Ch46 - Never in his life!

Edited by kat

If it had been anyone else trying to throw the blame onto Mo Chen’s head, Mo Chen would have long ago done away with them.

However, it was Wen Xi who had thrown the blame. Mo Chen paused, and didn’t even use half a sentence to explain, just silently taking the blame and sipping his water.

Ling Shuyi couldn’t help but complain in a small voice, “So it turns out you’re such a captain.”

Chen Wei also said, “So all along, you viewed Lightning like this…” In the middle of his sentence, Chen Wei saw Mo Chen look over at him, and he wussed out. “…such a damn vivid image! Lightning is a giant baby! This evaluation is too accurate, worthy of the captain!”

Mo Chen looked back with satisfaction.

Ling Shuyi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, and Chen Xiao was also full of all kinds of laughter.

Wen Xi looked at Mo Chen for a while, before turning to look at Chen Xiao. He very naturally returned to the question, “So what is Lightning like?”

Chen Xiao and could only continue to describe him with a helpless expression, “Lightning is an assault, and his ability is very strong. Don’t just look at how he becomes sluggish every time he goes up against A-Chen. His psychological quality is super good, so he’s very stable in a gunfight. They say that once he enters a face-to-face gun fight, he’s never lost.”

Wen Xi couldn’t pretend to have not heard that. “Does he still win when he and the captain get into a face-to-face gun fight?”

Chen Xiao expressed that this question was too hard for him. “He just has never had the chance to have a face-to-face gun fight with A-Chen, because he’s usually long since already been sniped by him.”

“This answer…amazing, amazing,” Chen Wei gave Chen Xiao a thumbs up, admitting defeat.

Chen Xiao chuckled with pride before continuing to describe Lightning to Wen Xi, “YEY is more balanced than MQ in their distribution of close vs. long-range combat power. Lightning and Run are responsible for close combat, while Double-T is responsible for sniping. They don’t really have a support position, so their entire team is highly lethal.”

“Double-T?” Wen Xi didn’t understand.

Chen Xiao explained, “Thunder and Tornado. They’re YEY’s snipers. Since their English IDs both start with T, they’re referred to as Double-T.”

Wen Xi replied, “Oh…”

“What’s wrong with that team YEY?” Ling Shuyi couldn’t help but complain, “There’s lightning flashing, thunder rumbling, and tornados twisting..”

“That’s right!” Chen Wei followed him to complain, “And then there’s the one called Run—It makes sense, matched up with that hellish weather, who wouldn’t run? Is their team going to shoot a natural disaster film or something?”

Wen Xi imagined that scene and let out a “pfft” of laughter.

Chen Xiao clicked his tongue. “I’m trying to explain things to Wen Xi, and you’re interrupting me to speak nonsense? Gather up all your mockery skills and use them during the competition.”

“Hahahahaha!” Wen Xi had guessed the beginning of Chen Xiao’s remark but not the end—So it turned out that he wanted Chen Wei and Ling Shuyi to stop mocking YEY now in order to wait to direct it straight at YEY during the competition?

What kind of immortals were CLM’s team members and their coach?

Seeing that Wen Xi was laughing so happily, Mo Chen couldn’t help laughing as well. When Wen Xi was done laughing, he said lightly, “You don’t have to remember it all. The spring competition is still far away, and we’ll have a few training matches with those two teams before then. You’ll pretty much know everyone’s strengths and position after actually fighting with them.”

“A-Chen is right,” Chen Xiao said, adding, “Right now you just need to remember the general style of these two teams. YEY is an offensive team that’s strong in both close and long-range combat. Everyone in the team is very strong, and their playing methods are flexible and unpredictable. They can advance or retreat, so we need to be ready to adapt when we fight against them. On the other hand, MQ tends to be more close combat oriented, and their long-range attack ability is weak. In their team, besides their captain CC, no one else’s personal strength is outstanding, but they win because of their strong team cohesion. Their team members rarely fall behind, so it’s not actually easy to try and attack them individually, and it’s better to encircle the whole team and then fight it out.”

“Oh…” Wen Xi responded, thinking, Sure enough, teams capable of winning against CLM and advancing to the global finals have more than one trick up their sleeves.

He really couldn’t wait to fight against the two teams and see how it goes.

*

The global finals lasted seven days, and both YEY and MQ did their best during this time.

Wen Xi watched the global final’s livestream with his CLM teammates during the day, and livestreamed squad matches with Ai Zhe, Blue Wolf, and Ruby in the evening. Even during the squad matches, they still chatted about the global finals.

Then, unwittingly, the final day of the global finals arrived.

During the first six days, YEY went up and down in the ranks. One moment they were first place, and then the next moment they had fallen to fourth. It was enough to give people a heart attack.

However, they played extraordinarily well on the last day of the competition and obtained the highest points that day in the solo matches. This allowed their total team points to stabilize in third place, winning the first ever medal for their team.

MQ didn’t play as well as YEY, but this was the first time that their team had played in the global finals. For them, getting fifth place was also a proud achievement.

After all, the 25 teams participating in the global finals came from more than ten countries, and each team was an elite among the elites.

In any case, no matter if they were happy or sad, their achievements had become a foregone conclusion.

After a rest abroad, the two teams returned to China together.

They were welcomed by both fans and anti-fans. Some people cheered for them, while others asked why they didn’t win the championship.

——It was inevitable.

After a few days, Liu Weizhe, the legendary manager of CLM, once again appeared in the club’s lobby!

“A training match!” Ling Shuyi immediately called out after going downstairs and seeing him sitting on the sofa.

Liu Weizhe, who was gracefully drinking water, furrowed his brow slightly.

Chen Wei had followed Ling Shuyi downstairs, and was stunned to see Liu Weizhe, exclaiming, “Wow, you’re so early today ah! So when’s the training match?”

“Tch, you’ve all become immortals, have you? I haven’t said anything yet, but you all know what I’m going to say?” Liu Weizhe put down the paper cup, and didn’t even turn his head before he started to complain.

Today, he was also wearing women’s clothing. When he didn’t speak, he completely had the image of a fair lady, but when he did speak, he seemed a bit rude. However, because his voice sounded androgynous, it didn’t bewilder people too much.

Chen Wei walked up to him with a smile and helped him rub his shoulders, before saying, “YEY and MQ returned to China not long ago. If you’re here right now, then of course it’s about a training match ah~”

Liu Weizhe narrowed his eyes. “En, feels good. Continue.”

So Chen Wei continued to massage his shoulders, at the same time trying to sound him out, “So when is the training match scheduled?”

Liu Weizhe gave him a sly smile. “I’ll wait for everyone to arrive before discussing it.”

“Tch.” Chen Wei immediately took back his hands and left him alone.

It was 8 o’clock in the morning, which was the time when the members of CLM were reluctant to part with their beds.

At around 9 o’clock, after everyone had finally washed up and gone downstairs, Chen Xiao called them all into the meeting room.

“Old rules, I’ll just say it once and then go.” Liu Weizhe drummed his fingers on the table as he spoke.

The crisp sound of his fingertips tapping on the table made it easy for everyone to focus on him.

“The training match will start at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, the 25th. It’s part of an online competition. At present, there are about 20 teams registered, but I don’t know whether the number will increase by next week.”

When Liu Weizhe spoke normally, his voice sounded androgynous, and he had to make an effort to use a more male-sounding voice.

“I’ll send the list of teams participating in the training competition as email attachments later. Today, I came by in order to tell you this.”

“Will YEY be there! Will MQ be there? ” Ling Shuyi couldn’t wait to ask.

Liu Weizhe couldn’t help but roll his eyes. “Do I even need to say it? If they weren’t participating, what kind of bullshit training match would I be making plans for!”

“There’s not only YEY and MQ, but also QAQ,” Liu Weizhe said, but after seeing that no one reacted to his words, he paused a few seconds before tentatively adding, “Do you guys not know that Lan Yan went to QAQ?”

“Eh?!” Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei were both stunned. It was obvious that they really hadn’t known.

Chen Xiao and Mo Chen still didn’t react to that piece of information.

Wen Xi blinked. He also had not been aware.

“He went to QAQ? The crying emoticon team?” Chen Wei asked uncertainly.

Liu Weizhe nodded.

Ling Shuyi said, “Yi, I thought he would go to DOL or a similar team…”

DOL was a very old club. During this season for the domestic trials, they had ranked fourth, just after CLM.

QAQ had been in fifth.

“QAQ this team…” Chen Wei touched his chin and pondered for a while.

Everyone almost instinctively turned to him, thinking that he was about to analyze the team’s advantages and disadvantages.

Unexpectedly, his next sentence was, “We can tell that the players are all fierce men just by looking at the name of the team!”

His teammates, coach, and manager: ….

Chen Wei added, “Isn’t there a saying about macho men crying?”

He had just spoken when Chen Xiao slapped him on the back and exclaimed, “How can you interrupt randomly?! I actually thought you would say something constructive. Really…”

“Hiss—It’s killing me! Help me rub my back!” Chen Wei gave him an accusatory look.

Chen Xiao rolled his eyes and didn’t want to listen to him, but although his expression was sour, his hands were sincerely helping him rub his back.

Liu Weizhe silently moved his gaze away from Chen Wei’s face.

At that moment, he had actually thought that Chen Wei was going to seriously analyze… He must have been out of his mind.

“That’s all I have to say,” he said, rising gracefully from his chair and smoothing the wrinkles from his skirt. Just as he was about to go, he suddenly thought of something and sat down again, saying, “Wait… You all go out first, while Mo Chen stays here. I have something to say to you alone.”

Everyone was startled after hearing him speak. Mo Chen was no exception.

However, in this club, besides Mo Chen, everyone listened to Liu Weizhe most. After all, he had the highest level of education.

Therefore, no one raised any objections, and they all left obediently.

Soon, only Liu Weizhe and Mo Chen were left in the large conference room.

After Chen Xiao closed the door, Liu Weizhe turned his head and looked at Mo Chen, before lowering his voice and asking, “How have you been doing recently?”

Mo Chen knew what he was asking about. “I haven’t had an attack since then, and I have been cooperating with the treatment this entire time.”

——En, they were talking about his claustrophobia.

Liu Weizhe nodded, and then switched the conversation to another subject. “Are you satisfied with the current team?”

Mo Chen looked at him and narrowed his eyes. He was unsure why he had suddenly asked this, but still replied, “It’s very good.”

“In that case, cherish them,” Liu Weizhe looked at Mo Chen and spoke straightforwardly, “Although I don’t come to the club often, for better or worse I’m still CLM’s manager. I don’t want a second Lan Yan incident happening before CLM can win the championship.”

Mo Chen didn’t flinch and gazed at him. “Your meaning is that it was my fault that Lan Yan transferred?”

“You could say that,” Liu Weizhe replied, “It’s not your fault that Lan Yan was replaced by Wen Xi, but Lan Yan’s transfer was partly due to you.”

Mo Chen was silent.

Liu Weizhe continued, “CLM was founded by you and Lan Yan, the original pair. Although the club is now under your name, Lan Yan is still in CLM’s name. However, considering how emotional he is, if he still had a trace of feelings for CLM, then let alone a substitute, he may not refuse being placed on the secondary team.”

“CLM was like a home to him. Who would want to leave their home? So, why did he transfer?” Liu Weizhe asked, but didn’t give Mo Chen a chance to reply and continued, “It’s not that he has a strong desire to go up and play, but because he felt that he no longer had any value in CLM. In other words—he couldn’t find a reason to stay in CLM. Otherwise, why would a person who wants to win the championship rush to leave the team with the highest likelihood of winning the championship before the spring competition has even started?”

Mo Chen calmly looked at Liu Weizhe throughout all of this, with a look that showed he completely wasn’t taking his words to heart.

However, Liu Weizhe knew he was listening, so he continued, “Did you look down on him? Or should I ask, do you look down on everyone in this team except Wen Xi?”

Mo Chen’s gaze drifted away for a moment.

“It’s just us two here, and I don’t come to the club very often, so you don’t have to hide it from me—You can’t hide it from me anyway,” Liu Weizhe said, “In fact, I felt long ago that you completely don’t regard the people in this team as your teammates. You think you can win the championship by yourself, and the rest of the team is just ‘making up the numbers’ for you.”

“On the first day of the 15th global finals, because you didn’t play, CLM’s score was almost the bottom of the rankings. You must have felt it deeply at that time ba.”

“You did all you could to get the points back. You won first place in almost every match in the next six days, but you still failed to win the championship. I understand your despair at that time. You must have hated it and questioned why your teammates were so weak, and why couldn’t they have gotten more points on the first day of the competition?”

“There’s always a reason why someone is cold to another person. Being cold and lofty is someone’s personality? No, in my opinion, acting cold and lofty is due to their attitude,” Liu Weizhe said, “You hated your teammates and vented all your anger regarding the competition’s outcome onto them. You didn’t want to talk to them or even see them—These are all the reasons why you are so cold to them.”

“However, why don’t you think they can sense it?”

Mo Chen still didn’t speak, but his gaze had begun to blur, and his fingers also unconsciously rubbed the table top.

“Lan Yan was the most sensitive player on our team. He didn’t talk much, but he felt everything. After Chen Xiao retired, Lan Yan became your partner. He knew that he couldn’t keep up with your pace, so he worked hard the entire time, but did you ever give him even half a sentence of encouragement?”

“It was at that time that he began to deteriorate. The reason why he deteriorated so quickly was more psychological than anything else.”

After hearing this, Mo Chen finally couldn’t help but look up at Liu Weizhe and ask, “So, what do you want me to do? Apologize to him? Beg him to come back?”

“No, it’s no use apologizing, and you can’t either,” Liu Weizhe said, “Although Lan Yan’s transfer was partly due to you, I didn’t say that you were really wrong. At the end of the day, you just want to win the championship, and you have never abandoned your teammates on the field.”

“Mo Chen, you know that I don’t like to talk nonsense, so there is a reason why I’ve talked to you so much today. It’s not to make you get back a person we’re unable to get back, and who we also have no need for,” Liu Weizhe said, standing up from his chair.

This time, he was really going to leave, but before he left, he said to Mo Chen seriously, “Cherish your current teammates, whether it’s Wen Xi, Kitty, or Xiao Wei. You need to be clear that without them, you can’t accomplish anything. Discover and affirm the value of each of them, get along well with them, and treat each of them as your teammates, not as ‘people to make up the numbers’, so that you can better cooperate with them and win the championship—That’s what I really wanted to tell you today.”

Mo Chen pursed lower lip and replied, “I know.”

“En, I guessed you should already know or I wouldn’t have come to you at this time to say all this, since it would be no different from casting pearls before swine,” Liu Weizhe said, and suddenly laughed, “Since Wen Xi arrived, you have really changed a lot—Sure enough, the power of love is great~”

Mo Chen clicked his tongue, too lazy to pay attention to him.

“Oh, right.” Liu Weizhe, who had reached the door and was ready to open it to leave, suddenly thought of something and added without looking back, “Right, there is also a reason why I act so cold and lofty towards all of you—You scum who can’t even pass the postgraduate examination!”

“So annoying!” Mo Chen finally couldn’t help cursing.

Liu Weizhe opened the door in a satisfied manner, and left with elegant steps.

Not long after he left, Mo Chen also came out of the meeting room. His expression was still a little gloomy when he came out, which scared all his teammates.

“Captain, did you just come back from Antarctica?” Ling Shuyi couldn’t help but complain in a small voice.

“No, it may be the North Pole,” Chen Wei said.

Mo Chen coldly looked at the two people, but just as the pair was readying their spirits to slip away, he suddenly raised the corner of his lips into a smile.

Ling Shuyi & Chen Wei: !!!

Fuck! How terrifying! Captain was going to eat people!

Mo Chen looked at the two people with frightened appearances and resisted the impulse to roll his eyes, taking back the smile that he had worked so hard to display.

He had known that they would react like this…

He went over to the water dispenser and poured himself a glass of water. When he turned his head, he met Wen Xi’s curious gaze and was stunned.

The next second, his expression almost unconsciously softened and his lips slightly raised, showing a smile that was much more natural than before as he asked, “What are you looking at me for?”

“I’m very curious about what the manager said to you?” Wen Xi asked innocently.

“Nothing, we were just chatting,” Mo Chen responded.

It was of course impossible for Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei to hear what he had just talked about.

They might also be like Lan Yan, and already be aware of the darkness in his heart.

Getting along well with them?

Mo Chen took note of this suggestion, but he didn’t know what to do with it at all.

Basically, he shouldn’t force himself like just now, and he should just allow nature to take its course. That would be better ba…

He had to admit that Liu Weizhe was truly formidable. Not mentioning anything else, his judgments of people were very accurate.

Mo Chen admitted that he was right—Before Wen Xi had joined the team, he really did resent his teammates. He had even thought that his team was hell, and he was stuck up to his neck in it.

Therefore, when he found this piece of jade Wen Xi, he was so excited that it was like he had grasped a beam of light in the boundless dark.

At that time, he truly felt that only Wen Xi could save him from this hell. He could allow him to get rid of everything he wanted to get rid of, and help him win the championship trophy he had always dreamed of.

However, after Wen Xi had really arrived, Mo Chen suddenly found that his team actually wasn’t so bad.

Both Ling Shuyi and Chen Wei had their own advantages.

After today, Mo Chen might try to recognize the value of each of his teammates and get along well with them.

However, if you wanted him to treat them like Wen Xi? Never in his life!

“Wen Xi,” Mo Chen tried calling out.

Wen Xi looked up at him with his extremely clear gaze.

Mo Chen couldn’t help laughing. “Pulling you into the team was the best decision I’ve ever made in my life.”

Wen Xi was stunned, and he hadn’t even managed to react before his other teammates started to complain.

Chen Wei asked, “Is this a confession? Is it? Did I hear or understand it wrong?”

Ling Shuyi replied, “You’re too much ba, even if it was true, the good atmosphere has been completely destroyed by you!” After a pause, he added, “Other things don’t matter, but I just want to ask, when are you guys going to get married?”

Chen Xiao took a sip of water and remained silent, completely appearing as if he was watching a show.

Mo Chen instinctively wanted to glare at them. However, before he could glare at him, he heard Wen Xi’s response, “Me too. The best decision I’ve ever made in my life was to join CLM. ”

Wen Xi wasn’t just saying it to go along with Mo Chen’s joke, but had spoken seriously.

CLM had completely changed his life, giving it both a goal and meaning. More importantly, he now had money!

Therefore, he was truly thankful to Mo Chen for giving him such an opportunity.

Chen Wei commented, “Wow, saying ‘I do’ so quickly, is the next step to send him to the bridal chamber?”

Ling Shuyi said, “It’s kind of awkward to suddenly be so extravagantly affectionate but…do you need me to move the Civil Affairs Bureau over to you guys!”

Mo Chen wasn’t listening to what they were saying at the moment, and his attention was focused on Wen Xi. He looked at Wen Xi in silence for a while before he said seriously, “Let’s win the training match.”

“Mmhm!” Wen Xi smiled at him and replied, “I will try my best!”

Mo Chen returned his smile and turned to the training room, ordering, “Start training. At the training match five days from now, anyone who can’t break into the top three will get extra training for a month!”

Ling Shuyi & Chen Wei: ???

It’s just a training match. Do you have to be this fierce!

The two of them thought so, but they didn’t refute him, because they had already been looking forward to the training match for a long time. They had hoped that they would be able to fight against YEY and MQ ever since the Ice Cream Cup had ended, so that they could determine how strong CLM was now!

Tch, wasn’t it just the top three! Who couldn’t break into that!

Wait…

In a competition with four people per team, why were they trying to break into the top three?

Captain, who are you going to offer as a sacrifice to heaven?

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The author has something to say:

Today’s update is late, sorry!!! The transition was too difficult to write, and I got stuck, QAQ

In addition, also explained the reason why Mo Chen was cold to his teammates. In fact, his attitude towards his teammates has changed a lot since Wen Xi joined CLM. He was colder in the past orz

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Juurensha: Well I’m glad Liu Weizhe gave Mo Chen a talking-to, he really needed one. Hopefully he’ll treat both Kitty and Chen Wei better now!

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