The two of them met their gazes.

No one took the initiative to speak, and the atmosphere in the living room seemed a little quieter.

In the end, it was Lin Xiao who spoke first, looked at Ward standing opposite, and smiled:

"Just finished smoking?"

Ward looked down at himself, sniffed his collar, and then the man, who was about thirty years old but had already reached the top position in the world's esports commentary circle, laughed a little embarrassedly:

"I'm sorry, I went to your bathroom and smoked one when I got addicted to smoking, don't you mind?"

Lin Xiaole waved his hand:

"It's fine, but smoking is not good, so let's quit if you can."

Ward didn't have much politeness, but Lin Xiao's reply was surprisingly familiar, as if this was not the first time the two had met, but old friends who had known each other for many years.

Or maybe......

It was not the first time they had "met".

Ward casually sat down in front of the sofa opposite Lin Xiao, took out a Zippo lighter and skillfully played with it between his fingers, igniting, closing the lid, and throwing the lid, full of tricks and flexibility, and the small lighter danced lightly and gracefully between his fingers like an elf.

Then I heard Ward speak, and sighed:

"My addiction to smoking only started a few years ago, and the pressure became more and more intense, and the addiction to smoking went up—"

"You probably don't know that when the event is being commentated, I often sit on the commentary stage for hours, and I don't even have time to go to the bathroom, let alone smoke, and I have to endure the addiction to smoking, so ...... Tsk, it's so uncomfortable. ”

Listening to Ward's whining complaints, Lin Xiao also laughed:

"However, as the most authoritative and famous official commentator in the world right now, such a job should be the dream of anyone in the commentary industry, right?"

Ward nodded sympathetically:

"Well, I love this job, and it's a position I've worked hard to get to where I go, and I cherish it."

Speaking of Ward, he seemed to sigh a little emotionally: "A little reporter at the WCG World Finals back then was able to reach such heights...... When I think back on these three years, I still feel like a dream. ”

Lin Xiao lowered his head slightly when he heard this, reached out and touched his nose:

"Three years......

"It should be four years, right?"

Suddenly, Ward's movement of playing with the lighter in his hand suddenly froze, and the lighter, which was originally dancing and jumping like an elf, also fell to the ground at once.

Smack-

A crisp sound.

But at this moment, Ward didn't have the heart to pay attention to the Zippo lighter that fell to the ground, and his eyes were completely dead looking at Lin Xiao, who was calm at the moment, and his eyes flashed with an extremely shocking light:

"You-"

Ward couldn't even finish his sentence.

He had just started the conversation as he sat down, and his intention was indeed to test the captain of the Back team a little more.

But he didn't expect that the other party didn't need his temptation at all, and simply and directly uncovered that layer of gauze!

Looking at the golden-haired curly-haired man in front of him, who is now the top commentator in the world's professional commentary industry, Lin Xiao couldn't help but laugh a little happily, with a little playfulness to people, but also with undisguised emotion:

"You annoying fellow, you can go all the way to find this place."

"But ......"

Lin Xiao's eyes also fell on Ward's body, with a smile in his eyes:

"It's been a long time—"

……

Four years ago.

Four years ago, Ward was just a fledgling professional esports reporter in the league.

At that time, in the DOTA world professional circle, there was already a mysterious team called Team NO that slowly rose like a new star under the shocking gaze of countless professional circles.

Then, the dazzling light illuminates the entire world professional circle.

In the WCG World Finals, Team NO was exceptionally qualified to participate online without the need for a real person.

Then came the WCG championship, which was the beginning of a legend.

And it was at that time that Ward desperately racked his brains to find a way to contact the captain of the NO team. 001, a valuable opportunity to conduct an interview online via voice messengers.

Ward also made a name for himself in the industry with such an interview voice video.

After that, in almost every event that Team NO participated in, Ward would follow closely to report and interview, and cheekily send harassing messages to someone early in the morning and late at night, with only one purpose: to ask him to give him a chance to record the interview.

A year later, Team NO won the WCG World Championship again, and the brilliant record of two consecutive championships shook the entire world professional circle, and the team of five members was inducted into the World Professional Hall of Fame.

At the same time, Ward has also become a popular journalist in the industry.

In the third year, Team NO won the third World Championship trophy in WCG, three consecutive championships, and established an unprecedented glorious and legendary record, becoming the true ruler of the entire professional esports circle, the king hidden in the mysterious dark night.

In the same year, Ward was also officially hired by Riot to serve as a dedicated event commentator for the WCG Finals for the first time.

He witnessed the legendary rise of Team NO.

It's as if he's growing with Team NO and moving to new heights.

It wasn't until after that WCG World Finals that the NO team, which won three consecutive championships, announced its disbandment, which shook the world and made Ward, who was leisurely sipping coffee in a café in Paris, France, directly shocked and lost his temper, and a sip of coffee sprayed all over the table.

But after he almost rushed back to the hotel room where he was staying at the time, and desperately and quickly checked the relevant news announcement on the Internet, he tried to contact the captain of the NO team at the first time. 001, but no matter what, there was no way to contact the other party.

……

After that, the connection was completely severed.

In just over a year, it will be today.

To this day.

At this moment, the man with curly blond hair sitting on the sofa has become the top and most professional official tournament commentator in the world's e-sports professional circle, and he is famous.

But when he looked at someone in front of him, his eyes were still full of gaffe shock and ecstasy:

"It's really you!"

“NO。 001！！ ”

Lin Xiao laughed: "Oh me, didn't you guess it a long time ago, otherwise why would you come all the way over?" ”

Ward was a little embarrassed: "I'm just guessing...... I don't really have full confidence and hope, but wait, since it's really you, the beautiful girl who is being interviewed in the inner room right now-"

Lin Xiao grabbed his hair, and then generously admitted:

"Oh yes, she's 005."

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