Chapter 120
If they won every day, Ling Yin would have no problem saying that. DL had been facing overwhelming resentment recently, and his words successfully attracted all the firepower directed at DL.
A great captain! Not only did he take the responsibility of helping the losers win the game, he also absorbed all the criticism from the players and the coach.
Qu Xing was so anxious that he wanted to strip Ling Yin naked, hang him up in the bathroom and beat him.
Of course I couldn’t bear to do that.
Instead, he hugged Ling Yin and sighed in pain for a long time. Even though Ling Yin was fine and didn't care about the attacks at all, Qu Xing still kept coaxing and kissing him and rewarding him.
Jiang Lin went home to recuperate for a few days, and his sleep problems finally healed. After returning, he persevered through his training and played the final few matches, enduring the scolding. DL had finally managed to avoid embarrassment and secure a spot in the World Championship.
In fact, during a break in the summer season, Ling Yin's birthday happened one day in the scorching summer heat. However, Ling Yin didn't usually like to have a large group of people gather around to celebrate his birthday, and everyone was so busy at the time that few people even realized it was July 24th.
However, that day, a mysterious handmade silver ornament appeared on Ling Yin's bedside table. According to his wife, Xingxing, it was a trophy he had meticulously designed just for Ling Yin. No one knew where he had found the time to do this so secretly.
One day before the World Championship, Vki, the AD who had won the championship with Ling Yin and the others, suddenly came to the base.
Qu Xing was stroking the mouse to rank, and had just quit a game and was about to start the next one when he vaguely felt movement behind him. It didn't just pass by and disappear, but there was a shadow looming behind him.
He unconsciously turned around to see what was blocking his light, but ended up seeing a strange face.
"Ah!!!" Qu Xing quickly put down the mouse and pounced over to grab Ling Yin.
Then I realized it was a person.
Vki: “…”
He stood up, looked into Qu Xing's blank eyes, and said, "I just wanted to watch you play games, Dazzling."
After Qu Xing recovered, he realized it was Vki. He had just debuted when he retired, but they must have had a brief encounter.
Qu Xing let go of his hand, turned around and squeezed Ling Yin to face him: "Brother Vk."
Ling Yin was squeezed so hard that he almost lost his ability. He thought to himself that his Xingxing was treating him like a ghost. Normally, he wasn't so shy.
"VK!" Jiang Lin saw his old AD and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
VKi said with a smile: "I came here to get close to the world champions in advance."
As he spoke, he placed his hands on Jiang Lin's head and rubbed it vigorously in circles.
Jiang Lin had been pretending to be the big brother in the team for so long, but his pretense was no match. The real big brother showed up even more. She didn't resist being rubbed like this, like a dog finally getting its master's rubbing, shaking her head in response, obedient and silly, her eyes narrowed in pleasure.
This bottom lane combination was once a well-known pair - anyway, these fans love to pair them up everywhere, but the DL double C pair is particularly popular.
Le Anyi was about to rush over to say hello, but for some reason his body froze for a moment. He actually felt like he was being tactless and disturbing the young couple. Then he realized that it was all the fault of the real couple next to him. They had made him habitually take their couple seriously, and even their VK brother was married.
"What world champion?" Le Anyi rushed forward with a punch. "Don't talk nonsense when we haven't fought yet."
Vki: "Why not?"
Vki glanced at Qu Xing, who was still clinging to Ling Yin and looking at him. He listened to their conversation seriously, waiting for him to say the next sentence "Why not?"
He suddenly laughed and couldn't help but said, "Oh, I've rarely seen you in person before. Why do you look like this, this... this is too——"
Although he hadn't finished speaking, he couldn't help but smile. Everyone thought: Great, another one has been charmed!
Vki couldn't find the words to describe it so she wanted to touch him, and since he looked like he could be touched, she reached out and wanted to rub him.
Qu Xing hadn't moved yet. Ling Yin had just finished the game and put down the mouse. Before he could reach over, he hugged Qu Xing's head and tucked it into his arms, glancing at him with a slight smile.
Vki: “…”
He retracted his hand that was suspended in mid-air and said with some dissatisfaction: "How come you are already twenty and still as domineering as if you were eighteen?"
Le Anyi corrected him: "He's already 21!"
Vki sighed and waved his hand: "21 is a kid now."
Jiang Lin glanced at the stars that he monopolized and complained, "He's just domineering."
Le Anyi echoed: "That's right, he always wants to keep all the good things to himself, and won't let others touch them."
Jiang Lin was talking nonsense. "Stars are public property, don't you know? Usually, cute things of this level would be confiscated. How can you monopolize them privately? You're so immoral!"
Ling Yin: “…”
His grip tightened, and Qu Xing almost couldn't breathe. He pushed him away, trying to free himself. He looked up with a smile, wanting to see Ling Yin's expression. In a split second, he was pushed back down.
Ling Yin gritted her teeth and said, "Why would my boyfriend let others touch him?"
Vki was struck by lightning: "You male..."
"What's wrong with touching it?" Le Anyi shouted, "It's not like we haven't washed our hands! You're just petty."
Vki: “You…”
Jiang Lin put his hands on his hips and said, "Celebrities allow their fans to kiss them! Why can't you even let them touch me?"
Qu Xing had just freed himself when he froze upon hearing this.
Ling Yin suddenly turned his gaze back to Qu Xing's face, but before he could say anything, Qu Xing covered his eyes and mouth with one hand each.
Vki finally had a chance to speak and asked in shock, "Your boyfriend?? Are you two a couple??"
Qu Xing was so frightened by Jiang Lin's words that his mind was spinning and he didn't hear anything. Ling Yin's face was covered with his hands, making him unable to answer. Only Le Anyi looked at him and said matter-of-factly, "Yeah! They both acted like that online."
Vki: "I thought it was just...playing." Talking and teasing...
Le Anyi looked at him speechlessly and said, "Brother, do you think Ling Yin is a playful person?"
Vki stared blankly at the quiet and lonely Xiaoyin in his memory. She pulled the hand away from her face, clasped her fingers together naturally, and looked at him.
“Oh,” Vki said, “No.”
But he still thought that Ling Yin had finally found someone to play with.
Strictly speaking, I did find it...
As soon as Zhou Si entered the room, he saw an illegal intruder and greeted him, "Hey, why is our eldest child here suddenly?"
Vki laughed and said, "Just said, get close to the world champions in advance."
"Why are you trying to get close? We're already this close." Zhou Si looked around and pointed at Qu Xing and said, "Isn't this just a need."
After a pause, Zhou Si added: "There's no need to use a trick on this. Silly kids are very easy to fool. If you say a few words to them, they'll treat you as a family member."
Vki: "Your captain won't let me."
"Oh." Zhou Si said, "Then there's nothing we can do."
Le Anyi shouted, "I told you not to take out a loan! Stop it now, don't tell anyone about it, or you'll be embarrassed."
Qu Xing was still whispering in Ling Yin's ear: "I was so wrong, brother."
Ling Yin looked at him: "Yeah."
Qu Xing: "I promise I won't say it again."
Ling Yin still looked at him: "Hmm~"
“…” Qu Xing felt that he didn’t believe it.
Qu Xing: "The World Championship is coming soon, you can't bully me."
Ling Yin: "When did I bully you?"
Qu Xing almost jumped up: "You..."
"No bullying, no bullying." Ling Yin quickly rubbed his back: "I won't bully you in the World Championship."
Qu Xing: "Hmph."
"Burning Star?" Le Anyi yelled, "What a ridiculous name! Which star is burning? My star?"
Qu Xing turned around and asked confusedly, "What Burning Star?"
Le Anyi: "Look, you're too busy dating to pay attention to class. This year's World Championship theme."
Vki said: "That's why I said I came to get close to the world champion. Netizens are predicting the DL champion."
Le Anyi: “Bullshit.”
Qu Xing came over: "Can I take a look?"
Le Anyi quickly slammed the phone shut, preventing him from reading the vitriol. Predicting DL champions, because they underperformed in the summer season, now they're all mocking them, each one more ruthless than the last.
Qu Xing went to search himself.
This year's theme is actually called: AsStarsBurn, which literally means when the stars burn. Perhaps because the season theme seeks simplicity, the two words "burning stars" are used.
The "Xing" here is of course not the "Xing" in Qu Xing. There are many stars in the world. Qu Xing's name in the e-sports world is Daisy. I don't know why the word "Xing" just can't be as deeply rooted in people's hearts as Daisy.
And it's not actually about this year. Every year's Worlds theme tells the story of the previous year. It's just that each time it magically fits more closely with the stories that haven't happened yet. So every time a theme is released before Worlds, some people use it to seriously predict the world champion.
Qu Xing took a look at the content of the cartoon and felt that it was about how many teams tried their best but still lost to EKN last year. There were many star players, but most of them perished in the flames, and only the five people from EKN remained standing.
I don’t know what story I’ll tell this year.
"But I just have a strong feeling." Vki looked at Qu Xing and smiled, "It would be unjust if you didn't win the championship."
Qu Xing seemed to sense something and turned around, meeting Vki's meaningful gaze. There was some mutual admiration between ADs, but Qu Xing also saw more complex emotions, like regret, reluctance, and even blessings.
Qu Xing smiled at him and raised his hand very naturally.
Vki felt the weight on his head: "..."
Okay, being touched counts too.
Ling Yin looked away expressionlessly.
I can't watch it at all.
"Come on." Vki took the opportunity to pat Qu Xing. "When are you going to Los Angeles?"
"Five or six days left." Zhou Si said, "Soon."
Vki: "I'll only go to the finals."
Zhou Si: "Of course, I have confidence in them."
Vki looked at Qu Xing: "How's your hand?"
Qu Xing raised his right hand and moved it: "It's done."
Vki saw a light scar running horizontally across the hand. It was very conspicuous and almost scary when you looked closely. It ran through the entire back of the hand.
Vki: "Can't the scar be removed?"
Qu Xing: "It can't be removed, it can only be diluted."
Vki also raised his right hand. There was a scar from the thumb to the wrist and at the end of each middle finger. When he raised it, it was surprisingly unstable, with a slight tremor at the fingertips.
The two ADs, one is already thirty years old and the other is only nineteen years old, their two damaged hands facing each other, displaying their respective pains.
But Qu Xing is only nineteen years old. Among so many professional players, none of them has scars on his hands at the age of nineteen.
Vki clenched his fist and gently touched it with Qu Xing.
"Hit it to eighty." Vki said.
Qu Xing laughed: "It's a bit long."
Vki: “Reach the finals.”
Qu Xing raised his head, his eyes curved: "Let's fight to the end."
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The author has something to say: Vki is pronounced VK.
I remembered that I had forgotten to mention that EKN is pronounced E-ken.
W8 is pronounced as W-eight
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