Ch89 - "Do you accept something a bit more special?"

Edited by kat

After discussing things with Lu Ziye, an hour had already passed.

Shen Qi yawned and scrolled through his cellphone while preparing to go upstairs and go back to his room.

Lu Ziye’s proposal on how to improve the team was something that Shen Qi had considered before.

In fact, among the things left by the former YZS team was an already empty youth training camp. After the Summer Trials, the youth training camp would be reopened, and barring any accidents, substitutes could be found from there.

Thinking of this, Shen Qi paused and frowned.

Ye Lai’s sudden situation today had alerted him.

When he reached the door of the meeting room, Shen Qi was stopped by the door.

Lu Tun and Ye Lai stood neatly by the door, and they had probably waited there for a long time. When they saw him coming out, they immediately adjusted their postures, straightened their backs, and bowed together before Shen Qi could react.

“Sorry, Captain.”

Shen Qi only thought about it for a few seconds and realized that the two children were apologizing for the fact that Ye Lai was unwell today because he had drunk some coke.

He smiled and flipped his cellphone around in the palm of his hand a bit, before stuffing it into his pocket.

Shen Qi looked at them and leaned his back against the door. With some sleepiness, he asked, “You guys even know to apologize?”

“We know, we’re in the wrong, Captain. You, your lordship, are very generous, and in the future, I firmly promise not to let Classmate Ye Lai eat any stimulating food…”

Lu Tun was afraid that the “fasting” rules would fall on him. Although Ye Lai’s situation was also because he had gone a little crazy, he still could drink coke because he didn’t have gastritis. He was willing to act as the guardian of Ye Lai’s stomach.

Ye Lai sniffled and then said, “I’m also willing to supervise Classmate Lu Tun’s diet in the future, and I’m determined not to let him follow my path.”

Lu Tun looked surprised. “My stomach is very strong, and I won’t get gastritis. Take care of yourself ba, Little Lailai.”

Ye Lai didn’t talk to him, continuing to stare pitifully at Shen Qi while sniffling.

Shen Qi’s smile spread. Finally, he sneered, wrapping his arms around himself. It was only after the two of them were done quarreling that he opened his mouth. “You’ll supervise each other?”

He paused and laughed mysteriously. “Alright, a 2000 characters self-criticism and a guarantee of the future.”

“2000 characters? Idol, even at school, it was only 1000 characters…”

Shen Qi raised his eyelids. Obviously, there his expression didn’t change, but Lu Tun still felt a murderous sensation from him.

It seemed that if he tried to bargain some more, he would be killed and silenced.

Lu Tun let out a “hehe,” and began to try to exchange things of equal value while Ye Lai was still feeling wronged. “Idol, why don’t I report Ye Lai once, and you reduce my reflection by 100 characters?”

“En?”

“Ye Lai’s bedside table has a lot of potato chips and spicy chips! He sneakily eats spicy chips in the middle of the night!”

Shen Qi’s gaze fell on Ye Lai’s shocked face.

Ye Lai: ???

“Lu Tun hid a box of coke in the cabinet in his room. He even called me to drink some in the middle of the night last time!”

Shen Qi started laughing while standing there.

But it contained a bit of a sneer.

There was a moment of silence.

“3000 characters of self-criticism and a guarantee. You’re teammates who don’t trust each other and betrayed each other, so add another 3000 characters, for a total of 6000 characters. Give them to me after the finals.”

With that, he squeezed past Lu Tun and Ye Lai, ignoring their expressions of “you’re joking, right.” When he reached the stairs, he suddenly stopped. He didn’t look back, just saying, “Go to bed early. If you hear some weird sounds in the middle of the night, don’t blame me for not warning you guys.”

A smile hung on his face that they couldn’t see the entire time.

When Shen Qi left, Lu Tun and Ye Lai, who had been pushing at each other the entire time, now stopped. They let out a breath of relief at first, and then looked confused.

“What sounds in the middle of the night?” Ye Lai scratched at Lu Tun’s hair.

“I don’t know, but as long as Idol isn’t mad, it’s okay. Coaxing him is really hard,” Lu Tun said this while grabbing Ye Lai’s collar and crazily shaking it. “How do you write 6000 characters ah! Can we Baidu it?”

Ye Lai was about to cry from being shaken around.

Xu Leng, who had been eavesdropping from the side for a long time, coughed. “Go to sleep early, anyway, the one to coax him properly won’t be one of you two.”

….

After dealing with Lu Tun and Ye Lai like that, Shen Qi was really in a good mood.

But the one to really coax him into a better mood wasn’t these two.

Shen Qi returned to his room with a pile of things from Lu Tun and Ye Lai’s rooms.

Fu Mingyuan was sitting in front of the table, typing something on his laptop.

He probably heard some movement, so he turned his face.

A pair of glasses were on the bridge of the nose.

Shen Qi’s footsteps paused. His gaze fell on Fu Mingyuan’s face, and he licked his lips. “Why are you wearing glasses?”

Fu Mingyuan took off his glasses and narrowed his eyes. He waited for his sight to adjust, and seeing the messy pile in his hand, he frowned again.

While getting up to help him move things, he replied, “I’ve been reading too much on my cellphone, and my eyesight is a little damaged.”

Before, his eyesight was very good. After getting to know Shen Qi, he spent more time staring at his cellphone and computer.

“You found all these things during an inspection?”

He knew that Shen Qi didn’t really like eating snacks normally.

Shen Qi answered affirmatively, and letting nature take its course, he stuffed all the stuff he was holding into Fu Mingyuan’s arms. Plainly, the cabinet was only a few steps away, but he still had him relay it over.

Taking advantage of Fu Mingyuan bending over and putting the snacks into the cabinet, Shen Qi half narrowed his eyes, threw his cellphone on the bed, and went to the table to pick up Fu Mingyuan’s glasses. Then, he rubbed up behind him on tiptoe.

Although he moved quietly, Fu Mingyuan could still detect his approach.

He slowed down in sorting things out.

A source of heat suddenly stuck against his back.

Shen Qi put his chin on his shoulder, and his foot hooked around his calf.

Recently, Shen Qi seemed to like this move very much.

Fu Mingyuan’s back slightly stiffened.

Even though they were already very intimate, he still couldn’t stop “stiffening” in these kinds of situations.

“I’m so tired ah, Gege.” Shen Qi held his glasses in one hand and rubbed his chin against his shoulder twice.

The door of the cabinet closed.

Fu Mingyuan suddenly turned around, and the two of them were now face-to-face.

Shen Qi’s eyes were obviously bloodshot, and the dark circles under his eyes were also much more obvious now. His expression was fatigued, but Fu Mingyuan’s posture was the same in his eyes.

“Go to bed,” Fu Mingyuan ordered in a low voice.

The corner of Shen Qi’s mouth quirked up. “I haven’t taken a bath yet ne, Gege.”

“I’ll give you a massage.” Fu Mingyuan’s hands were already on his shoulders.

The easiest places for professional players to develop problems were their shoulders, necks, and wrists. Almost no player was without occupational diseases, but they usually weren’t that serious and didn’t cause problems.

While supporting Shen Qi’s dream, he had to also protect his body.

Shen Qi directly lay down obediently and gave the glasses to Fu Mingyuan. “Wear them?”

Fu Mingyuan was slightly stunned. Although he didn’t understand Shen Qi’s meaning here, he still put them on.

Shen Qi was completely satisfied. He rested his face against the pillow and enjoyed Fu Mingyuan’s massage service, but his mouth didn’t change.

“Gege, do you accept any other business?

“Do you accept something a bit more special?

“Use more force on my shoulders, en? I’m not afraid of pain, really, Gege.

“Since you’re wearing glasses, can you see the fine hairs on the back of my neck, Gege?”

Fu Mingyuan pressed a bit lighter and slower, and it was only when he heard his last question that he replied, “I can’t see clearly, there is no amplification function.”

Shen Qi buried himself in the pillow and smiled. “Your glasses don’t have them, but other places do ah, Gege.”

Fu Mingyuan used just the right amount of strength.

Shen Qi’s originally sore shoulders and neck were relieved, and he narrowed his eyes comfortably. Unconsciously, he was a bit breathy when talking.

Fu Mingyuan was half kneeling by the bed, and he narrowed his eyes, his breathing becoming less steady.

The competition wasn’t over yet, so he had restrained himself this entire time.

On the other hand, Shen Qi, who had originally been about to fall asleep, suddenly turned over when Fu Mingyuan’s massage grew lighter and lighter, and pulled at Fu Mingyuan’s collar to kiss him.

In the end, both of them got a little out of control.

Fu Mingyuan pulled away first. His glasses had already been yanked off, and who knew where they had been lost on the bed.

Before Fu Mingyuan entered the bathroom, Shen Qi buried himself in the quilt and said hoarsely, “Gege, you are so hot with glasses on.”

The sound of the door closing was much louder than usual.

Shen Qi smirked.

The next two days were the knockout competition.

The top eight teams in the knockout competition entered the resurrection competition.

QAQ didn’t need to participate in the competitions these next few days, so they carried out routine training the entire time, and they didn’t have practice competitions either.

The last day of the resurrection competition.

The professional player group chat——

[HUOJ-Boli: Link share: Livestream of professional player Boli, quickly come and support him ba!]

[HUOJ-Boli: It’s the end of the month, bros, do you have enough livestream time? Come and spam me some gifts. Because of the competition, I don’t have enough gifts this month]

[EVE-Buxiu: ?]

[HUOJ-ZZfen: Captain, are you cheating ah?]

[HUOJ-Boli: Bullshit, no one is coming to spam gifts]

As soon as Bo Li’s message was sent out, several gift prompts popped up in the livestream.

[Cyber Sweetie has sent a long hammer to Anchor Boli]

[Cyber Sweetie has sent a long hammer to Anchor Boli]

[……]

He spammed five.

One yuan for each long hammer.

[HUOJ-Boli: Shit, someone sent me some. Although it’s not the dogs in the groupchat, I’m so moved. Five yuan is also money ah!]

[BIG-Weapon: This person looks familiar, aren’t they the person you guys wanted to invite into your team before, but your private messages were directly blacklisted? @EVE-Buxiu]

[EVE-Buxiu: It seems so. He hasn’t livestreamed for a long time]

[EVE-Buxiu: This person plays like God A, and has played with Cold before @QAQ-Cold]

[QAQ-Cold: What’s the matter, Senior Sun Fan]

[QAQ-Cold: I don’t know him!]

Xu Leng quickly turned his cellphone over and focused on slurping up noodles.

He also snuck a glance at the captain who had finished sending gifts and switched to a video site to watch Fu Ge’s movies.

Keeping silent was best.

[BIG-Weapon: Little Leng Didi is so nervous?]

[HUOJ-Boli: Wait, I have a bold idea?]

[EVE-Buxiu: Wait, I have a bold idea?]

[QAQ-Angry: You have ideas towards my family’s child?]

[QAQ-Angry: Alright, first bring some betrothal presents over]

[HUOJ-Boli: Do you have any fucking shame?]

[QAQ-Angry: Can you eat shame? How was the Meimei that I introduced to you last time?]

[HUOJ-Boli: Can you shut up? They’re all divorced young women in their late thirties, can you even make it up to my mother!]

[QAQ-Angry: Oh, you really went through friends for that Smile.jpg]

Bo Li, who had turned the livestream camera on to drag out some streaming time: ???

[What happened to Bo Li?]

[Why does he look like he’s about to eat someone? Hahaha, can’t be satisfied with five long hammers?]

[No need for training? The finals are the day after tomorrow]

[You’re joking, M1G has a stable tenth place in their small group]

[Don’t mention other teams here, okay?]

[Cyber Sweetie has sent a small egg to Anchor Boli]

[Cyber Sweetie has sent a small egg to Anchor Boli]

[……]

He sent five.

One egg cost 0.5 yuan.

Bo Li: …..

The professional player group chat——

[HUOJ-Sharp: I’m laughing to death, hahahaha, Captain, does this person have a grudge against you?]

[HUOJ-Boli: You have time to type and you’re still not getting out of bed?]

[QAQ-Angry: Didn’t I say ah, Little Bo Li, when you have a camera on for the livestream, why aren’t you turning on a beauty filter. Your hair is messy and your clothes are buttoned incorrectly, why would anyone spam you gifts?]

Lu Tun, who was sneaking a look at the groupchat: “Idol, didn’t you spam him gifts…”

He whispered some nonsense, even though the gifts didn’t even add up to 10 yuan.

Seeing Shen Qi’s words, Bo Li really looked at himself in the mirror, and then clicked on the livestream on his phone to look at himself.

Two minutes later——

The anchor wasn’t at home for the time being.

[QAQ-Angry: Why did you stop the livestream? How much to become a mod? Is ten yuan enough?]

[HUOJ-Boli: Livestreams have blacklists, please give me your ID, thank you for your cooperation]

[EVE-Buxiu: Is God A going to sign a livestream contract?]

[BIG-Weapon: I also want to blacklist you, please give me your ID]

[QAQ-Angry: ?]

[QAQ-Angry: Smile.jpg After the finals, it takes 20 luxury cruise ships to become a mod. That’s not too much ba?]

The message was sent out, but no one replied.

Lu Tun sighed and thought, “So black-hearted ah…..”

Fu Mingyuan passed behind Lu Tun with a bowl of lotus seed and tremella soup. He put it on the table in front of Shen Qi and reminded him, “The mods you have assigned before can be gotten rid of now.”

Shen Qi glanced at Lu Tun, drank a mouthful of lotus seed and tremella soup, chuckled, and nodded. “You can withdraw now.”

Lu Tun: ???

“Idol, we have known each other for many years…”

Before Shen Qi could reply, Fu Mingyuan sat beside Shen Qi. He was as expressionless as always, and he still helped Shen Qi massage his shoulder and neck while replying to him with no fluctuations in his voice, “Close bros will settle accounts clearly.”

Lu Tun: …..

This wasn’t the male god he recognized.

He missed the Gege from the livestream wuwuwu.

Ye Lai and Xu Leng, who were watching the fun, covered their mouths and secretly laughed.

9 p.m.

The last game of the resurrection competition was over.

After interviewing the team that had successfully eaten chicken, the host was still standing on the stage.

Shen Qi, who was originally watching a movie, raised his eyes and looked at the TV that had been left on the entire time.

“What’s the matter? Is there another interview segment?” Lu Tun continued to eat melon seeds doubtfully.

Xu Leng and Ye Lai shook their heads.

Rong Jing went onstage.

He was wearing M1G’s original team uniform, which was very simple, and had no sponsor logos.

Dense lines appeared in the barrage.

[Here comes the stray dog]

[Let me tell you a joke, M1G wants to win the championship]

[M1G without God A is really shameful, how could they even get into the Asia Championship]

[Previous poster don’t forget, God A played in the qualifying rounds for the Asia Championship]

[How does RJJ have the face to stand up there? What, will he apologize to the audience all over the country for being too noob for us?]

[Can you watch your mouth a bit? ]

[RJJ didn’t watch his mouth when cursing people out, and he didn’t when slandering God A either. Why didn’t anyone say to watch your mouth about God A back then?]

[Kneeling down and admitting your mistake? Hahahaha, shameful]

Rong Jing took the microphone from the host.

He was left alone in the interview booth.

“Hello everyone, I’m M1G’s captain, RJJ.”

He let out a breath, with a relaxed smile on his perpetually gloomy face.

“I’m 22. I have been an e-sports player for four years, and have played in professional competitions for four years. I don’t really have any good results from all that.” He looked at the camera and lowered his head.

Rong Jing knew that there should be many people cursing him out right now.

He could see the people off-stage gradually leaving.

He could see the people still there pointing around.

He could also guess that the people left in the livestream were either ignoring this, spamming the barrage, or just exiting the livestream.

“I’m not a good player, I’m not a good captain, and I can’t attribute all this to my youth.

“Today, I’m sorry to take up this much time.”

Rong Jing made a 90 degree bow.

This bow was to Angry.

To LAND.

To those who supported M1G and were full of hope for M1G.

To the people who had never left and were still supporting him.

Sorry.

And thank you.

The words he couldn’t say, he would just let rot forever at the bottom of his heart.

“I, RJJ, Rong Jing, am officially announcing my retirement today.

“I’m also wishing M1G a bright future, and I wish all the players can realize their e-sports dreams.

“Goodbye.”

He took a deep breath.

His e-sports dream ended here.

Although he didn’t win the championship.

Although he didn’t say sorry to Angry himself.

Although he didn’t say thank you to Kim Da-ri.

The background music suddenly started playing the accompaniment of It’s Not That Easy.

Without any lyrics.

Rong Jing returned the microphone to the host and turned around by himself.

At the exit, Qiu Ji, Bao Dun, and Kim Da-ri stood there and opened their arms towards him.

[Trying to gain popularity?]

[F*ck you, he’s even retired, so what trying to fucking gain popularity?]

[Idiot, can’t you come back after you retire?]

[Where can he get the face to come back?]

[Please respect every player, thank you]

[Wishing you luck, the future is waiting for you!]

[Is M1G now obsolete?]

[The future is bright]

[……]

The QAQ team base——

Shen Qi looked at the M1G base opposite them that had no lights on.

It was pitch black.

Ye Lai sniffled. “How can he just retire whenever he says he’s going to retire?”

Lu Tun patted him on the head. “You shouldn’t ba... If he retires now, no team will want him in the future… His name is already like this.”

Lu Tun was telling the truth.

It was just that Rong Jing didn’t have the idea of coming back.

Shen Qi turned and whispered, “Ah, retired.”

He scratched his head. “No, doesn’t he still owe me an apology? How can he give up so easily?”

He then whispered, “Then I won’t feel cool winning this time at all.”

He looked in the direction of the M1G base again and fell deep in thought.

Rong Jing suddenly announcing his retirement didn’t actually cause many waves.

The most that happened was Rong Jing’s loyal fans weeping.

He failed to even climb up onto the Hot Search list.

They just watched as the official certification behind Rong Jing’s Weibo ID was removed, and behind his livestream ID, there was no longer any professional player certification.

This all happened later.

With the end of the resurrection competition, the Summer Finals began.

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