Chapter 91
After Gu Yuan finished saying these words, the entire training room was still so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
Everyone remained silent, as if they were seriously thinking about the meaning of Gu Yuan's words.
"Of course, this is just my opinion."
Gu Yuan slowed down his tone and continued, "It is up to the coach to decide."
His gaze looked at Yan Shusheng and Lin Minchuan, and finally fell on Su Zheye.
Gu Yuan thought Su Zheye would look up at him, but the boy lowered his eyes slightly, his eyes were blank and no one knew what he was thinking.
"I agree!"
Lu Yang was the first to speak up: "This bitch stood us up and we're still trying to get close to him. No, we need to have the backbone of a Chinese."
Jiang Yiwen nodded: "That's right, I won't tolerate their bad habits."
555 nodded: "Chief Gu is right. We can beat them even without a training match."
Twelve: "Okay, you do it."
Gao: "Okay, you come and do it."
555: “…”
Yan Shusheng was silent for a moment. As the coach of the championship team, he was not without ambition. Seeing DCK's attitude, his first reaction was to stop playing.
But in recent years, the Korean division has always been superior to the Chinese division. Yan Shusheng himself feels that the Chinese team's chances of winning the Olympics are no more than 10%, so he would rather endure the rare training match opportunity for the sake of the long-term.
Gu Yuan seemed to have seen what Yan Shusheng was thinking: "Coach Yan, do you think the Korean division will go all out?"
His suggestion of not playing a training match was well thought out. In the previous life, they also arranged a training match with the South Korean team before the Olympics, but not only did they not go all out, they even hid their tactics - or deliberately misled them, because they adopted a completely different style of play in the main game, and the effect was counterproductive.
The words were so strange that he was startled.
yes.
They can't even follow the most basic etiquette of being punctual, so how can they have competitive spirit in a training match?
Lu Yang curled his lips: "That's right, they will definitely show their signs like before."
555: "Then abuse the spring and dance in front of it."
Real also said: "The typing on the public screen is weird."
"Grass!"
Lu Yang was shocked: "You have also been ridiculed."
555 said: "Of course, who can escape a training match with RCG?"
Li Nanxuan: "Yes... our mid laner has been ridiculed before, and he is from DCK."
“Oh my god.”
Lu Yang sighed: "I thought it was just us, but I didn't expect that our DPL team would also be persecuted by it."
"yes."
Li Nanxuan continued: "But our two Carries are both from DCK. We have learned a lot of DCK's playing methods from them during this period. When the time comes, we will bring them in to play a training match ourselves."
Lu Yang nodded: "What you said makes sense."
As if they had found a common ground, these people chattered and complained about DCK.
Lin Minchuan whispered something to Yan Shusheng, and the latter's eyes fell on Gu Yuan.
On the contrary, Su Zheye, who had the most objections to DCK, remained silent the entire time, as if he were an invisible person in this training room.
"That's it, then."
Yan Shusheng suddenly raised his voice: "Just as Gu Yuan said, I will reject them. Does anyone else have any objections?"
Lu Yang and 555 shook their heads like rattles.
"Be tough."
Sui Ran said: "It's better to scold them."
Jiang Yiwen: "I agree. I guess we can't scold them, but we need to be tough."
Lin Minchuan smiled: "Okay. You guys play ranked first, and when the others come, we'll have our own training matches in the afternoon and evening."
"Hit it."
Lu Yang pulled Jiang Yiwen's arm and said, "Doing duo queue? Let's practice hard. I want to kill that AD of RCG."
Jiang Yiwen: "Okay."
Gu Yuan also looked at Su Zheye at this time. The latter had come back to his senses from his previous distraction and was logging into the DTW client.
"fold……"
"Brother Su, are you in a duo?"
As soon as Gu Yuan spoke, 555's voice overwhelmed him, and at the same time, he slid over on his gaming chair and grabbed Su Zheye's arm: "Double row? Double row?"
Su Zheye turned around.
When he saw Gu Yuan's hesitant expression, he slightly curved the corners of his lips, then turned his head to 555 and said, "We have an appointment. I'll definitely meet you next time."
555 was stunned, and then watched Su Zheye send a team invitation to Gu Yuan.
“Hmm.”
He said, "I won't break up the Nakano couple."
Then he slid back on the gaming chair and went back to play with Pipi.
In the past, the term "young couple" would be very useful to Gu Yuan, but today his mind was not on it at all.
Although Su Zheye curved his lips towards him just now, that smile lacked any emotion... It was as if he was an exquisite and beautiful but lifeless doll.
This made Gu Yuan's heart ache for a moment.
But with so many people here, he couldn't hold his little fox in his arms.
Gu Yuan sighed slightly, stared at the screen and thought for a moment, then took out a lollipop from his pocket.
He peeled it open and handed it to Su Zheye's lips.
Su Zheye seemed to be still immersed in his own thoughts, and it took him a few seconds to come back to his senses.
He saw Gu Yuan's wrist in his peripheral vision and opened his mouth subconsciously.
"I want a lollipop, too!"
Lu Yang popped up from nowhere and said, "Commander Gu, where did you get so many lollipops? You are being partial to one and not the other!"
Su Zheye bit the candy stick and raised his eyes when he heard the voice: "I won't give it to you."
Lu Yang: “…嘤.”
555 and Gao also looked over, and Lu Yang took the opportunity to say: "Look at my position in the team every day!"
555 said seriously: "Is this the best position for eating sugar?"
Lu Yang: “…”
CP fans are so scary, go away.
Su Zheye smiled again, and his tongue tasted a hint of sweetness from the candy.
At this moment, there was finally some life in his eyes.
Gu Yuan felt relieved.
-
Because everyone got up early, they all went to catch up on their sleep after lunch.
Gu Yuan took Su Zheye's bowl and chopsticks and asked, "Zheye, do you want to go to bed for a while?"
Su Zheye shook his head: "Not sleepy."
"good."
Gu Yuan said: "Then I will accompany you."
The two walked in the yard for a while, and Su Zheye said he wanted to go back to play ranked games.
Although he was not sleepy, he quickly ordered an iced Americano.
Then he leaned over and said, "Would you like some coffee, Chief Gu?"
Gu Yuan: “No.”
"How about you make me some tea, sir?"
Su Zheye suddenly turned his head and said: "I often feel uncomfortable in my stomach after drinking coffee. Tea also contains caffeine, and the effect is the same."
"good."
Gu Yuan stood up and said, "If you want to drink something in the future, just tell me. Don't drink coffee anymore."
Su Zheye nodded obediently.
The two of them queued together for the entire afternoon and evening, and it was almost twelve o'clock before they went upstairs.
Although Su Zheye's condition in the afternoon was much better than in the morning, Gu Yuan still felt that his mood was not that good.
After changing into pajamas, Su Zheye suddenly raised his eyes and stared at Gu Yuan.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Yuan asked.
"I want to smoke a cigarette."
Su Zheye stood up, raised his hands and put his arms around Gu Yuan's neck, and said in a coquettish tone: "Husband, please."
But to his surprise, Gu Yuan quickly agreed: "Yes."
Su Zheye curved his eyes: "Why are you so easy to talk to today?"
"Because you're in a bad mood."
Gu Yuan said: "I don't want to see you in a bad mood."
Su Zheye was startled: "Is it so obvious?"
Gu Yuan: “Yeah.”
Su Zheye shrugged: "Okay then."
He stood on tiptoe, kissed Gu Yuan on the lips, took the cigarette box from the latter, and walked into the balcony.
Gu Yuan did not leave, but looked at Su Zheye quietly through a layer of glass.
His eyes were as dark as the dark night, but he could not hide his worry inside. Every time Su Zheye was looked at seriously by him, he had a feeling... that he was being cared for and valued.
Su Zheye really wanted Gu Yuan to come and accompany him, but he knew that Gu Yuan didn't like the smell of cigarettes, so he didn't invite him.
It's the end of May, but the nights are still a bit chilly.
Su Zheye stood by the railing wearing a thin white shirt, his eyes cast towards the lights of thousands of homes in the distance.
He held a cigarette in his mouth but never lit it. There was only a very faint smell of tobacco between his lips and teeth.
Suddenly, there was a sound of a door opening behind him. Su Zheye turned around and saw Gu Yuan coming in with a coat.
"It's a bit cold."
Gu Yuan put his coat on Su Zheye's shoulders, put his arm around Su Zheye's chest, and fastened the first button.
"Why don't you smoke anymore?"
Gu Yuan's eyes fell on the cigarette between Su Zheye's lips.
Su Zheye glanced sideways, his voice a little unclear: "Waiting for Chief Gu to give me some."
Gu Yuan smiled and said, "Okay."
He took the lighter from Su Zheye, protected the front end with one hand, and lit it with the other.
Then he handed it to the cigarette butt.
Su Zheye took a sip, his voice still a little sticky: "Thank you, Chief Gu."
Gu Yuan: “No need.”
Smoke curled out, and the strong smell of tobacco filled the air.
Su Zheye had been waiting for Gu Yuan to return to the room, but Gu Yuan just stood quietly beside him.
"Um?"
Su Zheye turned his head and asked: "Why do you smell cigarettes here?"
"No."
Gu Yuan said: "I want to accompany the little fox."
Su Zheye said "Oh".
The air was quiet for a moment, and Gu Yuan spoke again: "Zhe Ye, can you tell me about it?"
Su Zheye was stunned.
But soon, he realized what Gu Yuan wanted to ask.
"I……"
Su Zheye shook off the cigarette ash and thought about where to start: "The first time I played this game was in Season 2."
"It was during that time that something happened at home. Whenever my mother saw me, she would scold and beat me. Once, she almost strangled me to death. Jiang Shuyu discovered it during her routine visit to check on my mother. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to see me now."
"My mother's condition worsened, and Jiang Shuyu felt that this was not going to work, so he took me to his home."
"I told you that my mother was very kind to me before, but her personality changed drastically after that incident. I was still young at that time, and it was hard for me to accept such a big change in her attitude towards me. Jiang Shuyu probably saw that I had suicidal thoughts, so she found many ways to divert my attention."
"Later, I fell into the trap of DTW."
"Jiang Shuyu was very busy with work, and I didn't have parents to take care of me, so I spent all my free time after school playing games and watching competitions. At that time, I really liked XY - this is why I chose to join XY later - it was already my belief and the only light in my life, but at the S2 World Finals, you know, the 'network cable unplugging' incident."*
In 2019, at the S2 World Finals, XY was hailed as the Galaxy Fleet of the entire DTW. Everyone was optimistic about their victory, and XY did not disappoint expectations. They gained a huge advantage in three lines during the first game, and they were also a strong lineup in the late game.
It was originally a sure win situation, but at this moment, the Internet suddenly went offline.
This is South Korea's home court. Due to network fluctuations, the game was delayed for a full 7 hours. During these 7 hours, the GLC team from South Korea had food, drinks, rest and sleep at home, but XY had no rest, not even food, and the water he drank was given by fans at the scene.
In order to stay in the game state at all times, XY was highly focused and tense, and endured for 7 hours, but the result was that the official chose to replay the game and re-ban/pick.
——In this game, XY’s strategy was centered around the mid laner Snow Girl, but when they were re-pick, the GCL team from South Korea came up and directly banned their Snow Girl.
Not only that, throughout the BO5, whenever XY gained an advantage, the on-site network would inexplicably have problems, giving GCL a chance to breathe and adjust.
The final lasted nearly 10 hours. The exhausted XY had no choice but to replay the game again and again. He fought for 5 games, but finally lost to South Korea's GCL under multiple physical and psychological pressures.
That was the closest XY, or Chinese e-sports, ever came to the world championship, but it was ruined by the shameless "network unplugging" in a foreign country. XY never recovered after that, and even the entire DPL region could no longer compete with DCK. The long night was far from seeing the light of day.
This is an eternal pain in the hearts of countless e-sports fans. Even Gu Yuan, who came into contact with DTW later than the S2 season, would feel aggrieved every time he heard about this incident, not to mention Su Zheye, who regarded XY and Chinese e-sports as the only light in his life and waited for XY for a full 10 hours. He witnessed the hero being killed by a villain with his own eyes, and he would never be able to let it go in his life.
...or more than one lifetime.
No wonder he hates DCK to the extreme.
"Later, Jiang Shuyu said to me, you have reached the King level in the first zone solo queue, why don't you go pro?"
"This is a path I had never thought of, but when he said this, it was like a flash of light, pointing me in the direction of the future."
"Then I went to XY. But unfortunately, I still couldn't get the Summoner's Cup back for DPL."
"So... you can also understand my dislike for DCK as impotent rage."
After finishing one cigarette, Su Zheye quickly took out the second one.
Gu Yuan naturally lit it for him, looked at the boy who was lost in his memories for a moment, and said softly: "Zhe Ye."
"I'm fine."
Su Zheye turned his head and smiled at him: "It's just that DCK's disgusting behavior today reminded me of S2. Anyway, I have always hated them, so it doesn't affect anything."
Gu Yuan did not comment, but changed the subject: "Zhe Ye, I saw a passage on the Internet."
Su Zheye: “Hmm?”
Gu Yuan spoke very slowly because the speech was quite long and he needed to think while speaking.
But his voice was very nice, flowing in the night wind, as if he was telling a story: "If you like an idol, you can cheer for him, help him get first place, support the products he endorses, go to his concerts and listen to his songs. But if you like an e-sports player, he can't win the championship, you can only hear the insults coming from all directions, watch him sitting on the console after the game, covering his face with tears, and watch him leave sadly with the keyboard in his arms. You can't do anything, you have no way at all."
"But you are different, Zhe Ye."
Gu Yuan turned his gaze back from the thick night sky, and there was a faint smile in his eyes: "You joined XY and saved the collapsing building. Even if you left XY, you saved them from such a long period of decline. And now, you have rejoined the national team and have the strength to compete with the Korean division."
"You will fulfill the wishes of your predecessors, especially since this Olympics is a national honor."
"Zhe Ye, I believe in you, and I will always be with you."
Su Zheye was slightly stunned.
He looked at Gu Yuan quietly, and suddenly found that the latter's ink-black eyes seemed to have magic, miraculously convincing.
The two looked at each other for a long time. Just as Su Zheye was about to say something, a shout suddenly came from downstairs: "Brother Su! Brother Su, you smoked without me!!"
He came back to his senses and looked out the window. 555 and Gao were waving at him.
"Commander Gu, you lied to me too!"
555 continued: "You are the one smoking with Brother Su, don't you want me to smoke with Brother Su?"
Gu Yuan: “…”
Su Zheye smiled, raised his cigarette box towards them, and motioned them to come up and smoke together.
“Yeah!”
555 shouted: "I'm coming!"
"You guys smoke it."
Gu Yuan handed the lighter to Su Zheye: "I'll go get you a glass of honey water."
"Okay."
Su Zheye gave him a gesture of acceptance: "Take another one, there's not much left."
Gu Yuan: “Yeah.”
Just before he walked out the door, he suddenly heard Su Zheye say behind him: "Gu Yuan, thank you."
Gu Yuan paused and turned back: "What's this?"
"No."
Su Zheye curved his eyes and said, "I want to say thank you for loving me."
Gu Yuan turned back and kissed Su Zheye on the lips: "It's my honor."
-
555 and Gao ran up the stairs and when they arrived at Su Zheye's door, they happened to meet Gu Yuan walking out.
"Hello, Commander Gu."
555 asked: "Don't you like the smell of cigarettes?"
Gu Yuan said: "No, I'll go pour some honey water for Zhe Ye."
"oh."
555 said: "Then shall we go in?"
Gu Yuan: “Yeah.”
After getting permission, 555 and Gao ran in.
Su Zheye was waiting on the balcony. When he saw them come in, he handed them the cigarette box.
555 took it, but did not light it immediately. Instead, he asked, "Brother Su, are you in a bad mood today?"
"Is it that obvious?"
Su Zheye laughed: "I thought only Gu Yuan could see it, but I didn't expect you guys could see it too."
555 touched his nose and said, "Yeah, you're usually very... how should I put it, very approachable, but today you seem cold."
"Um."
Su Zheye said: "It was because of those bastards. Now I am fine."
"That's fine."
555 waved his fist: "Brother Su, don't be angry. We will beat them in the Olympics!!"
Su Zheye smiled and said, "Okay."
The three chatted for a while, and when 555 wanted to offer Su Zheye a second cigarette, the latter refused: "It's a rare exception today. If you smoke more, Chief Gu will be angry."
555 was stunned for a moment, and then realized what Su Zheye meant: "No wonder you want to quit smoking, are you being controlled by Chief Gu?"
Su Zheye: “Yes.”
"puff."
Gao couldn't help laughing: "I suddenly thought of a phrase, 'everything can defeat something else.'"
"really."
Su Zheye agreed: "He was taken in by Chief Gu."
He continued, "I'm going to wash my hands first. They smell like cigarettes. If you guys are still smoking, I'll come and chat with you after I wash them."
"Okay."
Gao said: "Brother Su, go ahead and don't worry about us."
Su Zheye responded and walked out to the balcony.
There were only a few cigarettes left in his cigarette box. These were bought for him by Gu Yuan and had always been kept by Gu Yuan.
After 555 and Gao took out the last two, they looked around for a trash can.
There was none on the balcony, but 555 quickly caught a glimpse of one next to the bed, not far from here.
Since the cigarette wasn't lit yet, he walked into the room with the cigarette in his mouth and threw the cigarette box over from a distance.
Three-point shot, missed.
Oh shit.
555 muttered to himself in his heart, and could only pick it up, then walked to the trash can and threw the cigarette box in obediently.
Sudden.
His face paused.
In the trash can, the half-exposed packaging bag had the words... 001 written on it? ?
——Why are there used condoms in Brother Su and Chief Gu’s room? ? ! !
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