There is no game for Scorpion today, Xu Xiang will appear near the venue, probably to watch the game.
Judging by this time, he should have just watched the match between SP and KI, and stopped by for dinner as soon as the match was over.
That's bad luck.
Feng Can complained in his heart, wondering if Cheng Su Nian would mind being bumped into by him, it shouldn't bother him at all, right? Could Xu Xiang still go out and talk nonsense
So what if you talk nonsense.
Feng Can wasn't worried at all, but felt an indescribable joy in his heart. Although Xu Xiang is not Cheng Sunian's predecessor, the "predecessor ADC" can barely be regarded as half of his predecessor, and his incumbent enjoys the thrill of stimulating his predecessor.
Feng Can let go of Cheng Sunian, stood up straight, and straightened his clothes. His eyes swept over Cheng Sunian's face—very well, Cheng Sunian didn't respond, it seemed that he really didn't mind.
But they don't mind, Xu Xiang does, the expression is indescribable: "Are you with him?" He asked Cheng Sunian, "Do you like men? Are you a couple?"
Feng Can: "..."
Is this man sick? Has anyone ever talked like that in front of someone? Embarrassed or not? Do you know how to be polite
Xu Xiang was greatly stimulated, he reacted too much, his eyes were too complicated, Feng Can almost suspected that he was interested in Cheng Sunian, otherwise what? But I heard that Xu Xiang has a girlfriend, probably a homophobic straight guy.
What era is it, you want to be homophobic, fear in your own stomach, and ask face to face? How old are you
Feng Can almost couldn't bear to fight, Cheng Sunian held him down, and said to Xu Xiang: "Yes, we are together, I'm sorry, please pretend you didn't see it."
After speaking, he led Feng Can out, but Xu Xiang stopped them with his hand.
The bathroom is not too big, and the door space is very narrow.
He was a grown man standing there, and it was impossible for Cheng Suinian to force his way through. Xu Xiang was silent for a while, looking at Cheng Sunian, her eyes seemed a little lonely: "Can we have a chat alone?"
"What are you talking about?" Cheng Sunian smiled commercially, but suddenly thought of something, he agreed, turned to Feng Can and said, "Go back first, wait for me for a few minutes, it will be over soon."
"..." Feng Can was quite reluctant, but he didn't want to show the disharmony between him and Cheng Sunian in front of outsiders, so he could only pretend to "respect each other like a guest", "trust Cheng Sunian very much" and "very assured" first. gone.
As soon as Feng Can left, Xu Xiang seemed to relax a bit. Just now he felt a tight feeling that he couldn't breathe, but now the oxygen has finally returned to his lungs.
"We haven't seen each other for a long time." Xu Xiang said.
"I played a game some time ago, didn't I just see it?"
"That doesn't count."
Cheng Suyou snorted: "Then how do you think you see it?"
"I-"
After a pause, Xu Xiang clenched her fingers and her eyes trembled slightly.
He seemed very nervous in front of Cheng Sunian, always acting as if he didn't dare to say anything, but in fact there was nothing to say between them.
Cheng Sunian took this as a sign that he was secretly making mistakes—although Cheng Sunian didn't care about whether he was right or not.
In fact, objectively speaking, regardless of what happened to them at the beginning, Cheng Sunian knew that Xu Xiang was a pretty good person, what did he mean by not bad? A young man with good looks, fair character, serious work, no bad habits, very educated and gentleman, very cautious and hardworking.
It is almost perfect, but because he cares about his own perfection very much, what happened to Cheng Su Nian has become the only "stain" in his first half of his life.
Cheng Sunian didn't care about it anymore, and couldn't understand his paranoia on this point, is it necessary? You walk your Yangguan Road, I cross my single-plank bridge, no one cares about anyone else, isn't it Dzogchen
But Xu Xiang said something irrelevant: "What do you like about him?... I said Feng Can, why are you with him?"
"..." Cheng Sunian smiled, "Thank you for your concern, this is my private matter."
Xu Xiang was a little embarrassed, he wanted to make amends for himself whenever he was embarrassed, but the more he tried to explain, the more unlikable he became: "I thought you liked girls... Uh, regardless of gender, you were not the person who could understand you the most before." Don't you think Feng Can is too naive? He's just a child, not on the same level as you... "
"This is my private matter." Cheng Sunian emphasized again, "If you only want to talk about these things, then we have nothing to talk about, so be it."
Cheng Sunian passed Xu Xiang and walked out, Xu Xiang hurriedly grabbed him: "I'm sorry, you know I'm not very good at talking, my original intention was to apologize to you."
"No need." Cheng Sunian said, "You have apologized many times, and I have answered many times, and today's answer is the same, I don't blame you, I can understand your original choice, there is no grudge between us, But if you insist on re-association with me, I don’t think it’s necessary, friendship is like time, the past is the past, we’re going our separate ways, you should take it easy.”
"..."
Cheng Sunian's expression was very cold, as he always did. Anyone who knows him will not be surprised when he sees it.
But in fact, very few people know that Cheng Sunian's temperament was quite lively before, not as cold and cold as he is now.
The first time Xu Xiang met Cheng Sunian was when he was seventeen years old.
At that time, they were surrounded by a group of half-children who were about the same age, all of them were from Internet cafes, they were either homeless and boring, or ruffian and gangsters. Although they were all poor, they smoked, drank and dyed their hair. A bunch of outlaws.
Only Cheng Sunian was different from them, Cheng Sunian was white and clean, like a schoolgirl, the kind who would be chased by girls on the road to send love letters.
Xu Xiang was born in a poor family and came from a small place. Since he was a child, his academic performance was not good, and he had no way out in his hometown. Coming to work is equivalent to getting out of the quagmire, and he can fight for a future by himself.
——Although this "future" was tantamount to self-deprecation in the eyes of many people at the time.
Cheng Sunian is a "self-willed and depraved" person. He even gave up taking college entrance examinations, ran to Shanghai from the north, and devoted his whole life to e-sports.
Xu Xiang felt that this kid was too naive, he could see that he had never experienced the hardships of life, so he took his dreams so seriously.
Of course, Xu Xiang also loves e-sports, but he has no strengths. Apart from being good at playing games, he can't pick out the second advantage. If there is a better choice, he will go to the brighter road without hesitation. It’s not like now, worrying every day whether I can make it into the regular professional game, fearing that I will be kicked out by the landlord tomorrow, unable to pay the Internet fee, and unable to eat enough.
Xu Xiang and Cheng Sunian met in an Internet cafe.
At that time, the game team Cheng Su joined when he came to Shanghai at the beginning of the year was gone, and he became a loner, unable to find another home.
Xu Xiang and him encountered a similar situation. The two had a common topic, chatted very speculatively, and often duo together.
At that time, Cheng Su Nian talked more than now, maybe because he was young and under too much pressure, he couldn’t help but want to talk to someone, but in his eyes, peers who are in the same profession as him are of course the easiest to understand each other "confidant".
Cheng Sunian regards Xu Xiang as a confidant, and talks to him about everything, including happy, sad, anxious... Those teenagers who want to complain to their parents but dare not contact the family, Xu Xiang is poured into his ears.
Later, they formed the Scorpion team together. Cheng Su's heart was higher than the sky. He said: "We want to develop Scorpion into the best professional club in China."
Cheng Sunian regards this as his career, and it can even be said that this is the highest ideal of his life.
Xu Xiang is also very concerned, but what Xu Xiang cares about is different from Cheng Sunian.
Xu Xiang doesn't have such a high spirit. He is actually very cautious and afraid of losing. Everything he has gained in the field of e-sports and the blueprint drawn by Cheng Sunian are things he never dared to think about.
He doesn't want to lose, he hopes that he can go higher and higher, and never go back to the poor world at the beginning.
Compared with this point, the ideal is second.
But Cheng Sunian didn't have a deep understanding of Xu Xiang's character at that time.
Xu Xiang actually has low self-esteem, low self-esteem in the bustling Shanghai, low self-esteem in front of Cheng Su Nian, he thinks everyone is better than himself, so he wants to behave better and be more likeable.
He cherishes everything he has gained, works hard to manage his image, and his friendship with Cheng Sunian is getting deeper and deeper.
Fortunately, their talents favored them. Today's No. 1 AD and No. 1 assistant in the national server were just two unknown juniors who were just emerging. The most dazzling rookie team.
Several bosses wanted to buy Scorpion, but Cheng Sunian refused to sell it.
On this point, he and Xu Xiang disagreed for the first time.
Xu Xiang thinks that the sale will not affect anything, it is just changing the boss for Scorpion, the game is still played by themselves, and with sufficient funds, the team will have better development, unlike now, It doesn't matter what you want, even the training games can only be played in Internet cafes.
What he said was well-founded, but Cheng Sunian had a longer-term vision, they couldn't reach a consensus, and in the end Xu Xiang temporarily compromised.
This contradiction did not affect the results of the Scorpions. They were like a broken bamboo, and as the champions of the Shanghai City Competition, they made it all the way to the Moon Cup finals.
Cheng Sunian was very excited. He thought that winning the Moon Cup would be the starting point of his brilliant life tonight.
He can finally call home, and he can proudly tell his mother: "I got the trophy, I got a big bonus, and I'm about to enter the EPL and become an official professional player."
It's a pity that fate always loves to play tricks on teenagers. Before the finals started, Cheng Sunian received a call from home first. His mother told him to go home quickly, and his father had an emergency and asked him to come back to see him one last time.
Cheng Su Nian stood still for a long time without realizing what he heard. The competition was about to start, his mind went blank, as if grasping at straws, he grabbed Xu Xiang for help: "Something happened at my house."
What Xu Xiang said at that time, after many years, Cheng Sunian no longer remembered, nor did he remember what he said incoherently.
He just remembers leaving the backstage lounge in a daze, wandering the corridors like a headless chicken, trying to find the gate, get out of here, go to the station, go to the airport, go home to see Dad.
At that time, they were playing against a team that had been disbanded for a long time. He met the owner of that team in the corridor. Seeing that something was wrong with him, the other party asked him what happened out of kindness, and then said that he could help send him away.
Cheng Sunian got into the opponent's car and walked for about three stops. He suddenly jolted, and his bewildered brain finally woke up—there was no substitute for Scorpion, and once he left, what would happen to the other four teammates
He can give up his own opportunity and not delay others.
But if he didn't go back now, and only delayed for an hour, or even ten minutes, he might never see his father again.
Cheng Sunian finally chose to go back to play.
He turned back the same way and prepared to play with his teammates. But he insisted on playing, but his condition was very bad. Scorpion lost again and again, and had to miss the championship.
And because of the game, Cheng Su Nian missed the last flight that night, and when he got home, his father had passed away.
Either way, it was his fault.
Cheng Sunian fell into the pain of self-blame and the loss of a loved one. Before he could recover, he hit him with a heavier punch. "Contact" was photographed, and his performance in the final was too much like acting, obviously selling his teammates.
At that time, the incident was very big, and the EOH professional league officials intervened in the investigation. Although no substantive evidence was found, Cheng Sunian's reputation had already been ruined.
Cheng Su was a fledgling at the beginning of the year, thinking that he was unlucky. It took several years to realize belatedly that it was because he had been unwilling to sell scorpions and offended others, and someone was fueling the flames behind his back and deliberately destroying him.
At the time of the incident, he couldn't argue with a hundred words, but when he told the truth, he was scolded as "an animal who used his family to whitewash".
He was disheartened, but he didn't want to give up just yet. But with such a big incident, plus he was going to take the blame for the finals, the Scorpion teammates had feelings for him, and they felt a little isolated. Under such circumstances, Xu Xiang sold the team.
As soon as the news of Xiezi's change of ownership came out, there were rumors outside that "Cheng Sunian was kicked out". Some people said that Xu Xiang had such a good relationship with him, and the two of them shared weal and woe, and refused to speak for him. It can be seen from the side to prove It is true that he "betrayed his teammates by cracking down on match-fixing matches", and the official shielded him in order to maintain the fair reputation of the professional league.
—In the case of someone maliciously controlling the situation, public opinion cannot be overturned.
But Cheng Sunian naively hoped that Xu Xiang could defend himself a few words. He thought, Xu Xiang knew the truth, if Xu Xiang was willing to testify, would he be able to wash away his grievances
But Xu Xiang was very afraid that he would drag her into the water, and she was afraid that he would not be able to avoid it.
Besides, today is different, Xu Xiang is Xu Xiang, the glorious captain of Scorpion, and Cheng Su Nian is the disgraced Cheng Su Nian, no team is willing to take them in.
What's the benefit of Xu Xiang helping him? Even if you help him, you may not be able to help him, it's just that you are smelly all over your body.
Cheng Su was only eighteen years old, and he almost collapsed under one blow after another.
But there is no unparalleled road, and he finally survived.
He hated Xu Xiang at that time, this person was once regarded as his confidant, the best friend he cared about most, but he sold his hard-earned team when he was weakest, and looked on coldly at him in trouble.
But hate is the most useless thing. Later, Cheng Sunian understood that every time he encounters a setback, the world is teaching him the truth and helping him strengthen his muscles and bones. Without those experiences, Cheng Sunian would not be where he is today.
But what is Xu Xiang worrying about
Cheng Su Nian was already invincible and invulnerable. He moved the corners of his lips slightly, and smiled at Xu Xiang: "Seven years, or eight years? You'd better not plan to bother me with this matter for the rest of your life, can't we settle things? What did I do wrong? I have to beg you to let me go? Are you relying on me, Xiangshen?"
"..."
Xu Xiang was at a loss for words, and it took him a long time to let go of his face, and said like admitting defeat: "Because... I regret it very much. If I can start again, I will never lose my support again."
Cheng Sunian patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, your support is doing well now, he already has a better AD."
Undoubtedly, this sentence is a knife, precisely inserted into Xu Xiang's weakness.
"... Do you think he is better?" Xu Xiang clenched his fists, his hands trembling slightly. Before Cheng Su Nian could speak, he defended himself, "Feng Can's pentakill last time, do you think I can't do it? He surpassed me because of age, not ability. If it was me a few years ago, he and I were of the same generation —”
"Ha." Cheng Su Nian was not polite at all, "If he is of the same generation as you, the title of 'National Service No. 1 AD' will still belong to you? Xu Xiang, do you think you are the strongest ADC since the beginning of the world? ——You No, Feng Can is."
At this moment, Feng Can, who had been eavesdropping for an unknown amount of time, came out from the corner of the wall outside, his tail almost raised to the sky, grabbed Cheng Sunian's wrist, pulled him towards him, hummed and said: " Let's go, today you are angry with me, your AD decided to forgive you, am I being generous?"
"..."
Be generous with your grandma's legs. (end of this chapter)