When night falls, the shadows of the trees around the villa are swaying, and there are a few faint insect chirps.

On the balcony, Lin Qiuran held a herbal tea and leaned near the iron railing.

Zhao Qichen pushed open the sliding door connecting the balcony and the living room, held the same herbal tea from Lin Qiuran in his hand, and walked to her side.

"What are you thinking?"

Looking at Lin Qiuran's absent-minded look, Zhao Qichen asked out loud.

"No...... Come out and blow the wind to sober up. ”

Lin Qiuran actually only took a few sips of red wine in the self-service store, and he couldn't talk about drunkenness at all.

"Do you have something on your mind?"

In fact, from the time Lin Qiuran offered to take them out to dinner today, Zhao Qichen noticed her strangeness.

"Ranran, if you have anything on your mind, say it and let me know."

Zhao Qichen stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hold Lin Qiuran's shoulder, and looked at her fixedly.

Lin Qiuran stroked the broken hair in front of her forehead, not knowing how to express her current mood.

Seeing that there was still a week to go before the official competition, Lin Qiuran was even more nervous than the team members.

Although the scale of this competition is not large, it is not small.

Small is not enough for Mars, the champion team of last year's PUBG National Tournament, to send a full body into battle, but big and big, it is such a medium-sized event, and they can't afford to lose.

Fans, outside media, and thousands of eyes are staring at SOD, and there may still be expectant eyes, but most of them are ready to see their jokes.

Lin Qiuran has been in the mall for so many years, not that he will never lose, but he has never been afraid of losing.

If she falls, she can get up and face it all over with a stronger attitude, and failure will only make her stronger and stronger.

And this immature e-sports team SOD, no.

Meiyu's patience for this team is already running out, not to mention the existence of Lin Qiuran now.

Struggling and embattled.

It was precisely this more or less for his own reasons that made the burden in Lin Qiuran's heart even heavier.

The love of everyone in the team, she sees it.

Although one game is lost, there can be the next one, and the contestants can get up and fight again if they lose. But the contestants can't live forever just by love, material things are undoubtedly indispensable.

If SOD can win the championship as he wishes in this competition, it can only be said that he has barely made a good start.

If it is unfortunate that the results are mediocre or completely defeated, then this battle, without exaggeration, should be a catastrophe.

There are no more resources left to give this team more time to grow, and they can only do their best to meet the enemy with the strongest posture.

And the worst outcome is the last thing Lin Qiuran wants to see.

Lin Qiuran, who has never been afraid of failure, felt the horror of failure for the first time.

Although the stone in his heart weighed as much as a thousand catties, Lin Qiuran had to raise his head and tell Zhao Qichen with a smile:

"I'm fine."

Zhao Qichen's eyes swirled around Lin Qiuran, and he didn't believe a word of what she said.

"Are you...... Thinking about the game in a week? ”

Zhao Qichen didn't move, staring straight at Lin Qiuran.

"It's not early, it's time to rest."

"Do you think you can hide it from me? Do you have no faith in us? ”

Zhao Qichen's voice was suddenly a little excited, and he pulled Lin Qiuran's sleeve to prevent her from avoiding it.

The horse monkey, who had not yet fully sobered up, was lying on the sofa watching a movie with the little fat old wolf, when he suddenly heard a sound from the balcony.

"You be quiet, they are still in the living room......" Lin Qiuran shook off Zhao Qichen's big hand, and while stretching out his head to spy on the living room, he lowered his voice and said to Zhao Qichen.

"You're just trying not to put pressure on us, but what about your own?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, I just think it's so unfair to judge you just by looking at the results of this competition......

Lin Qiuran lowered her head, unable to see the expression on her face clearly.

"Success and defeat are the same truth for thousands of years. In esports, the dish is the original sin. If our results are consistently unsatisfactory, we are not qualified to continue, and there is no such thing as being fair or not. ”

Zhao Qichen's tone was firm, with determination in his eyes.

"We'll prove ourselves."

Dropping these words, Zhao Qichen turned around and walked straight upstairs through the living room.

Looking at the back of Zhao Qichen leaving, Lin Qiuran wanted to speak and stopped.

Did you lose his confidence......

With a slightly load-bearing pace, Lin Qiuran walked into the living room.

Several people were staring at her with solemn faces.

Lin Qiuran knew that they should have heard the conversation between himself and Zhao Qichen just now.

"I don't mean to question your abilities, I'm just ......"

"Sister Ran Ran, you don't need to say more, we all know it."

The horse monkey propped up his head, which was a little heavy because of alcohol, and smiled at Lin Qiuran.

"Yes, Sister Ran Ran is the manager of our team, it's just a tyrannical thing...... But fortunately, we at SOD are blue chips and will not disappoint you. ”

Chubby patted his chest, always optimistic.

"Big deal...... It's a big deal to keep our wages down and support the club a little more. ”

The old wolf looked determined and said with a determined expression.

"Hey...... You can do this, I didn't say okay. ”

The horse monkey vetoed the old wolf's statement with one vote, and several people looked at each other and laughed.

Lin Qiuran's eyes showed an emotion called moving, looking at the few people in front of him, obviously when he should stand up and build up the confidence of the team, but he still let these team members who were already shouldering heavy responsibilities do the ideological work of their own managers.

Looking back on the daily laughter and laughter after he took over the position of SOD manager, Lin Qiuran raised his head and said sincerely.

"Thank you."

The sudden seriousness made several people's butts unable to sit still, and they all scratched their heads in disagreement and hurriedly waved their hands.

"Sister Ran Ran, you do so much work every day, and we haven't said thank you to you...... It's all a family, don't talk about these hypocrisy. Anyone who understands understands. ”

Lin Qiuran smiled and nodded: "That...... It's time to rest, after a little relaxation today, we will continue to train tomorrow, our goal, champion! ”

The trio's expressions were serious, and they agreed in unison.

"Roger!"

Lin Qiuran nodded with satisfaction, the nervousness of the past few days because of the game has finally improved.

Raising his head and looking at the end of the stairs, Lin Qiuran silently thought about whether to go and talk to Zhao Qichen clearly.

Since they can confidently face the unknown, they can't afford to fall behind.

Who is Lin Qiuran, has she always been the strong woman who makes her opponent fearful......