One day in mid-December, it finally rained heavily for the first time in the winter in Nanjing, and the raindrops outside the windows were pounding on the windowsills of the dormitories. Flash Dance

"Hmm...... It's raining, and it doesn't seem like your clothes are hanging outside, right? ”

In a daze, Guan Liang was woken up from sleep by the sound of rain outside the window, he turned his head and took out his mobile phone at the bedside, the time displayed on it was already seven o'clock in the morning.

"It's strange, this point Yu Xi should have called a long time ago......"

Since signing up for this on-campus trial, Guan Liang has been woken up by Yu Xi's call every morning when the sky is bright, and I don't know why Yu Xi's phone has not been called today.

"Did that guy give up his morning training because it was raining? It doesn't sound like his character......"

After thinking about it for a long time, Guan Liang decided to make a phone call to ask about the situation.

"Hey...... What for? ”

After the phone rang several times, Yu Xi's side slowly made a sound.

"I want to ask you what you are doing, you uncharacteristically didn't get up early to train today?"

"Hmm...... Because there is something wrong with my physical condition, it seems that my recent physical exertion is too bad, and I have a cold today. ”

Guan Liang had somewhat guessed this from Yu Xi's current voice, but the seriousness of the matter seemed to be more troublesome than he had imagined before.

"So if you don't have this ability, don't act like you're dying every day...... Then you can rest first, it happens to be raining so heavily today that it is inconvenient to go out. ”

"I was just negligent for a moment, for me this kind of intensity of practice ......"

"Okay, okay, I'll hang up the phone first, you can rest slowly."

After finishing speaking, Guan Liang hung up the call with Yu Xi directly, and the training he had insisted on every day recently suddenly stopped, which made Guan Liang confused all of a sudden, and he didn't know what to do.

"Otherwise, I'll make up for it......"

Guan Liang thought for two seconds and then decisively went to bed and got into the warm quilt again, the rainy winter is the climate that is most likely to make people indulge in sleep, and Guan Liang quickly fell asleep again......

In the dream, Guan Liang vaguely returned to the day when it was also raining five years ago.

"Xiaoliang, Xiaoliang."

In a daze, Guan Liang heard someone calling for him.

"Huh? It's Sister Xin, let me sleep for a while......"

Guan Liang was dealing with his sister while burying his head in the bed again.

"Really, when will your bed-lying problem be changed, it's hard to wake you up every time!"

Sister Xin has long been accustomed to Guan Liang's routines, and knows that if she just lets him go, I'm afraid he won't wake up in the next hour, so she simply lifted the quilt and exposed Guan Liang's body directly to the humid cold air of Jiangsu winter.

“NO！！！”

Guan Liang, who was directly lifted by Sister Xin, was woken up by a cold wind, and then had to get up from the bed quickly.

"I'm going to watch my uncle's game today, don't be late and complain that I don't wake you up!"

After dropping such a sentence, Sister Xin walked to the kitchen without looking back and began to prepare breakfast. Flash Dance

"Damn, I forgot about it!"

Guan Liang remembered today's itinerary and hurriedly changed his clothes, and rushed into the bathroom to finish washing.

"Sister Xin, what's breakfast today?"

After Guan Liang finished everything, he hurriedly sat down at the dining table and waited for the breakfast that Sister Xin made today, after Sister Xin went to college, Guan Liang was rarely able to eat the breakfast she made herself, and only when she occasionally went home did she have the opportunity to taste it.

"I said, how about you, how about learning to make breakfast by yourself once in a while, otherwise you can only stare dryly when you are home alone? Or is it ...... Are you going to ask someone to come to our house and cook for you? ”

Sister Xin glanced at Guan Liang with a smile, obviously the person in her mouth meant something.

"Okay, okay, I'll learn to cook by myself next time, but of course I can't waste the opportunity to taste your craft while you're here, Sister Xin! This is even more precious than the dishes in the five-star hotels outside! ”

"As long as you can talk, let's hurry up and finish eating, let's rush over to Shanghai."

Kunshan is located at the junction of Jiangsu and Shanghai, and there are many vehicles that travel between the two places on weekdays, and it only takes about two hours to drive from Guan Liang's home to Shanghai.

"It's raining so hard......"

Guan Liang looked at the weather outside when he went out, to be honest, the rain today is really not small, and it is rare in recent years.

"I'll go to the garage and get the car out first, you remember to check if the door is locked."

"yes, got it."

After checking that the doors and windows were locked, Guan Liang picked up his umbrella and walked outside his garage to wait.

"Get in the car, the rain may be delayed for a while today, but it should still be in time."

"I'm more worried than this, Sister Xin, will you have an accident when you drive in this weather, the rumored female driver in the rivers and lakes is still very scary......"

"If you're afraid, don't sit, my mother has been taking the driver's license for two years, and she can't drive this kind of road!"

Sister Xin glanced at Guan Liang, their two siblings have been in this all-pervasive relationship since they were children, and this is also related to some things that happened in their family in the past......

On the way from Kunshan to Shanghai, due to heavy rain, there were different degrees of congestion in various sections, but fortunately, today is not the peak of holiday travel, and the congestion has been quickly alleviated.

"Well, it's almost there......"

"But now it looks like it's blocked again...... Guan Liang, you kid seems to be planning something terrible lately? ”

Due to the road conditions, Sister Xin, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was rarely idle, and turned her head to ask Guan Liang.

"Ah, why don't I understand what you're saying?"

Guan Liang, on the other hand, showed an innocent expression and tried to get by.

"Can you still fool me, do you kid want to go to some competition recently? With your little friends. ”

"I'm just going to have fun and play well before I plan for what's next. 35xs”

"Huh? I don't remember that my brother is such a half-tone guy, since he was a child, it seems that no matter what he does, as long as he decides, he will drill into it. ”

Obviously, in front of the heart sister who watched him grow up, Guan Liang's lies were useless at all.

"Actually, I'm also very conflicted, although my uncle has always warned me not to use the idea of a career casually, but I still can't let go of it to be honest......"

"Have you heard, Uncle Rui, when he was planning to play professionally, grandpa seemed to be quite opposed, but after all, the old man has always spoiled Uncle Rui, and grandpa finally agreed to Uncle Rui."

"But I don't think our dad will let me go so easily, so Sister Xin, you can help me hide it for a while, okay? If I really don't have that level, I'll go back to school and study hard. ”

"Well, let me think about it for a while, anyway, my dad will not come back from Taiwan in the next few days...... Well? It seems that it can be passed. ”

After being blocked for a while, Guan Liang's road conditions in front of them finally returned to normal, and when they slowly drove over, they found that they were stopped by ambulances and police cars, as if there had just been a traffic accident.

"Wow, this weather is really dangerous, I don't know if the accident is serious......"

Guan Liang turned his head and glanced there, but due to the weather, he couldn't see the specific situation of the accident clearly, and soon Sister Xin drove the car to today's destination.

"It's not started yet, so it's too late for us to get in."

Sister Xin glanced at the watch in her right hand, although the time was slower than expected for a while, it was not a big deal.

"I have to cheer for my uncle today, after all, this is his most promising qualification, and he also mentioned that he has been in particularly good form recently when he chatted with me before."

"Do you want to give him a call first? Otherwise, he didn't know that his nephews and nieces had come to cheer him on. ”

"Forget it, I'm afraid it will affect his game, let's go in."

After parking the car, Guan Liang and Sister Xin walked into the competition site, the scene was almost full of spectators, today's game has two of the most promising players to represent China, anyone wants to know who among them can win the Shanghai championship and get a place in the representative competition.

But when the competition was about to start, the atmosphere became a little strange, if anything, it was that only one of the two players in the first match was present, and the one who did not appear was Guan Rui, who was the most promising winner this time.

"What happened?"

Guan Liang keenly sensed that something was wrong, his uncle had always been the kind of character who would be ready in advance no matter what he did, and it was impossible to be late at this critical moment.

"Make a phone call, huh?"

Sister Xin thought for a while and took out her mobile phone and dialed Uncle Rui's number.

"Hey, Uncle Rui, why haven't you ...... What the? ”

The phone didn't ring twice, and it was connected, but to Sister Xin's surprise, it was not his uncle's voice that answered him.

"What the hell is going on?"

Guan Liang couldn't help but worry when he saw Sister Xin's expression, he had never seen Sister Xin show such an expression since he was a child.

"Uncle Rui, he was in a car accident......

Suddenly, Guan Liang woke up from his dream in a cold sweat, recalling the content of the dream just now, Guan Liang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Today, it's raining......" After waking up from the nightmare, Guan Liang suddenly felt sleepy, and simply climbed out of bed and sat in front of his computer.

"It's better to just go online and play a few handfuls, although there may not be many people at this time."

It's past 8 o'clock in the morning, which is the most leisurely time of all online games, whether it is an amateur player who has been working all night with friends or a professional player who has worked tirelessly for the championship, they will choose to sleep peacefully at this point in time, and only when night falls will they go online again.

But to Guan Liang's surprise, the moment he logged in to the game client, he suddenly found that there was a person in his friends list who was online.

"Xue Ying? This guy is actually online? ”

Guan Liang clicked on the friend list and found that there was only one 'Queen Killer' in the online list displayed above.

"You got up so early, you really worked hard."

Guan Liang directly sent a message, Xue Ying is still a high school student, and he doesn't know what the consequences will be if his family knows about the fact that he got up so early not to go to class but to surf the Internet.

"Early riser? I haven't gone to sleep yet......"

As a result, the message that Xue Ying gave him back suddenly made Guan Liang wake up, this guy has completely become an Internet addict teenager.

"You're really dead, although I used to stay up all night in high school, but I didn't work as hard as you."

"Because I lost a bit too many points yesterday, I can't sleep even if I go to sleep directly, Meng Zhe's guy is really getting more and more perverted......"

From Xue Ying's words, Guan Liang probably guessed what happened last night, and it is estimated that this guy was abused by Meng Zhe who was on the opposite side when he was rushing to score, and the biggest sorrow as a mid laner player is that he has to face Meng Zhe, an insurmountable mountain.

"Relax, you must know that many professional players have no way to take Meng Zhe, let alone you, who is still in high school."

"That's not good, I'm going to stand in the professional arena and face him head-on in the future, how can I admit it here!"

"I'm working hard for my career, it's really enviable......"

Guan Liang looked at Xue Ying's reply, and suddenly remembered himself five years ago, at that time, he was also enthusiastic to follow the footsteps of the player he had been longing for to step into the professional circle, but something suddenly happened that made his life trajectory suddenly be turned back on the 'right track'.

"What are you envious of, hurry up and win the championship with me!"

Xue Ying unceremoniously replied to Guan Liang with such a sentence, in his eyes, Guan Liang becoming his teammate was already a sure thing.

"I didn't say I was going to play professionally, and I'm not in my prime anymore, so I might be holding you back with you."

Guan Liang, who is 21 years old and almost 22 years old, has honestly stepped into the category of older players with one foot, and esports has always been known for its extremely high requirements for reactions, and the more competitive the event, the shorter the golden age of the player.

Generally speaking, the age at which a player can perform best is between the ages of 16 and 21, beyond which on the one hand, it will lead to a decline in form due to reactions, and on the other hand, the pressure from life also makes those who cannot win the championship have to re-examine whether they want to continue to fight.

"I don't really understand these things, but I have always believed in what Brother Hou said, whether it was his efforts to persuade my family to pull me into the team he founded, or he told me that you would be an indispensable and important member of our team to challenge for the championship in the future, I always believe in him from the bottom of my heart."

"It's not right for me to say that, but have you ever thought about what would happen if you failed? Out of 10,000 people, the number of players who can stand at the top can be counted on one hand, and all the hard work before winning the championship is in vain. ”

Many years ago, the player Guan Liang himself longed for had said almost the same thing to him, and just like Guan Liang's answer at that time, Xue Ying's answer to him did not have any confusion at all.

"In that case, as long as you win the championship, it is precisely in order that your efforts will not be in vain that you have to continue to attack the championship, if you don't even have the belief to win the championship, you can't become a qualified professional player!"

"Well, that's right, there's no way to become a qualified pro like this......"

Guan Liang's words are both an affirmation of Xue Ying and a reflection on himself, in the past five years, he thought that he had completely abandoned the idea of becoming a professional player, and would go on step by step according to his father's arrangement in the future, but looking at the current Xue Ying, Guan Liang himself was unconsciously moved.

"It was the game that killed him."

At his uncle's funeral, Guan Liang heard the people around him say it more than once, in their eyes, Guan Rui, who was nearly thirty years old, still went to participate in a game competition, which was completely nonsense, and Guan Liang could only listen silently to their slander and could not refute it.

"Uncle, I want to let the five-star red flag fly on the championship podium in the international e-sports arena in the future, although it is a bit difficult to achieve, but my uncle will not give up easily."

When Guan Liang was a child, he once asked his uncle why he left home to go out alone, and even did not hesitate to be treated as a plaything by others, and at that time, Guan Rui only said this to Guan Liang as an e-sports professional player.

In the next few years, Guan Liang gradually learned what his uncle called 'e-sports', and Guan Liang, who was still in junior high school at that time, showed a strong talent for games, and even played back and forth with the professional players in the team when he visited his uncle.

Almost everyone present at the time thought that this kid, who was still in junior high school, would become a rising champion star in the future, but it all stopped that winter of 2006.

"I ...... Don't fight. ”

In the phone call, Guan Liang only left such a sentence to Lu Qinhou, and the other people of the flying wings at that time also went their separate ways, and this amateur team that had not yet emerged disappeared.

"Don't talk about it, I can't help but go to sleep......"

When Guan Liang was still immersed in his memories, Xue Ying over there directly sent him a farewell message, and then went offline directly.

"You can just go to sleep, and I'm confused now......"

Guan Liang said a word to himself, and then continued his solo journey today.