AM's way of celebrating is always very noisy, especially after adding the familiar Laur, this seemingly large box is suddenly filled with a group of young people who are not afraid of anything. Under the wanton indulgence of Big Boss Kang Ming, the entire KTV room was filled with howling ghosts and howling wolves as if they were venting.
The group of guys who never showed the characteristics of Maiba finally found their chance and started to use rock-paper-scissors to decide the outcome.
The only difference from other boxes is that there are no boxes of wine bottles, only warm rice wine.
This kind of rice wine, which is said to be brewed by the owner of the KTV himself, tastes no different from ordinary drinks. Even a minor like Lu Xiaoan can drink a cup or two without changing his face.
"So, why don't we celebrate with cola?" Liu Sanping really didn't understand the meaning of rice wine.
Kang Ming said: "If you must drink beer, sleep here by yourself when you get drunk, and come back by yourself tomorrow morning."
Liu Sanping went through the long distance between the KTV in the downtown area and the base in his mind for a while, and said very well: "I choose Coke."
Yun Yun felt that the rice wine was good, and there was no alcohol at all after heating it. While watching XD and Moon go to the trend of retro Cantonese songs, he unconsciously drank the wine in his hand. He likes a lively atmosphere, the more noisy it is, the more it can dilute the potential loneliness in his heart.
McGrath's words are like a nail firmly embedded in his soul, he is like a naive ghost who has not grown up, thinking that McGrath will always maintain his peak state, and there will never be a day when he retires.
But now, he was awakened from his dream by McGrath himself, and returned to the cruel reality again.
KTV is full of young figures, most of them are his teammates and opponents, they have devoted their youth and sweat in the common professional arena.
"Champion, what are you thinking?" Kang Ming finished off Zhang Ye, and finally got free.
Yun Yun glanced at him, Kang Ming's face was always filled with joy, his eyes kept shining with excitement since they won the championship, and he was sincerely happy for such a victory. Yun Yun should also be happy, but his tone was a little low, and he said, "I talked to McGrath today."
Kang Ming saw Yun Yun and McGrath enter the conference room alone. On the road of Yun Yun chasing idols, Kang Ming never stopped him. With that kind of mentality of loving the house and black people, he felt that McGrath was becoming more and more masculine be magnanimous.
In the past, he was only interested in McGrath's talent and rumors. After knowing how much Yun Yun admired this spear god, Kang Ming made up his homework and extinguished the last trace of jealousy in his heart.
Now, Yun Yun belongs to him. In order for Yun Yun to maintain his sincere respect, even after the complicated relationship network behind ST was exposed, he did not want McGrath to disappoint Yun Yun.
With a relaxed tone, he asked, "What did you talk about?"
Yun Yun lowered his head, looked at the drink in his hand that reflected the neon lights, and said, "He said... I hope I can continue my career and achieve results."
This kind of perfunctory words can be seen by Kang Ming as fake on Yun Yun's face. The person next to him was praised by the most revered idol in his heart. Simple. Kang Ming felt that Yun Yun's habit of hiding his thoughts hadn't changed, and it was better now. At least, he was willing to throw out a clue and let Kang Ming guess.
He asked: "Did McGrath tell you to carry on his glorious tradition and carry forward the e-sports career?"
Just like in a passionate inspirational drama, the protagonist entrusts him after he has won praise after defeating the idol. Kang Ming just followed his usual routine and just said it casually. Say nothing.
Kang Ming resolutely touched it with one hand, rubbed Yun Yun's drooping head vigorously in the public, and said, "This is a good thing, you always wanted to beat McGrath in your dreams, and now your dream has come true, and you also got your idol." Praise, don't be so low."
Yun Yun smiled and waved his troubled hands away, "I just feel that time has passed too fast, I thought McGrath... Forget it, let's not talk, do you want a drink, it's so sweet."
Yun Yun likes to eat sweets, and Kang Ming knew it from the very beginning. He took the glass of rice wine that was less than half left, and felt that Yun Yun seemed to be using wine to relieve his worries.
Although it is just rice wine, it also contains alcohol.
He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, but when he looked up, Yun Yun had already filled another glass and began to drink slowly.
"Actually, the rice wine still has some stamina, so don't drink it too fast." Kang Ming was really afraid that he would use drinking to vent his secrets, even if he was using games to relieve his worries, he was not that worried.
Yun Yun said, "It's not that I can't drink."
When he said this, his expression was full of pride, and the loneliness hidden in his heart was covered up by the dim and messy lights in the room.
Kang Ming laughed wantonly, stretched out his hand and continued to ravage his head, and said, "That's terrible, from the tone of his voice, he can drink a lot!"
Although Yun Yun's drinking capacity is not large, it is definitely able to handle daily socializing and entertainment. When he was young, he always had the illusion of being very heroic in drinking. Back then in ST, the celebration after the victory was basically based on wine.
Unexpectedly, two years later, when he became an adult, he became so young and fresh. He wanted to drink this sweet drink to celebrate his victory.
Yun Yun snorted twice, lifted the wine glass casually, and asked, "Participate in wine?"
Kang Ming laughed loudly, took the warm jug, filled it up, and said, "Fight. But, you can't just drink it, that would be too boring."
"What do you want?" Yun Yun was instinctively alert, feeling that Kang Ming was about to start a gamble again.
Kang Ming picked up the dice cup next to him, shook it, and said, "Bet big or small, loser drinks!"
Stamina always comes to mind after drinking. When Yun Yun felt a little dizzy, he had already lost about eight cups to Kang Ming. However, Kang Ming drank at least twenty cups.
Compared with such a quantity, Yun Yun obviously couldn't be defeated first, but he was indeed a little dizzy, and finally said: "I, I can't drink anymore."
When he said this, his eyes were slightly narrowed, and the red on his face could be seen under the dim light.
"Admit defeat?" Kang Ming was full of energy and didn't feel drunk at all.
Yun Yun didn't answer. He put down his cup and stood up. He was a little sleepy, but after turning into a standing position, he was much more awake. He took a step to go out to shake off the drowsiness on his body, but he was caught by Kang Ming within two steps.
"What are you going to do?" Kang Ming stood up, afraid that Yun Yun would really fall to the ground because he was drunk.
Yun Yun broke free, but did not shake off Kang Ming's hand, and said in a disgusted tone, "I'm going to the toilet!"
It wasn't until the players in the team had almost played that Kang Ming realized how intoxicated Yun Yun was.
Among the members of the two teams, he was the only one who was so drunk that he lay down on the sofa and fell asleep, even though the deafening singing rang in his ears, it didn't disturb him to recharge his energy.
Yun Yun was carried back by Kang Ming.
He threw himself on Kang Ming's back, shook it, and then woke up when a warm towel wiped his cheek.
"Chen Lingdong." Yun Yun had just finished shouting and hiccupped.
Kang Ming laughed secretly, feeling that he wanted to compete with him for wine before, as if he had experienced many battles, but after drinking a few small cups of rice wine, he was almost killed in battle.
The heat from the towel in his hand dissipated, so he quickly put it back into the water and wrung it dry again, and wiped Yun Yun's sweaty neck. When the towel just touched his neck, the traces of tears slid down and sank into the towel." Why are you crying?" Kang Ming's voice was low and gentle in the night, "Do you have a headache?"
Yun Yun had a dream.
He dreamed that the stadium that should have been lively was deserted, and his teammates who should have been advancing hand in hand left one by one. He had been running after McGrath's back, and then ran back to the empty game scene.
It was clearly a chaotic dream, but he clearly heard McGrath's voice saying: "I have retired."
The depressive pain in his heart welled up, and he couldn't stop crying anymore.
He knows that every professional player will have such a day, but he still can't accept that the only myth in his mind will quit the game, as if he has lost all his years of looking up and persistence to time.
Even though he has won all the teams and stood on top of the world, the Gunslinger still has to face the sorrow of the hero's twilight.
Now that he woke up, he heard Kang Ming's voice.
He didn't want to cry, but he couldn't stop the tears mixed with alcohol to vent, and they kept flowing down, gradually turning into sobs. Yun Yun's back felt the pat of his palm, and his ears were filled with gentle persuasion.
Kang Ming said, "Is there any discomfort, headache or stomachache?"
Yun Yun didn't speak, but hugged Kang Ming tightly, venting his inner emotions wantonly.
The sound of sobbing gradually became quieter. Yun Yun really seemed to lose control of his emotions after drinking. He couldn't control the tears welling up from his lacrimal glands. He threw himself on Kang Ming's back, immersed in the sadness brought by the dream. After the alcohol evaporated, his whole body was shaking It's cold.
"I had a dream." When he spoke, his voice was choked with sobs, "I dreamed that all the people I liked around me disappeared, and in the end I was the only one left."
Yun Yun's tone was very low, as if he was talking to himself. He could no longer remember McGrath's original words, but he clearly remembered "Only me". Those few simple words contained the melancholy of the past ten years , so oppressed that he couldn't breathe.
He has seen parting, and the pale portrait is pasted on the tombstone, which means that someone has left him.
The game has brought him countless joys, and he has never faced anything alone. Even the system AI, with gunshots, made him feel no longer alone.
Now, he is sad.
He said: "Chen Lingdong, I don't want McGrath to retire."
Kang Ming hugged him, patting and stroking his back like coaxing a child. Kang Ming finally knew what McGrath and Yun Yun talked about, but there was nothing he could do.
For a professional player like McGrath, even if he continues to gallop on the field, he will inevitably face the day of "retirement".
He just didn't expect that McGrath would talk about this topic with Yun Yun at such a time.
Kang Ming turned his head, kissed Yun Yun's ear lightly, and said: "I will always be with you, longer than the time you have known McGrath, longer than your career, we become champions at home, and then go abroad , go wherever you want, and I will accompany you until you win the world championship."
Kang Ming seemed to be coaxing, like promising, "I will give you my life, and I will never let you be alone."
Kang Ming spoke very slowly, every word hit Yun Yun's heart. Looking at this familiar man, Yun Yun felt that his eyes had a charming light under the night light.
Yun Yun felt that this sentence was very long, long enough for him to spend his whole life thinking about the meaning of this sentence.
Kang Ming looked at Yun Yun's dazed look and smiled, his eyes were gentle, "I'm such a romantic confession, why don't you show it?"
Yun Yun didn't move.
Kang Ming said: "I said such a long sentence and made such a long oath, don't you feel moved, don't you feel—"
Yun Yun leaned over and kissed the corners of those smiling lips, exuding the light and sweet aroma of rice wine all over his body.
"I don't think so." He said, "You talk a lot."
Then, Kang Ming let him feel what it means to be a hard-working man who doesn't talk much.