translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
There was a brief silence in the room. After a while, Lu Feng picked up the towel and continued to gently dry Wei Xiao’s short hair.
He didn’t say anything, but Wei Xiao could feel that Lu Feng was distracted.
Wei Xiao had been very surprised when he first heard Yan Jiang say such a thing. At that moment, many thoughts had raced through his mind, but he hadn’t asked a single question.
For the former Team of Gods, the doubles competition that none of them had ever participated in was indeed a shared obsession.
During the time when it was most easily obtained, no one had wanted to compete for this championship.
Outsiders had said they were proud, called them arrogant, and proclaimed that they disdained this easily won doubles championship.
There were also others who said the team didn’t get along with each other, that none of them wanted to play with each other which was why they’d given up on a championship that was clearly within their reach.
For the former Team of Gods, arrogance was a sin that couldn’t be washed away.
They had indeed been arrogant. They had the capital, qualifications, and strength to be arrogant.
But was that all? Was that it?
Yuan Ze’s space-time knight.
Yan Jiang’s gift.
What did these things mean?
Wei Xiao knew that Lu Feng didn’t feel happy about this and couldn’t bear to see him sad, so he asked in a light tone, “I wonder how God Yan is going to help me?”
Lu Feng didn’t answer.
Wei Xiao was indeed curious about this. “Is he going to pass on some exclusive secret arts to me?!”
This middle-schooler tone amused Lu Feng into smiling, and he flicked Wei Xiao’s brow. “Get up and blow-dry your hair.”
Wei Xiao sat up and sat cross-legged on the sofa. He propped himself up with his hands between his legs and shook his head, showing no intention to blow-dry his own hair.
Lu Feng held up the hair dryer and gently played with his soft black hair as it curled in all directions.
It was difficult to talk while his hair was being dried, but Wei Xiao’s mouth didn’t stop, “There are still two or three days left. Is Captain Yan going to teach me some sort of godly routine? Although I’ve never played support talents before, once I get the hang of it, it should be easy to surpass Brother Cai.”
Bai Cai, who was currently sleeping with Brother Soybean in his arms, sneezed loudly. “Who is cursing Laozi?”
Brother Soybean: “Ao!”
Bai Cai: “Your father?”
Brother Soybean: “Arooo!”
Bai Cai bonked Brother Soybean on the head, “Then you should suffer punishment in your father’s stead!”
Brother Soybean: “Aroo?”
Wei Xiao let his thoughts run wild for a long time. He was still chattering on after his hair was dry.
Lu Feng, who’d originally been jealous when he heard him talk about Yan Jiang, inserted a sentence at this time, “We’ll know tomorrow.”
Wei Xiao’s eyes lit up, and he understood instantly. “So, captain, are you agreeing to it?”
Lu Feng set down the hair dryer and pulled him close. “Sleep.”
How could Wei Xiao not understand the awkwardness in his tone?
His eyes curved into crescent moons, and he smiled broadly. “I thought you would say––the doubles championship is ours, and we don’t need anyone else’s help.”
Lu Feng stopped his naughty hands. “Is it not?”
Wei Xiao couldn’t help but laugh. “Yes, yes, yes, but we can get twice the result with half the effort with someone else’s help!”
Lu Feng didn’t let him mess around anymore and repeated, “Sleep.”
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The singles competition was over, and the doubles were approaching. Chen Feng was sharpening his sword before the battle.
Tang Chen had stayed up with him all night and couldn’t stop yawning. “It’s not a big deal, Old Lu is so strong…”
Chen Feng had gotten at most three hours of sleep every night in the past few days, and at the moment, he was still in high spirits despite his dark eye circles. “The doubles competition isn’t as simple as the singles; it relies a lot on cooperation!”
“Is there any doubt about the cooperation between Old Lu and the little lunatic?”
“How can the Sky Island of Light and the canyon be the same thing?”
“Don’t they both use the same talents?”
“It’s not only about the cooperation between talents. It also involves their understanding of the outer zone, their grasp on the equipment, skills, and spawn points in the map, and different tactics for different terrains…”
The more Chen Feng spoke, the more anxious he grew. He was worried that he’d be the one dragging them down.
Tang Chen had always been easy going, and if he hadn’t been worried that Chen Feng might work himself to death, he wouldn’t have accompanied him as he tossed and turned all night like this.
He yawned repeatedly. “It’s okay, the doubles competition was never meant to be one of the main events this year.”
The singles competition had been the opportunity for Close to prove himself after three years.
The team competition was a way for FTW to show their achievements after enduring for three years.
The doubles competition… This year, it wasn’t very important for FTW, and greed alone wouldn’t be enough to allow a snake to swallow an elephant; trade-offs had to be made.
Chen Feng understood this in his heart. He knew that it was too difficult for them to win the doubles this year.
Wei Xiao and Lu Feng were strong individually, and their cooperation was top notch in Glory. However, this new competition system and map tested more than just these two things.
In terms of personal strength, none of the contestants were weak.
In terms of cooperation, there were Kim Sung-hyun and Li Heran from other competition zones, as well as Asleep and Cong Yi in China. They were all godly combinations capable of creating miracles!
So, they had to consider if they wanted to win the doubles competition.
It wasn’t that Chen Feng was praising others while looking down on his own people; it would really be difficult for Lu Feng and Wei Xiao to win the doubles competition.
Their coaching team hadn’t even developed a tactical system that was fully adapted to the doubles competition. How were the players themselves supposed to win against a bunch of well-prepared opponents?!
Chen Feng really had enough ambition but not enough strength!
When Wei Xiao arrived in the training room amidst the bright morning sunshine, Chen Feng even started to feel a little guilty.
Wei Xiao was startled. “Coach, why did you put on make-up?”
Chen Feng: “……”
Tang Chen was lying on the table, about to fall asleep. “That’s not eyeliner. Those are dark circles.”
Chen Feng gave him a slap on the back of his head.
Wei Xiao was worried. “Hurry up and go to bed.”
Chen Feng glared at him. “To hell with sleeping; train!”
Wei Xiao knew that he’d stayed up overnight for the sake of the doubles competition and quickly said, “You’d better go and get some rest. We need you for the team competition!”
Chen Feng slanted him a look. “What, are you giving up on the doubles even before you start playing?”
Wei Xiao: “How could that be!”
Chen Feng pinched his brow and grew even more worried. “Don’t look down on the doubles…”
He wasn’t actually obsessed with getting a triple championship. He was just afraid that Wei Xiao would suffer a setback.
What if they lost too terribly in the doubles competition and it affected the team competition?!
Based on this little lunatic’s arrogant nature, would his state be affected if he ran into a wall?
It had to be said that Coach Chen Feng was a genuinely, true old mother hen in FTW. He worried even more than Brother Liu!
Wei Xiao leaned close to Chen Feng and said something in a low voice.
Chen Feng’s eyes widened slightly.
Tang Chen couldn’t hear him; Brother Tang was already sound asleep.
“What!” Chen Feng couldn’t help raising his voice and shocking Tang Chen awake from his dreams, “Ah?”
Chen Feng ignored him and asked Wei Xiao to clarify, “Yan Jiang… he…”
Wei Xiao woke Brother Tang up thoroughly with his next words, “Captain Yan will be here soon. I’m also curious about what kind of special training methods he’ll use. In any case, he said he wants to help me and the captain win the doubles!”
Chen Feng: “……”
Tang Chen: “……”
A long time later, Brother Tang spoke, “This dream is very strange.”
Chen Feng pinched him. Brother Tang yelled and woke up completely, “It’s not a dream!”
Chen Feng felt that this was more dream-like than a real dream!
Yan Jiang wasn’t familiar with the new FTW base, but he’d always been the type to keep his anger or joy off his face. Others were unable to read his emotions no matter where he was or what he was doing.
As soon as he entered the room, Wei Xiao froze. “Captain Yan…”
This pale complexion and those eye circles were on par with Coach Chen!
Yan Jiang furrowed his eyebrows. “Is there food?”
Wei Xiao: “Yes!”
Before he could go to the kitchen, Brother Liu had already brought over a simple breakfast.
Yan Jiang glanced at it. Something flickered in his eyes, but he didn’t say anything.
Soybean milk, sugar buns, and sesame eggs. This excessively sweet breakfast obviously hadn’t come from FTW’s chef, but these were all things that Yan Jiang liked to eat the most and also the things he ate most often.
Well, they were the things he used to eat most often. After all, they couldn’t be purchased in Europe.
Yan Jiang took a sip of the soybean milk and his eyebrows lifted a little. He didn’t waste even a bit of time, “What talents do you two plan to use in the doubles?”
Time was tight, and their task was difficult. Wei Xiao got straight to the point and shared all their preparations with him.
Yan Jiang nodded his head.
Wei Xiao said tentatively, “I can play a support talent…”
Yan Jiang replied, “You can play the soul warlock.”
Wei Xiao continued, “I can play other talents: holy priest, light priest, elemental shaman; I can do those all…”
Yan Jiang looked at him, “What, are you sick of playing jungler?”
Wei Xiao: “!”
That was definitely impossible. It wouldn’t be enough in this lifetime, but…
Wei Xiao spoke out what was on his mind, “Then, I have to cooperate with my captain, so shouldn’t I…”
Yan Jiang set down his soy milk. “If a support is needed, then your team’s White is stronger than you are.”
It was fortunate that Brother Cai wasn’t present. If he were there, then he would definitely fly up into the sky with no plans to come back down for the remainder of the team competition!
For once, Wei Xiao couldn’t keep up. “In that case, Captain Yan, how are you going to help me?”
He’d chattered on and on last night before going to sleep and asked Lu Feng a lot of questions, but he actually did have a guess in his heart.
Yan Jiang must be teaching him how to play support. Or, in other words, how to support Lu Feng.
Wei Xiao was still very interested in learning some secret skills from Glory’s number one divine support.
He was willing to give up jungling to support for his boyfriend!
Little Lunatic Wei was really willing!
Unexpectedly, even though he was mentally prepared, Captain Yan looked down on his support.
How come it was no good?!
Although it was true that he hadn’t touched support talents much ever since his debut…
Oh, he’d technically played support before. Using the shadow thief to play support counted too!
Yan Jiang was going through the aftereffects of staying up late and was in a state of low blood sugar.
After replenishing himself with some sugar, his complexion looked a bit better and his voice wasn’t quite so weak. “Top-jungler.”
Wei Xiao blinked.
Yan Jiang: “The top-jungler system is the most suitable one for you guys.”
With this, Wei Xiao hadn’t quite figured it out, but Lu Feng, who had come over after finishing off his work, understood what he meant.
Chen Feng understood as well, and Brother Tang inhaled softly half a beat later.
Wei Xiao was stunned for a while before he understood. Then, he felt like a handful of salt had been sprinkled over his heart, causing sizzling bursts of pain.
So that’s how it was. That’s how it was.
Wei Xiao suppressed the mixed feelings in his chest and said quietly, “Um…”
Yan Jiang, who had always been calm and composed, also seemed a little unsettled. He didn’t look at Lu Feng and only said, “There isn’t much time. I made some preparations; you can first give it a try.”
Time was indeed running out. The doubles were only three days away, and Lu Feng and Wei Xiao had to make up for many things.
They had guessed and thought about so many things previously, but when they truly saw what Yan Jiang had prepared for them, let alone that his old teammates, even Wei Xiao couldn’t keep his nose from feeling sour.
Top-jungler…
FTW’s top-jungler…
These things had all been prepared for their previous top-laner and jungler.
Although many additions and modifications had been made in order to adapt these preparations to the new competition system, the beginnings of these ideas and tactics were still evident.
How magical was that?
So many things had changed over the past three years, but there were always some things that remained the same.
The doubles competition systems that Yuan Ze had prepared for Yuan Ze and Lu Feng three years ago were still useful today.
Only, Yuan Ze had become Lu Feng.
Lu Feng had become Wei Xiao.
After three days of training, Chen Feng, who’d watched the entire process, had very complex feelings.
Had this special training only improved their strength for the doubles?
No, it had improved FTW’s top-jungler combination!
These tactics and playstyles weren’t only suitable for the doubles competition. They were even more suited for the team competition.
Even Chen Feng, as an onlooker, could see this much. Wei Xiao felt this even more deeply.
From the day Wei Xiao started playing competitively, he’d been constantly helping his opponents out.
Who would’ve dared to think that just before the finals, there would come a time when he was the one to be helped?
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Scum Man Yuan: What about me what about me what about me.
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Thanks for the chapter. Can’t wait to see them in action.
Thanks for the chapter
thank you for the chapter! yan jiang’s blatant favoritism lmao
Ever since Yuan Ze’s live broadcast and the soy milk thing, I’ve been shipping him with Yan Jiang. Aren’t they like the mom and dad of the old FTW? AM I the only one? lol
Not the only one!! I also ship these two 😂 their relationship is so cute