POG won the first game and returned to the lounge happily.
Fang Butao held the camera and stared at her hand seriously: "Why haven't the red marks on your hands disappeared yet?"
"Huh?" Gu Yueshuang looked up blankly. "I don't know. But it doesn't hurt. Whatever. It's not important."
Fang Butao: "It's still important. Right now, all the internet, both Chinese and foreign, is discussing whether you were physically punished."
Contestants: “…”
“???”
Gu Yueshuang was shocked and angry. "We played such an exciting game, but they didn't discuss it, instead they were discussing the red marks on their hands? Isn't that boring!"
Gu Yang complained with a dark face: "Are you guys bored? Draw two cards in your hand for fun before the game?"
Just now, Fang Butao learned that he had to work overtime, and he took out all his anger on him. He was so innocent.
Lin Yanqiu: "It's okay, let's not worry about that for now, let's finish the game properly first."
Next up was GGB. Their manager urged them, "Take it easy when you go on stage. Act cheerful. Even if we lose, we'll still be happy. After all, we won't be the ones bearing the brunt of the pressure later on."
Players from each team: “???”
Yan Che patted the small midfielder on the shoulder and said, "Come on, the future of GGB rests on your shoulders."
Lu Cheng raised his hand and said to Qin Ye, "Come on, fist bump. Lend us some good luck."
After the POG players fist-bumped with the GGB players one by one, they passed each other. The POG players sat in the rest seats, while the GGB players were about to take the stage to start the second game.
Gu Yueshuang stretched lazily: "After the game, I really don't feel any pressure anymore. Where's my milk tea?"
Lin Yanqiu happened to be next to the table and picked up six cups of milk tea for his teammates.
Zhou Yao saw him take six cups and said, "Yang Lin and I have already had some."
Lin Yanqiu nodded and explained, "I know. Zhongdan said she wanted to have a couple of drinks."
Zhou Yao: “…”
Oh, I was just being too sentimental.
Gu Yueshuang shook the milk tea with a bit of pride. "I can now tell whether it's milk or creamer. This milk tea is really delicious and not greasy, but I don't think there's any takeout shop selling it around here."
Lin Yanqiu: "You can go back and ask grandpa to make milk tea for you."
Gu Yueshuang said with a bitter face: "No, the sweet soup my grandfather gave me before always smelled like Chinese medicine."
Chi Nan wondered: "Come to think of it, doesn't Xiaolin smell like Chinese medicine?"
Xu Qing nodded, also with a bitter face: "Yes, he always drinks it, and he may have become insensitive to the taste of the medicine. Sometimes when I go to Grandpa Lin's house for dinner, the dishes are full of the taste of Chinese medicine."
Gu Yueshuang: "That was the medicinal food that Grandpa Lin made specifically for Xiaolin, and you were so greedy that you snatched it up."
Xu Qing stuck out his tongue: "That's delicious too..."
Chi Nan was a little envious: "You guys really don't have any pressure at all?"
After GGB finishes the game, it will be their FJ team's turn to play.
Chi Nan was under a lot of psychological pressure. If GGB won, but they lost later, it would be embarrassing.
If GGB loses and they lose too, then all the pressure will fall on SC and POG, which is even more unfair.
Gu Yueshuang asked: "Are you very nervous?"
Chi Nan nodded fiercely: "My palms are all sweaty now, why don't you slap me a few more times?"
Gu Yueshuang: "...You're toxic. Games are meant to help you release your emotions and grab your attention, not to stimulate you with pain. It's their reward and punishment mechanism that allows you to temporarily forget the tension before your appearance."
Xu Qing ate some snacks and asked, "How about you eat something too?"
Lin Yanqiu quickly dissuaded him: "No, don't eat half an hour before the game."
"Oh." Xu Qing withdrew his hand embarrassedly and continued eating.
Xia Yan tried to tease, "You guys didn't seem nervous at all during the competition?"
Even chatting and joking.
Gu Yueshuang was also bewildered: "Maybe it's because we've never played against a Korean team before? You guys weren't nervous in the LPL, you performed well in the group stage, so why did you become so scared when it came to playing against the Korean team?"
Chi Nan thought for a moment and asked, "Have you ever encountered a limited dungeon while playing games? For example, you can only play it once or twice a year, and no matter how hard you try, you can't get through it. When you encounter this dungeon again the following year, you will be very nervous, afraid that if you make a mistake, the opportunity will be lost."
Gu Yueshuang was very honest and didn't hesitate at all: "I haven't encountered it."
Yan Che sighed upon hearing this, then smiled wryly and said, "This is all a concern for us old guys. After all, every game is a countdown. The older we get, the more anxious we become, and our skills gradually can't keep up with the young ones..."
Gu Yueshuang disagreed, saying, "It all comes down to overthinking. When you're playing Super Mario and you're stuck, what do you think? You usually just try again next time, right? But what if you're playing Super Mario and you're stuck during a live stream? You'll think, 'Will the audience think I'm bad?' What if I try again and still can't beat it? The more you think, the more pressure you'll feel, and it'll make both your thinking and your skills sluggish."
Yan Che also disagreed with her opinion: "You are just childishly naive."
Gu Yueshuang was about to retort when she heard Lin Yanqiu say slowly, "Naive, but useful, isn't it?"
Facts speak louder than words. The POG players were indeed not nervous, and they even beat the Korean team, so whatever they said now is right.
Yang Lin looked around, not daring to interrupt, and whispered to Lu Minghao, "Are you nervous? I'm also very naive, so why am I nervous?"
Lu Minghao also whispered, "Actually, we're nervous too, but they'll lighten the mood. They'll suddenly discuss which restaurant has the best food, or what to eat after the game. Sometimes they'll just joke around and we'll be less nervous."
Yang Lin nodded, half understanding. Being there felt different than watching. From a spectator's perspective, he saw that every POG player wasn't nervous when they took the court. Instead, they were calm and relaxed, chatting and laughing.
It is very different from the GGB on the court now. GGB looks much more serious.
During the preparation phase, Chi Nan pointed to the big screen and said, "Look, GGB is discussing pre-match drafts, and their coach has been emphasizing the details that need to be paid attention to during the game."
Gu Yang felt that he was being implied and quickly clarified: "I also emphasized it."
It's just that few people listen.
Gu Yueshuang nodded. "I understand. It's just like when parents send their children to take the exam, they repeatedly emphasize: "Have you brought your admission ticket? Have you prepared your stationery? Do you have a ruler and compass? Do you have a spare pen?"
Chi Nan touched upon his blind spot in knowledge and was left speechless.
Xu Qing complained, "What was originally a lighthearted topic about watching a play has been turned into a terrifying incident by you."
Gu Yueshuang shook her head: "It should only be scary for you."
Xu Qing: "No, except for you, everyone else feels horrified."
Gu Yang glanced at him and said, "Have you decided when to retire? When you retire, I'll arrange for you to take the adult college entrance examination. You must not fall behind in your studies."
Xu Qing: "...I will never retire in this lifetime."
The other contestants were trembling and dared not speak, for fear that Gu Yang would be happy and give each of them a set of encouragement packages.
Gu Yueshuang noticed that Fang Butao was neither standing in front of the camera nor speaking, and wondered, "Brother Tao, what are you doing?"
Fang Butao said without even looking up: "I'm editing the video and adding subtitles."
Everyone was confused: "Huh?"
Fang Butao: "As for the clip of you guys entering the goal after the game, I want to share it with everyone to prove that it really wasn't corporal punishment."
Gu Yueshuang glanced at the milk tea in her hand and asked, "Where does it end?"
Fang Butao: "Let's end it here when the coach complains about you drawing two."
Gu Yueshuang breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good. This way no one will know that I drank two cups by myself."
Everyone: “…”
Chi Nan took out his phone: "I'm going to post on Weibo to expose you now."
Gu Yueshuang also took out her phone: "Then I will immediately say that the mark on my hand was caused by you."
Chi Nan immediately jumped up: "Bullshit! Don't think of making me take the blame! It wasn't me! I wanted to beat him but I didn't get the chance!"
Xu Qing clapped his hands excitedly: "Fight! Fight!"
"Think about what Brother Shuang would do at this time." On the big screen, Yang Chi suddenly said this while holding the headphones and tilting his head.
Lu Cheng: "Forget it. He's playing mid and you're playing top. You two can't start the game with the same strategy."
Yang Chi: "No, we all seem a little too tense. We should do something to relax. He seems to be particularly good at livening up the atmosphere."
Everyone in the lounge: "Indeed."
After the POG group returned to the backstage, they never stopped talking. They were either eating, drinking or talking. Now the atmosphere backstage is so heated that it is almost like a real-life PK.
Yang Chi clapped his hands and said, "How about singing?"
Everyone in the lounge was a little panicked.
Yang Chi just rapped, with a loud voice and high volume, and not even a single word was in tune, which was outrageous.
Hearing Yang Chi's singing through the noise-canceling headphones was even more outrageous, so the other members of GGB decided to fight fire with fire - join him and sing along.
The backstage was in chaos. Some people desperately tried to find earplugs and headphones to block the flow of the noise. Some people opened the door and tried to escape. Some people—
That’s right, it was Gu Yueshuang, who was holding a pair of scissors and looking at where the audio cable was.
Gu Yang quickly pulled her aside: "Forget it, forget it, you have to pay for it."
Gu Yueshuang asked, "Will the medical expenses for my damaged ear be compensated?"
Yan Che put on his earplugs early. After the chaos in the lounge died down, he slowly took them off and said, "It's off-tune, but it works."
Gu Yueshuang: "That's true, GGB is fine, but the remaining three teams are in trouble."
Chi Nan: "So you sing when you're nervous?"
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Gu Yueshuang denied it three times, "This is simply a scene of reputation damage, I never sing."
Although it was difficult to listen to, thanks to this tune-deaf chorus, it helped GGB relieve their tension and made a very good start.
GGB got the first blood in the first level team fight and forced the opponent to flash twice. It was a perfect start for them.
Everyone felt that it was a sure thing, with the odds at least being 70:30.
However, there was something wrong with GGB's decision. They should have taken advantage of the situation, but instead they started to operate, and both sides developed peacefully.
Until the plating disappeared after fourteen minutes, no second head was produced.
Chi Nan was getting anxious: "What are they thinking? Fight while you have the upper hand!"
Lin Yanqiu said slowly, "The team hasn't fully trusted their new mid laner yet. He's afraid to play in team fights and he's afraid to do anything."
GGB's current requirement for the mid laner is not to seek credit but to avoid mistakes.
Therefore, the entire team was cautious.
This caution caused them to hesitate in team fights, and their economy gradually caught up and then widened.
Chi Nan stood up and stretched himself a bit, then said, "Get ready to play, this set is unwinnable."
As soon as he finished speaking, GGB's new mid laner suddenly flashed forward to start a team fight. Lu Cheng immediately flashed to follow. This move caught the opponent off guard, but the opponent's reaction was also extremely fast.
In the end, we achieved a two-for-three exchange.
For GGB, this may be the only highlight operation in this game except for the level 1 team fight.
But this wave of team fights had no impact, it just caused their base to explode three minutes later.
Gu Yueshuang smiled, looked at Yan Che and said, "Congratulations, you GGB have some hope now."
"This game? Impossible." Chi Nan was a little confused. Unless they could win 0 for 5 in this game, GGB would have no hope of a comeback. Chi Nan became more and more certain, "This game is definitely hopeless."
Gu Yueshuang: "It's the hope for the future."
Lin Yanqiu also nodded: "If we can trust each other, at least the playoffs will be no problem."
Xu Qing was very proud: "You have to learn from us. We have always trusted Brother Shuang from the beginning."
Chi Nan said sarcastically, "That's right. If our team had a new guy who could crack a table with a single slap, I would also respect him immensely."
Xia Yan stood up: "Okay, get ready to go on stage."
Gu Yueshuang waved her hand: "It doesn't matter if we lose, I feel that the SC team is in better shape than you."
Chi Nan: "Get out!"
The SC team, which had always been relatively invisible, was suddenly called out. The captain took the opportunity to encourage the FJ team: "We have your back, don't be afraid."
The members of the FJ team picked up the peripherals and were ready to go on stage to debug the equipment.
The first thing the five GGB guys did when they got back was to apologize: "Sorry, we lost."
You can see that they are in a very low mood, and everyone just comforts them and no one blames them.
Gu Yueshuang: "The new guy is good, play well, keep going."
Although everyone knows that GGB is not in good shape this season, their loss in this game is still a big upset for LPL.
It became a hot topic in a short while.
What kind of magical LPL is this? The number one seed lost, and the number four seed won?
[To be honest, POG beat GGB in the LPL, so don't underestimate POG.]
The game isn't important anymore. What's important is that you idiots actually tried to draw two before the game?! Aren't you afraid of damaging your hand and affecting your performance?! (Laughing and crying)
POG's hands have the most obvious red marks, while GGB's have almost no red marks at all, so the harder they hit, the more awake they become. Frost, who has the scariest marks on his hands, is the MVP.
Why isn't anyone trying to wake GGB up? These matches are like sleepwalking.
[It's over. Team FJ doesn't have any marks on their hands. I'm starting to panic...]
[Has it been too long for the marks to fade? Hurry up and write in blood on the SC official blog! Tell them to slap the players' hands a few more times before they go on the court to wake them up (dog head)]
A short while later, someone in the LPL lounge at the Intercontinental Championship reported on the hot topics, with a somewhat amusing tone: "Now, drawing two has become a mystery. They think the more obvious the red mark, the better the performance. They suggest that we draw them a few more times before the SC team goes on the court."
Gu Yueshuang was also at a loss for words: "Why are you suddenly becoming superstitious?"
The players of Team SC obediently stretched out their hands: "How about a couple of slaps?"
The POG players looked at each other, and no one was willing to do it.
Gu Yueshuang thought about it and suggested, "If you're still nervous, just scold your teammates. Do the players on your team have good tempers?"
Zhou Yao nodded quickly. "Right, right, right. When we're undecided, we scold the jungler, then the support, then the top laner... Anyway, that's how our team is. We scold anyone who doesn't speak."
SC players: “???”
Lin Yanqiu said sincerely, "If you have a bad temper, I suggest you don't do it. It's easy to get into a fight."
Everyday victim Qin Ye: "It is not recommended even if you have a good temper."
"Oh, I think I saw your mic cut off like crazy." Yan Che cleared his throat and began to imitate, "Why hasn't the lousy jungler come yet? The opposing jungler has come three times, where's our jungler? Something's wrong with the referee. Why are there only four voices in our headsets? Is there one person missing? Four against five is not good, right?"
Gu Yueshuang played dumb and said, "Who said that? I don't think I've ever heard of that. Which team's Mike is crazy?"
The SC players were confused: "So the referee is here?"
Yan Che: "Actually, warnings would normally be given for situations like this, but the referees seem to have gotten used to it and are immune to it."
The POG players would yell at the referee whenever they had nothing to do, and no one knew why.
Gu Yueshuang said seriously, "This is called getting along well with the invigilator, you know? Otherwise, wouldn't you be nervous if the invigilator kept standing next to you during the exam?"
Xu Qing felt numb all over: "Shut up! Stop using the terrifying college entrance exam as an example! I get scared just by hearing about exams."
Gu Yueshuang glanced at Gu Yang and found that Gu Yang's attention was not here.
So, while Gu Yang wasn't paying attention, she quickly said, "The best way is to scold those who aren't present, like the coach. What a crappy coach, what a crappy pick! He picked Zoe for me! Can my Zoe beat Syndra?"
Gu Yang: “…”
Gu Yueshuang added, "Of course, you all need to know that everything is fine. Our jungler isn't coming because he's having issues, and our coach's random picks and bans are because he knows I'm strong. He can even play Syndra with Lulu mid."
Qin Ye coughed twice: "No private words or insinuations are allowed."
Lin Yanqiu quickly pulled Gu Yueshuang back and said, "Don't bring trouble to other teams. Just play normally. Praising each other will make the atmosphere much better. For example, our mid laner is the best mid laner in the world and is invincible against anyone. If she's happy, then she can perform well."
The potato chips in Xu Qing's hand no longer smelled good: "Why don't you just say that you're the best support in the world?"
Gu Yueshuang was extremely happy to hear that she was suddenly praised. She smiled and replied to Xu Qing: "Do you believe what he said? Don't you think he's crazy?"
Xu Qing: “…………”
Xu Qing pretended to throw the chips away, but after taking one look at them, he couldn't bear to do so. He continued to eat them, saying angrily, "You lousy mid laner, you're doing nothing all day!"
Lu Cheng quickly told the kids, "Don't listen to Frost's nonsense. He always praises his teammates when they're ahead, and only becomes sarcastic when they're winning. When they're at a disadvantage or lose, he's the first to take the blame and even encourages his teammates."
Gu Yueshuang said confidently: "In fact, scolding teammates is really useful. It can relieve your tension - provided that your words don't make your teammates nervous. In this case, you can scold them freely."
She paused, then added, "Look, I never scold our captain. As for the top laner, I basically only scold Brother Yao and never Lu Minghao."
Zhou Yao: “…”
Feeling treated differently.
Xu Qing: "But what did I do wrong?"
Qin Ye snorted, indicating that the biggest victim was here.
Gu Yueshuang glanced at the two of them dimly: "Do you want to review the game just now?"
Xu Qing immediately admitted his mistake: "Forget it."
The players of the SC team benefited a lot, and several of them gathered together and began to praise each other in a low voice, and to promote each other commercially.
Gu Yueshuang: "You haven't eaten yet? Speak louder! Just think of it as brainwashing. You have to really believe what you say."
Lu Cheng whispered to Yan Che, "Is he teaching students in accordance with their aptitude?"
Yan Che nodded: "She's quite suitable to be a teacher."
To be honest, whether it is commercial praise or mutual criticism, the atmosphere in POG is indeed good.
In fact, the FJ team played very well in this game, but there was still a big gap in strength between them and the No. 1 seed of LCK, and they were ultimately defeated.
When they left the field, an audience member shouted, "It's an honor to lose."
The players of FJ team could only smile bitterly after hearing this.
Who wants these four words?
As soon as everyone sent the SC team out of the lounge, the snacks in Xu Qing's hand were snatched away.
Gu Yueshuang: "Get up and move around. Stop eating and get ready to go on stage."
The SC team staff was a little puzzled. He had always felt that Gu Yueshuang hated their team and asked, "Do you trust our team so much?"
Gu Yueshuang vowed: "They will definitely win. I have given them all my life's skills."
The FJ team members who missed the class looked confused: "What lifelong learning?"
Gu Yueshuang: "The skill of scolding teammates."
Everyone: “…”
Lin Yanqiu urged her to go to the bathroom: "Don't fool them. Clean up and go to the bathroom. There shouldn't be anyone there right now."
Gu Yueshuang: “…Oh.”
Yang Chi followed and said, "I want to go too."
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Yueshuang slammed the door shut, expressing her refusal with her actions.
Yang Chi: "...Why do I feel like I'm being disliked?"
Zhou Yao rubbed his ears. "Who wouldn't be disgusted by your death song? Oh, it's not disgust, it's fear."
Everyone laughed and joked about the FJ team's pre-match singing behavior.
Each of them is a soul singer, and five of them sang five different tunes. The key point is that no one was in tune, which really made it difficult for them.
Yang Chi scratched his head: "I still feel like they're carrying a little secret from me."
Xu Qing said disdainfully: "Wake up, they are not on the same team as you. It is normal for us to have little secrets."
Yang Chi: "Actually, I have a question for him. I'm not nervous anymore after the game. My intuition tells me that both of your teams will win."
Qin Ye: "I'll lend you my good wishes."
As he said, SC and POG teams successfully won the remaining two games.
During the post-match interview, Gu Yueshuang said calmly, "We actually wanted to play against the No. 1 seed in the LCK, but we didn't meet them in the first round, so we asked them to help us get a chance to play in the fifth game. Unfortunately, they still didn't meet the No. 1 seed in the fifth game."
When this sentence was uttered, the screen was filled with question marks.
Has the LPL become so inflated? Is it true that our wins are deserved and our losses are predetermined?
Referee, I report POG for manipulation!
The author has something to say: In a sense, Yang Chi has revealed the truth. We, the Double Cs, have a little secret~
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