translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
After hastily returning to his room and shutting the door, Yuan Xi realised that at some unknown point in time, his eyes had become wet with tears, and the world around him was slightly blurry. So, the legendary ‘I like him, but he doesn’t like me back’ scene in all romantic media felt this uncomfortable. However, this was also an expected result; Qiu Zongping would never have liked someone like him, who was both reckless and irritable. Even if Qiu Zongping was tempted by romance, it would surely be with a gentle girl like Liu Xiang…
It had a been a gentle refusal that left the confessing party no hope. This was Qiu Zongping’s way of dealing with matters; extremely rational, and leaving Yuan Xi to feel even more of a fool.
So, was he to just give up on these feelings and remain friends?
Thinking of this, Yuan Xi became even more upset. At this moment, his phone rang; wiping his face, Yuan Xi glanced at the screen—— it was Lin Yao again!
The last time, he left the team and was hiding from the rain in the square; Lin Yao had called him then. This time, he was politely rejected by the person he liked. In the midst of his sadness, Lin Yao called again—— Had he offended Lin Yao somehow? Why did he always call when he was depressed?
Yuan Xi picked up the call. “Hello. Why are you looking for me?” he questioned, his voice hoarse.
Lin Yao chuckled. “I just watched the replay of the carnival. Xiao Yuan, when Qiu Zongping called you, were you really just acting? I seem to remember that your acting really wasn’t this good. You were also really devoted to the act, almost agreeing to his confession, hahaha…”
“Why is everyone asking me this question? It’s annoying!” Yuan Xi replied angrily.
Ling Yao had just been joking; he didn’t expect Yuan Xi to blow up and yell at him, and was stunned for a few moments. Clearly, Yuan Xi had a guilty conscience, otherwise, he would have just laughed it off with a loud proclamation of ‘I, your father, was just acting’… did he actually like Qiu Zongping?
Feeling awkward, Lin Yao fell silent.
Realising that he had just lost his temper, Yuan Xi was extremely embarrassed. “Sorry, Lin Yao, I- I’m in a bad mood…”
“Cough. Never mind, never mind, don’t think too much about it,” Lin Yao smoothed it over. “Actually, the reason I called you is because vice-captain Sang asked me to ask you if Sky team is interested in playing a friendly match with Dynasty tonight. Captain Qiu doesn’t seem to have his mobile phone on, and can’t be reached, so vice-captain Sang asked me to contact you to pass on the request.”
Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Yuan Xi replied, “His mobile phone is out of battery, he left it in the dormitory to charge this afternoon. Tonight is not convenient, we have already made an appointment with Mojue. However, I will ask him if we can change the dates.”
“Are you and Qiu Zongping… alright?” Lin Yao whispered.
“What’s there not to be alright about?” Yuan Xi frowned. “We’re just friends, don’t think about it too much.”
Unable to say any more, Lin Yao changed the subject. “Please pass your mobile phone to captain Qiu, vice-captain Sang is looking for him.”
Yuan Xi could only gather up his courage and walk into the next room to find Qiu Zonping. Adjusting his mood, he pretended to be calm. “Captain Qiu, there’s a phone call from Dynasty. Vice-captain Sang is looking for you.”
“Hello,” Qiu Zongping answered the phone call.
Sang Jun’s gentle voice could be heard. “Captain Qiu’s mobile phone was turned off, so I asked A-Yao to call Yuan Xi. I hope I’m not bothering you?”
Glancing at Yuan Xi, Qiu Zongping replied. “Vice-captain Sang is too polite. What’s the matter?”
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Stunned, Yuan Xi replied. “He kept in touch with me even after transferring to Dynasty. We get along quite well.”
Frowning, Qiu Zongping chose to say no more, and returned Yuan Xi’s phone to him. “I see. Report to the training room.”
***
By the time they arrived at the training room, everyone else had already gathered. Qiu Zongping instructed everyone to log in while he set up a password for the game room, simultaneously sending an invitation to Qin Mo.
A short while later, the familiar IDs of Mojue’s team members entered the room. Sky’s newcomers also took the initiative to greet the various great gods.
Qin Mo: “Should we start?”
Qiu Zongping: “En, I will choose the mode.”
Very quickly, Qiu Zongping selected the three-player team competition from the mode list. Captaincy was automatically assigned by the system. The game began after both captains pressed the confirmation button to signal that they were ready.
To start, both teams had to roll for points. The side with the higher points had the right to decide which team would start first. As Qiu Zongping rolled a higher score, he spoke: “God Mp, please go first.”
Being the first person to start, Qin Mo had to select the map and his team members. In the end, he selected three jungle maps, and sent the lineup of Liu Hong, Xiao He, Xiao Pei, Shen He, and Li Muran. This surprised Qiu Zongping; the three great gods of Twin Stars and Zhu Qingyue were actually not included. Obviously, Qin Mo’s intentions were to let Liu Hong lead the newcomers to practice.
Since he was going second, Qiu Zongping had the right to ban two maps and one player.
He banned two maps, leaving the map named ‘Jungle Trap’. When it came to the player ban stage, Qiu Zongping elected to abstain—— after all, it was still a friendly match. It would be too disgraceful for him to ban Liu Hong from playing.
Since Qiu Zongping chose not to ban players, Qin Mo would naturally be unable to ban anyone. Both sides passed through the first stage peacefully, and went to select their final lineups.
As expected, Mojue sent the combination of Liu Hong, Shen He, and Li Muran. On the other hand, Sky sent the combination of Yuan Xi, Zhou Xuewei and Li Dongqing. Both sides were obviously using this chance to train their players.
The moment the match started, Liu Hong rushed to the front, playing very aggressively. Shen He cooperated with her from afar to control the field remotely, while Li Muran stood by the side, keeping an eye on their blood volumes. After this period of training, their three-man cooperation was quite practiced.
On Sky’s side, the main output was Yuan Xi. Li Dongqing acted as the auxiliary output to form an attack formation. Due to his playstyle and experience, Yuan Xi’s outbreak was very strong. Zhou Xuewei was currently the number one milk god in the league, while Li Dongqing was the top seedling being personally trained by Qiu Zongping. Their lineup definitely had a good chance of winning against Liu Hong, Shen He, and Li Muran. However, Yuan Xi did not seem to be in a good state. At a critical moment, he was caught off-guard by Shen He’s mechanical horse, and did not use his mechanical puppet to escape in time…
Liu Hong would naturally not let go of such an opportunity. Together with Shen He’s pets, she launched a series of traps to disable Yuan Xi immediately!
Fortunately, Zhou Xuewei didn’t drop the ball, immediately filling up his health to a safe level with a single skill.
Although Yuan Xi soon returned to his senses and focused on the game, his mistake had cost Zhou Xuewei a high price to preserve his life. Liu Hong’s ability to seize opportunities was very strong; taking advantage of a gap in Zhou Xuewei’s healing, she joined forced with Shen He to kill Yuan Xi.
Yuan Xi flushed. Still, he was too embarrassed to apologise, and could only stay silent, conflicted.
However, Zhou Xuewei pat him on the shoulder gently. “It’s okay, it was just a practice game. I haven’t touched the computer for a few days, so I’m a little rusty.”
She took the initiative to take the responsibility, causing Yuan Xi to feel even more ashamed of himself. Not knowing what to say, Yuan Xi lowered his head.
“There’s no need to care too much,” Qiu Zongping replied. “This practice match is just to familiarise yourselves with the rules and lineups. In the next game, Yuan Xi will rest, and Xiao Qi will play.”
When the second game started, Qin Mo replaced Liu Hong, leaving Li Muran, He Beiguang, and Shen He to play a defensive and control lineup. This lineup focused on Shen He as the core, with He Beiguang and Li Muran both protecting him.
“There is a meat shield bodyguard in front and a milk mom in the back. I feel so happy!” Shen He was excited.
Li Muran: “… milk dad.”
“I’m sorry, I was excited and forgot!” Shen He replied quickly.
Sky once again sent out Zhou Xuewei and Li Dongqing, but this time, with a newcomer whose ID was Qingping Swordsman. Qin Mo had some impression of this person, his real name was Qi Fei. This person was also a newcomer brought out by Qiu Zongping, and his level was not bad. This combination from the Sky team happened to be swordman + assassin + healer, which was similar to the combination of Qin Mo, Xiao Han, and Li Muran.
Qiu Zongping typed: “Ours is a lower levelled version of the Twin Stars plus milk combination.”
“Captain Qiu is too modest,” Qin Mo replied. “Some of your newcomers are quite strong. I remember that Xiao Qi did play against me in the beginning.”
“God Mo remembers me. As a transparent little person, I feel so moved TAT.” Qi Fei sent a row of hugging emoticons.
“I also remember Xiao Qing, who fought with me in the all-sect challenge arena.” Xiao Han immediately followed up.
Li Dongqing: “Xiao Qing… can I humbly request for you to change the way you address me, god Han?”
“Why?” Xiao Han didn’t understand.
So, Qin Mo had to explain it to him. “Xiao Qing is a green snake, and her sister named Bai Suzhen is a white snake. After being rescued by the human Xu Xian, the white lady married Xu Xian and Xiao Qing accompanied him as a maid… Anyway, it’s a folk tale.”
“Oh, interesting.” Xiao Han touched his chin, thinking. “Alright, I’ll call you Xiao Dong.”
Xiao Han and Qin Mo watched the game, occasionally praising the strength of the newcomers. Qiu Zongping also watched the game closely, surprised by the improvement of Mojue’s newcomers.
The atmosphere of friendly matches was always fairly relaxed. Everyone played several games while chatting and laughing. It wasn’t until 10:00pm that everyone said goodbye to each other.
Yuan Xi was not in the right state in the first game. Knowing that he was in a bad mood, Qiu Zongping was considerate enough not to force him to play, and instead gave the opportunity to the newcomers.
Seeing that Yuan Xi hadn’t spoken from beginning to end, Qin Mo couldn’t help but send him a private message. “Why, are you upset?”
Yuan Xi: “……”
Qin Mo: “As a professional player, if you can’t even concentrate on playing the game, you should just go home and open a store selling mala soup.”
Yuan Xi immediately flushed: “God Mo, you’re scolding me again!”
Qin Mo: “If you are in a bad mood, go back to adjust, and play again when you are stable. Don’t be rash and implicate your teammates on the field.”
“You also played the game while in a bad mood back then!” Yuan Xi was unconvinced.
Qin Mo: “That’s why I was scolded by my master.”
Yuan Xi: “…”
Seeing this sentence, Yuan Xi finally understood why god Mo had sent him a message. Although he often went against Qin Mo in the training camp because he didn’t like the pet control flow, in fact, Qin Mo also regarded him as an apprentice, right? Otherwise, he wouldn’t have spent so much effort to teach him…
The clever god Mo had obviously seen through everything.
“I know… I’m just a little upset.” Yuan Xi felt ashamed.
“There are still three days before the official competition starts. I hope that you will not be like this when it starts,” Qin Mo encouraged. “You can’t change other people, you can only be the best you can be.”
“En, I understand.” Yuan Xi was deeply moved.
He could not change Qiu Zongping’s mind and make Qiu Zongping like him, but he could not give up on himself.
He could be the best Yuan Xi he could be, and become the trump card of the Sky team.
“Don’t worry, I will adjust as soon as possible. Thank you, god Mo.” Yuan Xi clenched his fist hard.
Qin Mo said no more, sending a goodbye emoticon and going offline. The reason he comforted Yuan Xi was because he himself had experienced the feeling of crushing on someone, and understood how hard it was. However, his secret love was in fact reciprocated, and he soon received a response from Xiao Han. On the other hand, Yuan Xi was not so lucky.
His family’s Yuan Xi had always been reckless and foolish, thinking about problems with his one-track mind, but Qin Mo believed that Yuan Xi’s feelings were very pure and serious. He didn’t want Yuan Xi to be discouraged or even give up just because he couldn’t receive a response from the one he loved. Yuan Xi ought to be an energetic little tiger with open teeth and claws, not a sick kitten with a drooping head.
If he felt sad because he didn’t get a response, and his state affected the game, even Qiu Zongping would look at him unfavourably…
Qin Mo only hoped that this little tiger would recover as soon as possible and did what he ought to do. As a man, if he couldn’t even withstand this blow, he really should go home and open a store to sell his favorite mala soup.
Right, Yuan Xi hang in there~~! (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑ Qiu Zongping is definitely gonna regret it soon~
Was QZP there jealous over Olc Tjb? (¬‿¬)
Lol mala soup… 😂
Thank you for the chapter ❤️❤️❤️
Lin Yao*
He will regret it lol, and i love to see it 🤣
I think he’s not jealous, but.. who knows 👀
You’re welcome~! <3
+1 love to see it too!
So many people looking out for him, he’ll be fine.
it’s really touching how qin mo is right there to comfort him. it’s okay yuan xi, qiu zongping might have rejected you and you ought to give up on him, you can’t give up on yourself