Chapter 26
Wen Zi said earnestly, "So if you like it, you must go for it. Even if you can't succeed, at least don't leave yourself with regrets."
Qu Xing's expression was conflicted. "What if I sleep with him and he annoys me? It makes me sad just thinking about it. If he gets angry and tells the Fourth Master: 'I can't have this girl. I won't renew my contract next year,' then I won't even have anywhere to cry."
Wen Zi: "...That shouldn't be the case. Is Fengshen such a person?"
Qu Xing thought for a moment and said, "No."
Qu Xing: "That won't work either. My relationship with Fengshen is already very good. I can't accept even the slightest bit of annoyance from him."
Wen Zi was silent for a while: "That's difficult... Otherwise, you can find a chance to test whether he can accept boys."
Qu Xing: "How do I test him? Pretend to accidentally kiss him and see his reaction?"
Wen Zi was excited: "You can find a chance to get a little drunk and pretend to be black out after the kiss."
Qu Xing recalled some memories: "But I really do have blackouts."
"Have you ever been drunk?"
Qu Xing: "I even climbed into the bed of the Wind God."
“…”
Wen Zi: "He...didn't kick you out?"
Qu Xing looked regretful and said, "I don't know what I did, but I ended up sleeping with him."
Wen Zi: “…”
Wen Zi suddenly remembered something—she seemed to have seen Fengshen's phone screensaver when she was playing with the team. She was a little surprised and asked, "Do you like Dazzling?"
Before Fengshen could answer, Le Anyi shouted, "It's known to the whole world that he likes Dazzling. He wants to turn the entire base into a Dazzling pain building."
At the time, her teammates answered so naturally that she didn't think much of it, thinking it was just ordinary fans' love for their idol. Now thinking about it, it seems that it is not so innocent?
How could such a picky and mysophobic person allow his teammates to sleep in his bed???
Or sleeping in the same bed?
Qu Xing looked at Wen Zi, whose eyes kept glancing at him, and his smile became increasingly mysterious.
Qu Xing: "What? I didn't want to do anything to him, I just wanted to sleep with him."
Wen Zi wanted to ask if Fengshen might also harbor ill intentions towards her, but after thinking about it, she felt that wasn't very accurate. After all, there's a difference between being able to accept sleeping with an idol and actually "sleeping" with them.
Besides, she was a little reluctant to tell him.
Wen Zi decided to apply to join the team in two days using the competition as an excuse so that she could follow up on the progress of the two people in real time and make it easier for her to pair them up.
Wen Zi: "It's okay, then go back and think of a solution yourself."
Ling Yin slept until now. When he went downstairs, he saw Qu Xing talking to the team psychologist with a smile. It felt like they had already finished a long conversation in the room, and as if they were still not satisfied, they continued chatting at the door.
He stood there and watched for a while. It didn't feel like a normal psychological consultation - these two people were laughing too happily.
"We haven't added each other on WeChat yet, right?" Wen Zi took out her phone: "You can find me if you want to talk to me later."
Qu Xing knew she was talking about his "psychological problems," so she laughed and didn't respond. But she still added him on WeChat.
"I'm leaving." Wen Zi shook her phone: "Bye."
Qu Xing: "Bye."
Ling Yin stood not far away waiting for him to come over.
"Just woke up?" Qu Xing lowered his head and fiddled with his phone: "Why did you sleep so long today?"
Ling Yin didn't answer, pretending to ask casually: "How was the chat?"
"Very good." Qu Xing put away his phone and pushed him towards the stairs: "Hurry up and have breakfast. You have nothing to eat if you get up so late."
Ling Yin: "Pretty good?"
Qu Xing smiled and said, "Well, don't worry, I'm really not sick."
Although Ling Yin didn't want to ask this, he nodded anyway: "Why did you feel uncomfortable for so long?"
Qu Xing glanced at him, knowing he had been wanting to ask for a long time, so he said, "Grandma was seriously ill, so I took her to my biological father's house to recuperate. It turned out that my biological father was a psychopath, and he tortured me terribly. Not two months after Grandma passed away, I was locked up by that psychopath for another month... That was the month I didn't reply to your message."
Qu Xing spoke succinctly, clearly too lazy to elaborate. Ling Yin nodded, feeling that these few words contained a great deal of information.
In other words, his sudden suspension half a year ago was most likely due to this, and the online rumors about his father's true identity may also be true. Moreover, he himself did not even know his biological father before and was even illegally detained by his biological father.
He could imagine Qu Xing's seriousness, but he couldn't imagine the "suppression" he felt. Whether happy or calm, he always seemed to be like this—impeccable. It made you feel like he had already adjusted to everything and didn't need anyone's comfort.
Ling Yin had no choice but to stay quiet and not ask anything.
Qu Xing went to get him a bunch of food and sat down at the dining table. Ling Yin couldn't help but ask, "Did you just say the same thing to Sister Wen?"
"I didn't tell her." Qu Xing brought the soy milk to his mouth: "We were talking about other things... Tsk!"
Ling Yin took the cup and looked at him.
Qu Xing thought Ling Yin was still worried: "I told you that I'm mentally healthy, and those two fainting spells were just accidents."
Seeing Ling Yin's eyebrows raised for a moment, as if he was not very satisfied, Qu Xing emphasized again: "Really."
"Okay, I didn't say you're unhealthy." Ling Yin subconsciously took a bite of the small fried dough stick that was brought to his mouth. After reacting, he took it with his hand: "What are you doing?"
Qu Xing stared at him: "I'm worried you'll be hungry."
Ling Yin raised his eyebrows: "You feed me faster than I eat on my own?"
"Oh." Qu Xing rubbed his back, "I'm just worried about you."
Ling Yin was puzzled: "What are you worried about?"
Qu Xing looked into his eyes carefully and said, "I've never seen you get up so late before."
“…” Ling Yin blinked.
"Didn't you sleep well recently?" Qu Xing still looked at him.
Ling Yin's attention shifted elsewhere—he had never seen Qu Xing look like this before. His eyes were naturally bright, his lashes curled upward, and he always smiled when he spoke, which made his eyes look particularly beautiful when they curved. But now, the curve at the corner of his eye disappeared, and the light that had been concentrated at a single point in his pupil spread out from it, like a soft, watery layer of light.
He smiled and raised his hand to touch the corner of Qu Xing's eyes.
Qu Xing was stunned.
Suddenly, the banana song in Qu Xing's pocket started chirping. He pulled out his phone and instinctively tapped the call. Zhao Hui's voice rang out from the receiver: "Where are you, young couple? Are you still asleep?"
"Uh..." Qu Xing looked at Ling Yin: "...awake."
Song Tianhua scolded, "Wake up and come train. You two are the only ones missing!"
Qu Xing: "Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Qu Xing still sat there: "It's okay, it's late anyway, just take your time eating."
Ling Yin could remind him that you don't have to be here with him, but he doesn't want to.
It was ten minutes later when the two of them went upstairs. Qu Xing faced Zhao Hui's indescribable expression and said, "We were just having breakfast."
"Whatever you want." Zhao Hui bent over his computer. "Okay, everyone, come take a look. The new patch is out, and there are some pretty big changes. The most significant one is the lane swap. There's a detection mechanism that's been increased from 1 minute 35 seconds to 3 minutes. If two non-jungle heroes are detected in the top or mid lane, or in the surrounding areas at the same time, a penalty and reward mechanism will be triggered."
Lane swapping was a frequent topic of criticism last season. Due to the asymmetry of side lane resources and various operational needs, top and bottom lanes often swapped lanes, allowing the weaker side to avoid early-game pressure. However, this significantly reduced the enjoyment of the game.
"What's the punishment?" Qu Xing moved closer.
Zhao Hui: "The lane-switch hero gains 50% less gold and experience from minions."
The turret on the side being swapped receives 95% damage reduction, deals 1000% damage to minions, and also deals 1000% damage to top lane heroes. The defending hero receives 50% less damage under the turret, and the gold and experience points gained from killing turrets and minions on the defending team are directly given to the nearest allied hero.
Song Tianhua concluded, "It's like switching is useless. You'll do virtually no damage to others, and you'll be killed instantly by the tower, and you'll lose experience."
Le Anyi couldn't help but say, "It's obvious that they won't let you change."
"Won't we change again after three minutes?" Jiang Lin said, "The Broodworms only spawn every five minutes. After B returns, he will head straight to the top lane."
"Yeah." Zhao Hui nodded. "We think so too. If the Broodling is in the upper half, we'll definitely have to switch. But at least we can be on the same lane for the first three minutes, which is good for Dazzling."
Zhao Hui moved the mouse again, and saw two walls appear in the river, with a red monster in the middle.
"An epic monster. This one's quite interesting," Zhao Hui said. "It's called Ertahan. It spawns at 20 minutes. Its spawn location and appearance are determined by kills in the first 14 minutes of the game."
"How do you say that?"
"The location is determined by which side dealt more hero damage and kills in the first 14 minutes, or in other words, the bloodiness level. If the top lane is bloodier, it will spawn in the top river, and vice versa in the bottom lane. If the kill count exceeds 15, Ertahan will be spawned and destroyed. After defeating him, all epic monster rewards for the rest of the game will be increased by 25%, and 6 'Blood Petals' will be immediately obtained. 6 large blood roses and 6 small blood roses will spawn around Ertahan's lair."
"After a blood rose is shot down, it will drop blood petals. The big one will drop 3 petals, and the small one will drop 1 petal. The blood petals can increase the experience points of the entire team and provide adaptive power."
"If your kill count is less than 15, the designers want to make you even more bloody. They spawn the Bloodthirsty Ertahan. After killing him, you'll receive 40 gold for each enemy hero killed for the rest of the game. The most perverse thing is that you can't die for the next 150 seconds. If you die during this period, you'll be teleported back to base, and your kills won't count, and you won't lose any stacks. However, the person who killed you will receive 100 gold, and the team will receive a blood petal."
"There are other heroes that have been weakened or strengthened. You can go and see for yourselves. Le Anyi should practice Gwen, and Viktor. I don't think I've seen Ling Yin use him." After a pause, Zhao Hui said, "But I believe in your hero pool."
"There's another hero I don't think is that important, but I still want to mention it." Zhao Hui glanced at Qu Xing. "Ze Li got nerfed pretty badly this patch. She might not even be banned anymore."
Qu Xing smiled and nodded: "Does that mean I can take it?"
"Although going against the meta is a very dangerous thing," Zhao Hui stroked his chin. "But I think it might be possible if you were in my situation. You should give it a try if you have a chance. If you can actually win by taking it, and then waste a ban slot for nothing, that would be a huge win."
Qu Xing responded with a smile.
Life was pretty simple after that. Two Bo2 scrimmages a day, and other than that, strategy discussions and rank practice.
Le Anyi no longer says that Qu Xing is the cutest and best-mannered little AD in the world, but the cutest and best-mannered devil AD in the world.
"I really, my little heart can't take it anymore."
After reviewing a training match, Le Anyi hugged Jiang Lin's small body and said, "So you've been living this kind of life before. Playing against him was so damn scary. Seriously, I almost felt sorry for him."
Jiang Lin: "Just get used to it."
He was also scared at first. Playing against Qu Xing was like standing on the edge of a cliff. If he played well, he could smash his opponent to pieces, but if he played badly, he might fall off. Although Qu Xing never let them fall off.
After a pause, Le Anyi looked at Ling Yin, who was still discussing tactics naturally with Qu Xing. Recalling how Ling Yin had executed Qu Xing's signal without hesitation, his eyes revealed sincere admiration: "The Wind God is different."
Although Ling Yin was still in overall command, Qu Xing often made inexplicable decisions at certain times, and everyone initially thought he was talking nonsense. Only Ling Yin, only Ling Yin! It was hard to tell whether he truly understood or simply trusted him blindly.
Jiang Lin said calmly, "Because of love."
Le Anyi sang: "Because of love~"
Jiang Lin: "Never get sad easily~~"
"What are you singing about!" Song Tianhua dunked on everyone, "Did you hear what I said?! Jiang Lin, what does that look from Xiaolongkeng mean? Huh?"
Jiang Lin: "What do you know? I was just trying to prevent him from flanking me."
"The little dragon will respawn in one minute and two seconds. Where are you going to put a free trinket ward?"
Jiang Lin paused: "Oh..."
"Oh shit!" Song Tianhua slapped him on the head with a notebook.
It didn't hurt, just a little shy. Jiang Lin was about to apologize when he saw a piece of paper fluttering down from above. He helped pick it up and asked, "Brother Song, is this... your apology?"
Jiang Lin ignored Song Tianhua's awkward outstretched hand and quickly took the paper back in front of him.
Zhao Hui was very surprised: "You haven't given it out yet?"
Song Tianhua coughed, snatched the paper back, crumpled it up and threw it into the trash can: "What? For whom? I'm practicing calligraphy."
Jiang Lin nodded: "Your handwriting is so ugly, you need to practice."
Zhao Hui made a "tsk" sound and, determined to embarrass Song Tianhua, reached out and took out the piece of paper.
Qu Xing saw Ling Yin walking away from Zhao Hui with a calm expression and couldn't help but smile: "It's okay, I'll help you wash the coach's hands later."
"There's nothing in that trash can." Zhao Hui looked at the three words on the paper in disappointment. "You spent over a month writing just these three words?"
"What happened to Brother Song?" Qu Xing came forward curiously.
"I wrote it for you." Zhao Hui said.
"Hey!!!" Song Tianhua said anxiously.
"On the day you first arrived at our base, he insisted you had a problem and wanted you to try out. Seeing you so ashamed after that match, you solemnly wrote down these three words, but in the end, you only wrote these three words." Zhao Hui commented: "Coward!"
Song Tianhua snatched the piece of torn paper and threw it back into the trash can. In order to bury it completely, he turned over the garbage at the bottom with his bare hands to cover it up tightly.
Ling Yin couldn't bear to look at it.
After hurriedly burying the three words, he glanced at Qu Xing.
Qu Xing laughed so hard that he bounced up and down: "Haha ..., he said "you" for a long time and couldn't say anything. Then he said: "Go wash your hands! If you don't wash them, the captain won't want to sit here anymore."
Song Tianhua snorted, got up and left.
Zhao Hui: "Okay, let's get back to what we were talking about..."
Ling Yin: "You go wash too."
Zhao Hui: “…”
Zhao Hui cursed and stood up: "If you hadn't helped us win the world championship, who would be willing to pamper you?"
Jiang Lin: "Little Star is willing."
Zhao Hui's voice came from the door: "These two are a pair, how can they be the same?"
Qu Xing laughed, then suddenly stopped.
These people kept saying it so often that Qu Xing realized with horror that he had already tacitly accepted that he and Ling Yin were a couple. If this continued, he suspected that one day he would kiss someone like he was his boyfriend without realizing it.
Ling Yin felt that Qu Xing was a little further away from him: "..."
Is it really homophobic?
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