Ch37 - Everything I've done for you is worth it.

Edited by kat

Liu Weizhe hadn’t expected that Mo Chen would agree to take part in the competition. He was stunned for a moment, before snapping out of it and saying, “Alright, then assemble them for a meeting ba.”

So, a few minutes later, all of the members of the CLM regular team were called into the meeting room, along with Wen Xi and Coach Chen Xiao.

Other than Mo Chen, the others all seemed very happy to see Liu Weizhe.

Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei called him Liu Jie very easily, and Lan Yan called Liu Weizhe by his English name, “You’re here, Lina. Does that mean we have something to do?”

Liu Weizhe impatiently knocked on the table and replied, “I’ll just say it once ah, and after I’m done, I’ll go.”

Chen Wei’s lower lip curled up. “You say that every time you come over. You act like we have fierce floods and savage beasts here…”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xiao glared at him.

Then Chen Xiao nodded to Liu Weizhe, motioning for him to continue.

Liu Weizhe was too lazy to retort in the first place and went straight to the main point, “The first SGH Ice Cream Cup competition will be held next Saturday in S city. Your captain said that you’ll be participating, so I’ll help register all of you when I head back. Because it’s being held in the city, there won’t be too many teams participating, just around 25 ba. You guys can just treat it as going there to play and bring back some prize money. The competition system is divided into solo and squad competitions, with two daily matches over a span of two days. The final ranking will be based on the total number of points obtained in these eight matches. The total prize money is said to be 500,000 yuan. I’ve calculated that the champion should be able to get 200,000 yuan.”

“200,000 yuan, and are food and living expenses included as well?” Ling Shuyi asked.

Liu Weizhe glanced at him and replied, “You have to pay for those yourselves.”

“Ah? They don’t cover our food and board, and the prize money is only that much?” Chen Wei spoke disbelievingly, “Even if we don’t give any to the coach, splitting the 200,000 between us five will only result in 40,000 yuan per person!”

After Coach Chen Xiao heard him speak, he immediately hit Chen Wei on his back!

Wen Xi listened on the side and trembled—was 40,000 a small amount? It was equivalent to someone smashing him with 800 deep water torpedoes ah!

Liu Weizhe said calmly, “You’re overthinking it. After deducting tax, we also have to take 5% to build the club. The coach and I can take less, with just 20,000 per person, and the rest of it can be divided evenly among you. Let me calculate it oh… ” After speaking, he began to do mental calculations, and soon arrived at the answer, “Each of you will get 27,800 yuan.”

Wen Xi: ???

How did he calculate it? How could he calculate it so quickly?!

Later, Wen Xi went home and calculated it by himself: {[200000 – (36000 * 3% + (200000-96000) * 10%)] * (1-5%) – 40000} / 5 = 27818.8

It really was 27,800…. Fuck, how was this a crossdressing big boss, he was just a big boss!

At this time, Wen Xi was still ignorant of the situation. Liu Weizhe continued, “You guys should be content with your lot ba. It’s already good for them to give this much for an informal competition. Besides, your team captain didn’t agree to participate in this competition just to rush for the prize money,” he said, giving Mo Chen a look filled with hidden meaning.

After a pause, he added, “Alright, that’s all I have to say. Leave the registration to me, and you guys can handle the rest yourselves. Because it’s an informal competition, I won’t go out with the troops. Of course, I’ll still help book the hotel for you guys in advance.”

Liu Weizhe then stood up from his chair and left the conference room with elegant and graceful steps.

As Wen Xi watched him leave, he couldn’t help but deeply admire him, from his head to his toes.

He didn’t expect that the manager who looked so capricious would actually feel pretty reliable.

After the meeting was finished, everyone went to have dinner together, and then Mo Chen drove Wen Xi back.

On the way, as if aware of Wen Xi’s curiosity, Mo Chen took the initiative to explain to him, “Liu Weizhe was Chen Xiao’s college classmate. They were in the same dorm, and now he is a graduate student. Although we say he has a position in the club, it’s really that he just helps us out. Don’t think that he’s really young, as he’s actually really outstanding. They say that his graduation thesis was already written at the level of a graduate student.”

Wen Xi didn’t really understand, but felt that Liu Weizhe was really awesome.

Instead, Wen Xi was more curious about another matter. “Why does the manager wear women’s clothes? And his hair, is it real or not ah?”

“It’s real,” Mo Chen replied, “According to Chen Xiao, Liu Weizhe was always mistaken for a woman before entering university, even if he wore men’s clothes. After entering university, he simply grew out his hair and began wearing women’s clothing.”

“Oh…” It was beyond Wen Xi’s imagination that gender could get blurred to such a state.

At least Wen Xi had never been mistaken for a woman while wearing men’s clothing.

*

Mo Chen sent Wen Xi home, and by the time he returned to the club, it was dark.

It always got dark very quickly in autumn and winter.

At this moment, his teammates were lining up to take a bath and sleep, while the coach Chen Xiao was sitting alone on the sofa in the lobby, as if waiting for him.

Mo Chen walked over and asked, “Do you need me for something?”

“Yes,” Chen Xiao said, taking the initiative to stand up and pour Mo Chen a cup of water, before placing it by the seat across from him.

Mo Chen casually sat down opposite him and asked,”What’s the matter?”

“A-Zhe sent me a message just now,” Chen Xiao said.

The A-Zhe he mentioned obviously referred to Liu Weizhe.

“He asked me to remind you not to get carried away by love.”

“……” Mo Chen was speechless for a while, and was unable to help complaining, “You always believe whatever he says.”

“Because he can see people very accurately,” Chen Xiao seriously said, “Last year, he said that you were hiding something from us and told us to pay more attention to you. We didn’t take it to heart, and what happened in the end?”

Mo Chen frowned. He knew what he was talking about, but was unwilling to remember it.

Chen Xiao continued, “So this time, if he said you’ve fallen in love, then you must be in love.”

Mo Chen: “…..”

Chen Xiao pointed out, “You’re not denying it.”

Mo Chen: “………………….”

“Is it Wen Xi?” Chen Xiao asked, and not waiting for Mo Chen to respond, he then answered for him, “It can only be him. You act really different towards him. Don’t tell me you haven’t realized it.”

Mo Chen still did not respond, so Chen Xiao asked, “When?”

When?

To be honest, even Mo Chen didn’t know.

Maybe it was the first time he had gone on a date with Wen Xi, or perhaps it was even earlier, when Wen Xi had first headshot him with a bow.

He both admired Wen Xi and liked Wen Xi— He admired his skills, and liked that he seemed to have a soft and sticky personality when, in fact, he had his own ideas, and would act upon whatever he really wanted to do.

When had this sort of admiration and like fermented into love? Or, was it love from the very beginning? Who could tell?

However, Mo Chen was very clear that everything he did was for the sake of winning the world championship, so he replied calmly, “If you’re worried that my feelings for Wen Xi will affect my performance in the league, then you really don’t have to. I am not the kind of person who gets carried away by love.”

“After playing with your sweetheart all day long and skipping an entire day of training, you’re telling me that it won’t affect you?” Chen Xiao asked soulfully.

Mo Chen wasn’t moved, and replied, “I have proper limits. Today was his first time here. If I didn’t take him around to play, should I have had him train with us all day? The contract hasn’t been signed, and he hasn’t moved in either. If he was scared away, then would you take responsibility for it?”

Chen Xiao rolled his eyes—What reasoning! Those were all just excuses!

“It’s your choice whether or not to believe me,” Mo Chen said. He was too lazy to continue this topic with him, so he stood up and left.

Chen Xiao watched him go upstairs. Although he was still worried, whenever he remembered the strength that Wen Xi had shown today….

As long as Mo Chen stepped up during a competition, he would never let people down. However, even if he played a little off, what about it? With Wen Xi, their team’s comprehensive strength would be improved significantly, especially with how their team was currently “sparsely populated.”

CLM didn’t begin having difficulties recruiting new people just because Mo Chen had been absent from the competition. It had started long before then.

People were always stirring up trouble and saying that it wasn’t that Mo Chen’s teammates were too noob, but that Mo Chen was too strong and made his teammates look noob, which was why his teammates were getting flamed all over the Internet— There were a lot of people flaming Mo Chen online, but there were a lot more people flaming his teammates.

Therefore, newbies with real ability would rather go to a small unknown team than CLM. They didn’t want to join CLM just to be Mo Chen’s foil, much less become a cannon fodder overshadowed by his radiance.

The addition of Wen Xi would undoubtedly allow CLM to bloom with a brilliance that had never been seen before.

Thinking up until this point, Chen Xiao had calmed down.

After all, there was still half a year to go before the spring games, so what was he worried about.

*

Maybe it was because he was still tired from having fun the day before, but the next day, after the domestic trials were over, Wen Xi took a nap for the first time and got up at around 10 o’clock.

He ate lunch ahead of time and began to pack.

Since he was just moving to the club, he didn’t need to pack a lot of luggage, with one suitcase being enough.

However, completely emptying out the apartment and terminating his tenancy would still be a bit difficult, and he would need the help of his family members.

——Although the rental period wasn’t over yet, Wen Xi had already made up his mind to move away for good. After all, his current job had no requirements for his location, and he could do it anywhere.

So, two months after he had quit his job, Wen Xi called home for the first time.

“Hello?”

“Mom…”

Before calling, Wen Xi was honestly a little nervous. He was afraid that his family would blame him for not calling for two months, and feared even more that after finding out that he had resigned and started livestreaming, they would disdain his new career.

In the eyes of the older generation, livestreaming wasn’t a serious job at all.

After all, there was no stable salary, and he had to pay the social security tax himself.

However, to Wen Xi’s surprise, his mother calmly asked, “How have you been doing recently?”

He replied, “Pretty good.”

His mother responded, “Then that’s good.” Without mentioning his current job, she immediately asked, “What do you need me to help you with?”

As Wen Xi’s mother, how could she not understand her own son?

Wen Xi appeared withdrawn, but in fact he was very confident. He didn’t like to rely on others, and he didn’t want others to worry about him.

He didn’t contact his family for a month after moving. Wen Xi’s mother guessed that Wen Xi might have encountered some difficulties, but had wanted to solve things on his own.

In order to satisfy Wen Xi’s self-esteem, his mother pretended not to know anything, and wanted to wait for him to come find her for help after he couldn’t stand it anymore.

So, when she received the call from Wen Xi two months later, his mother was ready to be asked for help.

To her surprise, her son really needed help, but not financially.

“Mom, I’m moving again. Are you free to help me move things this weekend?” Wen Xi asked carefully.

His mother was silent for a moment before asking him, “Where are you moving this time?”

“I…” Wen Xi couldn’t say anything about moving to a club to play video games ah. “It’s not that I want you to help me move la. I want to move some things back home after moving, but because there are so many things, I can’t move all of them by myself…”

Okay, Wen Xi’s mother could tell that he was purposefully avoiding telling her about his own problems.

It couldn’t be that he couldn’t even keep renting his apartment and was going to go sleep on the street ba?

It was already like this and you’re still not asking for help?!

Wen Xi’s mother rolled her eyes and deliberately said, “You can’t find a moving company? Am I your servant?”

Wen Xi: QAQ

“No phone call for two months! You got a job and completely forgot about your parents! Could it be that you even have a girlfriend now? Why don’t you ask your girlfriend to help you move?”

Wen Xi:???

What was all this?

Not even mentioning that he didn’t have a girlfriend, even if he did have one, he had only heard of women asking their boyfriend to help them move, never of a man asking his girlfriend to help him move. If he did ask, then if his girlfriend didn’t kill him, his girlfriend’s parents definitely would… Pei, what girlfriend of his!

“Anyway, I won’t help you move. You can find a moving company yourself ba! Call me in advance when you’re going to move your stuff home, and I’ll leave the door open for you.”

Wen Xi gave up— Who was it that had helped him move herself previously, reprimanding, “Going to find a moving company, do you have too much money ah?”

This was probably something only your own mother would do ba.

“Okay, then I’ll look for a moving company,” Wen Xi compromised, “It’ll probably happen later this week, and I’ll call you in advance.” After a pause, he guessed that his mother was not in a good mood currently. He said in a soft voice, “I’m a bit busy recently, so I don’t have time to come back. When I’m free, I’ll definitely…”

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by his mother, “Don’t! Don’t come back. The two-person world of your dad and I is pretty good. If you come back, then there will be one extra person, and I’ll have to cook one more dish. I’ll be fatigued to death.”

Wen Xi: =_=

“Don’t look for the moving company. How much stuff do you have? During the weekend, it’s enough for your dad and I to come and help you move it all. If that’s not enough, then I’ll call your grandfather too.”

“……That’s enough. You two will be fine, and there’s also me.”

Wen Xi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. His expression still hadn’t caught up to what was going on—a woman’s heart was really like a needle at the bottom of the sea, and even his own mother was so fickle and difficult to understand.

In this way, after hanging up the phone, both Wen Xi and his mother breathed a sigh of relief.

Wen Xi thought: The matter of moving could finally count as being settled.

Wen Xi’s mother thought: It seemed that her son was truly not under financial pressure, so she could rest assured.

*

Over the next two days, Wen Xi practiced with his guns and livestreamed as usual. Before the weekend, he asked for two days off on Weibo. He met his parents during the weekend and moved all the things that should be moved home, before staying at his home for one night.

The next day, he went back to the rental house and called Mo Chen, saying, “I’m all ready. Come and pick me up ba.”

Mo Chen said, “Good.”

He spoke so gently that all of his nearby teammates who heard him suddenly broke out with goosebumps all over their bodies.

Therefore, right after Mo Chen left, Chen Wei couldn’t help sighing, “Ugh, when Wen Xi lives here, are we going to have to watch them show off their love every day?”

“We’ll be fed dog food every day.” Ling Shuyi was really too afraid to think about that kind of scene.

“You have to think about the good points,” Lan Yan suddenly said, “Seeing them show off their love and spread dog food everywhere has to be better than being emotionally abused by Mo Chen every day.”

“No, no, no, I’d rather be emotionally abused by the captain,” Chen Wei said, “I’m used to his emotional abuse, and I feel uncomfortable if I’m not emotionally abused by him for a day!”

With these words, Lan Yan was speechless and almost choked. Ling Shuyi looked at him as though he was abnormal, while Chen Xiao gave him a disgusted look, before turning his head and pretending that he didn’t know him.

But honestly, after getting used to Mo Chen’s serious, cold, and always “business-like” appearance, they realized that after Wen Xi came, they would often see Mo Chen’s gentle side. It really was something that would take some getting used to.

Finally, it was still Chen Xiao who voiced the truth, “You guys are overthinking it. A-Chen’s gentleness will only be shown to Wen Xi, and he will still emotionally abuse you guys, so nothing will change.”

Ling Shuyi said, “Fuck, that’s too accurate.”

*

After Wen Xi received a call from Mo Chen, he dragged out his suitcase. At that moment, he looked back at the house he had lived in for two months.

Everything that belonged to him had already been removed. Now, it looked very cold, and could even be called desolate, with no trace of his existence left behind.

He suddenly understood why the ancients had “passed by here and left a poem,” and later on some commoners had also followed the tradition of leaving notices that they had “traveled here.”

At this moment, he also really wanted to leave something to prove that he had lived here.

But in the end, he did nothing, put the key on the table, and gently closed the door.

He felt that it was meaningless to leave proof that he had lived here.

In this world, there was an easier and more valuable way to prove his existence.

His decision to play video games professionally was initially because he wanted to help Mo Chen.

However, after really making up his mind, Wen Xi also wanted to leave behind his own legacy by playing video games.

——He would play and achieve success!

*

“Is everything ready?” Mo Chen asked Wen Xi after he got in the car.

“En, it’s all packed up,” Wen Xi replied.

Before leaving, he had sent the landlord a message, who had kindly returned some of the rent to him.

Now, he really had no reason to come back here.

However, all of his melancholy feelings disappeared in a flash the moment he saw Mo Chen.

Wen Xi looked at Mo Chen’s face through the rearview mirror. There was no regret in his heart, only excitement, expectation, and anxiety about the future.

Mo Chen also felt as though a stone in his heart had finally fallen to the ground, and had relaxed a lot.

The two people sitting in the same car had very different moods, but a common understanding— Things would become very different in the future ba.

And this moment was the turning point to that future.

*

After arriving at the club, Mo Chen helped Wen Xi carry his luggage up to his room on the second floor—next door to his own room.

Wen Xi had mentioned several times that he wanted to move by himself, but Mo Chen simply ignored him. In the end, he could only thank Mo Chen after he helped him move his luggage up.

As a result, Mo Chen responded, “No need, everything I’ve done for you is worth it.”

These words gave Wen Xi goosebumps all over his body. He felt moved and replied somewhat helplessly, “Can you say something less ambiguous?”

Mo Chen thought about it and said, “I’m completely willing to do it?”

Wen Xi said, “….Forget it, you’re better off not say anything.”

After they went downstairs, they were called into the meeting room. This time, the coach had called for the meeting.

“Regarding that Ice Cream Cup, the registration isn’t closed yet, but there are already several noteworthy teams participating, so I’m giving you some warning in advance,” Chen Xiao said, “Do you guys know YEEY and JY?”

“YEEY?” Ling Shuyi blinked and asked, “A YEY knock-off?”

Chen Xiao glared at him and spoke angrily, “Shut up if you don’t know! Why are you interrupting?”

Ling Shuyi stuck out his tongue.

It was once again Lan Yan who knew a little, “YEY’s secondary team ba?”

Chen Xiao froze for a moment, before looking at him and nodding, “Yes, they belong to the same club as YEY, and can count as YEY’s secondary team. Since most of the players are underage and haven’t reached the professional league competition standards, they don’t participate in the formal competition, but their strength cannot be underestimated.”

“Tch.” Chen Wei suddenly spoke disdainfully, “Aren’t they just people who went over from our youth training team ba?”

Chen Xiao didn’t refute him, “No matter whether or not they came from our youth training team, after signing with YEY, they’re now their people and our enemies.”

Ling Shuyi asked, “What about JY? Don’t tell me they’re MQ’s secondary team. The team’s name is a thousand miles away from MQ ah! ”

Chen Xiao looked at him and replied, “They really are MQ’s secondary team.”

Ling Shuyi exclaimed, “WTF?! Why is the secondary team of MQ called JY? It would be better to call it JQ!”

Chen Xiao said, “….I’ve said it before, but can your priorities be a bit more normal? Is it the name of the team that matters? These are the secondary teams of two strong teams! Look at our Wen Xi, seriously listening and never interrupting!”

Wen Xi blinked. He didn’t know if he should follow what Chen Xiao was saying and act more seriously.

At this time, Mo Chen couldn’t help opening his mouth and saying, “From now on, anyone who interrupts can scram. If you don’t want to be in a meeting, you can go train.”

As soon as the captain spoke, there was a complete silence.

Wen Xi looked at Mo Chen.

This was the first time he had heard Mo Chen speak with such a cold tone, and he was surprised.

But in the next second, Mo Chen’s tone had slightly softened, indicating for Chen Xiao to continue.

Chen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief— He quite liked Mo Chen’s character sometimes. It was a bit cold, but his ability to control a situation was first class ah.

So Chen Xiao continued, “These are the two teams we need to focus on. I will introduce their playing methods and styles in detail later. Additionally, there are several new teams emerging in the league. There’s one that you already have an impression of, Kitty—QAQ.”

Ling Shuyi crooked his head, and wanted to say that he had no impression of it ah?

But when he put the three letters together in his head, he exclaimed, “Ah! That really kawaii crying face team!” After speaking, he thought of Mo Chen’s previous words and broke out in a cold sweat, instinctively shrinking his neck.

However, Mo Chen said nothing.

Chen Xiao also spoke up in time to save this cat, “En, that’s right, it’s the team that turned you into a lootbox as soon as you landed in the first game of the solo competition.”

Ling Shuyi raised his hand to cover his eyes, unable to bear looking at him directly.

“The domestic selection competition was the first competition that this team participated in after its establishment. In their very first competition, they managed to total up enough points to make it into the top 10. The future of this team is immeasurable,” Chen Xiao said. His eyes focused on Wen Xi’s face for a moment, and he suddenly continued, “Today’s meeting is mainly to analyze these three teams, but before that, there is a very important thing to discuss with you, which is—”

“Regarding the names of the players participating in the eight matches of the Ice Cream Cup competition. In particular, the squad competition team.”

The squad competition was, as the name suggested, four people teaming up into a squad in order to take place in the competition.

After Wen Xi joined, the number of members in the CLM regular team became five, which was to say that one person would have to be benched during the squad competition.

Everyone had deliberately avoided this problem previously, but now, with the competition about to start, if they didn’t decide the team now, then they wouldn’t have any time to train.

“A-Chen, what do you think?” Chen Xiao kicked the ball over to Mo Chen’s court.

Receiving the ball, Mo Chen didn’t even blink before blurting out, “Wen Xi will go up, and Lan Yan will be the substitute.”

—

Juurensha: Oh man, feel kind of bad for Lan Yan. But from here on out, it’ll mostly be about the competition guys!

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