translator: Oyen
Under Xiao Han’s command, Mojue won 2:0 against Frost Moon at home court, and Xiao Han showed a rarely seen smile.
In front of reporters, he was always quiet and steady. He seldom smiled and answered questions simply and concisely. Today’s Xiao Han seemed to be in a good mood. After the game, he not only smiled, but also talked to Qin Mo with a gentle expression.
Sometimes during the game, in order to let the audience listen to the command channel of each major team, the director would connect to the soundproof room to release the team voice. The professional players knew this very well, so even when they were excited, they would try their best not to swear.
Today, the team voice of Mojue was just released, and the fans heard an unexpected conversation——
Xiao Han’s voice had a trace of his good mood. “Xiao Mo, how did I command this game? Is it great?”
“Still okay.” Qin Mo replied lightly.
Xiao Han continued. “I asked A-Hong to protect the escort team, but also let He Yue take me away, such a smart and calm command, why don’t you praise me?”
Qin Mo turned around and replied. “How do you want me to praise you?”
“For example, Xiao Han, you are really the most handsome, or Xiao Han, you deserve to be my vice captain, or Xiao Han, you command very well and so on.” Xiao Han replied.
Qin Mo nodded helplessly and repeated according to his words. “Xiao Han, you are the most handsome, and your command is the best.”
“Thank you for the compliment.” Xiao Han smiled.
The audiences: “……”
Where is the silent, cool and handsome male god we talk about? Why did he become a cheeky rascal full of ‘I’m so smart’ and ‘praise me’?
At the beginning, when Xiao Han started his career as Li Cangyu’s apprentice, he made a lot of jokes in front of reporters with wrong words because of his poor Chinese. Later, as he grew older, he stopped talking in interviews with reporters. Most of the questions raised by reporters were dealt with concise answers such as ‘Still okay’ and ‘Not bad’ in the past. Every time he attended public activities, he was as unsmiling as a statue. Over time, Xiao Han left everyone with the impression that he became a mixed-race handsome guy who was quiet, calm, and particularly sharp in the game, he was Canglan team’s captain.
But today…
Who was this person who asked Qin Mo to praise himself with a smiling face?
Who was the person who said “For example, Xiao Han, you are really the most handsome, Xiao Han, you command very well”?
Xiao Han’s fans were about to collapse, completely not expecting, the legendary calm, sharp god Han, would be a teaser when talking to Qin Mo privately…
Many fans occupied in flooding the screen: “God Han, quickly go back to our cold mixed-blood person!”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Ye Chao did not expect that the director only released a voice to let the audience feel the excited celebration of the team members after Mojue won 2:0, but unexpectedly let Xiao Han show his true colours.
This Xiao Han, whose face was like a city wall, had won the true authentic tradition of Dragon Song club.
Ye Chao held back his laughter and watched the good show, while Liang Ru had an absurd expression on her face——she didn’t have much contact with Xiao Han, and always thought that Xiao Han was a cold and steady player, but she didn’t expect that he was just pretending. It was hard for him to pretend for so many years. It wasn’t until Qin Mo came back that he revealed his nature. This thick-skinned person was the one who made Qin Mo offline in anger in his youth.
Liu Hong was the first to notice that the team’s voice was being released, she immediately coughed, and winked at Xiao Han.
Xiao Han understood, immediately changed his tone, and replied. “This game is still okay. After returning to the team, everyone will make a summary according to the captain Qin’s arrangement.”
The audiences: “……”
Don’t pretend, your acting skills had been broken, and the audience had seen your true colours through your appearance!
In fact, the reason why he didn’t like to talk was that he worried about saying the wrong things in Chinese, right? So every interview was summed up with short words like ‘Still okay’ and ‘Well played’.
Due to Xiao Han’s unexpected performance in the live broadcast, when all Mojue’s players came to the big stage, the fans were laughing. Xiao Han was not embarrassed at all, but waved to everyone calmly.
The reporter stepped forward with a smile. “God Han, just now the director released Mojue team command channel, which unexpectedly let the audience hear your conversation. Are you looking for captain Qin to praise you? At the end of the previous game, did you look for the captain Qin to act coquettishly like this?”
Xiao Han smiled. “I’m just joking with Xiao Mo, that’s all. Right, Xiao Mo?”
Meeting his gaze, Qin Mo had to nod helplessly and replied. “En.”
“Usually all of you live together in the team, how’s everyone’s impression of god Han?” the reporter asked.
Thinking for a moment, Qin Mo replied. “During the training for the competition, he is very serious and calm. For the other times…”
“How about the other times?” The reporter asked curiously.
“Can I tell the truth?” Qin Mo asked.
Xiao Han made a ‘please speak’ gesture, and Qin Mo replied straightforwardly. “At other times, he loves to tell everyone his own Chinese unfunny jokes. Every time he finishes his jokes, no one in the team laughs, which is quite embarrassing.”
The reporter: “…”
The audiences: “……”
It seemed that in addition to seeking praise from Qin Mo, Xiao Han had even weirder hobbies beside making up his own poems, but also made up unfunny jokes…
The aloof male god’s image had broken into pieces.
However, many people thought that such a combination of Xiao Han and Qin Mo would be more harmonious. After all, Qin Mo was really cold, he always looked serious and calm whenever he won or lost, and there was no change in his expression. If Xiao Han was as unsmiling as he was, the atmosphere of Mojue would be too heavy.
***
After returning to the team that night, everyone went back to their rooms to have a rest.
As soon as Xiao Han entered the door, he hugged Qin Mo, wrapped his arm around his waist, and pressed him against the wall of the hallway to kiss him.
Qin Mo was caught off guard by the kiss, and his cheeks suddenly became hot. He tried to push the other away, only to find that the more he pushed him, the more enthusiastic his kiss became. Qin Mo’s ears turned red, so he had to close his eyes and let Xiao Han kiss enough.
At the end of the long kiss, Xiao Han then smiled at the person in front of him and whispered. “It’s punishment to expose my black history in front of reporters with a serious face.”
Qin Mo touched his head and replied helplessly. “Who told you to pretend to be cool, and you still don’t want to let the cat out of the bag.”
Hugging Qin Mo, Xiao Han put his chin on his shoulder, and replied earnestly. “You have rested for a week, and your condition is much better. More than half of the regular season has passed. Today, when we win the Frost Moon, our pressure is much lowered. What are your plans for the next few opponents? If you’re tired, I can continue to command.”
Although he inherited Dragon Song club’s shameless boasting, he was quite reliable when it came to proper business.
Qin Mo also took it seriously, and replied. “The opponent in the next game is Whisper team, and last week, their umbrella array tied with Without Fire team, so we can’t underestimate it. I think it is better to let Qingyue command, he knows Luo Yuan better than us and is better at playing this kind of team battle.”
Xiao Han nodded in agreement. “It makes sense, and I feel relieved if it is handed over to Qingyue.”
Qin Mo continued. “Today, thanks to your calm command, we won all the games and scored five points, and we returned to second place in the scoreboard. The remaining opponents should try their best to get points. In case something goes wrong, and we can’t make it to the playoffs, we will lose face.”
Xiao Han smiled and patted Qin Mo’s shoulder. “Don’t worry, the top four will enter the playoffs, unless our IQ is offline, how can we not get into the top four?”
Qin Mo replied calmly. “We have to face Dynasty and Without Fire. If we can’t get points from Dynasty, we can’t get back to the first place. At present, the points of Without Fire and Frost Moon are very close to us, and they are likely to exceed us again. So, we must win two rounds with Whisper to get five points. If this game is tied 1:1 and we can’t get points, we have to fight against the strong enemy for three consecutive games, and the situation will be very unfavorable to us.”
“Are you going to tell Qingyue about this?” Xiao Han asked.
“I don’t want to put pressure on him.” Qin Mo paused, then continued. “You know Qingyue’s style. In the past, when he led Pure Cleansing team, eight out of ten games would be lost. Although his command was calm, because his teammates were not strong enough and often lost the game, his style of play would be relatively conservative, not as impulsive as you, nor like study complex tactics like me. Qingyue is best at winning steadily. If he is forced too hard, I’m afraid that he will mess up his rhythm in order to win.”
Silence for a moment, Xiao Han replied. “You are really considerate. Do you want Qingyue to command in the most relaxed state, without carrying the burden of having to win?”
“En, let’s discuss it with him after watching the game tomorrow.”
***
In this week’s game, the team in home court had a rare sweep—— Mojue defeated Frost Moon 2:0 at home court, Without Fire and Dynasty also won 2:0 against Graceful Beauty at home court, both National Grace and Sky teams also won 2:0 at home court.
As a result, there had been another big change in the scoreboard at the end of this week’s regular season.
Dynasty continued to take the lead in the scoreboard, and the gap with the second place opened to 6 points; Mojue returned to the second place, Without Fire in the third place only two points behind Mojue, and Frost Moon fell back to fourth place. It was followed by Sky team, which was only one point behind Frost Moon.
Chen Jiang sent a tearful Weibo: “Once again, I won fourth place. Should I change my name to Chen Si?! What a painful comprehension!”
Fans were lining up to cry tears of sympathy, and some people comforted: “Captain Chen, hang in there. It will be miserable if you can’t keep the fourth place for the playoffs!”
“I wish for Frost Moon to keep the fourth place, at least they can enter the playoffs to get a bonus prize!”
“That’s right, you won the fourth place in four events in a row, and you will only cry if you fall to the fifth place at the last minute!”
“Captain Chen, gather four fourth to summon god Lun, and five fourth to summon Emperor Xiao~”
Qin Mo was psychologically prepared for this ranking, and he had long said—— Chen Jiang would be happy for a week at most.
When Xiao Han was in command at the time, he thought that Mojue had a high probability of winning 2:0 at home court, because Xiao Han’s straightforward style, coupled with the assassin’s flexible style of play, happened to be Frost Moon’s nemesis who relied too much on terrain. And this week’s opponent of Without Fire was Graceful Beauty, and it must be a 2:0 result. In this way, Frost Moon would definitely fall back to fourth place.
The top four points were all in Qin Mo’s expectation.
But what he didn’t expect was that Sky team performed better this week than last week, and Yuan Xi’s state seemed to have recovered to its peak. His cooperation with Qiu Zongping was even edited by the official into the video collection of ‘Top Ten Highlights of the Week’.
Double summoners, coupled with a milk god lineup, could play in various modes. This was also the result of Sky team’s fierce pursuit of points in the big team battle stage. From the gap of more than 20 points with the top fours in three-player competition to only 1 point away, which was absolutely shocking pursuit speed.
However, many reporters and netizens had been focusing on the game for the several top ranks, and had not paid too much attention to Sky team.
But Qin Mo had a premonition in his heart that if Sky team continued to be so fierce in the next game, the playoff list in the hearts of netizens was likely to be reshuffled.
Mojue’s next schedule was a game with Whisper team in Luoyang next week, then to play against Without Fire at home court, then a match with Dynasty in Beijing, and finally to play against Sky at home court.
As the playoffs were getting closer and closer, he should have been more nervous, but strangely, Qin Mo’s state of mind was very calm at this time.
Although he wouldn’t say as bluntly as Xiao Han that, “we wouldn’t not get the top four, unless our IQ is offline.”
But in his heart, like Xiao Han, he was full of confidence in this team.
It was not a problem for Mojue to reach the top four at all. His concern had always been whether Mojue could win the annual championship in the first season.
The fans will be even more shocked when they find out how shameless Xiao Han actually is lmao 🤣
Thank you for the chapter~~! 💜💜💜
Lol, Xiao Han is trained in Dragon Song after all, he will be Liu Chuan v2 🤣
You’re welcome~😍