Chapter 43 Jinjiang Novel Reading Exclusive I Want to Be with You. ...
The next day.
SFD Restaurant.
A group of people were huddled together in the dining area, each with a cell phone in front of them displaying a video clip of yesterday's game.
“Hahahahaha!!”
Within seconds, the laughter exploded to the point where the kitchen staff almost called the police.
"I can't stand it, Smurf is too funny."
"Fuck, I don't even know if this guy is really doing this for show effect or if it's just unintentional."
"If he was doing it for show, then he's a live-streaming genius. If he really meant what he said before the game, then he's a complete idiot."
Matt laughed the loudest, and the video that was being replayed over and over again was zoomed in and out, making Smurf's face look even funnier.
"I'm dying of laughter..." He slammed his fist on the table. "How can he say 'I can kill Sweet with my eyes closed' so seriously? Help..."
Even Dunzi, who was never as flamboyant as him, couldn't hold it in.
The second-team support player nearby stroked his chin and analyzed, "I don't think he's just doing it for show. If Xiao Tiantian hadn't won the match, his pre-match trash talk would have been posted online by EVG."
After the game, someone leaked the video of the internal conversation in the EVG locker room.
Although it was blurred, it was very perfunctory, as if it had not been blurred at all.
Before the game, Smurf used his broken Chinese to attack SFD's new breakthrough player Sweet several times with contempt and sarcasm. Together with the EVG head coach, his words were harsh and vicious with malicious insults.
The editor knows how to create effects. The video ends with a scene of Smurf being beaten up by Shi Jing, and he also added an emoticon of himself standing in front of the computer screen in a daze.
Even the EVG head coach was not spared, and screenshots of him leaving the stage with a dark face and anger were all cut in.
"Anyway, even though Sweet won the fight, what they said was fucking outrageous."
"Yeah! I used to watch this Smurf's games all the time. Damn it! He came to our region to make money, so what right does he have to scold our players?"
"No problem, there are about a dozen of us. We're going to go to the ranked game today and wait for this idiot. We'll beat him every time we see him, and we'll definitely get him to Diamond."
"No need."
A clear male voice reached everyone's ears.
The empty chair next to him was pulled away and the dinner tray was placed on the table.
The young men from Team Two all turned around and said, "Sweet!"
"Sweetheart! You're here! Come on, give my buddy a middle seat." Matt hurriedly got up with the food tray.
"..." Shi Jing didn't move, "Not really, I'll just sit here."
Why are there so many rules? If he has to ask others to give up their seats for him after winning one game, then if he plays ten more games, will the entire SFD have to sit outside the base to eat?
"Sweet." The second team's support asked, "What did you mean by 'no need'?"
Matt also reacted immediately: "Yeah, Sweetie, why not? Let's get together and take turns blocking Smurf a few times. He will definitely not be able to bear it."
Others thought Shi Jing was being polite: "Don't be polite to us, Sweet, we're all brothers, this tone will help you get out of this."
That's not the reason.
It's really not necessary.
"There's no need to affect your training. But if you're really interested, you can go and check out his battle records over the past few days when you have time," Shi Jing said. "If any of you can make it into the top ten, I'll give each of you a set of heirlooms."
Team Two: "?"
Matt: “Really??”
The support was still the most perceptive. I was curious about where Shi Jing got such strong confidence from: "Fuck, why?"
Shi Jing blew on the still steaming seaweed egg drop soup on his plate: "He's been scared."
Based on his many years of experience in competition, Smurf's performance in the last two games showed that he was mentally exhausted.
Whether he can adjust well is his own business, Shi Jing doesn't care.
But EVG's old Deng will definitely put a lot of pressure on him.
At least in the near future, there is absolutely no way Smurf will be able to adjust back to normal anytime soon.
"That's true," the second team's support said. "Smurf played three solo ranked matches after his match yesterday, and finished outside the top ten in all of them."
For a player of this level, what does it mean to be ranked outside the top ten in solo ranking?
Even for the level of SFD's second team, it is impossible to achieve such a bad result unless they encounter cheats.
Compared to the intensity of competitive play, the intensity of solo queue is nothing. Smurf couldn't even handle the pressure of solo queue, let alone regular practice.
"Then he's done for." Matt said, "Thanks to Xiao Tiantian and Lu Shen's support yesterday, they beat him so hard that his Tao heart was shattered."
"Hahahaha." The others also said, "Who came up with that support position playing as a breakthrough position? I heard them say that Coach Wan didn't teach it, and it was just a last-minute decision by you guys."
"The most amazing thing is that Lu Shen also took the lifeline!" Someone said, "Sweet was scolded by that Smurf, and he deserved to be beaten by Loba. The captain also took the lifeline. It really made me laugh."
Dunzi: "The key is that he played very well."
Matt: "Indeed. Lu Shen is worthy of being Lu Shen. He has a unique understanding of the game when playing Lifeline. I saw that he used the Sentinel and the Krebe sniper in his first two games. He placed the healers in a very timely manner and his gun line was also very professional."
It was because of the military training he gave me some time ago.
Otherwise, I'll show you how to follow him around like a punching bag for the entire game.
Shi Jing poked the wontons in the bowl and thought.
"Right, right, right! The most important thing about playing Lifeline is knowing how to draw the line. This thing has too short legs. If you don't have good sense and can't run, you'll just be following your teammates around and getting dusted." The second team's support player analyzed it clearly. "I see that Lu Shen plays it just like he's practiced many times in private. Before the fight even starts, his line is already set up, allowing him to hit the opponent without them being able to reach him."
Dunzi: "The last wave of the operation of using the ultimate to shake off LA was also very impressive."
Matt sighed, "Damn, this is the lifeblood of a dream romance. Normally, when I meet people who play with nannies, what kind of things are they playing with?"
Shi Jing: “?”
It sounds a bit normal at the beginning.
The further I go, the more things seem to be wrong.
The few games of Lifeline that Lu Zhiye played yesterday... were they really that spectacular?
etc.
It seems like it was really fun.
But when did Lu Zhiye become so good at playing with lifelines?
It is true that he has practiced the support role a few times, but he was only barely usable and needed to come over to help protect from time to time. Not to mention his proficiency, his hero operation has nothing to do with the word "show".
Before Shi Jing could frown and figure out what the problem was, another teammate from Team 2 said, "Lu Shen must have practiced hard in private."
"How do you know?"
"I joined the team earlier than you guys, so you don't know how hard Lu Shen practiced," he said. "Especially after the last World Championship. You can ask other players who joined the team earlier. Everyone knows that Lu Shen is the first one to arrive in the training room every day, and it's common for him to have the lights on all night."
"I know that. He's right." Someone else came forward to corroborate the claim, "I was also selected in the last batch of youth training, and I often saw Wild practicing all night in the training room."
"Holy shit," Matt said. "I thought their success was all due to talent, but it turns out it's all due to hard work."
The group of young men were silent for a few seconds.
"But if the captain is so hardworking and diligent, doesn't he want to win the championship? Why did he withdraw from the competition last season?" Suddenly someone said, "He also withdrew from the Best Damage Player award later."
Shi Jing paused holding the spoon.
The Lu Zhiye incident caused a huge stir on the Internet at the time.
The spots for the Asia-Pacific region were originally set to be contested by EVG, SFD, and HUN. Lu Zhiye's withdrawal directly resulted in two vacancies.
Shi Jing remembered the news he saw when he first browsed Weibo in the hospital.
There are also disgusting and abusive comments under the news.
"Didn't our official account release a statement at the time?" the second team's support said, "It has something to do with Zeit's accident. Wasn't Lu Shen the first to rush over and perform CPR on Zeit? It's like the person died right in front of him. It definitely had an impact."
Shi Jing was stunned.
"Who did you say gave Zeit CPR?" he asked, looking up.
The second team's assistant said, "Lu Shen, Captain Lu. When Zeit got into trouble, the rescue team was still on their way, but the captain had already rushed to the other side to provide first aid. I heard from the manager and others that there was even a photo that was about to be posted online, but they probably didn't want to affect Lu Shen. Anyway, they didn't spread it."
Shi Jing was stunned.
He lost consciousness not too quickly.
At that time, someone took him down from the chair, let him lie flat, and tried their best to press his chest.
The impression was vague, and he thought it was a rescue team.
"Oh, I remember now. Our official account stated that Lu Shen doesn't need to rely on this method to get first place." The people in Team 2 took out their phones and flipped to the official SFD account.
The second team's support nodded: "Maybe it's because even if you win at this time, you will be scolded for relying on Zeit's accident to win the championship, so Lu Shen withdrew from the competition."
"Then there's no need to give up the award." The person next to him didn't understand. "If it were me, I definitely wouldn't give up the award. What's the point of training so hard every day? This award belongs to him."
"Indeed. Even if nothing happened, Master Lu would have won the award. It doesn't really affect anything, so why would he give it up?"
“I don’t understand.”
After chatting for a while, the topic turned back to the funny picture montage of Smurf and Coach EVG. Shi Jing was no longer in the mood to listen.
He poked the wontons in the bowl a few times and had no appetite to eat any more.
The results of last season’s best player selection haven’t come out yet, right?
Shi Jing took out his cell phone and searched for it.
It’s not over yet.
The evaluation has reached the final stage, and the captain of HUN currently has the highest number of votes.
The following comments mentioned Lu Zhiye again, which were not good. Shi Jing's eyes turned a little cold.
"bite."
He was about to click into the comments section when a message popped up on his phone.
It belongs to Lu Zhiye.
【A-lzy: Have you finished eating? 】
【A-lzy: Wanna play duo later?】
The first two were posted a few minutes ago, I don’t know why no notification popped up.
He didn't reply, and just received another one.
【A-lzy: I'll wait for you upstairs. 】
Shi Jing: “…”
Shi Jing typed a few words, paused, and disappeared again.
After glancing at the dialog box, he turned off the phone screen.
"Hey, Sweet, aren't you going to eat anymore?" The assistant asked as he stood up after seeing that there was still most of the food on his plate.
Shi Jing: "I'm not eating anymore."
"Sweetheart, wait for me. I've finished eating too. I'll go up with you." Matt wiped his mouth quickly. "You don't have any games in the next few days. You should be able to play with us today, right?"
Shi Jing paused for half a second.
It's been a long time since I played with Matt and the others.
So he said, "Let's play later. I'm not going to the training room now."
Matt was stunned: "Where are you going?"
Shi Jing stepped over the chair next to him and walked away: "Go find the manager."
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Lu Zhiye warmed up his skills at the training range for half an hour, and saw that there was no response to the message he sent on his phone.
Instead, several new messages from friends popped up one after another.
【Brother Lu, it's done.】
[If he still has a little bit of conscience, he will definitely not come to you again after this time.]
To be honest, don't think I'm disrespectful... I really almost punched him when I saw that face. How could he have the nerve to ask you for money? Does he feel any guilt for what happened to Auntie back then?
[Forget it. I didn't mean to bring that up. Sorry, Brother Lu.]
Lu Zhiye lowered his eyes and looked for a while.
A-lzy: It's okay. Thank you.
[…What are you talking about, Brother Lu? I already call you Brother Lu. What's there to say thank you to between us?]
[Thankfully, it's been resolved. I hope it's a one-time, complete solution.]
The other party sent another emoticon.
After Lu Zhiye replied, he switched back to the chat box with Shi Jing.
Still no answer.
A few more minutes passed.
The message popped up.
But what popped up from the Fat Manager's dialog box was—
[Manager: Xiao Lu, are you free now? ]
【Manager: Come to my office. 】
Manager: Come and take Sweet away! He suddenly came to me for some reason to ask why you didn't participate in the Best DPS competition, and I can't convince him!
It was the first time that he saw his manager send him two exclamation marks on WeChat. Lu Zhiye was stunned by these three messages.
The three teammates next to him were still immersed in the first qualifying game, and he stood up.
But I didn't make it to the fat manager's office.
Lu Zhiye walked to the first floor and was stopped by Shi Jing next to the tea room at the corner of the corridor.
"Lu Zhiye." He looked like he had just finished arguing with someone fiercely. His breathing was still uneven and his eyes were sharper than usual.
After staring at each other for two seconds, Shi Jing lowered his eyebrows even lower: "Why did you withdraw from the competition?"
"What game?"
"...Last season, in the final, why didn't you play?" Shi Jing lowered his voice.
Lu Zhiye lowered his eyes and looked at him.
After a while, he said, "No reason, I just suddenly don't want to fight anymore."
Shi Jing: “…”
Why do I suddenly not want to fight...
This seems unnecessary to ask.
The person who came up to give him first aid was Lu Zhiye.
It goes without saying that Lu Zhiye watched him die slowly in his arms.
Shi Jing rubbed his hair irritably.
This action obviously did not bring him any peace of mind. Thinking about all this, he couldn't tell any third person. Even when he asked the fat manager about the specific situation at that time, he had to be careful not to accidentally expose his identity.
The situation became even more troublesome.
"It's fine if you're withdrawing from the doubles competition, but why are you withdrawing from the Best DPS award as well? Even if I hadn't…even if nothing had happened, you would still be one of the three winners."
Lu Zhiye didn't say anything.
Shi Jing pursed his lips and said, "I just checked. The one with the most votes right now is HUN. He plays the shield man and his fights are a mess. If he deserves the Best DPS award, then several people from LA deserve it too."
"There are still a lot of idiots online cursing you," he said. "I just asked the manager, and the evaluation hasn't ended yet. You can write an application to the alliance. They'll consider your identity and past achievements, and maybe they can add your award back..."
"I don't need it."
"..." Shi Jing narrowed his eyes, "Why? You do charity and like to give the award to others? You——"
"I want to join you."
All the words that Shi Jing wanted to say were stuck in his throat.
Lu Zhiye raised his eyelashes and looked into Shi Jing's eyes.
"I want our portraits and names to be hung side by side in the Apex showroom."
The best honor for Apex players.
Not only in reality, there will be statues of them in the game, and the game homepage will also have a homepage poster designed specifically for them, which will not be replaced until the next event update.
In the showroom, as winners of the same period, their IDs will be placed side by side until the game goes bankrupt.
"I don't care who wins the award." Lu Zhiye said, "I don't want to participate this time. I don't like HUN's captain."
Another meaning is.
Like him.
So I only participated in the selections that he also participated in.
For a long time.
It was as if someone had pressed the mute button on the scene.
Lu Zhiye looked at the person in front of him, whose mouth was frozen as he tried to say something. He repeated this several times but couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.
A blush gradually rose on his cheeks, and even faster it spread to the roots of his ears hidden in his short hair.
No one moved.
Lu Zhiye waited for him to get angry, waited for him to tell him to get out, waited for him to say, "If you say another word, I'll let you taste how hard my fist is."
But he didn't.
Shi Jing clenched his fists, as if stunned.
Lu Zhiye blinked gently.
Suddenly thinking of something, he asked, "Were you concerned about me just now?"
With a "bang".
Shi Jing closed the door of the tea room in front of him.
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The author has something to say: Here it comes, and it’s writing much slower than expected.
Thanks to my wives for their patience, and thanks to all the nutrient solution and overlord tickets-3-[kiss][kiss][kiss]
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