The King's Return

During the two-day carnival, all the fans who came to the scene returned with a full load, and those who did not go to the scene but watched the live broadcast all received official game props rewards. This carnival finally came to an end amidst the reluctance of the fans curtain.

On June 6th, all the gods who participated in the carnival returned to their teams one after another.Qin Mo happened to meet Qiu Zongping and Zhou Xuewei of Team Yunxiao at the airport. There was still half an hour before boarding time, and everyone sat together and chatted casually.

Qiu Zongping asked: "Moshen, can I make an appointment with you for a friendly match before the match starts?"

Qin Mo readily agreed: "No problem. Have you ever practiced with other teams?"

Qiu Zongping said: "I have played against the girls of Guose several times before, and I am already familiar with the rules of the game. I just want to warm up the players before the game."

Qin Mo nodded and said, "Okay, let's make an appointment tonight. I just want the team members to check their status."

If a professional player does not play for a period of time and suddenly enters the arena, it is likely that his performance will be abnormal due to poor hands.The competition in the second half of the year will officially start on June 6th. Qin Mo also wants to find a team to practice before the competition. Since Qiu Zongping sent it to his door, of course he would not refuse.

The two made an appointment to meet at eight o'clock in the evening, just as the broadcast announced that the flight to Changsha was about to start boarding, so Qin Mo said goodbye to them.

Qiu Zongping watched the three masters of Mo Jue walk away, and then said: "Xuewei, you can arrange the practice match."

"Yeah." Zhou Xuewei paused and asked, "Qiu team, you asked me to sort out the information before, and handed it over to Yuan Xi, right?"

"Yes." Qiu Zongping explained, "You are going to Beijing to participate in the carnival, and the time is too short, so I will send the materials to Yuan Xi for him to classify, and he has already sent them back to my mailbox." Qiu Zongping looked back She, "Why do you suddenly ask this?"

"I just thought that every team in Longyin Club is used to making databases. Did you do this because you guessed that Moshen would also do it?"

"This is one reason, and more importantly, to understand the comprehensive strength of the major teams through the database." Qiu Zongping said seriously, "You also know that our performance in the first half of the game was not good. The Dynasty lineup is comprehensive, The overall strength is stronger than us, and Lihuo and Frost Moon are not easy to deal with. We failed to win the individual competition, double competition and three-person competition."

"I know, as the captain... you are under a lot of pressure, right?" Zhou Xuewei asked.

"It's nothing, the current lineup is much better than it was back then." Qiu Zongping said.

Zhou Xuewei was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "Yes... Back then, Moshen and Team Yan retired successively, and the Fengse team that was handed over to you was in very poor condition. The whole team was full of rookies who had just debuted. Ranked to the bottom, if you hadn't been persistent, the Fengse team would not have been able to regain their position as a first-class team."

When Qin Mo retired, he handed over the vice-captain to Qiu Zongping. Yan Ruiwen retired the following year, and Qiu Zongping had to take over as the captain at a young age. Even facing the crisis of being eliminated from the First Division.Qiu Zongping didn't know how to command at the beginning. He could only lead the team to learn slowly. He often stayed up late at night to study the player characteristics and tactical lineup of each big team. The daily rest time was less than six hours. We all know how hard he is.

Fortunately, Qiu Zongping has a strong learning ability, and Moshen has laid a solid foundation for him. He quickly grew into an excellent captain, and his performance gradually improved under his leadership.

Zhou Xuewei saw everything that happened back then, and she knew how difficult it was for Qiu Zongping.And Yuan Xi likes Qiu Zongping, and Zhou Xuewei only noticed it recently. The turning point probably happened when Yuan Xi lost his temper and left the team and was persuaded by Qiu Zongping to come back.Since then, Yuan Xi's attitude towards Qiu Zongping has obviously changed. He no longer confronts Qiu Zongping face to face as before. Instead, he listens to Team Qiu very much, practice and cooperate with Qiu Zongping earnestly, and sometimes even confronts Team Qiu. In a daze, the originally grumpy guy behaved like a kitten in front of Team Qiu, which made the teammates very uncomfortable.

It's not hard to see that Yuan Xi likes Team Qiu, but Team Qiu has been indifferent, probably because he was 100% focused on the team and the game, and didn't notice it at all.

Zhou Xuewei sighed softly in her heart, just as the broadcast reminded the flight to Shanghai to start boarding, she withdrew her thoughts and followed Qiu Zongping with the boarding suitcase.

At the moment the plane took off, Zhou Xuewei suddenly said softly: "Team Qiu, actually, you don't need to put too much pressure on yourself. Yunxiao is a newly formed team. We transferred to a new project, and the results in the first season were not very good. It's normal. Take your time, don't push yourself too hard, but ignore a lot of important things..."

Qiu Zongping turned around and said, "The important thing you mentioned is Yuan Xi?"

He is not dull, and he can still understand Zhou Xuewei's subtext. Thinking of the person he has been with for more than three years, Qiu Zongping's eyes flashed a complicated look, and he said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I will handle this well." thing."

As a bystander, Zhou Xuewei couldn't say much, so she could only stop this embarrassing topic, and changed her words: "Since I am Yunxiao's deputy team, the team's daily training is the task, so leave it to me, and I should also help you share it. Some pressure."

Qiu Zongping nodded: "Okay, I will assign tasks to you later."

***

When I returned to the team in the afternoon, all the players had arrived and were playing qualifying in the training room.

Zhou Xuewei arranged with everyone to play a friendly match with the Mo Jue team in the evening, and then took a few newcomers to the arena for training.

Qiu Zongping passed by Yuan Xi's side, patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said, "Received the information, thank you for your hard work."

The deep voice rang in his ears, causing Yuan Xi's back to stiffen slightly, and a blush could not help appearing in the base of his ears. He took a deep breath to adjust his expression, and then he pretended to be calm and said: "Cough, you are welcome, Team Qiu, Xuewei sorted it out." It’s pretty much the same, I’m just making a summary.”

Qiu Zongping gave a "hmm", sat down in the seat next to him, opened the email and carefully read the materials sent by Yuan Xi, and made some key points with the mouse from time to time.

But Yuan Xi couldn't calm down. He heard the sound of his teammates typing on the keyboard quickly. The person sitting beside him was the person he secretly admired. Looking at Qiu Zongping's slender fingers gently pressing the mouse, the handsome There was a familiar serious expression on the side face, and Yuan Xi was suddenly in a state of confusion—did he get caught on the phone at Carnival?Will anyone notice that he actually likes Team Qiu?Shouldn't it?After all, he never told anyone about it.

While thinking wildly, Qiu Zongping suddenly heard: "Yuan Xi, because of the suspension rules in the three-player team competition, our dual-summoning lineup may not be able to come out. If I am banned, you will go up with Xuewei and Dongqing." , You guys have to get used to it in the next few days."

Yuan Xi came back to his senses in an instant, nodded and said, "I see."

Qiu Zongping said: "When I'm not there, you just listen to Xuewei's command."

Yuan Xi continued to nod: "En."

Qiu Zongping turned to look at him: "The water friends match against Mo Jue that night, let the three of you try." After a pause, he continued, "Mo Shen and Han God probably won't play on Mo Jue's side. , maybe let Zhu Qingyue or Liu Hong lead others to practice, you don't have to care too much about the outcome, just play a few rounds to familiarize yourself with the game process."

Yuan Xi nodded again: "Oh."

Seeing him obediently nodding all the time, Qiu Zongping was in a daze for a while.

I was too busy thinking about the game and tactics during this time, so I was too negligent.Yuan Xi's attitude towards herself has actually changed a long time ago.It's like a ferocious tiger that was about to jump over and bite when it saw me at the beginning, but now it's an obedient kitten that just nods obediently when it sees me—is it because you like it?

——Because he likes it, he no longer targets himself like before?

Thinking that this person actually likes him, Qiu Zongping felt a strange awkwardness in his heart.

Forcibly ignoring this awkwardness, he continued to maintain a calm expression, and said, "The few lineups I told you about, I will practice in the afternoon and gather at eight o'clock in the evening to play a friendly match with Mo Jue."

Everyone immediately responded in unison: "Understood!"

***

After training in the afternoon and returning to the dormitory, Qiu Zongping packed his luggage in the bedroom and took the clothes he brought to Beijing to the washroom to wash in the washing machine. Yuan Xi stood at the door of the washroom and probed his head. He had already been spotted by the other party, but he pretended to be himself. Passing by...it's a bit cute to be stupid.

Qiu Zongping said helplessly: "If you have something to say, just say it."

Yuan Xi blushed and scratched her head, hesitated for a long time, and then said: "Well, Carnival, let you call someone to confess, you...why did you choose me?"

Qiu Zongping explained: "The other rookies in the team are all juniors, so it's inconvenient to make such jokes. I know you best, so I thought you wouldn't mind, sorry."

Hearing this answer, Yuan Xi seemed a little lost, she lowered her head and said nothing.

Qiu Zongping walked up to him and said in a low voice, "Yuan Xi, I have always regarded you as my best friend."

Yuan Xi: "..."

Qiu Zongping continued: "In the past, you always found fault with me, deliberately targeted me, and even regarded me as a goal that must be surpassed, but I know that you don't really hate me in your heart, you just mistakenly think that you are not as good as me , that’s why I persistently want to surpass.” At this point, Qiu Zongping’s voice also softened, “We met in the training camp, debuted together, and fought side by side for so many years, I cherish this rare friendship. ,Do you get me?"

Yuan Xi: "..."

Best friend, rare friendship, he said it so clearly, how could he not understand?

Qiu Zongping has always done things like this. No matter how stupid Yuan Xi is, he knows at this moment that Qiu Zongping is tactfully rejecting him. Qiu Zongping has actually seen through everything, but he just took his face into consideration and didn't say it clearly.

The translation of this sentence means-I know you like me, but I don't like you, I only treat you as a friend.

Obviously the other party's voice was as gentle as possible, but Yuan Xi felt as if someone had stepped on her whole heart.

It was also the first time he realized that he liked someone, and he knew that he shouldn't like him, but he couldn't control it.Being politely rejected by the other party was too uncomfortable, but Qiu Zongping saved face for him and gave him a step so that he would not be too embarrassed.

As long as he is not an idiot, he should obediently follow the steps given by Qiu Zongping.

Taking a deep breath to suppress the sharp pain in her heart, Yuan Xi pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "I know, I also cherish this...friendship. Don't worry, I have been against you in the past because I was too immature. Now I have figured out what to do, just like you said, an excellent professional player does not have to be the captain, I will become the strongest output of Team Yunxiao."

——He didn't know that his smile was actually uglier than crying.

Looking at him like this, Qiu Zongping was silent for a long time before he sighed and said, "Then, let's work hard together."

Yuan Xi said "hmm": "I, I will go back to the dormitory to rest for a while, and then go to the training room at [-] o'clock in the evening."

He turned away from Qiu Zongping's sight as if fleeing, trying to make himself appear calm, but unfortunately, his stiff back and messy steps had already betrayed him.

After returning to the dormitory and closing the door, he realized that his eyes were wet unconsciously, and the scene in front of him was a little blurry.According to the legend, I love him and he doesn't love me. It turned out to be this kind of feeling, which is very uncomfortable, but I think this result is also normal. Originally, it was impossible for Qiu Zongping to like a reckless and irritable person like him. Even if Zong Ping is really tempted, he should like a gentle girl like Liu Xiang's sister...

Euphemistically refusing, not giving the other party hope, this is Qiu Zongping's way of handling it, which is very rational. Compared with it, Yuan Xi feels that he is even more stupid and ridiculous.

So, just give up this relationship and just be friends?

The more Yuan Xi thought about it, the more irritable he became, when the phone rang, he wiped his face in embarrassment, picked it up and looked - it was Lin Yao again!

The last time he left the team and hid from the rain alone in the square, it was Lin Yao who called him. This time he was politely rejected by the person he liked, and when he was heartbroken, it was Lin Yao who called again,—— Was it Lin Yao who offended him?Call every time when he is most depressed?

Yuan Xi picked up the phone and said in a hoarse voice, "Hey, why are you looking for me?"

Lin Yao smiled and said: "I just watched the replay of the carnival in the team, Xiao Yuan, when Qiu Zongping called you, were you really acting? I remember that your acting skills were not so good, you I was too involved in acting, I almost agreed to his confession hahaha..."

Yuan Xi said angrily: "Why does everyone ask me this question? Is it annoying!"

Lin Yao was joking heartlessly, but was stunned when Yuan Xi yelled at her.I didn't expect this guy to blow up directly. From this performance, it can be seen that he is actually very guilty, otherwise, he would laugh and say that I am just acting, have I lied to you... Could it be that he really likes Qiu Zongping?

Lin Yao fell into silence in embarrassment.

Yuan Xi realized that she hadn't controlled her temper well, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty: "Sorry, Lin Yao, I, I'm not in a good mood..."

Lin Yao hurriedly said: "Hey, it's okay, don't think too much, I'm actually calling you...Deputy Sang asked me to ask you if you are interested in playing a water friend match with the Dynasty team at night. Team Qiu didn’t seem to have turned on their cell phone, so they couldn’t get in touch, and Deputy Team Sang asked me to contact you to ask what’s going on.”

Yuan Xi took a deep breath and said, "His phone is out of battery, and he has been charging it in the dormitory all afternoon. Not tonight. We have already made an appointment with Mo Jue. I'll ask him if he can do it another day."

Lin Yao whispered: "Are you and Qiu Zongping... all right?"

Yuan Xi frowned: "What could be the matter? We are just friends, don't think about it."

Lin Yao had no choice but to say no more, and said: "Then please give the mobile phone to Team Qiu, our Deputy Team Sang is looking for him."

Yuan Xi had no choice but to bite the bullet and take his mobile phone to the next room to find Qiu Zongping. After a short phone call, he had already adjusted his mood, and pretended to be calm: "Qiu team, Dynasty side, Deputy Sang called you."

Qiu Zongping answered the phone and said, "Hello."

Sang Jun's gentle voice came from next to his ear: "Qiu team's mobile phone has been turned off all the time, so I asked Ah Yao to call Yuan Xi to ask, didn't I bother you?"

Qiu Zongping glanced at Yuan Xi, and said calmly: "Vice-team Sang, you are welcome, what's the matter?"

Sang Jun said: "I just want to make an appointment with you for a friendly match, to practice before the official start of the match. Can I do it tomorrow morning?"

Qiu Zongping said: "Yes, see you at ten o'clock."

The two simply made an appointment and hung up the phone.

Seeing Yuan Xi standing there in a daze, Qiu Zongping was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Do you have a good relationship with Lin Yao?"

Yuan Xi was stunned, then recovered and said: "After he transferred to Dynasty, he has kept in touch with me, and we have been doing well."

Qiu Zongping frowned, didn't say anything more, and returned the phone to Yuan Xi: "Let's go to the training room and gather."

***

When the two came to the training room one after another, the others had already arrived. Qiu Zongping asked everyone to log in to the game client, set up a password for the room, and sent Qin Mo an invitation.

After a while, the familiar IDs of the Mo Jue team entered the room one by one, and the newcomers from Yunxiao also took the initiative to say hello to the master.

Qin Mo said, "Should we start directly?"

Qiu Zongping said: "Well, let me choose the mode."

He quickly selected the three-person team competition from the mode list, and the system automatically assigned the captain position. After the captains of both sides pressed Ready, the game began directly.

The first is the points of the two votes. Those who voted for the big point have the right to choose who comes first. Qiu Zongping voted for the big point and said: "Moshen, you go first."

Qin Mo was passive to go first, so he had to choose a map and send out his team members. The three maps he chose were all jungle maps, and the five players he sent included Liu Hong, Xiao He, Xiao Pei, Shen He, and Li Muran. This surprised Qiu Zongping , Gemini and Zhu Qingyue didn't even play. Obviously, Qin Mo wanted Liu Hong to lead the team to practice.

As the second player, Qiu Zongping has the right to ban two maps and one player.

After he banned two maps, he left the map "Jungle Trap" behind. During the suspension period, he directly chose the option of "abstaining from both sides"-after all, it was a friendly match, and it would be too embarrassing for Moshen if he banned Liu Hong from playing.

Qiu Zongping on Yunxiao's side didn't come, and Qin Mo's side naturally wouldn't ban people. The two sides passed the first stage of peace and began to select the final personnel.

Sure enough, Mo Jue sent a combination of Liu Hong, Shen He, and Li Muran, and Yunxiao's was a combination of Yuan Xi, Zhou Xuewei, and Li Dongqing. Both sides were obviously training.

As soon as the game started, Liu Hong rushed to the front and played very actively. Shen He cooperated with her in remote control of the field, and Li Muran stood on the side, which happened to be able to take care of the blood volume of Sister Hong and Shen He. The formation of the three After this period of cooperation, I have become very familiar with it.

On Yunxiao's side, Yuan Xi's main output, Li Dongqing's auxiliary output, the two attack and explode together.Originally, Yuan Xi's explosive level was very strong. Zhou Xuewei is currently the number one mistress in the league, and Li Dongqing is the No. [-] seedling personally trained by Qiu Zongping. Their lineup has a great chance of winning against Liu Hong, Shen He and Li Muran of.However, Yuan Xi on Yunxiao's side seemed to be out of shape. He made a mistake in positioning at a critical moment and was frightened by Shen He's mechanism horse, and he didn't release the puppet to escape in time...

Of course, Liu Hong would not miss this opportunity. A set of traps exploded with Shen He's long-range pet output, and directly disabled Yuan Xi!

Fortunately, Zhou Xuewei never lost the chain, and immediately a single-body instant shot pulled Yuan Xi's blood back forcibly.

Although Yuan Xi quickly regained his composure and entered the state, Zhou Xuewei paid a great price for saving him this time. He teamed up with Shen He to directly kill Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi blushed with shame, but she was too embarrassed to apologize, and she was entangled there.

On the contrary, Zhou Xuewei patted him on the shoulder generously and said, "It's okay, it's just a practice match. I haven't touched the computer for a few days, and I'm a little novice."

She took the initiative to take the responsibility, Yuan Xi felt even more ashamed, lowered her head and didn't know what to say.

Qiu Zongping said: "Don't mind, this practice match is mainly to familiarize yourself with the rules and teamwork. In the next round, Yuan Xi, you can rest and let Xiao Qi play."

At the beginning of the second game, Qin Mo also replaced Liu Hong. In the end, Pei Yu, He Beiguang and Shen He played in a defensive and controlling lineup. him one.

Shen He said excitedly: "There is a bodyguard with a meat shield in the front, and a nurse in the back who adds blood. I feel so happy!"

Li Muran: "...Daddy."

Shen He hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, sorry, I got excited and forgot!"

As for Team Yunxiao, apart from Zhou Xuewei and Li Dongqing, there was also a rookie ID Qingping Swordsman.Qin Mo has some impressions of this person. His real name is Qi Fei, and he is also a newcomer brought out by Qiu Zongping. His level is not bad.And Yunxiao's combination happens to be swordsman + assassin + healer, which is similar to the formation of Qin Mo, Xiao Han and Li Muran.

Qiu Zongping typed: "We are a low-end version of Gemini plus milk."

Qin Mo said: "Team Qiu is being humble. The rookies are all good. I remember that Xiao Qi played against me back then."

Qi Fei sent a row of emojis clasped fists: "Moshen remembers me as a little transparent, so touched TAT"

Xiao Han followed closely: "I also remember Xiaoqing, who fought against me in the sect ring."

Li Dongqing: "Xiaoqing...can I change my name to Hanshen?"

"Why?" Xiao Han didn't understand, so Qin Mo explained to him: "Xiaoqing is a green snake, and her sister, Bai Suzhen, is a white snake. After being rescued by human Xu Xian, the white lady married Xu Xian. To be a maid... Anyway, it's just a piece of folklore."

"Oh, interesting." Xiao Han stroked his chin and changed his address, "Okay, then I'll call you Xiaodong."

Xiao Han and Qin Mo were watching the battle, occasionally boasting about the strength of the newcomers. Qiu Zongping was also watching the battle, amazed at the progress of the newcomers like Mo Jue Shen He and Li Muran.

The atmosphere of friendly matches has always been very relaxed. Everyone talked and laughed for a few games. It was not until ten o'clock that everyone said goodbye to each other.

Yuan Xi was out of form in the first game, Qiu Zongping knew that he was in a bad mood, so he thoughtfully didn't let him continue playing, but gave the opportunity to the rookie.

Seeing that Yuan Xi hadn't spoken a word from the beginning to the end, Qin Mo couldn't help but ask privately, "Are you sad?"

Yuan Xi: "..."

Qin Mo said: "A professional player, if you can't even concentrate on playing the game, you should go home and open a shop selling Mala Tang."

Yuan Xi blushed immediately: "Moshen, you scolded me again!"

Qin Mo said: "If you are in a bad mood, go back and adjust, and come back to the game when your status is online. Don't be reckless and implicate your teammates on the field."

Yuan Xi said unconvinced: "You also played fugue because of a bad mood back then!"

Qin Mo said, "That's why I was scolded by Master."

Yuan Xi: "..."

Seeing this sentence, Yuan Xi suddenly understood the reason why Moshen sent him a message suddenly. Although he didn't like Qin Mo's pet control style when he was in the training camp, he often confronted Qin Mo, but in fact , Qin Mo also regards him as an apprentice, right?Otherwise, I wouldn't have taught him so hard...

Clever as Moshen, he has obviously seen through everything.

Yuan Xi felt ashamed immediately, and typed: "I know... I'm just a little upset."

Qin Mo encouraged: "There are still three days until the official start of the competition. I hope that you will not be in such a distraught ghost by then. You can't change others, so just try to be yourself."

Yuan Xi was very moved, and typed: "Yes, I know."

He can't change Qiu Zongping's mind and make Qiu Zongping like him, but he can't give up on himself because of this.

He can do a good job with Yuan Xi and become the trump card of Team Yunxiao.

Yuan Xi clenched his fist vigorously and said, "Don't worry, I will adjust it as soon as possible, thank you Moshen."

Qin Mo didn't say any more, sent a goodbye emoji and went offline.The reason why he comforted Yuan Xi was because he had also experienced the feeling of having a crush on someone, and knew how hard it is to be in love. However, his crush was for both parties, and Xiao Han quickly responded, but Yuan Xi was not so kind. transport.

Yuan Xi's family has always been a little reckless and stupid, and they always think about problems, but Qin Mo believes that Yuan Xi's feelings are very pure and serious. Despondent, even self-defeating.Yuan Xi should be a young tiger full of vigor and claws, not a sick cat with its head drooping.

If you feel sad because you don't get a response, or even affect the game, even Qiu Zongping will look down on him...

Qin Mo only hoped that the little tiger could recover as soon as possible and do what he should do.Manly man, if he can't bear this blow, he can really go home and open a shop, selling his favorite Malatang.