It was six o'clock after dinner, and the Longyin team collectively booked a flight ticket to Changsha at 8:30. Lan Weiran wanted to go to the airport in advance, but he received a call from his mother Wang Keru as soon as he walked out of the restaurant. The woman's voice was familiar and soft: "I watched the live broadcast of today's game, and you guys played very well. I plan to stay in Shanghai for a few days this time? If you have time, go home and have a meal. I'll fly back to Shanghai tonight."
Lan Weiran said regretfully: "Mom, I just happened to be going back to Changsha tonight with the team members. This time, the time is tight and I probably won't be able to see you."
Wang Keru smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, there will be opportunities in the future. You can do your job first, the game is more important."
Lan Weiran said, "Well, I'll go home to see you in the offseason."
After hanging up the phone, the expression on Lan Weiran's face was obviously a little disappointed, and Ye Chenxi asked softly, "Is it Auntie's call?"
Lan Weiran nodded.
Ye Chenxi said, "Don't mind, you are so busy leading the game, auntie will definitely understand."
Lan Weiran of course knew that his mother would understand, but it was one thing for the elders to understand, but he was not very happy when he was a son - since his father died, he went abroad to study painting and spent very little time with his mother at home. , Sometimes it takes more than half a year to see each other, and this time in Shanghai, there is no time to wait for her to come back from other places. In retrospect, it was a long time ago that the mother and son ate together for the last time.
Lan Weiran was silent for a moment before saying, "Go back, I'll take a taxi directly to the airport."
Ye Chenxi said, "I will send you."
Facing the persistent gaze of the young man, Lan Weiran was no longer polite, turned around and got into Ye Chenxi's car.
The high-speed at the airport is unobstructed. Looking at the familiar scenery along the road, Lan Weiran couldn't help but say: "The schedule is too tight, and flying around all day is almost like a trapeze. I don't have time to go home when I arrive in Shanghai, and I will wait for the off-season. I must accompany my mother well."
Ye Chenxi smiled and said, "Don't worry, the season will end in a month, and there will be opportunities in the future."
Lan Weiran nodded and said nothing.
When he was the captain of Luo Huaci, his home court was in Shanghai, and he could go home to visit his parents on weekends. At that time, his father would come to the scene to cheer his son on every game. He even sat in the front row of the VIP auditorium holding a sign saying "Come on with Luo Hua Ci". After the game, no matter whether he won or lost, he would come to the backstage to see his son and take pictures. With a few words of encouragement on his son's shoulder, the old players of Luohuaci felt that Lan's father was still like a child, and Lan Weiran's father always said that he was the most loyal fan of Luohuaci's team.
Now things are right and wrong. It has been more than four years since my father passed away. He is no longer the captain of Luo Huaci, and coming to Shanghai to play games is no longer the home court. It is impossible for my father to sit in the audience to cheer him, and it is impossible to see him. He wins.
Encouraged by Liu Chuan to come back, the biggest reason is that he is very unwilling and wants to take a trophy to prove that he makes up for his past regrets.
- But even if he won the championship trophy, his father would never be seen.
Ye Chenxi was driving the car, and when he saw Lan Weiran's face in the rearview mirror, he knew that he must have remembered the past. Shanghai, for Lan Weiran, was the most familiar city he grew up with, but it was also the city that made him sad and desperate.
It was the fourth time he lost to Huaxia in Shanghai that year, and it was also here that he sent off his favorite father with his own eyes. The so-called touching scene, Lan Weiran usually looks relaxed and lazy, but he will also feel sad, depressed, and even collapsed. At that time, perhaps only Ye Chenxi had seen Lan Weiran who was emotionally broken down in the hospital corridor.
Thinking of that scene back then, Ye Chenxi couldn't help shaking his hand distressedly, and said, "Don't think too much."
Lan Weiran was slightly startled by the warmth from the back of his hand, and drew back his hand uncomfortably, and said, "I don't have time to think about it, but every time I go back to Shanghai, I think of my father, and I feel uncomfortable."
Ye Chenxi turned back and said, "Is it because the knot in your heart has not been completely untied?"
"..." Lan Weiran was silent.
Ye Chenxi said softly: "Don't worry about the past any more, although you lost to Huaxia in a crucial game, haven't you come back now? Liu Chuan also said in an interview today that Team Longyin is a good match for the team. It's a new beginning for you. Now that you've decided to start over, let go of the burdens of the past."
Lan Weiran smiled and said, "When did you become so talkative? I remember that you used to be very introverted, always hiding in the corner and looking at me timidly, for fear that I would bully you, but now you are Are you comforting me?"
Ye Chenxi smiled and said, "I have practiced as a captain in the past few years. In fact, I'm not very good at comforting people, so I made the master laugh."
Facing the apprentice's gentle gaze, Lan Weiran's heart skipped a beat and quickly looked away.
In fact, he didn't need verbal comfort, but Ye Chenxi knew everything about his past, so he didn't need to disguise himself in front of Ye Chenxi, and it would be a lot easier to say what was in his heart.
Lan Weiran took a deep breath and looked at the rapidly receding trees outside the window.
Marven Ye paused for a while, and then said, "This year, the competition system has been reformed. All the playoff games will be held in the host city. If the Longyin team enters the playoffs, you will have to play a lot of games in Shanghai."
The host city of the 13th season happened to be Shanghai. In order to facilitate the live broadcast of the game, as well as the consideration of ticket revenue and ratings, the league revised the rules of the playoffs. Go, this year's playoffs were divided into two groups to play double-elimination, and all teams gathered in the same arena—the largest e-sports venue in Shanghai where the opening ceremony was held.
In this way, the top eight teams in the playoffs will compete in the Shanghai arena, which also saves the players from the travel fatigue of flying around.
Lan Weiran turned around and said, "Of course I know this, but it's not certain whether Longyin will make it to the playoffs."
Ye Chenxi said firmly: "I can definitely, I have great confidence in you."
Lan Weiran couldn't help but smile.
In fact, he is also very confident in the Longyin team. At present, the Longyin team is still fifth in the standings. If this momentum continues, the Longyin team should not have much problem entering the playoffs.
However, things are unpredictable, and now is not the time to relax.
It was half past seven when the two arrived at the airport. Ye Chenxi sent Master to the door and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will tell you in time if there is anything in Shanghai."
Lan Weiran said, "Well, bye."
Just as she turned to leave, Ye Chenxi suddenly stretched out her hands, hugged him gently, and said, "Goodbye."
Lan Weiran: "..."
Isn't this way of hugging and saying goodbye wrong
But to the sincere and innocent eyes of the young man in front of him, Lan Weiran still didn't say much, patted the apprentice's shoulder lightly, and then turned around and went to the airport to check in with the suitcase.
Ye Chenxi has been watching his back gradually go away.
-Master, maybe you didn't realize that, in fact, in your heart, the apprentice Ye Chenxi is also a special existence.
- He accompanies you through the most difficult time of the year. He has seen you collapse in the hospital. He remembers all your preferences and habits, so in front of him, you can't help but relax and say a lot of disagreements. Will tell other people's thoughts.
- He is the person in the world who loves you the most and knows you best.
- So, if one day he confesses to you, can you give him a chance to accompany you
Ye Chenxi looked at Lan Weiran's back, and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
Lan Weiran was obviously a little surprised by the hug just now, but he didn't push him away, and he didn't show any disgust. Although the way of hugging and saying goodbye was a bit abrupt, the distance between the two was unknowingly narrowed because of this intimate action.
Perhaps, he really has hope to enter his heart
Make persistent efforts, Ye Chenxi!
***
After Lan Weiran entered the security check, he found that a group of Longyin team sat in a row at the boarding gate, and it looked quite spectacular.
Of course, it attracted crowds of onlookers. Everyone was not wearing team uniforms, but casual clothes - Lin Tong and Jiang Xue were still good girlfriends, wearing the same brand and color of clothes, with their heads together. He is swiping Weibo with his mobile phone; Liu Chuan and Qin Ye are discussing something seriously, obviously related to the next game; Wu Zewen is holding an iPad and studying the video seriously; Li Xiang and Xiaoyu are playing games on their mobile phones; Xu Ce wore a pair of sunglasses and sat there coolly with his eyes closed; Jiang Shaoqing lowered his head and concentrated on reading the magazine.
This scene made Lan Weiran smile knowingly—everyone in the Longyin team felt very cordial in their eyes, probably because he had been with everyone for a long time, he also had a strong sense of belonging to this team. sense.
Seeing Lan Weiran approaching, Xiao Yu immediately took the bag from the seat next to him and said, "Come here, the deputy team, I'll take a seat for you!"
Lan Weiran walked over and sat down, patted his head with a smile and said, "It's so good."
Yu Xiangyang widened his eyes and said, "Don't keep touching my head, okay? I'm not a JOJO, I'm afraid I won't grow taller."
Lan Weiran said: "It doesn't matter, you are at least 1 cm taller than Lu Xiang, and Lu Xiang has stopped growing, so you still have room to grow."
Yu Xiangyang: "..."
The deer god is only 168 centimeters, and is 1 centimeter taller than the shortest deer god in the league. Is there anything to be happy about
Yu Xiangyang was a little depressed, and felt that he would definitely not grow taller in the future. In the Longyin team, he was the bottom in age, the bottom in IQ, and the bottom in height. Even the two girls Lin Tong and Jiang Xue could look down on him when they stepped on high heels. Couldn't happily bleed them up!
Lu Xiang, who was lying down and was shot, was in Qingdao Airport at this time, he sneezed a big sneeze for no reason, rubbed his nose, then picked up his mobile phone and sent a text message to Liu Chuan: "Master, in your next match against Qixingcao, what will happen to you? Who is in command?"
Liu Chuan replied: "You guessed it :)"
Looking at the ill-fated smiling face, Lu Xiang said depressedly, "Forget it!"
After a pause, he quickly typed a line of words and sent it over: "Today we have a 2:7 match with Qixingcao, Lao Xiao is really ferocious. By the way, Lun Shen's apprentice Xue Ke, and Lao Xiao's apprentice Chen Xiao. Bei, these two little guys are also making great progress, you have to be careful in your next game."
Lu Xiang himself is not even 20 years old, and it is really funny to say that Xue Ke and Chen Xiaobei are little guys, posing as "I'm a senior".
Liu Chuan couldn't help being cheap, and sent a text message to stimulate his apprentice: "Xue Ke and Chen Xiaobei seem to be taller than you :)"
Lu Xiang: "… "
Liu Chuan's knowing blow caused fatal damage to Lu Xiang!
As the only tragic man who is less than 1.7 meters among all the male players in the league, Xiao Luxiang raised his head and glanced at his teammates who were all taller than him, especially the Shao team who was a full 20cm taller than him. He finally wanted to cry without tears. took back the phone.
Seeing his depressed look, Shao Zehang knew that he had hit a nail with his master again, he couldn't help rubbing his hair and said, "Don't go to Liu Chuan when you have nothing to do, you know he likes to bully the most. you."
Lu Xiang said depressedly: "I will never text him again, and curse him to hit Qixingcao with a 0:9!"
Just after getting angry with his apprentice, Liu Chuan received another text message on his cell phone. He thought it was a curse from Xiaolu, but he opened it and saw that the sender's name was actually "Xiao Huang", and the content of the text message was also simple and straightforward. One word: "Who is in command?"
Liu Chuan smiled and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, whoever you say is."
Xiao Huang said, "That's you."
Liu Chuan said: "Follow the order."
Xiao Huang said: "Very good, wait for me to torture you to death."
When Liu Chuan stored numbers in his mobile phone, he gave everyone a nickname that was easy to identify. For example, Xiao Sijing was called "Xiao Huang", Su Shilun was called "Queen of Wheels", Tang Yufeng was called "Ice Cream Emperor", and Yang Jian was called "Xiao Huang". "cheap", Liang Haibin is called "Turtle Beam", Ye Chenxi is called "Ye Nerve", Zhang Shuping is called "long-winded commentary", Xiaoluxiang is called "stupid foodie", Silan is called "lazy dead"...
If these people were allowed to see how Liu Chuan's phone address book was named, they would probably kill him in unison.
- Liu Chuan's ability to pull hatred is simply innate.
Wu Zewen, who was sitting next to him, just saw the text message and couldn't help but say, "Who is Emperor Xiao? Xiao Sijing?"
Liu Chuan nodded: "Well, he sent a text message to ask me who will command the next game."
Wu Zewen took a curious look and found Liu Chuan's bizarre address book. After being speechless for a long time, he took Liu Chuan's mobile phone and said, "Show me."
When I opened the address book, the first group happened to be: my father, my mother, my sister, and my scholar.
Seeing that his number was put in his favorite address book and lined up with his family, Wu Zewen's ears were slightly red, and he even felt that the phone was a little hot and almost fell.
Liu Chuan came over with a smile and said, "What? Don't worry about me, take your mobile phone to check the post?"
Wu Zewen put the phone back to him with red ears: "No, take a look out of curiosity."
Liu Chuan took back the phone with a smile, lowered his voice and put it in his ear and said, "Don't worry, my body and mind are yours alone. With your Detective Wu's IQ, if I dare to do small things behind your back, it's not right. Is it possible to be caught by you?"
Wu Zewen's ears were even redder from what he said. Worried that his teammates would hear it, he hurriedly squeezed Liu Chuan's thigh: "Don't talk nonsense."
Liu Chuan took advantage of the situation and grabbed his hand, stuffed it into the pocket of his coat, and intertwined his fingers.
Holding hands by Liu Chuan, the warmth from his fingertips made Wu Zewen's heart extremely sweet. Even if he was busy during the game, Wu Zewen knew that there was always a place in Liu Chuan's heart that belonged to him.
It feels so good to be in his heart.