Chapter 18 Coaxing the Child
Yuan Zhuo only stayed in Zhaocheng for two hours that day before going back, but these two short hours were of extraordinary significance to both of them.
For Yu Qiji, Yuan Zhuo's arrival not only allowed him to "see" his parents' smiles again after six years, but also relieved the pressure and negative emotions that had accumulated in his heart for many days.
Yuan Zhuo, in just two hours, pushed the relationship between the two people a big step forward, and also gave them a pair of dimples. It was simply too much of a profit.
As the New Year's Day approached, GF's Z Cup journey also ended early. In addition, everyone had such a mess before, Coach Zhou negotiated with the management and decided to give everyone an early holiday, and count the statutory holidays, and the holiday would end three days after New Year's Day.
This period of time was probably the worst time in the club since GF was established. As soon as there was a holiday, everyone was busy and left one after another. It
was not surprising that other people left, but what was strange was that on the day of the Z Cup final, Qi Ji, who rarely went out, actually packed a small suitcase, as if he was going out.
Hun Fu, who had temporarily returned to the base to get something, was surprised to see this scene.
"Captain, you are going out? Are you going to find Yu Shen?"
Hun Fu had never seen Qi Ji go out far away except for competitions after being on the same team for three years.
Qi Ji was not used to lying, so he just shook his head.
"No, I'm going to find a friend."
This unexpected answer aroused Hun Fu's curiosity. Friend? It's not Yu Shen, then who is it?
Qi Ji knew his teammates were curious, but he was not used to explaining.
"Be safe during the holidays and return to the team on time."
He habitually explained, then left with his suitcase. It was not until he got on the taxi to the airport that he had time to think about his behavior.
In fact, it was nothing, it was just that Yuan Zhuo asked him to spend the New Year's Eve together. As for why they had agreed to meet the day before New Year's Day, he chose to go to Haicheng on the day of his Z Cup final.
Maybe, as a friend, he also wanted to witness the birth of a new champion for the kids.
Well, Qi Ji did not tell Yuan Zhuo that he would go to Haicheng today and would go to watch his first Z Cup final.
Yuan Zhuo really didn't receive any news at all. First, he was about to play in the final, and second, his spy Fu Duo was out on vacation and not at the base.
So when he was sitting in the contestant's box on the final stage, he didn't know that his favorite person was among the thousands of spectators in the entire venue.
In all his years of service, Qi Ji had never watched anyone's competition live.
In fact, it was the first time for him to carry a suitcase and fly to another city to find a friend. In the past, he was always passive.
Maybe it was his consciousness as an elder. The child had done so much for him. As a brother, he should take the initiative to make him happy once. While walking to his seat, Qi Ji explained to himself in his heart.
The game was about to start. Wearing a hat and a mask, Qi Ji wrapped himself up tightly, and no one noticed his presence.
Sitting quietly in the noisy crowd, he looked at Yuan Zhuo who was the center of the stage, and suddenly felt that the children in the competition seemed different from usual. He
was no longer as cute and well-behaved as usual. At this moment, he had no expression on his face, and his black and white puppy eyes were no longer full of smiles and purity, but were a bit unruly and fierce.
The whole person seemed to have changed from a soft little puppy to a majestic and a little fierce big wolfdog. Looking at Yuan Zhuo from another angle for the first time, Qi Ji felt novel and interesting.
Interesting?
...
You know, because of illness, Qi Ji hasn't had such an interesting feeling for a long time.
Sure enough, as always, Yuan Zhuo seemed to always bring him different feelings and experiences.
The game officially started, and both sides started BP ("ban/pick").
Although Qi Ji was not in the final, the clash between the new world champion MG and the last season's summer championship team BQ also attracted many eyes.
"Wow, little M God actually picked up the Sun Goddess. Although this hero is good for the team, the Sun Goddess is a bit weak in this version. Is our little M God really OK?"
Seeing Yuan Zhuo got the weak Soul Thorn, the male commentator couldn't help but feel a little worried.
As Yuan Zhuo's new fan, the female commentator believes in Yuan Zhuo very much.
"Don't worry, our little Yuan Shen can play anything. I hope he can make Oria popular like Qi Shen."
Indeed, the popularity of many heroes depends not only on the version, but sometimes also on the star players.
A few years ago, Qi Ji used his unique understanding and amazing operation to promote many weak or unpopular heroes at that time. Because he played too well, the official also weakened and revised many heroes and skills.
Now the second star player who can promote heroes seems to be about to appear. No wonder everyone has been praising Yuan Zhuo more and more recently.
After so many years in service, Qi Ji's name is almost always linked to others. Sometimes he is used as a role model, sometimes he is compared, or sometimes bad media step on him, praise others, or even spread rumors for the sake of attention.
He never took it to heart, because what is false cannot become true, and these will not affect his competition.
But when he heard the commentator put his name together with Yuan Zhuo and praised Yuan Zhuo, he seemed to have some different feelings, like... a little happy, and a little proud? Another
strange thought came to him, but Qi Ji was no longer surprised and soon focused on the game.
On one side was the newly crowned world champion MG, who was in hot form, and on the other side was the powerful domestic league champion of last season. This match naturally became the most exciting one in this Z Cup.
This match was not easy for the young newly crowned world champions. Although they were better than their opponents in team battles, their opponents had more operational experience than them.
Every time MG gained an advantage through team battles, it would be resolved by the opponent's nearly perfect operation after a while. As the game time increased, the situation on the field became more and more tense.
Not only the audience, but also the commentators were anxious.
"Oh, MG is still young, Aib (Soul Mage) was too impatient just now."
"Yeah, if Aib had been more careful just now, maybe MG could have won a wave, but let's see how Xiao Yuanshen and Xiaowawa handle it."
Unlike other teams where veterans take on important tasks, MG's two youngest players took on the most important tasks of starting a team fight and protecting the enemy.
The 18-year-old melt often strikes suddenly to open a breakthrough for his teammates. The 17-year-old wawaya has been growing up and is more and more daring to start a team fight at a critical moment. In most cases, he is not afraid to sacrifice himself and protect his own output tightly behind him.
The HPL region is really going to change dynasties. Although the process of the game was a bit tense, the victory of the first game still belongs to the young new champion MG.
With the perfect cooperation of MG in the last wave of team battles, the opponent was wiped out, and the whole audience cheered.
Perhaps it was infected by the high emotions of the audience, Qi Ji's mood once again became hot, just like the day when he played double row with Yuan Zhuo.
In addition to cheering for MG led by Yuan Zhuo, this burning enthusiasm came more from the expectation of competing with such a young and strong team and defeating them.
This time, Qi Ji did not dwell too much on this strange emotion, because he had reviewed what happened before.
Since no matter what happens, it will not shake his life goals, why should he waste time and thoughts to get entangled in the details of the process?
So this time, after this emotion arose again, he only paused slightly and followed his heart.
Just thinking about it, somehow, although Qi Ji had wrapped himself up tightly and did not take off his mask and hat in the stuffy competition venue, he was still caught by the sharp-eyed director.
Qi Ji's arrival pushed the atmosphere, which was already heated up by the passionate competition between the two sides, to a peak.
Qi Ji actually came to watch the game on site. This was the first time in all his years of service!
For a moment, the whole scene was in an uproar. Everyone screamed wildly while looking for his position.
The commentator was also surprised and excited.
"Oh my God, Qi Shen actually came to the scene. Is this some kind of easter egg arranged by the official? You know, he has never watched any game on site in all these years, including the world championship finals that just ended at the doorstep of their base!"
"This is impossible. If the official arranged it, they would not tell us. My God, it's really my Qi Shen. Why would he come to watch the Z Cup? I'm really going crazy!"
Qi Ji didn't expect that he would be recognized even though he just came to watch a game quietly.
Looking at the fans pouring in, he wondered if he shouldn't have come.
He just wanted to make a kid happy...
Is it really that hard to coax a kid?