[LOL] chase light

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"Let us congratulate the PND team, won the game 3:1, became the final champion of the 2016 League of Legends LPL Spring Championship, and qualified for the MSI Mid-Season Invitational!"

People from PND and D3 sat in their respective seats, staring at the interface after the game on the screen, and even forgot to take off their earphones.The difference is that PND as a whole was immersed in the belated and overwhelming joy, but everyone in D3 just buried their faces in their palms tiredly. If it weren't for the handshake session that will be held later, Fallen would probably just pick up his bags and leave.

KeiSu took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and put them on again.

Just now D3 chose to surrender by himself. In 27 minutes, the economic gap was stretched to [-], all the outer towers fell, and the crystal on the road was almost broken, and the most critical output point, the big mouth equipment, was barely formed.On the other hand, PND did not lose a tower, occupied all the resources in the wild area, and successfully won the dragon.

There are hardly any comeback points on the scene. Lin's VN development is extremely terrifying, and even after returning to the city, he directly took out the mercury machete to cut off the last hope of D3.

As the victors, PND came before the eyes of the public, bowed, and picked up their glory.

Just half a year ago, they were still sitting in the D3 position, quietly watching Vamp being overwhelmed by the wave of cheers, without paying any attention to them as losers.

But today, the scene is almost turning into a sea of ​​PND red, white and black stripes.

Gu Linjun raised the heavy trophy.It was heavy, congealing their three months of hard work and effort since January, yet so light, because the past glory was gone forever and would never return.

How long have they not stood in the center of the stage, accepting the baptism of praise?

Just winning the playoffs is not enough to satisfy their inner desires, what they want is more...

It was not until the interview with the media that they calmed down a little bit of their inner excitement.

He Hu greeted them to go to the interview room for the final interview. After the interview, it was a celebration organized by the club itself.He doesn't even need to count the number of people, he just takes a look to know who is there and who is not.

"Who saw Rex?"

Although he was asking the rest of the people, his gaze was fixed on Gu Linjun who had the closest relationship with Qi Rui.

"do not know……"

Gu Linjun really didn't know, but Gao Xiaoyang beside him was very clear.

"I saw him go to the lounge and said something was left there."

At the end of the speech, Gao Xiaoyang patted Gu Linjun on the shoulder, as if to say "go find him".

Gu Linjun glanced at He Hu, who nodded, acquiescing to his behavior.Just after Gu Linjun took a few steps, he added the sentence "Go early and return early" as if thinking of something.

He probably remembered the embarrassment that he had to ask Gao Xiaoyang to follow and watch the last time he went to get the wine and never came back.

As an experienced veteran player, Gu Linjun is quite familiar with the terrain of the competition venues in S City, so naturally there is no such thing as getting lost or going astray.He walked to the players' lounge and brushed past several D3 players.

"Isn't this Lin?"

Most of them couldn't understand the appearance of this player who was supposed to be interviewed by the media, and JunJun even pulled Fallen to complain a few words.

Gu Linjun, who just wanted to find Qi Rui in a hurry, took a look at them, didn't care about what to say, so he speeded up and walked straight to the door of the PND lounge.

The door was ajar, and a little light shone through the crack.Gu Linjun habitually wanted to knock on the door first to confirm who was inside, but he raised his hand halfway but froze in midair.

There were people inside, and more than one.

He didn't know if it was good behavior to stand at the door and eavesdrop.But intruding like this now could be worse.

Having missed the best opportunity at the beginning, Gu Linjun found himself in a dilemma.

He listened carefully for a while, and the people inside were Qi Rui...and his mother, that lady who looked rather stern.

"...Are you going to stay here forever?"

Qi Rui did leave something in the lounge.

Before playing, he put his cell phone on the table. After the game, he wanted to call Jo and his mother in the audience and ask them if they would like to join the celebration organized by the club later, but he didn’t find it in his bag. Only found out on the phone.

The interview session was coming soon, and he had to hurry up and get his phone back.After inquiring about the PND staff at the scene, he quickly came to the lounge after getting an affirmative answer that the lounge was not closed.

His mobile phone was well placed on the table, and he picked it up to see that there were still several missed calls.

It's his mother's phone number.He was about to call back when he heard the door behind him being pushed open.

"I thought you wouldn't answer my calls."

"I forgot my phone here."

Qi Rui stood up and watched her sit on the chair beside him.She didn't look very happy, her lips were drawn into a tight line, and her pupils were shining sharply.

"Congratulations on winning the game, so can we continue the topic we didn't finish last time?"

"I was just about to ask, how did you get in here?"

Qi Rui pulled out another chair and sat opposite her, their eyes met.

"I asked the nearby staff, and they just met you and happened to know me, so they let me in."

"Then Mom, tell me what you want to ask."

"When did you find out?"

"High school. But at that time, I was only vaguely sure that I didn't like the girls in school, whether they were white or Asian like me." Recalling many things at that time, Qi Rui can only remember one perhaps. "Remember Sophie who came to our house? She kissed me in the hallway one day, and I thought the lipstick smelled a little... gross."

"I remember her."

Sophie is a pretty white girl. Because she is in the same class as Qi Rui and lives in the neighborhood near their home, she always visits her.

"I knew it wasn't right, so I did a lot of research on the internet and they called my situation 'gay'."

"You must have been terrified."

"It's actually okay. Because I didn't really like any boy, so this sounds like Jo likes to eat carrots, but I don't." Qi Rui smiled wryly. "Can we speed things up? My teammates are still waiting for me to do interviews."

"What's going on between you and that boy named Gu Linjun?" She cut straight to the point, frowning tightly, her face full of disapproval.

Jo must have told her.Qi Rui thought, he never expected Jo to keep the secret for a long time.

Probably so long is his limit.But sooner or later they'd have to show their cards, and with Jo looking so worried, he must have told her everything he knew.So she looks even more conflicted.

"I'm with him," he whispered. "About three months."

"Then do you like him?"

"If I don't like it, I won't be with him at all."

Gu Linjun was the first person who caught his gaze firmly after he realized that he didn't like the opposite sex. It was almost impossible for him to give up.

"Do you know what you're doing?"

"I know."

She covered her forehead and closed her eyes tightly.She knew that he had always been a man with ideas since he was a child. The last time he was so determined, she used the wrong method and almost made them turn against each other.

"...Are you going to stay here forever?"

No matter how much she doesn't understand the industry, she can always understand what Jo says.

This is her child, maybe she missed his childhood, but she can be said to be one of the people who know him best.

"He can't keep you." She stood up, pacing back and forth in the room anxiously. "I know you won't be happy with what I say, but have you ever thought about it? What Jo said has his reasons. After he retires, you are still going on, and you can't see each other for half a year. Or, if PND can't give you the championship, then There is another team that is more suitable for you and offers you an olive branch, will you stay?"

"Worse, I really don't want to talk about this possibility. In case your old injury recurs, the club no longer renews your contract, and you want to be with him again, how do you maintain your livelihood here?"

Qi Rui was silent for a long time.

They're absolutely right.The future that he always couldn't see, or was unwilling to see, had never been so clearly placed before his eyes.

He has half a year left on his contract, and anything can happen in half a year.

What Ah Qi said echoed in his mind at the right time.They are about as far away from the championship as from the PND training base to the SN headquarters.The 23-year-old Gu Linjun has so little time left as a professional player.

"I do not know."

"I don't want to watch you sink deeper and deeper and get hurt in the end."

But now I feel the same pain.Qi Rui stood up suddenly, and almost knocked over the chair with too much movement.

He didn't want Gu Linjun to be in pain.

"I don't know what to do."

He turned around as if fleeing, wanting to leave.

He has been out for too long, He Hu must be looking for him everywhere, what if he is not there when the interview starts... He has lost his usual calm and self-control, and walks to the door in a daze, ready to open the door.

Seeing his appearance, she was a little worried and a little scared and wanted to step forward to hug him and comfort him.

She couldn't help wondering if she had done something wrong again.

As soon as Qi Rui touched the doorknob, he was pushed back a few steps by another force. He staggered to stabilize himself, and looked up to see which daredevil it was.

It's Gu Linjun.He opened his mouth, as if he had lost his ability to speak.

What to say?

"Didn't bother you?" Gu Linjun smiled and grabbed Qi Rui's wrist. "Auntie, there is an interview to be done. I will take him away first. Uncle He Niao is going crazy."

She was about to lose her ability to speak and nodded numbly.

Gu Linjun's palms were full of sweat.Only Qi Rui knew how hard he was grabbing, almost crushing his wrist bones, dragging him forward quickly.

The two of them walked to a place close to the interview room, and Gu Linjun let him go.

"Sorry, I didn't pay attention just now." He stared at the red circle on Qi Rui's wrist, and refused to look away for a long time. "I promise I won't do it next time..."

"will not."

Before he could say anything more, He Hu, who had been waiting madly for a long time, came out and dragged them in together.

Gu Linjun went in first, and it was the first time that Qi Rui found his language so pale when he was dragged in by He Hu.

What should he say?