[Gao Qiao] yesterday once more

However, before this arena was completed, Ye Xiu was the first to meet Qiao Yifan himself.

In the 27th round of the Glory League, Excellent Era played against Tiny Herb at home.Ye Xiu saw that a large screen for watching live broadcasts was set up in the Xingxin Internet Cafe, and then he remembered this - presumably, he didn't see One Inch Hui online in the past two days, and it was also because the kid had to focus on the team's training.

Excellent Era's arena.

Ye Xiu glanced outside, Xiaoshan Gymnasium was buzzing with people, spectators and fans had already started to enter, it was very lively.He retracted his gaze, and with a thought, he went to the official website of the league to search for Tiny Herb's appearance list for this round. Not surprisingly, he didn't see Qiao Yifan's name. In the individual competition, he saw Gao Yingjie, the successor Wang Dayan painstakingly cultivated. Three came out.

Today's online games are much more peaceful than usual. Thanks to the league, a lot of fans are watching the live broadcast right now, and few of them hang out in the game.Ye Xiu practiced levels one after another, bored, and met Lou Guanning halfway to chat with him about the match between Tiny Herb and Excellent Era, so he simply opened a live broadcast window to watch the match while playing games.

Excellent Era had lost all energy and energy, and when he met Tiny Herb, he suffered a crushing loss and lost a thousand miles.Wang Jiexi seemed to be able to hang up five players in the team competition for [-] rounds by himself, not to mention that he was not fighting alone.As soon as the game was over, many customers left the Internet cafe cursing, and the place was quite empty, and suddenly became desolate.In City H in February, the lingering prestige of the cold winter was still there, and it snowed tonight, just like the mood of countless Excellent Era fans.

It's ten o'clock.

After the shift was over at the front desk, Aning sat in, clicked on an episode of TV series, and began to work the night shift.After one episode ended, she just clicked on the next episode, when she felt the door was suddenly pushed open, a gust of cold snow wind came in, and she was quickly returned to warmth.She raised her head, and saw the new guest who came by the snow wind standing at the front desk, and asked softly and politely: "Excuse me, can I use the Internet here?"

It was a clean and well-behaved young man, wrapped in a thick dark green scarf, he looked so small that Ah Ning even wondered if he was sixteen.He came in the snow, and there was even fine white snow on his eyelashes, silently turning into drops of water in the warm room.But under his obediently drooping eyelashes, the calm demeanor in those light-colored eyes almost surpassed his age.

She was taken aback for a moment, wondering whether this was an adult or not.

"Bring the ID card, register it." She muttered inwardly, and stretched out her hand suspiciously, and the visitor obediently took out the ID card and handed it to her.

Name, Qiao Yifan.ID number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX... Ah Ning just glanced at it, then slapped the ID card in his hand: "Sorry, we don't accept minors here."

"Ah?" The young man was taken aback, "That... can't you be more flexible?"

"No." Ah Ning was firm and earnest, "Kids, go back and do your homework, this is not the place for you."

"..." The young man named "Qiao Yifan" was speechless for a while, showing a frustrated and aggrieved expression, "But I will soon..."

"A minor is a minor, no." Ah Ning flatly refused.This is the principle of their proprietress, if you break it, you will lose your job.

The boy glanced into the depths of the Internet cafe, sighed, and then lowered his eyes: "...I understand. I'm sorry to trouble you."

The child looked pitiful, and Aning couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic, saying: "Oh, it's not that I don't want you to go, it's the rules set by our boss. It's so late, you should go home quickly, don't let you Parents are worried..."

But here is like my home.

Qiao Yifan lowered his eyes and said in his heart.

Now he's here, but he's turned away because he's a minor.

He felt a little wronged, but more of missing.I miss his teammates, this place, and his Xingxin.However, these lengthy love and memories, he can not tell anyone.

"Hey, Brother Ye, are you going to buy cigarettes?" Ah Ning's voice suddenly broke his thoughts.In the middle of her speech, she happened to see Ye Xiu, the network administrator, passing behind the boy, walking out, and greeted him with a smile.

"Brother Ye", Qiao Yifan was shocked.He turned around suddenly, just in time to meet Ye Xiu's eyes.The two stared at each other for a few seconds, Qiao Yifan blinked slowly, tilted his head quietly, and said, "...Senior?"

At the moment when he really reunited after a long absence, he forgot his excitement, but his mind went blank.

Senior Ye Xiu.His teacher, his captain, the person he respects and admires the most.

Ye Xiu pinched out the cigarette, and said in a rare surprised tone, "Why are you here?"

"Hmm..." Qiao Yifan hesitated.He really wants to tell the truth, I just miss everyone very much, I can't help but want to take advantage of the time after the game to come and see Xingxin, to meet Sister Rou, the proprietress, and you, senior.But he can't.In the end, he just lowered his eyes, not knowing whether he was guilty or disappointed, "I just wanted to practice games for a while, so I found a nearby Internet cafe, but I didn't expect..."

The words were vague, but Ye Xiu immediately knew that the kid was in an embarrassing situation in the team, and he could only change his career secretly. He didn't expect to bump into him today.

It's not easy either.

Ye Xiu sighed in his heart.He glanced at Aning, picked up Qiao Yifan's ID card, understood the situation at a glance, and smiled: "Little Qiao, are you only 17 this year?"

"Ah."

"I said, no wonder I got stuck here..."

Aning looked at this, then at that, very curious: "Brother Ye, do you recognize it?"

"Yes," Ye Xiu glanced at Qiao Yifan, who was hanging his head, and felt that this child was really honest and pitiful, like a lonely deer.He couldn't help feeling soft in his heart, and rubbed Qiao Yifan's hair, "Okay, Aning, I'll take him to the plane."

"Eh? Brother Ye—"

"I'll tell the proprietress later, don't worry, it's fine." Ye Xiu led the people inside, waved to her, and asked Qiao Yifan, "Is it stuck?"

"I have," Qiao Yifan nodded, holding a slender Ghost Sword account card between his fingers.

Ye Xiu led him to sit down in front of a computer in Area C: "Speed ​​up, come to the arena."

This arena was probably one of the most difficult battles Ye Xiu had fought since returning to online games.Aside from facing Huang Shaotian, Yu Wenzhou, Wang Jiexi and other great gods, Ye Xiu hadn't been forced to be so serious for a long time.

Of course, Ye Xiu won.

The word Glory jumped onto the screen, and One Inch of Ash fell down. Ye Xiu asked into the microphone, "Little Qiao, how many tricks did Wang Jiexi give you?"

"...How could Senior Wang Jiexi have the time to guide me?" The voice from the other end of the headset was extremely calm with a helpless smile, "Captain is very busy."

"... Great progress." Ye Xiu was silent for a while, "I'm curious—how did you do it?"

Apart from Wang Jiexi's far-fetched explanation, even Ye Xiu couldn't think of any other reason.Yiinchhui in front of him seemed to have been completely reborn, and together with his master, he was powerful and aloof, even compared to Li Xuan, he would never fall behind.

Qiao Yifan stared at the grayed-out screen in front of him, and said softly, "If I say that I just opened a hook up suddenly, would you believe me, senior?"

Ye Xiu turned his head, glanced at the young man sitting next to him from outside the game, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, it's okay if you don't want to say it, don't think too much about it. Just pretend I didn't ask."

"..."

Qiao Yifan sighed and took off the headset.

"What's the matter?" Ye Xiu polished his lighter, lit a cigarette, and smiled vaguely, "Be happy, Comrade Xiao Qiao, you played well, you don't have to worry about whether you can stay in Tiny Herb."

Qiao Yifan just smiled quietly, whether it was feeling disappointed or self-deprecating: "Senior... I have never belonged to Tiny Herb."

Ye Xiu raised his eyebrows, and was about to speak when Qiao Yifan's cell phone rang suddenly, with a white light flashing inexorably.

The caller ID was Gao Yingjie.Qiao Yifan's heart skipped a beat.

"Ah, I'm sorry senior, I have to pick up the phone..." As soon as Qiao Yifan got on the phone, Gao Yingjie's anxious voice rang in his ears through the phone line, both concerned and imperceptibly wronged: "Yifan, what are you doing?" Gone? I just went to your room to look for you, but you were not there, and I sent you QQ but there was no response..."

Qiao Yifan showed a rare guilt and guilt, and explained: "Well... I'm just training in an Internet cafe. I think I'll be fine tonight anyway, so I might as well practice more."

"Then...do you want me to accompany you?" Gao Yingjie obviously misunderstood, and frantically tried to comfort him, "Which Internet cafe are you at, Yifan? I'll come right over, just wait for me!"

Qiao Yifan's heart softened completely.What he couldn't stand was that Gao Yingjie treated him so well, it was like this in the past, and it is still the same now, not to mention that he felt guilty towards Gao Yingjie in the first place.Qiao Yifan hurriedly stopped him: "Yingjie, don't come over! I'm right opposite Excellent Era, there are too many fans here, you...don't come over, you will be set on fire."

"But……"

"I'm fine, no one recognizes me anyway," Qiao Yifan reassured him, feeling a little at a loss, "I——I'll be right back, Yingjie, don't worry... I'll be right back."

Ye Xiu looked at him with great interest, seeing that his usual calm was broken by this phone call, and his unconcealed concern made him confused.

"Gao Yingjie?" Ye Xiu asked, resting his chin.

"Yeah." Qiao Yifan hung up the phone and nodded, "Yingjie is looking for me."

"Are you in the same period?" Ye Xiu smiled thoughtfully, "It's rare that you have such a good relationship with him."

The two of them entered the team together, but they were in different situations, and it was too late for them to be jealous.

Qiao Yifan just smiled: "The Yingjie people are really nice."

As far as he is concerned, the only person in Tiny Herb that he misses is Gao Yingjie.

"Senior, I have to go first." He finally stood up and bid farewell to Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu looked up at him while sitting in the chair, and said, "If you want to keep Tiny Herb, you have to be proactive and show your strength to your captain. If you are too thin-skinned, I'll tell Big Eye for you It’s okay to have a fight.”

Qiao Yifan didn't answer, just wrapped the scarf around his neck, looked at Ye Xiu and asked, "Senior, I remember you said before that you want to form a team to participate in the challenge?"

"That's right." Ye Xiu shook the ashes.

"So... can I join?"

"Are you serious?" Ye Xiu raised his eyebrows.The young man in front of him has the level to be the core of any team, but he wants to play in the Challenger League.

Qiao Yifan looked at him quietly: "Isn't senior welcome?"

"Think clearly, Xiao Qiao. What do you have to give up because of this, and what do you have to face because of it." Ye Xiu frowned, shook the cigarette ash, and smiled, "Of course, if you can join, I definitely welcome it."

The professional life of an e-sports player seems to be extremely short, and there are not many years that can be squandered at will.

Ye Xiu didn't want his younger generation to regret it because of his impulsive actions.

Qiao Yifan just showed a gentle and satisfied smile.

"That's enough," he said, calmly meeting Ye Xiu's gaze, "As long as I'm still needed here, no matter how many times I start over, I'll choose Happy."

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