Chapter 19

After listening to what Yu Qinghuan had to say, Ren Jian was baffled for three whole seconds, before an uncontrollable smile began to show at the corner of his mouth. “I will contact TKOW, they happened to be looking for a fitting mid laner recently.”

“Huh?” Yu Qinghuan scratched his head and said sheepishly, “But I do not plan to join TKOW.”

Ren Jian paused. “…Then what are your plans?”

Yu Qinghuan said with a smile, “Pass on the faith.”

“What?”

Instead of explaining to Ren Jian, Yu Qinghuan turned around and made a phone call, “Hello! Luo-ge, have you found your new mid yet? Oh, not yet? Oh, that is great. Wait, stop, no, I am not rubbing salt on your wound. What I wanted to say is, since you have not found anyone, can I join? Yes, I am not pulling your leg. Really. Luo-ge, please don’t cry. Okay, okay, you are not crying. I will come find you tomorrow. We will discuss more later, hanging up.”

Ren Jian: “…”

When Yu Qinghuan ended the call, he found that Ren Jian was staring speechlessly at him.

“What is wrong?” Yu Qinghuan asked.

“This Luo-ge you called, is he the same person who got drunk and clung to you that day?” Ren Jian questioned.

“Yes, that is right.” Yu Qinghuan nodded. “Luo-ge was the president of the esports club back when I was in college. He has been holding on to playing esports for many years and has eaten a lot of hardship, but he never gave up. He had also taken great care of me…”

“All right, it is not like I know him.” Ren Jian’s tone was suddenly unkind.

“Ah…” Yu Qinghuan scratched his head in embarrassment. “Did I talk too much? Oh right, are my clothes dry? I will take them from your hands and stop bothering you. You do have more training to do right?”

“Still wet.” Ren Jian looked away.

“They are not dry yet?” Yu Qinghuan was baffled.

“Correct, come pick them up tomorrow.” Ren Jian advised.

“Well, okay, then I am heading back to the hospital. I will take the documents with me. Thank you, Ren Jian.” Yu Qinghuan actually wanted to express his gratitude, since the other man was the one who dragged him back on his dream track during his most lost moment. But he did not know whether Ren Jian would react badly to his overly friendliness. He remembered that when they slept together in the love suite, Ren Jian moved towards the other side of the bed, as if repulsed by his proximity. Feeling unconsciously embarrassed, he decided to leave with a hasty goodbye.

After Yu Qinghuan left, Ren Jian returned to his study and sat silently in his gaming chair for a while. Then he got up, walked into the guest room, where Yu Qinghuan’s clothes from last night were neatly folded on the bedside table.

Ren Jian glanced at the clothes, scratched his head in confusion, and sighed to himself, “What am I doing…”

–

The next day, after Yu Qinghuan returned the documents, he found his boss and stated his desire to resign.

Yu Qinghuan’s boss was an unyielding individual with a big temper. But this time, he did not say anything to keep Yu Qinghuan. He only gave the young man a complicated look, and then waved his hand, informing Yu Qinghuan to hand his tasks over.

After resigning, Yu Qinghuan walked out of the company feeling slightly frightened and uneasy.

It does take some courage to step out of one’s comfort zone after all.

Then, the moment he walked out of the building entrance, he found that someone had come to pick him up.

Luo Buyu drove a gray silver, somewhat old-fashioned Volkswagen. He parked at the roadside, stuck his head out of the window and waved to Yu Qinghuan. “Qinghuan, over here!”

After a moment of surprise, Yu Qinghuan trotted to the parked car, opened the passenger door and got in. “Luo-ge, why are you here?”

Luo Buyu snickered and said, showing a wide smile with teeth, “My good friend has finally decided to come back and fight alongside me, so the least I can do is to give you some face! A personal car service, so tell me, do you feel deserving or not?”

Yu Qinghuan fastened his seat belt and nodded repeatedly. “Very!”

“My friend, do you remember this car here?” Luo Buyu patted the steering wheel excitedly.

Luo Buyu is a clean freak. Although the Volkswagen appeared old externally, there was no odor inside and the corners were nearly free of clutter or dust.

“I do remember.” Yu Qinghuan nodded.

When they first started, Luo Buyu took the members of the esports club to participate in competitions and bought the Volkswagen with the prize money. Although the winnings of each contest were not much at that time, they took part in many competitions, including city tournaments, university leagues, and corporate sponsorship events. As long as they were qualified, they would sign up.

Back in their college years, they were high spirited and ambitious, and agreed to enter the provincial, regional, and even national competitions together.

Unfortunately, in the end, only Luo Buyu persisted.

Luo Buyu stroked the steering wheel very quietly, with a boundless emotional look, as if there were thousands of words on his mind. “This car…is my…”

Yu Qinghuan suddenly put down the parking brake and interrupted Luo Buyu, “Luo-ge, quit rattling on, we got to go! The traffic police are coming, you are going to get a ticket if you do not go now!”

“What?! Traffic police?!” Luo Buyu stepped on the gas and fled.

–

Luo Buyu took Yu Qinghuan to the team’s gaming house. Yu Qinghuan opened the door, surveyed the room and exclaimed, “You had it hard.”

It was their gaming house in name, but it was in fact a rented room that was divided into two spaces. One space was a neat and tidy break room with a balcony and a half bathroom, the other space was where Luo Buyu and his team members usually train. Five computers were arranged together in a row.

Luo Buyu said, “Struggle arduously is a standard of living, a style of work, a concept of interests, a state of mind, and a direction to pursue noble goals and common values!”

Yu Qinghuan bluntly stated, “You lacked the funds.”

Luo Buyu confirmed, “Correct.”

Yu Qinghuan walked into the room and his attention moved to the computers.

In the first spot, there was a pot of cactus on the shelf on the left of the computer desk. Although there was a pot of plant with soil, the desk in this spot was clean and free from dusk. On the left side was a small stack of documents that seemed to be contracts, and the side of the desk was covered with large and small sticky notes. The handwriting on the notes were quite bold and sharp.

Yu Qinghuan recognized the handwriting on the note. They were Luo Buyu’s.

No wonder this desk was spotless, as expected from a clean freak.

Luo Buyu must have been a broom in his last life, being a sweeping machine in this life.

Yu Qinghuan looked down the line.

The second desk was a bit disastrous, with all kinds of things scattered on the computer desks such as pens, unfinished snacks, cups, and several pieces of paper that looked like test papers. Among the messy things, what stood out most were TKOW’s merch like peripherals, one of them was also a frame of Ren Jian’s autograph. Yu Qinghuan could not resist taking multiple glances.

There was nothing on the third table, looking a lot like its owner had finished packing and left it.

The fourth table had its own personality. It even has garage kits and decorations from some animation. Even the mouse pad was in the image of an animation character. There were also cute versions of various characters pasted on the side of the monitor.

The last table…

As Yu Qinghuan was about to examine the fifth table closer, the door suddenly opened, followed by a person walking in.

The man threw his backpack onto the last table, nodded to Luo Buyu, and then sized up Yu Qinghuan with a critical gaze.