll have to find a girlfriend who can cook so that she¡¯ll cook porridge for you when you stay upte.¡±

    Shi Luo tossed the crayfish head aside.

    Old Qiao was quietly eating his own food. He shook his head when he heard this. ¡°What kind of girl would apany you while you stay up to y? What are you thinking?¡±

    Chen Huo curled his lips. ¡°There are lots of people who¡¯d be willing to stay upte with Yu Sui and cook porridge for him.¡±

    Chen Huo looked at Yu Sui and in his simpleton way, asked, ¡°Right?¡±

    Yu Sui nced at Shi Luo, whose expression was getting worse and worse. The corner of his mouth ticked down slightly. He said lightly, ¡°Eat your food.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not wrong.¡± Chen Huo opened a can of soda and sighed, ¡°g Man Yu won¡¯t ever have to worry about no one wanting him in the future...¡±

    Old Qiao held a crayfish in hand and brought up their recent training match. Everyone dropped the chit-chat. They were going to be ying against NSN the day after tomorrow, so they can¡¯t take it lightly.

    Yu Sui stopped eating after finishing off half a bowl of porridge. After discussing for a while about the tactics and strategies for ying against NSN, Puppy and Zhou Huo started talking about industry gossip once again. Yu Sui didn¡¯t feel like listening to this and he got up to put his bowl in the kitchen dishwasher.

    Shi Luo was uneasy all night. It was as if something had gone out of control in his mind. His mood kept swinging from good to bad and back.

    Shi Luo felt a bit better when he thought of Yu Sui¡¯s partiality towards himself but when he thought of Chen Huo teasing Yu Sui about having a girlfriend and about how Yu Sui did not directly refute it, he was so annoyed he wanted to hit Chen Huo.

    Worrying about personal gains and losses was too torturous.

    Shi Luo had on an ugly expression as he kept his head down and ate crayfish. Suddenly, he didn¡¯t know who it was that was so reckless, but someone poked his back.

    Shi Luo¡¯s brows rose instantly, and he looked sideways...

    Yu Sui just passed by.

    Yu Sui walked through the first floor living room and out the base. Through the ss wall, he could be seen sitting on a deck chair in the courtyard.

    Shi Luo¡¯s anger disappeared instantly.

    While silently cursing that this was just some high school g man joke of a move, he silently took off his stic gloves.

    Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo. ¡°You¡¯re not eating anymore? Don¡¯t you like this restaurant¡¯s crayfish the most?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m full.¡± Shi Luo got up and washed his hands. ¡°You guys keep eating.¡±

    Shi Luo picked up his phone and pursed his lips. After half a minute, he opened the door leading out of the base and walked into the yard.

    Yu Suiy on therge deck chair, ying on his phone.

    Shi Luo sat on the other chair. With one foot on top of the deck chair, he asked carelessly, ¡°What did you call me here for?¡±

    Yu Sui put down his phone. ¡°You seem a little unhappy.¡±

    Shi Luo instantly turned hyper-sensitive. ¡°No!¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo without saying a word.

    This was what Shi Luo couldn¡¯t stand the most; Yu Sui not saying anything, simply looking at him. Less than half a minute, he already capitted. He knit his brows and said, ¡°I¡¯m annoyed.¡±

    Yu Sui asked, voice low, ¡°What¡¯s got you annoyed?¡±

    Shi Luo hesitated for a moment and then he decided to throw caution to the wind.

    ¡°I......¡±

    The moment he uttered this single word, Shi Luo regretted it.

    Even two years ago, Shi Luo had never been so intimate with Yu Sui like this.

    Back then, they would oftenpare and argue about training. Not talking shop and having a heart-to-heart talk like this was very rare.

    It was so awkward.

    Shi Luo lit a cigarette. He pinched his brows and smoked.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t press. He just quietly looked at Shi Luo.

    ¡°I...¡± Shi Luo let out a puff of smoke. He whispered in a self-defeated kind of way, ¡°I get bothered when others get close to you.¡±

    There was no change in Yu Sui¡¯s expression. He asked, ¡°Weren¡¯t you always like this?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not the same.¡± Shi Luo smoked more and more fiercely. He didn¡¯t have the nerve to look at Yu Sui. He lowered his head and said, ¡°Others mustn¡¯t get close to you, they can¡¯t receive any benefits from you and I...¡±

    Shi Luo bit the cigarette butt until it turnedpletely bent out of shape. His voice became softer and softer. ¡°I want more and more.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded and repeated, ¡°Others can¡¯t receive any benefits but you can. And you want more and more...¡± Yu Sui paused and asked, ¡°Shi Luo, what else do you want?¡±

    Shi Luo was taken aback, and before he could sort out his thoughts, Yu Sui asked slowly, ¡°Shi Luo, my first kiss was already yours. How much more...benefits do you want?¡±

 Chapter 57

    Chapter 57:

    The night before Yu Sui was scheduled to leave the country, his former FS teammates gave him a make-up birthday party.

    At that birthday party, Shi Luo lost at Truth or Dare, and when he was penalized, he kissed Yu Sui by ident.

    Chen Huo said at the time that it must have been Yu Sui¡¯s first kiss. All the while, Shi Luo half-believed and half-disbelieved it.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes trembled slightly. ¡°Then, that was really your... your first kiss?¡±

    ¡°If it weren¡¯t? If I really had any kind of love history,¡± A trace of helplessness shed across Yu Sui¡¯s eyes, ¡°it would have long been dug out by someone.¡±

    Shi Luo thought about it and had to agree.

    Before his debut, Yu Sui would have been too young to consider dating. After his debut, if he had really been seeing anyone...With Yu Sui¡¯s fanatical girlfriend fans, this kind of thing would have been absolutely impossible to hide.

    Therefore, that truth or dare penalty had been Yu Sui¡¯s first kiss.

    Shi Luo thought back on that scene from two years ago and clutched his bleached hair, his throat constricted.

    That was Yu Sui¡¯s first kiss.

    What a pity.

    At the time, Chen Huo had been egging him on so Shi Luo couldn¡¯t remember how it felt when he kissed Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo raised his eyes to look at Yu Sui. His ears turned slightly warm.

    Whether he remembered it or not, this guy¡¯s first kiss was his.

    Yu Sui¡¯s first kiss was his, not someone else¡¯s.

    Shi Luo was struck with another bout of possessiveness. He couldn¡¯t help questioning closely in a quiet voice, ¡°Later...when you went to Germany, during the past two years...¡±

    Did you date anyone?

    Those people in Europe, though he didn¡¯t understand nor has he ever had any contact with them, they can¡¯t all be blind.

    There were bound to be lots of people who were interested in Yu Sui.

    For two whole years, even if he hadn¡¯t dated anyone, there might have been someone who used some trick like his own Truth or Dare to get their hands on this person.

    Shi Luo wanted to say something but stopped. It wasn¡¯t easy an easy thing to ask.

    What right did he have to ask anyway?

    Shi Luo turned slightly to the side. He took a cigarette from his trousers pocket and held it in his mouth without lighting it. He avoided Yu Sui¡¯s gaze and stopped speaking.

    Yu Sui watched Shi Luo¡¯s movements and expressions. He had more or less guessed what this little whelp wanted to ask. He said directly, ¡°No, I never dated nor have I had any bodily contact with anyone. For two years...¡±

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help but smile, ¡°I¡¯ve kept myself as pure as jade, original packaging unopened, how I was before I left is exactly how I am now.¡±

    Yu Sui was clearly talking about himself but Shi Luo felt like he was being seduced. His ears turned red immediately, and he stammered, cigarette between his lips, ¡°I-I di-didn¡¯t ask you about that!¡±

    ¡°Sorry.¡± Yu Sui smiled, leaning back slightly, ¡°I thought you were having another attack of your straight-guy disease. Anyway, I¡¯ve already owned up. From start to end, there¡¯s been no one.¡±

    Shi Luo gulped. For some reason, he felt even more nervous than before now that Yu Sui¡¯s said this.

    Yu Sui quietly waited for Shi Luo. He then pulled the topic back, ¡°So? You¡¯ve already taken the benefit of my first kiss. What else? What else do you want?¡±

    Yu Sui waited for Shi Luo to say something.

    Shi Luo raised his eyes to look at Yu Sui, his heart beating faster and faster, his lips unconsciously trembling slightly.

    The answer was ready toe out.

    What Yu Sui was to Shi Luo was aplicated matter.

    He was his benefactor and his personal enemy; an elder brother and his captain; the model and goal for his profession and his most longed for teammate. His multiple identities barred Shi Luo¡¯s way in front, and emotional barriers caused by his particr childhood experiences blocked his way behind.

    Shi Luo had suffered extreme hardships during his short neen years of life. The only thing he hadn¡¯t tasted was the taste of being loved. He¡¯d been on a tortuous mountain and hadn¡¯t realized it until now.

    The range upon range of mountains in his heart were all broken up in an instant. The only thing that remained in Shi Luo¡¯s heart was Yu Sui.

    Cigarette between his lips, Shi Luo lowered his head, trying his best to contain himself and not lose control.

    In the past few years, Shi Luo has be better and better at controlling his emotions. As long as he is given a little time, Shi Luo would be able to sort out his feelings. He wanted to tell Yu Sui everything.

    But Yu Sui refused to give Shi Luo any time.

    Yu Sui noticed that Shi Luo¡¯s body was trembling slightly, and he subconsciously called out, ¡°Luo Luo...¡±

    As soon as Yu Sui said those two words, Shi Luo¡¯s eyes reddened.

    The second half of what Yu Sui meant to say ¡ª ¡®tell it to me straight.¡¯ ¡ª was choked back.

    Shi Luo had reached the end of his forbearance. He wiped his face and said hoarsely, ¡°F*ck it.¡±

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth, he didn¡¯t want to lose control but he just couldn¡¯t anymore.

    He couldn¡¯t bear Yu Sui calling him that way.

    Shi Luo took the cigarette from his mouth. He didn¡¯t want to dy for a second longer. ¡°I like...eh.¡±

    Yu Sui covered Shi Luo¡¯s mouth with his hand.

    Yu Sui looked straight into Shi Luo¡¯s eyes and said with all seriousness, ¡°I like you.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart suddenly ached.

    Everyone said Whisper was a g man. Only Shi Luo knew that no one could be gentler than Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui released the hand covering Shi Luo¡¯s mouth and whispered, ¡°Do you like me?¡±

    Shi Luo lowered his head. His throat was choked with emotions, trying his best not to let his tears fall.

    Shi Luo¡¯s voice was hoarse, ¡°Yeah.¡±

    ¡°I do.¡±

    ¡°I like you.¡±

    Beyond the ss wall, their teammates were still there. They really had no way to do anything that would cross the line. Yu Sui took Shi Luo¡¯s hand and squeezed it lightly.

    Yu Sui looked down at Shi Luo¡¯s hand and let out a breath, ¡°...Finally.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s nose twitched. He still hadn¡¯t been able to restrain the myriad feelings in his heart when he suddenly sensed something.

    It doesn¡¯t make much sense to ponder about this at the moment but Shi Luo¡¯s thoughts turned a bit uneasy.

    What did he mean by ¡°finally¡±?

    For him, it was only a few minutes ago that he was able to fully understand that he liked Yu Sui, but what about Yu Sui?

    Shi Luo suddenly didn¡¯t dare to dwell on it.

    If possible, Shi Luo hoped that Yu Sui was like himself, only realizing his feelings just now.

    But this was obviously not the case for Yu Sui.

    Then, just when did he be interested?

    A week ago?

    Half a month ago?

    A month ago?

    Or could it be...

    Shi Luo raised his eyes to look at Yu Sui, the pain in his heart intensifying.

    This was definitely not the time to be hung up on such details, but Shi Luo just couldn¡¯t help it.

    Along with finding out Yu Sui¡¯s feelings, the many doubts in Shi Luo¡¯s heart suddenly came out. Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to think about the details, but his heart ached more and more.

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui with red-rimmed eyes and with trembling lips, asked, ¡°When did you...when did you like me?¡±

    Yu Sui obviously didn¡¯t expect Shi Luo to suddenly ask this.

    Yu Suiughed in spite of himself. ¡°Luo Luo, this mood between us... shouldn¡¯t we talk about this?¡±

    Shi Luo stared at Yu Sui and asked, ¡°When?¡±

    Shi Luo stubbornly said, ¡°When? You¡¯re not me. You grew up normally, and you¡¯ve had normal rtionships with people. You must know better than I do about liking or disliking someone. If you became interested in someone, you would know it. So when did you be interested?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled. He wanted to keep his mouth shut and just kiss Shi Luo. Shi Luo stepped back a bit, his tone changed a little, ¡°When?!¡±

    Yu Sui was quiet for a moment. He smiled.

    ¡°Say it!¡± Fearing that he¡¯d attract their other teammates¡¯ attention, Shi Luo tried his best to suppress his voice, ¡°Tell me, when did you be interested?¡±

    Shi Luo was trembling from head to foot. ¡°Yu Sui, you...you¡¯ve always been so good to me, you...¡±

    ¡°If I was really good to you.¡± Yu Sui paused and chuckled, ¡°Then that would really make a g man now.¡±

    Shi Luo interrupted Yu Sui anxiously. ¡°Say it!!!¡±

    Yu Sui was dazed.

    After a while, Yu Sui simply said, ¡°In that club, when we had that alcohol bet.¡±

    Yu Sui avoided Shi Luo¡¯s gaze. He looked down at Shi Luo¡¯s hand, and said in an easy tone, ¡°You should understand. That scene, no one could¡¯ve remain unmoved.¡±

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t even face him as he said this. Shi Luo could no longer bear it. He gritted his teeth and said, ¡°Tell, me, the, truth.¡±

    Yu Sui took a deep breath.

    It was too difficult to try and fool Shi Luo.

    Since getting to know Shi Luo, in two years, Yu Sui has only been able to sessfully conceal one thing from Shi Luo.

    And now, it seemed that he wouldn¡¯t be able to hold it back anymore.

    Shi Luo was now serious. Yu Sui knew that he couldn¡¯t hide it anymore.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and tried to speak as calmly as possible, ¡°Back when you were still doing live broadcasts.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes trembled, and tears he¡¯d been holding back for so long finally came falling down.

    When he was still a wild anchor, Yu Sui was already interested.

    Looking back at all the countless encounters they had during the past two years, all of them, all of them, no longer looked the same.

    That year, Yu Sui was neen years old.

    In the house dance channel of a certain live broadcasting tform, Yu Sui, whose identity had been exposed by Shi Luo, said, ¡°Luo,e to FS. I¡¯ll take you with me.¡±

    After Shi Luo yed his first regr season match and won the match MVP, Yu Sui evaded the others and whispered to Shi Luo that he¡¯d take him to celebrate alone. Then he drove the whole night and to take Shi Luo back to his hometown.

    At Shi Luo¡¯s hometown, outside the college entrance examination venue, Yu Sui leisurely opened a live broadcast while waiting for Shi Luo, and told everyone about the boy he secretly had in his heart.

    At the FS base, after learning that Shi Luo had signed a five-year contract in a moment of impulse, Yu Sui¡¯s expression had been conflicted. He wanted to say something but stopped.

    Yu Sui asked Shi Luo what Shi Luo thought of him. Once he heard Shi Luo¡¯s answer, Yu Sui fell silent.

    On the eve of Yu Sui¡¯s departure, Shi Luo and Yu Sui threw out harsh words. Shi Luo had told him that if Yu Sui didn¡¯t take Shi Luo with him, he would never ever, ever look for him again.

    After killing the new medic more than thirty times in a row, Yu Sui found out that that medic named Evil¡¯s previous ID had been Luo.

    ...

    The past shed vividly in Shi Luo¡¯s mind. Shi Luo¡¯s tears burst out as though from a breached dike. He couldn¡¯t control it anymore.

    During every moment of the past, Yu Sui had liked him.

    All these memories were suddenly covered with knives. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t imagine how Yu Sui hade wading all this way.

    ¡°You......¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s tears meandered. ¡°How could you...¡±

    Shi Luo held Yu Sui¡¯s hand tightly. He was violently choked with sobs, unable toplete a sentence.

    ¡°At first, I couldn¡¯t tell you. I was worried you still didn¡¯t like me.¡± Yu Sui raised his hand and stroked Shi Luo¡¯s head. Voice hoarse, he said, ¡°Thenter, I couldn¡¯t tell you...because I was worried that you already liked me.¡±

    ¡°What I just said is true. In twenty-one years, you¡¯re the only one I¡¯ve ever liked.¡±

    ¡°At that time, I was young and inexperienced. Wherever I release you, I was worried I¡¯d hurt you.¡±

    ¡°But despite how careful I tried to be, I still hurt you.¡±

 Chapter 58

    Chapter 58:

    Having had a mutual exchange of feelings, even if they weren¡¯t like others who¡¯d pledge their undying love amidst the flowers under the moonlight, the least they could do was say a word or two to show their love. However, it seemed as though some sort of switch had been turned on for Shi Luo¡¯s tear nds and he simply couldn¡¯t control it.

    The more Shi Luo forced himself not to remember, the less he could control it. He was only silently choking back sobs at first and then he buried his face against his wrists as he sobbed and sniffled. Afterwards, it was like his insides were hurting, hurting so much that he couldn¡¯t stop from bending at the waist. Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to lose control like this, but at that moment when Yu Sui confessed, it was like he¡¯d established a link to Yu Sui¡¯s senses. At this moment, Shi Luo felt all the feelings and pain Yu Sui had been suppressing in his heart for the past two years.

    Shi Luo felt that he was about to explode from how much his heart ached.

    If possible, Shi Luo would have rather that Yu Sui only started liking him just now.

    Tears freely streaked down his face. Shi Luo clenched his fists, his shoulders twitched and jerked as though he were having spasms.

    ¡°My God...¡± At first, Yu Sui simply thought that Shi Luo felt moved. He¡¯d cry a couple of tears and that¡¯d be it. But this posture of Shi Luo¡¯s was strange. Yu Sui approached and stood to his side, putting his arm around Shi Luo¡¯s shoulder. He asked quietly, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Don¡¯t cry...why are you crying this much?¡±

    Shi Luo was so choked with emotions that he couldn¡¯t say a word. He shook his head, still unable to stop his tears.

    Yu Sui stroked Shi Luo¡¯s forehead, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Are you not feeling well?¡±

    Shi Luo still shook his head. His body didn¡¯t feel unwell but his heart was in so much pain. It was in so much pain that he wished he could go back to two years ago and confess to Yu Sui; tell him that he liked him and that he¡¯d wait for him no matter how many years it¡¯d take.

    Shi Luo slid down from the deck chair and crouched on the ground, not uttering a sound, trembling all over.

    ¡°I told you not dig into this.¡± Yu Sui bowed his head, feeling distressed, and ced a kiss on top of Shi Luo¡¯s head. He coaxed, voice hoarse, ¡°I know everything...¡±

    Yu Sui whispered into Shi Luo¡¯s ear, ¡°You feel distressed for me, I understand...¡±

    When Shi Luo heard this, tears fell even more fiercely.

    He felt distressed, uncontrobly distressed, so distressed that he felt like dying.

    Only the living room separated the small courtyard from the dining room where their teammates were.

    At first, the two of them only spoke in low voices so as not to attract the others¡¯ attention. But Shi Luo cried too intensely and they¡¯ve also been out for a while so it was impossible not have been noticed.

    In the dining room, their teammates, who were happily eating crayfish, looked around and noticed that there were two missing. So, naturally, they went to look for them.

    When Zhou Huo, Old Qiao, Chen Huo, and Puppy opened the door to look for the two in the yard, they were met with this scene.

    The four of them were dumbfounded. Zhou Huo cautiously asked, ¡°What...happened...here...?¡±

    Everything happened so fast; Shi Luopletely forgot that his teammates were still inside on the first floor of the base. Shi Luo hardly ever shed tears in front of others, but at this moment, he was crying to the point of copse. He buried his face in his arms; inwardly, he said, ¡®just f*cking kill me already¡¯.

    Fortunately, the ever gentle Yu Sui, always tries to help Shi Luo out of embarrassing situations.

    With one arm around Shi Luo, Yu Sui looked at this startled group of four and said, ¡°He¡¯d finally reached the top 100 in the national server after so much hardships. It hit him just now.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo wiped away these tears he¡¯d shed for finally reaching the top 100 and wanted to die even more.

    Hearing this, Zhou Huo was suddenly struck by a bout of self-me and stuttered out, ¡°N-no, was it&#k2026; so difficult? I&#k2026; didn¡¯t think of that.¡±

    Old Qiao was overly shocked and med himself as well. ¡°Although time was a bit tight to level up this month, I didn¡¯t expect the pressure to be this heavy. Next&#k2026;next time, you guys tell us earlier, alright?¡±

    Chen Huo looked confused. He tilted his head and took a closer look at Shi Luo. He was left speechless, ¡°...you were that moved?¡±

    Chen Huo gulped and whispered to Puppy, ¡°When I won the World Championship, I never cried like that.¡±

    Puppy nced at Yu Sui and knew what was going on in an instant. Despite that, he couldn¡¯t help hitting Shi Luo when he¡¯s down. ¡°Oh, you know. He¡¯s young, that¡¯s normal.¡±

    ¡°Are young people...so emotional?¡± Chen Huo still found it hard to understand. ¡°Who the f*ck would believe that? Last season¡¯s no. 1 striker on the national server, crying his eyes out because he got into the top 100?¡±

    Old Qiao, who waspletely out of the loop, said sympathetically, ¡°Can you say this season¡¯s the same asst? Everyone¡¯s under a lot of pressure.¡±

    ¡°Still! Not like this!¡± Chen Huo, who was equally out of the loop, couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°If he¡¯s crying like this now, what about when we fight against NSN in two days? Really, Evil, let¡¯s agree right now. Regardless whether NSN wins or loses, we¡¯re not allowed to cry, alright? Let alone me, your old club, NSN wouldn¡¯t be able to stand it either.¡±

    Shi Luo clung tightly to Yu Sui¡¯s T-shirt, eager to get a knife and chop up Chen Huo.

    ¡°It¡¯s fine, it¡¯s fine. Are you just gonna go on and on?¡± Yu Sui stopped himself from smiling. He sent Puppy a look. ¡°Get going.¡±

    Puppy was grinning from ear to ear as he pulled Chen Huo back in through the door. ¡°Almost done. Although our team is the heartless sort, everyone has times when their emotions get the better of them, right? Going...¡±

    Zhou Huo had mostly figured it out by now. Eyes lit up with joy, he hurriedly pushed the others back to the base. He was thest one in and when he turned to close the door, he couldn¡¯t help but take a second probing look. He left a kindly reminder, ¡°You¡¯ve got a lot going on but no matter what, you should go to bed soon, alright? Don¡¯t stay up toote.¡±

    After being interrupted like this, he couldn¡¯t find it in himself to cry anymore even if he suffered another emotional copse. Shi Luo wiped his face, sniffled and said, ¡°...I¡¯m fine.¡±

    ¡°You scared me to death.¡± Yu Sui smiled helplessly, ¡°You suddenly...¡±

    Shi Luo calmed down and felt embarrassed. He pulled up the hem of his T-shirt and wiped his face, and said vaguely, ¡°I said I¡¯m fine.¡±

    Shi Luo had cried so hard just now that even his forehead had turned red. Yu Sui¡¯s hand was on the cool side and he reached out to put the back of his hand against Shi Luo¡¯s hot forehead. Shi Luo hadn¡¯t fully adapted to their current rtionship yet and he involuntarily avoided the touch.

    Yu Sui¡¯s hand paused. ¡°I¡¯m not allowed to touch?¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes to look at Yu Sui. He pursed his lower lip, and moved forward closer to Yu Sui, putting his head against Yu Sui¡¯s hand without a word.

    Shi Luo¡¯s hard white, slightly rough hair rubbed against Yu Sui¡¯s fingers. Yu Sui touched it lightly and asked to make certain, ¡°So, are we together now?¡±

    Shi Luo was silent for a while, then let out an ¡°en¡±.

    Yu Sui breathed a sigh of relief. Finally.

    Yu Sui turned his head and looked into living room. Their teammates were still there. It really wasn¡¯t appropriate to take things a step further. Although the timing wasn¡¯t right, there were a lot of things, Yu Sui wanted to do. Yu Sui thought for a bit and asked, ¡°Do you want to make it public?¡±

    They wouldn¡¯t need to hide it from these people anymore if they make it public.

    Yu Sui hade out to his family a long time ago and they were indifferent to it. Shi Luo¡¯s rtionship with his family...was almost negligible. Even if someone from there would object, Shi Luo would probably wouldn¡¯t take it seriously.

    Shi Luo rubbed his head on Yu Sui¡¯s hand, and after a while, shook his head. ¡°Let¡¯s not for now.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s eyebrows rose up.

    ¡°It hasn¡¯t been long since the team was formed and we haven¡¯t produced any real results yet. If we really make it public... Others would only pay attention to our team¡¯s gossip.¡± Shi Luo said dully, ¡°If we lose someday, they¡¯ll definitely say it¡¯s because you were too busy doing gaoji too keep you head in the game.¡±

    Shi Luo raised his head and nced at Yu Sui and grumbled quietly, ¡°You¡¯ve got enough haters already.¡±

    Yu Suiughed, ¡°You think I¡¯m afraid of this?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll be annoyed.¡± Shi Luo frowned, ¡°It¡¯s annoying when I see them shooting their idiot mouths off.¡±

    Yu Sui gently riffled through Shi Luo¡¯s hair with his fingers, and said in a low voice, ¡°You feel bad for me?¡±

    Shi Luo lowered his head and rubbed against Yu Sui¡¯s hand before nodding.

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help casting another look at the people in the living room, grinding his teeth.

    Shi Luo feeling bad for him made him want to dote on him. Yu Sui really wanted to something.

    But, he must respect the little boy¡¯s opinion. Shi Luo¡¯s thinking wasn¡¯t wrong.

    Yu Sui has long stopped caring about what other people thought, but that wasn¡¯t possible for Shi Luo.

    Yu Sui could ept people twisting his image but Shi Luo couldn¡¯t.

    ¡°Okay.¡± Except for not being able to do anything tantly, making it public or not was all the same for Yu Sui. The only thing Yu Sui cared about was his rtionship with Shi Luo. ¡°When you want to make it public, let me know.¡±

    Shi Luo gave an ¡°en¡±.

    The door to the base was pushed open a crack, Zhou Huo held his breath and craned his neck out. He whispered a reminder, ¡°It¡¯ll be two o¡¯clock soon.¡±

    Shi Luo instantly leaned back half a foot and turned his head to avoid Zhou Huo.

    ¡°I got it.¡± Yu Sui stood up helplessly and reached out a hand to Shi Luo. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±

    Shi Luo grabbed Yu Sui¡¯s hand and got up. The two of them entered the base together.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were still red, and he didn¡¯t want to be seen. So upon entering the base, he kept his head down adn hurried upstairs back to his own room.

    Yu Sui fell a few steps behind. Watching Shi Luo¡¯s back, he corners of his lips ticked up slightly.

    ¡°It¡¯s done?¡± Puppy was sitting on the living room sofa. He raised his eyebrows. ¡°Hm?¡±

    Yu Sui hushed him but still couldn¡¯t help smiling.

    Puppy curled his lips. He was a lot more perceptive than Chen Huo and Old Qiao. He had more or less guessed that the two of them had gotten together and furthermore, that they didn¡¯t intend to make things public. Naturally, he wouldn¡¯t say much, he merely said enviously, ¡°A good old age, near the water tform, together from morning til night, what a d*mned thing.¡±

    Old Qiao was packing up the takeaway boxes they¡¯d left piled up on the table. Hearing this, he raised his head and asked in confusion, ¡°What kind of one-man word game are you ying? If you¡¯re not going to sleep yet, then help me clean up. Everyone just left after eating! When the cleaning upes tomorrow she¡¯ll make you clean these all up.¡±

    When Puppy heard work, he slipped away at lightning speed, rushing away at top speed.

    On the second floor of the base, Shi Luo spent a long time washing his face with cold water. He looked up in the mirror and after a while, he couldn¡¯t help but smile.

    Were they really...really together?

    Shi Luo suddenly felt a little uncertain.

    Just now, Yu Sui really did confess to him, right?

    He even said he¡¯d liked him since way back when he was still a wild anchor.

    The person he liked, liked him back and what¡¯s more he¡¯d liked him way earlier. What kind of luck was this?

    Shi Luo wiped his face andy on the bed. He calmed down. The more he thought about it, the more he felt uncertain but he could still clearly picture that scene just now. Looking back, there were so many clues to be found.

    Shi Luo murmured, ¡°He likes me.¡±

    When he thought of Yu Sui, he couldn¡¯t help but think that this person liked him. When he thought about how Yu Sui had liked him for a long time, he couldn¡¯t help but feel unhappy and when he felt unhappy, he got the urge to kill Ji Yanhan. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help sighing over his own frightening sixth sense. When he firsty eyes on him, he already felt that this person was no good and he was right! That beast had truly had stood in his way lots of times.

    Shi Luo used his arm as a pillow and couldn¡¯t help but me Yu Sui.

    When Yu Sui was gentle, he was really gentle, and when he was cruel, he was also really cruel.

    Back then, he truly had left without divulging even a bit of what he felt.

    Shi Luo closed his eyes and started feeling unavoidably distressed.

    Shi Luoy on the bed, tossing and turning. He¡¯d received too much stimtion and he still couldn¡¯t fall asleep after a short while. Like turning over a cake, he turned over and it was after hour before he started feeling sleepy. Half awake and half asleep, he felt a bit regretful.

    On the first day of his confession, he hadn¡¯t f*cking managed to seize any benefit!

    He unexpectedly left the original packaging unopened and actually let the man whose first kiss he snatched away just walk away like that...

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª-

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    I will do a re-read of this to catch any errors when my brain isn¡¯t turning to mush because of allergy meds. If you spot any errors let me know in thements.

 Chapter 59

    Chapter 59:

    When Shi Luo first joined FS as a substitute for Yu Sui, he had plenty of free time. FS didn¡¯t have any other requirements of him. He¡¯d be fine keeping an eye on the water dispenser and stopping anyone from walking away with the split-type air conditioner.

    Before FS was dissolved but after his college entrance examination, Shi Luo had a period of ufortably idle time. When he was bored, he would often search for topics rted to Yu Sui.

    Among them, there is a topic rted to Yu Sui that was very eye-catching. The title is: ¡°What kind of experience would it be to date celebrity yer Whisper? ¡±

    Most of the FOG yers said it¡¯d be fun and great. Dating Whisper would mean that they¡¯d never have to worry about money, they¡¯d be able to eat and drink whatever they wanted. It¡¯d be like their ancestral graves spewed out green smoke or getting a money tree from out of nowhere. What Whisper wants, Whisper gets. The entire time they¡¯re going steady would naturally be very happy. It was said that Yu Shen¡¯s parents were engaged in academic studies, so their future children¡¯s IQ would definitely be pretty high. Indeed, everything was just right. No matter how you thought about it, there was no way this could be a losing proposition.

    Yu Sui¡¯s own fans were a lot more cool-headed. After letting their imagination run wild a bit, they considered it rationally and even disregarding the innate drawbacks of dating a public figure, really dating Yu Sui wouldn¡¯t be such an easy and effortless thing.

    Just think about the terrible training schedule of pro-yers, and then think about Yu Sui¡¯s record of absolute social media silence for an entire half a year. This is enough to scare most people away.

    Just look at how desperately Whisper trains. He¡¯spletely devoted to his work and absolutely refuses any outside disturbances or distractions. Judging from this, you could tell that this person would all too easily dump you without a second thought.

    Even if you do get to establish a rtionship, once the regr season starts this person would basically disappear. You¡¯ll have to wait for him to finish ying the regr season, and then the yoffs and then he¡¯d enter the world championships and you¡¯d have to wait for him to finish that too. By the time he¡¯s done, the grass over your grave would be as tall as trees.

    The most terrible thing? What was Yu Shen¡¯s nickname? g Man Yu.

    After disappearing for a season, hees back saying ¡°If I didn¡¯t work hard, you¡¯d be embarrassed.¡± and instantly your heart goes soft. It¡¯s one thing to ¡®g¡¯-ed by the g man, but to be ¡®g¡¯-ed and still coaxed back, now that was just pouring salt over your wounds.

    If there are still people who are unwilling to give up and think that Whisper wouldn¡¯t treat the person he¡¯s dating the same way he treats his fans, then let¡¯s examine this person¡¯s experiences, shall we?

    I¡¯ve been Whisper¡¯s fan for so many years. I¡¯ve seen him asionally spray people in games, heard him deliver scathing remarks to his teammates during his live broadcasts and I¡¯ve him anger other teams by trash talking before their games. The only thing I have never heard is this guy say a few soft words or be lovey-dovey with anyone.

    He started on his career at the age of fifteen. Since his debut, he¡¯s been ttered all the way until now when he¡¯s neen. He has zero rtionship experience. How can this kind of young master possibly fall in love? Would he know how to consider the feelings of his lover? Would he know how to take care of them?

    After the fan¡¯s analysis, numerous passer-bys gave this post a like. They felt that what Lu Xun had said was right. There was no love in e-sports. To look for love from Whisper was to find unhappiness for yourself.

    The Shi Luo of back then had also been fooled by this.

    After so long, he didn¡¯t know whether that topic that had been pushed to the top of the forum was still there. If it was, Shi Luo, who¡¯d just confirmed his rtionship with Yu Sui and have been in a rtionship for a day, would like to reply¡ª

    Whisper can fall in love.

    He very much can.

    Usually, Shi Luo would go down from the dorm at exactly 12 noon for breakfast. For special reasons, yesterday, Shi Luo wasn¡¯t able to fall asleep until the first glimmers of dawn and by the time he woke up it was already past one in the afternoon. By this time, the cleaning aunt who cooks for them in the base was already off work. Shi Luo thought there was probably no food left. Before he could start making noodles for himself, Old Qiao, who was reading the newspaper, reminded Shi Luo, ¡°Didn¡¯t you ask Yu Sui to order takeout for you? It¡¯s in the food warmer. Remember to eat it.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s facial expression management was working fine. He stayed cool, kept hisposure and tacitly agreed that he¡¯d been the one to ask for takeout.

    After eating his fill of breakfast or possibly, lunch, Shi Luo went upstairs to the training room. Yu Sui, Chen Huo, and Puppy were already there.

    The afternoon was set for practice matches. They had an appointment with a South Korean team. During training, Yu Sui was actually absolutely the same as usual. He yed the game how he was supposed to y. He didn¡¯t take care of Shi Luo more just because they¡¯ve already established their rtionship. When he had to abandon Shi Luo, he abandoned Shi Luo and when he had to snatch a kill from Shi Luo, he still snatched away the kill.

    In the middle of their match, there was a time when Yu Sui had been particrly nasty when snatching away the kill. Puppy, who knew of the rtionship between the two, couldn¡¯t help but point out, ¡°Yu Shen, with that sh of your dagger, you¡¯re likely to win the game but lose him.¡±

    Thepletely out of the loop Chen Huo joined in to oppose amon enemy. He chimed in angrily, ¡°Lose who? Did you mean lose me? Yeah! Yu Sui, next time you don¡¯t give me a shield, you¡¯re definitely going to lose me ah ah ah ah ah! F*ck it! I¡¯m really dying over here!!!¡±

    Yu Sui kept silent, and quickly put a shield up for Chen Huo to shut him up.

    Shi Luo, whose kill had nastily snatched away by Yu Sui, unexpectedly said nothing. If he really could show particr care for him during a practice match, then he wouldn¡¯t be Yu Sui.

    Who Shi Luo liked was the Whisper who was self-centered and made no allowances for the needs of other when ying the game.

    Puppy who failed to stir Shi Luo up, couldn¡¯t help groaning, ¡°Are you an M?...You¡¯re already in this kind of rtionship and he still won¡¯t give you preferential treatment. What¡¯s more, you didn¡¯t even get angry about it...¡±

    Of course. This was just a training match.

    Past ten o¡¯clock in the evening, the four of them started free training.

    With theing of the new month, they had to once again fill up their required live broadcasting hours. Chen Huo and Puppy both started live broadcasts to fill in their hours. Yu Sui and Shi Luo didn¡¯t.

    It¡¯s not that Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to, but Shi Luo wouldn¡¯t let him no matter what.

    For no other reason than Shi Luo really didn¡¯t dare to let people watch Yu Sui¡¯s, uh, ahem, brilliant moves.

    Although they were ying double row in high-level matches on the national server, these matches still couldn¡¯tpare to their practice games or regr games. Passers-by yers didn¡¯t try to coordinate through voice chats nor were they long-time teammates who¡¯ve built up tacit understanding. Consequently, they yed a lot more loosely and moves they wouldn¡¯t dare use during training, they¡¯d use here.

    When Shi Luo only has a sliver of health left, using his own body to shield Shi Luo was already child¡¯s y for Yu Sui. Yu Sui relied on his own order-defying skills to bar their opponents¡¯ way and without letting their opponents fight back, he¡¯d leave them with a little bit of blood and hand over the kill to Shi Luo.

    During his team-up with Yu Sui, as long as it¡¯s their side that wins, Shi Luo would generally wind up with the match MVP title.

    In one of their most exaggerated matches, Yu Sui and Shi Luo managed to get a total of 24 heads and all 24 counted towards Shi Luo¡¯s kill count.

    If this was a live broadcast, let alone yers who watched the live broadcast, ordinary people who¡¯ve never even heard of this game would be able to sense that this medic named Whisper and the striker named Evil have a friendship that went beyond being teammates.

    By the end of the night, Shi Luo wanted to facepalm.

    Last season¡¯s no. 1 striker on the national server, allowed the no. 1 medic on the European server to carry him through the matches like a little girlfriend.

    Other guys when they take their girlfriends to y would show-off with a few words like, ¡°Watch how your ge ys.¡±, ¡°I¡¯ll take care of things here, you can just walk around.¡±, ¡°You can just AFK and wait for the win¡±.

    But Yu Sui didn¡¯t. The two of them didn¡¯t even have their mics connected during their team up. Yu Sui was even more unlikely to type in the game. As usual, he didn¡¯t say a word, keeping as quiet as though he were in a library.

    Yu Sui¡¯s meaning was very clear: I know that you don¡¯t need me to carry you along. The only reason I¡¯m ying like this is to make the little boy happy.

    When the no. 1 medic was being gentle it was really too annoying. Shi Luo had his roots as a medic. He knew how demanding this kind of ultimate kind of ying was on a yer¡¯s hand speed and foresight. Shi Luo wasn¡¯t being biased. Yu Sui¡¯s skills were basicallyputer level skills.

    The more he understood, the more he was realized how amazing Yu Sui was. The more amazing he found Yu Sui, the more his knees felt weak.

    In the end, it was Shi Luo who couldn¡¯t stand it. He was the one who took the initiative to send Yu Sui a private message. [...Captain, please put away your magic powers. ]

    In the in-game friend¡¯s chat interface, Yu Sui typed out.

    [Whisper]: [? ]

    [Evil]: [We¡¯ve been training for the entire day. During the evening¡¯s double row, you should...rx a little, just y casually.]

    [Whisper]: [I am very rxed. ]

    [Evil]: [......]

    [Evil]: [You call this kind of y rxed?]

    [Whisper]: [En. ]

    [Evil]: [...Sure enough, looks like I made the right choice changing to a striker back then. ]

    [Whisper]: [?]

    [Evil]: [The career ceiling for a medic is too high. ]

    [Whisper]: [You think my level¡¯s that high? ]

    [Evil]: [I¡¯m just stating facts...]

    Shi Luo truly wasn¡¯t praising Yu Sui because he liked him. In the past, Shi Luo didn¡¯t have any chance to team up with Yu Sui. Since Yu Sui¡¯s return to China, he¡¯s had plenty of chances. Usually, the only way to see Yu Sui¡¯s order-defying skills was as a spectator to his matches but it was only by being in the same match as him can one see the details of his skills. Shi Luo thought pretty highly of his own skills but the more he saw, the more he had to conceed that Yu Sui truly was the pinnacle of medics. He was their career ceiling and it was a ceiling so high one couldn¡¯t see where it stopped.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help being moved by this kind of Yu Sui.

    It made him want to seize all of Yu Sui¡¯s benefits.

    They were in the middle of training. This wasn¡¯t the time to be thinking about things like these. Shi Luo took a deep breath, collected all his messy thoughts, and typed.

    [Evil]: [Let¡¯s open a live broadcast. ]

    [Evil]: [When the live broadcast is on, don¡¯t... don¡¯t do this. ]

    [Whisper]: [Do what? ]

    [Evil]: [......]

    [Evil]: [...I¡¯m not saying it so don¡¯t ask. You know what you¡¯re doing. ]

    [Whisper]: [Sorry, I don¡¯t know. ]

    Shi Luo left hand left the keyboard and rubbed his already reddened ear.

    Shi Luo raised his head and turned sideways slightly. He looked over theputer monitor to take a look at Yu Sui who had on his ever-normal expression. Shi Luo gritted his teeth. This guy...

    Shi Luo took a deep breath and typed.

    [Evil]: [...Don¡¯t treat me as your boyfriend. ]

    [Whisper]: [So I should treat you as what? ]

    [Evil]: [As just an ordinary teammate. Like Chen Huo. ]

    [Whisper]: [ok, sending you the Chen Huo experience. ]

    The two started a live broadcast together and continued to y double row.

    After they entered the new match, Shi Luo instantly regretted his decision.

    Ordinary teammate Chen Huo¡¯s days truly were an abyss of extreme suffering.

    Yu Sui did just as he said. He minded his own business and kept ying. He treated Shi Luo as though he didn¡¯t exist. It was as though he was ying by himself. So long as he could win, all his teammates were just tools.

    Shi Luo had brought this upon himself. After gets killed, he re-enters the match through the resurrection stone. When he¡¯s about to die, he¡¯d run off on his own.

    The fans who were watching the live broadcast couldn¡¯t understand the situation. Just a few days ago, when these two teamed up they were full of respect and consideration for each other. Now, what was happening? The fans started to worriedly sting the live chat.

    [WAW, what¡¯s wrong? What¡¯s wrong? I haven¡¯t watched the live broadcasts for a few days. Just what has happened to these two? ]

    [...This is making me panic a bit. ]

    [F*ck, Shi Shen was right next to Yu Shen just now when he was hit. It was like Yu Shen didn¡¯t even see it! ]

    [Are they not talking to each other? Neither of them have their webcams turned on. But judging from the background sounds they should both be in the base training room. Why don¡¯t they talk to each other? ]

    [Don¡¯t try to guess. They nevermunicate when they y passer-by matches even before. ]

    [I¡¯m not guessing. There¡¯s obviously something up. ]

    [+1, don¡¯t try to make it seem like they¡¯re all hunky-dory, alright? They¡¯re definitely fighting. ]

    [...I¡¯m getting scared, can¡¯t either of you say something? ]

    [Afraid +1, It can¡¯t be that they¡¯re really quarreling, right? ]

    [It¡¯s cold. Haven¡¯t they already cleared the air? What¡¯s with this?]

    [QAQ, please help me, tell me they¡¯re not having another cold war. I won¡¯t be able to stand it...]

    Yu Sui and Shi Luo were focused on ying and neither of them looked at the live chat. In the live broadcast, the fans could only hear the sounds of keys cking. The more they listened, the greater the chill in their hearts. Numerous terrible guesses were taking shape until¨C

    Until the game ended.

    Shi Luo¡¯s fans who were camping in Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast, clearly heard the faint amused-sounding voice of another persone through Shi Luo¡¯s mic.

    ¡°That was the Chen Huo experience. How was it? Fun?¡±

    ¡°Now, do you understand how nice I am to you when we usually team up?¡±

 Chapter 60

    Chapter 60

    The moment Yu Sui¡¯s voice came from Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast, his live broadcast room exploded.

    [*Crying* I never thought I¡¯d ever be able to hear Yu Shen¡¯s voice in Evil¡¯s live broadcast... Two months ago, I wouldn¡¯t have believed it even if you killed me.]

    [When watching Shi Shen¡¯s live broadcasts, you must have a strong heart to withstand the ups and downs of life...]

    [Is it fun scaring us? Is it? Is it?]

    [I¡¯ve really devoted so much to stanning this team...]

    [Stanning this team is too difficult. Every day, my mind is filled with worry whether there¡¯ll be disharmony between the medic and striker.]

    [Aren¡¯t you supposed to watch their live broadcasts for their skills? What the heck are all you fans worrying about?]

    [We came to watch their skills. But is it so wrong to want the yers to also get along?]

    [Is there something wrong about fans worrying about their team?]

    [Don¡¯t use the fans of being oversensitive. Whisper¡¯s team is too prone to mishaps. My Yu Shen¡¯s teams have really bad luck. ]

    [Don¡¯t use the fans of being oversensitive +1]

    [Don¡¯t use the fans of being oversensitive +2, Their original team, FS, was really unlucky. The fans are constantly on edge, thinking that some sort of sh*t could crop up any minute and cause the team to disband. ]

    [Don¡¯t use the fans of being oversensitive +3, I¡¯ve always felt that the surrounding feeling between these two was strange. I can¡¯t really describe it. It¡¯s just weird.]

    [When you really think about it, it really is a bit strange... Yu Shen¡¯s attitude towards Evil has always been confusing. He was the one who heartlessly left Evil in the past, and now he¡¯s also the one who¡¯s giving Evil preferential treatment.]

    [Your Yu Shen¡¯s attitude has always been confusing when ites to our son, Shi Luo. It¡¯s been that way since two years ago.]

    [Is there any need to ask? This is obviously a disy of deep affection towards one¡¯s child.]

    [Is there any need to ask? This is obviously the special care one shows for the yer one has personally brought into the industry.]

    [Is there any need to ask? This is the team friendship within Team Free that exists only between Yu Shen and our son, Shi Luo.]

    Shi Luo hurriedly nced at the live chat, coughed, and clicked to continue queuing up.

    On his side, Yu Sui also clicked to continue queueing up. Yu Sui was deliberately teasing Shi Luo. For their matches, he still continued to y focusing only on his own y. Shi Luo was repeatedly given the Chen Huo experience free of charge. Shi Luo ground his teeth. It would be too embarrassing to ask Yu Sui to heal him. It¡¯d been Shi Luo himself who¡¯d told Yu Sui not to treat him as a boyfriend. It was also he himself who¡¯d asked Yu Sui not to treat him too well during a live broadcast. The other party was just following what he wanted. It¡¯d be really hypocritical of him to take it back now.

    Shi Luo bore the burden of his own mistake. In each match, he pretended not to have a medic and took it as additional training. Shi Luo had no choice but to also y to the extreme. Over on the other side, Yu Sui was happily going on a killing spree. These two yed like this for six or seven matches. Miraculously, they managed to maintain a winning streak, and for a while, they climbed up the rankings.

    ¡°Excuse me for a moment.¡± Zhou Huo entered the training room at around half past midnight. ¡°I¡¯m going to head to bed now. But before that I want to talk to you guys about our arrangements for the day after tomorrow as well as a small matter. If you¡¯re in the middle of the broadcast, you can just turn off your mic and webcam. This will just be a moment.¡±

    Everyone did as they were told. They took off their headphones but kept their eyes on theputer screen; multi-tasking so as not to lose any time.

    ¡°Yu Sui, Shi Luo, you¡¯re not arguing, are you?¡± Zhou Huo first asked with concern. ¡°I just took a look at Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast room. Why did someone say that you two were quarrelling?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s face went a little hot, and he said vaguely, ¡°No, We¡¯re just ying around.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s fine, about the day after tomorrow... Oh no, it¡¯s already after twelve o¡¯clock so it is already tomorrow.¡± Zhou Huo patted his head, ¡°Tomorrow we¡¯re having our regr season match against NSN. NSN¡¯s home stadium is in Shanghai, so it¡¯s not too far. There¡¯s no need to get up early, but still make sure that you get enough rest. Don¡¯t sleep toote night before. It¡¯s our first time to meeting with a strong team this season. Don¡¯t let your guard down. People in the forums have already begun gossiping. They¡¯ve done such in-depth analyses even I¡¯m kind of convinced. NSN¡¯s fans and our fans have secretly been matching strengths against each other. Everyone should work hard. It would be best if we could keep our winning streak.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s been quite some time since the season started, and now,st season¡¯s champion Team Saint is still pretty stable. The regr season determines the yoffs, and the yoffs determine the World Championships. There are only two spots for the World Championships. It¡¯s not that difficult for Saint to maintain their current state. So, for thest spot, if it¡¯s not NSN¡¯s, then it¡¯ll be ours. Given that it¡¯s the first year for our team, we shouldn¡¯t have such big ambitions, but I don¡¯t need to tell you, all yers want to go to the World Championships. You all know this.¡±

    Zhou Huo then added, ¡°There¡¯s one other thing...¡±

    Zhou Huo sighed, ¡°I¡¯ll tell you first, so that you won¡¯t get even angrier when you hear about it yourselves. Sacred Sword that sh*t team, tweeted about ying against the teams in our region just now. Being schooled by someone across the ocean, you can all just imagine how nasty the insults theizens are leveling at you guys.¡±

    ¡°They didn¡¯t mention us. They don¡¯t have the face to do that.¡± Zhou Huo was dumbfounded. ¡°The reason is also very simple. After us, Sacred Sword behaved themselves for a few days, and then they scheduled practice matches one by one with all the teams in our division and won.¡±

    Chen Huoughed, ¡°Practice matches one by one? Are they sick?¡±

    ¡°They sent out a tweet with an image saying they¡¯ve unlocked the achievement of aplete victory over the Chinese division.¡± Zhou Huo said helplessly. ¡°They¡¯re technically right. We didn¡¯t beat them, after all. And... frankly speaking, if the fight had continued on, the probability of us winning wasn¡¯t all that high.¡±

    Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°We could set a rematch.¡±

    ¡°In my opinion, I don¡¯t want a rematch. Of course, my opinion is secondary. As for Sacred Sword, they¡¯ve made it clear that they don¡¯t want to set another match. Last time I ridiculed their manager and Sacred Sword replied that they¡¯re still breaking in their new team. After they¡¯ve broken in the team, they¡¯ll consider continuing.¡± Zhou Huo looked at around at them and shrugged, ¡°Of course, I also had to save face for us. I said we¡¯ve just established the team and we¡¯re also still breaking in the team. We also have a yer who has no World Championship experience.¡±

    Shi Luo, the only one who had no World Championship experience, didn¡¯t speak. He fired a shot and took away his opponent¡¯s head.

    Puppy pondered for a while and felt something was wrong. He turned to look at Zhou Huo, ¡°Hmm...howe theizen over here know about what sh*t Sacred Sword posts? The moment they said something the forums found out and started spewing insults?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m getting to the important bit.¡± Zhou Huo nced at Shi Luo, and then swept his eyes towards Yu Sui. He said, ¡°It¡¯s just a coincidence, but an hour before Sacred Sword tweeted, NSN¡¯s sniper, ROD, posted on Weibo. It was a post celebrating his girlfriend¡¯s birthday, the picture shows him blowing candles with his girlfriend.¡±

    Old Qiao was speechless, ¡°It¡¯s over, they¡¯ve poked the ho¡¯s nest.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s no reasoning with the fans. Even though ROD rified, even though their practice match with Sacred Sword wasn¡¯t even today, even though he¡¯s only taken one leave this month, the sprayers don¡¯t care. For them, if you lose a game, it¡¯s because you didn¡¯t fight well. If you didn¡¯t fight well, it¡¯s because you didn¡¯t want to win. Why didn¡¯t you want to win? It¡¯s because your mind is full of thought about dating.¡±

    Zhou Huo smiled bitterly, ¡°Is there any logic? No. Does anyone believe it? Too many do.¡±

    ¡°Thepetitive region waspletely wiped out. The yers felt ashamed and wanted to find somewhere to vent. ROD was also unlucky. They leveled their muzzles at him. His Weibo has already been sted.

    ¡°And so......¡±

    Zhou Huo didn¡¯t look at Yu Sui and Shi Luo again. As though only casually mentioning it, he said, ¡°I just want to remind everyone that for now, it¡¯s best not to post your daily life on Weibo, especially anything rted to rxing. The worst you could possibly do is to suddenly announce that you¡¯re seeing someone. The yers¡¯ anger hasn¡¯t subsided yet. Let¡¯s not be cannon fodder, shall we? If you must post anything on Weibo, it would be best if it were something rted to training. Me and a few of the managers of a few of the other teams we¡¯re on good terms with are keeping each other informed. For now, just behave yourselves a bit. The official Weibo will be posting about your painstaking training, try to alleviate the tension a bit.¡±

    Chen Huo was nearest to Zhou Huo and Zhou Huo took a look at his monitor. ¡°You don¡¯t need to look at the live chat. There¡¯s bound to be ones who want to make this an issue. Don¡¯t mention this during your live broadcasts. It¡¯s alreadyte today so this issue hasn¡¯t really had enough time to pick up momentum. Tomorrow, there¡¯ll definitely be more people talking about it. Let¡¯s not go asking for trouble.¡±

    Zhou Huo said a bit pointedly, ¡°If you¡¯ve really got something unrted to training or thepetition that you really want to make public, please hold off on it for now. Let¡¯s wait for this issue to die down before making it public.¡±

    Shi Luo never intended to make it public but he knew that Zhou Huo was implying his and Yu Sui¡¯s situation. He said directly, ¡°I know.¡±

    Zhou Huo smiled, ¡°That¡¯s good. Train hard, everyone and try not to let it get to you.¡±

    It has always been like this in the industry. Win and boast, lose and get sprayed. There¡¯s no use trying to dissuade them. If you haven¡¯t gotten any good results, you deserve to be sprayed. Everyone has long been used to this kind of thing and didn¡¯t think much about it. They simply kept ying.

    At two o¡¯clock, just as he used to do, Old Qiao pushed open the door of the training room and reminded them loudly, ¡°Cancel your queue. If you¡¯re in the middle of a match, finish it and don¡¯t queue anymore. Time to go to bed!¡±

    Shi Luo and Yu Sui had just finished their match. Shi Luo took off his headphones and didn¡¯t queue up again, but he didn¡¯t turn off hisputer.

    Shi Luo nced at Puppy and Chen Huo. Puppy canceled his queue, shut down hisputer and left. Chen Huo had been randomly matched up with Ten Thousand Mountains¡¯ Xiao Jun and the two of them were happily killing.

    Shi Luo clicked open Candy Crush and clicked here and there.

    Shi Luo chewed furiously on his bubble gum. Inwardly, he said, ¡®he said we couldn¡¯t make it public, but he didn¡¯t say that we couldn¡¯t do something privately¡¯.

    Over by the other side, Yu Sui turned off the game client. Before shutting down hisputer, he nced at Shi Luo, watching him turn himself silly ying Candy Crush. He instantly understood what Shi Luo was thinking. A barely discernible smile shed across Yu Sui¡¯s eyes. He decided not to shut off hisputer and instead, cleaned his desktop of unused review materials.

    Shi Luo had amazing hand speed and after ying ten rounds of Candy Crush, he turned to look at Chen Huo. Chen Huo still wasn¡¯t finished with his match.

    Shi Luo frowned, ¡°You haven¡¯t finished ying yet?¡±

    ¡°Huh?¡± Chen Huo turned to look at Shi Luo, puzzled, ¡°Not yet. Why...why are you waiting for me?¡±

    Shi Luo said nothing and continued to irritably y Candy Crush, thinking he must be crazy, staying up half the night, waiting for him.

    Yu Sui, who was already ying on his phone while sitting to the side, chuckled softly.

    Shi Luo stared at hisputer screen. Hearing Yu Sui¡¯s soft chuckle, his ears instantly turned red.

    He was waiting for Chen Huo to scram so that he could get some benefits from Yu Sui here in the training room!

    He wasn¡¯t allowed to make things public and now he wasn¡¯t even allowed to seize some benefits?!

    On the second floor, beyond the training room, were the yers¡¯ dorms. Past the dorms were Old Qiao and Zhou Huo¡¯s rooms. There were six people living upstairs, except for Zhou Huo, all the rest were energetic night owls.

    After signing off at two am, these people would still go and order take out or go up and down the stairs to get something to eat from the first floor. There were eyes everywhere. Whether they go to Yu Sui¡¯s room, or Shi Luo drags Yu Sui off to his room, there was a high chance that they¡¯d be discovered. The only safe ce was the training room. Once these people leave here, they nevere back.

    Shi Luo had been trying his best to hold back the urge to do something since yesterday. Today, Yu Sui¡¯s teasing has got his blood hotter than usual. Now, his mind was filled with thoughts of stamping his seal on a certain medic. But! But! But! What could he do with someone still in the training room!!!

    Shi Luo yed two more rounds of Candy Crush but Chen Huo still hadn¡¯t finished.

    ¡°Can you finish this match or not?!¡± Shi Luo simply couldn¡¯t bear it any longer. Looking at Chen Huo, he said, ¡°You... Just...get up! I¡¯ll fight for you.¡±

    ¡°Why?¡± Chen Huo was startled. His head was filled with question marks, ¡°Have you gotten addicted to ying with other people¡¯s ounts? It wasn¡¯t enough that you got to y a round with Yu Sui¡¯s before, now you want a go at mine?¡±

    ¡°No, thanks.¡± Chen Huo refused as he fought. ¡°Let me tell you clearly. This ount of mine is my little wife. What¡¯s more, she¡¯s my little wife that I¡¯ve once lost and have now gotten back. During my 21 long years of being a single dog, she¡¯s the one who¡¯s spent the most time by my side. No one isying a finger on her.¡±

    Chen Huo said with the confidence of one who was justified and well-founded, ¡°Not to mention that my ount is even a female ount! You want me to let you have a go at her? Does that sound right to you?¡±

    Shi Luo was dazed. ¡°Who doesn¡¯t treat their own ount like their own wife? Isn¡¯t it the same for everyone? So what? I even used Yu Sui¡¯s ount, what of it?!¡±

    ¡°What? What did you say?¡± Chen Huo shielded his keyboard. He threw out some powerful and resounding words, ¡°His ount is no longer clean! Dirty!!!¡±

    A certain medic who was still ying on his phone looked at the phone screen and didn¡¯t refute. He nodded, ¡°En, I¡¯m already unclean.¡±

    ¡°If you¡¯re that addicted to using other people¡¯s ounts, then go be a power leveler on the sly. A pro-yer,st season¡¯s no. 1 striker on the national server. If you go and be power leveler, you¡¯d def make millions per month.¡± Chen Huo controlled his little wife and mumbled to himself, ¡°Stop trying to win the affections of my little wife. I can get at least five points after I y this game. It¡¯s not easy getting points so stop bothering me.¡±

    Chen Huo got Shi Luo so angry, his lungs were starting to hurt. He then looked at the man sitting all rxed by the side; the man he could look at but couldn¡¯t touch ¡ª g Man Yu. His thoughts were burning with rage. He said irritably, ¡°Never mind. I only wanted to help you ¡®cuz you¡¯re obviously struggling.¡±

    Shi Luo turned off hisputer and vexed, went back to his dorm room. Chen Huo calmed down but was still guessing in a low voice, ¡°That guy never has any good intentions. Even if I thought with my thighs, I could already guess what he was nning. He was def going to cause me to lose points. That little whelp has always been against me.¡±

    Yu Sui, who had already decided to leave Chen Huo to fend for himself during their next team up, didn¡¯t say anything. He got up to head back to his room. As he passed by Chen Huo, Yu Sui casually pressed Chen Huo¡¯s burst firing key.

    The sudden burst of gunfire, immediately exposed Chen Huo¡¯s position. Chen Huo cursed Yu Sui as he hurriedly looked for cover.

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª>>>>>>>

    Trantor¡¯s note:

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    So, that¡¯s it, please check it out.

 Chapter 61

    Chapter 61:

    The next day, in the nanny car heading for NSN, a certain striker had a very ugly expression on his face. He sat alone in the back row of the car, leaning to one side and ignoring everyone else. His cap was pulled down low and half of his face was covered, leaving only his chin exposed.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with Evil?¡± Zhou Huo climbed into the car after checking each yer¡¯s peripherals bag. He looked at Shi Luo and asked with some worry, ¡°You didn¡¯t get a good night¡¯s sleepst night? What time did you go to bed? Didn¡¯t I tell you to go to bed earlier because we¡¯re ying against NSN today?¡±

    Behind the peaked cap, Shi Luo said dully, ¡°Three thirty...not thatte.¡±

    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s okay.¡± Zhou Huo rxed and sat down. Still confused, he turned his head and asked, ¡°Then what¡¯s wrong with you? Are you not feeling well?¡±

    Without waiting for Yu Sui to help Shi Luo out of this embarrassing situation, Chen Huo put away his peripherals bag and sneered, ¡°Want to know? Want me to tell you?¡±

    Puppy looked at Chen Huo with a surprised expression on his face, ¡°You know...what¡¯s going on with...him?¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t feel like saying it.¡± Chen Huo nced at Shi Luo and snorted, ¡°I don¡¯t know what evil tricks he was up tost night but he was insisting on having a go at my little wife. He was trying to drive me away. I guess, when he left, he still couldn¡¯t stop thinking about it and couldn¡¯t sleep. Huh... he got what he deserved.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to give even a single word of exnation so he kept his eyes closed and dozed.

    ¡°It was two o¡¯clock. He wouldn¡¯t leave and Yu Sui wouldn¡¯t leave either. The two of them looked crazy, sitting there watching me y myst game. Tell me, what kind of craziness was that?¡± Chen Huo couldn¡¯t understand. ¡°We¡¯re both strikers so maybe Shi Luo wanted to secretly learn my awesome techniques. But, Yu Sui, what were you doing? Hanging around to watch the excitement? If he wanted to copy my techniques, then fine. But not only did he want to learn my techniques but he also wanted to put it into practice using my ount? How could I possibly agree to that? That ount of mine is as pure as jade and as clean as ice! Completely spotless! No way am I gonna let this perm-haired, bleach-haired, ear-pierced little whelp touch her!¡±

    As soon as Chen Huo opened his mouth, Zhou Huo figured out what was going on. He wanted tough, but didn¡¯t dare to. He forcibly held back. ¡°And then?¡±

    ¡°Then I drove him away, of course. But there was still Yu Sui.¡± Chen Huo curled his lips in contempt. ¡°When Yu Sui left, he even pretended to identally hit my keyboard and... F*ck it, in any case, it wasn¡¯t anything good!¡±

    Puppy looked at Chen Huo pityingly. He sighed, ¡°I was kinda expecting Yu Sui to unplug yourputer... Fire, really, you really make your life more difficult with your good abilities.¡±

    Chen Huo didn¡¯t understand what Puppy meant so he was about to ask when Zhou Huo interrupted him.

    Zhou Huo looked back at Shi Luo, whose spring of youth remained unsatisfied, and tried to hold back a smile.

    As a manager, Zhou Huo first needed the rtionship between Yu Sui and Shi Luo to break the ice to reassure the fans of the team. Then, he needed the rtionship between the two star yers to be more intimate so as to make it easier for him to create topics for publicity. But if they were to go a step further and directly publicize the rtionship, it would be a mishap, a step beyond the current perfect state.

    Zhou Huo was very satisfied with Shi Luo¡¯s decision not to make it public.

    After all, the lesson they should have drawn from others¡¯ mistakes could clearly be seen at NSN¡¯s stadium.

    Arriving outside NSN¡¯s stadium, NSN¡¯s home court, the surroundings which would normally be filled with fans holding onto lights and banners for the team and yers, was strangely empty.

    NSN¡¯s fans hadn¡¯t waited outside the stadium for Team NSN¡¯s nanny car. Almost all of them went straight through the security check and into the stadium. There was no mor nor any din. They were allden with anxiety, looking down at their phones.

    Chen Huo was forever a beat slower than the others. When he entered backstage, he looked around and said, ¡°Why is it so quiet today?¡±

    ¡°The answer can be found in the forums. But I don¡¯t rmend you read it, especially before the game.¡± Zhou Huo urged them to head for the lounge, ¡°I¡¯ll go check in for you guys. You guys head to the lounge first.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s words have never been enough to scare them off. They rushed into the lounge and everyone, including Old Qiao, took out their phones and checked the forums as soon as they sat down.

    Sure enough, yesterday¡¯s issue has fermented.

    Shi Luo clicked on the most discussed e-sports forum. The eye-catching headlines¡¯ resentment directly hit him in the face&#k2014;&#k2014;

    <<In the afternoon, Sacred Sword shaves NSN¡¯s head with a 2-0 win and in the evening, ROD goes to celebrate his girlfriend¡¯s birthday. Awesome, just awesome.>>

    <<Every years we hope for your victory and every year, we¡¯re left disappointed. What the f*ck are doing dating!?>>

    <<Is it hopeless for NSN again this year?>>

    <<Spray! Spray him to death for me! He won¡¯t wake up if he doesn¡¯t get sprayed!>>

    <<Enough. We¡¯ll give ROD the benefit of the doubt. Let¡¯s wait and see the result of NSN and Free¡¯s regr match today. Is it true that ROD is holding back? Let¡¯s watch the game and see it for ourselves.>>

    Old Qiao put down his phone and sighed, ¡°ROD¡¯s girlfriend¡¯s Weibo has been sprayed so much, she¡¯s emptied it out. I understand the inside story and to be fair, ROD and his girlfriend have been together since they were in junior high school. They¡¯re real childhood sweethearts. She¡¯s not some inte celebrity trying to piggyback off his poprity either. They¡¯ve already been together for several years and ROD hasn¡¯t suddenly lost his mind because he just fell in love&#k2026;¡±

    ¡°You know it¡¯s useless.¡± Puppy flipped through the forum and said slowly, ¡°NSN¡¯s manager himself hase out and talked about it. Their official Weibo already came out with a dazzling post saying they¡¯ve been together for many years. But does anyone care?¡±

    Chen Huo shook his head, ¡°There¡¯s no reasoning with haters. They¡¯ve all been provoked by Sacred Sword. They¡¯re just looking for someone to vent their anger on...ROD was just a little careless and got hit with the brunt of it.¡±

    Chen Huo looked through Weibo and couldn¡¯t helpughing, ¡°ROD¡¯s fans are sending me private messages, they¡¯re asking us to throw the game...¡±

    Old Qiao nced at Chen Huo warningly, ¡°Don¡¯t even think about that hideous mess.¡±

    ¡°I know. Didn¡¯t these little cuties do their homework before messaging me? We killed even FS with our own hands, what makes them think we¡¯re gonna let off NSN?¡± Chen Huo sighed, ¡°I just think NSN¡¯s situation is just a little miserable. Twelve teams, every one of which was ughtered by Sacred Sword and yet they¡¯re the only ones being made to shoulder the me, sigh...bro¡¯s just a bit unlucky.¡±

    Yu Sui put down his phone and said, ¡°Just y normally, don¡¯t think about that nonsense.¡±

    ¡°Roger!¡± Puppy tossed his phone aside and said unhurriedly, ¡°Brother ROD has got it rough, they just won¡¯t let him off. Who asked him to be the only one with a girlfriend? And just when he happened to ask for leave. No one can beat that kind of luck ...¡±

    yers weren¡¯t allowed to bring their mobile phones on stage. Chen Huo handed his to Old Qiao, ¡°Thank you to ROD for all his hard work, withstanding this pressure for all his brothers.¡±

    Everyone put their phones aside. Only Shi Luo was still frowning down at the forums.

    ¡°Stop looking.¡± Yu Sui nced at Shi Luo, ¡°Go and grab your peripherals.¡±

    It was as though Shi Luo hadn¡¯t heard. His finger quickly swiped across the screen, his expression bing uglier and uglier.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t intend to make their rtionship public, but looking at the forum scolding ROD, Shi Luo felt as though every sentence was directed at Yu Sui.

    Two years ago, the whole web hated on Yu Sui and this left a very deep impression on Shi Luo. That feeling of being unjustly used but having no way to refute was deeply rooted in Shi Luo¡¯s memory. That feeling could be aroused from time to time, making Shi Luo feel as though he couldn¡¯t quite breathe.

    They were just in a rtionship. Who exactly were they provoking with that?

    What if the matter between himself and Yu Sui is discovered? If one day, Free loses a game, will Yu Sui be sprayed like this as well?

    For what reason?

    There¡¯s no such thing as an unbeatable team. So long as there¡¯s loses, there will also be someone who will have to be the scapegoat.

    Why should it be the one who was in a rtionship?

    Shi Luo¡¯s face looked extremely bad. Every ¡®ROD¡¯ in each of the forum posts were automatically reced with ¡®Yu Sui¡¯. The more he saw, the heavier his heart felt.

    Less than two months ago, in order to clear Yu Sui¡¯s reputation, the entire Free team said that they would do their best not to do anything excessive.

    Yu Sui had just gotten rid of his stigma. If because of him, Yu Sui would once again...

    ¡°Evil.¡±

    Shi Luo was startled and he suddenly raised his head. He realized that Yu Sui had just called him by his ID.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo with a nk expression. He reminded once again, ¡°Go get your peripherals.¡±

    Shi Luo took a deep breath and casually dropped his phone on the table. He stood up and pulled over his peripherals bag.

    Old Qiao instinctively tried to smooth things over. He smiled and said, ¡°Shi Luo just got too engrossed reading gossip. It¡¯s fine, there¡¯s nothing wrong with the peripherals and we¡¯re just waiting for the referees to confirm our information.¡±

    Not long after, the league¡¯s official referee came to confirm both team¡¯s information. Yu Sui signed and old Qiao asked, ¡°Who¡¯s NSN¡¯s sniper?¡±

    The referee also knew about recent disturbance. He knew what Old Qiao was thinking and whispered, ¡°ROD. NSN didn¡¯t bring a substitute today.¡±

    Puppy whispered, ¡°That kid¡¯s stubborn, ah! I hope he can y well.¡±

    Puppy usually loved making snide and sarcastic remarks but this time he did sincerely hope that ROD can y well and shut up all those sprayers.

    However, things turned out contrary to one¡¯s wishes.

    Being sprayed for an entire day and night would certainly affect an individual. When ROD went on stage, he didn¡¯t look quite right. Not to mention the dark circles under his eyes that couldn¡¯t be concealed, even his lips were drained of color. The man¡¯s entire expression was ashen and defeated. His brows were furrowed in faint anger.

    The entire stadium was a lot more constrained than they usually were. NSN¡¯s fans tried to be clever only to end up with a blunder. Just before the yers entered the soundproof room, NSN¡¯s fans shouted ¡°ROD Fight!¡± together. As expected, ROD¡¯s face worsened after hearing this cheer.

    At the beginning of the game, NSN didn¡¯t try to let Wawa y as an assassin-type medic. In front of Whisper, no one¡¯s assassin type y would be good enough. Wawa continued to serve as a milktank. It was unknown whether NSN was giving consideration to ROD, but their entire y was very conservative. They did not go for a full frontal assault against Free. Every time, they shed, NSN yed very cautiously.

    All of Free¡¯s yers were experts at reaching for a yard after getting an inch. During the early stages, NSN yielded the upper hand. Yu Sui, Chen Huo and Shi Luo, these three strong frontline fighters, of course, weren¡¯t polite, directly clearing out a portion of NSN¡¯s map.

    NSN obviously wanted to fight a war of attrition. Just like when Free fought Sacred Sword for their practice match, NSN used an early show of weakness to preserve their economy, hoping to fight an economic war in theter stage. Free was indeed most afraid of this, but...

    The premise though was that they would be able to drag Free¡¯s economy to the level where Free could no longer continue.

    Originally, though done with much difficulty, NSN managed to persevere. They would fight and retreat. But at the fifteen minute mark of the match, ROD made a mistake and Puppy managed to guess his position. Puppy shot and took out ROD. NSN instantly lost their means of keeping an eye on the overall situation from the rear. The two strikes and their medic weren¡¯t able to hide fast enough and werepletely wiped out by Free. Afterwards, there was no suspense. All four of NSN¡¯s yers were wiped out. While waiting to be resurrected, Free had cleared almost the entire map. Puppy no longer stayed to guard the rear and directly came over and contributed to the output. They didn¡¯t give NSN any breathing room, neatly and quickly taking this game.

    Free sessfully won the first game. If NSN wanted to analyze the reason for their defeat in the game, the me would fall squarely on ROD.

    However, everyone makes mistakes. No one¡¯s Whisper, after all. There would always be a few small mistakes in each game and these could still be resolved.

    But the second game was no good either.

    It seemed that ROD had already mentally copsed. If in the first game, he had just made a small careless mistake, then in the second game, it was like he had basically given it away. From start to end, he made mistake after mistake. He waspletely out of form. Several times, he had misjudged the position of Free¡¯s frontliners. Almost every shot he made, exposed his position. He was suppressed by Puppy the entire way. But he refused to give up. He wanted to reverse the situation. Again and again, he targeted and fired shots and every time, his position would be caught by Free¡¯s yers.

    The second game ended in just twenty minutes. Free won the match as expected.

    A best of three had ended that quickly. Shi Luo took off the soundproofing headphones. He did not look the least bit happy.

    It¡¯s not that Shi Luo has never yed against ROD. ROD¡¯s embarrassing disy today was all due to being affected by the insults he had received online.

    Chen Huo took off his headphones and whispered, ¡°I expected he¡¯d copse, but I didn¡¯t expect it to be this ugly. Forget shutting up those sprayers, he¡¯d practically proven to them that he really had lost his head because he¡¯s love crazed.¡±

    Despite easily bearing down on NSN in a regr game, Puppy was also not at all happy. He rubbed his ear, ¡°ying a game like this is really boring.¡±

    Unexpectedly, Yu Sui waspletely as normal. He signed the confirmation card the referee handed to the team captain and then removed his keyboard and mouse. He said, ¡°Let¡¯s go do the interview.¡±

    Shi Luo was still preupied. He remained staring at theputer screen.

    At the end of each game, a data panel would pop up, showing each yer¡¯s kill record. For this round, ROD had 0 kills but was killed 8 times.

    A back-row sniper producing this kind of results was basically a cancer on the team.

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart felt heavy. It kind of felt like this data record belonged to him.

    ¡°Shi Luo, Shi Luo? Shi Luo?!!!¡±

    The venue was so noisy that Shi Luo, who waspletely preupied, hadn¡¯t heard a word. He had remained looking at theputer screen until Yu Sui patted him on the shoulder.

    It was like Shi Luo was waking up from a dream. He realized that his teammates were all looking at him. The interview booth was already ready and the host was looking in his direction in confusion.

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth. He was being too absent-minded today.

    Shi Luo quickly picked up his peripherals, frowned and followed his teammates to the interview booth.

    At NSN¡¯s home court, NSN yed so badly that even the host was embarrassed. He didn¡¯t ask about any sensitive topics and after a few quick questions, it was over. Shi Luo followed his teammates to the lounge, his mind filled with worry.

    The game he¡¯d been preparing several days for ended so messily, Zhou Huo too felt a little dull. He smiled and said a few congrattory words. He had just asked if they were ready to go when Yu Sui put down his peripherals and said, ¡± You guys go ahead. I¡¯d like to have a few words with Shi Luo.¡±

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¨C>>>

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    I made a minor change in the text. In thest paragraph, Zhou Huo asked them where they wanted to eat to which Yu Sui responded that anywhere¡¯s fine. But! In the seeding chapters, Zhou Huo already had a ce booked for dinner that he booked in advance and its kinda central to the story. So, to avoid the jarring discrepancy, I changed it a bit.

 Chapter 62

    Chapter 62:

    After a dazed moment, Zhou Huo nodded hurriedly, ¡°Okay, okay, you guys talk. We¡¯ll go.¡±

    Chen Huo gloated, ¡°His condition¡¯s been off since this morning. He deserves to get detention!¡±

    Puppy threw Chen Huo an annoyed look and pushed him out. ¡°You can shut up.¡±

    They made a lot of noise as they exited the lounge. Zhou Huo closed the door for them on his way out.

    Shi Luo took a deep breath. He was in the wrong. There was nothing he could say.

    His condition in the game today was indeed not good. If it weren¡¯t for ROD, thispletely unlucky guy, it would be him who¡¯d be scolded by all the yers for his awful performance.

    If he were still in IAC, Zhao Feng would have talked to him for sure. Free¡¯s situation, though, was special. The club didn¡¯t have a ¡®managementyer¡¯ and Zhou Huo wouldn¡¯t dare discipline them. If something crops up among the yers, they only had Yu Sui who could deal with it.

    Shi Luo would rather be cursed and scolded by Zhou Huo than let Yu Suie to admonish him. He felt extremely upset and wanted to have a smoke. But smoking while being lectured seemed a bit too provocative; it could easily intensify conflicts. It would seem like he didn¡¯t have the proper attitude. Shi Luo¡¯s brows furrowed. He sat on the table and took out a box of bubble gum. He shook out a few pieces and threw them into his mouth. He kept silent and chewed gum while waiting.

    Shi Luo hung his head, feeling extremely vexed. He didn¡¯t want to wait for Yu Sui to lecture him so he took the initiative to admit his mistakes. He said, face calm but tone stiff, ¡°I knew I¡¯d be affected but I still went and looked at the forums. Sure enough, I was affected by what they were saying. It felt like the one they¡¯d be insulting next was....was me. Seeing ROD mentally copse during the game, I felt like that might be me next time. The worse his condition was, the more affected I was. There were several times in the middle of the game that I let my mind wander and then...¡±

    Shi Luo clutched at his hair in frustration, ¡°Then my y turned out like this.¡±

    Shi Luo bowed his head, waiting to be scolded.

    But even after half a minute, Yu Sui still did not speak.

    Shi Luo was most afraid when Yu Sui said nothing. He braced himself and nced at Yu Sui. Unexpectedly, he found that there was a little smile on the corner of Yu Sui¡¯s lips.

    Shi Luo dazedly looked at Yu Sui, ¡°You...¡±

    Shi Luo said, embarrassed, ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to say anything?¡±

    ¡°You already know what the problem is. What else do I have to say?¡± Yu Sui said in a rxed tone. ¡°In the first ce, this was a very simple matter and now, you¡¯ve even analyzed it. This happened because you couldn¡¯t resist the pressure. Your mental state suffered a bit. That¡¯s it.¡±

    Of course Shi Luo understood it, but he still felt embarrassed when Yu Sui said it so bluntly. He whispered, ¡°That...¡±

    Yu Sui said simply, ¡°Adjust your own condition.¡±

    Shi Luo was startled.

    ¡°It¡¯s not your first day in the industry. I don¡¯t have to teach you step by step how to adjust your condition when you encounter something unexpected. This also isn¡¯t your first time.¡± Yu Sui calmly looked at Shi Luo, ¡°When I betrayed the local division, you were able to bear that wave of criticism. Don¡¯t tell me you can¡¯t handle this?¡±

    Shi Luo pursed his lips and said uneasily, ¡°Of course I...¡±

    ¡°I want nothing more than to treat you like a neer. Like two years ago, I¡¯d exin to you all the details and lead you step by step, but...¡± regret shed in Yu Sui¡¯s eyes, and he continued. ¡°You¡¯re not a neer anymore. You¡¯re now a pro-yer who¡¯s been in the industry for two years and has resisted so many big issues. How could I possibly underestimate you?¡±

    Shi Luo was stunned. He thought back to all those time his life copsed and when hepared this little thing now to that, this really wasn¡¯t anything worth mentioning.

    ¡°You can handle it perfectly well. I¡¯m not going to criticize you. If I did, I wouldn¡¯t be giving due respect to your two year career.¡± Yu Sui looked straight at Shi Luo and smiled, ¡°Shi Shen, when you were at IAC, you didn¡¯t even have a use for a psychological counselor. It can¡¯t be that you can¡¯t bear this much, right? Or...¡±

    Yu Sui paused and asked, ¡°Are you just acting spoiled?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears reddened. From Yu Sui¡¯s point of view, he really did seem to be deliberately pretending to be vulnerable.

    Shi Luo was even more embarrassed upon hearing this.

    ¡°I just got into a rtionship. I have no prior experience. I haven¡¯t slept well for thest few days, so I couldn¡¯t get my mind to move.¡± Shi Luo flushed slightly and said in a low voice, ¡°Normally, I would have been able to adjust my mental state in just five minutes.¡±

    Shi Luo took a deep breath and looked up at Yu Sui. The turmoil in his heart has almost disappeared.

    Back then, he was able to survive through worse when Yu Sui left. So what did he have to be afraid of?

    He had just gotten into a rtionship with Yu Sui. They both consented to this. Just who had he wronged by doing this?

    Even if this was exposed, haters will hate. He himself will have a clear conscience. What was there to be afraid of?

    It¡¯s even more unnecessary to worry about Yu Sui. Just as Yu Sui just said, he had survived everything. How could he possible be afraid of this?

    Wasn¡¯t he being unreasonable?

    Shi Luo felt a little ashamed. Yu Sui hadn¡¯t underestimated him but he had underestimated Yu Sui.

    He was fundamentally unable to give a f*ck.

    Shi Luo¡¯s emotions calmed downpletely and he said, rather embarrassed, ¡°I just lost my head there for a while. I¡¯m fine now.¡±

    Shi Luo nced at the clock in the lounge and cleared his throat. ¡°Let¡¯s go, they¡¯ll get tired of waiting soon.¡±

    ¡°Gum.¡± Yu Sui wasn¡¯t in any hurry. He reminded Shi Luo, ¡°When we go out there, there¡¯ll be fans taking our pictures. Chewing gum would be impolite.¡±

    Shi Luo looked around, trying to look for a paper towel to spit out his gum. It was just his luck. Old Qiao, that diligent and thrifty housewife, took theplimentary paper towels from the lounge when he left just now.

    Yu Sui also looked around but there was no paper in the room. Yu Sui picked up the team poster that Zhou Huo had brought with him and left on the table. He tore off a corner of the poster.

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui, movements very natural, presented it to Shi Luo. ¡°Spit it out.¡±

    ¡°If you get found out...you¡¯ll be fined at least 20,000 yuan.¡± Shi Luo¡¯s voice was very low and he ufortably spit out the gum on the piece of paper in Yu Sui¡¯s hand. ¡°As a pro-yer, you¡¯ve damaged Whisper¡¯s poster for no reason.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°Go find an official to report it to.¡±

    Shi Luo wiped his lips with the back of his hand, and said in a low voice, ¡°Such a good poster and now it¡¯s missing an arm...I could have just not chewed or blown any bubbles for a while.¡±

    ¡°I was teasing you.¡± Yu Sui wrapped the gum and put it aside and said unhurriedly, ¡°I didn¡¯t make you spit out the gum for the fans.¡±

    Yu Sui leaned forward half a step. He kept his voice very low, ¡°It was for me.¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes and before he could react, he was suddenly kissed by Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui¡¯s hand naturally circled around Shi Luo¡¯s waist and he swept Shi Luo into his arms.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes widened in an instant. Yu Sui¡¯s series of moves were too sudden. Shi Luo was caughtpletely unprepared. He spread his hands subconsciously, and he could feel his heart explode.

    The f*ck...are you kissing me? ! ! !

    Shi Luo¡¯s mindpletely crashed.

    In fact, since that day when they confessed to each other, Shi Luo has always wanted to kiss Yu Sui. He wanted to so, so much but there was always something getting in the way. Shi Luo was quite irritated because of this. But Yu Sui had always seemed indifferent. Shi Luo thought that Yu Sui didn¡¯t feel the same sense of urgency that he did. But now...

    When Yu Sui tentatively licked the seam of his lips, Shi Luo¡¯s heart copsed. No matter how anxious he felt, he only wanted to seize a few benefits and kiss Yu Sui¡¯s lips. Yu Sui, this man who didn¡¯t seem at all eager, actually acted so wild? !

    Sure enough, was it because he was two years older? ! This wasn¡¯t at all innocent!

    Shi Luo¡¯s face was so hot he was almost about to give off steam. His lips moved and then he closed his eyes, letting Yu Sui do as he wanted.

    Only two minutes had passed but it seemed like half an hour. When Yu Sui let go of Shi Luo, Shi Luo shook his head. His voice sounded unnatural, ¡°You...¡±

    Shi Luo licked his red lips and stammered, ¡°You, you...¡±

    ¡°Sorry. I¡¯d been holding back for so long.¡± Yu Sui rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head, breathing unnaturally. ¡°I wanted to be a gentleman, but I couldn¡¯t control myself.¡±

    Shi Luo said uneasily, ¡°It¡¯s fine. Let¡¯s...let¡¯s go?¡±

    Yu Sui picked up his and Shi Luo¡¯s peripherals bag, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±

    After leaving the lounge, they passed through a crowd of fans who were still waiting for the two of them with their lighted signs. They followed the staff member to the underground garage and got into their team¡¯s nanny car. They all took their seat and the car started but Shi Luo was still muddleheaded.

    Two years ago, he had seized Yu Sui¡¯s very first kiss.

    Two yearster, he had once again seized another of Yu Sui¡¯s firsts; his first French kiss.

    He... Yu Sui definitely had to take the me for this.

    Chen Huo carefully observed Shi Luo¡¯s face, and he quietly whispered to Puppy, ¡°Looks like he was scolded silly. Serves him right.¡±

    Puppy sighed tiredly, toozy to exin to the fool.

    Zhou Huo knew it very clearly but he didn¡¯t expose them. But he was also a huge gossip. He couldn¡¯t help but observe the expressions of the two through the rear view mirror. The more he looked at them, the more excited he felt. He tried valiantly to hold back but he was unable topletely contain himself. He gossiped cautiously, ¡°Hey, truthfully... I really think ROD was wronged. What¡¯s so wrong about dating?¡±

    Old Qiao sighed, ¡°No one¡¯s disagreeing with you there.¡±

    ¡°I haven¡¯t asked any of you before but,¡± Zhou Huo pretended to ask casually, ¡°Have any of you dated?¡±

    Old Qiao shook his head, ¡°No, before starting my career, I was always worried about my family¡¯s debts. Where would I have found the time to think about that. And after I entered the industry, I had even less time.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Chen Huo shook his head and sighed, ¡°The only woman I ever see is the cleaning aunt who cooks for us. Who would I even date?¡±

    Puppy said quietly, ¡°Nope. I¡¯ve got no luck in love.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui expectantly. Yu Sui, though, pretended not to hear. As soon as he got in the car, he closed his eyes and stopped moving.

    On the other hand, Shi Luo waspletely dazed and really didn¡¯t hear him. Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t hold back and urged, ¡°Shi Luo, what about you?¡±

    It was like Shi Luo woke up from a dream. ¡°What?¡±

    Zhou Huo asked again, Shi Luo nced sideways at Yu Sui and then said vaguely, ¡°I...I have.¡±

    As soon as he said this, Zhou Huo, Old Qiao and Chen Huo, instantly turned to look at Shi Luo.

    Chen Huo pped his thigh, ¡°Right! Back then, you said that wasn¡¯t your first kiss. Not bad, Luo Luo. How old were you then? F*ck, you weren¡¯t even legal yet!¡±

    Old Qiao was equally shocked and was too shocked to utter a word. ¡°You were so young but you had such rich emotional experiences? Ah... The lives of people truly aren¡¯t equal.¡±

    ¡°Aiya, what¡¯s so wrong about that?¡± Zhou Huo interrupted Old Qiao and asked excitedly, ¡°How far did you get in your rtionship?¡±

    Shi Luo red at Zhou Huo. This person knew everything. He just wanted to know how far he and Yu Sui have gotten.

    ¡°Wait, don¡¯t say it yet!¡± Zhou Huo interrupted Shi Luo loudly. He reminded the videographer in the car, ¡°Do you have he camera on? This is Evil¡¯s public announcement of his first love. Record it as material.¡±

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth and reminded him in a low voice, ¡°ROD just got sprayed big time because he¡¯s in a rtionship. Aren¡¯t you afraid of provoking trouble?¡±

    ¡°He is currently in a rtionship. We¡¯re talking about your past rtionship.¡± Zhou Huo wanted nothing more than to record Shi Luo and Yu Sui¡¯s memories. Surreptitiously substituting one thing for another, he said, ¡°Come on, tell us. Make sure to capture everything.¡±

    Shi Luo looked to Yu Sui for help. But a certain someone who had just seized some benefit was still pretending to be asleep. Only the corners of his lips were slightly raised.

    ¡°I......¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t hold on. He blushed and said gruffly, ¡°Just...until kissing.¡±

    ¡°Wow.¡± Zhou Huo used official tools for private use. He wanted to learn all about the situation, ¡°Who initiated it?¡±

    Shi Luo held back a breath and said, after a while, ¡°He did.¡±

    Chen Huo said enviously, ¡°She was that forward?!¡±

    Zhou Huo held back hisugh, and continued to ask, ¡°At that time... did you like him a lot?¡±

    Shi Luo red at Zhou Huo, and said, ¡°I liked him.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s eyes brightened and he wanted to ask more but the ever-so-satisfied Yu Sui cut in and, pretending to be a good person, said, ¡°Okay, that¡¯s enough.¡±

    Zhou Huo had no choice but to give up.

    After the videographer took the camera away, Yu Sui sat down and, without being noticed, slid his hand gently into the cuff of Shi Luo¡¯s uniform.

    Yu Sui gently held Shi Luo¡¯s hand, and wrote one stroke at a time on Shi Luo¡¯s palm: I like you too.

 Chapter 63

    Chapter 63

    On the way to the restaurant, the sky turned dark. The lights in the car couldn¡¯t be turned on and no one could see clearly. Yu Sui didn¡¯t take back his hand. He kept writing stroke after stroke on Shi Luo¡¯s palm. At first, he still wrote in Chinese characters. After a while, he switched to writing letters.

    Shi Luo was afraid of being spotted by his teammates in the car and never dared to look at Yu Sui. He put his left hand on his left leg and let Yu Sui write on it. He rested his head on his right hand and stayed looking out the window. His expression was all calm and cool but his heart and palm both felt ticklish.

    When Shi Luo noticed that Yu Sui had switched to writing in English, he quietlyined in his heart. ¡®Nowadays, I can¡¯t pass CET-4 and I can¡¯t even indulge in a little secret love rtionship?¡¯

    Shi Luo was still on a leave of absence from the university that he¡¯d applied to. After entering this career, he really hasn¡¯t had the chance to go to university and take the CET-4. However, he was still a schr-tyrant and he can still understand daily English. He paid careful attention and visualized each letter Yu Sui wrote, but...

    Shi Luo Yu turned his head and nced at Yu Sui, his face filled with confusion.

    What did Yu Sui write? This set of letters didn¡¯t make up a word...

    Through the dim lighting in from the car window, Shi Luo saw Yu Sui looking down at the palm of his hand, writing seriously.

    Yu Sui stayedpletely focused, writing on his palm. He now slid his fingertip across Shi Luo¡¯s palm faster. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t believe this strangeness. He concentrated on feeling the letters. After a while, he lowered his voice and said, ¡°German?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled without saying a word, quietly acquiescing.

    Shi Luo frowned and said in a low voice, ¡°But I don¡¯t understand German!¡±

    Yu Sui quickly finished thest two words and held Shi Luo¡¯s hand. He said softly, ¡°I wrote it because you couldn¡¯t understand.¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyebrows. Before he could ask further, Yu Sui wrote in the palm of his hand, [What I wanted to say was a bit too dirty. It wasn¡¯t convenient to write it in Chinese.]

    Shi Luo turned his head and looked out the window again. He stirred. In his mind¡¯s barrage, countless messages were flying through like crazy.

    Yu Sui had gone to y for the European league for two years. He¡¯d never seen him try to learn anything from them. Just when Shi Luo thought he¡¯d wasted his two years in Germany, turns out he was off learning German to titite people?!

    In this car, Yu Sui, Chen Huo and Puppy could all speak German. Why was Yu Sui the only one who was so outstanding!?

    Why was it that the only German Shi Luo ever picked up from Chen Huo was how to curse at people? Why couldn¡¯t he have learned anything else!?

    You never know how hard something is until you try it yourself. When ites to applying book learning, you wish you had read more.

    Just what was it that Yu Sui had said, aaaahhhhhh......

    Shi Luo was already an adult. Though he¡¯d never eaten pork, he¡¯d already seen a pig. What wind and waves has he not faced? Just how obscene was it that he couldn¡¯t write it in Chinese?

    Shi Luo rubbed his burning hot cheek against the cold ss. In his heart, he remembered for the 1,001th time just how extremely insightful Yu Sui¡¯s fans were. When Yu Sui was just fifteen years old, they already knew that Yu Sui would be a skilled g man.

    No one but him could stir up someone¡¯s emotions when he has no sweet words to offer or even when he hasn¡¯t even said a single word.

    Luckily, this person entered into monkhood at the great temple of e-sports. Had he been allowed into any other industry, who knows how much harm he would have dealt to the good men and women of Buddhism around him.

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth so intensely, they creaked. He shifted uneasily and pressed his hot forehead to the window ss.

    After half an hour, the car finally arrived at the restaurant where Zhou Huo had made the reservation.

    Chen Huo was the first to get out of the car. He raised his head and saw, ¡°Isn¡¯t this a clubhouse?¡±

    ¡°It is. Their dishes here are delicious and its not easy to make a reservation. I had to reserve it for you guys half a month ago.¡± Zhou Huo smiled bitterly. ¡°I originally thought that our match against NSN today was going to be a tough battle. No matter if you¡¯d won or lost, I would have invited you out to have a good meal. We¡¯d sit down and talk about what¡¯s been happening with the club recently. But I didn¡¯t expect that we¡¯d win so illogically. Now, it doesn¡¯t seem like it¡¯s worthing out here to have a meal...but I¡¯ve already made the reservation and I¡¯ve paid the deposit so let¡¯s eat.¡±

    Speaking of NSN, everyone didn¡¯t know whether tough or cry. On the way to their reserved room in the clubhouse, they also bumped into Team Saint and Team Yi Zhan.

    There were two regr season games scheduled for today. Aside from Free vs NSN, there was also Saint vs Yi Zhan. That game had absolutely no suspense and Saint took away the match with a 2-0 win, But the rtionship between the yers of the two teams has always been the very good. After the game, they were all close brothers and they went out to eat together.

    Saint¡¯s Angel Sword has always had a good temperament and personality. He maintains a good rtionship with everyone and he¡¯s old friends with Shi Luo and Yu Sui. Seeing theme in, he greeted them and asked, concerned, ¡°How was ROD?¡±

    Yu Sui said lightly, ¡°Not good. He mentally copsed. He yed like sh*t for both games today.¡±

    Shi Luo looked down at his shoes and said in a low voice, ¡°...and almost dragged me down with him.¡±

    Angel Swordughed, ¡°What does he have to do with you?¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t tell the truth and gave an off-hand answer. ¡°I¡¯m a soft-hearted person and can¡¯t bear to see others being sprayed.¡±

    Before Shi Luo even finished speaking, a few of his teammates already sneered. Shi Luo frowned, ¡°It¡¯s up to you whether you believe it.¡±

    ¡°Our manager should have told Zhou Huo already.¡± Angel Sword reminded, ¡°We should keep a low profile for now. Don¡¯t cause troubles and don¡¯t give anyone reason to create some sort of issue. Sacred Sword¡¯s got a foul mouth. Obviously, they¡¯re mentally tormenting the teams in our region. They y too dirty. Don¡¯t let it get to you.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, ¡°Same goes for you.¡±

    Angel Sword nodded and turned back to look at Shi Luo. He smiled softly, ¡°I¡¯ll take what you said as true. If you were affected by ROD, make sure to adjust you mentality early on. We¡¯ll be ying against you guys at the end of the month. Don¡¯t let us take first kill.¡±

    Only Saint and Free have managed to maintain a winning streak in the regr season so far. When they meet at the end of the regr season, there will inevitably be a team that won¡¯t be able to maintain it¡¯s golden record. Shi Luo nodded, ¡°I know. If you¡¯re free, let¡¯s y double row some time.¡±

    ¡°Can you still y double row with me when you already have Whisper?¡± Angel Sword smiled. ¡°We booked the room upstairs with Yi Zhan. We¡¯ll go ahead.¡±

    ¡°You can also look for me.¡± Chen Huo interrupted and yelled to Angel Sword, ¡°Don¡¯t forget!¡±

    Angel Sword smiled and nodded. He took the two teams and left.

    ¡°Oh...¡± Chen Huo looked at the back of Angel Sword and clicked his tongue. ¡°Yu Sui, look at that. You should learn from him. Now, that is a proper medic. He is a true milktank little brother. So, what does that make you?¡±

    ¡°That makes me your little grandfather.¡± Yu Sui pushed Chen Huo, ¡°Get going.¡±

    They were in an expensive part of the city, the service was warm and attentive, the cost of the food was 5000+ per head. They should be having a good time in this club, but the tense atmosphere in the local division affected them and no one was in the mood to enjoy it. They all ate quickly and in the middle of the meal, Old Qiao even urged, ¡°Can they serve the food faster? No need to let that Frenchie exin each dish. I don¡¯t understand it anyway. Have them serve the rice. We¡¯re in a hurry. We¡¯re gonna leave as soon as we¡¯re full.¡±

    Chen Huo sighed, ¡°Yeah. Seeing foreigners right now just upsets me. Let the chef take a rest.¡±

    The waiter smiled awkwardly and he served them rice. Several people bent their heads and ate the rice. They finished off everything like they were eating at a cafeteria. After the meal, they didn¡¯t wait for the French chefs toe out so they could take a group photo. They directly paid the bill and left.

    The waiter was dealt a heavy mental blow. He¡¯d been nning on having these bratty kids stay so he could introduce their chefs to them and impress upon them how impressive the resumes of these chefs were and how difficult it was to get a photo with them. Shi Luo had something on his mind and wanted to get back to the base quickly. He avoided the waiter, saying, ¡°It costs a fee to take a photo with us, so let¡¯s not.¡±

    Zhou Huo was struck with a bout of upational disease. He reminded in passing, ¡°Yes, if you want to take a group photo, remember to buy a ticket to watch the game and go line up backstage. Thank you for your support. Old Qiao, stop taking theplimentary tissues! Let¡¯s go.

    The waiter¡¯s entire face was a mess. This was the first time he¡¯d seen customers who seems to have a fire under their asses and came here to simply eat and dash. The waiter barely maintained his politeness and sent them out.

    Free ate quickly. Saint and Yi Zhan were also much the same. On their way out, they once again bumped into them at the luxurious lobby of the clubhouse. Everyone exchanged greeting, got in their own nanny cars and left.

    After eating, they didn¡¯t even have any desert. One by one, they all went back their bases for more training. They couldn¡¯t be more dedicated. But they simply couldn¡¯t catch a break and something still happened.

    Less than ten minutes after Free¡¯s car arrived at the base, while the others were taking showers in their respective rooms, Zhou Huo¡¯s phone buzzed as though it was pestering him.

    Zhou Huo thought something had gone wrong for NSN. He picked up his mobile phone and sighed. He said to himself, ¡°He¡¯s just dating, that¡¯s all. Just how big of a sin is that, really? I think these people are just... ...F*ck me!!!¡±

    The young man in charge of Free¡¯s daily publicity sent a WeChat to Zhou Huo. It was a link. Zhou Huo¡¯s eyes darkened when he saw the title.

    [Awesome, why can¡¯t any of the local teams beat Sacred Sword? Let¡¯s take a look at thekes of wines and forests of meat our yers engage in everyday.]

    Zhou Huo¡¯s expectation was that someone had taken a photo of them going to the clubhouse today. But this could easily be dealt with. He¡¯d offer himself out as a scapegoat, saying that he¡¯d insisted on rewarding the yers. Zhou Huo suppressed his anxiety. He clicked on the link to the post and his blood pressure instantly skyrocketed¨C

    Opening the post, what greeted him was the face of an inte celebrity, fashionably attired. In the background was the clubhouse where they had their dinner today.

    There were more than 20 pictures. Zhou Huo quickly scrolled down. The pictures below became more and more explicit. In the middle, there was a screenshot of a Weibo post from some small time inte celebrity. The content was roughly thanking so and so for always inviting them girls to the party; she was very happy to have gotten the chance to see her gege¡¯s.

    Old Qiao was picking up the coat the yers had thrown carelessly on the sofa. Seeing that Zhou Huo¡¯s expression looked wrong, he went over and asked, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Old Qiao looked intently and was struck dumbly, ¡°F*ck...¡±

    Zhou Huo was looking at the next few pictures. In the pictures, several girls were taking a group photo with a few people standing behind them. It was Yu Sui, Shi Luo and Angel Sword as well. Chen Huo who was calling out a loud greeting to Angel Sword was also captured in the photo, as well as a number of other yers.

    Old Qiao swallowed, ¡°Can this...still...be rified?¡±

    Zhou Huo pped his forehead painfully, ¡°It¡¯s gonna be a bit difficult...¡±

    Zhou Huo closed the post. He looked at his WeChat that was about to explode. He roughly read through the contents and his blood pressure soared once again. He was so angry, he was running out of breath. ¡°I don¡¯t know which peasant boss is having a party but he invited over several carloads of girls. They happened to cross paths with us and to make matters worse, they photographed us!¡±

    ¡°These people are sick!!!¡± Zhou Huo had been the one to make the reservations at the clubhouse. Right now, embarrassment and regret were twisting within him. ¡°What were they doing there anyway?! Now all the forums are saying that our yers also went to their party. They¡¯re saying our yers do nothing but party at this kind of ces everyday. F*ck me! I must have been kicked by a donkey! What was I thinking making a reservation for them at a ce like this....¡±

    ¡°What does this have to do with you?¡± Old Qiao interrupted Zhou Huo, ¡°Don¡¯t worry! It¡¯s not just our team that was photographed! What did Angel Sword say?¡±

    ¡°Their base is far away, I¡¯m guessing they haven¡¯t gotten back to their base yet and haven¡¯t discovered it yet.¡± Zhou Huo felt irascible and jittery. His mind was aplete mess and his insides were hurting. ¡°I said time and time again that we shouldy low and not stir up any trouble. And then off I went capsizing in a drain. Unexpectedly, I was the one who caused this issue...¡±

    ¡°First off, stop worrying. No one mes you!¡± These past few years, Old Qiao, with Yu Sui, has suffered his share of being sprayed. He was a lot calmer than Zhou Huo. ¡°I¡¯ll tell them to go.¡±

    Zhou Huo usually managed the team very carefully. He has never caused a mishap before. This was the first time he had ever had an ident. His phone buzzed again. Someone had sent him another picture. Zhou Huo looked at it and his eyes instantly turned bloodshot, ¡°F*cking Sacred Sword! Are they really looking for a fight with us? They just posted a tweet with pictures of their yers training, saying they don¡¯t know even know what a clubhouse is...¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Shi Luo was the first to finish showering. He went downstairs and looked at the two of them. ¡°Who tweeted?¡±

    Zhou Huo was dizzy with anger. He took two deep breaths and handed the phone to Shi Luo. He sat down on the sofa to support himself.

    Shi Luo looked at Zhou Huo¡¯s phone while toweling off his hair. He¡¯d just had that small meeting with Yu Sui today. Shi Luo was very calm at the moment. He slowly looked at the WeChat messages, his expression unchanged.

    Yu Sui¡¯s words were still ringing in his ears.

    Shi Shen, when you were at IAC, you didn¡¯t even have a use for a psychological counselor. It can¡¯t be that you can¡¯t bear this much, right?

    Shi Luo schooled his expression. He wouldn¡¯t let himself be affected like ROD.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s recent petty moves were disgusting enough but taking advantage of the situation and joining the haters in spraying was too much.

    Shi Luo returned the phone to Zhou Huo, ¡°Create a group chat. Bring in Saint and Yi Zhan. Come, we¡¯re gonna beat these sprayers at their own game.¡±

 Chapter 64

    Chapter 64:

    Because there was ROD¡¯s incident as a precedent, when photos from the clubhouse came out, it basically ignited all the gunpowder barrels of the major forums.

    [E-sports yers really have it good these days. Look at them party. ¡¿

    [Now I understand why they haven¡¯t been able to produce any results for the past years. Before, they could still me FS for tearing down the team. But take a look at them now. Looks like it¡¯s the yers themselves who don¡¯t want to win. ¡¿

    [Other teams aside, Yi Zhan just lost their regr season game today and they still went out to party? Looks like, this team¡¯spletely given up, right? ¡¿

    [Given this situation, it¡¯s not surprising that the whole division was wiped out by Sacred Sword. ¡¿

    [Let¡¯s make an educated quess. Was Sacred Sword strong these past two years because they had Whisper, or was it because of Sacred Sword¡¯s strict management of their yers? ¡¿

    ¡¾Whisper went to party at the clubhouse with the rest of them. What more proof do you need? Shouldn¡¯t we tear off thisst bit of semnce? Did you think our division¡¯s strong now just because Whisper came home? ¡¿

    [I used to like these teams very much, but now...as long as your guys are happy. ¡¿

    [I don¡¯t care about NSN but now seeing that Saint and Free are the same. I¡¯ve been blind.]

    [Was I an idiot for believing that e-sport was a temple for monkhood? Yu Sui has had so many female fans since his debut. Did he lie to us when he said that he¡¯s always been single? Angel Sword is well-known for being a family-oriented man. He must have gone after his share of fans. Chen Huo¡¯s been bragging since a long time ago that he¡¯s had no less than ten girlfriends. And Evil? Oh, what can you expect from someone who started out as a live broadcast anchor. You know he knows how to party hard.]

    [With this, these yers¡¯ girlfriend fans should have already faced the truth, right? ¡¿

    [Weren¡¯t you lying to the fans when you said you were training all day? ¡¿

    [How can you go out and party without a second thought when you tell your fans every season that you¡¯re going to do your best next season?¡¿

    The sprayers on the forums seized the chance and blew the entire thing out of proportion. Their statements grew uglier and uglier. The yers¡¯ fans, naturally, wanted to spray back so things became even livelier. Shi Luo would get stuck every time he tried to refresh the forums. The posts raining down abuse emerged in an endless stream. There were too many personal attacks, the forum administrators couldn¡¯t delete them fast enough.

    After Zhou Huo recovered a bit he started to read the posts as well. He hesitated. yers could be impulsive but he couldn¡¯t. There were times when due to carelessness, yers, as public figures, would identally step on sh*t. Sometimes it was better to y it cool rather than giving the rumor fresh life; just likest time when that anchor tried to piggyback off Yu Sui¡¯s poprity. Zhou Huo would never be able to rify the matter head-on and it was toote to hide.

    Zhou Huo was usually the best at dealing with these issues. But it could be said that he was the one who caused this issue today. He knew very well that at the moment he wasn¡¯t thinking straight because of his anxiety and so, he was afraid to make any decisions.

    Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo and said, embarrassed, ¡°I¡¯ve still got the receipt from that restaurant and it¡¯s got the payment time on it. I can take a photo of it and post it on Weibo to prove that we just ate there and came back immediately after. Afterwards, none of us should post any reply. We shouldn¡¯t make a big fuss about this. Alright?¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head, ¡°No.¡±

    Zhou Huo was anxious. Just in time, Yu Sui had just finished his shower and came down.

    Shi Luo was sitting to the side, smoking a cigarette. He raised his eyes and nced at Yu Sui. Seeing that he hadn¡¯t blow-dried his hair again, he threw the towel hanging around his shoulders to Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui caught it and started to towel off his hair. Old Qiao totally didn¡¯t find anything wrong with that and he exined the situation regarding the clubhouse to Yu Sui.

    ¡°These idiots are getting on little Shi Shen¡¯s nerves.¡± Old Qiao handed Zhou Huo¡¯s cell phone to Yu Sui. He was also hesitant, ¡°He wants to pull in Angel Sword and the others. He wants to fight this wave. You... What do you think?¡±

    Yu Sui looking over that ridiculing post that had made those explosive allegations. When he heard that, he looked up at Shi Luo and a smile shed in his eyes.

    Ten minutester, Saint and Yi Zhan were pulled into Zhou Huo¡¯s temporary group chat.

    [Saint-Angel Sword]: [...I¡¯ve never gone after any fans. ]

    [Saint-Illusion]: [F*ck those sh*ts, Our captain¡¯s a family-oriented man. So? What¡¯s so wrong about that? ! ]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [I have got to say that no one in our team has ever, ever been involved in things like this. Today was purely a coincidence. ]

    [Free- Handsome Chen Huo]: [Is there any use reasoning with sprayers? They even dug out sh*t I said five hundred years ago. ]

    [Saint-Illusion]: [I¡¯m so angry, my lungs are about to explode! I didn¡¯t even have time to go home for my mother¡¯s 40th birthdayst month! Why would I waste my time visiting call girls? ]

    [Yi Zhan-Manager]: [We just lost a regr season game. But you win some and you lose some. Our results aren¡¯t good, we must admit. But are our yers not supposed to eat anymore just because we have bad results?]

    [Coach Qiao]: [It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s okay. We understand. ]

    [Yi Zhan-Manager]: [When that post came out, all our yers just kept quiet. If you lose a game, it¡¯s just right that you be sprayed. But being sprayed because of this trivial matter is just too f*cking much. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Picture]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [I¡¯m nning to post a picture of the receipt from our meal just now. That will show everyone the time when we paid. We won¡¯t say anything else after that. Angel Sword, do you still have your receipt? ]

    [Saint-Angel Sword]: [We do.]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [It¡¯s with me. I¡¯ll take a picture of it right away! ]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [Okay, okay, you post first. I¡¯ll post afterwards. Yi Zhan can just forward our post. Fortunately, I still have the receipt. Perfect ]

    [Yi Zhan-Manager]: [Perfect. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Perfect. ]

    [Free-Evil]: [I disagree. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]:......

    [Yizhan-Manager]: [Evil? ]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [No, you...what do you want to do? ]

    [Free-Evil]: [I don¡¯t need the official Weibo ount. I can post it myself. I don¡¯t need the staff to give me script either. I¡¯ll say whatever I want to say. ]

    [Yi Zhan-Manager]: [Uh...There¡¯s no need toe out so strong, right? ]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [It really is a bit too strong. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Shi Luo, really, listen to me. There¡¯s no need for that. ]

    [Yi Zhan-Manager]: [Yes, yes, no need. Even though, we¡¯re so angry we could kill right now, there¡¯s really no need to cause more trouble for you yers. Today we were just unlucky. We can just send out a rification and it¡¯ll be fine. ]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [Yes, let us take care of this. You should train and just leave it alone. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Once us managerse out and rify what happened, those who can think straight will naturally understand and of course, they¡¯ll stop spraying. ]

    [Free-Evil]: [They¡¯ll stop spraying so we¡¯ll just let it go? We¡¯ll just forget about it?]

    [Free-Evil]: [Why is it that every time, as long as they stop spraying, then everything¡¯s fine?]

    [Free-Evil]: [Those who insulted us before, why should we just let them off? For what reason? ]

    [Saint-Illusion]: [For what reason? ]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [? ? ? ]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [Illusion, why are trying to get in on the excitement! ! ! ]

    [Saint-Illusion]: [When those people sprayed mest time, they even f*cked my mom over. It¡¯s fine as long as they stop spraying? Will anyone apologize to my mother? ! ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [......]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [......]

    [Saint-Angel Sword]: [I also disagree. ]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [? ]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [No, Angel Sword? What¡¯s the matter with you? ]

    [Free-Handsome Chen Huo]: [I¡¯m going to listen to Shi Luo this time. ]

    [Free-Puppy]: [I¡¯m also going to listen to Shi Luo this time. ]

    [Free- Handsome Chen Huo]: [Laozi has passed through all sorts of winds and waves. Before, I wasn¡¯t willing to invite any trouble because of Yu Sui¡¯s matters. But now, what do I have to be afraid of? ]

    [Free-Puppy]: [+1, we don¡¯t cause troubles but that doesn¡¯t mean us Laozi¡¯s are afraid of getting into trouble. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [......]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Whisper, say something! ! ! ]

    [Free-Whisper]: [? ]

    [Free-Whisper]: [I always listen to Shi Luo. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [You...]

    [Yizhan¡¤Manager]: [Yu Sui, you guys, please stop this. ]

    [Saint¡¤Manager]: [What¡¯s gotten into all of you today? Don¡¯t mess with us! ! ! Zhou Huo, control your yers! Don¡¯t take our yers with you into this craziness! ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [If I could control them, there wouldn¡¯t be this group chat...]

    [Free-Evil]: [I almost got affected by the rhythm these sprayers made in the forums this morning. I have no intention of getting carried away by these sprayers. ]

    [Free-Evil]: [I should never have been affected by these people. I can bear with it so I will. If I can¡¯t bear with it then I¡¯m trash. There is nothing to hide and there is nothing to fear. ]

    At the Free base, only Yu Sui and Shi Luo were at the first floor. Yu Sui smiled at what Shi Luo said in the group chat, ¡°So you¡¯ve finally straightened out your thoughts? Starting to prepare for when we go public in the future?¡±

    Shi Luo was still typing, after sending thest one, he grabbed a fistful of his now dry hair and whispered, ¡°More than that.¡±

    Shi Luo nced at Yu Sui, then paused and said softly, ¡°These past few days, I felt like I had to be cautious in my words and actions otherwise I might drag you down by ident and just when you¡¯ve finally cleared your name. I couldn¡¯t let people cken you again because of me.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s heart was warmed when he heard this. He looked at Shi Luo, eyes all gentle, ¡°What about now?¡±

    ¡°Now I¡¯ve figured it out.¡± Shi Luo locked his phone, ¡°I shouldn¡¯t underestimate myself, let alone you.¡±

    ¡°As long as Ipete seriously, I¡¯ll have a clear conscience. What¡¯s there to be scared of? If they spray me then I¡¯ll just spray back.¡±

    ¡°yers can¡¯t date? They can¡¯t go out to eat? Who decided that?¡±

    ¡°ROD handled it cautiously. He only asked the team manager to exin for him. He handled it gently enough but did the sprayers spare him?¡±

    ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have forgotten who I am just because I¡¯m now in a rtionship.¡± Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, and said with a cold look on his face, ¡°Spraying your teammates costs 10,000 yuan so I¡¯m going to make every yuan count. I¡¯m this kind of person. .¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t eptpromises and I refuse to be bullied.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo squatting on the sofa, and for a moment it seemed like he saw Shi Luo as he was when he was still a wild anchor.

    Always with a cold face, looking as though he were telling everyone that he wasn¡¯t to be pushed around.

    Covered with thorns, he was always guard against everyone. But once you get close, you¡¯ll discover how many cute little moves this kid has in private.

    It was this kind of Shi Luo that has, for a long time now, made Yu Sui so fascinated that he simply couldn¡¯t look away.

    Seeing that Yu Sui didn¡¯t speak, Shi Luo hesitated, ¡°You...¡±

    ¡°Of course I feel the same way you do.¡± Yu Sui sneered, ¡°Otherwise, they would have called us a team of evil people for nothing.¡±

    Five minutester, Shi Luo was the first to post on his Weibo.

    @Free-Evil: [I haven¡¯t gone whoring nor have I slept with anyone. And in the future, if I do sleep with anyone, it¡¯s none of anyone¡¯s business. Anyone still wants to spray thene here in person and say it to my face. Why don¡¯t we see who sprays better? Anyone who doesn¡¯t dare spray in person, then you can shove it up yours! I won¡¯t indulge your bad habits.]

    Zhou Huo saw that he couldn¡¯t dissuade them so he simply rushed to post an official statement on their blog and attached the receipts of their meal at the clubhouse as proof.

    As soon as the evidence came out, the momentum instantly fell.

    There would always be a lot of normal yers who¡¯d be carried away by the sprayers¡¯ rhythm. Once they saw that this might have been a real misunderstanding, they calmed down and secretly deleted their replies on the forums. Comments that could be deleted, they deleted; forments that couldn¡¯t be deleted, the posters made vague, wishy-washy apologies.

    The receipts were convincing enough as evidence, not to mention that the party at the clubhouse was not yet over. The Inte celebrity who posted the photos of Yu Sui, Shi Luo and the others on Weibo was still posting selfies. In the end she had just bumped into them on her way to a party for inte celebrities. It was clear once you think about it.

    The sprayers¡¯s ims were now exposed to be groundless. They no longer seized on the matter of the yers going to the clubhouse, instead they turned their muzzles on Shi Luo.

    [What¡¯s with your tone? Is that something a public figure should be saying? ¡¿

    [Awesome, it¡¯s not enough that you spray in your live broadcasts. Now, you¡¯re even spraying here. ¡¿

    [You¡¯ve got some temper for someone who hasn¡¯t got any results to show. ¡¿

    [I don¡¯t know what makes you think you can say things like that when you¡¯ve never even yed in a World Championship. ¡¿

    But before the sprayers could organize their firepower against Shi Luo, Angel Sword, who had participated in the World Championships, immediately posted.

    £ÀSaint-Angel Sword: [I didn¡¯t sleep with, pursue or flirt with any fans. I also don¡¯t want to indulge these bad habits. I testify for all the members of the three teams. No one has done anything to discredit the professional ethics of the e-sports industry. Having a good temper is for when dealing with normal people, not for sprayers.]

    Illusion also posted on Weibo: [So, now, is anyone ready to apologize for thest time you made those false usations against me? Sprayers? ]

    With their posts on Weibo, let alone other people, even their own fans were stunned.

    Usually when there was some sort of rhythm online, they¡¯d count themselves lucky if it died down quickly. If they had evidence to rify the matter, then their base was exuding green smoke. What was with the situation now? After calming down and exining clearly, were the yers still allowed to spray back? !

    Can they be that cool? Aren¡¯t they all afraid of beingbeled as having a bad attitude?

    Of course, after the rest of Free¡¯s yers posted on their Weibo, no one cared about the bad attitude of the previous yers, because the ones with the worst attitudes always appear at the end.

    £ÀFree-Puppy: So, it turns out that yers who¡¯ve yed in the World Championship can have a bad attitude? Okay, then all those who sprayed me in the past are all SBs.

    @Free-Chen Huo: What does the yer who¡¯s yed in the World Championship and won the World Championship trophy say? Sprayers? How does a ¡®f*ck you¡¯ over the air sound like?

    £ÀFree-Whisper: Do you all have an addiction to having your faces pped?

    Zhou Huo was originally so scared he couldn¡¯t do anything. After all, this was was his first time managing this kind of team where none of the yers were afraid of courting death. Now that what¡¯s done was done, they¡¯ve all posted on their Weibo pages, Zhou Huo simply followed along and directly targeted the team who used this incident to fish in troubled waters and made a vain attempt to mess with the mentality of the yers of another region ¡ª Sacred Sword.

    @Free E-sports Club: @Sacred Sword, just how scared of our teams is your team, that you have to go against the time difference everyday just to concern yourselves with what our yers eat and drink?

    As soon as Zhou Huo posted on Weibo, Saint and Yi Zhan immediately re-posted it. NSN waste to the party but re-posted it as well. In less than half an hour, Sacred Sword quickly deleted their previous tweet mocking the Chinese yers for going to the clubhouse.

 Chapter 65

    Chapter 65:

    Theirs was the worst circle and also the best circle.

    When it came to the intensity with which they argued, sprayed and swore at people, the e-sports circle can definitely upy the first echelon of many other industries with an absolute predominance.

    Quarrels and mutual bad-mouthing within the e-sports circle was known to be intense. Even if it was towards their favorite team or yers, so long as the team was in a bad situation or if the team lost a match, they would still spray. They were also very skilled at causing mental torment. They would use a yer¡¯s mistake as a basis for his nicknames. Right before a match, they¡¯d specially go to that yer¡¯s live broadcast andment on that yer¡¯s ck history... These were their most used day-to-day operations.

    It was alsomon for yers whose ability to withstand pressure weren¡¯t quite up to par to mentally copse, like ROD, who¡¯d just lost a game.

    Shi Luo never thought much about it. If he really lost a game or if there was a problem with the way he yed, he wouldn¡¯t say anything when he was sprayed by the fans. If he was in the wrong or if his skills really were inferior to others, Shi Luo would never say anything back.

    However, if he¡¯d clearly done nothing wrong but they repeatedly cause him mental suffering, well, he wasn¡¯t going to stand for that.

    The irond rule of this circle was win and you boast, lose and you get sprayed. Since everyone approved of this peculiar cultural atmosphere, there shouldn¡¯t be any double standards. You can spray me when I lose a game; if you treat me unjustly then I can also spray back.

    Things in your circle should be handled ording to the rules of your circle. Everyone should stop pretending to be saints already. This way was best.

    ¡°Don¡¯t these sprayers keep saying that the big teams should stop feeding their fans the same old stuff? Well, we certainly did things differently today by spraying back.¡± Old Qiao felt very pleased as he looked through Weibo, ¡°In any case, it¡¯s not the sprayers who give the money our yers make so curse at them all you want. There¡¯s even some who specially came to our official blog to say that they¡¯re gonna stop being our fans. Ha...what are they doing pretending to be our fans? If the fans what to quit being our fans, then let them. Will the league stop us from ying at the World Championships if we don¡¯t have any fans? Who do they think they¡¯re scaring?¡±

    Puppy waspletely indifferent. ¡°Laozi never had that many fans in the first ce, so let them quit.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t believe those sprayers.¡± Chen Huo raised his eyebrows and said happily, ¡°The only ones making a fuss are those brainless sprayers. After I posted on my Weibo, the number of my fans increased.¡±

    ¡°Yes, normally, if anyone tried to say anything back, they would definitely be the target of public criticism. But there¡¯s no need to be afraid this time.¡± Zhou Huo had been full of misgivings at first, but now that he¡¯s seen that the results were good, he was very satisfied. ¡°All the yers fought back together and now the sprayers are all muddled. They don¡¯t know who they should spray.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s phone was buzzing nonstop. The other teams¡¯ managers kept sending him messages. Zhou Huo was overwhelmed with joy. ¡°The other teams are sending us thank-you letters. They¡¯re thanking us for being so tough. They¡¯re thanking us for taking the initiative to clear the bad atmosphere in the circle. That¡¯s right... we should never have indulged their rumor-mongering and habit of speaking and acting based on mere hearsay. The yers train so hard every day, so why should they have to carry this pot?¡±

    ¡°When you think about it, we really should have been the ones to take the lead on this.¡± Zhou Huo sighed, ¡°Not to brag but although our team is the newest among the dozen or so teams in the local division, but when ites to our yers¡¯ qualifications, ours would be the best, right? Our team¡¯s yers are the least afraid of getting sprayed. At the moment, we¡¯re also at the top. The matter this time was handled well. For the follow-up, we¡¯ll guide the topics of conversation. We¡¯ll be reasonable and we can get this whole thing to pass.¡±

    ¡°Of course.¡± Old Qiao smiled and waved his phone. ¡°In other news, NSN has also posted on Weibo. They posted the contents of ROD¡¯s training as well as his training schedulest month. They also have the records from his game ount. In the end, whether he was just paddling and dating or working hard to face challenges, it¡¯s obvious to anyone with a brain.¡±

    Chen Huo was also checking Weibo. He said, admiringly, ¡°ROD himself also posted on Weibo. He admitted that he made a mistake in the game and that he¡¯s reflected upon it, but said he and his girlfriend are going strong and won¡¯t be breaking up.¡±

    Old Qiao sighed, ¡°He must have already gotten his emotions under control. Not bad. It¡¯s good that he¡¯s able to withstand it.¡±

    Zhou Huo went looking through the forums. He watched how the sprayers were jumping in anger but couldn¡¯t do anything. He eximed, ¡°I tell it as it is. This pressure I brought down upon you yers was really f-ing big, but there¡¯s a big of good from all this. You guys are all so big-hearted. You¡¯re ruthless when you dig a pit for your own people, but you¡¯re even more ruthless when you dig a pit for others. It¡¯s really cool being your manager.¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s attention was instantly redirected when Zhou Huo mentioned ¡®digging pits for your own people¡¯. Chen Huo gave Yu Sui a very resentful look and then sat to one side with a snort, continuing to look through Weibo.

    Yu Sui, who had once unified all the sprayers in e-sports, waspletely unperturbed. Arguing back or not arguing back, it would have been the same to him either way. The thing Yu Sui found more enjoyable about the entire thing was observing little Shi Shen¡¯s mini explosion of bad temper. Yu Sui clearly felt it. Since Shi Luo returned to Free, Shi Luo gradually tended to grow back; his temper was bing more and more like when the two had first met.

    It was simr to when he yed his little tricks. He looked as though he couldn¡¯t stand even the slightest bit of loss.

    Back then, when the Violent Shu ran off his foul mouth, Shi Luo could push down and beat him up in a hotpot restaurant restroom until he couldn¡¯t get up. Now, how could he possibly tolerate this unsubstantiated smear campaign by the sprayers?

    But there has been some change.

    Now, as a mature pro-yer, Shi Shen would no longer tangle with other people in the bathroom of a hot pot restaurant and touch their industry¡¯s high-voltage lines. Offline had changed to the online, but his destructive power was still as strong as back then¡¯s.

    Shi Luo was squatting on the sofa and exchanging insults with the few remaining haters over private message. He lookedpletely focused and he couldn¡¯t divide his attention to talk with the other people in the training room.

    The others have had their fill off mocking the sprayers. Seeing Yu Sui looking so intent as to bepletely motionless, they followed Yu Sui¡¯s line of sight and saw Shi Luo trading insults on his phone, looking as serious as though he were taking the college entrance examinations.

    ¡°I feel kinda sorry for whoever¡¯s trading insults with him.¡± Puppy took a sip of tea and shook his head, ¡°With all good intentions, I really want to tell those sprayers that us old FS yers, save for taking a tumble at Ji Yanhan¡¯s hands, have reached this point without having suffered any losses. We¡¯re not afraid of insulting people. Especially our little Shi Shen! He¡¯s a sprayer himself!¡±

    Old Qiao sighed, ¡°If ROD had encountered a sh*t boss like Ji Yanhan in his early years, he wouldn¡¯t have buckled under pressure like that.¡±

    Chen Huo followed with a sigh, ¡°Now that you¡¯ve mentioned Ji Yanhan it makes me wonder even more why there are sprayers who think we¡¯d be scared? How does this evenpare to that?¡±

    Chen Huo took a sip of his tea and shook his head, ¡°This year¡¯s batch of sprayer are no good. When I moved to Europe, they gave me absolute hell. They even insulted my eggs. So what the fart is this!¡±

    ¡°Your Yu Shen has long held himself above worldly considerations.¡± Puppy looked at Yu Sui and said, half-sarcastically but not bitterly, ¡°He doesn¡¯t even want to waste time reading what other people are spraying about him. What¡¯s the only thing in his eyes? Shi Luo, the whelp, getting to work! I¡¯m even beginning to suspect that these sprays are here to provide Yu Sui with opportunities, so that he can reminisce about the past with Shi Luo and strengthen their rtionship!¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, he really hadn¡¯t bother to read it.

    He had waded through the lowest depths of hell, how could be possibly be afraid of the moring of a few imps?

    Shi Luo, who still retained some childlike innocence and still has the same great firepower standing off against the sprayers was more fascinating to Yu Sui.

    Usually at this time, Old Qiao would be doing game review with the four of them. But today, after encountering this kind of incident, no one was in the right frame of mind. It was also gettingte already. Old Qiao let everyone rest and y on their own.

    Old Qiao unhurriedly put away his personal belongings and went back to his dorm to doundry. Chen Huo was so happy that he didn¡¯t have to do a game review. He logged on to his side ount and yed for fun. Puppy then went to gather points for his main ount.

    On the sofa in the corner of the training room, Shi Luo was chewing gum, still focusing on pouring out insults.

    Chen Huo and Puppy were both concentrated on their games and wouldn¡¯t notice anything. Yu Sui, ever respectful of his boyfriend¡¯s wish to keep their rtionship a secret, sat next to Shi Luo after confirming that he wouldn¡¯t be discovered.

    Yu Sui asked in a low voice, ¡°Are you still spraying?¡±

    Shi Luo moved, he turned his head and nced at Yu Sui, instantly feeling a little uneasy.

    Compared with Yu Sui¡¯s indifference, Shi Luo seemed to be a little overblown in his reaction. On Shi Luo¡¯s phone screen was his Weibo¡¯s PM interface. His entire screen was filled with foul and filthynguage.

    It¡¯s cool to scold others. What wasn¡¯t cool was letting your boyfriend see you spewing out such coarsenguage. Shi Luo instinctively leaned back on the sofa and blocked his phone screen, as if were some high-schooler afraid of being seen doing something bad that might affect the way his crush sees him. Trying his hardest to hide it, he said, ¡°No, I was just looking at what the sprayers were saying about me...¡±

    Yu Sui chuckled quietly, ¡°We¡¯re both pro-yers, with perfect 5.3 vision, who are you looking down on?¡±

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth. It¡¯s rumored that the one with the best vision among domestic pro-yers was Whisper, especially when it came to sensing movement. Just now, with that barely there nce, Yu Sui must have already seen everything clearly.

    The swear words filling up the screen were all sent from Shi Luo¡¯s side, and now, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t deny it.

    Shi Luo was a little bit embarrassed, he leaned back and said in a low voice, ¡°I just lost my temper a bit, I¡¯m not...¡±

    ¡°Can you send me his ID?¡± Yu Sui sat down, picked up his phone, bowed his head and instructed, ¡°Send me the ID of that one you haven¡¯t sprayed into oblivion yet. I¡¯ll do it.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo turned to look at Yu Sui.

    Just now, Yu Sui had left his hair to dry naturally and hadn¡¯t seen to fixing it yet, so ity over his shoulders in a half mess. The towel he¡¯d handed to him was nowhere to the seen. The team uniform jacket Yu Sui put over his shoulders was wet from his hair. Yu Sui didn¡¯t pay it any mind; when the shoulder of his jacket had gotten wet, he simply pulled the jacket¡¯s cor to the back. Now, his jacket was basically, half-hanging down his body.

    Yu Sui was now leaning on the sofa; with one leg stretched out and the other slightly bent. From Shi Luo¡¯s perspective, Yu Sui had an anger that couldn¡¯t be hidden.

    When you¡¯re in love, it¡¯s easy to have the wrong idea about the other. In Shi Luo¡¯s mind, Yu Sui was too perfect. But when the two of them weren¡¯t together or like when Yu Sui tricked him into taking the college entrance exams, or when he¡¯s bullying Chen Huo and deceiving Puppy, Yu Sui had a big hand in those. How could he not know how to spray people?

    How can there possibly be any good people in this team?

    Anyway, Yu Sui wanted to spray people too. Shi Luo didn¡¯t need to hide it. He sent the IDs of a few people he couldn¡¯t spray well to Yu Sui. The two of them sat on the sofa and concentrated on raining down insults.

    Yu Sui asked Shi Luo with a smile, ¡°Shi Shen, you sure you¡¯ve got enough in your vocabry?¡±

    Shi Luo squatted on the sofa and whispered, ¡°We¡¯re both pro-yers. We¡¯ve both gotten our ancestors greeted by sprayers. Who are you looking down on!¡±

    Yu Sui smiled.

    With such a handsome boyfriend sitting next to him, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t concentrate of spraying anymore. Whenever he was alone with Yu Sui, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help getting up to his little tricks. He looked at Yu Sui from time to time and said softly, ¡°You ...are you done spraying?¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re both pro-yers, withputer-level hand speeds.¡± Yu Sui typed quickly, ¡°Who are you looking down on?¡±

    Shi Luo took a breath and sighed secretly in his heart at how he and Yu Sui were such a match made in heaven, from their career to their hobbies.

    The lethality of pro-level spraying was naturally invincible. The two of them sprayed openly and flirted secretly. Within half an hour, the dozen or so people who had previously insulted Shi Luo were angered half to death and were rendered speechless. Yu Sui rotated his neck and said, ¡°...These sprayers are so weak, poor little sh*ts.¡±

    Shi Luo looked sideways at Yu Sui, his heart once again felt tickled.

    After the game with NSN, Yu Sui had kissed Shi Luo deeply and then written all sorts of things on his hand. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t stand being teased so one-sidedly by this g man and has always wanted to find a way to tease him back.

    Shi Luo nced at their two other teammates in the training room. Chen Huo and Puppy were both concentrating on their game. Seeing that, he grew a lot more courageous.

    Shi Luo took a deep breath and exited the Weibo app. In front of Yu Sui, he opened the trantion app that he downloaded when he went to Korea topete.

    Yu Sui watched Shi Luo move but didn¡¯t quite understand at first.

    After Shi Luo set the trantion software to German mode and switched his mobile phone input method to German mode, Yu Sui instantly knew what Shi Luo was going to do.

    In the face of a wave of big rhythm and almost being caught once again in a whirlpool of public criticism, g Man Yu remained calm and unmoved. However, at this moment, looking at the trantion software on Shi Luo¡¯s phone, there was a rarely-seen, once-in-a-century redness at the tip of his ears.

    Yu Sui cleared his throat uneasily, ¡°Are you sure you remember?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s face was already thoroughly red.

    Shi Luo also lowered his voice, ¡°We¡¯re both pro-yers. We have brains that can remember the resource consumption for both teams for each game urately down to thest digit. Who are you looking down on?¡±

    With a smile, Yu Sui rubbed his neck and leaned against the sofa, looking at Shi Luo¡¯s phone screen.

    Yu Sui watched Shi Luo typing, saw that Shi Luo hadn¡¯t missed a single letter and typed out all the German words he¡¯d written on Shi Luo¡¯s palm in the nanny car earlier.

    Shi Luo typed all the letters, all in German. He clearly couldn¡¯t understand what they meant but his face was already red.

    Shi Luo was still trying to tease Yu Sui. He didn¡¯t press the trante button just yet. He turned his head to look at Yu Sui, and said, sounding quite unnatural, ¡°You, you...are you or or you not afraid that I¡¯d trante it?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, racking his brains to figure out what he could use to threaten Yu Sui into asking him not to trante.

    ¡°We¡¯re both pro-yers, with stout hearts and absolute no sense of shame. Who are you looking down on?¡±

    Sure enough, old ginger was still spicier. Although Yu Sui¡¯s ears were red, he raised his hand and directly pressed the trante button on Shi Luo¡¯s phone screen.

    After a one-second freeze, countless explicit and difficult-to-say private and intimate words of love covered the entire screen of Shi Luo¡¯s phone.

    Shi Luo was stunned. A secondter, Shi Luo smashed the phone on the sofa with his left hand, and covered his face with his right, blushing so hard he was giving off steam.

    Yu Sui leaned against the sofa and stopped himself fromughing. His voice was soft and inaudible, ¡°Little whelp...¡±

 Chapter 66

    Chapter 66:

    A group of yers were making trouble together. The Chinese League inevitably needed to take an interest in the matter. Zhou Huo had been prepared for it for a long time. He narrated in full the causes and consequences of the entire matter. In passing, he helped the other teams exin. One, the yers did not vite discipline and two, none of them broke any rules. Pushing back against the sprayers on a public tform was something the individual yers decided on. Moreover, they were forced to fight back. In itself, they hadn¡¯t vited any of the regtions of the league.

    However, the league officials still issued official notices to Free, Saint, and the Yi Zhan clubs, asking the clubs to regte their yers¡¯ behavior, prohibiting the clubs from influencing others, and admonishing them. They asked that the club management cooperate with the league to maintain the positive image of the yers as much as possible.

    When all was said and done, the yers hadn¡¯t vited any rules, and the officials couldn¡¯t impose any punishments. The only thing they could do was to give these useless warnings. It was probably because he had been spending too much time with Yu Sui, this group of wicked people, that Zhou Huo, when replying to the league official, lost his temper and no longer answered them in his usual sly manner but instead did so frostily. In summary, they willply with what needed to beplied with but insults that they shouldn¡¯t ept, they still won¡¯t ept.

    After pressing the ¡®send¡¯ button and dealing with the league officials, Zhou Huo felt refreshed. He felt so young, so amazing. If he dyed his hair while he could be like Shi Luo and be an invincible sprayer.

    After having a small meeting with several base-side staff members, Zhou Huo rxed and let everyone go and rest. He checked the time and it was already past one o¡¯clock in the morning.

    Zhou Huo came out of the first floor conference room. He walked around the first floor but saw no one. He only ran into Old Qiao who wasing downstairs and waiting to for the takeaway delivery. Zhou Huo asked, ¡°Where are the others? Asleep?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know, I just washed my clothes.¡± Old Qiao rolled up his cuffs, ¡°It¡¯s kinda embarrassing to have Auntie wash my pajamas and underwear. They¡¯ve been piled up for a week, and I just finished washing them. What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter? I¡¯m so happy.¡± Zhou Huo straightened his neckline and smiled, ¡°It¡¯s so cool, I feel like I¡¯m several years younger. Do you think they¡¯re sleeping or ying? I¡¯m gonna report on the conclusion of this matter then I¡¯m going to head to bed afterwards.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know, they were still in the training room before I went to doundry. Chen Huo and Puppy were on theirputers. I don¡¯t know what they were doing. Yu Sui and Evil were on the sofa.¡± Mentioning this, Old Qiao frowned, ¡°Why does it feel like... ...Yu Sui and Shi Luo are always together nowadays? How did those two get closer than anyone else after they reconciled?¡±

    A secret smile shed in Zhou Huo¡¯s eyes, ¡°They have a good rtionship. Shi Luo has that kind of temper. When he hated Yu Sui, he could almost trade punches. But when they¡¯re good, they¡¯re almost attached at the hip. Sigh... This is youth.¡±

    ¡°Whatever.¡± Old Qiao shook his head indifferently. ¡°When I was in FS, he only stuck with Yu Sui too.¡±

    The doorbell rang. The delivery had arrived and Old Qiao hurried to open the door. Zhou Huo went upstairs to find everyone.

    Having dealt with everything that should be dealt with, Zhou Huo wanted to tell the yers that this matter was officially over. But when Zhou Huo went to the second floor, he still couldn¡¯t hear any voices. There was no sound outside their dorm room. When Zhou Huo opened the door to the training room, he saw that all four of them, without exception, were all in their seats.

    No one was doing a live broadcasts, no one was ying anything else, they were all doing their own training as usual.

    Originally, Zhou Huo had been carried away by these yers. He felt very good and he even felt like he was back in his rebellious period. But seeing them like this, he was suddenly rooted on the spot. For a while, his throat felt a little tight.

    Just two hours ago, the fans on the forums were still ridiculing these people, saying that the whored with Inte celebrities, slept with fans, took their pay without putting in the effort and that they were party animals, the next one worse than thatst.

    Many of the normal yers had no idea about the actual situation but they still believed it. They felt that these yers with an average age of just over 20, could easily get millions in annual sry just because they just had a little bit more talent than others. They could make money by just ying games. Didn¡¯t they have it so easy?

    Shi Luo and the others were all used to being sprayed, and they are also used to spraying back. They had no problem fighting back against those moronic sprayers. When ites to having a poisonous tongue, they wouldn¡¯t lose out to anyone. But not a one of these yers would ever sell misery.

    None of the yers ever tried to defend themselves and exin that it wasn¡¯t easy to get this millions worth of sry.

    They had to give up on their studies and they left no way out for themselves.

    They sacrificed their youth, their health, time they could be spending with their family. They sacrificed the best years of their life for dating and finding love.

    They received all sorts of problems from the outside world, they experienced monumental pressure in matches andpetition within the circle was fierce.

    They have to endure a lot of hardship, have to work hard, and they want to win more than anyone.

    If they didn¡¯t have such a strong desire to win who could possibly, after being sshed with dirty sewage and still being unable topletely wash clean of it, temporarily suppress the anger in the hearts, to make use of and not waste even these scant two hours to train.

    In any case, ordinary people like Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t do it. He wasn¡¯t really in it. At the moment, he was still angry. He wanted to fight with those sprayers for eight hundred more rounds.

    But these yers did it.

    They¡¯ve sprayed and they¡¯ve cursed. They¡¯ve made the best use of their time to adjust their emotions and seeing that there was still time, went back to train for a while.

    Even though the coach had already said that they could rest; even if it was only for an hour or two.

    Standing outside the training room, Zhou Huo¡¯s spirit that Shi Luo had fired up, calmed down. For the first time, he felt that the viins in his team had more professional ethics than anyone else.

    In the end, Zhou Huo chose not to enter the room and disturb them just to say that the league officials have deemed the matter closed. He took a few photos of everyone from outside the door.

    The league officials had dealt with the matter well. Zhou Huo¡¯s original intention was that after he had informed everyone, he would release on their official Weibo a post beating up all the sprayers as a wind up for this incident. But now, it seemed that his priorities that been too small.

    Zhou Huo logged into the Free¡¯s official Weiboo and released a post with an attached picture.

    [We take things seriously ¡ª from f*cking over sprayers, to honing our skills to win.]

    As soon as he posted on Weibo, there were instantly more than a thousandments. Fans who really liked Free were proud and ted. Fans who were initially worried that Free yers would lose fans because they¡¯d sprayed back no longer entertained imaginary and groundless fears.

    These yers that they¡¯ve liked for so many years would never disappoint. They could say the foulest most toxic words and still y the most serious games. Those two concepts weren¡¯t mutually exclusive and they didn¡¯t need sprayers pointing fingers.

    This crisis gradually subsided after a few days. Although it was their bad luck to be sshed by this rank sewage that they couldn¡¯tpletely wash off of, after this battle, Zhou Huo¡¯s management team has finallypletely broken in with and gotten used to Free¡¯s yers.

    Zhou Huo was no longer so obsessed with managing the poprity of the team, and he no longer insisted on maintaining the perfect image of the yers.

    ¡°This way¡¯s good too. None of you are idols anyway. You¡¯ve got a bit of a bad attitude, so what? We¡¯re like this but the number of our fans is still crushing everyone else¡¯s.¡±

    At noon, Zhou Huo was holding a meeting with them over breakfast. He said, rxed, ¡°With us serving as an example, the other teams have also toughened up. I heard that the ROD has now fully adjusted his condition. He said it during the live broadcast yesterday. He¡¯s looking forward to ying with us in the yoffs. He¡¯ll be sure to wash away his disgrace.¡±

    ¡°Not bad, not bad.¡± Puppy saidzily. ¡°Young men, you see, have to be sprayed a few times in order to develop their mental quality. This time he was targeted by the sprayers, next time he won¡¯t sumb to pressure so easily in matches. ...This time we totally helped out NSN to train their troops. They owe us one.¡±

    ¡°Just a reminder. ROD is the same age as you, one year younger than Yu Sui, and one year older than Shi Luo.¡± Old Qiao said as he sighed, ¡°It¡¯s us who are still so tragic. Of our four active starters, the oldest being only twenty-one, but already so numb to everything.¡±

    Chen Huo took a bite of the pickled cucumber and then sighed, ¡°What has this world done to us...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t talk with you mouth open.¡± Shi Luo frowned, ¡°Don¡¯t drip acid everywhere. You¡¯re disgusting.¡±

    ¡°Look. Can¡¯t a man feel sorry for himself without getting sprayed?¡± Chen Huo touched his face, self-pityingly, ¡°Don¡¯t disgusting people also deserve to be doted on?¡±

    Yu Sui slowly took a sip of porridge, ¡°No, they don¡¯t.¡±

    ¡°Old Qiao is in charge of training. Your coach is a professional. The team that does the data analysis of the teams for you are also professionals. I can¡¯t interfere in these matters so I won¡¯t talk about them. But in short, for very inexplicable reasons, we¡¯ve beaten NSN, who we were expecting to be the second toughest team to y with in the regr season. Next is Saint. There¡¯s not a lot of days left. You¡¯ve already been given this season¡¯s data analysis on Saint. Angel Sword is still the first milktank medic in the league. Their style of y is actually quite against us. Focus on what you need to focus on. Supplement what you need to supplement. I¡¯m not going to talk much about things I don¡¯t understand.¡± Zhou Huo took a notebook and wrote things down. ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry about team management. There¡¯s just one thing I¡¯d like to ask your opinions on.¡±

    Zhou Huo put down his notebook and looked at everyone, ¡°Sacred Sword.¡±

    ¡°I have no idea what¡¯s gotten into the f*cked up team but they keep targeting us and won¡¯t let go. All told, I¡¯ve already scolded them twice on on our official blog. There¡¯s definitely bad blood between us now. But then, from the very start, it was already impossible to live peacefully with them anyway. Zhou Huo asked everyone, ¡°I just wanted to ask you, as former Sacred Sword yers, if I try to turn the tables and try to crush their spirits instead. Is it possible?¡±

    Old Qiao nced at Zhou Huo, surprised, ¡°Well, this is amazing. Have they infected you now?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, they¡¯ve infected me but I¡¯m also fed up with that sh*t team. It¡¯s fifty-fifty.¡± Zhou Huo asked, ¡°In any case, I can understand their games without an interpreter. I can also go over there and keep an eye on their forums. No team remains undefeated. Would it be of any use if I taunt them a bit when they suffer a setback?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head, ¡°It¡¯s useless.¡±

    Puppy followed up, ¡°Impossible. One is because of the cultural difference. They really are more open over there. The other reason is because their business philosophy is different. If a yer¡¯s mentality copses, he will be reced immediately. It wouldn¡¯t interfere with the team as a whole.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not weird that they¡¯re targeting us.¡± Chen Huo stared at Yu Sui as he chewed on the pickles. ¡°Yu Sui didn¡¯t renew his contract. This incident alone offended them already. Then Puppy and I both returned to China. They probably considered this as Yu Sui¡¯s doing as well. Their team¡¯s upper management has a lot of grudges.¡±

    Zhou Huo frowned, ¡°Is it only their top management who¡¯s disgusting? Their yers are also disgusting. You do remember when they sent Angel Sword and Wawa cycling? Their yers posted screenshots of them cycling our medics on Twitter. What kind of sick joke is that?¡±

    ¡°I know about this.¡± Shi Luo took a bite of some bread fritters. ¡°When we get to the World Championships and we run into them, we can challenge them to a match to delete their ounts.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s eyes lit up faintly and he looked at Shi Luo and smiled.

    Chen Huo though took in a sharp breath and looked Shi Luo up and down.¡±Evil, we¡¯re not going to be taking it that far.¡±

    Shi Luo yanked and wiped his mouth, ¡°I¡¯ll do it myself, you don¡¯t need to participate.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked bewildered. He turned to Old Qiao beside him, ¡°What is this ount deletion match?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s ck talk.¡± Old Qiao smiled, ¡°You can easily tell it came out of some seedy inte cafe...¡±

    Old Qiao put down his spoon and exined to Zhou Huo, ¡°An ount deletion match is something that was yed by some yers a long time ago. If for various reasons, there¡¯s deep seated hatred in the game between two yers, the kind that can¡¯t ever be resolved. One would invite the other to a life or death match. If you win, that¡¯s great. But if you lose, you have to delete your ount.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not easy to maintain an ount. Setting aside how much it costs to buy skins, many of the skins are already out of print. Now, you won¡¯t be able to buy it even if you¡¯ve got the money. There¡¯s also your aplishments during each season, recorded match by match. Those are all solid medals.¡± Old Qiao looked at Shi Luo, ¡°Not to mention the value of a pro-yers¡¯ ount. You wouldn¡¯t even be able to count how much money they¡¯ve spend on their ounts. They basically spend for their little wives with their eyes closed. Very few yers spend only a few thousands on their ount. And if you don¡¯t want to consider this then what about the emotional attachment?¡±

    ¡°Individual ounts keep track of every friend they¡¯ve added as well as every in-game chat they¡¯ve had with their friends. The friends of a pro-yer are basically pro-yers as well, many of who have probably retired. In game chat records are never deleted. Then aren¡¯t all these memories? There¡¯s also the records of each game. When they retire in the future, they¡¯d take a look and these will be all the mountains that they¡¯ve scaled.¡± Old Qiao recalled those moments before he retired and sighed, ¡°A few months ago, when we¡¯d just established the team, the league officials were so willing to help Yu Sui, they would have given him anything he asked for. But Yu Sui hadn¡¯t asked them for anything save to reinstate the ounts we¡¯d dmissioned before. Why do you think that is?¡±

    Zhou Huo froze in ce. He looked at Shi Luo, and gave a hollowugh, ¡°Then... There¡¯s really no need to go that far.¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. I already wanted to challenge someone earlier, but at that moment...¡± Shi Luo paused and didn¡¯t say anything further.

    Zhou Huo didn¡¯t react and asked curiously, ¡°Who did you want to challenge?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s eyes moved and turned to look at Shi Luo, ¡°Me.¡±

    Shi Luo looked around and said nothing, silently acquiescing.

    Chen Huoughed and pped the table, ¡°I would havepletely forgotten if you hadn¡¯t mentioned it. The very first medic in our division to have ever been cycled is our very own Luo Luo. Sigh, I¡¯m not trying to rile anyone up, really. But Shi Luo, you really should have challenged Yu Sui before you changed jobs back then. I would have been happy to have either of your ounts deleted!¡±

    Yu Sui stared fixedly at Shi Luo. ¡°...Why didn¡¯t you send the challenge?¡±

    Shi Luo nced at Yu Sui. He was silent for a while and then said vaguely, ¡°Both of our ounts were new at that time. It would have been meaningless to delete them.¡±

    Yu Sui knew that this wasn¡¯t the answer which meant that it wasn¡¯t for the other people around the table to know. He didn¡¯t try to pursue the question. With proper business discussed and out of the way, everyone scattered. Shi Luo went to the terrace to smoke and Yu Sui followed.

 Chapter 67

    Chapter 67:

    In the second floor corridor, the cleaning aunt was mopping the floor. Yu Sui greeted her as he looked through his phone, leaning against the wall near the ss doors leading to the terrace.

    The auntie nced at Shi Luo on the terrace, and uttered a few words in Shanghai-ese, repeating her same old admonitions that smoking at such a young age was not good for the lungs. Yu Sui nodded in agreement, ¡°Yes, I will talk about it to himter.¡±

    Auntie quickly mopped the corridor and headed for the first floor with the mop and bucket. Yu Sui then turned and pushed open the door to the terrace.

    Shi Luo had his eyes narrowed slightly as he leaned against the railing. He had almost finished the cigarette between his lips. Yu Sui walked over and plucked the cigarette from behind Shi Luo and threw it into the ashtray on the terrace.

    Yu Sui was very close to Shi Luo and Shi Luo instinctively nced back. He saw that the corridor floor was empty before he leaned back on the railing.

    ¡°What are you afraid of? If someone sees, then let them see.¡± Yu Sui leaned against the railing next to Shi Luo. He paused for a moment and said softly, ¡°Just now, did you say that to deliberately make me feel bad?¡±

    ¡°Not this time.¡± Shi Luo was a little embarrassed and exined, ¡°I didn¡¯t want to mention it but I wasn¡¯t paying attention and... Anyway, it wasn¡¯t intentional this time.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded and repeated, ¡°Wasn¡¯t intentional this time...¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°So you admit it. You used to deliberately mess with my head?¡±

    Shi Luo uneasily pulled out the thorns from the cactus, ¡°I admitted it a long time ago. Stop asking... at least for now, I don¡¯t want to make you feel bad.¡±

    Yu Sui once again grasped the key point, ¡°At least for now?¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re so good to me now...it makes me kinda not want to look for trouble with you.¡± Shi Luo took the pot of the cactus and turned it around. He continued to pinch off the thorns from the cactus¡¯ other side. His expression was cool but his tone was somewhat tired, ¡°I¡¯m waiting for when you¡¯re not being good to me. Then I¡¯ll go turn over old ounts with you.¡±

    Yu Sui listened quietly, his heart aching a bit.

    ¡°So, before, every time you said something to deliberately make me feel bad, that was...¡± Yu Sui said softly, ¡°because you thought I wasn¡¯t being good to you? Did I treat you badly that often?¡±

    Shi Luo pursed his lips and did not refute. After a while, he whispered, ¡°You were going to send me to NSN. I can¡¯t possible still be grateful to you, right? Sigh, I said I wasn¡¯t going to turn over old ounts... Let¡¯s not talk about this.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s fine, let¡¯s talk a little bit about the past. You don¡¯t have to feel sorry for me.¡± Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to discuss everything about what happened two years ago but Yu Sui wanted to know everything that had anything to do with Shi Luo. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you challenge me to a match to delete our ounts before?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s reasons were not so tenable. At that time, both of them had changed teams and had new ounts, but regardless, if they had really yed a match with their ounts on the line, it would have been injurious enough.

    It was very troublesome for professional yers to delete an ount. After deleting your ount, you would need to apply with the league for a new professional ount. You would also need to exin clearly what happened to yourst ount and why you abandoned it. ¡°I epted a challenge from someone with our ounts on the line. I shamefully lost the match and now my ount has been deleted. Please give me another official pro-yer ount.¡± If this was the reason submitted to the officials, news of it would spread instantly throughout the four divisions and render the league officials absolutely shocked.

    With Yu Sui¡¯s understanding of Shi Luo, this kind of suicidal revenge was entirely something Shi Luo would do.

    Yu Sui has been ying professionally for nearly six years, and Shi Luo was the most ruthless yers he¡¯s ever met when it came to dealing with problems.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, ¡°I treated you that way before and you still didn¡¯t have the heart to do it?¡±

    ¡°No, I was...¡± Shi Luo couldn¡¯t stop himself from damaging the cactus. After a long while, he said vaguely, ¡°I knew I couldn¡¯t beat you.¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo frowned, ¡°If I was practically certain that I could beat you, I would have challenged you to that match. But at that time&#k2026; I really couldn¡¯t win.¡±

    ¡°My skills weren¡¯t as good as yours. It was already embarrassing being cycled over thirty times. After I challenged you and I had to delete my ount because you beat me. It would have been just too embarrassing.¡±

    ¡°The most hateful thing was that you were still in Sacred Sword at the time. If Sacred Sword¡¯s management saw that I yed like trash, they would have been so overjoyed that they didn¡¯t buy my contract too.¡± Shi Luo analyzed point by point and said, ¡°When I go crazy, I dig pits for myself but this time, I obviously wouldn¡¯t have been able to gain anything from it. Even if I was so angry then that I was about to go crazy, I wouldn¡¯t have gone so far as to... why are youughing?!¡±

    Yu Sui tried his best to endure, but soon couldn¡¯t help it.

    Shi Luo was too cute.

    Shi Luo flushed a little, and said irritably, ¡°I told you to stop asking... It¡¯s all very shameful. I didn¡¯t want to talk about it at all, and...¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo seriously, ¡°And what?¡±

    ¡°Given your personality, that you could send FS to the chopping block yourself, there was a high probability that you wouldn¡¯t throw the game for me.¡± Shi Luo whispered, ¡°If you didn¡¯t show mercy at all in our ount deletion match, after you¡¯ve just left me so decisively, I might have never been able to recover...¡±

    Yu Sui smiled. Shi Luo was sure he had let himself be seen throughpletely.

    Yu Sui opened his mouth. Just as he was about to say something, there was a knock on the door to the terrace.

    ¡°What are you doing?¡± Old Qiao had been passing by the terrace when he saw the two of them there. He knocked on the ss door and pushed it open. ¡°Our scheduled training match is going to start soon better start yourputers.¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±

    Yu Sui seemed to be calling out to Shi Luo. In front of Old Qiao he put his hand on Shi Luo¡¯s shoulder, in Old Qiao blind spot Yu Sui gently squeezed Shi Luo¡¯s hand.

    Shi Luo held his hand back. There was too little time for a break. After their hands touched, they immediately separated. Each of them adjusted their jackets and headed to the training room.

    Despite not having any regr season games today, they still had high-intensity training. It seems that Saint was fully preparing for their regr season game against Free. Angel Sword sent a message to Old Qiao, saying that before their match, they wouldn¡¯t be scheduling any practice matches with Free. He said he didn¡¯t want to expose too much of their tactics. The toughest team in the country except for Saint was already NSN. Old Qiao made an appointment with NSN in the afternoon and with a North American team in the evening; five hours in the afternoon and five hours in the evening.

    After ying for ten consecutive hours, with only half an hour¡¯s break and only so that they could eat, Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t stand it anymore. That night, after their practices matches with the North American team, Zhou Huo went to the training room and said, ¡°No more high intensity training for tonight. Either do a game review or do a live broadcast for fun.¡±

    Zhou Huo was saying it to Old Qiao, who nodded, ¡°No use doing a game review. That will take time. The data analysts and I will watch the video first. After summing up the problems, we¡¯ll do one tomorrow. You guys do a live broadcast.¡±

    They haven¡¯t been able to broadcast a lot this month and no one had any objections. They rubbed their shoulders and tidied up their appearance for the live broadcast.

    Naturally, what they meant by tidying up was that Shi Luo smoothed out his sleeves that he had bunched up his shoulders; Chen Huo ran his fingers through his hair to fix it from how his hood-type earphones have messed it up.

    Chen Huo grabbed his hair andined, ¡°You¡¯re the only one who turns on the webcam. Howe the whole team has to join you in trying to maintain your idol image? Can you just not turn it on?¡±

    ¡°No can do.¡± Puppy saidzily. ¡°The poprity of my live broadcast room is supported by this camera. Basically, people whoe to my live broadcasts want to see you guys through my camera. If I turn it off, all your fans will run away... ...So, let an unpopr yer have a means of livelihood, alright?¡±

    Zhou Huo was about to leave but turned around when he heard this, ¡°Don¡¯t do a boring broadcast if you want to be more popr. Why don¡¯t you do a double row?¡±

    ¡°Spare me.¡± Puppy didn¡¯t even think about it. Showingplete resistance, ¡°We already normally double row to brush up on our teamwork. We¡¯ve been teamed up for over ten hours today already. If I had to double row with them again, I¡¯m going to hit someone. I don¡¯t even want to see their IDs anymore.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why I said ten consecutive hours of practice matches weren¡¯t good. This is just too intense. You guys didn¡¯t listen.¡± Zhou Huo was helpless. He nced at Shi Luo next to him and he suddenly had an idea. He said, ¡°Hey! Then how about you guys y something else?¡±

    Shi Luo tilted his head to look at Zhou Huo, ¡°What would we y?¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s y that ount deletion game you mentioned today. I¡¯ll post it on our Weibo to bring in some hype. It will definitely be popr.¡± The more Zhou Huo thought about it, the more he thought it was just perfect. ¡°Can¡¯t we y 1v1 on our custom server? You can y like this.¡±

    ¡°You...¡± Shi Luo looked at Zhou Huo in disbelief, ¡°Did you get so excited about it that you wanted to see an ount deletion game on the first day you found out about it? Is there any deep and bloody hatred within the team that we need to y this?¡±

    Chen Huo looked at Zhou Huo warily, ¡°I¡¯m not ying. I¡¯m not going to kill my wife for the poprity of a live broadcast.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re not going to be deleting your ounts...what are you thinking?¡± Zhou Huo didn¡¯t know whether tough or cry. ¡°Can¡¯t you just bet something else? If you lose, you won¡¯t need to delete you ount. Just pay for takeaway. ¡±

    Zhou Huo spread his hands, ¡°This way you can rx, Puppy¡¯s live broadcast will be popr and we¡¯ll have a midnight snackter.¡±

    ¡°Nice, nice, nice! Come on,e on.¡± When he mentioned poprity, Puppy¡¯s eyes lit up. He was totally on board. ¡°Since I¡¯m the only one with a webcam turned on, more of the viewers wille to my broadcast. Let¡¯s y!¡±

    Chen Huo nodded as soon as he heard that he didn¡¯t need to delete his ount, ¡°Okay, if you lose, at worst you¡¯ll be asked to order takeaway.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo, tone very pointed, ¡°Do you want to y or not? It doesn¡¯t have to be takeaway. If you¡¯ve had enough of midnight snacks, you could bet something else.¡±

    Zhou Huo stressed the words ¡°something else¡±. Shi Luo¡¯s eyes lit up slightly. He raised no other objections and tacitly agreed.

    Zhou Huo finally looked at Yu Sui, thinking of Yu Sui¡¯s job, he said uneasily, ¡°Uh... Yu Sui... this...medics can¡¯t really y 1v1, right?¡±

    Yu Sui was very direct. ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s the same.¡±

    ¡°Alright!¡± The team members agreed. Zhou Huo was very satisfied. This was the first entertainment event since the founding of the Free team. Zhou Huo was very happy. ¡°I¡¯ll make a post on Weibo tomemorate it. It hasn¡¯t been easy, it hasn¡¯t been easy. Old Qiao, draw up a custom map and pull them in.¡±

    Old Qiao also wanted to watch the excitement so he nodded and logged into the Free¡¯s server on hisputer, and built a 1v1 map.

    Old Qiao pulled all four of them into the map and turned to hurry up Zhou Huo, ¡°Have you posted it?¡±

    ¡°Okay, okay.¡± Zhou Huo hurriedly revised the punctuation marks, ¡°Posted! Come on...¡±

    Zhou Huo sent the notice on their official blog and the poprity of their live broadcasts suddenly increased.

    ¡°We¡¯ll y wheel matches.¡± Old Qiao clicked the randomizer. ¡°The first match up will be random. After that will be wheel matches. If you win, you can select who you¡¯ll fight next. Winner gets to ask the loser to do one thing. Don¡¯t go too far. .¡±

    ¡°They get it already.¡± Zhou Huo urged, ¡°Hurry up.¡±

    Old Qiao said, ¡°I already clicked it, we¡¯re just waiting for the system to do the match up.¡±

    Zhou Huo was very interested. He stretched his neck and looked at Old Qiao¡¯s screen. After waiting for half a minute, the system disyed: Shi Luo and Puppy.

    ¡°Tsk...¡± Puppy was speechless, ¡°Job limitations. I¡¯m a sniper, how am I supposed to beat him?¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t say anything. After the countdown, he appeared out of the resurrection stone.

    In the 1V1 mode in the custom server, the map of both parties were free of poisonous fog and both sides have a clear line of sight, it was a wide expanse of tnd. Both yers hid behind bunkers. As soon as they killed their opponent, this match was done.

    ¡°I can¡¯t fight like this. It¡¯s impossible.¡± Puppy couldn¡¯t help shaking his head as he chattered endlessly. ¡°There isn¡¯t even any way to upgrade our equipment. This base-level gun can¡¯t be fired continuously. I need to reload after just one shot. Can¡¯t fight, can¡¯t fight, can¡¯t fight...¡±

    Puppy seemed to be cking around. He kept moaning about his inability to fight, but his eyes were very focused. He opened the lens and locked onto Shi Luo¡¯s position. When Shi Luo was about to grope his way forward, he was met with a steady, urate and relentless ¡®bang¡¯.

    It was a pity that Shi Luo reacted too quickly. A change in position let him avoid the key point. Puppy had predicted his position but still only managed to hit Shi Luo on the arm.

    Chen Huo was also on the map, and he could see from a bird¡¯s eye perspective. He couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°...am I dirty or is my Puppy dirty.¡±

    Puppy sighed regretfully. Since he missed his shot, he had to reload. While reloading, he was absolutely no threat. Now that he had fired that shot, Shi Luo didn¡¯t need to look for a cover. For a whole 1.5 seconds he simply walked straight towards him.

    But there was no helping it. The striker job ss was designed to be more flexible and maneuverable. Shi Luo was young, at the age where his reaction speeds were the highest. It was too difficult to catch him. Fortunately, due to job limitations, for now, he couldn¡¯t fire his striker¡¯s gun yet. Puppy had at least five more shots. Puppy held his breath and stopped talking, he waited until Shi Luo came over to his side and then fired the second shot, the third shot, the fourth shot...

    Thest three shots hit air. By the time of his fifth shot, Puppy was within Shi Luo¡¯s range. Puppy¡¯s fifth shot hit Shi Luo¡¯s leg. Shi Luo shot him until he had only a sliver of life left but Shi Luo himself only had a little bit of life too.

    Shi Luo had already closed in. Puppy couldn¡¯t hold off Shi Luo at this distance, and there was no time to reload. Puppy resigned himself to his fate and took both hands off his keyboard.

    Shi Luo emptied out a cartridge of bullets, taking Puppy¡¯s head, ¡°Spicy Frog Legs, extra spicy and two bowls of rice.¡±

    In Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast, the live chat wasughing like crazy. The fans filled the screen with ¡°666¡±s.

    Puppy shook his head, opened the takeaway app and sighed, ¡°What do you guys want to eat? I¡¯m ordering...¡±

    Everyone ordered their own midnight snacks. Old Qiao restored the map to its original state and said, ¡°Okay, it¡¯s reset. Next one.¡±

    Zhou Huo happily freeloaded a takeaway meal off from Puppy and looked up at Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo exited the map.

    Everyone was stunned. Without waiting for the others to ask questions, Shi Luo logged on to his medic ount that he had abandoned two years ago.

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Next, Whisper.¡±

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    You just know Puppy would be that kind of friend who keeps saying he¡¯s sh*t at mario kart and then proceeds to ughter you all.

 Chapter 68

    Chapter 68:

    The people in the training room were momentarily stunned and then instantly began boo-ing. In Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast, the fans hadn¡¯t seen Shi Luo¡¯s medic for several years and they sted his live chat like crazy.

    [*Tears* I never though Shi Zai would ever log onto his medic ount ever again. ¡¿

    [Ah ah ah ah ah ah Evil, you fool, why are you such a gentleman? No one asked you use the same job. You should use your striker ount to fight! You won¡¯t be able to beat g-man Yu as a medic! ¡¿

    [Save your breath. it¡¯s useless. As soon as Shi Zai met Whisper...]

    [T-T To think that I would be blessed to see these two ounts appear within the same frame in my lifetime. ¡¿

    [Just got wind of this from Weibo. Opened my screen and everything¡¯s going nuts, what¡¯s the situation now? What¡¯s a wheel match? What does that mean? ¡¿

    [First time fans, please remember to click subscribe; First time fans please remember to click subscribe...]

    [They¡¯re ying 1v1 with stakes. I just heard their coach say that winner gets to make the loser do one thing. ¡¿

    [The current situation is that Shi Shen has just beaten Puppy and won midnight snacks for the whole team. The winner of the wheel match gets to take on another challenger and Shi Shen picked Whisper next. ¡¿

    [I suspect that the Shi Zai is nning on throwing the match and now, I¡¯ve got proof. ¡¿

    [Okay, Whisper should probably start thinking of what he wants to have Shi Zai do.]

    Puppy, who had just lost to Shi Luo, was very upset and said sourly, ¡°You fought with me like you were ying in the finals. While I don¡¯t expect you to treat Yu Sui like that, the least you could do was use your main ount. Logging on to your medic ount, you¡¯re just waiting to send him your head...¡±

    Chen Huo was watching the excitement the whole time. He clicked his tongue andmented, ¡°Coach, this person doesn¡¯t want to win at all.¡±

    Yu Sui was also taken aback. He pushed the table and turned sideways to look at Shi Luo. He smiled, ¡°Just use your main ount. It¡¯s okay, I¡¯ll give it a try.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Shi Luo refused resolutely. ¡°I¡¯ll y as a medic.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t start the match. His slender fingers tapped lightly on the keyboard. Yu Sui thought about it and said, ¡°Then tell me first what you want if you win.¡±

    The light in Shi Luo¡¯s eyes flickered. He was wearing big headphones so the others couldn¡¯t see his ears, but Yu Sui clearly saw how Shi Luo¡¯s neck was slightly red.

    Yu Sui already understood a little bit what Shi Luo was going to ask for. He watched Shi Luo quickly pick up his phone to unlock it. Shi Luo quickly typed out a few words and in the next second Yu Sui¡¯s phone buzzed.

    Yu Sui picked up his phone and nced at it.

    Chen Huo said, dissatisfied, ¡°Why are you two dogs whooshing all about? What¡¯s the bet?! Why¡¯d you have to keep it a secret, huh?¡±

    Yu Sui nced at the WeChat message that Shi Luo sent him and put the phone back on the table. Expressionpletely like normal, he said, ¡°It¡¯s money rted. You still want to ask? If you keep asking, our live broadcast channels will be locked.¡±

    The live broadcast tform has been cracking down on inappropriate content over the past few years, and the content of the live broadcasts were strictly controlled. If Shi Luo and Yu Sui were really betting money, although they were privately ying within their own team, but if they dered it out in the open, at the very least, they would be blocked for a month. Chen. Huo didn¡¯t want to pay the live broadcastpany¡¯s penalty charges so he hurriedly said, ¡°I won¡¯t say anything, I won¡¯t ask. You guys fight.¡±

    Zhou Huo watched the excitement happily. NSN was strictly managed and never let its team yers goof around. Zhou Huocked knowledge and experience in this kind of thing. This was the first time he saw people ying like this. He had learned a little about seedy Inte cafes and was a little excited. Hearing what they said, he tried to be a bit more serious and said, ¡°It¡¯s fine so long as you don¡¯t say it directly. You two should just talk about it in private. Has Evil already stated his terms? What about you? If you win, what should Shi Luo do?¡±

    Yu Sui tapped his mobile phone screen and simply said, ¡°I¡¯ll bet the same thing Shi Shen did. I¡¯ll have him do for me what he asked.¡±

    Behind the two monitors, Shi Luo stretched his fingers. Their eyes met past their monitors. Yu Sui¡¯s eyes were smiling, and he confirmed again, ¡°This bet...Are you sure you still want to y as a medic?¡±

    Old Qiao was the most sensitive when it came to matters about money. Hearing what Yu Sui said, he thought that these two were ying for a substantial amount. He couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°Don¡¯t take it too far, alright? Just a bit is fine.¡±

    The redness on Shi Luo¡¯s neck has spread all the way underneath his thin T-shirt¡¯s neckline. Shi Luo sorted out the wires of his mouse. Expressionpletely cool, he said without any nonsense, ¡°Just click start.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°Then let me thank you in advance.¡±

    Yu Sui clicked on ¡®start¡¯. While waiting for the countdown, Yu Sui picked up his phone and took another look at what Shi Luo had sent him.

    [Evil]: [If you lose, you¡¯ll take this young master to experience something new. ]

    [Evil]: [The base is inconvenient... Other methods are okay. ]

    [Evil]: [I expect good service. ]

    Yu Sui quickly replied on WeChat: [I expect good service. Please keep that in mind. ]

    Shi Luo nced at WeChat and let out a cough.

    With the end of the countdown, Yu Sui¡¯s smile dissipated. He immediately set up a shield for himself and quickly made his way to his opponent, Shi Luo¡¯s, side of the map.

    Zhou Huo stood behind Old Qiao¡¯sputer, staring fixedly at his screen. He whispered, ¡°Why do I feel like this match between two medics is actually more dangerous and exciting than the one just now&#k2026;¡±

    ¡°This wouldn¡¯t be worth watching if it were any other medics. But they¡¯re different. Closebat is really fun to watch. This round will be better to watch than the previous round.¡± Old Qiao whispered, ¡°In thest round, Puppy was a sniper and could already begin the battle from afar. In the early stages, he was actually just one-sidedly hitting a moving target. It wasn¡¯t interesting. This game¡¯s going to be good. If these two are going to fight, it will be definitely be hand-to-hand. The excitement... Yu Sui¡¯s starting.¡±

    With no long-range weapons, Yu Sui was not afraid of being attacked at an exposed position. After supplementing his status at the beginning, he directly rushed towards Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo had also put a shield on himself and was in good condition. He knew that his utilization of the map was not as good as Yu Sui¡¯s and so, he didn¡¯t charge recklessly ahead. Instead, he chose a shrubbery bunker that he was most familiar with. He hid behind a tall and sturdy tree, waiting for Yu Sui in a defensive position.

    When Yu Sui saw Shi Luo dive behind the tree from a distance, he already knew what Shi Luo was thinking. This was what Yu Sui himself taught him before. He couldn¡¯t be more familiar with this set of moves.

    If this were a regr match and Yu Sui saw the opponent medic dive behind a bunker, no matter whether the opponent had a dagger or not, Yu Sui wouldn¡¯t even think twice about following after him. So far, no medic had been able survive by himself in Yu Sui¡¯s hands, even if his opponent had the early stage bunker advantage.

    Today though, Yu Sui yed very cautiously. Instead of going directly into the shrubbery. Instead, Yu Sui held his long dagger and waited in a spot among the dense forest, upwards of the bushes. He choose to first urately judge Shi Luo¡¯s position in the bushes and prepare for an urate assassination.

    Yu Sui¡¯s y was airtight and he gave Shi Luo not even the slightest chance of turning the tables.

    ¡°Just how much money did these two bet that they¡¯re ying that carefully?¡± Chen Huo looked at the monitor nervously and murmured, ¡°Yu Sui is ying a bit too seriously.¡±

    ¡°When has he ever not yed seriously?¡± Puppy leaned against his gaming chair and narrowed his eyes as he watched the two operate. ¡°I sometimes suspect that Yu Sui¡¯s some kind of machine... When his condition¡¯s good, he doesn¡¯t make any mistakes, when his condition¡¯s bad, he still doesn¡¯t make any mistakes. All year round, no matter what situation he encounters, just an emotionless machine.¡±

    Chen Huo curled his lips. ¡°I made mistakes several times during our previous game against FS. Yu Shen didn¡¯t make any throughout the whole thing. Every kills was urate.¡±

    In the game, Yu Sui lightly tuned his mouse¡¯s scroll wheel.

    Each yer¡¯s shortcut keys were different and the way one sets it up was rted to the yer¡¯s job. For example, Puppy¡¯s mouse¡¯s wheel was used to adjust the magnification of his sniper scope once it¡¯s been opened. The scroll wheel was used to zoom in and zoom out what he saw through the scope.

    For Chen Huo and Shi Luo, the scroll wheel was their shortcut to fire. A slide of the wheel was a lot faster than hitting a key, so they could fire the most number of bullets within the limited window.

    Among everyone, Yu Sui¡¯s mouse scroll wheel shortcut was the most special. He had set it to control the sound volume.

    Scrolling it would amplify the volume, scrolling down would reduce it.

    This was rted to Yu Sui¡¯s usual style of y. He often used himself as bait to attract the opponent¡¯s frontline yers. When he took the initiative to get in close, Yu Sui needed to predict the opponent¡¯s position. At this time, if both sides were standing still, it was extremely difficult to be found.

    At this time, Yu Sui¡¯s volume shortcut was very important.

    Yu Sui turned the scroll wheel as high as it would go and then waited quietly.

    The simted sound system in FOG was very well-done. As long as the yer made any movement, even if it was just their clothes brushing against each other, it will definitely make a sound. And as long as your ears were sharp enough, you¡¯d be able to catch it.

    Yu Sui set the volume as high as it would go and after a moment, just as expected, he caught a sound of the medic brushing against the bushes.

    The sound was there for only a split second but Yu Sui had almost simultaneously been able to determine Shi Luo¡¯s position. To prevent his headset from exploding with sound, he flicked the mouse wheel button to lower the sound. At the same moment, Yu Sui rushed directly to Shi Luo¡¯s direction. He sent his dagger streaking down the shrubbery where Shi Luo was. He still hadn¡¯t clearly seen Shi Luo¡¯s in-game avatar, but blood already came sshing out.

    Chen Huo on the sidelines, sighed, ¡°His ability to determine location from sound is simply awesome.¡±

    Before Chen Huo could finish speaking, dazzlingly bright light came from the thicket. Shi Luo took Yu Sui¡¯s blow and struck out with one of his as well.

    Shi Luo¡¯s position was very tricky and Chen Huo subconsciously moved closer to the screen.

    Shi Luo had counterattacked very quickly, but Yu Sui still managed to avoid it.

    Yu Sui blocked it with his arm, and drew back quickly, perfectly avoiding getting his critical spot hit. Shi Luo only managed to hit him on his arm.

    Compared to Shi Luo¡¯s wound where Yu Sui hacked him from his left shoulder to his left chest, the wound on Yu Sui¡¯s left arm was almost negligible.

    In less than two seconds of confrontation, both their original shields had shattered. Shi Luo lost 60% of his blood, and Yu Sui lost 10%.

    ¡°Shi Luo¡¯s cold now.¡± Chen Huo shook his head, ¡°If not for that shield, that strike would have killed him outright. He won¡¯t have time to put up a shield next time. He can only persist.¡±

    In the game, Shi Luo really didn¡¯t have time to put up another shield on himself. But it wasn¡¯t just to put up a shield, he basically had no time to do anything at all. Yu Sui pressed in too close. If Shi Luo turned around and ran now, he would be exposing his back to Yu Sui. That would be certain death. Now that he couldn¡¯t even escape, all he could do was fight with everything he¡¯s got.

    From Yu Sui¡¯s perspective, Shi Luo, whose upper body was covered in blood, desperately rushed forward once again. His Photon Shield was already broken. Yu Sui used his injured left arm to block and sacrificed another 10% of his health. With that as the price, he was able to stab Shi Luo in the left abdomen.

    Shi Luo¡¯s blood volume instantly bottomed out, leaving only 5%.

    Yu Sui still had 80%.

    Although Shi Luo had immediately drawn back and widened the distance between them, their difference in health was too much, It was hopeless.

    Yu Sui only had to hit Shi Luo one more time and it was game over.

    In the game, Shi Luo still didn¡¯t give up. With a roll, he hid behind a giant tree. Yu Sui didn¡¯t give him time to breathe and rushed over.

    Yu Sui bypassed the thick tree trunk and got right in front of Shi Luo. He didn¡¯t perform even the least bit of unnecessary movement. He didn¡¯t expose his vitals and he didn¡¯t give Shi Luo room to block. The whole process was done with script-level precision and he was ready to make a sh.

    Old Qiao, looking at the match from Yu Sui¡¯s perspective, introduced to Zhou Huo, ¡°After you see how Yu Sui fights with his dagger, you¡¯ll know how closebat should be yed in extreme situations. This is simply textbook level. If you let aputer y it, it would also use this step to...eh?!¡±

    In the game, Yu Sui walked around the tree trunk, preparing to kill Shi Luo with a sh.

    Unexpectedly, behind the tree trunk, Shi Luo still hadn¡¯t given up. Hiding behind the tree, leaning on the tree trunk, he grasped every possible microsecond to inject himself with health.

    Given Yu Sui¡¯s speeds, Shi Luo wouldn¡¯t have enough time toplete this injection.

    But Shi Luo still instinctively chose to try and save himself.

    Two years ago, when Yu Sui yed that practice match, that medic had done the same.

    Even when he was beaten without any means to fight back, he still dodged left and right, trying to bandage himself and inject himself with health,pletely unwilling to die. When his health was low, he would hide east and hide west. But after he had replenished a bit of his health, he would immediatelye rushing desperately with his dagger.

    Even when Yu Sui had beaten him until he couldn¡¯t even crawl his way forward, he still half-knelt on the resurrection stone and bandaged himself.

    On the terrace today, Shi Luo had told Yu Sui said, ¡°Given your personality, that you could send FS to the chopping block yourself, there was a high probability that you wouldn¡¯t throw the game for me.¡±

    In the game, Yu Sui had noticed that Shi Luo himself had stopped his operation midway. He probably knew that the injection wouldn¡¯t finish. He gave up on the injection, took up the dagger and reluctantly faced the enemy head-on. The two were very close. At that moment of imminent peril, Yu Sui Looked at Shi Luo, and he turned his hand over and returned his dagger to his waist.

    Shi Luo stabbed with the dagger, hitting Yu Sui square in the chest.

    The game ended. Except for Yu Sui, everyone was stunned.

    Chen Huo¡¯s jaw dropped. He said, dazed, ¡°Yu Shen, what are you doing?¡±

    Yu Sui took off his headphones, his expression calm. ¡°My skills weren¡¯t as good as his. What of it?¡±

    Puppy stared nkly at hisputer screen, ¡°If this had happened in a regr game...I could have already reported you for passively meeting an attack.¡±

    Zhou Huo sighed and poked Old Qiao, ¡°What were you just saying? Yu Sui¡¯s a textbook-level assassin-type medic? Huh...¡±

    Zhou Huo nced at Shi Luo and murmured, ¡°I think this is actually textbook-level teasing.¡±

    It was like Old Qiao was waking up from a dream. He then said, ¡°Yu Sui, what happened to your script-level operation? What about theputer-level reactions?! What did you just do?¡±

    It was a bit too obvious and Yu Sui didn¡¯t look for a reason. He quit the map and said calmly, ¡°My operation is not atputer level. People aren¡¯t and I¡¯m not actually aputer.¡±

    Puppy was stunned, ¡°I always thought that you were detached andpletely free from emotional interference. I was wrong.¡±

    Yu Sui raised his eyes and nced at Shi Luo, calmly, ¡°I never said I was immune to being disturbed. You¡¯re the one who insisted on saying that I was cold-hearted and cold-blooded. I assure you that I a warm-blooded animal and always slightly subject to the seven emotions and six-sensory pleasure.¡±

    Puppy turned his head and looked at the only person so far who has ever made Yu Sui feel the seven emotions and six-sensory pleasures in the game. He was about to tease a bit more when his phone rang. The takeaway had arrived.

    Chen Huo, who hadn¡¯t been picked toe up on stage yet, was relieved. He hurriedly got up and said, ¡°Great! Let¡¯s eat. Perfect timing, now I don¡¯t need to fight anymore and I won¡¯t lose a single cent. Let¡¯s go, let¡¯s go.¡±

    ¡°Okay. Let¡¯s have our midnight snack. Stop ying.¡± Zhou Huo urged everyone to go downstairs, ¡°Let¡¯s eat and go to bed after the meal.¡±

    After eating his food without much relish, Shi Luo absent-mindedly headed upstairs.

    When he chose to y as a medic against Yu Sui, Shi Luo was actually ready to lose.

    If Shi Luo had been so suited to ying a medic, he would never have changed jobs.

    He logged on to that ount, one, because he wanted to see how far his medic y had degraded and two, he had alreadypletely let go. The two of them were together now. Shi Luo didn¡¯t feel like there was some irreparable hatred between them.

    But he never expected that Yu Sui would suddenly stop at thest minute.

    When the long dagger was thrust into the chest of the Yu Sui¡¯s avatar, Shi Luo instantly released the mouse.

    It seemed like he had injured Yu Sui by mistake.

    The scene was so clear in his mind that Shi Luo repeated it over and over in his head as he had his midnight snack.

    Shi Luo rubbed his neck as he walked to his dorm room. When he passed by Yu Sui¡¯s dorm room, his door was open. A certain medic, who couldn¡¯t eat any midnight snack because of stomach problems and so just had a bowl of porridge, pulled Shi Luo into his room.

    The lights weren¡¯t turned on in Yu Sui¡¯s room. The ckout curtains were drawn tightly close. There wasn¡¯t the tiniest bit of light in his room. Shi Luo was crowded into the corner of the door and wall of the dorm.

    Had he not been so familiar with Yu Sui¡¯s presence, Shi Luo would have reasonably suspected that a thief had infiltrated the base and had kidnapped him.

    When he was pushed to the corner, the other party let go. In this purely dark environment, no matter how good his eyesight was, Shi Luo could only feel the wall behind him, Yu Sui¡¯s slight breathing, and the faint smell of detergent on Yu Sui¡¯s body.

    If it were in the game, this would be the most terrifying situation; no cover, no vision, no weapons, only the faint voice of the opponent could be heard.

    Shi Luo began to have a faint expectation that something was about to happen and he stammered, ¡°Turn on, turn on the lights...¡±

    ¡°No.¡±

    Shi Luo heard Yu Sui whisper, ¡°If I turn on the lights, I¡¯m afraid Little Shi Shen might be embarrassed when I settle our bet.¡±

    Yu Sui seemed to smile, ¡°I lied. I¡¯m afraid I¡¯d be embarrassed.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears were burning hot, ¡°Today, today, you let me win.¡±

    ¡°When ites to you, I can¡¯t abide by so many principles; I never could.¡±

    In the darkness, Shi Luo heard Yu Sui whispered, ¡°I¡¯m willing to pay up...I¡¯ll be taking Young Master Shi to experience something new.¡±

    ¡°The base really is inconvenient and you¡¯re not prepared. I hope you¡¯re ok if I just use my hands.¡±

    Before Luo coulde back to his senses, he felt Yu Sui step forward and gently lift the hem of his T-shirt with his slender fingers.

    Yu Sui moved his hands. Shi Luo¡¯s eyes widened in an instant. Before he could almost shout, Yu Sui covered Shi Luo¡¯s mouth with his other hand.

    ¡°Shhh...¡±

    Yu Sui said softly, ¡°Free E-sports Club, ID: Whisper, position: captain, in game job: medic... First time to do business, please take care of me.¡±

    After half an hour, Yu Su went to the bathroom to wash his hands. After washing his hands, he opened the door and checked. After making sure that there was no one in the corridor, he turned back to his room. After half a minute, Shi Luo left through the door and returned to his dorm room.

 Chapter 69

    Chapter 69:

    When he returned to his dorm room, Shi Luo turned on the lights and squinted. It took a few seconds before he got used to the harsh light.

    Shi Luo rubbed his hair and began to clean up the messy room. He pulled over the suitcase that he had left shoved to one side, tore up the messy consignment note on the suitcase, then pushed the suitcase under the table. By the way, he also put away the few spare keyboards andputer mice on the table. He then saw the half-dead flowers and nts on the windowsill so he unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and watered the nts. He then threw the mineral water bottle into the trash can and saw theundry hamper. He put in a few dirty clothes, opened the door and put it outside, ready for the cleaning aunt to wash tomorrow.

    Shi Luo closed the door, turned and looked around. There was nothing left to clean up. Normally, when Shi Luo returns to the dorm at this hour, he would take a shower and fall asleep. Today, he walked to and fro, feeling not the slightest bit sleepy. .

    He even feels like ying a couple of matches!

    Shi Luo wandered around in his room two more times, but in the end he was too restless. He sat on the bed, picked up his phone and sent a message to Yu Sui.

    [Evil]: [Are you asleep? ]

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t reply.

    Shi Luo took the phone, exited the chat interface and looked through Weibo. He then clicked back on WeChat, but Yu still hadn¡¯t replied.

    Shi Luo yed two rounds of a mobile game, after which, still no reply from Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo frowned, and just when he was debating to knock on his door, his phone buzzed.

    [Whisper]: [I was just taking a shower. ]

    Shi Luo looked at the phone screen. The corners of his lips ticked up slightly.

    Why take a shower? No need to ask.

    Shi Luo took a deep breath, feeling his heartbeat speed up again.

    [Whisper]: [Can¡¯t sleep? ]

    Shi Luo inexplicably felt a little guilty. He raised his hand and turned off the light. Hey on the bed without even taking off his clothes. He leaned against the wall, holding the phone and after a moment¡¯s pause, typed:

    [Evil]: [I¡¯m already sleeping. I¡¯m lying down. ]

    Not even a momentter, Shi Luo¡¯s phone buzzed.

    [Whisper]: [En, continue pretending. ]

    Shi Luo smiled and scratched his head. Although he didn¡¯t want to admit it, he really... couldn¡¯t fall asleep.

    He didn¡¯t feel like sleeping at all. He was very spirited, the kind of spirited that made him want to knock on Yu Sui¡¯s door.

    But by this time, if he wanders around, it will be all too easy for him to be found out. The risk of some sort of mishap was too high. Shi Luo, at least for now, didn¡¯t dare to do anything at the base. If he was discovered by his teammates... it would be a bit too embarrassing.

    But now he wanted to chat with Yu Sui; very, very much so.

    Shi Luo scratched his neck and typed, reluctantly admitting,

    [Evil]: [Can¡¯t sleep. I close my eyes and all I can think of is you. ]

    A few secondster, Yu Sui replied. Instead of typing a reply, he sent over a voice message.

    Shi Luo clicked on it, and Yu Sui¡¯s voice came out: ¡°Me too.¡±

    Shi Luo leaned against the wall, gritted his teeth, and typed:

    [Evil]: [...Don¡¯t send voice messages. ]

    [Whisper]: []

    [Evil]: [...I really can¡¯t take hearing your voice right now. ]

    [Evil]: [Don¡¯t speak. Otherwise, I really won¡¯t be able to sleep. ]

    Shi Luo took deep breaths. It seemed like what Yu Sui had said into his ears when he was in his dorm just now still hadn¡¯t dissipated. At this moment, he really couldn¡¯t quite bear to listen to g man Yu¡¯s voice. Shi Luo sent another message:

    [Evil]: [Did you do that intentionally? ]

    [Whisper]: [What? What¡¯s so intentional about sending a voice message? ]

    [Evil]: [You fu-..Did you already forgot what you just said? ]

    Shi Luo regretted it after he sent the message. Before he could withdraw it, Yu Sui sent several messages.

    [Whisper]: [I didn¡¯t forget, which sentence do you mean? ]

    [Whisper]: [I like you? ]

    [Whisper]: [Should I go faster? ]

    [Whisper]: [Lou Luo, why so horny? ]

    [Whisper]: [Which sentence was it? I¡¯ll take note of it and arrange it for youter. ]

    Shi Luo wished he could knock him to death over the phone screen. Now, he really couldn¡¯t sleep anymore!

    Shi Luo hadn¡¯t wanted to remember it. His neck was thoroughly red and he typed quickly, [If you send it again, I¡¯m going to take a screenshot of it! ]

    [Whisper]: [Go ahead, send it to whomever you want. We shoulde out and then we won¡¯t need to hide. ]

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t actually a thin-skinned person. Against a normal person, he¡¯d be able to withstand whatever they throw at him. No problem. Butpared to Yu Sui, he did indeed fall a little short.

    Shi Luo honestly admitted defeat: [Captain...]

    [Whisper]: [Okay, I won¡¯t bully you anymore. ]

    [Whisper]: [I was really throwing a bit of a fit just now and I deliberately made a fuss. ]

    [Evil]: [Why the fit? Angry I won? ]

    [Whisper]: [It has nothing to do with that. ]

    [Whisper]: [Your reaction just made me a little regretful. ]

    [Whisper]: [I couldn¡¯t believe I suspected that you were straight... If you¡¯re straight, I don¡¯t think anyone would be bent. ]

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears burst red and he quickly typed: [Stop talking! ]

    Shi Luo found it a bit unbearable. He could even imagine Yu Sui¡¯s quietughter.

    Shi Luo rubbed his face, and then decided to go for broke. [You weren¡¯t able to tell? ]

    [Whisper]: [I¡¯ve seen through a lot of people but then you are the only one I¡¯ve ever liked. There¡¯s just noparison. ]

    The heat on Shi Luo¡¯s face instantly spread to his heart. He leaned against the wall and thought, ¡®g man Yu really knew how to court someone¡¯.

    Shi Luo typed: [Yu Sui, now I really can¡¯t fall asleep. ]

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t send back a reply. Instead, he called.

    Shi Luo was momentarily started and he then picked up.

    On the other side of the phone, Yu Suiughed quietly. ¡°You really can¡¯t sleep anymore?¡±

    Shi Luo sighed softly and with a helpless tone, ¡°En...¡±

    It was already three o¡¯clock in the morning. Their other teammates must already be asleep at this time. The base didn¡¯t have very good sound instion and Yu Sui¡¯s also kept his voice very low. ¡°Lie down first and I¡¯ll chat with you for a while. You¡¯ll fall asleep once you get tired of talking...¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°Look at your boyfriend¡¯s exemry service. It evenes with after-sales.¡±

    Unsurprisingly, Shi Luo and Yu Sui both got upte the next day.

    Neither of them got up until 1 in the afternoon. It was almost 2:30 by the time they had washed up and eaten breakfast. They then headed to the training room.

    ¡°You guys werete for less than half an hour. And since it¡¯s also the first time, I¡¯ll only deduct 20,000 yuan each.¡± Old Qiao was already in the training room. He looked up at them without raising his head, ¡°I take it that there are no objections?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression was as usual, ¡°No.¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head and then hurried to turn on hisputer. He entered his password and quickly opened the game client to log in to his ount.

    Puppy, who lost the match yesterday and was forced to treat everyone to a midnight snack, was very satisfied. ¡°Very good, my world is now back in bnce.¡±

    Yu Sui said as he turned on hisputer, ¡°Where was the imbnce? A sniper not being able to beat a striker in a 1 on 1. Now that¡¯s some special loser skills.¡±

    ¡°Even as a medic, you weren¡¯t able to beat him either,¡± Puppy said coldly. ¡°To be honest, I¡¯m beginning to suspect that Manager Zhou arranged these matches so that I¡¯d get everyone food and give you two a chance to flirt. I¡¯ve been used! I was nothing but a tool.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ve always been a tool. We still y NSN today. ROD¡¯s been in pretty good shape recently. Don¡¯t get suppressed again.¡± Speaking ofst night¡¯s midnight snack, Chen Huo was very satisfied. ¡°By the way, I kind of like this midnight snack game. Can we y it again today?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes lighted up but he endured and didn¡¯t chime in.

    Yu Sui wasst to log-in to his ount. Old Qiao created a virtual room and pulled in the people from NSN. He connected everyone to voice chat and told them to get ready.

    ¡°Rejected!¡± Puppy said weakly while waiting for the countdown. ¡°I¡¯m saving up money to buy a house. I¡¯ve already looked around the area of our base and I want to buy a vi here. So no one better think about robbing me in the future.¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°You don¡¯t even have a girlfriend. Why are you in such a hurry to buy a house?¡±

    Puppy looked at Shi Luo. Half-jealous but not bitter, he said, ¡°Nothing wrong about preparing for a rainy day, right?¡±

    Chen Huo was waiting for Old Qiao to yell ¡®start¡¯, and said, ¡°Are you short on money? You should take a page out of Shi Luo¡¯s book. You can secretly y for someone else. A monthly sry of a million won¡¯t just be a dream. I¡¯m also short on cash. Too bad I can only y as a striker. If I were an all-rounder, I¡¯d like a piece of that.¡±

    Shi Luo nced at the Chen Huo, ¡°You can make more from those ¡¯Baby Daddy Reward¡¯ ads they¡¯ve got up on the telephone poles. Why don¡¯t you go do that?¡±

    Old Qiao covered his face helplessly. He gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, ¡°Our voice chat is connected with NSN! Can you please act with a little bit of dignity?!¡±

    Over the voice chat, Wawa¡¯s timid voice came out, ¡°You... do you always try to mess with each other¡¯s mentality before all your practice games?¡±

    ¡°All the time.¡± Puppy saidzily, ¡°We all even have to attack each other before official matches. Anti-stress training. But kids shouldn¡¯t try it.¡±

    Over voice chat, Gu Gan said, ¡°Don¡¯t imitate them and don¡¯t let them mess with your head.¡±

    Wawa was shocked by the corporate culture of the viin-filled Free team and closed his mic.

    After some customary mutual trash-talking, the two teams entered their respective voice chats and the practice game began.

    ROD really had mentally recovered. He was even better than before all that fuss about his girlfriend¡¯s birthday. Sure enough, as everyone expected, the professional yers needed to be ckened by brainless sprayers a few times to build up a strong and stable mentality.

    After one afternoon, they yed a total of eight games. Free had six wins and two losses.

    After the training matches, the two teams connected their voice chats to exchange a few more words. Afterwards, they each left the custom map and voice chat.

    ¡°Was it just my imagination?¡± Puppy rubbed his neck and said slowly, ¡°Why did it feel like NSN was holding back? It¡¯s not the first time I¡¯ve felt this. We¡¯ve yed several practice games with them before and they always seem to be hiding something.¡±

    Shi Luo took a couple of sips of mineral water, ¡°It isn¡¯t just your imagination. Wawa, at least, was definitely holding back.¡±

    Shi Luo often paired up with Wawa and knew him better than everyone else.

    ¡°That¡¯s just normal.¡± Yu Sui wasn¡¯t surprised. ¡°We didn¡¯t use all our strategies to win either.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m looking forward to the yoffs.¡± Chen Huo also drank some water and smiled. ¡°NSN hasn¡¯t delivered any results for several years. Old Gu holding back is because he wants to enter the World Championships. There are only two ces. NSN doesn¡¯t know if they¡¯ll be able to get in this year.¡±

    ¡°Worry about yourself. You also know that there are only two ces. Saint is no longer ying practice matches with us. NSN has begun to hide their tricks...¡± Old Qiao sent the practice match video to everyone. ¡°In the end, if Saint and NSN get those two ces, we¡¯ll have to stay here and cheer for them, then their tactics would have been pretty effective. Yu Sui...why don¡¯t you try firing up everyone¡¯s spirits.¡±

    Yu Sui found this kind of thing to be most annoying. In the past, when they were in FS, Ji Yanhan would be toozy and fob off that responsibility to Yu Sui, who¡¯d use it to get out of work early. Now, he was the boss and he couldn¡¯t get away from it.

    Yu Sui received the video file sent by Old Qiao, ¡°There¡¯s a bonus in it for you.¡±

    For yers who weren¡¯t at all deterred by a 10,000 yuan ¡®foulnguage¡¯ fine, their thirst for bonuses has long been dulled. No one¡¯s expression changed.

    Yu Sui said slowly, ¡°Your signing fee will be increased next season.¡±

    Everyone still felt nothing.

    Old Qiao said, dissatisfied, ¡°Try being a but more impassioned!¡±

    ¡°I can¡¯t do impassioned but I can tell you a little detail about the World Championships.¡± Yu Sui pulled up the uniform jacket that was about to slide off his shoulders. He slowly said, ¡°The World Championships...It¡¯s hard to say who can make it in our division, but for the European division, Sacred Sword is definitely going to make it.¡±

    ¡°We and Sacred Sword are from different regions. ording to the rules that prohibit teams from the same region meeting in the same World Championships group stage, if we both enter the World Championships, there¡¯s a good chance we¡¯ll be in the same group as Sacred Sword.¡±

    ¡°Let me tell you. Since they established the team, Sacred Sword has never failed to pass the group stage. Their worst ever result for the tournament was also third ce.¡±

    Yu Sui raised his eyes and looked at everyone, ¡°Whether we can serve them their greatest ever humiliation of washing out during the group stage, that¡¯s going to be up to everyone.¡±

    Before Yu Sui even finished speaking, the eyes of the other three all lit up.

    Theziest Puppy pped the table, ¡°Hurry up, send me the notes. What dinner? We don¡¯t have time for that. Let¡¯s do the game review. We¡¯ll eat and review.¡±

 Chapter 70

    Chapter 70:

    Puppy, generally the most passive one among them, wanted to eat while doing a game review. Old Qiao was so happy that he crouched on top of the second floor stairs and yelled towards the kitchen, asking the cleaning aunt to bring dinner up.

    Old and new grudges against Sacred Sword had piled up and was nowpletely unresolvable. All these people were now full of interest at the prospect of facing off against Sacred Sword in the World Championships. While waiting for the cleaning aunt to deliver the food, Shi Luo even asked for a pen from Old Qiao. He pulled over a piece of paper and start topute the probability.

    ¡°Don¡¯t try topute it. I¡¯ve watched the World Championship lot draws these past few years, so I know.¡± Old Qiao shook his head and said superstitiously, ¡°There¡¯s no need to believe in probability. What you¡¯ve got to believe in is karma. Based on my experience, this kind of lifelong enemies are usually bound to encounter each other in the group stage. Sacred Sword¡¯s the team that has the most bad blood with us. There¡¯s an 80% chance we¡¯ll run into them.¡±

    ¡°ording to what you said, we¡¯ve also got old scores to settle with Saint and NSN so we¡¯re also likely to encounter them.¡± Chen Huo still retained a bit of rationality. He looked at the form Shi Luo had written and said, making a show of being earnest, ¡°You still have to believe in science... ...For the group stage, it¡¯s a double round-robin and two of the four teams will make it through in each group.. If we do wind up in the same group with Sacred Sword and we want to squeeze them out at this stage, we¡¯re gonna have to make sure we win both games of the double round robin to ensure that the Sacred Sword won¡¯t have that high a score. Then we¡¯ll have to hope the other two teams in our group are great and we can work together to step on the Sacred Sword so that they¡¯ll wind up at third ce in the group. Uh... that¡¯s gonna be a bit difficult.¡±

    Shi Luo continued to adjust the form, ¡°It is best to kick them out during the group stage. If we can¡¯t stop them at group stage, we can still hope for the quarter-finals...¡±

    Puppy nodded, ¡°The quarterfinals are fine too. Last season¡¯s champions, going back home as only one of the top eight is plenty humiliating too.¡±

    Chen Huo suddenly remembered something and said, ¡°This year¡¯s World Championship is going to be in Berlin! If we kick them out by the group stage or the quarter-finals, they¡¯re going to have to drop out early and be humiliated in front of their home crowd. Oh, that would be so much fun.¡±

    ¡°Even if we don¡¯t meet in the group stage...¡± Shi Luo spread the paper in his hand, ¡°Assuming, our two teams and Sacred Sword both qualify for the quarterfinals, based on thepetition rules that teams from the same region can¡¯t be grouped in the same half, then here¡¯s a 50% probability that we¡¯re going to run into Sacred Sword. That¡¯s quite a high probability.¡±

    Chen Huo waved his hand, ¡°Assume a bit more arrogantly! We and the other Chinese team are both going to make it to the semi-finals, then no matter which half, Sacred Sword will run into us! Once we meet, we¡¯ll handle them and send them packing! ¡±

    ¡°So, us and the other team from the Chinese region, will have three chances to intercept Sacred Sword before the finals.¡± Puppy smiled, ¡°I like this... I hope the draw will be more effective then. Hope we meet early, the group stage or the quarterfinals. It¡¯ll be interesting to send our old club packing that early.¡±

    Zhou Huo was helping the cleaning aunt to bring up the food and he was shocked when he heard this, ¡°What kind of crazy talk is this? Other teams are wishing they¡¯d never run into Sacred Sword but you guys are nning to meet them at group stage. Don¡¯t you guys want to keep on living?¡±

    ¡°Seems like they don¡¯t.¡± Old Qiao had been infected by their desire for revenge, and said, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter if we ce or not, but the Sacred Sword has to die sooner.¡±

    Shi Luo put away the pen and paper, and took his food, ¡°Eliminating Sacred Sword and cing in thepetition aren¡¯t mutually exclusive ideas. If we want to keep going higher, we¡¯ll run across Sacred Sword sooner orter.¡±

    ¡°The premise is that we can beat them. If we can¡¯t beat them, they¡¯ll be sending us packing in the group stage.¡± Zhou Huo put the food out, ¡°Are you going to do the game review?¡±

    Old Qiao nodded, turned on the projector, and began to review the game.

    The game review for ordinary practice matches actually weren¡¯t so strenuous. All through out, Old Qiao kept skipping to the timestamps of the crucial points he had noted down when he watched the matches. He praised them for things that were worthy of being praised and sprayed them for things that were worthy of being sprayed. Except for Yu Sui, who as before had made almost no mistakes, everyone else more or less had some problems.

    Zhou Huo had also been watching from the side, watching the game review as an amateur. He said, ¡°I hope they¡¯re not going to be doing any more practice matches tonight. This much has already been pretty intense.¡±

    ¡°We don¡¯t have any matches scheduled for tonight. If we had, we wouldn¡¯t have been able to do the game review. Please remember your mistakes. Gather them together with the ten games yesterday.¡± Old Qiao swallowed his mouthful of food. He smoothed out his throat and said, ¡°Gather them together and do your own skills training tonight.¡±

    ¡°If you have problems with micro-maniptions, repeat the action and make corrections. Repeat it a thousand times and even deep-rooted habits can be corrected. If it¡¯s a coordination problem... Well, we can¡¯t have you dying your other teammates¡¯ time, so I¡¯ll just have to find you a training partner. Those who need a training partner to assist in their practice, tell me in advance.¡±

    Shi Luo raised his hand while eating, ¡°Give me a training partner, one that can y striker.¡±

    ¡°Okay, anyway, I¡¯m free tonight. I¡¯ll do it.¡± Old Qiao looked at Puppy, ¡°You need one too?¡±

    Puppy nodded, ¡°I need three. Any job position.¡±

    Old Qiao promised, ¡°The data analyst will recruit some moving targets for you in a while. Anyone else?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head. Chen Huo took a paper towel and wiped his hands. Just to join in the fun, he said, ¡°Is there a girl in our club¡¯s sparring group?¡±

    ¡°You want one to apany you while you y? Would you like her to have a good voice and be able to sing too?¡± Old Qiao nced at Chen Huo, and lectured patiently, ¡°Other teams¡¯ sparring groups are made up of their young trainees who do it for free. Only us! Either I have to do it or the data analyst will find retired yers for you. All the yers we find for you have the technical skills and the game consciousness. Do you know how much this kind of training partner costs per hour?¡±

    ¡°One thousand yuan per hour.¡± Old Qiao sounded pained as he said it, ¡°Every time Puppy does target practice, he needs three training partners. That¡¯s one thousand per person multiplied by how many hours. You do the math. So, can you please learn how to appreciate this a bit!¡±

    Zhou Huo, standing by the side, smiled. ¡°Really, I¡¯ve been working for first league teams for several years now and this is the first time I¡¯ve seen a team as extravagant as ours.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s a bad habit left over from our time at FS.¡± Old Qiao had finished off his food, ¡°They all know how to run wild.¡±

    ¡°How am I extravagant? When Yu Sui was practicing using his dagger, he always asked for four sparring partners at once. And each practice sessionsted for several days.¡± Puppy has had his fill. He was already back at his desk. ¡°It can¡¯t be helped. Our captain¡¯s developed a taste for luxury and pleasure. But this is the first time I¡¯ve heard that the price has risen to a thousand. I remember it was five or six hundred before we went abroad.¡±

    Old Qiao said, ¡°The rates rose a long time ago.¡±

    ¡°Look, there¡¯s another way to make money. When you retireter and you really find yourself with no money to spend, you should do this too.¡± Chen Huo copsed in his seat and said to Puppy, ¡°Didn¡¯t you say today that you were poor? In the future, you could work as a training partner.¡±

    ¡°I can¡¯t do this.¡± Puppy shook his head. There was still some time before his training. Puppy opened a live broadcast to get in some hours. ¡°It¡¯d be fine if the yer I apany is a genius but if he doesn¡¯t y as well as I do, I might not be able to behave myself and act as a target even for 1,000 yuan an hour. I¡¯d probably be unable to control my temper and fire back to teach him a lesson. A training partner beating a yer...that would just be too unsightly.¡±

    Puppy said this as hezily turned his head. He then shouted, ¡°I¡¯m turning on a live broadcast! Put your clothes on properly!¡±

    Chen Huo reluctantly put on the shoes he¡¯d kicked aside, ¡°This is f*cking annoying and all just for some added live broadcast poprity.¡±

    ¡°You don¡¯t know sh*t. Everyone whoes to watch my live broadcasts are our team¡¯s fans.¡± Puppy adjusted the webcam and said hello. ¡°Yes, I¡¯ve started another live broadcast. Who is that behind me? This is our team¡¯s Manager Zhou... You want him to get out of the way? Okay.¡±

    Puppy slowly turned his head and said, ¡°Manager Zhou, sorry to trouble you, but could you step aside. You¡¯re blocking my viewers from seeing Shi Luo.¡±

    Zhou Huo quickly stepped aside.

    Puppy was still exining to fans, ¡°Yes, we just finished dinner. Why is Shi Luo still eating? That¡¯s because he eats a lot...¡±

    Shi Luo nced at Puppy and in a move that showed hisplete unwilling to go along with Puppy¡¯s wishes, he turned his seat around so that his back was facing the camera and continued to eat.

    Chen Huo and Old Qiao were still talking about the wages of training partners. When they mentioned that training partners needed to have a good temper, Chen Huo looked at Yu Sui and said, ¡°Yu Sui¡¯s OK. When he and Shi Luo team up, he really gives off training partner vibes. If we do get eliminated by Sacred Sword at the World Tournament and the team goes bankrupt and has no money, Yu Sui could do this. Really, I¡¯ve always felt that Yu Sui has a special temperament for this.¡±

    Mutual roasting within the team always came very suddenly. There¡¯s no sign of iting, no reason for it. Before you know it, someone¡¯s already making a fuss. Yu Sui was long ustomed to it and didn¡¯t care about it. Instead, he asked Old Qiao, ¡°I¡¯m going to be a training partner. How much would I make an hour?¡±

    Old Qiao was stunned and he said, hesitantly, ¡°You? If it were you...¡±

    Old Qiao couldn¡¯t give a price, so he turned to look at Zhou Huo, ¡°How much would it be for Yu Sui?¡±

    Zhou Huo stunned, ¡°Are you talking about Yu Sui being a training partner? Er... Our club hasn¡¯t opened this kind of business yet but if he has to be a training partner...¡±

    Zhou Huo looked Yu Sui up and down and inexplicably found a new business opportunity. He seriously appraised, ¡°The league¡¯s no. 1 medic, medic forst year¡¯s championship team, can y milktank and can also y assassin-type, temper is good asionally, plus this face, and this figure, and this voice...¡±

    Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t helpughing, ¡°You know, I really can¡¯t decide. How much can you get?¡±

    ¡°Why are you all so unsure about this? Let¡¯s pull in some audience participation.¡± Puppy waved to his webcam and greeted the fans, ¡°We¡¯re having an auction for an hour of Yu Sui¡¯s time as a y partner. If you seriously dare to, thene ce your bids. Let¡¯s see some high bids here. Come on,e on. ...¡±

    Puppy didn¡¯t think too much about it and just enjoyed watching the excitement. In high spirits, he turned the webcam to face directly at Yu Sui.

    Because of stomach problems, Yu Sui couldn¡¯t train immediately after eating so he always has to take a short rest. At the moment, he was leaning on the couch in the training room and ying with his mobile phone. His manner seemed different from usual. Fans rarely ever got to see Yu Sui so rxed and sluggish. They began to flood the live chat like crazy, sending him greetings.

    [Yu Shen Yu Shen Yu Shen Yu Shen ah ah ah ah ah...]

    [Whisper look here! Look at the camera! Let me take a screenshot! ! ! ¡¿

    [Where is my Luo Zai? ! ! ! *Cries* Forget about Yu Shen. ¡¿

    [What did he just mean? Why is Yu Shen going to y as a y partner? Is the club out of money? ¡¿

    [Is Free going to stop operations because they¡¯ve gone bankrupt? ! Bankruptcy? What kind of miserable life does my Yu Shen have? ! ¡¿

    [Is there something wrong with the Free Club? So Whisper¡¯s going to go into being a y partner? ¡¿

    [They¡¯ve already turned the webcam to show us Yu Shen. Is this for real? ¡¿

    [*Scared* I was just going to ask why they were being so generous by letting us see Yu Shen. Turns out they¡¯re already showcasing him for auction? ! ¡¿

    [Although it¡¯s kinda embarrassing to say it, but... If it¡¯s for Yu Sui, I¡¯m game! ! ! ¡¿

    [Who wouldn¡¯t be willing to bid for Whisper? ¡¿

    [I¡¯m blushing here... To be honest, I¡¯ve wanted to say this ever since I saw Yu Shen and Shi Shen team up before. Teaming up with Yu Shen... Must be an amazing experience. ¡¿

    [Maybe Yu Shen would team up with me with his webcam on? Nosebleeds... I¡¯m game too! ¡¿

    [I¡¯m a male fan...count me in. ¡¿

    [Truth be told... When Whisper ys double row, his voice is really gentle and so nice. That¡¯s why I especially like watching the live broadcast from Luo Zai¡¯s perspective. That experience...]

    [*Shy* Yu Shen is great when he ys double row. He takes such good care of his teammates. ¡¿

    [*Nosebleeds*... Can we really bid? ¡¿

    Amidst the lively conversation, the aura of weariness around 21-year old virgin Yu Sui¡¯s body was bing denser and denser.

    Yu Sui raised his eyes and nced at Puppy. He picked up the pillow on the sofa and threw it hard towards Puppy.

    Puppy caught the pillow and watched the poprity of his live broadcast increased to 5 million. Puppy was in high spirits, ¡°Of course it¡¯s true! Let¡¯s start the bidding. One hour of Yu Sui as a y partner, serious bidders only.¡±

    After a brief madness, the live chat turned serious.

    [Is this a joke or is this real? If this is for real, if it¡¯s Yu Shen, one thousand an hour is OK for me. ¡¿

    [Are you crazy? That¡¯s Yu Shen. Having him talk to you, team up with you, for a whole hour? A thousand for that? I say five thousand! ¡¿

    [If this is true, I¡¯ll pay 10,000. ¡¿

    [I¡¯m a fan of Whisper¡¯s skills. I¡¯ve liked him for five years and I¡¯ll pay 20,000. ¡¿

    [I must say that I am disgusted by how you are objectifying him. I¡¯ll give 25,000. ¡¿

    [*Covers face* if Yu Shen turns on his webcam, I¡¯ll pay 30,000! ¡¿

    [*Also covers face* If Yu Shen is willing to open his mic and chat with the webcam on, I¡¯ll pay 50,000 yuan. ¡¿

    Zhou Huo looked at the live chat in Puppy¡¯s live broadcast room in shock. He gulped and muttered to himself, ¡°Life really is full of business opportunities...¡±

    Bids shot up one after the other and in less than three minutes, they had already reached 100,000.

    Puppy took a chopstick and held it up. He said seriously, ¡°One hundred thousand, going once!¡±

    The live chat didn¡¯t give a higher price, and Puppy solemnly said again, ¡°One hundred thousand, going twice!¡±

    The entire live chat envied Big Brother Iron Fan who was wealthy enough to shell out 100,000 but still no higher bid appeared.

    Puppy was about to tap the mouse with his chopsticks, ¡°One hundred thousand aaaand...¡±

    ¡°One million.¡± Shi Luo, who was finally full, interrupted Puppy¡¯s bullsh*t auction, and said while packing away his bowl and chopsticks. ¡°I¡¯ve bought him for the entire night, so everyone else better scram.¡±

 Chapter 71

    Chapter 71:

    ¡°One mill-...¡± Puppy forgot to breathe. One hand around his chopsticks and another on his keyboard, he coughed.

    ¡°I opened my mouth ten times...¡± Puppy rxed after a while and muttered, ¡°Now I¡¯m wondering just how much of a signing fee Yu Sui offered to dig you out from IAC that you can do something like this now...¡±

    ¡°Before I signed with Free, I¡¯ve been ying professionally for two years. I can still afford this much.¡± Shi Luo nced at Puppy and said in an irritated tone, ¡°What are you being all dazed for! Call it!¡±

    ¡°Oh, right. Right.¡± Puppy cleared his throat and called to the fans in the live broadcast. ¡°No one has a higher price than this, right? One million once, one million twice, one million a¡ª¨Cand sold.¡±

    Puppy clicked on his mouse and announced, ¡°And we have a winner. Whisper¡¯s first time as a y partner goes to Young Master Shi.¡±

    [Can¡¯t I just pay the 100,000? ! I really want to pay! ¡¿

    [666666......¡¿

    [¡®Bought for the entire night¡¯. I¡¯m dying ofughter. Shi Zai, do you think you¡¯re still in an Inte cafe? ¡¿

    [Hahahahaha, old fans know that Shi Zai is a famous bag of vinegar. ¡¿

    [Young Master Shi is rich, Young Master Shi is awesome. ¡¿

    [I¡¯m so grateful to Puppy. I really love Puppy¡¯s webcam broadcasts, hahahaha. I love watching the team¡¯s daily interactions. ¡¿

    [No, I¡¯m so angry. I¡¯m standing atop my chair in anger! Evil, why are you bidding too? You can double row with Whisper at any time. Why are you snatching away benefits from us humble yers? ¡¿

    [Wait a minute, what¡¯s the situation now? Why did Evil bid? My memory is stuck at when these two broke apart two years ago. What¡¯s their situation now? ¡¿

    [This is probably a case of ¡®the deeper the hatred, the deeper the love after reconciliation¡¯. ¡¿

    [Truthfully speaking, don¡¯t you think these two have been interacting a little bit too much recently? ¡¿

    [Was it Shi Shen who just bid? ¡¿

    [Seriously, I sometimes even suspect that these two are together...]

    [Hey, first things first. Evil, if you bid, you have to pay up! Otherwise, it¡¯s a pass and it¡¯s still my 100,000 that¡¯s the winning bid. ¡¿

    Puppy saw the superchat Big Brother Iron Fan just sent and turned to look at Shi Luo, ¡°What are you going to do? Yu Sui¡¯s fans are serious. Shi Luo, people are urging you to pay. If you don¡¯t pay up then it¡¯s a pass. If you pass, then it¡¯s the 100,000 for one hour that¡¯ll be the winning bid. So, are you going to pay up or were you just talking big?¡±

    Yu Sui was reclining on the sofa. When he heard this, he raised his eyes and nced at Puppy. He said, ¡°From the very beginning, when did I ever agree for you to auction me off?¡±

    Shi Luo looked down at his phone, ¡°You¡¯re the king of talking big, I don¡¯t have the skills to be talking big with you. I¡¯ve transferred it already, one million.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s mobile phone suddenly beeped with an iing text message.

    Yu Sui was momentarily startled. Then, heughed. ¡°He really did transfer it...¡±

    Before he had hardly finished speaking, the yers in the Puppy¡¯s live broadcast chat went crazy.

    ¡°No. Seriously?¡± Old Qiao was originally just watching the excitement, but when he saw Shi Luo suddenly ying for real, he was suddenly frightened. He hurriedly issued out a disimer, saying, ¡°The team reimburses you for fees paid to training partners, the kind with a thousand yuan an hour rate. The team has never wronged you and the team has never been stingy, but this kind of one million... the team won¡¯t be reimbursing you for that!¡±

    ¡°Of course it can¡¯t be reimbursed!¡± Chen Huo yelled from the side, dissatisfied, ¡°Who has heard of a club reimbursing its yer for a hooker?¡±

    ¡°That sounds f*cked up. Can we not refer to him as a hooker?¡± Old Qiao turned to look at Yu Sui up and down, and said hesitantly, ¡°Although it kinda feels that way when Yu Sui ys double row with Shi Luo...¡±

    ¡°Right?¡± Now that he¡¯s mentioned Yu Sui¡¯s situation with Shi Luo, Chen Huo could feel himself getting angry all over. ¡°Didn¡¯t I say so?! From the first time Yu Sui¡¯s yed milktank for Shi Luo, I felt that there was something wrong with his disy of skills! It was like he was a y partner Shi Luo had found off some site. Not to mention taking him flying, he also paid attention to Shi Luo¡¯s gaming experience. Isn¡¯t this what you call a y partner?¡±

    When Yu Sui first milked for Shi Luo, it sent all the yers into shock. The yers then sent #We Feel Sorry for Chen Huo# trending on the Weibo. Even now, Chen Huo still remembered this animosity. Chen Huo leaned back on his gaming chair. Why was it that he more he looked at Yu Sui, the more he found him unpleasant to look at. He cursed, ¡°Really, just look at his shabby hair. Doesn¡¯t he look exactly like a hooker? Luckily, he got into this business. Otherwise, given g man Yu¡¯s natural disposition, if we had let him roam freely in society, who know what kind of vitions against public decency he would havemitted?¡±

    Zhou Huo carefully looked at Yu Sui, who was reclining on the sofa, ¡°You know, I did discover some new business opportunities from Yu Sui... It¡¯s just that Shi Luo drove the price up too high. It¡¯s not gonna be easy to follow up that act.¡±

    ¡°F*ck you guys.¡± Yu Sui smiled, ¡°I¡¯m not for sale.¡±

    ¡°Look who¡¯s talking. You just sold yourself to Shi Luo and now you¡¯re erecting an archway?¡± Chen Huo gave a ¡®tsk-tsk¡¯. ¡°What can you expect from someone whose ount is dirty? Of course, the owner is also dirty...¡±

    Zhou Huo shook his head and gave up, sighing, ¡°Fine, our team is rich enough anyway. You don¡¯t need to work as a y partner for this bit of money. Besides, apart from Shi Luo, I don¡¯t think anyone would be willing to spend a million to buy Yu Sui. Forget it.¡±

    ¡°A right and proper e-sports club, letting you talk like you¡¯re in some kind of brothel.¡± Old Qiao looked at the time and urged, ¡°It¡¯s almost time. Let¡¯s start training. Hey, you, the one that got sold!¡±

    Yu Sui conscientiously answered, ¡°What?¡±

    Old Qiao held back augh, ¡°Someone paid good money for you already. So are you going to serve as his training partner now or what? If you¡¯re going up then I¡¯m going to take a break.¡±

    Yu Sui stood up from the sofa and looked at Shi Luo. Implying more than what meets the ear, he asked, ¡°Will you be using me now or will you be scheduling me forter?¡±

    Shi Luo had already sat back in his seat, chewing some gum. He muttered, ¡°...I don¡¯t need you now. When I have use for you...I¡¯ll call you.¡±

    Yu Sui was also very open to persuasion. He smiled, ¡°Sure, I¡¯ll wait for your call.¡±

    Yu Sui went to train by himself and Old Qiao went to boot up theputer to serve as Shi Luo¡¯s training partner.

    Everyone was going off to train and they couldn¡¯t let the contents of formal training leak. Puppy said to the webcam, ¡°My training partners are also ready now and I can¡¯t do a live broadcast during training. This is me signing off. Everyone who liked my broadcast, please remember to subscribe. I¡¯m closing it now. If it¡¯s still early by the time I finish, I¡¯ll do another live broadcast for a couple of hours.¡±

    Turning off a live broadcast after just an hour, the fans in the Puppy¡¯s live broadcast started howling in grief. Superchats and gifts were sent nonstop. Puppy clicked his tongue, ¡°If you keep this up, I wouldn¡¯t be able to bear to stop the broadcast. Fine, fine, I¡¯ll help you guys pass on some messages... ...¡±

    Puppy looked at the superchats and read, ¡°Chen Ge, when are you going to do a live broadcast? I want to watch you double row with Wawa. Huhuhu¡±

    Chen Huo has finally, after much difficulty, managed to stabilized his position in the top 100 of the national server this month. He hurriedly said, ¡°I¡¯m not making any promises. No team ups. And I¡¯m telling you now. Can you hear me? That bastard Wawa is targeting us right now because of the yoffs. They¡¯ve already started hiding little tricks from our team! The ungrateful whelp! See if I team up with you again!¡±

    Puppy nodded and continued to say to for one of Shi Luo¡¯s fans, ¡°Shi Zai, you must eat well, rest well, smoke less, and y well in your matches. I¡¯m going to take the postgraduate entrance examination. I¡¯ll marry you when Ie back from graduate school.¡±

    Shi Luo pretended not the hear thest part and only said, ¡°Good luck on your postgraduate entrance exam.¡±

    ¡°You heard that, right? I won¡¯t repeat it, and finally, let¡¯s read one for Yu Sui...¡± Puppy¡¯s eyes hurt from the ovepping superchats. He squinted hard and said, ¡°Yu Shen, you haven¡¯t done a live broadcast for so many days now. I have a bad premonition. Please start broadcasting.¡±

    Yu Sui logged into his game ount and said, ¡°We¡¯re about to start preparing for the yoffs. So I won¡¯t be doing any live broadcasts for now.¡±

    Puppy was very satisfied upon hearing this. ¡°Yes, Whisper¡¯s at it again, again, again. He¡¯s started again. The most terrible time of this year hasn¡¯t officially started but g man Yu has already forgotten all about you guys. But it¡¯s okay! I¡¯m still here for you. Let me say it for onest time. Click to subscribe. Those who want to see them,e to my live broadcast room and I¡¯ll have my webcam on for you. Okay, okay. My training partners are here. Signing off.¡±

    Puppy turned off the live broadcast and foulnguage flowed out of the mouths of these yers who¡¯d started their formal training. Shi Luo felt too hot and bunched his short sleeves up to his shoulders. Chen Huo kicked his shoes off again, swearing while ying a match. Zhou Huo, couldn¡¯t bear to look at them, and went out of the training room to do some work.

    Yu Sui wasn¡¯t ending business hours early. They were almost halfway through the regr season. More of Free¡¯s regr season matches were in thetter half and the further they went into the season, the more intense the games. They needed to y the regr season matches one by one and enter the yoffs. After getting into the yoffs, they were going to charge ahead to secure one of the two ces for the World Championships. They had to reserve some energy to go to Berlin and attack Sacred Sword. Things were about to get busy. In the next month, except for Puppy, even Chen Huo wasn¡¯t going to be doing live broadcasts.

    In a blink of an eye, it was the end of the month. It was finally time for their regr season match against Saint.

    Asst year¡¯s regional champions, Saint has enjoyed a lot of privileges this season. Almost all of their regr season games were arranged by the tournament team on their own home court. On the day they were to y against Saint, Free had to get up early once again. Traversing almost the entire city of Shanghai to get to Saint¡¯s own stadium.

    ¡°Really, everything else about this season aside, let¡¯s work hard to win the local division, alright?¡± Chen Huo sat in the car and put on a neck pillow. He grumbled, ¡°Angel Sword and the others have got it too good. Getting to y their games in a stadium less than three kilometres away from their base. They don¡¯t even have to get up early. With that much energy, they don¡¯t need to ride in a car. They can just run over there and y the match.¡±

    Zhou Huo was looking forward to it, ¡°They have got it good. There are often games in our own stadium. Fans have to buy tickets to watch the games. Except for the league¡¯s share, the rest of the ticket sales goes to the club. Of course, they¡¯ve got it good.¡±

    ¡°The other stadiums also have to hang a battle g with their logo for an entire year.¡± Old Qiao was also looking forward to it. ¡°If we can win a championship this season, then they¡¯ll have to hang Free¡¯s g.¡±

    Shi Luo put his peripherals away, ¡°Having Bison hang our g...that doesn¡¯t sound bad.¡±

    Yu Sui was wearing an eye mask and he smiled when he heard these words. He said in a low voice, ¡°Can your grudge get any deeper?¡±

    ¡°Yes, no matter whether they ept it or not, they¡¯ll all have to hang our g. Just thinking about it makes me happy.¡± Old Qiao encouraged, ¡°But first things first. Up til now, only our team and Saint have maintained our winning streak in the regr season. Today, work extra hard and don¡¯t let them get our first blood. In any case, Saint really wants to keep their first blood. Saint¡¯s manager posted this morning on Weibo that if they win against us, he¡¯ll have Angel Sword open a live broadcast and sing for an hour tonight. Fans can set what song he¡¯ll sing. Angel Sword already agreed.¡±

    Shi Luo was stunned, ¡°He agreed? Is he crazy?¡±

    ¡°Nah, he¡¯s normal. Actually, this kind of thing began with our team...¡± Puppy slowly said, ¡°Since I auctioned off Yu Sui during my live broadcast, ourpetitive region has gotten, let¡¯s say a bit more loose in their morals. They¡¯re asking if our team¡¯s going to offer some kind of fanservice?¡±

    ¡°We...we are!¡± Zhou Huo didn¡¯t want to lose against Saint¡¯s manager. He thought about it and made a decision. ¡°If we win, I¡¯ll have Shi Luo do an hour long live broadcast with the webcam turned on, how about it? Evil, if you agree, I¡¯ll also post it on Weibo, Let¡¯s give Saint a bit of a shock before the game.¡±

    Shi Luo was just about to refuse. During his moment of hesitation, Yu Sui, who was dozing, said in a low voice, ¡°If Evil turns on his webcam...I¡¯ll also drop by to greet the viewers. Now that I think about it, I haven¡¯t shown my face in any of his live broadcasts yet.¡±

    Shi Luo swallowed the words in his mouth and said, ¡°Okay, you can post it.¡±

 Chapter 72

    Chapter 72:

    It was Saint¡¯s home stadium but Free still had a lot of fans. In the huge stadium, the number of fans on both sides was evenly matched. When Free arrived at the venue, they headed for the lounge. On the way there, passing through the corridor that had ess to the main stadium, Chen Huo pushed open the fire door and looked out. ¡°Aren¡¯t the fans being too enthusiastic for just a regr season game? The number of lights today is a lot more than usual.¡±

    Puppy followed and also took a look around. He said sourly, ¡°Damn, we¡¯re already this far and that sign for Yu Sui¡¯s still so big. Did his fans rent a truck to bring it in? For a regr season game?¡±

    ¡°Calm down. Yu Shen¡¯s fans are just doing what¡¯s normal.¡± Zhou Huo basked in secondhand glory. He exined in a very understanding manner, ¡°They¡¯re not doing it because it¡¯s a regr season game. But Yu Sui¡¯s fans must have been worried about Angel Sword¡¯s poprity and their home court advantage. They must have been afraid that the number and scale of the opposing team¡¯s banners would overwhelm Yu Sui, so they came prepared.¡±

    Zhou Huo took a nce and was very satisfied, ¡°Very good. Yu Sui has the most fans, Shi Luo and Angel Sword have about the same. As for the rest... if you look in the corners and squint real hard, you¡¯ll be able to see fans for the other yers. Pretty good.¡±

    Puppy felt it wasn¡¯t good at all. He headed to the lounge with a sigh.

    As usual, Zhou Huo went to sign in, and Free¡¯s yers, trying to fish in troubled waters were socializing with the make-up artists, trying to avoid having to go through make-up.

    After make-up, pre-game confirmations, after all the preparatory work wasplete, everyone took their peripherals and went to wait at the backstage corridor. When the host called them up, they went on stage, bowed to the fans amidst their cheers and headed to their own ss room to test their peripherals.

    ¡°Angel Sword is very popr...¡± Puppy said enviously while plugging in his peripherals, ¡°And almost all of them are female fans. Just listen to their cheer... Tsk tsk, so gentle.¡±

    Chen Huo, the striker with a lot of tough guy fans, was also a little envious. ¡°It can¡¯t be helped. Most fans who y medic are female fans.¡±

    ¡°Really?¡± Yu Sui tapped the keyboard and said uncertainly, ¡°My fan base is so big, I haven¡¯t really counted. Maybe.¡±

    Shi Luo was already used to his team mutually attacking each other¡¯s mentality before each game and was no longer surprised by it. He put on his headphones and said, ¡°Just as we agreed in the lounge just now, we¡¯re going to y this how we usually y against Saint?¡±

    In the shared voice channel, Yu Sui gave an ¡°en¡±.

    It was the only thing they could do. When the team was first established, they had a few practice matches with Saint, but it wasn¡¯t long before Saint¡¯s manager made it clear that they wouldn¡¯t be ying against Free anymore.

    They haven¡¯t yed against Saint for a long time. They didn¡¯t know what the Angel Sword was hiding. They didn¡¯t know if they were going to go all out now, or whether they were going to be conservative and wait for the yoffs before hitting Free with their unique skills. Right now, they could only rely on Saint¡¯stest games as basis for their analysis.

    Saint¡¯s recent games were reallyckluster. They still yed conservatively. They didn¡¯t rush to the front in the early stages. Oftentimes, when they met three-on-three with the other team, they withdrew quickly, simply choosing not to fight.

    They didn¡¯t y three-on-three, but their three front line yers liked to catch the lone wolf who was off to one side, clearing the fog. They¡¯d y three-on-one, and kill off that lone yer. Because they had a god-level nurse, Angel Sword, no matter how extreme that lone wolf fought, it was absolutely impossible for him to make off with any of their heads. After a few such fights, Saint¡¯s front row yers would have enough heads to upgraded their equipment. And the team they yed gueri warfare with, even if that team had cleared away more fog in the initial stages, still wouldn¡¯t have any kills.

    The way that game was set up, yers who couldn¡¯t get any kills couldn¡¯t upgrade their equipment. They would have no choice but to carry on using their primary equipment. No matter how much economy was left, it was useless, there was nowhere to spend it on. Their overall equipment wouldg behind Saint¡¯s.

    Saint even relied on this gamey of theirs when they yed against IAC a few days ago. They didn¡¯t give a single head to IAC the entire game. The IAC¡¯s four yers struggled with their primary equipment in the middle andte stages of the game and werepletely crushed by Saint¡¯s advanced equipment. Even in theter stages, their front line was cut apart without them getting even a single kill. The game ended early.

    Both teams have entered the game map. While the countdown was counting down, the twomentators of this regr season match were still predicting whether Saint would chose gueri warfare for this match.

    ¡°I think it¡¯s very likely that they will still use guerri tactics.¡± Commentator A said, ¡°They fought against other teams by oveing hardness with softness. To fight against Free, they¡¯ll need to avoid the edge. As we all know, Free¡¯s front row probably has the strongest output. After all, they have Whisper, the assassin-type medic.¡±

    ¡°It should be like this.¡± Commentator B smiled, ¡°Then we might as well guess who Free will use as bait. Now there are two paths in front of Free. The first is for their front row yers, their medic and two strikers, to work as a group. They won¡¯t let one of their strikers go to clear the fog so as to prevent their lone striker from being caught by Angel Sword, but then herees the problem...¡±

    Commentator Aughed, ¡°That¡¯s tantamount to surrendering the side of their map on a silver tter, and serving up Puppy to be surrounded by the other party as well. Compared to a striker, a sniper is actually more afraid of being trapped by a team of three. A striker could still let out a round of gunfire, but a sniper wouldn¡¯t even have time to change bullets.¡±

    ¡°Then this will be a test of Puppy¡¯s investigative ability. He needs to immediately locate Saint¡¯s front row team and get their team toe to the rescue as soon as possible.¡± Commentary B said, ¡°I think this is still feasible. When ites to spying enemies, our Puppy Shen can definitely be ranked in the top ten in the league, right? He can hide himself and report to his teammates so that they can cooperate as soon as possible.¡±

    Commentator A nodded, ¡°This is also one way to break Saint¡¯s guerri style. The game has started. Now, let¡¯s see what Free decided to do.¡±

    The countdown was over.

    Free had discussed how to y against Saint¡¯s guerri warfare a few days ago: They were going to sell out Puppy.

    Since Yu Sui and Chen Huo have been teaming up the longest, most of the time when the game just started, Yu Sui would go to the front with Chen Huo, and Shi Luo would go around to clear the fog. They tried with the training team earlier. Neither Shi Luo nor Chen Huo could handle single-linebat. Free also wasn¡¯t greedy. They weren¡¯t asking a lone striker to go out there ande out with a kill; they just wanted the striker to escape the one-on-three situation without giving away his own head. But multiple experimentster, they still weren¡¯t sure. Saint had been training in this guerri warfare method for a long time. If they run across it, it would be a fatal blow.

    Puppy reluctantly agreed to let them use him as a bait. They would use hismands to control the map. Free¡¯s three man front line team would act as a group andunch a surprise attack on Angel Sword¡¯s group.

    This countermeasure Free has tested with NSN, and the sess rate was quite high.

    But less than a minute after the game started, Free felt that something was faintly wrong.

    Saint seemed to have forgotten what the words ¡°guerri warfare¡± meant. They came straight to the center of the boundary between the two maps.

    Puppy was no longer needed to monitor the rear. Saint¡¯s movements were so loud, Shi Luo could hear their footsteps in the front row.

    Free¡¯s front line yers didn¡¯t need to say much. They met them directly head on. The firepower of these three against another team¡¯s two strikers and one medic was nothing to scoff at. Saint rushed in too fast. Neither of the two sides could even clear out any fog. The two teams stuck to the edge of the map and fought there.

    A straight demarcation liney across the very center. In your own eyes, the opponent¡¯s map was full of dense fog. A single touch and you would die. Both sides were very careful when moving. They both relied on sound to judge the opponent¡¯s position. Among the sparks of gunfire, a horizontal sh from Yu Sui¡¯s dagger scratched Saint¡¯s two strikers. At the same, he took damage from two bullets. Yu Sui¡¯s photon shield shattered. At the same time, Shi Luo and Chen Huo shot down one of Saint¡¯s strikers.

    The advantage fell to Free, but before they could take advantage of it and give chase, matters took on a sudden unfavorable turn. Yu Sui was hit by a sniper on his right shoulder and his blood bar instantly bottomed out.

    The sound of the sniper rifle was loud in his ears. Yu Sui quickly used Shi Luo as a shield to retreat two steps and use the rock as a cover. He frowned, ¡°Did their sniper already make his way here?¡±

    Puppy, who had been honestly performing his roles as bait, was also taken aback, ¡°Their sniper came over? You haven¡¯t cleared out the fog and I can¡¯t see anything. Firing back would be a waste of bullets, Let¡¯s withdraw?¡±

    No one waited for Puppy to finish speaking. Yu Sui¡¯s blood volume had dropped. Chen Huo had already retreated instinctively. Shi Luo, who had blocked the sniper¡¯s aim for Yu Sui, automatically brought up the rear. He took Chen Huo¡¯s role to pressure their opponents and ensure the other two¡¯s retreat. After they two had withdrawn, Shi Luo also retreated behind the rock. By then, his blood has also reached bottom.

    ¡°Four people.¡± Shi Luo quickly changed magazine, ¡°...They do have new tactics.¡±

    Both sides really had been ying too closely. Now, it was impossible to retreat. The other team had already locked on to their position. If they exposed their heads, they were going to die. Yu Sui immediately replenished Shi Luo¡¯s shield, and then replenishes the blood for the three of them. However, he had just healed Shi Luo, when Saint¡¯s first purification dish had been ced. Saint showed them no mercy and rushed up once again to the cleared area.

    ¡°Aiya, f*ck me?!¡± Chen Huo couldn¡¯t believe it, ¡°Why¡¯s Angel Sword being so fierce all of a sudden? He doesn¡¯t have that kind of temper!¡±

    Shi Luo furrowed his brows, ¡°...Are you really that scared of a three on three?¡±

    After his blood had been replenished, Shi Luo didn¡¯t dy for even half a second. He took up his gun and immediately sent over a sweep of bullets. He tilted his head and fired. He was instantly shot on his left shoulder. His photon shield was broken again. At the same time, Chen Huo opened fire. However, the two of them still weren¡¯t able to take down Saint¡¯s sniper who had made his way over. Saint¡¯s striker that they¡¯d killed off had been resurrected and had also rejoined his team.

    Saint¡¯s two strikers took Shi Luo¡¯s head together. They werepletely being suppressed. Saint was now ying four-on-two against Free.

    Shi Luo was waiting to be resurrected. Puppy hurriedly said, ¡°I¡¯ll go up.¡±

    ¡°No need.¡± Yu Sui said without even thinking, ¡°It¡¯d be useless.¡±

    Yu Sui no longer wasted any resources and didn¡¯t even give himself and Chen Huo a shield. Before he could even finish speaking, Saint¡¯s second purification dish has already been ced sessfully. The four of them directly surrounded Yu Sui and Chen Huo. Yu Sui and Chen Huo pushed their skills to the extreme and took out one of Saint¡¯s strikers. Afterwards, they were both killed.

    Puppy was still in the back row. The other three had reemerged in the resurrection stone. Saint took advantage of this opportunity to instantly clear up arge portion of the map.

    Saint¡¯s positioning when they ced down the purification dishes was also very tricky. Puppy wanted to take this opportunity to attack but he couldn¡¯t get a good angle.

    Chen Huo hadn¡¯t had time topletely process it yet. He was too surprised to utter a word. ¡°This is...this...¡±

    Shi Luo said lightly, ¡°It¡¯s also guerri warfare.¡±

    ¡°Guerri warfare specifically targeted for us .¡± Yu Sui said softly, ¡°Four-on-three. In the first ce, we¡¯ve always favored a bold approach. But we can¡¯t beat Angel Sword¡¯s healing. They¡¯re also not afraid of getting killed. If they die, they¡¯ll mend. With Angel Sword providing milk, our overall blood volume can¡¯tpare to them and it will be slowly used up.¡±

    ¡°Saint was said before to be the ultimate team, an expert at oveing hardness with softness.¡± Shi Luo had been resurrected. He had just gotten a kill and was now rapidly upgrading his gun essories. ¡°Now, they¡¯re relying on Angel Sword¡¯s unmatched skills as a milktank to keep fighting against us. They won¡¯t withdraw even if they¡¯re beaten. When they have the advantage, they won¡¯t quit while they¡¯re ahead. They just deal with it and continue to consume us. It is useless for us to just output when it¡¯s three to four. With this amount of blood, sooner orter, it will bottom out.¡±

    Under normal circumstances, the front-row collision of other teams was basically a charge then a fight. Saint has now developed this new gamey for Free. They weren¡¯t afraid of being beaten. Anyway, they had a natural blood bank in the form of of Angel Sword. .

    ¡°This really isn¡¯t easy to y against.¡± Puppy wasn¡¯t provoked. Even now, he still hadn¡¯t revealed his position. ¡°This lineup is really set against us, who came up with it...¡±

    Shi Luo frowned slightly, ¡°The next time we sh, I¡¯m gonna hit the Angel Sword first. He¡¯s too annoying.¡±

    Yu Sui said nothing.

    Just now, Saint had been very careful about their positioning. They always kept Angel Sword at the back. It was too difficult to target him. Not to mention, during that wave of fighting, Angel Sword had managed to get auxiliary points. He had already upgraded his photon shield and there was now an addedyer to his blood.

    Yu Sui knew that there was no longer any hope of winning this match. But this round was always going to be broken, they should just make use of the rest of the game to figure out different way to dismantle this move of Saint¡¯s. Yu Sui nodded, ¡°OK.¡±

    The three front row yers were much more conservative this time and they tried to beat Saint¡¯s defensive position. But their early disadvantage was too great. After several unsessful attempts, Saint pushed forward step by step. After Saint wiped them all out, Saint quickly destroyed Free¡¯s resurrection stone and made off with the game.

    Puppy had almost no room to y in this game. When ¡®defeated¡¯ was disyed on the monitor, Puppy frowned severely and said in a low voice, ¡°F*ck.¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s expression also wasn¡¯t very nice to look at. He shook his head.

    Expression as per usual, Yu Sui got up and picked up his jacket that had fallen on the gaming chair and headed backstage.

    Shi Luo had long thought that Saint would have cooked up a scheme to fight against his team and he been mentally prepared. Being suppressed that badly, although his heart was sinking, but it wasn¡¯t that bad. Shi Luo took off his head earphones. As soon as the soundproof headphones were taken off, the voice of the stadiummentators and the noisy cheering of the fans rushed to his ears. By coincidence, the twomentators wereparing the two medics, Yu Sui and Angel Sword.

    Commentator A was speechless, ¡°I had guessed that Saint would have some wonderful moves for this match, but I didn¡¯t expect it to be so targeted. Really, this set of y was definitely tailored for Free.¡±

    ¡°Not only was it tailor-made for Free, but it was also tailor-made for Saint.¡± Commentator Bughed, ¡°Look around. Where else could you find such a capable medic? Only Angel Sword could have resisted this kind of endless fighting.¡±

    ¡°What bad luck for Free. We were worried before that other teams, especially teams from other divisions, would also learned how to use this to y against Free, but now, we see that our fears were groundless. Where else can you find a medic who¡¯s so good at adding blood?¡± Commentator A praised. ¡°Really, after watching this game, I suddenly have a little more hope for the World Championships. In our division, not only do we have the league¡¯s no. 1 medic Whisper, but we also have the league¡¯s best milktank medic, Angel Sword!¡±

    Commentator B smiled and nodded, ¡°Indeed, putting it that way, I¡¯m really not so anxious anymore. Free¡¯s fans also have nothing to be terribly worried about. Think about it this way, we have in our region, medic twin stars!¡±

    Shi Luo had already walked to the backstage corridor entrance. Hearing the phrase ¡°Medic twin stars¡±, Shi Luo stopped in his tracks, and a touch of hostility shed in his previously indifferent eyes.

    Yu Sui, who was walking in front of Shi Luo, was startled when he heard thementary. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Shi Luo. Their eyes met. Yu Sui pursed his lips and he cursed in his heart.

    Free¡¯s yers returned to the backstage lounge. Zhou Huo hurriedly tofort them, ¡°What bad luck. There was no way. There was no problem with your performance.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded, ¡°There was nothing wrong with your y just now. We already knew that Saint was targeting us. It would be advantageous for us to understand this now instead ofter. But, Puppy.¡±

    Old Qiao looked at Puppy. ¡°Did you hesitate in the early stages? If you had approached immediately, you might have been able to show your abilities.¡±

    Puppy was unhappy because he knew he hadn¡¯t yed well. Zhou Huo was worried that Puppy would bring his emotions to the next round. He interrupted and said, ¡°We shouldn¡¯t be ming Puppy for this, should we? Who could have guessed what kind of tactics Saint had in store?¡±

    ¡°If I don¡¯t say it now, he might still hesitate in the next game. You know this yourself. Even half a second hesitation might be enough to cost us a game.¡± Old Qiao¡¯s face remained unchanged. He turned to Zhou Huo, ¡°Moreover, don¡¯t worry about him. He¡¯s World Championship yer. He can digest this much.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Puppy anxiously, but saw that Puppy¡¯s face was as usual;pletely different from how he looked like when the match had just finished.

    Puppy satzily on the sofa in the lounge, ¡°I did hesitate in the early stage of this game. It¡¯s okay to scold me. Don¡¯t worry...What storms have I not weathered through before that I would be affected by a regr season game?¡±

    ¡°Angel Sword is not friendly at all. He was all nice and gentle when we were teaming up. He was all nice in front of me but he was hiding something like this behind my back.¡± Chen Huo, who¡¯d lookedpletely irritated just now, has already assumed his usual expression. Puppyy paralyzed on the sofa next to Puppy but he didn¡¯t forget to scold Angel Sword, ¡°Damn. You really can¡¯t trust the nice ones.¡±

    For World Championship-level yers, even their sulks would onlyst a few seconds. Given their richpetition experience, they¡¯re able adjust their mood immediately so that it wouldn¡¯t negatively affect their next game.

    Zhou Huo felt relieved.

    However, Yu Sui, who was drinking some water off to one side, couldn¡¯t rest assured.

    While he drank his water, Yu Sui took note of Shi Luo, who had just entered the lounge. He took notice of his expressionless face as he chewed gum, Yu Sui¡¯s heart felt a little heavy.

    Thementary may have just been to appease Free¡¯s fans, or it may have been thementator¡¯s sincere appreciation at seeing their region so strong. In any case, they definitely hadn¡¯t meant anything by it.

    But while the speaker certainly meant nothing by it, the listener definitely drew meaning from it.

    Yu Sui had always been able to capture Shi Luo¡¯s emotions very urately, so Yu Sui knew that something was wrong before thementator had even finished speaking.

    Moreover, Yu Sui knew very well that Shi Luo wasn¡¯t feeling jealous.

    It was true that Shi Luo was a big bag of vinegar even when he was still a minor, but Yu Sui clearly understood that the disturbance in Shi Luo¡¯s mood at the moment definitely wasn¡¯t because of jealousy.

    This would be easier if it were jealousy.

    Yu Sui knew exactly why Shi Luo¡¯s mood had changed.

    Yu Sui put down the mineral water bottle and let out a sigh.

    This industry was too quick to rece the old with the new. This was true for thementators and this was also true for the fans.

    Many people have forgotten that the first pair of medic twin stars, were someone else.

    One was the league¡¯s no. 1 medic and the other was the league¡¯s no. 1 medic substitute.

    Yu Sui took a deep breath and controlled himself to stop thinking about the past. If he dwelled on it too much, Yu Sui¡¯s own emotions were going to pose problems in the next game.

    The people in the lounge were discussing ways to deal with Saint. After a while, their break time was over. The staff came to knock on their door, signaling for Free to get ready. Yu Sui put on his uniform, ¡°You go guys first, I¡¯ll have a word with Shi Luo. ¡±

    Yu Sui had resignedly epted that he would need to adjust the little boy¡¯s emotions. But Shi Luo has never liked showing weakness. If he tried to console him in front of everyone, it was easy to add fuel to the fire. Yu Sui has already thought about it, about what he should say once these people leave? In the end, he could even give Shi Luo a kiss and it would almost...

    Shi Luo, who had already got up, said instantly, ¡°No need.¡±

    Yu Sui looked up at Shi Luo, surprised.

    ¡°I,¡± Shi Luo paused and said in a low voice, ¡°I might not be a world-ss yer, but I should learn to adjust my emotions without your help.¡±

    Shi Luo turned his head to look at Yu Sui. His expression had returned to normal. He looked at Yu Sui and blew a big chewing gum bubble.

 Chapter 73

    Chapter 73

    The second round of their best of three was about to start and the yers re-entered the stage.

    Just now in the lounge, Free¡¯s yers, Old Qiao and the data analyst who came with them discussed several options.

    First, Yu Sui could also y as a milktank, copying Saint¡¯s configuration. It would be an endurance battle. Each confrontation, would be a battle to see who would die first. This method was proposed by Chen Huo and was immediately rejected by Old Qiao.

    Whether they¡¯d be able to coordinate well on their first try was secondary. The main issue was that although Yu Sui¡¯s milktank y was also one of the best in high-level matches, it couldn¡¯t quite measure up to Angel Sword¡¯s.

    Each yer has a skills specialization. While he could use it to y in ordinary matches, the likelihood of sess was too small if they use it against Angel Sword.

    The second method was for Puppy to abandon his usual style of y. He won¡¯t keep control of the back row or serve as eyes for the team. Instead, all four of them would rush to the front line together. They would tough it out and y four-on-four against Saint. Free wasn¡¯t at all scared of Angel Sword and the others.

    But then herees the problem. Who knows how Saint was going to y this round?

    What if their sniper didn¡¯te? If Saint¡¯s sniper had his scope open in the rear, they would immediately know the position of all four of Free¡¯s yers in the front line. Saint¡¯s front line yers can slip away and continue to use their gueri style y. Puppy¡¯s sniper scope would be of no use. If he were to use it while he was positioned at the edge of the opponent¡¯s map, the scope of what he could observe would be greatly reduced. It¡¯s usefulness would be severely limited.

    Despite discussing for the entire 10 minute duration of their rest, in the end, they still weren¡¯t able toe up with an excellent and feasible counter measure.

    The game started immediately. The broadcast director used their in-stadium camera and panned it across the ss room on Team Free¡¯s side of the stadium. You could see that the yers have been discussing since they sat down. They put on their headsets and continued their discussion until the game countdown finished. Only then did they gradually stop talking.

    Saint¡¯s new tactic was very sessful in the first round. They would probably still use the same tactic they used in the previous game. In the second game, thementators, the audience in the stadium, and the yers watching the live broadcast were most concerned about how Free would respond. As soon as the game started, the director used Free¡¯s perspective for the broadcast.

    During the intermission, the twomentators also discussed for a while. They spected that Puppy, during the opening stages of the game, would no longer be keeping his position in the rear. Free¡¯s four yers would act as a group and charge to the front line, using their consistently high damage output to make an overwhelming start. However, contrary to what the twomentators expected, Puppy remained at the rear of the map for this round as well.

    Commentator A frowned, ¡°This isn¡¯t very good. As we can see from the bird¡¯s eye perspective, Saint has still chosen to fight as a four-person group this time. They¡¯re charging towards the front line together. They still have one less person on Free¡¯s side. Isn¡¯t this going to be a repeat of their disadvantage during the first game?¡±

    Commentator B didn¡¯t understand either. He frowned, ¡°No, it can¡¯t be. There¡¯s been no adjustment at all on Free¡¯s side? Do they want to try this again? But... the conclusion of thest game has already shown us, Saint¡¯s targeted style of y can¡¯t be solved head-on with a 3 vs 4.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t understand...¡± Commentator A said quickly, ¡°It¡¯s started. They¡¯ve shed!¡±

    At the intersection of the map, the two teams met. As thementator said, it yed out almost exactly like the opening of the previous game. But this time, Free yed very carefully. There was almost no mistakes in the way the three frontline yers yed. But after taking down one of Saint¡¯s yers, the three front row yers were all killed. Once again, Free only had their sniper, Puppy, left.

    This time Puppy didn¡¯t even provide enough firepower to suppress Saint¡¯s advance. He changed positions after firing a shot. He began to simply evade Saint.

    ¡°I... don¡¯t quite understand.¡± Commentator A was confused. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with Puppy? It doesn¡¯t matter that he didn¡¯t go with them to the front line but now, he¡¯s not even doing his job as a sniper. Even though that shot just knocked out a third of Angel Sword¡¯s blood, that¡¯s not fatal. And then, there¡¯s no more assists, this...¡±

    Commentator B hurriedly made apromise, ¡°Saint obviously came prepared. They prepared this tactic for a long time. How could Freee up with a solution so quickly?¡±

    ¡°Nevertheless, shouldn¡¯t they try out other methods? Obviously, blindly charging in won¡¯t work. Now, Saint has upgraded all their equipment and the team¡¯s strength has gone up. They¡¯ll be even harder to fight against.¡± Commentator A shook his head, ¡°Free¡¯s a bit reckless. You see, here theye again.¡±

    Before Commentator A finished speaking, the second team battle broke out again in-game. This time, Shi Luo hadn¡¯t even waited for Yu Sui to put a shield on him. He went directly for Angel Sword.

    ¡°There¡¯s no denying it. At present, in the domestic league, Evil is considered to have the fastest response among the strikers. After all, he is a little bit younger. So, it¡¯s fine to let him attack head-on, but there¡¯s no need to be so fierce.¡± Commentator A smiled helplessly, ¡°Luo Zai is a bit crazy. Ah, look, he was killed again.¡±

    Commentator B hurriedly tried to give a justification. ¡°You said it yourself. Evil is young, this is the courage of young yers. I¡¯m going to fight head-on against you and see if it works. If it doesn¡¯t work, I¡¯ll try again. I don¡¯t ept this strange oue.¡±

    ¡°Rtively speaking, Chen Huo has be more mature and conservative. You have to first ensure that you aren¡¯t dead before you can follow up... Uh... Chen Huo¡¯s dead.¡± Commentator A hasn¡¯t finished speaking yet, when Chen Huo, it seemed like he made a desperate charge at Angel Sword, swinging his gun at him. He was immediately riddled with bullet holes and made into a sieve by the two strikers in front of Angel Sword. Commentator A was given a frenzied face-pping. After a second of silence, he said in embarrassment, ¡°Chen Huo may also be suffering from a bout of stubbornness. After all, he was dejected about thest game, this...¡±

    In the game, after Shi Luo and Chen Huo died, Yu Sui escaped smoothly. While Puppy seemed to have started a stand-alone game. Puppy didn¡¯t even fire a single shot this time.

    ¡°Puppy...¡± Commentator Aughed in spite of himself, ¡°No, this shouldn¡¯t be. I admit that he had a bad experience in thest game. At the end of the game just now, he looked a bit like he was having a fit but it shouldn¡¯t be this bad. Our pro-yers, should be able to adjust their emotions quickly...¡±

    Commentator B reluctantly said, ¡°They¡¯re all just people. They¡¯re not machines. It¡¯s understandable, isn¡¯t it? Both teams attach great importance to this regr season game. Both teams are now on a winning streak. Although there¡¯ll be other matches, we all know that the team that wins this game will basically enter the yoffs as the number one in the regr season. I think the pressure on both sides is quite high.¡±

    ¡°They have to adjust their mental state quickly. This situation¡¯s not quite right.¡± Commentator A said as he helplessly watched Chen Huo charge directly at Angel Sword without even a shield. He was unable to stop himself fromughing, ¡°Fine. We all know what Chen Huo can really hold a grudge. But this... is just...¡±

    Commentator A shook his head and said, ¡°Right now, Free haspletely lost it. They must adjust their mental state immediately to have a chance to fight back. Or even if they think this match is already a loss, they should use it to try and see if there is any way to break through Angel Sword¡¯s ultimate milktank. , Uh... Chen Huo¡¯s up again, so is Shi Luo.¡±

    ¡°Hahaha...¡± Commentator B couldn¡¯t help but smile. ¡°I heard that Chen Huo usually likes to double row with Angel Sword. Evil used to team up with Angel Sword too. From their usual live broadcasts, I can see that the two of them like Angel Sword very much. They should get along quite well off-stage. So what is this? Is this a case of the more you love someone, the more you hate them?¡±

    Commentator A nodded helplessly, and then joked, ¡°Maybe Chen Huo¡¯s this angry because Angel Sword¡¯s the only medic who¡¯s milktank-ed for him so well? So now, he¡¯s particrly indignant at being schemed at by Angel Sword?¡±

    ¡°Wawa will be sad to hear you say that.¡± Free yed really badly in the second game. The twomentators automatically tried to adjust the atmosphere. Commentator B said with a smile, ¡°Hasn¡¯t our Wawa been a good milktank to our Chen Huo Ge?¡±

    Commentator A smiled, ¡°Based on how many points he dropped, it seems their match-up hasn¡¯t gone very smooth. Let¡¯s take a look at the game. Right now, Free has lost a total of 14 heads. Saint is clearing a path straight to Free¡¯s resurrection stone. They¡¯re nearly halfway there, this...looks like Free¡¯s cold again.¡±

    ¡°Even if they adjust their tactics now, it seems it¡¯s already a bitte. You can see from both team¡¯s data. Now... eh?¡± Commentator B¡¯s eyes widened a little, ¡°It¡¯s...am I...being...paranoid......?¡±

    Commentary B had the director open up theparison of both team¡¯s economic resources using their OB perspective¡ª¡ª

    Saint remaining economy: 4420.

    Free remaining economy: 7790.

    They way the game is set up, yers in the game can only see the remaining economy of their own team. They were blind to how much the other team still has.

    ¡°How much more? I really can¡¯t hold it anymore!¡± Chen Huo already irritated to the extreme, ¡°I¡¯m going to kill these two little bratty strikers ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, I just want to run them over! ¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°4500.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°4400.¡±

    The two opened their mics at the same time, Chen Huo said angrily, ¡°Why is it different?!¡±

    ¡°Evil¡¯s count will prevail.¡± Yu Sui said, ¡°If you¡¯re angry that it¡¯s not urate, then keep track of it yourself.¡±

    ¡°If I could, would I be asking either of you?!¡± Chen Huo roared louder than anyone else, ¡°Puppy, how much based on your count?¡±

    Puppy was lying in the back row without firing any shots but he was watching things very closely. He said slowly, ¡°With them around, I usually don¡¯t keep track, but based on my mental estimate. Angel Sword and the others should have around 5000 left.¡±

    Chen Huo snorted and said, ¡°Can you get anymore vague?¡±

    ¡°If you can, then keep track of it yourself. If you can¡¯t, then shut it and listen to your fathers.¡± Puppy cautiously fired a shot and then hid. ¡°Do you know how difficult this is? They fire a shot and I have to remember that they consumed economy for that. They used 10 gold. Angel sword sets a shield, I have to remember that. He used 30 gold... Damn, the medic¡¯s is the most annoying, the different kinds of shields aren¡¯t the same price. The primary shield has a different price. The upgraded half-body hexagonal shield is 25 gold, the ultimate three-sided hexagonal shield is 30 gold...¡±

    Puppy¡¯s position was found out and and he hurriedly continued to hide. Avoiding getting shot at while covering his head and scurrying away like a rat, he murmured, ¡°A bandage is 5 gold, blood injection, 30 gold... Angel Sword didn¡¯t buy a long dagger so he didn¡¯t spend that 50 gold...¡±

    ¡°I have to remember how many bullets they shot, how many shields they broke, how many medicines they used... Ah, f*ck you, Chen Huo!¡± Puppy said angrily, ¡°I was talking to you so I forgot how many shots they fired just now!¡±

    ¡°Twelve shots, that¡¯s another 120 gold.¡± Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°Saint¡¯s remaining economy, 4280.¡±

    Yu Sui set a pitiful primary shield on Chen Huo, ¡°What are you doing just standing there? Go send them your head.¡±

    Chen was about to vomit blood. Carrying his gun, he followed after Shi Luo once again. After their group was wiped out, thementator¡¯s could see that Saint¡¯s economy only had 3,560 gold left.

    ¡°Awesome!!! I told you they wouldn¡¯t have let their emotions get the better of them!¡± Commentator B said excitedly, ¡°I see. Now, I understand. Free is going to fight poison with poison. Isn¡¯t Angel Sword and expert at being a milktank? Doesn¡¯t he love wearing his opponents down? Then Free¡¯s wearing down Saint¡¯s economy!!! The more kills Saint makes now, the more economy they consume. Right now, there¡¯s still one third of the fog to Free¡¯s resurrection stone. If Saint can¡¯t wipe them out with theirst 3000 gold economy, then they¡¯ll be defenseless against Free¡¯s counterattack!¡±

    ¡°What kind of turnabout is this...¡± Commentator A waspletely dumbfounded. ¡°Puppy never fired any shots because he was preserving their economy, leaving as much of the economy as possible to the front line strikers, Chen Huo and Evil, so that they can effectively obstruct Saint¡¯s advancement and at the same time force Saint to consume their economy! My God... Since ancient times, it¡¯s never the one who is sincere that obtains the heart of the people, but the one who schemes and ns. Who did Free learn this dirty tactic from? This is great!!¡±

    ¡°Looks like we didn¡¯t y that practice match for nothing. Looks like we¡¯ve picked something up from them... I have to admit, although this tactic of Sacred Sword is absolutely dirty, it works.¡± Puppy gave a tsk-tsk, ¡°It¡¯s just that our two strikers are a bit miserable.¡±

    ¡°At least you know!!!¡± Chen Huo yelled, ¡°Whisper, you are nothing but a points ve! In order to win you¡¯d even sell your brothers out! Ah, ah, I¡¯m dead again!!!¡±

    Yu Sui added blood to Shi Luo and said, ¡°Didn¡¯t you agree to this before that game started?¡±

    Chen Huo said, mortified, ¡°I did!¡±

    ¡°Then stop it with your bb!¡± Shi Luo reloaded with a full of magazines and said coldly, ¡°Have you resurrected yet? Let¡¯s continue using grass boats to borrow arrows.¡±

    Chen Huo was full of grievances but he followed Shi Luo to continue charging at Angel Sword. After he was killed off once again, he was even criticized by Shi Luo, ¡°Why¡¯d you let yourself get killed with only four bullets?¡±

    Chen Huo gritted his teeth, ¡°Because I suck. I don¡¯t have your ability to borrow arrows, okay? I¡¯m begging my father to give a definite answer. How much longer?¡±

    ¡°Hold on for another three minutes and they won¡¯t be able to destroy our resurrection stone. They¡¯ll have to withdraw.¡± Yu Sui quickly did a mental calction of the time, ¡°They also understand that their economy is about to bottom out. Puppy, you can stop running around. Come here and block them.¡±

    As soon as he heard this, Puppy rushed to the front lines. At this moment, Saint also realized the problem and immediately began to y more conservatively.

    Chen Huo gritted his teeth, ¡°They realized it? Okay, okay, okay. Let¡¯s fight, let¡¯s fight. Can we?!¡±

    Shi Luo nced at their own economy and hesitated for a moment.

    On the other side, Yu Sui also hesitated for half a second. Team Saint had gotten so many heads and they¡¯ve fully upgraded their equipment. In theory, if they were to fight them head on, they wouldn¡¯t be able to do it. But Saint already realized their economic problem and they didn¡¯t want to fight. Angel Sword was afraid that fighting would consume arge amount of the final economy and even step on their own resurrection stone. Time was too limited. Now the chance of winning for both teams have reached a delicate bnce. At this moment, they couldn¡¯t only fight to the very limit of their abilities and rely on luck.

    Yu Sui said between the shes of gunfire, ¡°Fight.¡±

    Before he finished speaking, the four had already rushed forward. Shi Luo dodged left and right, evading a few bullets and sweeping away the remaining blood of one of Saint¡¯s strikers. At the same time, Chen Huo rushed in. Angel Sword retreated in time but bumped straight into Yu Sui, who had been hiding behind Saint for a long time.

    Yu Sui murmured, ¡°So you¡¯re really good at milking, huh...¡±

    Yu Sui stabbed Angel Sword with the dagger and at the same time kicked him away away with a spin kick. The shield on Angel Sword shattered. Puppy then shot Angel Sword¡¯s head off.

    Chen Huo¡¯s gun was too broken and he was taken out. Yu Sui, calcted the most extreme distance and stuck a shield on Shi Luo. At the same time, he struck at Saint¡¯s striker. Saint¡¯s striker only had a sliver of blood, but he fired hisst bullet and took out Puppy.

    Yu Sui frowned. The shield on his body had broken long ago. There was no time to put on another shield on himself. Saint¡¯s sniper, Illusion, was still alive. Barring any mishaps, he was going to be taken out. Yu Sui hacked at Saint¡¯s striker. At the same instant that Illusion shot him, Whisper also took out Saint¡¯s remaining striker.

    Only Shi Luo and Saint¡¯s sniper, Illusion, who had already exposed his position were left on the field.

    ¡°No problem, it¡¯s the same as when he 1v1 with me that day.¡± Puppy said calmly, ¡°Illusion is...F*ck, it¡¯s toote.¡±

    Saint¡¯s yers didn¡¯t die as many times as Free did in the early stages and their time to resurrect was shorter than that of Free¡¯s. While he was speaking, Angel Sword had already resurrected.

    With Angel Sword, there was no way Shi Luo could fight one-on-two, but he couldn¡¯t let Saint advance. Shi Luo was full of bullets and began to output frantically. His expression was calm. In his heart, he was counting down Saint¡¯s economy. 1200, 1000, 800, 500...

    ¡°We can still get this.¡±

    After Yu Sui was resurrected, it was toote to put a shield on anyone. Once again, he stubbornly fought, single-handedly stabbing to death one of Saint¡¯s striker, while over on the other side, Shi Luo directly shot to death Angel Sword.

    Within that same second, Saint¡¯s economy had bottomed out. Saint¡¯sst surviving wounded striker, carried thest purification dish and set it down. The next second the purification dish slowly started to work...

    In that same second, Yu Sui cut down Saint¡¯s striker. Puppy had been madly fighting with Illusion. One on one, Puppy wasn¡¯t afraid of Illusion. Illusion knew this very well. Illusion didn¡¯t want to fight with Puppy at all. With so little of their economy left, what Illusion needed to do now was to snipe Free¡¯s resurrection stone. But the purification dish hadn¡¯tpletely cleared the fog yet. The resurrection stone looked blurred and he couldn¡¯t see anything. Illusion was afraid that Puppy would take his head in the next second, and gritted his teeth. He took a blind shot into the fading poisonous fog!

    The bullet passed through Free¡¯s resurrection stone.

    Game over.

    ¡°Oh my God......¡±

    Commentator A was shocked, ¡°I¡¯m already... unable to exin. This, this...¡±

    ¡°It really was just half a second. If Illusion had died half a second earlier, he couldn¡¯t have fired that shot. And he couldn¡¯t see clearly at the time. That was apletely blind shot! If he was just a little less lucky, Free would have absolutely won!¡± Commentator B exined quickly amidst his shock, ¡°Of course, it can¡¯t be said that Saint won this round by luck. In that situation just now, both sides yed to the absolute limit. Who won and who lost, probably, all we can say is that... this time the goddess of luck smiled upon Saint. Let us congratte Saint!¡±

    Commentator A hadn¡¯t recovered from the game yet. He kept pping his hands, ¡°Yes, let¡¯s congratte Saint, but also give Free a round of apuse. Although Free lost the second round, they already found the way to ovee Saint¡¯s tactic. All theycked was a little luck and some intensive follow-up training. Congrattions to Saint once again!¡±

    In the soundproof room, Chen Huo took off his headphones, ¡°F*ck! F*ck! F*ck!¡±

    ¡°I f*cking...¡± Puppy made as if to speak then stopped, ¡°Just a little bit, I...¡±

    ¡°This is the first time we faced against it, we already did the best we could.¡± Yu Sui got up to pack his peripherals, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±

    Yu Sui noticed that Shi Luo didn¡¯t get up. He turned to look at Shi Luo, ¡°Evil?¡±

    Before Shi Luo got up, he looked at his monitor and shook his head slightly, ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡±

    The game was over, Shi Luo didn¡¯t need to control it anymore. There were too many negative emotions in his heart right now and he couldn¡¯t resolve it at the moment.

    This was the first time he¡¯d gotten a 0-2 sinceing to Free. Shi Luo felt a little bit suffocated. If he went out now and heard thementators talk about medic twin stars, Shi Luo was worried that he would lose control.

    But Shi Luo didn¡¯t need Yu Sui to console him or anything.

    To y in the yoffs, to win the championship, to go to the World Championships, to be a world ss-yer like the three other yers in the team, this was the only way.

    After half a minute, Shi Luo got up to pack up his peripherals. He took his messy mouse, keyboard and mouse pad out of the soundproof room, and walked into the backstage corridor amidst the cheers from the audience for Saint.

    The second he entered backstage, Shi Luo took a deep breath and suddenly realized that Yu Sui had experienced this same situation countless times years back.

    The others had already returned to the lounge, and only Yu Sui was left waiting for Shi Luo, carrying his own peripherals.

    Yu Sui looked straight at Shi Luo, and said softly, ¡°You really don¡¯t need me to...?¡±

    Shi Luo knew what Yu Sui was talking about. He knew Yu Sui wanted to help him regte his emotions, but Shi Luo instinctively frowned and refused, ¡°No need!¡±

    Thinking of how Yu Sui had probably endured this when he was only sixteen or seventeen, Shi Luo already felt that this was nothing. He nced at Yu Sui and muttered in a low voice, ¡°Wait until tonight...wait until I sort out my emotions and then I¡¯ll deal with you.¡±

    Yu Sui was startled and smiled, ¡°Okay.¡±

 Chapter 74

    Chapter 74:

    In the car going from Saint¡¯s stadium back to their home base, the four yers were resting. For a while, no one said anything. Old Qiao was looking through his mobile phone. From time to time, the ¡®kacha¡¯ sound of him taking screenshots could be heard. After almost half an hour, Old Qiao put down his mobile phone and rubbed his eyes. He asked, ¡°Can we start?¡±

    Yu Sui opened his eyes and frowned slightly.

    Zhou Huo had just finished posting an apology to the fans on Free¡¯s official blog. He asked, dazed, ¡°Start what?¡±

    ¡°Oh, you don¡¯t know.¡± Old Qiao said slowly, ¡°An old FS custom. A necessary part after losing a game, the me meeting.¡±

    ¡°What me?¡± Zhou Huo had received a lot of dazzlingments as soon as he posted on Weibo. He was already filled with anger to begin with and despite always being sly and slick, after a few hours of enduring the sprayers, he couldn¡¯t quite stop himself from tensing up when he heard this. He tried to rx his tone, ¡°Although I¡¯m not very good at ying this game, I do know how to watch it. If I still don¡¯t get it, I can listen to thementaries. It¡¯s not some grave sin to lose a regr season game given that kind of situation, right? So what¡¯s with this? So now, we¡¯re not allowed to lose?¡±

    Zhuo Huo was usually in charge of the team¡¯s official Weibo. Since the first game, when Free was somewhat at a disadvantage, the sprayers had already been sending him private messages. Some of the things they sent were simply too vile to read. The brainless sprayers didn¡¯t take into ount that Saint had been hiding a strategy targeted specifically for Free and that the yers were humans, not machines. In short, if you lose, you will be sprayed.

    The thing the leaguecked least were brainless sprayers. Free finally lost a game. For those who already found Free displeasing to look at or for those who were haters of the individual yers, they had finally hit jackpot. They were faster toment on the team¡¯s official blog than the team¡¯s fans.

    While Zhou Huo thought that it was fortunate that he was the one in charge of the official blog, he still couldn¡¯t help feeling angry. At this moment, when he heard Old Qiao¡¯s ¡°me meeting¡±, the anger he¡¯d been holding back for so long time finally couldn¡¯t be controlled. He added, ¡°If there are matches, there will be losers. Who was it that stipted that our team couldn¡¯t lose?! We just lost a game. Does that render our previous winning streak null? How is that possible? This is just a regr season game! I don¡¯t understand. Why is it that they don¡¯t make this much of a fuss when other teams lose but when our team loses, it¡¯s like some unpardonable sin? Does our team take more league money than other teams or something?! Do we owe anyone something? Our yers are awesome. Is wrong for our team to perform well? Is such a team not allowed to lose anymore?!¡±

    After Zhou Huo finished speaking, it was so silent in the car, you could hear a pin drop.

    Zhou Huo was usually someone who talked human to humans and talked ghosts to ghosts. This was the first time he was so emotional and everyone in the car was stunned.

    ¡°Uh...¡± Old Qiao looked at Zhou Huo carefully and hesitated, ¡°Mr. Zhou, we weren¡¯t very familiar with each other before, and I don¡¯t know your work background well. Are you...¡±

    Old Qiao asked more carefully, ¡°Forgive me for being presumptuous, but is this your first time running a super top tier first league team?¡±

    Zhou Huo: ¡°...¡±

    Zhou Huo aggrieved, ¡°I used to be the deputy manager for NSN and there are no teams more well-known than NSN.¡±

    Zhou Huo admitted but was not reconciled. ¡°I have a general understanding of games and my expertise is in team operations. I admit that I haven¡¯t had the chance to manage matters regarding to the matches.¡±

    ¡°It shows.¡± Puppy took off his headphones and did some stretches. ¡°Wee to the realm of the gods. You¡¯re right though. Our team is doing well and that it is our original sin. It¡¯s fine. Hurry it up.¡±

    Old Qiao nced at Shi Luo, and then looked at Yu Sui with an inquiring look. Yu Sui leaned against the backrest and said after a moment of silence, ¡°Read them.¡±

    Chen Huo took off his headphones and said helplessly, ¡°Come on,e on.¡±

    Zhou Huo was stillpletely in the dark. He looked around at everyone, ¡°Come on with what?¡±

    Shi Luo opened the his sharp eyes, He ran his fingers through his short hair and looked at Old Qiao, a bad expression on his face.

    ¡°Let¡¯s start. Puppy¡¯s is the most poisonous. So, I¡¯ll read Puppy¡¯s first.¡± Old Qiao looked at the forum screenshots he took and read aloud without any emotion. ¡°He shows off his skills on live broadcasts, but when it¡¯s time for a match, he sprains his ankle. In this first match, he let a newbie pinpoint his position. And shouldn¡¯t he already know that he should provide support immediately? Was he waiting at the rear to visit graves?¡±

    ¡°Puppy was originally a stable marksman but now he¡¯s just getting old. Now he¡¯s just good at hiding. Well, the older you get, the more conservative you y. It feels like he¡¯s just using Free as a retirement team.¡±

    ¡°Puppy is nothing but a fart. How many years has he been blowing hot air, lying low and not charging in? How many years is he still going to keep blowing hot air? What use is he to anyone just lying low?¡±

    ¡°Back then, after he was sold to Sacred Sword, there¡¯s a reason why Puppy was the first one to be put up for sale. You know what kind of yers Sacred Sword only keeps.¡±

    ¡°Puppy really is the worst yer in Free, right? I must say...¡±

    ¡°Wait.¡± Zhou Huo interrupted Lao Qiao, dumbfounded. He said, ¡°What are you doing?! In other teams, when they lose a game, the yers will block out all forums and social media. But you¡¯re even reading them out for them?! Whoever heard of their own team messing with their own yers?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Old Qiao¡¯s face was as usual. He asked in reply, ¡°If not? What if they go online, unexpectedly catch sight of this and get demoralized? What if they find out about it just before the next game? Who¡¯s going to take the responsibility for them suddenly falling apart just before a game? ¡±

    Zhou Huo was speechless. After a while, he said, ¡°That still can¡¯t...¡±

    ¡°How do you think...¡± Old Qiao paused and asked, ¡°they were able to quickly shake off their negative emotions after suffering that setback during the first game. How were they able to do it?¡±

    ¡°How do you think the big-heartedness of us viins was developed?¡±

    Zhou Huo was speechless.

    He suddenly recalled that scene during the early days when the team was just established, when everyone said they had no need for a psychological counselor. Zhou Huo¡¯s throat suddenly tightened.

    Old Qiao calmly said, ¡°They say we¡¯re a team of old generals, but the oldest yer is actually only twenty-one. Where can you find someone already so mature at such a young age? A few years ago, we were still a team of minors and the oldest one in the team was only seventeen years old. When we encounter any sort of unexpected situation, we need to adapt as quickly as possible. For that we rely on having a strong heart.¡±

    ¡°How do you get a strong heart?¡± Old Qiao shook the phone in his hand, ¡°Half of it is that you¡¯re born with it. The other halfes from practice.¡±

    ¡°Are you still afraid that they¡¯ll be carried away by the rhythm of the sprayers?¡± Old Qiaoughed in spite of himself. ¡°There are indeed some yers whose mental quality is not so good. After being told a thousand times by sprayers that they s*ck, they really do lose confidence in themselves. They turn over-cautious and really do begin to s*ck. But don¡¯t worry.These guys aren¡¯t going to fall so far as to be swayed into ying like sh*t by these sprayers. So just put up with it.¡±

    Zhou Huo felt choked with emotion. His instinct was too protect his family¡¯s yers but he endured and didn¡¯t speak any more.

    What Zhou Huo was good at was the team operations. It was true that he was an amateur when it came to matters rted to the game. As a manager, he didn¡¯t have the right to intervene in how the coach trains the yers.¡±

    Based on what Old Qiao had said, this was the team¡¯s usual mode of training; all the more reason why he can¡¯t butt in on the matter.

    Zhou Huo gritted his teeth and controlled his anger. He turned his head and gave a meaningful look at the team videographer.

    Old Qiao continued, ¡°Next is Chen Huo...¡±

    ¡°Is brainlessly charging ahead the only thing Chen Huo knows now? During the second round, all he did was charge in and charge in. Did Angel Sword cheat with his wife or something?¡±

    ¡°Although I¡¯ve only yed a few games, I have watched a lot of games. Anyway, I didn¡¯t see any tricks in the either of the games. I just saw Chen Huo rushing up there like a donkey, like he was just letting off steam because he knew they¡¯d lost.¡±

    ¡°In the early stage of the second round, Free really was having Saint consume their economy, but I always thought that Chen Huo was just charging in regardless. He wasn¡¯t thinking about their economy at all.¡±

    ¡°Consuming their economy, my ass. Chen Huo has always impulsive. I bet no one wanted him charging in. He just did that because he wanted to.¡±

    ¡°They still didn¡¯t win in the end so what¡¯s the point? Stop trying to say that Angel Sword just got lucky. Luck is also a kind of strength, isn¡¯t it?¡±

    ¡°So in the end, is Chen Huo just that incapable of ying carefully?¡±

    Old Qiao looked through his screenshots and said, ¡°That¡¯s thest for Chen Huo.¡±

    Chen Huo sneered, ¡°This year¡¯s sprayers are no good. They¡¯re just saying the same thing over and over. Not a one of what they said even gave my heart a twinge.¡±

    ¡°Then, we have Shi Luo¡¯s...¡± Old Qiao paused and looked at Yu Sui again. He hesitated, ¡°Should I read it?¡±

    Shi Luo said coldly. ¡°Read it.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t speak, silently acquiescing.

    Old Qiao took a deep breath and slowly said, ¡°I¡¯m just saying it as it is but isn¡¯t Shi Luo a cancer on the team? During the second game, his expression was the worst.¡±

    ¡°With Shi Luo¡¯s mentality, are we sure he can go to the World Championships? After losing the game, his face went so dark, it was downright unsightly.¡±

    ¡°He made that face to show to his fans. Otherwise, how would his female fans feel sorry for him? Their little Shi Zai is the big sister fans¡¯ favorite, after all. Ever since he was sold by Whisper back then, he¡¯s attracted all the female fans to his fan club. He relies on all the female fans feeling sorry for him to up his poprity.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know how long a yer who relies on his face to gather fans can endure.¡±

    ¡°Although Shi Luo didn¡¯t make any mistakes in the second game, who could say for certain that if he had a better mentality, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to perform even better? It¡¯s not like he couldn¡¯t have performed better!¡±

    ¡°The other three people adjusted their emotions very quickly. Evil couldn¡¯t do it. It¡¯s not that I¡¯m being mean but just one look and you could tell that he wouldn¡¯t be able to endure ying in the World Championships.¡±

    ¡°I have a reasonable theory. Whisper brought Evil into the team for the sake of their past rtionship, but...but...¡±

    Old Qiao nced at Shi Luo, coughed and said, ¡°There¡¯s nothing more after that...¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Finish reading it.¡±

    Shi Luo was the youngest one on the team. He had never experienced this kind of psychological training in FS and Old Qiao was still a little soft towards him. He continued to grit his teeth when Shi Luo insisted, ¡°Whisper bought Evil into the team for the sake of their past rtionship, but is he actually of any help to the team as a whole?¡±

    ¡°F*ck! Any help?! The f*ck!¡± Zhou Huo finally couldn¡¯t bear it. ¡°Last season¡¯s number one striker on the national server. You tell me if he¡¯s ¡®of any help¡¯?! Tell me! No, I can¡¯t take it anymore. Send me that screenshot. I¡¯m going to use a side ount to tear him a new one! F*ck, give me that screenshot!!!¡±

    ¡°No one¡¯s saying that the sprayers are right.¡± Old Qiao said helplessly, ¡°Isn¡¯t this to desensitize them? Why would you want to argue with these brainless sprayers? I have something more outrageous and ridiculous here. I don¡¯t think there¡¯s any need to read it Shi Luo. Do you want to hear it?¡±

    Zhou Huo said angrily, ¡°No!¡±

    Shi Luo took a breath.

    Since getting into the car uptil now, Shi Luo had been thinking of one sentence over and over.

    ¡®Yu Sui has experienced this all before.¡¯

    The suffering he was going through, Yu Sui had gone through before. The me he was bearing, Yu Sui had borne before.

    His boyfriend had single-handedly endured this long ago.

    Whisper was still very young at that time. He was alone, without Shi Luo, without their current teammates, only that f*cking Ji Yanhan.

    And what about Shi Luo himself? He was older now than Yu Sui had been at the time; with a team that he belongs in, with teammates he could trust and a boyfriend who has always been trying tofort him...

    What burden could he not take on?

    When his boyfriend was his age, he was already able to match against that bastard Ji Yanhan.

    It would be a disgrace to him if he were to be affected by this little bit of senseless chirping.

    By repeatedly thinking about this, Shi Luo had already been able resolve most of his negative emotions.

    It¡¯s disgusting to listen to these sprayers¡¯ garbage but it was really effective for exercising his mentality.

    His team was full of heartless big-hearted yers, all of them freaks who could adjust their state quickly during a game. There was no way he was going to allow himself to be any less than they were.

    Shi Luo really wasn¡¯t afraid of anything now. He looked at Old Qiao and said, ¡°Continue reading. Anyone who can¡¯t stand it is a candy-ass.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t read it!¡± Zhou Huo¡¯s face turned pale from anger. ¡°I¡¯m going to ughter these bunch of dumb-ass bastards. What right do they have to scold my yers like this?! They¡¯re not paying for their wages!¡±

    Shi Luo frowned and said coldly, ¡°Read, I hear what they said that could have been more outrageous.¡±

    Old Qiao looked back and forth between Zhou Huo and Shi Luo, and finally he looked at Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui looked down, ¡°Read it.¡±

    Others don¡¯t know the rtionship between these two but Zhou Huo knew it very clearly. He was brimming with anger. ¡°Yu Sui! Amazing! No one¡¯s as hard-hearted as you.¡±

    Yu Sui already gave the go ahead so Old Qiao didn¡¯t care anymore. He flipped through the screenshots and continued to read. ¡°Evil didn¡¯t make any mistakes so people should stop spraying? What about his mentality? Can¡¯t he be more like the other three? Can¡¯t he just y it cool even when facing a loss? Smile a bit? You know, act more like he¡¯s actually from a first-line team? His mental quality is simply not good.¡±

    ¡°After the second game, you could immediately tell that Evil had mentally copsed. It wasn¡¯t at all reassuring. The most dumbfounding thing was that he still had Whisper wait for him. What¡¯s wrong with this young master?¡±

    ¡°Looking at Evil¡¯s sullen face makes me angry. Whisper even had on this worried look as he looked at his back. I don¡¯t know if anyone else noticed but these two are always conversing with their eyes. Damn, I don¡¯t know what the hell is going on.¡±

    ¡°Anyway, I am now growing more and more convinced by those female fans. Shi Luo and Yu Sui might really be together!¡±

    Shi Luo choked abruptly. He turned his head and covered his mouth with the back of his hand, coughing a few times.

    Zhou Huo: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression also looked unnatural for a moment.

    Old Qiao spread his hands and said candidly, ¡°You want to listen to these infuriating things? This isplete nonsense.¡±

    ¡°F*ck them...¡± Shi Luo¡¯s lips moved slightly. He muttered silently to himself, ¡°Dumb*ss sprayers, they wouldn¡¯t know beauty if it hit them in the face...¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s anger instantly dropped by half. He moved a bit uneasily and said, ¡°It¡¯s fine, you...just read the one for Yu Sui.¡±

    ¡°I was about to read it. You were the one who interrupted me, weren¡¯t you?¡± Old Qiao said, dissatisfied, ¡°Yu Sui¡¯s.¡±

    ¡°Although Yu Sui didn¡¯t make any obvious mistakes, he unexpectedly didn¡¯t anticipate Saint¡¯s prepared tactics. So isn¡¯t it only right that he be sprayed? And why didn¡¯t he leave immediately after the game? He actually went to wait for that young master Luo! This damn secret couple! Bah!¡±

    After reading it, Old Qiao looked at them, a dazed expression on his face, ¡°You... why aren¡¯t you angry anymore?¡±

    Yu Sui, one of the people involved in the illicit rtionship, said sincerely, ¡°The sprayers were so good. There was reason and evidence, I didn¡¯t have the gall to be angry.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded and felt a little bit relieved. ¡°Keep this kind of mentality. It¡¯s OK, you¡¯ve heard it now and we¡¯ll be at the base soon. Everyone, do what you need to do.¡±

 Chapter 75

    Chapter 75:

    These inte addicted teenagers seldom went out unless it was for an official match. Every time they finally manage to go out of the base, Zhou Huo would reserve a table at a restaurant so that the team members can eat outside before returning home. Today Zhou Huo had originally also made a reservation, but considering that they had just lost to Saint, if they went out for a team dinner now, it would be too piercing for the sprayers¡¯ eyes. Zhou Huo thought about it and listened to Old Qiao. He asked the driver to take everyone back to the base.

    ¡°If you have anything you want to eat, I¡¯ll go buy it for you.¡± Zhou Huo had just witnessed these yers undergo Old Qiao¡¯s pressure training and right now, his heart went out to his yers. He took the initiative to suggest, ¡°It¡¯s also very fast.¡±

    Old Qiao frowned, ¡°Buy? What buy? Auntie has already cooked for us. If you go and buy takeaway, who¡¯ll eat what Auntie made?¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s no need for you to get takeaway.¡± Since they got in the car, Yu Sui has always been paying attention to Shi Luo. He said absent-mindedly, ¡°It¡¯s a sin to lose a game. It¡¯s enough that we have something to eat. How could we possibly indulge in the luxury of choice?¡±

    ¡°Exactly. ording to sprayer reasoning, if you lose a regr season game, you must yeet yourself into theke. How dare I have to gall to eat? Do I have any sense of shame?¡± Puppy followed alongzily. ¡°I have a suggestion, we should have Auntie just cook all vegetarian dishes. No meat. How about we then let Manager Zhou taking a picture of us eating vegetarian food to soothe the masses?¡±

    ¡°Soothe the masses, my ass.¡± Chen Huo immediately refused. ¡°We already lost a game and the sprayers will be raining sh*t down on us for the entire night. Why the hell do I still have to be a vegetarian? If I do, will they mourn for my pitiful little wife who died so many times in today¡¯s game?!¡±

    Zhou Huo was vexed to the point ofughter. He said helplessly, ¡°Fine, fine, fine. I shouldn¡¯t have opened my mouth. Let¡¯s go eat Auntie¡¯s food. Let¡¯s go.¡±

    After returning to the base to eat Auntie¡¯s home-cooked dishes, Zhou Huo checked the time, ¡°It¡¯s going to be nine o¡¯clock soon. We¡¯ve been busy the entire day. Should we call it a day?¡±

    Shi Luo was once again thest one to finish eating. His heart stirred. He remembered what he¡¯d said to Yu Sui after the game.

    If they didn¡¯t train today, there were still several hours before they had to go to bed. He could...

    ¡°No resting.¡± Yu Sui took a paper towel, wiped his fingers and instructed them, ¡°Wash up first and then be at the training room on time at ten.¡±

    Shi Luo inwardly gave an ¡®oh¡¯.

    Shi Luo bowed his head and dug into his food, inwardly he resentfully said that given how Yu Sui was acting, he probably didn¡¯t want to the ¡®dealt¡¯ with.

    Just as Yu Sui discussed with Old Qiao, ¡°Find four training partners. The jobs should be able to create a team. Pick a medic with rtively good skills. I will tell them about Saint¡¯s tactics today. We will start at ten o¡¯clock. We¡¯ll strike while the iron is hot. We¡¯re going to focus on oveing this strategy.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded, ¡°How about you rest and I¡¯ll be the one to talk to the training partners?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Yu Sui shook his head, ¡°Others wouldn¡¯t be able to exin it and I still have something else to make clear to them.¡±

    Seeing that Yu Sui wasn¡¯t going to allow them to rest, Zhou Huo originally wanted to say a few words to try to persuade him. However, seeing that Yu Sui was discussing proper business, Zhou Huo decided not to speak up anymore. But now, he was even angrier thinking about the sprayers¡¯ words online. They had just lost a match and they haven¡¯t even had time topletely adjust their mentality but they were already starting training to develop a counter-attack. Was this level of effort still not enough? !

    After a moment of feeling concerned, Zhou Huo took a picture of the four yer¡¯s extra training to be used as material. He said, ¡°Then don¡¯t train for too long. Just train until 1am today. Old Qiao, keep an eye on the clock. Don¡¯t let them train toote.¡±

    Old Qiao promised. He remembered to tell Yu Sui, ¡°You go start up yourputer first. We¡¯ll have the training partners ready in about fifteen minutes.¡±

    Yu Sui stood up, ¡°If it¡¯ll take fifteen minutes, I¡¯ll also go take a shower first. Afterwards, I¡¯ll head to the training room and wait for the training partners.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded, ¡°Then hurry up. Don¡¯t waste time.¡±

    Shi Luo, sitting to one side, engrossed in his suffering, raised his head when he heard this and looked at Yu Sui, who was separated from him by a few people.

    Shi Luo quickly ate clean his bowl, got up and went upstairs.

    Shi Luo was also in a hurry.

    They¡¯d gone out all day. They yed a match and f*cking lost to boot. The yers were all tired right now. They were desperate for a shower and some rest but Yu Sui instructed them to be at the training room at ten sharp. It was impossible for Chen Huo and Puppy to appear in training room before 9:59. If he was lucky, Old Qiao would be doing a game rey with the data analysts on the first floor and then that would mean that only Yu Sui would be in the training room!

    Only Yu Sui!

    Dating Yu Sui like this was really difficult. The two of them had so little time alone. The only thing they could do was to stick in a pin wherever there was room and fully utilize every little bit of spare time.

    Shi Luo returned to his dorm room, took a quick shower, dried his hair and put on his casual clothes. He nced at the time: 9:20.

    Shi Luo left his room and headed to the training room.

    When he passed by Chen Huo¡¯s dorm room, he could hear Chen Huo¡¯s howling in the shower. Shi Luo rxed and walked slowly to the door of the training room. He pushed the door lightly with a finger and nced inside.

    It was empty inside the training room, there really was only Yu Sui inside.

    Yu Sui was sitting in front of Old Qiao¡¯sputer, his back to Shi Luo. He was looking at theputer monitor and talking to the data analyst through a Bluetooth headset.

    ¡°It will be a lot easier if the training partners have seen the match. Have them watch the rey of the second game....En...¡± Yu Sui picked up a pen, opened Old Qiao¡¯s notes and wrote down a few things. ¡°En, no need to watch the first game.¡±

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t realized that Shi Luo hade into the training room. While writing down key points from the game rey, he said, ¡°Who did you find for a medic? Yes, I know him...¡±

    Shi Luo had no idea what the other party said but Yu Sui said lightly, ¡°Of course I know. Which medic, active or retired, am I not familiar with?¡±

    Shi Luo leaned at the door of the training room, and stopped upon hearing this.

    He knew that if he wanted to be as tough as the other three in the team, he would need more tempering.

    For example, Yu Sui just casually mentioned that he knew all the medics and Shi Luo¡¯s heart was struck.

    Maybe he was still suffering from the after effects of hearing thementator¡¯sments that afternoon or maybe his own stubborn desire to possess Yu Sui had reared his reared its head once again. Shi Luo felt a little bit uneasy hearing this sentence.

    Shi Luo raised his hand and knocked gently on the door.

    Yu Sui immediately turned around. When their eyes met, Yu Sui instinctively raised his hand to touch his Bluetooth headset. He said abruptly, ¡°That...about what I said about medics just now, let me emphasize that I¡¯m also very familiar with former medics who¡¯ve switched jobs.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Very, very familiar.¡± Yu Sui said to the data analyst in a very serious tone as he looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Huh? It¡¯s okay, I just want to emphasize that I¡¯m amazing and know a lot. Don¡¯t mind it. What were you saying?¡±

    Shi Luo barely managed to maintain his cool expression. He forced the corners of his mouth not to tick up.

    Shi Luo walked up to Yu Sui and sat on the gaming table in front of Yu Sui. His actions were a bit rude but Shi Luo didn¡¯t do anything. He didn¡¯t even make a sound. He looked at Yu Sui quietly, not bothering Yu Sui with his phone call.

    Yu Sui obviously began to talk faster while discussing the arrangements for the game review and within three minutes, Yu Sui hung up the phone.

    Yu Sui took off the Bluetooth headset and threw it to the side. Looking at Shi Luo, he smiled and asked seriously, ¡°Did youe here to deal with me?¡±

    Yu Sui was very generous, ¡°I won¡¯t move. You can deal with me however you want.¡±

    Shi Luo endured and endured. He lowered his head and smiled awkwardly.

    He¡¯d been pretty fierce when throwing down his words but when it came to actually doing something, he couldn¡¯t quite set about doing anything. Not to mention, they were in the training room.

    Compared to Shi Luo, Yu Sui was a lot more calm. Yu Sui said candidly, ¡°Go on, I won¡¯t shout or cry out.¡±

    Shi Luo blushed from g Man Yu¡¯s control. He quickly nced at the door of the training room, frowned and said, ¡°This door can¡¯t be locked...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± Yu Sui said with a smile in his eyes, ¡°I have pretty thick skin. I¡¯m not afraid of people making jokes.¡±

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth, ¡°Well, I am!¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°Does that mean you won¡¯t be dealing with me now?¡±

    Shi Luo looked Yu Sui up and down. The more he looked, the more he liked what he saw.

    A handsome face, a good figure, his hands were they type to belong to someone who liked working with his hands, he had a waist the seemed slender but was actually quite powerful, and the two long legs below that were also beautiful...

    When Shi Luo gritted his teeth. The ever gorgeous Yu Sui wasid before him. Why couldn¡¯t he start doing something!

    Touching his body wouldn¡¯t be difficult, but if after a while, Old Qiao or someone else pushes open the door and gets an eyeful of that by ident... that was just too embarrassing.

    If it were really to be Old Qiao, it would still be fine he was f*cked if he was discovered by Chen Huo, that big bbermouth. Chen Huo was incapable of keeping any secret. If they let him know, after a few days, he was afraid even Sacred Sword over in Germany, would know that he had taken leave of his senses and hooked up with Yu Sui in the training room.

    Yu Sui knew in his heart that Shi Luo actually had more self-control than he did and it was difficult to do something in public. Deliberately teasing him, he said, ¡°Then how about just a kiss?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart moved. He turned his head and nced at the door of the training room, hating why it just couldn¡¯t be locked? !

    ¡°Stop looking at it. Even if it had a lock, you still wouldn¡¯t dare.¡± Yu Sui smiled and got up. He rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head, and whispered, ¡°Don¡¯t worry about ¡®dealing¡¯ with me...Have you adjusted your mood?¡±

    Shi Luo lowered his eyes and said after a moment of silence, ¡°More or less.¡±

    ¡°Back in the car just now, I wasn¡¯t being hard-hearted towards you like Zhou Huo said...¡± Yu Sui paused and exined himself, ¡°This is a road that you¡¯ll have to take. There¡¯s no sense in me shielding you from this. You have to get used to it sooner orter.¡±

    ¡°I know.¡± Shi Luo rubbed his neck and frowned. ¡°Besides, not everything the sprayers said was wrong. My expression really was ugly in the second game. Fortunately, you three aren¡¯t so easily affected by negative emotions, otherwise I might have infected you with me bad mood. I should just pay attention and not...¡±

    ¡°Shhh...¡± Yu Sui interrupted Shi Luo and smiled softly, ¡°I want tofort you, not make you do a self-reflection.¡±

    Yu Sui was very close to Shi Luo. When he spoke, his breath brushed against Shi Luo¡¯s face. Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui¡¯s jaw and felt an itch in his heart. He very much wanted to kiss Yu Sui. However, he still couldn¡¯t ovee that hurdle in his heart. Shi Luo nced all around him to distract himself. He muttered in a low voice, ¡°How do you n tofort me...¡±

    ¡°Your eyes are starting to turn a little bloodshot...¡± Yu Sui pulled over his peripherals bag and took out the eye drops. ¡°Applying eyedrops for you could just barely count asforting, right?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, ¡°You¡¯re afraid of putting in eyedrops on your own, aren¡¯t you?¡±

    Shi Luo felt warmed in his heart. He rubbed his eyes and nodded.

    Following Yu Sui¡¯s instructions, Shi Luo closed his eyes and raised his head. With his eyes closed, Shi Luo could see nothing. He could only feel Yu Sui¡¯s cool hands gently rubbing his forehead.

    Shi Luo felt Yu Sui gently rubbing his temples with his fingertips. He took a deep breath, feeling veryfortable.

    It really was veryforting.

    After a while, Shi Luo felt the eye drops enter his eyes.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes instantly felt better. He then heard Yu Sui say, ¡°Close your eyes for three minutes.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded slightly.

    For some reason, Shi Luo had always been afraid of applying eye drops since he was a child. He had an indescribable awe of it. After applying the eye drops, he listened to Yu Sui¡¯s instructions and didn¡¯t dare to move. Like a kindergartener, he kept his head raised and waited for three minutes.

    Shi Luo heard Yu Sui say again, ¡°Don¡¯t move...¡±

    Shi Luo honestly agreed, ¡°I won¡¯t move.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s movements were gentle. Now that Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were no longer the least bit ufortable, Shi Luo¡¯s originally tense muscles slowly rxed.

    But the next second, thepletely defenseless Shi Luo felt something touch his lips and then intrude in.

    Shi Luo: ¡°!¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t dare to open his eyes. In his heart, he gritted his teeth. g man Yu...has too many routines.

    Three minutester, Yu Sui, who¡¯d had his fill of kissing, let go of Shi Luo and smiled softly, ¡°You can open your eyes now.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears werepletely bright red. He turned his head and nced at the still closed door of the training room. He stuttered, ¡°Wha-what if...you...¡±

    ¡°Well, you said you were going to deal with me when we get back to the base.¡± Yu Sui sat back down in the Old Qiao¡¯s seat. With a smile in his voice, ¡°I was thinking about what you¡¯d do. I¡¯d been waiting for it. Who knew you¡¯d suddenly change your mind? What was I to do?¡±

 Chapter 76

    Chapter 76:

    In his heart, Shi Luo scolded himself for being a good-for-nothing. He was too embarrassed to do anything and so he was ¡°dealt¡± with instead by by Yu Sui. Because of the eye drops, his eyes were still wet and ufortable. Shi Luo turned and went to the Chen Huo table to grab some paper towels, which he used to wipe the corner of his eyes.

    When Old Qiao pushed the door open, this was the scene he was met with.

    Old Qiao nced at Shi Luo. After feeling embarrassed for a second, he tentatively asked, ¡°Were you crying?¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°You... weren¡¯t that vulnerable before.¡± Old Qiao couldn¡¯t understand, ¡°Why do you cry so much now? Before, you cried when you hit the top 100 on the national server and now, you¡¯re crying because we lost today. You... What about when we get to the World Championships? What are we supposed to do with you if you end up crying all day?¡±

    When Shi Luo was about to exin, Old Qiao said consolingly, ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s okay. It¡¯s because you¡¯re young. Sigh, I shouldn¡¯t have said anything...¡±

    ¡°Based on the normal admission age, at your age, you should be at home, eating and drinking your fill, being waited upon by everyone as you entered third year... But entering this business, its like taking the college entrance examination time and again. What¡¯s more, it¡¯s the kind where the results are broadcasted live. If you don¡¯t test well, no one will be there to coax you but there won¡¯t be any shortage of people who¡¯d want to rain down abuse.¡± Old Qiao has been very forgiving towards Shi Luo because of his young age ever since two years ago and it was still the same now. As he spoke, his voice became a lot gentler, ¡°But what use is there to look for Yu Sui when you cry? How could he possiblyfort you? You¡¯re better off looking for me. I¡¯m a lot better atforting people than he is.¡±

    Yu Sui, who was in the middle of sending ounts to the training partners, didn¡¯t raise his head when he heard the words and said, ¡°Thanks, but no thanks. I¡¯m very good atforting people. Just now, little Shi Luo cried to his heart¡¯s content in my arms.¡±

    ¡°Cried my-...¡± Shi Luo swallowed back the word ¡°ass¡±. He wasn¡¯t in any mood to exin. He took two more tissues and wiped his face. ¡°I understand, I won¡¯t cry anymore.¡±

    ¡°If you really must cry, make sure you do it behind everyone.¡± Old Qiao walked to his seat and reced Yu Sui, ¡°And you must make especially be sure not to do it in front of the cameras... Do you know why the sprayers insulted you so fiercely today? In the second game... and at the end of that game, your expression turned ugly. They noticed that you had a mentality problem, so they deliberately targeted that point even more. These dumb*ss sprays... they make sure to step on where it hurts. If they know it¡¯s easy to mess with your mentality, in the future, they¡¯ll try to mess with you even more. Even during interviews, don¡¯t say anything. Don¡¯t ever expose your real weakness.

    Shi Luo said perfunctorily, ¡°Understood.¡±

    Shi Luo nced at Yu Sui and felt inwardly relieved. For now, the sprayers still haven¡¯t found his real weakness.

    After setting up the custom game mode, the three of them simply talked about today¡¯s game. After half an hour Chen Huo and Puppy came over, and the four yers returned to their respective positions and started to simte the situation of today¡¯s game, letting the sparring practice imitate Saint to fight against themselves. .

    Having just lost the match, ying this kind of game-rey training was the most nauseating. Old Qiao had been worried that Shi Luo would be upset about this. He didn¡¯t expect that Shi Luo would be the most serious about this than anyone. In the middle, he even asked Old Qiao to give the opposing striker a little more economy to increase the difficulty of his training.

    No matter how good the sparring team was, there was still a big gappared to the active pro-yers. For simtion practice games, if the team members felt that the opposing team had insufficient counter-training ability and weren¡¯t putting enough pressure on themselves, they could ask the coach to give the opposing team some help. In any case, this was their our own custom server, they were free to change any of the game settings.

    ¡°Is Shi Shen feeling anxious from being scolded today?¡± Puppy smiled, ¡°Why are you suddenly so motivated? Don¡¯t worry... After a few days, the sprayers won¡¯t be scolding us anymore. You just have to bear with it until next Tuesday.¡±

    Chen Huo was at a loss. While ying, he asked, ¡°Why? Why would the sprayers forget about us by next Tuesday?¡±

    Yu Sui was taking cover behind a tree and quietly took away the head of their training partner sniper. He said, ¡°Next Tuesday is the regr season game between Saint and NSN. After the game, they¡¯ll be spraying whoever loses that match. They won¡¯t care about us anymore.¡±

    Old Qiao was speechless, ¡°You...¡±

    ¡°Oh, this is the product of our experience being sprayed. What¡¯s the matter with you?¡± Puppy sighed, ¡°This is a conclusion I¡¯ve made from blood and tears&#k2026;¡±

    Old Qiao pped Puppy on the back, ¡°Concentrate!¡±

    After they increased the sparring team¡¯s economy and gave them upgraded equipment as their initial equipment, the yers began training their counter-attacks for Saint. They polished their &#k2018;desperate straits¡¯ tactic they used during the game and Yu Sui developed a new tactic as well. As a result, they had to train and polish that tactic too. They kept practicing until they reached five o¡¯clock in the morning. In the end, it was the sparring team¡¯s medic who couldn¡¯t bear it and called for a stop.

    It was rare for Zhou Huo to apany everyone during their training. Originally, he wanted to take some publicity material showing how everyone kept on training until the wee hours of the morning. He wanted to send out it out to abuse their fans. But he hadn¡¯t expected that they would y round after round after round until it was turning light in the horizon. Zhou Huo had been sleeping on and off on the sofa. Hearing that everyone was finally about to call it a day, he hurriedly picked up his phone and blurry-eyed, took a video.

    ¡°This isn¡¯t abusing the fans... This is f*cking abusing me...¡± Zhou Huo murmured as he began recording, ¡°You all are werewolves...you almost killed the sparring team making they stay up thiste...¡±

    Old Qiao quickly took down notes, writing down the summary while also discussing with Yu Sui about the omissions in their second countermeasure. He smiled, ¡°How do you think we produce results? If we don¡¯t ovee this problem, if we meet again with Saint in the yoffs, they might still use this method to get us. And it¡¯s not just Saint. Other teams with decent medics who¡¯ve watched this game, might have also been tempted by this strategy. They¡¯ll stubbornly practiced this method to specifically target us. We can¡¯t not solve it. Alright...Rest up, rest up. We¡¯ll continue tomorrow.¡±

    Shi Luo rubbed his eyes, ¡°F*ck Angel Sword... I¡¯m going to sleep.¡±

    For the next few days, Free stopped all external practice matches. They had closed door training and concentrated on oveing this difficult problem. To avoid exposing their tactics, none of them did a live broadcast during this time. They focused on training and they polished the tactic they picked up from Sacred Sword ¡ª the ¡°Out of ammo and no economy left¡± tactic also known as the ¡°Let¡¯s see whosts longest¡± tactic. Finally, they were no longer afraid of running up against Saint, but Yu Sui still hated this method and thought it was stupid.

    They¡¯d already used this during the second round of their match and they had also polished their y of this tactic. But using this tactic would draw out the duration of the match. Normally, a round of the game would end in 20 minutes if it goes well and 30 minutes if not. But using this ¡°Out of ammo and no economy left¡± tactic, would take at least fifty minutes, maybe even an hour; otherwise they wouldn¡¯t be able to drag their opponents to death, unable to force their opponents to use up their economy.

    Yu Sui wanted not only to win; he also wanted to win quickly.

    Therefore, their closed door training couldn¡¯t finish. Yu Sui continued to polish his new tactics. During this period, Shi Luo, Puppy and Old Qiao also proposed new ideas, all of which had their merits, so they had to give them a try.

    Chen Huo has always hated using his brain. He never came up with any excellent tactics. During their days of closed door training, the thing he was most afraid of was someone suddenly saying, ¡®I also have an idea we can try...¡¯

    ¡°Everyone has ideas. My teammates have ideas, the coaches have ideas, the data analysts have ideas... They all have ideas...¡± Chen Huo scolded, ¡°The most dumbfounding thing is, even Manager Zhou had an idea yesterday!!! What? Does he even know how to y this game? How dare he have an idea?!¡±

    ¡°He was just giving a suggestion, although his suggestion was ridiculous...¡± Old Qiao appeased, ¡°Alright, although the other suggestions weren¡¯t as reliable as the first one, but at least we¡¯re not afraid of them anymore. There won¡¯t be any training until tonight. So, gather points or y some matches. Do what you want.¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s expression rxed. ¡°Damn it, I haven¡¯t logged on to the national server for so many days. My ranking must have dropped for sure.¡±

    After dinner, the prohibition was officially lifted for the four of them and Shi Luo returned to national server.

    After several days of closed door training, not only has his rank on the national server dropped, but he was also behind his live broadcast hours. Shi Luo looked at the backend record of his live broadcast channel. He found that he hasn¡¯t broadcasted even ten hours yet for this month.

    Shi Luo opened a live broadcast. Afterwards, he didn¡¯t queue up and only stayed waiting with his game client on.

    Zhou Huo had just called Yu Sui down. It seemed as if he was going to have Yu Sui take a look at this month¡¯s financial ounts. He should be back in a while. Shi Luo wanted to double row with Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo was nestled in his gaming chair, ying on his mobile phone. After waiting for about ten minutes, Yu Sui still hadn¡¯te up yet.

    Shi Luo had opened an empty live broadcast to umte some hours. The fans watching his live broadcast didn¡¯t understand what was going on. His live chat was filling up with question marks. Shi Luo waited for a while, but Yu Sui still hadn¡¯t returned. His live chat was still sending out question marks. Shi Luo opened the voice function. While ying his the phone, he exined to the viewers, ¡°Whisper went off to do something. I¡¯m waiting for him to see if he¡¯ll double row with me.¡±

    The fans hadn¡¯t seen anyone for so many days. So naturally, when they saw that Shi Luo had opened a live broadcast, they were all very excited.

    [TAT, is my team finally out of closed door training? ¡¿

    [What do you mean ¡®if¡¯ he¡¯ll double row. It has to be double row. ¡¿

    [*Mysterious smile* Shi Zai, why does it sound like you¡¯re so familiar calling Shi Shen¡¯s name? When did your rtionship be so good after you made up? ¡¿

    [*Excited* So I can see Yu Shen from Shi Zai¡¯s viewpoint again? *Cry*...The yoffs haven¡¯t arrived yet, and Yu Shen has already disappeared again. ¡¿

    [What were you doing these days? Why did you all disappear without a word? Are you doing some sort of confidential training? ¡¿

    [Waiting for Whisper with Shi Shen! Come on, Whisper! ¡¿

    [Wait for Whisper+1, hurry, hurry, hurry...]

    Naturally, when there is harmony in the live chat, there will always also be disharmony. After losing the game a few days ago, the entire Free club went invisible. The sprayers had nowhere to send out their abuse. Now, among the entire team Shi Luo was the first to resume live broadcast. The sprayers finally found some ce to vent. They turned up uninvited, filling up the live chat.

    [After avoiding the limelight for a few days, you¡¯re finally doing live broadcasts again? ¡¿

    [Can you not mentally copse the next time you lose a game? Can you not mentally copse the next time you lose a game? Can you not mentally copse the next time you lose a game?¡¿

    [Awesome, so now you can¡¯t even manage without Yu Shen. When you lost the game, you even had to ask Yu Shen tofort you. Now, you¡¯re forcing Yu Shen to apany you to y on the national server. Looks like we know who¡¯s the weakest link in this team. ¡¿

    [Young Master Shi¡¯s so NB, Young Master Shi is so powerful. When can Young Master Shi stop being so butt-hurt all the time? ¡¿

    [He has a weak mentality, an ugly expression duringpetitions, a bad temper, and now he¡¯s taking up his teammates¡¯ time...]

    [Can you stop wasting Whisper¡¯s time? Can you? He¡¯s a champion medic. What are you? ¡¿

    Actually, Shi Luo didn¡¯t have that many ck fans. But all the haters of the entire team were now gathered on Shi Luo¡¯s side; add to that a few of Yu Sui¡¯s duwei fans. For a moment, things seems to be in utter turmoil.

    The administrator of Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast room was trying hard to mute these sprayers. Shi Luo¡¯s fans were also spraying back. But ck fans kept sprouting up. Even the administrator of his live broadcast room sent private messages to Shi Luo to try to persuade him to just proceed with ying a match and not to call Yu Sui anymore so as to avoid giving more topics for the sprayers.

    Shi Luo put his phone aside and looked at the live chat, his expression unchanged.

    He didn¡¯t spray back, nor did he go y a match by himself.

    About ten minutester, Yu Sui came upstairs.

    ¡°Captain.¡± Shi Luo turned his head to look at Yu Sui. Expressionlessly, he said, ¡°I bought you as a training partnerst time...can I cash in on that now?¡±

    Yu Sui was startled. He closed the door of the training room, walked behind Shi Luo and looked at the live chat of his live broadcast. He instantly understood.

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°Of course.¡±

    That tiny bit of anger in Shi Luo¡¯s heart dissipated in an instant. He didn¡¯t allow himself to be swept away by the sprayer¡¯s rhythm. If the sprayers didn¡¯t want him ying double row with Yu Sui then he was definitely going to do a live broadcast of his double row with Yu Sui. Let¡¯s see just who was going to f*ck up whom.

    When Shi Luo sat down and was about to pull out his keyboard, Yu Sui said, ¡°Wait.¡±

    Shi Luo was startled. Yu Sui said, ¡°Turn on you webcam.¡±

    Shi Luo turned on the camera without even asking for the reason.

    ¡°Anyone who¡¯s working as a y partner should know his ce as a y partner...¡± Yu Sui made sure that he appeared through the webcam. He raised his cuffs and rubbed his wrists. He looked at Shi Luo¡¯s gaming table, and whistled, ¡°Come, let me serve you.¡±

    Yu Sui bent slightly to set up the keyboard for Shi Luo. He then picked up the headset with one hand, ¡°What are you dodging for...¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t expect that Yu Sui would help him with even this. He froze for a bit and Yu Sui put on the headphones for him.

    He didn¡¯t know whether Yu Sui did it intentionally or not, after putting on the headphones for Shi Luo, he even lightly fixed his disheveled hair for him. Another round of screams appeared on the live chat.

    ¡°Your mouse...¡± Yu Sui took Shi Luo¡¯s mouse and put it in ce. He then pulled Shi Luo¡¯s hand and set it on top of the mouse. He said seriously, ¡°Would you like me to adjust the dpi?¡±

    The live chat was going crazy. Shi Luo held back a smile, shook his head and said nothing.

    While doing all this, Yu Sui brushed against Shi Luo¡¯s arm. Yu Sui whispered, ¡°Cold? Your arms are cold...¡±

    Yu Sui took off his own team uniform jacket that he had draped around him and put it on Shi Luo¡¯s shoulders. ¡°Tell me if you still feel cold and I¡¯ll get you some thicker clothes.¡±

    After carefully taking care of Shi Luo, Yu Sui went to his own seat. Shi Luo nced at the live chat again, [Who can lend me a million so that I can experience Whisper¡¯s service for myself?] Thisment was copied and set one after another in an endless stream,pletely drowning out the sprayers¡¯ments until they could no longer be found.

    Trantor¡¯s note: Did you all see the new cover? It¡¯s so pretty! It¡¯s the manhua promo pic. FOG¡¯s getting a manhua starting November. So, technically, it¡¯s not the novel cover but I was so sick of the blue novel cover with the weird rabbit that I just couldn¡¯t not. The mods were nice enough to let me change it into the manhua promo cover. =)

 Chapter 77

    Chapter 77:

    Yu Sui¡¯s service as a y partner was excessively excellent; he evenid into the sprayers for him. Shi Luo no longer had the slightest bit of irritation in his heart. He sent Yu Sui a double-row invitation and waited for Yu Sui to ept it.

    Yu Sui still hadn¡¯t responded in game. He first sent Shi Luo a WeChat message.

    The two ate and lived together all day. If there was something the matter, the other would hear it as soon as they said something. They exchanged messages either to avoid the live broadcast or their teammates from hearing. During this period of time, they were very busy with training and Yu Sui was afraid that Shi Luo would feel the sense of distance while he was in a rtionship, and he would always take the time to send Shi Luo a WeChat to tease him. Shi Luo thought that Yu Sui had sent another one of his sweet nothings that the two of them shared so he picked up the phone and took a look...

    [Whisper]: [Don¡¯t you regret not making it public? ]

    [Whisper]: [If we¡¯d gone public, no one would be spewing this BB. ]

    [Whisper]: [What insults could they spray about me ying double row with my boyfriend? ]

    The corners of Shi Luo¡¯s lips instinctively wanted to tick up. Thinking that he had the webcam open, Shi Luo restrained himself, barely managing to maintain a cool expression. He sent back a reply.

    [Evil]: [I waspletely fine just now. I just didn¡¯t want to go along with the rhythm of the sprayers, so I deliberately looked for you to team up. ]

    [Evil]: [They think I¡¯m always dragging you down...]

    [Evil]: [Some of your fans don¡¯t like me, and some of my fans don¡¯t like you. It¡¯s normal. ]

    [Evil]: [I don¡¯t care. ]

    Shi Luo had just finished typing when his phone vibrated again.

    [Whisper]: [I care. ]

    Looking at the message Yu Sui had sent him, Shi Luo felt both touched andpletely driven mad. Why was his webcam turned on? What the hell came over him that he agreed to turn on his webcam? Now, he didn¡¯t even dare smile! The chat actually thought that he was looking at his phone because he was still ying games on it. Where did the mobile gamee from? ! If I told you Whisper was teasing this young master, would you believe it? No, you wouldn¡¯t. You wouldn¡¯t believe it! ! !

    Shi Luo rubbed his face and before he could reply, Yu Sui sent a another message.

    [Whisper]: [Also, why don¡¯t your fans like me? Is there something the matter with me? ]

    [Whisper]: [Hasn¡¯t my reputation been washed clean long ago? ]

    Shi Luo looked at his phone and finally couldn¡¯t help letting out a snort ofughter.

    Shi Luo was typing a reply to Yu Sui but before he could send it, a message from Yu Sui popped up once again.

    [Whisper]: [...Not sure if you will be angry, but I want to bring a wave of rhythm. ]

    [Whisper]: [If you get really angry, you can find me to vent your anger at the end of evening training. I¡¯ve been holding back for several days now. I really can¡¯t hold back from making an issue. ]

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t quite understand. He raised his head and looked at Yu Sui, not knowing what Yu Sui was going to create a wave about.

    What did he mean by bringing a wave of rhythm?

    But less than half a minuteter, Shi Luo understood.

    Yu Sui also started his own live broadcast.

    The poprity of Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast instantly dropped by a third.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t turn on the webcam for his live broadcast, he only turned on the voice function. He adjusted the microphone and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±

    Shi Luo was confused as he clicked to queue up. He listened to Yu Sui on the other end of the voice chat saying in his usual unhurried tone, ¡°Let¡¯s have a little chat&#k2026;¡±

    There were a lot of people ying high-level games on the national server that the evening. Within half a minute of queueing up, they had already managed to enter the map. Shi Luo clicked &#k2018;confirm¡¯, his attention was still wholly on Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo could see from the game client that Yu Sui had also immediately clicked ¡®confirm¡¯. The two teleported to the map together. By coincidence, they were well acquainted with their opponents for this game.

    Angel Sword, Chen Huo, Xiao Jun and Illusion. The game had unexpectedly group together a bunch of pro-yers.

    He didn¡¯t care about the others but seeing Angel Sword, Shi Luo was instantly invigorated. He nced at his teammates. Aside from Yu Sui, their sniper was also a professional yer. Only the other striker was a passer-by. They had one less pro-yer than their opponent, but they could still win with this.

    Shi Luo was standing inbat readiness, but Yu Sui, despite clearly seeing the other side¡¯s lineup, was still doing two things at once. His tone was rxed. ¡°...Let¡¯s chat a little bit about Shi Shen¡¯s gossip.¡±

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth. If he weren¡¯t doing a live broadcast, he would be howling in frustration by now. Our opponent is Angel Sword! Is this the time to be talking about his gossip?

    Before Shi Luo could remind Yu Sui to concentrate, the countdown to the game was over. Shi Luo was ying very seriously and rushed out immediately.

    In the game, Yu Sui reacted quickly, keeping up with Shi Luo¡¯s pace to set him up with a shield. While doing all this, he was still talking to his chat, ¡°How many people here know that Shi Shen was an anchor before?¡±

    Shi Luo had already met with Chen Huo head on. The two of them have been on the same team for several months. What¡¯s more, they had the same job. They were very familiar with each other¡¯s y styles. Shi Luo took the lead in predicting Chen Huo¡¯s move and took out more than half of his blood. The other striker in their team couldn¡¯t keep up with the rhythm, but Shi Luo had no bullets he needed to change. He quickly turned around to give up his position and Yu Sui behind him took away Chen Huo¡¯s head with a swipe of his dagger.

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth, ¡°I hit him first!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s fine. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll give you the next head.¡± Yu Sui got the kill and immediately upgraded his equipment. He then ced a three-sided photon shield on Shi Luo. This set of actions didn¡¯t hinder him from talking about the past. ¡°He didn¡¯t have any ns of going pro. And even as an anchor, he hadn¡¯t signed any contract. The young master was simply ying as an amateur. Why did I go look for him...¡±

    Their team¡¯s other striker was now also in ce and Yu Sui also put a shield on this striker. The other side was now missing one striker. That set off a ripple of apprehension. Shi Luo¡¯s ears were sharp and he noticed that Angel Sword was retreating. He turned around quickly and left the cover of the bunker, beginning to set down a purification dish.

    Apanied by the faint ¡°chichi¡± sound of the purification dish, was Yu Sui¡¯s voice, ¡°I had a pretty good friend who told me that his cousin was skipping school... He asked me to persuade his cousin and see if he should continue to go back to school or if he could really go pro.¡±

    Chen Huo had resurrected. Shi Luo sensed from the sound of their footsteps that the three of them wanted to surround him, and so he quickly retreated. Just after reaching the bunker, he saw Yu Sui ce a sign on the map. Shi Luo and the other striker hurried to that location. It was Illusion, the opponent¡¯s striker!

    Angel Sword and Illusion wanted to y the four-on-three tactic once again, but there were two outsiders in their team. How could they so easily utilize it without prior practice? Especially Chen Huo. Teaming up with Angel Sword to y casually was fine, but they actually didn¡¯t coordinate much. Yu Sui bullied the sniper who was slow to reload, relying on his elusive positioning to stab at Illusion until he only had a sliver of life left. He then surrendered the kill to Shi Luo.

    With one shot, Shi Luo took down Illusion.

    ¡°I wasn¡¯t nning on doing it seriously. I was just going to do it to show that I¡¯d done something and then be done with it.¡±

    ¡°But the first time I saw Shi Shen doing a live broadcast, I was just...¡±

    ¡°Bewitched.¡±

    Shi Luo was taken aback and suddenly looked at his own webcam.

    He was still doing a live broadcast so he couldn¡¯t afford to forget himself. Shi Luo pursed his lips, reloaded a new cartridge and ced a sign on the map to signal the other striker to follow.

    Yu Sui was still talking slowly into his mic¨C

    ¡°Back then, I was nning on pulling Shi Shen toe y professionally, but Shi Shen ignored me... I applied for a side ount and pretended to be a game noob. When nothing happened, I started to harass him, asking him to take me with him to y.¡±

    ¡°How did I harass him? Have you seen those cheeky girls chasing after guys... I was kind of like that.¡±

    ¡°All the while I was pretending to be a game noob, an alternative punk kid. I pretended to be poor.¡±

    ¡°Why did I pretend? To attract his attention, so that he would pity me.¡±

    Their striker followed. Shi Luo and their other striker quickly released the purification dishes. Their own sniper was found out and his photon shield was broken. Yu Sui didn¡¯t want the opponent to get a kill off their team. He dived to rece the sniper¡¯s shield. He said slowly while ying, ¡°My conscience was also starting to haunt me.¡±

    ¡°One day......¡±

    ¡°I had just finished a game and we got a beautiful win. My boss at the time took us to eat out. We were eating in a high-ss restaurant, the kind that costs thousands per head... when Shi Shen sent me a message.¡±

    ¡°He asked me if I was gonna y that night. Did I need him to help me level up.¡±

    ¡°He also asked me if I had any money for dinner. If I had eaten dinner already. If I was hungry.¡±

    ¡°Back then, I...¡±

    ¡°I felt like I should be shot dead by a firing squad.¡±

    ¡°I tried to imagine what it would be like if Shi Shen found out. It wouldn¡¯t be out of line if he killed me on the spot.¡±

    ¡°I was young at the time, and my face was not so thick... When I read the messages Shi Shen sent me, I couldn¡¯t eat at all.¡±

    ¡°Why couldn¡¯t I eat? Because I thought I¡¯d gotten myself into something serious...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯d been ying in the pro-circle for a long time, I was used to spewing lies. Back then, talking to Shi Shen, whenever I opened my mouth lies woulde out. I never ever expected...that in a moment of carelessness, I had duped a good kid.¡±

    ¡°He believed all that BB I was feeding him.¡±

    While staring at Chen Huo and Xiao Jun closely, Shi Luo seized every opportunity to put down the purification dishes. When he heard Yu Sui¡¯s words, Shi Luo¡¯s hand trembled and he almost interrupted the purification dish¡¯s operation.

    ¡°The first time he knew? Oh yeah... It¡¯s possible Shi Shen himself doesn¡¯t know.¡±

    Yu Sui set the shield for their sniper and made his way back to Shi Luo. He identally ran into Angel Sword on the way. Angel Sword was also alone. Yu Sui didn¡¯t hesitate to kill Angel Sword and he continued, ¡°The guiltier I felt, the more I couldn¡¯t let him go. I always wanted him to y with me...Several times, I almost got into trouble.¡±

    ¡°I lied to him saying that I skipped ss and went to the Inte cafe to y games. Sometimes I have to open my mic. I was afraid those assh*ts on my team would ruin things for me. So when I had to open my mic and bber nonsense...I would go to the conference room of our base at the time and secretly y there.¡±

    ¡°Our team manager at the time suspected I was secretly dating online.¡±

    ¡°F*ck.¡±

    Shi Luo and Chen Huo hid behind their respective bunkers, and Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but smile when he heard this.

    ¡°In those days, I was actually quite happy. It was really like I was secretly dating someone online behind everyone¡¯s back.¡±

    ¡°No one had a clear picture of what was going on, only I knew.¡±

    Shi Luo took away Chen Huo¡¯s head, and was startled when he heard his. He remembered that Yu Sui had admitted when he confessed that he had fallen in love with him at first sight.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but ache.

    ¡®Dating someone online behind everyone¡¯s back¡¯. Everyone, including Shi Luo himself.

    Chen Huo had been taken away and Shi Luo wasn¡¯t afraid of Xiao Jun. He directly took the other striker to press on. Xiao Jun retreated and Shi Luo continued to clear the fog.

    ¡°Why did I hide it from the others... There were too many reasons.¡±

    ¡°At the time, I didn¡¯t want to interfere in his life. Actually, I didn¡¯t want him to go to my team at the time, so I didn¡¯t want people in my team to know him.¡±

    ¡°I was afraid they¡¯d force Shi Shen to sign a contract.¡±

    ¡°Of course I am also afraid of being found out. Shi Shen could have a really bad temper. If he finds out and loses it ... He could disappear and then where would I find him?¡±

    Shi Luo and the other striker in the team drove straight in, and Yu Sui followed.

    ¡°I lost face a lot of times in order to keep hiding.¡±

    ¡°There I was ying a regr season game and Shi Shen was asking me log into my ount so that he could take me to level up. When I refused, he asked me for a reason and couldn¡¯t reply because my phone had been taken away by the referee. If you look through the 2017 regr season games, you might be able to find that game. I forgot which team we yed against. It was taken away by the referee when I was already on stage so they definitely caught it on camera.¡±

    ¡°I was training at the base when he suddenly sent me a voice call. It was like the room was on fire. I quickly ended the game and told my teammates I had to pick up a call. My teammates asked me who was calling that I was in such a hurry to answer. What could I say...¡±

    ¡°I told Chen Huo, your grandfather, my father, they¡¯re calling me because of an urgent matter.¡±

    ¡°Then I took my phone and went to my room.¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t hold back andughed out loud.

    He really didn¡¯t know these things.

    Back then Yu Sui was heavily burdened with maintaining his image. Even when he was injured and hospitalized, he refused to let Shi Luo see him so much as grunt in pain. Of course, he would be even more unwilling to share the details of these embarrassing matters.

    In the game, their three front row yers had reunited once again. They had substantial early advantage. Yu Sui was toozy to ink any more. After mending them to good condition, he gave a signal to the back row sniper and charged directly. Yu Sui¡¯s cooperation with Shi Luo was perfect. Hearing the sound of footsteps, they surrounded Chen Huo and took his head. Then Yu Sui dealt with Xiao Jun. Their other striker hurriedly set up the purification dish, once again clearing out arge portion of the map and forcing their way to the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Oh...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s fine to call him father, what¡¯s the matter, I even called him ancestor.¡±

    Shi Luo grabbed Xiao Jun¡¯s head, and then, without giving Chen Huo any breathing room, he forced a decisive battle in advance, suddenly rushing forward. Relying on his thick shield, he shot directly. His shield just shattered. Yu Sui took down Angel Sword once again and at the same time, supplied Shi Luo with a new photon shield.

    ¡°I had done too many embarrassing things at the time. Shi Shen actually didn¡¯t know about it and I didn¡¯t want to say it.¡±

    Yu Sui and Shi Luo¡¯s side still had aplete team. None of them retreated and they pushed straight forward. The opponent¡¯s early disadvantage was too great and at this moment, they could no longer hold out. Attacking and retreating, Shi Luo and his team pressed straight towards the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about Angel Sword, fight Chen Huo and Xiao Jun.¡± Yu Sui spoke a little faster, ¡°We¡¯ll fight directly. No more healing.¡±

    Shi Luo did a he said, making a desperate charge forward. Chen Huo took down their other striker. Shi Luo ignored it. Using Yu Sui¡¯s body as a shield, he put down thest purification dish. The second the purification dish took effect, he sted the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone.

    Game over.

    ¡°So, now do you understand how much effort put in and how much embarrassment I endured in order to double row with Shi Shen back then?¡±

    Yu Sui sent a mocking emoji to Chen Huo in-game and then exited the map. He continued to say lightly, ¡°I don¡¯t know why some people think that Shi Shen¡¯s the one who¡¯s pestering me. Now I¡¯ve told you all about the situation when we met back then. ¡±

    ¡°Shi Shen, ¡®Luo¡¯ back then, was someone I spent so much effort to dig out and have join my team.¡±

    ¡°I was already willing to do this for him when we had just first met.¡±

    ¡°Not to mention now, right?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m happy to team up with him. I¡¯m happy to wait for him after our matches. I¡¯m happy to coax him when I see that he has a dark expression on his face.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not only now that I¡¯m like this.¡±

    Shi Luo felt choked. He took a deep breath but still couldn¡¯t quite stay in control. So he had to raise his hand to cover the webcam.

    In the game client, Shi Luo could see that Yu Sui had clicked to queue up once again. Through his headset, Shi Luo hears Yu Sui calmly telling the sprayers in the live broadcast. ¡°So I don¡¯t need you to speak for me and insult him. Because all your ims are simply groundless.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve been wanting to say this since the game ended that day.¡±

    ¡°Even though we¡¯re no longer medic twin stars and no one remembers that we used to be called this title, our rtionship hasn¡¯t changed. We¡¯re very close...we have been since two years ago.¡±

    ¡°And I¡¯ve always been like this when ites to him.¡±

 Chapter 78

    Chapter 78:

    In the game client, Yu Sui sent Shi Luo a reminder to queue up. Shi Luo¡¯s right hand was still on the webcam. After a few seconds of silence, he released the webcam, picked up the mouse and clicked to continue queuing.

    Through the webcam footage, the fans clearly saw Shi Luo strike his cheek and let our an exhale.

    If they took a closer look, they would notice that their always cool and handsome Shi Zai¡¯s eyes were being evasive, refusing to look at the webcam. An even closer look and they would see that his eyes were slightly red.

    g man Yu¡¯s wave of rhythm was too strong. Not to mention the sprayers, even Shi Luo¡¯s own mentality had been affected.

    Shi Luo had wanted to send Yu Sui a WeChat message a few times to get him to stop talking already. He could always feel Yu Sui¡¯s kindly regards. No matter how possessive Shi Luo was, he didn¡¯t need Yu Sui, who had already stopped doing live broadcasts for a long time, to use this method toy into the sprayers and help Shi Luo stake his im.

    It was too high-profile and too explicit. Although it seemed like something they¡¯d do given their age, everyone in this industry were people forced to mature before their time. Yu Sui has always avoided talking about his personal affairs, there was no need to suddenly break his silence for him.

    But Shi Luo was reluctant to interrupt.

    He wanted to hear it himself.

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t said these words to Shi Luo before.

    He had always curious about the details of what his boyfriend had been up to during that unknown time.

    Shi Luo wanted to know what the younger, 19-year-old Yu Sui did and said at the time.

    The queue time for this round was taking a bit long. Through his earphones, Shi Luo could hear Yu Sui talk about him without the slightest bit of evasiveness.

    It sounded like he was interacting with his live chat.

    ¡°At that time, I lied to him for so long that my conscience couldn¡¯t bear it...Of course, I couldn¡¯t bear it.¡±

    ¡°I was close with Shi Shen¡¯s cousin. Knowing that Shi Shen¡¯s cousin¡¯s family was quite wealthy, I assumed that Shi Shen was also a rich Nth generation. At the beginning, I cheated him of some three-gourds-two-dates kind of pocket money. I didn¡¯t think much of it. Back then, I pitted his cousin of much more. Yes... I have always been cheating others of their money. It was unfortunate for their family to have met me.¡±

    ¡°But in fact, Shi Shen had no money at the time.¡±

    ¡°He wasn¡¯t even an adult yet. He didn¡¯t have any pocket money and he ran away from home. He didn¡¯t even sign a contract to be an anchor. Where could he possibly get the money?¡±

    ¡°But he still sent me breakfast money every day. So, I actually f*cking kept epting it...how could I possibly be short of breakfast money? I¡¯d been ying professionally for four years by then.¡±

    Thinking back to when Yu Sui pretended to be a hungry and poor young student, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but smile.

    Yu Sui had really been good at pretending to be one.

    ¡°He¡¯s afraid to give me too much because he was afraid I¡¯d spend it all on Inte cafes. So he¡¯d transfer the money to me once everyday, ten yuan each time. Nothing could change it, once a day... So my conscience had to suffer once everyday.¡±

    ¡°That money felt like it was burning my hand...there were a lot of times when I just wanted toe clean to Shi Shen, but I was afraid that he would be so angry that he would cklist me and then disappear.¡±

    ¡°I was afraid he himself didn¡¯t have money. I was afraid he had nowhere to sleep. I was afraid that, he, this little kid, would be wandering around the city and cross paths with bad people&#k2026;¡±

    ¡°At that time, I was really too young. It was the first time I had met such a person. I was really concerned about it, but there were too many things to consider. I had so many misgivings. I was also worried he would quarrel with me&#k2026;Turns out, I had let him stay out there for so many days for nothing. ¡°

    ¡°Now? If it were now, I would just drive to the Inte cafe where he was, block the entrance of the Inte caf¨¦ with my car and just grab him from there. If he wanted to argue or hit he, we could just talk about it once I got him back to the base. It¡¯s just too dangerous to be out there.¡±

    ¡°If it were now, how could I possibly be willing to let him suffer that kind of hardship?¡±

    Shi Luo gulped. He rubbed his neck and quickly canceled the queue. He cleared his throat and said, ¡°I¡¯m going to the bathroom.¡±

    After that, he took his phone and left the training room.

    As soon as he left the training room, Shi Luo¡¯s eyes instantly turned red.

    He really did want to hear what the little g man had been thinking back then but he really couldn¡¯t quite bear it anymore.

    Now that he¡¯d opened the webcam, he couldn¡¯t just quit halfway. He thought he could control his expression, but it seemed that he had overestimated himself.

    Shi Luo nced around. There was no one in the corridor. He turned and went to his dorm room. He closed the door and opened Yu Sui¡¯s live broadcast on his mobile phone.

    There was so many fansmenting on Yu Sui¡¯s live chat, he almost couldn¡¯t make a single one out.

    [TAT The two live broadcasters can¡¯t stand it anymore. My Shi Zai couldn¡¯t hde the expression on his face. The little fool thought he looked really calm. ¡¿

    [Evil¡¯s live broadcast is empty, Evil¡¯s live broadcast is empty, Evil¡¯s live broadcast is empty. ¡¿

    [So exciting! ! ! Please continue! Perfect timing. Shi Shen just went to the bathroom. Please continue. ¡¿

    [What¡¯s the situation? What¡¯s with this situation? Are you sure Whisper is talking about his touching team friendship story? Why do I feel like that¡¯s not quite right...]

    [The forums have already exploded. This is the first time since Whisper entered the industry six years ago that he¡¯s talking about feelings. The focus of the story is his teammate Evil who he has been in mutual love and mutual hate for many years already. ¡¿

    [Damn, I¡¯m crying my eyes out here. Are there any old fans here? Does anyone remember when Yu Shen drove thousands of miles to take him to the college entrance examination? Yu Shen also did a live broadcast live then. Everyone wasughing at Shi Zai then. Now, it seems like f*cking Yu Shen had been introducing us to his little friend? ¡¿

    [If these two really are... Then I now suddenly understand everything. I would like to suggest to Shi Zai to just honestly be with your Captain. After experiencing this kind of high-level g man, you will never feel its enough when you go out with someone else in the future...]

    [Cp fans, control yourselves! What will we do if he refuses to say anything else because you keepmenting these things! ! ! Whisper please continue, please continue...I have been super curious about what happened before you two had your falling out! ! ! ¡¿

    [While Evil¡¯s not around, let¡¯s talk about him from back then! Let¡¯s talk a little bit about things he¡¯s afraid you might say! ¡¿

    Shi Luo closed the live chat and looked at Yu Sui¡¯s game client interface on his phone screen. Yu Sui¡¯s mouse cursor was just aimlessly moving about. His voice from the live broadcast,ing through the speakers of his mobile phone was slightly different than usual. Yu Sui seemed to be watching live chat too. With a little smile in his voice, he asked, ¡°Shi Shen¡¯s not around?¡±

    Shi Luo was startled and a little embarrassed... Yu Sui must have guessed that he had gone out to watch his live broadcast.

    In the live broadcast, Yu Sui¡¯s voice was very soft, ¡°Okay, we¡¯ll just treat him as though he¡¯s not around.¡±

    ¡°He was good at everything. He had no ck history to speak of. I had more ck history.¡±

    ¡°Back then, I thought he was definitely good at everything.¡±

    ¡°Did we quarrel before I left for Sacred Sword...Of course.¡±

    ¡°Was he the one who gave me that wound on my head... of course not.¡±

    ¡°There were rumors at the time that we came to blows. Those are all fake. How could that be possible... He might look fierce and he would asionally insult the sprayers but he can¡¯t really fight.¡±

    ¡°The injury I got at the time was because I had just been discharged from the hospital because of gastric bleeding, I got hypoglycemia and fell down.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were red. He bowed his head and smiled.

    Yu Sui was assuming the role of g man for nothing. In the end, only he knew how gentle and careful Yu Sui actually was.

    In his live broadcast, Yu Sui kept his lies so consistent, not a single drop of water could leak through. ¡°At the time, he really had lost his temper at me. Maybe someone had seen him shove me a few times. News got passed around and now, what we¡¯ve winded up with is some cock and bull story...¡±

    ¡°Why¡¯d he shove me? Because he wouldn¡¯t let me leave.¡±

    ¡°Because I was leaving to negotiate a contract to sign him over to NSN.¡±

    ¡°Shi Shen... was a kid at the time. To prevent me from going out, he pushed the sofa on the first floor of the base to block the door. Hey on the sofa and slept on it for most of the night. The next morning, Chen Huo had to ept his takeaway deliveries through the window.¡±

    ¡°After we were able to sort out the blocked door, he then threw away my car key... Finally, Old Qiao helped me to retrieve it. Old Qiao lost a slipper in the process.¡±

    ¡°Aren¡¯t I angry? What did I have to be angry about? I was the one who abducted him and then didn¡¯t take care of him in the end. What right did I have to be angry?¡±

    ¡°I wasn¡¯t angry but I was distressed.¡±

    ¡°I feel distressed for him when he suffers.¡±

    ¡°When he was going crazy trying to stop me, I also felt distressed.¡±

    ¡°Now when we lost the game and he looked terrible, I also felt distressed.¡±

    ¡°I have said so much already. Those who didn¡¯t understand clearly our situation before should understand now, right?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t usually like to say anything in public. I¡¯ve said enough this time, and I¡¯ve exined everything that should be exined. I was the one who brought Shi Shen into this industry and I can be responsible for whatever situation he finds himself in. Later, whether it¡¯s waiting for him after the game or anything else, no need to be surprised. It¡¯s all normal.¡±

    After saying that, Yu Sui gave his fans a few words of reassurance, saying that he will y to the best of his ability during the next match. And then he bid then good night, shutting down the live broadcast amidst the overwhelming number ofments in the live chat asking him to keep going.

    In his dorm room, Shi Luo rubbed his eyes with his wrist and took a deep breath.

    There was one sentence in the barrage that was all too true. After you¡¯ve been in a rtionship with Yu Sui, it would no longer be so easy to fall in love with anyone else.

    How could this man be so good?

    For him, he cleared up a wave of rhythm and even indirectly talked to him about the past.

    When the two were alone, they almost never talked about the past, for fear that it would hurt the other¡¯s feelings. And Yu Sui himself was not too embarrassed to bring up his ck history.

    Finally, he has heard all about it.

    Shi Luo put down his phone and went to the bathroom to wash his face. It was the first time, he had felt this good since losing to Saint.

    Shi Luo wiped his face and heard someone knock on the door.

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears were slightly red. He already knew who hade without even opening the door.

    Shi Luo scratched his head. He hesitated, looking at the light switch in his room.

    IF he kept his lights on during normal training hours, Zhou Huo or Old Qiao maye to see if something was the matter.

    Shi Luo wanted to im some benefits from Yu Sui right now and didn¡¯t want to be disturbed.

    Shi Luo left the bathroom and turned off the lights in his room.

    Thinking of what happened under simr circumstancesst time, Shi Luo¡¯s ears turned red in the dark.

    Yu Sui was really capable. Thest time, when he pulled himself into his room, with the lights turned off, he was almost ¡®handled¡¯ to death. Shi Luo took in a gentle breath. His heartbeat was speeding up a bit.

    Shi Luo opened the door but feeling a little embarrassed, only opened a small slit.

    Shi Luo leaned against the wall. His neck was a little red.

    After waiting for a few seconds, the one outside hadn¡¯te in. Shi Luo rubbed his neck. He raised his hand and pushed the door open a little wider.

    After waiting for another half minute, the one outside still didn¡¯te in.

    Shi Luo frowned slightly, wondering what new trick Yu Sui was ying. He only managed to see the one outside the door, holding a mobile phone with the shlight mode turned on before the door to his room was pushed wide open.

    Old Qiao held his phone up high, and the light of righteousness shone on Shi Luo.

    Old Qiao looked at Shi Luo inplete confusion.

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Old Qiao looked at Shi Luo. He wanted to say something but couldn¡¯t.

    After a while, Old Qiao said iprehensibly, ¡°Since you were in your room, why didn¡¯t you just open the door? And what were you up to suddenly turning off the lights? And you only opened your door a crack, you...this...¡±

    Old Qiao really couldn¡¯t stand it, ¡°Look. I might have joked about how our base is like a brothel, but you don¡¯t actually need to make opening your door seem so ambiguous.¡±

 Chapter 79

    Chapter 79:

    The unrestrained thoughts Shi Luo had umted bit by bit was crushed by the power of Old Qiao¡¯s awe-inspiring righteousness.

    Shi Luo leaned against the wall and took a deep exhausted breath. He asked, wondering, ¡°What are you doing here?¡±

    Old Qiao was shocked by Shi Luo¡¯s bold self-confidence. He said, ¡°That¡¯s a good question. What am I doing here? What am I doing here?! You¡¯ve been absent from work for no apparent reason for almost half an hour! You should be thanking me for not going to Zhou Huo to have your sry deducted. You¡¯re the one acting unbridled and you¡¯re ask me what I¡¯m doing here? I came here to see if anything was the matter. If nothing¡¯s the matter, then stop trying to pick up guests here! Go and do your training!¡±

    ¡°Oh.¡± Shi Luo scratched his hair, feeling fidgety. He lookedpletely embarrassed. He lowered his head and said, ¡°Sorry, I know.¡±

    Old Qiao felt uneasy all over. He looked at Shi Luo, stillpletely puzzled no matter how much he thought about it. He urged roughly, ¡°Go go, go. If you¡¯re not feeling sick then go train. What the hell were you doing...¡±

    Shi Luo closed the door and followed Old Qiao back to the training room. Yu Sui¡¯s seat was vacant. Shi Luo tilted his head and took a look. His live broadcast was also closed.

    Chen Huo and Puppy were both ying single row. They were both wearing sound-proof headphones. They hadn¡¯t heard anything since just now. They certainly wouldn¡¯t know where Yu Sui had gone off to. Shi Luo could only look questioningly at Old Qiao. Old Qiao looked at Yu Sui empty seat. ¡°Oh, Zhou Huo called him away just now.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded. He returned to his seat, closed his live broadcast and started ying single row.

    After Yu Sui brought such a big wave of rhythm onto himself, Zhou Huo, naturally, couldn¡¯t just sit still. He hurriedly called Yu Sui to ask him just what was he going to do and whether he should issue a rificatory statement.

    He¡¯d said everything himself and there was nothing he wanted to take back. Yu Sui told Zhou Huo there was no need to rify or admit anything.

    Since Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to make it public for the time being, Yu Sui respected his opinion and did not have any ns ofing out.

    Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t understand, ¡°Since you don¡¯t want to go public they why were you bringing along your own rhythm and ying ambiguous? What do you want to do? Do you simply want to help me create topics? When did you start being so considerate? Isn¡¯t it my job to sell the team? Why are you trying to steal my job?¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s eyes gleamed, ¡°Someone hasbined your voice from the live broadcast and Shi Luo¡¯s webcam feed into a video and posted it on the Inte. The amount of reposts, aiya...really, I saw that video and I thought it was superb. Your wordsbined with those little expressions of Evil¡¯s...it really grips people¡¯s hearts.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s thoughts were very far-reaching, ¡°Is this you paving the way for when you do go public in the future? Are your ns always this thorough?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°I didn¡¯t put that much thought into it.¡±

    ¡°Actually, I just did it on a whim. I just didn¡¯t want him to be upset so I suddenly felt like I wanted to say a few words... to kind of smooth things over for him.¡± Yu Sui fiddled with his phone and said slowly, ¡°I just wanted to tell the new fans about our old scores, but as I kept talking I was also moved.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked Yu Sui up and down. He asked curiously, ¡°What do you mean moved?¡±

    Yu Sui paused, and said after a moment, ¡°Thinking back on the past, I feel like I didn¡¯t care for him enough.¡±

    Zhou Huo was startled, andughed, ¡°Not enough? How was it not enough? You think you¡¯re not being good enough to Shi Luo?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled and shook his head. He didn¡¯t offer any further answer. He got up and headed by himself to the training room.

    Since Shi Luo met him, Shi Luo had been deceived and sold by him. From start to finish, he never managed to get more than a few happy days. How could that be considered as him treating Shi Luo well?

    If he hadn¡¯t cared for him enough then he¡¯ll just have to care more for him from now on.

    The next day was their regr season game against team Windbreak. It was a home game so there was no need to get up too early. Everyone got up at the usual time, ate breakfast and then packed their things and went to their own stadium.

    Since it was their own stadium, their lounge had been customized for their use. It wasrger and much brighter that the usual. Shi Luo entered the lounge and sat on the sofa in the corner. He was wearing headphones and he was looking at his mobile phone, earnestly and attentively.

    Chen Huo and Puppy went to make-up first. ying against Team Windbreak, they shouldn¡¯t be any hups. Zhou Huo didn¡¯t go with the team today. Yu Sui put down his peripherals bag and went to sign in for the team. When he came back, Shi Luo was still ying with his phone.

    ¡°We¡¯ve already agreed on the tactics yesterday so what are you still watching over there?¡± Yu Sui walked to Shi Luo and sat down. Teasing Shi Luo, he said, ¡°Let me take a look at your screen.¡±

    Shi Luo nced at the staff in the lounge. Seeing that there were no outsiders, he handed the phone to Yu Sui. He couldn¡¯t help showing it off, ¡°Look...we have this!¡±

    Yu Sui took a look, smiling.

    He and Shi Luo finally have a CP Super Topics.

    Shi Luo was happy but it wasn¡¯t very convenient to be showing it right now. He was very low-key when showing it off, ¡°Although, for now, it¡¯s not as lively as my CP with Wawa... but there are quite a lot of fans already.¡±

    ¡°Fans still have such sharp eyes. Fans know a lot of things even I didn¡¯t know.¡±

    Shi Luo quickly scanned through Weibo. He took a screenshot and showed it to Yu Sui, whispering, ¡°This photo...this was taken during the regr season two years ago.¡±

    Yu Sui took a closer look, but didn¡¯t quite understand. ¡°Okay, so I¡¯m holding a model figure. What of it?¡±

    Shi Luo sat down and said in a low voice, ¡°The fans said...during that regr season, a peripheral sponsor had sent a representative to make an appearance before the game to promote their products. Afterwards, as a formality, they gave the yers gifts. It was that model figure...they showed it to the cameras. There was one for each yer and it was distributed based on the yer¡¯s job ¡ª a medic figure, striker figure, sniper figure...they were especially detailed. The sponsor had prepared one for every yer, but not for me.¡±

    Yu Sui frowned slightly. Thinking back on it, he had a vague impression of something like that.

    Shi Luo had just entered FS at the time and was still a substitute. He wasn¡¯t well-known. The sponsor didn¡¯t know him at all. When preparing the gifts, they had identally left out Shi Luo and hadn¡¯t prepared anything for him.

    In order to cooperate with the sequence of activities after the match, the sponsors had to give gifts to each yer. When it came to give the ones for FS, naturally, it was a bit embarrassing.

    But it was only embarrassing for a few seconds.

    After the sponsor handed the medic model figure to Yu Sui, Yu Sui took it and didn¡¯t even look at it. He pulled over the peripheral bag that Shi Luo had been carrying and put it in.

    It was that scene that happened to be captured by the fans.

    Shi Luo was also a medic at the time. Giving him the medic model figure was also correct. At the time, fans exaggerated Yu Sui¡¯s action to praise him for having a high EQ. Now, when they dug it out and took a look at it again, it had a different taste.

    Some sh*t nonsense from two years ago, Yu Sui himself had almostpletely forgotten about it.

    Yu Sui watched Shi Luo save the photo. He whispered, ¡°Are you really that happy about a model figure?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not the model figure per se...¡± Shi Luo raised his eyes to look at Yu Sui. His eyes were filled with a satisfied look. He hesitated and then shook his head, ¡°Forget it, let¡¯s not talk about it. Besides, you¡¯re going to think I¡¯m deliberately making you feel sorry for me.¡±

    Yu Sui said softly, ¡°It¡¯s okay. Tell me.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui and after a while, said quietly, ¡°...just this kind of little gift, this little toy.¡±

    Shi Luo looked down at the phone again and whispered, ¡°No one ever remembered me for this kind of thing.¡±

    Recalling Shi Luo¡¯s childhood, Yu Sui took a while before he was able to digest this sentence.

    ¡°I told you not to ask.¡± Shi Luo looked at his phone and said a little regretfully, ¡°I really didn¡¯t mean it this time.¡±

    Yu Sui raised his hand and rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head, ¡°If you see anything we¡¯ve forgotten, remember to show it to me.¡±

    ¡°Show you what?¡± Old Qiao entered the lounge, ¡°The match is going to start soon. No need to watch the game review! You don¡¯t need to be so nervous ying against Windbreak. Just rx and y.¡±

    Shi Luo agreed, feeling a bit guilty. He put his phone away and was taken to have his make-up done by the staff.

    Windbreak was the relegation teamst season. There really was no need to be nervous. Free directly and efficiently won against Windbreak, 2-0. Counting the break and the post-match interviews, they finished in less than an hour and a half.

    There were two games today. Before Free vs. Windbreak, there was an NSN vs. Saint game in the other stadium. Before Free¡¯s match, they were still ying their third round. Now that their match was over, they could find out the results of the other match.

    Old Qiao said, ¡°NSN has won.¡±

    Shi Luo was surprised, ¡°Wawa fought?¡±

    Old Qiao nodded, ¡°He fought, especially in the third game. He yed really well.¡±

    ¡°Awesome.¡± Chen Huo pped his hands and said in admiration, ¡°Great, NSN won against Saint, Saint won against us, and we won against NSN... Every team is wondering how the opposing team won. No one willugh at anyone in the future, it¡¯s all very good...¡±

    ¡°Grow up!¡± Old Qiao gave Chen Huo a p on the back of his head. ¡°The two teams yed at least three rounds, okay? What about us? We got our heads shaved by Saint, 2-0. While you guys were brainlessly ughtering here, the other two teams were ying like a raging fire over there. To be honest, I didn¡¯t pay too much attention during your game just now. I even started to watch a live broadcast of their match...¡±

    Yu Sui sorted out his peripherals and said, ¡°How was their fight?¡±

    ¡°Brilliant, exciting, and a lot more forceful than your y over here.¡± Old Qiao was breathless with admiration. ¡°Old Gu really had been hiding a lot from us. They were in very good form during today¡¯s game. Completely unlike their rhythm during the usual practice games...today we won¡¯t be doing a game review of our match. We¡¯ll do one of theirs instead.¡±

    Puppy sighed, ¡°Okay, I already guessed we weren¡¯t going to do a game review of today¡¯s game. I wanted to take it a bit easier today. How could anyone find this reasonable? We were finally going to get out of having our own game review and now, we¡¯re doing other teams¡¯ game review for them.¡±

    ¡°Know yourself and your enemy. We can¡¯t afford for you not to see it.¡± Old Qiao also knew that they were tired from the intensive training a few days ago so he consoled them, saying, ¡°But this time we won¡¯t be eating at home. We¡¯re going to be rewarding everyone with a good meal. Manager Zhou is already waiting for us at the restaurant. Let¡¯s get going...¡±

    At Old Qiao¡¯s urgings, the yers packed up and walked out carrying their peripheral bags.

    On the way to the parking lot, they met with the fans who were waiting for them after the end of the game. It was a home win and although it was a no-brainer win, the fans who watched the game were still happy. They were especially excited when they saw the yers. They were already greeting them even from far away. Many of the fans were holding gifts.

    Even since their time in the old FS team, these yers have ever hardly epted the fans¡¯ gifts or flowers. They simply greeted the fans as usual and left. Only Yu Sui took a second look and walked two steps back. Amidst the fan¡¯s calls and greetings, he epted a chibi-type striker figurine held by one of the fans.

    The fans surrounding Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help butugh. They didn¡¯t understand why Yu Sui would suddenly want a little doll.

    Yu Sui himself was a little embarrassed. He smiled at the fan, gave a little gentleman¡¯s bow, turned around and got into the car.

    The other people were already seated in the car. Puppy raised his eyes and nced at Yu Sui. He saidzily, ¡°Regressing back to our childhood now, are we?¡±

    Old Qiao also turned his head and took a look. He saw that Yu Sui was only holding a doll and didn¡¯t care, ¡°I seem to have seen that one on Taobao...It¡¯s less than 100 yuan, just take it.¡±

    Chen Huo nced at Yu Sui contemptuously, ¡°Just how old do you think you are?¡±

    Only Shi Luo, who was sitting in the back row, said nothing.

    Sure enough, Yu Sui got into the car with the doll and sat next to Shi Luo. He threw the doll into Shi Luo¡¯s arms.

    While others were chatting and not paying them any mind, Yu Sui set down his peripherals bag to one side and said in a low voice, ¡°...Shi Shen, I have gone five or six years without epting any fan gifts.¡±

    But for you, an exception is worth it.

    No one will think of giving you this kind of small gift but I will.

    If it¡¯s for you, it¡¯s okay to be heckled by fans and made fun of by teammates.

 Chapter 80

    Chapter 80:

    Zhou Huo didn¡¯t go with the team this time. Naturally, he didn¡¯t see this scene, but he still noticed it on the way back after eating together.

    There was a traffic jam on the way back to the base. Zhou Huo was bored in the car and decided to y with his mobile phone. When he checked Weibo, he saw that Yu Sui had taken a gift from a fan.

    After returning to the base and getting off the car, Zhou Huo shook his phone at Yu Sui. ¡°You never want any of the luxury items that the fans prepare as gifts for you. But today, you actually ept a doll; and it¡¯s not even a medic doll.¡±

    Zhou Huo held back from smiling and said in a low voice, ¡°Suddenly taking a striker doll from a fan, tsk tsk...¡±

    Shi Luo pretended not to have heard it. While whistling, he carried the peripherals bag with the doll inside and headed towards the base¡¯s main door.

    Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui, feeling very gratified. He gave a heartfelt sigh. ¡°Really, you are the most worry-free team I¡¯ve ever led. Why are you so considerate? Your fans are all guessing you took it to give to someone. They¡¯re making guesses as to who you¡¯ll give it to.¡±

    ¡°Was that doll a striker doll?¡± Chen Huo got out of the car and looked at Yu Sui, very surprised, ¡°For me?! I... I don¡¯t really like dolls.¡±

    Yu Sui turned his head and looked at Chen Huo, a deadpan expression on his face. Chen Huo was taken aback and realized that it was for the other striker in the team. He pouted, ¡°Pssh! Whatever!¡±

    ¡°Why¡¯d you have to say that? Were you looking to humiliate yourself?¡± Puppy nced pityingly at his silly brother, ¡°...now not only do the fans feel distressed for you, I also feel distressed for you.¡±

    Old Qiao looked at Yu Sui, and then at Shi Luo¡¯s back as he entered the base. He suddenly had a lightbulb moment.

    Old Qiao had an epiphany. He turned his head to look at Chen Huo, who was still in the dark and suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of superiority. He patted Chen Huo¡¯s back and entered the base.

    Because of the traffic jam, it was already eleven o¡¯clock by the time they returned to the base. Old Qiao didn¡¯t even give them time to wash and clean up. He herded them to the training room to watch today¡¯s match between Saint and NSN.

    Both teams¡¯ yers gave everything they got. For each of the three rounds, the entire game had been a bitter struggle. Old Qiao reyed the entire game without fast-forwarding through any section.

    Saint also formted new strategies against NSN, but its restrictive qualities was not as strong as the one they formted for Free. NSN didn¡¯t have a distinctive personal team characteristic. This was not actually a bad thing and this also didn¡¯t mean that they were a mediocre team with average yers. Every aspect of their y was very in-ce. Originally the team¡¯s weak point, this time, Wawa didn¡¯t drop the ball. They didn¡¯t have any powerful killer moves but they also didn¡¯t have any particrly exposed angle that their opponents could take advantage of. Saint lost because they were always trying to break through. They were always on the offensive but they were unable tounch sessful attacks and kept getting killed instead. After several attempts, they were ced at a great disadvantage. After three hard-fought battles, they lost by a bare sliver of difference.

    After they finished the review of the three games, Old Qiao closed his notebook and said, ¡°If the yoffs will be this intense...then, our position could be in jeopardy. Each yer will need to work harder.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at the monitor and after a moment, he said quietly, ¡°Since ourst match against Saint, I¡¯ve wanted to say that Saint doesn¡¯t actually need to...¡±

    Yu Sui stopped what he was going to say.

    Shi Luo tilted his head to look at Yu Sui. After a moment, he understood what he meant and shook his head slightly.

    Old Qiao nodded, ¡°It really is unnecessary. It¡¯s not worth it.¡±

    Chen Huo understood it a secondter. He hesitated but chose not to say anything.

    After listening in on the game review for another team¡¯s three-round match, Zhou Huo was dizzy and disoriented. He looked at the other people in the room, dazed and confused. After waiting for a while and seeing that no one had any intention to exin, he humbly asked, ¡°What do you mean? Have you all suddenly learned how tomunicated telepathically? Is this something a non-professional yer like me doesn¡¯t deserve to hear? At any rate, I¡¯ve been serving you tea and water while I apanies you guys for these past few hours so could you please give this ordinary yer an exnation?¡±

    Old Qiao looked at Zhou Huo curiously, ¡°Speaking of, I also wanna ask. You can¡¯t understand a word of this game review so why are you staying up with us all night?¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re the one who doesn¡¯t want a publicity staff member in the training room because you¡¯re afraid of having any tactics leak. Now, I¡¯m left with no choice but to take the publicity material myself.¡± Zhou Huo held up a small hand-held camera and said helplessly, ¡°Big brothers, I want to run this team and I really want to get some good material...Whatever, don¡¯t mind me. This isn¡¯t the point. So, I want to know exactly what is it that Saint doesn¡¯t need to do?¡±

    After getting Zhou Huo¡¯s promise that he would take a few of his close-up shots, Puppy slowly exined, ¡°Yu Sui¡¯s being soft-hearted...knowing that he¡¯s got a crow¡¯s mouth, he didn¡¯t want to say it. But actually, this matter¡¯s really obvious.¡±

    Puppy looked at Zhou Huo and shrugged, ¡°Saint¡¯s been a bit too seriouslytely. It¡¯s unnecessary.¡±

    Zhou Huoughed, ¡°You¡¯re saying there¡¯s no need for them to take the game seriously? What kind of attitude is that? You¡¯d be sted by fans if they heard you say that.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why you can¡¯t let them know that.¡± Puppyzily said. ¡°Or we¡¯ll have to kill you, our sole witness... We¡¯re not saying that it¡¯s bad that they¡¯re taking it seriously. All of us want to win, but we must also consider what match we¡¯re ying; what would winning cost.¡±

    Zhou Huo still didn¡¯t understand, Chen Huo interjected impatiently, ¡°He¡¯s saying that during ourst match, they had such a good strategy that they must have practiced for so long. They kept thatpletely under wraps before then and when they did unleash it, it had been game over for us, right?¡±

    Zhou Huo nodded nkly, ¡°Yes!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why it¡¯s so unnecessary! This kind of killer move shouldn¡¯t be revealed in the regr season. It¡¯s not like they¡¯re in danger of not making it to the yoffs. Was it really that necessary to win that regr season match?¡± Chen Huo also couldn¡¯t understand. He frowned, ¡°At that time, they should have just yed normally. If they lose, they lose. They could have hidden this good strategy and waited for the yoffs semi-finals or finals to take us by surprise!¡±

    Zhou Huo suddenly understood and he was stunned, ¡°Yes. You¡¯re right...¡±

    ¡°Although it would be a best of 5 by then and that would give us more time to react and deal with it, a killer move is still a killer move. At the very least, they would definitely win one round. If they yed it in the first round of the finals against us, whether it¡¯s to get points or to mess with our heads, it would have been very effective. But they didn¡¯t...they revealed it during a meaningless regr season game. And today,¡± Chen Huo raised his chin and frowned at the monitor. ¡°it must have taken a lot of thought toe up with this strategy against NSN and they also used it for the regr season. Let alone Yu Sui... I also want to ask Angel Sword just what is he thinking? Exposing everything now, what are nning toe out with for the yoffs?¡±

    Puppy followed and shook his head, ¡°It¡¯s too wasteful and the strangest thing for me is that if we can think of these things then Saint could definitely think about it too, right? So just what are they up to?¡±

    ¡°Uh...¡± Zhou Huo understood and stammered, ¡°Ma-maybe they want to get a good ce in the regr season?¡±

    ¡°A regr season ranking isn¡¯t worth sh*t... They¡¯re a shoe-in for top three in the regr season. As long as they¡¯re not at the bottom three, they can make it to the yoffs. It¡¯s all the same.¡± Shi Luo frowned, ¡°What does it matter if they lose a few games? At most, they¡¯ll get sprayed by the haters for a few days and what does that matter?¡±

    ¡°Although it is beneficial to us, I also think that Saint shouldn¡¯t be ying like this.¡± Old Qiao closed the game video and slowly said, ¡°Of course, it could be that they have prepared a lot of killer moves so they don¡¯t care if they show us one in advance. That¡¯s also a possibility.¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes and asked, ¡°We have so many weak points they can take advantage of?¡±

    Chen Huo broke intoughter. ¡°No, definitely not.¡±

    ¡°Aiya, what do we care what they think? Anyway, it¡¯s this good for us? Then that¡¯s fine.¡± Zhou Huo didn¡¯t want to understand and didn¡¯t want to waste brain cells on this. ¡°Really...this isn¡¯t very like you, is it? Worrying like this for another team?¡±

    They didn¡¯t speak, and Old Qiao said helplessly, ¡°They¡¯re our opponents on the stage, but off the stage... It¡¯s disgustingly sappy to say ¡®friends¡¯ but heroes cherish heroes, right? We¡¯re all from the same region, even if they arepetitors, who actually wants their opponents to die? I really don¡¯t agree with their approach... They¡¯re ying regr season matches like the f*cking World Championship finals. They¡¯re ying each game like there¡¯s no tomorrow. It¡¯s unnecessary.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s empathy for other pro-yers was limited. He was still extremely partial to his own yers. He said, indifferently, ¡°If it¡¯s good for us then its fine. Look at the camera, say cheeee¡ªse.¡±

    They were all tired from the day and they even thought about Saint¡¯s matters on top of that. Their expressions were not very energetic and each face was expressionless. Zhou Huo reluctantly took a few photos and then took a few photos of Puppy, who was the only one who cooperated.

    It¡¯s almost two o¡¯clock in the morning. Even if they logged in now, they¡¯d only be able to y a scant few games. Old Qiao told everyone to go and rest. Chen Huo and Puppy didn¡¯t even bother to open their peripherals bags after hearing this. They each went back to their own dorm rooms. Only Shi Luo walked over to take his peripherals bag.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Shi Luo lowered his head, took out the model figure and put it away carefully, ¡°I hadn¡¯t done my repetition training today. I¡¯m going to do a set and then sleep... So I don¡¯t fall behind on practice.¡±

    Zhou Huoughed, ¡°There¡¯s no need for that. What¡¯s the matter? Why are you suddenly all fired up like this?.¡±

    Shi Luo scrunched his brows and said after a moment, ¡°What if Saint really is still hiding a few more killer moves?¡±

    Without waiting for others to speak again, Shi Luo took his peripherals out of the bag and plugged them back into hisputer. ¡°Didn¡¯t you read what the sprayers said? I¡¯m the only one in the team who has no experience ying in internationalpetitions. I have little experience. If they really have prepared killer moves, there¡¯s a huge chance it¡¯ll be something targeted against me... I¡¯ll y for an hour. Don¡¯t mind me.¡±

    Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t stand it and he was going to try to persuade him again but Yu Sui said, ¡°Set an rm clock for three o¡¯clock and make sure to get off by then.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded, ¡°OK.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui in astonishment, thoroughly losing steam. ¡°Fine. If you don¡¯t feel sorry for him, what else can I say?¡±

    Old Qiao, who finally understood what shenanigans the two of them had been up to, waved his hand, ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry. I mean, would forcing him to rest really be a show of care? Not holding him back, not dying his training; now, that shows you truly care, right?¡±

    Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t understand the romance between the pro-yers. He shook his head and went to get some rest.

    Yu Sui watched Shi Luo turn on hisputer. He went back to his dormitory and set about doing his thing. He took a shower, cleaned up his dirty clothes, blow-dried his hair, sent messages to check in with his parents, did this and that and finally it was three o¡¯clock.

    Yu Sui put on his jacket, opened the door and went to the training room.

    In the training room, Shi Luo, with his headphones on, was still doing gun training on the custom server.

    Usually training in a room, a few people think that others are noisy, wearing sound-proof headphones, Shi Luo did not hear the sound of Yu Sui opening the door, Yu Sui closed the door, and went back to his dormitory to y two more mobile games.

    After the two rounds of a game on his phone, it was already half past three. Yu Sui went to the training room to take another look and Shi Luo was still there.

    For a moment, Yu Sui felt that this might be Saint¡¯s dirty tactics.

    Intimidate the other teams by constantly showing new tactics, and win by exhausting his little boyfriend.

    It was almost four o¡¯clock in the morning. Yu Sui walked to stand behind Shi Luo and took off his headphones for him.

    Shi Luo was startled, ¡°You... haven¡¯t slept yet?¡±

    ¡°I was afraid you would stay here overnight.¡± Yu Sui took Shi Luo¡¯s headphones. He was just about to say something when suddenly startled, and looked down at Shi Luo¡¯s headphones.

    The sounding out of the headphones was very light and soft but Yu Sui had very good ears. This much sound was enough for him to hear very clearly.

    The tips of Shi Luo¡¯s ears were blushing and he quickly turned off his music yer. Yu Sui was quiet for a moment, and then slowly asked, ¡°Shi Shen, what you were listening to just now...was that my voice that the fans cropped out?¡±

    Some of Yu Sui¡¯s little fans have made edits for their personal enjoyment. They have cropped out and edited Yu Sui¡¯s words and put them together to form unclear audio. Yu Sui had known for a long time that the fans made these to entertain themselves and that they meant nothing malicious about it. Yu Sui didn¡¯t care about it, but he never expected Shi Luo to have a copy.

    ¡°I don¡¯t quite understand... Why you¡¯d listen to this sort of second-hand audio.¡± Yu Sui tried his best not tough and said sincerely, ¡°Shi Shen, if you want, I could make a recording for you alone.¡±

 Chapter 81

    Chapter 81:

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth and wanted to snatch back his headphones. Yu Sui took Shi Luo¡¯s headphones and avoided him with a step back. He said with a smile, ¡°Feeling shy? So, do you usually listen to these things when you have your headphones on?¡±

    ¡°In the stadium lounges, the hallway before we go up on stage, on the road on our way back to the base after a match...¡± the more Yu Sui thought about it the more he felt that Shi Luo yed too unrestrainedly at such a young age. ¡°Shi Shen, I have found that since a long time ago, whenever you want to concentrate, you wear your headphones. I always thought you were listening to light music. Now, I¡¯m suddenly having doubts about that...¡±

    Shi Luo angrily grabbed the headphones from Yu Sui¡¯s hand and gritted his teeth, ¡°I haven¡¯t heard it more than a few times! I only downloaded it a few days ago.¡±

    ¡°Where¡¯s your evidence?¡± Yu Sui smiled. ¡°Thest time I heard this audio must have been four years ago. And you¡¯re saying you just downloaded it?¡±

    Shi Luo was speechless. He opened his music yer with his face all red and whispered, ¡°This is synched with the app on my mobile phone. Look for yourself... I¡¯ve only listened to it five times in total.¡±

    The backend dashboard of Shi Luo¡¯smonly used music yer records the number of ybacks for each piece of audio. Yu Sui nced at it and sure enough the number ¡®5¡¯ was disyed as the number of times that piece of audio Shi Luo had been listening to just now has been yed back.

    ¡°I saw it by coincidence a few days ago. I was curious what it was about...so I went and listened to it.¡± Shi Luo turned off the music yer and said like each word was being dragged out of him, ¡°I listened to it and turns out it wasn¡¯t anything interesting...¡±

    Then Shi Luo closed the music yer very quickly but Yu Sui¡¯s eyes were too good. He noticed that there was a piece of audio with a garbled title amongst the Chinese and English songs in his ylist. What¡¯s more the number of ybacks was disyed as ¡°999+¡±.

    There was no song information so it must be another piece of synthesized audio.

    Yu Sui smiled. It was now four yearster, the fan¡¯s material library has also been updated and they had probably edited a 2.0 version.

    Shi Luo was already embarrassed and it would be inconsiderate of him to expose him once again. Yu Sui pretended not to have seen it. He lowered his voice andughed, ¡°Listening to my R-18 synthesized audio while practicing; you better pay attention, Shi Shen.¡±

    Shi Luo was furious. Just when he had finally worked up the spirit to exert himself, after practicing the use of his weapon for a while, his hand was finally feeling good. He suddenly figured out some key points for ying against NSN and wanted to y a round to try out that tactic. However, he was already feeling a little sleepy. That¡¯s when he suddenly remembered the audio. The timing was perfect, there happened to be no one around and so he thought about listening to it to relieve his sleepiness. He never would have thought that a certain 21-year-old veteran could stay upte up until this hour and so he was caught red-handed.

    Shi Luo logged out of his game ount and quickly shut down hisputer. His guilty gaze swept this way and that, refusing to look face-to-face with Yu Sui. ¡°Listening to...you know...that...it helps me to stay awake.¡±

    ¡°Didn¡¯t you just say that it wasn¡¯t at all interesting?¡±

    Shi Luo was unable to utter a word and Yu Sui looked at him with a smile in his eyes. He said seriously, ¡°Really, if you need it, I can record an interesting one for you. Since you¡¯re an old customer, I¡¯ll even let you make a custom order.¡±

    A custom order......

    A lot of adult scenes shed through Shi Luo¡¯s mind. He closed his eyes. ¡°No. I wouldn¡¯t be able to afford it.¡±

    Saying so, Shi Luo nned to head out but Yu Sui leaned to the side, firmly blocking Shi Luo¡¯s way. He chuckled, ¡°ce your order and I¡¯ll deliver it right away.¡±

    ¡°One hundred yuan...ah no.¡± Yu Sui was very open to persuasion, ¡°one yuan will do.¡±

    ¡°You&#k2026;¡± Shi Luo¡¯s cheeks flushed and he nced sideways at the decorative clock hanging on the wall of the training room. It was already 3:45 in the morning.

    Yu Sui was never as good at staying upte as he himself was. Every time he goes to bedte, even if he wouldn¡¯t bete the next day, he definitely wouldn¡¯t eat much to save time. Often, he¡¯d make do with a bowl of porridge. Shi Luo was worried about Yu Sui¡¯s delicate stomach and didn¡¯t want him to dy any longer. He said quietly, ¡°What do you think you¡¯re doing acting so unrestrained when it¡¯s already sote&#k2026; Go to sleep.¡±

    Unexpectedly, Yu Sui nced at the clock and lowered his voice as well, ¡°And who was it that was acting so unrestrained first?¡±

    Shi Luo was speechless once again.

    ¡°It¡¯s OK.¡± Yu Sui smiled and stepped aside, ¡°It¡¯s time to go to sleep.¡±

    Shi Luo almost fled in defeat.

    After returning to his dorm room and washing his flushed face, Shi Luo¡¯s anger from being shamed, dispersed. Shi Luo even began to feel a bit regretful.

    While he¡¯d been training on his own, Yu Sui was afraid that he would stay up toote and so he silently apanied him all night and stayed up thiste. Because he was too embarrassed, he didn¡¯t even thank him.

    Yesterday when they were out eating at the restaurant, he ran into Zhou Huo in the bathroom. Zhou Huo secretly let him know that Yu Sui had told him, ¡°Thinking back on the past, I feel like I didn¡¯t care for him enough.¡±

    The ¡°him¡± he was referring to was Shi Luo himself.

    At the time, Shi Luo thought that it was such a coincidence. He thought so too.

    Whenever he thought of Yu Sui, Shi Luo always felt that he didn¡¯t care for him enough.

    It used to be because he was willful and now, it¡¯s because of his insensitivity.

    Shi Luo knew that he was too much of a ¡®straight guy¡¯, like just now...

    Shi Luo scratched his head irritably. g Man Yu was too gentle and knew too many tricks, making Shi Luo seem even more heartless.

    Shi Luo took a shower and when he came out of the bathroom, he curled up and shivered from the cold.

    The temperature dropped several times this week and the central heating in the base still hasn¡¯t been turned on. It was a bit cold during the early hours of the morning.

    It seemed that the temperature had dropped even further. Shi Luo wiped his hair and went to bed.

    It was still a bit cold under the quilt. It was alreadyte, Shi Luo closed his eyes andy motionless, forcing himself to fall asleep quickly.

    Five minutester, Shi Luo opened his eyes and began to worry about Yu Sui¡¯s vexing stomach condition again.

    He¡¯s not allowed to get too tired. He¡¯s also not allowed to get too cold.

    Every time it was cold, Yu Sui would eats less. Yu Sui would usually fob it off by saying that he had no appetite, but the truth was that he just felt ufortable and so couldn¡¯t eat.

    The temperature in his room was a bit cold. How different could the situation in Yu Sui¡¯s room be? Was his stomach going to hurt after a night like this?

    Shi Luo frowned, lifted off the quilt and stood up. He gave a long sigh, ¡°Damn that Ji Yanhan...¡±

    Shi Luo put on his slippers, put on his jacket and left his dorm room with his mobile phone.

    The entire base was empty. You could hear a pin drop in the corridor.

    It was after four o¡¯clock, the entire base was asleep.

    At this time, no one would notice Shi Luo doing anything.

    At this moment, if their situations had been reversed, if Yu Sui was the one in the corridor in this situation, Yu Sui would have pushed open the door to Shi Luo¡¯s dorm room, bringing along his own quilt. He would give the quilt to his stomach-problem-afflicted, afraid-of-the-cold boyfriend and as only to be expected, would settle in and sleep together.

    He would have had contributed his own quilt, if they didn¡¯t sleep together then what was he to do?

    But ¡®drink-more-hot-water¡¯ Shi Luo was different.

    Shi Luo had on a jittery expression and cursed silently. While cursing Ji Yanhan for not letting him sleep, he passed Yu Sui¡¯s dorm room without even giving it a passing nce. He headed downstairs to the conference room on the first floor to get the key to the base¡¯s control room. He also took a shlight while he was at it.

    Shi Luo opened the door to the control room and squeezed into the small space. He turned on the light and also raised the shlight. Not surprisingly, there wasn¡¯t a single Chinese character. Shi Luo rubbed his tired eyes and carefully identified which switch on the control panel was for the central heating.

    Although Shi Luo had never been in contact with this before, he managed to get an understanding of it after a while. He spent a little while adjusting it. He turned it to heating mode for the base and adjusted the temperature.

    Shi Luo put back the key and shlight and went back to his dorm room.

    The various dials for the central control for water, electricity, natural gas, cooling and heating for the entire base were all squeezed together in the control panel. Shi Luo actually wasn¡¯t so confident. If it turns out that he¡¯d turned on the air cooler then he was f*cking done for. When he returned to his dorm room, Shi Luo didn¡¯t immediately go to bed. He took the little model figure that Yu Sui gave him today, sat on his bed and waited for a while, waiting for the room to really warm up before going to sleep.

    Shi Luo looked at the little doll in his hands and let out a gentle sigh.

    It had just been a casual remark; that no one remembers him when ites to giving this kind of thing; but Yu Sui took it to heart and even asked one from a fan to give to himself.

    Like Chen Huo, Shi Luo wasn¡¯t fond of dolls, but it was a different story if it was something given to him with such consideration.

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t some sort of miser. Since he was a child, there certainly had never been anyone to give him things.

    When he was young, his parents fought all the time. The two of them wanted to get rid of each other. No one cared about Shi Luo. When they finally divorced. Shi Luo went with his mother and he thought it would be the start of a quiet life but then it was too quiet. His mother had finally broken free of the marriage that had tormented her for several years. She was eager to enjoy a normal life, to enjoy a new love and a new marriage. She didn¡¯t have much time and energy to allocate to Shi Luo. Even her asional gentleness and caring had always been tainted with a bit of absent-mindedness. Shi Luo understood that his mother would remarry sooner orter, but he hadn¡¯t expected that he would be swept out like garbage before she did.

    Thus began Shi Luo¡¯s childhood spent fighting against his scumbag father.

    He fought against heaven, fought against other people, fought against his father.

    Shi Luo sometimes felt that his excellentpetitive form might be due to his constant struggles during his childhood years.

    Since he was little, he had already seen through the social snobbery but he had never enjoyed any warmth.

    The only little bit that he got...

    Shi Luo fiddled with the doll in his hand. ...he got all of it from Yu Sui.

    If he wouldn¡¯t adjust the temperature for such a good boyfriend, then who would he adjust it for?

    Shi Luo felt the room starting to get warmer. He put the striker doll away, took off his jacket and returned to the bed. He fell asleep as soon as hey down.

    Not long after Shi Luo fell asleep, rain began to fall outside his window. The outdoor temperature dropped again and again.

    It was cloudy and rainy at ten o¡¯clock that morning.

    Yu Sui got up earlier than usual. He opened the curtains and took a look outside. His heart stirred slightly.

    Yu Sui left his dorm room after washing up and ran into the cleaning aunt who was mopping the floor. Yu Sui said in a low voice, ¡°Is the central heating turned on?¡±

    ¡°Yes. I don¡¯t know who turned it on though. It started to turn warm in the middle of the night.¡± The entire base was still asleep. The cleaning aunt kept her voice low and whispered softly, ¡°I already said it was getting cold these days. Yesterday you had a game and you were all in a hurry. I said it several times before but no one paid any attention to me. I don¡¯t know how to adjust the heating over here. I don¡¯t know who got up in the middle of the night to turn it on but thank goodness they did...¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s eyes moved slightly. Who adjusted it? Yesterday everyone was in a hurry to get to bed so who else could it be?

    Shi Luo has never been afraid of the cold. He wouldn¡¯t mind much if it cooled down. The only reason he¡¯d mind would be¡ª¡ª

    Yu Sui paused for a moment, and said in a low voice, ¡°Sorry, I sleep lightly...¡±

    Auntie suddenly realized and hurriedly apologized. ¡°Okay, okay. I¡¯ll clean the second floor in the afternoon. You can go back to bed. It¡¯s only ten o¡¯clock.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, ¡°Sorry to trouble you.¡±

    Yu Sui watched Auntie go downstairs. When Auntie disappeared at the top of the stairs, Yu Sui walked to Shi Luo¡¯s door. Without even a moment¡¯s thought, he gently turned the knob of Shi Luo¡¯s door and headed in.

 Chapter 82

    Chapter 82:

    Yu Sui¡¯s movements were very light. Shi Luo hadn¡¯t fallen asleep until five o¡¯clock in the morning. Right now, he was sleeping quite heavily. He was even wearing a noise-cancelling Bluetooth earphone in one of his ears. He hadn¡¯t awakened at all.

    Yu Sui nced at the team uniform jacket that was left beside the bed. It was basically confirmation that Shi Luo was the one who¡¯d gone to turn on the central heating early that morning.

    Their training workload was getting heavier and heavier as time went on. Generally, when everyone gets off theirputers at two or three o¡¯clock in the morning to head back to their dorm room, they¡¯d already be so sleepy, they could hardly keep their eyes open. In order to get to bed as soon as possible, they¡¯ve basically developed some of optimized routines. They start to take off their clothes as soon as they enter their room and then throw them all in the dirty clothes hamper. After taking a shower, theye out and change into pajamas or T-shirts and boxers. With two more steps, they lie down on the bed with their eyes closed and fall asleep.

    The clothes he changed out of before going to bed were put in the dirty clothes hamper by the door. At this moment, there was a clean team jacket on the bed, so he must have gone out again sometime after going in.

    Yu Sui walked to stand beside Shi Luo¡¯s bed. After looking for a moment, he didn¡¯t touch Shi Luo¡¯s bed but instead gently pulled the chair over to Shi Luo¡¯s bedside and sat down.

    Shi Luo had been worried that Yu Sui would feel ufortable from the cold and set the temperature of the central heating a little higher. This temperature was the mostfortable for Yu Sui but it was a bit hot for Shi Luo.

    The heat made Shi Luo¡¯s face flushed, adding a touch of childishness and making him look like he was a few years younger.

    He wasn¡¯t that old in the first ce but he was pretty reliable when taking care of his boyfriend.

    He even knew to turn on the central heating.

    Yu Sui took out his mobile phone and sat on the chair, quietly looking at Shi Luo, feeling a little pulling kind of ache in his heart.

    It wasn¡¯t anything serious, but it was a continuous kind of ache.

    It might be that between lovers, some emotions were contagious. Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. He looked at his boyfriend, who was so good he couldn¡¯t be any better and wondered how he could show his care for him.

    The club had just been formed this season. They had frequent matches, thepetition was fierce and they had to do a lot of training. Despite this, they still went ahead and got together at this time.

    Since their mutual confession up to the present, let alone do what normal couples would do, like dating and watching movies, even time alone together was very limited.

    Yu Sui has been trying his best to create more opportunities to be around Shi Luo but he still feels that it¡¯s not enough, far from enough.

    Yu Sui also paid attention to Shi Luo¡¯s emotions. He¡¯d utilized every spare minute to whisper sweet nothings to him, he made every second count to create some time alone with him. He tried his best to do what a boyfriend should do but thinking back on it now...

    Although Yu Sui had no dating experience before Shi Luo, it still felt to him like he and Shi Luo were in some sort of online rtionship.

    They were wasting the fact that they lived in the same base.

    The day he confessed, he asked Shi Luo what he wanted. Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to make it public and he didn¡¯t want it to affect either of their training. Yu Sui has always followed along with whatever Shi Luo wanted but at this moment, Yu Sui didn¡¯t feel like indulging him any longer.

    They should at least get to sleep in the same room when the temperature drops.

    How much could that affect their training, really?

    But he was still going to ask his little boyfriend for his opinion. Yu Sui turned the phone to mute, leaned back on the chair and yed with his phone. He thought about how he¡¯ll be gentle when Shi Luo wakes up in a bit and he¡¯ll discuss this over with Shi Luo using kind words.

    Not to mention, that Shi Luo had bid up the price. That had been a proper auction. He¡¯d been listed for 100,000 yuan an hour. His little boyfriend wasn¡¯t making full use of his purchase.

    He¡¯d basically given him that amount for nothing. He didn¡¯t cherish his purchase and even avoided doing anything that might arouse suspicion.

    For professional yers, ying mobile games was basically like chopping veggies. Yu Sui didn¡¯t have to allocate any brain power to abuse his opponents. Shi Luo still filled his heart and thoughts.

    Yu Sui yed mobile games for a while. He closed his eyes and dozed for a while. When he checked the time, it was half past eleven.

    It was probably due to the rainy day. Outside the window, it was still dark and foggy. There was no movement in the entire base. Only the pitter patter of rain could be heard. Yu Sui¡¯s phone buzzed. There was activity in Free¡¯s group chat. Zhou Huo had sent a message.

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [You¡¯ve all been working hard these days and finally the weather¡¯s just right for a sleep in. Training has been pushed back for today. Everyone catch up on sleep. ]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [The truth is that the rain is getting heavier and heavier. Auntie can¡¯t go out to buy ingredients. The vegetables I ordered are still stuck on the road and cannot be delivered temporarily. You¡¯ll have nothing to eat when you get up. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [...You didn¡¯t have to say that. I really do think everyone deserves to sleep in for a few more hours on this a rainy day for all their hard work. Didn¡¯t you also say they could rest? ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Speaking of. Which angel turned on the central heating yesterday? I was half asleep and half awake, freezing to death when suddenly i came alive with theing of spring¡¯s evening breeze. ]

    [Coach¡¤Old Qiao]: [They¡¯re all still asleep. Ask them again tonight. I¡¯m going to go back to sleep...]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Sleep, sleep, sleep. @Everyone, no breakfast today. When you wake up, order your own takeaway. The team will reimburse you. ]

    Good timing. This was just perfect with what Yu Sui had in mind.

    Yu Sui waited another quarter of an hour, Shi Luo still showed no signs of waking up.

    Yu Sui picked up the phone that Shi Luo had ced by his bedside. The music yer was disyed on the lock screen and it was paused.

    Thinking of that piece of audio with the garbled title fromst night, Yu Sui¡¯s lips slightly ticked up.

    Switching songs didn¡¯t require one to unlock the phone.

    Shi Luo was a restless sleeper. His tossing and turning had dislodged an earphone onto the pillow. Yu Sui picked it up and put it on his ear. Using Shi Luo¡¯s mobile phone, he kept switching songs and after skipping thought more than forty songs, it finally disyed that piece of audio with the garbled title.

    Yu Sui pressed the y button. Holding back a smile, he waited for Shi Luo to wake up.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo¡¯s lock screen in surprise. This garbled-titled audio was twenty-six minutes long.

    Yu Suiughed, Shi Luo¡¯s time was quite long.

    The noise on the audio file was a bit heavy with the first 30 seconds just filled with loud white noise.

    After half a minute, there was a click in the audio, like the sound of someone connecting a microphone.

    Yu Sui had no interest in the synthesized lewd audio that starred himself. He was just about to take it off and to wait and see Shi Luo¡¯s reaction when he was startled.

    ¡°Hello? Can you hear me?¡±

    ¡°...I don¡¯t sound like a kid? I...my voice changed early.¡±

    ¡°I...I...Ah yes, I¡¯m secretly ying behind my parents¡¯ backs.¡±

    ¡°I watched your live broadcast. Your name is Shi Luo, right?¡±

    ¡°Shi Ge, please take me flying.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not very good at ying medic. Really, really, really... Tsk, why won¡¯t you believe me?¡±

    The smile on Yu Sui¡¯s face gradually faded.

    It was indeed his own voiceing through the earphone, but it wasn¡¯t some synthesized gasps.

    It would have been impossible for the fans to have edited this.

    These were things he himself had said to Shi Luo in the beginning. The fans wouldn¡¯t have been able to get their hands on it.

    The audio was very long and was still going on. The audio was filled with his own chatter.

    ¡°Shhh...¡±

    ¡°My voice was too low? I ¨C my parents were by my side just now and I couldn¡¯t answer the voice chat.¡±

    ¡°Shi Ge, can you y tonight? I already skipped ss.¡±

    ¡°They confiscated a lot of money for that ss that I skipped specially for you. If you don¡¯te, I¡¯m going to lose so much money for nothing. Please reply back when you hear this message.¡±

    ¡°Schools don¡¯t confiscate money? Oh, our school¡¯s pretty weird, en, they¡¯re all f*cking beasts. They deduct 20,000 yuan if you¡¯re ten minuteste.¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t lie...¡±

    ¡°I might lie to other people but I wouldn¡¯t think of lying to you, really.¡±

    ¡°I...really, I do regret it a bit.¡±

    Shi Luo had slept veryte and he still showed no signs of waking up. Yu Sui no longer wanted him to wake up at this moment. Yu Sui took a deep breath, quickly lowered the volume and continued to listen.

    ¡°Luo Ge, I have something to talk over with you...I¡¯ll y well today and take you flying. In return, you have to promise me that no matter what happens in the future, we won¡¯t be angry, OK?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s nothing. Promise me first.¡±

    ¡°Remember, you promised already.¡±

    ¡°Come on, let¡¯s start.¡±

    Yu Sui recalled what he said before he came clean to Shi Luo back then.

    Listening back to it now, he was a jerk.

    The audio continued on. It sounded like something from after he came clean.

    ¡°Sorry, I lied.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m a professional yer.¡±

    ¡°Have you heard of FS Club?¡±

    ¡°Sorry, I don¡¯t know how it came to this.¡±

    ¡°Luo Luo, I¡¯m sorry.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡±

    The audio has only been ying for less than three minutes. It wasn¡¯t over yet but his voice gradually disappeared, reced with white noise. Yu Sui let out a pained breath.

    Recalling what he¡¯d seen of the backend recordst night, this piece of audio had been yed 999+ times.

    Based on that fact that he¡¯d had to skip through so many songs to get to this piece of audio, it meant that Shi Luo hadn¡¯t listened to this recently. Once could well imagine when he must have listened to this to get to 999 times.

    Yu Sui had been paying attention to Shi Luo¡¯s development during his two years in Sacred Sword. While he can¡¯t say he¡¯s watched every one of Shi Luo¡¯s matches, he practically has.

    Before the game started and after the game ended, Shi Luo asionally seemed to be in a bad mood. When the camera swept over, Shi Luo usually had his headphones on.

    There was no way to ascertain if this was the one he¡¯d been listening to, but 999+ times didn¡¯t just umte out of nowhere.

    When Yu Sui had just returned to China, the first time he met Shi Luo was in a stadium corridor, waiting for the match to start.

    Shi Luo was wearing headphones at the time.

    Later, during the several times they ran into each other, whenever Shi Luo was feeling emotional, he would usually wear headphones afterwards.

    Yu Sui took note of it once or twice, butter, he found nothing and Shi Luo no longer had this problem and so he forgot about it.

    The audio continued. After a burst of white noise, Yu Sui¡¯s voice came through once again. An audio track 26-minutes long but thest twenty minutes was Yu Sui simply repeating the same sentence.

    ¡°Promise me that no matter what happens in the future, we won¡¯t be angry, OK?¡±

    ¡°Promise me that no matter what happens in the future, we won¡¯t be angry, OK?¡±

    ¡°Promise me that no matter what happens in the future, we won¡¯t be angry, OK?¡±

    ...

    Yu Sui took off his earphone. His throat waspletely blocked.

    In hindsight, he finally solved the case and understood why Shi Luo always wore headphones.

    Young Master Shi hadn¡¯t truly lost his bad temper.

    He had been able to endure through two whole years by listening to his repeated apology.

    On the bed, Shi Luo frowned and was about to wake up.

    His eyes opened but the sky outside was still dark. He couldn¡¯t tell what time it was. Shi Luo rubbed his eyes. Before he could grab his phone to check the time, he was suddenly enveloped tightly in someone¡¯s embrace.

    Shi Luo woke up immediately and said in confusion, ¡°You, why¡¯re you...¡±

    Shi Luo felt Yu Sui hugging him very tightly. He listened as Yu Sui said into his ear, ¡°...I¡¯m cold. Came to you to warm up.¡±

    Shi Luo was about to ask how he could still be cold in this heat when he realized that Yu Sui sounded a bit unnatural. He frowned and said in a low voice, ¡°Are you freezing? Did you take some medicine?¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t feel the coldness from Yu Sui¡¯s body at all. It was a bit embarrassing to be held by him like this. Before Shi Luo could ask again, Yu Sui said something even more embarrassing:

    ¡°Baobei, originally, I wanted to discuss it over with you... but now I don¡¯t feel like doing that. So, I¡¯m telling you instead that from now of, if we don¡¯t have any matches, I¡¯ll be sleeping here with you.¡±

    Shi Luo was stunned. Before he could speak, Yu Sui whispered again, ¡°I just found out...¡±

    ¡°That you might like havingpany.¡±

    If he didn¡¯t like hispany, how could he have possibly listened to his voice so many times?

    Shi Luo instinctively wanted to guard the team and protect Yu Sui, ¡°If others see...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll handle it.¡± Yu Sui interrupted Shi Luo, ¡°So, do you agree?¡±

    Shi Luo stayed dazed for a moment. His ears turned slightly red and he whispered, ¡°...Of course, I agree.¡±

 Chapter 83

    Chapter 83

    Shi Luo still felt that something was wrong with Yu Sui. He was fine before going to bed but when he woke up, he suddenly became like this. What was going on?

    ¡°Why did you suddenly think of this...¡± Shi Luo¡¯s voice was a little hoarse from just waking up, ¡°Just what is the matter?¡±

    Shi Luo was naturally perceptive. From the moment they first met, he could capture any emotional changes in Yu Sui. Shi Luo¡¯s brows furrowed. ¡°Did something happen?¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but be suspicious. He had experienced enough of Yu Sui¡¯s ever-changeable rotten luck. Whenever Yu Sui disyed the slightest bit of strangeness, his first thought would be that something bad had happened.

    The sleepiness in Shi Luo¡¯s eyes waspletely swept away. He leaned back. His eyes were a little more wary. ¡°Do you know...when was thest time you were suddenly so gentle to me?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s heart was disturbed by that piece of audio just now. Now he just wants to be affectionate to Shi Luo. He kissed Shi Luo on the forehead and asked happily, ¡°When?¡±

    Shi Luo whispered, ¡°When you wanted to send me to NSN...¡±

    Yu Sui was stabbed again.

    Shi Luo touched his forehead, feeling that this was not a good sign. Shi Luo continued, ¡°Do you know when was the only time my mother kissed my forehead?¡±

    ¡°It was the day before she left me at my father¡¯s house.¡±

    Yu Sui took a deep breath. Shi Luo was about to pierce through his heart.

    His inherent insecurity made it difficult for Shi Luo to ept any affection that exceeded his expectations. Shi Luo sat on the bed with a terrible expression and asked indignantly, ¡°I still believe up until now that this forehead of mine is exceptionally unlucky. Why¡¯d you suddenly kiss me?!¡±

    Yu Sui paused. Shi Luo drove him mad but he wanted tough at the same time.

    Before Shi Luo could speak again, Yu Sui embraced Shi Luo and kissed him on the forehead and kissed him again.

    Shi Luo wanted to block Yu Sui. After trying to push him off twice, he unexpectedly found that he couldn¡¯t push Yu Sui at all.

    Yu Sui¡¯s stomach wasn¡¯t very good and he was a little thinner, but the 21-year-old man was at peak state in all aspects. When it came to strength, Shi Luo was no match for Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui pushed Shi Luo back on the bed and kissed Shi Luo¡¯s forehead again and again. He didn¡¯t stop until Shi Luo behaved himself and stopped pushing back.

    Yu Sui lowered his eyes to look at Shi Luo, and said in a low voice, ¡°Are you still going to struggle?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s breath brushed against the side of Shi Luo¡¯s neck, instantly making it turn red.

    Memories from two years ago surfaced once again.

    When Shi Luo first entered FS, he inexplicably always got into spats with Chen Huo.

    There was no causes, no reasons for it. It was like the two of them realized that they would both share the same in-game job in the future. Their attitude towards each other was exclusionary and they found each other not to their tastes. They didn¡¯t need for there to be any actual conflict. As soon as theyid eyes on each other, a quarrel would break out.

    Once, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t remember why, he¡¯d been quarreling with Chen Huo. After half an hour of exchanging absolutely biting sarcasm, the two finally changed from verbal fighting to physical fighting. With Puppy as witness, they decided to an arm-wrestling match to settle, once and for all, who was the weak chicken.

    Back then, Shi Luo had exerted all his strength but he still hadn¡¯t been able to beat Chen Huo.

    He¡¯d fallen short by just a little bit, that¡¯s all.

    Seventeen-year-old Shi Luo¡¯s pride was as vast as the sky. After losing to and being taunted by Chen Huo, he was so angry, he was ready to give off steam. When Puppy, that a*s, saw that Shi Luo hadn¡¯t won against Chen Huo, he instantly started teasing Shi Luo as well. He too yed a round against Shi Luo. Shi Luo had just expended all his energy on his match against Chen Huo. His whole arm was sore. Puppy won without much effort.

    Chen Huo and Puppyughed together, whistling and joking that Shi Luo was an underage little whelp. Shi Luo was so angry that he lost his appetite and didn¡¯t feel like eating dinner. His face turned ck and he was ready to bite anyone he saw.

    After watching the whole thing, Yu Sui ended his solo match and suddenly said that he also wanted to y a round against Shi Luo.

    Chen Huo and Puppy instantlyughed even harder.

    Shi Luo already felt disgraced. He was so annoyed that he didn¡¯t want to lose again. But after some painless instigation from Yu Sui, he felt that he felt that not daring to take up the challenge would be even more disgraceful and he reluctantly agreed.

    But Shi Luo was furious at the time.

    Chen Huo quarreled with him and not only did Yu Sui not help him, he also joined them in making fun of him.

    What did they mean by taking turns against him? Were they bullying their own?

    They were teammate who¡¯ve been in the same team for many years. He was a new substitute, an outsider.

    At the time, Shi Luo still hadn¡¯t been warmed up by Yu Sui. He was covered in thorns and was terribly sensitive and withdrawn. For a while, he felt cold; he felt that Yu Sui didn¡¯t care about him at all.

    Expression cold, Shi Luo went to arm wrestle against Yu Sui. Yu Sui was full of energy at first, but after a while he couldn¡¯t hold on. Shi Luo unexpectedly won against Yu Sui.

    Chen Huo and Puppy were well-versed in the sprayers¡¯ ¡®boast if you win, spray if you lose¡¯ rule and immediately gave up teasing Shi Luo, turning instead to taunt Yu Sui. They changed targets faster than flipping the page of a book.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t care though. He rubbed his palms and admitted that he had no strength. Puppy even posted something on Weibo to mock Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo, who¡¯d been dragged into Chen Huo and Puppy¡¯sic routine, hadn¡¯t noticed anything wrong.

    From then on, he silently epted it as fact that Yu Sui wasn¡¯t as strong as himself. That was until just now.

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t able to move Yu Sui by even a fraction.

    He was absolutely no match against Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo heard Yu Sui whispered in his ear: ¡°Luo Luo, do you now know that I just let you win before?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes trembled slightly. His arm instantly lost all strength and Yu Sui kissed him again on his forehead.

    No one could resist this kind of gentleness. Shi Luo put down his guard a little, but still couldn¡¯t help muttering, ¡°Is there really nothing the matter?¡±

    Shi Luo heard Yu Sui say helplessly, ¡°What could possibly be the matter?¡±

    Shi Luo paused and frowned slightly. ¡°Maybe something happened to the club and you¡¯re selling me again? Your teams always run into trouble...¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s nothing. I just...¡±

    The rain outside the window is getting heavier and heavier. Dark clouds blotted out the sun. Inside the room it was like the middle of the night without the lights on. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t see Yu Sui¡¯s expression. He just listened to Yu Sui whispering in his ear, ¡°I just miss you. I want to spend more time together with you...¡±

    ¡°The more I like you, the more distressed I feel... I don¡¯t know how to treat you better.¡±

    Incidentally, Shi Luo instantly understood Yu Sui¡¯s eagerness and kindly intentions.

    The more I like you, the more distressed I feel.

    Shi Luo pursed his lips, and said hoarsely, ¡°Me too. When I felt it turn cold in the early morning, I couldn¡¯t sleep at all... I was afraid that your stomach would act up again and feel so distressed for you... Um.¡±

    Shi Luo hadn¡¯t finish speaking, but Yu Sui already kissed him on his lips.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t try to avoid him anymore and raised his chin slightly.

    After a while, Shi Luo¡¯s cheeks flushed redder and redder. He bent his legs slightly, and moved back out of embarrassment.

    Shi Luo thought that his movements seemed very natural. He felt that Yu Sui might not necessarily be able to find out anything.

    Shi Luo cautiously and carefully leaned slightly aside. Before he could spend too much effort in trying to hide it, he heard Yu Suiugh in a low voice.

    Shi Luo froze.

    Yu Sui kissed Shi Luo¡¯s ear. ¡°I felt it early on early...Don¡¯t move. Your 1 million a night bid includes after service.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes widened suddenly and then he gritted his teeth.

    The rain outside the window was getting even heavier. After half an hour, Shi Luo went to the bathroom to take a shower.

    Shi Luo lowered the temperature of the water but even after a while, his neck and chest were still red.

    Yu Sui was gentle on the surface but when he was being really intimate, he could be vicious and merciless. He couldn¡¯t be smoother ying his g man routines. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t stand it at all. He was eaten to within an inch of his life. At the moment, his waist still felt weak.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t dare think what would happen when the two of them went all the way.

    Shi Luo¡¯s breathing was still a bit unnatural. He washed his hair and murmured, ¡°I can¡¯t let him toy with me to death...¡±

    There was suddenly a knock on the bathroom door. Shi Luo hurriedly turned off the shower and Yu Sui, outside the bathroom, asked, ¡°I¡¯ll order some takeaway. What would you like to eat?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s mind was filled with thoughts of Yu Sui. He couldn¡¯t think of what to eat. He hesitated and then said, ¡°I¡¯ll have whatever you¡¯re having... Just not rice porridge.¡±

    Yu Sui gave a sound of assent and didn¡¯t any more questions. He should be ordering.

    Shi Luo finished showering. He got dressed and went out of the bathroom. He saw that his dirtied sheets had been thrown to the side and on his bed was a new one. The sheets were even folded and ttened.

    If Shi Luo remembered correctly, Yu Sui¡¯s room has always been specially cleaned by the Cleaning Aunt. He¡¯d even been ridiculed by the Cleaning Aunt for it before. Such a big man doesn¡¯t even know how to put on his own sheets.

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, who was standing by the window, calling the deliveryman to tell him the house number. He then looked at his new pressed sheets... It seemed that a certain medic was actually capable of doing it, but he was used to being a young master and never does any housework.

    But he did do it for him.

    Yu Sui hung up the phone. He turned his head and saw Shi Luo looking back at him. He immediately understood and smiled. He put in order the low cab that had gotten messed up when he took out the new sheets and closed it. ¡°I don¡¯t bother cleaning up my own dorm...But yours is different.¡±

    ¡°The takeaway is here, I¡¯ll go get it.¡± Yu Sui asked Shi Luo, ¡°Should we eat it in your room?¡±

    With no training in the afternoon, Shi Luo was naturally willing to spend his time together with Yu Sui. He nodded.

    Yu Sui went out to pick up the takeaway. Shi Luo wiped his hair and walked beside the bed to find that Yu Sui had picked up the jacket he had just dropped under the bed. He had folded it neatly and ced it on his bedside.

    All these were things so small, they couldn¡¯t be any smaller, but stacked up all together, it made Shi Luo¡¯s heart swell almost to the point of bursting.

    Only he knew how the strong and indifferent Whisper, ever-victorious on the field, could be so gentle and meticulous in private.

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart felt warm and full. He wanted to find someone to show off to.

    But there was no one he could tell it to.

    He couldn¡¯t publicly disclose it to everyone, nor could he tell it to his few friends on other teams. Among the people in his team who was in the know...

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t discuss their private matters with Zhou Huo or Puppy.

    Too embarrassing, too sappy, too crazy.

    But Shi Luo still wanted to say something.

    Shi Luo opened his Weibo, nced at his main ount with his 2 million fans, hesitated for a tenth of a second, and resignedly switched to a side ount.

    Shi Luo had originally opened this Weibo side ount to get into spraying matches with the haters. Aftering to Free, it was mostly left idle. The few times he had logged onto it was when he had no choice but to use a side ount to pour out his desires or say things that were too intense and too embarrassing.

    Thest post had been made half a month ago. It was so sappy, Shi Luo himself couldn¡¯t look at it.

    [You are so good to me, so good that you can smooth out all my mental struggles. Yu Sui. ¡¿

    The one before that was even sappier. Shi Luo began to wonder if he¡¯d had too much to drink when they¡¯d gone out to eat at a restaurant after their match that day.

    [In the future, when you get old and your memory begins to falter, if the past begins to turn fuzzy, you must re-read this post and remember that the person you like the most is Yu Sui. Yu Sui is the only person you have ever liked. Yu Sui is the one who has treated you the best. Every time, it has been Yu Sui who has given you hope. Yu Sui was the one who pulled you out of the abyss. ...You could forget everything except him, only he must never be forgotten. ¡¿

    Moving up to the one before that, Shi Luo remembered clearly that it was the day when he and Yu Sui confirmed their rtionship.

    [ Today, Yu Sui and I got together. ¡¿

    When his feelings got intense, all sorts of sappiness could be pulled out from him. When he looks back at them at ater time, he feels like his teeth are about to fall out. Shi Luo would be absolutely too embarrassed to say these things directly but he could do it through an anonymous side ount.

    Shi Luo pondered. He was hesitating whether he should write about today, whether he would be banned after writing all of it, when he unexpectedly discovered that his rubbish ount had manyments on it.

    This ount only had 56 followers, fifty of which were probably just bots. So, where did thesementse from?

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart stirred. Could it be¡ª?

    Has Yu Sui discovered his side ount?

    Shi Luo flushed, embarrassed and feeling ill at ease. He stood up and walked back and forth around the room a couple of times. After a moment¡¯s hesitation, he steeled his resolve and opened thements with a hint of anticipation.

    There were a lot ofments, Shi Luo looked through them, top to bottom. The blush on his face disappeared little by little and gradually became a look of indifference.

    Shi Luo underestimated the poprity of his team and also underestimated the magical nature of Yu Sui¡¯s fans, and directly mentioned Yu Sui¡¯s name in his side ount, which naturally meant that he couldn¡¯t hide it from the fans¡¯ eyes.

    [We¡¯ve got another crazy one. ]

    [¡°Yu Sui and I got together.¡± Excuse me, how much have you had to drink to put up this kind of post? ]

    [Look, we¡¯ve got a mythomaniac fan here.]

    [I¡¯ve just got to say, our team has a lot of pervert fans. Especially Whisper. ]

    [...Please return the blue sea and blue sky of e-sports. Please. ]

    [I am truly worried about your mental state. ]

    [Maybe you should see a therapist? Us fans will raise the fund for you.]

 Chapter 84

    Chapter 84:

    Shi Luo¡¯s hard toe by heart-warming thoughts were dashed by the fans¡¯ bucket after bucket of cold water.

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t willing to give up just yet. He was so used to fighting against the sprayers that Shi Luo had be very vignt. He knew very well their ¡®masquerading as a fan¡¯ routine and felt that these might very well be haters of his own team.

    Shi Luo, caught up in his own conspiracy theory, clicked on the user IDs of thementers one by one. The illusions he held in his heart were then shattered one after the other.

    Some of them were loyal fans who¡¯d been their fans for five or six years, technical fans who specialized in making their game highlights, sister fans who sent out 10,000-yuan gifts in their live broadcasts and steel straight male fans who¡¯ve been following them since their FS days. There were also die-hard fans who¡¯ve stanned him since he made his debut two years ago...

    The users who were the fiercest to scold his side ount were also the ones who usually sent out posts praising and boasting about him. Each one of their usual posts were each more touching and moving than the other...

    Shi Luo held down his anger and swallowed the dirty words that he was about to blurt back into his stomach.

    They were all their own team¡¯s fans and some of them were girls. There was no way he could scold them.

    Even if they couldn¡¯t hear it anyway.

    Even if they really had scolded his side ount way too much.

    ¡°Patience...¡± Shi Luo was so angry that his scalp was starting to hurt, ¡°I¡¯m being very patient with all of you. If I really started spraying, none of you would be able to beat me.¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t bring himself to ughter their passionate fans. Originally, he wanted to delete all thesements, but when he remembered that these were all sent by his fans, he didn¡¯t have the heart to do it. Shi Luo didn¡¯t read thements anymore but he still stubbornly made another post.

    [I¡¯ve begun rooming with Yu Sui. He actually knows how to change the sheets, fold clothes, and spread quilts. ¡¿

    Shi Luo had just posted it when a user named ¡°Love Evil for Life¡± sent him ament: [@Free E-sports Club, this person is at it again. Can everyone report him so we could finally get him blocked? ]

    Shi Luo looked at the ID of the fan who threatened to have him banned and pinched the space between his brows...

    If in the future, him and Yu Sui don¡¯t work out, none of his fans could im innocence.

    Shi Luo logged out of his side ount and put away thoughts of his unblessed love.

    Shi Luo had just switched back to his main ount when Yu Sui came back with takeaway.

    It was raining heavily outside, and there were little water droplets on the take-out packaging.

    Shi Luo pulled out a small table from under his bed and ced it by the window, Yu Sui put the takeaway on the small table and the two leaned against the bay window and started eating.

    Yu Sui looked assessing-ly at Shi Luo as he opened the takeaway bags. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    Shi Luo was startled and raised his eyes. ¡°Huh?¡±

    Yu Sui took out the takeaway food boxes and set them down. ¡°You look...like you just got angry.¡±

    Shi Luo opened the takeaway food box, hesitated and then told Yu Sui.

    ¡°My fansughed at me and scolded me... and wanted to report me. One of them even said she wanted to hit me.¡± Shi Luo bit his chopsticks and held it between his lips, a wooden expression on his face. His words came out a bit muffled. ¡°What scared me was that the fan who said she was going to hit me even made a post yesterday saying that they hoped all of Shi Zai¡¯s wishes woulde true. Well, right now I¡¯m wishing she wouldn¡¯t ruin my love life, okay?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°What is your side ount ID? I¡¯ll go and have a look.¡±

    ¡°No need!¡± Shi Luo himself had looked over his sappy posts and feltpletely embarrassed. How could he possibly let Yu Sui see it. ¡°There¡¯s nothing to see. I¡¯ll delete it allter.¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s to be done then?¡± Yu Sui slowly stirred his rice porridge, ¡°Or&#k2026; Maybe you should use your main ount?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t make trouble.¡± Shi Luo opened the instion packaging on his milk tea and took a sip. ¡°Wouldn¡¯t that mean we¡¯d be making it public?¡±

    Yu Sui took a sip of his rice porridge and said with a rxed tone, ¡°Then make it public.¡±

    Shi Luo pursed his lips and took a sip of his milk tea. Hesitantly, he asked, ¡°What do you...what do you mean?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui uneasily, ¡°Pretty soon, it¡¯s going to be the yoffs already. Don¡¯t mess around. I¡¯m serious, you...¡±

    Yu Sui raised his eyes, ¡°I¡¯m what?¡±

    Shi Luo paused. He couldn¡¯t say it clearly, ¡°When you go crazy...you¡¯re actually more ruthless than I am.¡±

    Yu Suiughed, ¡°Have I gone crazy?¡±

    ¡°Have you never heard of it? It¡¯s the ones who normally don¡¯t like getting angry, the ones that look gentle, that are really scary when they get angry.¡± Shi Luo was worried, ¡°You¡¯re that kind of person.¡±

    ¡°Moreover.¡± Shi Luo bit the straw and whispered, ¡°You have more girlfriend fans and madam fans than I do...don¡¯t you feel like losing them would be a waste?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°You think I care about that?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart was warmed. The sullenness in his heart instantly disappearedpletely.

    Shi Luo picked up his chopsticks and lowered his head to focus on his meal. ¡°Forget it, having a secret rtionship is also good.¡±

    Yu Sui slowly ate his rice porridge. While Shi Luo wasn¡¯t paying attention, he picked up his phone, opened Weibo and did a search.

    Shi Luo had actually exposed enough information that Yu Sui was able to find Shi Luo¡¯s side ount. Yu Sui took a look, copied the URL and saved it on his phone. He then put his phone aside.

    After eating the takeaway, the other people in the base got up one after another. Yu Sui didn¡¯t do anything to avoid suspicion. He stayed in Shi Luo¡¯s room until Old Qiao knocked on his door at around five o¡¯clock in the afternoon.

    Today¡¯s regr season match was Saint vs. Shi Luo¡¯s old club IAC.

    It was Saint¡¯s match so they needed to watch it. Instead of waitingter to do a game review, it was better to watch the live broadcast. Anyway, afternoon training had been cancelled. If they weren¡¯t going to train, they might as well do a game review.

    Zhou Huo was eager to find Yu Sui to ask him about his progress with Shi Luo. And so, he went to the training room ahead of time. As though he understood it like they did, he had his sses and held a notebook and a pen to watch the game.

    The team members arrived in the training room one after another, and the game started shortly after.

    After Shi Luo¡¯s transfer, IAC¡¯sbat power dropped by a lot this season. They could no longer be regarded as one of the top tier teams in the league.

    But Saint gave IAC ample respect. They faced IAC like they were ying for the World Championship finals. IAC¡¯s currentbat style was a stableyout across the board. Saint obviously developed a strategy for them. They yed even more steadily and cautiously than IAC. In the first round, Saint yed steadily and struck hard. They chose to y slowly rather than reveal any ws to IAC. The roundsted almost fifty minutes.

    If they didn¡¯t know better, they would have thought that Saint was ying a knockout round of the World Championship.

    ¡°Saint...¡± Puppy smiled, ¡°What¡¯s going on with Saint recently? Do they need to be so dedicated to their work?¡±

    Old Qiao¡¯s brows were furrowed the entire time. ¡°I always feel that they...¡±

    Yu Sui watched quietly without speaking.

    The twomentators of the game were still analyzing the importance of Saint¡¯s cautiousyout. The discussion was endless. Zhou Huo¡¯s understanding of the game was only based on thementators. Listening to what had been said, he said, ¡°Didn¡¯t thementators exin it? This strategy is correct.¡±

    Except for Zhou Huo, all the others offers noment.

    Professional yers might not be able to express themselves as well as professionalmentators, but their insight into the game was definitely more thorough. Shi Luo frowned. ¡°It¡¯s not that Saint doesn¡¯t know how to y a fast offensive game. From the start, they were already suppressing IAC¡¯s frontline. This game was over a long time ago. Insisting on using the slowest way...their chance of winning is higher, but they let the game drag on for too long.¡±

    Chen Huo rubbed his neck. ¡°Others just want to fight and get off stage, but they... Now it¡¯s like they shelled out money to go sightseeing; they want to see everything.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at the screen and suddenly turned to Shi Luo. ¡°The striker on their team...Amaze, they call him Old A, right? Do you know how old he is this year?¡±

    Before Yu Sui went to Europe two years ago, Amaze was still Saint¡¯s backup striker. He hadn¡¯t yed two years ago. No one in the team had yed against him before except for Shi Luo.

    ¡°Old A...¡± Shi Luo furrowed his brows. ¡°If I remember correctly, he became a starter a year ago. I didn¡¯t know that Saint had him before then. Then when he became a starter, I heard the guys at my old team say that he¡¯s actually been in the league for a long time. But as to his specific age...I don¡¯t know.¡±

    ¡°I know.¡± Old Qiao said, ¡°He and Angel Sword became Saint¡¯s youth trainees at the same time. Angel Sword is 23 this year and he¡¯s two years older than Angel Sword.¡±

    ¡°Twenty-five.¡± Yu Sui paused for a moment and said in a low voice, ¡°He just became a starterst year. He must be the ¡®Heaven rewards the diligent¡¯ kind of yer. He must definitely train a lot...¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes moved slightly. He was getting an idea as to Yu Sui was driving at.

    Old Qiao was startled and couldn¡¯t help but straighten up. ¡°You mean... He¡¯s going to retire?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not sure.¡± Yu Sui said lightly, leaning back on his chair, ¡°In general, within the league, snipers retiretest, followed by medics and on average, the strikers retire the earliest. It¡¯s because the reaction speed needed to y this job is too high. We¡¯re not even taking into ount injuries and sprains. Most yers at this age are suffering from work-rted injuries. If he is really...¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head slightly. ¡°I hope not.¡±

    The training room was quiet for a moment.

    Others knew very well that Yu Sui¡¯s conjecture was the most reasonable and it exined best Saint¡¯s current situation.

    Old Qiao hesitated and said, ¡°Now that you mention it... I seem to have an impression that I heard someone say that Old A has a problem with his right shoulder...¡±

    Saint was obviously trying its best to y each and every game to its fullest. One match yed was one match less. And so, they didn¡¯t overlook even the weak teams. They wanted to y for as long as they could. Obviously, they could reserve their tactics and strength for the yoffs and the World Championships after that, but they chose not to...like they couldn¡¯t wait.

    The most logical exnation was that someone was injured and would need to retire; then they really couldn¡¯t wait.

    ¡°He...¡± Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t understand. ¡°It¡¯s only a few months. They could find a way. Temporarily, they could use some aggressive treatment. They could hire a team doctor to follow them around. If he has to lie down to get to the World Championships, then he¡¯ll lie down.¡±

    ¡°If he could get there by lying down, of course he would. Who doesn¡¯t want to go to the World Championships?¡± Old Qiao said quietly, ¡°But what if he can¡¯t make it? And...¡±

    Old Qiao asked in reply, ¡°How do you know that he hasn¡¯t already been using aggressive treatment in order to drag things out until now?¡±

    Old Qiao slowly said, ¡°I used to be treated conservatively first, and then switched to aggressive treatment and then retired after half a year. After starting the aggressive treatment, I couldn¡¯t see when it would end. I didn¡¯t know until when I could hold on. I could only make the most of every moment.¡±

    The second game was about to begin. Zhou Huo looked at Saint and still felt it was a waste. ¡°Actually... there is still another way. The regr season isn¡¯t over yet. Just like when you guys let Shi Luo y before the yoffs that year; they could hurry up and buy a strong substitute striker. They could let the neer y for Old A for the rest of the regr season games. That way, there¡¯ll still be hopeter on. If Old A can¡¯t make it, then they can let the neere up. ¡±

    Puppy said, ¡°If we¡¯ve thought of it, then Saint must have also thought of it. But they didn¡¯t do it and chose to maintain their current lineup. If you look at how they are...team morale is high. They¡¯re not being forced to do this. This must be what they decided as a team. ¡±

    Old Qiao sighed, ¡°Injury, it¡¯s f*cking...the most disgusting thing.¡±

    Shi Luo has only been ying professionally for two years. His teammates now and his teammates before were all young and in good condition. It could be said that he was the one who was least able to empathize with the situation of having to retire because of injury.

    Shi Luo wanted to search to see just how many years Old A had been ying. He rummaged in his jacket pocket and realized that he¡¯d forgotten his mobile phone in the dorm.

    Shi Luo got up and went to the dorm to get his mobile phone.

    ¡°Why?¡± Zhou Huo still felt like it was a pity, ¡°If they insist on ying like this, the entire team might not be able to make it to the World Championships. They should hurry up and buy a new yer so that when Old A can¡¯t hold on anymore they have a ready substitute. What could Angel Sword be thinking...¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s he thinking?¡± Puppy shrugged. ¡°He¡¯s thinking he doesn¡¯t want Old A to be subbed out.¡±

    Zhou Huo smiled helplessly. ¡°He¡¯s injured. It¡¯s no one¡¯s fault. What¡¯s it matter if he gets subbed once or twice?¡±

    ¡°Not so.¡± Old Qiao stared fixedly at Old A. ¡°He¡¯s been on Saint¡¯s bench for 6 to 7 years already. He¡¯s probably so used to it that he¡¯s sick of it.¡±

    Zhou Huo was at a loss for words.

    Old Qiao said, ¡°If I were Angel Sword, I also wouldn¡¯t agree to let him be subbed out. If he can y for a few more days, then I will apany him to y for a few more days... He¡¯s been with me for so many years before, can I not apany him for a few months now? ¡±

    Chen Huo let out a sigh. ¡°If this were to happen to my teammate...I wouldn¡¯t want a neer either.¡±

    Puppy nodded. ¡°In any case, I¡¯m in good health. If I lose once, there¡¯ll be a next time.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at them with a surprised expression andughed. ¡°What happened to being a team of viins? Why are you all suddenly expressing your love for your teammates?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t be disgusting.¡± Chen Huo said, disgusted. ¡°Who¡¯d love these bastards?...but your degree of familiarity is different for different people.¡±

    Shi Luo headed back to the training room as soon as he got his phone from his room. He¡¯d forgotten to close the door to the training room. Before he could enter the room, he heard Zhou Huo say, ¡°If you think about it, it is understandable...Though you¡¯d normally tease and make fun of each other, when ites for someone to retire, you be reluctant to part with them. You can never bepletely rational about it. After all, you¡¯ve been teammates for so many years...¡±

    Zhou Huo sighed in a low voice, ¡°You can¡¯t really say anything when matters cross with feelings. And feelings formed for this many years...¡±

    Shi Luo stopped in his tracks.

    Shi Luo instinctively felt that... It was hard to stick himself in when they were discussing this topic.

    Except for himself, everyone else were ¡°teammates for so many years.¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t have to be that many years either.¡± Chen Huo said wearily, ¡°If that brat Shi Luo suddenly breaks his hand tomorrow, I would rather him y with one arm than let a substitute stand in for him.¡±

    Shi Luo outside the door was startled.

    ¡°We¡¯ll carry him if we have to...¡± Puppy slowly said. ¡°He¡¯s been targeted by the sprayers for so long because he doesn¡¯t have any World Championship experience... If he hadn¡¯t been tossed about because of all the sh*t that went down two years ago, he should have f*cking made it to the World Championships already. Sigh, we really shouldn¡¯t dwell on this...¡±

    Yu Sui said indifferently, ¡°On Shi Luo¡¯s behalf, I would like to thank you for all the poisoned milk. Now, his hand will never eve be broken in this life.¡±

    Old Qiao smiled, ¡°Then, we¡¯re going to have to work extra hard. This year, we must rush to the World Championship to get Evil there.¡±

    Shi Luo was leaning outside the door. A momentter, he lowered his head and smiled.

    After so long keeping himself free from forming rtionships with others, for the first time, Shi Luo has his feet nted on solid ground, he felt he had a ce to stay that was his own domain.

 Chapter 85

    Chapter 85:

    Zhou Huo looked at Chen Huo and Puppy in disbelief. ¡°I can¡¯t believe that those words just came out of both your mouths.¡±

    Chen Huo rolled his eyes, ¡°Then pretend like I hadn¡¯t said anything.¡±

    ¡°When was this friendship established?¡± Zhou Huo was puzzled. ¡°Don¡¯t you two bicker and quarrel all the time?¡±

    ¡°We do quarrel and bicker all the time and he¡¯s even two years younger than I am.¡± Chen Huo turned and looked at Zhou Huo. He asked, ¡°But do you think Shi Luo holds a grudge?¡±

    Zhou Huo stopped and thought about it carefully, ¡°Now that you say it...every time you two finish arguing, it¡¯s like everything¡¯s fine already.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t hold any grudges either. Neither of us holds any grudges. So, you can¡¯t really say we¡¯re quarreling.¡± Chen Huo turned back. With a rare tone of seriousness in his voice, he said, ¡°In the past, I was indifferent to it. It didn¡¯t matter to me whether we were in the same team or not. Later...sigh, was it in that club? I thought he was really going to mess with Yu Sui and send him to the hospital. I was furious. I felt that brat didn¡¯t know to distinguish good from bad, I thought he didn¡¯t know how to treasure old ties. Butter I found that it was a misunderstanding. It was my own despicable thinking. ¡±

    Chen Huo whispered, ¡°When I thought about it afterwards, I felt like he must be the one who actually treasured our old ties the most. He¡¯d only been with the team for a few months but even after two years, he still couldn¡¯t let go. This kind of person...oh, really, after you¡¯ve seen so many people in this industry who are only in it for the money, there¡¯s no way you wouldn¡¯t like this kind of stubborn and inflexible guy.¡±

    Puppyy slumped on his gaming chair. ¡°In the beginning, we weren¡¯t really teammates and I didn¡¯t really care. Now that we¡¯ve really been teammates for a few months...and we¡¯ve been teammates for the most stormy months, building a team together, being praised together, being sprayed together... None of us actually has a steel heart, okay? How can you not have feelings for them when you eat in the same room everyday? Anyway, the thing I find really vexing is when the sprayers say he has no international experience, I said two years ago that he shouldn¡¯t have joined FS. If he hadn¡¯t been so unlucky as to join our broken team, he would have long gotten international experience.¡±

    ¡°If the knife doesn¡¯t cut me then it doesn¡¯t hurt... It didn¡¯t use to matter but now when others insult my teammates, how can I not get angry? Shi Luo¡¯s pretty much the same. It¡¯s not actually true that he only has Yu Sui in his eyes. ......¡± Puppy adjusted his sitting position and scratched his chin. ¡°When someone in his live broadcast room said that I sucked, that I wasn¡¯t pulling my weight, he saw it and banned them outright. Can you really say that he treats me as a tool teammate? No matter how much we take jabs at each other, that¡¯s our own business behind closed doors. Outsiders can¡¯t just butt in, you know?¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at the two of them, feeling very regretful, ¡°I should have brought a camera with me. Now, I wasn¡¯t able to capture that rare moment of warmth from our team.¡±

    Chen Huo looked ufortable, ¡°Are you crazy? If you record it, then wouldn¡¯t Shi Luo know?!¡±

    Puppy also felt momentarily numbed, ¡°Besides, don¡¯t the fans know already? Please, don¡¯t do this. It¡¯s good enough that everyone knows it in the inside.¡±

    ¡°What is with our team?¡± Zhou Huo was tired, ¡°Most people talk badly about others behind their backs. Here, it¡¯spletely the other way around. You say good things about people who aren¡¯t around. If you¡¯re always going to be like this, it¡¯s going to be difficult for me to do my job. Normally, when you¡¯re not trying to auction off your teammate as a training partner on your live broadcast to boost your poprity, you¡¯re taunting and mocking each other. It¡¯s making our team culture particrly twisted.¡±

    ¡°When Chen Huo and Shi Luo team up to do a live broadcast, either they don¡¯t speak to each other or they mock each other for their mistakes. The fans are always scared and afraid that you two would lose your temper and that would be it for our club. And what about Puppy? Brother No.1. No matter who you team up with, every ten minutes you remind everyone listening to your teammate¡¯s live broadcast that you¡¯ve got your webcam open on your live broadcast and call on their fans toe to yours.¡± Zhou Huo¡¯s head hurt remembering the hardships he had to bear managing their official Weibo. ¡°Do you know how envious I am when I see other teams showing such deep camaraderie, praising their own teammates?! Do you know how much I hate it every time I see other teams¡¯ fans being moved to tears? It¡¯s not like we don¡¯t have those things in our team. Will it kill you guys to show it!¡±

    ¡°The whole club! The show of camaraderie for this entire club!¡± The more Zhou Huo said, the angrier he got. He said, grievously, ¡°Relies on the hard-earned disys of affection between Yu Sui and Shi Luo to barely keep it going!¡±

    Old Qiao, who just found out that Yu Sui and Shi Luo were already together, was inexplicably jabbed intoughter. He sprayed a mouthful of water and leaned on the arm of the gaming chair, panting withughter. ¡°Fortunately, there is Yu Sui and Shi Luo, otherwise our team would be too miserable. Like a sheet of loose sand. hahahaha...¡±

    Yu Sui Chen Huo and Puppy nimbly avoided getting sprayed by Old Qiao. Only Zhou Huo, the non-pro-yer got sprayed to his face because of his insufficient reaction time.

    ¡°I...¡± Zhou Huo was so angry he was about to give off steam. He quickly took the box of tissues and wiped his head. Forcing himself to calm down, he said, ¡°You guys act one way in front of others and act the other behind their backs. Can¡¯t you please reverse that?!¡±

    Yu Sui was curious as to why Shi Luo hadn¡¯te back yet. He absent-mindedly said to pacify him, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, what you said, we¡¯ll definitely reverse it.¡±

    Zhou Huo was stunned and then understood. Putting up with his soaked head, he said, depressed, ¡°Isn¡¯t it enough that you mess with your teammates¡¯ heads, now you¡¯re even trying to mess with your manager¡¯s?!¡±

    Shi Luo, standing outside the door, couldn¡¯t helpughing as well. He entered the training room and teased Zhou Huo along with everyone else. Zhou Huo was teased until smoke was starting toe out of his ears. Finally, he was cated by Old Qiao¡¯s ¡°Think about it. Don¡¯t we only mess with people who we are closest to?¡±

    The second game between Saint and IAC began. Everyone stopped their chatter and continued to watch the match.

    IAC didn¡¯t have a lot of moves right now. It¡¯s did the same style of y back and forth. The second game was almost an exact copy of the first game. After forty minutes, Saint unsurprisingly won the regr season match 2-0.

    Zhou Huo scoured the forum and was speechless, ¡°Saint prepared so well today. The forums are all praising them...By the way, they¡¯re also beating a dead horse, saying that we didn¡¯t prepare enough, that we have a bad attitude, and have no tactics in reserve.¡±

    Puppy pushed his gaming chair back to its original position. He shrugged indifferently, ¡°They¡¯ve been spraying us since we lost to Saint. Haven¡¯t they had enough?¡±

    ¡°By now, I¡¯ve been trained by you guys. I don¡¯t feel much seeing stuff like this. I¡¯m more worried about Saint right now.¡± Zhou Huo frowned slightly. ¡°If you guys guessed it right, Saint doesn¡¯t know when they¡¯ll run into trouble. All these sprayers that are praising them will have they¡¯re faces pped and then the return-spray will be even more brutal.¡±

    ¡°Then, let¡¯s hope we guessed wrong.¡± Chen Huo rubbed his ears. He himself had no confidence in what he said. ¡°Maybe it¡¯s just that we¡¯re just being overly suspicious. No one knows what another team is really nning, and we don¡¯t really know what¡¯s Old A¡¯s condition either. We were all just talking blindly...¡±

    Everyone ate dinner together. After the meal, Yu Sui and Puppy went to do free training. Shi Luo and Chen Huo were asked by the data analyst to team up and practice their cooperation.

    Shi Luo was a little moved when he overheard what Chen Huo said just before dinner.

    Back then, when he¡¯d gone to FS andter, when he joined Free, it was indeed because of Yu Sui.

    When Shi Luo met Yu Sui and started his life of misfortune, he was only seventeen and ever since then he¡¯s always been thinking about him, brooding about him.

    In the past, he only had eyes for Yu Sui. And then after entering Free, just like Puppy said, getting along for so long day and night, even if one¡¯s heart was blocked, you couldn¡¯t control feeling something.

    The more people he allowed into his heart, the more Shi Luo gradually began to understand why Yu Sui decided to do what he did back then.

    Putting himself in Yu Sui¡¯s shoes, Shi Luo also couldn¡¯t see any way that he could let go of his other teammates and just save Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help but think of what Puppy said before dinner. How long has he been insulted by the sprayers because he didn¡¯t have World Championship experience? We¡¯ll take him there even if we have to drag him...

    It¡¯s not just Shi Luo who has changed.

    That morning, Shi Luo¡¯s rtionship with Yu Sui had taken one step forward. In the evening, he hade to feel that team camaraderie everyone was too shy to speak of out loud. Shi Luo was in a very good mood.

    So good in fact that he was quite willing when he heard the data analyst request that he team up with Chen Huo.

    Teaming up between brothers who simply bickered for fun was no big deal, right? They should practice to improve their cooperation.

    Unfortunately, this little bit of warmth barely survived two rounds of being teamed up. Shi Luo could no longer hold back by the third round.

    ¡°Are you f*cking sh-...¡± Shi Luo swallowed the obscenities he was ready to spew out of his mouth. He endured, ¡°Don¡¯t rush forward, okay? I don¡¯t need you to block the bullet for me.¡±

    ¡°Who¡¯s blocking bullets for you!¡± Chen Huo said angrily, ¡°If I didn¡¯t rush ahead you would have snatched away that head again. Teaming up with Yu Sui all the time, has he finally infected you?! You¡¯re getting better and better at snatching away kills that aren¡¯t yours!¡±

    ¡°First of all, that head should have been mine. From the shooting, to dealing that head shot, I was the one who did all that. I¡¯m robbing you of kills? Just who has been snatching away the bloody heads I¡¯ve been shooting?¡± Shi Luo had very hast hand speed. ying the game didn¡¯t hinder him from opening the social software, pulling up the game statistics panel and using the shortcut keys to copy and paste the screenshot to sent it directly to Chen Huo, ¡°See your profit ratio for yourself! Isn¡¯t it lower than mine? You¡¯ve used up an entire cartridge but still didn¡¯t get any kills. If I didn¡¯t take thatst shot, wouldn¡¯t the enemy have gotten away?¡±

    ¡°If I wasn¡¯t so busy trying to stop you from getting in my way, I would have long gotten those kills!¡± Chen Huo tapped furiously on the keyboard and said irritably, ¡°Didn¡¯t you hear what the analyst told us? Cooperate! We have to cooperate well.¡±

    Shi Luo nimbly grabbed another head. ¡°I¡¯ve been cooperating for two rounds. I have had as much as I can take. If I keep letting you get all the kills, our two passersby teammates will report me for ying a passive match.¡±

    ¡°Aiya, damn it!¡± Chen scratched his head angrily, ¡°Have we started the mocking already? It¡¯s started again, hasn¡¯t it? You agreed so nicely to the analyst¡¯s request just now but only after an hour and you¡¯ve already began to show your true colors, huh? Little brat.......¡±

    Shi Luo ignored the Chen Huo. He let himself have free reign and let himself y as he wanted. In a show of one-upmanship, the more the two of them yed, the fiercer they became. By the twenty minute mark, they had won the match.

    ¡°How about this? let¡¯s stop arguing.¡± Chen Huo took a step back and discussed, ¡°You can change to your medic ount and to team up with me. You can show gege how you y.¡±

    ¡°Me milk for you?¡± Shi Luo looked at the monitor indifferently, ¡°You also deserve the surname Zhao.¡±

    The fierce quarrel instantly died down. Chen Huo suffered from being uncultured and after a dazed moment, he asked, ¡°What...what does this mean?¡±

    Yu Sui originally thought he¡¯d be able to happily team up with Shi Luo that night. He didn¡¯t expect that his little boyfriend would temporarily be sent off to Chen Huo¡¯s side. Yu Sui spent a dull and dry night, ying matches on his own. He heard this as he was getting some hot water in between matches. He said calmly, ¡°It¡¯s praise. It means you¡¯re as brilliant as brocade, you¡¯re worthy and deserving.¡±

    Chen Huo was skeptical, ¡°It¡¯s a good thing? Who said it?¡±

    ¡°Sima Qian, from ¡°Records of the Historian¡±.¡± Puppy consoled the fans in his live broadcast, ¡°No need to be so nervous. Where¡¯s the quarrel here? The mood here is pretty good... Oh, it wasn¡¯t Sima Qian who said it? Fire, the fans reminded me. I remembered it wrong. It was actually Li Bai in one of his acrostic poems.¡±

 Chapter 86

    Chapter 86:

    After a few days, Yu Sui had a chat with Zhou Huo, Old Qiao and Puppy in private. He gave them the heads up that he would appearing in Shi Luo¡¯s dorm from time to time. He asked everyone to pretend not to have seen him whenever they run into him; don¡¯t make a big fuss and just pretend that nothing was happening.

    Zhou Huo had been mentally prepared for a long time. He expressed how very happy he was to hear that. Puppy was totally indifferent. After confirming that Yu Sui wouldn¡¯t be telling Chen Huo, he was very pleased.

    Old Qiao didn¡¯t care either. He could be considered as someone who had watched Yu Sui grow up. He was very satisfied with Yu Sui getting together with a top striker like Shi Luo. He just reminded Yu Sui to pay attention to his work and rest and to not to let it affect his subsequent training.

    ¡°There¡¯s only one game left in the regr season. Don¡¯t drop the ball. Did you see the points? Our final match against DDF today actually has a big impact.¡±

    Theirst regr season match was a home game. After an entire regr season, even iron-willed people would feel a decrease in their fighting spirit, especially when theirst opponent was going to be a weak team with DDF. Old Qiao was worried that they wouldn¡¯t perform well because they weren¡¯t fired up enough. He reminded them, ¡°Saint also yed theirst regr season game yesterday. Their points for this season has already been set.¡±

    Shi Luo had watched the live broadcast of Saint¡¯sst regr season game. He said, ¡°They have the same overall points as us. Only one loss against NSN. If nothing unexpected happens...it wille down to the individual round points.¡±

    ording to league regtions, the yoff rankings were determined ording to the overall points. NSN lost a few games before and was no longer in contention for first ce. The team ranked in first ce in the regr season would either be Saint or Free.

    If Free, as expected, wins against DDF today, their overall points will be equal to Saint¡¯s. In that kind of situation, in order to determine the rankings, the league will have topare the game points of the two teams; they will have to add up the results of all the best of three matches of both teams. Whichever of the two teams lost the least number of rounds will be ranked first for the regr season.

    ¡°Being ranked no. 1 in the regr season is not considered an honor, but it is very beneficial for the subsequent yoffs. The yoffs are divided into 2 groups with first, fourth, fifth and eighth in group 1 and second, third, sixth and seventh in group 2. If we rank second, there¡¯s a high probability that we¡¯ll be going against NSN in the semi-final knockout round.¡± Old Qiao exchanged a loaded look with everyone, ¡°NSN, Shi Luo¡¯s old club, the club that took in our team members when we still hadn¡¯t established our club a few months ago. All of us have a good rtionship with Old Gu. None of us wants to y against them in the semi-finals, do we? If we win, it would mean that their dream of entering this year¡¯s World Championships would be broken again and it would be broken by our own hands. If we lose...pah!¡±

    Old Qiao pped himself in the mouth and continued, ¡°If we get no. 1 in the regr season, we definitely won¡¯t be ced in the same bracket with either NSN or Saint. We won¡¯t have to bear the psychological pressure of who will be eliminated or who will secure their spot before the finals.¡±

    Puppy nodded, ¡°I know the schedule very well. What I want to ask though is if we want to take first ce in the regr season, is there any hope in the game points?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Shi Luo nced at the record of the two teams and immediately calcted the results. ¡°If we get a 2-0 on today¡¯sst regr season game, first ce is ours. Saint has one more 2-1 win than we do.¡±

    ¡°It means that you can¡¯t drop a single round for today¡¯s match?¡± Chen Huo got up and jumped, moving his wrists around, ¡°If we lose, we¡¯ll have to y the knockout match against NSN. I don¡¯t want to fight with Old Gu and Wawa...Wow, I¡¯m suddenly super nervous! If we lose a game, only either us or NSN can only go y in the World Championships, right? Fuck, Old Gu hasn¡¯t been able to y for a few years, right? He can¡¯t miss out again this year!¡±

    Zhou Huo had worked in NSN and he knew about Gu Gan¡¯s situation very well. He said, ¡°Gu Gan, a trainee from NSN¡¯s youth training group. A talented yer. He was transferred to the first team after ying in the youth training team for less than a season. It¡¯s been five years since he went pro. He¡¯s been able to keep his personal abilities at their peak, but he¡¯s only been to the World Championship once...¡±

    Zhou Huo said helplessly, ¡°It¡¯s not his fault...it¡¯s also extremely unlucky. NSN always finds itself having a super weak point. It used to be the sniper and then the medic. They never seem to be able to get an evenly matched team of four. In recent years, many teams who are just missing one powerful striker havee to him with offers but Gu Gan...¡±

    ¡°Old Gu can¡¯t leave.¡± Old Qiao shook his head. ¡°Gu Gan was also unlucky. Back then, his batch of youth trainees was like a gathering of strikers. That year, basically all the neers were strikers and many of them were famous as broadcast anchors. Everyone was highly talented and everyone had no experience. Club executives definitely prefer more popr neers. Gu Gan sorted out his national server record and sent it to several clubs. No one responded. One team agreed and asked him to y for two months. He agreed even though they wouldn¡¯t pay him a cent and they made him change his ount all the time. He was young at the time and didn¡¯t know what it meant at first. Later on, he realized he was being used as a training partner for free.¡±

    ¡°Not long after he left that shady workshop, only one sh*tty club told him that he¡¯d passed their assessment. Gu Gan grabbed his suitcase and headed over there. His train hadn¡¯t arrived yet when the club asked him if he was already on the way. If not, could he please go back?¡± Old Qiao curled his lips, ¡°They didn¡¯t even pay for his train ticket. Pieces of trash.¡±

    ¡°Turned out to be a good thing though. Within half a month, an old manager of NSN¡¯s took the initiative to contact him and asked him to go join NSN¡¯s youth training group. Knowing that he was underage, the old manager personally flew to Gu Gan¡¯s hometown, signed a contract with his parents and brought Gu Gan with him to Shanghai.¡± Zhou Huo smiled, ¡°As you know, NSN, from its owner to its management to its yers, they¡¯re all good-tempered and good-natured. They take special care of their younger yers. Not only are underage yers given an hour of naptime every day, they¡¯re also given special meals within the club. They¡¯re given two extra cans of milk and half a pound of fruit every day.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, ¡°I¡¯ve heard of that.¡±

    If he hadn¡¯t known that the culture at NSN was good, that their management team was gentle and easy to get along with, he wouldn¡¯t have chosen NSN to send Shi Luo to back then.

    Chen Huo hadn¡¯t heard of this before. He said, surprised, ¡°Underage team members get special meals every day? Just how freakin¡¯ nice are they...Is this real or fake? Did they give these to you when you first joined them?¡±

    The second half of what Chen Huo said was addressed to Shi Luo. Shi Luo nodded, ¡°While you¡¯re still underaged, they¡¯ll prepare nutritious meals for you every day. In the morning and evening, they¡¯ll give you an extra can of hot milk. But it¡¯s not half a pound of fruit. It¡¯s unlimited. As long as you can eat it, you can ask the Cleaning Auntie for more.¡±

    Puppy was full of admiration. ¡°Can¡¯t believe there¡¯s this unsullied club in this industry. How did they manage to maintain a conscience?¡±

    Puppy couldn¡¯t help but look at Yu Sui and Chen Huo, ¡°What about us? What did our Boss Ji teach us when we were underage? Eat hard, drink hard and buy wealth management products... We¡¯ve been taught the wrong values! Since we were young, we¡¯ve been afflicted with great suffering! Think about it carefully. Compared to the warm teachings of their club, did our club teach us anything else other than to party hard?¡±

    ¡°It did teach us something else.¡± Yu Sui got up to pack his peripherals, and said unhurriedly, ¡°Didn¡¯t our old club have us undergo frustration education during the first year of our adulthood? He sent us to help Europe and to steel ourselves. You¡¯ve heard of Wolf Education, right? That¡¯s what we experienced.¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help it and he let out a snort ofughter.

    This period of their past was originally these peoples¡¯ sore spots. Shi Luo seldom took the initiative to mention it and he would generally not engage when others mention it. But now when Yu Sui said this, Shi Luo really couldn¡¯t help but want tough.

    Zhou Huo and Old Qiao didn¡¯t force themselves to hold back. They bowed their heads andughed.

    ¡°Why?¡± Chen Huo couldn¡¯t ept it. ¡°Other clubs¡¯ underaged yers are cherished like littlembs while were subjected to Wolf Education? Why? Why must we be destined to be so unlucky? Me too! I want a nutritious meal! I also want to drink hot milk!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t be disgusting. You made so much money when you were still a minor. Don¡¯t tell me you couldn¡¯t afford your own hot milk?¡± Old Qiao held back fromughing and cleared his throat. ¡°At the time, whether it was Ji Yanhan or the manager or any of the other club executives, what would you have thought if they gave you a cup of hot milk before going to bed?¡±

    Chen Huo imagined that scene for a moment. Instantly, the wind was knocked from his sails. ¡°I would have thought the club might be about to talk to me about canceling my contract.¡±

    Old Qiao looked at Puppy. Puppy scratched his arm. ¡°Same. I would have thought the club finally wanted to kick me, this bastard, out of the team.¡±

    Old Qiao skipped over Yu Sui and looked at Shi Luo. Shi Luo said lightly, ¡°I would have thought that Ji Yanhan put in rat poison and that he was about to fight me head-on.¡±

    There was another round of stifledughter.

    ¡°Look, this group of ours is just destined to be unlucky.¡± Old Qiao smiled, ¡°We just don¡¯t have that kind of life.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why NSN can raise a yer who is as upright as Gu Gan, who can bring out a yer who is as simple and optimistic as Wawa. We...we...¡± Zhou Huo looked around the room at his group of yers, each more worrisome than the other. He barely managed to smile and say, ¡°Our... our vitality is stronger than theirs!¡±

    Yu Sui said thoughtfully, ¡°If you really can¡¯t find anything to boast about, you don¡¯t need to force it.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re getting too off-track.¡± Old Qiao drank some water and continued, ¡°Gu Gan had seen so many sh*tty clubs before that so of course, his feelings towards NSN that had warmly nurtured him like a son would be different. Althoughter on, his teammates have not always been that amazing and the team¡¯s performance has not been particrly good, even when other strong teams havee to headhunt him, he declined them all politely...¡±

    ¡°Five years, the person who was once their young son is now the captain and NSN¡¯s ever dependable eldest son.¡± Old Qiao whispered, ¡°This year, Wawa performed well in the second half of the regr season. They really have a chance to make it to the World Championships this year. Gu Gan has waited for so many years. He has to take advantage of the fact that he¡¯s still at his peak. He really should go once...¡±

    ¡°So the topic has gone back to the original starting point.¡± It was almost time. Puppy also got up to pack his peripherals. ¡°Now ourst regr season match determines whether NSN will y with us in the semifinals or with Saint. ¡±

    Zhou Huo nodded. ¡°It would be best if we could get a 2-0 win. Saint and NSN... If you guessed right before, then this year¡¯s World Championships are particrly important to both of them... We all hope they could both go. It would be difficult to bear ying against either in an elimination match. It¡¯d be better to push it to them. Sigh, just y against DDF. Getting a shutout against them is just a matter of minutes, right? It¡¯s simple. I believe in you.¡±

    ¡°It originally was so simple!¡± Chen Huo copsed, ¡°If you hadn¡¯t pulled this Touching China sh*t we definitely would have been able to get the win, no problem! Now, I feel so f*cking pressured?! If I lose a round, I¡¯ll have to fight Old Gu and Wawa. I don¡¯t want to!!!¡±

    ¡°Uh...¡± Old Qiao was embarrassed, ¡°I was actually afraid that after ying a so many months, you¡¯d turned apathetic. It¡¯s not easy to get your spirits up fighting weaker teams. If you¡¯re too rxed, it¡¯s easy to lose. I didn¡¯t expect... was it too much?¡±

    Yu Sui shook his head, ¡°It had no effect on me.¡±

    Puppy said with some difficulty, ¡°I¡¯m still fine.¡±

    In proper order, everyone turned to look at Shi Luo. Shi Luo looked back at them. He wanted to follow along and say that he was indifferent. But when he thought that everyone here was his own people, he pretended to be muddled. Shi Luo lowered his head and rubbed between his brows. He said helplessly, ¡°I also feel f*cking pressured. ... NSN was my old club. When I first went there, the Cleaning Aunt also cooked me nutritious meals for me and gave me hot milk. When I left the team, Captain Gu personally contacted people for me. This...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s my fault. It¡¯s my fault.¡± Old Qiao was miserable. ¡°I saw that you all didn¡¯t seem very spirited. It¡¯s okay. It¡¯s okay. If you lose, it¡¯s okay. It¡¯s all the will of Heaven. Heaven¡¯s will that we be the final viins.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± Shi Luo shook his head, ¡°We still have half an hour before we need to y. I can adjust.¡±

    Even without looking, Shi Luo could sense what Yu Sui was thinking. He said without needing to look up, ¡°I don¡¯t need you to help me...I can do it myself.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, who was doing some deep breathing and smiled. He nodded, ¡°Okay.¡±

    ¡°What do you mean ¡®okay¡¯?¡± Chen Huo said angrily, ¡°Come and help me! I¡¯m just as stressed!¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t even look up. ¡°Go away.¡±

    Shi Luo pulled over Chen Huo to discuss tactics on how to cooperate. The two strikers conversed in front of the window for half an hour. Their emotions gradually calmed down.

    Two hourster, Free sessfully finished up with a 2-0 win. At the same time, they secured their first ce position for this season¡¯s regr season. It also locked in Saint and NSN at second and third.

    ying against the middling to lower ranked team DDF, Shi Luo outperformed himself the entire way. He was no longer the least bit nervous. After the game, Shi Luo let out a long sigh, got up and took his peripherals.

    Shi Luo, once again, slowed down a few steps. Yu Sui, as before, took his peripherals and waited to one side. Shi Luo used his arm to wipe away the beads of sweat on his forehead. He said in a low voice, ¡°Waiting for me again...the sprayers will be cursing you again.¡±

    ¡°They can do whatever they want.¡± Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, and whispered, ¡°I¡¯m going to ask for two tickets to Saint and NSN¡¯s semifinals match. Let¡¯s go see it live when the timees.¡±

    Shi Luo was taken aback. He said as he coiled the wire of his mouse, ¡°We¡¯ll watch it live? We¡¯ll be sitting together? What if the fans see...?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°If others want to watch, then let them watch.¡±

    Several video cameras panned to the two of them but they couldn¡¯t record what they said.

    Shi Luo paused and then nodded, ¡°Okay.¡±

    The yoffs have officially started. In the semifinals, everyone has to rely on their own skills.

    Trantor¡¯s note: This is what tear me apart about sports stories. I love all the team. They all deserve to win but there can only be one winner. =(

 Chapter 87

    Chapter 87:

    The regr season was finally over and the team rankings were already fixed. The yoffs adopted the bubble game system. As the regr season¡¯s first team, Free¡¯s semifinals game won¡¯t be until half a monthter. Zhou Huo and Old Qiao were feeling a rare sense of relief for once and gave everyone the night off.

    When they got home that day, they didn¡¯t need to do training and they could do whatever they wanted.

    ¡°Evil, are you okay? I saw you were sweating in the game just now.¡± They had just finished eating dinner and had gotten back at the base. Zhou Huo saw Shi Luo and felt a bit worried. ¡°It¡¯s pretty cold today and the wind was pretty chilly when we were waiting for the car. Won¡¯t you catch a cold?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± Shi Luo said indifferently, ¡°I haven¡¯t caught a cold in years.¡±

    Two hourster, Shi Luo touched his hot forehead. He thought long and hard but couldn¡¯t figure it out. Everything was going fine. Why did he have to feed himself poisoned milk?

    They¡¯ve been training hard these past days. Zhou Huo said that he could clearly see that the yers were all thinner. They finally got one day off from training and Zhou Huo wouldn¡¯t allow them to stay cooped up ying games in the training room. He had already shoo-ed them all back to their dormitories. Shi Luo knew he wouldn¡¯t be able to fall asleep and didn¡¯t want to disturb Yu Sui while he caught up on sleep. And so, he didn¡¯t allow Yu Sui toe to his room.

    After washing up, Shi Luoy on his bed, ying on his phone. The more he yed, the more he felt ufortable. Shi Luo originally believed that he felt ufortable because he¡¯d been too focused during today¡¯s game that his muscles had been strained. When he was too focused on the game, he would overdraw his physical stamina. This sort of thing was not umon. After half an hour, Shi Luo realized that something wasn¡¯t right. He touched his forehead, it was as hot as theputer motherboard.

    Shi Luo put on his jacket, got up and went downstairs. In the living room on the first floor of the base, there was a small medicine box with almost all themonly used medicines.

    At the moment, all the team members were resting in their dorm rooms. The first floor was empty. Shi Luo found the small medicine box and sat on the sofa. He fished out a box of cold medicine. Shi Luo was struggling with his burning eyes. He tried his hardest to identify the expiration date. After confirming that it had not expired, he pushed out a pill and threw it in his mouth. He went to the kitchen and took a ss of water to swallow down the pill. As soon as he turned around, he saw Chen Huo standing in the dark. He had no idea how long he¡¯d been standing there.

    Shi Luo was taken aback, ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°I was suddenly hungry... I ordered a takeaway. I¡¯m waiting for the delivery.¡± Chen Huo looked Shi Luo up and down, ¡°What are you hiding in your mouth? Are you sick? Did you really catch a cold?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t have a cold...¡± Shi Luo drank a few more sips of water and said perfunctorily, ¡°I¡¯ve just got excessive internal heat. I just took some medicine for it. Don¡¯t tell Yu Sui.¡±

    ¡°Why the hell would I tell him about your excessive internal heat?¡± Chen Huo looked at Shi Luo, somewhat worried, ¡°Why¡¯d you even get excessive internal heat? You smoked too much?¡±

    ¡°En...¡± Shi Luo finished off his ss of water. ¡°Don¡¯t make a fuss. If Zhou Huo finds out, he going to fuss like a mother hen.¡±

    Chen Huo nodded, ¡°I know. I also ordered yogurt. Want it?¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head, packed away the medicine box and went upstairs to his room.

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯tpletely inexperienced in dealing with colds. He would take some cold medicine, drink a ss of water and sleep. Come the next day, he would be fine. It was just a one night matter, he didn¡¯t want to worry Yu Sui about it. He went back to his dorm room, cocooned himself in his quilt and while waiting for him to sweat it out, continued to y on his phone.

    It¡¯s been such a long time since he¡¯s had a cold that when he suddenly started burning up, Shi Luo was also surprised.

    Under the covers, Shi Luo looked through Weibo. The grouping for the yoffs each year was fixed ording to their regr season rankings. The grouping had basically been determined after Free¡¯s final regr season game. The official blogs of both Saint and NSN were quite courageous, exchanging messages to each other; feeding each other poisoned milk. Saint asked NSN to be merciful this time and NSN begged Saint to stop making new strategies this time. The official blogs of both side were already ¡®crying grandfather¡® in advance and it made the atmosphere which quite joyous.

    Shi Luo wanted toment using his main ount. But while the emperor stays calm, his eunuchs were teetering on the edge. He and Chen Huo had nearly mentally copsed today.

    Before the game, Shi Luo¡¯s emotional state really wasn¡¯t quite right; he¡¯d been affected too much.

    Since entering Free, Shi Luo has be more and more likely to empathize with others.

    Every family goes through its problems.

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t a believer in universal brotherhood and he was no angel either but after finding the road he was treading growing narrow, when he sees others approach edge of the cliff, he can¡¯t help but want to scoop them out.

    Not to mention that NSN really had helped him out back then.

    Shi Luo has always remembered this kindness. So after Wawa joined the NSN, he paid particr attention to teaching Wawa. At that time, Wawa had just started ying professionally. He was very grateful to Shi Luo, this great god who though a team outsider was so very kind. Wawa, feeling restless, had once discussed with Gu Gan how to repay Shi Luo.

    Gu Gan didn¡¯t let Wawa do much. He only told Wava that he himself had once been indebted to FS. Now, Wawa need only to keep the goodwill of others in his heart.

    Shi Luo¡¯s fever was starting to make him feel dazed. His thoughts, flying all over the ce, remembered this and he suddenly realized that the reason Gu Gan had taken care of him so well in the first ce, might be because he was paying back some kind of favor.

    In other words, when he was in NSN, he was still being taken care of by Yu Sui. Thinking even deeper...

    ¡°Sorry to trouble you. Please wait a minute.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s train of thought was suddenly interrupted. The door to him room was opened and the lights were suddenly turned on. Shi Luo blocked his eyes from the brightness.

    ¡°Are you wearing clothes?¡± Yu Sui nced at Shi Luo up and down. He then turned his head towards the door and said, ¡°Come in.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s forehead was flushed red from the fever. It took effort to open his eyes wide. He couldn¡¯t react for a moment. ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Yu Sui ignored Shi Luo and asked Free¡¯s team doctor to enter the room. He whispered, ¡°It might be a cold. We¡¯ve been training a lot recently. He was a bit tense during today¡¯s game and he was buffeted by cold winds after the game...Please take a look to see if there are any other problems.¡±

    Free¡¯s team doctor was basically a private doctor who takes care of Yu Sui¡¯s stomach problems. He doesn¡¯t usually live at the base and doesn¡¯t have much contact with the other people. After being taken to Shi Luo¡¯s dorm room, he sat politely to one side and took out the thermometer, handing it Shi Luo. He asked amiably, ¡°Have you taken some medicine? What did you take?¡±

    Before Shi Luo could answer, Yu Sui handed a box of medicine to the team doctor. ¡°This one. Did you take one tablet?¡±

    Shi Luo put the thermometer in ce. Feeling inexplicably guilty, he answered honestly, ¡°I took just one tablet.¡±

    The team doctor nodded. ¡°Okay. Let¡¯s check the temperature first. How long since you took it?¡±

    ¡°About...¡± Shi Luo hesitated, ¡°more than half an hour ago.¡±

    The team doctor nodded and waited. Shi Luo sat on the bed with a thermometer in his mouth and a quilt covering him. He nced at Yu Sui, and whispered, ¡°Chen Huo told you? I told him not to make a fuss about it...¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression was faint, ¡°If you hadn¡¯t specifically told him not to, he might have not sold you out.¡±

    Shi Luo saw that Yu Sui was a bit angry. He wasn¡¯t willing to have Yu Sui admonish him in front of others. He honestly bowed his head, shut up and waited for the temperature reading.

    At the same time, he was praying hard that the temperature wasn¡¯t too high.

    Five minutester, Shi Luo took out the thermometer. Before he could take a look, Yu Sui had already taken it. Yu Sui took a look and handed the thermometer to the team doctor, ¡°37.6 degrees.¡±

    The team doctor took a closer look and smiled, ¡°It¡¯s 37.5... Are you called Evil? How old are you? Are you already an adult?¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s an adult. Barely.¡± Yu Sui was very specific in his answer ¡°In fact, he¡¯s still shy of neen years old.¡±

    ¡°Okay.¡± The team doctor looked at Shi Luo¡¯s throat again. He handed Yu Sui a pack of heat-removing stickers for children, and gave him a bottle of medicine. ¡°The heat-removing stickers are for his forehead. If he¡¯s willing, you can stick two more on his chest and back. Since he¡¯s already taken cold medicine, he won¡¯t need to take this medicine for now. Take another tablet if his temperature exceeds 38 degrees, have him take another one. Get him to drink plenty of hot water. Don¡¯t stay upte for the next couple of days.¡±

    The team doctor stood up and said gently, ¡°There¡¯s nothing wrong. It¡¯s not the flu season recently. His constitution just declined because of the change in seasons. Let him rest first. I¡¯lle back tomorrow.¡±

    ¡°Sorry to trouble you.¡± Yu Sui nodded, ¡°I¡¯ll send you out.¡±

    Calling the doctor toe take Shi Luo¡¯s temperate in the middle of the night, Yu Sui himself was feeling quite apologetic. He threw the stickers that the team doctor had just handed to him to Shi Luo¡¯s bedside and went out. He saw the team doctor out the door and went upstairs. The stickers were still left by the bedside. Shi Luo wasying down with his eyes closed, his face a lot more haggard than it had looked just now.

    It wasn¡¯t difficult for g Man Yu to guess the thinking of a certain barely-adult striker. Yu Sui stood at the door and nced at Shi Luo, ¡°Did you listen to what the doctor said?¡±

    A certain not quite neen year old striker looked as though he had really gone confused from the fever. He opened his eyesboriously and looked at the stickers beside the bed. He said vaguely, ¡°I did but I didn¡¯t catch it very clearly. What is this? How... how do you open this? Where should I stick it?¡±

    Yu Sui said expressionlessly, ¡°You stick one on your forehead and another between your legs.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo tried his best to pretend he couldn¡¯t hear clearly, ¡°I have a fever and my ears are ringing...How do you open this thing...¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t want to dy his treatment for too long. He walked to Shi Luo¡¯s bed and tore open the heat-removing sticker. He pasted a sticker on Shi Luo¡¯s forehead, pressing it gently with the palm of his hand, He opened another sticker. Looking at Shi Luo, he said, ¡°Stick this one to your chest.¡±

    Shi Luo moved with much difficulty and he frowned. ¡°Chest? How? Straight or nted? My ears really are ringing...¡±

    Yu Sui took a deep breath and wasn¡¯t in the mood to y with Shi Luo. He was afraid that Shi Luo was already sweating and did not dare to lift the quilt, lest a draft get inside. So he squatted on the side of Shi Luo¡¯s bed and reached into the quilt with the opened heat removal sticker. Inside, whispered, ¡°Open your pajamas. I¡¯ll stick this to the middle of your chest...¡±

    Under the quilt, Yu Sui felt Shi Luo hold onto his wrist, looking for a position for him. Two secondster... Yu Sui¡¯s hand stopped moving.

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    In this situation, g Man Yu really didn¡¯t want to be subjected to Shi Luo¡¯s low-level routines.

    But the sensation on his fingertips still caused Yu Sui¡¯s face to slightly change.

    His tone also unconsciously became a bit breathy.

    Yu Sui, a deep look in his eyes, turned to look at Shi Luo. His lips moved slightly and he said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, ¡°Is this right in the middle?¡±

    Yu Sui saw that Shi Luo¡¯s originally flushed cheeks had gone even redder.

    He heard Shi Luo sigh once again and whisper, ¡°Don¡¯t be angry. I don¡¯t want to quarrel with you over a fever that will be fine by tomorrow.¡±

    Yu Sui himself had concealed his stomach problems from Shi Luo before. Because of this experience, he knew more about the hidden dangers of sickness. If he could hide minor illnesses and pains now, then wasn¡¯t he more likely to hide it when he felt unwell in the future?

    Originally, he really had wanted to look stern and have a proper talk with Shi Luo, but now...

    The sensation in his hand was conveyed straight to his brain in real time and it made things absolutely unbearable. Yu Sui closed his eyes and said, ¡°You can let go of my hand first!¡±

    ¡°I won¡¯t.¡± Shi Luo moved a little, trying to tease Yu Sui while also being very unskilled. After he worked hard for a long time, he whispered, ¡°Don¡¯t- Don¡¯t lecture me...¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, inwardly he told himself that telling the other off would be a simple matter.

    This routine of Shi Luo¡¯s that simply made him unable to get angry was really impossible not to fall for.

    Yu Sui broke away from Shi Luo¡¯s hand, neatly stuck on the heat-dissipating sticker and withdrew his hand. He opened up another sticker and skillfully and nimbly stuck it on Shi Luo¡¯s back.

    ¡°I¡¯m not angry anymore.¡± Yu Sui took off his coat, ¡°Scoot farther in. I¡¯m sleeping here today.¡±

    Trantor¡¯s note: How¡¯d you like the chapter? Next chapter will be on Nov 4 (Wed). I¡¯m sorry but I¡¯ve been a procrastinating as* and things have finally caught up with me. I¡¯ll need the break to handle things IRL. See you next week!

 Chapter 88

    Chapter 88:

    At this moment, the absolutely guilt-ridden Shi Luo, didn¡¯t even have the confidence to get Yu Sui to return to his own dorm room. He simply moved over, turned toy on his side, facing the wall.

    Yu Suiy on the bed and pushed Shi Luo, ¡°It¡¯s not the flu, I can¡¯t get infected.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s voice was a little hoarse due to the fever. He said hesitantly, ¡°...Are you sure that themon cold isn¡¯t contagious?¡±

    ¡°Not sure.¡± Yu Sui put an arm around Shi Luo¡¯s waist and brought the other against his body. ¡°But if you keep shrinking in and sticking to that cold wall. I¡¯m sure I won¡¯t be able to stop my anger.¡±

    Shi Luo spent half a second weighing the pros and cons before obediently leaning against Yu Sui. He still had his back turned to Yu Sui but he did move closer. Shi Luo was still hot and was a little afraid of the cold. He shrank slightly into his quilt.

    ¡°Shi Luo.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s forehead was still burning up and his body was cold. His whole body was feeling unwell. He said hoarsely, ¡°Huh?¡±

    Shi Luo was tightly wrapped in the quilt and Yu Sui¡¯s arm was tightly wrapped around him. It wasn¡¯t easy to turn around. He waited for a long time but didn¡¯t hear Yu Sui continue on. Just when he¡¯d made up his mind to spend the effort to move, he heard Yu Sui say quietly into his ear, ¡°Do you think there¡¯s still a bit of a problem between us?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart sank.

    Before Shi Luo could exin, he heard Yu Sui say lightly, ¡°Doesn¡¯t this look like you¡¯re treating me like an outsider? Doesn¡¯t this look wrong to you?¡±

    Shi Luo took a deep breath. Throwing down a statement like this between couples was basically the opening segue to a quarrel.

    Fever really does affect a person¡¯s ability to react. Shi Luo¡¯s ears really were ringing a bit. Before he could figure out how to exin it, Yu Sui loosened his arm around him.

    He didn¡¯t know if it was a psychological effect but Shi Luo once again felt a bit colder.

    Shi Luo¡¯s brows furrowed and he rubbed between his brows. When he was trying to concentrate, thinking what to say, he felt Yu Sui¡¯s arms move behind him.

    Shi Luo subconsciously turned his head to look and was startled.

    Yu Sui raised his head slightly and unbuttoned his shirt one by one.

    After all his shirt buttons were unbuttoned, Shi Luo was once again embraced by Yu Sui. He was once again taken into Yu Sui¡¯s arms. Yu Sui used his own shirt to wrap him up like a spring roll.

    Shi Luo heard Yu Sui whisper in his ear, ¡°You feel warmer than before?¡±

    Shi Luo was stunned for half a minute.

    After a long while, Shi Luo said in a low voice, ¡°My heart feels warmer than before... what?¡±

    Before he could say anything, Shi Luo felt Yu Sui smile behind him.

    A choked up feeling was surging in Shi Luo¡¯s chest. He wanted to ask for the thousandth time just how this person could be so good?

    Every time he felt that he couldn¡¯t be any better, that he was already the person who would treat him best, it wouldn¡¯t take long before Yu Sui would continue to break this record.

    Yu Sui slightly changed position to allow Shi Luo to lie down morefortably. ¡°What use does having a honey tongue have now? How hard is it to call me and have mee over when you have a fever?¡±

    Originally, Shi Luo had a lot of things to say to defend himself. But now, he didn¡¯t want to say anything anymore. He obediently listened to his admonishment and apologized honestly, ¡°I was wrong.¡±

    ¡°Are you still going to do it next time?¡± Yu Sui gently raised Shi Luo¡¯s chin with his hand and whispered, ¡°Next time you try getting whoever you told to sleep with you. Get Chen Huo to go, how about it? Now, I don¡¯t hide my asional stomachaches from you. What about you? What do you take me for?¡±

    Without waiting for Shi Luo to speak, Yu Sui said, ¡°I treat you as my boyfriend and you treat me as a duck. I came here to take f*cking good care of you. What were you doing just now thinking with that thing between your legs? Hm? What kind of crappye on was that?¡±

    Shi Luo tried his best to hold back his smile. He lowered his head and rubbed Yu Sui¡¯s hand with his chin. He said sincerely, ¡°I was really, really wrong.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s not going to be a second time.¡± Yu Sui pulled the quilt and frowned. ¡°It¡¯s not some f*cking terminal illness. Still hiding something like this...what¡¯s wrong with you? Go to sleep.¡±

    Yu Sui covered Shi Luo¡¯s eyes with his hand, forcing him to close them. ¡°I will give you a day off tomorrow.¡±

    Shi Luo said ¡°en¡± and fell asleep after a while.

    Shi Luo slept well all night. Yu Sui woke up several times that night and checked Shi Luo¡¯s temperature by touching his forehead. Only once Shi Luo¡¯s body temperature had returned to normal did he rx and fall asleeppletely.

    The next day, Yu Sui woke up first.

    Shi Luo¡¯s body temperature waspletely back to normal. Yu Sui felt relieved. Seeing that it was still early, he was toozy to go back to his room. He sat up and leaned against the headboard, looking through his phone.

    Several messages came in during the night. Yu Sui unlocked his phone and took a look. His eyebrows then raised up in surprise.

    Ke Hao sent him a few messages.

    Yu Sui instinctively nced at Shi Luo who was lying next to him.

    Since going to Germany, Yu Sui has foregone even the new year¡¯s greeting he sends to Ke Hao out of courtesy and their rtionship has gradually faded.

    It was also because of Shi Luo and also because Yu Sui has been ying at being a shut it during those days when he had just transferred to the European division and he had cut off contact with many people.

    Yu Sui clicked on the message.

    [Ke Hao]: [I only found out when I saw the news. My cousin has gone over to your side again? ]

    [Ke Hao]: [I did a search. Your club¡¯s results are pretty good. How is he? ]

    [Ke Hao]: [You two made up? How are you two now? ]

    The messages were sent at 8 o¡¯clock in the morning. Yu Sui wasn¡¯t sure whether Ke Hao was still suffering from jetg or if he had gotten up early.

    One never goes to the temple for no reason. Yu Sui doubted that Ke Hao suddenly remembered that he still had a cousin like Shi Luo and wanted to show a bit of concern.

    When Yu Sui recalled what Shi Luo had told him about the mess with his family and he formed a vague idea in his heart.

    Yu Sui gave a sideways nce at Shi Luo. He got up as lightly as possible and took his mobile phone with him out of Shi Luo¡¯s room.

    At 10 o¡¯clock in the morning, the people at the base hadn¡¯t gotten up yet. Yu Sui went back to his room, took a jacket and put it on. He walked to the first floor, went out of the main door and sat on the lounger in the small courtyard. He sent a video call to Ke Hao.

    The call was answered within a few seconds. Ke Hao was obviously surprised and his greeting was very enthusiastic.

    In the past two years, Yu Sui had seen other people¡¯s y at false friendships. He felt neither awkward nor embarrassed as he quietly listened to Ke Hao¡¯s five-minute strained recounting of their past friendship.

    Ke Hao had talked enough nonsense and then he tried to sound out, ¡°Shi Luo, recently... Is he okay? I don¡¯t understand your industry too much. Some of the news on the Inte praised him... and some said he wasn¡¯t any good. I can¡¯t really tell the difference.¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s very good.¡± Yu Sui said lightly, ¡°He¡¯s in very good condition, in all aspects.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s good, that¡¯s good.¡± Ke Hao gave a dryugh. He then hesitantly asked, ¡°My uncle, Shi Luo¡¯s father, has he been in contact recently?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±

    ¡°I see...¡± Ke Hao was quiet for a moment, his tone became a little lower. ¡°To be honest with you, my grandfather... fell ill earlier this month.¡±

    Yu Sui had already guessed it but gave no response.

    Ke Hao whispered, ¡°Grandfather¡¯s was in the hospital for half a month. We know that Shi Luo¡¯s busy and we don¡¯t actually know what¡¯s grandfather¡¯s condition. We don¡¯t dare disturb him...¡±

    ¡°Ke Hao.¡± Yu Sui didn¡¯t feel much like listening anymore, he gave a lowugh. ¡°Since you never intended to contact him anyway, don¡¯t try to pass the me on him.¡±

    On the other end of the call, Ke Hao choked.

    ¡°You even know my contact information. When you need him to go there, you can call at any time.¡± Yu Sui said in apletely calm tone, ¡°Even if there¡¯s a game, I¡¯ll let him go back. Don¡¯t worry.¡±

    Ke Hao smiled awkwardly, ¡°I-is that right? Looks like I was worried for nothing. I didn¡¯t dare to contact him because it might interfere with his training. But don¡¯t worry. Turns out we were more scared than hurt. My grandfather has just been discharged from the hospital today. This time, it was scary but there wasn¡¯t anything serious. My uncle suddenly had an idea. He¡¯s thinking that in order to make grandfather happy, it would be better to get Shi Luo to continue his schooling; make my grandfather feel more relieved. I¡¯ve already told him that your yoffs will start soon. It¡¯s not a good time for Shi Luo to leave. I thought about it again and again and decided that I should just ask you...¡±

    Ke Hao hesitated, ¡°What do you think about Shi Luo? Was what I told him correct? You guys should still want to continue ying, right? He certainly doesn¡¯t want to go back to school, right?¡±

    Shi Luo naturally wouldn¡¯t agree.

    Yu Sui was very clear in his heart but he still said, ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±

    Ke Hao said anxiously on the other end of the phone, ¡°He yed well professionally, your team performs so well, why would he be willing to go to school when he could earn so much in signing fees a year?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s hard to say.¡± Yu Sui raised his mouth slightly. ¡°You know his college entrance examination results. Two years of dy wouldn¡¯t really affect anything. Now, there¡¯s a lot of pressure in the industry. Many people still look down on our profession. I can¡¯t say it¡¯s better to go back to school.¡±

    Ke Hao paused for a few seconds and hesitated, ¡°It¡¯s true, but I¡¯m willing to let him do what he¡¯s willing to do. Since he¡¯s willing to y professionally, let him y. In fact, my grandfather has long stopped caring about what he does. It¡¯s my uncle. He thinks Shi Luo going back to school can make my grandfather happy. My grandfather¡¯s so old, he¡¯s getting confused. What can he know...¡±

    The more Ke Hao talked, the less confident he was. After hurriedly thanking Yu Sui and saying to greeting Shi Luo for him, he hung up the phone.

    Yu Sui frowned slightly while looking down at his phone. Ke Hao said that Shi Luo¡¯s grandfather had just been discharged from the hospital today. Ke Hao was anxious to contact him so, Shi Luo¡¯s father was almost for certain also anxious to contact Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo had to be given a heads up.

    Yu Sui was a lot more confident than two years ago. In the past two years, his value has more than doubled. If it was a problem that could be solved by money alone, it was no longer a problem for him.

    It was fine so long as Shi Luo didn¡¯t feel deeply hurt.

    Yu Sui went upstairs with his mobile phone, wondering how to say this more tactfully.

    Ke Hao was tactful enough just now, but Yu Sui still felt bitterly disappointed.

    Not only was he thinking of a way to say it tactfully, but he was also thinking of a way to make Shi Luo¡¯s fatherpletely give up on the idea of using Shi Luo as a bargaining chip.

    It was a tricky matter.

    Yu Sui walked up the few steps to the second floor. Before he reached Shi Luo¡¯s door, he could already hear Shi Luo¡¯s voiceing from inside.

    Yu Sui frowned. He walked a few steps closer. He had just put his hand on the door handle to Shi Luo¡¯s room when he heard Shi Luo¡¯s furious voice from in the room. ¡°Then let me tell you the truth, I slept with my teammate.¡±

    Yu Sui outside the door, ¡°...¡±

    ¡°How is it important which teammate it was? Anyway, all my teammates are men.¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t lie to you. I slept with him already. I really like men.¡±

    ¡°You can force me to retire and go back to school. When I go back, I¡¯ll tell grandfather that I like men!¡±

    ¡°Have I ever made any empty threats?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯te to disturb me. Let¡¯s have nothing to do with each other. If you step within ten miles of our base, I will tell grandfather about this right away.¡±

    ¡°He might have still left something for you. But we can¡¯t be sure of that once he finds out that you¡¯re going to die without any grandchildren.¡±

    ¡°You don¡¯t move, I don¡¯t move.¡±

    ¡°If you disturb my club, I will immediately post pictures of me in the family group chat going ¡¯no, don¡¯t!¡¯ while getting f*cked! So don¡¯t try me, because I will do as I say.¡±

    Shi Luo hung up the phone with a sneer. He turned and looked at the door. His mania disappeared instantly.

    Shi Luo dazedly held the phone in both hands. He stammered, ¡°I... I suddenly woke up very happy today. My cold is gone too so I just wanted toe out to my dad.¡±

 Chapter 89

    Chapter 89:

    A few minutes ago, Yu Sui had already quickly formed several ns in his mind. He had already thought about it. He was going to shake off Shi Luo at noon and call hiswyer. They were going to find a trustedwyer for Shi Luo, to whom they could throw whatever trouble Shi Luo encounters in the future. It was best if they could prevent Shi Luo¡¯s family from contacting him directly.

    Yu Sui had originally nned very carefully, but at this moment, the ns in his heart faded one by one and only Shi Luo¡¯s ¡°going ¡®no, don¡¯t!¡¯ while getting f*cked¡± remained for a long time after.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and was amazed. Even after almost three years, Shi Luo¡¯s repeated suicide attacks still shocked Yu Suipletely speechless.

    ¡°Baobei, your dad...¡± Yu Sui tried his best to tactfully put it. ¡°Just threw in a pair of threes, that¡¯s all. You directly went and threw out a royal flush. Don¡¯t you think that¡¯s a bit of an overkill?¡±

    Shi Luo, who had just unterallye out of the closet, was feeling a bit guilty. He stammered out, ¡°I-I didn¡¯t say it was you.¡±

    ¡°Am I scared of this?¡± Yu Sui walked in and picked up Shi Luo¡¯s phone. It hadn¡¯t locked yet. Yu Sui brought out Shi Luo¡¯s contact list, copied Shi Luo¡¯s father¡¯s phone number and sent it to himself using Shi Luo¡¯s phone. He then brought up the call settings of Shi Luo¡¯s phone, adjusted the call forwarding option and then stopped. He raised his eyes to look at Shi Luo, ¡°Is it ok if I set it up?¡±

    Shi Luo still hadn¡¯te back to his senses yet and he said nkly, ¡°Set what up?¡±

    Yu Sui held back a smile and imitated Shi Luo. ¡°Set what up?¡±

    ¡°What else could I be setting up? I¡¯m going to have your dad¡¯s ca transfer to me, okay?¡± Yu Sui said, ¡°All your friends are basically people in the circle. If they contact you, it¡¯s either through WeChat or the in-game friend chat. Aside from the takeaway delivery, the only person who would probably call you is your dad. Transfer his calls to me first, okay?¡±

    Shi Luo frowned, ¡°He¡¯s so annoying, no, you don¡¯t know what he wants to do, he...¡±

    ¡°I know, It doesn¡¯t matter if he¡¯s annoying.¡± Shi Luo didn¡¯t explicitly refuse, so Yu Sui directly entered his phone number. After setting up the call forwarding, Yu Sui returned the phone to Shi Luo and felt his forehead by the way. ¡°I¡¯ll be the one to receive your takeaway deliveries from now on. Isn¡¯t this such good service? Alright, you¡¯re not hot anymore.¡±

    Someone as smart as Shi Luo, naturally, he figured it out with a bit of thought. Shi Luo said in embarrassment, ¡°My cousin contacted you?¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t say anything.¡± Yu Sui called out the chat history between Ke Hao and himself and showed it to Shi Luo. ¡°I just finished talking with him on the phone. He told me about your grandpa¡¯s hospitalization that happened several days ago. He said your grandfather is already fine. No need to worry. I thought your father might want to contact you...¡±

    Yu Sui thought that Shi Luo¡¯s move just now was epic and he smiled. ¡°I just didn¡¯t expect you toe out so directly.¡±

    ¡°If I¡¯m out then I¡¯m out. Not like I owed him or anything.¡± Shi Luo looked down at his call settings and hesitated, ¡°If he calls again, you...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll just said that I am your attorney and that I¡¯ll be handling matters for you. What else could you be afraid of when you¡¯ve alreadye out of the closet?¡± Yu Sui took off his jacket. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, if your dad calls again or if there¡¯s something the matter at home, I¡¯ll tell you. But he¡¯s so afraid that your grandfather will have a bad impression of you and you¡¯re ruthless, he most likely wouldn¡¯t dare to look for you for the time being. Have you washed up? Want to get something to eat?¡±

    Shi Luo nodded and also shook his head, ¡°I¡¯ve washed and I¡¯m not yet hungry...No, you...¡±

    Shi Luo looked at the call settings of his mobile phone and looked at Yu Sui hesitantly, ¡°Don¡¯t you find it troublesome?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and suddenly smiled. He went to the bathroom to wash up. He said, ¡°As long as this matter doesn¡¯t bother you anymore, then it¡¯s fine.¡±

    Shi Luo walked to the door of the small bathroom. He leaned against the doorway as he looked at Yu Sui, watching Yu Sui take a rubber band from his wrist and tie his hair casually. Yu Sui lowered his head and washed his face. Shi Luo thought of how Yu Sui had taken off his shirtst night and hugged him to sleep. He thought of how Yu Sui was now taking care of the aftermath of his outburst. He could feel his heart get choked up.

    Is it the same for others who fall in love?

    Are others¡¯ boyfriends so good?

    Shi Luo had a feverst night and didn¡¯t sleep well. He slept on and off the entire night. Several times, he sensed Yu Sui testing his body temperature. After each trial, he would rub his head soothingly. He couldn¡¯t have been gentler.

    He was so gentle that Shi Luo had wanted to get up in the middle of the night, high fever and all, log on to his Weibo side ount and record it.

    Although it was very likely that you will receive several warnings for spreading rumors after posting it.

    After getting reported several times, he might lose his ount.

    Shi Luo¡¯s head was resting against the door frame, watching intently as Yu Sui washed up. He suddenly felt that it would serve him right if he got reported by the team¡¯s fans.

    A previousment said something that was quite reasonable: [Setting aside whether Yu Sui really is in a rtionship or not; I¡¯ve watched Whisper grow up and I would think that there¡¯s something fishy if g Man Yu, this inte addicted teenager with no love experience, can actually be so considerate to his lover.]

    Not to mention the fans who couldn¡¯t figure it out, Shi Luo himself sometimes doesn¡¯t believe it. How could Yu Sui in a rtionship be so meticulous and gentle?

    Shi Luo rubbed his neck and the more he looked at Yu Sui, the more he liked it. He looked down at his mobile phone, thinking of how Yu Sui had taken over the troubles with his own family in order spare him that bother. The feelings in his heart surged. For a moment, there were countless words of love that he wanted to say. While these thoughts were brewing in his mind, Yu Sui, who had been quiet for a while, suddenlyughed.

    Shi Luo returned to his senses, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    ¡°I just remembered what you just said to your father...¡± Yu Sui washed his face and wiped the drops of water from his chin. He looked at Shi Luo through the mirror and smiled, ¡°Will he do a search for your name? Would he search all the way to our official blog? If I remember correctly, thest post on our official blog is a photo of you and Chen Huo.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s going to cause a big misunderstanding...¡± Yu Sui put the towel away and asked Shi Luo, ¡°If your father thought you were hooking up with Chen Huo, should I surrender myself, or just let it be and let Chen Huo shoulder the pot? ¡±

    Shi Luo choked.

    It would be thoroughly unfair to Chen Huo. Shi Luo hesitated for a moment.

    ¡°Usually you could just report passer-by sprayers. This kind of thing...¡± Shi Luo didn¡¯t hear how Yu Sui was deliberately teasing to make himugh and he analyzed the matter very seriously. ¡°I¡¯m worried that my father will find him someday and Chen Huo, this idiot who¡¯spletely clueless about the matter and barely understands human speech would admit it and then...¡±

    ¡°The f*ck he¡¯s going to admit to it.¡± Yu Sui walked to the door and smiled. ¡°I was teasing you. After so much trouble, I¡¯ve finally caught my boyfriend, if there¡¯s any pot that needs to be shouldered, I¡¯ll be shouldering it by myself. Why should I let him have it? Speaking of...¡±

    Yu Sui also leaned against the doorway. He asked softly, ¡°Would you like to take that picture you just mentioned? Prepare in advance? Someday when your dad pesters you again because he doesn¡¯t believe you, you can just send him the picture.¡±

    ¡°That picture of you going ¡®no, don¡¯t!¡¯ while getting f*cked.¡±

    Shi Luo stepped back, trying to hide a bit. He whispered, ¡°Don¡¯t make trouble...I was scaring him. One day, my dad might just be driven into a dead end and decide to just go ¡®either the fish dies or the splits¡® and really post it in public to create a mess.¡±

    ¡°Then let him make it public.¡± Yu Sui said indifferently, ¡°Saves us the trouble of letting the fans know. It will also stop you from getting reported when you post about how deeply in love we are. In the future, our rtionship will be out in the open. Just remember to mosaic my key parts in the photo. ¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo with a smile in his eyes, ¡°Shi Shen, I¡¯ve undertaken the duck¡¯s work for you, what else could I possibly be afraid of? What else would I not do for you?¡±

    Shi Luo was startled.

    He didn¡¯t feel much when he was being threatened by his own father just now. But hearing these words now, Shi Luo¡¯s chest inexplicably hurt and his eyes suddenly turned red.

    Yu Sui was originally afraid that Shi Luo was feeling a little depressed because of his family¡¯s affairs and deliberately teased Shi Luo with his dirty mouth. Seeing Shi Luo¡¯s eyes turn red, he was startled and couldn¡¯t help letting out augh. ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    The memory of Shi Luo copsing from crying that night of their confession was too deeply ingrained; Yu Sui hugged Shi Luo and his tone quickly changed from a g man¡¯s to a warm, considerate, family-oriented man¡¯s. His tone also lightened a bit, ¡°Wasn¡¯t everything fine just now? Did I go overboard with my jokes?¡±

    ¡°...No.¡± Shi Luo¡¯s voice was hoarse. ¡°It¡¯s fine. It¡¯s nothing to do with you, I just...¡±

    Shi Luo closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He didn¡¯t want to talk so much; he raised his head and kissed Yu Sui¡¯s lips.

    Yu Sui was stunned. After being messily gnawed by Shi Luo for a while, he embraced Shi Luo and pushed him against the door. He bowed his head and deepened the kiss.

    As Yu Sui kissed Shi Luo, he gently stroked Shi Luo¡¯s short hair and smoothly ran it along the back of his neck.

    After kissing for a full ten minutes, Shi Luo got his breathing under control. Shi Luo slowly leaned back, his face had already returned to normal. Shi Luo had reluctantly pulled back and pursed his lips. He whispered, ¡°I just...like you a lot.¡±

    Shi Luo paused, and suddenly said, ¡°Yu Sui, don¡¯t break up with me in the future.¡±

    Yu Suiughed, ¡°What¡¯s the matter? Where are all these wordsing from?¡±

    ¡°No, it¡¯s nothing.¡± Shi Luo himself felt that he was acting unnatural. He furrowed his brows and whispered, ¡°The fans were right. After being in a rtionship with you...you¡¯ve really done me in. I won¡¯t be able to fall for anyone else in the future. .¡±

    Yu Sui smiledzily when he heard that, and asked in a low voice, ¡°Shi Shen, let¡¯s consult our conscience when speaking. ¡°What have I ¡®done¡¯? Have I really ¡®done¡® you in?¡±

    Shi Luo was speechless, ¡°No...well, I guess not.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll just take it as some kind words...Have we had enough of being lovey-dovey? Should we keep kissing?¡±

    ¡°No, that¡¯s enough.¡± Shi Luo turned his head and realized something. ¡°...Should you also take some medicine? Maybe you caught my cold?¡±

    Yu Sui lowered his head and kissed Shi Luo¡¯s lips again. ¡°If I was going to catch it, I would have already caught itst night.¡±

    There was suddenly a knock on Shi Luo¡¯s door. , Yu Sui rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head and went to open the door.

    Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui up and down and then gave him a knowing smile. ¡°Tsk...¡±

    Yu Sui pretended not to see it, he said, ¡°Perfect timing. Shi Luo had a feverst night, today...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± Shi Luo¡¯s muffled voice came from the small bathroom, ¡°No need to dy training.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled helplessly, ¡°All right, we¡¯ll listen to him. What do you need? Are you looking for him?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m looking for you.¡± Zhou Huo handed the two tickets to Yu Sui, ¡°In-field tickets to Saint and NSN¡¯s game. The seats are next to each other. These are the ones you wanted.¡±

    Yu Sui epted them. ¡°Thanks.¡±

    ¡°The officials will definitely know if you go. Even if you don¡¯t say anything, you¡¯ll be recognized during the security check.¡± Zhou Huo asked, ¡°Would you like me to inform them in advance so that they won¡¯t pan the cameras to you? If we don¡¯t give them a heads up, they¡¯ll shoot you for sure.¡±

    ¡°No need.¡± Yu Sui said indifferently, ¡°No need to inform them. If they want to shoot us, then let them.¡±

    Zhou Huo was very satisfied with Yu Sui¡¯s ¡®our closet is always open¡¯ policy. Ever the gossip, he craned his neck to look inside and whispered, ¡°But, why is it that I feel like Shi Shen¡¯s voice doesn¡¯t sound quite right.¡±

    ¡°He¡¯d just been crying.¡± Yu Sui said helplessly, ¡°He suddenly told me that he never ever wanted to break up with me. And then he started shedding tears and I didn¡¯t know why. It may have been caused by the cold. When a person bes ill, he¡¯s prone to getting moody. He¡¯s also young, maybe he just...¡±

    The bathroom door was suddenly smashed open by a certain young striker. Yu Sui thoughtfully said, ¡°Now, he¡¯s been shamed into anger. You should leave first.¡±

 Chapter 90

    Chapter 90:

    Since Yu Sui has decided to take care of Shi Luo¡¯s family matters, he was going to handle it thoroughly. For the next few months, their schedule was only going to get busier and busier. Yu Sui was also a professional yer withpetitions. He couldn¡¯t guarantee that he would be online at all times to handle all emergencies that could happen. After discussing it with Shi Luo and getting his consent, Yu Sui told Zhou Huo about the matter in the evening. He also took that opportunity to give Zhou Huo hiswyer¡¯s contact information.

    Zhou Huo was very cautious. After getting an understanding of the matter, he said uncertainly, ¡°This isn¡¯t a big thing but it isn¡¯t a small matter either. Evil is now an adult and his father has no right to interfere. If what we¡¯re afraid of his father staking everything and making trouble that could affect our club¡¯s reputation... ...Well, I hope it doesn¡¯te to that. Isn¡¯t Evil¡¯s family a prestigious one? They probably wouldn¡¯t want to appear on the news.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t want toment on Shi Luo¡¯s father. He only said, ¡°It¡¯s hard to say. They¡¯re dividing the family property. It¡¯s possible that he¡¯s worried about it. It¡¯s best if he doesn¡¯t continue to make trouble. If he does, best to respond immediately. It¡¯s also best if we don¡¯t expose much about Shi Luo¡¯s family matters; his parents¡¯ divorce or something... Try to suppress them all.¡±

    ¡°Understood.¡± Zhou Huo nodded. ¡°Our club¡¯s yers have done a good job of keeping everything secret. Basically no one knows the situation in your families. But there is still a problem. Will his father make a fuss about Evil signing when he was a minor and use that as an issue to go to court? With a quick search, he¡¯d be able to find out about you selling Shi Luo. The most annoying thing is when guardians of underage yers make trouble. Back then, was Shi Luo already 16?¡±

    ¡°Yes, he was already 16. The contract is all legal. There¡¯s no problem.¡± Yu Sui sneered, ¡°And I don¡¯t care if he really makes an issue out of this. Back then, Shi Luo transferred from FS.¡±

    After a dazed moment, Zhou Huo smiled. ¡°Okay, if he makes trouble in this direction, he should go to Ji Yanhan to file awsuit. It has nothing to do with us.¡±

    ¡°It would be best if this matter just dies here. He...¡± Yu Sui¡¯s voice was lighter. He paused and said, ¡°He isn¡¯t that unfeeling. He appears indifferent on the surface but every time his parents do something, it makes him feel unhappy. It¡¯s better not to create any rhythm.¡±

    Zhou Huo nodded. ¡°Of course.¡±

    Yu Sui pulled over his team uniform jacket and stood to head towards the training room when Zhou Huo suddenly remembered something. He said, feeling a headacheing on. ¡°Speaking of creating a rhythm. Do you know that your little Shi Shen has been secretly creating an issue?¡±

    Yu Sui was startled. ¡°What happened?¡±

    Zhou Huo took out his mobile phone clicked on it a couple of times and showed it to Yu Sui. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me this isn¡¯t him.¡±

    Yu Sui frowned and took the phone.

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Zhou Huo hesitated to say, ¡°Really, if I wasn¡¯t afraid that after I expose him, Shi Luo would fly into a rage from embarrassment and hit me, I would have reminded him to show some restraint. This really is a bit out of line.¡±

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help his lips from ticking up.

    Zhou Huo showed him Shi Luo¡¯s Weibo side ount.

    Shi Luo could bear it for a while but he couldn¡¯t bear it for a lifetime. And today he finally didn¡¯t hold back and made a post using his side ount on Weibo.

    And he didn¡¯t just make one post; he made three.

    After the two ate the takeaway at noon, Shi Luo sat on the small sofa next to the bed and pretended to y a mobile game. In fact, he had actually opened Weibo and seeing that Yu Sui was busy chatting with someone on WeChat and wasn¡¯t paying him any attention at all, Shi Luo quickly logged onto his side ount, posted and then quickly logged out. He kept his expression cool, pretending that nothing happened.

    Even until now, Shi Luo might not know how his Weibo side ount had been discovered by Free¡¯s fans from the vast see of ounts. When he posted on Weibo, he still arrogantly mentioned Yu Sui¡¯s oh-so famous name.

    [Without discussing it with Shi Luo, I told my dad about the two of us to deliberately anger my dad. What I shouldn¡¯t have said...made my dad so angry he went apoplectic. Yu Sui wasn¡¯t angry. He wasn¡¯t angry at all. He hardly ever gets angry with me. ¡¿

    [No, Yu Sui did get angry with me. He got angry at me for not telling him when I was sick. He was afraid I¡¯d feel coldst night that he untied his clothes and hugged me to sleep. ¡¿

    [My cold is already gone. I like him so much. I don¡¯t ever want to break up with Yu Sui all my life. ¡¿

    Yu Sui raised his head and looked through the wide open door of the training room. He looked pityingly at Shi Shen¡¯s back, absorbed with ying the game in the distance. He signed incessantly.

    Yu Sui estimated that by the time Shi Shen was two years older, he would look back at what he posted on Weibo when he was a teenager and feel that each post was a blood-dripping ck history. He would copse and he would wish that he could blow up Weibo¡¯s main software server.

    Yu Sui was very selfish and he had no intention of bringing this to Shi Luo¡¯s attention. Looking through this kind of boyfriend diary made him happy and he read it with relish. Worried that Shi Luo really would delete it after going through his second phase, Yu Sui returned the phone to Zhou Huo and opened Shi Luo¡¯s side ount Weibo on his mobile phone. He carefully took a screenshot of the posts and saved it in a special album and also selected to have it backed-up.

    Zhou Huo having suffered unspeakable bitterness, said, ¡°Click to read thements. Take a look for yourself...¡±

    Yu Sui held back a smile and did as he said.

    [Please, please. Go see a doctor! ! ! I¡¯m begging you ! ! ! ]

    [You¡¯ve gone absolutely insely. ]

    [Yu Shen embraced you to sleep? ? ? I know the location of the Free base very well. People with no business being there can¡¯t get in there at all. How did you sneak in? Did you ride on a rocket and jump in? ]

    [I¡¯m going crazy. Can¡¯t anyone control him? ! ! ! ]

    [? ? ? , I don¡¯t get it? You told your dad that you¡¯re in a rtionship with Yu Shen and then your dad still disagreed? He wasn¡¯t satisfied with Yu Sui? Leaving aside the fact that these are all fabricated lies, your father doesn¡¯t agree to you having a rtionship with Yu Shen? Be honest, from which royal family did youe from? ]

    [This is no longer simple mythomania. ]

    [You spend your days in my husband¡¯s base. You sleep with my husband every night. My husband, who is worth hundreds of millions of yuan, treats you so considerately and yet your love didn¡¯t receive your father¡¯s blessing...I¡¯m beginning to doubt that you¡¯re not even 12 yet. This kind of Mary Sue plot doesn¡¯t exist. Wake up. ]

    [Don¡¯t go back. Report with one click. ]

    [Fine. I won¡¯t hide it any longer. I¡¯ve actually been together with Shi Zai since a long time ago. I¡¯m posting thisment while sitting on husband Shi Zai¡¯sp. Shi Zai¡¯s smoking posture is really handsome, but since he¡¯s afraid it might cause me to cough, my husband hasn¡¯t smoked all night! Shi Zai just told me to wait for him for another three years and when he reaches the legal age, he will go with me to get a marriage certificate! How can he be so good? ]

    [@Free e-sports club, are you dead? How many times has it been? ! Are the club officials blind or dead? Can¡¯t you handle serious business? Can you protect our four yers or not? Right now, I¡¯m very worried that this lunatic will actually break into your base and hurt our four gege¡¯s. ]

    Zhou Huo raised his head and nced at Shi Luo in the training room. He lowered his voice and gritted his teeth. ¡°I¡¯ve long known this was Shi Luo¡¯s side ount. Ever since the fans first came to me with this concern! Can this f*cking be any more obvious?! But the fans don¡¯t know this is their Shi Zai Laogong!!!¡±

    ¡°The fans have asked me to get his ount banned. They¡¯re asking me toe forward to rify and their using me of ying dead and pretending not to see. They call me useless and say that I¡¯m trash...The problem is, do I even dare? Do I have the guts to report him?!¡± Zhou Huo has had enough being between two fires. ¡°More and more people are finding out about Shi Luo¡¯s side ount! They all think this is a fan with mental problem and worry that this person will kidnap you! I...¡±

    ¡°Shhh...¡± While taking a screenshot of Shi Luo¡¯s new posts, Yu Sui frowned and said, ¡°Keep your voice down.¡±

    Feeling aggrieved, Zhou Huo controlled his voice. ¡°The fans use me of not protecting the yers. What can I do but to turn a blind eye to it and y dead? But I¡¯ve no idea why Shi Luo¡¯s suddenly so happy today and he suddenly made three posts in a row. Three! I don¡¯t dare to tell Shi Luo directly. Even if he doesn¡¯t directly post your name...¡±

    ¡°How can he usually be so cool and ruthless and then suddenly so ___ on his side ount?¡± Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t understand. ¡°Isn¡¯t he the one who doesn¡¯t want to make it public? I thought he didn¡¯t want any PDA at all.¡±

    Yu Sui carefully took the screenshots and saved them. Looking at the pictures, he said in a low voice, ¡°He doesn¡¯t want to make it public because he doesn¡¯t want it to affect the team. He has just fallen in love, isn¡¯t it normal to want to show off and to make a record of it... Weren¡¯t you young before too?¡±

    Zhou Huo was at a loss.

    ¡°No one is allowed to report him. You just continue ying dead.¡± Yu Sui raised his eyes and gave Zhou Huo a warning look. ¡°Don¡¯t him any hints. He¡¯s really thin-skinned when ites to things like this.¡±

    ¡°Fine, fine, fine.¡± Zhou Huo said, aggrieved. ¡°I won¡¯t say anything.¡±

    After dismissing Zhou Huo, Yu Sui returned to the training room. He queued up for a solo game and then called to mind Shi Luo¡¯s side ount.

    Yu Sui raised his eyes and looked at Shi Luo, who had a cold look on his face as he fired nonstop in the game. Yu Sui smiled.

    His little boyfriend was so cute.

    Yu Sui canceled his solo game queue and clicked on the friend information in the game interface. He checked Shi Luo¡¯s current situation. He was in a single row game. He¡¯s been ying the game for twenty minutes. He should be almost finished.

    Yu Sui chose not to queue up for a game. He was waiting for Shi Luo to finish his game so that they could double row.

    After waiting for less than ten minutes, Shi Luo¡¯sst game was over. Yu Sui sent Shi Luo an invitation to team up and was immediately refused.

    Yu Sui took off his headphones, turned his head and asked, ¡°Did you make a double row appointment with someone?¡±

    Shi Luo hadn¡¯t spoken yet when Chen Huo cut inzily, ¡°Shi Luo will be in a double row with me for a while. Do you want to snatch someone? You¡¯re wee to do so. Actually, neither of us is actually willing to do this. You can try and persuade Old Qiao. He¡¯s having us work on our teamwork for the yoffs.¡±

    Since it was training arranged by the coach, he couldn¡¯t just grab Shi Luo from there. He was fine with waiting for them to finish. Yu Sui asked, ¡°Until what time are you supposed to team up? I¡¯ll y single row first.¡±

    ¡°Two o¡¯clock in the morning.¡± Chen Huo said coldly, ¡°Don¡¯t wait. Mine and Shi Shen¡¯s schedules are already full today. If you want to team up, please say so earlier next time.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui helplessly. ¡°Old Qiao had arranged it just now.¡±

    Yu Sui held his headphone in one hand and smiled. ¡°Did Old Qiao do that deliberately? He...¡±

    Puppy, who was in a single row game, coughed and interrupted Yu Sui. ¡°Just a reminder to a certain someone who had just entered the training room. I¡¯m doing a live broadcast.¡±

    Yu Sui knew that Puppy was afraid that he would say something that would allow the fans to make guesses so he nodded and stopped what he was going to say. He went to queue up for a game.

    Chen Huo couldn¡¯t helpining. ¡°You¡¯re doing a live broadcast again? Tell your fans in advance! Shi Luo and I aren¡¯t quarreling and we¡¯re not having a falling out. Insulting you teammates for being absolute idiots and telling them to go die, isn¡¯t quarreling, alright? They¡¯re wasting their time spending all day on the forums discussing whether or not our team¡¯s strikers are fighting.¡±

    ¡°Rx, although I don¡¯t know why, but the topic of today¡¯s chat obviously has nothing to do with you. I don¡¯t quite understand what they¡¯re talking about.¡± Puppy was waiting in queue. He squinted and read the live chat. Scratching his head, he said, ¡°I don¡¯t really understand. They¡¯re all asking me to remind Whisper to pay attention to safety...Is there anything unsafe that he has to worry about?¡±

    Yu Sui and Shi Luo both had on noise-cancelling headphones and didn¡¯t hear a word.

    Puppy set about studying the live chat. Frowning, he started reading the chats word by word, ¡°Originally, I had hoped that all four of you would stay single, but now I have lowered my requirements. It¡¯s good enough if you just have a normal lover and not get eyes by weirdoes.¡±

    Puppy was at a loss. ¡°What am I missing here? What and what is this? Who¡¯s a weirdo?¡±

    The live chat was quiet for a few seconds, and then started sending message after message once again.

    [It¡¯s nothing. Just reminding you all to be safe. ]

    [It¡¯s nothing. Please remind our Shi Zai too. He¡¯s the youngest and most likely to be targeted by malicious people. ]

    [It¡¯s okay. It¡¯s better that you not know. ]

    [Shhhhh...the yoffs are just around the corner. Don¡¯t scare the yers. Let¡¯s handle quietly. ]

    [Nothing! It¡¯s nothing! ]

    [May I ask a question? I gave a gift! Can I ask? ]

    Puppy saw the gift and nodded,pletely bewildered. ¡°Go ahead and ask.¡±

    [I just want to know, has someone started living at Free¡¯s base recently? ]

    Puppy, who waspletely clueless about the situation, didn¡¯t even think about it. He killed the rumors created by Shi Luo¡¯s side ount with a single sentence. ¡°How¡¯s that possible?! Stop pulling my leg. Our base has only had these same people for the past few months; no more, no less.¡±

    [I¡¯m so relieved. ]

    [I¡¯m so relieved but pay attention to safety. ]

    [I¡¯m so relieved. Now, this has killed all those lies. ]

    [I¡¯m so relieved. I¡¯d just like to remind you all to please protect our Shi Zai well. Truth be told, he has that aura that draws in all the perverts.]

    [I¡¯m so relieved. Please also remind Yu Shen to be safe. Although I think the average bad guy wouldn¡¯t be able to touch him, he really is at high risk right now. ]

    [Don¡¯t worry, everyone will continue to report that ount. We¡¯re going to strive to get that number blocked tonight. ]

 Chapter 91

    Chapter 91:

    At first, when one or two of Free¡¯s fans discovered Shi Luo¡¯s side ount, they originally thought it was one of Yu Sui¡¯s fans, and then they too lined up to say nonsense like that they had gotten together with Evil or that they got a marriage certificate with Chen Huo.

    Unfortunately, after Shi Luo made that post to record his getting together with Yu Sui, he no longer paid any attention to his side ount. Posts on his main ount garnered thousands upon thousands ofments and Shi Luo never had the spare time to read them. He didn¡¯t care about this. Later, when he logged on to his side ount several times, he would log out immediately after posting his small love essay. Over the past few months, his words be more and more fantastical in the eyes of fans. His posts simply shocked the fans.

    From what they read, it made people feel like this person was a bit dangerous.

    When Yu Sui first made his debut, there were fans who had exaggerated words and deeds. Later, they had mostly scattered but there were still a few around. But Yu Sui grew up and he became taller and taller. He wasn¡¯t yet 18 but he had already reached 1.8 meters tall. With a group of club staff apanying him when he usually went out, the fans gradually felt relieved. The fans originally thought that those people who had been harboring malicious intentions have all long since vanished. They never expected one so wild and unrestrained would suddenly pop out like this.

    There were also a few fans who spected that Yu Sui really was seeing someone. In any case, g man Yu was 21 years old. Although he was a devoted game-addict, given his age, it wasn¡¯t impossible for him to have found a lover.

    Even though everyone felt that it wasn¡¯t appropriate for Yu Sui¡¯s lover to move into the base as a club non-staff member, eating and sleeping together with Yu Sui, in the end, this was Yu Sui¡¯s own business. Because of the various things that happened in the past, fans have always been lenient towards Yu Sui. Thus, Puppy¡¯s live broadcast problem came to be.

    But with the opening of good brother Puppy¡¯s golden mouth, he had cut off all of Shi Luo¡¯s possible routes of retreat.

    That very night, while Shi Luo was trading insults and leveling up with Chern Huo, his side ount was ruthlessly sted by fans of the team. They repeated implored him to stan celebrities in a rational way and to stay away from the yers¡¯ lives.

    Of course, Shi Shen himself, who was persistently defending his feelings of love, still have absolutely no clue about this matter.

    Aside from when he posts his love diary essays, Shi Luo, the unfeeling youngster, never logs into this side ount.

    Yu Sui was bored ying single row all night. Every time he would wait in queue for the next game, he would refresh Weibo to look at the situation.

    One pleasant surprise was that there were still many Yu Sui/Shi Luo CP fans who were also reporting Shi Luo¡¯s side ount.

    After finishing a night of training, when Shi Luo and Chen Huo turned off theirputers, Yu Sui was looking at thements of a CP fan and murmured softly, ¡°Little girl, you were given a chance and you didn¡¯t take it...¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s go?¡± Shi Luo turned off hisputer and rubbed his shoulders. He frowned slightly, ¡°What were you muttering to yourself?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡± Yu Sui put away his phone and got up. There was already no one else in the training room. Yu Sui said directly, ¡°I want to ask you something...¡±

    Shi Luo had been staring at the screen all night. His eyes were a little dry. He rubbed his brows and said, ¡°What? Just ask.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled. As if just casually mentioning it, he said, ¡°I remember that you said you had a Weibo side ount where you made posts about me, right?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui warily. His eyes turned evasive and he said, ¡°What¡¯s the matter? You...it¡¯s useless to search for it. My ID is mojibake. You can¡¯t find it.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m just asking because I remembered it.¡± Yu Sui put his hands in the pockets of his sweatpants and said indifferently, ¡°You¡¯ve hidden it very well. What are you afraid of?¡±

    Shi Luo said vaguely, ¡°I just made a few random posts a long time ago. Didn¡¯t I tell you, some fans found it andughed at me. I was going to delete my ount, but&#k2026; but&#k2026;that post I made tomemorate the day we got together was a bit meaningful to me so in the end, I just couldn¡¯t delete it and I left it as is.¡±

    ¡°Oh...¡± Yu Sui nodded. ¡°That¡¯s certainly very important. You can¡¯t delete it.¡±

    Yu Sui tried his best to hold back a smile. He asked again, ¡°You were the one who said it. In any case, that record-keeping Weibo ount has to be around. You can¡¯t be without it, right?¡±

    Shi Luo was so sleepy at the moment that he simply nodded absent-mindedly. ¡°Yes, there was ament before asking me to delete it. I didn¡¯t delete it...¡±

    If he didn¡¯t know that it was one of his own fans, Shi Luo would have already sprayed back. Shi Luo himself wasn¡¯t at all happy. ¡°Can¡¯t I even keep some memories?¡±

    ¡°You can. Of course, you can. It¡¯s fine as long as you said it. Just remember that you said it, okay? You said it yourself. Whatever happens, you can¡¯t lose this ount.¡± Yu Sui rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head, ¡°Don¡¯t readments anymore. Let¡¯s go get some sleep.¡±

    Shi Luo rubbed his eyes with his wrist, and said vaguely, ¡°I haven¡¯t read thements for a long time. They all just insult me anyway. My loyal fans scold me. What kind of world is this...¡±

    For the next half month, apart from the intense and difficult training, looking through Shi Luo¡¯s side ount became a pastime for Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo yed it cool in front of Yu Sui, insisting that he had long deleted his other posts save for the one he made the day of their confession. But in fact, he had been privately posting in his spare time.

    Yu Sui could even guess his state of mind based on the posts he made using his side ount.

    [It¡¯s the same yoffs team uniform, but why is it that no matter how Yu Sui wears it, he looks so good and Chen Huo looks so bad? ¡¿

    This post maintained basic rationality and normal aesthetics. His state of mind was normal.

    [No one can stop me, no one can stand in my way. ¡¿

    This...he didn¡¯t quite understand this one. He¡¯s probably acting a little crazy.

    [I couldn¡¯t find my T-shirt when I got up this morning. He wanted me to wear his but it¡¯s one size bigger. It doesn¡¯t quite fit. I was worried that the others would see it... But he didn¡¯t give me anything else so I still wore it. I felt a bit embarrassed for the entire day. But I still thought it was a bit sweet. F*ck it. So unreasonable. ¡¿

    This was also a normalmemorative post. But Shi Luo was actually being too conservative. He didn¡¯t record what it was that actually made him embarrassed.

    The actual situation was that Yu Sui had stood, blocking the door to the closet and half-forced Shi Luo to wear his T-shirt. But this wasn¡¯t the main point. The main point was that this was the first time Yu Sui didn¡¯t withdraw to let Shi Luo change.

    Shi Luo felt that given how close the two of them were already, to have Yu Sui specifically withdraw would be too unreasonable. However, he still couldn¡¯t rx. He looked here and there and touched this and that, dragging the time. Finally, with much difficulty, he managed to change his T-shirt. But when he looked at the bed and the sweatpants and boxers that were still in the underwear box on it, hesitation shed in his eyes.

    This time, Yu Sui also didn¡¯t exercise discretion. He chose not to leave the dorm room first, he simply stood at the door waiting for Shi Luo.

    The two of them remained in a deadlock for a while. In the end, Yu Sui smiled and gave way. Leaning against the door, he closed his eyes.

    Shi Luo was taken aback but began to change his clothes quickly. Yu Sui was feeling mischievous. He closed his eyes and counted down softly, ¡°Ten, nine, eight...Don¡¯t just stand there. When I get to one, I¡¯m going to open my eyes. Seven, six, five, four, three...¡±

    Shi Shen¡¯s movements were very agile and he had already finished changing when the countdown finished. Yu Sui thought to himself that next time, he should count down from three.

    [I said I wanted to cover his hands, but I actually wanted to find him a heating pad. He put his hand directly under my clothes. He didn¡¯t want to chill me though so he made sure to keep my undershirt in between. Yu Sui¡¯s hands are beautiful but they¡¯re a bit cold. I feel distressed every time I touch his hands. His hands weren¡¯t so cold before. ¡¿

    It¡¯s a normal record-keeping post or a castrated version of it. The actual story was that Shi Luo had bumped against Yu Sui¡¯s hand before going to bed and realized that it was cold. He had wanted to get a heating pad for Yu Sui but Yu Sui didn¡¯t want him going through all that trouble of going downstairs in the middle of the night. And so, he put his hands directly into Shi Luo¡¯s clothes, jokingly telling him that he should just cover it and it would be find. But not long after, Shi Luo took Yu Sui¡¯s hand and stuffed it into his sports vest. And not only that, he also lightly rubbed them.

    Shi Shen, who was so fierce and ruthless when quarreling with Chen Huo during training was shockingly sweet and gentle as he warmed up Yu Sui¡¯s hands at night.

    [The base is full of people. Yu Sui always tries to corner me. He cornered me again today. When I went downstairs, he also went downstairs. He was clearly putting up an act. He followed behind me, neither too far nor too near. I knew he was following me so I didn¡¯t dare look back. When I entered the kitchen, he came in after me and closed the door. ¡¿

    [Actually, I¡¯m quite willing to let him corner me. There are too many people in the base and it¡¯s annoying. ¡¿

    On the day of the semi-final match between Saint and NSN, Yu Sui and Shi Luo left the base early. They got on their nanny car and rushed to the stadium.

    This was the first time they were going together to a stadium but not topete in a match. The two didn¡¯t bring any peripherals and they wore their own private clothes. It was very rxed.

    It takes more than forty minutes to go to the venue. Shi Luo leaned back in the back seat and tried to catch up on sleep. Yu Sui yed on his mobile phone and made a couple of posts on Weibo.

    From a fan¡¯s perspective, the person who was recording on this side ount really was mentally abnormal to the point of being scary.

    But the real situation was that the person writing on this side ount wasn¡¯t abnormal but rather, he, Yu Sui, was shameless.

    Recently, he didn¡¯t know if it was because they had begun sharing a room together, but he found himself falling for Shi Luo more and more each day.

    He now liked being affectionate with Shi Luo even more.

    Shi Luo has, as asked, been teaming up with Chen Huo recently. During training, Yu Sui rarely has the chance to be together with Shi Luo. It was Yu Sui who, looking at Shi Luo, was feeling unsatisfied and couldn¡¯t wait for training to end every night. During the day, any time Shi Luo was alone, Yu Sui would always go and corner him.

    In the bathroom, in the kitchen... these unmonitored locations were where these incidents frequently urred.

    Yesterday, after he had cornered Shi Luo in the kitchen, Yu Sui closed the door and took the cold beer from Shi Luo¡¯s hand and put it back in the refrigerator. He handed Shi Luo a bottle of mineral water in exchange. As captain of the team, he served Shi Luo a small punishment for sneakily drinking beer in the middle of a regr training day.

    ¡°Drinking during training time.¡± Yu Sui lowered his eyes to look at Shi Luo, and said softly, ¡°If Old Qiao smells it on you, you¡¯re going to be deducted 20,000 yuan.¡±

    ¡°I can just chew gum to get rid of the smell.¡± Shi Luo stepped back a little bit. He didn¡¯t dare let the coach and manager know about stealing chickens and dogs but he wasn¡¯t afraid to let his captain know. Shi Luo knew that he was in the wrong. His eyes turned evasive and he said in a low voice, ¡°The alcohol content is so low it won¡¯t affect my training... Chen Huo also secretly took a drink yesterday. It¡¯s fine as long as no one finds out.¡±

    ¡°Well, I already found out.¡± Yu Sui chuckled. ¡°What now?¡±

    Shi Luo narrowed his eyes into slits. His low voice instantly carried a tone of unwillingness. ¡°You won¡¯t punish Chen Huo but you¡¯ll punish me?¡±

    ¡°Do you think I¡¯m willing?¡± Yu Sui asked in a low voice, ¡°The base heater is turned on too high, isn¡¯t it? That¡¯s why you¡¯re feeling hot and want something cold to drink, right?¡±

    Shi Luo was afraid that Yu Sui would lower the temperature and if it turns cold it might cause a stomachache for Yu Sui. He hurriedly controlled his tone and said, ¡°It¡¯s not hot. My throat just got a bit dry from ying too long... I¡¯m not gonna drink it anymore...¡±

    ¡°I definitely can¡¯t let you drink it.¡± Yu Sui closed the refrigerator. ¡°Ge will help relieve you of that dryness.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s lips were very cold and when he kissed Shi Luo¡¯s slightly red ear, Shi Shen trembled.

    He had already cornered him, the least he could do was kiss him. Shi Luo was wholeheartedly dedicated to the team. He didn¡¯t want to stir up any storms before the big game. For fear of being discovered by the other people in the base, whenever he¡¯s cornered by Yu Sui like this, he would usually grit his teeth and keep quiet. No matter what was done to him, he wouldn¡¯t utter a single sound.

    Yu Sui felt like that hooligan who bullied good students when he was in school.

    It was just that other hooligans would corner students to rob them of their money while Yu Sui robs dirty deeds.

    On the way to the stadium, Shi Luo fell asleep, his long legs carelessly syed out. Asleep, his face looked cold. On the ear facing towards Yu Sui, he could faintly make out the holes for his piercings.

    No matter how you looked at it, Shi Luo¡¯s face told people that he wasn¡¯t to be trifled with. He looked like a viin who would corner his schoolmates.

    It was precisely this rebellious teenager who privately used his side ount to record every bit of his love affair with him. Shi Luo always wants to take care of him and to protect the team.

    The fans don¡¯t understand. After falling in love with Shi Luo, you couldn¡¯t possibly fall in love with anyone else.

    Where would you ever find a better boyfriend that Shi Luo Xuanshou?

 Chapter 92

    Chapter 92:

    Yu Sui spoke to the driver in a low voice and the driver drove a bit more smoothly and steadily. Shi Luo stayed asleep the entire way and only woke up after they had arrived at the stadium.

    Shi Luo never expected he could sleep the entire way. After the car stopped, he opened his eyes and looked dazedly out the window. After a few seconds, he muttered, ¡°When I woke up, I saw that I was in the car and for a minute there, I thought we had a match today. That gave me a scare...¡±

    The driver smiled. ¡°This is also the first time I¡¯m driving to the stadium when it¡¯s not our match. We¡¯re here early. Why don¡¯t you wait here for a while? Right now, the spectators are all queuing through the security check. You don¡¯t even have a mask on. If you get off the car now, you¡¯ll be surrounded by fans. Or, you could wait for a bit in the car and I¡¯ll go look for a staff member to ask for a permit so we can drive the car in and you can take the staff passage?¡±

    ¡°No need to bother anyone.¡± Shi Luo frowned and shook his head. ¡°They¡¯re all busy. We¡¯ll wait in the car for a while and wait to enter the stadiumst.¡±

    The driver nodded, ¡°That¡¯s okay too. Then I¡¯ll get out of the car and have a smoke.¡±

    Shi Luo had just woken up and his eyes were still feeling heavy. He also took a cigarette and wanted to get out of the car. Yu Sui was leaning back and ying on his mobile phone. Without even raising his head, he said, ¡°If you want to smoke, just smoke in the car. The fans outside have definitely noticed our team¡¯s car already. Would you believe it if I told you you¡¯d be photographed the second you got off the car?¡±

    Most of the people who would be waiting outside the stadium were die-hard fans of the teams ying that day, waiting to for the yers to drive by to shout their cheers. Naturally, they would also be able to recognize Shi Luo.

    ¡°Then let them take my picture. They know I smoke anyway. Let anyone who wants to take a picture, take a picture.¡± The space in the car was too small. Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to subject Yu Sui to second-hand smoke. He opened the door and got out of the car, ¡°I¡¯ll get back in after I¡¯ve had my smoke.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s guess was spot on. After Shi Luo got down, not far from where they were, there were screams from the fans. They hadn¡¯t announced in advance their intention to watch today¡¯s match. The fans probably never expected to see Free Club¡¯s car here. They expected even less to be able to bump into Shi Luo.

    Yu Sui stayed in the car, ying with his mobile phone. He took a look at the pre-match data predictions for Saint and NSN and looked through several e-sports self-media ounts that he followed. As expected, thetest e-sports gossip post was a picture of Shi Luo standing next to their a nanny car, smoking a cigarette with his back facing the camera.

    Yu Sui smiled. He told him not to get out of the car

    However, this e-sports gossip ount was probably Shi Luo¡¯s or Free¡¯s fan. It didn¡¯t try to create any issue and its tone was exceptionally mild. It only said that he identally ran into Evil outside the stadium and then praised everything about Shi Luo, from his clothes to his appearance and short silver hair. He then made a joke saying that Shi Luo probably thought that the finals was already in the bag and secretly came to watch the match between Saint and NSN to spy out military secrets.

    Yu Sui opened thements and read them. Thements were quite harmonious. The members of Team Free rarely went out except for matches. Very few of Shi Luo¡¯s fans have seen Shi Luo wearing casual clothes. They are all @-ing each other toe look at the photos. They all banded together to urge this blogger to go over and ask for a group photo and to take more pictures.

    The blogger who posted the photo replied very quickly: [No, no, he¡¯s not here to y a match today and he might not necessarily want to take a group photo. I already risked my life to take this photo. I only dared to take it when I saw everyone else was also taking pictures. So, forget it! It must be so freaking early for Shi Zai. He looked so sleepy and impatient. I¡¯m shivering. I¡¯m too scared to approach. ¡¿

    The blogger said again: [The Free male model group are so tall. I usually don¡¯t realize it but seeing Evil by himself, he really is super tall and roguishly handsome to boot. ¡¿

    Yu Sui took a closer look at the photo taken by the blogger. It was indeed a good shot. The slightly lower shooting angle and the careful lighting showed Shi Luo¡¯s 1.8-meter good figure to the fullest.

    Yu Sui saved the picture and looked at thements again. His brows furrowed slightly when he saw the dozen of newments.

    [Why did Shi Shen suddenly want to watch the match? Hasn¡¯t he recently been dead tired from training? Every day when I camp out in Puppy¡¯s live broadcasts, I feel like Shi Shen¡¯s training just never stops.]

    [And it¡¯s strange that no one else in the team came. Shi Zai came by himself. Alright, fine. Technically, the driver also counts as one. ]

    [Others still haven¡¯t woken up at this hour. Free¡¯s base is so far away from the stadium. Who knows what time he had to get up to get to the venue at this time. Free¡¯s a bunch of night owls. Who would be willing to get up this early? ]

    [Couldn¡¯t they just watch a live broadcasts at the base? There must be a special reason for him toe watch it live. ]

    [Suddenly realized a problem. Shi Shen couldn¡¯t be here to cheer Wawa on, right? ]

    [It is very likely... the two have such a good rtionship. ]

    [Probably +1. Shi Shen has always been so good to Wawa. Adorable, simply adorable. ]

    [I have toe clean. I¡¯ve always been a Ruffian Shi and Baby Wa cross-team CP fan. These two are really sweet when they team up for matches. Today, I finally been granted some actual material! I am so moved. ]

    Yu Sui sighed softly as he watchedments going increasingly off the mark.

    They were hopeless;pletely hopeless.

    How many double rows, how many live broadcasts, and how many hints do his and Shi Luo¡¯s CP fans need in order to be able to feel proud and ted and to go out into the sunlight with their heads held high?

    More and more fans were finding out about Shi Luoing to the venue. Comments came one after the other. Themonly epted theory was that Shi Luo came for Wawa.

    Yu Sui thought the small theater they came out with was quite touching.

    At this moment, thepletely oblivious Shi Luo noticed that there were people looking at him and taking his picture from a distance. With an indifferent ¡®who cares¡¯ look on his face, he leaned against the car and lighting a second cigarette.

    Last night, he had teamed up with Puppy for two hours and then teamed up with Chen Huo for more than four hours, until three in the morning.

    The yers were originally allowed to pair up with anyone they wanted for thest few hours of training. If he teamed up with Yu Sui, it was considered rest. If he teamed up with Chen Huo, it was weight-bearing practice not far from the intensity of their usual practice matches. Tired from ten hours or intense training, he usually fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed. Today, he woke up early to watch the game, Shi Luo¡¯s head was dizzy and he was just wanted to refresh himself.

    But before he could take a puff from his second cigarette, he heard the fans give a muffled exim from a distance and then the cigarette in Shi Luo¡¯s hand was taken away by Yu Sui, who had gotten out of the car.

    ¡°That¡¯s enough. Are you chain smoking?¡±

    Yu Sui snuffed out the cigarette in his hand and threw it into the trash can. He also dragged Shi Luo back into the car.

    When he returned to the car, Shi Luo sat nkly in a daze. When he saw Yu Sui ying on his mobile phone and ignoring him, he thought Yu Sui was really upset with him about his smoking. He didn¡¯t want Yu Sui to worry. Shi Luo hit Yu Sui with his knee and took the initiative to say. ¡°Next time, I won¡¯t smoke in session anymore. The most I¡¯ll smoke in a day is five, no, three cigarettes.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t say anything and after a moment he handed the phone to Shi Luo, ¡°Look.¡±

    Shi Luo first read thements that Yu Sui had read before, frowning, ¡°What kind of rhythm is this? What possibly could there be between me and Wawa?¡±

    Yu Sui pointed out. ¡°Look at thetest one.¡±

    Shi Luo quit and refreshed¨C

    [The case has been solved, Whisper is also here. I take back what I said just now. Shi Luo didn¡¯te alone but followed his captain. ¡¿

    [Just a littlement but Shi Zai has a really good temper when faced with Yu Shen. Just now when he got out of the car to smoke, he was cool as f*ck. But he quickly turned obedient when Yu Shen got out of the car. He was super obedient even when his cigarette was taken away. If you tell me not to smoke, I won¡¯t smoke. If you tell me to get in the car, I¡¯ll get in the car. ¡¿

    As soon as Yu Sui showed up, thements had already exploded. At the moment, all the people were stanning Yu Sui and Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo instantly forgot about Wawa, delightedly reading thements.

    ¡°All of them are trying to guess why only the two of us went out...¡± Shi Luo read rapidly and automatically screened out those he didn¡¯t care about, only reading the ones that were rted to him and Yu Sui. ¡°They said that we have the best rtionship in the team. Since we reconciled, we¡¯re even closer than two years ago, and...¡±

    Yu Sui watched Shi Luo without saying a word. He leaned against Shi Luo, put his arm around Shi Luo¡¯s shoulders and looked at the phone screen, ¡°What else?¡±

    [Shi Shen before Whisper gets out of the car, overbearing like the owns the stadium. Shi Shen after Whisper gets out of the car, carefully exining that he¡¯s only on his second cigarette.]

    [Tsk, it only takes one Whisper to change Shi Shen into Shi Zai. ]

    [The only person who would dare take away Shi Zai¡¯s cigarette is Yu Shen, right? By the way, I really am curious about what exactly these two people have experienced. Being able to get back to being in one team and there¡¯s absolutely no bad blood between them. They have an even more intimate rtionship that before. Its an unsolved mystery in the e-sports circle. ]

    [I don¡¯t know what they¡¯ve experienced but setting aside how Evil was acting, that look in Yu Shen¡¯s eyes just now wasn¡¯t quite right, right? Aside from when looking at hisputer screen, has g Man Yu ever used that kind of look to look at anyone? Don¡¯t you all think that intensity in his eyes was just over the limit? ]

    [I¡¯ve suddenly had a very bold idea...]

    [Aren¡¯t these two really together? ]

    [It¡¯s hard to say whether they¡¯re not together. This aura is definitely not brotherhood...it¡¯s hard to pass it off by just saying that the rtionship of the first generation medic twin stars is different from other people.]

    [So many shitty things have happened before. If these two people could still be together after that... damn. ]

    Shi Luo looked at it very seriously. When someone said that they were a match made in heaven, he couldn¡¯t help the corners of his lips from ticking up. He said to himself, ¡°Of course, we¡¯re the best match...¡±

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t the least bit sleepy anymore. His eyes shone as he looked at thements. The more he saw, the more satisfied he felt. It wasn¡¯t until the security check was almost closing up that he reluctantly returned the phone to Yu Sui. He still wanted to continue. ¡°Remember these IDs. Let¡¯s take a look before going to bed tonight.¡±

    The two went through the security check and waiting up thest minute to enter the audience seats. As expected, they hadn¡¯t even sat down yet when the cameras zoomed in on them. The fans never expected that even yers from Team Free would being over and one after the other, they all began to make noise. Shi Luo felt a little ufortable. He turned his face to block the camera. Yu Sui greeted the camera and gestured towards the stage to signal the director to stop paying attention to them and to focus instead on the yers who were about to y.

    The director deliberately gave Shi Luo two more close-ups before cutting the scene to the MC for the event. The host also teased Yu Sui and Shi Luo a couple of times and said hello from afar. Then he began to discuss the true protagonists of today¡¯s match ¡ª Saint and NSN.

    Saint¡¯s and NSN¡¯s yers got on stage in session. Yu Sui whispered to Shi Luo, ¡°Guess who¡¯ll win?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at the two teams on the stage and said quietly for a moment, ¡°Saint.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t reply.

    Saint has exposed too many tactics before and they also have Amaze, who no one knows if he really has a hand injury and will need to retire; i.e. Old A, who they discussed before. There were too many uncertain factors and Yu Sui didn¡¯t think that Saint had a better chance of winning than NSN.

    ¡°Objectively speaking, Saint has a lot of problems.¡± Shi Luo looked at Angel Sword on the stage from a distance and whispered, ¡°But if I were Angel Sword and Old A who¡¯d apanied me for so many years was going to retire... I would fight with my life and I would f*cking carry Old A to the World Championships if I have to.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s eyes moved slightly and he smiled.

    Shi Luo was startled and a little embarrassed, ¡°Wha-what? What are youughing at me for?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m notughing at you.¡± Yu Sui looked at the stage and slowly said, ¡°I think you¡¯re amazing... No matter how difficult a game, as long as you persist, I will always believe that there¡¯s a way, that we can somehow move forward and fight with our all.¡±

    Two years ago, Shi Luo had been killed thirty-four times and he climbed back up thirty-four times,pletely waking Yu Sui from his muddleheaded-ness, making him feel that he wasn¡¯t going to rot in a foreignnd; that he could still endure.

    Yu Sui looked at Team Saint¡¯s four yers on the stage and whispered softly, ¡°Now, let¡¯s see if Angel Sword and Old A can endure.¡±

 Chapter 93

    Chapter 93:

    The best of five game officially started.

    In the second half of the regr season, Saint yed beautifully and wonderfully in every game. The fans were very confident. Before the game, the cheers of Saint¡¯s fans almost crushed NSN¡¯s. Thementators were also very optimistic about Saint. The match had just started but thementators had already praised each member of Team Saint from head to toe. The director also disyed a vote prediction by the game yers and Saint was predicted to win with over 70% of the votes.

    Most people were optimistic about Saint. But looking carefully at the expressions of the yers on the stage right now, Saint¡¯s expression was grave while NSN¡¯s yers looked more rxed.

    At the beginning of the season, Wawa had studied with Yu Sui and was fascinated by his assassin-type y. During the regr season, he was also very erratic. Most of the time, he imitated Yu Sui¡¯s routines. However, because he was became a monkte in life, whether in terms of personal ability or teamwork, neither of those aspects could keep up. As a result NSN ate some losses. When the two teams met during the regr season, Saint was specifically targeting Wawa. Saint borrowed a little bit of the tactics they had used when ying against Yu Sui¡¯s team before and had all four of their yers rush up instead of leaving their sniper in the back row. Every time they shed, without even a second¡¯s thought, they would go in for the medic. It didn¡¯t matter if they¡¯d lose the greater part of their health in the attack; they would just rely on Angel Sword¡¯s milktank abilities afterwards. Then, relying on the Angel Sword, this blood bank, they would cut down NSN¡¯s front row strikers. There were times, when Wawa barely had time to see the person clearly before he was killed once again. In the second half of the game, Wawa was like a frightened bird, he would subconsciously hide whenever he encountered anyone. He made more and more mistakes in theter stage and Saintpletely controlled the rhythm of the game.

    Thementators also discussed before the start of the game and felt that Wawa might once again be a weak point for NSN. However, as soon as the game started, contrary to everyone¡¯s expectations, Wawapletely abandoned his ups and downs during the regr season. He hadpletely cast aside the assassin-medic y he had practiced for more than half a season and followed closely behind Gu Gan as an invisible nurse. Not to mention, appearing on the front row, he didn¡¯t even show his head at all. Saintunched attacks several times to find Wawa and cause trouble. But no matter how they positioned themselves, they weren¡¯t able see hide nor hair of Wawa.

    It wasn¡¯t only Wawa¡¯s style of y that had changed. NSN had also gave up on their habitual tactic of having Wawa go with Gu Gan to the front row. They had their other striker, Xinran, stay by his side the entire game, clearing the fog. NSN¡¯s two strikers and medic formed a team together. They no longer rushed to clear the fog. They were ying a defensive game and no longer gave Saint any chance to kill their medic.

    In the stadium seats, Shi Luo whispered, ¡°You really shouldn¡¯t expose so much in the regr season...¡±

    ¡°Look at Old A.¡± Yu Sui whispered, ¡°Look at his position.¡±

    There were two strikers in a team. Rarely were they like Shi Luo and Chen Huo, whose personal abilities were basically of the same level, enabling them to advance with simultaneous force throughout the entire way. In other teams, among the two strikers, there would always be one who¡¯s a bit stronger; such as Gu Gan in NSN; such as Old A in Saint.

    In the game, every time the two parties exchange fire in the fog, it was a matter as quick as the sh of flint. It can be over in less than ten seconds when they were ying to the very limit of their abilities. During the first seconds of their initial sh, no one could afford even a second of dy. Who was able to destroy the opponent¡¯s shield and deal real damage at the earliest was of vital importance. The response speed and operation ability demanded of the strikers were extremely high. Therefore, the striker with the better personal skills will usually take on the role of main output every time the two sides battled each other. This striker would also be the one the medic would prioritize protecting. Ordinarily, for Saint, Old A will always grab the output position with the maximum point of view whenever Saint encounters a battle. Their other striker will automatically adjust his position to help Old A plug up any holes. However, today, the two swapped positions.

    Old A changed his position to that of supporting striker.

    But even in the back position, Old A¡¯s operation wasn¡¯t quite able to keep up. In the first battle, Xinran only had a sliver of blood remaining, but Old A failed make thatst shot hit. Xinran went around behind Wawa and used him to block the iing bullets on his way to hide behind the bunker, allowing him to keep his head.

    Shi Luo whispered, ¡°There¡¯s no problem with his ability to respond. He can keep up every time and knows what he should do as a support. But his uracy can¡¯t keep up. Just now there were eight shots in a row, only one shot, just one more shot and Xinran would have been dead.¡±

    The striker¡¯s bullets were fired in bursts. Even if they don¡¯t move during bursts, they will need to continually adjust to match the target¡¯s angle. Their operations needed to be urate to the decimal point. They couldn¡¯t be off even by the tiniest bit. Old A¡¯s uracy during several waves of sudden advance wasn¡¯t quite able to keep up.

    ¡°His operation can¡¯t keep up with his consciousness.¡± Yu Sui looked at the screen in the game, ¡°It¡¯s probably...¡±

    Yu Sui trailed off but Shi Luo knew. It was injury.

    If yers were extremely high-precision machineries, strikers received the greatest degree of wear and tear.

    In each game, shooting 30 shots was already considered a lot for a sniper. But for strikers, it wasmon to fire five to six hundred bullets.

    Shi Luo felt very handsome when he first yed striker. Every time he shot, he flicked the mouse sharply and he would empty an entire cartridge with the entire pull of his right arm. The maximum output of either team was one whole cartridge. Each side strove for the highest percentage hit rate within the shortest burst of fire. If my percentage of hits is higher than yours, my group will destroy you, and if yours is higher than mine, your group will destroy me.

    Cool was cool but and the striker position was the most tiring in the whole game.

    That Old A could reach twenty-five years old ying striker, was already enough to break records.

    The Old A¡¯s operation had deteriorated since the regr season. This deterioration wasn¡¯t small. Saint obviously knew this better than anyone. After all, they were a veteran team. Seeing that they couldn¡¯t fight with NSN head on, they quickly adjusted their strategy and began to withdraw and stand on the defensive. They made a feint to the east and attacked to the west and stealthily cleared out the fog. They no longer targeted Wawa and even began to automatically avoid NSN.

    However, NSN didn¡¯t go along with Saint¡¯s rhythm. Saint stopped advancing and Gu Gan and Wawa began to advance forward. The two sides of the map were cleared in a runabout manner; they weren¡¯t as fast as clearing out a straight line. Saint could only passively harass Gu Gan while clearing the map. The situation slowly became passive. When the two sides had just gnawed a little way, NSN had already cleared half the distance from the center of the map.

    Saint¡¯s sniper no longer tried to suppress from the rear. At this moment, he couldn¡¯t suppress them no matter what he did. Even if he dyed them, he could only be swallowed bit by bit. Saint sent both strikers to the side of the map. The sniper and the medic held the mid-line. They stalled NSN¡¯s offensive by constantly giving heads away. However, their loss during the early stages was too great. At this moment, whether it was clearing out a small path or dying the time to consume NSN¡¯s economy, it was useless. The were barely able to hold out for ten minutes. All of Saint¡¯s fronts couldn¡¯t hold against NSN¡¯s firepower and NSN won the first game.

    Before the game, everyone was generally optimistic about Saint. After the first game was taken away, even thementators were also a little confused. When they recovered from their surprise, they resumed their game review. During the break, the director panned over to Yu Sui and Shi Luo. In the shot, Shi Luo had his head bowed, letting Yu Sui look at his right hand. Shi Luo instinctively withdrew his hand after the camera cut over. But Yu Sui calmly squeezed Shi Luo¡¯s wrist and pulled the cuff of his long-sleeved jacket for him.

    The break time soon finished and the director switched the camera back to the game interface.

    The second game began.

    Saint adjusted their strategy again and returned to their regr tactics in the early stage. The sniper controlled the back and the three other yers in the front row were careful as they dealt with NSN head-on. They no longer tried to sneak around the side but their head-on y was much more careful than during the previous game. Old A still took on the support position.

    There were two waves of frontal battles and both times, neither side lost any yers. Saint¡¯s Old A got his shield broken and NSN¡¯s Xinran lost one-third of his blood. Both side were considered about even.

    Thementators weren¡¯t as perceptive as professional yers and they didn¡¯t notice the problem of with Old A¡¯s condition. Thementator said directly. ¡°Today, A-Shen¡¯s game seems to be...a bit conservative.¡±

    The othermentator hesitated and said, ¡°Yes. Him suddenly switching to the support position was something we did not expect before the game and we expected even less that the support striker would be the first to lose his shield. If he had dodged that attack just now, Saint would actually have the advantage. It was Saint who broke down Xinran¡¯s shield first. They canpletely continue forward, but A-Shen¡¯s condition isn¡¯t right. Saint didn¡¯t dare to go charge forward immediately. At first, Saint was standing their ground but now Gu Gan used their retreat to put down a purification dish.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned slightly, ¡°Thismentator...I¡¯m sure Old A is already being sprayed in the forums.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s something more to this game.¡± Yu Sui said slowly, ¡°Look at Angel Sword.¡±

    Shi Luo turned his gaze to Angel Sword. The photon shield on Old A was broken. He should have patched Old A by now, but he didn¡¯t. Looking at the sniper Saint left at the back, his body waspletely bare, he didn¡¯t even have an initial shield.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes moved, and he whispered, ¡°They learned from us...¡±

    ¡°A desperate move. They¡¯re going to stake everything and try their best not to consume any of their own economy and consume NSN alive.¡± Yu Sui said softly, ¡°With Angel Sword on their team, they¡¯re actually more suited for this tactic than us.¡±

    With Angel Sword the blood bank, they will inevitably be entangled with NSN for longer and the longer it was, the more resources NSN will consume to fight with them.

    Before Yu Sui finished his words, Saint charged at NSN and immediately retreated after pretending to attack.

    NSN¡¯s first reaction was that Saint had given up the frontal fight like the previous game and had gone to both sides of the map to secretly clear the poisonous fog. ROD, at the back row, moved to look at the situation on either side of their home map. Saint seemed to have expected it. With no sniper watching their front line, Saint struck and took away Xinran¡¯s head. At the same time, Old A followed and Gu Gan took away his head.

    ¡°Oh, that would have given Saint a big advantage. If A Shen could have avoided that wave, it would have been perfect. He didn¡¯t even have a shield on him so he shouldn¡¯t have been so aggressive.¡± Thementator said regretfully, ¡°Did Saint not have enough time to replenish his shield? That shouldn¡¯t be the case.¡±

    Shi Luo let out a sigh and said in a low voice, ¡°I want to go up and exin.¡±

    Thementators can¡¯t hear the yers¡¯ voice and they weren¡¯t professional yers either. Sometimes they couldn¡¯t understand the true intentions behind the yers¡¯ actions. Yu Sui had gotten used to it a long time ago, ¡°As long as there they¡¯re able to drag this game out, there¡¯s still hope. Gu Gan¡¯s okay but it¡¯s too easy to send heads to Xinran. He can¡¯t withstand this kind of tactic.¡±

    Xinran was young and specialized at ying very aggressively. It was all too easy for their opponents to bait him into attacking and naturally, he consumes a lot more economy. Saint also grasped this point. During the next wave of attack, Old A once again charged at Xinran, personally sending Xinran his head.

    Thementator naturally couldn¡¯t help saying, ¡°Old A¡¯s attack...he shouldn¡¯t rush! His teammates didn¡¯t keep up. He went up to put the purification dish in a hurry and got his head taken away again.¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Okay, Xinran has gotten a kill. Now, he can upgrade his essories and consume more.¡±

    Saint¡¯s y was very shrewd. After sending a few waves of attack, they started to mix the truth with the lies and sneak to the sides of the map to secretly clear up the fog. Old A and the other striker each took one side. If there was any movement on the map, naturally, NSN¡¯s sniper at the back, ROD, would find out about it. Gu Gan went to protect at the very first moment and time was dyed once again.

    Saint appeared like they had exhausted their abilities, trying in the middle and trying on both sides. From beginning to end, they took a beating and they managed to drag the game for twenty more minutes.

    When NSN¡¯s resources were more than half consumed, they also realized the problem and they refused to be dragged in any longer. They started to focus their attack at in the middle of the map. Saint also gave up the act. Both sides officially started tearing into each other. NSN chased and attacked Saint. Saint wound their way around, avoiding them at every turn. The game took thirty-five minutes.

    Arge area of the fog to Saint¡¯s resurrection stone hadn¡¯t been cleared. NSN¡¯s economy was basically exhausted. Without any suspense, Saint took the second game and the score was tied again.

    Shi Luo frowned tightly, ¡°This routine...against a team like NSN, this sort of tactic can only be yed once at most.¡±

    Yu Sui was more sensible, ¡°Originally, it was only a method to catch them off guard. Being able to get a game off of it was good enough.¡±

    At the beginning of the third game, NSN was obviously prepared. This time, no matter how Saint baited them, they didn¡¯t rush ahead prematurely. The delivered a sure and steady full-frontal offensive. NSN had also seen that there was something wrong with Old A¡¯s condition. Just like Saint when Saint had targeted Wawa before, now, they were targeting Old A all the way. With their consistent performance, they won the game and got the match point.

    Old A wasn¡¯t actually ying that badly but even if he didn¡¯t panic and didn¡¯tmit any mistakes, since he was targeted from start to finish, he still seemed to die at the barest touch. It looked like he wasn¡¯t ying and that he couldn¡¯t disy any skills.

    When the third game was about to end, thementators had directly named Old A as Saint¡¯s weak link.

    The people over at Free¡¯s base were already awake and were probably also watching the game. In Free¡¯s group chat, they kept cursing thementators for being cluelessymen. They insulted the forum sprayers for their stupidity, cursed Saint¡¯s high-level officials for not protecting the yers and exining Old A¡¯s actual situation in advance.

    Chen Huo couldn¡¯t help spitting out in anger, ¡°Brainless morons. They don¡¯t know how to protect their old yers. One look and I can already tell that Old A¡¯s ying with an injury. Are they blind?¡±

    Zhou Huo, who had listened to Chen Huo and Old Qiao¡¯s exnation, also said in the group, ¡°Saint¡¯s management should just resign. It¡¯s like they didn¡¯t evene up with a n to respond to public opinion.¡±

    Chen Huo yelled in the group. ¡°Shi Luo! Aren¡¯t you in the stadium? Go! Go up to thementator! st thosementators for me!¡±

    Shi Luo nced at the group chat, but didn¡¯t speak.

    Yu Sui said calmly, ¡°If it were me, I wouldn¡¯t say anything either.¡±

    Shi Luo had already understood. He was quiet for a while and said, ¡°Saint didn¡¯t dare say anything. One, because they weren¡¯t sure that Old A really wouldn¡¯t be able to fight today but they didn¡¯t expect that he would really get to this point, and for another... based on Angel Sword and their temperament, they mustn¡¯t have wanted to reveal too much before the game, which would put too much emotional pressure on NSN.¡±

    Yu Sui said slowly, ¡°Being unable to fight is his own business. He doesn¡¯t need others¡¯ pity. There¡¯s nothing shameful about a proper and honest loss.¡±

    The fourth game started. The second game had really taken too long and it took a lot out of Old A. In the fourth game, Old A¡¯s performance was so bad that it was almost unbearable to look at. Ten minutes in, NSN was already steamrolling over them.

    By the fifteen minute mark, when Saint had almost no hope of turning the situation around, Angel Sword, who had maintained peak performance all throughout, seemed to have suddenly gotten confused.

    Thementator couldn¡¯t believe it. ¡°What is Angel Sword doing? He isn¡¯t protecting anyone and instead he¡¯s just protecting Old A? This was already hopeless and he¡¯s still going to y like this? This...If they lose this round again, they¡¯re really gonna lose! Angel Sword! Wake up!!!¡±

    The Angel Sword¡¯s performance was impressive but there seems to be no-one else in his eyes. From start to end, he only looked at Old A. Even when he himself had no shield, he would rather put one up for Old A. When Old A was under fire, he would block the attack for Old A. When Old A was able to y, he would charge ahead and serve as cover for Old A. At the cost of instantly being riddled with bullets by Gu Gan, Angel Sword managed to get Old A his first head in this match.

    When Old A took his first head, the director cut the camera to Old A. Old A was dazed and then he smiled.

    At the same time, Angel Sword swiftly rushed out of the resurrection stone at the very first moment he resurrected and set thest shield on Old A.

    ¡°F*ck it.¡± Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were red. He gritted his teeth, ¡°Are all you medics like this in your very core?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled.

    Three minutester, Saint waspletely exhausted and their resurrection stone was destroyed by NSN.

    At the same moment, Saint¡¯s four yers took off their headphones. Except for Old A who was smiling, the other three were crying. The youngest member of the team was so choked with sobs, he was almost unable to stand up.

    Shi Luo¡¯s prediction before the game wasn¡¯t wrong. After four rounds, whether it was Angel Sword or the other two Saint yers, all of them had fought desperately and did their absolute best to carry Old A even just a step further.

    Trantor:

 Chapter 94

    Chapter 94:

    It was only after the match officially ended that Saint¡¯s staff went to thementator¡¯s box and notified thementators and director. The staff asked them for a few minutes to let Old A say a few words to announce his retirement.

    In front of thementators¡¯ and all the audience¡¯s surprised expressions, Old A, right arm trembling slightly, took the microphone, and with a smile on his face, calmly introduced his seven year career that, though devoid of any highlights, was nevertheless spent putting in great effort. He thanked all of Club Saint¡¯s staff member who¡¯ve served since his youth training days. He thanked his previous teammates. He thanked Angel Sword for hispany and mutual support throughout the years and gave his blessing to their local division. He hoped everyone can have a good result in this year¡¯s World Championships.

    ¡°A lot of people...probably only found I was in the league because I¡¯m retiring. Although I leave no trace, like everyone else, I have been fighting in the league for several years and I dared not work any less than others. Being a yer of limited talent, I haven¡¯t been understood by a lot of people. This is how it¡¯s supposed to be. Inpetitions, only results matter. All I could do was to never cken in my efforts so that I could have a clear conscience.¡± Old A turned his head towards his team and waved to his teammates. And finally he said, ¡°I was only able to seize a little bit of honor and I can only me myck of ability. I don¡¯t have any grievance. I¡¯m already very fortunate. I¡¯m honored to have been able to take the stage and fight with this group of outstanding people. I was able to happily spend the most important seven years of my life with this weing club. Last year, I was unexpectedly able to appear in our team¡¯s starting line-up and finally I was able toplete my retirement ceremony in such arge game. This is all because...¡±

    There were tears in old A¡¯s eyes, and he paused for half a minute and continued, ¡°Because the owner of our club, the management... and my teammates didn¡¯t give up on me. They all knew that my right shoulder was going to give out soon and yet they still didn¡¯t give up. I......¡±

    Old A wiped his tears and continued, ¡°They didn¡¯t give up on me, and I couldn¡¯t give up on the team. My ability is limited. I don¡¯t dare stay on the team or join the coaching team and dy everyone but after retiring, I will join our team¡¯s sparring team and try my best. I¡¯ve been a substitute yer on the team for so many years, I really have be an expert at being a sparring partner. I will try my best to help the starting yers of my team. My fans can rest assured that I will never leave Saint all my life. Saint, Jiayou! Everyone, Jiayou!¡±

    Old A bowed deeply and returned the microphone to the host.

    Yu Sui and Shi Luo were in the venue and they could clearly see that Saint¡¯s yers, coaches and even their bosses were waiting for Old A. After Old A stepped off the stage, everyone hugged each other for a long time.

    Shi Luo tried his best to hold back his tears and took a few photos for them from a distance.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, ¡°Is this the first time you¡¯ve seen someone retiring?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s the first time I¡¯ve seen it live.¡± Shi Luo sent the photos he had taken to Angel Sword and said in a low voice, ¡°Old Qiao recorded a video when he retired. It was all clich¨¦s. It wasn¡¯t very moving. It took less than three minutes. At that time, I saw it and felt like my chest was blocked up. It wasn¡¯t this... this direct.¡±

    Shi Luo looked sideways at Yu Sui. Yu Sui¡¯s expression remained as usual,pletely the same as before the game.

    Shi Luo asked, ¡°How many times have you seen it?¡±

    ¡°Too many times. ying professionally for so many years, I¡¯ve lost count a long time ago.¡± Yu Sui pretended not to see Shi Luo wiping the corner of his eyes. He said softly, ¡°No need to feel ashamed. The first time I saw my teammate...not Ji Yan Han, it was much earlier, a yer you have never heard of, another striker.¡±

    Yu Sui continued, ¡°The first time I witnessed my teammate retire, although I didn¡¯t cry... But I changed my game ID and profile picture to his. I yed more than 30 games without eating, drinking or sleeping. At that time, I was young, 15 or 16 years old. I was much more emotional than I am now.¡±

    ¡°You...¡± Shi Luo frowned, ¡°Going through self-abuse for someone¡¯s retirement? What were you thinking?¡±

    ¡°Because I thought it was my fault at the time.¡± Yu Sui calmly looked at the Saint team who was still hugging in the distance. ¡°I thought it was because I didn¡¯t have enough C and so he couldn¡¯t fight anymore. I couldn¡¯t ept it.¡±

    Yu Sui turned to look at Shi Luo and smiled, ¡°Who doesn¡¯t have a bit of ck history, right?¡±

    ¡°What kind of ck history is this&#k2026;¡± Shi Luo was not surprised by this reason. Shi Luo looked at Angel Sword in the distance and muttered in a low voice, ¡°You medics are all like this&#k2026; What if it were me?¡±

    The spectators in the venue were all slowly exiting the stadium, bing noisier and noisier. Yu Sui didn¡¯t hear Shi Luo clearly, ¡°What about you?¡±

    Shi Luo opened his mouth and he already felt that he was being unreasonable. He hesitated before continuing, ¡°Then what would you do if I were to retire?¡±

    ¡°Shi Shen, there¡¯s no need for you to be drinking this old vinegar. Moreover...¡± The corner of Yu Sui¡¯s mouth ticked up. ¡°It¡¯s hard to say which one of us will retire first, don¡¯t you think?¡±

    It really was hard to say who would retire first. Neither of them had any physical injury. Although Yu Sui is two years older than Shi Luo, his profession as a medic wasn¡¯t as taxing. The more important thing for them was awareness and reaction. Yu Sui was only 21 this year. He was in peak condition in all aspects and his ability to control the battle situation only increased year by year. There was no decline in his variouspetitive abilities.

    It was an indisputable fact that Shi Luo¡¯s career life span was shortened after he changed jobs to striker, but he was a young man in extremely good health with surprisingly high talent. Comparing the two...

    It really was hard to say who would retire first.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± All the fans in the stadium except Saint¡¯s were already gone. Shi Luo rubbed his forehead, ¡°Le-let¡¯s go...¡±

    Yu Sui called the driver andgged two steps behind to talk with the driver. After speaking with the driver, the two of them got on, Yu Sui followed Shi Luo. He squeezed Shi Luo¡¯s neck and whispered, ¡°When my teammate retired that year, after more than 30 hours of using his ID, I changed it back. If you retire before me...I will change my game id to yours, and I won¡¯t change it until I retire, okay?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not jealous.¡± Shi Luo was too possessive of Yu Sui. He actually couldn¡¯t tell whether he was jealous or not right now. He had no other intentions by saying those things just now. He had just been influenced by Old A¡¯s retirement. ¡°Looking at them, it was pretty hard to take. Sigh...¡±

    ¡°I understand.¡± Yu Sui said softly, ¡°He has retired. It¡¯s only now that we know that from the very start Saint has been enduring this season under tremendous pressure. No team has had it easy to reach this point.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded, ¡°That¡¯s what I mean... Let¡¯s go home.¡±

    The two originally nned to go on a date outside for the entire day. After watching the game, they were supposed to go to dinner and watch the movies. However, they weren¡¯t feeling in the mood for that at all right now. Shi Luo thought about thatst game just now. The more he thought about it, the more content he felt with his situation. He began to feel that his nice and organized teammates were each cuter than the next. Their home base was just so f*cking warm andfy. No matter many Michelin stars the chefs outside have, it couldn¡¯tpare to the Cleaning Aunt¡¯s cooking.

    However, Shi Luo was worried that Yu Sui would feel hungry and his stomach was going to start to ache so Shi Luo asked the driver to stop at a porridge shop near the stadium before returning home. He then got down to buy Yu Sui a bow of hot rice porridge.

    ¡°Your previous incident of gastric bleeding... Was pretty serious.¡± Shi Luo handed the packed porridge to Yu Sui. Brooding, he said, ¡°We don¡¯t know how many months it took from your career lifespan.¡±

    Yu Sui slowly blew on the porridge and reminded him, ¡°Shi Shen, when you went to buy the porridge, it seemed like you were photographed again.¡±

    Shi Luo closed the car door and said, ¡°If they want to take my picture, then let them take my picture.¡±

    Shi Luo originally thought he, this weak chicken that had yet to fully experience life, would be the most affected by seeing the retirement ceremony. He didn¡¯t think that once he returned to base, before even entering the door, he would already hear Old Qiao¡¯s howling.

    ¡°Hey? You two... Came back just in time for dinner?¡± Zhou Huo just happened to be on the first floor. He looked at Yu Sui and Shi Luo in surprise. Feeling angry at them not having made the most of their time, he said, ¡°It wasn¡¯t at all easy to finally schedule a date! Who do you think you are? Howe you¡¯re being so frugal today? Coming back here to eat?¡±

    Shi Luo rubbed his ears and frowned, ¡°What¡¯s with Old Qiao?¡±

    ¡°From watching the game to the retirement ceremony to the post game interview...¡± Zhou Huo had a headache. ¡°He started to see himself in their shoes and he felt really moved. He felt it more than the actual Saint team and cried from beginning to end.¡±

    Before dinner, Yu Sui and Shi Luo went upstairs to change their clothes. On the way there, they caught sight of a tearful Old Qiao in the training room.

    In the training room, Chen Huo and Old Qiao were re-watching Old A¡¯s retirement video together. Old Qiao¡¯s eyes were red and he couldn¡¯t help but wipe the corners of his eyes as he choked out, ¡°This is a sessful retirement! This is a happy ending! Yes! With teammates by his side, even losing the match is glorious...¡±

    ¡°What does it matter even if Old A didn¡¯t have any results? He has his teammates! He has Angel Sword! This is already worth it! I¡¯m also a striker, I understand! That kind of medic desperately trying to protect you feels so warm!¡± Chen Huo leaned against Shi Luo¡¯s cushion. He grabbed Shi Luo¡¯s tissue box and quickly pulled out a tissue and handed it to Old Qiao. Self-pitying, he chimed in, ¡°What about me? Someday, I will be unable to y anymore and will have to retire. Who would turn into an angel to protect me? Who can I count on? Yu Sui? Is this g man someone I can actually rely on?!¡±

    Puppy, with a numb face, saw Yu Sui and Shi Luo. He spread his hands and said, ¡°It¡¯s been over an hour. These two have felt moved by another team. Especially Old Qiao. He can¡¯t shake himself out of it.¡±

    Shi Luo, nk expression on his face, knocked on the door of the training room.

    Old Qiao looked back and saw that it was his own people and didn¡¯t feel embarrassed. He clicked on the video yback and continued to be choked with emotions as he watched the video. He suddenly looked back at Yu Sui and remembering the past, started crying, ¡°When I retired, I didn¡¯t have a medic with me. I didn¡¯t have my teammates. I had nothing...¡±

    Chen Huo also took a look at Yu Sui, who had a rxed expression on his face. He continued to question, ¡°Yu Sui, do you have any heart? When the director cut the camera to you during the game, your eyes hadn¡¯t even turned red! You should have taken a page from Shi Luo! Take a look at Angel Sword then take a look at yourself!¡±

    Yu Sui was scolded without any rhyme or reason. ¡°It¡¯s the first time Shi Luo has seen someone retire and was affected. I¡¯ve seen it too many times already... I really don¡¯t have any friendship with Old A. Is it really strange that I didn¡¯t have much of a reaction?¡±

    Old Qiao nced at Yu Sui reproachfully and continued to cry.

    ¡°You just don¡¯t have a heart.¡± Chen Huo said sternly, ¡°If it were me, would you protect me like that?! Would you rush recklessly to throw yourself in front of me?¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui was numb towards Chen Huo¡¯s questions. He asked seriously, ¡°Throw myself in front of you...are you looking to die?¡±

    Old Qiao wanted to cry but also wanted tough a little. He hung helpless in the middle. He could only grab a tissue to wipe his face.

    Puppy said coldly, ¡°Can you be more sensible and face up to the fact that our team is made up of cold-blooded viins? Stop dreaming. We¡¯re not the warm, soft-hearted types, alright?¡±

    Chen Huo held Old Qiao¡¯s shoulder, sighing while patting Old Qiao, ¡°You guys have no heart.¡±

    ¡°If you have this kind of dream, then I¡¯m going to have to warn you in advance.¡± Yu Sui sat down and saidzily, ¡°I¡¯m not going to rush in to protect you. It may even be that when you are about to lose thest sliver of blood of your career... I¡¯m probably going to do what I¡¯ve always done and snatch away your kill.¡±

    ¡°Pfft.¡± Old Qiao finally couldn¡¯t help it. ¡°Yourst kill and it¡¯s still going to be snatched away...¡±

    Yu Sui nced at Old Qiao and said slowly, ¡°Didn¡¯t you already know a long time ago that I¡¯m this kind of person?¡±

    Shi Luo just then realized it. He realized that Yu Sui, Chen Huo and Puppy were teasing Old Qiao so that he would no longer brood about his broken retirement ceremony.

    Sure enough, Old Qiao¡¯s funny bone was tickled by the thought of having hisst kill snatched away and was finally emotionally cut off. He couldn¡¯t cry anymore. He rubbed his face and finally turned off Old A¡¯s retirement video. He said helplessly, ¡°Fine... Old A¡¯s situation is too sad anyway. I might not have been able to handle it. Having a quiet retirement was good too.¡±

    Old Qiao quickly cleared up his emotions, got up and urged everyone, ¡°Eat, eat, let¡¯s eat. After eating, we¡¯ll have training. We also have to y our semi-finals. Saint didn¡¯t hold anything back when they yed against us that day. Although they didn¡¯t say it, but they were giving us training. We have to y well in the World Championships and live up to their kind regards.¡±

 Chapter 95

    Chapter 95:

    Saint ended their journey for this season. In thest game, that scene of Angel Sword desperately helping Old A to take a head could easily rouse people¡¯s emotions. It was also only then that most yers found out that Old A and Angel Sword were originally from the same trainee batch. It was only then that they knew that Angel Sword had this inconspicuous shixiongdi in the same year for so many years. It was a really rare thing that such a steadfastly loyal teammate for so many years. In a very rare disy, that night, the FOG game staff used their official ount on the major media tforms both domestically and abroad to express their thanks to Old A and the positive effect he has had to thepetition for so many years. They also made a special wrap up for Angel Sword and Old A. Old A¡¯s seven year career was considered to have been carried out to the end.

    ¡°Very good, it¡¯s a good start.¡±

    After the training that night, Old Qiao looked at the announcements that the officials have made for Old A. He said with satisfaction, ¡°It shouldn¡¯t just be the star yers that get a grand send-off every time. Ordinary yers have also yed for so many years. While it may be true that they deserve to earn less, but they should be given the amount of respect that they deserve. After all, they didn¡¯t work any less harder than others.¡±

    ¡°With this kind of publicity, if he decides to do live broadcasts in the future, he will be able to negotiate a high price with the live broadcast tform.¡± Zhou Huo thoughts were the most practical, ¡°Saint is very generous and gives their yers a way to live out their life in retirement and now, he also has this publicity from the officials. If Old A bes a training partner and starts a live broadcast in the future, he might not make a huge fortune but it¡¯ll be enough to make him pretty well off. Not bad.¡±

    When Zhou Huo said that, Old Qiao felt more at ease. ¡°Yes, he gets to stay in the club and he can have a little bit of money too. That¡¯s good... Okay, let¡¯s go to bed. We¡¯ll be back to regr training tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, everyone needs to do their best in the semi-finals.¡±

    Everyone went back to their rooms one after the other. Shi Luo wasst.

    The semi-finals wereing the day after tomorrow. ording to what had been agreed upon before, Yu Sui won¡¯t be sleeping with Shi Luo. Shi Luo went back to his dormitory by himself and after washing up,y in his bed in a daze, staring at the ceiling.

    He had received too much emotional stimtion during the day and his brain was still too excited to sleep.

    The way Angel Sword staked everything, repeatedly throwing himself in front of Old A was still ying back in Shi Luo¡¯s mind. But Shi Luo wasn¡¯t thinking of those two but of Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo turned over and wanted to sleep, but his mind was filled with thoughts of Yu Sui.

    Two years ago, Yu Sui also protected him like this.

    The medic job seemed to be really magical. No matter what their original temperament, after ying this profession, they will always be a photon shield for their club.

    They keep out the wind and rain in peacetime and go through water and tread on fire in times of crisis.

    Shi Luo really couldn¡¯t fall asleep, so he couldn¡¯t help picking up his phone to read the news. The e-sports sector was basically discussing Saint. Shi Luo felt more and more fired up as he read. He wanted to go to the training room and start ying a couple more games.

    It¡¯s just that it¡¯s toote and it¡¯s inconvenient. Shi Luo had no way to vent so he logged onto his Weibo side ount and posted a sincere and heartfelt message: [@Free-Whisper @Saint-Angel Sword, the shields of ourpetitive region. ¡¿

    After posting one, Shi Luo still wasn¡¯t satisfied. He posted another small love essay of his own: [Can¡¯t sleep. I¡¯m thinking of Yu Sui. I regret not sleeping with him today. I actually like him sleeping with his arms around me. I sleep best when he¡¯s here. ¡¿

    After sending it, he firmly closed his eyes and tried to sleep.

    After lying down for another three minutes, Shi Luo resignedly opened his eyes, bright and full of expression. It was hopeless trying to sleep.

    He picked up his phone. It was still on the Weibo interface. Shi Luo swiped up and looked at the posts he had made before and he suddenly felt that he was sickeningly sappy.

    When he posts these kinds of love posts, he really feels very sentimental. But when he looks back at them once that intense emotion had passed, they feel unbearably cringe-y. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t stand bear to look at it and quickly swiped down. As he did so, he identally found that the post that he¡¯d just made had already gotten dozens of replies.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t understand. It was in the middle of the night. How could this little side ount of his gather so many people¡¯s attention?

    Shi Luo remembered that Yu Sui had told him before not to pay any attention to thements. He hesitated but still gave in to his curiosity and clicked open thements.

    [It¡¯s already so so sote at night, are you starting again again again? ]

    [I¡¯m really worried that Whisper will have nightmares in the middle of the night. ]

    [@Freee-sports club We give you the same question everyday. Have you refuted the rumors? rified? Have you had this ount banned? No, you are already dead. ]

    [This deranged ount is still around? @Free E-sports club, are you going to continue to pretend to be blind? ]

    [This is exhausting. I hope my four yers can be safe, y the game well without having to suddenly retire. Can¡¯t even this little bit of request be met? ]

    [Yu Shen hugs you to sleep? Ha ha ha ha ha...You might as well say that he also tells you bedtime stories. Wake up. ]

    He knew there was nothing good, but Shi Luo was used to it. He turned off Weibo and was just about to put his phone aside when a message came in.

    [Whisper]: [Are you asleep? ]

    [Whisper]: [If you¡¯re not asleep, want toe to my room? ]

    Shi Luo looked at the two WeChat messages that Yu Sui sent and his eyes flickered slightly.

    It was agreed before that they wouldn¡¯t sleep together before important games.

    They were both in the prime of their youth and it wasn¡¯t umon for them to shoot identally while polishing a gun when they share a room. Usually, it is nothing to make trouble over. If you get upte the next day, at worst, they will be fined. But this was the even of the semi-finals. It wasn¡¯t appropriate to allow something to affect their work and rest.

    At the same moment, Yu Sui was in his base dorm room. After washing up, hey on his bed and looked at his phone.

    He was going to sleep already but suddenly a notification appeared on his phone.

    Worried that he would miss his little boyfriend¡¯s love essays, Yu Sui had set up a special notification for Shi Luo¡¯s Weibo side ount.

    Just now, there were two prompts. Yu Sui opened it and took a look.

    There was nothing wrong with the previous one, just a case of chuunibyou feels. After reading thetest one, Yu Sui sent Shi Luo a message.

    He just wasn¡¯t sure if Shi Luo woulde.

    Yu Suiy on his bed and waited for ten minutes after sending the WeChat message. Shi Luo didn¡¯te over nor did he reply.

    Yu Sui was a little sleepy. Hebed through his hair and when he was about to get up, the door of to his dorm room clicked.

    In the darkness, Yu Sui smiled lightly.

    His boyfriend moved very lightly. It seemed he was a bit embarrassed.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t speak or move. He pretended to be asleep. Eyes closed, he listened to Shi Luo slowly walking over to his bed. With a bit of rustling, he lifted up the quilt and got under it very carefully.

    Shi Luo probably also believed that Yu Sui was already asleep. His movements couldn¡¯t be any lighter. After getting into the quilt, bit by bit, he turned on his side and snuggled against Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui turned sideways and suddenly took Shi Luo into his arms.

    Shi Luo was taken aback, ¡°You...¡±

    ¡°Shhh...¡± Yu Sui whispered, ¡°Don¡¯t make a fuss. Just sleep here.¡±

    Shi Luo moved and replied with an ¡°en¡±. As per habit, he pulled Yu Sui¡¯s arm and put Yu Sui¡¯s slightly cool hand into his singlet. He moved again and found himself a morefortable position.

    Yu Sui hugged Shi Luo and pressed a kiss to the side of his face. ¡°Have you gotten used to sleeping with me? Now you can¡¯t sleep alone?¡±

    Shi Luo was too embarrassed to admit it. He did not speak and instead rubbed his head against Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui carelessly rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head and whispered, ¡°Go to sleep.¡±

    He had a good night¡¯s sleep with sweet dreams and the next day, as per usual, Yu Sui woke up earlier than Shi Luo.

    Every night, Shi Luo never gets enough sleep and he can never wake up without an rm clock. Yu Sui didn¡¯t wake him up even though he washed up in the same room.

    After a quick wash and tidying up, he went out of the dorm room and headed downstairs.

    It was almost eleven o¡¯clock. The cleaning aunt had already prepared breakfast and ced it in the warmer. Yu Sui walked into the kitchen. Puppy was also already up. He was eating breakfast and ying on his phone.

    The two looked at each other and took that as a greeting. Yu Sui went to the kitchen and took out an insted food box. He opened the warmer to get some breakfast.

    ¡°Hey...¡± Puppy refused to look. ¡°Can you not be so considerate? You¡¯re actually delivering his meals now? Is he going to get tireding downstairs to eat breakfast?¡±

    Yu Sui pretended not to hear him. He picked the foods that Shi Luo liked to eat and stuffed them into the container.

    Puppy looked Yu Sui up and down and couldn¡¯t help but sigh, ¡°Who would have believed it? g man Yu could actually dote on his boyfriend so much.¡±

    As before, Yu Sui took it as Puppy talking nonsense. After he filled the container, he went to grab two bottles of warm milk. When he was about to take these things upstairs, Puppy saidzily, ¡°Let me ask you something.¡±

    Yu Sui looked back at Puppy, ¡°What?¡±

    Puppy turned his mobile phone screen to Yu Sui. He said uncertainly, ¡°Some of the fans sent me a message asking me to remind you to be careful. Why do I feel like...¡±

    Puppy turned the phone over and looked seriously at the screen. Face full of confusion, ¡°Although it¡¯s a bit ridiculous, why do I feel like...this might not be some perverted fan? The more I look at it, the more I think this is...oh.¡±

    Yu Sui stuffed a piece of bread into Puppy¡¯s mouth, ¡°Trouble originates from the mouth. You wouldn¡¯t want to be killed in order to be silenced, right?¡±

    Puppy swallowed the bread in his mouth with difficulty. He threw aplicated look upstairs and said with difficulty, ¡°Love sure does change a person. Okay, I will continue to pretend to be blind but kindly remind him that this side ount of his is gonna be gone.¡±

    Puppy rejoiced at other people¡¯s misfortune. ¡°In order to defend your honor, the fans have already reported his ount to the site admins. The fans have told me that the official staff have clearly stated that they were going to handle it and they would most probably delete the ount.¡±

    Yu Sui wasn¡¯t anxious. He nodded when he heard this, ¡°Okay, I see.¡±

    Puppy was a little disappointed to see that Yu Sui hadn¡¯t been scared. He shrugged, ¡°Call Shi Luo to get up. We¡¯ve set up a practice match with Saint today. It¡¯s gonna start at one o¡¯clock in the afternoon.¡±

    Yu Sui was startled, ¡°Saint?¡±

    They¡¯ve already lost yesterday¡¯s semi-finals match. This season was over for Saint. At this point, they didn¡¯t have to worry about the next season¡¯s transfer yet and they should also be on holiday. What are they going making appointments for practice matches?

    Puppy put away the smile on his face. ¡°Angel Sword took the initiative to contact Old Qiao. He promised that they will be our free sparring partners before the end of our World Championship run... It¡¯s to our advantage. Where could we have found such a powerful sparring team?¡±

    ¡°Angel Sword also said that in addition to us, their team will also provide NSN with free sparring before the end of their World Championship run...¡± Puppy looked at Yu Sui and said seriously, ¡°This is a bit sappy but just when Old Qiao had just told me about this I really couldn¡¯t say anything for a long time.¡±

    ¡°Is it because of our two years stint in Europe? I¡¯ve be fully ustomed to a purelymercial team? I couldn¡¯t react at all for a while... I asked Old Qiao why and Old Qiao said that Angel Sword had said,¡± Puppy smiled, ¡°All the teams in the local region share one flesh and blood.¡±

    Yu Sui was silent for a moment, ¡°Saint¡¯s new team member is a striker. After our training matches, have Chen Huo and Shi Luo point out to the neer his shorings. We shouldn¡¯t just take advantage of their kindness.¡±

    ¡°Understood.¡± Puppy nodded, ¡°Then I¡¯ll just make a chat group now, okay? Anyway, we¡¯ll be scheduling lots more practice matches with them in the future so I¡¯ll just pull in both Saint and NSN into a group, okay?¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, ¡°Sure.¡±

    ¡°Let me just remind you, this isn¡¯t our team¡¯s group chat. When you talk in the chat in the future, act properly. Don¡¯t mistake it and treat it as our own family group chat.¡± Puppy reminded him while pulling people into the group.¡± Especially Shi Luo. Have him exercise restraint. If he lets out something when it¡¯s just us, that¡¯s fine. But if people from other teams see something, it might be... quite provocative.¡±

    Yu Sui took the food container and said lightly, ¡°I know.¡±

 Chapter 96

    Chapter 96:

    If the hidden attribute of a medic is to sacrifice himself for his teammates, then the hidden attribute of a sniper yer was to deceive; snipers were very proficient in ying one way in front of you and another way behind your back.

    Puppy gave Yu Sui a simple reminder before turning his head and creating a new group chat with the same name as Free¡¯s ¡°A whole family on friendly terms¡±.

    It couldn¡¯t be more obvious that he was being a wolf cub with a savage heart.

    However, Puppy just wanted to mess with his own family. He just wanted to see whether Chen Huo or Old Qiao makes a fool of themselves. But by sheer coincidence, NSN¡¯s team group chat also this universally applicable name.

    Wawa was the first unsuspecting victim.

    At noon, Shi Luo was woken up by Yu Sui and he went to brush his teeth and wash his face in a daze. After hurriedly washing, the two of them had breakfast in the room.

    He had gone to bed a bittest night and Shi Luo was so sleepy he could hardly keep his eyes open. He mindlessly stuffed bread into his mouth. He would take a drink of milk after every three mouthfuls. It was a goodbination for him.

    Yu Sui was ying on his mobile phone while eating. After a while, he said nonchntly, ¡°Wawa is gossiping about you.¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t react. He didn¡¯t even raise his head as he asked in a dull voice, ¡°What?

    ¡°It¡¯s nothing...¡± Yu Sui looked at the phone, tone as usual, ¡°Nothing important.¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t take it seriously and continued eating. Three minutester, he¡¯s had his fill with five breads, a box of sd and a bottle of milk. He picked up his phone to check the time and his eyes narrowed slightly. ¡°What¡¯re they talking about in the group so early in the morning?¡±

    Shi Luo unlocked his phone and took a look at the group.

    [NSN-Awa]: [Shi Ge and Yu Shen came to see us yesterday. ]

    [NSN-Awa]: [I saw the official photos. Among the Free team members, only the two of them came. ]

    [NSN-Awa]: [I really think they¡¯re very well-matched. The more I look, the better their pair-up seems. ]

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo quickly clicked on the group member list and with a nce, he more or less guessed what this group was about. He then exited the list to see that the group was still chatting.

    Wawa was not the only one who was fooled.

    [NSN-ROD]: [So what if they came to watch the game together? What ¡®well-match¡¯? Fans of our team keep saying that you have had a rtionship with Shi Shen, is that true? ]

    [NSN-Awa]: [Of course not. Only pure brotherhood exists between my Brother Shi and I. However, they obviously have a better rtionship. ]

    [NSN-Awa]: [How can Ipare to Yu Shen? I am just a small passer-by who passed through the life of Brother Shi. Yu Shen is Shi Luo¡¯s white moonlight and red rose. ]

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t finished eating yet. While watching the group, he tore a piece of bread and smiled, ¡°...white moonlight and red rose.¡±

    In the group, Wawa was still acting recklessly. [NSN-Awa]: [Really, don¡¯t you all think those meaningful nces they exchange are just beautiful? I¡¯ve noticed it for a long time. ]

    NSN¡¯s manager and the whole of Team Saint were also in the group. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t afford to lose this person. He opened a private chat with Wawa and had him shut up. The group instantly became quiet.

    ¡°Wawa, this idiot&#k2026;¡± Shi Luo gritted his teeth, ¡°Is he blind? Can¡¯t he see that this is a new group?¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t have an opinion one way or the other. While eating, he said easily, ¡°Just let him talk. He¡¯s not saying anything bad.¡±

    Shi Luo packed up his food containers. He frowned and said seriously, ¡°He¡¯s being so unbridled with his words. If he¡¯s not careful, someone¡¯s going to be able to guess it!¡±

    Yu Sui wanted to speak but stopped. Inwardly he thought that no matter what Wawa said, could he match how unbridled your own side ount is being? In a few days, even idiot Chen Huo would probably know your side ount.

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t bear to expose him, though. Looking at Shi Luo, he said, ¡°Are you angry with him?¡±

    ¡°Not really.¡± Shi Luoughed, ¡°This is a bit of a mess, that¡¯s all. I swore at him for a bit to shut him up. It¡¯s fine... I¡¯m done eating. I¡¯m going to the training room.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, Shi Luo picked up his jacket and headed for the training room.

    First thing Shi Luo did when starting training was to go to the custom server to warm up his hands. After booting up the game, he saw that Wawa had sent him several messages in the game¡¯s messaging system.

    [Awa]: [Kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times! I¡¯m sorry, Shi Ge. Please don¡¯t stop replying to my messages. Sorry, sorry, sorry, QAQ. ]

    [Awa]: [Sorry, I kowtow to you, bang bang bang. ]

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t angry in the first ce. But seeing that Wawa had chased him into the game, he couldn¡¯t help replying,

    [Free-Evil]: [Then continue with your kowtow. ]

    [NSN-Awa]: [Bang bang bang! ! ! Kowtowing til I¡¯m bleeding. ]

    [NSN-Awa]: [QAQ This really is the first time I¡¯ve talked about you behind your back. I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry, Bang bang bang...]

    [Free-Evil]: [It¡¯s fine. ]

    [NSN-Awa]: [Phew... That¡¯s a relief. I was scared to death. I was so afraid that you and Yu Shen got really angry. It¡¯s fine so long as you two aren¡¯t angry. I¡¯m sorry. I¡¯m sorry. ]

    Shi Luo entered the custom server and nced at the chat interface. He replied to Wawa: [Did you look for him to apologize? ]

    Wawa responded quickly: [Yes, I wanted to apologize to both of you at the same time, but I don¡¯t have Yu Shen added as a friend and I didn¡¯t dare add him. I apologized in the group. You can take a look and see. ]

    Shi Luo picked up his phone and took a look. In the three-team group chat, Wawa @-ed Yu Sui, kowtowed and apologized. He sent a long string of kowtows, in the end, Yu Sui only replied with ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t get angry easily and he reacted normally. Shi Luo loaded his gun. Wawa, on his end, wouldn¡¯t stop responding.

    [NSN-Awa]: [Kowtowing once again. Sorry, I¡¯m sorry. ]

    [NSN-Awa]: [Although I might just be asking for a beating, I still want to ask. Are you two really not together? ]

    [NSN-Awa]: [You can see how Yu Shen ispletely indifferent to others. Really, even when just adding friends. He was in our team for so long and he only added our captain as a friend. It felt like everyone else was dispensable. Only towards you, he¡¯s...different. ]

    [NSN-Awa]: [I¡¯ve been shipping the two of you for so long.]

    The corners of Shi Luo¡¯s mouth slightly ticked up and he stopped paying attention to Wawa.

    He couldn¡¯t tell anyone. If he couldn¡¯t help showing off, best to use his side ount. It was safest.

    Shi Luo made a post using his side ount and continued to practice his gun operation.

    With a powerful training partner like Saint, the quality of that day¡¯s practice match was guaranteed. Saint was also very principled. Before the training match, Angel Sword sent a message in the group chat, promising that he wouldn¡¯t pry on the two team¡¯s game pieces, they were only there to be training partners. Not a word of a team¡¯s tactics will not be disclosed to the other party.

    Yu Sui, Chen Huo and Puppy had already arrived in the training room at this moment. Puppy nced at the group chat. ¡°Angel Sword...should be a trustworthy guy, right?¡±

    Chen Huo sat down, ¡°In any case, I believe him. Can someone who¡¯s risked that much for his teammate be unreliable?¡±

    ¡°Emotionally, I believe him.¡± Shi Luo was still in the custom server. While doing simtion training, he said, ¡°Rationally, Saint is already out for this season. We have nopetition with them. Unless they¡¯ve gone crazy, it makes no sense for them to sell us out.¡±

    ¡°No need to think about this.¡± Old Qiao opened his ownputer and said happily, ¡°They didn¡¯t even ask a penny from us to be our training partner, what¡¯s there to think about? Besides, we need to train well now. I¡¯ve been hiding it and hiding it all day long. I¡¯m going to die from holding back. If we don¡¯t practice our ultimate moves, they¡¯re going to rust away. Let¡¯s practice! Practice, practice!¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at the group in confusion. He asked, hesitating, ¡°You...what are you talking about? Why don¡¯t I understand?¡±

    ¡°We...¡± Chen Huo moved his shoulders, looking happy, ¡°are judging whether Saint is trustworthy or not and we have now decided that they are, so we¡¯re getting ready to properly y a couple of matches.¡±

    Zhou Huo was at a loss, ¡°Weren¡¯t you already ying properly before?¡±

    ¡°We have, but there are some routines we didn¡¯t dare find a strong team to try out on.¡± Puppy blinked at Zhou Huo. ¡°Remember before how we said that Saint shouldn¡¯t reveal too many tactics early on? Now it¡¯s our turn.¡±

    Zhou Huo suddenly had a realization. He turned off the camera in his hand and said, ¡°Okay, okay, okay. Then you guys practice hard. Make sure it stays confidential. Turn off all live broadcasts and phones. I won¡¯t take any photos or videos.¡±

    ¡°I know.¡± Old Qiao opened an in-game map. ¡°I¡¯ll tell Angel Sword again but he knows the situation.¡±

    Shi Luo moved his fingers. He exited the custom map and entered the special map for practice games.

    Tomorrow will be the semi-finals. They also can¡¯t spend too much time in the practice match. It was enough if he just keeps the feelings in his hands. After only five rounds both sides dispersed. After the game, Angel Sword send a message to Old Qiao. They could delete the in-game data immediately. Angel Sword also guaranteed that no one on their side recorded the matches.

    Everyone was relieved at how Angel Sword handled matters. Old Joe deleted all the data in the game and everyone scattered.

    The next day, Free unsurprisingly took away the semi-final match, 3 to 0 against Yizhan. And they advanced to the finals.

    After the game, Zhou Huo was careful not to let anyone eat outside. His team had a tendency to attract misfortune whenever they went outside. Zhou Huo has had too many lessons on that matter. No matter how Chen Huo and Puppyined after the game, he wouldn¡¯t budge. He promised to treat everyone to somewhere great after the World Championships. Later Zhou Huo took the four of them back to the base, wary and vignt.

    ¡°The finals will be in a few days. Bear with it and wait until the finals is finished.

    Worried that the food outside wouldn¡¯t be fresh or that there¡¯d be something wrong with them, Zhou Huo didn¡¯t even allow anyone to order takeaways. After returning to the base, Zhou Huoforted his yers. ¡°Bear with it please. I heard that NSN won¡¯t let anyone order takeout since they entered the yoffs. We¡¯ve gotten this far. Let¡¯s not drop the ball here. I already talked with Auntie and she¡¯ll make lots of what you usually like to eat so bear with it.¡±

    Chen Huo desperately wanted to eat some barbecue right about now. After being rejected, he hammered the sofa, screamed and went upstairs, howling in grief. The rest of the people slumped in the living room, waiting for dinner.

    Everyone was also used to it. Since entering the yoffs, Zhou Huo has been tense. If there were a few drops of water on the ground, he¡¯d worry that a yer would identally slip and fall. Their Manager Zhou of average inner quality, became more and more neurotic as they neared the semi-finals and finals. While waiting for the meal, he was still muttering to himself about every little detail, for fear that the team might suffer some setback because of his carelessness.

    ¡°Calm down for a moment.¡± Old Qiao couldn¡¯t stand Zhou Huo¡¯s useless energy. ¡°Isn¡¯t it true that they¡¯ve never won?¡±

    Zhou Huo gave Old Qiao a look that seemed to say that it was a long andplicated story but in the end, he confessed reluctantly, ¡°It¡¯s true. They haven¡¯t won, the teams I¡¯ve led...really haven¡¯t gone this far in the yoffs, let alone the World Championships.¡±

    Old Qiao instantly felt a sense of superiority. He patted Zhou Huo¡¯s shoulder, ¡°Calm down. You just need to get used to it. y on your phone for a bit. Surf the. Don¡¯t be flustered.¡±

    For Zhou Huo surfing the was always done with a purpose. He had set special notifications on all of NSN¡¯s members, from their yers to their managers, down to their coaches. As he went through them one by one, he froze. ¡°NSN¡¯s sniper Rod, just posted on Weibo. ¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes, ¡°What did he post?¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s showing off a ring.¡± Zhou Huo looked at it carefully and smiled, ¡°He can sure talk. He said that if they win the finals, he¡¯s going to propose and that they¡¯ll get married when they reach the legal age. If he loses, he¡¯ll only give the ring and he would have to owe the proposal. You don¡¯t deserve to propose if you don¡¯t win the match.¡±

    Old Qiao smiled, ¡°Since he¡¯s already bought the ring, he has to give it away? He didn¡¯t even take into ount whether she¡¯d say yes or not, sigh...how does this make sense? He and his childhood sweetheart are just too sweet.¡±

    Zhou Huo clicked his tongue. ¡°His girlfriend reposted it, saying that she¡¯s crying from happiness, sigh... Shi gave him a like. A good boyfriend: contemporary e-sports edition.¡±

    Shi Luo was dazed for a moment. He still remembered when Rod was being sted online for celebrating his girlfriend¡¯s birthday a few months ago. At that time, many people said that this couple was done for, that they were going to break up. Unexpectedly, their rtionship grew deeper. The team entered the finals and achieved results. Rod also withstood the overwhelming pressure fromst time. Now, he¡¯s out and out with his PDA, openly proposing marriage.

    ......pretty good.

    Shi Luo bowed his head and continued to y an offline game.

    Shi Luo was ying Tetris set on the most difficult and fastest mode. His hand speed was extremely fast and he basically made no mistakes. After quickly breaking thest record, he was about to start another game when his phone shook.

    [Whisper]: [Shi Shen, are you envious?]

    Yu Sui was sitting not far away; between them was one Old Qiao.

    The corners of Shi Luo¡¯s mouth slightly ticked down. After a while, he simply told the truth. [A little bit.]

    Shi Luo¡¯s phone vibrated soon again.

    [Whisper]: [Are you envious of the ring or of the proposal?]

    Shi Luo hesitated. Actually, he didn¡¯t know what he was envious of. He wasn¡¯t envious of others receiving gifts. And if he were to actually propose...he wouldn¡¯t go as far as that.

    Before Shi Luo could reply, Yu Sui sent another message: [No need to say anything. I know. ]

    Shi Luo was stunned. He himself didn¡¯t even know clearly but Yu Sui already knew? How could he know? What does he know?

    Shi Luo¡¯s phone vibrated again.

    [Whisper]: [Just y the finals with peace of mind. What others have, you can have too.]

    [Whisper]: [I can give it to you.]

 Chapter 97

    Chapter 97:

    Shi Luo leaned on the sofa. He looked down at the WeChat Yu Sui sent him for a full three minutes.

    Everyone waiting for dinner on the first floor were keeping to themselves. No one except Yu Sui would be paying attention to Shi Luo. Shi Luo got up and walked over to the floor-to-ceiling windows next to the main door of the base on the first floor. He turned his back to Yu Sui and made sure that Yu Sui couldn¡¯t see his expression clearly. Then, he sent Yu Sui a reply.

    [Evil]: [Captain, you¡¯re going toy waste to my big-heartedness I¡¯ve spent so much to cultivate for so many years. ]

    Shi Luo pressed the send button. He pursed his lips, and looked out at the small garden outside the base window.

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t flirting. He was telling the truth.

    While he was no match against such seasoned yers as Yu Sui, Chen Huo and Puppy, when the three of them have yet to return to China,pared horizontally against his peers, Shi Luo¡¯s psychological quality was the strongest in the localpetitive region.

    After a few seasons, the industry as a whole has appraised him as being a mature youngster, unfazed by honor or disgrace, not easily disturbed by the outside world. He was considered a rare big-hearted yer among the teenage yers.

    Half of it was innate, half was cultivated. He¡¯d had many tumbles and beatings. Naturally, he was now able to calmly face various situations.

    But ever since Yu Sui returned to China, especially after the two of them got together, Shi Luo felt that he was regressing more and more.

    He was easy to get angry, easy to worry, easy to overthink things, easy to be moved by emotions, easy to feel distressed for Yu Sui, easy to be swayed by considerations of gains and losses.

    He was simply worn down to this bit by bit by Yu Sui¡¯s gentleness.

    Seeing what Yu Sui sent him, ¡°What others have, you can have too. I can give it to you.¡±, Iron-boned, invulnerable Shi Luo actually had a moment when he felt as though he couldn¡¯t bear it.

    g man Yu has obviously never been in a rtionship before, but he could alwaysnd such precise strikes, jabbing at the softest ces in Shi Luo¡¯s heart.

    What Shi Luo couldn¡¯t bear the most was this kind of gentleness.

    Shi Luo¡¯s phone vibrated again.

    [Whisper]: [Lay to waste? ]

    [Whisper]: [We¡¯re all a professional yers. What Rod can give to his girlfriend, I can give to my boyfriend? Isn¡¯t that just normal? ]

    Shi Luo took a deep breath. Inwardly, he said, ¡®How can wepare to ROD?¡¯

    [Whisper]: [As long as you are willing, I can give more. ]

    When Shi Luo looked at the phone, his heart suddenly jumped. That sour choked feeling in his heart was swept clean away.

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t hinted at anything yet, but for some reason, it evoked some dirty thoughts in Shi Luo¡¯s mind. Sure enough, before he could reply, Yu Sui sent another message:

    [Whisper]: [Shi Shen, let¡¯s talk about it. If he¡¯s allowed to propose if he wins the finals, If I win the finals, can I get something else? ]

    Shi Luo moved his fingertips. After a short while, he typed. [What do you want? ]

    Yu Sui responded very happily.

    [Whisper]: [You. ]

    Shi Luo lowered his eyes, the corners of his lips ticked up bit by bit and he smiled ufortably.

    [Whisper]: [Shi Shen, do you need me to speak more bluntly and more vulgar? ]

    Shi Luo gulped and he replied quickly, [No need! I understand. ]

    Shi Luo turned around and took a look.

    The division¡¯s number one medic sat on the sofa, a natural expression on his face. People who didn¡¯t know the inside story, would never have expected that he was sending out an obscene invitation to his teammate.

    [Whisper]: [So, can I? ]

    Shi Luo grinned his teeth. Did he really have to ask this kind of thing?

    There were no training assignments in the few days after the finals. If they really do win, he could just...just do it directly when the time was right! Why did he have to go asking in advance?!

    Shi Luo was too embarrassed to reply but Yu Sui was in high spirits as he kept sending messages.

    [Whisper]: [... I asked you a question, what are you doing peeking at Zhou Huo? Do we have to ask for the manager¡¯s approval for this kind of thing? ]

    [Whisper]: [Don¡¯t worry, if we really win the match, I will definitely ask Manager Zhou for a holiday. ]

    [Whisper]: [The time period can be arranged properly, and it won¡¯t cause any dy to your training. ]

    [Whisper]: [Shi Shen? ]

    Shi Luo coughed. When he was hesitating what to say so as to make it appear like he wasn¡¯t flustered or embarrassed, Yu Sent sent off two more messages.

    [Whisper]: [Did I not make it clear? ]

    [Whisper]: [The explicit meaning is... Shi Shen, I am asking you, can I * you? ]

    Shi Luo¡¯s face flushed.

    ¡°Time to eat.¡± Zhou Huo went to the kitchen to help serve the food. He called out to everyone as he set the food. He nced at Shi Luo and frowned, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with your face? Don¡¯t tell me you haven¡¯t recovered from your cold?¡±

    Shi Luo quickly rubbed his face. He lowered his head and mumbled, ¡°No, I got better a long time ago already.¡±

    The culprit to all this sat next to Shi Luo. He raised his hand and pressed it to Shi Luo¡¯s forehead, ¡°He isn¡¯t burning up.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s good.¡± Zhou Huo said anxiously. ¡°You look so distracted. You should pay more attention. Now is the most important time. Don¡¯t let the ball drop. If you need to drink hot water, drink hot water. If you need to wear thermal underwear, then wear thermal underwear.¡±

    Shi Luo epted the rice bowl. He threw a nce to his side and gritted his teeth as he looked at Yu Sui who was being all calm andposed. ¡°...I know.¡±

    Disturbed by Yu Sui¡¯s message, Shi Luo had no idea what he¡¯d eaten.

    They¡¯ve been together quite some time now. All day, if they weren¡¯t training, they were in apetition match. There wasn¡¯t any ce, time or energy for them to do more. Suddenly talking about this, a certain valve in Shi Luo¡¯s brain was suddenly opened. While eating, he couldn¡¯t help creating half-obscene thoughts.

    After a grueling dinner, Shi Luo was the first to go to the training room to start training.

    In order to pretend to be serious andpletely unfazed, Shi Luo was very dedicated as he opened a live broadcast and yed solo for awhile.

    But by coincidence, he met Yu Sui during his second game for the night and they were even ced on the same team.

    Shi Luo was worried that Yu Sui would say something that he shouldn¡¯t. After Shi Luo entered the map, he raced against everyone else to send ¡°I¡¯m live.¡± seven or eight times on the team chat.

    Their other two teammates were simply baffled. Everyone was a high-scoring yer. Who hasn¡¯t done a live broadcast? What¡¯s there to show off?

    When Yu Sui saw Shi Luo¡¯s warning in the team chat, he didn¡¯t type any more. He yed a normal round with Shi Luo, bringing their teammates to crush their opponents without any dy. However, at the end of the game, while they were waiting to be automatically ejected from the map, Yu Sui suddenly sent Shi Luo an in-game friend message:

    [Free-Whisper]: [Shi Shen, you haven¡¯t replied to me yet. Okay or not okay? ]

    Shi Luo nced at the message and his fingers on the keyboard shook as if they¡¯d been burned.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t reply to Yu Sui and as a result, a group of pure-minded fans in his live broadcast room even used the live chat to tell him that Yu Sui had sent him a message.

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth and nced sideways around his monitor. Yu Sui wasn¡¯t waiting for a reply. He was already in a new game.

    In his live broadcast chat, his cute little fans were still kindly reminding him to reply. They were also curious what Yu Sui was asking was okay or not okay. Shi Luo took a deep breath. He wished he could juste right out and tell them everything. Your Yu Shen is fine. He¡¯s just being outright shameless.

    As well as that Whisper, that one hundred thousand an hour training partner, was soon going to belong to him.

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart was teased by Yu Sui until it was all confused. And so he didn¡¯t immediately queue up for the next game. He picked up his phone and replied to Yu Sui.

    [Evil]: [OK. ]

    Yu Sui¡¯s new game had started. Yu Sui nced at his phone and saw that Shi Luo had sent a message. While operating with one hand, he picked up the phone, unlocked it and took a look. He yed the game and read Shi Luo¡¯s reply. Afterwards, Yu Sui smiled faintly, put down the phone and continued with his game.

    Shi Luo cleared his throat and then started his next game.

    But for the whole night after, Shi Luo¡¯s heartbeat would speed up so long as he wasn¡¯t in the game, his mind whirling with uncontroble thoughts.

    First, he thought of their affections during normal days, then he thought of Yu Sui¡¯s good figure, and then he thought of some un-PG scenes. Once his thoughts were racing farther and farther away like a sports car until it was simply filled with enchanting thoughts, Shi Luo suddenly felt a bit unsatisfied. He has a feeling that Yu Sui was just messing with his mind right before the match. He was increasing the pressure on him for absolutely no reason!

    What was he thinking demanding a reward for winning the match?

    What if they lose?

    Then everything¡¯s just called off?

    This car¡¯s already on the speedway. You think it¡¯s that simple to turn this car around?

    Why do we need to win?

    What if we lose to NSN?

    Does Yu Sui want the reward and is pressuring Shi Luo himself not to make any mistakes in the finals? Is he asking him to f*cking carry of this win in the finals?

    He¡¯ll just amplify his courage first and think about itter. In the end, just what did this necessarily have to do with thepetition?

    It was originally a private matter between the two of them. Why should they add such a proposition?

    In the game, Shi Luo dropped a bullet. He was inexplicably a bit exasperated.

    After the game ended that day, Shi Luo broke the rule the two of them had set before. After everyone had fallen asleep, he went and silently sneaked into Yu Sui¡¯s room.

    When Yu Sui saw Shi Luo, he smiled. He automatically took a pillow out and put it in ce. He put his arms around Shi Luo and theyy together under the quilt.

    ¡°Miss me?¡± Yu Sui let Shi Luo sleep on the side of the bed. He himself turned off themp and went to bed. Yu Sui closed his eyes and put his arms around Shi Luo to make sure that he was covered by the quilt. He said vaguely in Shi Luo¡¯s ear, ¡°I thought you were already sleeping in your room...Aren¡¯t you sleepy? You didn¡¯t take a break all night. You didn¡¯t take even a sip of water and you yed for the longest time.¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t have any anger on his face. After a pause, he replied in a dull, hard voice, ¡°Given this situation, do I still dare ck off?¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t hear the implied meaning in Shi Luo¡¯s words. He raised his eyes and said quietly, ¡°Don¡¯t be nervous. Once you y in the World Championships once, you¡¯ll already have internationalpetition experience. That¡¯s actually the case.¡±

    In the dark, Shi Luo bit Yu Sui¡¯s cuff with a bitter expression on his face and he found himself a morefortable position. After Yu Sui was already sound asleep, he said, bearing a grudge, ¡°The nature of this has changed. This is no longer a simple matter of the World Championships...¡±

 Chapter 98

    Chapter 98:

    On the day of the final, the two teams arrived at the final venue early in the morning.

    Unlike for a usual regr season game, the two teams had already visited the stadium and done a dress rehearsal the day before. No other people were allowed to use the stadium. The yers¡¯ spare peripherals too were ced in the stadium and adjusted the day before. The teams¡¯ logos were also posted on their respective lounges a few days ago. Compared with the regr season and semi-final matches, the overall arrangements had improved by several levels.

    Perhaps they¡¯d been influenced by Team Saint¡¯s disy of self-sacrifice or perhaps it was because the rtionship between the members of the NSN and Free has always been close or perhaps it was because they didn¡¯t want to put too much pressure on the two teams before going to the World Championships but the air around this season¡¯s finals was not filled with the smell of gunpowder. Gone was the fans¡¯ usual posture of being irreconcble adversaries. Regardless whether they were ordinary yers or fans of either teams, most people had a very gentle disposition before the game. Normally during that period after the audience has entered the stadium but before the game starts, fans of the two teams would be chanting slogans and cheers, trying to outdo the other. This time, these yelling noises were gone. After NSN fans shouted some cheers, Free¡¯s fans didn¡¯t try to rally their forces to yell their own cheers louder. They merely shouted a few cheers as well and then stopped.

    ¡°Today, Yu Sui¡¯s girlfriends and Shi Luo¡¯s older sisters are so gentle.¡± The assistant referee wasing to Free¡¯s lounge to ask for Zhou Huo¡¯s signature. Hearing a few shouts from the fans outside, he stopped unexpectedly and said, ¡°NSN fans actually dared to shout their cheers first? Normally, your fans wouldn¡¯t tolerate this. When did they suddenly have such good tempers?¡±

    Zhou Huo signed one by one on the pages for the manager in charge. Pretending innocence and disinterest after sess, he smiled, ¡°Our fans have always had very good tempers. They would never get into some meaningless cheering one-upmanship.¡±

    The assistant shrugged. He nced at Yu Sui and Shi Luo who were reading the coach¡¯s notes together not far away. He whispered to Zhou Huo, ¡°Now, they¡¯re standing aloof from worldly strife? When you yed against the Bison in the regr season before, your fans overwhelmed the other team¡¯s fans so loudly that we couldn¡¯t even get proper audio. All we could get were audio from your team.¡±

    Zhou Huo said in his heart, can it be the same for those they have old enmities with?

    Zhou Huo signed everything he needed to and smiled, ¡°We¡¯re making less trouble for you guys, right? Isn¡¯t that good?¡±

    ¡°Of course it¡¯s good. But when ites to the world stage, we don¡¯t mind you giving us more trouble.¡± The assistant referee winked and smiled. ¡°Fans in foreignpetitions are amazing at boo-ing thepetition to mess with their morale. Don¡¯t be bullied by them, you hear?¡±

    ¡°Certainly.¡±

    Zhou Huo sent off the assistant referee and walked in front of the yers who were rxing with their eyes closed. ¡°How is it? No problems, right?¡±

    ¡°What problem could there be?¡± Chen Huo said with a rxed expression. He said helplessly, ¡°Don¡¯t think we aren¡¯t nervous enough. It¡¯s f-ing NSN who isn¡¯t nervous enough, alright? That little brat Wawa even contacted mest night and asked me if we wanted to eat out after thepetition. He even asked me what we wanted to eat. I swear, doesn¡¯t Old Gu care about this? We¡¯re going topete in a match, okay?! What does he think he¡¯s doing ying ¡®happy families¡¯?¡±

    ¡°Really, in all my years of ying this is the first time I¡¯m ying a final with such a low smell of gunpowder. It¡¯s good enough that we don¡¯t have any enmity between us but getting along so well like we¡¯re inws is just too much.¡± Puppy nced at Shi Luo and tsk-ed. ¡°I don¡¯t understand why Wawa is so at home with our team, it¡¯s like he considers it as half his home.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s expression froze. He pretended to not understand that Puppy was insinuating that Wawa was Yu Sui¡¯s brother-inw. He took Old Qiao¡¯s coaching notes and looked down.

    ¡°What nonsense.¡± Old Qiao was the one who hated it the most when the older ones bullied the little ones in the team. He pushed Puppy¡¯s head down to prevent him from messing with Shi Luo¡¯s mentality, ¡°Isn¡¯t harmony good? Isn¡¯t it less pressure on you? You think we¡¯ve got this match already in the bag. Don¡¯t you know how ugly it looks when you talk big before the game only to lose it?¡±

    Puppy sneered. ¡°Lose?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t be arrogant, just y ording to your experience from the regr season.¡± Old Qiao hurriedly wrapped up this topic and turned to Chen Huo, ¡°Did you already agree to Wawa?¡±

    ¡°No, how could I agree? Didn¡¯t Yu Sui book a hotel in Hangzhou?¡± Chen Huo said innocently. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say we were going to Hangzhou for a vacation after the game?¡±

    Old Qiao waspletely unware of the situation. He turned to look at Yu Sui. ¡°You booked a hotel?! How many days did you book it for?¡±

    ¡°Three days.¡± Yu Sui¡¯s expression lookedpletely at ease. ¡°It takes less than an hour to go to Hangzhou by high-speed rail. So, it¡¯s not like you¡¯d disagree, right?¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter if I agree or disagree, just please tell me in advance.¡± Old Qiao frowned. ¡°Which dates did you book it for? Who did you discuss this with?! Although there is a holiday after the finals, you&#k2026;¡±

    Zhou Huo reminded in a low voice, ¡°The nine-thousand a night vi suite in that hotel you have mentioned before. The one you¡¯ve always wanted to stay at. That ssical type one that fits the aesthetics of the elderly like you.¡±

    ¡°But you, but you...¡± Old Qiao¡¯s anger fell to half in an instant. Position not quite stable, he said, ¡°Then, you still should have discussed it with me. I could have scheduled another practice match, now, you...¡±

    Zhou Huo again whispered, ¡°Members of the team will also be reimbursed for any other expenses throughout the process.¡±

    ¡°If it¡¯s all reimbursed... Then what...¡± Old Qiao¡¯s voice became smaller and smaller, ¡°Ah... Well, it¡¯s not out of the question to take a break once in a while.¡±

    Chen Huo and Puppy smirked.

    ¡°Why did you think of going to Hangzhou? Tired of staying in Shanghai? This city can¡¯t hold you anymore?¡± Old Qiao still didn¡¯t understand, ¡°Although I want to go to Hangzhou for a few days too...¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression was rxed: ¡°I was afraid you were getting bored at the base. I discussed it with Zhou Huo a few days ago. After the finals, all the staff will be on paid leave and the team members will go to Hangzhou for vacation.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s okay then.¡± The more Old Qiao thought about it, the more excited he became. He still hid his happiness though. Frowning, he said, ¡°You should be thinking so much when the game isn¡¯t even over yet! Focus! There¡¯s still half an hour before we need to be one stage. Either look at the notes or take a short nap. Don¡¯t just think about vacationing. Isn¡¯t it more fun on vacation after we win rather than after we lose?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Chen Huo sat up straight and snatched Old Qiao¡¯s notebook from Shi Luo¡¯s hand, flipping through it. ¡°It¡¯s better to win...¡±

    Puppy leaned on Chen Huo to read the notes. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Shi Luo picked up his mobile phone to search for Hangzhou hotels.

    Yu Sui was sitting next to Shi Luo. He saw what Shi Luo was looking at a nce. He whispered, ¡°Looking for where you¡¯re going to sleep with me?¡±

    Shi Luo quickly put away his phone. He looked around and pretended not to hear him.

    Yu Sui rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head: ¡°Rx, you¡¯re just nervous.¡±

    Shi Luo pressed his lips tightly and didn¡¯t say anything. Inwardly, he said, ¡®No kidding! You¡¯re all thinking about the World Championships and I¡¯m the only one who¡¯s still worried about that bet¡¯.

    Half an hour passed quickly. Everyone got up and Zhou Huo patted each of their shoulders. ¡°Just y normally. Don¡¯t be nervous but don¡¯t rx too much either. Even if you lose, you¡¯re headed to the World Championships. But winning would be considered handing in a perfect test paper for our region. Jia You¡±

    Everyone left the training room one by one and walked to the stage with the staff¡¯s guidance.

    The final venue was more than ten timesrger than the semi-finals venue. Before Free even exited the backstage, they already heard the cheers of the fans that crashed down like a tsunami. Chen Huo jumped slightly and said with a smile, ¡°Here ites, here ites... ...I¡¯m getting excited.¡±

    After the introductions of the team, the two teams entered their respective ss rooms. After checking that there was nothing wrong with their peripherals, Yu Sui gave the final confirmation to the referee and the game officially started.

    The first game officially began.

    While waiting for the countdown to finish, Chen Huo was surprised. ¡°Do you really want to bully Wawa? To be honest, I don¡¯t quite understand. Wawa and Shi Luo are good brothers, right? And he can also be regarded as Yu Sui¡¯s half apprentice, right? You¡¯re normally so nice to him. Howe you throw that all out the window once the matches start?¡±

    Shi Luo said coldly: ¡°You¡¯re overestimating me. I once killed Wawa thirteen times in a game.¡±

    ¡°We aren¡¯t just specifically targeting him getting scared when he sees Yu Sui. It¡¯s better to use him as a breakthrough point.¡± Puppy said leisurely. ¡°That little Wawa who yed against Saint was so fierce. He¡¯d been hiding things from us. My hands would itch if I didn¡¯t bully him a bit.¡±

    ¡°Wait, this isn¡¯t right.¡± Chen Huo suddenly realized something and frowned. ¡°Aren¡¯t we always messing with our team morale before a game? Why did we start talking about Wawa today? Don¡¯t you guys want to attack me?¡±

    ¡°Why so cheap? As you wish then.¡± Yu Sui adjusted his mic and said lightly, ¡°They had a pre-match voting to predict who would win today¡¯s game. We and NSN were evenly matched; 50-50.¡±

    Before Yu Sui¡¯s voice fell, a fewughs from Chen Huo and Puppy could already be heard in Free¡¯s voice chat.

    The referee who was listening in Free¡¯s team chat gave them a surprised nce. He didn¡¯t understand what was funny, nor did he understand why a 50-50 win rate was a blow to their own morale.

    ¡°50-50...¡± Puppy nodded slightly, ¡°Okay, let¡¯s go.¡±

    The countdown ended, and the two teams rushed out of their own resurrection stones.

    Free used their usual style of y. Yu Sui and Chen Huo attacked the front while Shi Luo went to the side and Puppy controlled from the rear.

    NSN originally had their three front row yers separate but when they found that there were only two people on Free¡¯s side when they first shed, they quickly called back Xinran, their striker who¡¯d been clearing another path to the side, to came over and help them fight three on two. They were nning to beat down Yu Sui and Chen Huo at the opening stage of this match.

    Puppy in the back quickly reminded, ¡°I saw the bushes on the west move. Xinran¡¯s arrived.¡±

    Shi Luo had already quickly connected the two purification vessels. Hearing the message, he asked, ¡°Do you need me to go there?¡±

    Yu Sui said: ¡°No need.¡±

    Yu Sui had hardly finished speaking when Wawa¡¯s had already been cut to half amidst sparks of lightning. Chen Huo followed with a burst of gunfire to collect Wawa¡¯s head. He continued a series of bursts to take out Gu Gan as well. Xinran, who was iing, found that it was toote to withdraw. When he tried to take Yu Sui¡¯s head in exchange, he was shot by Puppy from the distance.

    In the Free team¡¯s voice, Yu Sui gave a soft ¡®tsk¡¯.

    There were three heads during the beginning stage, but Yu Sui didn¡¯t get even one.

    ¡°Don¡¯t me me.¡± Puppy reloaded. ¡°You two were blocking from the front and you didn¡¯t give me any other angle. I actually wanted to scare him and force him to move towards you guys. I didn¡¯t expect little Xinran to panic. He didn¡¯t move and I got his head straight away instead. Really, Yu Sui, you have no one to me but yourself. How long has your side-kick spin kill been useless? Why did you use it on my tile?¡±

    Yu Sui drew back and mended his condition. ¡°Psychological warfare. I was going to hit their morale.¡±

    ¡°Stop the chatter or Old Qiao will explode when get off the stage.¡± Chen Huo said, putting down the purification dish against the fog. Without backing up to find a bunker, he waited for the purification dish to take effect. He ced another one two steps to the side. ¡°I bet Rod wouldn¡¯t dare to snipe me.¡±

    Their three front row yers were all gone. Rod didn¡¯t want to expose his position in advance. The front was full of fog and he wouldn¡¯t catch anyone. He could only watch as Chen Huo and Shi Luo cleared paths.

    Free opened a beautiful game with a two against three match up. It was a heavy blow to an opponent¡¯s morale to be able to kill more of their yers with fewer of theirs. In order to avoid the problem of uneven consumption of resources between the two strikers, after the first wave Yu Sui had Shi Luo and Chen Huo switched ces.

    Yu Sui and Shi Luo hadn¡¯t been teaming up so many times just to flirt. After a season of polishing, Shi Luo and Yu Sui¡¯s cooperation when attacking head-on had attained something close to perfection. On the other side, ROD saw Free¡¯s strikers were going to change positions and hurriedly reported it. Gu Gan wanted to prevent them from changing positions. When they came apart with each other, Gu Gan wanted to surround and press down on them. Little did he expect that he would be caught by Shi Luo as soon as he made his way to the front row. Shi Luo took out Xinran and Wawa with continuous bursts of gunfire. Gu Gan retreated behind a bunker.

    Yu Suimand came quickly. ¡°Don¡¯t move. ce the purification dishes and I¡¯ll heal you up. Chen Huo, go on your own. After five purifications, no matter if anyone is minding you,e and change positions with Shi Luo.¡±

    ¡°OK.¡± Chen Huo nodded and asked, ¡°Shi Luo, did you calcte our consumed economy?¡±

    ¡°I did.¡± Shi Luo secured his position and set down the purification dish. ¡°You consumed more than I did, weak sh*t.¡±

    ¡°Aiya, brat.¡± Chen Huoughed, ¡°Laozi, got one more kill that you did, get it?¡±

    ¡°Shut up.¡± Puppy reminded them. ¡°They¡¯re going to surround you, Fire.¡±

    Chen Huo wasn¡¯t that bent on arguing. He hurriedly retreated and nced at his battle statistics: He had just put down exactly five purification dishes.

    Chen Huo smiled. ¡°Yu Sui, did you calcte their resurrection time? You guessed that they were going to target the lone yer?¡±

    ¡°Their frontal assault was destroyed in the early stage. How else would they y if they didn¡¯t go for the lone yer?¡± Puppy hasn¡¯t exposed his position yet. He didn¡¯t need to move and constantly kept a look out at the situation on both sides. He couldn¡¯t help but sigh, ¡°But I still want to give a word of praise...Yu Shen is Yu Shen, an expert even at being deceitful. You calcted the time really urately.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m going to take that as apliment.¡± Yu Sui asked Puppy, ¡°Did they already clear the edges of the map?¡±

    After a moment, Puppy confirmed, ¡°After Fire left, they started to clear it up. Should we surround them?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Yu Sui said quickly. ¡°They can¡¯t clear as fast as we can. Continue.¡±

    Chen Huo rendezvoused with the two and the two strikers ced the purification dishes together, forcing NSN to return to the frontline to defend. This was what Yu Sui was waiting for. Before Gu Gan could stabilize their positions, they targeted Wawa. The three quickly disposed of Wawa. Free already upied the front of the map and upied a dominant position. This time they didn¡¯t give NSN¡¯s strikers the chance to retreat. At Chen Huo¡¯s expense, they once again wiped out the NSN¡¯s three frontline yers.

    ¡°ROD hit you, it couldn¡¯t be helped.¡± Puppy said, ¡°but I know his position now and fired a blind shot at him. He won¡¯t dare to rear his head now. Go and clear the fog.¡±

    By the time NSN¡¯s yers made it back to the front line, Free had already attacked the city and seized territories. NSN was beaten from the beginning. They almost had not chance of turning the situation around. After another 15 minutes, NSN was crushed and Free took the first game victory. It took less than twenty minutes to win the game.

    At the end of a game, the fanmenters couldn¡¯t quite react.

    Commentator A for the game shook his head: ¡°This game was yed too fast. As we all know, during the regr season, Free yed against strong teams like NSN and Saint... it seems that they didn¡¯t crush them this badly then.¡±

    Commentator B hesitated and said, ¡°Free didn¡¯t actuallye up with any new tactics but they were more aggressive as a whole. They just performed better. NSN¡¯s early mistakes were also quite obvious.¡±

    Commentator A nodded. ¡°Maybe they were just able to outperform themselves on the spot; maybe NSN made mistakes, but maybe... our previous expectations for Free still weren¡¯t big enough.¡±

    ¡°Some teams are like this. Faced with strong opponents, they be strong too.¡± Commentator A sighed lightly. ¡°I¡¯m inclined to think that we were underestimating them. Free seems to have been reluctant to show off during the regr season. Would you consider that as a team of three-time champion yers kidding around with you?¡±

 Chapter 99

    Chapter 99:

    A good start to the best of five game was very important. Now that they¡¯ve won the first round, the expressions of everyone in Free¡¯s lounge backstage were a little more rxed than before the game; especially Zhou Huo. He no longer stared fixedly at the live broadcast screen. He could now be distracted enough to urge the artist to hurry up with those posters for the official announcement; one for if they win and one for if they lose. He was also urging the copywriter toe out with two editions of official announcement forter use.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect them to y so fast.¡± Zhou Huo asked doubtfully while contacting the copywriter, ¡°Didn¡¯t you n before to hold back a bit for now? What¡¯s the matter now? You decided not to hide anything anymore? They¡¯re already going all out in the first game?¡±

    Old Qiao wiped his sweat and shook his head, ¡°It¡¯s precisely because they didn¡¯t want to expose everything they¡¯ve got that they yed so fast.¡±

    They didn¡¯t want to expose too much in the domesticpetition but at the same time, they didn¡¯t want to lose. They also didn¡¯t want it to interfere with the uing World Championships. It was truly difficult to find a bnce in this. All of Free¡¯s tactical arrangements were jointly decided by the coaching staff and the data analysis team. It was not an exaggeration to say that making all the arrangements for the yoffs was like walking on a tightrope. As the head of the coaching staff, Old Qiao was under the most pressure. He sweatedyer afteryer while watching the game just now. Old Qiao had folded tissues in his hand forter use. ¡°nning something and executing something are two entirely different things. The longer we drag it out, the more we expose. How many teams at home and abroad are staring at us now? How can we dare to be like Saint, justying everything for every match? We have to look towards the future.¡±

    Zhou Huo took a bottle of mineral water to Old Qiao: ¡°Rx. They don¡¯t even seem like they¡¯re under as big a pressure as you are.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s not such thing as big or small pressure. We¡¯re all under the same f*cking amount of pressure.¡± Old Qiao drank a few sips of water and stared at the broadcast screen, ¡°It just depends on who¡¯s more big-hearted and can resist the pressure. All of our yers are fine. Let¡¯s look at NSN in the next game. Wawa was slightly targeted during the previous game. I don¡¯t know if he¡¯ll be affected in the next game.¡±

    While they were conversing, the second game began.

    ¡°Although I¡¯m a bit embarrassed to say it,¡± Chen Huo rubbed his hands while waiting for the countdown, he said, ¡°Wawa and I also have CP fans and there¡¯s ever quite a lot of them. If we target him in this round too, I think the fans wille and scold me for being inhuman...Sigh. Why, oh why? When it¡¯s clearly you guys¡¯ idea to target him. There¡¯s a big chance I¡¯m the one who¡¯s going to be made to carry this pot.¡±

    ¡°Wake up, would you? Shi Luo and Wawa¡¯s ship is obviously more popr.¡± Puppy leisurely poured cold water all over him. ¡°And what does it matter? Isn¡¯t our team the ¡®the more you hate, the more you love¡¯ type? Look at our Yu Shen. From the fans¡¯ perspective, Yu Sui was absolutely abusive to Luo Luo back then, right? Other CP fans should feel that this is cute too.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned. ¡°Don¡¯t be disgusting.¡±

    At the end of the countdown, they set all jokes aside.

    During thest round, they had been targeted from the beginning. This time, NSN hid in their side¡¯s fog, refusing to take the lead in clearing up the poisonous fog. They were motionless, ready to spring an ambush on Free.

    Puppy couldn¡¯t see anything in the back row and reminded them. ¡°There¡¯s no movement on either side of the boundary. They¡¯re lying in wait for you, they...where are they lying in wait...¡±

    If they weren¡¯t hiding in the center of the map, preparing for a wave of three-on-three, they would be hiding at the edge of the map to create a three-on-one ambush. NSN hid very well. Puppy couldn¡¯t see anything. They would have to rely purely on a guess. He said uncertainly, ¡°Are they hiding in the middle or did they go to the side, waiting to grab the lone yer? Will you stay in a group or separate?¡±

    Compared with staying fixed in the center of the map, it was much less riskier to go to the edge of the map to grab the lone yer as their opening move. Naturally, the benefit to the team was also much smaller. But handing over the middle of the map on a silver tter while you can only clean the edge of the map didn¡¯t sound like a very good deal.

    Generally, a team would only use this as an opening move when one of their team members was really afraid of a head-on confrontation. Puppy was hesitating only because he was guessing that Wawa might have been affected by the previous game and was afraid to meet and bump into Yu Sui head on.

    ¡°They are still huddled together in the middle. Trust me.¡± Shi Luo whispered, ¡°Wawa¡¯s not so easy to copse now. They¡¯ll still want to fight us head on.¡±

    There was no movement at the edge of the map. Puppy, their eyes at the back row, was very ufortable. He hissed, ¡°Are you sure...?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Yu Sui said, ¡°It¡¯s better to fight them quickly. Don¡¯t dally with them. Shi Luo, go steal from the side of the map. Chen Huo, set down the purification dishes.¡±

    They all obeyed Yu Sui¡¯smands. Chen Huo made the first move and set down the purification dish. Just as Shi Luo expected, this was the moment NSN¡¯s three front row yers, who had remained motionless during the first two minutes of the match, had been waiting for. It takes a few seconds for the purification dish to take effect. It¡¯s fog on NSN¡¯s side that would be cleared. During these limited seconds, NSN had the advantage of vision. As soon as Chen Huo¡¯s purification vessel was put down, Gu Gan zeroed in on his position and fired shots directly at him. Chen Huo quickly got up and opened fire even as he retreated. In this two-on-three confrontation, Free was robbed of the first move. It would be unwise to stubbornly fight now. Chen Huo swept NSN with over ten rounds of bullets to suppress them and quickly retreated behind the bunker with Yu Sui.

    Chen Huo¡¯s initial photon shield shattered earlier than the other side¡¯s. It was a bit of a loss but Shi Luo had sessfully ced three purification dishes on the left side of the map and had sessfully retreated after being under fire from NSN¡¯s sniper, Rod. Free started with four more purification dishes than NSN and it still gave them an advantage overall.

    ¡°You really guessed it right.¡± Chen Huo was speechless, ¡°Wawa¡¯s quite tough. He still wants to fight us head on.

    Shi Luo had already exposed his position and could not continue to clear the fog. He automatically came back to find Yu Sui to have his blood replenished. He said in a low voice, ¡°I told you not to underestimate him.¡±

    While they were talking, NSN took advantage of both of Free¡¯s strikers mending their condition to quickly ce four purification dishes in a row. Puppy couldn¡¯t see their positions. He tried to predict their positions and fired a couple of shots to suppress them. Both shots missed though. Free wanted to y a fast game. They weren¡¯t willing to perform a ¡®youe, I retreat and build up strength¡¯ kind of routine. At this time, even though Shi Luo¡¯s life bar wasn¡¯t full yet, all three of them rushed out and started fighting directly. Wawa was once again first to be defeated. But before he died, he replenished the blood Gu Gan had just lost. Gu Gan relied on his full health advantage to take out Chen Huo and beat Shi Luo into residual blood. Shi Luo was in the middle of a confrontation with Xinran. After being swept two shots by Gu Gan, he decided he was going to take Xinran with him. Before he died, he took out Xinran and then Gu Gan, who only had a trace of blood left was taken out by Yu Sui. After their three-on-three, only Yu Sui was left.

    ¡°The opposition¡¯s so fierce today.¡± Puppy was stunned, ¡°Their positioning¡¯s beautiful. They¡¯re not giving me any chance to snipe at all.¡±

    ¡°After you resurrect,e here immediately to clear the fog. Purify first and then find me to get your shield.¡± Yu Sui said quickly, ¡°Both kills were credited to Gu Gan. Xinran has no kills yet. Let¡¯s take advantage of this wave to clear the fog in advance so that we can build up our dominance.¡±

    NSN obviously knew as well the speed at which Free would attack cities and seize territories after they seize the initiative. After resurrecting, they had their condition mended and they then immediately rushed to the front line.

    After putting down the purification dish, Shi Luo sessfully retreated and joined Yu Sui. Chen Huo¡¯s movements slowed only by half a second and Rod shot him in the arm. He was able to preserve his life with a thread of blood left.

    ¡°Thest game was fast enough, I didn¡¯t expect the rhythm of this game to be even fiercer.¡± Commentator A said, surprised, ¡°Both sides are really biting down on the other. They staking everything to prevent the other side from gaining a greater advantage. They¡¯re going to attack strongly to keep hold of the front line battle. Although Free currently has the advantage, I have to say that NSN has also been training their troops. Wawa is no longer as timid as when he used to face Yu Sui during the regr season. Not only was he not affected by the previous game but his y is getting more and more seasoned. He wasn¡¯t at all scared by the past few waves. He just keeps on ying. ¡®We¡¯re both medics. I may still be inferior to you, but I¡¯m not afraid of you anymore!¡¯¡±

    ¡°Yes, in fact, most medics would feel nervous to some extent when facing against Yu Sui and Wawa has managed to ovee this a bit.¡± Commentator B nodded, ¡°But... to be honest, I feel that fighting head-on from start to finish is still pretty dangerous. Although NSN is already handling it very well, every time they face off, Free still manages to more or less get the advantage. It¡¯s not very obvious right now, but after a few more waves, it will be hard to say. This three-man front row team of Free is too strong.¡±

    Before they finished speaking, the two sides met again at the front lines. Both teams had cleared out quite a spacious area in the middle of the map. Both snipers now have enough vision to join the battle. The game officially entered the four-on-four stage and the amount of firepower went up another notch. In the early stage, the two teams restrained each other and they were almost unable to steal anything from the sides of the map. Almost all the purification dishes of the two teams were ced in the center of the map. At this point, even if they didn¡¯t want to fight head on, they already had no choice. If they were to go to the sides of the map to y some devious strategy, their remaining economy wouldn¡¯t enough to support the final confrontations of the game.

    Commentator A smiled helplessly, ¡°Before, they wanted to fight this head on but now they have no choice but to. However, I want to say that fighting head-on, toughing it out against a team like Free...that¡¯s a bit difficult. At least in domestic region, there¡¯s currently no team that can overpower Free head-on.¡±

    After a head-on confrontation thatsted for eight minutes, Free won the game.

    ¡°While trying to look for a way topete with us in a direct confrontation, they¡¯re also training Wawa.¡± After the second game, Old Qiao¡¯s expression in the Free lounge finally rxed a little. Heughed with the yers, ¡°It could also be that they simply refuse to ept it. They want topare skills against our front row yers. You¡¯re both three-man front line teams so why can¡¯t they attack you, right?¡±

    ¡°They can attack us. Who says they can¡¯t?¡± Chen Huo rubbed his shoulders and raised his eyebrows, ¡°but they won¡¯t be able to beat us, tsk...¡±

    ¡°Put that away.¡± Old Qiao knocked on Chen Huo¡¯s shoulder, ¡°You were the one who lost the most heads just now. You also made a lot of mistakes. After the game, you¡¯ll have to review it well.¡±

    Shi Luo, who had to clean up Chen Huo¡¯s mess twice in thest game, raised his eyes and said coldly. ¡°Nerve knife.¡±

    ¡°I know...¡± Chen Huo said helplessly, ¡°It¡¯s your requirements that are too high, okay? Making us y this kind of fast-paced games. And two consecutive rounds of it too. I¡¯m a striker and I can¡¯t stay that focused for so long... er, fine, Shi Luo did it but then how old is he? When I was young...¡±

    ¡°You were still a nerve knife.¡± Yu Sui saidzily, ¡°Just admit that your innate ability to concentrate isn¡¯t top-notch. When you fight against each other, you¡¯re not as steady as Shi Luo. You can see it for yourself and it¡¯s not shameful.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s my fault. It¡¯s our fault. We¡¯ve been pressuring you too much.¡± Old Qiao also knew how much his own tactics test the patience of the yers. ¡°Bear with it and then bear with it some more... you¡¯ve endured for this long, let¡¯s notpse here, okay? So ...Manager Zhou? What will be their rewards after the game, so as to appease the hearts of the people?¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s no need to mention your bonus.¡± Zhou Huo was finally able to interrupt and said eagerly, ¡°At the end of this season, all the equipment in the training room will be updated. Each setup would start at a minimum of 100,000 yuan. You can configure it yourself. You can dictate eachponent model yourself. We¡¯ll get you any configuration that you¡¯d like.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s more.¡± Zhou Huo said hurriedly, ¡°After today¡¯s game, it was originally going to be a three-day holiday. I considered that it would be too strenuous if we were to train aftering back from Hangzhou so I added another day of holiday. It¡¯s an exception for after this game. Four days off.¡±

    Old Qiao instinctively wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, his heart went soft. He nodded and reluctantly said, ¡°It¡¯s fine... it¡¯s fine. After so many months, you were only given that rainy half-day holiday. What¡¯s one more day?¡±

    The referee outside was urging them to get on stage and they yers got up. Zhou Huo, worried that he had not given enough rewards, nervously tried to convince them one by one. ¡°There¡¯s also a nice surprise! Chen Huo, you can buy all the skins you want for your little wife next season and the team will reimburse you. Yes...Puppy, I¡¯ll negotiate a better live broadcast contract for you next season. If we don¡¯t upgrade your live broadcast contract after you¡¯ve been broadcasting everyday, I just couldn¡¯t bear it... Okay, everyone, jiayou!¡±

    Shi Luo stopped, turned his head and frowned, ¡°Where is my surprise? Where¡¯s Yu Sui¡¯s?¡±

    Zhou Huo was startled and dumbfounded. ¡°Does Yu Sui even need me to give him a surprise? He owns the entire team. As for you... your hobbies are not healthy. I can¡¯t reimburse you for smoking and drinking next season, okay? It just doesn¡¯t sound right, does it?¡±

    The referee apanying Free was doing his absolute best to hold back augh and urged in a low voice: ¡°The yers can go up now.¡±

    Shi Luo rubbed his neck, dissatisfied. He continued to walk forward. Yu Sui walked behind Shi Luo when he entered the ss room. He whispered quickly into Shi Luo¡¯s ear: ¡°Your surprise...when the team goes on vacation to Hangzhou tomorrow, we won¡¯t be going.¡±

    Shi Luo was taken aback. He suddenly turned his head to look at Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui had already sat in his seat. He put on the headphones as usual, tried the team¡¯s voice chat and signaled OK to the referee. He epted the confirmation sheet he needed to sign from the referee.

    Shi Luo sat in his seat. He gulped and he realizing btedly.

    Yu Sui arranging that the Hangzhou trip for the team was not to legitimately get them out of the house. It was merely a to send away the other members of the team.

    Once everyone was gone, only Yu Sui and he himself would be left in the base for three days.

 Chapter 100

    Chapter 100:

    Free was first to grab two rounds. At this point in the game, it would already be difficult for NSN to make aeback. In a best of five, it¡¯s wasn¡¯t unheard of for a team to make aeback, winning the next three rounds in a row, after being down two. But when there was really a difference in strength the probability of that was tantamount to zero. There was no hope or miracles in a head-onpetition. NSN¡¯s four yers naturally understood this. Despite that, before the start of the third round, none of NSN¡¯s yers had a dark expression on their faces. Instead, they kept on discussing something.

    ¡°What are they saying?¡± Chen Huo looked in NSN¡¯s direction, frowning. ¡°Are they discussing some sort of sick routine? Why do they just love formting routines against us?¡±

    ¡°This season, since our team¡¯s formation, many teams have established us as opponents. Isn¡¯t it normal to be targeted?¡± Puppy raised his head and took a nce. ¡°They¡¯re all just full of tricks.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s mind was full of what Yu Sui had whispered into his ear, ¡°When the team goes on vacation to Hangzhou tomorrow, we won¡¯t be going.¡± Shi Luo took off his headphones and tidied up his hair, taking the opportunity to adjust his emotions before putting his headphones on again. ¡°There are still three games to get thest point. What are you afraid of?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m just curious about what they¡¯re talking about that just won¡¯t finish.¡± Chen Huo stretched his neck and stared at the other side. ¡°They¡¯re still discussing...Xinran¡¯s even smiling. Wah, I¡¯m actually feel a little panicked by his smile.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at hisputer screen and said faintly, ¡°Breathe out.¡±

    When Shi Luo was about to speak, the director outside suddenly inserted a pre-match interview.

    ording to international practice, at this junction, it would generally be the disadvantaged side¡¯s interviews that would be shown.

    On the giant screen, the director broadcasted a one-on-one interview with Wawa.

    In the video, Wawa sat upright and said slowly. ¡°I didn¡¯t dare think too much about a possible finals with Free before because we were going up against Saint in the semifinals. Saint ¡ªst season¡¯s champions. We were actually under a lot of pressure. I was worried that we¡¯d lose the semi-finals and any chance of going to the World Championship. If that happened, there wouldn¡¯t be any finals. So, I was very nervous. On top of that, my main style of y is very simr to Angel Sword¡¯s, but not as good as his. I was very worried. I was so worried that I would hold my team back .¡±

    ¡°Before I spent a lot of energy focusing on Saint. We were very happy to win the game. Facing Free, the psychological pressure is a little bit less. Knowing that we can still go to the World Championship, the pressure is a little bit less.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s hard to say whether we¡¯ll win or lose. After all, this is Free and the enemy medic is even Yu Shen. Their frontlinebat ability is too strong. It really is difficult.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯ve got fewer tactics targeting Free. That can¡¯t be helped.¡± Wawa scratched his neck andughed. ¡°We definitely couldn¡¯t make ns for Free when we hadn¡¯t yed the semi-finals yet. It would have been too conceited. At first, we didn¡¯t dare make any ns to win against Saint but since we have reached the finals, we will definitely go all out.¡±

    Wawa looked at the camera and said seriously, ¡°I¡¯m indeed inferior to Whisper. I was also very afraid of going up against him before and I was afraid of getting into a head-on battle with Whisper but our NSN has excellent strikers. ying head-on is our team¡¯s strength. I can¡¯t be afraid. I trust my captain and Xinran.¡±

    At the end of the small interview video, Chen Huoughed. ¡°They¡¯re making us into the viins again. They just said that ying head-on was their strong point. Last round, they fought a desperate head-on battle and we hammered them into the ground.¡±

    The countdown to the third game started. Puppy shook his head and said, ¡°They wouldn¡¯t be fighting head-on for this match too, would they?¡±

    Shi Luo remained silent, no saying anything.

    NSN didn¡¯t have time to create too many targeted tactics but they could copy some tricks that had been yed before, although the hope of it working against them wouldn¡¯t be all that great.

    The countdown finished and the game officially began.

    ¡°Should we stick to our usual?¡± Puppy asked from behind, ¡°Shi Luo¡¯s still going to steal a path at the side?¡±

    Yu Sui nodded: ¡°We¡¯ll continue as usual.¡±

    When Shi Luo heard that, he went to the edge of the map. Yu Sui and Chen Huo made their way to the middle. Before they even reached the junction of the map, Yu Sui already heard footsteps.

    The corners of Yu Sui¡¯s lips ticked up slightly. ¡°Looks like no-one¡¯s ying anything shy today. They¡¯re just going for a full-on confrontation to the end?¡±

    Despite being beaten two games in a row, NSN¡¯s sprit hadn¡¯t wavered and they had no intention of retreating. Since they had not prepared any tenable routines, they were going to fight their way through. NSN didn¡¯t seem at all afraid that their opponents had beaten them at their specialty full front assault and they still came to match strengths.

    ¡°Shi Luo, set the purification dish ande back.¡±

    Before Yu Sui even finished speaking, Gu Gan was already charging at him. Yu Sui dodged quickly and gave Gu Gan a sh before his shield shattered. Both their photon shields shattered at the same time. At the same time, Chen Huo and Xinran were opening fire. The two sides were fighting two-on-three. Yu Sui took Gu Gan¡¯s two bullets and retreated behind Chen Huo. Yu Sui had bore all the firepower in front. Chen Huo was still in perfect condition at the moment. It took a whole cartridge clip to take down the shield-less Gu Gan. Chen Huo broke Wawa¡¯s shield but was taken down by Xinran at the same time. At this moment, Shi Luo had already returned to the middle of the map. He filled in Chen Huo¡¯s position and took Xinran down. Wawa sacrificed Xinran and returned to hide behind the bunker to mend his health. At the end of the first wave of confrontation between the two sides, Free was up two-to-one.

    ¡°They¡¯re already throwing everything they¡¯ve got at the start of the game?¡± Chen Huo was almost exasperated. ¡°They¡¯re going to try to see which team¡¯s striker dies first? Just a little bit more and I would have taken down Xinran!¡±

    ¡°The dead should just shut up.¡± Shi Luo didn¡¯t look for Yu Sui to mend his condition. He took this time to put down two purification dishes to expand their advantage from this wave. He then retreated back to Yu Sui¡¯s side, ¡°They just want to see who can hold out longer. They¡¯re just going to charge head-on, waiting to see who makes more mistakes. This can actually be regarded as a tactic as well; the lose 8,000 men to kill 10,000 enemies kind of tactic...

    Before Shi Luo finished speaking, Gu Gan was the first to resurrect. He knew that there were only Yu Sui and Shi Luo on Free¡¯s side and he guessed that Shi Luo was in the middle of getting healed. Gu Gan seized this moment and taking on greater risk for greater rewards, instead of looking for Wawa to have a shield set up, he ced a string of three purification dishes at the junction of the map. Puppy sent him a shot but only hit Gu Gan in the leg. Gu Gan quickly backed away and NSN once again gained a small advantage on the map.

    The off-courtmentator looked at the two teams fighting it out at the very start of the game and eximed, ¡°Gu Gan knew that Free didn¡¯t have any means to control the junction of the map at this time. He obviously could have gone to the edge of the map to clear a bit of the fog, but NSN chose not to! He stole the map fight in front of Free!¡±

    ¡°Maybe it was the worst decision but maybe it was the best decision too.¡± Anothermentator eximed, ¡°Wawa just said so. They hadn¡¯t even dared to n for the finals before and they don¡¯t have enough tactical measures formted for Free. Of course, after having seen the first two rounds of the match, we have to admit that no team can say that they have a reliable tactical y against a team like Free. That being the case, it¡¯s already the third round, NSN might as well take the greater risk for the possibility of reaping the greater reward. NSN has decided to still charge on with a full frontal attack and prove themselves. Our specialty is head-on battles. Why should we sneak to the side of the map to clear the fog? We just want to give it a try! Scenes from thest game reappeared. NSN has decided to give it another shot, this time with a much stronger showing than in thest round!¡±

    Actually, the game was most enjoyable to watch when both teams choose to clean up the poison up front. When this was done at the center of the map, this wasn¡¯t stealing the map anymore. It was outright robbing the other to their face. Both sides needed to constantly exchange fire. I¡¯ll kill you and steal your map. If you will kill me, you¡¯ll steal mine. If there are casualties on both sides, then they had to make every second count; taking advantage while the opponent hadn¡¯t yet managed to resurrect, rest and recoup to continue putting down purification dishes. It came down to who had the faster hands.

    ¡°Gu Gan put down three! Three!!!¡± Chen Huo said angrily in the voice chat, ¡°We only put two! Shi Luo! Why? Why? Why? What are you doing spacing out? They¡¯ve turned the tables on us. Go and f them up!¡±

    There was no need for Chen Huo to kick up a racket. Shi Luo wanted to fight back. NSN¡¯s rhythm was too fast. If they didn¡¯t pay attention, they could really lose. Shi Luo was extremely focused. He made no useless chatter and kept his eyes are fixed on the monitor. Once he was back to full health, Shi Luo ducked sideways into the other bunker, forming a triangle formation with Yu Sui, Chen Huo and the other team. Chen Huo said angrily, ¡°You can¡¯t stop when ying this kind of fast attacks. They will eat up the map once you stop!¡±

    ¡°Shut up.¡± Yu Sui was not as nervous as his two strikers. His expression was as usual. He waspletely focused. There was thick fog in front of him. He could only use his hearing to judge the opponent¡¯s positions. Within two seconds, Yu Sui said, ¡°Shi Luo, to your left.¡±

    Shi Luo had already opened fire before Yu Sui was done. From the thick fog, Gu Gan and Xinran shot back. Yu Sui didn¡¯t go to the front row this time. He took advantage of Chen Huo being in the middle of a firefight to put down a purification dish and then quietly making his way towards Wawa. He got behind Wawa and took him out. In the two-on-two confrontation happening in the front lines, Shi Luo took down two before being taken out and having to resurrect. All three of NSN¡¯s frontline yers were wiped out. However, when Free went in too deeply, ROD took aim and fired. Chen Huo¡¯s health dropped to barely a sliver.

    Shi Luo was waiting for the resurrection time and Chen Huo couldn¡¯t wait to get his health fully replenished. He had Yu Sui mend him up a bit and then he rushed to the boundary line and continued to put down purification dishes. This time he ced four in a row before being hit by ROD. When he once again only had a sliver of blood left, he rolled back to behind the bunker and gave up continuing to clear the fog.

    Chen Huo needed to have his health properly mended but just as he had his shield set up, NSN¡¯s three frontline yers were back for the umpteenth time.

    ¡°Shi Luo, no shield. Follow me.¡± Yu Sui quickly gave hismends, ¡°It¡¯s still a nking attack. Chen Huo, go up and sacrifice yourself. Shi Luo¡¯s condition isn¡¯t like theirs that can¡¯t fight it out.¡±

    Shi Luo had juste back to life and Chen Huo had to sacrifice himself even if he didn¡¯t want to. This was what it was like fighting head-on. If you were slow, the opponents won¡¯t be. If you dare to hide behind a bunker, the opponents would take this chance to ce down ten purification dishes. Chen Huo got up and rained down bullets and after buying Shi Luo some time, they rushed towards the opponents at the same time. The map is being cleared more and more, giving the strikers on both sides space to operate. After officially entering the four-on-four stage, they were firing almost all the time. Puppy is also rarely ever provoked but since shooting has already exposed its position early on, he simply might as well keep on sniping people. He would give it a try regardless whether he had a clear line of fire or not. If he misses, it was no skin off this back and if he hits, then he profits in blood!

    Neither side was willing to give the other even one second. The more the strikers on either side yed, the hotter their hands became. Shi Luo¡¯s neck was bing a little red. His hand speed was getting faster and faster, fiercelypeting with Gu Gan and Xinran. Chen Huo, to his side, quickly followed up and yelled, ¡°We¡¯ve still got to y the World Championship, alright? Of what use is it to anyone if you use up all your strikers at this point? My brain is going to overheat. Aiyo, f*ck it. Fight, fight, fight! Xinran¡¯s set down another purification dish!¡±

    Shi Luo was starting to see red,pletely focused on killing. Seeing Xinran approaching him, putting down a purification vessel, he immediately charged at him. He first mmed against Xinran to interrupt his purification and then swept Wawa with two shots. He let himself be used by Yu Sui as a bunker to avoid Rod¡¯s shots. Yu Sui disposed on Xinran with a sweep of his dagger. The blood-stained white medic uniform shed past, heading directly toward ROD in NSN¡¯s back row.

    Every time a sniper fires, be would need to reload. During this time, he was a piece of meat open for ughter. When working by himself, Yu Sui loved targeting snipers. The poisonous fog on both sides has been almost been cleared up. ying up to this point in this round, even Yu Sui¡¯s blood was running a bit hot. He doesn¡¯t want to drag this on and lose the advantage. He took the initiative to charge the back row. Before Rod could react, he had already snuck in. ROD was shocked to discover his presence and fired at him. He dodged and then when ROD had to reload, he hit Rod with the dagger.

    ¡°Puppy,e to the front. Their sniper¡¯s gone.¡± Yu Sui rece his own shield. ¡°Time to harvest.¡±

    Puppy, together with Shi Luo and Chen Huo pressed deeper into NSN¡¯s home map. Puppy advanced gradually and entrenched himself at every step, cooperating at close range with Shi Luo and Chen Huo. The four rushed forward, attacking all the way. After repelling NSN twice, they broke the NSN¡¯s resurrection stone.

    At the same moment, golden confetti rained down in Team Free¡¯s ss room.

    Shi Luo wiped the sweat from his forehead and nced at the time¡ª

    This game was actually only 18 minutes long.

    ¡°F*ck each and everyone of NSN¡¯s yers... A few more waves of that and I wouldn¡¯t have been able to take it. They would have beaten me until I had to throw up...¡± Chen Huo took a deep breath, ¡°I admit it. NSN¡¯s really strong at fighting head-on. Really...they had a chance to take this round.¡±

    In the other ss room, NSN was honorable even in defeat. None of them were dispirited. During thest round, both sides yed beautifully. After a brief dazed moment, the NSN team smiled and motioned to Free, congratting them for winning the match.

    ¡°Woah... cool! Thatst round was the most invigorating game I yed this season.¡± Puppy patted the table vigorously and smiled, ¡°A shame that Rod has to postpone his proposal.¡±

    Yu Sui pushed aside the keyboard and rubbed his neck: ¡°If he didn¡¯t lose, I would have lost the bet on my side.¡±

    Shi Luo was still immersed in the nervous excitement from the surging adrenaline from thest game. He was only brought back to his senses once he heard that. Shi Luo controlled himself not to blush, and lightly flicked his own mic, reminding Yu Sui that while the ss room was yet to be opened, they were still under monitoring.

    Yu Sui tilted his head to look at Shi Luo. As thoughpletely unaware, his eyes were dark and bright. ¡°Shi Shen, what did I promise you before the game?¡±

    Shi Luo coughed, his eyes hinting to Yu Sui to pay attention to the voice monitoring.

    Yu Sui did not avoid arousing suspicion. He also didn¡¯t take off his headphones. Instead, he adjusted his microphone and asked openly into the mic, ¡°Let me ask you. Did ge lie to you? What others have, don¡¯t you also have it now?¡±

    Shi Luo was stunned and then the corners of his lips ticked up a little. After a while, he said into his own mic, ¡°No...you didn¡¯t lie to me.¡±

    What other have, I already have it all.

    What others don¡¯t have, you also trying your best to give to me.

    I know that clearly.

 Chapter 101

    Chapter 101:

    At the end of the finals, in a rare urrence, the entire division was quite satisfied.

    After being beaten twice in a row, NSN¡¯s fans could already see the actual disparity between the two teams and they were already able to adjust their state of mind before the third game. NSN had already won tickets to the World Championships early on and winning or losing in the finals wouldn¡¯t affect their journey this season. It wasn¡¯t necessarily a bad thing for the team to ept some setbacks early on to consolidate their experiences and lessons before the World Championship. Fans greeted Free¡¯s match point game with the idea that their team would already lose; the win was no longer theirs to lose. It came as apletely pleasant surprise that they would bear witness to this season¡¯s most intense game. The rarest thing was that NSN faced the third game without the slightest timidity. Wawa haspletely broken free of his emotional entanglement. NSN hadn¡¯t been afraid that their opponent would defeat them at their best frontalbat. From start to end, they were honorable even in defeat.

    There was no need to mention how happy Free¡¯s fans were. The club won the division championship in the first year of its establishment. That feat in itself that broken records. They bagged the championship and each of their four yers were each stronger thanst. The legendary yers created a legend once again. Fans also received glory. The fans began to edit all sorts of highlights from the third game, posting them like crazy on all of the socialworking sites. The fans grew more and more confident about Free¡¯s World Championships journey.

    At the venue, the activities after the finalssted two hours ¡ª receiving awards, interviews and press conferences... The yers were so hungry that chests were sticking to their backs.

    The activities the teams had to undergo were all finished. Only Yu Sui, as the captain, needed to ept a separate interview. Officials approached the Free team and smiled politely to Yu Sui. ¡°Whisper, please wait a minute. We have to have a more or less 15-minute one on one interview. We have reporters from several media outlets especially here for you. Please bear with it for a bit longer.¡±

    Yu Sui usually doesn¡¯t like showing up to or doing any kind of media activities. The media could only do it the conventional way and wait after thepetition. Zhou Huo repeatedly agreed and invited the others to go to the lounge first. When Zhou Huo saw that Shi Luo seemed a little bit dazed, he said, ¡°Is it low blood sugar? We¡¯ve got some nuts and biscuits. Do you want any? Bear with it for a while and we¡¯ll go once Yu Sui is finished.¡±

    Yu Sui took the championship medal from his neck and handed it to Zhou Huo together with his team uniform jacket. He spread his arms and allowed the staff to rig him up with microphones. Hearing this, he turned his head and looked at Shi Luo. ¡°Feeling dizzy? Can you still hold it? ¡±

    All the staff in the interview area, one by one, followed Yu Sui to look at Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo suddenly became the center of attention. Shi Luo¡¯s heart started to beat somewhat faster. He used his eyes to tell Yu Sui not to be so high-profile. He shook his head. ¡°I¡¯m not dizzy. It¡¯s nothing.¡±

    Yu Sui straightened the mic around his cor. ¡°If you can bear with it, don¡¯t go to the lounge and just wait for me.¡±

    Puppy whistled a tune from the side and pulled Chen Huo along to the lounge. Zhou Huo held back a smile and handed Yu Sui¡¯s medal and jacket to Shi Luo for him to hold on to for Yu Sui. Zhou Huo himself then went to the lounge.

    Chen Huo looked back,pletely puzzled and as he walked, he said to Old Qiao, ridiculing Yu Sui, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with Yu Sui¡¯s head? Does he have to have someone there to hold his clothes while he¡¯s having an interview? Does he think he¡¯s some high school student? When ying basketball, he has to have his girlfriend hold his clothes?¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s voice was too loud and the fans who were still filming everyone not far awayughed loudly. Shi Luo turned his head and red at Chen Huo. His ears were slightly red but he still held on to Yu Sui¡¯s trophy and jacket. Leaning against the wall next to the interview area, he obediently waited.

    The interview hadn¡¯t started yet. Free¡¯s fans in the distance kept taking pictures of Shi Luo. They murmured andughed, discussing something Shi Luo couldn¡¯t quite hear.

    Shi Luo hung Yu Sui¡¯s medal around his neck as well. Now wearing two medals, he hung Yu Sui¡¯s coat on his arm and freed his hands to take out his phone and have a look.

    Shi Luo wanted to post on Weibo, but the fans were too close. Afraid that the fans¡¯ cameras would be too high-definition, Shi Luo thought about it and decided against opening Weibo.

    After the match, they had interviews. Although Shi Luo did not have low blood sugar, he was a little tired. He leaned against the wall and closed his eyes, quietly listening to Yu Sui being interviewed not far away. He listened as Yu Sui skillfully avoided various interview pits, answering each one without hesitation.

    Most of the reporters were very gentle, basically using set questions that could be dealt with perfunctorily.

    ¡°This is Free¡¯s first year. Being able to attain such good results, how is Whisper feeling now?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°We managed to live up to our hard work this season. I feel great and am very satisfied.¡±

    ¡°Free was in unexpectedly good condition today. There were no ws in the operation of any of the yers. How do you evaluate the performance of your teammates today?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°They yed normally.¡±

    There were also one or two reporters who had very cunning questions, creating pits for Yu Sui to jump over.

    ¡°Before the game, everyone had high expectations for the two teams in the finals. After NSN won the semi-finals, morale was also very high. Most people thought that today¡¯s finals would go all five rounds. They didn¡¯t want Free to easily beat NSN. Faced with the result of this game, is there anything that Whisper would like to tell to NSN¡¯s yers?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Let¡¯s schedule to have a meal togetherter.¡±

    Shi Luo closed his eyes and couldn¡¯t help butugh when he heard this. The fans in the distance booed the reporter andughed once again.

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t turned off his mic after the game and what he¡¯d said to Shi Luo after the game had already been released. The reporters naturally couldn¡¯t let it go.

    ¡°After the game, you told Evil Xuanshou, ¡®What others have, don¡¯t you also have it now?¡¯ Do you mean medals?¡±

    Not far away, Shi Luo was wearing two medals around his neck and naturally, his picture was taken by a lot of the media. After the game, he dared to speak on the monitored voice chat so now, Shi Luo had no need to hide. He didn¡¯t try to avoid it and let them take as many pictures as they wanted.

    In the interview area, Yu Sui said calmly, ¡°No.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes suddenly widened.

    The reporter¡¯s eyes widened as well. Surprised, he gave a follow up question. ¡°Then what were you pertaining to?!¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Before the game, I promised the kid something and it¡¯s actually not finished yet, so I won¡¯t speak about it for now.¡±

    Shi Luo choked. He suddenly understood why Yu Sui had made him stay instead of going backstage.

    The fans gave a quiet screech of excitement. Shi Luo¡¯s heartbeat was running fast. Countless cameras were trained at Shi Luo, shooting his picture. Shi Luo tried his best to manage his expression. Yu Sui has always done airtight interviews. Even the reporter who had asked the question, never expected that Yu Sui could have so cooperatively followed up with that. He kept taking photos, expression as though he had picked up treasure.

    Everyone thought that Yu Sui was in a good mood today from winning the championship and so he was humoring them like that. They didn¡¯t expect that this would just be the beginning of Yu Sui blowing up this interview.

    The reporter who had just asked the question hurriedly asked again, ¡°Everyone knows that because of some things before, you and Evil Xuanshou had a falling out. Now, there¡¯s no distance between the two of you. Is it because the misunderstanding has been resolved?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°There has never been a misunderstanding between us.¡±

    With a shocked look on his face, breaking away from the script, the reporter asked directly, ¡°There was no misunderstanding...Uh...that is...then what was the problem exactly?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°It was my problem. When I first met Evil, I didn¡¯t have enough control over my own profession and failed to fulfil the agreement I promised to Evil Xuanshou.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips trembled slightly and he wanted to go back backstage but his feet seemed to be nailed in ce. He picked up therge hood of his coat and put it over his head, covering the upper half of his face.

    Another reporter asked, ¡°So what was the original agreement?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°I promised I would sign him for a lifetime.¡±

    The fans outside the stage didn¡¯t want to influence the official interview, but they couldn¡¯t control it at that moment, and their excited shrieking became louder and louder.

    The reporters were also very excited. However, the interview time limit was fast approaching. The staff had already signaled that they could end it. A reporter who hadn¡¯t yet asked any questions, hurried up to make the most of the time and asked, ¡°Half a month ago, there were rumors on the inte that Whisper might have started dating. Is this true?¡±

    It had nothing to do with the game and the official staff stopped it promptly. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but the yer will only answer questions rted to the game.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression remained as usual. ¡°It¡¯s true.¡±

    This time it wasn¡¯t only the fans, but also the reporters who couldn¡¯t help it. They wanted to keep asking question but the interview time limit had been reached. Free¡¯s staff stepped forward and led Yu Sui back backstage. As thoughpletely unaware how many bombs he had detonated, he easily got up and walked to Shi Luo¡¯s side. He took the jacket hanging from Shi Luo¡¯s arm, rubbed the back of Shi Luo¡¯s head, and together they went backstage.

    Shi Luo felt that his heart was about to jump out.

    At this moment, Shi Luopletely understood what Yu Sui meant by, ¡°what others have, you can have too¡±.

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t bear to wait until they returned to the base. When they passed the already empty NSN lounge, Shi Luo said, voice hoarse, ¡°I have a private matter to discuss with Whisper. You go on ahead.¡±

    Before Free¡¯s team leader could react, Shi Luo pulled Yu Sui into NSN¡¯s lounge. He closed the door and locked it. He turned off the lights and nced around the lounge to make sure there was no surveince light. He then pushed Yu Sui against the wall. .

    Shi Luo kissed Yu Sui¡¯s lips, already driven to the end of his forbearance. He said hoarsely, ¡°...You, are you looking to die?¡±

    Yu Sui was pushed against the wall by Shi Luo. He smiled and touched his waist and shut off the portable mic he had on there.

    It was pitch ck in the lounge. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t see Yu Sui¡¯s face clearly. He could only feel Yu Sui¡¯s breath sweeping over his face. He heard Yu Sui whisper, ¡°If it wasn¡¯t for you not wanting to make it public, I would be courting death even more.¡±

    Shi Luo was speechless. Without waiting for him to speak again, he felt Yu Sui move. Yu Sui continued to speak softly. ¡°Before, you were envious of ROD promising to propose to his girlfriend, open and aboveboard, if he won the championship, right?¡±

    Yu Sui whispered, ¡°I can do that too.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re all professional yers. I can y any routines that other yers can y in the stadium.¡±

    ¡°My results are better than theirs and I can y more routines than they can.¡±

    ¡°I yed so well in the game so these little tricks...why can¡¯t my boyfriend also experience them?¡±

    ¡°Shi Shen...whatever others have, I want to give to you.¡±

    Shi Luo put his head on Yu Sui¡¯s shoulder. His hands clenched Yu Sui¡¯s clothes tightly. His throat felt chocked and he swallowed with difficulty.

    Yu Sui embraced Shi Luo lightly. He patted Shi Luo¡¯s back with his hand, and smiled after a moment, ¡°Shi Shen...holding on so tightly, do you want to tear my clothes? Although the game is over and the holiday has begun, don¡¯t you think the time and the ce isn¡¯t quite right?¡±

    Shi Luo suffocated and he rxed his hold a bit.

    Yu Sui hugged Shi Luopletely and whispered into Shi Luo¡¯s ear, ¡°Go back to the base...and you can tear my clothes as you wish.¡±

 Chapter 102

    Chapter 102:

    The stadium was too hot. Yu Sui had taken off his jacket before the interview. Now he had on a thin team uniform T-shirt. If this got torn, they really wouldn¡¯t be able to leave the room.

    Although Shi Luo really, really, really wanted to do this...

    Right now, Shi Luo could feel Yu Sui¡¯s breath and heartbeat. It felt like his heart and brain were being set on fire. He had to do his best to restrain his young body¡¯s instincts before he really does something to g man Yu.

    Shi Luo closed his eyes and tried to get his sanity back. He himself hasn¡¯t even seen well and touched well g man Yu¡¯s innate male model type body. It would be too much of a loss on his part if he were to let outsiders see it just like that. Moreover, today Yu Sui had already bombed the field. The media and fans were moring to be fed. The two couldn¡¯t stay in the lounge for too long. If after a while, they go out with their clothes in disarray and then they were identally photographed...it would be really difficult to exin it away.

    Shi Luo buried his head against Yu Sui¡¯s chest. He took a deep breath and stood up, muttering, ¡°Wait until we get to the base. I won¡¯t let you so easy again...Le-let¡¯s...go.¡±

    Yu Sui lowered his head and chuckled, ¡°If you say so...¡±

    Shi Luo picked up his hood and put it on. He said, muffled, ¡°I do say so.¡±

    Shi Luo opened the door and left the lounge.

    Free¡¯s team leader was still waiting in the corridor, confused. He looked nervously at Shi Luo and Yu Sui and said carefully, ¡°You guys aren¡¯t arguing, right?¡±

    Shi Luo knew that his face was definitely didn¡¯t look right. He looked sideways at a reflective decorative logo in the corridor that could be used as a mirror. Not only did he see that his eyes were red, but his neck and chest were all red as well. In the eyes of people who didn¡¯t know, he definitely looked like he had just gotten angry.

    But, oh well. it¡¯s better than letting people know that he had almost gone into a rut in someone else¡¯s lounge room from how much Yu Sui teased him.

    ¡°No, we weren¡¯t quarreling.¡± Yu Sui took the portable mic from his back waist and handed it to the team leader. He said, rxed, ¡°Evil had something personal to discuss with me...Where are the others?¡±

    ¡°Waiting in the lounge.¡± Knowing that the two hadn¡¯t quarreled, the leader felt relieved and he hurriedly urged, ¡°They¡¯re all starving. Let¡¯s grab your stuff and get going. There¡¯s still a lot of things we need to take care of.¡±

    Shi Luo pulled his cor, irritated by the heat. He frowned upon hearing this, ¡°There¡¯s still a lot of things to take care of? What other things?¡±

    The team leader was so happy he couldn¡¯t contain himself. Eyes filled with anticipation, he said, ¡°A celebration party! Manager Zhou has already arranged it. He prepared a lot of gifts for us in advance. He announced earlier that if we win the game today, we will be showered with gifts!!! All the arrangements have been made. We¡¯re going to party all night!¡±

    ¡°All night? What the fu-...¡± Shi Luo stopped mid-way. He wanted to find Zhou Huo and hit him. They weren¡¯t going back to the base and were going to party all night, my ass!

    Seeing that Shi Luo was in a bad mood, the team leader asked carefully. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t say that right now, he wanted nothing but to bed Yu Sui. So, he had to do his best to suppress his anger and nod. ¡°All...all night, OK, OK. Let¡¯s go. Party. All. Night.¡±

    The two went to the lounge to fetch their things. They were surrounded by a group of excited people in Free¡¯s lounge and were ushered out of the stadium and onto their car.

    Zhou Huo had already made reservations at the restaurant a long time ago. The ce and the dishes they served were all liked by everyone. After eating, without waiting for anyone to catch their breath, Zhou Huo ted, overstimted and bursting with energy, took everyone to a familiar clubhouse to continue the festivities.

    Not only the yers but also all the many staff members of the club have worked hard all season. It simply won¡¯t do if he doesn¡¯t reward them with food and drink to thank them for their hard work. Zhou Huo treated their celebration party as their annual party and gave out the gifts that he had prepared in advance. Old Qiao received a new model of mobile phone.

    The team hadn¡¯t been out in a long time and tomorrow was the start of their vacation. No one had anything to worry about and the drinking ban was broken. Not only did Old Qiao not restrain the yers, he himself first drank a can of beer and began pouring drinks for others. Less than an hour after arriving at the hall, everyone except Yu Sui had drank more than two cans.

    ¡°Hey, isn¡¯t...Yu Sui is seeing someone?¡±

    Chen Huo and Puppy were going crazy from drinking. They would randomly catch people and pour them drinks. After quite some time ofughing and making merry, Chen Huo became muddled from drinking and slumped to one side, ying with his mobile phone. He btedly took a look at his mobile phone and said, bewildered, ¡°Hey. Is this real? Howe I only skipped watching one interview and now, there was so much news? Is this fake or real?¡±

    Old Qiao had his head down, eating fruit and he gave Chen Huo a disgusted look. After all, Yu Sui and Shi Luo still hadn¡¯te outpletely. Right now, there were too many various staff members. Old Qiao didn¡¯t want Chen Huo to inadvertedly spill the beans. He took a piece of muskmelon and stuffed into Chen Huo¡¯s mouth. He said, perfunctorily, ¡°You¡¯ll figure it out when you sober up. Eat, eat.¡±

    Zhou Huoughed and said nothing. At the moment, all the major e-sports forums have been bombed by Yu Sui¡¯s post-match interview and they were all discussing frantically. The more their discussions failed to produce a result, the hotter the topic became. Zhou Huo was very happy to see this. He was sitting back and reaping the profits without having to lift a finger. Countless people in WeChat have asked Zhou Huo about it and Zhou Huo simply gave a unified reply saying that as manager, he did not interfere too much in the yers¡¯ personal affairs; he was not clear as to what Whisper meant by repeatedly mentioning Evil in his interview and he didn¡¯t know who was this divine personage that was Whisper¡¯s girlfriend.

    Chen Huo, who was already drunk-crazy, was sorted out by Old Qiao and he forgot all about Yu Sui¡¯s love life. After giving a start, he looked over at the absent-minded Shi Luo and he regained his spirit. He pulled Shi Luo to sit on the sofa and began pouring him a drink. Shi Luo had pretty good alcohol-tolerance. Because he kept thinking about how he had to return to the base, he never dared to drink too much. At this moment, he was caught by this drunkard Chen Huo, without any rhyme or reason. Shi Luo tried to keep off Chen Huo and said, ¡°Get lost...go find someone else to drink with you.¡±

    ¡°For the entire night&#k2026;¡± Chen Huo stared at Shi Luo, dissatisfied, ¡°It¡¯s just you! You¡¯re the one out of ce! You¡¯re not ecstatic! You¡¯re not happy enough! You&#k2026;you¡¯re not of one mind with your brothers! Are you part of Team Free of not? After winning the championship, you don¡¯t cry or drink! What are you thinking? Do you have some other ns&#k2026;If you were to follow the long-standing pattern&#k2026;Next season, are you going to have another b*tch fight with Yu Sui and then leave the team and start somewhere else?¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo tried his best to remain calm. ¡°Your f*cking uncle, I am.¡±

    ¡°And there you go insulting even my uncle.¡± Chen Huo couldn¡¯t bear it anymore, took a beer and poured it directly. ¡°You will now have to drink. For my uncle¡¯s health!¡±

    Shi Luo wanted to throw Chen Huo over his shoulder.

    Yu Sui was also ying on his mobile phone. He scanned the forums, looked up at Chen Huo and Shi Luo then bowed his head and continued to y.

    Zhou Huo had just been forced to drink by Chen Huo. He didn¡¯t dare to help Shi Luo out of that spot of trouble lest he be caught by Chen Huo once again. He urged Yu Sui, ¡°Don¡¯t you care what happens to him? Be a bit more considerate.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled and he didn¡¯t overdo it. They were just teasing and having a bit of fun. Chen Huo was Shi Luo¡¯s close teammate. The two of them were just ying around and being noisy, that¡¯s all. Why would he need to protect him like a fussy mother-hen? If he did, it would also contribute to alienating Shi Luo from his other teammates. Is Shi Luo not allowed to have a normal rtionship with his teammates?

    Although... The way his team interacts among themselves has always been a bit brutal.

    But at most, they would have drank just a few more sips of beer. Yu Sui lowered his head and said to himself, ¡°If they drink a bit too much, then they drink a bit too much...there¡¯s a reason to drink a lot anyway. Tomorrow, you¡¯ll be going to Hangzhou.¡±

    Zhou Huo put on an ¡°I don¡¯t see anything¡± expression. If Yu Sui didn¡¯t care then he didn¡¯t care.

    Over at Shi Luo¡¯s side, he couldn¡¯t hold off the drunkard Chen Huo and so he helplessly drank a small half can of beer. Shi Luo kicked Chen Huo away then turned his head to look for Zhou Huo. Frowning, he asked, ¡°What time are we going to go home? They¡¯re all drunk already. We still aren¡¯t leaving?¡±

    ¡°If he gets drunk, then let him sleep on the floor.¡± Puppy was eager to start an outdoor live broadcast. He was very interested. Hearing what he said, he shot back, ¡°What¡¯s the hurry? How old are you? Does your base have a curfew? You¡¯re not allowed to y outside?¡±

    ¡°I...¡± Shi Luo clenched his hand around the remaining half can of beer and gritted his teeth. ¡°If you weren¡¯t scheduled to y in the World Championships, I would crush this can of beer on your head...¡±

    Puppy started the live broadcast. He fixed his hair and faced the camera. He said calmly, ¡°Go ahead...if there are rumors of fighting at the championship team celebration party I would have more viewers in my live broadcast.¡±

    While talking, Chen Huo came around trying to catch him again. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t afford to and quickly evaded, pushing away Chen Huo and sitting on the other side. After a while, he once again couldn¡¯t help but yell towards Zhou Huo, asking, ¡°Aren¡¯t we going to go home yet?! ¡±

    Yu Sui put away his mobile phone and chuckled, ¡°The adults are drinking. What are you making a fuss about?¡±

    Puppy fixed his bangs, then nodded and said, ¡°You brat, you don¡¯t understand anything.¡±

    Shi Luo was speechless. Before he could have a fit of anger, Yu Sui got up and sat next to Shi Luo.

    Yu Sui leaned very close to Shi Luo. Leaning on the sofa, he whispered to hi,, ¡°Shi Shen...what¡¯s your hurry?¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t dare look straight at Yu Sui at this moment. He turned to look away and said stiffly, ¡°Nothing!¡±

    Shi Luo refused to admit it but he really was like a kid who had gotten bored in a bar. He would y with his phone for a while and then asked Zhou Huo what time they would go home. Yu Sui thought it was so cute that his heart softened. At two o¡¯clock in the morning, no one still wanted to leave. In the end, Yu Sui said, ¡°You still have to go to Hangzhou tomorrow morning. Aren¡¯t you going anymore?¡±

    Chen Huo was muddled from drink but when he heard about the vacation in Hangzhou, he suddenly sobered up. ¡°Yeah... Then, let¡¯s go home.¡±

    Old Qiao was flushed from drinking. He stood up and said, ¡°Yes... let¡¯s go, wait... when we get to Hangzhou, we will continue to celebrate. Let¡¯s go, let¡¯s go.¡±

    The reason Zhou Huo had been busying about all night in the first ce was to reward the entire club with food and drink. Seeing that everyone was leaving, he was all too happy to return to the base to rest. He hurriedly got up, called the driver over and went to settle the bill.

    Shi Luo had been fending off left and right the whole night. Everyone was urging him to have some drinks. By the time they were leaving, he too had drank quite a bit and he was a bit unsteady on his feet.

    It was three o¡¯clock in the morning by the time they got this group of drunks back to the base. Shi Luo was drunk. His speech was bing unintelligible. When he got out of the car, he staggered and was caught calmly by Yu Sui, embracing him.

    Except for the driver, only Yu Sui hadn¡¯t drank. Yu Sui carried his and Shi Luo¡¯s peripheral bags with one hand and put his other arm around Shi Luo. He said, ¡°If you drank too much, don¡¯t sleep by yourself. Find someone to apany you. Zhou Huo, please arrange it. I¡¯ll take care of Shi Luo.¡±

    Zhou Huo was best at these kinds of trivial things. Zhou Huo waved away Yu Sui, letting him go to sleep. ¡°I know. I won¡¯t let them choke on their vomit. You go and sleep...¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, who was leaning against his chest and murmuring non-stop. He bowed his head and said a few words to coax Shi Luo and then he took him upstairs in his embrace.

    After a good night¡¯s sleep, when Shi Luo woke up, hey in bed, dazed, for a long while.

    He was lying on Yu Sui¡¯s bed. The ckout curtains in Yu Sui¡¯s room were drawn. There was no light in the room, and the room was dark. He couldn¡¯t tell whether it was day or night and he was alone on the bed. Shi Luo idled for a while before moving. Shockingly, he found that he was wearing nothing.

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo had drank quite a bitst night and he had forgotten what had happened after returning to the base.

    Judging from his own situation... Had he already done something with Yu Sui?

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t ept it. He had been yearning for it all night! And now...it¡¯s...it¡¯s over?

    The base was very quiet. There was no sound from outside the door or window. Their teammates must have already gone to Hangzhou.

    Shi Luo lifted the quilt a bit and took a look... Yes, he really wasn¡¯t wearing anything.

    So in the end...did they do it or not?

    Shi Luo groped around for a long while but couldn¡¯t find his phone. He got up and turned on the lights. He looked at the time¡ªtwo o¡¯clock in the afternoon.

    His teammates really must have left already and he had no idea where Yu Sui was. Shi Luo went to the bathroom to wash up, confused and bewildered.

    While taking a shower, Shi Luo thought he heard the doorbell ring. The sound of the water was too loud so he couldn¡¯t be sure. Aftering out, he saw Yu Suiing into the room, bringing in takeaway breakfast.

    Yu Sui put the breakfast box down and threw his phone aside. ¡°Does your head hurt?¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head and sat down to have breakfast with Yu Sui.

    Immediately after having breakfast, Yu Sui tidied up the food boxes as usual. Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, he said hesitantly, ¡°Last night...¡±

    Yu Sui packed up the take-out garbage and took it out of the room. He came back a momentter. ¡°What did you just say?¡±

    Shi Luo sat on the bed and said dazedly, ¡°It seems that there¡¯s a portion ofst night that I...¡±

    It seemed that Yu Sui¡¯s mind wasn¡¯t on Shi Luo at all. After throwing away the trash, he took a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Shi Luo. Along the way, he turned on the humidifier in the room. ¡°What¡¯s up with you?¡±

    Shi Luo took the water that Yu Sui handed him. ¡°What did I...what did I dost night?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°That could be a lot.¡±

    ¡°I never knew that about you before. Why are you so tedious when you¡¯re drunk?¡± Yu Sui picked up the clothes that the two of them had changed out of yesterday and threw them in the clothes hamper. ¡°Do you know how badly behaved you were? You didn¡¯t want to take a bath. It was no use even when I tried to coax you. I was afraid that you¡¯d feel ufortable going directly to sleep when you are drunk, so I wiped you down a bit with a towel.¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t bear to remember. ¡°I...¡±

    ¡°You even wanted to take off my clothes. You couldn¡¯t even keep your eyes open anymore but you were still full of dirty intents...¡± Yu Sui drew the curtains that Shi Luo had pulled opened. He turned on a nightmp and walked to the front of the cab. He fixed the mess of things Shi Luo shoved there. He then sat back on the bed after everything was cleaned up. He looked at Shi Luo, ¡°Do you still remember what you said?¡±

    Shi Luo instinctively felt that he must have lost his restraint when he was drunk and shook his head reluctantly.

    ¡°You were being extremely honest.¡± Yu Sui smiled, rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head, and whispered softly into his ear. ¡°Things you can usually say and things you can¡¯t...Those things that you think you can¡¯t ever say...you said it all.¡±

    Shi Luo blushed.

    ¡°You kept wanting to kiss me. Do you know how much effort I took just so I could be considerate and let you sleep? You kept misbehaving, leaning into my arms and whispering...¡± Yu Sui¡¯s voice was getting lower and lower, ¡°that from the day we got together, you¡¯ve wanted to sleep with me.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears were burning hot, but he didn¡¯t refute.

    Although he couldn¡¯t remember it, he was well aware of what he had been thinking all day long. Shi Luo knew that Yu Sui wasn¡¯t making it up.

    Shi Luo said with difficulty, ¡°I... I won¡¯t say it.¡±

    ¡°Why won¡¯t you say it?¡± Yu Sui said in a low voice, ¡°I coaxed you and let you sleep. Shi Shen, do you know what you said at the time?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s face was already thoroughly red. He said in a low voice, ¡°I don¡¯t want to know anymore.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled. ¡°It¡¯s toote for regrets. I should have recorded it for you.¡±

    ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll whisper it to you.¡± Yu Sui lilted his head and kissed Shi Luo¡¯s ear. With his lips pressed to Shi Luo¡¯s ear, as though whispering sweet nothings, he said, ¡°You said, if we do it...you would behave and sleep. ¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears and neck went instantly red.

    Yu Sui¡¯s breath was too close. Shi Luo¡¯s fingers trembled slightly. He felt a bit like wanting to hide but the biggest doubt in his heart was still there. He had to keep asking. Shi Luo tried his best to keep his tone calm. He said, voice hoarse, ¡°Then... did you do it?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°No.¡±

    ¡°Although you were especially sweet when you were drunk, it was almost like you...would agree to anything.¡± Yu Sui held Shi Luo¡¯s hand and said very quietly in Shi Luo¡¯s ear, ¡°But for our first time...I can¡¯t just consider what would make me happy.¡±

    Yu Sui intertwined their fingers and said in a low voice, ¡°Besides, I have every confidence...that even when you aren¡¯t drunk, you can be just as well-behaved as when you were.¡±

    Yu Sui took Shi Luo¡¯s hand into the pocket of his sweatpants and asked, ¡°What¡¯s in my pocket?¡±

    Shi Luo took out the contents of Yu Sui¡¯s pants pocket. His face could be dripping blood from how red it was.

    ¡°I bought these a week ago and I arranged the vacation a month ago.¡± Yu Sui lowered his head and kissed Shi Luo¡¯s lips. He whispered, ¡°We have three whole days. There¡¯s no hurry. Let¡¯s take our time...¡±

    ...

    ...

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    When Yu Sui asked what was in his pocket, I was expecting that to go some other way. They would both lead to the same end point but yeah...Hahaha.

 Chapter 103

    Chapter 103:

    Before the start of their vacation, Shi Luo actually didn¡¯t quite understand why Yu Sui wasn¡¯t willing to go to Hangzhou with their teammates.

    Although it was a ¡°little honeymoon¡± for the couple and it was inconvenient to travel with others, the hotel booked by the team had very good sound instion. It had been pretty difficult to get this time off, the other people in the club would be busy with their own things. Who would care if they slept together at night or not? Even if the two were together every night during the three-day vacation, others might not even notice. Having not gone to the hotel, the base, these few days with only the two of them, was peaceful. But eating meals wasn¡¯t convenient and the bed wasn¡¯t as big as the hotel¡¯s. Comforts-wise, the difference certainly was quite big.

    But after a day and night since the start of their vacation, Shi Luo, who was lying on Yu Sui¡¯s bed and couldn¡¯t quite open his eyes, thought reluctantly that it was a good thing that they hadn¡¯t gone to Hangzhou.

    When he had first gotten together with Yu Sui, Shi Luo once felt that he had too much ¡®love thoughts¡¯ in his brain. He thought himself too sappy, too clingy and fussy.

    In contrast, Yu Sui was more restrained. When Shi Luo said not go public, Ok, then they wouldn¡¯t go public. When Shi Luo said they wouldn¡¯t sleep in the same room, they slept in separate rooms at first. Shi Luo got the final say in everything. Even if asionally the two of them would do something that would cross the line a bit, Yu Sui would generally unterally take care of Shi Luo. Every time Shi Luo would talk to Yu Sui afterwards, saying that he wants to help him too but Yu Sui would just smile most of the time and say that it was already toote and that if he bothers to do so he wouldn¡¯t be able to train tomorrow. Then, he would go to the shower by himself, unwilling to entangle with Shi Luo for too long so as not to dy precious sleep time during thepetition season.

    How everyone was after falling in love was different. Shi Luo once thought that Yu Sui might be the ¡®thin streams flow forever¡® type. He also thought that Yu Sui might have suffered due to his stomach bleeding and his health wasn¡¯t as good as before. He was also older than him by two years and was unlike himself who was like a firecracker that would ignite with the slightest provocation.

    It wasn¡¯t until halfway through their short vacation...that Shi Luo¡¯s previous thoughts were all shattered and he gradually acknowledged reality.

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t care about going public or not, simply because he really didn¡¯t care what others thought. Two years ago, he was condemned in speech and in writing by the entire onlinemunity and he survived. He didn¡¯t care about what others said about him. Since his boyfriend minds though, then they¡¯ll do it ording his boyfriend¡¯s mood.

    And every time Yu Sui tenderly looks after Shi Luo, he would refuse Shi Luo¡¯s ¡°tit-for-tat¡± not because he hadn¡¯t felt anything but because he simply turned his nose up at this sort of ineffectual small-scale measure.

    Going back to the original question, Shi Luo once again felt that it was a good thing they hadn¡¯t gone to Hangzhou.

    If the two of them were together every night, the others in the team might not find anything out but the problem was... the two of them weren¡¯t just together every night.

    g man Yu¡¯s understanding of certain things was different from Shi Luo¡¯s.

    It didn¡¯t necessarily have to be at night.

    It didn¡¯t necessarily have to be on the bed.

    Inside the Free base, early in the morning, in the dormitory marked with ¡°Whisper¡±, on the thick wool carpet in front of the closet, Shi Luo was so sleepy that he could barely open his eyes. He pulled the quilt that had fallen on the ground to cover himself. His voice was hoarse, ¡°Captain ...I¡¯m really doing to go crippled...¡±

    Yu Sui sat on the carpet, leaning against the closet. He easily picked up Shi Luo with one hand and hugged him from behind. He picked up a small square stic pack.

    Shi Luo¡¯s back trembled as soon as he heard the stic crinkle. He then heard Yu Sui chuckle from behind, whispering in a low voice, ¡°Looks good, it doesn¡¯t seem crippled&#k2026;¡±

    Shi Luo was dazed for a moment and he then suddenly understood what Yu Sui meant and his ears suddenly flushed red.

    ¡°What¡¯s more, Shi Shen, aren¡¯t you already feeling it?¡± Yu Sui embraced Shi Luo with one arm and held the small package in his other hand. He lowered his head and bit the little stic and tore it open with practiced ease. His tone was unexpectedly gentle, ¡°Captain will help you...¡±

    Shi Luo closed his eyes, He wanted to refute but couldn¡¯t speak...

    What are you doing pretending to be a good guy, pretending to be innocent, pretending to be all calm and when you¡¯re obviously the one touching me here and there, teasing me so early in the morning!!!

    ...

    ...

    Afterwards, Shi Luo originally wanted to take a bath by himself but a pit was dug in front of him. Yu Sui half-forced Shi Luo into the bathroom, using ¡°captain will help you check if you really have gone crippled¡± excuse and then for nearly two hours after, Shi Luo didn¡¯t get out of the bathroom.

    ...

    The base auntie was also on vacation and so there was no one to cook. But Yu Sui didn¡¯t let Shi Luo go hungry. Three meals a day were delivered on time by their usual private restaurant. At the appointed time, he would go downstairs to get their meals. Yu Sui had arranged for Shi Luo a work, eat and rest schedule that was more regr and healthier than their usual. Shi Luo looked Yu Sui up and down while eating their meal...

    Yu Sui had his head slightly bowed while eating. A couple of strands of hair fell down, contrasting against his cheeks, making them look a bit slimmer and deeper. He was wearing a loose long-sleeved sweater. Yu Sui pulled the cuffs a higher, revealing perfectly contoured albeit somewhat skinny wrists. Going lower, he was wearing sweatpants that to Shi Luo were indistinguishable from tens of thousands of sweatpants like it and on his feet were a pair of sneakers whose backs Yu Sui had stepped on the first day he had bought them, forcibly wearing them as slippers.

    From head to toe, he was simple and clean. While eating quietly, anyone wouldment that he was an innocent and simple college student.

    Shi Luo swallowed a bite of rice and mumbled, ¡°Deceptive g man...¡±

    ¡°Huh?¡± Yu Sui raised his eyes and took a sip of his mineral water. ¡°What did you just say?¡±

    ¡°Nothing.¡± Shi Luo took another bite of his meal and after a while, said abruptly, ¡°Before, everyone used to joke that you were like some kind of hooker, they really didn¡¯t do you wrong.¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Shi Luo was embarrassed to look at Yu Sui. He lowered his head and said vaguely, ¡°I underestimated you. Your physical strength is...you have amazing endurance.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled and didn¡¯t refute. He scooped some vegetables for Shi Luo. ¡°Eat up. Later, don¡¯t cry and say that you¡¯re hungry. You¡¯re going to make it seem like I don¡¯t feed you enough.¡±

    Shi Luo was speechless. He ate dejectedly but still couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°Can I contact Zhou Huo?¡±

    Yu Sui raised his eyes, ¡°What are you looking for him for?¡±

    ¡°To let me go to Hangzhou!¡± Shi Luo wanted to hurl his chopsticks. What could he do? There was no one else at the base. No one can save him. If he provokes Yu Sui, he could only suffer the punishment himself. Shi Luo had to reluctantly concede, ¡°I... can I sleep for a while? A nap? Don¡¯t make trouble for me...¡±

    ¡°You can¡¯t go to Hangzhou anymore. Everyone in the club knows that it wasn¡¯t convenient for you to go out after drinking too much at the celebration party. What¡¯s more...¡± Yu Sui turned his head to look at Shi Luo, and said vaguely, ¡°Shi Shen, if you don¡¯t respond, I would never force you... I¡¯m not some hooligan.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s chest hurt. g man Yu... With just a few indecent words, he could so easily tease him. He was already down and outright shameless and has started to do whatever he wanted.

    However, despite what Yu Sui said, at noon, he still let Shi Luo eat his fill and then have his nap.

    Yu Sui doesn¡¯t know if he was just being overly caring and concerned, but since living together, Yu Sui had felt that the quality of Shi Luo¡¯s sleep was getting better and better.

    Shi Luo used to have a problem of waking up suddenly from a dream. It wasn¡¯t anything serious. The reason wasn¡¯t clear either. It may have been from tiredness or it may be because he was too vignt. It ma also be a problem that has been left unsettled since childhood. Shi Luo would wake up at least once every night.

    But now Shi Luo rarely wakes up mid-sleep.

    At most, he would suddenly move in his sleep. Yu Sui was a light sleeper. When he notices it, he would rub Shi Luo¡¯s back. In the course of time, it became a habit. Shi Luo gradually preferred sleeping next to Yu Sui. As long as he was close to Yu Sui, he could sleep well and rarely dreams.

    Throughout the afternoon, Yu Sui leaned against the headboard and Shi Luo slept soundly, using Yu Sui¡¯sp as a pillow.

    From time to time, Yu Sui would rub Shi Luo¡¯s short hair and soothingly squeezed Shi Luo¡¯s ears. Finally, he had some time to turn on his phone and check WeChat.

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Yu Sui...have you cut off all contact? So many people are looking for you, please reply back! What are you doing? I can¡¯t bear it anymore. You dropped a bunch of bombs and went missing and silent. Others are looking for me to ask where you are! ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [The bosses of the other teams havee looking for me to gossip about you! IAC¡¯s Zhao Feng and I had some conflict before but even he has added me to gossip about you! ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [People in the industry aside, your fans are about to explode, you know? ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Puppy has been broadcasting non-stop all day and the whole team has appeared one after another. Only you and Shi Luo haven¡¯t made an appearance. The fans aren¡¯t stupid, they all know that you two didn¡¯te to Hangzhou. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [You suddenly publicly announce that you¡¯re dating and the fans are going crazy wanting to know who is this beauty that brings cmity to the nation. ]

    Zhou Huo also sent a huge number of other messages but Yu Sui was toozy to look through them carefully. He hurriedly sent over a reply.

    [Whisper]: [If anyone asks you, just tell them it¡¯s my personal business and it is not convenient for you to disclose any details. ]

    Zhou Huo quickly replied: [Have you finally switched your phone on? My God, two days and two nights. What have you been doing? ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Is Evil...cough, that clingy? ]

    Yu Sui looked at the message smiled. He couldn¡¯t help but to take a screenshot. He can¡¯t wait to show Shi Luo once he wakes up.

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Cough, cough, cough, let not talk about this. The point is! The fans are going to blow up our official blog! I can¡¯t hold it anymore! ]

    Yu Sui moved a little, changing to a morefortable position and typed.

    [I didn¡¯t steal or rob anyone. I¡¯m also an adult. So what if I¡¯m in a rtionship? ]

    Within two seconds of sending the message, Yu Sui¡¯s phone vibrated once again. Zhou Huo had sent a series of messages.

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Although you have a lot of girlfriend fans, they¡¯re not going to go so far as to say that you can¡¯t be in a rtionship. That¡¯s not the problem. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [That interview of yours has blown up. Everyone has analyzed it, examining each and every word. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Our fans were afraid that you two were unhappy and upset, so they didn¡¯t dare ship you two! But Shi Luo unexpectedly didn¡¯t f*cking show up during the past two days either! Couple that with your special treatment of him, the fans are now daring to think about it, okay? ! At the thought of you two possibly being together, your fans will explode! ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [There are two prevailing theories and both sides are in a deadlock. One is that you have found yourself some seductress from outside the circle and the other is that you¡¯ve lived for so long and have seen everything and now you¡¯re together with Shi Luo.]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Fans want to know just who it is. ]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [Although it¡¯s strange to say it but...]

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [But in my opinion, it seems like your fans would want you to be with Shi Luo rather than you finding some seductress whose out to spend your money and suck your blood. ]

    Yu Sui wanted to reply Zhou Huo, ¡®what makes you think Shi Luo isn¡¯t some seductress¡¯?

    Young master Shi, this arsonist with the heart of a young woman, was every bit a seductress save for the part about sucking his money, alright?

    [Manager¡¤Zhou]: [They would acknowledge you two being together. They would treat it as their husbands being together. ]

    Yu Sui smiled. Their fans were truly quite adorable. After thinking for a moment, he replied: [I¡¯ll deal with it. ]

    Zhou Huo let out a long sigh of relief: [Just please make it quick. It might have been peaceful these past two days where you are but it¡¯s been crazy online! ]

    Yu Sui no longer paid any attention to Zhou Huo. He quit WeChat and opened Weibo, logging in to his official ount. He then handled it in one bold move by following Shi Luo¡¯s side ount.

    ¡°This shouldn¡¯t be considered as going public, right...?¡±

    Yu Sui lowered his head and rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head. With a rxed tone, he said, ¡°Now, the pressure is on Shi Shen¡¯s side...¡±

 Chapter 104

    <h4>Chapter 104</h4>

    Yu Sui followed Shi Luo¡¯s side ount for less than half an hour before Shi Luo¡¯s psychedelic, high-flying side ount that had been exposed by the inte for several months already, was propelled onto the hot search top ten.

    After the finals, Shi Luo made a total of three Weibo posts.

    Thetest Weibo was posted more than 20 hours ago, and the content was very ambiguous.

    [I want to sleep, he won¡¯t let me sleep... I¡¯m going to die of sleepiness. ¡¿

    Yu Sui recalled that he seemed to have tossed Shi Luo about for more than three hours at that time. In fact, Yu Sui¡¯s vigor was very good at that time. The reason why he was able to let Shi Luo go was because little Shi Shen had been super cute. At the time, he let out a little nasal sound and gritted his teeth. He then whispered helplessly to Yu Sui, ¡°Ge, can you let me go out to smoke and clear my head. We can continue after...¡±

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t helpughing out loud at the time. He let Shi Luo sleep and he himself yed on his phone to pass the time.

    The post before that wasn¡¯t ambiguous and was quite rude.

    [I never took notice before. Whisper¡¯s corbones look really good. ¡¿

    Yu Sui still has a bite mark on his corbone at this moment, one that Shi Luo bit.

    The little wolf cub bit very hard and Yu Sui stayed motionless back then. He told Shi Luo to put more skill and force behind it. He would be very happy if he could leave him with a lifelong mark.

    What could he do? Shi Shen was still soft-hearted. Even after a long while, he still didn¡¯t give a true bite that drew blood. He even kissed it gently afterwards. Instead, he was the one left feeling distressed.

    The earliest one was quite touching. Yu Sui estimates that it was posted after he had been interviewed. Shi Luo had been feeling too emotional and wrote a long one.

    [I met you when I was young. You were lost and was found. And I met you again. I have no regrets. Since I was young, there has been nothing that I can honestly im as my own. Even up until today, there are only two things ¡ª the glory I have in my grasp and you beside me.

    I don¡¯t need you to coax me to make me happy this way.

    I would rather never see the light than have you bear all this pressure alone. ¡¿

    After reading this post, Yu Sui felt a little bit distressed. After thinking about it, he executed a brilliant maneuver to drive away the sad atmosphere.

    He replied under this main Weibo ount. [It wasn¡¯t any hardship. You have already seen the light. ]

    Even after Yu Sui followed this side ount, many of the yers still couldn¡¯t believe it. They clicked on the hot search and many people remained doubtful. Fans of Free who didn¡¯t know the truth closed their eyes and protected mindlessly, saying that Yu Sui must have finally found out about this deranged fan and growing curious, went to observe and as he did so, his hand slipped and he identally clicked ¡®follow¡¯.

    Yu Sui¡¯s reply to the post effectively cut off any chance for his retreat. He directly certified this ount as that of the object of his affections.

    After hisment, Yu Sui was very satisfied. His socialworking apps were about to explode. Yu Sui was toozy to exin one by one so he set his status on all his socialworking apps as ¡®do not disturb¡¯ and continued to y games on his mobile phone.

    After another hour, Shi Luo woke up.

    Yu Sui called the restaurant to deliver their meal. Shi Luo slept so well, he didn¡¯t know whether it was day or night. He sat on the bed with a wooden expression, a sleep mark on his face. In a daze, he ced his head on Yu Sui¡¯s shoulder.

    After staying warm for more than ten minutes, Yu Sui handed Shi Luo his fully charged phone and said, ¡°I¡¯ll wait for the takeaway downstairs. If you¡¯re sleepy, go back to sleep for a while.¡±

    ¡°I won¡¯t sleep anymore.¡± Shi Luo sniffed, took his mobile phone and frowned, ¡°So many messages?¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t say much. He picked up his jacket and went downstairs.

    With a dull expression on his face, Shi Luo held his phone and unlocked it. He checked the messages.

    Shi Luo: ¡°&#k2026;¡±

    Ten minutester, Shi Luo¡¯s brain was buzzing.

    Yu Sui already knew his side ount a long time ago&#k2026;

    Without knowing that Yu Sui had been paying attention to his side ount, he had posted various heart-sickening, teeth-dropping love records everyday...

    His side ount had already been reported to the club...

    Yu Sui followed his side ount an hour ago and admitted that it belonged to his love partner that he had announced publicly earlier...

    The fans¡¯ brains hurt more than Shi Luo¡¯s...

    Faced with too many problems, for a while, Shi Luo¡¯s scalp felt numb. He didn¡¯t know which one to deal with.

    Even when he was forced on the road to ruin by Ji Yanhan back then, it wasn¡¯t as excessive as this.

    Shi Luo took a deep breath. He struggled a few times and clicked on thements on his Weibo side ount¡ª¡ª

    Due to excessive shock, Yu Sui¡¯s fans dazedly clicked on this side ount and posted some congrattory statements. The people who didn¡¯t know of Shi Luo¡¯s side ount looked it over from top to bottom. Most of the fans thought it was sweet. Some fans expressed disapproval at Yu Sui choosing to bring his lover to the base and then they began to criticize the content posted by this side ount; things like ¡°Yu Sui always thinks of ways to block me¡±, ¡°I didn¡¯t discuss it with Yu Sui and privately I told my dad about us.¡± ¡°He was afraid that I was cold, so he untied his clothes and hugged me to sleep.¡± ¡°He mes me for not telling him when I got sick¡±. They felt all the more that this love partner of his was not a fuel-efficientmp. The more they read, the more dissatisfied they became.

    As an outsider, Yu Shen¡¯s lover tantly stayed at the Free base over a long period of time. Not only was it not in keeping with regtions, but this person has also tempted the yers to not train well and has seriously affected the yers¡¯ normal work and rest schedule. This person has walked around the base, fooling around with Yu Shen. What could the other yers have possibly thought when they saw it? Chen Huo only has his own little wife. Wouldn¡¯t he have gotten angry seeing others making public disys of affection? Would he have been able to train well when he¡¯s angry? And our Shi Zai is so young still. Who would take responsibility for the influence seeing these scenes would have on this child?

    This person¡¯s father was no good either. He had scored himself such a perfect son-inw like Yu Shen and he was still not satisfied? How was it possible that Yu Shen would be afraid of incurring his father-inw¡¯s anger in the future? That is the yer who grew up while being held in the cups of our hands!

    What¡¯s more, this person was disrupting the team¡¯s brotherhood, inciting disharmony withments like ¡°Chen Huo looks ugly in everything.¡± What kind of sh*t was this? Only Free¡¯s yers were allowed to insult Free¡¯s yers. What right did an outsider have to look down on Chen Huo? There was a problem with this person¡¯s inner quality!

    Shi Luo looked at them in chronological order, and the more he looked the more painful his headache became.

    Scrolling down further, after experiencing the initial shock, one of his and Yu Sui¡¯s CP fan borrowed courage from the heavens and carefully threw out a possibility... If, just maybe, this side ount was Shi Shen¡¯s?

    Yu Sui¡¯s girlfriend fans were so angry that their lungs were about to explode, saying that of course, it would be best if this turns out to be Shi Shen¡¯s but how could that be possible? Little Shi Shen had remained firm and unyielding for so many years. Could someone who has never shed a single tear or bled a single drop of blood write this kind of thing? What are you thinking? Kindly refrain from leading another treasured yer astray please. Can you delete this one? We¡¯re worried that Shi Zai might see it and blow his top.

    The lowly CP fan deleted herment after being scolded soundly. However, not even ten minutester, the CP fanspiled a timetable of Shi Luo¡¯s entire season with lightning speed.

    The details of a yers¡¯ official ounts ¡ª when the yer¡¯s official ount was used to y, for how many hours; what time it went online and what time it went online ¡ª could be checked using official channels. Not to mention that Free also has Puppy, who does live broadcasts all year round. It was all too easy to find out Shi Luo¡¯s daily schedule.

    They extracted what time each of the posts were sent. There were posts on that side ount in the morning, at noon, in the evening, at midnight, even in the wee hours of the morning. Each timestamp was traced back to Shi Luo¡¯s training and work-rest schedule for that day and a miracle appeared.

    All were during Shi Luo¡¯s rest time, without exception.

    This might have been nothing if applied to anyone else, but this was pretty damning for a professional yer. yers don¡¯t have much time for themselves in a day. All the posts could be ced during Shi Luo¡¯s free time. The probability of this being a coincidence truly was too small.

    Not to mention Yu Sui¡¯s partiality towards Shi Luo and Shi Luo¡¯s strong attachment to Yu Sui.

    Not to mention that their other teammates have long said that there were no outsiders in the base.

    Not to mention that both Yu Su and Shi Luo were both missing at the same time from their team trip to Hangzhou.

    There was only one truth. At this moment, Shi Luo¡¯s fans who rushed over to watch the fun regarding Yu Sui¡¯s love life felt a bit of agitation.

    Fans who have been stanning Shi Luo for several years had a bit of understanding of Shi Luo.

    Upon closer inspection, the strange pauses and punctuations, thementing that people couldn¡¯t make heads or tails of... it was indeed a bit like Shi Luo¡¯s style.

    For a while, Free¡¯s entire fan base couldn¡¯t stay out of it.

    Everyone wanted an answer.

    In the end, had Yu Sui found himself a worrisome little seductress?

    Or was this a case of being unable to calm one¡¯s feelings and finally bing fondpanions?

    These were the two issues now facing Shi Luo.

    Was he going to abandon his treasured side ount? Not to mention how distressed he would feel, everyone in the circle would think that Yu Sui has found himself a cmity-bringing, worrisome and bothersome little seductress who could ruin the team at any time.

    Or, was he going to be brave and admit that this little seductress was he himself.

    Shi Luo closed his eyes, indignant and wishing for death.

    ¡°Should we eat now?¡±

    It was raining outside and Yu had some raindrops on him. He put down the food containers he was carrying. ¡°En?¡±

    Shi Luo turned his head to look at Yu Sui. His eyes glowing red and his fangs were about to grow out.

    Yu Sui walked to Shi Luo. He smiled and said, ¡°You¡¯re going to give me a bite? The kind that bleeds?¡±

    Shi Luo stared at the red teeth marks on Yu Sui¡¯s corbone. He didn¡¯t move.

    ¡°Do you know that that side ount of yours was going to be reported soon? You said it yourself, whatever happens you want that side ount anyway. Didn¡¯t you say it yourself? That you wanted to keep a little memory?¡± Yu Sui sat down by Shi Luo¡¯s side, ¡°I followed it already so now, no one will report it... Are you happy or unhappy?¡±

    ¡°You can get angry.¡± Yu Sui gripped Shi Luo¡¯s wrist and raised it as if to hit his face, ¡°Come on, I won¡¯t fight back.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t make trouble!¡± Shi Luo now looked at Yu Sui and wanted to kill himself by jumping off the building. He remembered that Yu Sui had read everything he¡¯d written there and it made him want to blow up the base and take everyone down with him. Shi Luo blushed and growled lowly, ¡°What were you thinking looking through my side ount?!¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t just look through it. I read it all the time. I read it every day.¡± Yu Sui shook Shi Luo¡¯s hand and said, voice very soft, ¡°Today, Yu Sui and I got together...¡±

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth and said, ¡°I¡¯m going to delete it right away...¡±

    Yu Sui smiled. ¡°What¡¯s the use of deleting it?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°You must remember this person...You could forget everything except him, only he must never be forgotten. .¡±

    Shi Luo was startled.

    Yu Sui said, ¡°...You are so good to me, so good that you can smooth out all my mental struggles. .¡±

    ¡°My cold is already gone....¡± Yu Sui continued on quietly, as though reciting lessons. ¡°... I like him so much. I don¡¯t ever want to break up with Yu Sui all my life. .¡±

    ¡°Since I was young, there has been nothing that I can honestly im as my own. Even up until today, there are only two things.¡± Yu Sui rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s cheek with his hand. He said, not missing a single word. ¡°¨C the glory I have in my grasp and you beside me.¡±

    ¡°Delete it if you want.¡± Yu Sui said lightly, ¡°I can recite it from your first post to yourst. Do you want to hear it?¡±

    Shi Luo choked. His eyes inexplicably began to sting.

    Shi Luo was obviously being sensible here. Disturbed by Yu Sui...he felt a little moved but so what?

    ¡°You...¡± Shi Luo paused and whispered, ¡°What are you doing memorizing those sour words?¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t deliberately memorize them. It¡¯s just became I read them too many times.¡± Yu Sui raised his hand and flicked Shi Luo¡¯s ear. ¡°What¡¯s there to be annoyed about? Who¡¯s forcing you to admit that that ount is yours?¡±

    Shi Luo was stunned. ¡°I...¡±

    ¡°Just post on your side ount as usual. Some will think it¡¯s the little seductress¡¯ and that¡¯s fine. Others will think that it¡¯s yours and that¡¯s OK too.¡± Yu Sui really didn¡¯t care about what others said and he didn¡¯t understand what Shi Luo was so annoyed about. ¡°Some will say that I¡¯m keeping a little seductress. Some will say that we are already together. It doesn¡¯t matter. It¡¯s obviously something other people are curious about. Do you have to be anxious and find out the truth for them?¡±

    Shi Luo was dazed.

    He didn¡¯t know if it was because they¡¯ve been spending every minute of every day together for the past few days, but for a moment, Shi Luo felt that Yu Sui made sense.

    ¡°Then...¡± Shi Luo pursed his lips and said hesitantly, ¡°I can still use my side ount? I can just not admit that it¡¯s mine?¡±

    ¡°Of course.¡± Yu Sui said consolingly, ¡°If you don¡¯t admit it, no one can say that that¡¯s you. You¡¯re so tough and cool, who would dare risk death to ask it to your face?¡±

    Of course, it was most likely that the fans have already recognized that it was Shi Luo, but for the sake of Shi Luo¡¯s thin skin, Yu Sui had to pretend to be blind and to not see. There was no need to talk about it with Shi Luo for the moment.

    Shi Luo was really so hungry, he wasn¡¯t getting enough blood supply to his brain. Believing Yu Sui¡¯s nefariousness, he thought about it and said, muffled, ¡°Actually, it¡¯s also......Eat. Let¡¯s eat.¡±

 Chapter 105

    Chapter 105:

    E-sports clubs with a little history generally have some personal characteristics.

    As apetitive sport, although their turnover of old to new was very fast, e-sports clubs have a kind of magical quality. With the recement of yers from generation to generation, each club will precipitate its own characteristics.

    One example was NSN, whose name stood for ¡®never say never¡¯. In the finals a few days ago, they had epted that it was hopeless and yet they would rather break the cauldrons and sink the boats and y their characteristic head-on fighting style against Yu Sui and his team. If they lose, then they lose. We will never be afraid and will stand bravely in any fight.

    Another example was Saint, whose every member, from their boss to the yers, were saints. They were kind and gentle, willing to stake everything and give it their all for their yers. They were even willing to be a free sparring team for their fellow teams in the domestic division.

    Then there was Free...whose biggest feature...was probably mutual pitting.

    Even if they were teammates who¡¯ve walked through a mountain of swords and a sea of mes together. Even if they are lovers madly in love.

    Two years ago, Yu Sui was able to kick Shi Luo without pity into the college entrance examination venue. Two yearster, he was able to fool the unbearably sleepy and unbearably hungry little Shi Shen without blushing and without any change in his heartbeat.

    After eating, Shi Luo still felt sleepy, especially sleepy, so sleepy that he couldn¡¯t keep his eyes open. Yu Sui packed up the food containers and let Shi Luo lie back on the bed. Shi Luoy back on the bed with a frown on his face. He buried his face on Yu Sui¡¯s pillow and fell asleep.

    Yu Sui took the food containers downstairs. When he came back up, he changed his clothes and sat down by the bed. Shi Luo held Yu Sui¡¯s hand and frowned, ¡°It¡¯s so cold...¡±

    ¡°The temperature dropped today and it¡¯s raining too. Here upstairs is better. It¡¯s even colder on the first floor.¡± Yu Sui scratched Shi Luo¡¯s chin. ¡°Shi Shen, you haven¡¯t been downstairs in a few days?¡±

    Shi Luo moved further in, making more space on the bed. He said ambiguously, ¡°Come,e up...¡±

    Yu Sui climbed up on the bed. Shi Luo leaned against Yu Sui and closed his eyes once again.

    Yu Sui continued to y on the phone. Shi Luo continued to sleep.

    An hourter, Shi Luo opened his eyes.

    After having eaten and slept enough, Shi Luo regained use of his ¡®can score 130-points on the math test without any preparation¡¯ brain. He sat up slowly, narrowed his eyes and said, ¡°Yu Sui, I think your logic is a bit wrong.¡±

    Yu Sui, who was looking at his phone, didn¡¯t even lift his head. He sighed and said in a low voice, ¡°Shi Shen, there¡¯s no need to be so smart at your young age.¡±

    Shi Luo became angry, ¡°I am so...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve already followed your side ount. What can I do? If I could go back in time, I might even have followed it sooner.¡± Yu Sui raised his head to look at Shi Luo. He smiled, ¡°It¡¯s my fidgety hands. How would you like to vent your anger? You tell me.¡±

    Yu Sui leaned on the pillow and said good-naturedly, ¡°Just don¡¯t hit my eyes or waste my hand, whatever else is up to you. I won¡¯t try to dodge and if you leave a mark, I won¡¯t tell others that you beat me.¡±

    ¡°Tsk&#k2026;¡± Yu Sui held back a smile, ¡°Where can you find such a good boyfriend? Willing to endure humiliation to carry out an important mission. Willing to suffer through your domestic violence in silence.¡±

    How could Shi Luo ever be willing to raise a hand against Yu Sui? However, he really couldn¡¯t swallow this anger. Shi Luo was going dizzy from anger. He gritted his teeth, unable to say properly what he wanted to, ¡°You &#k2014; you&#k2026;¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s g man essence had fully manifested. Seeing Shi Luo not moving, he lifted his chin slightly and there was a smile in his eyes, ¡°Then how about if ge ps himself a few times?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui¡¯s impossibly handsome face and his angerpletely dissipated. He frowned and said, ¡°Don¡¯t fool around. Don¡¯t you even dare to try tomit self-harm...¡±

    Yu Sui lowered his head and smiled, ¡°This is self-harm? Then what should I do? How can you vent your anger?¡±

    Yu Sui once again suggested good-naturedly, ¡°Then how about you punish me by making me open a side ount and have me write a small love entry every day? Then you use your main ount to like my posts every day?¡±

    Shi Luo was fully awake now and couldn¡¯t easily be deceived. Shi Luo choked from anger. ¡°Isn¡¯t that even more inexplicable?! You¡¯ve already admitted yourself that you¡¯re seeing someone, what¡¯s the point of a side ount? And besides, who would like your entries? Who the hell knows how you would depict me?!¡±

    ¡°I wouldn¡¯t go so far as to fabricate anything but I wouldn¡¯t be as restrained as you.¡± Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. His voice was very soft, ¡°I don¡¯t care what others say so I definitely won¡¯t cover it up like you do. I would write whatever I want. I¡¯ll write that you pour hot water for me. I¡¯ll write that you went downstairs in the middle of the night to turn on the heating for me. You weren¡¯t very clear about when I got you trapped. I¡¯ll write that I said that I wanted you to cooperate as well. And also...¡±

    Shi Luo covered Yu Sui¡¯s mouth.

    Due to embarrassment and indignation, little Shi Shen inadvertently used a little too much strength. Shi Luo covered Yu Sui¡¯s face and Yu Sui couldn¡¯t breathe at all. Yu Sui didn¡¯t struggle even a bit. He looked at Shi Luo tenderly and didn¡¯t move a single muscle.

    Shi Luo had no choice but to let go of Yu Sui. During a moment of inattentiveness, Yu Sui embraced him into his arms and tucked them back under the quilt.

    ¡°Or...¡± Yu Sui kissed the side of Shi Luo¡¯s face and lowered his voice, ¡°You can wait for a bit and while we¡¯re doing something, you take a few nude photos of me while I¡¯m not paying attention?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears instantly flushed red. He growled lowly, ¡°What would I take your nude photos for?¡±

    ¡°For ckmail.¡± Yu Sui whispered in Shi Luo¡¯s ear, ¡°Doesn¡¯t everyone say that I¡¯m a g man? And that I wouldn¡¯t do you right? Shi Shen, just how many times do I have to deceive before you learn to be vignt towards me? Wouldn¡¯t it be better to have something that you could use against me? If I ever let you down in the future, you can take my photo and...¡±

    ¡°Shut up.¡± Shi Luo interrupted Yu Sui. And after a pause, he said, iprehensibly, ¡°Are you crazy? What if I first be unfaithful to you in the future? What if I take a photo to extort you for money? Hundreds of millions of worth! Don¡¯t you want that anymore?!¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°So fierce? Extort...In the first ce, I owe you. If we really break up, I would give you whatever you want. I¡¯d be happy to do so.¡±

    ¡°Bah!¡± Shi Luo was teased and coaxed by Yu Sui into feeling sweet but also choked up. Reaching the end of his forbearance, he bit down on Yu Sui¡¯s arm. ¡°Have you got anything else to say?¡±

    Yu Sui was aware that he had made an indiscreet remark and said hurriedly, ¡°I was the one blurting out nonsense.¡±

    ¡°Moreover.¡± Shi Luo frowned, ¡°Who is it who¡¯s worried that you aren¡¯t going to treat me right? What do you mean that I have to be vignt?¡±

    Yu Sui paused and said, ¡°Wait...¡±

    Yu Sui changed his position and picked up his mobile phone. After unlocking it, he opened his Weibo private message and handed it to Shi Luo. He smiled, ¡°See for yourself.¡±

    Shi Luo took Yu Sui¡¯s phone and looked down¡ª¡ª

    [QAQ, Yu Shen! Was what you said in the interview true? Are you really in a rtionship? Since when? ¡¿

    [Whisper, I have liked you for so many years but you already had someone you were dating and didn¡¯t say anything. Crying to death...]

    [Is it someone from the industry or from outside the industry? Is it one of the female announcers for thepetitions? Listen to jie jie. Don¡¯t go dating outsiders. They simply won¡¯t understand your achievements or your hard work! ¡¿

    ¡°Not those ones...¡± Yu Sui nced at it and couldn¡¯t helpughing. He took his mobile phone, filtered the messages to show private messages from non-followers and handed it back to Shi Luo, ¡°These people didn¡¯t even follow me. They¡¯re basically just your own fans. Look at this. ...¡±

    Shi Luo took the phone again and read one by one¡ª¡ª

    [Evil doesn¡¯t even check his main ount. He¡¯s not doing a live broadcast either. I want to ask but there¡¯s nowhere to ask. I am cautiously and solemnly asking for confirmation. That crazy and no good ount... is that really our Evil? I don¡¯t believe it! ! ! ¡¿

    [Yu Shen, that ount really belongs to our Shi Zai? Has our Shi Luo been bitten by your love bug?! Has he gone crazy?! ! ! ¡¿

    [Stop beating about the bush! Are you two really together? ¡¿

    [I should kill you! I knew there was something fishy when he stubbornly insisted on joining your team!! ! Damn it! Why! ¡¿

    [I¡¯m sorry, Yu Shen. I scolded you because I was feeling too emotional. I¡¯m sorry. Please be good to Evil, he never epts gifts from the fans. We want to give him something he would like but every time we ask he would just say that there isn¡¯t anything he likes. He likes you so much... you should be worthy of it. ¡¿

    [It seems that it¡¯s already been settled. I will respect Shi Luo Xuanshou¡¯s choice and I still like Shi Luo Xuanshou. Please be sure to be good to him. I already guessed it earlier. He really has always liked you. ¡¿

    [Be good to Evil. He¡¯s been waiting for you for two years...]

    [Please be good to Shi Zai. I have liked him for so long. Everyone sincerely hopes Shi Zai is well and I wish him happiness. ¡¿

    [No offense, but everyone says you¡¯re a g man. TT, please don¡¯t g Shi Zai. ¡¿

    [In the future, I will be your fan too. Please don¡¯t be unworthy of our Shi Shen, okay? ¡¿

    [I¡¯m very sorry that I went along with everyone and sprayed you when I didn¡¯t know the truth. I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry. Please be good to Shi Luo. He has never ever sprayed you. ¡¿

    [This is a humble request from one of Shi Shen¡¯s heartbroken girlfriend fans. Please be kind to Shi Shen. Old fans know that Shi Shen is actually a person who is cold on the outside but warm in the inside. He has always been good to us fans. Before, some outsiders who didn¡¯t understand e-sports scolded us, saying we were brainless celebrity worshippers. They said a lot of really offensive things. Those were some really dirty words and we didn¡¯t know how spray back. Most of the fans are girls and we couldn¡¯t open our mouths... It was Shi Shen who said that he could spray too and he spent the whole night spraying those people for us. Although he normally doesn¡¯t interact much with us, everyone knows that he really is a good person. ¡¿

    Shi Luo moved his lips and wanted to reply. Remembering that this was Yu Sui¡¯s official ount, he refrained from replying.

    Yu Sui saw with a nce what Shi Luo wanted to do and he said generously, ¡°Just reply as you wish. If you don¡¯t want people to know it¡¯s you, you can just pretend to be me.¡±

    ¡°Then how...¡± Shi Luo looked at the private messages for a while and then let out a long sigh. He was embarrassed to say anything and after feeling awkward for a long time, said, ¡°Everyone¡¯s saying you¡¯re a g man... You should... reflect... ¡±

    Yu Sui said easily, ¡°I have reflected on it and have decided to let you take my photo as a ckmail material. Aren¡¯t you going to take the photo?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Shi Luo frowned, ¡°In case someone sees it...I would be the one who would suffer a loss.¡±

    Yu Sui chuckled lightly.

    This was actually the situation that Yu Sui wanted. He himself was indifferent about it but he hoped that Shi Luo could bless the fans who had apanied him all the way.

    It would be too hypocritical to say this and Yu Sui found it hard to speak out knowing that Shi Luo would also be embarrassed to listen. Everything fell within things that won¡¯t be said.

    ¡°I¡¯m not going to look anymore. I¡¯m really going to lose face if I keep reading.¡± Shi Luo rubbed the corner of his eyes, ¡°I...Can I look at my side ount? I¡¯ll be careful not to like.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, ¡°As you wish.¡±

    Shi Luo quit Yu Sui¡¯s private messaging interface and after doing ample mental preparation, he narrowed his eyes and carefully clicked open his side ount.

    The usually suffocating foul, filthy and insulting private messages could actually be so warm. This side ount of his, the main venue of all this... maybe the atmosphere in his side ount could also be warm and harmonious?

    Carrying with him a bit of anticipation, Shi Luo clicked on thements section of his Weibo side ount -¡ª

    [We already know that you are not Shi Shen. Come out! Post a few more! ¡¿

    [We already know that you are not Shi Shen. Come out! Post a few more! ¡¿

    [We already know that you are not Shi Shen. Come out! Post a few more! ¡¿

    Taking it all in, thements from top to bottom, were all a copy-paste of thisment urging him to make a new post.

    Shi Luo closed his eyes in pain. The fans¡¯ pretending skills...were really good.

 Chapter 106

    Chapter 106:

    Yu Sui nced at thements, ¡°Not to mention that there¡¯s absolutely no was to distinguish, even if they are real fans, so what?...I¡¯m guessing the first one was chopped down alive by your girlfriend and sister fans.¡±

    Shi Luo himself has never had any intention of managing his fan groups. Usually, he just hopes that his fans would follow his games. Shi Luo doesn¡¯t talk about his personal matters with his fans. He never even talk about it with other people within the circle. He has absolutely no wish for his fans to follow his life beyond the arena.

    But watching the fans worry that he¡¯d be g-ed by Yu Sui while cautiously asking Yu Sui to treat him well, he nevertheless felt a little moved.

    So Shi Luo originally really did want to post something on his side ount, hinting to the fans that they didn¡¯t need to worry about him. Although he can¡¯t really can¡¯t outdo g man Yu when ites to dating someone, but from throughout the entire thing, he truly hadn¡¯t suffered any losses.

    But given the scene and its emotions he was seeing right in front of him, Shi Luo felt that no matter what he posted, it¡¯d be absolutely useless.

    ¡°This side ount is gone.¡± Shi Luo no longer had even the slightest bit of reluctance to part with it. He handed the phone back to Yu Sui. ¡°Your fans love guessing which little seductress this belongs to, so just let them guess. From now on, this will be the ount of your non-industry insider girlfriend. I don¡¯t want it anymore. I would rather they curse this ount to death...There is no way I can ever admit that this is mine in this lifetime.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo with pity. He couldn¡¯t bear to puncture thatst bit of stubbornness of Shi Shen¡¯s...At this point, was there still any point whether you admit that it¡¯s yours or not?

    ¡°Okay, let¡¯s just ignore them for a while. You just wait and post when there¡¯s something you want to post.¡± Yu Sui took his phone and replied back to the message from the few people he was close to within the circle. ording to Shi Luo¡¯s wishes, when asked if he was seeing someone, he gave a uniform ¡®yes¡¯. When asked if it was Shi Luo, he gave a uniform reply of the ¡®You guess¡¯ emoji.

    What was there to guess? Yu Sui spends all day at the base. Everyone simply took it as Yu Sui not wanting to disclose his sexuality and by tacit mutual understanding, everyone gave Yu Sui their well wishes. At 21 years of age, he finally had himself a romantic partner. Afterwards, they went back to their own team to gossip like crazy.

    Shi Luo¡¯s own phone was also about to blow up. Shi Luo simply refused to reply to any of them. Abandoning himself to despair, he nursed his grievance as he yed a mobile game.

    Since Shi Luo refused to receive the award for ¡°Whisper¡¯s Romantic Partner¡±, others could only change directions and congratte Yu Sui instead. While replying to their messages, Yu Sui would tease Shi Luo. From time to time, he would convey to him the congrattory messages from their mutual friends in the circle.

    ¡°Gu Gan gave a tactful reminder. He says that my boyfriend and I shouldn¡¯t focus all our thoughts on dating. There¡¯s still the World Championships that need to be yed.¡± Yu Sui bumped Shi Luo with his knee, ¡°You¡¯ve been earnestly entrusted with a task by your old boss. Did you hear it?¡±

    Shi Luo gave a muffled affirmative sound.

    Yu Sui sent Gu Gan back an emoji. He then said, ¡°Angel Sword is congratting me on finally achieving results after three years of hard work. By the way, he wishes us a good start in the World Championships.¡±

    He had as good as named him outright. Shi Luo didn¡¯t even an ¡®en¡¯ in response.

    ¡°Zhao Feng from your other old club IAC is making insinuations, reminding me, this g man not to be unfaithful. And by the way, he wants me to tell you that IAC is your forever home... He must be waiting for us to break up and so he can get you return to IAC. ¡± While he was at it, Yu Sui deleted Zhao Feng from his friends list. He said, baffled, ¡°I actually forgot to delete him after signing you...¡±

    Shi Luo sneered.

    ¡°The person in charge of the Chinese division...Do the official staff also follow gossip?¡± Yu Sui paused, and continued, ¡°is congratting me on my new rtionship. He¡¯s expressing his happiness to be able to see this kind of rtionship appear within a team in his lifetime... Don¡¯t worry, he didn¡¯t dare to mention your ID.¡±

    Shi Luo was speechless and pretended not to have heard him.

    ¡°Look at how much face they¡¯re giving you.¡± Yu Sui smiled, ¡°They¡¯re giving you the full &#k2018;Voldemort¡¯ treatment. Since you didn¡¯t go public, no one dares to mention it.¡±

    Shi Luo choked. ¡°They¡¯re not giving me face. No one just dares to admit that that side ount is mine.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s phone was running out of battery. Yu Sui attached his phone to the charger and sat behind Shi Luo to watch him y his mobile game.

    Professional yers can y any game very quickly. Yu Sui watched Shi Luo abuse and kill all the passers-by yers. After watching for a while, he pinched Shi Luo¡¯s ears then his neck and then went downwards, pressing down along Shi Luo¡¯s back.

    The hint couldn¡¯t be more obvious.

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears reddened slightly, and he whispered, ¡°...Don¡¯t make trouble. I¡¯m ying here.¡±

    Yu Sui said softly, ¡°Stop ying this.¡±

    Shi Luo was evasive for a while, ¡°If I don¡¯t y this then what will I y?¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s tone was calm, ¡°Me.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Whisper...¡± Shi Luo said while controlling his game character, ¡°Don¡¯t push me. I¡¯m going to post what you just said just now on my side ount..¡±

    Much the same way that Shi Luo couldn¡¯t understand how Yu Sui could say such erotic words with such a calm tone, Yu Sui, too couldn¡¯t understand Shi Luo¡¯s way of thinking, ¡°Why do you think I would be afraid of that? Post it.¡±

    Shi Luo took a deep breath... This was what it was like dealing with a celebrity yer who gave absolutely no sh*t about what outside world thought about him.

    Yu Sui no longer touched Shi Luo. He leaned aside and reminded softly, ¡°Tomorrow Chen Huo and the others will being back.¡±

    Shi Luo paused.

    Yu Sui said again, ¡°Although there still isn¡¯t any definite course yet, the time before the World Championships would definitely be the busiest. Not only will practice matches will be added but there will also be a lot of official activities we will need to do.¡±

    Shi Luo made a mistake in the game.

    Yu Sui leaned his head against the head of the bed and said, tone serious, ¡°Shi Shen, before the World Championships...I can¡¯t guarantee that you will still have time to ¡®y¡¯ me.¡±

    ¡°Am I the one ying you?!¡± Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help turning his head and shouting at Yu Sui, ¡°Really?!¡±

    Yu Sui himself was in the wrong. He held back a smile and patiently let him be shouted at.

    A few minutester, Yu Sui said, ¡°One hour as a training partner, one hundred thousand...¡±

    ¡°Oh no, you drove up the price. It¡¯s one million now...¡±

    ¡°If it¡¯s as a sleeping partner... Then it should be two million, right?¡±

    ¡°Then two hours is...¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t stand listening anymore. He lost his phone, got up and walked to the door, turning off the lights with a ¡°click¡±.

    In the darkness, Yu Sui smiled.

    Inside the pitch ck room, Shi Luo gritted his teeth and bit on Yu Sui¡¯s lips, ¡°You¡¯re taking f*cking advantage of the fact that I like you so much...¡±

    Yu Sui pursed his bitten lips and whispered, ¡°How much do you like me?¡±

    ¡°How much do I like you?¡± Shi Luo heard the sound of the stic packaging being torn open and holding back a blush, he said, voice low, ¡°If I didn¡¯t like you like crazy, would I have let you simply f*ck me for three whole days?¡±

    Yu Sui paused. His originally gentle movement suddenly turned a bit rough. Shi Luo choked, ¡°You...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry.¡± Yu Sui¡¯s voice was soft. ¡°I¡¯ll be a bit gentler...¡±

    At noon the next day, the rest of the team returned from Hangzhou right on time.

    Three days have passed and all the members have gossiped about almost all the needed to be gossiped about in private. Yu Sui had also sent each and every one of them warning text messages . Those with even a little bit of brains didn¡¯t dare poke Shi Luo¡¯s inverse scales. Absolute no one dared to mention a single word rted to that side ount. As for the brainless Chen Huo, Shi Luo had his own methods for him.

    The vacation was over. As per usual, Zhou Huo held a meeting with all the yers to discuss about the following work.

    ¡°I won¡¯t mention more about training.¡± Zhou Huo was good at this. He never talks about what he wasn¡¯t an expert on. ¡°I looked at Old Qiao¡¯s training schedule and all I know is that you will definitely be given more and more training tasks. Everyone is in for a tough time.¡±

    ¡°Because the other teams are on vacation, it¡¯s not easy to schedule training matches. Angel Sword and the rest went to Sanya for their vacation and they won¡¯t being back until the day after tomorrow, so your training for the next two days will be a little easier.¡± Zhou Huo knocked on the table, ¡°A few days ago, in order to prepare for the finals, you guys didn¡¯t broadcast very much. If you¡¯re thinking of using this time to make up all your missing hours, it¡¯s useless. I¡¯ve taken a look at it for you and except for Puppy, the three of you are hopeless. But every hour you broadcast, is still that much less penalties that will need to be paid. Don¡¯t make it hard on your saving. Take advantage of this period while your training is still pretty light...¡±

    Zhou Huo looked down at the notebook in his hand, pretending to bepletely blind to Shi Luo¡¯s ¡®if looks could kill¡¯ stare. He firmly instructed them, ¡°Then...um... you can make up for yourcking live broadcast hourster tonight.¡±

    Worried that what he had been too tactful in saying it and that no one would listen, Zhou Huo emphasized once again, ¡°This is the team¡¯s mission, you owe too many hours. And Yu Sui, you can just forget about yours...Even if you start now and don¡¯t eat, drink or sleep and spend all this time on doing a live broadcast, you¡¯ll still need to pay the full penalty. Chen Huo, Shi Luo, you two better remember to make up your broadcasting hours tonight.¡±

    Yu Sui had been intending to share the firepower for Shi Luo and now, he couldn¡¯t. He¡¯ll just have to regretfully wait to pay the full penalty.

    Chen Huo cautiously took a look at the tight-lipped Yu Sui. And then looked at the about to explode Shi Luo. He softly probed, ¡°Is...Is it necessary to do a live broadcast of the game?¡±

    Zhou Huo was confused, ¡°What will you broadcast if you don¡¯t y the game?¡±

    Chen Huo gulped, ¡°The title of the broadcast would be...talking about that thing between my teammate and my teammate.¡±

    Old Qiao couldn¡¯t bear it and sprayed the table with a mouthful of water.

    Puppy pinched his arm hard, not daring tough out loud.

    Shi Luo pressed down on the tens of thousands of raging fires in his heart. The mouth of a dead duck was still hard. Voice filled with ice shards, he said, ¡°Oh? Who? Old Qiao and Puppy?¡±

    ¡°Ah...¡± Chen Huo still had a bit of life-preservation instincts. Cautiously and humbly, he said, ¡°No, actually I actually wanted to talk about that SOB Ji Yanhan and I.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded, ¡°Then do as you wish.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s stomach was hurting from how hard he was holding back augh. He said with difficulty, ¡°Alright, alright. You¡¯ve all worked hard. Dismissed.¡±

    That evening, in the training room, except for Yu Sui, all three of them were doing a live broadcast.

    Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast room naturally had an unprecedented number of people. He didn¡¯t turn on a webcam camera nor did he turn on his mic. He ignored the live chat and indifferently practiced his gun skills.

    How could the fans be content with just learning gun techniques from Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast? After watching for a while, they moved to the second most popr in the team Chen Huo¡¯s live broadcast. Although Chen Huo had his webcam on, Chen Huo did something extremely rare and barely spoke during the whole process. From Chen Huo¡¯s live broadcast, they could hear that Free¡¯s entire training room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

    The fans then moved to the Puppy¡¯s live broadcast room. And after a long period of flooding his live chat, Puppy responded.

    Puppy opened the notepad in hisputer and typed:

    [I¡¯m just going to turn my camera a bit. Just a bit. If you don¡¯t see it, I don¡¯t care.¡¿

    After Puppy finished typing, he turned his camera towards Shi Luo in a very bold move.

    In the camera, Shi Luo¡¯s face was frosty. Besides the mouse and keyboard, there was also a cleaver that he had taken from the kitchen when they had finished their meeting downstairs. So impressively gangster.

    Puppy turned back his camera with a swish. He typed once again:

    [Shi Shen is probably only letting us live for the World Championships. So don¡¯t force us anymore, alright? Those who understand, understand everything. ¡¿

 Chapter 107

    Chapter 107:

    Shi Luo¡¯s tempered kitchen knife managed to temporarily maintain peace within the team.

    But although he was able to maintain it for a while, he couldn¡¯t maintain it for a lifetime. By his careful calction, the Free team would be able to remain peaceful for less than one night.

    At two o¡¯clock in the morning, everyone closed down their live broadcasts. The base auntie cooked some wontons for everyone as a midnight snack. Except for Yu Sui, the rest all went downstairs to eat.

    In Free¡¯s elegant and quiet kitchen filled with the rich aroma of beef bone broth, Chen Huo lowered his head, ate a wonton, then looked up at Shi Luo. He then lowered his head, ate another wonton and then looked up at Shi Luo again. Several times, he wanted to say something. He was going to explode from curiosity.

    Chen Huo kept looking at Shi Luo¡¯s ear.

    Perhaps it was to regain his former ¡®f*ck the heaves and f*ck the earth¡¯ self; or perhaps it was to deter Chen Huo and Puppy, these kids who couldn¡¯t catch the meaning of a loaded look. Before the team came back from Hangzhou, Shi Luo put back on his ear stud that he hadn¡¯t worn for quite some time.

    No one loves ear studs once they¡¯re worn.

    Shi Luo chose a silver stud with a big tiger¡¯s head; very fierce and very violent.

    Very gangster, very rebellious.

    Shi Luo¡¯s way of thinking had been very simple. He felt that he didn¡¯t need to say anything personally. He could just remind his teammates that he¡¯d spent his time on the streets back then.

    It was a simply act, just this ear stud coupled with the kitchen knife. It disyed his imposing manner without the need to show anger.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t think that there would be anyone in the team still brave enough to dare ask him about the side ount.

    But people¡¯s joys and sorrows are not interlinked. Time and time again, Chen Huo would look at Shi Luo¡¯s ear stud. A thousand ws scratched at his heart and he became even more curious.

    At this moment, what Chen Huo was curious about wasn¡¯t even that side ount anymore.

    ¡°On your ear...¡± Chen Huo really couldn¡¯t help it anymore. After eating a bowl of wontons, he squinted at Shi Luo¡¯s big tiger. He couldn¡¯t see clearly from a distance. ¡°That iron stud you have on your ear, ...Is that part of the Three Gold that Yu Sui gave you? You let him off easy... Why did he give an iron one?¡±

    Puppy had been holding back all night and had wanted to ask for a long time, ¡°There¡¯s no special asion. For what reason did you suddenly wear that ear stud? Is it... Suppose to signify that your identity is now different?¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°This is silver.¡± Shi Luo forced out between his teeth, ¡°Moreover, Laozi used spent his own money to buy this for myself.¡±

    ¡°Silver?¡± Chen Huo craned his neck and tried to take a good look, ¡°Oh, it¡¯s deliberately made to look worn... Now that I¡¯m taking a closer look at this little toy, it¡¯s actually an animal. What is it?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Chen Huo coldly, ¡°The king of beasts.¡±

    Yu Sui, who had just walked to the staircase, choked.

    Worried that his little boyfriend was being bullied by his f*cking teammates, Yu Sui had taken a shower and headed downstairs to look for Shi Luo. Yu Sui stood by the side of the stairs, barely managing to stop himself fromughing out loud. His shoulders were trembling slightly.

    Yu Sui was worried that he wouldn¡¯t be able to contain himself. He walked back up two steps. Leaning against the handrail on the second floor, he listened quietly.

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t understand how Shi Luo could be so cute.

    Downstairs, Puppy thought for a while and the suddenly had a realization. He patted the dining table, ¡°That¡¯s right. Yu Sui was born in ¡¯98. Year of the Tiger.¡±

    Shi Luo chocked with resentment. He took a sip of the soup and muttered, ¡°It has nothing to do with him.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re not a tiger, so why are you wearing one?¡± Puppy was still counting the lunar calendar, ¡°You were born in year 2000 so you should wear a dragon.¡±

    Shi Luo was dumbfounded and he shook his head. ¡°I don¡¯t have a dragon.¡±

    ¡°You should buy er.¡± Puppy said seriously, ¡°You should wear your own zodiac sign.¡±

    ¡°I won¡¯t.¡± Shi Luo frowned. ¡°Tigers are stronger.¡±

    ¡°Nonsense, dragons are more powerful.¡± Chen Huo said earnestly, ¡°It¡¯s also more Chinese. Later, when we go to Germany, you can take this Chinese dragon with you and it¡¯ll be like a cultural export.¡±

    ¡°...¡± Shi Luo tried hard to control himself from hitting Chen Huo. ¡°I won¡¯t wear it so shut up.¡±

    Chen Huo still opened his mouth as if to speak. Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°I can wear whatever I like. Maybe I¡¯ll feel so happy tomorrow that I might just wear Hello Kitty and it won¡¯t be any of your sh*tting business.¡±

    Chen Huo admitted defeat and shut his mouth.

    Hardly has one gourd been pushed under water when another bobs up, Puppy thought for a while and said to Shi Luo, ¡°Hey, speaking of... Your zodiac signs are really suited for each other, It¡¯s fighting between a tiger and a dragon.¡±

    Shi Luo paused and thinking that it was a word of praise, said nothing.

    Chen Huo looked at Puppy and decided to bring up the topic and hit the snake with the stick. He carefully pried, ¡°You two... When did you...¡±

    ¡°I won¡¯t tell you.¡± Shi Luo gave himself anotherrge bowl of wontons and warned, ¡°Shut up and just eat.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m curious!¡± Chen Huo frantically scratched the tablecloth. ¡°Everyone here is your good brother. Tell me. This monk has walked within the temple in darkness. You two never told anyone and then suddenly you¡¯re together. You¡¯ve destroyed my base¡¯s Buddhist calm...¡±

    ¡°It wasn¡¯t suddenly.¡± Shi Luo was getting a headache from Chen Huo¡¯s stupidity. ¡°Are you an idiot?¡±

    ¡°He is.¡± Puppy said coldly from the side. ¡°The first day he arrived in Hangzhou, he told me all mysterious-like after waking up from his drunken sleep...¡±

    Puppy imitated Chen Huo¡¯s hushed tone, ¡°Puppy, let me tell you a secret. Don¡¯t panic, don¡¯t be afraid, and don¡¯t tell Old Qiao and the others yet. I just had an idea. I¡¯m beginning to suspect that... maybe Yu Sui had already gotten together with that little whelp Shi Luo.¡±

    ¡°It was so stupid I just wanted to ignore you. Really, I suspect that even Auntie has already long seen it.¡± Puppy took a sip of the soup and turned to look towards the kitchen, ¡°Isn¡¯t that right, Auntie?¡±

    In the kitchen, the auntie said in Shanghai-ese dialect while packing up the ingredients to be used for lunch tomorrow, ¡°I knew it a long time ago. The look in both their eyes wasn¡¯t right. And they always kept going to the kitchen together when there was nothing the matter. What could they possibly do going to the kitchen? They certainly weren¡¯t washing the dishes for me... I talked it over with the Sweeping Auntie. The two children were definitely together.¡±

    Auntie broke open the cabbage with a crack. Not forgetting to harp on Shi Luo, she said, ¡°Return my knife after you¡¯re done with it. What use do you even have for it?¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Chen Huo: ¡°...¡±

    Chen Huo asked, unwilling to give up, ¡°Then Zhou Huo...¡±

    ¡°He knew too.¡± Puppy saidzily. ¡°And he¡¯s always been covering for them.¡±

    There was onest glimmer of hope left in Chen Huo¡¯s eyes. ¡°Old Qiao, that idiot...¡±

    ¡°Also knew.¡± Puppy looked at Chen Huo pityingly, ¡°It¡¯s only you. only you, understand? Even the roombas in our base have probably seen that something was fishy. Only you didn¡¯t know.¡±

    Chen Huo breathed out a long sigh. He looked Shi Luo up and down, his stomach surging with acid, ¡°Yu Sui, that son of a b*tch. What a true winner in life.¡±

    Chen Huo recalled the screenshots of that side ount that was being spread online like crazy. He didn¡¯t dare touch Shi Luo¡¯s inverse scales so he could only roast them in his heart.

    After having their midnight snack, the three of them, by mutual probing, managed to figured out each other¡¯s bottom line. As long as the Weibo side ount, which has now been reduced to a tourist attraction for Yu Sui and Shi Luo¡¯s CP fans, was not mentioned, peace within the team can be maintained before the World Championships.

    Shi Luo went upstairs after eating his midnight snack and on the way there he met face to face with Yu Sui who was still by the staircase. The two did not speak and Shi Luo went straight to Yu Sui¡¯s room without so much as a by your leave. Yu Sui followed after Shi Luo into his own dorm room. Yu Sui hadn¡¯t closed the door yet and he heard a clinking as Shi Luo took off his tiger ear stud and threw it aside. Listening carefully, he heard Shi Luo murmur indignantly, ¡°Good-for-nothing.¡±

    Yu Sui tried his best to restrain the impulse to do little Shi Shen. He closed the door and together with Shi Luo, took a bath and slept.

    The next day, it was still another vicious day of catching up on theircking hours.

    Chen Huo and Puppy deliberately got up two hours early. Chen Huo was still not too bad. Although he didn¡¯t y the game during the entire live broadcast, he kept the chat time in the middle to a reasonable duration. Puppy though waspletely shameless. He didn¡¯t even open the game client. Instead, turned on the webcam to shows the viewer¡¯s Free¡¯s training room. From time to time, he would turn the camera to show Chen Huo doing his like broadcast for a while, then he would turn to show Shi Luo¡¯s seat or Yu Sui¡¯s seat.

    This was exactly what Yu Sui saw when he entered the training room.

    ¡°I¡¯ve always been curious about something.¡± Yu Sui walked to his seat, ¡°Puppy, do you burn your hand when you receive your live broadcast sry?¡±

    ¡°No, it does not. I¡¯m simply being an honest paddler. I¡¯m not as young as Shi Luo and I¡¯m not that durable. I¡¯ll die if I spent all my time live streaming ying.¡± Puppy turned around and seeing that Shi Luo still hadn¡¯te to the training room, became a little bolder. He turned the camera to Yu Sui and urged, ¡°Come on, just say a few words. Give me a little more traffic. I¡¯ll share with you a bit of my live broadcasting sry this month.¡±

    Yu Sui ignored Puppy. He sat down and turned on hisputer. ¡°I¡¯m not interested in dirty money.¡±

    ¡°Tsk...¡± Puppy said impatiently, ¡°Soon you won¡¯t be able to talk! Hurry up.¡±

    There was a smile that couldn¡¯t be hidden in Yu Sui¡¯s voice, ¡°You should be cautious in words and deeds. What are you saying?¡±

    Sure enough, before Puppy even finished speaking, the live chat became all excited.

    [What do you mean that soon you won¡¯t be able to talk? ? ? ¡¿

    [Those who understand, understand everything. ¡¿

    [66666666......¡¿

    [Irrefutable evidence that a certain yer is the team tyrant. ¡¿

    [Can I still ask questions if I send a gift? Puppy, I beg you. Please look at myment. ¡¿

    Puppy spiritedly took a look at the live chat. He hurriedly said, ¡°Ask, ask. I¡¯m telling you now, you better ask quickly. In a little bit, I have no idea if I¡¯ll still be able to earn this dirty money.¡±

    Puppy covered his microphone and asked Yu Sui, ¡°Is Shi Luo awake or not? What time is heing?¡±

    Yu Sui opened the game client and said, ¡°He¡¯s awake. He saw that it was still early so he¡¯s ying with his phone in bed. He¡¯ll probably be here soon.¡±

    Puppy let go of the microphone, ¡°You¡¯ve got three minutes. I won¡¯t wait if you go over the time limit.¡±

    As soon as he finished speaking, someone gave a gift and asked: [How long has Yu Sui been in love with who he¡¯s seeing? ]

    Puppy read thement to Yu Sui. Yu Sui wasn¡¯t paying any attention to him at all. Puppy was left with no choice. He turned around and started pushing Yu Sui¡¯s shoulder, ¡°Hurry up...cooperate with me here. Can¡¯t I scrape a bit of benefit from your love life? Aren¡¯t we brothers?¡±

    Yu Sui was being pushed by Puppy and couldn¡¯t control the mouse. He was given no other choice but to say, ¡°Almost three years.¡±

    There was no need for Puppy to repeat it. It could be heard clearly in the live broadcast.

    [Take notes, take notes. It¡¯s been three years, three years, three years. Sh*t, I know...]

    [To Whisper¡¯s fans, I¡¯m sorry. We really shouldn¡¯t have been fighting for so long these past three years. There hadn¡¯t been any need to. ¡¿

    [I¡¯m going to cry to death. It¡¯s really three years. ¡¿

    [Yu Shen is killing me... I have long said that this g man is super affectionate. ¡¿

    Another person gave a gift: [Cough... I would like to apologize to Yu Shen. I scolded your romantic partner¡¯s Weibo ount. At that time, I was young and ignorant. Now I only want to kill myself. I would like to ask if your romantic partner got angry? We used some pretty harsh words. QAQ]

    Puppy read to Yu Sui and Yu Sui said, ¡°He wasn¡¯t really angry, but...¡±

    Yu Sui deliberated his words and tried his best not to waste his words. ¡°But he did doubt himself. Once you scolded him so fiercely that he sent me WeChat in the middle of the night and asked me...¡±

    Yu Sui entered the match. After entering the match, he bought himself the initial equipment, and continued, ¡°In the dead of night...he suddenly asked me if he was particr hussy-like and why was someone on Weibo scolding him for being a hussy.¡±

    Puppy: ¡°Pfft.¡±

    Yu Sui regretted, ¡°You guys...really, he carries his task in the teeth of wind and rain and licks blood from the edge of his knife... It was the first time he ever said something like that. He waspletely struck stupid.¡±

    The live chat apologized frantically and a group of people began to kowtow, knocking their heads to the ground with a ¡®ng, ng, ng¡¯.

    [I have eyes but could not see Mount Tai. Please let your romantic partner continue to post daily. ¡¿

    [I hate myself......¡¿

    [I was wrong. I was really wrong this time. ¡¿

    [I actually scolded my most favorite person for several long months. My heart has been bleeding these past days... A few days ago, I finally understood how Qiao Feng felt when he identally killed A Zhu. I hate it! ! ! ¡¿

    [A misunderstanding! It was all a misunderstanding! Please continue to update that side ount. ¡¿

    [We have already regarded the contents of the side ount as our holy bible. I have studied it day and night and can recite it by heart. Please update it. ¡¿

    Puppy looked at the barrage andughed so hard, his stomach was hurting. He turned around, wanting tell Yu Sui to remind Shi Luo to update his side ount. But then the training room door opened and Shi Luo walked in with a nk face. Puppy turned off the microphone in a split-second. He sat upright in his seat and no more questions were asked.

 Chapter 108

    Chapter 108:

    The team tyrant had arrived and Puppy could no longer earn his dirty money. Puppy looked sadly at the live chat swooshing by and sighed.

    It felt terrible having so much traffic without being able to swindle them of their money.

    The team tyrant turned on hisputer and started ying. He also started a live broadcast and the poprity of the Puppy¡¯s live broadcast room instantly went down by more than half. Unfortunately, Shi Luo¡¯s was still doing his no-webcam no-mic technical live broadcast. Shi Luo¡¯s fans bitterly kept watch for a long time and ended up without even hearing his voice. They were left with no choice but to go back to Puppy¡¯s live broadcast. They watched Shi Luo doing his live broadcast and used Puppy¡¯s to listen to the sound of the Free training room in the background.

    Puppy has long been ustomed to simply being a means to their ends. Unperturbed, he watched the poprity of his live broadcast take a dive and then gradually pick up again. He said leisurely, ¡°Alright, go on. Leave...Don¡¯te running back here to watch my shanghuang.¡±

    The fans gave Puppy some small gifts tofort him.

    None of them queued up for a match. After the short break, the yers needed to get back the feeling in their hands. Winning or losing in the game wasn¡¯t important. The point was to get back the feel of doing high-intensity training. For seven hours, save for going to the bathroom, Shi Luo hadn¡¯t even taken a smoke break. He yed round after round of continuous high-intensity practice. It was only at six o¡¯clock in the afternoon, when it was about time to have dinner that he exited the game. He hadn¡¯t even opened his mic. He was also too embarrassed to show himself eating dinner just to fill up hiscking live broadcast time and so he chose to just close the live broadcast.

    It just so happened that Zhou Huo wanted to talk to everyone about business. So, instead of letting Puppy and Chen Huo bring up their meals to eat in front of theirputers, everyone went to gather downstairs in the dining room.

    Zhou Huo took advantage of everyone gathering to eat to sit to one side and exin matters one by one, ¡°Tomorrow night at nine o¡¯clock will be the group drawing for the World Championships. If you want to watch it, Old Qiao will arrange your training schedule so that it doesn¡¯t sh.¡±

    Old Qiao nodded while eating, ¡°I know.¡±

    ¡°Aiya, it¡¯s finally time to draw lots.¡± Chen Huo let out a whistle. ¡°This is the most exciting. Come on, Sacred Sword...¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes. Sacred Sword had its share of Shi Luo¡¯s old resentments from when their team was dismantled. At the beginning of the season, Sacred Sword ran through the medics of the local division, creating new resentment. He too wanted very much to meet with Sacred Sword in the group stage.

    ¡°I, on the other hand, am looking forward to meeting the Japanese team, the Thai team, and the Philippine team...¡± Zhou Huo gave a panicked smile. ¡°What for? What¡¯s wrong with leaving the hard bones to chew onter?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s not good.¡± Shi Luo frowned, ¡°I want to y against them in the group stage.¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter what you want anyway.¡± Zhou Huo said, ¡°We¡¯re not the ones making the draw. The organizer of this year¡¯s World Championships is the European Division and it will be the officials of the European Division who will be doing the draw.¡±

    Zhou Huo bowed his head and looked at his notebook, ¡°Now... now every team that has entered the World Championship is performing magic. NSN¡¯s manager has been bathing and burning incense since a few days ago. And every day he washes his hands with flower water...¡±

    Yu Sui let out a hiss, ¡°...Has he gone crazy?¡±

    ¡°He hasn¡¯t gone crazy. He¡¯s just hoping to get a good draw; he wants to be grouped with Thand, Singapore, Indonesia...¡± Zhou Huo looked at his team of viins who were already raring to give things a go in the group stage. Expressionless, he said, ¡°I¡¯m also thinking about whether I should order some flowers to wash my soul tonight...Get us some good luck.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t.¡± Chen Huo¡¯s expression was defiant. ¡°Can you please not be embarrassing? At any rate, we¡¯re the first seeded team in our division, alright? Isn¡¯t it beneath your dignity to be so worried about the group stage? There¡¯s no need for your luck.¡±

    Shi Luo wanted to y against the Sacred Sword since a long time ago and he too became a bit superstitious. ¡°Don¡¯t order flowers. Don¡¯t even wash your hands tonight. Let your luck at gambling go a little rotten.¡±

    Zhou Huo: ¡°...¡±

    Puppy swallowed and sighed, ¡°In order to run into Sacred Sword early on, Shi Shen forced the team manager to be blessed with shit. Shi Shen¡¯s the one you gotta look out for&#k2026;¡±

    Yu Sui put down his chopsticks. In an instant, he was already full.

    Old Qiao let out a burp with a smile. The food was delicious.

    ¡°I¡¯m not talking with you guys about this...Later, give me your passports before you go back to your live broadcast tonight. I¡¯ll handle your visas.¡± Zhou Huo flipped through his notebook, ¡°I¡¯ve got nothing else that has to do with you yers. Next...just train without any worries. Everything is being handled by a team. So if you have any questions, just tell me right away.¡±

    Everyone nodded and those who had finished eating went upstairs to their dorm rooms to get their passports to give to Zhou Huo. In less than half an hour, dinner time shed past. Everyone returned to the training room. Those who needed to do their live broadcasts, did live broadcasts. Those who needed to queue up for a game, queued up for a game. After seven hours of training, at one o¡¯clock in the morning, Zhou Huo came upstairs and urged them, ¡°Don¡¯t tire yourselves out too much. With the cooling and changing of the seasons, there are a lot of people who catch a cold at this time. You¡¯ll get sick easily if you¡¯re too tired. If you¡¯re down for even just a day or two, the gains really aren¡¯t worth the losses. Can we shorten the training time by at least an hour? Can live broadcasts finish at one o¡¯clock in the morning? Over at NSN, they sleep at midnight now.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯sst sentence was addressed to Old Qiao. Old Qiao was ying as a sparring partner for Shi Luo. Without raising his head, he said, ¡°Shortening it by an hour...It shouldn¡¯t be impossible. Yu Sui?¡±

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t been wearing headphone and he paused when he heard this.

    Old Qiao said consolingly, ¡°We¡¯ve increased the training intensity, which means that the time is alsopressed. It isn¡¯t any less hard work. It should be okay to go to bed an hour earlier.¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Alright. But it won¡¯t be a hard rule. If you want to sleep at one in the morning, you can. If not, then it¡¯s up to you.¡±

    Puppy had been broadcasting for a whole day and this was very wee news. As soon as he heard it, he quickly shut down the broadcast and shut down the game client where he¡¯d just queued up for a game. He stretched and walked away. Not long after, Chen Huo also finished his game. He got up and looked at Shi Luo¡¯s screen. Then, he went to look at Yu Sui¡¯s. Afterwards, he too walked out of the training room.

    ¡°Okay.¡±

    After another half an hour, Old Qiao also exited his gaming client. He walked over to Shi Luo and told him a few points he kept missing during training. He then rubbed his brows andughed in spite of himself, ¡°I¡¯m never as tired being someone¡¯s training partner as I am with you... ...Your hand speed really is fast. My eyes can¡¯t keep up with your reaction.¡±

    In terms of reaction ability, Shi Luo was now at the same level as Yu Sui. There were also faint indicators that he had the potential to even surpass him. Old Qiao was quite satisfied. Looking at Shi Luo¡¯s eyes that didn¡¯t have even the slightest trace of being bloodshot. He sighed, ¡°It¡¯s good to be young.¡±

    From dinner up to this moment, Shi Luo had been ying for more than seven straight hours without any interruption. This was not even counting the afternoon training. Old Qiao had only started ying for Shi Luo from 9pm, which meant that he had only yed four hours. And yet, he was already going to copse. Old Qiao rubbed his shoulders and neck. ¡°But still, you should take it a bit easy. I actually don¡¯t approve of strikers training to the death like this. It takes too much of a toll on your body. This upation already has the youngest retirement age and you still...¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter.¡± Shi Luo exported the training video from the game just now. He said absent-mindedly, ¡°I don¡¯t need to y for so many years.¡±

    Old Qiao was taken aback. He nced at Yu Sui and understood. He rolled his eyes, ¡°Then it seems like I was f-ing unnecessarily concerned.¡±

    ¡°Next time I¡¯ll have to find another sparring partner for you so we can take turns.¡± Old Qiao was feeling really tired, ¡°A single training partner really isn¡¯t enough for you.¡±

    The training partners they usually searched for the team were high-level retired yers. An hour costs 1,000 yuan. Old Qiao felt distressed about how much money the team spends every day. If possible, he usually volunteers himself, this freebor force. Normally, he can serve as Chen Huo and the others¡¯ training partners for a while. Tonight, spending time as Shi Luo¡¯s training partner had really driven him to the edge of his limits. He picked up his coat and hand on his lower back, he left as well.

    ¡°Calcte the time.¡±

    Shi Luo was watching the training video. When he heard Yu Sui say something to him, he took off his headphones and looked at Yu Sui, ¡°What did you just say?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Calcte the time that Old Qiao spent as your training partner and send it to Zhou Huo... Let Zhou Huo settle a training sry for him. Tell him it¡¯s Zhou Huo¡¯s idea.¡±

    ¡°Old Qiao...¡± Yu Sui said slowly, ¡°His family used to have a lot of debts and he¡¯s spent too many hard days. He¡¯s so used to saving money that he¡¯s developed a neurosis. He penny-pinches in everything. Even when go out to eat, he even has to take home the paper towels with him. It¡¯s to be expected that he saves on his personal expenses...but he also wants to save for the team...His sry as a coach is at the normal market price but if he could, he¡¯d also take on the job of training partner, data analyst, psychological counselor, trainer, training room sanitation...and we¡¯re not short of this little bit.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui. Raising his eyebrows, he said, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell him this just now?¡±

    Yu Sui started another game, ¡°Hurry up.¡±

    Shi Luoughed and calcted the time. As instructed by Yu Sui, he handed to Zhou Huo the issue of giving Old Qiao a sry as sparring partner.

    After he sent the WeChat message, Zhou Huo quickly replied that he would take care of the settlement and Shi Luo put his phone aside.

    The longer you spend time with him, the more you get to know the secret gentleness of g man Yu.

    Everyday, he likes this person a little more than before.

    Shi Luo liked high-intensity training. And though Yu Sui disagreed with him regarding this matter, he wouldn¡¯t forcefully intervene in Shi Luo¡¯s n for his own career. The only thing he could do was rub Shi Luo¡¯s shoulders and arms to help him rx his muscles as he whispers words of love to Shi Luo every night before going to bed.

    Old Qiao liked taking home the paper towels from restaurant to receive some petty gains. Once in a while, he would forget and Yu Sui would remind him, ¡°There¡¯s still a pack behind the te that hasn¡¯t been opened and I¡¯ve also paid the bill already.¡±

    Yu Sui never liked to force or correct others; no matter how improper taking paper towels seemed to him.

    Shi Luo suddenly understood why Yu Sui was such a good club owner. Instead of taking the tyrant route, he took the g man route instead.

    All of Whisper¡¯s gentleness was based on respect.

    Shi Luo lowered his eyes and let out a sigh.

    Yu Sui turned his head and nced at Shi Luo, ¡°What are you sighing about?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at his monitor with an expression as though he were nursing some grievance. He shook his head and said ambiguously, ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡±

    Yu Sui frowned. His game wasn¡¯t over yet and he couldn¡¯t afford any distractions so he could only continue to focus on his game.

    Shi Luo picked up his phone, his heart full of hatred.

    He wanted to make a post on Weibo.

    He wanted to post using his side ount.

    He wanted to make a record of just how good g man Yu was.

    Shi Luo put down his phone and picked it up again. After a several twists and turns, he said nonsensically, ¡°I¡¯m going to curl up... I¡¯ll be backter and I¡¯ll y until 2 before I get off¡±

    Yu Sui was about to break the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone and nodded lightly when he heard him.

    In this match, Yu Sui had two professional yers from other teams. They yed very well and after a short while, they won the game. After breaking the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone, Yu Sui replied with an emoticon to the other yers who greeted him and then exited the map.

    Yu Sui picked up his phone with a smile on his lips. With practiced ease, he opened Shi Luo¡¯s side ount.

    He refreshed the page but there were still no new posts.

    Yu Sui wasn¡¯t in any hurry. He refreshed every ten seconds and on his twelfth refresh, there was a new notification for Shi Luo¡¯s side ount.

    [The gentlest person I have ever met, Whisper. ¡¿

    Yu Sui naturally understood that Shi Luo was referring to the way that he had quietly raised Old Qiao¡¯s sry, but... the fans didn¡¯t necessarily think that way.

    Yu Sui clicked open thements section.

    [A new post! A new post! A new post!]

    [The post is a bit short, but Zai Zai¡¯s writing style is really good. The first part is Chinese, the second is foreign. The first part has eight characters and the back has seven. Taken together, it represents your love! ]

    [Before, I was blind and I actually insulted your writings for being so inexplicable but now this delicate writing is like a breath of cool air. It¡¯s incredible. When can I attain this kind of immortal writing? ]

    [The first eight characters represent that our team will be lucky in the draw tomorrow, and thest seven letters mean loving you every day, seven days a week! Now that I¡¯ve felt Shi Zai¡¯s love, I can sleep warmly tonight. ]

    [A short sentence with limited characters; a historian¡¯s peak of poetic perfection; a rhyme-less Li Sao. Read and engrave in one¡¯s memory. ]

    [This sentence. The writing is so good that it is even worthy of being engraved on a stone in front of the Free base! In the future, it will be praised by all people. This! Is! Not! An! Exaggeration!]

    [This content. At this time. Tsk...]

    [I¡¯m blushing? (? ???¦Ø??? ?)?]

    [Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, Holding back my curiosity, I¡¯m dying! Praising his writing and he doesn¡¯t care! Just click! Why is g man Yu so gentle? What did he do to you? ? ? ]

    [I know you¡¯re not Shi Shen. So, you can give us a little more details. Remember, you¡¯re just a bloodsucking little hussy. So, don¡¯t worry! ]

    [I also know that you¡¯re not Shi Zai. So, you can just post as you please. Make it sexier! ]

    [Oh, it¡¯s useless to count on you. @Puppy, go! Go to Yu Shen¡¯s room to give us an all night live broadcast. We¡¯ll raise the funds to give you 100 million yuan. ]

 Chapter 109

    Chapter 109:

    At 2:30 in the morning, Shi Luoy on his bed and read thements in his Weibo side ount. The more he read, the more his head hurt.

    ¡°There really might be something wrong with me...¡± Shi Luo looked at the fans¡¯ments with a shocked expression, ¡°Thesements...what are these? It was better before! They should have just continued to insult me as some crazy hussy. ¡±

    Yu Sui had just taken a shower. He had casually put on a half-sleeved shirt and sweatpants as pajamas. He walked to the bed, pulled off the quilt and sat on the bed. ¡°They¡¯re not allowed to praise you?¡±

    ¡°They¡¯re no longer just praising me...they¡¯re already praising me in a way that puts me at a disadvantage.¡± There was a split second when Shi Luo had doubts about himself. ¡°Is my writing really that good? They¡¯re saying I¡¯m a gifted schr of e-sports. Are the things I wrote before really that great?¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t bear to look directly at thements. Faintly worried, he said, ¡°If they keep acting this way, I¡¯m worried that some of the fans might even turn the contents of my side ount into a light card and take it to the stadium.¡±

    Yu Sui imagined that golden age and was very pleased with that thought.

    Shi Luo put down his phone andy t on the bed, unable to sleep, ¡°Being overly praised like this...I¡¯m starting to think I might be a literary giant who was led astray by inte addiction.¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Yu Sui was quiet for a moment, and said, ¡°Although there¡¯s no gain to be had for me, I suggest you re-read thements on your main ount and calm down.¡±

    Shi Luo paused and then he picked up his phone to log in to his official ount. Before he could even read thements, he saw his private messages inbox that was about ready to explode. Shi Luo clicked it open¡ª¡ª

    [What do you mean he¡¯s gentle? Stop thinking about men all day and practice properly. ]

    [Shi Shen, although I know you won¡¯t admit it, I still want to remind you not to be too hell-bent on that g man! ! ! ]

    [What gentle? ? ? Although Yu Shen has never been in a rtionship, obviously you two are not of the same level. Shi Zai has worked hard. Someone randomly pours hot water for you and you already think that he¡¯s gentle! ! ! ]

    [Although I¡¯m actually Whisper¡¯s fan, I¡¯m still going say something that might offend him. He¡¯s really very capable and you must calm down. Don¡¯t like him more than he likes you. Don¡¯t you know that I¡¯m worried for you? You¡¯re too inexperienced when ites to dating. Why must you always be the one to take the initiative to express your love? ]

    [I¡¯m so annoyed. I felt disturbed when you two weren¡¯t together and now that you two really are together, I¡¯m worried that your feeling will be toyed with by a g man... Shi Shen, don¡¯t just go all out in this. I¡¯m so worried about you. ]

    Shi Luo faced the reality of the world for a while and gradually returned to his normal state of mind. ¡°...Just how many sins did youmit, that even your fans are persuading me not to fall too deep?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Yu Sui was already apathetic to being called a g man, ¡°You¡¯re the only one I¡¯ve ever liked or dated but I¡¯ve been called a g man all the time even before I knew you... There was even one year when I went home for the Chinese New Year that my dad asked me about it specifically.¡±

    Shi Luo tilted his head to look at Yu Sui, ¡°What did he ask?¡±

    ¡°He asked me...¡± Yu Sui tried to recall his father¡¯s exact words and he said with great effort, ¡°Did you take advantage of the young fans¡¯ blind celebrity worship mindset to develop a lot of immoral feelings?¡±

    Shi Luo choked and said sinctly: ¡°F*ck fans.¡±

    ¡°He doesn¡¯t understand these things. Sometimes, he does a search of my ID and he sees these people saying that I¡¯m a g man.¡± Yu Sui closed his eyes, ¡°One time, he had a very deep misunderstanding...it made my dad think that although I wasn¡¯t yet an adult, my private life had be more licentious than he anticipated. He even called the club specifically to have the management keep closer supervision over me.¡±

    Shi Luoughed then after a while, he said in a quiet voice, ¡°Do you want me to help you rify?¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s there to rify?¡± In the first ce, Yu Sui didn¡¯t care at all. ¡°Let other people say what they will. You already know in your heart whether I¡¯m a g man or not, right?¡±

    Yu Sui turned to his side and hugged Shi Luo. He said, half-asleep, ¡°Others think I¡¯m a g man because I¡¯m dating someone now&#k2026; After many years and I¡¯m still somitted to you, won¡¯t you appear to be even more powerful?&#k2026; Being able to eat this g man whole&#k2026;¡±

    It was toote in the evening. Yu Sui was sleepy for quite some time already and he fell asleep after saying this.

    The next day, no one was in the right frame of mind to train as they were waiting for the results of the draw that evening. Old Qiao didn¡¯t arrange any training for them either. He allowed everyone to train as their wished or make up their live broadcast hours. Puppy and Chen Huo were still casually doing live broadcasts like they did yesterday. Only honest Shi Luo was still strenuously ying matches for practice, persisting for quite some time without taking any break. Old Qiao felt distressed when he saw it. ¡°You can rest for a while. If you continue like this, it¡¯s going to be unbearable.¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head, ¡°I¡¯m not tired.¡±

    Old Qiao said sincerely, ¡°I didn¡¯t mean for you. I meant it¡¯s going to be unbearable for your fans.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Old Qiao has already a psychological shadow from being Shi Luo¡¯s training partner. ¡°Is it difficult being a fan of yours? Your fans must have the most rotten luck, apanying you for your high intensity training the whole day and you don¡¯t even have your mic open! How boring. Our fans aren¡¯t going to pursue a professional gaming career in the future. What¡¯s the point in broadcasting this kind of mechanical training?¡±

    ¡°Take a short break.¡± Old Qiao whispered, ¡°Manager Zhou was trying to catch a hold of me yesterday night. He was insisting on supplementing my sry for being a training partner.¡±

    Old Qiao refused a few times but it wasn¡¯t enough to shake off Zhou Huo. Of course he was happy to earn a bit more money. Old Qiao patted Shi Luo and urged, ¡°I¡¯m going to earn a lot this month so I bought a cake for you guys... Go downstairs and have some. Come up after you¡¯ve had a break.¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t mention that Yu Sui had asked him to find Zhou Huo to deal with that matter. Fearing that Old Qiao would ask him more about it and that he would let the cat out of the bag, he was left with no choice but to turn off the live broadcast and head downstairs.

    Yu Sui just finished a game. He raised his head and nced at Shi Luo¡¯s seat and asked Old Qiao, ¡°How many hours is he stillcking?¡±

    ¡°He still needs...¡± Shi Luo hadn¡¯t quit from his broadcasting assistant and Old Qiao clicked it open. ¡°He definitely won¡¯t be able to finish this month¡¯s hours...but if he broadcasts for another five hours, he¡¯ll be able to get most of this month¡¯s live streaming fees.¡±

    Yu Sui cancelled his queue in the game, picked up his phone and sent a message to Shi Luo.

    After a while, Yu Sui¡¯s cell phone buzzed. Yu Sui swept a nce over it and got up.

    On the first floor of the base, Shi Luo took a tissue and wiped the cream off his lips. He exited the WeChat interface and opened the app of the live broadcast tform he was signed with.

    On the app¡¯s rmendations on its homepage, Evil was shown as online.

    Shi Luo clicked into his live broadcast room. As before, his live broadcast still didn¡¯t have the webcam or microphone on. It was very quiet. After a while, all they saw was the game client opened in the interface and then his ount logging out.

    Fans didn¡¯t understand what Shi Luo was intending by opening a live broadcast one second and closing it the next. And so, they once again filled the live chat.

    [Did the inte at the base disconnect just now? hhhhh]

    [Was he going to log into his side ount and identally closed the live broadcast? ¡¿

    [His main ount has already entered the top 10 on the domestic server. Now, he¡¯s going to practice using his side ount? My Luo Luo is so hardworking! ¡¿

    [I can¡¯t stand it anymore...Aren¡¯t you tired? Others are chatting and shooting the breeze in their live broadcasts. Only our live broadcast seems like its making a charge for the college entrance examination. ¡¿

    [Can¡¯t stand it anymore +1. The academic atmosphere of Shi Shen¡¯s live broadcasts is too strong. We¡¯ve been doing high intensity training since yesterday T0T]

    Shi Luo¡¯s official game ount was logged out and the game client returned to the login page. In the live broadcast interface, they saw the mouse cursor move to the ount name box and the person who was broadcasting entered their ount name letter by letter.

    Free-Whisper.

    On the login page, the password was hidden by default but the game ID was not.

    The person controlling theputer quickly entered his ount name and password and sessfully logged into the game client.

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears went slightly red.

    The live chat in the live broadcast room quickly filled up. Shi Luo had to set the chat to streamlined mode to barely see a few of thements.

    ¡¾? ? ? ? ? ? ? ¡¿

    [What...is...with...this situation? ¡¿

    [Uh... Did Shi Shen suddenly want to y a medic? Did he borrow Whisper¡¯s ount to y? ¡¿

    [Borrowed, my ass. Shi Zai has a medic ount. That one that he doesn¡¯t use anymore. ¡¿

    [What is going on? ? ? ¡¿

    [@Free-Whisper, there¡¯s a kid here who¡¯s stealing your ount. ¡¿

    [I¡¯m going crazy. Are you secretly ying your boyfriend¡¯s ount? Aiya...I¡¯m dying from cuteness. ¡¿

    [Talking irresponsibly! Mentioning that boyfriend! Your, ount, is, gone. ¡¿

    [Don¡¯t blindly get carried away! My Luo just can¡¯t stand theziness of his teammates! It¡¯s not enough that he¡¯s entered the top ten on the national server! He¡¯s also going to carry his teammates¡¯ ounts into the top ten! My Shi Zai¡¯s ambition is that strong! ¡¿

    The gameunched smoothly and the person controlling theputer began to adjust the keys, recing several frequently used keys with those of his. He then moved the cursor down, clicked on the live broadcast assistant and turned on the microphone.

    After a few keyboard sounds, Yu Sui¡¯s voice came from the live broadcast.

    ¡°No one else is ying my ount. He went down to eat. I¡¯ll broadcast for him for a while.¡±

    Shi Luo pped himself.

    This time even under streamlined mode, he still couldn¡¯t read the live chat.

    [F*ck, f*ck, f*ck. Why are you saying that like it¡¯s that natural? ¡¿

    [I¡¯m dead, I¡¯m dead, I¡¯mpletely dead...]

    [Did you feel sorry for Evil because it was so hard on him because he kept continuously live broadcasting for so long? F*ck, g man Yu is going to kill me! ¡¿

    [Yu Shen, since you have the time to live broadcast for others, why don¡¯t you think about working on your own live broadcast hours? ¡¿

    [Yu Shen, Jie jie watched you grow up. So, tell Jie Jie. Is this really the first you¡¯re dating someone? ¡¿

    [What kind of iparable gentle g man is this?! ah ah ah ah ah ah ah...]

    [I want to say so many things but I¡¯m scared that the mods would ban me T0T, ah ah ah ah ah...]

    [Why do having to be that considerate!? *Kneeling*. ¡¿

    [Is the live broadcasting tform going crazy from happiness? They got a two for one deal. They signed one yer but two yers broadcast. ¡¿

    Yu Sui clicked to queue up for a game. The queueing time for medics was rtively short and a second after clicking, he was already in a match. Yu Sui entered the map and bought the basic equipment. After the countdown, Yu Sui continued to adjust the keyboard settings that were different from Shi Luo¡¯s. At the same time, he was still able to interact a bit with the barrage.

    ¡°Does Shi Shen know? Of course, he does.¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s not here. He¡¯s downstairs.¡±

    ¡°I sent him a message just now, saying that I¡¯ll broadcast for him for a while... he said okay.¡±

    ¡°Will I help him fill in his live broadcast quota in the future? That depends on Shi Shen... Whether he lets me y on his live broadcast ount.¡±

    Downstairs, Shi Luo was afraid that Auntie would see that his expression was unnatural, so he went over to the window with the cake. He ate the cake mechanically while watching the live broadcast on his mobile phone.

    ¡°Why am I helping him fill in his live broadcast quota...¡±

    In the live broadcast, Yu Sui dealt damage to the opponent. There was a faint smile in his voice, ¡°Why am I helping him fill in his live broadcast quota? This is a good question...I was happy to do so. What other reason could there be?¡±

    ¡°He wasn¡¯t the one who asked me to do it.¡±

    In the live broadcast interface, Yu Sui¡¯s medic was easily cutting down his opponents. He then took another head.

    ¡°I just want to help fill up his quota. I just like your live broadcast room.¡±

    ¡°My own live broadcast room?...It¡¯s continuing to grow grass.¡±

 Chapter 110

    Chapter 110:

    What kind of experience was it to be resting on the first floor of the base while upstairs, your live broadcast was still going and was hugely popr to boot?

    Among the many yers, only Shi Luo has had this experience.

    After all, this was the first time anyone has done something like helping someone else fill their live broadcast hours.

    And he was doing it so seriously too. The live broadcast quality of the substitute broadcaster was very high. The operation of a yer in the top 50 of the national server in an ultra top level match was a sight to behold. The mic in the broadcast was on. When Shi Luo yed there was a lot more keyboard tapping sounds than when Yu Sui yed. During the few waves of single kills, the crisp and fast keyboard rapping sounds matched with the opponent falling in the game interface. The sense of rhythm was extremely strong. This viewing experience was simply enjoyable for those watching the live broadcast.

    This certain substitute broadcaster was also unlike most anchors who had to boast whenever they pulled off a difficult move. He yed very quietly. When the situation was tense, you could only hear his keyboard sounds. He doesn¡¯t brag and he never says anything even when his teammates make mistakes that puts his character in danger. He never even utters any words of regret. If he can help to finish it, he would help. If he couldn¡¯t help, he would withdraw, waiting for the next opportunity.

    The poprity of the live broadcast room marked ¡°Free-Evil¡± rose as quick as a whirlwind. At the end of the first game, because the poprity grew too fast, the super administrator of the live broadcast tform found the data abnormal. So, he joined the live broadcast and asked if there were any problems.

    Having the super administrator check in when he was at crucial point as he was trying to break the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone, Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help butugh.

    Shi Luo, who was watching the live broadcast downstairs on his mobile phone, blushed after just hearing a certain substitute broadcasterugh.

    ¡°You......¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t stand himself. He instinctively nced back and he breathed out a sigh of relief upon seeing that the Auntie on the first floor hadn¡¯t noticed him.

    Shi Luo was really afraid of people seeing him like this, so he guiltily put on his sweatshirt hood while cursing himself in a very small voice. ¡°Is this your f*cking first time dating him... F*cking blushing like this.¡±

    Shi Luo also didn¡¯t know if Yu Sui was just too good at teasing him or his he was just a weak-ass chicken in this regard. When Yu Sui smiles, his heartbeat speeds up.

    The super administrator was stillpletely clueless. So he asked, puzzled, ¡°Evil? What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    A certain substitute broadcaster broke the opponent¡¯s resurrection stone, and said, ¡°Our team¡¯s Evil Xuanshou needed to take care of something. I¡¯m broadcasting for him for a while...it should be alright, right?¡±

    ¡°Whisper?¡± The super manager choked with fright, and said hurriedly, ¡°Of course, you can. Ho-however you want to broadcast... just broadcast it.¡±

    The super administrator probably also didn¡¯t expect Yu Sui to be this inconspicuous. He left the room in fright and Yu Sui continued to queue up for a game.

    Downstairs, Shi Luo pressed his head against the ss window and looked down at his phone. He watched as the poprity of his live broadcast room continued to soar. He watched as Yu Sui organize his desktop while waiting for the matched. He watched as Yu Sui clicked open Minesweeper while waiting in line. He listened as Yu Sui¡¯s soft voice from his phone. ¡°Thisputer actually only has Minesweeper...¡±

    Shi Luo had another moment of self-doubt. Was he crazy?

    He couldn¡¯t even see his face. He was just watching Yu Sui y Minesweeper in the live broadcast and yet he was already blushing and his heartbeat was running so fast. Was he f*cking poisoned?

    Whisper Xuanshou was too problematic. This person was poisonous.

    On the screen of his mobile phone, the cursor ying Minesweeper clicked very quickly. After a while, the game prompted that he had been matched with teammates. The window for Minesweeper was reduced and his game character entered the map.

    Yu Sui¡¯s voice came from the phone, ¡°How long is the broadcast? Let¡¯s finish this game...¡±

    ¡°When will Shi Shen return...You should ask Shi Shen that.¡±

    ¡°Do I usually call him Shi Shen...Of course not.¡±

    When Shi Luo was suddenly mentioned and his heart beat faster.

    ¡°How could I normally call him that?...I don¡¯t normally call any or my teammates so-and-so god and so-and-so god. That¡¯d be strange.¡±

    ¡°What do I call him privately...?¡±

    In the live broadcast, the medic drew first blood and said absent-mindedly: ¡°...It¡¯s not convenient to say.¡±

    The live chat was once again bombarded withments.

    The base of Shi Luo¡¯s ears turned red. Yu Sui actually called him by a lot of names.

    During official business such as public interviews, he was usually called ¡°Evil Xuanshou¡±. For less formal situations like this live broadcast, it was ¡°Shi Shen¡±. When mentioning him to friends within the circle, it was ¡°Shi Luo¡± or ¡°Evil¡±. When the two were together in private then...there were a lot more.

    He called him baobei.

    He called him baobao.

    The most excessive one was-

    A few days ago, during their little holiday, those muddled few days with only the two of them in the base when they would do it regardless of the time of day or night, Yu Sui once whispered into his ear and called him a little puppy dog.

    In the live broadcast room, Yu Sui took down another opponent. Tonepletely natural, he said, ¡°Nothing strange. I just address him normally and he epts it.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears were alreadypletely red and he murmured hard from between his teeth, ¡°...I didn¡¯t ept it.¡±

    Yu Sui would interacted with the audience from time to time while ying. Less than half an hourter, the second game was over and Yu Sui quit the map.

    In the live broadcast, Yu Sui¡¯s voice came from Shi Luo¡¯s mobile phone, ¡°Are you going toe up and broadcast for yourself or should I continue?¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°!¡±

    Although wanted to pretend not to have been watching, Shi Luo honestly minimized the live broadcast interface and sent a message to Yu Sui: [I¡¯ll go up and broadcast myself. ]

    There was a buzzing sound in the live broadcast followed by the sound of the mobile phone being ced down on the table. Yu Sui said, ¡°Shi Shen¡¯sing up and broadcasting himself. I¡¯ll be withdrawing now.¡±

    [Is Shi Zai also watching the live broadcast? ? ? ¡¿

    [Help! this is dog abuse. ¡¿

    [Is Shi Zai watching the live broadcast with us? Hihihi. Hello, Shi Zai. ¡¿

    [Don¡¯t go, don¡¯t go, don¡¯t go, don¡¯t go, don¡¯t go... From now on, our live broadcast room will be yours! Really! ! ! ¡¿

    [Or maybe you two could broadcast together? ¡¿

    [Don¡¯t go! I¡¯m so thankful to Shi Shen T0T...Whisper fans are very satisfied. This dead g man finally did a live broadcast. It¡¯s been a long time since we¡¯ve seen him. ¡¿

    [I¡¯m so tired of saying this already ¡ª why is g man Yu so good aaaaahhhhh...]

    [Are you really leaving? £Ñ£Á£Ñ The people who¡¯ve been watching Shi Shen since yesterday would like to express their gratitude to Yu Shen for saving us from our suffering...Pleasee more often! ¡¿

    Yu Sui logged out of his game ount. He turned on the live broadcast assistant and turned off the mic for Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast.

    Downstairs, Shi Luo spent a long time washing his face with cold water in the kitchen. After being yelled at by Auntie, Shi Luo finally turned off the faucet. Shi Luo looked in the mirror and waited for his face to return to normal before heading upstairs.

    On the second floor, Puppy said sourly, ¡°Yu Shen, can¡¯t you broadcast for me for awhile too? I¡¯m also tired.¡±

    Yu Sui sat back on his seat and said, ¡°If you¡¯re tired, then stop broadcasting.¡±

    ¡°You bastard...¡± Puppy sighed and said to the fans in his live broadcast room, ¡°You can stop shouting. It¡¯s no use. I don¡¯t have enough enough of a show for you guys so please don¡¯te.¡±

    Puppy saw a message attempting tofort him that said ¡°Yu Shen helped Shi Shen to do his live broadcast because Shi Shen missed too many broadcast hours. You¡¯re notcking that many hours so he didn¡¯t help you¡±. Clicking his tongue, he said, ¡°It¡¯s no use trying to help me out of this embarrassing situation. He wouldn¡¯t help me even if I hadn¡¯t broadcasted even a single minute this month...¡±

    In the webcam of the live broadcast, Puppy saw Shi Luo came upstairs and he promptly stopped talking. He directed a wink at his webcam and craftily turned the webcam towards Shi Luo.

    In the Puppy¡¯s live broadcast, Shi Luo sat down and wiped the drops of water from his chin. He adjusted the seat slightly. He then opened the game client and with one click, restored his original settings. He put on his headphones, bowed his head and began to tap away on his phone.

    Puppy turned back his webcam and prattled on in a low voice, ¡°He¡¯s sending Yu Sui a message. Usually, whenever these two have something to say to each other inside the training room, they¡¯d send WeChat messages instead of just saying it directly. Tell me. How big must your inte addiction be to send messages when you¡¯re both in the same room? I¡¯ve never seen something like that. Tsk tsk...I don¡¯t even know what they¡¯re talking about that they¡¯re so afraid of letting other people know.¡±

    Shi Luo was indeed sending a message to Yu Sui.

    And it really was not convenient to let other people know.

    [Whisper]: [I forgot to adjust back your key settings. Adjust it first. Don¡¯t enter a game and then adjust it so that you won¡¯t have to worry about it. ]

    [Evil]: [I know, it¡¯s fine. ]

    [Evil]: [Yu Sui...]

    [Whisper]: [Huh? ]

    [Evil]: [It¡¯s okay. I¡¯ll just talk to you about it tonight. ]

    [Whisper]: [You can tell me now. I¡¯m not queueing up for a game. ]

    Sure enough, Yu Sui cancelled his queue.

    [Evil]: [......]

    [Evil]: [...You¡¯re going to drive me crazy. ]

    Yu Sui looked down at the message and smile.

    [Whisper]: [I¡¯m making good progress. ]

    Shi Luo read Yu Sui¡¯s message several times before he managed to calm down and continue to queue up.

    All of the yers focused on their training. They took a break to eat dinner and when they came up, they continued to practice on their own until 8:50 in the evening.

    In the training room, Old Qiao connected hisputer to the big screen. He opened the live broadcast of the official draw and rubbing his fists and palms, urged, ¡°Stop ying. All those who aren¡¯t in queue, cancel it. Let¡¯s watch the draw.¡±

    Zhou Huo also came up with a camera. After setting up the camera, he said tensely, ¡°Fix up your appearance. Chen Huo, your earphones have pressed your hairpletely t. Comb through it. Shi Luo wear your clothes properly. What are you doing pushing up your sleeves that high? You look like a hooligan...Alright, alright. Sit down already.¡±

    They quit the game and turned their swivel chairs towards the big screen in the center of the training room.

    Shi Luo murmured under his breath, ¡°Sacred Sword, Sacred Sword, Sacred Sword, Sacred Sword...¡±

    Zhou Huo red at Shi Luo and chanted a reverse spell. ¡°Not Sacred Sword, not Sacred Sword, not Sacred Sword, not Sacred Sword...¡±

    Old Qiao was dumbstruck. ¡°Don¡¯t be so na?ve, would you?! Believe in science! I¡¯m telling you, based on past experiences, newly established teams like ours generally be Experience Baobaos. When Experience Baobaos go to the World Championships it¡¯s to contribute points and deliver warmth to each team. Moreover, they always run into the death group. So don¡¯t worry.¡±

    Zhou Huo hurriedly changed his words: ¡°Not the Death Group. Not the Death Group. Not the Death Group...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m also almost certain we¡¯re going to meet them.¡± Puppy leaned back on his swivel chair. There was a rare look of viciousness in the normallyzy yer¡¯s eyes. ¡°If we¡¯re going to meet them, then let¡¯s meet them.¡±

    Chen Huo sneered: ¡°It¡¯s been almost a year. Since we tied with them after ying during the beginning of the season, they haven¡¯t asked for another training match. It¡¯s been so long. It¡¯s time to see if they¡¯re a mule or a horse.¡±

    Yu Sui said nothing, looking at the big screen indifferently.

    In the live broadcast of the draw, the host began to introduce the rules for the group stage draw.

    There were two teams from each division. Plus the wild card division, there were a total of 16 teams. Regardless of whether the teams were first or second seed, all were gathered in one pool. The teams were divided into four groups following the rule that teams from the same division must not end up in the same group. Among the group of four teams, two team will qualify from each group after fighting against each team within it.

    That is to say, in the group stage, except for NSN who was from their division, there was a possibility for Free to meet any of the other teams.

    ¡°They¡¯re afraid that teams from the same division would give each other points, so they aren¡¯t allowed to be grouped together during the group stage. If there were no such rule, we could run into NSN in one group.¡± Old Qiao exined to Zhou Huo. ¡°Just like when we yed during with relegation tournament, if in case one of the teams reaches the edge of the cliff, the other team from the same region, due to emotional factors, might deliberately throw the game to save the team from falling off the edge of the cliff. That would be unfair.¡±

    Zhou Huo nodded. ¡°Got it. It¡¯s starting, it¡¯s starting.¡±

    Among the four groups, ABC and D, the teams for group A will be drawn first.

    The draw officially started. Except for Yu Sui, the rest of the people in the training room no longer slumped in their chairs. They all sat up a little straighter.

    The first team in Group A: Vietnam¡¯s second-seeded team.

    Shi Luo had no one else in his eyes. His heart was full of thoughts of Sacred Sword. No other team was important.

    The draw continued.

    The second team in Group A: Japan¡¯s second-seeded team.

    The official personnel in charge of the draw responsibly disyed all around the team ID and team emblem in his hands. They then repeatedly confirmed the draw. His dawdling made Shi Luo angry. ¡°Can¡¯t they find someone faster to draw? There are more than a dozen teams. Are they going to take half an hour for this drawing?¡±

    ¡°Be patient, be patient...¡± Chen Huo was feeling impatient himself and he was already standing up, ¡°Hurry the f*ck up!¡±

    The official personnel put down the tag he had already drawn and continued on.

    The third team in Group A: Thand¡¯s first seeded team.

    As before it was neither a team from their region nor a strong team. The official staff still disyed the Thai team¡¯s information all around. Shi Luo also gave up worrying and just kept chanting in his heart: Sacred Sword, Sacred Sword, Sacred Sword...

    You couldn¡¯t me Shi Luo for being so hellbent on this team. The sh*t team could be considered as Shi Luo¡¯s lifelong enemy.

    It was true that it was that f*cker Ji Yanhan¡¯s doing that caused the old FS team to copse and fall to pieces and for Yu Sui to go to far off Germany back then. However, what the Sacred Sword Club did, which was to loot a burning house, definitely wasn¡¯t an honest and upright deed either. Not to mention that they sold Puppy first and then sold Chen Huo. Later, they threatened and humiliated the other teams in their local division... Shi Luo was looking forward to the World Championships and he wanted to get good results but more than that he really wanted to match skills against this team in an internationalpetition.

    Didn¡¯t they say that there was no way Yu Sui would win the championship again after returning to China? Then, it¡¯s time everyone put that im to the test.

    Sacred Sword was one of the reasons why Shi Luo was able to give it his all during his training this season.

    ¡°Sacred Sword...¡± Shi Luo¡¯s chanting had already turned audible. ¡°Sacred F*cking Sword...Hurry up, why hasn¡¯t Group A finished yet!¡±

    In the live broadcast interface, the official personnel drew thest team for Group A¡ª¡ª

    The camera did a close up and thest team in Group A was taken out of the lottery pool by official personnel.

    The official personnel ttened out the paper and smiling, showed the name while saying, ¡°Free!¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Chen Huo: ¡°...¡±

    Old Joe: ¡°...¡±

    Puppy: ¡°...¡±

    Zhou Huo: ¡°!¡±

    Yu Sui was stunned for a few seconds and then he said, expressionless, ¡°Congrattions, everyone. This year, we are guaranteed to make it past the group stage.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s mentalitypletely copsed.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t even want to watch NSN¡¯s draw: ¡°What is this?! Does this person know how to even draw lots? What about Sacred Sword!!! What about Laozi¡¯s Sacred Sword!!!¡±

    ¡°The chosen son of Heaven! The chosen son of Heaven!...¡± Zhou Huo burst into tears and choked up. ¡°I am the chosen son of Heaven!!! Vietnam, Japan, Thand... I have never heard of these teams, I love them !¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s state of mind exploded and he roared. ¡°I¡¯ve never heard of them either! I don¡¯t want to be grouped with them!¡±

    Zhou Huo yelled back happily: ¡°Do you think those three teams want to be grouped with you?!!!¡±

    Zhou Huo didn¡¯t want tough, but couldn¡¯t help it. ¡°Pft! Hahaha...¡±

    Trantor¡¯s note: An early Merry Christmas to everyone!!!

 Chapter 111

    Chapter 111:

    ¡°This is an amazing grouping thates only once a century and we actually got it... We actually got it... Zhou Huo was so happy that he stopped videotaping the yers altogether. He turned the camera around and shot himself instead. Sighing with emotion, he said, ¡°I was actually already thinking over this draw early on. I had a n in my heart. The worst case was that we would be grouped with Sacred Sword, the strongest North American team and the strongest South Korean team, forming the supreme death group. And given the absolutely rotten luck of these yers, the probability of that was really high!¡±

    Zhou Huo sighed. ¡°I even thought of the possibility of not making it past the group stage. I only thought of how we could lose. I never expected...¡±

    Zhou Huo began bowing in obeisance towards the camera, his heart was full of gratitude. ¡°Our ancestors have blessed us. They actually gave us a rmendation for admission. Thank you. Thank you. I didn¡¯t forward those Koi in vain. Thank you to the Koi! God bless China!¡±

    Zhou Huo was in absolutely high spirits. After taking a selfie he continued on to take photos of the yers. Except for Zhou Huo himself, no one else in the team had a good expression on their faces. Shi Luo¡¯s expression was particrly dark. Zhou Huo recklessly zoomed in on Shi Luo¡¯s face and asked happily. ¡°Evil, why aren¡¯t you happy?¡±

    ¡°Others are going to y in the World Championships...¡± Shi Luo was venting his anger and said coldly, ¡°While I¡¯ve suddenly winded up ying in the Asian Cup. Tell me, should I be happy?¡±

    Old Qiao couldn¡¯t hold back and sprayed out a mouthful of water.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with ying in the Asian Cup? The Asian teams are all warm and hospitable...¡± Zhou Huo was beaming, ¡°Japan, Thand, Vietnam. Hahahahaha, yes, they¡¯re all actually Asian teams! Hahahaha...¡±

    Shi Luo was so angry that his heart hurt. He pushed away the camera, preventing Zhou Huo from videotaping him. He continued to watch the draw with a sullen face.

    His team was set but his old team wasn¡¯t.

    In the live broadcast interface, Group B has been drawn. This group was fairly bnced, with a Korean team, a North American team, a tyrant Swedish team and a Japanese Experience Baobao.

    ¡°At this rate, Old Gu and the others are the ones who are going to run into Sacred sword...¡± Chen Huo looked at the remaining eight teams that had yet to be drawn. He clutched his hair in frustration and frowned. ¡°... Most of the remaining teams are strong teams. NSN¡¯s path is going to be a bit difficult this year.¡±

    Shi Luo was still brooding about Sacred Sword. He said coldly, ¡°There are only a few Experience Baobao¡¯s in all and we somehow managed to get three in our group. Of course, all the teams left would be strong.¡±

    Zhou Huo had already calmed down but when he heard that, he became happy again. Thumping the table, he grinned, ¡°Three Experience Baobaos...Even if you wanted to lose, you wouldn¡¯t know how to...¡±

    Yu Sui picked up a couch cushion and began pounding Zhou Huo with it. Zhou Huo epted his beating obediently for less than half a minute before he grabbed the cushion andughed.

    The draw for Group C began. The first one was NSN.

    Everyone put on a serious expression.

    The second team for Group C: A strong North American team.

    The third team for Group C: A top Korean team.

    ¡°F*ck...¡± The smile on Zhou Huo¡¯s began to thin. Heughed hollowly, ¡°This kind of y out...looks a little like...how my nightmare went...¡±

    Shi Luo frowned a bit.

    Chen Huo took a deep breath and murmured, ¡°Don¡¯t tell me this year¡¯s main character script is going to be NSN¡¯s&#k2026;¡±

    Puppy whispered, ¡°Why do I feel that Old Gu is feeling a chill down his back right now&#k2026;¡±

    In the live broadcast interface, after the official personnel showed and introduced the Korean team, he began to draw thest team for Group C.

    Officials started thest draw of Group C: the other team from Thand.

    The remaining four teams didn¡¯t have any conflicts in terms of theirpetitive regions. Group C didn¡¯t need to consider the possibility of being rotated because of this and the draw could already he considered a done deal. The draw for Group D was also effectively automatically set.

    ¡°Not bad.¡± Old Qiao let out a long sigh and nodded, ¡°Sacred Sword is in Group D. In fact, except for our exceptionally weak Group A, the remaining three groups are quite bnced. They have two or three strong teams and an Experience Baobao.¡±

    ¡°Group C actually kind of looks like a Death group.¡± Chen Huo looked at the divided groups on the screen and said, ¡°The North American team and the South Korean team in Old Gu¡¯s group are very strong. NSN¡¯s chances to make it past the group stage isn¡¯t that stable.¡±

    ¡°That will depend on them.¡± Puppy watched the group slowly and said, ¡°I think they¡¯ve got a good chance. It wille down to how they y when the timees... It¡¯s fine. I actually I really want to go to Group C. Group D is fine too.¡±

    Zhou Huo nced at Puppy. ¡°What¡¯s so good being so uncertain whether you can make it out of the group stage? Is it fun having your heart in your throat?¡±

    ¡°Of course, that heart in your throat feeling isn¡¯t fun.¡± Yu Sui leaned against his gaming chair and looked at the many powerful teams on the screen, his eyes brightening slightly, ¡°...but it does feel good to knock out the strong teams with your own hands.¡±

    Puppy pped the table and smiled. ¡°That¡¯s right! That kind of pleasure can offset all the hardship that you go through in the early stages.¡±

    Chen Huo nodded in agreement and gave an evil smile. ¡°What it feels like personally sending home a strong team...Wow. Only someone who has personally experienced it would understand. It feels amazing!¡±

    Zhou Huo was finding it difficult to understand: ¡°Are you all sadists?¡±

    Yu Sui turned around and returned to his seat. He said lightly, ¡°Wait for the World Championship when we get the opportunity to send one away and we¡¯ll let you see. You¡¯ll understand.¡±

    Zhou Huo was still ¡°Okay... okay, but do me a favor and don¡¯t use this pretext please. When you¡¯re being interviewed, just say that you like challenging strong teams.¡±

    ¡°Okay. Besides, nothing¡¯s for certain. Do we really need to schedule a strong team in advance right now?¡± The thing Old Qiao was most afraid of was that these yers would be overcent and would be sent home at the group stage. ¡°By our next training, I¡¯ll collect the data of the three teams in our group. I¡¯ll study how itpare with our data with our data analysts.¡±

    Old Qiao said this to not let the yers get too over-confident. However, he couldn¡¯t help but grin and grumble in a low voice, ¡°Damn, it¡¯s not gonna be easy to find information though...Who the hell would¡¯ve been bored enough to go and record games from the Japanese division?¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s phone rang. He took a look and quickly recovered his jubnt expression. ¡°NSN¡¯s manager congratted me. He said I¡¯m very lucky. Seriously, I detect a bit of envy in his tone.¡±

    Zhou Huo happily replied to NSN¡¯s manager, muttering under his breath. ¡°Being able to draw three Experience Baobao¡¯s isn¡¯t the kind of luck just anyone has, y¡¯know. And really, our Shi Luo is right. What is the use of being superstitious? His incense bath wasn¡¯t as good as my blessing of sh*t...¡±

    Having already drawn a giveaway grouping, Shi Luo was already feeling irritable. He couldn¡¯t stand Zhou Huo¡¯s neurosis and he shoo-ed Zhou Huo out of the training room.

    Shi Luo was entering the World Championships for the first time. He originally wanted to destroy the heavens and raze the earth during the group stage. He was going to hack North America to pieces and then slice down Europe. He was going to step all over a road of corpses and enter the quarterfinals. Now his grand n was all in vain. Everyone was an eyesore. His mood turned even worse when he thought of how Sacred Sword was going to ride roughshod over everyone in Group D. The training intensity that night was even more intense. One game after another, each game yed extremely fast. At first, Shi Luo¡¯s fans in the live broadcast room were angry but didn¡¯t dare say anything at Shi Luo¡¯s boring live broadcast. But as time went on, they started to rebel, flooding the live chat, asking Yu Sui toe.

    [@Free-Whisper, have you no heart? There is a child here who¡¯s about to go crazy.]

    [Let Yu Shen take over broadcasting for awhile.]

    [Is Shi Zai going crazy from happiness at how lucky they had been in the group draw?]

    [He should be ecstatic. That was a once in a century kind of lucky grouping.]

    [The Thai team in Group A tweeted a wave of crying emojis. Laughing to death. ¡¿

    ¡¾We want Yu Shen, We want Yu Shen, We want Yu Shen, We want Yu Shen...]

    [Stop calling for Whisper. This isn¡¯t even Whisper¡¯s live broadcast, alright?]

    [I sense that Shi Shen isn¡¯t in a particrly good mood at the moment... It¡¯s best not toment in the live broadcast. ¡¿

    [I sense that Shi Shen is not in a good mood at the moment +1. Although I don¡¯t know why, it¡¯s best we don¡¯t provoke the team tyrant.]

    Shi Luo finished a game and quickly clicked to queue up again.

    His rank on the national servers was too high and there were too few yers he could be matched up with. The wait for a match was getting longer. While waiting in line, he clicked on the live broadcast assistant to take a look.

    There were still a lot of people in the live chat asking for Yu Sui and many people as well advising them stop it, Shi Luo could see them at any moment and he might explode from anger.

    Shi Luo paused. He clicked open the live broadcast settings and turned on voice chat.

    There was a buzzing sound in the live broadcast room and instantly thosement wishing for Yu Sui toe disappeared. Terrified, they began wishing Shi Luo overwhelming victory in the World Championships.

    ¡°I¡¯m not angry.¡± Shi Luo raised his hand to adjust his tone. His tone was as usual, ¡°Whisper is in a match. It¡¯s not convenient.¡±

    The fans in the live broadcast room were immediately relieved. They began to flood him with gifts and blessings.

    The group training was starting from tomorrow and they weren¡¯t allowed to live broadcast during practice matches. This may be thest live broadcast before the World Championships. Shi Luo simply turned on the webcam as well.

    This was the first time he had his webcam on since his side ount had been exposed. Shi Luo was still a little ufortable. ¡°...Let¡¯s chat for a while. Don¡¯t send gifts anymore. I can¡¯t see the live chat clearly.¡±

    Shi Luo doesn¡¯t often interact during live broadcasts and the fans were instantly excited and immediately began to fill the live chat.

    In the camera, Shi Luo nced at his other teammates. After making sure that they were all wearing sound proof earphone and dropping his even lower, he said, ¡°We¡¯ll chat for a while. In a bit, I¡¯ll be resting already. The practice games will start tomorrow and when our visaes, we¡¯ll be going to Germany ahead of time, adjust to the timezone, familiarize with the diet. And then it¡¯s the World Championship.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at the live chat and frowned. ¡°NSN¡¯s grouping? It¡¯s okay...not as easy as ours.¡±

    ¡°We might not fly with NSN. Our manager wants to get to Germany early.¡±

    ¡°Going there earlier or going thereter is basically the same. When I get there, I¡¯ll find an Inte caf¨¦ or go to an official venue for practice games. It¡¯s the same. We¡¯re just adapting to the environment in advance.¡±

    ¡°Who do we have the practice matches with? It¡¯s not set. Whichever team we have an appointment with. When we can¡¯t get anyone, Angel Sword and his team are always there to help with practice matches.¡±

    ¡°Angel Sword...En, their team took the initiative to offer to help us train.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s no need to bring an interpreter. They can speak German...¡±

    The live chat were all asking Yu Sui to interpret for Shi Luo. Shi Luo pretended no to see it, and said, ¡°I¡¯m fine... I can basically just speak English in public ces, so it should be fine.¡±

    As soon as the topic turned to Yu Sui, no one talked about the World Championship anymore. The live chat was swarming with questions about Yu Sui.

    It was like looking for a needle in a haystack, he couldn¡¯t find any anotherment in the live chat. Shi Luo was helpless. After making sure that they rest of the team were ying in matches and couldn¡¯t hear him, he lowered his voice and said, ¡°He... today was just done on a whim.¡±

    ¡°He just saw that I really couldn¡¯t finish my broadcast quota.¡±

    ¡°How do I usually call him? Yu Sui, Yu Shen, Captain, Whisper.¡±

    The live chat was still unrelenting. Shi Luo was helpless. He said ufortably, ¡°...I called him ¡®Ge¡¯ before.¡±

    ¡°Why did I call him ¡®Ge¡¯...because he¡¯s older than me.¡±

    ¡°Call Whisper over... he¡¯s in a match right now. It¡¯s impossible.¡±

    ¡°He can¡¯t hear me.¡±

    ¡°It has nothing to do with the volume of his own game. Our headphones are all soundproof. You can¡¯t hear anything when you¡¯re wearing them.¡±

    ¡°And...¡± Shi Luo still wasn¡¯t sessful in getting a match. He nced at Yu Sui¡¯s current status from his game client and said in a low voice, ¡°He has already rushed back to the top five in the national server this afternoon and he¡¯s trying to get into the number one spot. He¡¯s in a high score match and he can¡¯t be distracted.¡±

    The fans also knew it but as soon as Shi Luo finished speaking, his in-game friend interface shed.

    Shi Luo directly clicked on¡ª¡ª

    [Free-Whisper]: [I heard you. ]

    [Free-Whisper]: [I¡¯m not as focused as you thought. ]

    Shi Luo: ¡°......¡±

    Shi Luo looked towards Yu Sui¡¯s direction in disbelief. Yu Sui was indeed in the middle of a game and he was indeed wearing headphones.

    Yu Sui who was in the middle of his game was replenishing his blood and was in the middle of the animation for it. He open the chat window and quickly typed to Shi Luo.

    [Free-Whisper]: [I use your live broadcast as my background sounds.]

    [Free-Whisper]: [Are you saying I can¡¯t afford to be distracted just because I¡¯m ying matches at the top five of the national server?]

    [Free-Whisper]: [Shi Shen, you underestimate me. ]

 Chapter 112

    Chapter 112:

    The two haven¡¯t spoken since the draw and Yu Sui had been gathering points since the end of the draw. He hadn¡¯t even nced at Shi Luo since then.

    Shi Luo really hadn¡¯t been expecting it.

    Of course, the fans in Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast had been expecting it even less.

    ¡¾666666......¡¿

    [hhhhhhh, just a reminder that we can see you two chatting in the game. ¡¿

    [There¡¯s a top yer on the national server who looks like he¡¯s earnestly gathering points but in fact he¡¯s actually listening to his little friend¡¯s live broadcast. ¡¿

    [What kind of experience is it to be in a rtionship with a g man? Thank you, Shi Zai. I have now experienced it. ¡¿

    [What kind of experience is it to fall in love with a g man who¡¯s so good at teasing? Thank you, Shi Zai. I have now experienced it. ¡¿

    [What kind of experience is it to fall in love with a g man who¡¯s not only good at teasing but also good at ying games? Thank you, Shi Zai. I have now experienced it. ¡¿

    [So Whisper is in the same live broadcast room with me? ? ? ¡¿

    [To be honest, I didn¡¯t understand at first just what kind of immortal was this that could subdue our unfeeling Shi Zai. Now, I understand. ¡¿

    [Now, I understand +1. At first, I couldn¡¯t figure out how Shi Shen could be so sappy on his side ount. But damn, if I had a boyfriend like g man Yu, I¡¯d be even sappier than Shi Shen! ! ! ¡¿

    Now that Shi Luo knew that Yu Sui was running live broadcast in the background, Shi Luo was even less willing to say anything anymore. He thought hard about closing his broadcast. The queue for high-level strikers was just so god-damn long. The worst thing was that because he felt sorry for his fans who hadn¡¯t seen him in so long, he had even opened his webcam...

    Shi Luo tried his best to manage his facial expression so that he didn¡¯t seem to care too much. He repeatedly clicked on the game client to take a look at the queue. The queue time increased bit by bit but he just couldn¡¯t get in a match.

    Shi Luo hadn¡¯t spoken for several minutes. Yu Sui, while still in the game, sent him another message.

    [Free-Whisper]: [Too embarrassed to speak?]

    [Free-Whisper]: [Should I close the live broadcast?]

    Shi Luo rubbed his brows. This person was pretending to be considerate again...If you really were so damn considerate, you shouldn¡¯t have spoken in the first ce!!!

    The live chat began filling withments like ¡®Yu Sui, don¡¯t go!¡¯, ¡®Yu Sui, don¡¯t leave!¡¯.

    Shi Luo cleared his throat and was about to speak when he saw a few unharmoniousments.

    ¡¾I¡¯m so sick of this. Is this cute? What¡¯s so cute about this? ¡¿

    [Flirting so tantly. This is sick. It¡¯s definitely talked this out and are deliberately making a show! They¡¯re pro-yers, how can they not know that the in-game chat will be shown on the live broadcast?]

    [If my teammate were talking with someone else instead of focusing on our match, Im¡¯ma f*ck em****.......]

    [I don¡¯t believe that this isn¡¯t messing with his y. This is a high-level match, for f*ck¡¯s sakes!!! Who¡¯re they gonna me if he loses???]

    [66666, a match for the top of the national server and not only is he not pulling his own weight, he¡¯s even here acting cute. Makes me sick. ¡¿

    &#k3010;He¡¯s so handsome that even the way he acts as a teammate is cute. Amazing, soooo amazing.]

    &#k3010;The way to judge whether a yer is a waste or not is to see first whether he¡¯s dating someone or not. The World Championships&#k2026;Those who understand, understand everything. &#k3011;

    [They¡¯re definitely going to lose this game. Sending my condolences to his teammates in advance. ¡¿

    Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcasts always had a lot of traffic and Shi Luo himself also sprayed people and so there were usually a lot of haters in his broadcasts. Now because of Yu Sui, there were a whole lot more wonderous haters. There was only a limited number of moderators for Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcasts and they weren¡¯t fast enough to be able to ban all these haters. There were always people who keep copying and pasting and insulting Shi Luo and Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo narrowed his eyes.

    If it were before, Shi Luo would have opened his mic and sprayed right back. No one owes anyone anything. If you spray me then I¡¯ll spray you. It was a dog eat dog world. No one here was a saint and everything was fair.

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t at all like Yu Sui who really was indifferent to all these badments.

    But now......

    Shi Luo paused and said, ¡°Moderators, no need to ban them.¡±

    Shi Luo hesitated for a moment and then clicked on his in-game chat with Yu Sui. He was about to type out a message when he remembered that Yu Sui could hear him. He opened his mic and said, ¡°Whisper?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Are you still there? If you can hear me, reply back with emoji. Any emoji will do.¡±

    Shi Luo had just finished speaking and when Yu Sui, still in the middle of his game, replied.

    [Free-Whisper]: [I¡¯m listening. ]

    Shi Luo said, ¡°I will send you an invitation for an OB mode of your game, alright?¡±

    Shi Luo nced at the live chat and said, voice low, ¡°There was some people here who want to see how to y a national server top 5 match. I¡¯ll feature it on my live broadcast, is that okay?¡±

    As soon as Shi Luo finished speaking, a system message popped up in the game.

    System prompt: [Your friend Free-Whisper asks you to watch his game from the same perspective. FOG ¨C Apany mode. Do you ept? ¡¿

    Shi Luo clicked to ept.

    Shi Luo¡¯s queue was automatically canceled. After a moment of loading, the Shi Luo game screen bes Yu Sui¡¯s.

    Under OB mode, you didn¡¯t need to y anything. Shi Luo took both hands off his keyboard. He took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth. To the left, he watched Yu Sui¡¯s game and to the right, he watched the shing live chat on his broadcast assistant.

    Shi Luo¡¯s fans were saying that this was unnecessary. They asked Shi Luo to ignore the haters. They were worried that Yu Sui would really lose and it would give momentum to the haters. They were all persuading Shi Luo to close the OB mode. Shi Luo didn¡¯t say anything except, ¡°Watch. ¡±

    In the game, Yu Sui¡¯s match had been going on for less than ten minutes. Both sides had taken five heads from their opponents and the situation was roughly evenly matched.

    Shi Luo himself continued to interact with the live chat.

    ¡°Why am I just holding the cigarette in my mouth and not smoking it?... The others don¡¯t smoke and it would be rude of me to smoke.¡±

    In the game interface, Yu Sui¡¯s teammate identally gave away a head.

    ¡°What should we do if Yu Sui loses? In games, there are both wins and losses. But he hasn¡¯t lost yet...¡±

    In the game interface, Yu Sui coordinated with his teammates and pretended tounch an attack, allowing his two other teammates to put down six purification dishes in one go.

    ¡°Am I afraid that Yu Sui would me me if he loses?...I¡¯m not afraid of that.¡±

    In the game interface, Yu Sui pulled back with only a sliver of health left. He hid back behind the bunker to replenish blood.

    ¡°Am I afraid that we¡¯d quarrel?...I¡¯m not afraid.¡±

    ¡°Have we ever quarreled?... We have quarreled. Even hit.¡±

    ¡°Who hit who?... I hit him.¡±

    ¡°Why didn¡¯t Yu Sui hit me? Maybe it was because back them I was still protected by the Minor Protection Law.¡±

    When Shi Luo said that, Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help butugh. His in-game character trembled. Yu Sui¡¯s lowughter was clearly transmitted through Shi Luo¡¯s microphone into the live broadcast.

    In the live broadcast, the viewers could faintly hear Yu Sui ying games and speaking quietly not far away, ¡°Sounds like you¡¯re having fun chatting over there. Isn¡¯t it pretty shameless how you¡¯re teasing me tough? Tell me, did our opponents for this match send you?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears turned red and he continued to interact with that chat.

    ¡°Why is there such a long live broadcast today...because after today, there won¡¯t be any recreational matches we can broadcast.¡±

    In the game, Yu Sui¡¯s two striker teammates acted a bit prematurely and their opponent seized the opportunity. Yu Sui quickly patched up a shield for one teammate, and then went around directly and slipped to the opponent¡¯s back, relying on his clever maneuvering to take down their medic with one swing. One of Yu Sui¡¯s teammates died, and the other reaped the battlefield. They were now ying one on three.

    ¡°The next time we can live broadcast would be after the World Championship...¡±

    In the game, Yu Sui¡¯s surviving striker teammate was intending to have his health replenished first but Yu Sui signaled for him to set down the purification dish first. Whisper then acted as a cover for the striker while also replenishing his teammate¡¯s blood and shield.

    ¡°Puppy? He won¡¯t be able to broadcast either.¡±

    In the game interface, after their opponents resurrected, they went to the side to secretly clear up a path. Yu Sui¡¯s striker teammate hadn¡¯t discovered it yet.

    ¡°The contents of practice matches should be kept confidential. During the practice matches except for the coach and the analyst team, even the manager can¡¯t just enter the training room. Broadcasting it is even more impossible¡±

    Yu Sui had already heard the sound of their movement and he marked it on the map for the sniper. Yu Sui and the striker outnked them. It was three versus two and then once again annihted the other two. Without waiting for their opponents to resurrect, Yu Sui for signaled his teammates to stop worrying about the edges of the map and focus on charging right down the middle.

    ¡°Is this kind of game difficult for professional yers? Of course, it¡¯s difficult.¡±

    In the game interface, Yu Sui¡¯s two striker teammates kept putting down purification dishes. Yu Sui suddenly turned to the bushes on the right of his teammates. He executed a circle kick and out dropped the opposing team¡¯s striker who was squatting in the bushes waiting for an ambush.

    ¡°It¡¯s difficult...but it depends on the person.¡±

    In the game interface, after Yu Sui executed his circle kick, he took out his knife and he disposed of the enemy striker in short order.

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui¡¯s script-level operations and his eyes brightened.

    In the game interface, Yu Sui¡¯s wouldn¡¯t let off their opponents. Taking advantage of the ten minutes while their opponents were short-handed, he charged forward and they smashed their way straight towards the resurrection stone. One of Yu Sui¡¯s striker teammates, perhaps because he had gotten carried away ying or maybe because he was of average character, chose to kill instead of just breaking the resurrection stone. Yu Sui ignored him, inserting a dagger into the resurrection stone and ending the game.

    In the game, Shi Luo refreshed the national server rankings. Free-Whisper was impressively in third ce.

    The haters naturally had no face toment anymore.

    Shi Luo bit the cigarette butt and nced at the live chat full of ¡°66666¡± and said nothing anymore.

    What kind of experience was it to fall in love with a g man who was particrly good at teasing and ying games?

    It was like this.

    Originally, Shi Luo had only wanted to clear up the haters¡¯ momentum for Yu Sui. This was so as to not let the haters have the final say about Yu Sui just putting on an act or something in a high-level match. He never expected that he would blush this madly at Yu Sui¡¯s brilliant show of skill. He was embarrassed and he exited OB mode. However, no sooner had he done that, that Yu Sui send another OB invite.

    Shi Luo frowned. He took off his headphones and turned towards Yu Sui. ¡°You want me to keep observing?¡±

    In the training room, Yu Sui also took off his headphones and hung them around his neck. He took the mineral water bottle, unscrewed it and took a couple of sips, ¡°You¡¯ve already yed a lot today. Leave it on OB and take a break.¡±

    Shi Luo pursed his lips. He thought to himself, ¡°You¡¯re not actually letting me rest. You¡¯re killing me here.¡±

    Shi Luo had indeed done a lot of continuous high-intensity matches today. He thought for a while and decided not to queue up for a match. He just opened his broadcast and watched Yu Sui y.

    Shi Luo sighed lightly, wishing that Yu Sui wouldn¡¯t go back on his word.

    g man Yu came to keep up appearances for his boyfriend. Of course, he wouldn¡¯t go back on his word.

    That night, before the time set by the team to end training for the night, Yu Sui won three consecutive high-level games on the national server. After a dy of two years, he steadily and smoothly rushed back to the top of the national server just before the end of the season.

    After ying thest game, Yu Sui, exposing Shi Luo¡¯s hidden thoughts, didn¡¯t forget to send Shi Luo an in-game chat message.

    [Free-Whisper]: [So, how difficult was it? ]

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears werepletely red. He really couldn¡¯t manage his expression any longer. Shi Luo raised his hand to cover the webcam and said with difficulty, ¡°We will work hard in the World Championships. See you after thepetition.¡± He exited his live broadcast in disgrace.

 Chapter 113

    Chapter 113:

    After Shi Luo finished his live broadcast, as expected, several versions of the live broadcast video that night were edited. One of them was called ¡°The g Man Boyfriend Experience¡±. Owing to the fact that NSN¡¯s Wawa used his official Weibo ount to repost this video and because it was liked by several pro-yers, within a day, the video had been reposted over 10,000 times. The doors of Yu Sui and Shi Luo¡¯s closet had turned transparent and the fans once again, as expected, made their rounds of Shi Luo¡¯s side ount.

    Shi Luo, unexpectedly, stoically endured this wave. It was not because he was thick-skinned but because starting the next day, Free had started their hellish training. It officially started at 11 a.m. every day and they continued to train until 6 p.m. In the middle, there would be an hour break to eat while doing game review. Afterwards, they would continue to y until 11 o¡¯clock in the evening. After that, depending on their training situation that day, would be game review for an hour or two. By the time, they get to go to bed in the wee hours of the morning, Shi Luo would pass out almost as soon as he hits the bed. He had no time to surf the. He didn¡¯t know how the fans were watching his side ount. But not going online only blocked the fans, it didn¡¯t block the other yers in the circle.

    Every team that yed practice matches with them, so long as they¡¯re friends with Yu Sui or Shi Luo, would tease them both openly and secretly. It had practically be a daily routine and dpression activity.

    Except for NSN, all the other domestic teams should be out on holiday. Thoseing to y practice matches with them were basically purely helping out. They simply wanted to help out their co-region World Championship teams. They were sacrificing their holidays to make wedding dresses for Free all out of the goodness of their hears. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t say anything. If he was teased, he just pretended not to hear. If they get too noisy, Yu Sui would help mediate to end the topic. Of course, g man Yu¡¯s position was not so firm and when there was no outsiders or anyone doing a live broadcast, oftentimes, he would tease along with them.

    While even the other yers couldn¡¯t do a live broadcast during practice matches, they could afterwards. And asionally, they would talk about Free and about Yu Sui and Shi Luo. The yers would all smile but say nothing. Their ounts were very ambiguous. During one of Angel Sword¡¯s live broadcasts, when asked if they yed practice matches with Free every day, Angel Sword replied yes. When given a follow up question about Yu Sui and Shi Luo, Angel Sword smiled for a long time and said, ¡°It¡¯s not convenient to tell the specifics but in short...I feel like Yu Shen is in a much better state than when he first returned to China. He talks a lot more. He¡¯s more rxed. It should have something to do with Evil.¡±

    The fans still wanted more details. They asked if Yu Sui took particr care of Shi Luo during the practice matches. Angel Swordughed, ¡°How could that be? During the practice matches, he treats him no different from his other teammates. Yu Sui would still say so when Evil makes a mistake. Every time we finish a game, we have have a group voice chat. We tell Free about their problems and they listen. There was one round, when Shi Luo made a judgement mistake. On the voice chat, Yu Shen kept talking to Evil about it. He talked for at least ten minutes.¡±

    Fans felt sorry for Shi Luo and felt that Yu Sui had been a little too strict. Angel Sword added slowly, ¡°Why do I say ¡®at least¡¯ ? Because after those ten minutes, Yu Sui remembered that we were in a voice chat. He turned off the audio...so that we couldn¡¯t hear.¡±

    ¡°He wasn¡¯t harsh. He was just telling him where he made mistakes. If it were me, my coach would have scolded me already.¡± Angel Sword smiled, ¡°Yu Sui spoke to him in his usual tone but he still closed his mic. It must have been to maintain the dignity of their team tyrant. We all understood.¡±

    The fansmented back that they understood as well and urged Angel Sword to give other details.

    Free was less than a week into their hellish training and already their training partners have circted various love stories regarding Yu Sui and Shi Luo. It didn¡¯t not matter if none of the members of Free went online or did any live broadcasts, the story of these two have be a beautiful legend online.

    A weekter, all of Free¡¯s members got their visas. After discussing with Yu Sui, Zhou Huo decided not to wait for the league arrangements and they decided to head over to Germany on their own to set up camp.

    The Free Club¡¯s departure was very quick and low-key, but the fans still found out about it. On the day of they were to fly to Frankfurt, the fans saw off everyone at the airport. There were a lot of men and women. Fans rarely had the chance to see the yers wearing casual clothes and when they saw Free¡¯s yers, a few of them couldn¡¯t help but let out quiet shrieks. Zhou Huo went to thank the fans himself and declined all the gifts. While chatting with them, he identally found out that some of the fans had actually flown over from other parts of the country to cheer on the yers. A few were die-hard fans of Yu Sui¡¯s who hadn¡¯t missed a game.

    ¡°You¡¯ve all worked so hard.¡± Zhou Huo had never seen this kind of situation when he was at NSN before. He was so touched that he wished the fans who had flown in a safe journey. ¡°The yers are doing check-in with the team leader. Later, when they¡¯ve got spare time, I¡¯ll have theme and say hello. You¡¯ve all worked hard. We will definitely do our best for the World Championship.¡±

    While greeting the fans, Zhou Huo kept looking over at the yers in the distance. Seeing that Shi Luo had already gotten his ticket. He stood on tiptoe, called to Shi Luo and asked him toe over.

    ¡°Give me your things first.¡± Zhou Huo took Shi Luo¡¯s passport and ticket. Patting Shi Luo, he said to the fans, ¡°I¡¯ll let you guys have a look at Evil. I¡¯ll go and check in too.¡±

    Shi Luo had a notorious reputation as a sprayers and unlike Puppy, he didn¡¯t normally like to chat and joke with fans. Suddenly, seeing him in the flesh, the fans gave him a wide berth. They were a little bit embarrassed to speak. They stayed quiet, worried that Shi Luo would feel impatient.

    Shiluo was suddenly thrown into the fan pit by Zhou Huo. After a moment, he took off his mask.

    The few fans closest to Shi Luo instinctively leaned back, keeping quiet out of fear.

    Shi Luo took off his mask but did not speak.

    A little fan tentatively asked, ¡°Evil&#k2026;why did you take off your mask?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Isn¡¯t it to let you guys have a look at me?¡±

    Shi Luo and the fans, big eyes met small ones and the fans couldn¡¯t help butugh. A male fan tentatively asked Shi Luo if he could get his autograph. Shi Luo nodded, ¡°Give me a pen.¡±

    The fans rxed instantly. The took out their fan merch and prepared notebooks and handed them to Shi Luo. Shi Luo didn¡¯t refuse anyone and he signed them one by one.

    When Shi Luo signed his signature, the male fan just now couldn¡¯t help but say excitedly ¡°Evil, I met you on the National server at the beginning of the season, did you know? It took me many days to get to the top 500 and I was finally able to meet you. Afterwards, I watched your live broadcast every day. I would time it so that every time you queued up for a game I would queue up too. I waited every night and after half a month. I finally got into the same game as yours. But it was too bad. I was part of the opposing team. Oh...but it was good too. You killed me several times, it¡¯s super cool.¡±

    The male fan smiled awkwardly, ¡°Later, your rank was too high and I couldn¡¯t keep up so I never met you again.¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes and nced at the boy. He signed his name and handed it back to him, ¡°We will y together after the rankings are cleared next season.¡±

    The male fan¡¯s eyes glowed instantly and he took back his notebook, nodding in agreement.

    One female fan looked at the other Free yers in the distance, and smiled. ¡°You¡¯ve never been very close to your teammates, always like an outsider... I was worried about you. But recently, it seems that I was worried for nothing. Do your best at the World Championships. ¡±

    Shi Luo returned the hand to the girl, and whispered, ¡°...Please rest assured.¡±

    Another fan also handed Shi Luo a hand banner and said quickly, ¡°Don¡¯t ever, ever be nervous in the games. It¡¯s the first year of our team¡¯s establishment. Sometimes, losing one game is no big loss and winning one game may not be worth it. Don¡¯t be pressured. If we win, we wille here to give you a grand reception. If we lose, we won¡¯te lest you see us looking embarrassed...¡±

    Shi Luo smiled, and the fans honestly said, ¡°We are not like those champion fans. Of course, I hope that you¡¯d win, but don¡¯t be afraid if you lose. Remember, safety first.¡±

    Shi Luo signed his ID and returned it to the fan, ¡°Thank you.¡±

    A small female fan handed Shi Luo her hand banner. The girl was a little nervous, ¡°Evil, I, I, I¡¯ve liked you for a long time. I¡¯ve been following your matches since you were in NSN. I¡¯ve watched your matches live several times already. Good luck in the World Championships.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded, ¡°Thank you.¡±

    The girl quietly looked at the other member of Team Free in the distance and then asked softly, ¡°You get along well with your teammates... right?¡±

    Shi Luo thought that the girl was teasing him about Yu Sui. His earlobes went a little red. He was going to pretend not to have heard clearly and the girl quietly added, ¡°We old fans have been worried that you wouldn¡¯t find it easy to fit in because the other three people in this team were originally teammates, but... it¡¯s been almost a year and it seems to be okay?¡±

    Shi Luo was stunned and signed his ID earnestly, ¡°Don¡¯t worry.¡±

    The girl breathed a sigh of relief and smiled shyly, ¡°Because of you, everyone already likes the other three yers very much. Do your best in the World Championships.¡±

    While they were talking, Zhou Huo dragged over Chen Huo and Puppy as well. The three of them gave out autographs to the fans together. Chen Huo talked the most and was endlessly noisy. The fans asked Zhou Huo if Yu Sui would being. Beads of sweat started to appear on Zhou Huo¡¯s forehead and he said helplessly, ¡°The team leader bought the wrong tickets for the two apanying staff members. He bought economy ss for a flight of more than ten hours...It would be pure misery. Whisper is dealing with it... He¡¯s trying to see if they can get an upgrade or on another flight. If Whisper won¡¯t have time toe here in a while, then I¡¯ll make sure he does next time. Everyone has worked hard. Evil, sign a few more.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded, and honestly signed one after another. Some fans gathered up their courage and asked Shi Luo to sign Yu Sui¡¯s ID. Shi Luo raised his eyebrows but signed it anyway.

    The fans were really good.

    They sincerely cheered on the yers. They hoped that their favorite yers could win but epted that their favorite yers could lose. They were also worried that their favorite yers would be sprayed because of losses and worried that the yers would feel too pressured. They knew that there were a lot of strong teams in this year¡¯s World Championships. Everyone simply wished them good luck and asked them to do their best instead of telling them to take the crown.

    Shi Luo was used trading greetings to one¡¯s ancestors with haters all the time. Suddenly meeting a group of fans, some of them exceptionally long-time fans, who got together simply to give them their blessings, although he was too embarrassed to say it, he actually felt very moved.

    Therefore, Shi Luo signed very carefully. He didn¡¯t draw a slop shod signature he could do with his eyes closed. He avoided writing on the face on the banners and signed as much as possible within the nk space.

    Shi Luo signed so honestly and seriously for the first time that he didn¡¯t notice when Yu Sui walked over behind him.

    Yu Sui automatically put his hand on Shi Luo¡¯s shoulder, ¡°It¡¯s time to go through security.¡±

    Shi Luo, under the carefulmand of the fan, was in the middle of signing ¡®Evil¡¯ on the left side of the fan card and ¡®Whisper¡¯ on the right.

    Shi Luo froze and handed the pen to Yu Sui, ¡°...sign it yourself.¡±

    Yu Sui took the pen and he was immediately surrounded by the fans. For a while, Yu Sui signed quickly and only went to the security check with everyone when Zhou Huo called him.

    The fans stayed, continuing to snap photos. Shi Luo found it a bit difficult to walk while being photographed. g man Yu, making not the least bit attempt to avoid suspicion, walked exactly beside Shi Luo, not the littlest bit forward or behind.

    Yu Sui inclined his head to speak with Shi Luo. Shi Luo could feel the his breath on his ears. He could also hear the roar of the fans behind him.

    Shi Luo gritted his teeth, ¡°...Did you do that deliberately?¡±

    Yu Sui admitted quite simply, ¡°Of course, it was deliberate.¡±

    Without waiting for Shi Luo to speak, Yu Sui continued, ¡°Zhou Huo was the one who made our hotel reservations. I looked at it and it was okay... They are all double bed rooms, one for each person.¡±

    Shi Luo paused. ¡°What a waste...¡±

    Shi Luo knew which of the German hotel Zhou Huo had made reservations with. It was very expensive. Shi Luo originally thought that Zhou Huo would be a bit more sensible and would squander away so much money. If he had booked a standard room for two people then he and Yu Sui would have been justified in sharing one room.

    If they weren¡¯t going to be sharing a room, they would have to separate every day after training orpetitions. The World Competition schedule was so long. The two of them couldn¡¯t be together for so many days...

    ¡°I will ask for an extra room card for my room.¡± They had already arrived at the security check. Yu Sui kept his voice very soft, ¡°Yell out ¡®gege¡¯...and I¡¯ll give you one.¡±

    ¡°You cane into my room at any time and call on me.¡±

    Yu Sui nodded politely to the security inspector and raised his arms.

    Shi Luo: ¡°......¡±

    Shi Luo grinded his teeth, waiting for his turn behind Yu Sui and after a half a minute struggle¡ª¡ª

    ...he still wanted that key card to g man Yu¡¯s room.

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    Happy New Year, everyone!!! Here¡¯s to a better year thanst. =)

 Chapter 114

    Chapter 114:

    However, by the time the ne took off, Shi Luo still hadn¡¯t called out to him.

    Out in the open, in absolutely bright and broad daylight, Shi Luo really couldn¡¯t open his mouth.

    Yu Sui was a lot more at ease than Shi Luo. As the fans around him thinned out, g man Yu tended more and more to follow his inclinations. Past the security check, he already dared to take liberties with Shi Luo right in front of the security inspector. After leaving customs, he oh-so-casually took Shi Luo peripherals bag and carried it. When they arrived at the VIP lounge, Yu Sui ignored all the others and he and Shi Luo sat alone to one side. For him, it was like all their otherpanions did not exist.

    Shi Luo took Old Qiao¡¯s notebook and was looking through it. Yu Sui sat beside Shi Luo with his eyes closed, taking a cat nap, one arm was ced along the back of the sofa where Shi Luo was sitting. Their peripherals bags were stacked together and ced to the side... ...Anyone can see that the rtionship between the two wasn¡¯t normal. There were still a few outsiders in the VIP lounge. One of them would cast frequently looks at the two of them. Yu Sui knew that others were watching but he made no attempt to hide, expressionpletely at ease.

    Now that the entire club knew about the two of them, the apanying staff were embarrassed to stare at them and they pretended not to notice anything. Chen Huo couldn¡¯t bear to just stand by and watch. ¡°No! I just want to ask. Just what level yer do you have to be to have your own bag carrier?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m scared sh*tless of anything happening so I even brought two keyboards! And they¡¯re both ones with metal backtes! They weigh a ton!¡± Chen Huo was filled with anger. ¡°I was afraid they¡¯d break it if I checked it in, so I have to carry it by myself. Shi Luo, he-he-he...¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s making full use of having a g man boyfriend. What¡¯s the matter?¡± Zhou Huo raised his phone to take pictures of Yu Sui and Shi Luo. ¡°What are you jealous about?¡±

    Chen Huo said sourly, ¡°Jealous, my ass. Just now, he was pretending to be a good teammate and as soon as the fans leave, he shows his true colors.¡±

    ¡°With the fans gone, Yu Sui has officially started, right?¡± Puppy was simrly aggrieved. ¡°Why do I feel like... Chen Huo and I are going to y in the World Championships and those two are going to spend their honeymoon? Where¡¯s the tense atmosphere?¡±

    ¡°Isn¡¯t Shi Luo nervous enough? Even now, he¡¯s still reading the review notes. What about you guys? And... they usually have so many eyes watching. Now, there isn¡¯t anyone taking pictures, can¡¯t you let them rx a bit?¡± Zhou Huo looked at the photos he had just taken and was quite satisfied, ¡°Once we leave the country, no one¡¯s going to recognize us. Let them rx...¡±

    After resting for less than an hour, they could begin boarding the ne. Yu Sui picked up both their bags. Shi Luo wanted to take his own but Yu Sui dodged Shi Luo¡¯s hand. ¡°You can just take Old Qiao¡¯s notebook. Let¡¯s go.¡±

    What came next was a full 12 hour flight. In order to survive the long journey of more than ten hours, almost everyone hadn¡¯t slept much the night before. Shi Luo was the most ruthless. He decided to just stay up the whole night and trained for almost twenty hours. After getting on the ne, they chatted for a while and then one by one, they began to put on earphones and eye masks and went to sleep. In between, people would wake up one after another. Zombie-like, they would eat or drink and then go right back to sleep.

    Despite this, afternding, except for these yers who were young and sturdy, everyone else was tired, their bones were achy.

    They passed through customs, took their luggage and headed to the hotel. It was eight in the evening and there was a bit of a traffic congestion on the road.

    Yu Sui was seated with Shi Luo at thest row of the car. Yu Sui was teaching Shi Luo a fewmon words in German. Shi Luo¡¯s gift fornguage was amazing. Yu Sui basically just had to say it a couple of time and he could already remember all of them. Shi Luo familiarized himself with daily German. He nodded his head. ¡°Okay. Now, I won¡¯t get lost.¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°You¡¯ll be fine even if you do get lost. I sent you the hotel address yesterday. If you get lost, just show it to the driver and...¡±

    Yu Sui said slowly, ¡°The hotel phone number, the police phone number, contact number for the league personnel &#k2026;I sent you all the contact numbers I could think off. If anything happens, there¡¯s always someone you can contact. No need to panic.¡±

    Zhou Huo in the front row, pped his forehead when he heard this. ¡°That¡¯s right. Shi Luo, could you copy the address and those contact numbers and send those to the group? Everyone, take a screenshot of it or something. This is quite useful.¡±

    Shi Luo took out his mobile phone, copy and pasted, and then @-ed everyone. Zhou Huo nodded, ¡°Thanks. Sigh...to have a g man in the team is such a treasure. Thanks to Shi Shen, we also get to enjoy the feeling of being shown consideration by a g man. ¡±

    Yu Sui smiled and ignored Zhou Huo.

    Shi Luo sent the address and phone numbers. While doing so, he saw several notification of mentions of Whisper¡¯s ID from official e-sports pages. One of them was even from a league official. Shi Luo clicked and took a look. It was highlights from when Yu Sui rushed to the top of the server that night. They had even edited the highlights video using Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcast.

    Re-watching Yu Sui¡¯s brilliant moves, Shi Luo still found it hard to look away.

    ¡°Shi Shen.¡± Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, his voice was very soft, ¡°There¡¯s almost half an hour left before we get to the hotel. Just another half an hour...¡±

    Shi Luo was taken aback and then he remembered.

    g man Yu¡¯s room card...

    Shi Luo opened his mouth, his face a little red.

    Shi Luo regretted it. There had been so much time before when they were alone. He should have called out to him then... Now that there were other people present, he was even more reluctant to say it.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo¡¯s entangled expression. He smiled and wrote on Shi Luo¡¯s palm: [What¡¯s the matter? You¡¯ve called me something more excessive before. ]

    Shi Luo¡¯s ears turned red. He grabbed Yu Sui¡¯s hand to prevent Yu Sui from actually writing something.

    During their small vacation for two people in the base, Shi Luo had indeed...all those things he could say and those the couldn¡¯t say, he had said them all.

    Back then, there hadn¡¯t been any outsiders and it had been that kind of scene. Although it seemed a bit excessive thinking back on it after the matter, he hadn¡¯t at all been reluctant at the time.

    Yu Sui let Shi Luo hold onto his hand. Shi Luo took a deep breath and wrote on Yu Sui¡¯s arm. [We¡¯ll be in the middle of apetition. We wouldn¡¯t even be able to do anything. What good is there to going to your room? ]

    Yu Sui had on a calm expression and wrote slowly: [Apart from really doing it, everything else is fine. ]

    [Shi Shen, others might not know but you know just how good my service is, don¡¯t you? ]

    In Shi Luo¡¯s other hand, a push notification made it¡¯s timely appearance. ¡°The strongest in the world. Three minute experience tour of Whisper¡¯s pro top-level medic y.¡±

    Shi Luo knew that Yu Sui had seen it. He instantly locked his screen. Yu Sui smiled and did nothing more to urge him.

    Half an hour passed by in a sh. The car was full of people. When they got off the car, the official staff of the league was waiting. Now, there were even more people and they were filming too. Shi Luo grit his teeth... There were too many people and he couldn¡¯t shout it out here. Now, he¡¯ll never get it.

    The official league staff brought interviewers and cameras to take pictures and videos of everyone checking into the hotel. Shi Luo, as the 19-year-old rookie who entered the World Championship for the first time this year, was also a hot figure in this World Championship. The official staff took a lot of video of Shi Luo. He even got his own interview. Shi Luo looked and saw that Zhou Huo and his teammates had gone to check in. He hesitated but in the end, he stood there and epted the interview.

    The official trantor looked at Shi Luo with a smile. ¡°Evil, you are the first yer we interviewed. Are you happy?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at the trantor nkly. Inwardly, he said, ¡®No, I¡¯m not. I¡¯ve lost my key card.¡¯

    Shi Luo had no problemmunicating in English and his spoken English was quite smooth. The official trantor smiled, caught off guard. ¡°Alright. Looks like I don¡¯t have work today.¡±

    Given that they had justnded, their wee party also knew that the yers weren¡¯t in overly high spirits and didn¡¯t dare to ask any sharp questions. Their question were easy one like like how does it feel to enter the World Championship for the first time? What are your expectations? and other questions like that. Shi Luo answered them one by one. The interviewer was very talkative and when he saw Shi Luo frequently looking towards the front desk of the hotel, he looked over there and saw that Yu Sui was over there. He then quick asked Shi Luo whether Yu Sui was doing good this year and if he was in good condition and things like that.

    Shi Luo was very guarded and vignt. He felt that these devils might be trying to catch him off guard, trick him with their words and so he simply shook his head and didn¡¯t respond much.

    The official smiled regretfully and asked Shi Luo if he could take a few more photos. Shi Luo didn¡¯t care and let them take as much as they wanted.

    Puppy had finished checking in and came over. He had served in the European Division for two years and the official personnel were more familiar with him. They quickly surrounded him and Shi Luo pulled away.

    There were a lot of people at the front desk and Shi Luo didn¡¯t feel like going over there. He sat on a sofa to the side, expression as usual.

    Not long afterwards, the check-in of all Free personnel waspleted. Yu Sui returned Shi Luo¡¯s passport and gave him a room card. ¡°1118. This is yours.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded and took it. Yu Sui handed him another one, ¡°1120, this is the key to mine.¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes, startled, ¡°I didn¡¯t...¡±

    I haven¡¯t called you ¡®gege¡¯ yet.

    Yu Sui smiled helplessly, ¡°I teased you but I still didn¡¯t get to hear it. Isn¡¯t it stupid?¡±

    Seeing that Yu Sui was here, the official game personnel hurriedly dumped Puppy and surrounded Yu Sui, chattering away, asking him questions one after the other.

    ¡°Yu Sui gave you a key to his room?¡± Zhou Huo had taken care of the details and walked to Shi Luo, eyes squinting as he smiled. ¡°Don¡¯t pretend, he and I were the ones who handled the check-in.¡±

    Shi Luo cleared his throat and silently acquiesced.

    ¡°Do you know what g man Yu said just now?¡± Zhou Huo smiled and lowered his voice. ¡°When he asked the front desk for an extra room card, I knew it was for you. I said he was spendingpany money on his honeymoon. Yu Sui said......¡±

    ¡°He said he was afraid you¡¯d be nervous about the World Championships.¡±

    ¡°He said that you¡¯ve been sleeping a little uneasily since a few days ago. He knew you were still a little nervous, afraid that you¡¯d drop the ball in your first World Championships, afraid that you would make some slip-up.¡±

    ¡°He said that he has never given psychological counseling to anyone and he didn¡¯t know what else he could do but to tease you tofort you.¡±

    ¡°He just wanted to give you some fun so that he could distract you.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes trembled and he looked at Yu Sui, still being interviewed, from out the corner of his eye.

    ¡°My heart is that of an ordinary man¡¯s. In order topensate him, I said, since Shi Luo got one of his key cards, then he should get one of yours and Yu Sui said there was no need.¡±

    Zhou Huo let out an exhale. He looked at Shi Luo,¡± Yu Sui said that sometimes that there are times when a yer might not feel particrly good after a game or training. They may want to be alone for a while. He wants to give you a separate space. He thought that him being able to enter your room at any time might not necessarily be a good thing for you.¡±

    ¡°I asked him, don¡¯t you need to be alone too? Aren¡¯t you afraid of being troubled?¡±

    Zhou Huo raised his eyebrows. ¡°Yu Sui said... He isn¡¯t your average yer.¡±

    ¡°He didn¡¯t need it.¡±

 Chapter 115

    Chapter 115:

    Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo and chuckled softly, ¡°Shi Shen, what part of this is a room card? This is obviously Whisper¡¯s love letter...¡±

    Shi Luo held the two room cards in the pocket of his jacket. He looked at Yu Sui from out the corner of his eye, his lips moved slightly. He gave no reply.

    After checking in, Yu Sui still had some things to deal with as the captain. Yu Sui signaled to the official staff to wait. He walked up to Shi Luo and Zhou Huo and said, ¡°I have a solo interview and a photo shoot... It was originally scheduled for tomorrow, but by my estimate , we should be able to start training tomorrow. It would dy us by too much so I just discussed with their people and I¡¯ll do it all tonight. We¡¯ll start closed door training tomorrow.

    Zhou Huo frowned, ¡°Discussing matters directly with the yers? What is this? What kind of mass media outlet just gets an interview because they want one?¡±

    ¡°The league¡¯s mass media outlet. Each team goes through this fixed process and there¡¯s no pushing it back. They only told me about it when I asked what their schedule was for tomorrow.¡± Yu Sui rubbed his shoulders. ¡°Anyway, I can¡¯t sleep anymore. I¡¯ll just spend an hour or two to handle everything and then that will be that.¡±

    Zhou Huo asked Yu Sui to wait for a while. He went to talk with the league staff. Once he confirmed that it was a set process, he arranged Yu Sui¡¯s schedule and then nodded. He exchanged a couple of words with the other apanying club staff members and had them apany Yu Sui to his interview.

    ¡°You go back and rest first...¡± Yu Sui said to Shi Luo softly, ¡°I¡¯ll message you when I get back.¡±

    Shi Luo pursed his lower lip and nodded, ¡°Ok.¡±

    Shi Luo went directly to Yu Sui¡¯s room. He didn¡¯t even open his suitcase. He simple took out hisptop from his peripheral bag and brought up the record of the past matches of the other teams in their group match.

    The overall strength of other teams in their grouping was really too far from Free. Old Qiao didn¡¯t let the four of them waste time looking at these materials. Instead, he just had the coaching team watch the watch it and he then went to write a detailed summary of each team and sent it to the yers. Only Shi Luo went to make a copy of the videos for himself. He¡¯d been nning on watching these when he found himself unable to sleep on the ne. Now, he had some time to watch it.

    Shi Luo sat on the bed with theptop on hisp. The lights were off and the sky was dark. Only the faint light from theptop screen was visible in the room.

    Shi Luo watched the video at twice the speed. He also fast-forwarded nonstop in the middle. For a five hour-long video, Shi Luo finished watching it in less than two hours.

    Shi Luo clicked on another team¡¯s video. Just as he doubled the speed, Shi Luo raised his eyes suddenly and then quickly closed theptop.

    A few secondster, the door of the room opened with a beep.

    A certain someone who had just finished his interview turned on the corridor light unsuspectingly. He entered the bathroom and he washed his face. He grabbed a towel and after lightly wiping his face, Yu Sui turned to walk out. He hadn¡¯t yet gotten out of the bathroom when Shi Luo blocked his way with a fierce kiss.

    Yu Sui was stunned and then rxed, spreading his arms slightly, letting Shi Luo do what he wanted.

    Yu Sui was pushed all the way from the entrance of the bathroom to the side of the sink. Yu Sui didn¡¯t present even the least bit of resistance. Shi Luo pressed a bit forcefully against his shoulder and he moved back along with Shi Luo. The moment Shi Luo had kissed him, he had already parted his lips, Shi Luo had just touched Yu Sui¡¯s cor and Yu Sui already took the initiative to pull the zipper of his jacket all the way down to make it easier for Shi Luo to do what he wished.

    The lights in the bathroom were dim. Only their breaths, running slightly faster than usual, could be heard.

    Shi Luo put his hand on the hem of Yu Sui¡¯s sweatshirt, grasping the loose and soft material. He hesitated for a moment but didn¡¯t not lift it up. He only put his hand on Yu Sui¡¯s waist and continued to kiss him deeply.

    After ten minutes of both restrained and frenzied silent kissing, Shi Luo let go of Yu Sui.

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips were red and his voice was low, ¡°...You didn¡¯t take control.¡±

    Yu Sui closed his eyes when he heard these words. After a moment of silence, he smiled helplessly, his voice was slightly hoarse, ¡°Baobei&#k2026;I didn¡¯t take control because I already really want to do you. If I had taken control&#k2026; we might not be able to train tomorrow. I would have finished that interview early for nothing.¡±

    Shi Luo thought of all the things they did during their little vacation and his previous slight dissatisfaction was suddenly teased into disappearing. He wiped his lower lip with the back of his hand and said nothing.

    After taking a few deep breaths, Yu Sui¡¯s mind was a little clearer. But when he opened his eyes and saw Shi Luo, his heart instantly softened.

    Yu Sui¡¯s lips moved slightly, ¡°You want me to take control?¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. He said, voice very low, ¡°It¡¯s notpletely out of the question. I should be able to restrain myself now... what do you want me to do?¡±

    ¡°You...¡± Shi Luo paused and asked, ¡°Would you do as I want you to?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°So long as it doesn¡¯t dy your training tomorrow...I can satisfy you.¡±

    Shi Luo took a deep breath and whispered, ¡°Yu Sui...do you never ever afford the people you¡¯re in a rtionship with a way out...¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t hear him clearly, ¡°Huh?¡±

    ¡°Are you afraid that I won¡¯t belong to you?¡± Shi Luo grumbled, ¡°When I wasn¡¯t with you yet, the fans kept reminding me that I¡¯m still young, that I shouldn¡¯t make nice with you... If I get into a rtionship with you, if we break up, it won¡¯t be easy for me to ever be interested in anyone in the future. Did you see it at the time and treated me like this on purpose, making me...¡±

    Yu Sui looked deeply at Shi Luo. He raised the corners of his mouth slightly and asked, ¡°Making you what? Shi Luo, making you what?¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t bear it, ¡°Making me like you so much my heart hurts. I can¡¯t wait to give you my life so that I will never be apart from you again...¡±

    Listening to the terribly sweet confession of his little boyfriend, Yu Sui¡¯s smile grew deeper and deeper. He lowered his head slightly and kissed Shi Luo¡¯s lips, ¡°Yes, I did it on purpose.¡±

    ¡°I purposely... made you feel that you could never bear to be separated from me forever.¡±

    Shi Luo let Yu Sui tease his bad temper away. He held Yu Sui¡¯s cor and kissed him on his lips again. Yu Sui responded with the proper gentleness. After a while, Shi Luo let Yu Sui go and said, voice hoarse, ¡°OK. ......okay.¡±

    ¡°Okay?¡± Yu Sui pulled up his jacket that had been taken half off by Shi Luo. Holding back a smile, he asked, ¡°... Shi Shen, were you satisfied with your ravaging of me? Will you give me a good review? Would you visit again?¡±

    ¡°Like making out with a log. Not satisfied.¡± Shi Luo turned and walked out, ¡°...We¡¯ll talk about it after the game.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, zipped up his jacket, and left the bathroom.

    In the room, Shi Luo opened Yu Sui¡¯s and helped him put away his things. Shi Luo didn¡¯t leave that night. The two of them watched the game video together until past midnight. Feeling a bit sleepy, someone drank a cup of hot milk and was forced to sleep.

    The next day, the training room that Zhou Huo applied to the league for was already set. Everyone followed the routine they had back in China, except that their training time was slightly increased. They already had breakfast at a little past ten and then rushed to the official training venue. After familiarizing themselves a little a bit, it was already eleven o¡¯clock and they turned on theirputers to prepare for their practice matches.

    At eleven o¡¯clock in the morning in Germany, it was four o¡¯clock in the morning in China. It was too difficult to make appointments with the Chinese teams. Zhou Huo made an appointment with a North American team in the afternoon and a Chinese team at night.

    They had no practice matches with Sacred Sword.

    Naturally, Sacred Sword wouldn¡¯t agree to one. Sacred Sword was tightly guarded against Free and refuses to make any practice matches with any team in any Chinese division, for fear that Yu Sui would have some means to get insights about them.

    Zhou Huo mocked, ¡°They talk as though any team in our region would deign to agree to a practice match with them. They y dirty and sneer at their opponents. Who the hell would agree to them?¡±

    During a break between practice matches, when everyone was eating together. Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t helpining about the various petty-minded moves made by Sacred Sword. Old Qiao patted Zhou Huo on the shoulder and whispered, ¡°That¡¯s about enough.¡±

    Old Qiao didn¡¯t say anything but he nced at Shi Luo. Zhou Huo was stunned and realized that Old Qiao was reminding him that there was a rather deep hatred between Shi Luo and Sacred Sword so that he should not create an even more confrontational atmosphere that might affect Shi Luo¡¯s mood.

    Zhou Huo stiffly changed the topic. He smiled, ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right. NSN will be here in a few days. They¡¯ll also being to our hotel. When that timees, it will be more convenient to set appointments with them.¡±

    Shi Luo pulled out a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth. ¡°I¡¯m done. I¡¯m going to go watch some game rey.¡±

    Shi Luo pretended not to have seen anything.

    Yu Sui was worried about him. His teammates were worried about him. Zhou Huo, Old Qiao...all the staff were worried about him.

    Shi Luo knew it very well.

    Shi Luo could clearly remember how the haters taunted him before the World Competition. They said he had no experience inrge-scalepetitions, that his mentality was not stable enough, that he was a hidden danger for the team.

    After entering the World Championship for the first time, he might evene across Sacred Sword, this enemy of his life. People around him were worried that he would incur an all too obvious setback. Afterwards, it would produce a shadow in his heart and this originally tiny shadow would snowball along with the voices online calling him into question. The longer the snowball rolled, the bigger it would be until he is finally brainwashed by doubting voices online. He would lose his self-confidence and would really be mentally-crippled.

    Lessons from the past could be found everywhere. How many yers have been forced to carry the burden of a ckened name because of a mistake that didn¡¯t even determine the oue of a game? After that, they have never been able to prove themselves again and they truly be the trash that the haters used them of being.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t want to exin anything and he didn¡¯t want to tell the people in his team that he was fine and that they needn¡¯t be so careful.

    It was him whose expression had crumpled for everyone to see that his mental state had copsed just because somementator said ¡°Thankfully our region has the best medic twin stars, Whisper and Angel Sword.¡±

    Now, if he were to say, light as a feather, that he was fine, it would only make others feel that he was just pretending to be calm and they would worry about him even more. Shi Luo didn¡¯t feel like adding to the trouble of others.

    So Shi Luo silently enjoyed Yu Sui¡¯s gentleness and silently epted the kindness of the rest of the team. The day before the group match, Shi Luo didn¡¯t say anything even when Zhou Huo said something damnable like, ¡°It¡¯s okay to lose a few rounds in the group stage. As long as we can qualify, we win.¡±

    The group stage officially started. Group A became the opening team because the groups were going in order. In the double-loop group stage, Free yed against the Thai team in the first match. The result of the game wasn¡¯t at all surprising. It went as most people predicted. Free won easily. It took them less than twenty minutes to im the win. However, what went beyond most people¡¯s expectations was that the MVP spot was given Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo¡¯s y during the match was indeed eye-catching. There was a theory among the general public that when the official technical staff selects the MVP, sometimes they would give it to the yer who was ying in the World Championships for the first time as a lifetime sign of friendship. yers who do not understand the intricacies of the y, thought that Shi Luo, given that he was a rookie to the World Championships, might have been given consideration by the league and after thinking about it, they think it was reasonable. New yers should always be given a bit of consideration.

    In the post-match interview, when the host asked Shi Luo if the MVP title was given because of his beautiful y or because of the care given to neers, Shi Luo said easily that the officials had been considerate towards him.

    However, foreignmentators couldn¡¯t help but argue for Evil. ¡°It¡¯s not surprising that Free easily won that match. But as a neer, Evil¡¯s y truly had surpassed people¡¯s expectations... They have Whisper in their team and to have been able to seize the MVP title from Whisper¡¯s grasp...that¡¯s no easy feat...Of course, because the match had been so short, there hadn¡¯t been any deadlocked situation that happened and Whisper was not given any room to disy his abilities. But being able to out do both Chen Huo and Puppy is also a very rare thing. When fighting against a team whose strength is far from one¡¯s own, it¡¯s all too easy for yers to be too bloodthirsty and make lots of mistakes because of it. But Evil didn¡¯t. His performance was too stable and it was beautiful. He didn¡¯t look at all like a neer to the World Championship.¡±

    Because there was a half-true-half-false theory about the first MVP title during one¡¯s debut being given as a gift, even though thementators passionately assessed Shi Luo, the yers didn¡¯t feel too surprised by Shi Luo¡¯s first performance.

    But on the next day, Free yed back-to-back against the Japanese and Vietnamese teams. After sessfully winning both matches, the MVP titles for both matches were still given to Shi Luo.

    Only three best of one games had been yed in the group stage and Shi Luo got all three MVP titles.

    For the two MVP titles after the first, Shi Luo won thempletely using his own ability, he yed stably and beautifully. Everyone was now thoroughly convinced that he deserved the MVP title.

    After the third match of the group stage, the discussions regarding Shi Luo had reached a fever-pitch.

    In Free¡¯s backstage lounge, only Yu Sui and Shi Luo were in the small locker room. Shi Luo pushed Yu Sui to the corner. After winning three MVP titles in a row, Shi Luo had the confidence to tell Yu Sui, ¡°You were concerned that I wasn¡¯t sleeping well beforeing to Germany? Do you know why I didn¡¯t sleep well?¡±

    ¡°Because I was finally, finally, finally, able toe to this f*cked up ce and stick it to Sacred Sword.¡± Shi Luo had a bit of loathing and provocative look in his eyes, ¡°Two years ago... they wouldn¡¯t even look at me. They wouldn¡¯t buy me and you wouldn¡¯t let mee...Now, I¡¯m going to let them see whether Laozi was worth their money or not, whether they didn¡¯t lose out by not insisting on buying this substitute.¡±

    Shi Luo said in a deep voice, ¡°I wasn¡¯t unable to sleep because I was anxious. I was excited...Finally, I have the opportunity to let others see clearly whether Laozi can y in the World Championship or whether I would just hold us back.¡±

    Yu Sui was relying on the wall to keep standing, thinking about Shi Luo¡¯s extreme operations in the matches. Looking deeply at Shi Luo, he was so fascinated by him that it made him want to do a little something right here in the locker room.

    ¡°Why...¡± Yu Sui said in a low voice, ¡°didn¡¯t you tell me earlier?¡±

    ¡°With no results to show, saying it would have been uninteresting. Moreover...¡± Shi Luo paused and his little scheming self that hadn¡¯t made an appearance in a long time, came out. His voice became lower and lower, ¡°If I¡¯d said it earlier... would you still have been so gentle to me?¡±

    Little Shi Shen had already vented all his anger and his expression revealed a bit of unease, ¡°I like it... When you¡¯re being so good to me.¡±

    ¡°I just like... your g man routine.¡±

    ¡°I like it very much.¡±

 Chapter 116

    Chapter 116:

    Someone who could make Whisper be unable to forget about them and have Whisper¡¯s feelings for them unchanged even after three whole years was someone not to be trifled with.

    Shi Luo has always been the scheming sort when it came to Yu Sui and Shi Luo has never hidden it or covered it up. Instead, he would exin clearly to Yu Sui so that he would understand.

    I did it on purpose. I was wearing you down. I was tricking you. It was to make you care about me more.

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui and asked in a low voice, ¡°...ying well and snatching away the MVP title from you guys while making you think I¡¯m nervous and enjoying your g man considerateness, are these mutually exclusive things?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were full of his special possessiveness towards Yu Sui, which he¡¯d been showing less often. ¡°I relied upon your concern for me so that you would take the initiative to give me your room card, so that you¡¯d let me kiss and touch you...is that so bad? ¡±

    Yu Sui looked down at Shi Luo and smiled.

    It wasn¡¯t mutually exclusive and it was fine.

    This direct to your face sense of predation...was very familiar.

    Shi Luo has been like this since he was a child and Yu Sui himself had said so; that the scheming of people who he didn¡¯t like was ¡®scheming¡¯.

    Scheming by the person he liked was called ¡®acting spoiled¡¯.

    Yu Sui had fallen for this ruse of Shi Luo¡¯s.

    ¡°They say I¡¯m good at dating...¡± Yu Sui touched Shi Luo¡¯s chin and sighed in a low voice, ¡°Wait until you¡¯re two years older, I bet you¡¯re going to be more of a danger than I am.¡±

    Shi Luo lowered his head, rubbed his lips against Yu Sui¡¯s fingers and murmured, ¡°Captain, keep a close watch on me...Don¡¯t let me be a danger to others.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°Don¡¯t worry... I¡¯m watching you real close.¡±

    Their teammates have changed their clothes and were already waiting in the lounge. Many of the local staff were also there. If they dyed any longer, someone would knock on the door of the locker room. The two of them could no longer enjoy their time alone. They had to change into their casual clothes and return to the hotel immediately. .

    It was already winter in the northern hemisphere. If they wore their team uniforms outside they would inevitably freeze to death. yers woulde to the stadium wearing their own clothes and when they get into the warm lounge rooms, that¡¯s when they change into their uniforms to y in the match. Naturally, they would change back to their own clothes after the game.

    Yu Sui whistled softly at Shi Luo, ¡°Who will change first?¡±

    The person who changes clothes first would inevitably be watched the entire way by the other. Shi Luo¡¯s eyes darkened and he muttered, ¡°You.¡±

    Without any dy, Yu Sui pulled off his jacket. He took off his team uniform and hung it up. He followed it with taking off his half sleeved of the inner team shirt. Yu Sui took the thick sweater and put it on with a little smile in his eyes. He whispered, ¡°Shi Shen...When you change clothes, I keep my eyes closed.¡±

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t going to y ¡®gentleman¡¯ with Yu Sui. He wanted to watch.

    Yu Sui was also quite generous. He hooked the chair over with his foot, sat down and changed all his clothes. He quickly hung up his team uniform and rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head, ¡°I¡¯ll wait for you outside. Hurry up.¡±

    Their brief intimate time in the middle of their intensepetition period ended. Shi Luo changed back into his own clothes, wrapped himself up in a thick down jacket and went out of the stadium. He boarded the bus along with everyone from the club and headed back to the hotel.

    The double loop of the group stage would finish after twops. The firstp for Group A has ended. There will be two rest days before the next loop. These two days were for the teams to summarize their experiences and analyze the other teams in their group so that they could strive for better results in the next loop. Free had no trouble in this aspect. After their firstp, whether it was the level of the teams in their group or Shi Luo¡¯s condition, everyone could already rest assured. Within these two days, Free already began to study the teams from other groups who were basically assured of passing the group stage.

    NSN¡¯s Group C was a bit tough but Gu Gan, Wawa and the rest of them yed quite well. They only lost one match to the North American team. They scored two points in the first round. It won¡¯t be a big problem to keep this situation going and qualify for the next round. The situation in Group D, where Sacred Sword was, was simr to that of Group A. The difference in strength between the teams within the group was quiterge. Sacred Sword was running roughshod over everyone in Group D.

    What made Shi Luo very upset was that the Sacred Sword abused other teams in Group D more severely than they suppressed the teams in their group.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s yers were really skilled. Relying on their strength, no matter which team in their group they would y against, they would deliberately use that team¡¯s best method of y to crush them.

    If their opponent was good at ying a fast game, they would also y a fast game. And then, by means of overwhelming force, they would end the match in ten minutes, not letting the opponent breathe at all.

    If their opponent was good at gueri warfare, they too would y gueri warfare. And then they would win the match with superb technique and perfect rhythm, disying their IQ and their cooperation, showing off to their hearts¡¯ content.

    As one could well imagine, losing the match in this way, the yers of other teams found their morale copsing somewhat.

    You believed that that was what you were best at but Sacred Sword used the same routine to string you up and beat you. It leaves you with no possible rationalization tofort yourself with.

    After the matches, Sacred Sword would send out a tweet to taunt the teams. [I heard that you¡¯re good at ying a fast game? ]

    Now that they were abroad, they ran into these tweets without intentionally seeking them out. Puppy nced at the tweet from the Sacred Sword Club and saidzily to Zhou Huo, ¡°You said that we are all viins...Now, do you understand? This is a true viin.¡±

    Although Zhou Huo normally feel a bit too self-satisfied because of his team¡¯s great performance, he never dared to seek death up to this extent. Zhou Huo sucked his cheeks in and shook his head. ¡°The yers are expected to have a backbone and some air of arrogance but there¡¯s no need to take it this far, is there? Can¡¯t they show a little respect for their opponents? They really are childish and unstable yers... they might even end up retiring immediately after being booted out of the World Championships.¡±

    ¡°Do you know what their captain said during his interview before thepetition? Really, after watching his interview, I knew that these people didn¡¯t consider the other teams in their group as human beings at all.¡± Chen Huo watched the first three BO1 games of Sacred Sword. He stretched his body and said, ¡°He basically mentioned them all by name and said that more than half the teams in the World Championships were dog sh*t. They don¡¯t even have any respect for the strong teams, how can you expect them to have any respect for the teams in the group?¡±

    Of all the team captain interviews before thepetition, Shi Luo only looked at Yu Sui¡¯s. He hadn¡¯t spared a nce at any of the other team¡¯s interviews, least of all Sacred Sword¡¯s. When Shi Luo heard this, he grabbed someone¡¯s tablet ced to the side of the table and opened the league¡¯s official website to search for Sacred Sword¡¯s pre-match interview.

    Yu Sui¡¯s pre-match interviewsted less than one minute but Sacred Sword¡¯s Captain¡¯ssted a full five.

    Zhou Huo had watched that video before and he hurriedly tried to stop him. ¡°Aiya! What¡¯s so interesting about that? It¡¯s almost exactly as Chen Huo said. Don¡¯t waste your time. Aren¡¯t you about to start your next practice game? ¡±

    Old Qiao also frowned, ¡°Don¡¯t watch it. I¡¯m looking for Angel Sword now. We¡¯re just about to start.¡±

    Shi Luo pretended not to hear it. He clicked opened the video, a cold look on his face.

    Next to him, Yu Sui was building the map they were going to use for the practice game. He didn¡¯t stop Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo hated Sacred Sword and didn¡¯t want to even hear his voice. So, he reduced the video sound to the lowest it would go and yed it at double the speed.

    [Looking forward to the World Championship? Not at all. What can we expect from the World Championship? We¡¯re not the kind of team that struggles just to get to the World Championships. This is just the normal process for our team at the end of each season. ]

    [There are a lot of strong teams in the World Championships this year. Of course, I¡¯m not talking about the teams in the group stage. I really don¡¯t know what good is there to ying the group stage. ]

    [We didn¡¯t analyze any of the teams from the other regions. There¡¯s no need to waste that kind of time. ]

    [We schedule a lot of practice matches with teams from North America. They¡¯re very strong but then they haven¡¯t beaten us for a long time. I hope they won¡¯t be afraid of meeting us again. ]

    [We yed against all the teams in the Chinese division at beginning of the season and we¡¯ve never lost. There¡¯s nothing to look forward to. ]

    [Team Free is a bit interesting because a lot of their yers came from our club. ]

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes stilled and he pressed pause. He then turned up the audio.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t trust the trantions. The official trantions could have obscured his fierce wording. He wanted to hear the original wording.

    [Whisper did have a splendid time here with us. I hope he doesn¡¯t regard those two years here as a humiliation. Hahaha. But then, even if he does, nothing he can do about it. There will always be those two years in his professional record that will have our team¡¯s name engraved on it. He can never wash it away. ]

    Shi Luo¡¯s face instantly became cold.

    [Of course I look forward to meeting my old teammates. Afterwards, the results will teach that rebellious Whisper that he made the wrong choice at the beginning of the season. ]

    [I hope the Free team can be stronger and can hold on for longer so that we can meet them. ]

    [There¡¯s nothing to look forward to except for the finals. We¡¯re not looking forward to the semifinals and the quarterfinals. We¡¯re not interested. ]

    [We are only looking forward to the best of five finals. The group stage and all the stages before the finals are all just stepping stones, the kind you wouldn¡¯t use your expensive shoes to step on. It¡¯s a waste of our time. ]

    [We only came here to y the finals. Thank you. ]

    That was the end of the interview.

    Shi Luo murmured, ¡°There will always be those two years in his professional record that will have our team¡¯s name engraved on it. He can never wash it away....¡±

    Chen Huo was silent for a moment and the hatred shed in his eyes. He smiled, ¡°Oh baobei-er, Shi Luo! Listen to me, let me tell you already... Our old club isn¡¯t really targeting you. They treat everyone like this. Don¡¯t be affected too much, all right?¡±

    ¡°Shi Luo, I promise, I¡¯m not kidding with you this time.¡± Puppy looked at Shi Luo with a rare expression of seriousness on his face, ¡°Listen to me, Sacred Sword isn¡¯t as stupid as you think. I¡¯ve yed in the World Championships so many times and when ites to trash-talking, I¡¯ve never met any team better than Sacred Sword.¡±

    Puppy took the tablet from Shi Luo¡¯s hand, ¡°They disrespect people. They¡¯re a bunch of worthless nobodies but their trash talk isn¡¯t just spouted nonsense. They¡¯re all said with a purpose. They want to irritate you and provoke you before the game, making you unstable. When they beat you, they¡¯ll still strike at your self-confidence and provide the haters with something to mock you and curse you. This is their purpose. Don¡¯t think they¡¯re purely just cursing at people.¡±

    Yu Sui set the map for the practice match. He pushed the keyboard forward and said, ¡°It¡¯s true . Don¡¯t believe the rumors. They¡¯re not that brainless. When I was in the Holy Sword, they would even provided me with a trash-talking script. What you saw just now, was not necessarily what their captain actually thought. It might have just all been provided by their team¡¯s psychoanalyst.¡±

    Yu Sui sneered, ¡°They¡¯re just trying to mess with me.¡±

    Yu Sui turned his gaming chair and looked at Shi Luo. He said, rxed, ¡°I¡¯ve seen his interview a long time ago and it didn¡¯t affect me one bit.¡±

    Shi Luo was silent for a moment, trying to digest the interview with the Sacred Sword. Then, he caught the implied meaning in Yu Sui¡¯s words. Shi Luo was startled. He narrowed his eyes at Yu Sui and his voice became cold, ¡°Your personal interviews...¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s throat choked, his tone was not too steady, ¡°Your personal interviews, this sh*t club controlled them? Do they even treat people as people? How dare they make you...¡±

    It was also the first time that Old Qiao watched this interview. He became very angry when he heard that. He said furiously, ¡°They...¡±

    ¡°Shhh...¡± Yu Sui interrupted Old Qiao and said gently to Shi Luo, ¡°What did you tell me in the locker room that day? That you weren¡¯t affect? Have you forgotten?¡±

    Shi Luo suffocated and pursed his lips.

    ¡°They really did give me trash talk scripts for every interview. They ordered me read them and make targeted attacks on important opponents, but...¡± Yu Sui said lightly, ¡°I never followed them. ¡±

    Shi Luo was surprised.

    This time Zhou Huo was even more surprised. Zhou Huo was older than these yers and has more experience. He has made his rounds of various teams and has more knowledge about their dirty practices. He was surprised. ¡°This kind of purelymercial team ...you can just refuse what your boss tells you to do?¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Yes.¡±

    Chen Huo nodded and saidzily, ¡°It¡¯s true...Your Yu Shen, even if he was sold, he¡¯s still better than their local yers. The boss personally asked him to do things but if he¡¯s not happy about it, he wouldn¡¯t do it.¡±

    Puppy shrugged, ¡°If you don¡¯t believe us, go and look through his backlog of interviews from the previous two years to see if Yu Sui ever followed what they said.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui, dumbstruck, ¡°Ho-...how?¡±

    Yu Sui said calmly, ¡°Because I wasn¡¯t afraid of getting my annual sry deducted.¡±

    ¡°Because they needed me to win.¡±

    ¡°Because I¡¯m the number one medic in the Chinese national server and the Chinese division. Because I¡¯m the number one medic in the European division.¡± Yu Sui recalled what the Captain of Sacred Sword had said in the interview, and slowly said, ¡°There are indeed those two years in my professional resume that have their team logo engraved on. I can¡¯t get rid of that but this young master didn¡¯t sell over himself to them.¡±

    ¡°If other team members disobey them, they¡¯ll be punished by Sacred Sword¡¯s club. They will be relegated to sitting on a cold bench, watching over the drinking fountain.¡± Yu Sui had a touch of arrogance in his eyes, ¡°...If I disobeyed them, would they dare let a substitute take over?¡±

    Shi Luo lowered his eyes and slowly began to p.

    Old Qiao grinned. He pped the table hard and yelled happily, ¡°Nice!¡±

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    ¡°Captain, keep a close watch on me...Don¡¯t let me be a danger to others.¡±

    (-////-) *Gulp*. Stop it, Shi Luo. You¡¯re making me blush. Haha

 Chapter 117

    Chapter 117:

    There were many yers in active service who were used as operating funds by their club owners due to funding problems. And there were also many yers who encounter ck-hearted bosses and were sold far off to other regions.

    However, among all the yers who left their nativend against their will and lodged under another person¡¯s roof, there was only one who could have been raised into turning out how Whisper did.

    Young Master Yu has seen and experienced all sorts of things ever since he was young. No matter if he were penalized hundreds of thousands or millions worth of fines, he wouldn¡¯t even blink. If you want to penalize me, then penalize me. I don¡¯t care.

    Chen Huo remembered an old story and couldn¡¯t help but sigh. ¡°Was it about a week after we first came here? We encountered one of the stupidest things. We were taking promotional photos for the new season, which was normal. Then it was like our manager suddenly went sick in the head. The shooting was done and we were about to wrap up but he insisted we take some ¡®fun photos¡¯, to provide some amusement for the fans. Do you know what kind of photos he wanted us to take?¡±

    Puppy sighed, ¡°...cat ears, very cute ones.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°...¡±

    Old Qiao and Zhou Huo both choked.

    ¡°I really f-ing suspect that he was scratched by a cat demon! Making us wear cat ears and then posing like that...¡± Chen Huo made fists with both hands and retched. ¡°F*ck, just thinking about it is making me want to vomit. He wanted us to stand in a row, wear cat ears, act cute and throw kitty punches.¡±

    Puppy couldn¡¯t bear to remember. He covered his face with one hand, ¡°Damn, crossing seas and oceans to work in a foreignnd, you truly will suffer all sorts of hardships.¡±

    Zhou Huo both wanted tough and felt sorry for them. He asked hurriedly, ¡°Did you take the photo? Are there any photos? Those... those cat ears...¡±

    Chen Huo said helplessly, ¡°Look, I¡¯m not discriminating against cat ears. If you get one for me now, I¡¯ll pose for you. Really, I would be happy to ¡®meow¡¯ for you! Isn¡¯t it all just to make the fans happy? As long as I am in a good mood, even doing an erotic dance wouldn¡¯t be out of the question. But what was the situation at that time? Us three brothers, each of us looked worse than thest. We all look like we just lost our wives. Yu Sui, back then, was already starting to close-up on himself...If you want us to do business, you gotta choose the time and ce, okay? I was worried all the time whether the sprayers back home would start poking around my ancestors¡¯ graves. Was I in any mood to meow for you?¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t stand it anymore and asked closely, ¡°So did you take the photo or not?!¡±

    ¡°Listen to me. I¡¯m going to tell you slowly.¡± Chen Huo changed his posture and said leisurely, ¡°At the time, in the photo studio, it was simr to this. The three of us were sitting like this... Several cat ears were ced on the table. All of us were ignoring the manager and we were in a deadlock. Of course, Sacred Sword¡¯s manager had to get Yu Sui to do it first. He asked Yu Sui...¡±

    Chen Huo looked at Puppy, ¡°You take his role. Do the manager.¡±

    Puppy, to the side, followed up. Pinching his voice, ¡°Whisper, do you know how much you will be fined if you do not cooperate with official club activities?¡±

    Puppy held up five fingers, expression proud and aloof, ¡°Five thousand euros.¡±

    Puppy looked at Yu Sui, ¡°It¡¯s your turn. Act out what you said at the time.¡±

    Yu Sui nced at Shi Luo. He said helplessly, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you? What¡¯s good about remembering such a f*cking embarrassing incident?¡±

    ¡°Hurry up!¡± Chen Huo had set it up for a long time and was waiting for Yu Sui to finish, ¡°Come and wrap up the performance. We¡¯re going to need to train soon!¡±

    Shi Luo frowned slightly, staring at Yu Sui closely.

    Yu Sui was left with no choice.

    Yu Sui lifted up his empty left wrist and made a gesture as though taking off his watch.

    Yu Sui was pinching air and said softly, ¡°Do you know how much this watch is?¡±

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t helpughing, breaking character. He held back his smile and said, ¡°Five hundred thousand euros...¡±

    ¡°Pfft!¡± Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t help it. He squeezed Old Qiao¡¯s sleeve and chuckled, ¡°I didn¡¯t know you had b*tchy period.¡±

    Shi Luo was still watching. Yu Sui knew that his little boyfriend was most afraid of him being insulted and being disadvantaged. He could only endure this rare humiliation and give a convincing re-enactment of this past event. ¡°Before signing, you should have found out my financial situation... ¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s went numb from how ¡®chuuni¡® he was back then. He really couldn¡¯t bring himself to act anymore. He sat back on his gaming chair and spewed out curses. ¡°Who the f*ck started all this? You are all sick. Start training!¡±

    Shi Luo imagined that scene and held back his smile. He sat back down in front of hisputer.

    It was a small episode in a foreign country. Due to various reasons, like the time difference and having to get over the Great Firewall of China, the domestic yers were still unaware of what was happening in Germany. The focus of the domestic yers was still on NSN. NSN lost a game in the group stage and the fans¡¯ overall morale declined a bit. The yers naturally wouldn¡¯t let NSN go. During the two days of rest for Group A, there was a lot of heated discussion about NSN in China.

    ¡°NSN seems to have a really hard time holding their own.¡±

    As long as it had nothing to do with the contents of the game, Zhou Huo could do the work of three people.

    The next day, the day before the second loop of the group stage, Zhou Huo had contacted all the teams from each region who were willing to y practice matches with Free to arrange a reasonable schedule. While holding a mobile phone in one hand to order authentic Chinese food for everyone, he had a tablet on another as he used it to check on the domestic e-sports forums to grasp the direction of public opinion.

    Free¡¯s yers have already yed practice matches for eight hours today. Right now, they were reviewing their training mistakes while eating. Seeing that everyone was finally resting, Zhou Huo didn¡¯t forget to gossip with the yers as he did his three-way multitasking. ¡°ording to the domestic trainers¡¯ analysis, NSN¡¯s previous win in one of the games was a bit due to luck. The opponent made a lot of mistakes. In the second round, if they can¡¯t continue to improve their performance and have a few luck bonuses, they may not be able to make it past the group stage.¡±

    Zhou Huo was worried, ¡°If they can¡¯t make it through, we¡¯ll be thest hope of the whole vige. The pressure will definitely be even greater then... How did you feel when you yed the practice match against Gu Gan and the others? Did they seem stable or not?¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head, ¡°No one can actually tell if anyone¡¯s stable. Being strong is one thing, being able to disy that on the field is another...there are all sorts of situations on the field. It all depends on actualbat.

    Chen Huo thought about it and frowned. He said slowly, ¡°The degree to which someone can perform their best on the field isn¡¯t the same. It¡¯s hard to say. There are those people who are particrly excited once they¡¯re on stage, such as...¡±

    Chen Huo was upset about Shi Luo¡¯s three consecutive MVP wins and said coldly, ¡°For example, Shi Shen. It¡¯s easy for him to outperform himself when he¡¯s actually ying in the match. He won the MVP title in the first game of his career. In his first World Championships, he won three more in a row.¡±

    ¡°As long as you make fewer mistakes, don¡¯t get carried away when the match is going our way and don¡¯t copse when it isn¡¯t, the MVP title would be yours too.¡± Old Qiao said leisurely, ¡°Yu Sui has not chance to disy his abilities ying against a weak team in the group stage. This is your chance...but you didn¡¯t make good use of it.¡±

    Chen Huo knew his old ¡®nerve knife¡¯ problem. He shrugged and stopped talking.

    ¡°Let¡¯s rest.¡± It was already nine o¡¯clock in the evening. Puppy got up and stretched. ¡°Tomorrow¡¯s the second round of the group stage. Let¡¯s y steady and talk more when we make it past the group stage. Jiayou, brothers.¡±

    The remaining three people didn¡¯t pay any attention to him. Puppy got up, picked up his coat and headed to his room first.

    In order to allow the yers to train better, Zhou Huo declined the league¡¯s provided official training venue that was five kilometers away from the hotel. His team rented a small meeting room in the hotel as a temporary training room. The daily rent was shockingly high but the advantage was that everyone no longer needed to run around anymore and they could go back to their hotel room directly after their daily training; not that much different from how they were in their domestic base.

    Old Qiao felt pained every day that he entered this temporary training room but Yu Sui didn¡¯t care at all. He had been the one who instructed Zhou Huo to rent the hotel meeting room.

    It doesn¡¯t matter how much you spend so long as it made things convenient.

    When the training was over that day, Old Qiao looked at the rentedputers in the room and felt distressed, ¡°It¡¯s all money...¡±

    ¡°Oh, stop trying to skimp on everything. g man Yu has the money.¡± Zhou Huo had on an indifferent expression. ¡°Do you think these young masters would go hole up in an Inte cafe with you?

    Chen Huo also got up and went back to his room. Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui and Shi Luo and urged, ¡°Aren¡¯t you leaving yet?¡±

    Yu Sui got up. Shi Luo was full of energy and wasn¡¯t afraid of tiring out. He kept watching the game rey and didn¡¯t even raise his head, ¡°I¡¯ll be watching for two more hours. You go first.¡±

    Zhou Huo frowned. ¡°How long have they been ying already? Two more hours? Are you looking to die?¡±

    Shi Luo had on his headphones and pretended not to hear him, Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t get Shi Luo move himself. He couldn¡¯t help turning toin to Yu Sui, ¡°Captain! Don¡¯t just stand there. Our striker is about to be overworked! You handle him! ¡±

    g man Yu looked at Zhou Huo expressionlessly, and asked, ¡°If you don¡¯t go then how can I <i>handle</i> him?¡±

    Yu Sui had especially emphasized the word ¡°handle¡±. When good fortunees, the mind works well and Zhou Huo pped his forehead. He smiled and took Old Qiao away with him.

    Only two people were left in the small meeting room.

    Shi Luo stared at the monitor closely and watched the rey video at double speed. He would repeatedly tap the space bar on the keyboard with his thumb to pause and examine the details.

    From out the corner of his eye, Shi Luo saw Yu Sui walking to the door of the meeting room and locking it.

    Shi Luo smiled helplessly. He couldn¡¯t exin it clearly anymore. He...this time he was really wasn¡¯t making some scheme to deliberately get Yu Sui to stay with him.

    All he really wanted was to review the game.

    Yu Sui walked up to Shi Luo and sat directly on the table next to Shi Luo¡¯s left hand. He moved his long leg and hit Shi Luo¡¯s arm with his knee.

    Shi Luo raised his eyes and nced at Yu Sui.

    It was a cold winter but it was warm inside the hotel. Yu Sui only wore a short sleeved shirt and sweatpants. He was about to leave the meeting room just now so he also had on a long and loose down jacket. This was the standard get up for inte addicted teenagers. In a while, it won¡¯t be cold in the corridor and when he gets to his room, he can sleep as soon as he takes it off.

    But when he wore such nondescript clothing, coupled with his face and his good figure, sitting on the table, turned towards him, even Shi Luo lost the will to properly do his game review.

    Shi Luo took off his big headphones and hung it around his neck.

    g man Yu nudged Shi Luo again with his knee. ¡°Let¡¯s go back to the room...and sleep together.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s fair ears turned red.

    Shi Luo pushed away from the table, creating some distance between him on his gaming chair and Yu Sui on the table. He shook his head, ¡°I won¡¯t be able to sleep even if I did go back...¡±

    Yu Sui upped the ante. ¡°I¡¯ll hug you to sleep.¡±

    The corner of Shi Luo¡¯s lips ticked up unconsciously.

    Yu Sui continued to up the ante even more. ¡°Hug you and tell you a bedtime story.¡±

    Shi Luo bowed his head and smiled helplessly, ¡°I will definitely have no problem with tomorrow¡¯s game, I...¡±

    ¡°If you can¡¯t sleep even after the bedtime story, I¡¯ll add in a song.¡± There was a smile in Yu Sui¡¯s eyes. ¡°Have you ever heard me sing? It¡¯s passable, pretty pleasant.¡±

    These enticements were very tempting...Having reached this point, there was no way Shi Luo could resume his game review anymore but he still couldn¡¯t help struggling, ¡°I really didn¡¯t mean to act spoiled with you. I¡¯m...¡±

    ¡°You just want to be able to y a bit better and a then a little bit better and a little bit better...¡± Yu Sui interrupted Shi Luo and asked in a low voice, ¡°The matter with Sacred Sword still affected you a little bit, didn¡¯t it?¡±

    Shi Luo paused. Knowing that he couldn¡¯t hide it from Yu Sui, he said calmly, ¡°Yes, they¡¯re very smart. They know my sore spots... And deliberately poked right there. But don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t show it and let them target me. ¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo silently.

    Returning to this familiar ce, he, Chen Huo and Puppy sighed somewhat in their hearts.

    However, they were veteran yers and wouldn¡¯t be affected too much. When Shi Luo watched that interview with Sacred Sword that day, the three of them talked about funny episodes from the past to joke around and also to mutually adjust their moods.

    All of this was already in the past.

    Yu Sui was able to cooperate well with their impromptu y, bracing himself to y his idiotic unting-his-wealth neen year old self because he wanted to coax Shi Luo, to get him to rx, to get him to think that things weren¡¯t all that unbearable for him back then.

    But now...

    Yu Sui was quiet for a moment. He looked down at Shi Luo and suddenly smiled, ¡°Do you feel bad for your ¡®ge¡¯?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s expression became slightly uneasy. He took off his headphones.

    Shi Luo was silent for half a minute and his eyes suddenly turned red.

    Shi Luo irritably turned his head around. He couldn¡¯t help but scold himself, ¡°F*ck...what are you crying for.¡±

    Shi Luo wanted to get up and wash to face but before he could move, Yu Sui grabbed the handle of his gaming chair and pulled Shi Luo over.

    Shi Luo took a few deep breaths and buried his head into Yu Sui¡¯s arms.

    The warm cotton fabric of Yu Sui¡¯s shirt turned wet with Shi Luo¡¯s tears. Shi Luo buried his face deep against Yu Sui¡¯s shirt and his shoulders shook slightly.

    ¡°I¡¯m really...¡± Shi Luo pressed down desperately on the choked up feeling in his throat. ¡°Ge, I really hate...¡±

    Yu Sui lowered his head and kissed Shi Luo¡¯s hair. Voice soft, he said, ¡°I know.¡±

    Yu Sui whispered, ¡°There¡¯s been that anger in your heart but you couldn¡¯t let it out... I know, if you can¡¯t digest that anger then cry if you want. There¡¯s no one else here...¡±

    ¡°I...¡± Shi Luo tightly gripped Yu Sui¡¯s sleeves. His voice was hoarse. ¡°I know you¡¯re not the type of person who would allow himself to suffer and I also know that you might not necessarily have suffered too many grievances in their hands during those two years, but I... ...¡±

    Shi Luo had been resisting for two days but now, he couldn¡¯t hold back. His tears fell, ¡°I still hate it. I f*cking hate those f*cked up bastards...why?!¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re young.¡± Yu Sui lightly flicked Shi Luo¡¯s forehead, ¡°You¡¯ve got a filthy mouth.¡±

    Shi Luo put his arms around Yu Sui¡¯s waist, embracing him tightly.

    He just felt distressed.

    Distressed for his ge. Distressed for his captain. Distressed for his boyfriend.

    He felt distressed for Whisper who was just a good person; who just had to encounter this kind of terrible incident and waste two years in this broken ce.

    Just after entering Free at the beginning of the season, Yu Sui told Shi Luo that when he first went to Germany, he didn¡¯t feel like talking or going out, so he unintentionally let his hair grow long. It was something he had just mentioned casually.

    Now, thinking carefully about Yu Sui¡¯s condition that day, Shi Luo felt so distressed it was like his chest was about to explode.

    Back then, Yu Sui had been a young master, cared for by thousands, doted on by tens of thousands.

    Yu Sui smoothed out Shi Luo¡¯s hair, letting Shi Luo cry in his arms.

    He needed to let this out.

    But Yu Sui still couldn¡¯t help but tease Shi Luo. Yu Sui waited for Shi Luo to cry it out for a while. He mischievously grabbed thepels of his loose down jacket and wrapped Shi Luo together in it. He then chuckled and asked, ¡°All snug? ¡±

    At first, it was okay but after a while, he would naturally feel suffocated. Shi Luo sniffled and sat down by himself. He felt a bit embarrassed, unwilling to look up at Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui still questioned him closely, ¡°Have you cried enough? Let¡¯s let it all out once, lest Sacred Sword make another disturbance and get you angry again.¡±

    Shi Luo wiped his eyes with his wrist, ¡°Enough.¡±

    Yu Sui asked again, ¡°You don¡¯t care about them anymore, do you?¡±

    Shi Luo wiped his face.

    Don¡¯t care about them? How could that possibly be?

    This hatred has already solidified and Shi Luo was never one to let things go so easily.

    This matter muste to an end.

    But Shi Luo was sure that he wasn¡¯t going to make such a fool of himself again. He wasn¡¯t going to let Sacred Sword get him so angry that tears would simply spring out of his eyes. And so he nodded. ¡°En.¡±

    Fearing that Yu Sui would still be worrying about him during thispetition, Shi Luo cleared his throat and didn¡¯t forget to remind him, ¡°You said just now that...you were going to hug me, tell me bedtime stories and sing to me...to coax me to sleep.¡±

    Shi Luo wiped his nose with a few tissues and mumbled, ¡°Does that offer still stand?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°It does. Let¡¯s go.¡±

 Chapter 118

    Chapter 118:

    The following day, before the second round for Group A began, that video of the interview with Sacred Sword¡¯s captain was finally discovered by the domestic yers.

    After Shi Luo watched that interview, he still couldn¡¯t swallow down his anger despite having g man Yu fooling around to try and tease him.

    You can just imagine how domestic yers, Free¡¯s fans and especially those iron fans of Yu Sui¡¯s felt after watching that interview.

    That old matter of Whisper leading his team to y in the European division had originally been the shame of their division. When they were still ignorant of the truth, everyone had brainlessly piled on the hate on Yu Sui for two whole years. Later, Team Free was established and the truth was revealed. Everyone turned their anger to Ji Yanhan,pletely expelling Ji Yanhan, this former e-sports yer, from the e-sports circle. They made himpletely cut all ties from industry insiders. For nearly a year, he did not dare to show his face and everyone¡¯s anger began to die down.

    Now that Sacred Sword¡¯s captain brought up this old case, it reminded everyone that this team wasn¡¯t anything good either. They were willing to overlook that Sacred Sword had basically looted a burning house. It was also normal for wealthymercial teams to do things like divide up outstanding yers. Everyone was willing to consider these things rationally and they wouldn¡¯t look into it further. But these were all things from the past season. What did they intend by forcibly prattling on about this matter that the Chinese division hated most to be mentioned right before this majorpetition?

    ¡°There will always be those two years in his professional record that will have our team¡¯s name engraved on it. He can never wash it away.¡±

    This sentence stabbed right into the hearts of the Chinese yers.

    During the time when the truth was still unknown, the yers worked together for two full years to ruin Yu Sui. They already felt very guilty about this matter and now it was brought up once again. Old hatreds were hard to put to rest. If no one leads then no one would answer the call. The yers on the Chinese server immediately scaled the Great Firewall of China and sted Sacred Sword¡¯s Twitter ount. After cursing at Sacred Sword from start to finish, they demanded Sacred Sword¡¯s captain apologize to Yu Sui.

    Of course, Sacred Sword was no vegetarian. When they had nothing to do, they would look for quarrels and bully people for fun. Now Free¡¯s fans havee knocking on their front door. They were even more excited. Within two hours, they first tweeted: [Is a certain region now quaking in their boots? ]

    Within half an hour, they sent another tweet: [We miss the handsome Whisper very much. ]

    Attached was a photo of Yu Sui wearing a Sacred Sword uniform.

    Team Sacred Sword officially joined the fray and the conflict escted instantly.

    The national server yers couldn¡¯t wait to tear into this damn team. The number of national server yers who were storming Twitter instantly rose another notch.

    As the host of this year¡¯spetition, the European server yers were naturally unwilling to be cursed at. Fans of the Sacred Sword, as fans ofst year¡¯s championship team, were proud and arrogant. They were even more unwilling to look upon the Chinese division that had been in a decline for two years. The championship team couldn¡¯t stand all the provocations of these stinky fishes and rotten shrimps. Their counterattack also came very fast. The two sides were busy tearing into each other online. In just a few hours, the rtives of both sides had been exploded and their ashes, scattered. After reaching a stalemate for less than an hour, the victor of this battle between to two sides was beginning to show. Naturally, there was no need to wonder about who won and who lost&#k2014;&#k2014;

    When it came to overwhelming a matter by sheer number of people, since the advent of the Inte, the yers of the Chinese division have yet to experience a defeat.

    While banding together toy siege outwardly at Sacred Sword, the yers of the Chinese national server did not forget to appease internally as well. They created slogans and copied them, flooding both Chinese teams¡¯ Weibo ounts: [To Free and NSN¡¯s yers, please disconnect from the Inte and y with peace of mind. We will handle this online b*tch fight. ]

    With the yers tearing into Sacred Sword, NSN managed to get free from their siege. NSN lost a game in the previous round of the group stage and now their chances of making it past the group stage wasn¡¯t particrly stable. There had originally been sprayers in the country who were criticizing them for ying terribly; for wasting their spot to the World Championships. Now, no one had the energy or the intention to scold NSN anymore. Everyone¡¯s firepower was directed outwards. Anyone who dared to talk sh*t about or me NSN would have their entire family greeted by the domestic yers.

    During this special period, so long as NSN wasn¡¯t eliminated, NSN had a free card against being sprayed. During the World Championships, there was an all-around domestic truce. At this time, anyone who dared to mess with the mentality of their own yers would all be choked to death without exception.

    The owner of the NSN Club saw that the domestic yers have stopped spraying his team and was very happy. The wind has stopped and the rain has stopped. He felt that he too was in the clear and given the go signal. He was still bearing a grudge about what Sacred Sword did to his team¡¯s medic before. He suddenly went on Twitter and started spraying as well. He took advantage of them not being in the same group during this stage to let out a torrent of abuse on Sacred Sword. Sacred Sword waspletely caught by surprise.

    Sacred Sword had alreadymitted many evils and at first, they didn¡¯t understand why NSN was raining down insults on them. But if they were sprayed then they would spray back. At this point, NSN has also joined the fray.

    Inside Team Free¡¯s lounge in the stadium, Zhou Huo was dumbfounded as he watched the scuffles all over the Inte.

    The fourth best of one matches for his own team was about to start in less than an hour. Zhou Huo didn¡¯t dare tell the yers. However, Puppy unwittingly nced at his phone and found out about it when he read a push notification.

    Chen Huo was seated closest to Puppy, so naturally, he saw it too. Now, there really wasn¡¯t any way to conceal it.

    Zhou Huo was afraid that they would be affected by this. He let out a ¡®ha-ha¡¯ and said, ¡°That...That¡¯s nothing. Just the fans being all excited. Just forget that you even saw it. It¡¯s nothing. Don¡¯t look at your phones anymore. Just rest. Rest. You¡¯ll be going up on stage in a while.¡±

    Not a single one of the four yers in their team listened to Zhou Huo. They all took out their phones.

    Zhou Huo wanted to hack Sacred Sword to pieces. He watched the yers closely, especially Shi Luo. He was afraid Shi Luo would see Sacred Sword¡¯sst tweet and would be affected.

    Not to mention Shi Luo, even Zhou Huo himself got so angry he felt his chest ache for half an hour when he saw that picture of Yu Sui wearing Sacred Sword¡¯s uniform.

    But to Zhou Huo¡¯s surprise, Shi Luo¡¯s expression remained unchanged.

    Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo cautiously and asked softly, ¡°Are you... okay?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡± Shi Luo scanned thements under Sacred Sword¡¯s Twitter and gave an objective evaluation. ¡°They really tore into them. We have arge number of people but unfortunately, there¡¯s a lot of made-up English. A lot of our brothers even just chose to curse in pinyin...There¡¯s enoughments but they¡¯re a littlecking in content.¡±

    When Zhou Huo saw that Shi Luo was unaffected, he finally felt relieved. He hurriedlyughed and coaxed, ¡°It¡¯s fine. It¡¯s okay. Those devils don¡¯t need to understand. All they have to know is that we¡¯re cursing at them.¡±

    But Old Qiao looked dissatisfied and sneered, ¡°In previous years, the two sides wait until the finals before starting on the talk trash to mess with each other. This year is really interesting. We aren¡¯t even done with the lousy group stage and they over in group D are already turning towards us in group A. What do they think they¡¯re doing? Do we even have anything to do with them? It¡¯s hard to say if we¡¯re even going to run into them. Who are they trying to embarrass?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s been a long time...since I¡¯ve yed in apetition where the smell of gunpowder is already this dense even in the group stage.¡± Puppy was stupefied. ¡°F*cking each and every one of them...no one has even made it past the group stage yet and they¡¯re acting like they¡¯ve got a guaranteed spot in the finals. The thing I don¡¯t understand the most is NSN. What are they doing suddenlying out and shouting abuses?¡±

    ¡°What are they doing? They were afraid we wouldn¡¯t be able to scold them to death so they¡¯re helping us gather their heads!¡± Chen Huo was chatting with Angel Sword on WeChat. Anyway, everyone already knew and they were up against a weak team they couldn¡¯t possibly lose against to next. Even if it was before a match, he didn¡¯t bother covering it up. Chen Huo was unable to hold himself back and he couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°Guys, search for Saint. Their official Twitter joined in on the insultsst night but they have few fans and haven¡¯t been noticed yet. F*ck! This time, Laozi will bear in mind Saint¡¯s mutual affection!¡±

    ¡°Angel Sword and the others have joined in too?¡± Zhou Huo¡¯s scalp was going numb. He was finding it hard to breathe. ¡°Can this year¡¯s World Championships get any better? It¡¯s messed up, it¡¯s all messed up...Really, the Vietnamese team was already unlucky enough to be ying against us. If the trembling Vietnamese team finds out that we¡¯re having a catfight on Twitter, they¡¯re going to die from anger. You don¡¯t have any respect for your opponents. You have no heart.¡±

    No one paid attention to Zhou Huo. Everyone searched just as Chen Huo told them to¡ª¡ª

    Saint¡¯s official ount on Twitter really did fervently make their statementsst night. They made several posts in a row; all of them in Chinese, English, and German.

    Shi Luo was not used to using Twitter and he still hadn¡¯t found Saint¡¯s page. After Yu Sui took a look to confirm that there wasn¡¯t any detrimental content, he directly handed his phone to Shi Luo instead of letting him continue to search.

    Shi Luo took the phone.

    Saint¡¯s whole club has always given Shi Luo the impression of being angels. From top to bottom, from inside out, all of them were little angels.

    After Saint¡¯s withdrawal from the World Championships, they had taken the initiative to serve as free training partners for his team and NSN. They would put up with the time difference to be always on call.

    Whoever wins the championship has nothing to do with them, but Saint was still willing to help. Saint¡¯s manager has always had a good temper. He was very kind and he even brought up to Zhou Huo before their willingness help with analyzing the videos of their practice matches if Free was too busy. This was all to help Free save time on their game reviews.

    For such a gentle manager, it really was a rare thing that he would run to Twitter and use their official ount that didn¡¯t have that many fans to solemnly and formally scold Sacred Sword.

    Saint¡¯s first official tweet was a retelling of the details of how Sacred Sword cycled Angel Sword through the resurrection stone during the practice match Sacred Sword requested for at the beginning of the season. They censured Sacred Sword for not following the rules of the practice match, for ying malicious games and attempting to destroy the mentality of their yers.

    The second tweet posted the detailed data of the hits and kills during that practice match to serve as irrefutable evidence.

    In their third tweet, they no longer sprayed Sacred Sword and instead, directly raised the other teams in their division.

    ¡°At the beginning of the season, Sacred Sword selected our team, asst season¡¯s champion, for their first practice match. After a very unpleasant practice match, in the spirit of safeguarding the morale of other teams within our region, we gave honest information about Sacred Sword¡¯s dishonorable manner during said practice match. It was our opinion that given the circumstances, it would be best if they were to reject Sacred Sword¡¯s invitation.¡±

    ¡°Despite the circumstances, all eleven of our brother teams still chose without exception to ept Sacred Sword¡¯s invitation.¡±

    ¡°Unbeknownst to the majority of the yers, all of our brother teams have tried their best to uphold the honor of thepetition. The dozens of yers in all twelve teams were honorable even in defeat.¡±

    ¡°This division has never been afraid Sacred Sword; not before, not now and even less so in the future.¡±

    ¡°I hope that all yers in this region can unanimously ept all the results. Let us trust our two strongest teams this season and let us face it calmly whether they win or lose.¡±

    ¡°Let us all wait for good news from our two brother teams.¡±

 Chapter 119

    Chapter 119:

    The Saint E-sports Club has always been very popr in the circle. Usually benevolent, they had a good rtionship with any club. It was rare for them to have any disharmony with anyone. Now that even the very good-tempered Saint had be so angry that they were driven to go online to open a group, the other domestic e-sports clubs couldn¡¯t bear it any longer.

    The owner of Ten Thousand Mountains Club has always kept in mind how Free had shown friendship to their yers when they went to y in their home court. He was the first one to follow. Their boss was utterly shameless, saying that ¡®yes, we are trash, no better than smelly fish and rotten shrimp. Our club¡¯s results have been very poor, so much so that we weren¡¯t able to make it to the World Championships. Just try and mess with our morale! You can¡¯t! Like hell we¡¯re afraid of you! It¡¯s so boring at home without any matches so we might as well tear into you¡¯.¡±

    The rest of the clubs sessively kept pace. In the end, even Team Bison who once had conflict with Free couldn¡¯t help it either. As the captain, Violent Shu, applied for a Twitter ount for their team and actively joined the battle. They were annoying troublemakers that tore everything into a mess.

    While his own team was ying in their second loop of the group stage, Zhou Huo clutched his hair as he watched the various immortals battling it out online. This turn of events was making him jumpy and dumbfounded.

    Before the start of the World Championships, Zhou Huo thought that aftering to Germany, his team might have some superficial shes with Sacred Sword. In anticipation of this, he had prepared some public statements in advance. However, he never expected that the situation would suddenly escte and evolve. It has now be a war betweenpetitive regions.

    Everyone was letting this get to their heads.

    Zhou Huo kept tearing at his hair. He copsed. ¡°There¡¯s nothing wrong with my professional ability but how should I respond to this? Really, I kid you not... I worked together with my people to draft a lot of tranted statements. We made it from an angle of making a firm stand. The wording was novel and exquisite. I wouldn¡¯t be ashamed even if I had to take it to make a speech in front of the United Nations...¡±

    Old Qiao and the data analysts were staring at the live broadcast screen. He found the time to throw in a fewforting words, ¡°Trash it. No need to feel bad. Everyone¡¯s already insulting everyone else¡¯s ancestors. No one¡¯s going to have time to read your namby-pamby PR draft.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s heart dripped blood. Clutching his chest, he gritted his teeth, ¡°Laozi stayed up all night and wrote so many beautiful bilingual PR drafts...¡±

    Zhou Huo reluctantly deleted the drafts and moved to stand behind Old Qiao. He watched the video for a while but couldn¡¯t really understand. He asked, ¡°What¡¯s the situation on the court?¡±

    ¡°Did you think they were only going crazy online?¡± Old Qiao had his eyes opened very wide, staring intently at the screen. ¡°Things on the court can¡¯t be controlled anymore. They¡¯ve all caught on fire, except for Yu Sui who¡¯s the same as usual. The other three practically have their eyes burning red...Even Puppy has followed after them to scramble for kills.¡±

    Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t understand the particrs of the game so he could only judge by the number of kills Team Free has made that was disyed on the screen... Their yers were a bit vicious.

    Zhou Huo asked cautiously, ¡°In short...we¡¯re sure to win, right?¡±

    ¡°What nonsense are you asking?¡± Old Qiao didn¡¯t even raise his head. ¡°Just take a look at the expressions of the Vietnamese team for yourself.¡±

    The data analyst said pityingly, ¡°That¡¯s the expression of someone who just wants the game to end. And that¡¯s the expression of someone praying for the gods on the other side to just stop...Although they¡¯re our opponents in the group stage, I feel sorry for them.¡±

    The camera showed close-ups of the Vietnamese yers on the scene, their expressions were each stiffer than thest. Zhou Huo smiled dryly, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry. We¡¯ve got nothing against you. You just ran into the muzzle of a gun.¡±

    Free¡¯s fourth best of one match in the group stage ended in just 19 minutes and Free, like cutting with a sword through tangled hemp, took another point.

    Old Qiao pounded on the table, ¡°Nice! We¡¯re through to the next stage!¡±

    Zhou Huo was still trembling in fear and was startled when he heard this. ¡°We¡¯re through? We are? That¡¯s not right! Don¡¯t go giving a man false hope! In theory, shouldn¡¯t you have five points to be guaranteed to make it through?¡±

    ¡°Theoretically, it is necessary to score five points but there are no other two teams in our group that have won four games.¡± The data analyst exined carefully, ¡°There also hasn¡¯t been any super Experience Baobao who has failed to score any points. So calcting based on the number of games that have been yed now, even if the other teams finish all the matches, there won¡¯t possibly be any three teams with four points to two situation. Your theory is no longer valid. We¡¯re through. At least, we¡¯re sure of going through as the second cer in our group.¡±

    Zhou Huo didn¡¯t understand a word, ¡°What are you talking about...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s nothing. Just believe us, we¡¯re through.¡± Old Qiao was toozy to exin to Zhou Huo, ¡°Tweet it. If we aren¡¯t through, you can chop off my dick.¡±

    Zhou Huo had already been shaken stupid by the mes of war online. He tried counting it off his fingers but still couldn¡¯t quite understand it. He didn¡¯t dare believe it. Only when he logged onto Weibo and saw that the fans were already happily drawing a lottery, did he finally feel relieved. He nodded and murmured, ¡°Although I already knew we were basically assured of making it to the next stage ying in Group A, I was still a little worried that something might happen...We¡¯ve qualified. We¡¯ve qualified. We¡¯ve qualified.... The team I¡¯m leading has managed to make it to the next stage in the World Championship. Our new team has also met such a day. We now have the confidence to tear into Sacred Sword. We can continue to y. Thank you, everyone. Thank you! Thank you...¡±

    Zhou Huo held his mobile phone and muttered these words, his eyes reddened for no apparent reason. Afraid that he would be found out by Old Qiao and the others, Zhou Huo ordered the other staff members to post on Weibo and he himself went to the bathroom to wash his face.

    When Zhou Huo came out of the bathroom, he was faced with the yers returning from the stage with their peripherals. Zhou Huo looked at his heavenly team of male gods. He felt so very close to every one of them. For a while, he felt a lump in his throat. He wanted to find someone to hug but then, he saw Chen Huo p Shi Luo¡¯s back with gritted teeth.

    The corners of Shi Luo¡¯s mouth raised slightly. He didn¡¯t even try to dodge it. He stumbled forward a bit andughed softly, ¡°...good-for-nothing.¡±

    ¡°Kill-stealer! Kill-stealer! Kill-stealer!¡± Chen Huo was so angry that he couldn¡¯t help repeatedly pping Shi Luo¡¯s back with the mouse pad. ¡°You¡¯re a rookie, what does it matter if you show off or not? I¡¯m an old yer sharing the same job you are. Up til now, I still haven¡¯t gotten an MVP title. Do you know how absolutely disgraced I am already? You little bastard...¡±

    Shi Luo was chewing gum and he was pushed through the door of their lounge by Chen Huo. ¡°You¡¯re old and you can¡¯t keep up. Who¡¯s to me for that?¡±

    Chen Huo was so angry, he wanted to hit Shi Luo again but was suddenly blocked by Yu Sui. ¡°That¡¯s about enough. Do you have to fight in front of me?¡±

    Chen Huo wanted to fight with Yu Sui but before he could move, Zhou Huo hugged him.

    Zhou Huo was in very high spirits now that they¡¯ve made it past the group stage. He squeezed Chen Huo tightly as he hugged him.

    Except Zhou Huo, everyone else was very calm, including Shi Luo, who was also a neer to the World Championships.

    When everyone entered their lounge, they put all joking aside. They sat down and drank a bit of water as they listened carefully to Old Qiao and the data analysts¡¯ game review of the previous match. Time waits for no one and the result of who was going to quality for Group A was going to be released today. Yu Sui and the others were going to have to get back on stage after about an hour¡¯s rest.

    After a quick review of thest match, they gave each yer pointers on what they each needed to optimize. Old Qiao turned back to Zhou Huo and said, ¡°Now that we¡¯ve won four games and we¡¯re assured of making it through, now... close the door. Turn off the cameras and the mics. Is anyone wearing a portable mic? Turn it off. If you can¡¯t turn it off, then take out the battery.¡±

    Yu Sui met eyes with Old Qiao, sneered and said nothing.

    Chen Huo and Puppy were stunned and then quickly understood. They nodded, ¡°Close the door and lock it.¡±

    Zhou Huo was confused and did what he was told.

    The data analysts all made excuses and left the lounge before the door was closed.

    Shi Luo looked around the lounge. There was nothing you could hide from a his top student brain and after a few seconds, Shi Luo understood.

    Shi Luo took a piece of paper and spit out his gum. ¡°Yeah. We¡¯ve got four points. If we want to go in for something, we¡¯re going to have to start now...¡±

    Zhou Huo: ¡°...¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s smile faded away. He rolled his mouse pad into a tube and bit the inside of his cheek. ¡°Give me a few minutes to think about it.¡±

    Puppy was in a daze, ¡°Hmm...¡±

    Old Qiao was silent.

    Zhou Huo wiped the tears that had leaked out from the corner of his eyes because he¡¯d been so emotionally moved just now. At the end of his patience, he finally humbly asked, ¡°Since you¡¯ve decided to let me stay, can you... give this ordinary yer a way to live? What are you talking about? Can you exin it to this ordinary yer?¡±

    The other five people in the room were stunned and looked at Zhou Huo in astonishment.

    Zhou Huo endured the shame, ¡°Excuse me, oh venerable immortals. But what are you thinking about?¡±

    Old Qiao subconsciously turned to look at the cameras in the room that have all already been turned off. He was speechless, ¡°Can¡¯t you understand that you can¡¯t talk about this matter openly?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°I¡¯ll exin to you...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t!¡± Sensitive about the matter, Old Qiao interrupted Shi Luo, ¡°I mean...in case it spreads, I¡¯ll carry it. In any case, I¡¯m already retired.¡±

    Old Qiao gave Zhou Huo a tired look and lowered his voice, ¡°When the lots are drawn for the quarterfinals, the no. 1 qualifying team in each group during the group stage bes a first seed. First seeds cannot meet in the quarterfinals, do you know that? ¡±

    There was nothing wrong with Zhou Huo¡¯s brain. He was just unfamiliar with thepetition rules. Hearing this, he understood instantly.

    In Group D, aside from Sacred Sword, all the other teams were weak ones. Sacred Sword was basically guaranteed to be number one in their group.

    ording to the current situation, Free was also guaranteed to be number one in Group A.

    Give this development, ording to the rules that state first seeds cannot meet in the quarterfinals, Free won¡¯t be able to meet Sacred Sword at least until the top four. And because of the division of the regions, their chances of running into Sacred Sword in the top four as a first seed was actually a little lower than as a second seed.

    Irrelevant to the drawing of the lots, based on objective facts, it would be impossible to be fulfilled.

    If they wanted to have a chance to meet in advance, they would have to start controlling theirs points now. Free would have to intentionally lose their matches and if they qualify as second for their group, then there was a good chance of that they would encounter Sacred Sword in the quarterfinals.

    ¡°I remember talking about it once before. We all want to meet Sacred Sword as soon as possible and take our chances against them. As a coach, I certainly don¡¯t rmend you to control points. As a former professional yer, I also detest this kind of thing. But... ...¡± Old Qiao narrowed his eyes, ¡°As a mere person...the animosity between us has already grown this big. If you want to make trouble, I won¡¯t stop you.¡±

    There was a rare roguish look on Old Qiao¡¯s face. ¡°Those people practically stepped all over our faces. Before, they even tried to make you ¡®meow¡¯... We¡¯re all human. We all have life. None of us are working machines. Don¡¯t give me those high-sounding, dignified words. If my brothers want to fight them at all costs then I understand.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re just adjusting from no. 1 to no. 2. We¡¯re not harming anyone. It won¡¯t affect our group and there¡¯s no psychological burden.¡±

    ¡°Of course, the only thing I¡¯ll do is not stand in your way. It¡¯s the three of you who were sold and it¡¯s the three of you who were made to suffer. You¡¯ll have to decided but hurry up.¡± Old Qiao said quickly, ¡°If you want to qualify as second in the group, then you¡¯re going to have to start paddling at the beginning of your next match. If we take the second spot, then it will be all down to the Will of Heaven in the drawing of the lots. If we do run into them, then it¡¯s going to be a fight to the death.¡±

    Old Qiao calmly said, ¡°As your old teammate, I¡¯m only here to remind you when you should start controlling points if you want to.¡±

    The training room was quiet for ten seconds.

    Old Qiao looked at Zhou Huo and smiled, ¡°Does the manager want to strangle me to death now?¡±

    ¡°Of course, I want to strangle you to death... I want the safest results.¡± Zhou Huo was silent for a moment and sighed, ¡°But... no one here¡¯s a saint. If you want to go for it, then go. Hurry up. Let¡¯s do it this way, secret balloting. In the future, if we get eliminated then no one can me anyone. There¡¯s no name ced down anyway.¡±

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help but smile, ¡°You¡¯re thinking quite far ahead.¡±

    ¡°Shouldn¡¯t I?!¡± Zhou Huo was just unfamiliar with thepetition system but he was familiar with team management. ¡°If we get eliminated in the quarterfinals in the future, even if you regret it, you won¡¯t be able to find anyone to me. Fine, I know you guys have a good rtionship. I¡¯m the one who¡¯s overthinking this, right? Come on...¡±

    Zhou Huo took four pieces of paper of the same size and found pens of the same make and handed them over. ¡°If you want to control points and qualify as the second team then draw a circle. If you want to quality the normal way, then draw a cross. You have half a minute. Hurry up. Once you¡¯ve finished writing, cover it on the table. Don¡¯t leave a crease.¡±

    Everyone took paper and pen and after writing, ced the ballots on the table.

    Zhou Huo was still somewhat selfish. He didn¡¯t want them to control points. After everyone wrote their votes, he said, ¡°It¡¯s easy for the votes to be tied if there¡¯s four votes. Shi Luo¡¯s won¡¯t be counted. In any case, you weren¡¯t sold.¡±

    Shi Luo was taken aback. Zhou Huo made sense. Shi Luo nodded and took his own piece of paper and crumpled it into a ball.

    ¡°No more dawdling!¡±

    Zhou Huo took the remaining three pieces of paper and indiscriminately shuffled them around. He pressed his hands on the three pieces of paper, his heartbeat gradually quickening. Ayer of sweat quickly formed on his forehead.

    Zhou Huo gritted his teeth, ¡°In the end, was I lucky or unlucky to have met you group of yers...¡±

    Zhou Huo took a deep breath, took a piece of paper and spread it out!

    Cross.

    Zhou Huo¡¯s eyes lit up. Not control points.

    Zhou Huo quickly opened another piece of paper.

    Cross.

    The third sheet:

    It was still a cross.

    All three of them chose not to control points.

    Beads of sweat fell down Zhou Huo¡¯s forehead and he let out a long sigh of relief, ¡°Damn it... Were you all putting on a show to scare me to death?! Everything is as usual. Just y as usual and get the no. 1 spot.¡±

    Old Qiao raised his eyes and looked at the three of them. There was aplicated look in his eyes. He was gratified but also a big unresigned. He couldn¡¯t help saying, ¡°Brothers... let me be the wicked one. You really don¡¯t need to be like this... Isn¡¯t it tiring to be a saint every day? We¡¯ve f*cking persisted in cautiously and conscientiously maintaining our integrity for so many years. What good did it do us when we fell before? Did anyone see it? Did anyone show us more care and consideration because of this? There¡¯s no shame in wanting to regain your dignity!¡±

    ¡°No one saw it and no one thought well of me because of this.¡± Yu Sui was not surprised by this result, otherwise he would not have indulged Zhou Huo¡¯s voting. Yu Sui said softly, ¡°But...I saw it and I know it myself. Ah, forget it, I sound pretentious saying all this...¡±

    Puppy was also a little unwilling. He reluctantly said, ¡°I wanted to do it for a second, but...no.¡±

    ¡°Sigh. No one¡¯s saying anything because no one wants to look pretentious. So, I¡¯ll say it.¡± Chen Huo¡¯s expression looked a little unnatural. He usually spoke very ruthlessly and now he was finding it really hard to say good things. Chen Huo¡¯s face went slightly red. He said gruffly, ¡°I have worn Sacred Sword¡¯s uniform for two years. That¡¯s not something I can¡¯t wash clean anymore. I realize that. If that¡¯s the case, then... I have to have something that is clean, right? We¡¯ve never controlled points! We¡¯ve never done this kind of thing.¡±

    Old Qiao felt choked with emotions and he was embarrassed to say anything more. He got up and grabbed the three pieces of paper. He tore them to pieces without saying a word and threw them into the trash bin.

    Zhou Huo rubbed his face. He smiled trying to dispel the tense atmosphere. ¡°It¡¯s fine. Let¡¯s just pretend like this never even happened. Come on...Is there any snacks you want to eat? The next match is going to start soon.¡±

    ¡°Wait.¡± Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, ¡°Evil, let¡¯s have a look at your vote.¡±

    Shi Luo took the ball of paper in his hand and was startled.

    Chen Huo squinted at Shi Luo, ¡°He should have voted to control points, right?¡±

    ¡°Of course, Shi Shen wants to make trouble. In any case, it¡¯s not going to affect the result.¡± Puppy looked at Shi Luo, also curious. ¡°How did you vote?¡±

    Shi Luo unfolded the paper ball in his hand and mmed it on the table.

    Impressively, there was also a cross on the paper.

    There was also a hint of unwillingness in Shi Luo¡¯s eyes. He raised his eyes and nced at Yu Sui. He then whispered irritably, ¡°When I entered this industry, Yu Sui taught me each and every rule one by one. How could I possible control points? What were you thinking? ¡±

    The corners of Yu Sui¡¯s lips ticked up slightly and he said softly, ¡°Good boy.¡±

    The others chuckled. Shi Luo was a little bit embarrassed and he irritably tore his note.

    On that same day, the group stage for Group A group officially ended and Free was the undisputed number one team in the group with a score of 6-0. They became the first team to make it past the group stage for this year¡¯s World Championships.

    After theirst best of one match, the staff hurried to the soundproof room to inform Yu Sui that as captain, he was going to be interviewed.

    Yu Sui took off his headphones and got up. He was about to leave when Shi Luo, to one side, frowned and said, ¡°Why is it the captain that has to go again?¡±

    The staff was dumbfounded for a second. They looked at Shi Luo in confusion and asked in reply, ¡°It¡¯s usually the captain who goes. Is there a situation...?¡±

    Yu Sui also looked at Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo, who had just taken first ce in Group A and has thus missed the chance to y against Sacred Sword earlier, was not happy. He said firmly, ¡°I want to go!¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°...¡±

    Chen Huo, who was in the middle of dismantling his peripherals, choked.

    ¡°That¡¯s weird.¡± Puppy was stunned, muttering to himself as he dismantled his peripherals, ¡°Turns out there are still people who like to be interviewed these days. I have seen some weird powers working in this year¡¯s World Championships...¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t hesitate. He said to the staff, ¡°I suddenly feel a little unwell and I¡¯d like to take a rest. Is it ok if one of our teammates rece me?¡±

    The staff was shocked by g man Yu¡¯s ability to lie through his teeth. They didn¡¯t dare use Yu Sui of feigning illness. They gulped and reluctantly said, ¡°Of course... it¡¯s okay.¡±

    Since watching Sacred Sword¡¯s interview, Shi Luo¡¯s expression finally improved.

    Yu Sui whistled to Shi Luo, ¡°Captain representative, go on. I shall take care of your peripherals.¡±

    Shi Luo gave an ¡®en¡¯ in response and followed after the staff.

    The power vested in the captain representative was not small. While walking, he confirmed with the staff, ¡°Will there be a lot of reporters in the interview?¡±

    ¡°Are they tough?¡±

    ¡°Are your trantors good? I can speak in English. It¡¯s fine if you insist on using a trantor but don¡¯t soften my sharp wordings, understood?¡±

    ¡°Free is awesome. We¡¯re a favorite to win this time. You guys should consider extending the interview time.¡±

    ¡°I can cooperate.¡±

    ¡°I... Ah, have, a lot, of things, I¡¯d like, to say.¡±

    Shi Luo, after qualifying from the generally recognized ¡°if you don¡¯t qualify, then you¡¯re trash¡± Group A, with a cap on his head and hands in his pocket, walked with the gait of a World Championship winner and condescended to ept an interview.

 Chapter 120

    Chapter 120:

    The team tyrant forcibly went to take the interview and the others went back to the lounge to wait for Shi Luo to finish the interview and return to the hotel. The friendship within Team Free was very touching. Absolutely no one helped Yu Sui as he somewhatboriously carried two people¡¯s peripherals bags back to the lounge. Zhou Huo didn¡¯t know about the substitution for the interview and he looked at Yu Sui with a frown, ¡°What are you doing back here? Why didn¡¯t you go represent the team and take the interview?¡±

    Chen Huo shrugged, ¡°There was a substitution. Evil went instead.¡±

    The league¡¯s official tag-along camera crew as well as their own club¡¯s tag-along camera crew were in the lounge. The league¡¯s camera crew and other staff were all German locals. They didn¡¯t quite understand Free¡¯s internal situation. They were at a loss. Seeing Yu Sui holding two peripherals bags, they asked curiously to whom the other one belonged to.

    Yu Sui put both peripherals bags on the table. While bringing back the peripherals bag for Shi Luo, he said casually, ¡°This? It¡¯s my boyfriend¡¯s.¡±

    The league¡¯s people didn¡¯t understand Mandarin and they didn¡¯t understand why Yu Sui burst outughing after speaking. Old Qiao was up to some mischief. He used gestures and his broken English to emphasize this to the league¡¯s camera crew. It didn¡¯t matter if you didn¡¯t understand but this statement was very important. If you¡¯ve already taken a video of it, they you should use your own discretion and consider including it into the official video.

    ¡°Tsk.¡± Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t stand Yu Sui, ¡°Every time, you only mess mess around when Shi Luo¡¯s not here...what¡¯s so fun about teasing him?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s very fun. Besides, you call this messing around?¡± Yu Sui set his and Shi Luo¡¯s bags to one side. He sat down and looked at the live broadcast screen in the lounge, ¡°The one who¡¯s really going to be messing around is just about to begin...¡±

    Chen Huo and Puppy also sat down, settling in for a good show. After a while, the live broadcast interface cut to the backstage interview booth. In the live broadcast screen, Shi Luo took off his cap and threw it on the interview table. He himself was standing in front of the interview seat with both arms extended. He raised his head and without any expression on his face, he let the staff attach the portable microphone on him.

    The young man who was attaching Shi Luo¡¯s portable mic did not seem very skilled in his work. Even after a long time, installing this and pressing that, he still wasn¡¯t able to attach it well. The young man was also very anxious. He kept touching here and nudging that to make adjustments. From the live camera¡¯s angle, it looked as though this person was hugging Shi Luo¡¯s waist. Yu Sui looked at it for a while and couldn¡¯t help but turn his head to the league staff inside the lounge, ¡°Can¡¯t you find a girl to do this for him?¡±

    The staff was baffled. Old Qiao held back a smile and said, ¡°That¡¯s enough. It¡¯s not as though anyone can intentionally take advantage of him.¡±

    After fumbling around for a while, the portable mic was finally sessfully installed. Shi Luo pulled over the chair and sat down. He had both hands in the pockets of his uniform, his expression calm.

    Only Shi Luo was on the interview seat. Behind a narrow row of tables, was a crowd full of reporters and countless cameramen.

    Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo on the live screen and sighed in a low voice, ¡°This level of attractiveness, this kind of temperament, he¡¯s just like a little celebrity...¡±

    Puppy looked at Shi Luo, and clicked his tongue. ¡°Looking at his expression and attitude, anyone would think that this neer to the World Championships had done so much more than just qualify to the next round through stinking Group A.¡±

    Chen Huo sighed as well. ¡°If I didn¡¯t know any better, I would have thought he¡¯d just won the championship.¡±

    Yu Sui stared fixedly at the screen, ¡°Shut up.¡±

    Although the interviewee had been changed to Shi Luo at thest minute, the reporters weren¡¯t at all dissatisfied. Rather, they were very happy.

    Yu Sui, this superstar yer, was a bigger star but interviews with such an old yer were always super airtight. Unless he himself was willing, it was highly unlikely that he would reveal anything explosive.

    Shi Luo, this rookie yer, was a lot better to interview. They just need toy out a little trap and during a moment of carelessness, these neers would jump.

    Naturally, this was just what these reporters thought before the interview.

    The domestic reporters took the lead in asking questions. Whenpeting against other regions, the domestic reporters would generally shield their yers¡¯ shorings. Completely unlike how they normally were in China, the questions they asked couldn¡¯t be any gentler. They were mainly there to congratte Free on qualifying to the next stage. All their questions centered around the situation in the group stage. Shi Luo was also very friendly to the reporters from his own region. He answered all questions and gave detailed answers to even the most cid and average of questions.

    The foreign reporters then started asking questions.

    The questions asked by foreign journalists weren¡¯t quite so friendly, especially when it came the turn of the local European journalists. The questions started turning sharp.

    A European reporter asked, ¡°As the only neer in the team, what would you say is the reason that you were able to win several MVP titles in a row in your first World Championships? Is it because you yed a little too well or has the level of the veteran yers in the team undergone a drastic decline?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°It¡¯s because I have a little more dirty kills.¡±

    A European reporter asked, ¡°As we all know, three of the yers in Team Free used to be yers for the Sacred Sword Club in the European Division. All three yers have an old club and it is possible that they will run into them here at the World Championships. Do you think the yers would be embarrassed? ?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°I bet a lot of yers could name Sacred Sword as their old club. In the entire league, I think Sacred Sword has the most number of previous yers. I think their yers yed very well. They won¡¯t be embarrassed and our yers won¡¯t be either.¡±

    Sacred Sword never trains neers. They were notorious for thinking up of all sorts of ways to snatch up strong yers. Several of the domestic reporters were alreadyughing even before Shi Luo finished.

    In the Free Lounge, Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t bear it.

    ¡°What do they mean by these?¡± Zhou Huo got up,pletely dissatisfied, ¡°Nowadays, the manager also has to be present for this kind of interview, right? I¡¯ve had enough. I¡¯m going to stop this. What sort of questions are these...¡±

    ¡°No need.¡± Yu Sui looked at the live broadcast screen, ¡°Besides, you can¡¯t stop it even if you went there.¡±

    Zhou Huo¡¯s spirit rose in an instant. His eyes sharpened, ¡°What do you mean I can¡¯t stop these reporters?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°It¡¯s Shi Luo who you won¡¯t be able to stop.¡±

    Zhou Huo was struck speechless.

    ¡°Sit down.¡± Yu Sui calmly said. ¡°We¡¯re just short of having an actual face-to-face fight with Sacred Sword. The yers online are already having a long-distance catfight. Given the situation, did you still expect the reporters from their region to be nice to us? A few dayster, when the qualifying teams for Group D are announced, the reporters from our region won¡¯t be posing any friendly questions either. We¡¯re all the same.¡±

    ¡°How...how can that possibly be the same?¡± Zhou Huo frowned as he looked at Shi Luo on the live broadcast screen, ¡°Our yer is only 19 years old, okay...¡±

    Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t helpining to Yu Sui, ¡°Tell me what you sent him to do out there.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°You think I would have taken the initiative to have him handle this kind of thing? He himself wanted to go.¡±

    ¡°And you agreed just because he wanted to?¡± Zhou Huo cast a look at the outsiders in the lounge. He whispered angrily, ¡°Shi Luo¡¯s answers really...really aren¡¯t any good. It¡¯s too real. Later, if Sacred Sword does beat us...¡±

    Zhou Huo pped himself lightly and continued, ¡°Later, if that does happen...with how cocky Shi Luo is being, the sprayers on the national server are going to take what he said now and p him back with it in the face. When that timees ...¡±

    ¡°Stop talking.¡± Without waiting for Yu Sui to speak, Chen Huo stared at the live screen and impatiently cut off Zhou Huo. ¡°I can¡¯t hear clearly!¡±

    Zhou Huo had been feeding the dog with the best of intentions. He was about to have a fit of anger when Puppy smiled, ¡°Stop being so fussy. Don¡¯t you know how much Yu Shen dotes on the little whelp? If you¡¯ve thought about it, don¡¯t you think he¡¯s thought about it too?¡±

    ¡°How long has Shi Luo been holding all this back? If we don¡¯t let him stir a little bit of trouble, he¡¯s going to break.¡± Puppy rested his head on his hand and looked leisurely at the live broadcast. ¡°Moreover, you should treasure Shi Shen¡¯s interview. It¡¯s not everyday you get to watch such an honest interview.¡±

    Puppyughed at himself, ¡°Afraid of being sprayed, afraid of being pped in the face, afraid of being the target of issues...I hate having to talk in interviews. You have to do Taichi all the time time... I really can¡¯t remember thest time I did such a blunt interview.¡±

    ¡°I used to be like Shi Luo. Whenever there was something that I couldn¡¯t ept, I had to immediately find a way to call it out...¡± Chen Huo looked fixedly at Shi Luo on the live screen. There was a faint look of admiration in his eyes. He sighed, ¡°Later, I was sprayed into behaving. I was tired. It felt too much of a bother to be so sincere...F*ck it. Damn it, I¡¯m not afraid. Next interview, let me go. I¡¯ll tell it to them straight too. I¡¯ll scold whoever I want. Who cares?¡±

    The interview continued.

    The European reporter asked again, ¡°Usually, it¡¯s the captain whoes to the solo interview after the game. Was thisst minute change to Evil Xuanshou because Whisper Xuanshou doesn¡¯t want to face the reporters from the region he used to serve?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°No. As the only yer who hasn¡¯t yed in the European division, I especially want to face the reporters.¡±

    The reporter asked, ¡°What does Evil Xuanshou think of the prospective qualifying teams from the other groups? Especially from groups C and D.¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°My old club is in Group C and I hope they make it through. I¡¯m not familiar with Group D, so I¡¯m not clear with their situation.¡±

    The reporter asked, ¡°Group D has the previous year¡¯s World Championships winner, Sacred Sword. Are you still saying you¡¯re unfamiliar?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°I am a neer. Most everyone is unfamiliar to me.¡±

    The whispering voices of the reporters were getting louder and louder. All of the interview topics have basically revolved around Sacred Sword. The reporters were choking from Shi Luo¡¯s responses. Their questions became trickier and trickier.

    ¡°What expectations does Evil Xuanshou have for this World Championships? What results do you think you can get?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Of course, the higher the better.¡±

    ¡°This is your first World Championships and there are still so many strong teams ahead of you. Don¡¯t you think setting such a high goal would be too much pressure on you?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Other teams have said that the all the matches before the finals were meaningless. I think I¡¯m being pretty conservative.¡±

    ¡°You said before that you were unfamiliar with Sacred Sword. However, it was said that Sacred Sword had arranged a practice match with Free before. Given this, are you still unfamiliar with them?¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°After only two rounds, Sacred Sword said they had a power outage. We weren¡¯t able to finish even one best of three match. I think unfamiliar is the only way I can consider them.¡±

    The scent of gunpowder during this interview was getting a bit too strong. The reporters from the European side were already about to be choked to death by Shi Luo. The official person in charge of the interview was afraid someone really would choke and so he hurriedly signaled that the interview could now be brought to a close. A reporter did not give up and asked permission for one more question. The staff member was left with no choice but to nod.

    The reporter asked, ¡°You have just said that you think you can win the championship. And Sacred Sword, asst season¡¯s champion, said in a previous interview that they came here for the finals. Does Evil Xuanshou have anything to say to this in response? ¡±

    The reporter hurriedly added, ¡°After all, we all know the situation of that training match. There is no need to confuse the audience. Sacred Sword was first to win a game.¡±

    ¡°We did lose a game to Sacred Sword before, I admit it.¡± Shi Luo got up, ¡°My response is...¡±

    Someone as smart as Shi Luo, of course, he knew that the other party was just goading him into making a military pledge so that should his team lose in the future, they were going to dredge up this video to p him in the face.

    At this time, he should just not say anything.

    He should exercise more restraint.

    Shi Luo slowly removed the portable microphone from around his waist. He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the live broadcasting camera in the room.

    His teammates and all apanying staff were watching him.

    Sacred Sword, with how shitty and scheming they were, were certainly also watching him.

    Yu Sui was also watching him.

    Thinking of Yu Sui, the light in Shi Luo¡¯s eyes took on a sharp glint.

    His mind couldn¡¯t help going back to what they were talking about a few days ago in the hotel training room. His teammates were joking around, reenacting how Yu Sui had a business dispute with Sacred Sword¡¯s manager because of some stupid cat ears.

    Shi Luo knew very well that Yu Sui, Chen Huo and Puppy were trying to console him.

    That¡¯s why Shi Luo continued training with everyone and chose not to question Yu Sui closely.

    So, where¡¯s that watch?

    How much did you sell that watch that was worth millions of yuan to pay for how many fines that they imposed on you?

    Back then, Yu Sui had just arrived here. He shouldn¡¯t have had that much money anymore.

    Those beasts...

    There were many things that he couldn¡¯t stand to think about. Shi Luo returned to his senses and said in his heart: Like hell am I afraid.

    Shi Luo looked at the reporters from the European division, ¡°My response is, before the end of this World Championships, no matter which team we encounter, I , won¡¯t, lose, again.¡±

    Shi Luo picked up his portable microphone and put it on the table. He then grabbed his baseball cap, put it on his head and left.

    In the Free lounge, Chen Huo let out a wolf howl. He kept pping the table and said bitterly, ¡°Why didn¡¯t I take the initiative to go?! Why?! Damn! That line was so cool! It must have felt amazing to say it. I want to go and say it too!¡±

    Puppy smiled, ¡°As if you¡¯d gone if we made you go earlier.¡±

    Zhou Huo had originally been worried that Shi Luo saying these things would result in him getting cursed at by the sprayers should they loseter on. But now, the couldn¡¯t care less. ¡°Damn, just f*ck them! Like hell am I afraid. Say what you want first and we¡¯ll talk about the restter. In any case, regardless whether you win or lose, it¡¯s not like Sacred Sword isn¡¯t going to try and mess with our morale. Even if we give politically correct answers, it¡¯s not like they¡¯re going to let us go, now, are they? We might as well just dere war. Shit. Go, go, go... next time whoever wants to run rampant, then go. If in case we run into any difficulties, I¡¯ll just go and do a tell all!¡±

    ¡°Hire a water army! Buy the hot search! Seal the forums!¡± Shi Luo¡¯s disy inexplicably also got Zhou Huo blood surging. He suddenly roared, ¡°Come on! Just try and match management skills with Laozi! What am I afraid of? Isn¡¯t it just spending money? What¡¯s my job as a manager? Isn¡¯t it to deal with the aftermath for you?! I¡¯d like to see just who would dare mess with my yers! Aaaahhhh!!!¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°......¡±

    The people in the room, including Shi Luo who had just returned, were frightened by Zhou Huo. Shi Luo looked Zhou Huo up and down and said hesitantly, ¡°What¡¯s the matter with you?¡±

    ¡°I feel my blood burning with righteousness! I finally feel young!!!¡± Zhou Huo who wore a restrictive western suit, wished he were ten years younger so that he too could go on the field and fight. ¡°Was this the cool feeling you get fighting against strong teams that Yu Sui said before? I feel it!!!¡±

    Old Qiao looked at Zhou Huo, who was suddenly filled with spirit. He couldn¡¯t help ridiculing ¡°NSN manager... Also went crazy a couple of days ago. He suddenly burst in anger and ran to the Inte to spray... ...Is this f*cking contagious...?¡±

    ¡°You don¡¯t understand.¡± Zhou Huo was itching for a fight. His expression grew a little bit serious, ¡°Do you know why we adults understand shit about the game but still really like watching your games?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s certainly not to learn techniques. That¡¯s absolutely shit useless for us. Normally, we¡¯re all too careful and too repressed and what we want to see is this kind of unrestrained disy!¡± Zhou Huo took out his mobile phone and gritted his teeth. ¡°That¡¯s why I like watching you young people on the field stubbornly refusing to give up to anyone... It¡¯s exhrating! This is bad. This has gone to my head! Old Qiao,e help me call the owner of the Chinese restaurant. I¡¯m afraid I¡¯ll howl at him if I¡¯m the one who calls!¡±

    Everyone didn¡¯t know whether tough or cry. Old Qiao took Zhou Huo¡¯s cell phone to contact the Chinese restaurant. The rest of the people set about their own business, changing into their personal clothes or grabbing their peripherals bags.

    Shi Luo had gone to act all cool by himself. By the time he came back, he was already feeling a bit embarrassed. While the others were minding their own business, he walked to Yu Sui and said, ¡°I...those things I said...¡±

    ¡°Were excellent.¡±

    Yu Sui had already changed into his casual clothes. He carried his and Shi Luo¡¯s peripherals bags on one shoulder. He put his other arm around Shi Luo. He leaned in and whispered softly into Shi Luo¡¯s ear, ¡°Listening to you has already got me hard.¡±

    Shi Luo coughed. He wanted to take his own peripherals bag but Yu Sui dodged his hand. ¡°Change your clothes. We¡¯ll go home after you change.¡±

 Chapter 121

    Chapter 121:

    They had the provocation from Sacred Sword¡¯s captain in front and Shi Luo¡¯s post-match counterattack in the back. The conflict between Free and the Sacred Sword was officially brought front and center.

    Even the in-game push notification about the World Championships has content rted to the two teams, allowing yers to evaluate each team¡¯s performance in this World Championships.

    Sacred Sword wasn¡¯t even past the Group stage. They really didn¡¯t have any performance that could be evaluated. But in terms of the strong wordsid down by the linchpin of each team¡ª¡ª

    Sacred Sword¡¯s captain said that they were only here to y the finals. And Shi Luo said that he wouldn¡¯t lose another match before the end of the World Championships. Comparing the two, Shi Luo¡¯s words actually came out a lot tougher.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s captain only booked the finals for themselves in advance while Shi Zai, this newborn calf who wanted to f*ck up the tiger, already crowned themselves king in advance.

    ¡°Sigh, each is more superb than the other... I was actually worried Shi Luo would have nabbed the trophy on his way out after the interview today. And then the organizers here would have to call the police to report us for stealing... Really, given how he was acting during the interview, he really might have just gone through with it.¡±

    Puppy, this money-grabbing genius, after qualifying for the group stage, ate dinner with the rest of the team and returned to the hotel. While the game rey session hasn¡¯t yet started, he opened a live broadcast with his hair still wet.

    Puppy borrowed a selfie stand from a girl among the club¡¯s staff. He propped it up in the hotel training room. While wiping his hair, he analyzed with the fans, ¡°You guys tell me. Now that we¡¯ve gotten to this point with the strong word;ter if we, our team and Sacred Sword, run into one disastrous defeat after another and get sent home in the quarterfinals... Tsk, that scene. I dare not even think about it.¡±

    The people in the live chat were scolding Puppy for having a crow beak. Puppy was helpless. ¡°There¡¯s wins and losses in everypetition. It wasn¡¯tpletely impossible that we have even lost in the Group stage. There are 16 teams from all over the world and there¡¯s one champion. You think those other fifteen just die? They¡¯re alive, you know...It¡¯s notpletely outside the realm of possibility.¡±

    While talking, Yu Sui and Chen Huo also entered the training room. Seeing that Puppy was doing a live broadcast, Yu Sui bypassed the camera and sat to one side and yed with his phone. Puppy deliberately turned his phone towards Yu Sui to show the fans and he continued to talk on his own. ¡°It¡¯s not impossible for both of us to wipe out in the quarterfinals. We¡¯re the first seed in Group A and we can no longer meet Sacred Sword in the next stage. I don¡¯t know who will wind up fighting with who. In any case, this is the situation. If we don¡¯t wind up in the same half during the drawing of lots for the quarterfinals, then we won¡¯t even meet them in the semifinals. It¡¯s not easy to tell. Stranger things have happened. Both of us could wipe out in the quarterfinals...What? You¡¯re asking if Sacred Sword is the first seed in their group? That¡¯s just nonsense.¡±

    ¡°So, we won¡¯t encounter Sacred Sword for at least half a month. The only thing we can do is to mouth off indirectly to each other like this.¡± Puppy squinted to look at the live chat and read, ¡°Did-you-regretying-down-those-strong-words......¡±

    Puppy sneered, ¡°What¡¯s so wrong aboutying down some strong words? Sacred Sword can smear dirt on our faces to mouth off and we can¡¯t fight back? Please be considerate of your Luo Zai. Really, if he weren¡¯t still an active yer and one that has to continue to fight in the Championships, he probably wouldn¡¯t have just ended it with some strong words today.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at the phone and suddenly said, ¡°Watch what you say.¡±

    ¡°I know, I know. I¡¯m watching it.¡± Puppy continued to talk to his mobile phone, ¡°I know you all have good intentions. You¡¯re afraid thatter on, we¡¯re going to be pped in the face. You don¡¯t want us to say too much. But it really isn¡¯t necessary. We¡¯re not afraid so what are you afraid of? Your Shi Zai isn¡¯t afraid either. Think about it carefully. Aren¡¯t the only times he has ever gotten angry at the sprayers was when it involved a certain g man? Shi Luo isn¡¯t afraid of being sprayed himself. You don¡¯t need to protect him like this.¡±

    Chen Huo was caught by Shi Luo¡¯s unrestrained speech and he still hadn¡¯t recovered from it. He couldn¡¯t help pping the table and saying, ¡°There¡¯s really no use trying to persuade us. We¡¯re not usually like this, but this time we weren¡¯t the ones who started this, they were. I¡¯ve had enough. We weren¡¯t doing anything to them and they actively tried to provoke us. Then, I have nothing good to say. See you in the finals.¡±

    Puppy smiled at the live chat, ¡°Actually, everyone thinks this way but only Evil dared to say it. Why didn¡¯t we say it before...¡±

    Puppyughed mockingly at himself, ¡°...I was educated by the sprayers. I learned how to behave.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m really not afraid of the sprayers. It¡¯s just that after a few incidents, I just found it troublesome. Every time I said something, I would be asked about it again and again. It was like beating a dead horse. It was annoying...¡± Puppy dried his hair and threw the towel aside. ¡°To be honest, I admire this about Shi Luo. I¡¯ve yed for a few years longer than him but in this respect, I really am not as good as he is.¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s the kind of yer who¡¯s not afraid of being hit and who won¡¯t learn to behave.¡± Chen Huo was also ying with his mobile phone and said, ¡°Would you believe me if I told you that even if we lose in the quarterfinals this time, if he encounters a simr interview in the future, as long as the other party dares to provoke him, he would still say those fighting words right back? That¡¯s his character...the sprayers should just give up on trying to teach him to behave because it¡¯s useless.¡±

    While Shi Luo himself was not there, in a rare disy, Puppy and Chen Huo said a few good things about Shi Luo.

    Puppy felt that his teeth were tingling from the cringey-ness so made a timely end to that topic. The live chat was filling up with calls for Yu Sui. Puppy was left with no choice. He turned his head around and called to Yu Sui. Only after yelling to Yu Sui several times did Yu Sui say, without even raising his head, ¡°I¡¯m busy.¡±

    Puppy zoomed in and out, so that fans in the live broadcast room could see Yu Sui more clearly, ¡°What¡¯s do you mean you¡¯re busy? Who are you talking to on WeChat?¡±

    ¡°The person-in-charge for the Chinese division.¡± Yu Sui said calmly, ¡°Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t eat or sit still during dinner. On a whim, he decided to contact the person-in-charge for the Chinese division and asked them to prepare in advance a draft for our quarterfinal knockout victory. He was afraid they wouldn¡¯t be able to make a good er because they would be strapped for time.¡±

    Puppy was dumbstruck. ¡°He¡¯s already booked our victory in the quarterfinals? You really had him make it?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Yu Sui raised his hand to show Puppy his mobile phone screen, ¡°The person-in-charge contacted me and I told him that Zhou Huo was gotten a bit addle-headed recently so he should just ignore him.¡±

    ¡°Tsk, Shi Shen can be really harmful; really harmful. It¡¯s gotten too much into his head.¡± Puppy was watching the live chat calling out for Yu Sui. In order to attract more traffic to his broadcast, he began to talk about Yu Sui and Shi Luo.

    ¡°How are Yu Sui and Shi Luo? They¡¯re fine, of course...¡± Puppy smiled, ¡°Hey, do we have any girlfriend or boyfriend fans here? You¡¯re not going to feel jealous now are you? If you¡¯re not then I¡¯ll tell you something about them.¡±

    The live chat was one in saying that they wouldn¡¯t feel jealous. Those few who said that they would be and were telling Puppy to shut up were quickly squeezed out.

    ¡°A certain g man...really, it was quite unexpected. Before, Chen Huo and I never expected that he could be this doting on someone that he was dating.¡±

    Puppy looked back at Yu Sui and when he saw that Yu Sui hadn¡¯t gotten up to beat him, turned back and continued on, ¡°Before we yed in the first round of the Group stage, we would train for so long every day. We didn¡¯t get enough sleep and we couldn¡¯t really rest too much. Especially the two strikers. yers who choose to be strikers can¡¯t really rest. If they get the slightest bitzy, they lose the feel in their hands. You can¡¯t say that they have to get plenty of rest because of thepetition. Then, they would really will be wastes. We needed to do high-intensity training even when we were about to y in the match. Then that day, after we just yed in the Group stage, everyone was sleepy and Evil was the sleepiest.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll let you see what our team lounge is like.¡±

    Puppy took a tablet and found a picture for the fans. ¡°See? There are a lot of chairs but only two long sofas. Generally speaking, the yers would sit on the sofas here because then we could lean back and rest or catch up on sleep. The staff would have their pick of the chairs. Which means to say that us four yers share two couches. Two on each couch.¡±

    Puppy put down the tablet and said, ¡°But...your Shi Shen, because he was too sleepy, was pushed by a certain someone onto the sofa to make up for sleep. He took up the entire sofa. Guess where the other person who was supposed to be on that sofa sat instead? ¡±

    The live chat was saying that Yu Sui took over the other sofa. Puppy smiled, ¡°Yu Shen isn¡¯t that much of a brute...We took the other sofa and your Yu Shen was sitting on the armrest of Shi Luo¡¯s sofa. The down jacket that he usually wears was used to cover Shi Shen. Oh, don¡¯t you know? Your Yu Shen¡¯s long and generous down jacket was bought when we were about to go abroad...and it¡¯s like it was bought for Shi Luo. It¡¯s worth more than 40,000 yuan, right? Tell me what could be wrong with a 40,000 yuan coat? While we¡¯re away from home, that deadly expensive down jacket is your Shi Shen¡¯s quilt.¡±

    Puppy sighed softly, ¡°Tsk...really, are there any girls here? Listen to me, when you look for a boyfriend in the future, look for one like this. Hey, I¡¯ll ask for you if he has any brothers. Yu Shen, Yu Shen... Yu Sui!¡±

    The fans almost exploded the live chat after hearing this. Yu Sui was ying with his mobile phone and listening to Puppy prattle on. After being shouted at by Puppy for a long time, hezily said, ¡°No, I¡¯m an only child.¡±

    Puppy shrugged. ¡°It can¡¯t be helped. He¡¯s an only child and in the future, all the family assets will be his. Damn it.¡±

    Yu Sui raised his eyes, ¡°Are you f*cking...it¡¯s your live broadcast but you do nothing but talk about me all day. Do you think that¡¯s right?¡±

    ¡°Fine, I won¡¯t talk about you.¡± Puppy smiled, ¡°I¡¯ll talk about Evil instead. Sigh, Shi Shen, every time he arrives thetest. No one can say who...there¡¯s no need to be jealous of Shi Shen. Finding someone like She Shen also isn¡¯t bad. Although he¡¯s a little younger, he knows how to take care of people.¡±

    ¡°It happened during today¡¯s game... actually, it was Yu Sui¡¯s own problem. When we were about to head to the stadium, he couldn¡¯t find his thermos. It couldn¡¯t be helped and he couldn¡¯t bring any hot water.¡± Puppy squinted to read the live chat. ¡°Why don¡¯t we drink the hot water provided at the venue...?¡±

    Puppy said helplessly, ¡°We generally don¡¯t drink water from outside...especially in stadiums that aren¡¯t our own. Anyway, it¡¯s not important. Where was I? The missing thermos? Ah. For us, it¡¯s fine. We could just drink cold water. But a certain g man¡¯s stomach... can¡¯t take cold water. Especially in the dead of winter. If he drink cold water, his stomach is done for.¡±

    ¡°We were about to leave but he still couldn¡¯t find it. Yu Sui said it was fine. It was just one afternoon. At worst, he just won¡¯t drink. He didn¡¯t want to let Zhou Huo know because he would be flustered and it would disturb everyone¡¯s mood. So, he didn¡¯t mention it.¡± Puppy raised an eyebrow, ¡°When we got to the stadium, I saw...your Shi Zai.¡±

    Puppy said sourly, ¡°We arrived at the venue and had already signed in. We sat down to rest and prepare for the dress rehearsal. Your Shi Zai...¡±

    Puppy made gestured, ¡°Pulled open his thick coat and took an ordinary stic water bottle from out his clothes and handed it to Yu Sui.¡±

    ¡°It was hot water he brought from the hotel. Without a thermos, he filled it in an ordinary stic water bottle. He was afraid it would get cold so he kept it in his arms bundled with his jacket... None of us, including Yu Sui, knew that he had brought hot water.¡± Puppy looked back at Yu Sui, ¡°Just so this g man could drink hot water, Shi Luo was like a schoolboy who snatched hot water for his girlfriend with menstrual cramps.¡±

    ¡°He was afraid Yu Sui would get thirsty and also that he would get cold, this f*cking...¡±

    As Puppy spoke, his temper red up, ¡°F*ck! This broadcast is done. The more think about it, the more jealous I feel.¡±

 Chapter 122

    Chapter 122:

    After the broadcast, Puppy suddenly felt sorry for himself, ¡°I don¡¯t have a boyfriend so I deserve to drink cold water in the dead of winter? I also f*cking want a little boyfriend who will give me hot water he had carried in his arms in the winter!¡±

    Yu Sui looked up and made sure that Puppy had really turned off the live broadcast before saying, ¡°I didn¡¯t know that he brought me the hot water today. If I had known, I definitely wouldn¡¯t have let him bring it.¡±

    ¡°After arriving at the venue, I went out to do our check-in. When I came back, he sat was sitting by the window and he called me over and told me he was going to show me something good.¡±

    At noon, Shi Luo had been sitting by the window. He was wearing a thick coat. With a mysterious smile in his eyes and the corners of his lips ticked up, he called Yu Sui over and asked Yu Sui to open his coat to take a look.

    At the time, Yu Sui smiled. He nced left and right, ¡°Baobei, don¡¯t you think...this isn¡¯t the time or ce?¡±

    Shi Luo choked. Left with no choice, he had to open his jacket himself. He lifted the hem of his sweater and took out a water bottle filled with hot water and pushed it to Yu Sui.

    Despite the fact that he¡¯d been dating Shi Luo for quite some time now, when Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo¡¯s sparkling eyes, he still couldn¡¯t speak for a full minute.

    The way his little boyfriend didn¡¯t care about anything else and only had him in his eyes... It was too deadly.

    Yu Sui had pointed to a spot on his own chest and abdomen area, ¡°Thisrge swath... was all red. When we were at the stadium, I asked him if it hurts and said he didn¡¯t feel anything... I went to his room when we returned to the hotel. I didn¡¯t have any other intentions, I just wanted to see if it was serious or not; whether I needed to buy medicine for him. But he wouldn¡¯t show it to me. He told me to be less of a hooligan. So I pushed him against the door and open his...¡±

    Puppy bared his teeth, ¡°Stop! Don¡¯t talk about your ¡®I-don¡¯t-want-to-but-I-secretly-do¡¯ dirty deeds! I don¡¯t want to know. Just tell me the ending. Was there a burn?¡±

    Yu Sui sneered and then frowned slightly. ¡°There wasn¡¯t any burn. It looks fine if you don¡¯t look too closely. It just looks a little red.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s fine then.¡± Puppy said sourly, ¡°Cherish it. This kind of thing is something one does when they¡¯re young. If I were to date now, I probably wouldn¡¯t do that. No matter what kind of goddess you give me now, I wouldn¡¯t be that extreme...It¡¯s not like you¡¯ll die of thirst from not drinking for one afternoon.¡±

    ¡°I won¡¯t die of thirst.¡± Yu Sui lowered his head and continued to y with his phone, ¡°But you might just die from jealousy...By the way, I really did buy that down jacket for Shi Luo. Before we came here, I told him that this ce was colder than Shanghai. It would be best to buy a long down jacket. But Shi Luo thought that this one was too big and thick and that it didn¡¯t look very good. He didn¡¯t want it...So, I just bought it for myself, knowing he would need it when hees here...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t say it, don¡¯t say it.¡± Chen Huo couldn¡¯t listen anymore. His body was filling up with acid. ¡°Can¡¯t you give the two singles in the team a way to survive? I have never ever wanted to know how you two get lovey-dovey, alright!¡±

    ¡°Puppy seems curious.¡± Yu Sui put away his magical powers for the greater good. ¡°He talks about us in his live broadcasts all the time. I thought he wanted to hear it.¡±

    Puppy gritted his teeth and wanted to find cushions to smash against Yu Sui. Unfortunately, Shi Luo, out of the shower and with a change of clothes on, entered the training room. Puppy immediately gave up and quickly returned to his seat, pretending that nothing had happened.

    Shi Luo never knew how much operating space he has given Puppy and how much traffic he has contributed to the Puppy¡¯s live broadcasts just because he likes to dally beforeing to the training room each day.

    Just before resting for the evening, Shi Luo looked through Weibo and got a lot of inexplicable fanments: [Shi Zai, I also don¡¯t like drinking cold water. Can you hide a bottle of hot water in your arms for me? ]

    Shi Luo turned his head and asked the other person in his room, ¡°How did the fans know that I brought hot water for you?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not sure.¡± Standing in front of themp, Yu Sui frowned and carefully read the prescription sheet of the burn cream he asked the hotel staff to buy for him. The prescription sheet was written in both English and German. Yu Sui read both versions before feeling reassured. He turned his head and walked to Shi Luo with the ointment. He handed the ointment to Shi Luo, ¡°Apply it.¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t ept it. He said helplessly, ¡°It¡¯s all healed already... there wasn¡¯t any burn in the first ce. I don¡¯t need to use it.¡±

    Yu Sui lowered his eyes to look at Shi Luo. After a moment, he nodded and unscrewed the cap himself. ¡°I¡¯ll do it...you won¡¯t need to unbutton your clothes yourself, you won¡¯t need to touch the ointment and after applying the medicine, you won¡¯t need to put your clothes back on your own. You won¡¯t even need to stop fiddling with your phone. Should I apply it for you?¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°......¡±

    Three secondster, Shi Luo turned his face to one side. His voice sounded a bit unnatural, ¡°Apply it.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled. He rolled up his sweater cuffs and sat next to Shi Luo. While unbuttoning Shi Luo¡¯s pajamas, he said in a low voice, ¡°...You like me touching you?¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t speak.

    Of course he liked it.

    Aftering to Germany, every day, their schedule was very tight. They were either training or making use of every spare moment and doing game reviews. At their busiest, the two might not even exchange a single word for an entire day.

    Such a good and handsome g man Yu shing to and fro by his side all day long but he¡¯s forced to treat him just as a teammate. It was truly an exercise in restraint.

    It was a lot of fun ying in the World Championships but getting to spend time alone with Yu Sui was also nice.

    Shi Luo leaned against a couple of pillows propped up against the head of the bed. He looked down as Yu Sui unbuttoned his pajamas bit by bit.

    He watched as Yu Sui squeezed some ointment onto his palm, rubbing his hands to let the ointment spread.

    Yu Sui¡¯s hands were beautiful, with long fingers and distinct joints.

    Yu Sui gently pressed his hand on Shi Luo¡¯s chest and abdomen. Shi Luo moved without meaning to.

    He then heard Yu Sui chuckle.

    Shi Luo closed his eyes, ¡°You just... just do whatever you want.¡±

    Yu Sui ignored Shi Luo. He meticulously applied the ointment ording to the instructions on the prescription sheet. He then slowly put on Shi Luo¡¯s pajamas for him. ¡°Okay. It has to be applied once in the morning and evening. I¡¯ll apply it for you when you wake up tomorrow.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Shi Luo took the ointment. He blushed and said honestly, ¡°I¡¯ll do it myself tomorrow. So early in the morning...I wouldn¡¯t be able to stand you doing this.¡±

    ......

    The two of them were sleeping in the same room that night. The next day, it was the qualifying match of Group B. No one cared about the games themselves, only which teams would qualify. They also had no time to watch the matches.

    Free set aside the entire day to y practice matches with NSN.

    Tomorrow was the qualifying matches for Group C. NSN urgently needed a high-level team to y against so they could improve the feel in their hands. Yu Sui didn¡¯t say much and agreed a few days ago to be NSN¡¯s training partner for the whole day.

    During the training matches, both sides shared one group voice chat. After listening to Yu Sui talk to him about his problem for a while, Wawa couldn¡¯t help thanking him again and again. Shi Luo watched the video of the practice matches and also said a few words to Wawa.

    Wawa was under a lot of pressure and he was embarrassed to talk to Yu Sui. After talking with Shi Luo for a bit, he let out a secret. ¡°Shi Shen...Wah, I¡¯m so stressed! It¡¯s both our first time to enter the World Championship but why are you so stable?! I watched your interview video. My God...Everyone¡¯s so extreme. I don¡¯t deserve to live.¡±

    Wawa was really a little nervous, ¡°If we drop out of the group stage, I would really... Even if I retire as an apology, I think the fans still wouldn¡¯t spare me.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t think it woulde to that.¡± Shi Luo frowned, ¡°Your group has a lot of strong teams. It can¡¯t be helped. But... I think you¡¯ll have no problem qualifying.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t me the grouping. It¡¯s because I¡¯m a waste.¡± Wawa was going mad. ¡°The previous match we lost was my fault. I was like sh*tpared to the medic on the other team... I really wanted to find a ce to hide and nevere out after that. How can your mentality be so stable! Ah ah ah ah ah, you¡¯re not human...¡±

    Shi Luo was silent for a moment. He then turned to look at Chen Huo, ¡°Would you like tofort him? You¡¯ve also madeparatively more mistakes...¡±

    Chen Huo red at Shi Luo and left to get some water. Shi Luo was left with no choice. He stroked his earphones and said lightly, ¡°Rx. Believe me, you will have no problem making it through.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know if you¡¯ve spotted the problem but,¡± Wawaughed bitterly, ¡°In two days, the same-region protection mechanism will be over as soon as the Group stage ends. Do you...you know what I¡¯m trying to say, right?¡±

    Shi Luo was stunned. He understood what Wawa meant.

    If a team were to encounter a team from the same region in the group stage draw, the other team will be moved to the next group. ording to the rules of the game, there can be no civil war in the Group stage.

    But only during the Group stage.

    Once the Group stage was over, the rules were changed. The rule of the draw was changed to top teams in the Group stage cannot meet in the quarterfinals.

    The strong North American team in Group C hasn¡¯t lost a point so far. Even if NSN can qualify, there was a high probability that it will be as the second-ranked team in their group.

    In other words, there was a big probability that Free and NSN could meet in the quarterfinals.

    Shi Luo breathed in lightly.

    If one could choose, no one wants to have a civil war.

    Regardless of whether they win or lose, there will be one Chinese team that will be going home in the quarterfinals.

    Wawa couldn¡¯t help howling, ¡°What should I do if I meet you in the quarterfinals? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...Shi Shen,fort me. My state of mind is really starting to crumble here...¡±

    Shi Luo was the least skilled inforting others. He turned his head to look at the others in the training room. Chen Huo shrugged and after a long moment, he said, ¡°For now, don¡¯t dwell on the draw for the quarterfinals. You...you¡¯re not even sure you¡¯ll be able to qualify yet. You might not even need to do the draw.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°......¡±

    Wawa suffocated.

    Yu Sui used the mouse pad in his hand and took a swipe at Chen Huo¡¯s head. He thought about it and said, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you will definitely be able to qualify. If you qualify as the second seed... you might not necessarily get matched up with us so don¡¯t dwell on it. You¡¯re more likely to run into Sacred Sword.¡±

    Wawa howled. ¡°I¡¯d rather lose to you than lose to Sacred Sword!!! If we lose to you, we can at least send you to the semifinals! Losing to the Sacred Sword... Ah ah ah ah, the sprayers will tear me apart... ¡±

    Gu Gan¡¯s voice came from the mic on Wawa¡¯s side. ¡°Looking for these heartless bastards in Free tofort you? Are you crazy?¡±

    Puppy thumped the table,ughing.

    Shi Luo was helpless. He gave up looking for help from his teammates andforted Wawa himself, ¡°Either way, you¡¯re dead so what are you afraid of?¡±

    Wawa copsed, ¡°I don¡¯t want to die!!!¡±

    ¡°Then don¡¯t lose.¡± Shi Luo¡¯s tone was serious. ¡°Tomorrow lift your spirits and win. Always win, always win and you won¡¯t die. I already talked big yesterday and the pressure isn¡¯t small but what can I do? I can win.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re both neers. If we lose, we won¡¯t have lost anything and if we win, we would have profited in blood. Don¡¯t think about losingter on.¡±

    ¡°I really don¡¯t think you¡¯re any weaker than any medic in Group C. If you win, it will be over. Tomorrow, you will protect your second ce and fight for first. If you get first ce, then we¡¯ll see you in the finals or semi-finals. If you go second...¡±

    Shi Luo paused and smiled, ¡°Then you have the advantage. You can meet the Sacred Sword in advance. What a great opportunity.¡±

    ¡°How cool would it be if you send them packing in the quarterfinals before they even get to run into us?¡±

 Chapter 123

    Chapter 123:

    Wawa was shaken by Shi Luo¡¯s mental attack and for a while, he was shaking, unable to speak.

    On the other end of the voice chat, Wawa¡¯s voice grew a little louder. He gulped and amidst his mental confusion, hope began to grow in him, ¡°If we encounter Sacred Sword, if we really win...¡±

    ¡°This year¡¯s World Championship crown would be yours. Even if it weren¡¯t, it would still be yours.¡± Shi Luo¡¯s tone was firm, as if his family had rtives on the World Championship organizingmittee, ¡°There would be no need for you to y in the semi-finals. You would be crowned in advance. At least, you would be given the spiritual overall victory. You can go to the Inte to see for yourself. Apart from the European division, who the hell likes Sacred Sword? Many of their own European yers are disgusted with Sacred Sword. If you shoot them down in the quarterfinals, this year¡¯s protagonists would be your NSN.¡±

    Wawa was trembling, ¡°But if we lose...¡±

    ¡°Sacred Sword is so strong right now. No one would lose face for losing to them. And if you really do lose...¡± Shi Luo knew how the sprayers operated and said, ¡°As long as Sacred Sword doesn¡¯t win the championships, the sprayers will let you off.¡±

    ¡°Of course, you don¡¯t have to worry about them winning the championship. Not to mention the finals,¡± Shi Luo said, all casual, ¡°As long as we and Sacred Sword wind up in the same half when the lottery is drawn, they won¡¯t even make it past the semifinals.¡±

    ¡°I won¡¯t let Sacred Sword live to see the finals.¡±

    Wawa was ready to fall on his knees.

    As though Shi Luo had gotten a hold of the script of fate, Wawa was steadily hypnotized by Shi Luo. He truly believed that he was the chosen of Heaven and that NSN was the dragon yer in this World Championships.

    Wawa rubbed his face and let out a shout, urging everyone to start the next game quickly.

    Everyone returned to their seats. Zhou Huo looked fixedly at Shi Luo, and murmured regretfully, ¡°...If someone like Shi Luo joins the MLM market, he will definitely be a master of brainwashing.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m starting to suspect that...¡± Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t help but add, ¡°NSN¡¯s psychological counselors aren¡¯t as effective as you are...Old Gu owes you a meal. Your bluff was too invigorating. Wawa must believe every word of it.¡±

    Shi Luo refuted seriously, ¡°I¡¯m not fooling anyone, thank you. I am that confident.¡±

    Zhou Huo: ¡°......¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve always said that this year¡¯s group stage draw was crap. The distribution of strong and weak teams is too uneven.¡± Old Qiao looked at Shi Luo anxiously. ¡°We made it through as the first team in Group A and it¡¯s made Shi Luo¡¯s head swell...Luo, listen to me. There won¡¯t be that many Experience Baobao¡¯s in the quarterfinals.¡±

    Shi Luo nced at Old Qiao, his expression unchanged. ¡°So what if there aren¡¯t any Experience Baobao¡¯s? We¡¯ll win all the same.¡±

    Chen Huo said softly, ¡°In previouspetitions...there were a lot of yers that also entered the World Championships in their teens, but there really aren¡¯t a lot who could go ¡®f*ck everything¡¯ like you.¡±

    ¡°Manager Zhou, maybe you should do a documentary recording Shi Shen¡¯s time here in the World Championships. Later, you can sell it to the big teams.¡± Puppy, this money making genius said, ¡°Have them show it to their neers. Just tell them that if Xuanzang were to watch our team video, he could revolt; Wu Dng would dare to climb Liangshan. Suggest to them that each of their sessful youth trainees, after joining the team, should first watch Shi Shen¡¯s documentary one hundred times to undergo brainwashing.¡±

    ¡°No problem, provided that we can achieve good results this time.¡± Zhou Huo agreed. ¡°Go on, go on. While serving as training partners, pay attention to our team¡¯s problems as well. If you want to watch NSN¡¯s qualifying match tomorrow, you definitely won¡¯t have time to y practice matches tomorrow. So, you must make the most of today.¡±

    Everyone nodded and served as NSN¡¯s training partners until early morning.

    After sending NSN off, Free did an internal game review for another two hours. The more game review they did, the more energetic they felt. They didn¡¯t leave the training room until nearly three in the morning.

    Free was still having a lively discussion before going to bed. If they managed to get up early tomorrow, they will ask for tickets to thepetition to watch the NSN¡¯s qualifying matches live. However, each one of them sleptter than the other and by the time they got up the next day, it was already two o¡¯clock in the afternoon and Group C had already started ying the second best of one match. It was absolutely impossible to go watch it live now and they could only watch the live broadcast in the hotel.

    ¡°I have bad news.¡± Zhou Huo was the first to wake up. With no trace of a smile on his face, he said to Shi Luo and Chen Huo, who had just entered the training room, ¡°Shi Zai¡¯s brainwashing doesn¡¯t seem to have been particrly effective. They¡¯ve already lost one round and another point.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips moved, ¡°F*ck.¡±

    Chen Huo followed Shi Luo and entered the training room. He was startled when he heard the news, ¡°They lost another round? NSN strayed pretty far off. Can they still qualify?¡±

    ¡°No, no, no. It¡¯s not as bad as that.¡± Zhou Huo said hurriedly, ¡°NSN¡¯s current record is 2-2, theoretically...wait, let mepute.¡±

    Zhou Huo wanted to find a pen and paper to make the calctions. Shi Luo couldn¡¯t wait for Zhou Huo¡¯s written calctions and asked, ¡°Who did the NSN lose to?¡±

    Zhou Huo said, ¡°It¡¯s still to that North American god team.¡±

    Shi Luo confirmed, ¡°The North American team is now 4-0?¡±

    Zhou Huo said, ¡°Yes, this team is so strong. It deserves to be the North American champion. They haven¡¯t lost a game so far. If we run into themter, we have to be careful.¡±

    Shi Luo nodded, ¡°Then it¡¯s now impossible for NSN to be first seed for their group.¡±

    Zhou Huo hadn¡¯tputed it out yet. Shi Luo sat down and said to himself, ¡°They can stillpete for the second ce in the group stage... Yes, as long as the North American team doesn¡¯t pull their groins and lose points and the Thai team doesn¡¯t turn into a water demon and the South Korean team doesn¡¯t suddenly pull off an explosive performance.¡±

    Zhou Huo wanted to say something but stopped. He sullenly said, ¡°Sorry, I didn¡¯t understand a word you said.¡±

    Shi Luo nced at Zhou Huo, puzzled, ¡°How did you learn probability in high school?¡±

    Zhou Huo choked.

    What everyone was most worried about now was whether NSN will be able to qualify. Shi Luo mustered a little more patience. He sat down and said slowly, ¡°The North American team is basically a shoe-in to qualify. There¡¯s nothing anyone can do to stop them now. If you can¡¯t beat the eldest brother, then you can only be the second brother. Instead, now, you¡¯re hoping that the eldest brother can earn more points and won¡¯t raise another second brother. If that happens, it will be difficult for NSN to qualify.¡±

    ¡°The Thai team already has no chance of qualifying. Because of this, they no longer feel any mental pressure. Unlike us, who have multiple considerations and burdens. Sometimes, teams perform very well under that kind of situation and thus they turn into a water demon; they can¡¯t reach the shore but they can drag others down with them. If the Thai team wins one point off NSN, NSN will basically be dead.¡±

    ¡°The Korean team is the other potential second elder brother. If they¡¯re in a particrly good form today and win all three BO3s, then they¡¯ll be the second elder brother and maybe they¡¯ll go fight for the no. 1 spot with North America. NSN will bepletely out of thepetition and will have to go home.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Zhou Huo, ¡°Understood?¡±

    Zhou Huo took a deep breath. He wanted to admit that he didn¡¯t understand, but he was afraid that Shi Luo would look at him like an idiot. He reluctantly nodded, covering his conscience, ¡°Understood.¡±

    Shi Luo sat down and watched the live broadcast screen with a sullen face, muttering to himself, ¡°I have to exin it in such a detailed way and he went to college...¡±

    Zhou Huo held back his anger, thinking of waiting for Yu Sui toe to the training room to lodge aint.

    Twenty minutester, Yu Sui also came to the training room. The second game for Group C was also over. The South Korean team yed against the Thai team. The South Korean team won and just like NSN, their record was now 2-2.

    Puppy sighed, ¡°They¡¯re half-cold now.¡±

    ¡°F*ck! Thai team, you were supposed to be a fr*ckin¡¯ water demon. You have zero f*cking pressure. Drag them down! But all you do is hand over points! A point here! A points there! Points everywhere! ¡°Now, you¡¯ve raised another second brother.¡± Chen Huo watched the game and feltpletely fed up. ¡°Thand has even entered the World Championships before. Why are they ying like sh*t this year? 0-4. They¡¯re just scattering money!¡±

    Yu Sui sat down and nced at the current points, ¡°...It¡¯s not looking too optimistic.¡±

    ¡°Now it¡¯s the battle for the second brother.¡± Puppy, sitting farthest away from the live screen, sighed, ¡°I originally thought that NSN, after being duped by Shi Luo yesterday, would outperform themselves today ande out first in the group stage. Then, we¡¯d each perform wonderfully in the quarterfinals. There¡¯s no chance of that now. I¡¯m going to tell you something scary. If NSN goes second, given that teams can¡¯t be matched against the same team from their group stage, NSN will have a thirty-three percent chance of encountering us and also a thirty-three percent chance of encountering Sacred Sword, and...¡±

    ¡°The way things are looking now, it would be a good thing if we ran into each other in the quarterfinals, okay?¡± Old Qiao didn¡¯t expect Group C to be so difficult today. ¡°Let¡¯s have them make it through first. If they can make it, it¡¯ll be all fine.¡±

    The third BO1 started ¡ª South Korea vs. North America.

    NSN wasn¡¯t ying in this game but the results of this round was crucial to whether NSN could qualify.

    Zhou Huo prayed silently, ¡®The South Korean team can¡¯t win anymore.¡¯

    The South Korean team had just scored a point and they were now tied with NSN. It saw hope of qualifying, morale was high, and the team¡¯s overall confidence was brimming. The yers were each in better shape than the other and they grabbed a clear advantage in the first few minutes.

    The situation was getting worse and worse. The Free training room was getting quieter and quieter and their conversation gradually died down.

    When the match reached the ten minute mark, even Zhou Huo could see that the Korean team had a huge advantage here.

    ¡°...Isn¡¯t it...¡± Zhou Huo gave a hollowugh, ¡°Isn¡¯t...isn¡¯t this second elder brother better than our second elder brother? The South Korean team isn¡¯t going to be the second seed team, right?¡±

    If they win this round, the South Korean team will surpass NSN in points.

    ¡°There¡¯s still hope.¡± Old Qiao frowned, ¡°This North American team is also very good. They have constantly been looking for opportunities and the more they y, the more careful they are, they may be able to turn it over.¡±

    Chen Huo was speechless, ¡°Truthfully, the overall strength of Group C is really high. Look at the level of their group stage and then look at the level of our group A... This is the World Championships. Whenpared to ours, it was like we were abusing elementary school students in an Inte cafepetition.¡±

    In the early stage, the South Korean team had a near-crushing superiority. The map was utterly broken and the center was almostpletely cleaned up. Parts of the east and west sides of the map had also been cleared. If this were just any other team, given this big of a disadvantage, the yers would be making more and more mistakes. It would then be easy for their opponents to seize opportunities.

    But not the North American team.

    Even though the South Korean team seized the advantage as soon as the game began, the North American team has been unceasingly biting down hard on the South Korean team. They made very few mistakes and they¡¯ve been constantly looking for opportunities toe back.

    Shi Luo watched the game seriously and admitted, ¡°Group C is much more exciting than our group.¡±

    The South Korean team and the North American team were head-to-head the entire way. The North American team obviously didn¡¯t want to break its winning streak and give the South Korean team any more points. If they lose this game and their legs get dragged down by the Thai water demon team, they will have to have to have a rematch with the South Korean team to determine who would be the first team for their group.

    If the North American team could win this match then they will be assured of being the first team for their group. This point was very important.

    Of course, it was even more important to the Korean team.

    The longer the match went, the more meticulously they yed. The North American team did not want to lose. They kept contending with the other and dragged the game to a full forty minutes. However, they were never able to fully recover from their early disadvantage. The South Korean team won by the 47th minute of the game.

    As the points currently stood, the South Korean team has surpassed NSN.

    The next BO1 was the North American team vs. the Thai team. The disparity in strength between the two teams was huge. The result of the game was rtively clear and the results of the match wouldn¡¯t affect the qualifying situation for their group. Those in Free¡¯s training room watched the match disinterestedly. They were all worried about NSN¡¯s two seeding matches.

    ¡°Their next game is against Thand and their game after that will be against this suddenly explosive South Korea team. They have to win both games. If they lose one game, they¡¯re gone.¡± Old Qiao thought about how stressed Wawa was yesterday and was speechless, ¡°Wawa won¡¯t be able to hold on...¡±

    Chen Huo shrugged, ¡°He¡¯ll still have to even if he can¡¯t.¡±

    Zhou Huo smiled, ¡°If I put myself in Wawa¡¯s shoes, I would have burst from the pressure... If I make a mistake and we lose a point, we¡¯ll have to pack our bags and go home. I¡¯ll have to carry this baggage while I y the next two games...¡±

    Zhou Huo put himself in Wawa¡¯s position and thought of his situation. He trembled and couldn¡¯t help but take in a sharp breath. ¡°Ordinary people really wouldn¡¯t be able to do what pro-yers do. If it were me, let alone y well in the next two games, just stepping foot outside the lounge might erase any courage I had left.¡±

    Chen Huo snorted, ¡°Now you understand it isn¡¯t all that easy to earn our sry, is it?¡±

    Puppy was helpless, ¡°They were definitely unlucky in the group draw. There are too many strong teams in Group C this time.¡±

    Yu Sui said nothing. He heard Shi Luo¡¯s phone buzz. After a while, Shi Luo took his phone and left the training room.

    Chen Huo turned his head and cast a nce, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t even need to look at it. He said, ¡°It¡¯s probably Wawa calling him.¡±

    Yu Sui hadn¡¯t guessed wrong.

    In the corridor, Shi Luo quietly listened to Wawa talking incoherently to him about the main points of yesterday¡¯s practice match. Shi Luo listened for three full minutes without hearing any noise or other people talking in the background.

    Wawa wasn¡¯t in his team¡¯s lounge.

    After listening for a while, Shi Luo interrupted Wawa, ¡°Where are you?¡±

    Wawa went quiet and he said after a while, ¡°In the public restroom. There¡¯s...no one here.¡±

    Shi Luo tried to gentle his voice as much as possible, ¡°Don¡¯t be so scared. I promise you, no matter what the result, if anyone dares to spray you, I will definitely help you spray them back. You know how amazing I am at spraying people.¡±

    Wawa whispered, ¡°I¡¯m not afraid of being sprayed if I lose. I¡¯m...¡±

    There was a moment of silence on Wawa¡¯s end. Wawa¡¯s voice turned hoarse, ¡°Shi Ge, if I lose, all of Captain Gu¡¯s hard work this year will be wasted.¡±

    ¡°How many years can he still y?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s chest seized.

    Wawa tried to hold back from being choked with sobs, ¡°There¡¯s also ROD, Xinran... Our entire club has worked hard for a year to get results in the World Championships. If we falls in the group stage, I... It wouldn¡¯t be enough even if I retire.¡±

    Shi Luo was silent for a moment.

    Being constantly surrounded by these big-hearted yers, Shi Luo nearly forgot that not every yer was a cast iron machine.

    Shi Luo squatted down and listened quietly to Wawa¡¯s muffled crying.

    At this moment, Shi Luo felt for the first time the suffering of those who hid in stadium restrooms.

    ¡°You medics...can¡¯t you be a little less angelic?¡±

    Shi Luo sighed and adjusted his tone, ¡°Why would you be med if NSN loses the match? Not to mention that you haven¡¯t lost yet. Why are you so anxious to carry the me?¡±

    Wawa said with a hoarse voice, ¡°It would be because I couldn¡¯t heal them and they died...¡±

    Shi Luoughed, ¡°Then you shouldn¡¯t call me. Call Yu Sui, let him share with you his medic principle.¡±

    ¡°Strikers who are not strong enough are not worthy of being healed.¡±

    ¡°If you died it¡¯s not because gege didn¡¯t heal you. It¡¯s because you suck and don¡¯t deserve to be healed.¡±

    ¡°Take the time before you resurrect to think about it. What else have you done besides waste my Photon shields and deliver your head to the opponents?¡±

    Wawa stopped sobbing and couldn¡¯t help but smile.

    Shi Luo looked at the time. There were still more than 40 minutes before NSN¡¯s next game. Shi Luo whispered, ¡°You¡¯re hiding because you¡¯re afraid they¡¯d get worried, but I really can¡¯t help you a lot. Trust me and go to Captain Gu. Go to your team¡¯s psychological counselor. You guys would know the situation in your own team best. y well in the next two games.¡±

    Shi Luo earnestly said, ¡°You really do have great skills but you¡¯re always affected by your mentality and you aren¡¯t able to perform well because of it. Believe me.¡±

    On the other side of the phone, Wawa sniffed and whispered, ¡°Okay.¡±

    Shi Luo said, ¡°See you in the quarterfinals.¡±

    Shi Luo waited for Wawa to hang up, and then sent Gu Gan a WeChat message.

    Teams needed to handle their own matters.

    Shi Luo returned to the training room and continued to watch the live broadcast with everyone.

    The fourth BO1 for Group C finished quickly and the North American team scored another point.

    The next game is very clear. In thest two games, NSN will qualify if they win a game, and lose any game and be eliminated.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t know how long Wawa conversed with Gu Gan and the psychological counselor, but he was still uneasy. Before the start of the fifth round of best of one match, Shi Luo received several WeChat messages from Wawa.

    Shi Luo looked down for a moment, and let out a sigh of relief.

    The fifth round best of one match started, and Wawa¡¯s expression on the court was obviously firmer.

    Just like Saint, NSN¡¯s own team also has its own story and legacy. Compared with Shi Luo¡¯s bravado brainwashing, NSN¡¯s own strength would better be able tofort Wawa.

    In the fifth game, NSN yed against the Thai team. Despite going into batter with a light pack, knowing that they had no chance of qualifying, the Thai team still failed to turn into a water demon. NSN easily won this game and pulled the score to 3-2.

    In the sixth game, NSN vs. South Korea, both sides have a 3-2 record. Whoever wins will qualify.

    It was an absolute life and death situation. The pressure on both sides was not small.

    NSN had a small advantage. They had just yed in thest game; everyone¡¯s hands were still warm. He didn¡¯t know how Gu Gan had told Wawa, but he was filled with more confidence than before. When the match started, he followed Gu Gan to charge ahead. Their momentum didn¡¯t look as though they were fighting a life and death match. The South Korean team was obviously more cautious. They wanted to deal with NSN carefully, but because of this difference in approach, NSN seized the start of the match toy down four purification dishes in a row.

    ¡°Nice!¡± Chen Huo pped the table. ¡°That opening was beautiful!¡±

    The South Korean team was also the champion in their division. They weren¡¯t weak. Despite having the advantage seized from them in the opening, they didn¡¯t mess up their positions. In order to disrupt the NSN¡¯s rhythm, they rushed to the edge to steal the map.

    The movements of the South Korean team was quickly discovered by the NSN¡¯s sniper. At this moment, normally NSN should deal with the problem at the edge of the map by splitting up. They won¡¯t be able to continue to advance, lest their own map be stolen by the South Korean team.

    Yu Sui looked at the live screen and listened to the analysis of thementators. He shook his head, ¡°Not necessarily.¡±

    After finally gaining the advantage in the early stage, will Gu Gan still choose to y this safe and deal with the edge of the map at the cost of eroding his advantageous chance to push forward?

    NSN¡¯s sniper ROD moved. When thementator thought he was going to deal with the edge of the map, ROD charged directly towards the center of the map.

    Chen Huo stared in surprise, ¡°...Old Gu¡¯s going to go all out.¡±

    In this life and death match, NSN was going to break the cauldrons and sink the boats. They took a gamble and the entire team charged down middle of the map. The sniper has no advantage in closebat, but one person was still one person more and one shot was still one shot more. With four people, they had the numbers advantage and they immediately felled the South Korean medic and striker stationed at the frontline. Afterwards, NSN continued to franticallyy down purification dishes.

    At the same time, the other South Korean striker kept clearing the map without any interference at the edge of the map. NSN has already upied the advantage in numbers at this time, but they still did not go to deal with the South Korean striker.

    NSN¡¯s four yers upied the center of the map, franticallyying down purification dishes.

    Old Qiao was stunned, ¡°Wow, even if they are the best at ying a full frontal assault, this is... too rigid, right? They¡¯re giving up the sides of the map? They¡¯re not scared that they won¡¯t be able to keep up with the speed of the Korean team?¡±

    ¡°Scared, my ass. If they get scared, they¡¯re going to lose this round again.¡± Chen Huo unconsciously stood up, ¡°They¡¯re ying to the extreme. Wawa¡¯s ying pretty well. They still haven¡¯t¡¯ lost a single yer.¡±

    They ignored the other team stealing the sides of the map, having made up their minds to fight for speed. This required NSN to keep everyone alive so that they would have the maximum number of people, this was a lot of pressure on their medic.

    But Wawa persevered.

    ¡°If I didn¡¯t know better, I would have thought it was Angel Sword ying behind that avatar.¡± Puppy smiled, ¡°This healing...it¡¯s good, really good. This is the best they¡¯ve yed in the group stage so far. They¡¯re finally able to y their specialty. They were too cautious before.¡±

    After a few minutes of the two teams frantically clearing the map, the South Korean team finally showed signs of being unable to endure.

    Clearing the map at the side naturally wasn¡¯t as fast as clearing it down the middle. The South Korean team wanted to take down a few of NSN¡¯s yers without having to fight too much, but Wawa was healing like his life depended on it. Wawa¡¯s constant healing prevented the South Korean team from taking a single head. The South Korean team was left with no choice. They gave up on the sides of the map to take their entire team to confront NSN.

    The already weakened South Korean team wanted to fight with NSN using NSN¡¯s specialty head-to-head style of fighting; obviously, they wouldn¡¯t be able to beat them.

    The entire NSN team was in full health and they wouldn¡¯t yield even an inch of ground. By the game¡¯s eighteen minute mark, NSN had zero injuries and the stats were shocking.

    ¡°Is this still... Wawa?¡± Puppy was dumbstruck and couldn¡¯t help looking at Shi Luo. ¡°Yu Sui said he called you? What did you say to brainwash him? It¡¯s that effective?¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head, ¡°The brainwashing failed. He went to see Captain Gu.¡±

    Shi Luo took out the WeChat messages that Wawa had just sent him. He raised his hand to give Puppy a look.

    They all had 20-20 vision. They could read it clearly without having to pick up the phone.

    Awa: [I should have talked to the captain earlier.]

    Awa: [The captain told me that he chose me as the medic for the team. Among the three medics, he immediately chose me. ]

    Awa: [It¡¯s the first time I found out about it; that he was the one who chose me. He said that he has never regretted it. ]

    Awa: [Truth be told, since I entered the industry, I have only believed in his words. If he says not to give up, I feel that I can¡¯t give up. If he believes I can fight, then I can fight. ]

    Awa: [The captain told me that he would take me to the quarterfinals.]

    Awa: [He said he would take me there, so I can definitely get there.]

    On the live broadcast screen, Gu Gan was beaten to residual blood and he was about to get his head taken. Wawa was in the middle of replenishing blood for Xinran. In a sh, Wawa broken off in the middle of replenishing his blood and in a disy of masterful maneuvering walked in front of Gu Gan and took three bullets for him and ced the photon shield in front of Gu Gan¡¯s body. Gu Gan then smoothly hid behind the bunker.

    The game has reached twenty-three minutes and Wawa was carrying this match; he still hadn¡¯t let the South Korean team get a single head.

    Old Qiao whispered, ¡°He¡¯s steady now.¡±

    The pace of thepetition was extremely fast, and the two sides continued to sh. At the 27th minute of the game, NSN, with crushing force, won thest qualifying spot for their group.

    The director cut the camera to Wawa. In the soundproof room, Wawa took off his headphones and buried his face in his arms. Then hey on the keyboard, his shoulders shaking.

    ¡°Congrattions, Awa.¡± Shi Luo looked at Wawa on the live broadcast screen and whispered, ¡°You have made a name for yourself in this battle.¡±

 Chapter 124

    Chapter 124

    NSN smoothly managed to qualify and as it should be, Wawa won the MVP title for thest best of one match. He also easily created a new record for the lowest number of casualties and the highest amount of healing done in a single game since the start of this year¡¯s World Championships.

    Although they qualified as the second team in their group, NSN yed extremely well in thest BO1 game against the South Korean team. The statistics were shocking. Before, Wawa appeared as the obvious weak link in the team. Now this weak link suddenly evolved into the MVP. The teams that were already sure to advance to the quarterfinals didn¡¯t dare to underestimate NSN. The No. 1 team in Group B even sent a tweet saying that they didn¡¯t want to be matched up against NSN during the draw.

    With NSN managing to qualify, after two years, the Chinese division once again had two teams to reach the top eight within the same World Championships. After the NSN¡¯sst game, Gu Gan went as their captain to the interview. When asked about which team he wanted to face, Gu Gan didn¡¯t even hesitate to say that Sacred Sword was the team he wanted to face most in the quarterfinals.

    Numerous teams have been fighting it out online for many days. Just the day before the qualifying match of Group C, the Sacred Sword had already been bidding NSN good-bye. The strong smell of gunpowder had already risen to the surface. The probability of being matched against Sacred Sword was too high and Gu Gan didn¡¯t bother to pretend. He directly said that he wanted topare skills against Sacred Sword in the quarterfinals. If his team loses, he will bless Sacred Sword as they enter the semifinals. If he wins, then he¡¯ll be asking them to kindly take a hike.

    ¡°Look at how many people Luo Luo has turned rotten. Even Old Gu has started to dish out some fighting words.¡± Puppy sighed as he ate while watching the interview, ¡°He¡¯s already this old but he¡¯s still not stoic enough.¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s the f*cking use of being stoic? You just wind up ridiculed and they walk all over your face. It¡¯s true; although this year¡¯s World Championship is the most chaotic but it¡¯s also the liveliest. This is quality entertainment. Everyone¡¯s already created this ¡®you die, I live¡¯ kind of atmosphere.¡± Chen Huo was quite satisfied, ¡°Not only are we going to f*ck you over, we¡¯re also going to say it right to your face.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Gu Gan¡¯s interview and turned to ask Old Qiao, ¡°If they really get matched up against Sacred Sword, how are their chances for winning?¡±

    ¡°There are so many factors that affect how one performs when they¡¯re on the spot. How can anyone possibly give a precise win probability?¡± Old Qiao looked at the NSN¡¯s happiness at qualifying. When they began to talk about this, the smile on his face faded a little. He said helplessly, ¡°If I really have to say a win probability. ...then Sacred Sword definitely has a slightly higher probability of winning.¡±

    ¡°You also said that there¡¯s factors when you¡¯re actually ying on the spot.¡± Shi Luo ate a bit and said vaguely, ¡°Wawa will definitely perform better and better.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s also true...Right now, Wawa is a mini-Angel Sword. Sigh, what¡¯s the use of worrying about this? They might not even be matched up against them. We might wind up having a civil war.¡± Zhou Huo said to Yu Sui, ¡°Don¡¯t set any practice matches for tomorrow. They¡¯ll be doing the draw directly after Group D¡¯s qualifying matches. You¡¯ll need to be there to do the draw for our team.¡±

    After ying for so many years, Yu Sui was very clear on the process of the World Championships. Yu Sui gave an ¡®en¡¯ of assent. Shi Luo looked up at Zhou Huo and then at Yu Sui and said, ¡°I¡¯ll go with you.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo and shrugged. ¡°It¡¯s just a draw. ording to the order of their group, the first team from each group will draw one by one a second seed team. It will be done in five minutes at most but you¡¯ll be waiting up to two hours before then. After a half-hour¡¯s drive, you¡¯ll get to the stadium and you won¡¯t do anything but wait. After a few minutes of actually doing the draw, you¡¯lle back here and that¡¯ll be another half an hour... It¡¯s a waste of a few hours, why would you want to go? Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s troublesome?¡±

    Yu Sui also looked at Shi Luo, Shi Luo said, ¡°It¡¯s not troublesome. I¡¯ll go with.¡±

    Zhou Huo was at a loss, ¡°Why?¡±

    Shi Luo swallowed his mouthful of food. He looked hesitant for a moment but did not exin.

    Yu Sui lips also ticked up a bit but he too said nothing.

    Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui and couldn¡¯t figure it out. ¡°Although you¡¯ll probably run into Sacred Sword when you go to the draw, it¡¯s not like they¡¯ll be able to kidnap you. You¡¯re over 1.8 meters tall. What¡¯s got him worried? Why can¡¯t you go by yourself?¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re thinking too much. Shi Luo isn¡¯t afraid that I¡¯ll get kidnapped.¡± Yu Sui took two sips of warm water, ¡°He¡¯s not used to these foreign social apps and wanted to see what the others were arguing about. I searched it on my phone and showed him...¡±

    ¡°Someone sent a private message of a confession or...something more than a confession to my ount...he identally clicked and saw it.¡± Yu Sui continued to eat leisurely, ¡°Do you get it now?¡±

    ¡°I get it.¡± Zhou Huo tut, ¡°Someone tipped over the vinegar jar again? Now, he¡¯s going to go wherever you go to let the people here in Europe know that you have a boyfriend?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at him askance and Zhou Huo decided to shut up. He nodded, ¡°Okay, if you don¡¯t think it¡¯s troublesome then you can go. Tomorrow, you two go. We¡¯ll wait for the result of your draw at the hotel.¡±

    After dinner, they yed four more practice games. By the time they finished the game review, it was 5 in the morning. Everyone went back to their room to rest. At 2 in the afternoon, as scheduled, Yu Sui and Shi Luo went out to the stadium.

    On the way to the stadium, Shi Luo was so sleepy, he could hardly keep his eyes open. In the car, he sat leaning against Yu Sui and couldn¡¯t help but doze off. Yu Sui nced at the driver and taking advantage of the fact that the driver couldn¡¯t understand Chinese, he told Shi Luo earnestly, ¡°...If really can¡¯t help but worry, how about you give me a hickey to mark your territory? You can have the driver drive you back to the hotel after you drop me off. Who would I belong to if you die from exhaustion?¡±

    Shi Luo opened his eyes a slit and said, face the picture of irritation, ¡°I won¡¯t die from exhaustion.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°You¡¯ve really gotten jealous?¡±

    ¡°How can the inte celebrities here be so wild?¡± Shi Luo really couldn¡¯t understand, ¡°What were they thinking sending pictures like that?¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, an expression of dissatisfaction on his face, ¡°In the past two years... there have been a lot of these, right?¡±

    Yu Suiughed. What can he do if someone sends those to him? Besides, he¡¯s never even looked at them at all.

    The expression on Shi Luo¡¯s face still wasn¡¯t good. Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo quietly and suddenly said, ¡°Take off your uniform jacket.¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t react immediately. He took off his coat, a bit dazed.

    Yu Sui took it. He then took off his own jacket and handed it to Shi Luo. He put on the jacket with ¡®Evil¡¯ printed on it.

    Fortunately, Shi Luo¡¯s team uniform was quite loose and it also fit Yu Sui very well.

    Yu Sui zipped it up. Hey back against his seat and tried to catch up on sleep.

    Shi Luo was taken startled and then he couldn¡¯t help the corners of his lips from ticking up.

    There was a bit of a traffic jam on the road and arrived at the stadium after nearly an hour. The first two best of one games for Group D has already been yed. The league staff member took the two of them to the lounge. Although he lounge wasn¡¯t big, fortunately, it did have a live broadcast feed of the matches. The two sat down to watch the game, waiting for the D group to finish before they do the draw.

    ¡°Before we came here, Wawa sent me a voice message. He says you have to make sure to wash your hands before the draw.¡± Shi Luo is still sleepy. He wasn¡¯t very energetic as he watched Group D¡¯s matches. He said quietly, ¡°We¡¯re the first seed for Group A, you¡¯ll definitely be the first one to draw. Wawa begs you not to draw NSN.¡±

    Recalling Wawa¡¯s exceedingly silly tone of voice, Shi Luo felt his scalp going numb, ¡°He¡¯s really not afraid of anyone anymore. He told me that all be wanted was to not run into us. If they get matched up against Sacred Sword in the quarterfinals and NSN wins, then this year, two teams from our division will be in the semifinals. If they lose, then they¡¯ll have experience in dealing with the Sacred Sword after ying a BO5 with them. Their team has already discussed it and they won¡¯t be returning to China immediately if they are eliminated. They¡¯ll stay and serve as a sparring team. Even if they die, they¡¯ll send us to the finals.¡±

    Yu Sui looked down at the phone and frowned slightly.

    After NSN qualified for the quarterfinals, NSN¡¯s boss was instantly full of confidence. He sent a provocation right at Sacred Sword¡¯s face, asking if they wanted to make a date in the quarter-finals. Strangely, however, Sacred Sword did not send a response to counterattack this time. In response, as if they hadn¡¯t even seen it, half an hour ago, they made an ambiguous tweet, the meaning of which was that the one they wanted to set a date with was someone else, not NSN.

    The apanying picture was even more interesting, it was severed angel¡¯s wing.

    Yu Sui frowned and murmured, ¡°...I haven¡¯t seen you in a year and your ying just keeps getting dirtier and dirtier.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, ¡°What did you say?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡± Yu Sui looked at the live screen, ¡°Let¡¯s watch the game.¡±

    Sacred Sword scored an overwhelming victory in the first round of games for Group D. Within their group, the Swedish team has scored two points, Japan had zero points, and the North American team had one point. So far today, Sacred Sword and the Swedish team has scored one point each. Sacred Sword was in the lead and the Swedish team was second.

    Barring any unforeseen incidents, this should be the qualifying sequence for Group D.

    The premise of which was that there would be no unforeseen incidents.

    In the third BO1, the Swedish team scored another point. The other two teams in the group basically had no hope of qualifying.

    In the fourth BO1, the North American team scored a point from the Japanese team. This had no effect on the overall situation.

    In the fifth BO1, Sacred Sword yed against the Japanese team. Not long after the game started, Shi Luo¡¯s half-closed eyes slowly widened.

    Shi Luo¡¯s expression gradually began to turn cold and he smiled, ¡°What is Sacred Sword ying at? Did their yers eat sh*t today? What kind of trick is this?¡±

    Yu Sui narrowed his eyes and after a while he picked up the phone to unlock it. He pulled up the tweet sent by Sacred Sword and handed it to Shi Luo, ¡°Look.¡±

    Sacred Sword¡¯s tweet was in English, there was no need for Yu Sui to trante. Shi Luo understood it.

    Sacred Sword seemed to be responding to NSN, but their words were much more roundabout than before. There was no biting sarcasm, no deliberate ambiguity. It even sounded a bit regretful, saying that they may not be able to respond NSN¡¯s enthusiasm and be able to make an appointment with NSN as NSN was looking forward to.

    The signal in the stadium wasn¡¯t very good and it took a while for the apanying picture to load.

    Shi Luo looked at the severed blood-stained wing and his face instantly became frosty.

    Free¡¯s team logo was a single wing.

    Yu Sui¡¯s eyes dimmed and he whispered softly, ¡°They were gunning for us all along.¡±

    ¡°Come at us then!¡± Shi Luo looked at Sacred Sword¡¯s unclear tweet and was instantly infuriated by the blood on the wing. ¡°Who did they chop off? Are they alluding to you? What do they mean? Are they cursing my team?¡±

    ¡°Well f*ck his ancestors! If Laozi weren¡¯t loathe to dirty his professional record, I would have controlled points to run into them the day before yesterday! Am I afraid of him?! Do they think we were happy to have qualified as the first seed? I f*cking want to target them!¡± Shi Luo furiously said, ¡°Who are they cursing to bleed? Is there any other meaning behind this?¡±

    Before Yu Sui could cate Shi Luo, Yu Sui¡¯s cell phone suddenly rang. It was Chen Huo calling. Shi Luo immediately pressed the speakerphone. Chen Huo¡¯s loud voice rang out. ¡°Come on! F*ck them for thinking they can stop us at the quarterfinals!¡±

    Old Qiao¡¯s sneer came out, ¡°What¡¯s this? Looks like what we feel so utterly disgusting that we couldn¡¯t possible do, they can do easily. This Japanese team is just an Experience Baobao. In the previous round, Sacred Sword pushed them to the ground and trampled all over them. Just after a few days of not seeing each other, now the Japanese team is beating the sh*t out of them? Who do they think they¡¯re kidding? Isn¡¯t this brother¡¯s acting a bit too fake?¡±

    Puppy sneered, ¡°I¡¯ve gained new insight on them. I only haven¡¯t seen them for a year and now, no one knows how low they¡¯ll go.¡±

    On the other end of the phone, Zhou Huo was still trying to calm everyone down. ¡°They may not necessarily be controlling points. It¡¯s not over yet. Sacred Sword has always been like a cat toying with a mouse when ying against weak teams. It¡¯s hard to tell. Can¡¯t you stop acting like you¡¯re being provoked...¡±

    Shi Luo sneered, ¡°They are like a cat toying with a mouse, but we¡¯re the mouse.¡±

    The game was still going on.

    Sacred Sword didn¡¯t make their acting too obvious. The average yer would only think that Sacred Sword had been a bit too reckless in the early stage of the game. They had been toocent and the Japanese team seized the advantage. Now they were finding it hard to regain their ground.

    While they could fool ordinary yers and even the gamementators, they couldn¡¯t fool professional yers.

    Wawa sent Shi Luo a WeChat message: [Shi Ge, are these bast*rds nning to qualify as a second seed team? So they can target the first seed teams? ¡¿

    Shi Luo did not reply.

    The fifth round of BO1 ended very quickly. Sacred Sword lost to the Japanese team and lost one point.

    The sixth BO1 game was Sacred Sword against the Swedish team.

    As the points currently stood, Sacred Sword and the Swedish team both had four points.

    The other two teams in Group D have no chance of qualifying. In this sixth game, whoever wins, either Sacred Sword or the Swedish team, would qualify as the first seed team. And whoever lost would be the second seed team.

    Zhou Huo didn¡¯t believe that Sacred Sword would really control points in order to disgust the other first seed teams. He was still cating everyone; there¡¯s no need to be angry. He especially warned Yu Sui and Shi Luo who were at the stadium. He repeatedly tried to calm them down for fearing that they would get into a fight when they run into Sacred Swordter for the draw.

    Zhou Huo regretted it so much. He wished he could fly to the stadium right now. He said again and again, ¡°Just calm down, I really think Sacred Sword was just toying with everyonest round. They don¡¯t actually intend to lose their first seed spot. Shi Luo, especially you. You¡¯re not there to get into a fist fight. And it¡¯s not just punching. You can¡¯t curse at them in front of the camera. This might even be their entire strategy. If you get into a fight with them now, you do know you¡¯re going to get suspended, right? We don¡¯t even have a substitute, if you get suspended, we¡¯re really gonna be in trouble. Shi Luo? Shi Luo? Did you hear that?!¡±

    Shi Luo only had that picture of the blood-stained wing in his heart. His face seemed frozen. He said coldly, ¡°I know.¡±

    Zhou Huo said gently, ¡°But really, I think we¡¯re just overthinking this. They¡¯re professional yers too and they should have professional ethics. They¡¯re not going to go that far. They wouldn¡¯t fake...¡±

    Zhou Huo got his face pped before he got to finish. At the beginning of the sixth game, Sacred Sword¡¯s striker seemed to go blind. He made a careless move and the Swedish team got first blood.

    Yu Sui¡¯s expression was the same as before, but his eyes darkened. He said lightly, ¡°En, they¡¯re definitely not faking it.¡±

    Zhou Huo was dumbstruck.

    Sacred Sword didn¡¯t want to be bothered about being penalized for ying passively. Apart from that careless move at the start, the yers made sure to be very skillful in giving away their heads. From time to time, they would evenunch a wave of counterattack. The situation on the field seemed very tense. They seemed like they very much wanted to win but these kind of moves to Yu Sui and the others¡¯ eyes was no different from them streaking through the map.

    Before the end of the game, Yu Sui had already got up and moved his wrist about.

    Zhou Huo had already hung up his call with Yu Sui. He changed to doing a video call with Shi Luo. Trembling with fear, he watched Yu Sui and Shi Luo. ¡°Do-do I need to recite to you guys thepetition rules and regtions?¡±

    Shi Luo said coldly, ¡°I can recite it forwards and backwards. I don¡¯t need you to do it. Thanks.¡±

    Zhou Huo swallowed, shivering, ¡°Don¡¯t break the rules, please.¡±

    Thest game for Group D ended. Sacred Sword suffered an upset and ¡°lost¡± to the Swedish team. They qualified as the second seed team for their group.

    Yu Sui picked up his mobile phone and refreshed the page.

    Sacred Sword had sent another tweet. They @ the first seed teams of Groups A, B and C and posted a greeting along with a smiley.

    Chen Huo was also looking through twitter in the hotel. Upon seeing this, he blew his top. He said furiously, ¡°What the hell does this mean?! You¡¯re telling me this isn¡¯t a provocation?!¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s phone kept vibrating, Wawa madly sending him question marks.

    All of NSN¡¯s members have already steeled themselves to meet death and they were going to breakthrough and go for the goal. This year¡¯s favorite to win the World Championships, Sacred Sword, was now a second seed team like NSN. There was now no chance of them meeting in the quarterfinals.

    There was a knock on the door of the lounge and the staff member came to remind Yu Sui that it was time for the draw.

    Yu Sui got up and looked at Shi Luo.

    Yu Sui suddenly smiled.

    ¡°I¡¯ve always had bad luck...¡± Yu Sui muttered to himself, raising his hand, ¡°I must have used up all my luck in this lifetime to have been able to make off with you. Baobei-er, give me a kiss and share a bit of your luck.¡±

    Shi Luo looked quietly at Yu Sui and asked, ¡°What kind of luck do you want? Among the second seed teams, who do you want to be matched with?¡±

    Yu Sui said lightly, ¡°Sacred Sword.¡±

    Shi Luo lowered his head and gently kissed Yu Sui¡¯s hand, ¡°Don¡¯te back with NSN.¡±

    Yu Sui left the lounge.

    He ran into Gu Gan in the corridor. Gu Gan was a bit dazed. He was struck dumb with astonishment, ¡°Sacred Sword, they...¡±

    ¡°Without any evidence, don¡¯t say it.¡± Yu Sui reminded him, his voice cold, ¡°We haven¡¯t run into trouble yet so go looking for trouble for us in advance.¡±

    It was also against the rules to nder other teams. Gu Gan understood. He nodded and stopped talking.

    When he entered the field, the Captain of Sacred Sword, Yu Sui¡¯s teammatest year, smiled at Yu Sui and asked in German: Are you scared?

    Yu Sui didn¡¯t say anything. He didn¡¯t even give the other a nce. The draw began and the four first seeded teams were randomly divided into the two halves. The host of the draw ceremony reminded the first seeded qualifying team in Group A, Yu Sui that he can start.

    Yu Sui stroked the back of his hand that Shi Luo had kissed. He quickly took one of the four balls and handed it to the host.

    The host opened the ball for they used for the draw¡ª¡ª

    Sacred Sword.

    Yu Sui looked back at the Captain of Sacred Sword, his lips moved slightly.

    He only mouthed the words. There was no sound but Sacred Sword¡¯s captain saw it and the smile on his face went stiff.

    Yu Sui had also spoken in German. He asked him as well: Are, you, scared?

 Chapter 125

    <h4>Chapter 125</h4>

    Before the start of the FOG World Championship each year, in order to increase yers¡¯ enthusiasm for the matches, the league officials wouldunch a World Championships in-game prediction betting activity. yers could use their in-game coins to bet on the teams that they think would win. After thepetition is over, the yers who are lucky enough to bet on the winning team would receive their winnings in in-game coins based on the odds.

    This year, this in-game activity began as soon as the teams who would bepeting in the World Championships from each division was confirmed. To some extent, the total amount of in-game currency bet on each team also represented the poprity of each team to win the championships.

    The ranking of the teams in the in-game activity has gradually stabilized as early as a week ago. The current top favorite to win the championships: The European division¡¯s Sacred Sword team.

    The second favorite to win the championships: The Chinese division¡¯s Free team.

    Since the establishment of the FOG League, this was the first time that the first and second favorites to win the championships were going to meet in the quarterfinals.

    The moment when Yu Sui made the draw, it meant that one of the top two favorites to win this year will inevitably fall in the quarterfinals.

    If not Free, then Sacred Sword.

    Since its establishment, Sacred Sword Club¡¯s worst record in the World Championship had been losses in the semi-finals.

    The Free club had just been established this year and there was no historical record to trace. If Yu Sui¡¯s personal performance would be taken into ount, his worst record in the World Championships had been as a runner-up.

    ording to this data, the past performances of both sides were very impressive.

    After this quarterfinal knockout, the loser will not only have to pack up and go home but they will also have a new record of their worst performance on the World Championships.

    Top Eight, quarterfinals of the World Championships.

    Before the start of the World Championship, everyone already expected that Free and Sacred Sword would have their fateful encounter that would give a final answer to their unfinished practice match at the beginning of the season.

    But no one expected that the two parties would meet so early.

    In the lounge of the stadium, Yu Sui had been asked by the staff member to go to the court to do the draw but the staff member himself had remained in the lounge.

    ording to regtions, when yers were not apanied by their team¡¯s apanying staff, the league staff members would apany the lone yer to serve as their interpreter and to show them the proper care.

    The staff watched Yu Sui draw Sacred Sword¡¯s name. He was shocked and his jaw dropped.

    The two favorites to win the championships were going to meet already? Isn¡¯t this too early? !

    The staff felt both frightened and regretful for Yu Sui. They had been so lucky before, getting the precious first seed qualifying spot without a hitch. First seeded teams had an advantage in the quarterfinals since they would be matched up with one of the second seeded teams. The possibility of making it past the quarterfinals was quite high. But no one expected that Sacred Sword would be among the second seeded teams.

    At this moment, the other first seeded teams were probably breathing out a sigh of relief. Yu Sui had managed to fish out this piranha in the pool of second seeded teams.

    After a brief moment of shock, the staff member shook his heads and turned to look at Shi Luo. He wanted to gentle his words andfort this young yer, barely an adult, who had just entered his first World Championships. He wanted to tell him not to be afraid, not to feel too pressured.

    But when he saw the expression on Shi Luo¡¯s face, the poor staff member couldn¡¯t voice out his words offort.

    Shi Luo looked at the words ¡°Sacred Sword¡± on the simultaneous live broadcast screen. His pupils shone, the corners of his lips were ticked up slightly and the tip of his right finger on his knee was trembling with excitement.

    Shi Luo lowered his head and smiled and then, he couldn¡¯t help butugh out loud.

    Staff member:¡±......¡±

    The staff suffered a mental copse. Is this neerughing? !

    Are neers so crazy nowadays? ! ! !

    The neer was about to give his head away to the current top favorite. What about this was so worthy of joy? ! ! !

    Maybe it was because he had witnessed Yu Sui¡¯s stomach bleeding that got him admitted to the hospital but Shi Luo¡¯s aversion and guardedness against blood was on a different level from ordinary people¡¯s.

    Especially when these things were tied together with Yu Sui.

    So when he saw that tweet with that picture of the single blood-stained wing from Sacred Sword, Shi Luo was furious. He wanted to storm out of the lounge to the live broadcast room to tear up that group of people.

    Regardless of whether it was intentional of unintentional on Sacred Sword¡¯s part, Shi Luo paranoidly felt that this was just cursing Yu Sui and provoking himself over long distance.

    In the first ce, Shi Luo was never one to ept even half an insult. This matter must be settled. It just so happened that Sacred Sword decided to manipte their points to disgust the other first seeded teams. This was just what Shi Luo wanted.

    Shi Luo¡¯s murderous intent and excitement were too obvious. The staff looked absolutely incredulous. What was going on at this year¡¯s World Championships? Is everyone going crazy? Encountering Sacred Sword in the quarterfinals, even Free won¡¯t have a win probability of more than 50%. What was there to be so happy about?

    The staff was still worried that the boy had received too much stimtion and said softly in Chinese, ¡°The draw is like this. You could have been matched up with anyone. There¡¯s no way to argue with luck.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were red as he stared intently at the live screen: ¡°Yes, we had a one in three chance and we finally got it.¡±

    The staff tried to confirm, ¡°Are you...really happy? Do you have that much certainty about your quarterfinals?¡±

    Evil, this neer for whom it was his first year to have his professional game ID included in the World Championship roster, pointed to the Sacred Sword logo on the live screen and said, ¡°Do you see this team? They¡¯re dead.¡±

    Staff member:¡±......¡±

    The draw is still going on, the first match-up of Free vs. Sacred Sword for the left half was set. The other match-up of the North American Team vs the South Korea team was also set.

    For the right half, the Swedish team that had just qualified from Group D was matched against NSN and thest match-up was between another North American team and a Norwegian team from the wild card division.

    The staff couldn¡¯t help but gasp. Anyone with eyes could see that the distribution of the top eight teams this year was extremely uneven. In the left half, there were two explosive first-seeded teams, Sacred Sword, the piranha swimming in the pool of second seeded teams, as well as a strong South Korean team. The left half was simply the ce where strong teams were buried.

    The staff was a fan of the North American team in the left half. He couldn¡¯t help but mutter in English that the left and right halves of this year¡¯s championships was not bnced at all. It was much easier to qualify if you were in the right half.

    ¡°If you feel like it¡¯s unfair, you should go reason it out with Sacred Sword.¡± When the draw was over, Shi Luo got up and said lightly, ¡°It¡¯s also my first time seeing the bnce of apetitionpletely thrown off just because someone decided to y dirty.¡±

    ¡°Of course, it might also be because Ick experiences, I haven¡¯t seen a lot of f*cked up things yet.¡±

    Shi Luo put on his jacket and went to find Yu Sui. The draw was over. The captains of the eight teams left the live broadcast room one by one. Shi Luo exchanged a high-five with Gu Gan, who was still worried. ¡°They... ¡±

    ¡°This is perfect.¡± Shi Luo looked at Sacred Sword¡¯s captain, situated not far away, ¡°I thought I would have to rely on you to send them home, but now it¡¯s fine. We¡¯ll do it ourselves.¡±

    Yu Sui left the live broadcast room. He and Shi Luo locked eyes. There was no need to talk.

    Yu Sui and Shi Luo went back to the hotel together. Everyone, including the apanying staff were having a meeting in Zhou Huo¡¯s room. The two of them headed there. Before they even entered the room, they heard Chen Huo¡¯s loud voice from inside.

    ¡°Control! Control points! Chen Huo held the quarter-finals match list Old Qiao had drawn. Without the slightest timidity on his face, ¡°You f*cking controlled your points? You want to feel alive that much! You wanted to upset the other first seeded teams? You want to send us packing in the quarterfinals? So you f*cking controlled your points toe at us. This is absolutely f*cking amusing!¡±

    Yu Sui and Shi Luo entered the room. Chen Huo looked at Yu Sui. With a smile on his face, he said, ¡°Not bad. This is the first time you¡¯ve been so lucky.¡±

    Puppy was leaning back on the sofa by the side. He smiledzily, ¡°Exciting.¡±

    Compared with the yers, the faces of the staff members in the room were a bit less excited and a bit more worried.

    Just a few minutes ago, Sacred Sword¡¯s manager posted a tweet on his private ount:

    ¡¾Whisper, please receive a little gift from me. ¡¿

    Old Qiao was holding the phone, anger writ across his face. ¡°We weren¡¯t overthinking it. They were doing it on purpose. Amazing. We didn¡¯t go looking for trouble with them but they actually have the face toe stirring trouble with us. In the end, just who the hell is worthy or who? Have they lost all sense of reason?!¡±

    ¡°How is it unreasonable?¡± Unlike Old Qiao, Zhou Huo could better understand the thoughts of the mid-level and senior level executives of a purelymercial club like Sacred Sword. ¡°From the perspective of Sacred Sword¡¯s owner, at the end ofst season...My club has just won the championships. I was willing to spend more money to let these yers continue to y and win championships for me. Unexpectedly, despite adding so much to their contract fees during the new season, despite sweetening the pot as much as I could, my medic left and he took two of my important yers with him. They returned to their declining division and the three of them rebuilt their team together. They even entered the World Championships to boot...Sacred Sword¡¯s owner probably couldn¡¯t swallow his anger.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at Yu Sui, ¡°Didn¡¯t you say before that Sacred Sword¡¯s manager threaten you when you left?¡±

    Yu Sui was actuallypletely unsurprised that Sacred Sword woulde up with such a trick. He nodded, ¡°He said...that if I return to my own division, I will never win the championships again.¡±

    ¡°I knew that they had a lot of grudges but what they said when I left was still very unpleasant to hear.¡± Yu Sui looked at the match list drawn by Old Qiao. He smiled at Zhou Huo. ¡°It¡¯s my own trouble. My old club¡¯s attempts to teach me a lesson have reached this point. I admit it.¡±

    Zhou Huo has taken care of everyone in the team this year with great dedication. Very few managers have done as much he has. Yu Sui has never voiced it out but he was very grateful. Now, it was possible that the results of the entire team will be affected because of their old matters. It was actually unfair to Zhou Huo for them to lose in the quarterfinals because of this.

    Unlike these yers, Zhou Huo had nothing to do with Sacred Sword before. If he hadn¡¯te to be the manager for team Free, Zhou Huo and Sacred Sword might have never had any dealings at all.

    Old Qiao looked at Zhou Huo. He finally reacted and a look of apology appeared in his eyes, ¡°Just... It can¡¯t be helped. This conflict has long been set. Even if we do lose, you can¡¯t me Yu Sui...¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes moved slightly and he interjected, ¡°I also have a hand in this. It was me who directly provoked Sacred Sword the other day.¡±

    Zhou Huo looked at them for a moment and thenughed, ¡°You think I¡¯m ming you for calling on trouble? Are you kidding?!¡±

    Zhou Huo was helpless. He looked apanying videographer who was in the room. He adjusted his tie and suddenly said, ¡°Turn on the camera and shoot a piece of material for me. Right now, I¡¯m going to make things clear to everyone. This is perfect, I can use thister on.¡±

    The videographer Xiao Ge was startled. He nodded hurriedly and immediately turned on the camera, aiming it at Zhou Huo.

    ¡°When I entered this club as a manager, regardless whether it¡¯s your old scores or new grievances, regardless whether it¡¯s good or bad, all of that became my responsibility. I have to be responsible. I have to bear this along with everyone. That¡¯s my job as a manager.¡±

    Even now, he still didn¡¯t understandpletely how to y this game. But Zhou Huo, who in the past, was like a fussy old hen, now had the look of a gangster and his murderous aura was exactly the same as those of the viins in the team.

    Zhou Huo looked around at everyone in the room, addressing the yers and the other staff members, ¡°Isn¡¯t the worst result just that we¡¯d lose? Isn¡¯t the worst result just dropping out in the quarterfinals and being violently attacked by the sprayers? Then rest assured and just y. Whether it¡¯s managing public rtions or controlling the haters, we can handle it. Winning is the honor of our entire team. It¡¯s what you seize shot by shot, what you get by working without rest for almost a year-long season, by over drafting your body and stamina, by staying up all night, by practicing one shot after another.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s your job to give it your all, to practice hard and go topete in the matches. After losing, it¡¯s my job and the job of all the backend staff of our club to deal with the aftermath. Everyone has their own duties to perform.¡±

    ¡± If you don¡¯t mind us sharing in the apuse of your victories then we have no qualifications to get angry at you for your troubles outside the stadium.¡± Zhou Huo calmly looked at everyone in the room, ¡°The day I became your manager, I became responsible for managing all matters. That¡¯s what I¡¯m paid to do. So I would like to ask the yers to stop putting a psychological burden on themselves on my behalf, thinking how things are unfair for me.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯ve been targeted in the World Championships byst year¡¯s champion club, forcibly elevating us, this club of less than a year old, into this position. I am thrilled that we are lucky enough to have high-level public rtions issues like this.¡±

    Zhou Huo finally looked at Yu Sui, his eyes gleaming, ¡°In China, on the day of the group match draw, you told me that it¡¯s an amazing feeling to be able to eliminate a strong team with your own hands. The pleasure is enough to offset all the exhaustion and pain. I have never experienced that. None of our staff have have experienced that. So, please try your best...¡±

    ¡°to let us experience for ourselves just how that feels.¡±

 Chapter 126

    <h4>Chapter 126</h4>

    After Zhou Huo expressed his thoughts as manager, he said to the videographer Xiao Ge, ¡°Come here and shoot my phone.¡±

    The videographer was at a loss but he still approached.

    Zhou Huo opened Twitter and let the camera show a close-up. He refreshed it and asked the videographer, ¡°Is the time on my Twitter also captured clearly?¡±

    The videographer was confused. He honestly said, ¡°I got it.¡±

    ¡°You can¡¯t fake the time settings on social apps.¡± Once Zhou Huo does these things he can never talk to Shi Luo about being slugging during discussions ofpetition systems. He dropped his mobile phone on the table. In a clear, methodical and logical manner, ¡°It¡¯s been less than two hours since our quarterfinal draw, right?¡±

    The videographer nodded again.

    Zhou Huo said again, ¡°Get a shot of everyone in this room. Give everyone a close-ups.¡±

    The videographer waspletely muddled. He reminded him in a low voice, ¡°Zhou Ge, the yers don¡¯t have any makeup on. They haven¡¯t washed their hair...¡±

    Zhou Huo has always paid particr importance on the yers¡¯ image when managing the affairs of the team. He usually didn¡¯t allow any of the staff to take pictures of them when they were at the base. When the yer¡¯s image was not good, Zhou Huo never allowed any of the staff to take pictures of them.

    The cameraman adjusted the lens and took shots of Yu Sui, Shi Luo, Chen Huo, Puppy, Old Qiao... He then turned the camera to Zhou Huo.

    ¡°The time and ce serve as proof. This is the state of our club just after the draw.¡± Zhou Huo said calmly, ¡°I don¡¯t know when everyone will see this video and I don¡¯t know if by the time you see this video, whether we have won or lost, whether we would have gotten past the quarterfinals. But I just want to keep a record and leave evidence to let everyone know that before the quarterfinals, no one in my club was afraid to fight.¡±

    ¡°Regarding our opponents in the quarterfinals, it dide as a bit of a surprise but our team was not scared. There was no worry about it, nor were we ced in dire straits because of it. Several of our yers were even very excited and very satisfied with the result of the draw.¡±

    ¡°If we win in the quarterfinals, it¡¯s because our yers are amazing.¡±

    ¡°If we lose in the quarterfinals... then, to a certain team, know that your fancy tricks before the match did not scare us. We are also happy to have this match. To the sprayers, know that none of our yers have ever been frightened. Despite the malicious controlling of points done by a certain team, our team has maintained grace and decentness, preserving the dignity of our region in a foreign country. The yers have already done all they could.¡±

    ¡°Cut.¡± Zhou Huo signaled that the videographer to stop, ¡°Keep this material for me. Make a backup. I can use it for PR after the game.¡±

    The videographer turned off the camera. Only then did Zhou Huo take a deep breath and wipe the hard-to-detect fine sweat on the corner of his forehead.

    Old Qiao looked at Zhou Huo¡¯s professional handling of obtaining PR materials to pacifying the yers. He was stunned and couldn¡¯t help looking at Yu Sui, ¡°You spent so much money to get Zhou Huo to be our manager. Looks like it was money well-spent... He paved both the front and back roads for you.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not really for PR though.¡± Zhou Huo wiped his sweat, shook his head and couldn¡¯t helpughing, ¡°I¡¯ll tell you even if you make fun of me. You guys have messed with my head so much that now I think I¡¯ve regressed back into a teenager. No, even when I was a teenager, I wasn¡¯t this chuuni. You guys have messed up my head and now it¡¯s no longer just business...Alright, my work is done and the actual sword-swinging and gun-slinging, I¡¯ll leave up to you all.¡±

    The so-called actual sword-swinging and gun-slinging being training, training, and more non-stop training.

    Both Free and NSN had reached the quarterfinals. Having just team Saint as their sparring team wasn¡¯t going to be enough. He was afraid of leaking tactics when he was ying against other regions so Old Qiao temporarily got in touch with the domestic teams and scraped together two sparring teams. All of them were top yers in active service. All of them endured the time difference to serve as training partners for the two teams. And none of them ept the two teams¡¯ offer to pay them a training partner¡¯s fee.

    ¡°For so many years, this person and I have been unable to reconcile...every time we encounter each other in a domesticpetition, it¡¯s upsetting for the both of us. Whenever we get matched up in a national server match, he never listens to my instructions and I never get any of his heals. We feel like we¡¯re absolutely ill-matched and rely on ourselves to score on our own...¡±

    Before the practice game the next day, Shi Luo looked at the ID of the medic of the opposite training team and said to himself, ¡°Three years ago, we were both underage minors. We were both neers who had just entered the league. We ran into each other in the bathroom of a hot pot restaurant. He threw water on me, and I sprinkled pee on his face... We got into a really heated brawl. At that time, I thought it would be utterly impossible for me to reconcile with this grandson all my life. I thought he thought so too, but now...¡±

    The practice match hasn¡¯t started yet and the iron-boned, firm and unyielding Shi Shen stared at sparring team¡¯s ID for a long time. He then pulled the keyboard open and as he usually did before each practice match, typed in the shared chat.

    Only that this time, he typed a lot slower.

    [Free-Evil]: [Thank you, brothers, for your hard work. ]

    ¡¾Unruly BOok¡¿£º[......]

    [Free-Evil]: [......Thank you. ]

    [Unruly BOok]: [It¡¯s... you don¡¯t have to be polite. ]

    [Free-Evil]: [It¡¯s not being polite. We really have troubled you all... Thank you. ]

    [Unruly BOok]: [......[Heart Emoji]]

    Shi Luo closed his eyes a lengthy internal struggle, he also replied back with an emoticon.

    ¡¾Free-Evil¡¿£º[[A little small flower]]

    Chen Huo also entered the custom room. Looking at Shi Luo¡¯s chat, he let out a snort ofughter, ¡°Just incredible! Shi Zai thanking the enemy? You even gave a little rose, hahaha. I¡¯m going to die fromughing&#k2026;The little whelp¡¯s all grown up.¡±

    Shi Luo blushed and said irritably, ¡°What was I supposed to do?! They came to help with the practice, can¡¯t I say thanks?¡±

    ¡°You can.¡± Puppy said with a smile, ¡°Shi Zai is such a good boy who knows to do the right thing. Actually, yesterday, when Old Qiao told me that the medic for the sparring team was going to be Grumpy Shu, I was worried that you would storm off in anger and refuse to practice.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned, ¡°I¡¯m not stupid.¡±

    Old Qiao was very satisfied, ¡°Look, didn¡¯t I say it was going to be okay? It¡¯s been three years. They say that many people have tried to help to make peace, but neither of these two have reconciled. Now, tsk...it¡¯s done.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at the chat log and smiled, ¡°...what so many people weren¡¯t able to do, Sacred Sword did so easily.¡±

    Zhou Huo: ¡°Pft!¡±

    Under Sacred Sword¡¯s continued provocation, the Chinese division has achieved unprecedented unity and friendship. While there was a war against outsiders, everyone was banded together against the outsiders. Regardless how they would be enemies once the new season starts after the World Championships, at least for now, everyone just wanted to stick it to Sacred Sword.

    Some of the domestic teams even took the initiative to contact Zhou Huo, asking if they needed help forming a sparring team. Now NSN also needed a sparring team. To practice different styles of y, three sparring teams was barely enough. Free, as the left half¡¯s first team, meant that they would also be the first team to y in the quarter-finals. There were only six days left before the game. Before that, they had to have a trash-talking recording, do the official interviews, do the rehearsal before the game...

    There was not much time left.

    Zhou Huo thanked their domestic brothers for their kindness and formed a fourth sparring team. Since the night of the draw, Free¡¯s yers had almost no time to rest apart from sleeping and eating. Zhou Huo¡¯s management team was very reliable. They were very attentive in their handling of various activities. Whenever there was anything they needed to trouble the yers about, it would only be brought up when everyone was in a rxed mood after the game reviews.

    Such as noon time on the second day after the draw.

    ¡°There¡¯s something I need to ask everyone.¡±

    Everyone was eating, Zhou Huo waited until everyone had almost finished eating before asking, ¡°It¡¯s from the league. Normally, you would need to fill in the application form yourself. Knowing that you¡¯re busy, I took a look at it for you. If anyone needs it, just let me know. You don¡¯t have to fill it in yourself. I¡¯ll arrange it, no need to worry about it.¡±

    Zhou Huo handed forms to the four of them.

    Shi Luo put down his chopsticks and took the form¡ª¡ª

    ¡°Application Form for Apanying Family Members of Contestants¡±

    Starting from the quarterfinals, the league was offering to reimburse the travel expenses of apanying family members of the yers. If yers would like to avail, they needed to fill in their family information so that they could book the hotel and the tickets. Zhou Huo has already read the form carefully and he exined, ¡°Actually, we don¡¯t actually need to do it this early. Some teams wait before the semi-finals or the finals before letting their parents and familye over. Some invite their girlfriends...NSN¡¯s manager told me that they wouldn¡¯t be able to enjoy this benefit if they fail to pass the quarterfinals so he urged me to give you the forms too, just...¡±

    Zhou Huo only knew that Shi Luo¡¯s rtionship with his family was not good. He wasn¡¯t particrly clear on the others¡¯ situations either. He hadn¡¯t actually wanted to mention this. However, this was part of the formal process of the league and he still had to exin it. Zhou Huo smiled, ¡°Just...does anyone need it?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t.¡± Shi Luo crumpled the form into a ball and threw it into the disposable lunch box. ¡°No one wille.¡±

    Zhou Huo smiled, ¡°... Actually, not all of NSN¡¯s yers have parentsing over either.¡±

    ¡°My parents are definitely noting.¡± Chen Huo tossed the form aside and said, ¡°They¡¯ve just learned to ept my job in the past two years. Our rtionship is just beginning to ease. Don¡¯t even think about trying to get them here to show support. Don¡¯t even bother.¡±

    Puppy slowly said, ¡°Well, my parents don¡¯t scold me. They think I¡¯m pretty amazing being able to earn this much. But they don¡¯t watch the games at all and don¡¯t understand it. To get them here means getting them to cooperate with the league¡¯s emotional gimmicks. Boring.¡±

    Zhou Huo smiled and looked at Yu Sui, ¡°You...¡±

    ¡°They can¡¯te.¡± Yu Sui didn¡¯t even read the form. He said while eating. ¡°They¡¯d have to get permission from the top if they want to go abroad. They need to go through the process step by step. They¡¯ll get approval in maybe a month. Not to mention that they¡¯re not interested, even if they really did want toe, they won¡¯t even make it to see the finals.¡±

    Zhou Huo gulped.

    He had just called NSN¡¯s manager. Almost all the yers on NSN¡¯s side have family members who wille; especially Xinran, even his girlfriend¡¯s parents were going to fly over to watch NSN in the quarterfinals.

    Looking at his team...

    Not a single yer¡¯s parents wille over.

    Puppy was right. The league will indeed arrange the process. Parents of the contestants would be asked to record a pre-match video giving their blessing and good luck wishes to the yers. On the day of the match, the league will arrange for them to have the best spot in the arena.

    Compared to other teams...the yers on his team seemed like they were unloved by their parents.

    All the yers in thepetition were boys in their twenties. How great would it be to have your parents here watching you ce in such a big match?

    Zhou Huo felt choked in his heart and couldn¡¯t help feeling distressed. He apologized, ¡°It¡¯s okay if they don¡¯te, I, I... Sigh, I shouldn¡¯t have mentioned it.¡±

    The four people in the room looked at Zhou Huo,pletely perplexed.

    ¡°He...¡± Chen Huo turned to look at Puppy and asked curiously, ¡°Is he feeling sad for us?¡±

    Puppy looked at Zhou Huo with interest and nodded, ¡°It seems that like his eyes are about to turn red at any moment.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned and looked at Zhou Huo, ¡°What are you crying for?¡±

    Yu Sui also looked at Zhou Huo, utterly confused.

    Zhou Huo: ¡°......¡±

    Zhou Huo couldn¡¯t get out of it so he had to admit, ¡°Well, I feel sorry for you.¡±

    ¡°What are you being all fussy about?¡± Chen Huo said, unable to understand, ¡°So what if my family doesn¡¯te? What if I make a mistake and my father scolds me for being an idiot after? Since we set down on this career path, none of our family members have ever watched a game. And no one¡¯s sad about it either. So, what¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Puppy nodded, ¡°They never have. And truth be told I wouldn¡¯t be happy to have theme either. How is this any different from having your parents watch you take the college entrance examinations?¡±

    Zhou Huo: ¡°......¡±

    Old Qiao watched the excitement and said leisurely, ¡°How do you think all these viin came to be? Don¡¯t be corny... They really don¡¯t care.¡±

    ¡°My parents are not very supportive and don¡¯t like watching the games. So what?¡± Chen Huo smiled, ¡°If I don¡¯t interfere with them, my parents still recognize me as their son and I recognize them as my parents.¡±

    Puppy added, ¡°And they won¡¯t get in the way of us taking the championship.¡±

    Zhou Huo was at a loss for word and didn¡¯t know what to say for a while.

    Zhou Huo said carefully, ¡°Are you...really not sad?¡±

    ¡°Ge,¡± Chen Huo said sincerely, ¡°We¡¯re really not as delicate and sensitive as you think. You don¡¯t have to insist on doing this. It¡¯s good enough that our parents can now ept it calmly and shows us care and consideration by feeding us well when we visit for the holidays. We¡¯re very happy as is.¡±

    Zhou Huo had to say dryly, ¡°Okay. If you don¡¯t care about it then that¡¯s good.¡±

    When he thought about how the other teams would have videos of their family wishing them good luck before the game; how it would be warm and lively and about how his team wouldn¡¯t have that, Zhou Huo still felt a little sad and distressed. He said, hesitantly, ¡°The video...¡±

    Yu Sui saw that Zhou Huo was really thinking about everyone, and kindly suggested, ¡°If you really want our team to have this kind of emotional segment, I don¡¯t mind if we each stand as fathers for each other in the team. Everyone can help record a few words for each other...¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t even think about it and said, ¡°Chen Huo can¡¯t be my father, everyone else is fine.¡±

    Chen Huo red at Shi Luo.

    Zhou Huo waspletely fed up. He nodded, ¡°Fine, you¡¯re all ruthless... Continue your training, I¡¯ll go refuse their offer.¡±

    The chuuni and sensitive manager Zhou took the form and walked out of the training room. The viins left in the room couldn¡¯t helpughing.

    Ten minutes before the next practice match, everyone was slumped on their own gaming chairs to rest. Chen Huo and Puppy chatted about the trivial things they had had with their family members since the easing of their rtionship over the past two years. Shi Luo pulled open the keyboard and built a custom room to be usedter.

    Not far away, Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo.

    The three of them really didn¡¯t care about this. Their rtionship with their family has been getting better and better in the past few years. Everyone truly didn¡¯t care about this trivial matter.

    But Shi Luo wasn¡¯t the same.

    It¡¯s not that he didn¡¯t care, it¡¯s had he really didn¡¯t have the support of his parents.

    Though he hadughed at Zhou Huo¡¯s fussiness just now, looking at Shi Luo, Yu Sui did feel a little distressed.

    This was the first year his boyfriend has gotten into the quarterfinals of the World Championships. It was the first time, he had found out that there was such a thing as part of the program.

    Yu Sui pushed away from the table and slid his gaming chair to Shi Luo¡¯s side.

    Yu Sui seemed to be watching Shi Luo set up a room. Shi Luo didn¡¯t care.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo¡¯sputer screen and whispered softly, ¡°...Would you like your boyfriend to record a video for you?¡±

    The corners of Shi Luo¡¯s lips ticked down slightly and he said nothing.

    ¡°That video they y before the trash-talking portion. They put it up on the big screen before the game. So, should I?¡± Yu Sui said in a low voice, ¡°It will be a global live broadcast. Should I go public about our rtionship there? Okay?¡±

    ¡°Not okay.¡± Shi Luo retorted seriously, ¡°It¡¯s just the quarterfinals. What do you mean ¡®go public¡¯? Sacred Sword isn¡¯t worth it.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°If the quarterfinals are not good, then when would be good? Shi Shen...When will you officially announce our rtionship and give me a proper identity, huh?¡±

    Shi Luo couldn¡¯t help being teased into smiling by Yu Sui but he still didn¡¯t answer.

    Having let Yu Sui tease him, Shi Luo¡¯s minor emotional difortpletely dissipated. The two of them were very close. Shi Luo curiously asked while setting up the room, ¡°You said your parents would need to apply to go abroad...what do you mean?¡±

    Yu Sui has always been silent about his parents. After thinking about it, he said sinctly, ¡°Academic personnel at their level can¡¯t go abroad just whenever they feel like it. If they really want to go abroad, they would need to apply first. They¡¯ll have to exin what they want to do there and when they¡¯ll being back...it¡¯s very troublesome.¡±

    Shi Luo was surprised, ¡°They... this level is quite high. Don¡¯t academics who reach this level basically already belong to the state? It¡¯s that strict?¡±

    ¡°Well, it¡¯s very strict.¡± Yu Sui nodded and nced at Shi Luo from out the corner of his eyes. To frighten him, he said, ¡°Shi Shen, now that you¡¯re dating me, if they find out, you might be subjected to political investigation.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°......¡±

    Shi Luo held back for a long time and then whispered, ¡°I have pierced ears and top of that, I even smoke...am I going to pass?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°I can¡¯t say for sure.¡±

    ¡°Is messing with me that fun?¡± Shi Luo pursed his lips but threw the cigarette between his lips onto the table. He rubbed his ears that had gone red from Yu Sui¡¯s teasing and urged, ¡°Let¡¯s start training! ¡°

 Chapter 127

    <h4>Chapter 127</h4>

    Free took the initiative to give up on the league¡¯s free European tour benefits for the rtives of the yers who made it to the quarterfinals. It wasn¡¯tpletely without its upsides. By doing so, they also dispensed with the need to record videos with their rtives, leaving them with a whole day of training more than the other teams.

    The quarterfinals was approaching day by day. Apart from training day and night, Free¡¯s yers were trading insults with Sacred Sword online.

    Zhou Huo¡¯s original n had been that before the quarterfinals, he wanted the yers to disconnect from the Inte. In any case, they used the league¡¯s officially-provided server when ying the practice games. It could be that only this would be provided ess. In fact, everyone¡¯sputers can be set up for the yers so that when they use theirputers the only thing they could ess would be the game.

    He could also temporarily confiscate the yer¡¯s mobile phones. They would be clearly cut off instantly. All these grievances can be discussed after the game. As manager, Zhou Huo still had this authority.

    But before Zhou Huo could tell this n to the yers, it was stopped by Old Qiao.

    ¡°It¡¯s a hundred ills with no benefit.¡± Old Qiao shook his head, ¡°They must remain used to the rhythm of being sprayed and having their heads messed with. If you protect them too much, they won¡¯t be able to resist pressure very well. Really, this is just how people are... The more spoiled they are the more fragile they be. What would happen if they¡¯re told something they couldn¡¯t stand on the day of the match? If they can¡¯t immediately adjust their mood and it affects the match, we¡¯re dead.¡±

    Zhou Huo wondered, ¡°How can anyone mess with them on the day of the match? The security in the stadium is so strict. How could they possibly dare? Besides, can they say anything worse than what they¡¯ve already been saying?¡±

    Sacred Sword was posting disturbing tweets every day. The day before yesterday they asked Shi Luo if he was feeling nervous. Yesterday, they showed a picture of the peripherals Yu Sui used when he was in Sacred Sword and asked if Yu Sui was missing them. Today, they asked Free if they¡¯d already booked their return flight after the quarterfinals. Posting several tweets a day and sending greetings to all and sundry, Zhou Huo was really busy these days. With how stressed he was, whenever he saw their tweets, he would blow a fuse. ¡°If I could just squeeze out some spare time these days, I would have already filed aint with the league officials. Damn this group of e-sports hooligans!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s useless trying to look for help from the league. They¡¯ve already said that we normally have good rtions and that we¡¯re just joking around before the match. Besides, they were obviously prepared.¡± Old Qiao sneered. ¡°They don¡¯t say anything too excessive on their official Twitter ount. The really provocative ones, they send out using their boss and their manager¡¯s personal ounts. These are personal statements and the league can¡¯t control them. And also...¡±

    Old Qiao said solemnly, ¡°Trust me, they really haven¡¯t begun to mess with our heads yet.¡±

    Zhou Huo had to wisely abandon the idea. Still, he did not believe they could do anything worse.

    Until the day of the rehearsal before the quarterfinals.

    The venue for the quarter-finals has been changed. Unlike when they were ying in the group stage, the venue for the quarterfinals was changed to the local stadium which could amodate the most spectator seating. There will be a bit more pre-match programspared to the group stage, such having as an opening ceremony, introduce of each yer¡¯s military record, so on and so forth... The entire thing was going to be broadcasted live and so, to avoid any unforeseen incidents, the yers had to go through the entire process once.

    On the day of the rehearsal, Zhou Huo looked in satisfaction at the huge stadium that had been knocked together. This was the first time he had led a team to the World Championships. He felt that they were being given enough face. Zhou Huo had been smiling at the stadium since he had spotted it inside the car. That was until everyone got out of the car, entered the stage and passed the spectator seats.

    Today was just a rehearsal but many of the local fans had alsoe.

    Local fans naturally meant that they were supporters of Sacred Sword.

    Today, all the quarterfinal teams wereing for the rehearsal. The organizer was worried about any idents and set the guardrail up early to prevent fans from being carried away by their enthusiasm and rushing in, causing trouble to the yers.

    But while they could stop the fans, they couldn¡¯t stop the fans¡¯ lighted signs.

    Zhou Huo saw the lights held by Sacred Sword¡¯s fans and he heard theirughter. His face began to turn a little blue.

    Zhou Huo walked in the forefront. He was worried that the yers would notice the problem on the lighted signs so he quickly reduced the anger on his face, turned his head and urged, ¡°Go on, hurry up. We¡¯ll just have to go through it once and we can go back to the hotel. I¡¯ve already informed them of our arrival. We arrived the earliest so we can rehearse first. Hurry up, don¡¯t go looking around...¡±

    Old Qiao and Chen Huo really hadn¡¯t noticed anything. Puppy had on a headset and didn¡¯t look around. He kept his head down and walked forward. Only Shi Luo inadvertently nced at the noisy Sacred Sword fans.

    Shi Luo looked at the lighted signs held by Sacred Sword¡¯s fans in the distance and stopped.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s fans not only held lighted signs of their team but also of Yu Sui¡¯s.

    Yu Sui¡¯s lighted sign that Sacred Sword¡¯s fans held up read: EU-Whisper.

    Because of his nationality, the fact that Yu Sui used this ount name when he was ying for Sacred Sword was insulting.

    The leaguepetition was apetition between divisions, not between nationalities.

    From beginning to end, there had never been any custom of adding a nationality prefix on yer names.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s fans ying this hand was clearly meant to taunt Yu Sui for once ying for another country.

    Tranted, it was worse than when Yu Sui was sprayed by the domestic sprayers for being a disloyal ve.

    When the fans saw that Shi Luo was watching them, they began to boo and jeer, shouting Whisper¡¯s ID.

    With the prefix, they first called out ¡®EU¡¯ and then ¡®Whisper¡¯. It was very rhythmic.

    Walking ahead, Old Qiao and Chen Huo, turned their heads and the expression on their faces all changed.

    Shi Luo¡¯s face was frosty, he suddenly raised his hand and took off his sunsses.

    ¡°What are you stopping for?¡±

    Yu Sui had been thest one to get out of the car. He was silently walking behind Shi Luo. He put his hand on Shi Luo¡¯s right hand, the one holding his sunsses and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes swept across the Sacred Sword fans. He then put on his sunsses again and proceeded backstage without saying a word.

    Once backstage, Zhou Huo handed the yers over to the team leader and went to find the league staff.

    Zhou Huo didn¡¯te back. In the first half of the rehearsal, except for Yu Sui, all the members of Free had on icy expressions.

    The staff member who went to receive Free for this rehearsal was constantly wiping away sweat. They didn¡¯t dare say anything. They just kept apologizing, thanking them for their hard work.

    No one spoke in Free¡¯s lounge. Suddenly, Chen Huo got annoyed. He raised his head and asked the staff, ¡°Just what are we working hard on?¡±

    The staff was embarrassed. Yu Sui was ying Tetris and said quietly, ¡°What good would it do to embarrass the staff?¡±

    Chen Huo held down his irritation, stood up and said, ¡°NSN is probably here too. I¡¯ll go chat with Old Gu and the others.¡±

    Puppy also didn¡¯t bother waiting in the room. He got up and went with him.

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t ying on his phone nor was he reading the flow chart. He sat on the sofa to one side and put his two long legs directly on the small coffee table in front of the sofa.

    Yu Sui raised his eyes and nced at Shi Luo. Then, he smiled.

    Shi Luo was really angry this time.

    Although Shi Luo looked like the perfect example of ¡®stranger-danger¡¯, he was actually very well-taught. Even in their home base, even when he was dead tired, he would never act like this.

    Shi Luo was ming the event organizers.

    He was ming the staff.

    He was ming them for letting in Sacred Sword¡¯s fans and letting them hold up those insulting signs.

    Yu Sui puts away his phone, walked over to Shi Luo and sat down.

    Just as Yu Sui was about to speak, Shi Luo suddenly cut him off, ¡°Don¡¯t coax me.¡±

    Yu Sui was startled.

    Shi Luo¡¯s face was red with anger. His lips moved, ¡°I should be the one coaxing you...I haven¡¯t adjusted my mood yet. So there¡¯s no way I canfort you. This is my problem.¡±

    ¡°If I still let you coax me at a time like this...¡± Shi Luo turned his head irritably, refusing to look at Yu Sui. After a while, he whispered, ¡°I¡¯d be aplete good-for-nothing.¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo and smiled.

    His little boyfriend was too cute.

    Shi Luo tried to control his temper, ¡°Don¡¯t talk. Give me a moment and I will coax you well.¡±

    Yu Suiplied with his request and nodded. He continued to y Tetris.

    Less than five minutester, Shi Luo took off his hat and got up. With an angry expression on his face, he looked at the staff who were still in the lounge.

    Shi Luo coldly issued an order to chase them out, ¡°My teammate and I would like to be alone for a while, thank you.¡±

    The staff nodded apologetically and went out.

    Yu Sui put down his phone and looked at Shi Luo with a smile, waiting to see how Shi Luo wouldfort him.

    Shi Luo rubbed his hair and sat on the small coffee table in front of Yu Sui, leaning slightly to look at him.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo with a smile.

    Shi Luo bowed his head and kissed Yu Sui¡¯s lips.

    Yu Sui said in a low voice, ¡°That¡¯s it?¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s more...but you¡¯ll have to wait until the end of the World Championships.¡± Shi Luo whispered, ¡°After the World Championships...I¡¯ll go wherever you want me to go, you...¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s voice went even smaller, ¡°You can do whatever you want.¡±

    Shi Luo murmured, ¡°This time, I won¡¯t ever say no... We¡¯ll do whatever you want.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯sshes moved slightly, ¡°...you should know, this kind of little thing isn¡¯t enough to mess with my thinking.¡±

    ¡°I know.¡± Shi Luo kissed Yu Sui¡¯s lips again. His voice was a little husky, ¡°But it¡¯s not going to get in the way of me loving you.¡±

    Yu Sui¡¯s eyes moved.

    There was a knock on the door of the lounge and the staff outside reminded Free that the rehearsal could begin.

    Yu Sui gently pushed Shi Luo away, ¡°I¡¯ve long been used to these things. This really doesn¡¯t bother me. But having my boyfriend feel wronged on my behalf...This matter needs to be settled.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned, ¡°What?¡±

    The staff opened the door and came in. Yu Sui didn¡¯t speak any more He took the jacket from beside him, put it on and left the lounge.

    The rehearsal began. The two teams stood separately on one side of the two corridors backstage. The captain of each team stood at the front and the host outside on stage began the pre-match introductions.

    Yu Sui rubbed his neck and suddenly looked at the Captain of Sacred Sword beside him.

    Shi Luo, who was standing at the back of the line, looked up to the front and frowned, ¡°What are they talking about?¡±

    Yu Sui was speaking German and Shi Luo couldn¡¯t understand a word of it.

    But he saw the face of Sacred Sword¡¯s captain changed and his expression be hesitant.

    Behind Yu Sui, Puppy and Chen Huo suddenlyughed and Shi Luo was even more befuddled.

    Yu Sui waited quietly, a bit of taunting in his eyes.

    After a full minute, Sacred Sword¡¯s captain nodded and cursed again. Thest sentence was swearing and Shi Luo understood that.

    Shi Luo¡¯s eyes widened instantly. Before he could ask, Chen Huo, who was standing in front of Shi Luo, turned around andughed, ¡°Do you know what Yu Sui just did? Hahaha...My Yu Shen suddenly had a fit of bad temper.¡±

    The gloomy expression on Chen Huo¡¯s face was wiped clear, ¡°Yu Sui just said to Sacred Sword¡¯s Captain, ¡®I don¡¯t think you¡¯re worth it but today I¡¯m not in a particrly good mood, so I suddenly wanted to have a little fun¡¯.¡±

    ¡°In the quarterfinals, Yu Sui wants to have an ount-deleting wager with them and Sacred Sword agreed.¡±

    ¡°It goes without saying how valuable Yu Sui¡¯s ount is. This is the yer ount with the most honors in the league. The only living fossil officially recognized by the league. If we lose, Yu Sui will immediately delete his ount, never to be retrieved, after we finish thest BO5 game with Sacred Sword.¡±

    ¡°But if we win, Sacred Sword will destroy even the ounts of their boss, manager and all the team members under them, never to be retrieved ever again.¡±

 Chapter 128

    Chapter 128

    Shi Luo was dazed, staying rooted on the spot.

    Shi Luo remembered that Yu Sui had said that the ount he was using now was registered when he was fifteen. At that time, he was still a minor and he had used his father¡¯s identity information to register. After that, it had apanied Yu Sui as he campaigned across the country for so many years. Countless out-of-print titles and skins were linked with that ount. It was the ount that Yu Sui has won numerous awards with...

    Shi Luo wasn¡¯t afraid to fight, nor did he feel that his team would definitely lose to Sacred Sword but instinctively he still said, ¡°You can¡¯t y with that ount like this! That is...¡±

    ¡°Shhh...¡±

    Yu Sui, who was standing at the front, turned his head and gave Shi Luo a ¡®shush¡¯ gesture.

    Yu Sui smiled at Shi Luo, eyes shing.

    The voice of the host performing the rehearsal was too loud and there were so many people between Yu Sui and Shi Luo that Shi Luo couldn¡¯t hear when Yu Sui spoke.

    But Shi Luo could read Yu Sui¡¯s lips.

    Yu Sui said: Watch, as, ge, vents, anger, on, your, behalf.

    Shi Luo¡¯s throat was instantly choked up.

    In a daze, Shi Luo felt that he was seeing the short-haired Yu Sui from three years ago.

    Shi Luo had been the one who taught Yu Sui about this ount-deleting wagers back when he was still an anchor working out of some shady inte caf¨¦.

    Yu Sui had already been a professional yer who had been in service for several years. He didn¡¯t understand this kind of thing very well. Yu Sui knew more than anyone how important an ount was to a professional yer.

    Yu Sui had also said at the time that it was a bit too excessive.

    There was no grudge that was worth betting your ount for.

    Yu Sui had taken Shi Luo¡¯s hand and led him onto this career path. He taught him the professional yer¡¯s code of conduct andter, even when the person who had brought him into his industry was no longer around, Shi Luo still followed in Whisper¡¯s footsteps, not straying a single inch from that path. As a professional yer, he never yed such a wild game ever again.

    But Yu Sui himself made an exception now.

    Three years have passed and Shi Luo was not the only one being influenced by the other.

    Yu Sui stood in the backstage corridor, looking at the lights in the distance. He smiled.

    The first time Yu Sui found out about ount-deleting wagers, he thought here was nothing and no one who could possible be worth him going this far.

    After, he experienced all kinds of things. He had weathered all sorts of storms and waves and Yu Sui still thought at the time that there was nothing that would make him wager this because of a momentary loss of temper.

    But now, there was.

    After so many years ofpeting, so many times entering the World Championships, he should already be unbothered by these, he should be indifferent. But suddenly there was now the excitement and bravery like he was entering the World Championships for the first time.

    Yu Sui originally just wanted to win.

    But now he wanted to step on the opponents¡¯ face and win.

    The one that made his opponents delete their ounts after their match kind of win.

    After the rehearsal, Zhou Huo immediately documented what happened at the venue on the day of the rehearsal. Domestically, he posted it on Weibo. Internationally, he posted it on Twitter. The head of the Chinese Division immediately contacted the organizers of this year¡¯s World Championship to give them a warning.

    However, there was no way to hold Sacred Sword ountable for the fans¡¯ behavior. The league officials were also dissatisfied with Sacred Sword¡¯s series of disruptive behavior. However, Sacred Sword was too shrewd at ying dirty and they always barely toed the line and did not actuallymit any substantive vitions. Only the organizers of thepetition bore the responsibility and was given a warning and fined.

    The yers in the Chinese division were naturally dissatisfied with this result. The online war further escted. The organizer of thepetition getting punished was not what everyone wanted. They wanted Sacred Sword to be made to pay. The league officials were bombarded for a whole night. However, though the spirit was willing, the flesh was weak and there was no way for them to make their position known.

    Public sentiment in the domestic division was already seething like a cauldron. Especially Free¡¯s fans, who already wanted to eat Sacred Sword alive. After the game review of thest practice game that evening, Yu Sui refreshed his Twitter and told Zhou Huo, ¡°This can¡¯t be resolved nicely anymore. Send out a post on Weibo, tell the fans that we will have an ount-deleting battle with Sacred Sword tomorrow.¡±

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Once the fans know, they will definitely no longer be angry.¡±

    ¡°Uh...¡± Zhou Huo reminded cautiously, ¡°Although Sacred Sword¡¯s manager hinted at this matter, they didn¡¯t officially mention your ount-deletion battle. It seems like they don¡¯t want to make it public. You...get what I mean?¡±

    ¡°I understand.¡± Yu Sui put away his mobile phone, ¡°If they let everyone know, in case they lose, it would be too much of a loss of face. They want to make it public after winning.¡±

    Zhou Huo nodded. In fact, Zhou Huo didn¡¯t want to make it public either. So far, no one can know for certain the result of tomorrow¡¯s game. In case they lose... Zhou Huo didn¡¯t want Yu Sui to bear such a huge pressure from the public.

    Yu Sui said, ¡°I¡¯m not afraid.¡±

    ¡°We will use my way to win the match...This is the only thing I can do for the fans.¡± Yu Sui said in a calm tone, ¡°I¡¯m not a yer who treats his fans well but I also can¡¯t im no responsibility for this matter and let my fans watch the match still feeling aggrieved.¡±

    Zhou Huo choked. He looked at everyone and all the yers nodded in agreement.

    Zhou Huo gritted his teeth and nodded, ¡°Okay, this matter is now out of your hands. Go and rest, see you tomorrow.¡±

    The four went back to their rooms to rest. Zhou Huoposed a Weibo post and sent it in the early hours of the morning.

    Zhou Huo¡¯s copywriting has always been professional. The opening line of his statement: When the existing rules cannot punish people with ulterior motives, our yers will defend their honor in their own way.

    The next day, the quarterfinals officially began.

    Free¡¯s yers dressed in their special World Championships team uniform and arrived at the stadium on time.

    It was unavoidable that they would once again see the dazzling lights. Zhou Huo originally had wanted permission to bypass the outfield and enter the arena from a separate passageway. The yers though felt that it would be too much trouble and refused. Old Qiao¡¯s arrangement was still the right one. Their yers had strong mentalities. Even if they were asionally exasperated by these stupidities, they won¡¯t be affected by it for a second time. Now that they had seen the most disgusting thing yesterday, today, it won¡¯t get to them anymore. Moreover, the league officials have already warned the organizers of the match and the organizers promised to strictly supervise the audience today. They would promptly ask spectators with insulting signs out of the stadium.

    No one actually cared though and Zhou Huo decided not to go through the trouble. Free entered the field normally. But this time when they went through the front court and everyone¡¯s eyes were still attracted by the lights in the field...

    After getting off the car, in order to get backstage, the yers had to pass through a section of the VIP spectator stands.

    The spectator stands area had an excellent view, having an unobstructed view of the entire stadium.

    The fans had entered the stadium two hours early. This quarterfinal match could be called the battle of the century. It was hard to find a ticket and the venue was already jam-packed.

    Old Qiao was stupefied, ¡°...this, isn¡¯t this the European home game? How the f*ck did they manage to...¡±

    Zhou Huo was also stunned, ¡°How is this...it¡¯s like our own home game.¡±

    Various areas in the huge stadium, as far as they eye could see, there were lighted signs with Chinese characters everywhere.

    Many of the light cards were probably hastily thrown together and were very rough. But they were huge, even the ones in the farthest rooftop area were faintly readable still.

    The yers and fans didn¡¯t know when Free¡¯s yers would enter the stadium, so they have been holding the huge light cards and waiting all this time.

    The text on the hastily made light boards looked a bit crooked. Many of them were no longer light cards, they were almost like banners. The member of team Free stood in ce, trying to identify¡ª¡ª

    ¡¾Whisper, don¡¯t look at their lights, look at us! ¡¿

    ¡¾Free is amazing, Free is the best!¡¿

    ¡¾Whisper ¡ª always and forever the no. 1 medic of the Chinese division¡¿

    ¡¾Twin stars, Jiayou! ¡¿

    [All members of Free are awesome! ¡¿

    [To the best three in the wholepetition, wee home! To the new team, Jiayou! ¡¿

    [Laozi doesn¡¯t know what to write, but mine is definitely the biggest light card in the audience! Free is Heaven¡¯s chosen no. 1! ¡¿

    ¡¾Free is awesome! Is the card this time big enough? ! ¡¿

    [With Whisper here we¡¯re not nervous for Evil¡¯s first World Championships! ! ! ¡¿

    [Shi zai, g man Yu is even having an ount-deletion battle for you. If you win the match, make him an honest man already! ¡¿

    ¡¾Chen Huo, Jiayou! ! ! ¡¿

    [Puppy, look here! On your first live broadcast after you quarterfinals victory, I¡¯ll give you so many gifts, you¡¯ll get first ce! ¡¿

    ¡¾Whisper, sorry! ¡¿

    ¡¾Go Yu Shen! ! ! If you lose, all Chinese yers will apany you to delete ounts! ¡¿

    [Sorry, this iste. Whisper, Chen Huo, Puppy, wee home. ¡¿

    [Free, can you see? If you can, then y with peace of mind! If you win, we¡¯ll be proud and if you lose, we¡¯ll resist ! ! ! ¡¿

    ¡°You...¡± Zhou Huo sped the stand railings tightly. He said with difficulty, ¡°You¡¯ve all said that you¡¯re viins so don¡¯t cry. The match is about to start soon. It¡¯ll be embarrassing if someone sees you crying, really......¡±

    Zhou Huo bowed his head, tears winding down his face, choked and speechless.

    When he posted on Weibo yesterday, Zhou Huo¡¯s heart went through twists and turns.

    He was worried that the sprayers would take this opportunity to attack the club; that Yu Sui¡¯s haters would throw stones when he was down and that the fans would not understand how much pressure these yers had been bearing this past year and that even at this time, Whisper would still be used of being immature.

    When the team was first formed less than a year ago, the entire club was sprayed ck and blue by the sprayers.

    Zhou Huo had been watching everyone this past year. The first post on the club¡¯s official ount was posted by Zhou Huo.

    It was still vivid in Zhou Huo¡¯s mind how offensive the words the sprayers had used.

    The four yers always said that it didn¡¯t matter. Their calm tone too as they said it was vivid in Zhou Huo¡¯s mind.

    But aren¡¯t they human beings too? Young people in their twenties? Who could really be totally indifferent and like to be greeted by the sprayers all day?

    They clearly did nothing wrong.

    Clearly nothing wrong.

    Later, the misunderstanding was solved and Free had a lot of good reviews. But whenever there was any sign of trouble, they would still be bombarded by the sprayers.

    Over time, Zhou Huo, Old Qiao and the rest of the club had assimted to the culture created by the yers and gradually got used to it.

    In E-sports, isn¡¯t it normal to be sprayed?

    But asionally, he still wanted to say some heartfelt words on their behalf. He wanted them to have something they could rely on having their back when they went into battle.

    Before he made the statement yesterday, Zhou Huo actually wanted to tell Yu Sui that, I know you¡¯re protecting the yers and your fans in thepetition, but others might not appreciate it.

    Zhou Huo was now very d he didn¡¯t stop it.

    Before entering the backstage, the yers turned their heads instinctively without being reminded by anyone.

    For too long, too long, too long, they haven¡¯t seen this kind of scene ¡ª a stadium full of lights that belonged to them. Even if they had been on the battlefield for so long, they still weren¡¯t used to it.

    The sweat and tears shed when no one was around, the unutterable feeling of being filled with hot-bloodedness, three yearster...

    The bystanders nevertheless still felt it.

 Chapter 129

    Chapter 129

    It was time to break the cauldrons and sink the boats; time to fight with their backs to the river.

    They signed in, verified their identities, signed the pre-match agreement, went through some simple styling and changed into their team uniform. As the time drew nearer, the referee they had drawn arrived. Before the start of the match, they checked their own peripherals for thest time and signed again to confirm that their peripherals and game ounts were all OK...

    While they did all these pre-match procedures, they could hear the earth-shattering, tsunami-like roars of cheering from both sides. The local European yers were offended by the omnipresent light cards of the Chinese yers. They sought to utilize their home court advantage to reim the field. The Chinese yers, though, had no intention of giving in.

    There was no such things as a home or away game venue. Whoever had more people and whoever had the louder cheers, imed this as their home game.

    From entering the venue to the official start of the match, the fans from both sides kept roaring spiritedly for two hours. The Chinese division yers wanted to roar back all the past three years¡¯ worth of cheers. Despite not having the upper hand in terms of number of people, they unexpectedly managed to faintly suppress the other side.

    This went on until this year¡¯s first quarterfinals match started.

    The details of the practice match with Sacred Sword at the beginning of the season were clear and distinct in their minds.

    When Sacred Sword yed against strong teams, they were best at ying a defensive game. In the early stages, they wouldn¡¯t clear the fog or strike at anyone. Like ghosts, they would generally lurk behind bunkers on their own map, waiting for the right opportunities. They would wait until the other side begins to clear the map and then they would surround them. They would get a head and then leave. They won¡¯t zealously continue fighting. They weren¡¯t greedy, they won¡¯t scramble for kills and they weren¡¯t sloppy. Once they had the advantage, they would withdraw. Like crocodiles in the quagmire, they would hide back behind bunkers, waiting for the next opportunity, preserving their resources as much as they can.

    In the first round of their practice match with the Sacred Sword at the beginning of the season, this was how they had dragged Free to death.

    Except for the two games that day, the two teams have never yed against each other during this entire season. Even the best data analysts in the league couldn¡¯t say what tactics the two sides woulde up with when they meet again.

    In the soundproof room, while waiting for the countdown, Free¡¯s yers began their usual practice of messing with each other.

    ¡°Puppy.¡± Chen Huo raised his eyebrows, ¡°I just found out that your hands are shaking...A sniper with shaky hands, isn¡¯t that going to be a problem?¡±

    ¡°It can¡¯t be helped. I¡¯m too excited.¡± Puppy rubbed his hands and waited for the countdown, and his voiceing out a bit louder than usual. ¡°It¡¯s been a long time since I¡¯ve so excited. Don¡¯t be too surprised when I show you my ultra-level performance and win the MVP title, okay?¡±

    Chen Huo gasped lightly, ¡°I feel that I¡¯m the one who¡¯s going to be giving the ultra-level performance...I might even grab that first MVP.¡±

    ¡°With three wins in five games, you can only get three MVPs at most. Whoever can¡¯t get any, sucks...¡± Yu Sui adjusted his headphones, ¡°Shi Shen, you¡¯re being quiet...Nervous?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Shi Luo looked down at his keyboard, ¡°...I was just thinking how many games we¡¯re going to be ying today.¡±

    Chen Huo quickly said, ¡°I had a dream yesterday; 3 to 2, our win.¡±

    Puppy sneered, ¡°3 to 2? Do they even deserve that? Let¡¯s finish it 3:1. I gotta get back to the hotel and start a live broadcast. I¡¯m in a hurry here.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled, ¡°What about you, Shi Shen? What¡¯s your prediction?¡±

    Before Shi Shen could speak, the game started.

    The four of them quickly came out of the reincarnation stone.

    Having beaten Free before using a defensive strategy, Sacred Sword, naturally, wasn¡¯t about to easily given up this advantage. The first game opened, Sacred Sword once againy in wait behind the bunkers. The gamementators didn¡¯t know the details of the practice match and only said, ¡°This is a routine that Sacred Sword asionally uses when fighting a strong team. The ¡°Please Sir, get into the boiling pot.¡± as they advance gradually and entrench themselves at every step. They let the opponent take the lead in cleaning up fog, sacrificing a little of their map in the early stage in exchange for gaining advantage during the first wave of battle. I don¡¯t know how this strategy will face up against Free. Let¡¯s see&#k2026; Hey? Why is Puppy also charging in?!¡±

    As soon as the game started, Free¡¯s yers all charged down the center to press on to the border of the map.

    Usually, the two strikers would dy a few seconds in the middle before directly charging towards the frontline. This was to give the medic time to set the initial photon shields.

    From the end of the game countdown to when the three front row yers rushed to the junction of the map, the route can be optimized during this distance. Being able to set the initial photon shields to the three yers in the least time and allowing them to reach the boundary of the map at the same time was a test of the medic¡¯s technique.

    These small preparations at the beginning of the game were almost a personal show of skill by each team¡¯s medics. Which striker could reach the boundary line first was not a test to see which team¡¯s striker could run the fastest, but to see which team¡¯s medics were the most skilled and adept.

    Even if they only arrived half a second earlier, it meant that the team¡¯s striker also had half a second head start over their opponents. This was very important for professional yers.

    So far, no medic has managed to grab this opening advantage from Yu Sui¡¯s hands.

    This was an important consideration that led Sacred Sword to y defensively against Free during their match before.

    When a medic¡¯s micromanagement techniques were obviously inferior to the opponent¡¯s, if you want to win, you must use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. During this portion of the game that was heavily reliant on the medic¡¯s skills, Sacred Sword decided to avoid a frontal confrontation with Free.

    The overall strength of Sacred Sword was very strong and they were also confident. To them, giving Free one or two seconds during the opening of the game was not such a great disadvantage. As long as they have a good overall performance in theter stage, they can reim this advantage.

    But when the first game started, Free changed their usual opening routine of absolutely gaining the dominant position. All members flew towards the junction of the map. No one stopped in the middle. Yu Sui didn¡¯t set a shield for anyone. The moment Shi Luo and Chen Huo arrived at the junction line of the map started putting down purification dishes at the same time ¡ª one, two, three...

    Shi Luo and Chen Huo, these two strikers who found each other displeasing to the eyes, who when the coach asked to team up for games were so filled with grief as to wish they were dead, performed so neatly and uniformly, as if only one person was operating. Each put down three purification dishes and then in the middle of the first shot, quickly retreated back behind the bunker.

    At the same moment, Puppy and Yu Sui were in a bunker less than five meters away from the border of the map. Yu Sui used these precious seconds to set the initial photon shields for Puppy and himself and to get them at perfect condition at the same time. He was finished exactly as Shi Luo and Chen Huo retreated to the bunker.

    Puppy opened his scope for the first time and took a shot towards the fog where Sacred Sword¡¯s shots had juste from.

    At such a close distance and with the sound of the gunshots just now, it was impossible for a sniper like Puppy to miss.

    With one shot, the photon shield of one of Sacred Sword¡¯s yers shattered.

    Puppy reloaded and shot once again. Once again, one of their opponent¡¯s photon shattered.

    During this interval, Yu Sui had already ced a photon shield on Shi Luo and Chen Huo. In the next second, the all six purification dishes that Shi Luo and Chen Huo had put down had cleared the fog. There was no longer any cover in front of the bunker where three of Sacred Sword¡¯s yers were hiding behind. Before their opponents could reacted, Yu Sui, who was at perfect condition, took the initiative to rush out. He relied on extreme maneuvering to avoid the shots and rushed directly in front of Sacred Sword¡¯s bunker. One of his signature spin kicks caused one of Sacred Sword¡¯s strikers to tumble out of the bunker. Puppy sent out a shot and took first blood. Yu Sui, who was now in the bunker, used a long dagger to eliminate Sacred Sword¡¯s medic. Shi Luo and Chen Huo, now back at full health, fired off two cartridges of bullets and took down Sacred Sword¡¯sst striker.

    Three kills werepleted. Thementators took a look at how much time had passed since the start of the game and was dumbfounded.

    It has just been 37 seconds since the start of the game.

    During the first 37 seconds of the game, Free didn¡¯t waste a single second. They set de to flesh, and set the record not only for the fastest first blood for this year¡¯s World Championship but also the record for the fast three kills.

    Every second was used to its most utmost that the staff couldn¡¯t conduct anymentary without using slow motion.

    ¡°This isn¡¯t the usual way Free opens a game.¡± Thementator was dumbfounded, ¡°What kind of cooperation was that just now? What was with Yu Sui¡¯s operation? How could he put shields on all four yers and kill someone on top of that? What kind of time utilization is this?¡±

    Backstage, faint pleasure appeared in the eyes of Old Qiao and Free¡¯s data analysts. They said not a single word.

    Zhou Huo also stared intently at the live broadcast screen. He couldn¡¯t understand their subtle operations. He only remembered how after his team lost to Saint in the domestic regr season, when faced with how the domestic yers began to question Free¡¯s strength, none of their yers were the least bit anxious.

    When Saint revealed all of their tactics, choosing not to hold any back, Old Qiao, Yu Sui and the others questioned what else were they going to y after if they were to enter the World Championships.

    He remembered when they began to y practice matches after confirming their ticket to the World Championship, Free¡¯s yers let out rxed sighs, saying how much better it felt to y practice matches without having to hide anything.

    He still remembered how between practice matches, Angel Sword had told Yu Sui jokingly, ¡°You¡¯ve really kept things well hidden.¡±

    Free was very strong. All the clubs paid close attention to this team that they had built and all their y styles were imitated and studied.

    It¡¯s only during a battle of life and death that they can reveal all the weapons they hold.

    The biggest surprise for Free in this year¡¯s World Championships was that they were going to face Sacred Sword in the quarterfinals.

    They were going to be forced to reveal in advance the weapons they¡¯ve been sharpening all season to be used for the finals.

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter.¡±

    Old Qiao stared at the live screen and said to the data analysts, ¡°...For us, this is the finals.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s fine even if they do analyze our tactics in advance.¡± The data analyst whispered, ¡°You can thoroughly study this tactic; you can find a way to deal with it, but can you keep up?¡±

    Sacred Sword could already be considered as a team who had full stats in all aspects, capable of responding to various emergencies. They had also anticipated that Free woulde up with some fresh tactics for the quarterfinals. They weren¡¯t unprepared.

    But even if they were prepared, they couldn¡¯t keep up.

    In the game, Puppy suppressed Sacred Sword¡¯s sniper. He fired shot after shot through the poisonous fog and they whizzed past the ears of the opponent. As the only remaining Sacred Sword yer on the field, the sniper didn¡¯t dare do anything rashly. Once he died as well, Sacred Sword would really be done for.¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter if he stays. Puppy, hold him down. F*ck him up for me.¡± Yu Sui quicklymanded, ¡°Set down the purification dishes.¡±

    Freepletely gave up on the sides of the map and upied the center. Shi Luo and Chen Huo, the two strikers¡¯ fingers never left the keyboard since the start of the game. Their y was tight. Their fingers smashed against their keyboards with crackling sounds. They set purification dishes one after the other. This was the first time Shi Luo and Chen Huo had such a tacit understanding in a game. Their positioning was precise. No inch of space was wasted. No fraction of a second was wasted.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s striker was the first to resurrect. Yu Sui¡¯s ability to countdown times was second only to Shi Luo¡¯s. Without any need to be reminded, he said, ¡°I know. He¡¯s resurrected, let¡¯s go.¡±

    Shi Luo and Chen Huo didn¡¯t return to hide behind the bunker. They continued to put down purification dishes.

    The pressure on Puppy doubled. While suppressing Sacred Sword¡¯s snipers, he also harassed their resurrected striker¡¯s path. Beads of sweat started dripping from his forehead.

    A bullet from Sacred Sword¡¯s striker hit Shi Luo¡¯s chest and his photon shield shattered. As though Yu Sui waspletely unaware, he ordered, ¡°Go.¡±

    Shi Luo had no expression on his face. In the game, Evil¡¯s game character still had traces of blood on his face. He kept moving, frantically setting down purification dishes.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s striker was still hiding in their own poisonous fog. Free¡¯s strikers were stillying down the purification dishes. Yu Sui didn¡¯t have any long-rangebat weapons and had to rely on Puppy to keep it up. Yu Sui¡¯s expression was calm. He utilized the longest possible distance and set a photon for Chen Huo. Shi Luo¡¯s current position was unusual. There was no bunker to hide behind around him, so he could only give up.

    Shi Luo was shot and his blood bar fell below half.

    Yu Sui said, ¡°Go.¡±

    Puppy¡¯s photon shield was shattered by the opposing sniper and was beaten to residual blood. He had no choice but to return to hide behind the bunker. The pressure on Shi Luo and Chen Huo on the frontline doubled instantly. The next second, Sacred Sword¡¯s medic and their second striker were resurrected in turn.

    Yu Sui healed Puppy. ¡°Go.¡±

    Shi Luo and Chen Huo each put down another purification dish. At the same time, Yu Sui restored Puppy back to perfect condition. Sacred Sword¡¯s three frontline yers were fast closing in to the center of the map.

    Following Yu Sui¡¯s reluctant order to ¡°withdraw¡±, Shi Luo returned to hide behind their bunker with a sliver of blood left. Yu Sui was stuck in a tricky position. In the game, Yu Sui hit Shi Luo¡¯s elbow and managed to precisely squeeze Shi Luo within the scope of his medical treatment.

    In the game, the photon shield on Whisper¡¯s right hand gradually solidified and Shi Luo was tightly wrapped behind it.

    In the game chat, Shi Luo sighed, ¡°...amazing.¡±

    Chen Huo spit out a curse, ¡°I¡¯m going to have cramps!!!¡±

    Sacred Sword¡¯s three frontline yers finally rushed to the center of the map. What greeted them were a total of 22 still desperately screaming purification dishes and their own bare map that had gradually been cleaned up.

    The game director gave a close-up of game time¡ª¡ª

    Total psed time: five minutes and twenty-three seconds.

    Within the first five minutes of the first round of BO5 quarterfinal match, the winner was already determined.

 Chapter 130

    Chapter 130

    In the first round, Free used super-fast tactics to quickly win the game in 17 minutes, setting the minds of the domestic yers watching the match at ease.

    In the best of five match that takes three wins to finish, snagging the first win in a majorpetition does not actually represent much of an advantage. However, Free¡¯s operations in the first round was truly suppressive; their rhythm was too fast, forciblypressing a half-hour game into just these seventeen minutes. Thementators simply couldn¡¯t keep up with their moves. After the game, Shi Luo and Chen Huo¡¯s finger joints were tingling slightly.

    Chen Huo grabbed the data analyst¡¯s hand and pressed it against his chest. He bared his teeth, ¡°Listen. My heart¡¯s about to jump out, okay? I now suspect that you were nning on messing with us when you guys came up with this tactic. Damn it. Who¡¯s going to take responsibility if I develop a heart disease?!¡±

    The data analyst keptughing, ¡°We also didn¡¯t expect that you could operate so well in actualbat. It¡¯s amazing. You¡¯ve all worked so hard, so so hard.¡±

    ¡°Do you want to change your tactics for the next round?¡± Old Qiao asked Yu Sui, ¡°These two are really too tired and the strain on your brainmanding like that is also too much. If you keep fighting like this, I¡¯m afraid you won¡¯t be able stand it. Do you want to slow down?¡±

    Yu Sui asked the staff for a heat pack. Once he got it, he rubbed it and then pulled Shi Luo¡¯s hand over. He pressed it to the back of Shi Luo¡¯s hand, against his joints. He shook his head, ¡°No need.¡±

    There wasn¡¯t much time during the intermission. There were people all around and they still had to discuss tactics with the coaching staff. There was no time to pull Shi Luo to somewhere private to have a few words with him. Yu Sui simply decided to treat it as though everyone in the lounge, including the official league staff, didn¡¯t exist. He rubbed both of Shi Luo¡¯s hands with the heat pack. ¡°Does it hurt?¡±

    Shi Luo nodded, ¡°A bit...but it won¡¯t affect the next game, no problem.¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s hands also hurt. In the first ce, a striker¡¯s y was more intense than the other professions. ying this kind of tacticpletely used him and Shi Luo as beasts of burden. Chen Huo gritted his teeth and nced at Yu Sui. Deliberately adding fuel to the mes, ¡°First you say that there¡¯s no need to change our tactics and then you ask if it hurts. If Shi Luo had said that it hurt hell of a lot, would you have changed tactics?¡±

    The referees came in and asked Yu Sui to sign and confirm the result of thest game. Yu Sui still held Shi Luo with one hand. He held the pen with the other and bit off the pen cap. He quickly signed his ID, and said, ¡°No change.¡±

    Chen Huo took the heat pack Puppy handed him and covered his hands. He clicked his tongue. ¡°Shi Shen, look at what kind of peerlessly good g man you¡¯ve found.¡±

    Shi Luo raised his eyes and looked face to face with Yu Sui. He said in a low voice, ¡°I¡¯ve fallen for a g man...haven¡¯t I already known this long ago?¡±

    ¡°Sigh. These two are peas in a pod. Did you actually think Shi Luo¡¯s some kind of good person?¡± Puppy coolly said to the side, ¡°ying with Yu Sui¡¯s feelings...sleeping with Yu Sui... not allowing Yu Sui to publicly disclose their rtionship... Really, if you rece Whisper with an ordinary person, wouldn¡¯t Shi Luoe out like aplete g?¡±

    Knowing that the yers were adjusting the tense atmosphere, several staff members around the yersughed. The data analyst rushed to exin the problems that they encountered in the previous game and the problems that they might encounter when using the same tactic for the next one. From beginning to end, Yu Sui held Shi Luo¡¯s hand.

    Zhou Huo stood at the farthest side, he raced against time and made use of every second to report the situation, ¡°I just went to around the vicinity of Sacred Sword¡¯s lounge. You should have seen their faces! They¡¯re not looking so cocky now. I can¡¯t understand German but they must have been cursing. Everyone, keep it up.¡±

    ¡°For now, don¡¯t getcent and don¡¯t underestimate the enemy.¡± Old Qiao was afraid of poisoned milk. He did his best to keep a stern expression. ¡°We¡¯ve got another game and our opponents aren¡¯t to be trifled with. Just now, we knocked them stupid. In the next game, you should pay attention to counter their every move. Yu Sui, the pressure will be on you now. This ¡®race against time¡¯ tactics, if we withdraw a bit too early, it would be a waste for us; but if you withdraw a bit toote then we¡¯re going to run into problems. Whether we win or die will be up to you...¡±

    Old Qiao paused, ¡°It can¡¯t be helped. This job can only be done by someone who¡¯s never make mistakes. Yu Shen&#k2026;whether we live or die is all on you. Can you do it?¡±

    Yu Sui nodded, ¡°I don¡¯t need you to be my psychological counselor. Just go and tell Chen Huo about his problem at thetter part of the game.¡±

    When they had the game in the bag, Chen Huo rxed a bit and made a small mistake. Old Qiao nodded and hurriedly went to Chen Huo to emphasize his usual positioning problem.

    Yu Sui took a deep breath. He put both his hands on Shi Luo¡¯s and rubbed them.

    The referee reminded everyone that the second game was about to start. Everyone nodded and after drinking a couple sips, headed out one by one. No one paid attention to others anymore. Only Old Qiao who was walking at the very back noticed that Yu Sui bowed his head and kissed Shi Luo¡¯s hand before letting him go.

    A straight man like Old Qiao, looking at Yu Sui and Shi Luo¡¯s backs, suddenly felt his heart turn sour.

    It wasn¡¯t that g Man Yu wasn¡¯t distressed.

    That was his Shi Luo. After a game, Shi Luo¡¯s hands were trembling from overuse. How could he not feel distressed?

    Zhou Huo looked back at Old Qiao and followed Old Qiao¡¯s gaze¡ª¡ª

    On the back of Shi Luo¡¯s pale hand was a red mark burned by the heat pack and upon closer look...Yu Sui¡¯s right palm was also burned red.

    Old Qiao identally locked eyes with Zhou Huo. He gave an embarrassed smile and shook his head. Voice a bit unnatural, he said, ¡°What¡¯s this? How much can it possibly hurt? It¡¯s not like he isn¡¯t already that tired every day...¡±

    Despite saying so, Old Qiao¡¯s expression still sank even more and the corners of his mouth twitched unnaturally.

    Maybe he¡¯d been infected by those light signs before the start of the game that were so numerous they blotted out the night sky. Old Qiao was feeling more sensitive than before.

    Old Qiao watched the four yers walk out of the lounge. After everyone left, he grudgingly smiled at the data analysts and Zhou Huo, ¡°Sigh, if you want to win, you have to suffer more hardships than others. You think they don¡¯t have to endure hardships just because they¡¯re geniuses? That¡¯s also...¡±

    The apanying videographer in the lounge turned the camera to Old Qiao, who was too embarrassed to continue. He waved his hand and sat down.

    Everyone in the room knew how these yers have trained in the base behind everyone¡¯s back for these hidden tactics. There was no need to exin.

    Zhou Huo has always been fiercely protective of his children, He knew that he could not me the coaching staff¡¯s strategic decision, but he still nevertheless prattled on, ¡°Actually, you could have waited until the third or fourth game to whip out this kind of killing move...¡±

    ¡°Sorry to butt in but,¡± the data analyst said timidly, ¡°On the day of the draw for the quarterfinals, when we were discussing tactics... it was Evil himself who proposed it. He suggested that they use the killer move they¡¯ve been hiding away for a long time in the first game to immediately strike Sacred Sword stupid.¡±

    Zhou Huo was speechless. There was nothing left to say.

    The yers needed a break between games but the spectators in the stadium didn¡¯t. It was inevitable that there would be a gap during the intermission and so videos of the yers recorded in advance would be shown in the stadium.

    At the moment, the video of Sacred Sword¡¯s family members giving Sacred Sword¡¯s yers their blessings was ying on the giant screen of the stadium.

    Old Qiao frowned when he saw the blessings video of Sacred Sword¡¯s family members on the live broadcast screen, ¡°Hasn¡¯t all these been uploaded before the game? What¡¯s the use of ying these all over again...¡±

    None of their own yers¡¯ parents participate in this segment and Old Qiao didn¡¯t bother to watch it.

    Zhou Huo raised his eyes and nced at it. Without the slightest irritation on his face, he said, ¡°It¡¯s okay, let them rey it; make it seem like we don¡¯t have one.¡±

    Old Qiao looked at Zhou Huo in surprise, ¡°Where did ourse from?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it. In any case, we also have one.¡± Zhou Huo said confidently, ¡°We¡¯ll let them have this one. Next intermission, they¡¯ll y ours.¡±

    Old Qiao frowned, ¡°You... did you contact their family to record something?¡±

    ¡°We¡¯ve got two rich second generations in our team. Each family more awesome than the other. Who could I possibly contact?¡± Zhou Huo smiled helplessly, ¡°No. Sigh, don¡¯t ask anymore. You can see it after the game... I didn¡¯t dare bother their family and the yers definitely wouldn¡¯t allow it either. In any case...¡±

    Zhou Huo said in a low voice, ¡°...Our yers have always been self-reliant no matter what. We should be used to it by now.¡±

    Old Qiao was silent for a moment, and then forced a smile, ¡°I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s because we¡¯re always partial to our own children but why do I always feel like...in every matter, our yers have always got it tougher than others?¡±

    ¡°They¡¯re all f*cking yers and it¡¯s not like they earn more than other pro-yers of the same level so why do our yers always have to take the roundabout route and suffer more?¡±

    Zhou Huo choked. He waved his hand, ¡°Don¡¯t stir up my emotions, I¡¯m begging you. I¡¯m saving my tears for the finals. Oh yeah, today is the finals. Moreover...¡±

    Zhou Huo got up and straightened his clothes. He whispered softly, ¡°How can there be such an easy road to godhood?¡±

    ¡°Not to mention...¡± the data analyst interjected weakly, ¡°Evil was the first to propose today¡¯s tactics and the remaining three agreed.¡±

    The data analyst looked humbly at the videographer and he said, not quite confidently, ¡°Rather than be sprayed by the fans when thepetition finishes and this alles out, I should learn from Manager Zhou and ask our videographer gege to give me, this unnamed and lowly data analyst, a chance to say a few words?¡±

    Zhou Huo was angered intoughter, ¡°What do you mean learn from me? Shoot whatever you want.¡±

    Zhou Huo thought silently: Anyway, you won¡¯t be able to do anything if I decide to cut the entire thing out when I edit itter.

    The hardworking videographer turned the camera lens at the data analyst and gave him the go signal.

    The data analyst looked at the camera and said humbly, ¡°Fans, if your favorite yer is overworked after the game... For example, Whisper overtaxes his brain, or Evil or Chen Huo overuses their hands and suffers an injury, please don¡¯t me our coaching staff. Yes, these tactics were developed by us with the yers¡¯ cooperation but it was the yers who decided how to run and arrange the entire BO5 match. As for why they had to make such a decision...¡±

    The data analyst swallowed, ¡°Well, after the match, if the results are to the yers¡¯ liking, they¡¯ll probably say it in the post-match interview.¡±

    In the soundproof room on stage, Shi Luo exercised his hands with their red joints. He looked at the IDs of Sacred Sword at the opposite side of the game interface and said coldly, ¡°Because Laozi wants a shut out. I want to shave their heads. I want a 3-0.¡±

    ¡°I would rather break my hand than let Sacred Sword get even a single point in the quarterfinals.¡±

 Chapter 131

    <h4>Chapter 131</h4>

    The entire tournament management team always paid special attention to World Championship neers.

    For Free¡¯s three champion genius yers, in the year that they first entered the World Championships not only did they win the overall honor as champion but they also broke some records and painted their own special colors on the World Championships with their own excellence.

    For example, Whisper, when he entered the World Championships for the first time, he broke the record for the youngest yer to be champion. He won three single-round MVPs during the finals that year. He was the youngest champion ever in the World Championships and he became the medic with the most MVP titles. He was hailed by the tournament management team as the yer who performed the most magnificently and stunningly in their first World Championship appearance.

    For another, Chen Huo, who also won the World Championship during his first year. The tournament management team officially hailed him as the most reckless yer. He was always ready to stake everything. Even if he made mistakes, he would never cower in battle. The more chaotic the situation on the field, the better he performed.

    For another, Puppy, who also won the World Championship during his first year. He was officially hailed as the most stable yer of the year by the tournament management team. He was quite young at the time, but his y was exceptionally calm and mature, not at all impulsive or impatient.

    Another example was Shi Luo this year.

    Although the World Championship was just halfway through, Evil was recognized by the tournament management team as the most lunatic neer.

    None of the data analysts in the management team paid any attention to Shi Luo¡¯s grievances with Sacred Sword, nor did they have time to watch Shi Luo¡¯s various post-match interviews. It was only from the data that they got the feeling that this neer was too greedy and tyrannical; his hungry predation of MVP titles in the group stage and the fact that he had the longest recorded personal training time before the quarterfinals (all the yers¡¯ in-game time was included in the official statistics). They deeply felt the ambition and madness of this neer.

    The officials only thought that Evil, being a young yer from a prestigious e-sports team, was ambitious and proud, eager to prove himself in his first World Championships.

    Only a few insiders within the Free Club knew that from the very beginning, Shi Luo hadn¡¯t actually been considering those things.

    What Shi Shen wanted was not a beautiful victory for himself. What he wanted was to make his opponent¡¯s loss as embarrassing as it could go.

    And Shi Luo¡¯s ability was indeed more than enough to see this ambition to fruition.

    Shi Luo pushed and shoved his way through all the way to the quarterfinals. He yed beautifully, his performance eye-catching and showy. His three champion teammates around him couldn¡¯t hide his brilliance, as if he was born for thepetition.

    The countdown for the second round for the quarterfinals best of five started.

    Shi Luo stared at the countdown on the map and suddenly said on the team¡¯s voice chat, ¡°You guys think...they¡¯re panicking?¡±

    The other threeughed out loud.

    ¡°Believe me.¡± Chen Huo moved his fingers, ¡°Anyone who encountered our crazy style of y would panic.¡±

    ¡°Yu Sui and I might be lunatics but you two aren¡¯t...You two are mad dogs. Who wouldn¡¯t panic when they see a mad dog about to eat people?¡± Puppy slowly adjusted his breathing rhythm, ¡°... Actually, by the end of thest game, they¡¯ve already figured out a way to deal with it. The overall strength of their coaching staff is stronger than ours... After all, they werest season¡¯s champion coaching staff. They¡¯ve definitely figured out a way to deal with it but no one knows just how effective it would be against us. We¡¯ll need to counter their every move in this round. Yu Shen... It¡¯s up to you. You better not to make any mistakesmanding this round.¡±

    Yu Sui lowered his eyes and looked at his palm turned red by the heat. He asked quietly, ¡°Are you worried that I might make a mistake?¡±

    Puppy thought about it seriously but he really couldn¡¯t remember when Yu Suist made a mistake.

    They were dazed for half a second and thenughed. The director hurriedly cut the camera over, Shi Luo muttered, ¡°Are you feeling more panicked watching usugh? Are you? Are you&#k2026;¡±

    The countdown was over.

    Free reproduced the opening of the previous game. At the end of the countdown, everyone rushed out at the same time. With the previous game as precedent, the director directly cut the camera to Free¡¯s four frontline yers. From the perspective of the giant screen, all of Free¡¯s yers were like hungry wolves.

    When it came to this kind of mad dog tactic, even half a second was precious. As before, Yu Sui didn¡¯t waste time putting shields up for the two strikers. Shi Luo and Chen immediately beganying down purification dishes as soon as the game started. Sacred Sword learned their lesson from the previous game and were worried that Free would still do the exact same thing. They were on the defensive and wanted to immediately take down Shi Luo and Chen Huo. And so, they too rushed in with four of their yers.

    For the two strikers, Shi Luo and Chen Huo, putting down purification dishes without any shield meant they were sitting ducks. If Sacred Sword had beenpeting against any other teams, this situation would have been three against one ¡ª Sacred Sword¡¯s two strikers and one sniper against the opponent¡¯s lone sniper. Sacred Sword would have had a great chance of winning.

    But Free was not just any ordinary team.

    Whisper, Free¡¯s medic, can y both as a medic and as a striker.

    All of Free¡¯s yers could fight.

    ¡°2.5 seconds.¡± Shi Luo stared intently at countdown bar forying down purification dishes, ¡°1.5 seconds...¡±

    In order to grab this advantage at the star of the game, Sacred Sword, in a race against time, also decided not to put on any shields. They got in close and fought hand to hand. Without the slightest hesitation, Yu Sui took out his long dagger and stood in front of his team¡¯s strikers, foiling the shot of Sacred Sword¡¯s sniper. With a horizontal kick, he blocked Sacred Sword¡¯s striker¡¯s strike and with a swing of his dagger, shed at the other striker¡¯s face!

    Puppy took aim and greatly wounded the striker Yu Sui had shed. At the same time, Yu Sui was shot at and left with only a sliver of blood. While reloading, Puppy could not suppress the enemy. Puppy promptly sent out a warning, ¡°If you don¡¯t withdraw now, it¡¯ll be toote.¡±

    Yu Sui said quickly, ¡°Set down another one. I¡¯ll give them my head.¡±

    The strategic decision was made within the fraction of a second. Yu Sui fought three against one. With speedy footwork, he quickly evaded a shot. Before Sacred Sword¡¯s sniper could reload, he hurried behind him and shed. Sacred Sword¡¯s medic instantly replenished the photon shield. Yu Sui couldn¡¯t tackle everything at once and he couldn¡¯t find a way to take the opponent down with him. So, he simply decided to move back to stand in front of the beaten-to-half-blood Chen Huo again and help him vie for time. One second and then one second more¡ª

    In the next second, Yu Sui was hit by both Sacred Sword¡¯s sniper and striker at the same time. He was taken out to resurrect.

    However, Shi Luo and Chen Huo have already sessfully ced a total of one, two, three, four, five, six purification dishes in the center of the map; enough to make Sacred Sword despair upon seeing it. As the purification dishes whistled, arge portion of the Sacred Sword¡¯s map gradually cleared up. It made it a whole lot easier for Shi Luo and Chen Huo to fight. The map was cleared and Sacred Sword¡¯s frontline yers had to retreat. Shi Luo and Chen Huo took advantage of the momentum and took down the other Sacred Sword striker.

    The result of the opening battle was one for two. The advantage Free managed to secure was a bit smallerpared to the previous game, but Free still managed to upy arge portion of the map.

    ¡°Don¡¯t wait for me. No shield. Continue on.¡± Yu Sui was still waiting for resurrection countdown to finish. ¡°What are you standing around for? We don¡¯t need a medic.¡±

    Chen Huo gritted his teeth, ¡°Fine, you bastard...¡±

    The Holy Sword thought that the first head-on fight of the opening stage was over. Sacred Sword¡¯s medic was treating his two teammates behind the bunker. Shi Luo and the residual blood Chen Huo rushed out of the bunker and charged at them again.

    Puppy fired blind shots from behind the bunker to provide cover for the two strikers. Shi Luo was ahead during their charge. To make use of every possible second, he already began setting down purification dishes.

    Although a huge advantage had been taken from Sacred Sword on this round, they were at least able to take out Yu Sui. They thought they could drag down Free¡¯s offensive rhythm by a little bit. They never even imagined that Shi Luo and Chen Huo would continue to charge at them without any protection. Sacred Sword¡¯s only remaining striker hurriedly fired his gun from out the bunker to fight back. But he was a shot too too too slow and while he was being healed, Shi Luo had madly ced down two purification dishes!

    ¡°What kind of game is Free ying?¡± Thementator has never seen such a fast-paced game and he was flustered. ¡°If they were ying like madmen in thest game, then in this game, they¡¯re just looking to die. It looks like they don¡¯t care if their yers take damage. They¡¯ll charge forward even if they die. Shi Luo and Chen Huo took another head. Chen Huo¡¯s gone... Whisper¡¯s resurrected and Evil continues to rush forward. This... he¡¯s still charging ahead?!!!¡±

    Why shouldn¡¯t he charge ahead?

    At the moment Yu Sui resurrected, he healed himself up. After he rushed to the bunker where Shi Luo was temporarily taking shelter, he restored Shi Luo to full health. In between, he didn¡¯t even set a shield for Puppy who was at the back row. The moment Shi Luo was back to full blood, he and Shi Luo rushed out of the bunker at the same time. Only Sacred Sword¡¯s medic was still standing in at the frontline of the poisonous boundary. Yu Sui only needed a few seconds to kill the medic. Shi Luo was free to clear the poisonous fog during this time. Figuring out the location of the opposing sniper, Shi Luo informed Puppy and Puppy fired two shots one after the other. Although he couldn¡¯t take the head of the opposing sniper, Sacred Sword¡¯s sniper could not effectively interfere with Shi Luo and Yu Sui during this time.

    Yu Sui disposed of the opposing medic and at the same time, Sacred Sword¡¯s striker who died first rushed to the frontline. The striker knew that he couldn¡¯t take on Yu Sui and Shi Luo by himself, so he could only hide behind the bunker and wait for his teammates to resurrect.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s sniper who had kept firing before also suddenly stopped. It was like Sacred Sword had given up. The only two people left on the field gave up their map, letting Shi Luo clear it up as he pleased.

    Puppy promptly reminded them, ¡°I¡¯ve lost the position of their sniper. I¡¯m not sure where he is.¡±

    Chen Huo, who was waiting to resurrect, frowned. ¡°They¡¯re waiting for all their yers to resurrect. They want topete with us four on four, fair and square.¡±

    Shi Luo sneered, ¡°Who the f*ck would y fair and square with them?!¡±

    ¡°After cing that one, don¡¯t clear up anymore. We¡¯re not greedy.¡± Yu Sui rushed to the bunker where the Sacred Sword¡¯s striker was located, just like a machine that didn¡¯t know the pain nor fear death, he said, ¡°We will keep fighting as long as there¡¯s a single yer on our side.¡±

    Sacred Sword¡¯s striker never expected that there woulde a day when he would be confronted head on by a medic.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s other striker resurrected and hurried to the frontline. He had just enough time to take down Shi Luo, who had little blood left. After he was chopped to half-blood by Yu Sui, he managed to take away Shi Luo¡¯s head. But before he could catch his breath-Chen Huo had already resurrected! ! !

    The blood-soaked Yu Sui walked around and ced a shield on himself. Within the same breath, he also replenished his blood. Without giving himself any time, he and Chen Huo rushed out again while he filled Chen Huo¡¯s health.

    Sacred Sword had only one striker without shield and one striker with only a sliver of health, also without a shield.

    The result of this two-on-two confrontation was quite obvious.

    Thementators couldn¡¯t keep up with Free¡¯s y and has begun to babble utter nonsense. There was no need for thementators to exin it in detail. From the bird¡¯s eye view, the entire stadium could personally feel Sacred Sword¡¯s profound helplessness.

    They couldn¡¯t fight and win. They also couldn¡¯t stop their advance.

    Free didn¡¯t even give them any room to breathe.

    Even if all of Sacred Sword¡¯s yers were top-notch yers, they just couldn¡¯t contend head-on against Free in in this kind of high-intensity rhythm. They didn¡¯t want Free to lead them by the nose so they could only look on helplessly as they marched in unchallenged, just like in the previous game when Free took the game in just 17 minutes.

    Sacred Sword had their own countermeasures in this game. They wanted meet speed with speed and it was obvious that their firepower tended towards Chen Huo, who easily made mistakes in the heat of battle. However, it didn¡¯t have much of an effect. Yu Sui¡¯s ability to meet an attacked was faster than theirs. If Free had two yers serving as beasts of burden during thest round, then this time around, Free had three.

    This time, Yu Sui added himself.

    Free definitely had more casualties this game than in the previous one but the speed of their offensive didn¡¯t slow down one bit.

    In Free¡¯s soundproof room, the noisy cking of keys came from the three frontline yers¡¯ keyboards as they charged forward like crazy.

    ¡°Actually, they could take it easy for a bit. This game is rtively more difficultpared to thest one.¡± Thementator of the Chinese Division was anxious and just wants to win the game steadily. ¡°Once the number of yers on the field is equal to or less than the opponent¡¯s, shall we slow down? Our advantage is already big enough, we really don¡¯t have to continue to fight like this. If in case the opposing team wipes us out, it¡¯ll... it¡¯ll still be a bit dangerous.¡±

    In Free¡¯s soundproof room, Yu Sui said quickly, ¡°Shi Luo,e here immediately after you resurrect. You won¡¯t have a shield. I¡¯ll probably already be out by that time. Come up immediately and hold the situation until I resurrect again. This time you¡¯ll be taking them one-to-two. Any problems?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s hands merely trembled slightly. He shook his head, ¡°No problem.¡±

    Chen Huo bared his teeth. ¡°So confident?¡±

    The resurrection countdown ended and Shi Luo charged out again, ¡°If I weren¡¯t that confident...If I weren¡¯t that confident could I have been that arrogant before the match?¡±

    He had said that he wouldn¡¯t lose any matches before the World Championship finals. And so, he can¡¯t lose any matches.

    For that game, Free beat Sacred Sword in 23 minutes and sessfully won the match point.

 Chapter 132

    <h4>Chapter 132</h4>

    They were in intermission once again. Zhou Huo wasn¡¯t in any mood to attend to his own yers. He wished he could drill a hole on the spot to Sacred Sword¡¯s lounge to see the looks on their faces.

    ¡°Now that we¡¯re a match point, I¡¯m so curious what they could be discussing now?¡± Zhou Huo was seriously curious. ¡°They better ask me, this marketing genius, to go over and discuss how they¡¯re going to spin this after the match. They controlled their points in the group stage only to send themselves to their deaths in the quarterfinals. This is a public rtions problem not just anyone can solve. I just happen to have a set of public rtions drafts for lost matches that I can¡¯t use and can give to them for free...¡±

    After winning two consecutive games, even Old Qiao¡¯s expression has rxed by a lot. He told him mockingly, ¡°Wasn¡¯t your old club, NSN, giving themselves poisoned milk yesterday during the dress rehearsal. They said maybe they¡¯d lose in quarterfinals so they wanted to ask you, their former manager, for a PR draft? You¡¯re giving it to Sacred Sword instead?¡±

    ¡°Rather to give to foreign thieves and withhold from domestic servants.¡± Zhou Huo shook his head and waved his hand. ¡°NSN doesn¡¯t need this. They¡¯re not qualified to lose.¡±

    Shi Luo smiled. He epted the heat packs that the staff handed him and stuck them to the backs of his hands. He walked to the side and took his jackets. He fumbled inside its pockets and took out a box of cigarettes.

    ¡°Don¡¯t becent. Careful not to let them get a two to threeeback.¡± Even though he knew that the probability of this was really small, Old Qiao still didn¡¯t dare to rx too much. He looked at Shi Luo and Chen Huo, ¡°Are you okay? I¡¯ll be honest... you two have really held out during this game. You might copse if a little problem urs along the way. Your conditions aren¡¯t actually that stable.¡±

    ¡°I know.¡± Chen Huo nodded, ¡°To tell you the truth, I have no idea about Shi Luo, but my hand¡¯s about to break.¡±

    Chen Huo looked at the people round. ¡°But I can still keep this up.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯ll change tactics in the next game. This isn¡¯t the only one we¡¯ve prepared.¡± Yu Sui took the hot water the staff handed him and took a couple of sips. ¡°It¡¯s good enough if we just beat them silly at the start to affect their mentality. For the next game, we¡¯ll change y styles and amuse ourselves.¡±

    The data analyst and Yu Sui nced at each other and nodded, ¡°OK, but the pressure is still on you. It¡¯s fine so long as you can bear it.¡±

    It was a roomful of people but for the first time, Shi Luo didn¡¯t avoid anyone and smoked a cigarette. He lit the cigarette inside the room and took a deep drag.

    If you look closely, you could see that Shi Luo¡¯s hands were shaking with pain.

    If it weren¡¯t because they wanted so much to win, they actually didn¡¯t need to fight that desperately during the first two games.

    Zhou Huo would nce at the live screen from time to time, feeling a little anxious.

    Why haven¡¯t they broadcasted it yet?

    Why are they still showing these sponsor advertisements?

    ording to their timetable from thest intermission, they should already be able to y their video now. Why was it that when it came their turn, they were procrastinating so much? Were they targeting his team? After a while, the game was going to start and they won¡¯t be able to finish broadcasting it. As soon as their yers enter the soundproof room, they f*cking wouldn¡¯t be able to see anything. What¡¯s going to be the use of it then?

    Zhou Huo frequently turned to look at the live broadcast screen. The data analyst looked at this World Championships neer and walked to Zhou Huo¡¯s side to exin in a low voice, ¡°Don¡¯t me the director. me your yers, OK?¡±

    Zhou Huo frowned and looked at the data analyst. The data analyst spread his hands, ¡°Since the sponsors have already sponsored the event, they have to y all their advertisements in this BO5. There could have been four intermissions. But your team opened the match with a two-to-zero. In case your yers wins again, there won¡¯t be a third intermission. You think the event team would release a pigeon for the sponsors? Would the event team dare?¡±

    The data analyst¡¯s lips twitched. ¡°Of course, they don¡¯t dare. But they¡¯ve got no problem releasing a pigeon for you.¡±

    Zhou Huo: ¡°......¡±

    The data analyst looked at the live broadcast screen helplessly, ¡°But it¡¯s not like you can say anything. Because you forcibly shortened their advertising time, they can only squeeze all the ads here and broadcast them all together. Who can you me?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s my fault...¡± Zhou Huo never even thought about this possibility. He held back his anger. ¡°It¡¯s my yers¡¯ fault for being so unreasonable...I reap what I sow.¡±

    Zhou Huo was so angry, his chest was starting to hurt. But he couldn¡¯t tell anyone. He could only watch impatiently as advertisements were broadcasted one after the other. When the staff came to remind the yers toe up for the next game, the advertisements were still running.

    Zhou Huo gave up and smiled bitterly. He gave up all hope of having the video he had rushed to create be broadcasted. He could pretend like this matter never even existed. He smiled and cheered on the yers as he sent them out of the lounge.

    There were now leading two to zero. The fans from the Chinese division were already in a frenzy. The shouts and cheers didn¡¯t stop the entire intermission. The referee on Free¡¯s side led the yers to re-enter the field. He let everyone stop just before entering the soundproof room to kindly let them see the enthusiasm and craziness of their fans in the stadium.

    And at this moment, the continuous advertisements on the giant screen finally ended. Chen Huo¡¯s face suddenly appeared on the giant screen and the fans in the stadium began to scream frantically.

    The referee was also taken aback, ¡°Do you also have a pre-match video?¡±

    Chen Huo looked confused, ¡°...no, uh...¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s face changed, ¡°A few days ago, Zhou Huo asked me to record a video. He said it was just going to be used at the club¡¯s first annual meeting next next month, so he said there was no need to be shy and that I should say what I really feel. It shouldn¡¯t...It can¡¯t be......¡±

    Chen Huo¡¯s expression was stiff, ¡°So, did you guys also record something too?¡±

    Free¡¯s other three yers: ¡°...¡±

    Puppy pped his own face. It was toote for regrets. ¡°...I recorded something.¡±

    Shi Luo reacted quickly and looked back at the referee, ¡°Where is the director¡¯s room? Or the stadium¡¯s electrical control room?¡±

    It was the referee¡¯s first time seeing a yer with such extreme methods as Shi Luo. He gulped, refusal written across his face, said, ¡°Evil, you are about to qualify past the quarterfinals. You have a good future ahead of you. Don¡¯t ruin it by getting suspended for vition of discipline at this time...¡±

    The referee looked to Yu Sui for help, hoping that Free¡¯s captain could maintain discipline within his team. However, he never expected for Yu Sui, who¡¯s always appeared indifferent duringpetitions, to now have an uneasy expression sh across his face. Upon closer inspection, Yu Sui¡¯s ears were unexpectedly a bit red and his eyes were very evasive.

    The referee was aghast. ¡°What on earth did you say? Is it something really unpleasant to hear? Don¡¯t worry, the director will definitely help you silence any swear words.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s precisely because it¡¯s not unpleasant to hear that I¡¯m too embarrassed to have it broadcasted...¡± Chen Huo looked at his bare naked face he¡¯d shoved right in front of the camera on the big screen. He closed his eyes in despair, ¡°My hair¡¯s a mess. Zhou Huo that f*cker...¡±

    This was the first time the referee has seen this all-viin team in such a panic. He said kindly, ¡°Maybe, you¡¯d like to go into the soundproof room now? You won¡¯t be able to hear it when you go in.¡±

    The four of them hesitated, still a little unwilling to leave.

    Each one had only recorded their own part and had no idea what the others said. At this moment, they were still a little curious.

    Anyway, if they were going to be embarrassed, they were going to be embarrassed together. If they die, then they¡¯ll die together. All of them wanted to see who had been the most embarrassing.

    Ten minutester, the third game of Free¡¯s quarterfinals match against Sacred Sword officially began.

    In the soundproof room, Free¡¯s yers, who were waiting for the game to start, did not do their usual practice of messing with each other¡¯s heads before each game.

    Manager Zhou had dealt them the ultimate mental attack just now and they were still digesting it. They had no energy to attend to each other for the time being.

    When the countdown was done, this time, the four of them didn¡¯t immediately rush out.

    They had changed their strategy. In this round, everyone was no longer ying a fast attack. Starting from Chen Huo, Yu Sui set up photon shields for everyone in turn.

    In the pre-match video.

    Chen Huo looked at the camera for a long time, before he smiled awkwardly. ¡°F*ck, it¡¯s embarrassing...recording this stuff.¡±

    ¡°Say something to Yu Sui first, for Yu Sui...¡±

    Chen Huo stopped looking into camera. After a while, he smiled, rubbed his eyes, and slowly continued to say&#k2013;

    ¡°It suddenly urred to me&#k2026;You¡¯re actually younger than I am.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m obviously your ge, but&#k2026;I haven¡¯t taken care of you. That I¡¯ve been able to get where I am as scatter-brained as I am&#k2026;is thanks to you instead.¡±

    ¡°Although you never milk for me, you¡¯re still my best medic.¡±

    ¡°Anyway... forget it, let¡¯s move on to Puppy.¡±

    ¡°Puppy, I keep saying you¡¯re piggybacking off the other¡¯s poprity for your live broadcasts. Of course, that¡¯s not true so don¡¯t mind it too much.¡±

    ¡°Although I know you don¡¯t actually mind it.¡±

    ¡°Shi Zai...¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know either why the two of us have been fighting all the time since you first joined the team. I¡¯m not actually annoyed with you.¡±

    ¡°And one more thing. I have a secret to tell you. Back when we ate meat skewers and fought... I really did eat all the skewers you ordered. The ones you ordered really suited my taste too much. Sigh... I just didn¡¯t want to admit it before.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s it. Should I go call Puppy?¡±

    On the field, as per their tactical arrangement, Puppy started paddling. He cherished every bullet and he didn¡¯t rush in or be reckless. He opened his scope and served as their calm eye from the back row, giving everyone timely reports.

    Sacred Sword was absolutely tortured by Free for the past two games. Their nerves were already frayed even as soon as the game started. They were ready to break the cauldrons and sink the boats to y a frontal assault against Free. However, they were ready to meet them head on at the start of the game when they suddenly discovered that Free wasn¡¯t charging at them. Free yed slow and steady. Evil Xuanshou who was like the King of Hell during thest game, unexpectedly went to carve out a path from the side of the map.

    Puppy reported to Shi Luo. As soon as the other partyes, Free¡¯s four yers would assemble immediately and after they beat them back, they would disperse. They won¡¯t stubbornly give chase or drag the fight on. When the enemy¡¯s gone, they would continue to steal the map. A bit from the east, a bit from the west; they handled matters calmly and steadily.

    In the pre-match video.

    Puppy looked helplessly at the camera, ¡°I hate this kind of program the most. What do I say?¡±

    ¡°First, say something to Yu Sui.¡±

    ¡°Just... I won¡¯t praise him anymore. Everyone actually already knows how good g Man Yu is. I can only say...¡±

    ¡°At that time, going to such a faraway ce, if it weren¡¯t you, I wouldn¡¯t have followed.¡±

    ¡°Thank you. Thanks to you, I can now have a club where I canpletely rx. A club where I can live broadcast when I¡¯m free and y with peace of mind.¡±

    ¡°Next, say something for Chen Huo.¡±

    ¡°I always call you brainless and stupid but I know...you¡¯re not.¡±

    ¡°That year, when I was sold by Sacred Sword and Yu Sui was closing in on himself, we couldn¡¯t keep in touch. During that time, it was lucky you were there.¡±

    ¡°You thought of ways to make g Man Yu happy and tried to take care of me even across half of Europe... Thanks.¡±

    ¡°Shi Luo...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m going to say it sincerely this one time. It¡¯s embarrassing.¡±

    ¡°Shi Zai, I want to tell you...¡±

    ¡°During those hardest days...We were having a hard time in Europe but you weren¡¯t having an easy time in China either.¡±

    ¡°From the day you joined the team, I treated you the same as I do Chen Huo and the others.¡±

    ¡°You have never been an outsider.¡±

    On the field, Puppy reminded Shi Luo that there were yersing to surround him. Shi Luo nodded to indicate that he had heard it and quickly said, ¡°No need toe. It¡¯s just two people, I can clean them up by myself.¡±

    ¡°Are you sure?¡± Yu Sui and Chen Huo were guarding against Sacred Sword at the front line. ¡°Don¡¯t die, got it?¡±

    ¡°Got it. You don¡¯t need toe over.¡± Shi Luo was highly focused, judging the opponent¡¯s position from the slight sound in his earphones. He walked slowly behind a bunker and dropped a purification dish. He unavoidably exposed his position and so moved to another bunker. He set up his rifle and prepared to defend against opponents.

    At the same time, at the front line of the map, Yu Sui and Chen Huo ran into Sacred Sword¡¯s medic and other striker. It was a genuine two-on-two. Yu Sui repaired Chen Huo¡¯s condition and then immediately started to attack. After killing the striker, he quickly retreated.

    Over at Shi Luo¡¯s side, he encountered the other striker and sniper. The two slowly approached Shi Luo.

    Puppy reminded, ¡°Yu Sui¡¯s already finished fighting over there, should he go over? It¡¯s safer for you to bring a medic.¡±

    Shi Luo looked very focused. He whispered, ¡°...no need.¡±

    Shi Luo urately calcted the time and position. He suddenly moved his position and opened fire. He quickly knocked out the photon shield on the Sacred Sword duo that he had outnked. Shi Luo hid behind the bunker again.

    In the team voice chat, Chen Huo also said, ¡°How about if Yu Sui goes over there?¡±

    Yu Sui healed Chen Huo, ¡°Who¡¯smanding this game?¡±

    Chen Huo shut his mouth.

    Shi Luo reloaded his rifle, ¡°I can do it... Stop distracting me.¡±

    They¡¯ve already tried and polished this strategy many, many times before the game. Every time when they y this kind of strategy and one striker has to break off to clear the fog, it¡¯s Shi Luo who goes.

    There was no special reason. Yu Sui has paired up with Chen Huo for many years, and their tacit understanding when it came to the details was a little better than his with Shi Luo.

    Puppy¡¯s task in the early stage of this game was to save resources and to serve as their eyes. He¡¯s been keeping quiet for so long that he just couldn¡¯t help but interject. ¡°Yu Sui truly is a g man...Just to hold on to the center of the map, he would watch on unfeelingly as his little boyfriend fights one-on-two, unwilling to go and save him.¡±

    When Sacred Sword¡¯s striker heard that Shi Luo was alone, he stopped contending with him and together with his sniper teammate, directly surrounded him. Shi Luo heard the footsteps in the bushes and reacted quickly. After turning around, he opened fire. He fired off three shots in a row, taking one himself.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s yers also grasped the details very well. The positions they chose to surround Shi Luo was just beyond Puppy¡¯s sniper range. Puppy couldn¡¯t provide any support for Shi Luo.

    Shi Luo¡¯s shield was already broken. Fortunately, there was no medic on the opponent¡¯s side. Shi Luo held his breath and moved quickly. Without tarrying with the opponents, he quickly charged in and quickly took away the opponent¡¯s striker. With barely any blood left, he pushed his maneuvering skills to the limit and took advantage of when the sniper was reloading to take him out.

    Puppy breathed a sigh of relief, ¡°Nice! Their entire team¡¯s out. There¡¯s still fifteen seconds before the first resurrection!¡±

    Shi Luo asked as he set down a purification dish, ¡°Can I go there for healing and a shield?¡±

    In the team¡¯s voice chat, Yu Sui said, ¡°No, I can¡¯t heal you now.¡±

    In the center of the map, Chen Huo set down eight purification dishes like he was nting rice seedlings. After Sacred Sword¡¯s front row yers resurrect, they will inevitablye to interfere with Chen Huo¡¯s frenzied invasion of their map. Shi Luo was at the edge of the map. There was only a little difference between the time it took to run to the center of the map and the time for Sacred Sword¡¯s resurrection. If he went, he would just be giving away his head.

    Everything was to win and it was normal to be left alone and given full reign because of tactics. Shi Luo forced himself to keep what little blood he had left and racing against time, set down purification dishes at the edge of the map.

    Yu Sui nced across the status bars of his teammate in the game interface. He looked at his, Chen Huo and Puppy¡¯s full blood state and then at Shi Luo¡¯s, who was at the farthest point, extremely short blood bar.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s front row were about to face Yu Sui and Chen Huo. Soon there will be peopleing at him. With Shi Luo¡¯s current condition, he was going to break with a single touch. It was inevitably that Sacred Sword¡¯s sniper was going to be sending him his regards. He was being very careful not to expose his position as much as possible. It was like walking a tightrope on a cliff. Sacred Sword¡¯s first yer to resurrect really did head to the front. During the fierce battle, Shi Luo protected his measly blood bar. Between issuingmands, he heard Yu Sui whisper, ¡°Evil, hold on for a bit. I¡¯ll be there right away.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at his short blood bar. After being momentarily startled, he said quickly, ¡°Just focus on your own fight. I¡¯m fine.¡±

    In the pre-match video.

    On the giant screen, Yu Sui, dressed in casual clothes, looked at the camera in confusion, ¡°What do I want to say to Shi Luo the most? If I have something to say to him, can¡¯t I just tell him after the practice match in a little while?¡±

    ¡°You want to release this publicly, right? You¡¯re not? All right...I¡¯ll pretend like I believe it.¡±

    ¡°......¡±

    ¡°What I want to say to Shi Luo the most...¡±

    In the pre-match video, Yu Sui was quiet for a while.

    In the game.

    Free put out too many smoke bombs in the early stage. Their tactical intentions were gradually revealed once the game reached the ten minute mark. Sacred Sword began to vaguely realize ¡ª Free had adapted Sacred Sword¡¯s previous tactics. They used guerri warfare to slowly exhaust the opponent¡¯s resources. After the other party runs out of ammunition and provisions, they would directly begin their ughter.

    This strategy was originally bundled with Free¡¯s previous strategy. Once the yers were exhausted from the first two games, the wisest course of action would be to begin a rtively slow war of attrition. Sacred Sword was also very quick to adapt to the situation. After knowing that their economy was being consumed, they also began to live frugally. It seemed that they wanted Free to run out of resources instead. Free didn¡¯t panic and continued at their once pace to force Sacred Sword to consume their economy.

    Both sides tried to save resources and their fighting became more and more refined. The wave of fighting at the center of the map ended after a minute. Sacred Sword¡¯s wounded medic and their remaining striker quickly retreated but did not go far. Like a tumor on a bone, they stared intently at the hard-pressed Yu Sui and Chen Huo.

    ¡°Start healing.¡± Puppy reminded, ¡°Their sniper has resurrected and he¡¯s staring at you. Shi Luo...¡±

    Puppy frowned, ¡°Don¡¯t move for now, or you¡¯ll die as soon as you show your head. F*ck, this is a pretty good move from Sacred Sword. Their sniper isn¡¯t moving at all... I can¡¯t determine his position. He¡¯s doing it intentionally to keep Shi Luo stuck behind the bunker!¡±

    Puppy cursed at them in anger, ¡°Damn, they even found a spot outside my field of vision!¡±

    Shi Luo reloaded his rifle. ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter, I¡¯ll go sell my head.¡±

    That familiar rustling sound appeared once again. Sacred Sword¡¯s striker, who Shi Luo had killed just now, had resurrected and returned.

    Not knowing where Sacred Sword¡¯s sniper was, Shi Luo couldn¡¯t move rashly. He had very little blood remaining. Even if his one-on-one fighting ability was stronger than the opponent striker¡¯s, there was simply no way.

    The Sacred Sword striker who came to him was Sacred Sword¡¯s captain.

    He was often the one who took the lead in sending out provocations before.

    Shi Luo lightly gritted his teeth gently. He would rather lose his head to the sniper than give that advantage to this f*cker.

    The sound of rustling was getting closer and closer. Shi Luo was concentrating intently, looking at the bunker in front of him and thinking of countless ways to deal with it¡ª¡ª

    But he knew it was useless.

    He had too little blood.

    If only he had just a little bit more.

    The footsteps were fast approaching. Shi Luo moved lightly and inadvertedly nced at his own map. Shi Luo was startled.

    On their own side¡¯s map, the white cursor that represented their medic, was quickly closing in on his position.

    Shi Luo had been clearing the fog at the edge of the map. It was very far from the center of the map.

    Very, very far.

    ¡°They could actually just let Shi Luo sell his head here.¡± The off-fieldmentator was amazed by the careful tactical operation of both teams. After realizing that Yu Sui was moving towards Shi Luo, he shook his head. ¡°Given that there¡¯s not much pressure in the middle anymore, Yu Sui doesn¡¯t actually need to stay at center of the map anymore. But the distance between the two of them is too far. It¡¯s just one kill off Shi Luo... there¡¯s really no need to protect him.¡±

    The othermentator nodded, ¡°The cost-performance ratio isn¡¯t that high and it¡¯s also too far.¡±

    If thementators knew then Yu Sui knew it even more.

    But looking from Shi Luo¡¯s side, on his own map, the white cursor was still circling left and right, trying to avoid Sacred Sword¡¯s missing sniper,ing close and closer to his position bit by bit.

    Chen Huo was in the middle of meticulously ying ¡®you fire one shot, I¡¯ll fire one shot¡¯ with the opposing striker. He nced at the map and said, ¡°Why are you wasting your effort? Didn¡¯t everyone say to just sell it?¡±

    In the map, the white cursor is still moving through trees and around obstacles.

    In the team¡¯s voice channel, Yu Sui opened his mic, ¡°Has everyone suddenly be themander now? Did I say that I wanted to sell?¡±

    Shi Luo carefully guarded against Sacred Sword¡¯s captain striker. All the while, he involuntarily kept staring at the map.

    Their medic¡¯s cursor was still moving.

    Yu Sui wasmanding this game and he never said to sell.

    What Yu Sui said just now was:

    ¡°Evil, hold on for a bit. I¡¯ll be there right away.¡±

    Shi Luo took a deep breath and reminded himself that this was a f*cking game and not to be unreasonable just because he¡¯d seen some video before it.

    Although his mind was being extremely rational, looking at that white cursor, the rim of Shi Luo¡¯s eyes still couldn¡¯t help turning red.

    In the pre-match video.

    In the giant screen, Yu Sui was quiet for a while and then said to the camera:

    ¡°You told me before, the more you like someone, the more distressed you feel for them.¡±

    ¡°...I feel the same for you.¡±

    ¡°This year... when training was the hardest and most tiring, just looking at your ID in the team interface would make me feel distressed.¡±

    ¡°There are many things I want to say. I don¡¯t have anything I want to say the most, only things that I regret not saying earlier.¡±

    ¡°At the beginning of the season...I should have been looking for you as soon as I returned to the country.¡±

    In the game, the sneaky Sacred Sword striker finally locked onto Shi Luo¡¯s position. Just before he could fire the shot, like a ghost that had scaled mountains and streams, Whisper sliced his neck with his dagger, taking his head.

    In the middle of the slope, Yu Sui slowly healed Shi Luo¡¯s short health bar and ced a six-sided three-faced photon shield on him.

    Yu Sui said he wasing over and so he came.

    He didn¡¯t break his word this time.

    Shi Luo tried his best to suppress the choked up feeling in his throat and after Yu Sui repaired his condition, he took a deep breath and rushed out of the slope for the first time.

    The two sides have been fighting for 20 minutes. Free¡¯s remaining economy was 5600 and Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy was 4500.

    At the thirty minute mark, Free¡¯s remaining economy was 4100 and Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy was 3700.

    At forty minutes, Free¡¯s remaining economy was 2500 and Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy was 2300.

    At fifty minutes, Free¡¯s remaining economy was 1300 and Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy was 800.

    The game managed to reach a full hour, Free¡¯s remaining economy was 300 and Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining economy was 100.

    The two sides circled for an entire hour. The map looked like a dog had gnawed it. The purification dishes wereid down every which way. It was like a maze in the map.

    Free was no longer using their economy. They had official began cold weaponsbat. Sacred Sword was about to be sent packing from the top eight. Sacred Sword¡¯s people never ever expected this oue. At the end of their wits, they started to imitate Free from their practice match before. They also no longer used their weapons, pretending that their own economy has been exhausted to induce Free to consume the final bit of economy.

    But Free had Shi Luo whose mental arithmetic could rival that of aputer¡¯s.

    ¡°Just try and f*cking pretend.¡±

    Shi Luo had also changed to his dagger. He was making a beeline for Sacred Sword¡¯s resurrection stone, heedless of anything else. Sacred Sword originally wanted to clear Free¡¯s map to force Free back on the defensive. Upon seeing this, they were left with no choice and in despair, they could only go back to shooting again.

    The two teams tangled continuously. Sacred Sword¡¯s remaining 100 economy ran out. They truly didn¡¯t have even a single bullet left to fire.

    At this stage, Sacred Sword haspletely retreated to the era of cold weapons.

    All of Sacred Sword¡¯s weapons became no better than firewood and their medic had no economy to buy any kind of photon shield. All job-rted advantages disappeared. Sacred Sword had to take out their long daggers. They were in their death throes.

    Yu Sui looked at the daggers in the hands of the four people opposite, nary an expression on his face.

    There was no yer in active service who could beat Yu Sui on the use of a dagger.

    The unteral ughter officially began.

    Shi Luo, Chen Huo and Puppy, intentionally or unintentionally stopped fighting, leaving Sacred Sword¡¯s yers to Yu Sui.

    Yu Sui took out his long dagger.

    In the pre-match video.

    Shi Luo looked at the camera and slowly said, ¡°Because of the interview a few days ago, everyone said I was crazy...¡±

    In the game, Yu Sui¡¯s game character¡¯s white gloves were stained with blood and his dagger stabbed Sacred Sword¡¯s captain to death.

    Shi Luo said, ¡°I¡¯m not crazy, I just want to make aplete break.¡±

    In the game map, Yu Sui killed the other striker.

    Shi Luo said, ¡°The past, always seems like there¡¯s a hurdle there... I can¡¯t make it through, and you guys seem a bit like you¡¯re unable to make it through either.¡±

    In the game, Yu Sui continued to take the head of Sacred Sword¡¯s sniper.

    Shi Luo said, ¡°Taking down Sacred Sword in the quarterfinals can be regarded as aplete end to the past, okay?¡±

    In the game map, Yu Sui quickly and efficiently brought an end to Sacred Sword¡¯s medic and then continued on to sink his dagger into Sacred Sword¡¯s resurrection stone.

    It was the end of the match. Free, 3. Sacred Sword, 0.

    Two years of hardships, 700 days and nights; the shame that was difficult to wash away, the brand seared onto his career; Sacred Sword¡¯s frequent provocations this past month...All those really did pass away at this moment.

    Free¡¯s yers took off their soundproof headphones. The whole audience was screaming, their voices like a tsunami. ¡°Delete your ounts! Delete your ounts! Delete your ounts!¡± The sound instantly prated the soundproof room. Chen Huo and Puppy howled along with them. While chanting along, ¡°Delete your ounts¡±, they were waving to the defeated and ashen-faced Sacred Sword yers in the soundproof room opposite.

    Yu Sui stood up and looked at Shi Luo. The two looked at each other, a thousand stars in their eyes.

    For you I can be like a stupid youngster, ying an ount deletion battle in a worldpetition with millions of spectators to serve as witness.

    For you, I can also scale mountains and ford streams, walking step by step to be by your side.

    And for you, I can wash away the dust and frost from my heart.

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    Oh, darlings. This is the official end to the main story. It¡¯s been a long way here. I¡¯ll miss my babies but all good things must end. There¡¯s still four extras though which I will release next week. At least some of the them for sure.

    Fortunately and unfortunately, our biggest project at work of the past two years is about tounch this week/early next week so while my main job is to monitor stuff, it¡¯s really difficult to focus and trante when you¡¯re panicking if everything¡¯s gonna make it in time.

    So, please stick around for the extras and I hope to see you all in my next trantion pit.

 Chapter 133 - Extra 1

    <h4>Chapter 133 - Extra 1</h4>

    In order to ensure the fairness of the matches, half an hour before the match, the league officials would draw a referees for each team. The rule was that the referee must not be from the samepetitive division as either team.

    This was so that the clubs would have no chance to have any py deals with the referee and the referee would have no time to have any contact with the yers.

    The event organizer for this World Competition has mobilized a total of 48 referees from every corner of all the majorpetitive divisions. The referees who were drawn must never be from the samepetitive division as the yers.

    For the first quarterfinals match of Team Free against Team Sacred Sword, Team Free drew a young referee from the wild card Latin American division.

    This young referee has just entered the industry this year and has just been a referee for half a year. He usually happily spent his days in this peaceful and serene small wild card Latin American division. He has never had any dealings with the majorpetitive divisions and didn¡¯t understand the grievances between them. He had been selected by the event organizers purely because he could speak severalnguages.

    For the first public appearance in the World Championships, he was going to be the referee for a match-up between two world giants. The young referee was surprised but also very happy.

    For him, it didn¡¯t matter who won. It was good enough if he¡¯s able to do his job well.

    The young referee was born in the wild cardpetitive division known as the ¡°Weak Chicken Mutual Pecking Alliance¡±. It was his first time toe to such a big stadium. It was his first time seeing such impassioned cheers of support before a match. He felt that this trip was worthwhile. He had broadened his horizons!

    The yers of Club Free were very powerful. They defeatedst year¡¯s champion by winning three consecutive games; allowing him to see three charged high-energy games. The young referee felt that this trip was not in vain! The collision between the strong teams was too intense! It¡¯s just so cool!

    Being assigned to Team Free¡¯s side, he was able to see the very famous Gemini twin stars of the China Division up close. He was very satisfied. In the flesh, the real Gemini twin stars of the Chinese Division were exactly as rumored ¡ª handsome and their ying was even more handsome! The other two yers were also awesome!

    It¡¯s just that they don¡¯t like talking to the staff much. They don¡¯t like tough a lot either. They also always love to insult each before the start of each game. They didn¡¯t seem very approachable.

    Buting from such a powerful and illustrious club and being that strong to boot, it was normal for them to be a little niubi.

    But what the young referees never ever expected was that Team Free would be so proud that even after winning the game, they didn¡¯t hug, didn¡¯t disconnect their peripherals, didn¡¯t hug and cry with their backstage coaching staff. They remained sitting where they were as though waiting for something.

    What were they waiting for?

    Was there some sort of special routine that was part of the culture of yers from bigpetitive divisions?

    This was not in line with the normal operation of the matches. The young referee naturally had to go and ask. The game was already over and the yers needed to leave the soundproof room.

    The youngest yer inside, Evil said unhurriedly, ¡°We¡¯re not in any hurry, we¡¯ll wait for our opponents to delete their ounts before we leave.¡±

    ...

    This young referee from Bolivia, a weak, innocent young referee, ignorant of the ways of the world, in his first year at the World Championships quarterfinals, took a half step back. His pupils quaked, having received such terrible culture shock because of this strongly oppressive bandit-like behavior.

    Is this how matches between majorpetitive divisions went?

    Was this a collision between big shot clubs?

    Was this how star yers yed?

    Only then did the young referee understand the implication behind the cheers chanted by the audience throughout the entire third game.

    The audience weren¡¯t mocking. They really wanted to have their ounts deleted!

    There was no need to mention how precious their ount was to the yers. To put it seriously, this was no different from tearing down the opponent¡¯s club base and then tearing down the other team¡¯s g in front of their faces.

    Overly shocked, the young referee now looked at Free¡¯s young yers with a little more fear.

    Even though his experience was not so rich, he has never seen this kind of game!!!

    Did they y in the quarterfinals? The kind where they have to delete their ounts if they lost?

    ...What a frightful Eastern Club.

    The young referee looked up and down at Evil, this yer who was barely an adult. He didn¡¯t dare to rule out the possibility that this rumored badass ¡®f*ck the heaves, f*ck the earth¡¯ yer was joking. He lowered his voice and whispered to the inte, asking the general referee group and the referee assigned to Sacred Sword.

    Within ten seconds, the voice of Sacred Sword¡¯s referee came through the inte:

    ¡°...It¡¯s true. Sacred Sword are already deleting their ounts.¡±

    Young referee: ¡°...¡±

    The director was also quite good at his job and he cut the screen to Evil Xuanshou¡¯s monitor.

    Evil Xuanshou¡¯s monitor was synchronized to the giant screen in the stadium.

    His monitor disyed the game ending screen with the yer IDs of the two teams appearing on either side.

    Free was on the left and Sacred Sword was on the right.

    Evil Xuanshou knew that the director had cut the screen to him. He tilted his head and smiled. He simply erged the game window, letting the audience see only the IDs of Sacred Sword¡¯s yers on the right. This allowed the audience to see it clearer.

    After a few seconds-

    In the game client, the ID of Sacred Sword¡¯s medic disappeared.

    It was not the usual graying out of the name once the ount goes offline. Rather, it hadpletely disappeared.

    The significance was clear to everyone. At this moment, this ount has been erased.

    After a momentary silence, the audience from the Chinese Division boiled over with excitement.

    A few secondster.

    Sacred Sword¡¯s sniper ID disappeared...

    Then Sacred Sword¡¯s strikers¡¯ IDs disappeared...

    For every ount that disappeared, the stadium let out enthusiastic cheers.

    The Chinese yers who¡¯d been insulted and ridiculed from all directions since before the start of the World Championships, at this moment, in Sacred Sword¡¯s home division, havepletely regained their dignity.

    With the disappearance of Sacred Sword¡¯s striker captain¡¯s ID, the IDs of all of Sacred Sword¡¯s yers have disappeared from the client.

    Whisper Xuanshou looked at the empty game client screen. He clicked out of the finished game screen and opened his in-game friend group.

    The young referee saw at a nce that had named one of his friends group as the ¡°Victims List¡±.

    Whisper looked at this group. Tone calm, he said, ¡°Continue.¡±

    The young referee looked confused. What continue? Continue what?

    Less than a momentter, the director cut the view to Whisper Xuanshou¡¯s monitor. The audience looked at Whisper Xuanshou¡¯s friend group and for some reason, after hoots ofughter, they continued to yell out Team Free¡¯s ID.

    In the soundproof room, Puppy Xuanshou leaned back on his gaming chair and looked at Whisper Xuanshou¡¯s friends group. Heughed and pped his thigh. He kindly exined to the young referee, ¡°These are the IDs of the other people within the Sacred Sword Club. Their boss is on top and their manager is next.¡±

    The referee choked.

    He can¡¯t be sure that this is the most wonderful game of this World Championships, but he can bet that this was definitely the most watched game!

    The league was even following to broadcast this matter. Who could stand this?

    Chen Huo Xuanshou wasughing so much, he couldn¡¯t sit steady. ¡°The tournament group is something else. They¡¯re unexpectedly synching with our interface. I thought that after the game, we would have to settle our deal with Sacred Sword privately. Looks like the tournament group is making use of our private wager to hype up the event, huh?¡±

    ¡°You think the officials also haven¡¯t had it up to here with Sacred Sword?¡± Puppy Xuanshou sneered, ¡°Has there been any club that has attacked the other participating teams one by one even before the game began?¡±

    ¡°Is there any club with even an ounce of the spirit ofpetition that would control points and destroy the fairness of the group stage just for their own grudges?¡±

    ¡°Which club¡¯s executives would use their side ounts to personally attack other yers, specifically destroying their morale before the game?¡±

    ¡°They already can¡¯t officially mete out punishments, now they can¡¯t even whip their corpse after the game?¡±

    Of course, they can.

    The director did a simultaneous broadcast of Whisper¡¯s interface. Millions of people had focused their attention on Sacred Sword¡¯s wager so now they had no choice but to delete their ounts.

    The IDs in the group disappeared one by one. After it waspletely emptied, the game officially ended. The yers then got up and began to calmly dismantle their peripherals.

    The young referee couldn¡¯t help it and courteously asked Team Free¡¯s Evil Xuanshou, ¡°Uh...does every team thatpetes with you have to delete their ounts if they lose?¡±

    The young referee humbly said, ¡°I have a team that I like very much. They also managed to enter the quarterfinals, uh... I don¡¯t know if they¡¯ll be matched against you.¡±

    Evil Xuanshou: ¡°...¡±

    The other yers of Team Freeughed.

    The evil yer looked back at the referee with aplicated expression on his face. After a moment, he said, ¡°...rest assured, this is only for Sacred Sword.¡±

    The young referee still had lingering fears. He nodded, ¡°That¡¯s good, that¡¯s good.¡±

    Evil Xuanshou used his mouse pad to roll up his peripherals. He took a couple of steps to head out. He looked at the referee, ¡°You think we went too far? You think we¡¯re being tyrannical?¡±

    The young referee hurriedly shook his head. Not knowing the inside story, he declined toment.

    He just thought that this was too f*cking stimting.

    Evil Xuanshou nced at Whisper Xuanshou beside him and said lightly, ¡°If we had lost today, Sacred Sword would have directly rushed into this soundproof room. Right here, they would have used ourputer to permanently delete our team¡¯s living fossil ount. And then they would have made this into a video which, from hereafter, they would y in a loop every time we appear on the field. Don¡¯t you think so?¡±

    The referee was inexperienced but he has also heard a bit about Sacred Sword¡¯s behavior. This indeed...seemed like something they would do.

    Evil Xuanshou said, ¡°We weren¡¯t the ones who started this fight. Since they dared to provoke us, they should have prepared themselves to have their faces trampled against the ground. Sorry, but our team, we¡¯re not good people.¡±

    ¡°But we won¡¯t be as despicable as they are... Their ounts have already been deleted. This matter is over.¡±

    ¡°Deleting their ounts... It¡¯s just taking back what they had taken.¡±

    What had they taken?

    The referee swallowed, not daring to ask. Thinking about it, maybe it was their dignity.

    Although, from start to finish, he was an outsider to this situation and he wasn¡¯t clear on what had urred but seeing the fingers of these young yers trembling with pain as they removed their peripherals, seeing the faint sense of relief in their eyes, seeing their tall and slender backs as they exited the soundproof room...

    He had an inexplicable feeling that these youngsters must have gone through a lot of suffering that they couldn¡¯t easily voice out.

    What they did today must have also been just.

    The yers won back their dignity by ying the matches. Wasn¡¯t this the fairness ofpetition?

    The oppressive aura of these young yers from this rich and powerful club from the Chinese division was too strong. The young referees let out a long sigh of relief when they finally left the soundproof room.

    He suddenly found that Whisper Xuanshou had forgotten to log out of his ount. The other staff members who were going to check the equipment and clean the soundproof room were about toe. Leaving the ount as is simply wasn¡¯t safe. The young referee was going to help Whisper Xuanshou to log out of his ount.

    While quitting, he inadvertently nced at Whisper Xuanshou¡¯s friends list and identally discovered that his ¡°Victims list¡± group had been renamed.

    It had been changed to: ¡°Over and done¡±

    The young referee clicked his tongue. Whisper Xuanshou was so cool. A real man changes the friend group name and doesn¡¯t look back! A real man doesn¡¯t log out of his ount after the match!

    That inside story that the young referee wasn¡¯t clear about, it seems that for Whisper Xuanshou, those things really were already in the past.

    ...

    But for some people, it obviously still wasn¡¯t.

    The young referee looked at the other soundproof room in the distance. He shrugged his shoulders as Sacred Sword¡¯s captain smashed equipment in a fury.

    Such a sore loser. Completelycking in poise and grace. Not cool at all.

 Chapter 134 - Extra 2

    <h4>Chapter 134 - Extra 2</h4>

    The state of the entire Free Team¡¯s mood was a cause of concern for this year¡¯s World Championships tournament management team.

    Club Free was awesome.

    Club Free was the first club to break n-number of match records in the same year it was founded.

    The four yers in Club Free were all young talented yers.

    Free has the star yers with the most fans in the league...

    ......

    So on and so forth. The league staff were willing to recognize all these amazing achievements.

    However, this didn¡¯t mean that this club could already celebrate as overall champions for this year¡¯s World Championships when they¡¯ve just passed the quarterfinals.

    It also didn¡¯t mean that their club¡¯s Chen Huo Xuanshou and Puppy Xuanshou could take photos with the championship trophy ced in the center of the stadium when they¡¯re just barely past the quarterfinals.

    It also does not mean that their muddled and incessantly crying manager could already contact the league officials to prepare their victory celebration as this year¡¯s champions.

    This Eastern team was just too much.

    Too presumptuous.

    If it were only them being unbridled, it would have been fine. After all, they had already proven their strength. Their BO5 against Sacred Sword has already convinced everyone. But the annoying things was, they were also starting to affect the other team from the Chinese division.

    Club NSN, for some reason, was also invigorated and they too began to act like hoodlums. Their opponents in the quarterfinals, the Swedish team, have reported to the tournament management team. They had no idea what had gotten into NSN¡¯s head. Just after Free finished their match, NSN happily ran to ask their quarterfinals opponents if they too would like for the loser of their match to delete their ounts.

    The Swedish team, who yed by the rules of the game, decided to simply sidestep this instead of confronting NSN. They filed a report against NSN. Therefore, NSN was given a warning by the tournament management team, after which they quite happily behaved themselves.

    NSN for no reason at all was carried away silly. The tournament management team could still warn and scare them. But as for Free...

    Everyone knew what Sacred Sword had been doing before so the tournament management team decided to turn a blind eye, pretending not to see some small matters.

    Such as when a staff member reported that Free¡¯s yers were having a serious discussions after the game whether or not to take advantage of them being overseas to find somewhere where no one was around to beat up Sacred Sword¡¯s captain.

    Or when backstage, after the quarterfinals, Free ran into Sacred Sword and some of Free¡¯s yers, like bandits, jeered and heckled the owner of the Sacred Sword club.

    Or when Evil Xuanshou applied for a Twitter ount and immediately began spraying Sacred Sword after the game. He celebrated Sacred Sword getting booted out of the quarterfinals and hey down some fierce words as well: If he runs into Sacred Sword again next year, he was going to delete their ounts once again.

    The official tournament management group simply acted like nothing was happening.

    ¡°...You should restrain yourself a bit. You¡¯re also getting a bit too crazy.¡±

    On the day Sacred Sword was sent off, Free was staying in the hotel. Everyone in the team squeezed into Zhou Huo¡¯s room. Chen Huoy against the back of the sofa with a bottle of wine while watching Shi Luo enthusiastically output on Twitter, ¡°You¡¯re going to delete their ounts if you run into them again? How can you act like such a bandit?¡±

    Shi Luo ignored Chen Huo. He took a bottle of wine and drank a couple of sips. He continued to trample on Sacred Sword¡¯s burial mound, disco dancing upon it like crazy.

    ¡°Oh, the members of Sacred Sword truly are pitiful.¡± Puppy has had his fill of feeling cool and went to open a live broadcast, making an insincere attempt at pretending to be a good person while interacting with the live chat. ¡°Having their ounts deleted once a year and starting all over again every year...Their kick-off match for the new season will look amazing. Fourpletely bare new ounts going off to fight against another team. Hahaha, I¡¯m going to die fromughing...¡±

    ¡°Serves them right! Didn¡¯t they enter the second seed pool because they wanted to bully others... and ended up kicking an iron te? Shows you who¡¯s really crazy, right? Ah...¡± Old Qiao sat askew on the sofa. He shared a toast with Zhou Huo and took a sip of the wine. He dazedly sniffed the wine. ¡°Hey! This wine is really good. What kind of wine is this? Is it local?¡±

    ¡°No, I had it delivered from home.¡± Zhou Huo had no idea how much he had drunk. His face was flushed, and his speech was slurred. ¡°I asked someone to have it delivered by air to celebrate our championship! Each bottle costs more than fifty thousand yuan...and I prepared six whole bottles.¡±

    ¡°Amazing. Awesome.¡± Old Qiao kept nodding repeatedly. While refilling his ss, he saidboriously, ¡°This expensive wine¡¯s f*cking good but...¡±

    Old Qiao took another sip of wine. He narrowed his eyes and thought about it for a moment. Unexpectedly, he couldn¡¯t remember whether his team actually won the championships or not.

    If he can¡¯t remember then he can¡¯t remember. Old Qiao shook his head and had another drink with Zhou Huo.

    Three yers, one coach, one manager, and five staff members; ten people downed six bottles of high proof alcohol with potato chips and popcorn. All of them drank themselves silly.

    The only person in the club who couldn¡¯t drink alcohol did a two-hour post-match interview. When he returned to the hotel, he was greeted with this scene of extravagant waste.

    Yu Sui looked at the roomful of drunks and asked seriously, ¡°Is there still anyone...who remembers that we just made it past the quarterfinals?¡±

    The roomful of kings looked at Yu Sui. Although their minds were unclear, their bearing remained dignified. They all looked scornfully at him.

    Obviously, no one remembered.

    The room was filled with the strange intermingled smell of popcorn and red wine. For Yu Sui, who hasn¡¯t touched alcohol for several years now, it was a bit unbearable. After smelling it, he didn¡¯t want to enter the room. He took off his jacket and threw it near the door. He left the door open and sat on his jacket. He fiddled with his phone for a while as he waited for the smell of alcohol to fade before entering the room.

    Puppy was already sitting on the ground. He had fallen asleep while leaning against the sofa. The live broadcast was still on. Yu Sui took a look¨C

    [Is Yu Shen back? ? ? ¡¿

    [Hahahahaha With how much Whisper loves things clean and tidy, he probably doesn¡¯t even want to enter this room. ¡¿

    [I can feel Yu Shen¡¯s despair. Children, do you know that you¡¯re still supposed to fight in the semi-finals? ¡¿

    ¡¾Yu Shen ah ah ah ah! Look at the camera! ! ! ¡¿

    [Whisper, please check Manager Zhou¡¯s cell phone. He might have gotten so drunk that he already booked your return tickets to China for tomorrow! ¡¿

    [For a moment there, I thought you were only there to y the quarterfinals this year. Smiley face. You¡¯re not just gonna leave after ying the quarterfinals, right? ¡¿

    [I can¡¯tugh anymore. Why is it that my team can¡¯t take their alcohol very well? And the only one who knows how to take his drink has sworn off drinking. hhhhh...]

    Yu Sui said hello to the camera and saw ament asking, [That ount deletion battle was all for him. Will a certain someone still not go public about you yet? ¡¿

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t control the corner of his mouth from ticking up. ¡°It doesn¡¯t seem like a certain someone has any intention of that.¡±

    Fans knew exactly what about Yu Sui Shi Luo was supposed to go public about. There was ament that deliberately said, [Maybe he still doesn¡¯t love you enough. ¡¿

    Yu Sui smiled.

    The fans were afraid that Yu Sui would take it seriously so they rushed to drown out thatment that Shi Luo didn¡¯t love Yu Sui enough by copy-pasting their congrattions to Yu Sui for making it through the quarterfinals.

    Yu Sui thanked the fans, got up and surveyed everyone in the room again¡ª¡ª

    Yu Sui rubbed his neck and sent a message in the club¡¯s main group chat, asking the apanying staff who hadn¡¯t joined in the drinking party to take care of the others.

    As for a certain someone in this den of drunks, of course, Yu Sui himself was going to look after him alone.

    Yu Sui picked up Shi Luo. Half-supporting and half-carrying him, he and took the other back to his room.

    There was probably still a surviving trace of the soul ofpetition in his heart. Although looked nk from all the alcohol, he still retained a bit of rationality. After returning to the room and being helped into the bed by Yu Sui, hey down on the bed for a while and then suddenly pulled the corner of Yu Sui¡¯s clothes.

    ¡°Tomorrow...¡± Shi Luo¡¯s eyes were red and he looked straight at Yu Sui, ¡°...did we set an appointment for a practice match? What time?¡±

    Yu Sui asked in reply, ¡°If we had made an appointment, could you even get up?¡±

    Shi Luo looked straight at Yu Sui. He obviously didn¡¯t understanding what Yu Sui was talking about.

    That fierce rookie yer on the field, lying all dumbfounded and muddleheaded on the bed was inexplicably cute.

    Yu Sui rubbed Shi Luo¡¯s head, ¡°Don¡¯t worry. We hadn¡¯t set any for tomorrow. What would we do if we really had? If you can¡¯t get up, should I open two ounts and y both to fight for you?¡±

    Shi Luo slowly looked towards Yu Sui, his eyes going a bit out of focus. He said with great effort, ¡°You... Can open both and y?¡±

    The first assassin-type medic recognized by the league thought for a moment, ¡°If it¡¯s just a practice match, I could but I can¡¯t guarantee a win.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned slightly, ¡°Striker...¡±

    ¡°I can y that too.¡± Yu Sui kindly reminded, ¡°Baobei-er, in your first regr season game, who was your temporary striker? I was your dog for the entire game. I handed you an MVP title, did you already forget?¡±

    Shi Luo paused for a moment and he suddenly smiled.

    Shi Luo buried half his face in the pillow, ¡°You apanied me in that game...¡±

    Shi Luo closed his eyes. Then suddenly he began to do a game review, ¡°You didn¡¯t make a mistake the entire way through. In such a fast paced game, you were still able to take care of everyone... No wonder Sacred Sword¡¯s boss hates you so much for leaving... Why are you so powerful?¡±

    Yu Sui wanted to be polite, but after thinking about it calmly, he was really awesome. He nodded, ¡°Thank you.¡±

    After dawdling for a while, it was already past midnight. Yu Sui no longer dallied. He took Shi Luo¡¯s clothes off for him, preparing to urge him to sleep.

    Yu Sui opened the zipper of Shi Luo¡¯s jacket. Shi Luo was being very well-behaved. When told to spread his arms, he would spread his arms. When told to raise his head, he would raise his head. Yu Sui didn¡¯t need to take much effort to make Master Shi understand, ¡°Drink some water?¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head. He looked down at the drawstring on his sweatpants, and slowly asked, ¡°Why doesn¡¯t this untie...¡±

    Yu Sui: ¡°......¡±

    Yu Sui looked down at Shi Luo and said nothing.

    Within half a minute, Shi Luo¡¯s ears turned red.

    The corners of Yu Sui¡¯s lips raised slightly, ¡°...what dirty things are you thinking about?¡±

    Shi Luo closed his eyes and did not speak. His mind was full of Yu Sui¡¯s various extreme operations on the field.

    The more he thought, the more his heart was like a frisky monkey, his mind like a cantering horse.

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo with a smile in his eyes. After a moment, Shi Luo opened his eyes. Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help but smile when he looked at the familiar energy in Shi Luo¡¯s eyes.

    Little puppy cub.

    Yu Sui¡¯s ears were also turning a little hot. He cleared his throat, ¡°Baobei...how much did you drink? Did you forget? In six days, we will be fighting in the semifinals.¡±

    Shi Luo was quiet for a moment, and whispered, ¡°Will it affect you?¡±

    Yu Sui had to admit, ¡°...It won¡¯t affect on me.¡±

    The atmosphere instantly became more ambiguous.

    Yu Sui rubbed his brows. He nced around the room, hesitated for a moment and then gave up. He sat next to Shi Luo, bowed his head and kissed Shi Luo¡¯s lips, ¡°...Let¡¯s not. There¡¯s no cover.¡±

    Because of his drunkenness, Shi Luo¡¯s reaction speed was much slower than usual. It took Shi Luo ten seconds from when Yu Sui said it to understand.

    Yu Sui was going to go pour some water for Shi Luo, but before he got up, Shi Luo grabbed the neckline of his shirt.

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips moved. Holding on tightly to Yu Sui¡¯s clothes, after a while, he whispered something into Yu Sui¡¯s ear.

    Yu Sui¡¯s Adam¡¯s apple bobbed.

    ¡°I...I won¡¯t be able to control myself anymore.¡± Yu Sui tried to stay sensible, ¡°Ah...don¡¯t you hate how hard ¡ª hard it is to clean up afterwards?¡±

    Yu Sui was finding it really embarrassing to speak any more tantly.

    Shi Luo was quiet again for a while. Because of his drunkenness, Shi Luo¡¯s eyes looked damp and there was nothing but Yu Sui in his dark eyes.

    Shi Luo vaguely said, ¡°I-I don¡¯t hate it.¡±

    ¡°If you can¡¯t control yourself anymore then just...¡± Shi Luo put his head on Yu Sui¡¯s chest, his voice was a little hoarse, ¡°What do I hate? You...don¡¯t you already know how much I like you?¡±

    ......

    If he could still hold back after all this then there really was a problem.

    Yu Sui kissed Shi Luo on the corner of his mouth. He remembered thement he had seen just now.

    And some people think you don¡¯t love me enough.

    The next day NSN¡¯s quarterfinals match against the Swedish team. Before, Club Free vowed solemnly that they would go to the stadium to cheer for NSN but like the day when NSN qualified past the group stage, these people slept in once again.

    NSN was in very good form. They won their match three to two and sessfully qualified for the quarterfinals, advancing to the semifinals.

    Now that they were in the top four, they naturally wanted their share of whipping the corpse. After the game, NSN¡¯s boss and manager sent bitingly sarcastic ridicule to the already cold Sacred Sword team.

    Once they¡¯ve had their fill of scolding Sacred Sword, NSN remembered the other Chinese team who had also entered the semifinals. The two teams weren¡¯t in the same hotel. NSN¡¯s manager wanted to ask Free to have a meal together to celebrate. Unexpectedly, despite contacting every member of Free, none of them replied back.

    In the evening, they finally, finally managed to contact Zhou Huo. Zhou Huo, who still wasn¡¯t thinking clearly because of the hangover, thought that NSN hade to ask for a practice match so he directly refused.

    ¡°What practice match? No need to work so hard, the championship is already ours.¡±

    NSN¡¯s manager: ¡°......¡±

    NSN¡¯s manager immediately hung up on this crazy call.

    Free truly was arrogant, taking a full day and two nights off. Because the contestants have not logged into the game client for 24 hours in a row to practice, Club Free, like Club NSN, also received a warning from the tournament management group.

    After the tournament management group issued their warning and penalties, they also specially advised Zhou Huo, with all good intentions, not to be so unbridled because of his yers¡¯ great talent. Since the group stage, your team has been so wild and mad. For such a young team, how can you be so reckless? There¡¯s still the semi-finals to y. Thepetition will only get fiercer and fiercer. How can you afford to rest for an entire day? Do you think it will always be as simple as ying the quarterfinals every time?

    Five dayster, Free won 3:0 in the semi-finals. After Sacred Sword, they got a shutout against the No. 1 seeded team in North America. They¡¯ve made it past the semi-finals and they got this year¡¯s first ticket to the World Championship finals.

    The tournament management team was now embarrassed to admonish Free again.

    The mad have the capital to be mad.

    These four yers¡¯ one in ten million talent would not betray Free. Their day after day of painstaking practice would not betray Free.

    Their previous bitter hardships were what enabled them to win the matches so easily now.

 Chapter 135 - Extra 3

    <h4>Chapter 135 - Extra 3</h4>

    Since finding out Shi Luo¡¯s live broadcasting ount¡¯s ount name and password, whenever Yu Sui was idle, he would help Shi Luo out with his live broadcasts for a bit.

    Since there was absolutely no chance he¡¯d ever be able to fill his own live broadcast hours quota, Yu Sui figured it would be better to just help his little boyfriend to fill his; that way Shi Luo could at least secure his basic broadcasting fee.

    For filling his stipted live broadcasting hours, Shi Luo¡¯s contract fee was eight hundred thousand yuan. Even for a yer of Shi Luo¡¯s level, this wasn¡¯t an inconsiderable amount.

    Now that they¡¯ve secured their spot for the finals, the maddest and wildest in Team Free, Shi Luo and the second maddest and wildest, Chen Huo were sent to record the pre-match trash-talking video. The rest of the team were resting at the hotel. Yu Sui had nothing to do so he opened hisputer and helped Shi Luo to make up his hours.

    ¡°Whisper,¡± Zhou Huo, seeing how familiar and at ease Yu Sui was in logging onto Shi Luo ount, advised him earnestly, ¡°Your basic live broadcast fee is two million. If you¡¯ve got the time, shouldn¡¯t you go and make up your own hours. Wouldn¡¯t you make more money that way?¡±

    Yu Sui clicked ¡®enter¡¯ and sessfully logged onto Shi Luo¡¯s ount. ¡°I¡¯m notcking money.¡±

    Puppy, to one side, said enviously, ¡°I think Shi Luo doesn¡¯tck either...It¡¯s me who¡¯scking ¡ªcking money andcking a boyfriend like Yu Shen who would help me broadcast longer.¡±

    There¡¯s no one who can dote on his boyfriend like Yu Shen dotes on his boyfriend.

    Puppy was a master when it came to freeloading off live broadcast traffic. Seeing that Yu Sui has opened the game client, he swiftly sent an invite to team up.

    Which Yu Sui immediately clicked ¡°rejected¡± on.

    Puppy, neither humble nor overbearing, sent three more invitations and got three more rejections. He took off his headphones and said, ¡°I¡¯m not actually trying to get some fans from you. I¡¯m really just trying to practice our cooperation. Are you saying we can¡¯t train anymore just because not everyone¡¯s here?¡±

    ¡°No training.¡± Yu Sui gave a blunt refusal. ¡°I¡¯m just ying casually. I don¡¯t want to use my brain.¡±

    ¡°Did you hear that?¡± Puppy turned to rat him out to Old Qiao, ¡°Yu Sui is refusing to train!¡±

    ¡°En, en, en.¡± Old Qiao was in the middle of watching a game review and didn¡¯t have the energy to deal with Puppy. ¡°If he doesn¡¯t want to train then he won¡¯t train...No, that¡¯s...what are you doing butting into his business? Yu Sui¡¯s just teasing Shi Luo over long distance. What are you doing meddling into those two¡¯s business?¡±

    Puppy resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

    Old Qiao had been analyzing the key points when he was interrupted by Puppy and suddenly forgot what he wanted to record. He was not in a good mood. ¡°Think carefully why other people have a boyfriend and you don¡¯t! Have you thought about why?!¡±

    Yu Sui was very humble. He entered the game and said, ¡°Don¡¯t praise me...The reason why I have a boyfriend is because I use the time other people use for training to tease the little guy.¡±

    Puppy cursed and put on back his headphones.

    At the same time, Shi Luo, who was at the stadium, waiting for the shoot, received a notification that someone had logged onto his ount from a different location.

    No need to think about it. It was just Yu Sui who was on his live ount, broadcasting on his behalf again.

    Evil Xuanshou, who originally had a bitch face on, waiting to record trash talk, tried his hardest to control the corners of his lips and manage his facial expressions so as not to appear too gentle and lose thebative tone of the trash talking once the official recording starts in a while.

    Shi Luo put on a displeased expression for a full hour. Once the recording ended, he used his mobile phone to open the live app, too impatient to wait until they could return to the car. He entered his own live broadcast to remotely watch Yu Sui y.

    Chen Huo had a sour look on his face.

    Yu Sui broadcasted for two hours. He finished his broadcast just before Shi Luo and Chen Huo arrived back at the hotel. Once they were at the hotel, Chen Huo wouldn¡¯t miss his chance to cast a snide remark at Shi Luo¡¯s expense. Audibly clicking his tongue, he said, ¡°Shi Shen watched his own live broadcast so intently the entire way. He didn¡¯t even blink and he had on the live chat too. So manyments covering such a tiny phone screen. Looks like he wasn¡¯t afraid of ruining his eyes. For pro-yers their eyesight is their treasure and some people just don¡¯t know how to cherish it... ¡±

    Shi Luo pretended not to hear him, ¡°Everyone¡¯s here. Let¡¯s y a practice match.¡±

    Shi Luo very rarely acted lovey-dovey with Yu Sui in front of others. No matter how badly his heart was teased by Yu Sui, he could still force himself to act and pretend to be a decent person.

    Hepletely didn¡¯t seem like the person who, once the practice match was over, couldn¡¯t even wait until after their meal, taking advantage of the opportunity when they were changing clothes to trap Yu Sui in the room and kiss him deeply.

    ¡°...Shi Shen.¡±

    Nowadays, Shi Luo¡¯s hands couldn¡¯t behave themselves once he starts kissing Yu Sui. Yu Sui gently held Shi Luo¡¯s hands that were threatening to work their way into his shirt, ¡°...Please spare me. I know you¡¯re the kind to kill and not care about the clean-up but I really can¡¯t.¡±

    Shi Luo buried his face against Yu Sui¡¯s chest and took a deep breath.

    ¡°Someone asked again during the live broadcast today.¡± Yu Sui teased Shi Luo, ¡°She asked when you¡¯d make an official announcement about me.¡±

    Shi Luo actually had a n in mind about when to officially publicly announce his rtionship with Yu Sui. As for what this n was, they actually had a tacit mutual understanding about it.

    Shi Luo was unwilling to speak openly about his ns for the announcement. He was still a bit superstitious. He always felt that this matter was simr to saying ¡°we¡¯ll get married after we win.¡± It wasn¡¯t very auspicious. He was afraid that once he voices it out, the championship would be lost.

    Yu Sui could also guess this superstitious belief of Shi Luo¡¯s. He stopped asking and instead asked, ¡°I¡¯ve got another question. Which ount are you going to use for the public announcement?¡±

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t even think about it and said, ¡°My main ount.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Yu Sui, on guard, ¡°I won¡¯t use my side ount so don¡¯t bother arguing.¡±

    Recalling his humiliation regarding his side ount, Shi Luo wanted to sink into the ground.

    Yu Sui held back a smile. ¡°Come on, use your side ount. I like your side ount.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Shi Luo angrily said, ¡°I don¡¯t like it!¡±

    Yu Sui scratched Shi Luo¡¯s chin, ¡°Use your side ount...or how about we settle this with a game? If I win, you use your side ount. If you win, you¡¯ll use your main ount. Should we y?¡±

    Shi Luo hesitated for a long time. It wasn¡¯t until Puppy came to hurry the both of them up that Shi Luo said hesitantly, ¡°...Alright.¡±

    What a pity that Yu Sui said this game and not the other one.

    That night, after the practice ended, Shi Luo rotated his wrists and prepared to y a one on one match against Yu Sui as promised.

    Shi Luo actually knew in his heart that ying one on one, if Yu Sui gets serious, he won¡¯t have a big chance of winning whether he uses his medic ount or his striker one.

    But in order not to use his side ount to reveal his rtionship with Yu Sui, Shi Luo decided to give it his all in his fight.

    Shi Luo even called room service half an hour in advance.

    The room attendant brought in refreshments and Zhou Huo, bewildered, took it and put it on the coffee table. At a loss, he asked, ¡°Who wanted the coffee?¡±

    Shi Luo rubbed his neck, ¡°Me.¡±

    Yu Sui was setting up the game for the one on one mode and nced back, ¡°It¡¯s one o¡¯clock in the morning. Drinking coffee thiste, don¡¯t you n on sleeping anymore?¡±

    Shi Luo shook his head, ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t argue.¡± Yu Sui said to Zhou Huo, ¡°Throw away that coffee. He won¡¯t be drinking it.¡±

    Shi Luo frowned, ¡°I¡¯ll drink it.¡±

    Yu Sui paused. The corners of his lips ticked up slightly. He sent an in-game message to Shi Luo.

    Whisper: [Listen to me. Don¡¯t drink it anymore. ¡¿

    Whisper: [I won¡¯t bully you. We¡¯ll y something a bit more fair. ¡¿

    Yu Sui deleted the custom map he had just set up.

    Yu Sui found a set of ying cards and shuffled the cards, ¡°We¡¯ll y Fight the Landlord.¡±

    Shi Luo: ¡°......¡±

    The others who were sitting paralyzed in their respective positions and hadn¡¯t yet returned to their rooms looked at Yu Sui like he was crazy.

    Old Qiao¡¯s head was aching. ¡°What craziness are you up to now? If this gets out, you¡¯re dead, you know? ying cards on the sly, you...¡±

    ¡°We made a bet. We¡¯re just going to y a round. It¡¯s not a vition of discipline.¡± Yu Sui used his foot to hook over a small coffee table. ¡°Someonee and help us get the right number of yers.¡±

    Old Qiao pursed his lips. ¡°I¡¯m not getting involved in any gambling. I won¡¯t help.¡±

    Puppy was still bearing a grudge against Yu Sui for refusing to team up with him that morning. ¡°I won¡¯t help either.¡±

    Zhou Huo really wanted to y, but he... He didn¡¯t know how to.

    Which left only Chen Huo.

    Chen Huo rubbed his hands, eager to give it a try...

    ¡°No.¡± Shi Luo refusedpletely, ¡°Chen Huo¡¯s brain is no good. I won¡¯t y with him.¡±

    Chen Huo: ¡°......¡±

    ¡°I really want to hit you so much.¡± Chen Huo gritted his teeth, ¡°Little whelp...¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ll have to make do.¡± Zhou Huo tried to smooth things over. ¡°It¡¯s already sote, where would we find another yer for you? Just make do. Aren¡¯t you just ying cards? Just how big is your bet? Is it that important?¡±

    Shi Luo made as if to speak and then stopped, too embarrassed to say it. He looked Chen Huo up and down. Helpless, he said, ¡°Fine, fine.¡±

    Chen Huo snorted and sat down happily.

    The more Shi Luo looked at Chen Huo, the more he felt he was unreliable. He felt that Chen Huo might dig a pit for himself and couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°You better not f*cking...Don¡¯t try and use this to mess with me. Just y a round and y well.¡±

    Chen Huo simply wanted to y cards to upy his hands. He said a perfunctory, ¡°I know, I know.¡±

    Shi Luo was still worried, ¡°Would you like to drink that cup of coffee? To wake you up a bit?¡±

    Chen Huo looked at Shi Luo, puzzled. ¡°You...How big are the stakes you¡¯re ying for exactly? Why are you taking this so seriously? Are you ying for money? How much did you bet for a round?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips moved and after a moment, he said, ¡°One hundred million.¡±

    Chen Huo, Puppy, Old Qiao and Zhou Huo all choked at the same time.

    Puppy regretted it. ¡°Why don¡¯t I y instead? I also want to handle a 100 million deal...¡±

    Chen Huo trembled, ¡°This, this...If I pit you because I was careless, I really didn¡¯t mean it, okay? I¡¯m definitely going to y seriously.¡±

    Shi Luo was a little relieved. He frowned and squatted beside the small coffee table, holding his breath.

    With such a serious matter at hand, Shi Luo was taking this extremely seriously.

    Yu Sui kept his eyes on Shi Luo, a smile at the corner of his lips. They hadn¡¯t even started ying and he had already decided that he was going to throw this game.

    It was just to tease his little boyfriend. He¡¯ll just y casually for a while and just lose to Shi Luo.

    Zhou Huo served as their sexy dealer. After listening to Shi Luo¡¯s brief introduction, he nodded gravely. After shuffling the cards, he took out three cards facedown and dealt the others one by one to the yers.

    Zhou Huo was starting to sweat. ¡°I don¡¯t understand, why did you two bet so much? I¡¯m a little nervous...¡±

    ¡°Nervous, my ass, just deal the cards already.¡± Chen Huo was actually a little nervous. ¡°Draw lots and call thendlord. Just draw however way you like.¡±

    Puppy helped to make a lottery and drew the lottery. Shi Luo had the most.

    Over on his side, Zhou Huo has already helped deal the cards. The cards of the three yers were all face down. After the cards were dealt, the three of them took their cards.

    Shi Luo seriously picked up the cards one by one, his face gradually turning dark...

    One 1, two Kings, two Queens, two 10s, two 9s, one 8s, two 7s, one 5, two 4s, two 3s.

    AKKQQ1010997545433.

    Shi Luo took a deep breath...

    How can a deck of cards be so bad?

    Just how the f*ck was he supposed to win with this?

    Shi Luo has never been one to concede defeat. He looked at Chen Huo with fire burning in his eyes, hoping that Chen Huo was having a bit of sh*t luck so that he could make up a peasant team with Chen Huo.

    Chen Huo, with a dream of one hundred million, carefully opened his cards¡ª¡ª

    one 2, two kings, one queen, two jacks, three 8s, two 7s, three 5s, two 4s, two 3s.

    2AKKQJJ888775555443.

    Chen Huo prayed in his heart that whoever would be his peasant teammate in a while won¡¯t kill him...It¡¯s really not that he¡¯s not trying his best here.

    Yu Sui has decided to y blindly and wasn¡¯t in any hurry. He finally picked up the cards¡ª¡ª

    Double kings, three twos, three Aces, two Jacks, two 10s, two 9s, and three 6s.

    KK222111JJ1010998666.

    Yu Sui: ¡°......¡±

    Their sexy dealer asked tremblingly, ¡°Evil, will you be thendlord?¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s face was frosty: ¡°No.¡±

    Chen Huo swallowed, ¡°No.¡±

    Yu Sui, ¡°...I¡¯m thendlord.¡±

    Zhou Huo gave thest three cards to Yu Sui.

    One Ace, one Queen and one 6.

    Very good, Yu Sui got two more bombs.

    Shi Shen was still counting on Chen Huo. He frowned and said seriously, ¡°Look carefully and y well.¡±

    Double kings, three 2s, two bombs and three in a row... Yu Sui looked solemnly at the cards in his hand. This is so f*cking... how was he supposed to lose?

    Yu Sui really did want to throw the game.

    But the Heavens wouldn¡¯t give him the chance.

    Even if they were ying with their cards exposed, these two had no way to beat him.

    With love for his little boyfriend in his heart, Yu Sui immediately dealt a spring. As though faced with a formidable opponent, Shi Luo and Chen Huo, the striker duo, formed a brotherly alliance but they couldn¡¯t set down a single card. They held on to their simple trash cards until the very end.

    Against the Will of Heaven, Yu Sui also couldn¡¯t do anything.

    Shi Shen¡¯s side ount, which has been umting dust for a long time, will finally see the light of the sun once again.

    Trantor¡¯s note: Since there¡¯s only one extra left, I decided to release that tomorrow instead of next week. So, see you all tomorrow! =)

 Chapter 136 - Extra 4 - End -

    <h4>Chapter 136 - Extra 4 ¨C End ¨C</h4>

    A few days before the finals, Free was once more doing more than ten hours of high-intensity practice games every day. After NSN¡¯s unfortunate defeat in the semi-finals, although they missed the finals, their results have already exceeded their initial expectations and they did not feel downhearted. Instead, they joined ranks of Free¡¯s sparring teams to help Free carry out their daily high-intensity practices.

    ¡°I think what Shi Gecks isn¡¯t intensive training. What youck is a bit of rxation.¡±

    Between training sessions, Wawa was having a one on one video call with Shi Luo. Seeing Shi Luo¡¯s face filled with worry, he said, ¡°Brother Shi, you have something on your mind.¡±

    Shi Luo looked at Wawa with a wooden expression and then after a while, sighed, ¡°It¡¯s nothing...should we team up using our side ounts for a bit?¡±

    They¡¯ve already done eight hours of practice matches. There was no one in Free¡¯s lounge except for Shi Luo. Wawa originally wanted to persuade Shi Luo to take a rest but he was helpless against Shi Luo¡¯s insistence. So, he apanied Shi Luo to y the game.

    The double row with Wawa was no longer for practice. It was just to maintain the feel in his hands. Wawa also knows that so the two of them ughtered their way through using muscle memory. There was no need tomunicate. After a silent round, Shi Luo simply shut down the voice chat with Wawa and the two of them yed blindly with zeromunication.

    While assisting Shi Luo, the warm-hearted Wawa opened the in-game chat and chatted with Shi Luo at the same time.

    [Awa]: [What¡¯s wrong, ge? You¡¯ve taken your revenge and the championship is as good as yours. So, what¡¯s still weighing on your mind? ]

    Shi Luo nced at the team chat and typed:

    [jyhbdhs]: [He asked me to use my side ount to make it public. ]

    Who ¡°he¡± was, was self-evident.

    Wawa, who liked to follow gossip in the circle, knew all about his side ount.

    [Awa]: [...That takes a bit of courage. ]

    [Awa]: [You guys are really daring to officially make it public. That¡¯s really exciting. ]

    [Awa]: [... What¡¯s wrong with me secretly rubbing my hands in anticipation for it? ! ]

    Their passerby teammate was also pretty good. When he saw Shi Luo and Wawa¡¯s convo in the team chat, he was extremely confused. This match was totally going their way and they had time to just type and chat. While waiting for the fog to clear, he curiously typed a question.

    [Passerby A]: [What do you mean? What does this garbled-named brother or sister want to make public? ]

    If he could go back in time, back to that spring time when they first started dating, Shi Luo would never have allowed himself to take leave of his senses and apply for that stupid side ount that foreshadowed his months-long attack by clueless fans online until he was left with no way out now.

    How can it be helped? Back then he had just started dating Yu Sui and Shi Luo had nowhere to recount his youthful feelings. He had be ustomed to ying it cool and there were a lot of things that he found difficult to say face to face. However, besieged by chuuni youthful aching, he wanted to leave a record of his romantic affair with Yu Sui.

    Although it was already no secret that this side ount belonged to him, still, it takes a bit of courage to admit it personally.

    Those cringe-y things he had posted on his side ount, anyone would be embarrassed to read them.

    Everyone except Yu Sui.

    Not only did Yu Sui not feel embarrassed, he also frequently rereads through them. When he has nothing to do, he flips through it. He would often read those entries and feel that they were new. Every time, he would discover some new detail about them, gaining new knowledge by reviewing the old.

    After sending away Sacred Sword 3-0 during the quarterfinals, in a sense, Free¡¯s journey in this year¡¯s World Championships hade to an end. The people in the team who were waiting to watch the excitement gradually turned to their greatest anticipation from the finals to seeing Yu Sui and Shi Luo¡¯s public announcement on Shi Luo¡¯s side ount.

    There was not a single good person in this entire team!

    It was rare for Shi Luo to meet a stranger and he suddenly felt a rare desire to pour everything out. He thought about it and typed:

    [jyhbdhs]: [Make public... about our rtionship. ]

    Big Brother Passerby A was quiet for a long time before he weakly typed: [You still need to publicly announce your rtionship? Why don¡¯t you want to make it public? What¡¯s going on? Who¡¯s your boyfriend? Is he a celebrity? ]

    [jyhbdhs]: [A celebrity? More or less. ]

    Big brother Passerby A kept quiet.

    They had been oppressing their opponents so terribly that two of their opponents were already afk-ing. Shi Luo continued to type:

    [jyhbdhs]: [He has tens of millions of fans, that makes him a celebrity, right? You can understand it this way. ]

    [jyhbdhs]: [...I have been with him for a year. I¡¯m worried that us going public would affect him so we haven¡¯t said anything and just continued to date in secret.]

    [jyhbdhs]: [But he likes me so much and he keeps asking for us to go public. He¡¯s always wanted to make it public. ]

    [jyhbdhs]: [Recently, he gave me an ultimatum. ...In just a few days, I have to make it public. ]

    [jyhbdhs]: [It¡¯s not that I¡¯m unwilling, just a bit embarrassed. ]

    Big Brother Passerby A continued to tactically keep quiet.

    Wawa sighed. This was indeed his Shi Ge. He shook his head and turned quiet.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t notice anything unusual. He frowned and continued typing:

    [jyhbdhs]: [To go public or not to go public...He¡¯s been so good to me, I shouldn¡¯t always hide it.]

    It took a long time before big Brother Passerby A typed out his question: [En...How good is he to you? Since he¡¯s a star, he should make a lot of money, right? What¡¯s his annual sry? Do you know? ]

    [jyhbdhs]: [I¡¯m not sure on his annual sry but he should be earning a lot? He can give me more than 20 million per year, is that considered a lot? ]

    ¡¾Passerby A¡¿:[......]

    At this moment, Big Brother Passerby Apletely stopped speaking.

    Shi Luo¡¯s team smoothly put down their opponents. As usual, Shi Luo immediately withdrew from the team but Wawa didn¡¯t. He watched with relish as the two passersby chatted.

    [Passerby B]: [What would a doctor usually say about a situation like the one just now?]

    [Passerby A]: [He¡¯s inte stage mythomania. It¡¯s hopeless. I hope the family can maintain their reasoning... Brother Awa, are you his friend? ]

    Wawa hurriedly and happily typed: [En! I¡¯m his friend! ]

    [Passerby]: [Try to curb his delusions. He ys so well, why does his brain have to go bad? Did he go nuts from chasing celebrities? ]

    Wawa suddenly understood the sadness experienced by his brother when his PDA side ount was sted by theizens back then. It truly was difficult to be in a love rtionship that no one believed! Wawa shook his head. He didn¡¯t stubbornly try to argue and simply withdrew from the team whilementing his brother¡¯s hardships.

    Three dayster, FREE once again won thest BO5 of the season with a score of 3:0. They won the championship finals with crushing force.

    This was their first championship after re-establishing the club. Team Free was very excited but not quite as much as when they sent Sacred Sword packing 3:0. So they didn¡¯t get as ck out drunk.

    After all, they had to keep their heads so they couldugh at Shi Zai¡¯s expense.

    After attending the awards ceremony, doing a series of post-game interviews and as a mere formality, participating in the celebration party arranged by the league, Free finally returned to the hotel to start their own celebration party.

    Zhou Huo went to Twitter to mock and ridicule. Chen Huo drank while also teasing Shi Luo, telling him to hurry up with his public announcement.

    Shi Luo was feeling excited and a little embarrassed. He nced at Chen Huo. ¡°What does it have to do with you?¡±

    ¡°It has everything to do with me.¡± Chen Huo was serious and calm, ¡°Seeing you embarrassed makes us very happy.¡±

    Shi Luo wanted to fight Chen Huo but he really was happy. Though he wanted to get angry, his voice unconsciously already had a smile in it, ¡°Get out of here!¡±

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t drink alcohol. So, he could only lower his head and drink fruit juice.

    Shi Luo knew what Yu Sui was waiting for. He picked up his phone, ground his teeth, thought about it and put it away again. He said perfunctorily and ambiguously, ¡°Wait...Wait a minute!¡±

    Puppy couldn¡¯t stop his muffledughter.

    Shi Luo didn¡¯t need anyone to urge him to drink. In less than half an hour, he had drank two cocktails to boost his courage. When the ss was empty, Yu Sui, who hadn¡¯t said anything all this time, covered Shi Luo¡¯s ss with his hand and said softly. ¡°That¡¯s about enough. You¡¯ll hurt your stomach if you drink any more.¡±

    Chen Huo and Old Qiao had already gone off together to talk nonsense. There was no one around them. Shi Luo cleared his throat, ¡°I¡¯ll post on Weibo once I¡¯ve had enough to drink. I¡¯m not thick-skinned enough yet. I can¡¯t post it.¡±

    Yu Sui smiled when he heard that. He still took away Shi Luo¡¯s ss and upended it on the table.

    ¡°Follow me.¡±

    Without disturbing his teammates and the staff who were already starting to disy their silly drunken antics, Yu Sui took Shi Luo back to his room.

    With a beep, Yu Sui pushed open the door to his room, ¡°During Fight the Landlord, I really wanted to give you a chance. I always intended to throw the game. Unfortunately, little Shi Shen, you failed to live up to expectations...I¡¯ll throw the game onest time. ¡±

    On the small table in Yu Sui¡¯s room, there were ten identical ck gift boxes.

    Yu Sui sat on a chair to the side and knocked on the tabletop, ¡°Draw lots.¡±

    ¡°One of the ten boxes contains a note with a PR draft of your official public announcement that Zhou Huo had written for you. Choose one and if you win, you won¡¯t need to use your side ount for the announcement. I¡¯ll do it. I¡¯ll post it on Weibo.¡± Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo. As though he had remembered something, his eyes shed. He slowly said, ¡°Shi Shen, it¡¯s a one in ten chance. Are you ying?¡±

    Shi Luo was startled.

    A year ago, when Yu Sui had just returned to China, in that club, the two of them were facing each other measure for measure. Shi Luo said to Yu Sui over ten tall sses overflowing with the strong smell of alcohol, ¡°Yu Shen, it¡¯s a one in ten chance. Are you ying?¡±

    Shi Luo smiled, his eyes red.

    He wasn¡¯t the only one who was always giving the other room to maneuver, always giving in.

    After a while, Shi Luo wiped the corner of his eye with his thumb. ¡°Ten boxes, don¡¯t tell me there¡¯s actually a slip of paper in every one of them?¡±

    Yu Sui smiled and shook his head.

    Shi Luo was taken aback and before he could speak, Yu Sui said again. ¡°I¡¯m not lying to you. There really is only one box that has the slip but...¡±

    ¡°You get ten chances to pick.¡±

    Shi Luoughed in spite of himself. ¡°Wouldn¡¯t that bepletely shameless of me, refusing to ept a loss...¡±

    Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo, ¡°When you¡¯re with me, you can act as shameless as you want.¡±

    Evil, who didn¡¯t cry even when he won the World Championships, almost teared up with because of Whisper¡¯s words.

    Yu Sui couldn¡¯t help adding, ¡°But you should try your best. Don¡¯t end up choosing the box with the notest.¡±

    Shi Luo almostughed out loud once again. He sniffed and walked to the table.

    The ten boxes looked exactly the same. There really was no way to judge. Shi Luo picked one up at random and opened it¡ª

    There was no note in the box, but it wasn¡¯t empty.

    There was a contract in the box.

    Shi Luo opened it and took a look. It was Shi Luo¡¯s contract renewal with Free for next season.

    It was no different from the contract he had signed at the beginning of the season, except that the signing fee was 10 million more.

    Shi Luo raised his eyes, ¡°How...how can I possibly be worth that much?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s fine so long as I think you¡¯re worth it. I have the money and I¡¯m willing to give it.¡± Yu Sui urged, ¡°Continue your pick.¡±

    A g man really had too many tricks. After such a happy day, Shi Luo really didn¡¯t want to lose control of himself. He calmed down and opened the second box¡ª¡ª

    It was a couple¡¯s ne.

    The third box¡ª¡ª

    A men¡¯s ring.

    The fourth box¡ª¡ª

    A set of limited edition keycaps.

    The fifth box¡ª¡ª

    A limited edition scarf embroidered with Shi Luo¡¯s yer id.

    ......

    ¡°Where did you have time to go shopping?¡± Shi Luo really couldn¡¯t figure it out, ¡°When did you buy these?¡±

    ¡°I chose the style and asked Zhou Huo to help buy it for me.¡± Yu Sui took out his mobile phone and calmly watched Shi Luo unpack the presents. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect these...these stuff to be cheap. I thought of it that day when the other yers gave it to their girlfriends.¡±

    Shi Luo pursed his lower lip, remembering what Yu Sui had told him before the domestic finals; that what other lovers have, he has as well.

    The little tricks that other yers y, Yu Sui can y as well.

    Shi Luo¡¯s lips trembled slightly. He took a deep breath and opened the sixth box¡ª¡ª

    Yu Sui¡¯s first medal of his career.

    ¡°This is a true worldwide limited item.¡± Yu Sui said, ¡°Absolutely no other yer has it.¡±

    Shi Luo¡¯s heart rose. Treating it like the treasure it was, Shi Luo put away Yu Sui¡¯s medal.

    Shi Luo really had terrible luck at gambling. He really had to open thest box before he found what was supposed to be a PR draft written by Zhou Huo.

    There was a folded note in thest box. Shi Luo opened it carefully. The note was written with Yu Sui¡¯s handwriting.

    I love you.

    Shi Luo, Yu Sui loves you very much.

    Yu Sui took out his phone. He waited quietly for Shi Luo to finish all ten gifts and then clicked the ¡°send¡± button on his phone.

    Yu Sui turned the phone screen to Shi Luo, ¡°Look.¡±

    Yu Sui made a post on Weibo. The contents of his post and the note were exactly the same.

    Ten minutester, after fans have had enough of shrieking on Yu Sui¡¯s official blog, they suddenly discovered that Shi Luo¡¯s side ount, which the fans have encircled and intercepted to the point of almost getting banned, had a new post after such a long time.

    I love you.

    Yu Sui, Shi Luo loves you very much.

    -End-

    Trantor¡¯s note:

    Aw and that really is the end of this novel. I¡¯m both happy and sad to see this novel finish. I¡¯ll miss them. *sniff* Thank you to everyone who joined me until the end. I hope this has been as good a read for you as it has been for me. I really love this story.

    Hope to see you all in my next pit! =)

    The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and

    continue reading tomorrow, everyone!