"Kiss here."
Duan Wenzhen nodded slightly, his slightly raised eyebrows fixed on him without blinking.
"… "
Xue Lan turned his eyes away, not daring to look at him.
Duan Wen Zheng was not in a hurry. He leaned against the door panel behind him, and calmly looked at the child in front of him who was too shy to look at him. He was patient and did not rush him.
Instead, Xie Zhinian's voice came from outside the door: "Reset, exist? Where are you?"
Xue Lan was so shocked that he tried to open the door, but unexpectedly, Duan Wenzheng, who was leaning against the door, grasped the door handle with his backhand and naturally locked the door.
"… "
Duan Wenzheng checked the time and said, "Don't let them wait too long."
"… "
Xie Zhinian's voice was heard again from outside the door, and Xue Lan looked at the door behind him anxiously.
Duan Wenzheng really was... overdoing it.
"If you don't hurry up, Brother Nian will get off the car to see what we are doing."
Xue Lan's cheeks felt hot and dizzy under his gaze, and thinking about the people waiting for them outside who were almost crying with anxiety, he had no choice but to pull Duan Wenzheng's lapel, closed his eyes and kissed him.
But he clearly saw the right spot, and when he raised his head to kiss him, he only touched his smooth chin.
Xue Lan opened his eyes in surprise, only to see Duan Wenzheng raising his head slightly with evil intentions, and now he was looking down at his embarrassed look.
Xue Lan's cheeks flushed, and she tilted her head back to kiss him again.
But Duan Wenzhen followed his movements and once again turned his head to avoid his kiss, allowing the kiss to fall on her cheek again.
It was he who asked him to kiss her, and now it is he who is turning away.
At this moment he was leaning against the door behind him, lazily waiting for his next move.
Xie Zhinian's voice was heard outside the door for the third time. The voice was getting closer, as if he couldn't wait to get off the car to look for someone.
Xue Lan was both excited and anxious, and under Duan Wenzheng's teasing gaze, he simply went all out and held his cheeks, and kissed him under his surprised gaze.
Duan Wenzheng seemed not to have expected that the child he had been teasing for half a day would actually be like a kitten being teased by a cat toy, opening his soft little paws to pounce on him and firmly press his lips against his.
She quickly let him go in a flash, looking around guiltily.
"Just, just three months, a short-term endorsement. You wait for me for another three months, okay?" Xue Lan's cheeks were still flushed: "Don't let this affect your mood, do your best in the competition today."
“It has already had an impact.”
"?"
"Lei Ting is our good friend after all." Duan Wenzheng, who successfully tricked two more kisses, was in high spirits: "Let's go and take good care of these good friends."
"… "
Xie Zhinian walked into the club puzzled. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Xue Lan running past him with his head down.
"Eh?" Xie Zhinian looked at the back of the man in confusion: "Exist, where have you been? Have you seen reset?"
Unexpectedly, Xue Lan not only did not look back, but ran away even faster.
Xie Zhinian continued to walk forward in confusion. Not long after he went, he saw Duan Wenzheng coming out of the training room with a relaxed look on his face.
"Reset, where have you been? Hurry up, we're waiting for you!"
"Got it." Duan Wenzheng responded, and got into the car with Xie Zhinian in a good mood.
Xue Lan had already followed Zhou Kanqing to the back seat, and as soon as he got in the car, he leaned against the window and dozed off. Duan Wenzheng glanced at the back seat, sat down, and closed the door.
Xue Lan closed his eyes, but his mind was once again recalling the things he had not had time to think about just now.
Xue Yuanshan told Xue Lan two other things. The first thing was that the Thunderbolt team somehow learned that they were not going to let Wen Yan, who was 100% approved by the game company, take over the endorsement, but instead planned to recommend two newcomers. So Huo Ran went to the "Dawn of Doom" company and tried to recommend Yuan Haoran and Liu Qi from his own team.
The endorsements of "Dawn of Doom" have always been done by celebrities, but now there is a trend of looking for players to endorse the game. Many teams are eyeing this piece of fat, because it represents more than just an endorsement, but also represents the entire direction of "Dawn of Doom".
It is a symbol of the top players and also a symbol of a monument of the era.
Xue Yuanshan has watched LGW get to where it is today. He cannot let people talk about the decline of LGW, and he cannot watch these teams being snatched away by the Thunder Team.
Another thing is...
Wen Yan not only mentioned to Xue Yuanshan his hand injury and his hope that Xue Lan would take over the endorsement on his behalf, he also planned to announce his intention to hand over the captaincy to Xue Lan if they defeated the Thunder 2:0 in today's game.
Wen Yan had not originally planned to tell Xue Lan about this matter, fearing that it would cause him unnecessary stress.
But Xue Yuanshan still told Xue Lan about this.
Xue Lan recalled Xue Yuanshan's serious expression—
"I have seen your efforts and changes during this period. You should know what LGW means to me and to so many people who have dreams of e-sports." Xue Yuanshan put his hands on his shoulders: "It's faith."
Xue Lan suddenly felt that Xue Yuanshan's words seemed to carry some kind of power, transmitted from the palm of his hand to his shoulder.
He raised his head and looked into Xue Yuanshan's eyes.
At this glance, Xue Lan suddenly felt something growing in his heart. It was a feeling of longing to be recognized and seen.
He knew very well that this strange feeling did not come from himself, but most likely came from this body or the remaining physical memory in the author's writing.
Memories from "Xue Lan".
He longed for the memory of being recognized by Xue Yuanshan.
He had never experienced such a strange body memory in Wen Yan, which made Xue Lan make an extremely bold guess.
The original owner, "Xue Lan", had been wearing women's clothes since she was a child. She even appeared in front of her father Xue Yuanshan's partners and friends and introduced herself to everyone as Xue Yuanshan's daughter... causing everyone to believe that she was Xue Yuanshan's "daughter". Even Xue Yuanshan, who cares about his reputation, wore a dress that made people imagine that he was playing games and dancing live.
Later, when LGW was established, "Xue Lan" became a fan of Wen Yan and used his identity advantage to openly pursue Wen Yan.
Later, he found Xue Yuanshan again and asked to join the LGW team, and he started to cause trouble as soon as he joined the team...
He suddenly realized that perhaps "Xue Lan" liked Wen Yan, but for him, such years of "rebellion" might have initially been just to attract Xue Yuanshan's attention. It was just that he used the wrong method, which led to the father and son drifting apart.
“Only human faith is the most indestructible thing.”
Xue Yuanshan continued, "I remember you said that your desire to join LGW had nothing to do with A Yan, but because you really like e-sports. I also know that it is not fair for you to deal with these things rashly. But, Lanlan, you should grow up. Can I trust you again?"
Xue Lan couldn't recover from this incident for a long time.
In the original text, Wen Yan announced his resignation as captain after the domestic league finals, and announced that he would hand over the position of captain to Duan Wenzheng and that he would not quit the team.
It was only the quarterfinals, why did they suddenly announce... that they would hand over the captaincy to me
But ever since Duan Wenzheng said... that the person he liked was actually him, Xue Lan gradually discovered that many things that he originally thought had not changed seemed to have changed.
He also remembered that Wen Yan's tactic for today's match against the Thunder Team was... to have him and Zhou Kanqing swap positions, with him making the charge and Zhou Kanqing making the back-end attack.
Including the time he trained alone, he paired up with himself, and asked Zhou Kanqing and the medic to team up with him. It turned out that they had been prepared long in advance.
"Lanlan." Seeing that Xue Lan did not answer, Xue Yuanshan asked again: "Can I entrust the future of LGW to you?"
Xue Lan looked into his eyes again. At that moment, he seemed to see Duan Wenzheng, Wen Yan, Zhou Kanqing, Lu You, Shen Rong, Su Yiyu, Meng Weiran... even the original "Xue Lan". Everyone at this moment turned into the burning heat in his eyes.
“That’s what I believe in, too.”
"but-"
…
Xue Lan withdrew his thoughts and silently looked at Wen Yan who was sitting quietly beside him.
He is willing to work hard for LGW, for his teammates who will fight in the future, and for their common beliefs. If it is Wen Yan's wish, he can also take on the endorsement for three months to buffer Wen Yan's possible changes during this period - a recurrence of the hand injury during the domestic finals.
But he didn't want to be captain.
Even though Duan Wenzheng felt that he had never liked Wen Yan, Xue Lan always felt that it was because of him that he lost Duan Wenzheng. If Wen Yan liked Duan Wenzheng...
Thinking of this, Xue Lan felt even more guilty.
The position that Wen Yan was going to give him was like a hot potato, and it made him feel uneasy.
They finally arrived at the competition venue. After Xie Zhinian greeted everyone as usual, he whispered, "The Thunder Team lost to the Phantom Team in the last game because of Deng Ruiqiu's mistake. With their current points, if they lose two small games in a row, they will be kicked to the resurrection game. So..."
"Do you want us to stay?" Lu You asked blankly.
Xie Zhinian knocked his head in frustration.
"Why are you leaving any trace?" Zhou Kanqing rolled his eyes: "Lu You, please don't leave any trace everywhere. We need to take good care of such an opponent, but this care..."
"Send them home." Duan Wenzhen said concisely.
"… "
This highly anticipated match finally kicked off with the passionate voices of the commentators.
“… This match is really attracting much attention, and both sides are ready to start the match.”
"Then let's first take a look at the carrying skills and route selection of both teams. The Thunder team is quickly clearing the middle line, and LGW is also pushing the middle line quickly! So it seems that we will soon see the first laning of the two sides!"
"Let's take a look at the skills of both teams. Since LGW's Exist made the Shield Chip popular, it has now become the most popular skill for Assaulters. We can see that not only LGW's Exist, but also Thunder Team's Deng Ruiqiu chose the Shield Chip in this game!!"
"Exist really demonstrated the essence of the shield chip, making it a hot topic in both ranked and professional matches. But now he has created a storm, and the Thunder team has used shield skills to deal with Wind's bursts... I wonder if they can handle it again... Ah!"
“They encountered each other!” the commentator exclaimed excitedly, “The two sides actually encountered each other in such a short time!”
The two teams actually encountered a 5v5 team battle in such a short time.
When the entire arena was boiling with excitement, it seemed that both sides had already predicted such an encounter. The Thunder team focused all their firepower on Lu You, intending to cut off LGW's subsequent output in one wave.