After the Intercontinental Championship ended, it was obvious that the four LPL teams participating in the Intercontinental Championship had made varying degrees of progress.
GGB was the most obvious. They replaced their mid laner with a new player. Although they often made mistakes, it was obvious that GGB was much more daring than in the first half of the spring season.
The e-sports forums were discussing whether it was Yan Che's problem, but those who were familiar with GGB knew that the status of all GGB players had changed, not just because of the change of mid laner.
The least obvious is probably POG.
After all, they were on a winning streak before the game and after the game, so there's no discernible difference.
If there's a difference, it's the popularity rankings after the competition. This is the official reward channel for the competition, allowing you to donate and support your favorite players.
In the past, Gu Yueshuang was in the front row, and the fans she thanked for the most donations were generally the familiar, wealthy fans. However, after the Intercontinental Championship, the fans were mostly the players—mostly the younger players who had participated in the Intercontinental Championship.
[Shuangshuang gained a lot of followers by participating in the Intercontinental Championship? ]
I heard your younger brothers don't get paid much, yet you're still fighting for the top spot? Do you have enough money left for food?
I used to watch POG and think, "Let me see who's showing off today." Now I watch POG and think, "Let me see which player owes Shuang Ge money again—I always thought Shuang Ge had no friends! These players must have borrowed money from Shuang Ge but don't have any friends, so they're using this method to pay back their debts!"
[Who said Shuang Ge has no friends? Well, Shuang Ge really doesn't want to add friends.]
In the POG backstage, Fang Butao briefly sorted out the list of professional players who had donated and supported them, and sent it to Gu Yueshuang, saying, "Remember to thank some of these players."
Gu Yueshuang: "I don't have any friends, where can I go to thank them?"
Fang Butao: "Just remember these IDs so you can be nice to them next time you run into them."
"OK." Gu Yueshuang made a gesture with a kind look on her face, "I'm super nice."
Zhou Yao and Xu Qing: "Heh."
At this moment, Lin Yanqiu was on the stage for a post-match interview. After hearing Yang Chi's e-sports death song, the host wanted to trick him into singing a song.
Gu Yueshuang sat in the backstage lounge, eating melons and watching the show: "I haven't heard him sing yet."
Lin Yanqiu smiled and said, "Next time, I'll go back and ask our mid laner."
Gu Yueshuang: “???”
How come the melon suddenly fell on my head?
Why are you asking me to sing when I ask you to? I won't sing with you.
She thought to herself, isn't it too obvious that the captain is using her as a shield? It's so obvious that everyone will see through it and won't buy it.
As a result, the lounge was immediately filled with booing sounds, the scene was also filled with booing sounds, and even the barrage of comments was filled with "Oh~~Yo~~" creating a booing atmosphere.
Gu Yueshuang: “…”
Use your little brains and think carefully!
What made her even more hopeless was that during the post-match interview, the reporters started with gossip again: "A question to the POG double core players: Why did Forest have to apply to Frost before singing?"
"Yes..." Lin Yanqiu smiled and was about to speak.
Gu Yueshuang immediately slammed the table and stood up: "This is a trick to avoid singing! Can't you hear it?! Such an obvious question is actually being asked. Can't you be more serious?"
The reporters smiled and responded: "Okay, okay..."
Then they posted this short video on the Internet for everyone to judge for themselves.
[Isn't this just a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt?]
Today's post-match group interview was relatively normal. Apart from the gossip at the beginning, all the questions asked were related to the game.
Gu Yueshuang breathed a sigh of relief.
Who knew that when I got my phone back after the interview, I received cordial greetings from people from various teams.
I heard that Xiaolin has a boyfriend and a girlfriend at the same time? How do you feel about being one of them?
[A friend of mine asked me to ask you how you get along peacefully with his girlfriend]
[So you and Brother Lin are really together? ? ]
When Gu Yueshuang saw these messages, she even suspected that she had picked up the wrong phone.
Of course, she also received many friend requests from young players. It was probably Fang Butao who gave her account to others.
Gu Yueshuang agreed to these friend requests, but no one responded. She quietly put away her phone and then quietly moved a little further away from Lin Yanqiu.
If you get close to him, you will become the typical scapegoat.
And I always have to take some inexplicable blame.
Seeing this, Xu Qing asked, "What's going on? Are you two going to start a cold war again?"
Gu Yueshuang nodded and said seriously: "I just happen to have a red marker. I can put on a layer of transparent tape and it will be a semi-permanent 38th parallel."
Zhou Yao was ashamed: "You two are not done yet."
Lin Yanqiu kept smiling and didn't say anything.
Gu Yueshuang felt uneasy and simply closed her eyes to rest.
After the update of the 38th parallel between the two people, there was basically no communication between them except for eating, drinking and training games. Gu Yueshuang was obsessed with rushing for points recently, and Lin Yanqiu seemed to be always busy.
Xu Qing always felt that there was something wrong between the two of them, but since they really didn't communicate, he couldn't figure out why.
In the next two games, whenever five people are needed to stand on stage in a row, Xu Qing can be added between the two POG Cs.
Even during the post-match group interview, the two refused to sit together - whether according to the official seating arrangement or sitting casually, the mid laner and AD should sit together!
Intuition tells everyone that these two people are avoiding suspicion, but no one knows why.
However, nothing could be heard from POG's official microphone, and the communication was very normal.
As for POG's vlog, since Fang Butao is the only one shooting and editing it, it is released very slowly - even now it is still being updated mixed with the vlog of the Intercontinental Championship.
The entire internet was curious about what happened between the two of them, but both of them acted as if nothing had happened and said nothing to the outside world.
Until one Thursday morning, quietly, the top nine posts on the Korean server were "Happy Birthday Frost" in various languages, and the tenth place was renamed "Happy Everyday".
Friday was POG's game day. Xu Qing slept until midnight and got up to eat. He habitually checked the news on his phone to refresh himself while washing up. However, he found that the screen was full of #Top 10 Korean Servers changed their names to celebrate Forest's birthday#. Xu Qing was so scared that he crawled downstairs with his phone to share this explosive news with everyone.
Xu Qing: "Have you seen the top ten in the Korean server? Let me see this grand occasion! I've never seen anyone celebrate a birthday with such a grand ceremony."
At present, everyone except Gu Yueshuang is downstairs, and everyone has already discussed it.
Lin Yanqiu had originally forgotten that today was his birthday and only remembered that today was the game day. However, the overwhelming discussion forced him to be reminded that he was one year older today.
So melancholy.
Zhou Yao turned sideways to let Xu Qing look at his monitor, which was currently showing the top ten players on the Korean server. "Is that Brother Shuang? Hasn't he been playing ranked recently?"
"It's truly spectacular." Xu Qing stared at this, stunned for a second, wondering how everyone could tell this was all for Lin Yanqiu's birthday. He choked back a bit, "There are a few names I don't understand. I'd believe you if you said it was gibberish."
Xu Qing immediately asked the person involved in the melon field: "Are you aware of this matter?"
Zhou Yao: "Of course you don't know. The name was changed at three or four in the morning. Xiaolin went to bed early."
Lin Yanqiu: "Not all of them are hers. Some of them are not hers."
He had the impression that Gu Yueshuang didn't have so many accounts trying to rank high, and there were two or three Korean players in the top ten.
She squeezed in all the people she could, but these few people couldn't.
Gu Yueshuang took the elevator down and, sleepwalking, closed her eyes as she groped for the warming cabinet. She took out a bottle of milk and said hello to them: "Good morning."
Everyone: “…”
Lin Yanqiu was very calm: "Good morning, I saw it, thank you."
"What?" Gu Yueshuang's eyes seemed to be glued shut and she could hardly open them. She applied warm milk to her eyes - she was indeed still sleepy.
Xu Qing hesitated for a moment and asked, "Didn't you change your clothes before going to bed last night?"
Gu Yueshuang finally opened her eyes and glanced down at her clothes. "Didn't I change into my team uniform? Why are you still in your pajamas? Aren't we going to the competition venue soon?"
Zhou Yao pointed at the Korean server rankings and asked, "Didn't you change the name?"
"Oh! Right." Gu Yueshuang suddenly realized and looked at Lin Yanqiu, "Happy birthday."
The tone was so casual as if he was asking what to eat today.
Gu Yueshuang took another bottle of milk from the thermos and handed it to him: "There is no time to prepare other gifts, so just make do with it. Don't be disgusted."
The main reason was that she didn't know what Lin Yanqiu was missing.
Seeing that his family is so rich that they can even use Hermès lipsticks as crayons, and he seems to be indifferent in his daily life, Gu Yueshuang really doesn't know what to give him, so she can only prepare a few more accounts to score points and change his name to celebrate his birthday.
He has everything he needs, so let's give him a grand blessing.
That’s what Gu Yueshuang thought.
Lin Yanqiu had already received the picture and saved it carefully. He said, "Thank you, I like it very much. You have worked hard."
Xu Qing patted his face and muttered to himself, "I'm definitely not awake yet. I'm going to sleep for a while—no, I'm going to wash my face and wake myself up. You rude people, don't finish your meal! I'll be back soon!"
Xu Qing ran two steps, then turned back and asked, "Weren't you two still in a cold war?"
Gu Yueshuang was puzzled: "When did the cold war start? Wasn't I busy trying to get points?"
Lin Yanqiu also nodded: "The communication is quite normal."
——It means that communication such as eating snacks and bringing meals is very normal.
Xu Qing: "...Oh."
Why didn't you tell me earlier? People outside are making wild guesses.
Many people came to ask him what happened between Brother Shuang and Xiaolin, and whether they had a conflict.
Xu Qing waved his hand: "I'm going to change clothes."
Gu Yueshuang sobered up a little and asked, "Eat?"
Lin Yanqiu: "Let's go."
Zhou Yao was bewildered: "That's it?"
You made me so touched late at night, but this is what happened when we met in the morning?
Gu Yueshuang: "Don't we have a competition today? We'll be in the mood to celebrate after the competition."
Zhou Yao tried to correct him: "Isn't it because you win that you can celebrate?"
"How can we lose?" Gu Yueshuang was surprised for a second, then nudged Lin Yanqiu with her elbow. "It's your birthday, so stand up! You're the MVP of both games today, so don't you treat us?"
Qin Ye also nodded and made a very sincere birthday promise: "I will stay on the lower road today."
Zhou Yao was ashamed: "You are all so simple."
Gu Yueshuang: "Today we have five players in the bottom lane, ok?"
Lu Minghao took out his phone and said, "I hope there will be a competition on my birthday. I also want to experience the feeling of being cared for by the whole world."
Today's lunch was particularly sumptuous, and Grandpa Lin made a bowl of longevity noodles for Lin Yanqiu.
Fang Butao and Grandpa Lin always thought that these children might want to go out and have fun at night, so they prepared longevity noodles in advance and booked a private room for them so that they could go out and play by themselves at night.
Although POG had longevity noodles, there was no birthday atmosphere at all. The birthday boy said that the competition was more important, so he moved the birthday celebration to the end of the game.
So they were almost always discussing today's lineup and playing style, and even during breaks they were watching the opponent's game videos to study their opponents.
At this moment, the Internet is discussing this issue heatedly——
Is this the romance of a competitive man? I'd love to receive a birthday blessing like this! Happy birthday, Forest!
Fans customized a huge, eye-catching birthday light sign, but it seems it can’t compare to Brother Shuang’s… We lost.
[Who can compare to this kind of hand? It's unprecedented and will never be repeated!]
So, the question is, just how amazing is Shuang Ge's amazing circle of friends? How did he convince those two Korean players and the street king to change their names? They're not Chinese, and it seems they're not very familiar with Xiaolin. They must have just agreed to Shuang Ge's name change.
I'm so jealous
[Everyone, don't lose sight of the main point! Today's focus is Xiaolin's birthday! We'll discuss how awesome Brother Shuang is tomorrow!]
Happy Birthday, Kobayashi!
【Happy birthday to the best Captain Kobayashi in the world! 】
POG's lounge.
Gu Yueshuang had brought makeup with her specially today and began applying it to Lin Yanqiu's face. "The birthday girl must be the most dazzling one today. I'll try to give you a natural look. Don't be afraid. It will definitely be presentable."
Xu Qing was curious: "Why do you still have cosmetics? You have quite a complete collection."
Gu Yueshuang: "They were all bought by Team Xiaolin."
Everyone understood immediately - was it bought when you were trying to assemble the tool man?
Everyone was speculating in their hearts that Kobayashi's confession had failed, so the cosmetics were returned and they tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again.
Xu Qing held the foundation cream and asked curiously: "Can I use this? I can't look too ugly standing next to Xiaolin, right?"
Gu Yueshuang glanced at him and continued to draw Lin Yanqiu's eyebrows: "That color is too white for you to use. Why don't you go find an official makeup artist?"
Xu Qing was hurt: "...I'm not going!"
Gu Yueshuang simply applied a base to his eyebrows and deepened the contour shadows. She clapped her hands in satisfaction and said, "This is amazing! Most people can't tell that you're wearing makeup, but you look much more energetic. I'm a genius."
Gu Yang didn't even raise his head: "That's because Xiao Lin has a good foundation."
Lin Yanqiu praised: "The makeup artist is also very good."
Gu Yang said disdainfully: "You don't have to speak for her. I don't know that when she was a child, she was called to school for drawing a picture."
"Oh, that's because you don't know how to appreciate art." Gu Yueshuang put away all these simple tools and started to draw her own eyebrows.
Xu Qing came over to take a look: "It doesn't seem to be much different."
Gu Yueshuang: "Yes, there is nothing we can do if the foundation is good, we can only add icing on the cake."
Xu Qing: "Go away."
Zhou Yao flipped through the comments and asked curiously, "How did you convince those three foreigners to change their names?"
Gu Yueshuang: "I'll go directly to their house and do a solo. We agreed that if I win, they'll change their name."
Zhou Yao: "...simple and crude."
Xu Qing was curious: "Did they all win?"
Gu Yueshuang: "Not really, I lost one and traded it for my friend status."
Lin Yanqiu's focus was rather different: "If you lose, what conditions did you agree to?"
Gu Yueshuang: "Losing is nothing. But before the solo match, I promised them that I would not dominate the charts so much anymore, so cherish this, Captain. This might be your last grand birthday celebration."
"Okay, I'll always remember it." Lin Yanqiu nodded, and added emphatically, "Don't try to surprise us when we go on stage later. Honestly, it's easy to embarrass the person whose birthday it is."
Lu Minghao asked: "Would you feel embarrassed about changing your name?"
Lin Yanqiu: "No. Maybe if they suddenly sing a birthday song or send a cake."
Fang Butao breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, I didn't order a cake."
Lin Yanqiu smiled and brought the topic back to today's game: "Just keep a normal mind today. Don't take me too seriously."
Gu Yueshuang shook her head: "From the moment we started researching this team, we decided to support the bottom lane. So the birthday boy must be strong today."
Today, in addition to the heroes that must be banned in this version, POG also paid special attention to the bottom lane in BP.
Winning or losing is important, but the birthday boy or girl must have fun.
——Winning is the happiest thing.
The opponent thought that POG might help the bottom lane today, but they didn't expect them to help the bottom lane in this way.
The jungler was already hiding in the bottom lane when he was only level 2.
At level 3, the mid laner came to the bottom lane again.
At level 6, teleport directly from the top lane to the bottom lane.
This was the most comfortable game Xu Qing had ever played. He didn't need to move around, just focus on supporting AD. He was so happy that he wanted to hum a little song: "I hope Xiaolin has a birthday every day! It's so happy!"
The opponent's bottom lane team was miserable. They were obviously hiding under the tower and dared not move, but POG was still so crazy as to cross the tower and even gave the kill to the AD.
He is simply not human.
Lu Minghao: "My KDA is not important, okay? What's important is that the captain survives today!"
Gu Yueshuang echoed him: "Yes, if necessary, the AD can abandon the four of us and run away, and we will cover your retreat."
Lin Yanqiu: “…not really.”
Lin Yanqiu also had a rare and comfortable development in this game.
He just needs to stand still and output. In the past, he had to move around to guard against ganks and avoid damage at all times, but today he doesn't have to do that at all.
The opposing jungler is also feeling miserable. Every time he is about to go to the bottom lane, he will be intercepted and killed by the opposing mid and jungle.
There is no doubt that POG had the highest AD output in both games.
Is this the ultimate four-for-one strategy?
[This is Boss Forest and his four companions]
[This is incredible. POG would intercept them if they even had the slightest intention of heading towards the bottom lane. Aren't they too defensive?]
[This is hilarious! The mid laner just wanted to return to the city from the bushes in the middle lane, but the overly vigilant Frost brother yelled at him and beat him up, giving him a free return ticket.]
[I also laughed my ass off when I saw this. Look at the minimap, she was even frantically PIN-signaling for support, even though the other party just wanted to return to the city, hahahahaha]
[Look at the contestants' reactions in this wave. Everyone's expressions are classic. They are so classic.]
Forest had a fantastic birthday—can I play ranked if I order four people to play with me?
Since Lin Yanqiu had already been on stage for an interview last time, this time it was Gu Yueshuang's turn.
Before going on stage, Gu Yueshuang found an inflatable mace and prepared to go on stage with great momentum.
The host was a little puzzled: "What are you doing with this?"
Gu Yueshuang: "If anyone asks me a weird question later, I'll use this to blow their head off."
“…”
The host fell silent as he looked at the script that had been prepared long ago and decided to cross out a few questions.
After taking the stage, both of them became much more serious.
After a brief self-introduction, the host asked the first question: "Everyone has seen that the top ten players on the Korean server changed their names to celebrate Forest's birthday. How long did Frost prepare for this?"
Gu Yueshuang said without hesitation: "I didn't prepare much, it just happened. Changing the name only took a few minutes."
"Oh~~" the audience cheered.
It takes a few minutes to change your name, but it takes several months to play ranked games?
The host just smiled and said nothing, looking at the script for the next question.
"What was Forest's reaction when he saw this?"
Gu Yueshuang blurted out very honestly: "I don't know. I was still asleep when he saw it."
"Wow!" The booing from the audience grew louder.
The host smiled and said, "Then let's wait for Forest to come on stage and ask him later."
[Forest, Frost, I can't tell them apart]
[It is recommended to call them by their names or nicknames, otherwise these two really look a bit similar...]
[They might be brothers who have been separated for many years. Even their names are so coincidental.]
Coach Gu disagrees with the previous statement about brothers.
Gu Yueshuang didn't know anything about this question, and the host couldn't get any information out of her, so he called out the other four members of POG.
"First of all, happy birthday to Forest," the host said, blinking her eyes. "So, what do you think of the birthday support everyone has prepared?"
Lin Yanqiu said succinctly: "Very happy."
The host then asked, "What about the birthday surprise prepared for Frost?"
Lin Yanqiu remained concise and to the point: "Very happy."
host:"……"
Then why don't you show some happy reaction?
An angry fan in the audience shouted, "Don't ask! The couple has already had their happy moment in private!"
Gu Yueshuang: “???”
She rapped the mace in her hand and said, "Who said that? Stand up and let me beat you up."
The audience burst into laughter and fast forwarded to the part where fans came on stage to interact.
A representative of Lin Yanqiu's fans came on stage and pointed to the largest "Happy Birthday Forest" sign in the venue, saying, "We've actually been preparing for this for a long time, and we have other things, but it seems like none of them can compare to Brother Shuang's."
Lin Yanqiu expressed his gratitude: "Thank you very much, as long as the thought is there."
Lin Yanqiu didn't pick up the microphone. He leaned in their direction and said, "Actually, I've been preparing for a long time."
The people below couldn’t hear it, but the fans and Lin Yanqiu heard it.
The fan was stunned for a moment, then tears of joy streamed down his face: "I think it's great that he has such great teammates like you."
The host asked: "What did Shuang Ge just say? Can you take the microphone and say it again?"
Gu Yueshuang picked up the microphone and said something else: "Everyone hopes that Lin Yanqiu can be happy every day."
She was not talking about Forest, but Lin Yanqiu.
Everyone wished Forest a happy birthday, and she hoped that Lin Yanqiu himself would be happy every day.
Lin Yanqiu also picked up the microphone and looked at her: "Thank you, I hope we can be happy every day."
The author has something to say: Everyone should be happy every day
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