"What?!"
Everyone exclaimed in low voices upon hearing this.
Xue Lan was stunned for a moment as he recalled this scene.
"Xue Lan" became more and more unscrupulous after arriving at the youth training camp. Even though he was recognized and ridiculed by everyone during the freshman registration, he once again publicly confessed his love to Wen Yan. In the end, not only did he deepen Wen Yan's disgust for him, but he was also banned from the first points race by Manager Ke.
Now it seems that even if the butterfly flapped its wings and she did not publicly confess her love to Wen Yan, she still could not escape such a plot.
"Since no one else is being punished, why only punish him?"
Xue Lan was daydreaming when Duan Wenzheng's sneering voice instantly brought him back to his senses. This sentence also successfully attracted everyone's attention.
"Do you have any objection to my arrangement?"
Xue Lan herself had acquiesced to such a punishment, but she did not expect that Duan Wenzheng would openly refute Manager Ke's words because of her.
He quickly reached out his hand and secretly tugged at the hem of Duan Wenzhen's shirt, signaling him not to speak for him.
But Duan Wenzheng seemed not to notice his hint and said casually, "Of course."
"you?!"
Xue Lan didn't even dare to look up at Manager Ke's expression. He grabbed Duan Wenzheng's hem tightly and pulled hard again.
Unexpectedly, this time Duan Wenzheng not only did not pretend not to notice, but directly grabbed his hand that was secretly exerting force: "If you pull again... my clothes will fall off."
Duan Wenzheng's voice was very soft, but Xue Lan's fingertips froze as he spoke and moved.
Duan Wenzheng turned around and held his wrist, saying lightly, "I was the one who took the lead in turning on the machine without permission."
"you?!"
Xue Lan was stunned. He quickly pulled Duan Wenzheng and said before Manager Ke got angry, "Manager Ke, I voluntarily accept the punishment. It has nothing to do with other people."
"Reset? Do you think I didn't notice that you were late? You're late on the first day of registration, so I'll record it as a demerit." Manager Ke snorted and turned to look at everyone else: "What are you looking at? Turn on the computer and prepare for the first points race!"
Upon hearing this, everyone dispersed, found their machines and sat down, ready to start the first points race.
Xue Lan then breathed a sigh of relief and signaled Duan Wenzheng to go and participate in the points race.
Duan Wenzheng frowned slightly, lowered his eyes and looked at Xue Lan who seemed to be fine, "So he deducted your points for the entire game?"
Seeing that he was still worried about his points, Xue Lan couldn't help but feel touched.
"I'm fine." Xue Lan whispered, "A points race is nothing. Go ahead and don't worry about me."
After he finished speaking, he left the training room and stood quietly in front of the glass window, looking at the people who were preparing for the points competition. Seeing that Duan Wenzheng still hadn't moved, he quickly waved his hand to signal him to go to the competition.
Duan Wen Zheng then withdrew his gaze and found a machine nearby to turn it on.
Xue Lan stood outside the trainer's door, looking at Duan Wenzheng who was preparing for the competition.
"Um...babycandy?"
The awkward voice drew Xue Lan's attention back. He turned his head in confusion and saw a young trainee standing next to him.
Seeing Xue Lan turning his gaze away, he lowered his head and embarrassedly stuffed a few candies in his palm: "You probably don't remember who I am, but yes, I'm sorry, I will clarify what I said before, and... thank you for just now."
Xue Lan was stunned.
He looked at the candies in his hand in silence, then raised his head to look at the boy in front of him who had been keeping his head down and didn't dare to look at him.
"Thanks."
"It's okay, I-I'm going to the game."
After saying this, the man hurried back to the training room, leaving Xue Lan looking at the candies in his hand in surprise.
Perhaps this student just happened to have a few candies in his pocket, but this was the "goodwill" that Xue Lan had never thought he would have in the youth training camp before.
He put the candy into his pocket as if it were a treasure.
When he looked up, he saw Duan Wenzhen, who was sitting in front of the computer and preparing to start the game, turning his head to look at him.
He was like a student caught slacking off by his teacher, and he quickly stood up straight.
Duan Wen Zheng still looked nonchalant and turned his eyes away as if nothing had happened.
At the same time, in the stairwell at the back corner of the training room—
"Why did you end the duel?!" The boy's voice was filled with reluctance and anger: "I was about to win!"
"Win?" Manager Ke stopped and sneered, "Do you think you won?"
"Of course!" Deng Ruiqiu clenched his fists: "His shot can't kill me, as long as I..."
"I can't kill you?" Manager Ke seemed to have heard a joke. He changed his superficial smile and said coldly, "Can't you see that his account only has levels and nothing else? Is it glorious to win such an account?"
Deng Ruiqiu was stunned.
"Even if you didn't notice, can't you see that he raised the last shot not to fight you, but to get a headshot?!"
Deng Ruiqiu's pupils suddenly contracted.
The chance of a headshot in "Dawn of Doom" is extremely small. At such a close distance, how could anyone use an assault rifle to deal headshot damage in such a critical situation...
"Play well in the points competition. The Thunder team is very optimistic about you. As long as you maintain your first place in the points competition, they will definitely double the contract price they offer you after this youth training camp. The strikers in this session are all mediocre in qualifications. As for that Xue Lan..."
Manager Ke patted him on the shoulder heavily, looked at him meaningfully, and went back to the training room without looking back.
…
"This little girl's mentality... is so stable?"
The first points match officially began. Zhou Kanqing looked at Xue Lan, who had left the training room before and after them, and couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice: "In such a disadvantageous situation just now, if I'm not mistaken, his shot should have been a headshot... But was she really not lucky? Now she is banned for a whole game. Many new professional players find it difficult to maintain such a stable mentality. I remember she was always chasing you before... That was really a nightmare for our club."
Seeing that Wen Yan didn't say anything, he continued, "I didn't see her play so well at that time, but have you thought about it? Do you really want to recruit her into LGW according to the instructions of the higher-ups? Hey, A Yan, could she be... an assaulter specially trained for you?"
Wen Yan didn't say anything, but glanced at him disapprovingly.
Zhou Kanqing quickly raised his hand: "Okay, okay, I won't say anything more."
He knew that although Wen Yan was annoyed by this little girl, he just had the temperament of not talking about other people's right and wrong behind their backs. Now the team was short of medics. Although Babycandy's medics were not outstanding, they were still among the best in the country in the current situation of scarcity of medics. He actually considered the proposal of the team's top management and was willing to accept Xue Lan into the team.
Zhou Kanqing had to look away, only to find that Wen Yan was looking at the familiar figure in the training room.
Zhou Kanqing's eyes lit up: "Wen Zheng can do it. He has been very talented in this area since he was a child. It's just that his family situation..."
The points competition in the training room had already begun, but Duan Wenzhen strangely just sat in his seat, moving his character back and forth, and even avoiding the concentrated fire areas intentionally or unintentionally. After a few minutes of the game starting, his data remained unchanged.
Wen Yan frowned slightly and looked away: "Why did he run away from home?"
"This..." Zhou Kanqing, who always speaks his mind, suddenly choked up. He hesitated for a long time before he said in an awkward whisper, "I heard that his father arranged a lot of blind dates for him when he just turned 18 at the end of last year, but he just didn't want to go because of his temper, and he got annoyed by it, so he just said that he didn't like women..."
Wen Yan was stunned.
"You don't know, he was kicked out of the house by his father at that time. His father said that if he didn't straighten his bent penis, he would not acknowledge him as his son. This matter caused a lot of uproar..."
"..." Wen Yan seemed to have not reacted to Zhou Kanqing's words at all, and just stood there.
Zhou Kanqing seemed to have guessed this result a long time ago. He cleared his throat and sighed, "I know you definitely can't accept such a heresy, but don't worry, although Wen Zheng doesn't look very reliable, he is still a good person."
Wen Yan didn't say anything. He looked at Duan Wenzhen who was still in the points race, then turned his gaze to Xue Lan who was standing outside the training door behind him.
Xue Lan was looking at Duan Wenzheng's operation with confusion.
Duan Wenzhen's performance in this game was very strange.
Although the game had not started for long, he had avoided the places where the crowds were gathering and kept walking around the edge. He didn't know what Duan Wenzhen was trying to do, but the points race was very important for the players in the youth training camp, as it was directly related to their treatment after being bid for by the club.
Duan Wenzhen ran away from home at this time. Although he didn't care about anything and didn't have much passion for e-sports, deep down he wanted to prove to his father that he was not just a parasite who depended on him to survive.
With Duan Wenzheng's level, it would be impossible for him to not get a single kill after nearly ten minutes of the game.
Xue Lan was worried about what Duan Wenzhen was going to do, and didn't notice that someone walked up to him and stood there for a long time.
"When did you start playing raider?"
The familiar voice made Xue Lan hold his breath subconsciously. He then withdrew his gaze and looked to his side in silence.
"Wen, Wen Yan."
Wen Yan looked at him and saw that he subconsciously wanted to take a step back, and frowned slightly: "Why do you want to play assaulter?"
Xue Lan calmed down and looked away: "It's been a while, because... I want to play an attacker."
Wen Yan did not comment on this answer, and just asked again: "Why did you run so fast the last time I saw you?"
"Ah? Last time?" Xue Lan pretended not to know: "When was it?"
"LGW is short of a medic, I'm sure you already know that." Wen Yan didn't delve into whether he was playing dumb or not, and said seriously: "There's no need for that person to say anything. LGW is a place that values strength. If you want to join LGW, you have to speak with strength."
Wen Yan knew that his father was Xue Yuanshan. This was also due to the love-brained Xue Lan who wanted to gain Wen Yan's favor and directly brought up his own father. Of course... the result could only be Wen Yan's disgust.
"I will."
Xue Lan's eyes were calm, and he answered calmly, "But not as a medic. I hope to be a professional assaulter."
"LGW doesn't lack attackers." Wen Yan's eyes were deep: "Have you thought about it?"
"kindness."
Wen Yan's eyes were fixed on his open sight and he was silent for a long time.
But even though Xue Lan's expression was calm, his heart was beating so fast that it seemed like it was about to jump out of his chest.
He knows—
Wen Yan knew better than anyone that the reason why he suddenly agreed to come to the youth training camp as a special instructor was not only because the team urgently needed medics and snipers, but he also wanted to secretly look for excellent assaulters.
In fact, his old wrist injury relapsed and he would most likely not be able to continue the game. He kept it a secret from everyone. On the one hand, it was because his LGW medical teammate Sun Haoshan retired and he had no choice but to suppress his injury. On the other hand... he did not want to leave LGW just like that.
Xue Lan knew even better... All this was just the beginning, and the undercurrents buried beneath the surface were far more difficult than Wen Yan imagined.
Because another core member of LGW, assaulter Meng Qi, will also announce his retirement later.
And he—
It's not just that he's determined to be an attacker, but he also hopes to join LGW and become a comrade-in-arms with Duan Wenzhen to reach the top.
He wants to be an attacker, and more importantly, he wants to be an attacker for LGW.
As the two were whispering, a cry of surprise suddenly came from the training room.
Xue Lan seemed to realize something, and hurriedly raised his head to look in the direction of Duan Wenzheng, but there was no one at the position where Duan Wenzheng was originally. As he was wondering, an arm suddenly and naturally rested on his shoulder -
"Why didn't you wake me up in the morning?"