Warm Water Spirits

"Cloud God, will you join us?"

Boyu asked for a cup of Ovaltine coffee, and turned to ask Jiang Yunqi.

Jiang Yunqi looked at Bo Yu who was smiling at him.

Boyu pointed at Lin Xiyao who was hesitant about which drink had fewer calories, "When you didn't come, your classmate told us that you wanted to know about professional players—Kun'er sent you an invitation before, but you declined... "

Lin Rui moved his gaze to Jiang Yunqi for a second, and then returned to the phone.

Jiang Yunqi nodded, "I want to know what it takes to become a professional player."

It was approaching noon, and there were not many people in the Internet cafe.

Li Kun discussed with the boss of N+ at the front bar about an offline e-sports league they will hold here next month.Small scale.In addition to Xin Zhan, Li Kun also invited the recently popular Infinite team, captain Su He, main players Liang Ye, MOMO, Qi Jia, and a group of their young trainees, will participate.

Lin Rui ordered a cup of ice cream and black tea, and raised his voice to ask Li Kun what he wanted.Li Kun asked for ice water.

"Yunshen, with your current rank and strength, it is more than enough to advance to the profession. The top ten in the Asian server and the top twenty in the US server. Yunshen, you are only one team away." Bo Yu gritted his teeth when he heard the word Bingshui. : "Kun'er has been in ice water for 800 years. Don't ask him in the future."

Jiang Yunqi lingered on the "Wangzai Milk Tea" for two seconds, remembering that once he went out to dinner with Pei Yue's family of three, Pei Zhe decided to order Wangzai for him.When Jiang Yunqi came back from the bathroom, he was stunned when he saw the blushing Wangzai in front of him.

Jiang Yunqi ordered "Wangzai Milk Tea".

Lin Xiyao was envious, glanced at Jiang Yunqi's slender wrist which was similar to her own, sighed, put aside the dessert list and asked: "White water, hot one, is there any?"

After Boyu finished speaking, Jiang Yunqi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment and asked, "Is it all right to join the team?"

"It does for you."

Lin Rui's tone was flat, he got up and walked towards Li Kun without saying a word.

Boyu looked at Lin Rui's back in doubt, turned around and explained carefully: "Yunshen, professional players may be difficult for us. There is youth training in the early stage, assessment in the middle stage, and psychological stress test in the later stage... But for you, None of these—indeed, you need to undergo stress tests and psychological tests after joining the team to assess whether there are hidden psychological problems or something. But Yunshen, you have played so many games, you should be fine.”

"Actually, it's not an exaggeration to say that you go to the forum to post a post under your name, not mentioning the team, sponsorship can blow up your phone..."

"My phone was confiscated."

The waiter came over with Wangzai milk tea. Jiang Yunqi took it and didn't drink it immediately. He looked across the street through the glass of the Internet cafe, which was a bustling food street.Maybe it was a matter of angle, he always felt that someone was looking at him from the opposite side.

Bo Yu suddenly didn't know what to say.

He is three years older than Jiang Yunqi, confiscating his mobile phone is a bit magical for him, he scratched the back of his head when he heard this, and said in a sympathetic tone: "Third year of high school, that's how we all came here... Kun'er and I are now studying at M University [-]. Eric is a sophomore, he played professionally in "Liuhuo" before, and then "Liuhuo" disbanded, Eric took a break for a while, and then joined us."

Jiang Yunqi withdrew his gaze and said nothing.

Li Kun came back at this time, drank most of the ice water with his head up, took a chair and sat opposite Jiang Yunqi, and said straight to the point, "Is Yunshen considering joining us?"

"I have officially sent you an invitation before, and it will not change now. You have academic considerations, we understand. This month's winter warm-up match has ended, Xinzhan has just been established, I want to play a few leagues first, and then go to next year Spring and summer competitions. Eric and Boyu also think so. It would be great if Yunshen could join us now. Joining after the college entrance examination in June is also... okay."

Li Kun put down his water glass and took out a piece of paper from his pocket. There was a big "A9" printed in bold on the upper right corner, and there were three intercontinental divisions below, Asia, North America and Europe.Finally point to the bottom nine vacancies.

Holding a glass of boiled water in both hands, Lin Xiyao, who came back with Lin Rui, gasped when she saw "A9", covered her mouth and almost screamed.

"World Championship!"

Li Kun smiled, "Yes. World Championship."

Jiang Yunqi didn't know much about it, but he didn't show excessive curiosity on his face, the expression was the same as when he first came in.At this moment, looking at the piece of paper Li Kun took out, he blinked and waited patiently for someone to answer.

Lin Xiyao took the lead from Li Kun, and quickly said: "The World Championship is the World Championship. It is held every other year. First, three teams will compete in the Intercontinental Division, and then the final duel will be held at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France at the end of December! That team is the world champions!"

Jiang Yunqi sat up straight, his clear blue eyes moved, and his expression brightened for a moment.He turned his head to look at Li Kun with focused eyes, just like when he was listening carefully in class.

Li Kun handed the paper to Jiang Yunqi, and continued with a smile: "The year without the World Championship is the regular spring, summer and winter season. Every season has a season champion. This year is like this. Next year If there is a World Championship, then there will only be a Spring Split, not a Summer Split or a Winter Split."

"Why has there never been an autumn competition?" Jiang Yunqi asked.

Lin Rui lowered his gaze and laughed, without looking at Jiang Yunqi, he played with his phone and said, "Yunshen thinks, how many teams will survive after the spring and summer fights?"

Bo Yu sighed.

"That's right. I don't know when it started. There is no autumn competition in e-sports. The summer competition ends in August and enters a two-month rest period."

Li Kun asked for another glass of ice water, and said to Jiang Yunqi, "It's called 'repair', but it's actually also called 'renewal period'. Because of the intense spring and summer competitions, except for the champion, runner-up and third place, as well as the last eliminated Teams, most teams will face sponsorship bottlenecks, and the worst is the termination of sponsorship. By the winter season in November, a group of new teams will emerge."

"E-sports, there are no evergreen trees." Lin Xiyao sighed.

"That's the reason. If there is anything evergreen in recent years, it is only P11. But Yunshen played against them last time, and their strength is not as good as before." Li Kun clicked on the world competition schedule paper in front of Jiang Yunqi, "Yunshen, your college entrance examination ends in June, and you have just over two months to start preparing for the selection for the World Championships starting in September. The only problem is—"

"God Yun, do you choose to join our team?"

"I'll join."

Jiang Yunqi picked up the paper, raised his head and said to Li Kun, with no hesitation on his face, he will be more determined because of the "world champion" before.

Boyu was stunned.Lin Rui frowned.Lin Xiyao had a pleased expression, squinting and smiling.

Li Kun raised his eyebrows.He has no doubts about Jiang Yunqi's enthusiasm - after several online contacts with Jiang Yunqi, he feels that Jiang Yunqi is very suitable for e-sports, whether it is his reticent and decisive style of action or his extremely meticulous tactical arrangements.

Li Kun smiled, and said cheerfully, "Then there's no problem."

"I have a question."

Lin Rui, who had been playing with his mobile phone with his head down, looked up at Jiang Yunqi, and said in the usual tone: "I heard that Brother Kun formally invited you before, but you refused without thinking about it at that time. Why did you change your mind at this time?"

Lin Rui always felt that Jiang Yunqi, who was boasted as a genius, was weird, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Deliberately ignoring Li Kun's gaze, Lin Rui looked at Jiang Yunqi and said, "Some time ago, the online recruitment posts for you were ranked outside the Fifth Ring Road, but you ignored any of them. At this time, you suddenly ran over and asked to join us?"

"God Yun, our pond is small and we just dug it. If you have any ideas, you might as well tell them."

Jiang Yunqi suddenly understood the thorns in Lin Rui's words from the beginning of the meeting.

Jiang Yunqi looked directly at Lin Rui, his eyes as usual, "Don't call me Yunshen. My name is Jiang Yunqi."

Lin Xiyao glared at Lin Rui, and her favorability plummeted.

"I didn't do it on a whim. I just found a shortcut."

Jiang Yunqi looked at the four people in front of him and said sincerely: "A shortcut is very important to me. And I think I can seize this shortcut and become the person I want to be."

Pei Zhe asked him what kind of career he wanted to pursue.

At that time, Jiang Yunqi had no idea at all.He only remembered that he said he wanted to be as powerful as Pei Zhe.

To become an equally powerful person, for Jiang Yunqi, it is not enough to memorize words every day and learn English seriously-it would be great if there is a shortcut.

Bo Yu went to see Li Kun, "I don't know why, Yunshen—no, Jiang Yunqi's words made my blood boil inexplicably. With Jiang Yunqi, next year's World Championship, there will be a top five, right? Think about it..."

Li Kun couldn't help laughing, and later said to Jiang Yunqi: "We will all become whoever we want to be."

"Although it's all about momentary glory, it's enough."

Lin Rui didn't quite understand Jiang Yunqi's words. He felt that Jiang Yunqi didn't answer his question directly.But for some reason, like Bo Yu, he felt a hint of hope for the infinite possibilities of the future in Jiang Yunqi's calm words.

So like Li Kun Boyu, he didn't pursue the question further, and said for a while, "I don't know why you said it was a shortcut. The shortcut for you is a dream that many people can't achieve."

"Since Brother Kun promised you to join, I won't say anything. I hope you can take it seriously. You are young and have great talent. You still have five years of growth, so don't waste it."

Boyu thought of something, patted Lin Rui on the shoulder, and didn't speak.

Afterwards, Jiang Yunqi went with them to eat hot pot at the opposite food street.

The feeling of being watched is gone.Jiang Yunqi suspected that witnessing the traffic accident in the morning made him nervous.

Li Kun said that he would update the team information when he went back today, and asked Jiang Yunqi to find time to log in to the Jedi Sniper team forum in the next few days and receive the invitation sent by FightofFaith-Xin Zhan.

Jiang Yunqi felt that Pei Zhe would not come back tonight, so he agreed.

"This is the fastest recruitment I've ever seen. Cloud God doesn't evaluate our team?"

Jiang Yunqi glanced at the time, and there was still an hour before the time agreed with Aunt Song to go home.

"I have lined up with the captain a few times. He is very good. Very stable."

Bo Yu nodded, then went to Li Kun and said, "Kun'er, why don't you come for an interview? Although we are short of people..."

Jiang Yunqi did not procrastinate: "Yes. What do you want to meet?"

Bo Yu hesitated, "I'm just kidding. I'm sure I can't beat you. I came in through unspoken rules, and Kun'er was born to me."

Li Kun explained: "Bo Yu has a lot of flirtatious operations. Look at his ID, 'inner ghost', for fear that others will not know how flirtatious he is. Yun Qi, you will know how flamboyant he is. You will know how many tricks you have. "

Lin Xiyao asked Lin Rui, "How about you, Eric? How did you get into the letter war?"

Lin Rui fiddled with the hot pot twice with his chopsticks, and almost all of it was swept away. Hearing this, he said indifferently: "I played a few games with Brother Kun, and I played in a double row a few times. It was not bad. Later, he sent a notice, so I recommended myself."

Lin Rui was once in the top eight of the Asian server.But the fluctuations are also large, falling out of the top fifty.

Jiang Yunqi went home after dinner.He made an agreement with Li Kun to practice with the team twice within a month, and Jiang Yunqi felt that this was also achievable.

It's a big deal to grind a little bit more.He is also a professional now.

Moreover, he has really studied English seriously recently.

Jiang Yunqi was secretly happy.Li Kun told him that after officially joining the summer game, once he gets sponsorship, he will be able to earn income.It seems that there are quite a lot.Jiang Yunqi thought about it for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the happier he became. He was one step closer to saving money to buy Pei Zhe's vacation.

Lin Xiyao also took the bus.When I went back, I was on the same route with Jiang Yunqi, and the two of them lived in the same community.

"Why didn't I meet you once?! How do you go to and from school every day?" Lin Xiyao was extremely shocked.

Jiang Yunqi said truthfully: "Sometimes my family will send me off, but most of the time I take the bus back."

"I also take the bus!" Lin Xiyao went crazy.

For a moment, the two looked at each other and understood.

Jiang Yunqi never left school at the normal time, and being detained by teachers of various subjects is normal.Arriving at school too late.Last time at the school gate, Lin Xiyao waited for half an hour before she got someone.

Lin Xiyao shook her head, "Student Jiang Yunqi, your grades... Hey, how about I help you with tutoring? Then you can have time to practice online!"

Jiang Yunqi wanted to refuse subconsciously, but wondered why the first thought was to refuse.After thinking about it like this, Lin Xiyao cut off what she said before she had time to say it.

"Did you do your homework on the weekend?"

"No."

"Are you going back to do your homework now?"

"Ah."

Lin Xiyao smiled, "How about I bring homework to your house? If you don't know how to do it, you can ask me! I'm quite confident in my grades!"

Jiang Yunqi knew that Lin Xiyao had good grades, but the problem was not here. "Does your family agree?"

"It's been a month since I last saw them." Lin Xiyao didn't care.

Jiang Yunqi's expression couldn't tell whether he agreed or not.Jiang Yunqi has never encountered such a situation.

"Jiang Yunqi, are we friends?" Lin Xiyao approached.

Jiang Yunqi looked at her, his deep and clear blue eyes were extremely beautiful.His facial expression was slightly puzzled, his thin and bloodless lips were pursed, and he didn't say anything.But compared to how he got along at school before, Jiang Yunqi at this time seemed easier to talk to.

Lin Xiyao still smiled and waited for Jiang Yunqi.

Jiang Yunqi's eyelashes drooped slightly, avoiding Lin Xiyao's gaze, "Then let's go."

Lin Xiyao followed behind Jiang Yunqi, controlled it for a long time before letting herself laugh out loud, and lowered her head to send Xu Ruijing a crazy message.

"I'm going to Jiang Yunqi's house!"

Xu Ruijing: "...What's going on? So fast!?"

Lin Xiyao: "I plan to start with him as friends!"

Xu Ruijing: "My deskmate is amazing! You are the first one in class three to be friends with classmate Jiang. One small step for you, one giant leap for class three!"

Jiang Yunqi walked ahead with pockets in his pocket.

At three or four o'clock, the sun was bright and the wind was a little strong.The ginkgo trees have been bare for a long time. After the snow fell last week, at this time, you can still see frozen snow blocks in the shade of the grass.

Suddenly, Jiang Yunqi stopped in his tracks.

Unprepared, Lin Xiyao, who had lower hair and wechat messages, bumped into Jiang Yunqi's back, "Ah", Lin Xiyao covered her forehead and turned sideways to see what was going on.

Not far away, a tall man with an exceptional appearance was looking towards them.

Pei Zhe was dressed in a suit, his figure was tall and straight, his coat fell on his arms, and he held a document bag in the other hand. He looked at Jiang Yunqi and the girl behind him with his usual expression.

Jiang Yunqi's ears turned red the first time he saw Pei Zhe, but it wasn't very obvious.He looked at Pei Zhe without moving his eyes for a few seconds, and then stepped up a few steps towards Pei Zhe.Feeling something was wrong halfway, thinking of Lin Xiyao, he stopped to look at Pei Zhe, as if he was afraid that Pei Zhe would not wait for him, and after confirming that Pei Zhe would not run away, Jiang Yunqi quickly walked back to Lin Xiyao who didn't know why: "Not today. My brother is back."

Lin Xiyao: "?"

Before Lin Xiyao could say anything more, Jiang Yunqi kept up with his thinking and quickly added a sentence: "I can't do it tomorrow either. My brother is at home. Let's talk about it at school on Monday. That's it. Goodbye."

Lin Xiyao: "..."

Lin Xiyao was not very well. On the way home, she texted Xu Ruijing on WeChat: "One small step, kneel down."

Jiang Yunqi ran up to Pei Zhe in a few steps and looked up at him.After a while, he went to take the overcoat that was in Pei Zhe's arms and hugged it in his arms.

Pei Zhe let him take it.

Jiang Yunqi also wanted to take Pei Zhe's file bag, but Pei Zhe refused, "it's too heavy".

Jiang Yunqi nodded, very obedient.

Pei Zhe reached out and tapped Jiang Yunqi's forehead, then looked at Lin Xiyao who was walking away, "Don't care about your classmate?"

Jiang Yunqi rubbed his forehead, and said in a natural tone: "She is going back to her home. I am going home too."

Pei Zhe smiled, but didn't say anything.

The two walked back.

Jiang Yunqi could feel Pei Zhe's exhaustion, and his heart ached, but he was more happy.

Jiang Yunqi's undisguised eyes were about to stick to Pei Zhe.

After walking a few steps, Pei Zhe turned his head to look at the person.

Jiang Yunqi looked away with a swipe, lowered his head and blinked his eyelashes quickly, buried the tip of his nose to his chin in his coat, and frowned, as if he was struggling with something.

After Pei Zhe looked away, Jiang Yunqi glanced at Pei Zhe for a few more times, hesitant to speak but stopped several times, finally couldn't hold back, and whispered: "You didn't even ask me to call someone... ..."

Pei Zhe was amused. He went to look at Jiang Yunqi who was following him, and met the fixed water blue eyes. Pei Zhe's voice was a little hoarse with fatigue: "You know that too?"

"Brother is a little tired today, can't you take the initiative?"

Jiang Yunqi was happy, squinted his eyes and smiled, and called people in a straight voice: "Brother Pei."

"Ah."

"Brother Pei?"

"Ah."

"Brother Pei!"

"Ah."

"Brother Pei, Brother Pei..."

Pei Zhe smiled.