【Gao Qiao Gao all】Youth

On the way back to the club after watching the challenge finals, Gao Yingjie thought he should send Qiao Yifan a text message.I changed and changed along the way, obviously my heart was full of emotions, but I didn't have the courage to convert it into words.In the end, I only sent out a very simple, very polite message, even with a bit of Wang Jiexi's alienation style - wonderful game, congratulations.

He didn't receive Qiao Yifan's reply until the next morning.The content was nothing special, it was nothing more than thanking him, explaining the reason for the late reply to the text message, and expressing his expectation for the next season.

Gao Yingjie silently locked this text message, and after thinking for a long time, he only sent a plain response.

After the two of them exchanged dryly for a few times, Gao Yingjie asked by the way when you will return to City H.

Qiao Yifan's answer made him uneasy - Team Xingxin was going to stay in City B to rest for a while.Gao Yingjie looked through the team calendar with shaking hands, and confirmed that it coincided with the rest day between the regular season and playoffs of the professional league.

Gao Yingjie took a deep breath as if he was sinking, and quickly swipe the touch screen with his fingertips, showing his professional hand speed to the fullest.

At the end he writes without thinking - I miss you so much.

Gao Yingjie suddenly realized what he had just written when the notification screen flashed that the text message had been sent.

He quickly clicked on the top message in the development box and read it carefully.Fortunately... In the literal sense, there is nothing unreasonable.

Just... those last four words.

He sat by the bed for a while with a red face and a blank mind, and then realized that it was time for training.

He only saw Qiao Yifan's affirmative reply that night.

Repeatedly imagining what was to come, the first meeting with Qiao Yifan after a year, Gao Yingjie suffered from insomnia.He had to finish the final round of the regular season with two dark circles under his eyes.

City B where Tiny Herb is located is very large, and the traffic conditions are not good. Gao Yingjie tossed all the way from the club to the resort located in the outskirts of the city, changing the subway to the light rail to the bus and then taking a taxi, which was more troublesome than flying to an away game.

After the taxi driver asked where he was going, he didn't continue talking, which made Gao Yingjie secretly relieved, he had never been good at dealing with this.It didn't take long for a cross talk to be played on the radio, and the two of them were talking glibly, and the penetrating power of their voices was comparable to that of a senior in the circle.

Gao Yingjie couldn't continue listening to the music with his eyes closed, so he simply pressed off, took off his earphones and looked outside.In early summer, the greenery is thick, the trees are luxuriant, the fields are vast, and the silhouettes of mountains are indistinct in the distance. The cool colors make people feel broad-minded.

Counting that he had stayed in City B for nearly three years, he never knew that there was such a completely different scenery in the suburbs of the city.

It would be great if I have a chance to come here with Yifan next time.Gao Yingjie came up with this idea naturally, and couldn't help laughing at himself when he thought about it, isn't he going to meet Yifan soon?

Hmm...meet Yifan.He, he hasn't figured out what to do.When chatting, just start thinking about what things are best avoided, and how to start topics that can be talked about...

Silently typing the manuscript repeatedly, Gao Yingjie became more and more absent-minded.

They were really good friends that summer in training camp.In the evening, the two of them often gnaw on crunchy and sweet peaches and watch Glory's game video.They even watched all the matches of Team Tiny Herb's seventh season repeatedly several times.

The joy of both being selected into the team hadn't dissipated yet, and the captain clearly announced Wang Buliuxing's successor.

Since then, there have been different paths.

Gao Yingjie didn't know what he could do for Qiao Yifan, so he could only keep silent about all the special attention and treatment he had received in front of his friends—even if it couldn't make him feel better, at least not make him sad.

However, he finally discovered that there had never been such a dark cloud—what he had been avoiding so carefully, deliberately, and entangledly was just unfounded worry.

It was Gao Yingjie, who was annoyed by his slip of the tongue before his first official appearance in the competition, and heard Qiao Yifan's simple and sincere sentence - "Is that so? Yingjie, come on."

The joy of relief at that time was still fresh in his memory.

Yes.That's it.

No matter what happens between them, it shouldn't be full of minefields, and preparations must be made in order to maintain a safe relationship.

Gao Yingjie let out a long breath, as if he wanted to completely dispel the negative emotions that would sometimes fill his heart like a fog.

Seeing Yifan again was better than anything else, he didn't want to waste his time immersing himself in all kinds of untraceable past events.

The afternoon sun shines through the dense shade of trees, casting scattered bright spots all over the floor.

"Yifan!" Seeing his friend who was looking around at a glance, Gao Yingjie forgot his fatigue and waved to him excitedly.

Qiao Yifan quickly walked up to him.

I haven't seen each other for a long time, and various things happened during this period. There should be a lot of things to say, but after the two greeted each other, they just looked at each other with smirks.

"Yingjie, you seem to have grown taller?" Qiao Yifan finally spoke first.

Following his words, Gao Yingjie stretched out his hand to compare with him, and said slightly depressed: "...You too."

Yifan was already slightly taller than him, but he hadn't seen him for a year, so it seemed that the difference in height had widened.

"It's a little longer." Qiao Yifan said with a smile, "It's been a long journey, let's put down the things first?"

Gao Yingjie nodded.

He put the backpack in Qiao Yifan's room and came out after washing his face. Qiao Yifan had already prepared a drink and asked, "Yingjie, what do you want to drink?"

Gao Yingjie said, "Whatever you want."

Qiao Yifan handed him a bottle of juice, which was Gao Yingjie's favorite brand and flavor.

Then they chatted for a while as usual.

In fact, Qiao Yifan was not as nonchalant as he appeared on the surface.

When he made an appointment with Gao Yingjie to meet, he had already decided that no matter what, he would take this opportunity to explain the previous matter sincerely and clearly.Otherwise, this will eventually become an untouchable knot between the two.

He suggested going for a walk.The resort is quiet and there should be plenty of places for private conversations.

It was the weekend and there were more people than usual.They turned around to find a quiet corner, and finally detoured to the hot spring spa area.If it was cooler, it might be more lively here, but at this moment, there are only the two of them.

Looking at the bubbling pool of clear water in front of him, Gao Yingjie curiously stretched his hand into it to feel it.The warm water hits the palm, which is very comfortable and warm.

Here it is.Qiao Yifan thought about it, and said, "Do you want to go down and try?"

"Is it really possible?" Gao Yingjie asked anxiously.

Qiao Yifan nodded, bent down first, took off his shoes and rolled up his trousers.

Gao Yingjie only hesitated for a moment, then followed his example and carefully sat down beside him by the pool.

In the evening of early summer, it is still cool when the mountain wind blows.The warm current gushing from the pool wall massaged the legs. Although it felt itchy at first, it was very comfortable after getting used to it.

Qiao Yifan was silently thinking about when would be the most appropriate time to speak, when the sound of splashing water around him caught his attention.

Looking at Gao Yingjie who was kicking the water in a good mood, Qiao Yifan hesitated, because what he wanted to say next might be a bit of a disappointment, maybe more than a disappointment.

Keenly sensing the change in his friend's mood, Gao Yingjie turned his face: "Yifan, what's wrong?"

Qiao Yifan made up his mind.He said, "I have something to tell you."

Gao Yingjie stopped shaking his legs and looked at him suspiciously.

"Actually, you probably already know about this matter, from... various news reports. However, I still hope to tell you in person." Qiao Yifan smiled wryly, "Although, it may be a bit late."

He started with Tiny Herb forming a team to hunt down Lord Grim in the tenth district.

At that time, he was very hesitant.In the championship team, with an old account, no chance to play, no attention from the outside world, watching myself gradually become transparent day by day.

He even thought about whether to give up the professional circle and live a normal life like an ordinary teenager, before it was too late.

"Later, in the arena, Senior Ye Xiu suddenly asked me if I had thought about changing my profession. He suggested to me to try to be a ghost."

Qiao Yifan paused for a while.Looking back, it was such a simple call that changed his career.

"At that time, I was not without doubts. Even if I am a master, can I see my suitable career in such a short time? And... there are ghosts in the team."

"However, I don't think I can do nothing. Otherwise, it's really impossible for me to stay in Tiny Herb."

Qiao Yifan's tone was still calm, but his lips were trembling uncontrollably.

"I don't want to give up on my dream yet... the dream of standing on the highest podium of Glory with you."

Just this one sentence completely sank Gao Yingjie.He listened to Qiao Yifan's continuation in a daze.

Even if it is a dead horse as a living horse doctor.With this mentality in mind, Qiao Yifan created a Ghost Swordsman account without telling everyone in Tiny Herb, and entered the tenth area of ​​the Glory online game.

"During that time, I learned a lot from senior Ye Xiu. I like the job of a battle ghost, and I really think I use it well. If there is any opportunity, I can show it to everyone." Qiao Yifan said. Dian laughed at himself, "Then, I signed up to participate in the All-Star Rookie Challenge."

Gao Yingjie opened his mouth soundlessly, everything he wanted to say was choked in his throat.He still remembers that game clearly, but he never realized that it was actually a desperate effort by the teenager.

"Unfortunately, I didn't do it. After knowing that the team would not renew my contract, I began to think about where to go in the future. Maybe another team? But no one contacted me. Later, I remembered that Ye Xiu I mentioned the plan to re-form a team and return to the professional league."

Qiao Yifan suddenly stopped narrating.He looked up at the sky where the light was changing and the clouds were flowing.After a while, he simply concluded the past, even with a bit of relief in his tone.

"I joined Xingxin."

The steaming mist from the hot spring pool obscured Gao Yingjie's vision.He couldn't see Qiao Yifan's expression clearly at this time, he could only hear his voice suddenly becoming very solemn.

"I'm sorry, Yingjie. I should have told you frankly earlier, sorry."

Without further excuses, Qiao Yifan quietly waited for Gao Yingjie's answer, but his expression tensed unconsciously.

Is there no grievance in their friendship from now on, or is it not what it used to be?He wasn't really sure.

After a long period of silence, Gao Yingjie finally wiped the corners of his eyes, sniffled his nose, and said in a low voice, "I've never been angry. I'm just, just very worried about you."

Qiao Yifan was speechless for a moment.There was a joyful blank in his mind, and he couldn't find any words to respond to it, but the smile on his face spread out completely uncontrollably.

The gentle colors of the setting sun reflected in his shining eyes, and Gao Yingjie suddenly felt a heat surge from his feet to the top of his head.

Not knowing where the courage came from, he pressed Qiao Yifan's hand.Just such an ordinary contact, he felt that his skin was about to burn, and his fingertips swelled and ached.

Not daring to look at the other person's expression at this time, he leaned over clumsily and kissed the other person's slightly fluttering lips in a panic.

And then...he woke up.

The light from outside casts several long spots of light on the wall through the shutters.Seeing this strange scene, Gao Yingjie suddenly remembered that this was not in the club's dormitory.

Tomorrow night is Tiny Herb's away game against Happy, probably that's why he dreamed of meeting Yifan again.

That meeting, of course, didn't end in such a dramatic way.

After speaking thoroughly, the two of them felt very relaxed, and when their eyes met again, they were both a little embarrassed by their performance just now.

"Okay, it's getting dark, let's go back." Qiao Yifan stood up first, and reached out to pull Gao Yingjie.

After Gao Yingjie got up, he was not willing to let go, but put his other hand on it, and said word by word, with a buzzing nasal voice, "Yifan, I'm very happy."

Seventeen or eighteen years old, the future is still long.

Regardless of regret or reluctance, at least they will soon be able to compete together on the field.

Qiao Yifan also put his spare hand on theirs, and said with a smile, "Well, I'm back."

Yes, but that's all.

But this dream was so real... so real that it made him a little melancholy.

Gao Yingjie couldn't help pressing his lips lightly with his fingers, but unfortunately the touch was nothing like the one in his dream.Suddenly he thought if it was really with Yifan... how would he feel.

Then he was taken aback by himself again.

Competition competition.There is a game tomorrow.He forced himself to close his eyes.Facing Xingxin, it was impossible not to play in the best condition.

When Gao Yingjie finally fell asleep again, he thought in a daze that he probably felt that... being friends is not enough.

The opponent they will meet on Saturday night is Team Tiny Herb.

Waiting for Senior Ye Xiu to turn on the projector, Qiao Yifan's mood was complicated.

It wasn't because of how much resentment he had towards Tiny Herb, nor was it because of his desire to impress everyone in Tiny Herb—he played for his own dream, not for these things.But when he thought of meeting Gao Yingjie in the professional league, he couldn't help but feel a little... close to home and timid.

He didn't think too much about winning or losing, he just hoped that this first match would be as exciting as possible.

Tiny Herb was probably one of the professional teams that Xingxin had contacted the most. Ye Xiu's introduction was relatively brief, and he only focused on analyzing the possible lineups of the Tiny Herb Group Arena and the combat styles of each player.

Then he played a few videos of team battles for everyone.Just like last season, their starting five is still a combination of double magicians, high-speed swordsmen, knights and healers, plus the adjustment of the sixth man, which can generate a variety of play styles on the basis of a solid defense.

"Little Qiao, let's talk about this part." Ye Xiu called names.

Qiao Yifan nodded.To be able to speak freely in front of many people without stage fright, I am afraid that he still can't do it now, but there is no psychological burden to state his opinions in team discussions.

"The core here is still Wang Buliuxing, but Mu En...'s supporting role is also very important." When mentioning the two roles of former captain and friend, Qiao Yifan paused unnaturally, "Although the magician's skills are powerful, However, it is limited by the cooldown time. Mu En and Wang Buliuxing can complement each other, alternately outputting and controlling the field, which can be said to be a seamless connection. This style of play cannot do without the support of knights and priests, so it needs to maintain a good Overall positioning, such as..."

After he finished speaking, Ye Xiu asked encouragingly: "To destroy the opponent's formation, what do you think is the best way?"

Having watched a lot of Tiny Herb's game videos in the past two seasons, Qiao Yifan shared his accumulated experience.

With the knights around, Tiny Herb's priest is not easy to become a breakthrough.The swordsman in the supporting position is not the core of tactics.If two sorcerers had to choose one, neither of them would choose to face the magician head-on.Therefore, Mu En, a magician scholar, became the priority target that Tiny Herb's opponents often chose.

After thinking for a while, Qiao Yifan finally added cautiously: "However, the actual situation on the field changes rapidly, and some teams did not adjust in time, and there were big loopholes, and they were blown up instead."

Qiao Yifan's analysis was far from perfect, but Ye Xiu nodded with a slight smile, feeling very relieved.In addition to strong combat power, an excellent team must also have excellent tactics.There are many talented rookies in Xingxin, but not all of them are aware of this, let alone put in the hard work.

He was looking forward to the role this kid would play in Xingxin's future.

After the individual competition and the group arena, Tiny Herb led Happy 3:2.

The team battle was about to start, Gao Yingjie couldn't help but quietly looked towards Xingxin's preparation seats.Qiao Yifan was standing up and walking towards the competition seats.He didn't play in the previous games, and this time is the stage to display the best abilities of Zhengui.

The game map was Night Moon City selected by Xingxin, one of the new maps released this season.In the background of the dark purple night sky, a huge full moon hangs high, and the abandoned ancient city covered in moss stands alone.

This map looks bleak and beautiful. There are many obstacles and the light is very dark. It is a test of positioning and viewing angles. It is quite difficult for priests and knights, which do not have enough mobility.

As soon as they entered the picture, Xingxin launched sporadic long-range harassment, and the sound of guns and guns rang out from time to time.

"Keep the formation." Wang Jiexi reminded in the team channel.The two magicians and swordsmen in the formation are fast-moving characters, and if you are not careful, you may leave your priest and knight behind.

Tiny Herb continued to move forward cautiously, searching for traces of Xingxin.Their two priority targets are Cleric Little Cold Hands, who is weaker in the opponent's control, and Dancing Rain, the gunner who can suppress them from a long distance.

Suddenly, the brilliance bloomed on the nearby commanding heights, and the satellite rays directly washed over the five members of Tiny Herb.

The knight alone immediately protected the pastor Cordyceps sinensis with a huge shield in one fell swoop.Wang Buliuxing and Mu En jumped up one left and one right, and with dazzling dodging movements, they avoided the clusters of light falling from the sky, and went straight to Mu Yuchengfeng, whose position had been exposed.

The gunner did not sit still, and immediately launched anti-tank shells. Wang Buliuxing made an extremely chic line change during high-speed flight, and dodged quickly.On the other side, Mu En, a sorcerer who was not blocked, swooped down first.

"Beware!"

When Wang Jiexi's reminder came out, Gao Yingjie also saw a cold light coming straight at him.

Fulong soars to the sky!This move is of course from the battle mage Soft Mist who wields Fire Dance Flowing Flame.

"Xingxin's ambush! They really didn't leave Mu Yu Chengfeng alone—beautiful!" the commentator shouted.

This beautifully refers to Gao Yingjie's reaction.

Originally, the magician's instant fall adjustment was fast enough, and it was perfectly fine to launch an attack after landing on the ground.But at the moment when the black dragon transformed from the spear of the battle mage just passed over the head, the magician suddenly jumped up, and even the person and the broom spun into a ball of light at high speed, swiping a series of extremely precise brooms, swiping the ground. Caught off guard, Mu Yuchengfeng made several somersaults on the ground.

Han Yanrou rushed to rescue her, but was entangled by Wang Buliuxing who arrived later.In Tiny Herb's team channel, Liu Xiaobie also quickly reported the coordinates of him and the other two.They were circling upwards from the other side, and they saw that they were about to encircle Mu Yuchengfeng and Han Yanrou.

The commentator was lamenting that Xingxin's sneak attack was a bit reckless this time, but Gao Yingjie suddenly lost control of Mu En.

He is not a newcomer anymore, and of course he understands what this state of body flying out sideways means.But to be clear, to understand, if you want to get rid of this cloud catcher, you have to rely on the cooperation of your teammates to interrupt the opponent's skills.

Fei Daojian rushed to Lord Grim's direction in time.

As soon as Gao Yingjie felt the effect of the cloud-catching hand stop, he immediately manipulated Mu En to perform a body-receiving operation-this was familiar to him, but it was a little different at this moment.

According to his judgment, when he was supposed to hit the ground, he continued to fall...

Gao Yingjie turned his camera and looked down in confusion, feeling like crying.

He was thrown into a big pit as soon as Lord Grim let go.

Yicunhui is looking up at him from below, the character's system face is cold and expressionless.As the ghosts chanted beautifully, the power of ghosts and gods flowed from the blades, red, green, purple... The ghosts of various colors are like ferocious mouths, eager to devour the falling prey.

Gao Yingjie couldn't help but feel tense when he realized how many abnormal states he would be carrying immediately after landing, but the two years of actual combat tempered him to quickly adjust his mentality - he must not back down just like that.

Especially... when facing Yifan directly.

When Muen hit the ground, Yiinchhui just dropped the last ice formation.The ice array can start attacking the moment it is laid down. This timing is well grasped, and there is no waste. The blessing of the full-level anti-plague array makes the damage more impressive.

Hearing the sound of "wave", the magician was immediately frozen, and the ghost raised his hand to slash the ice, smashing the ice, and using the knock-up effect, accurately sent the opponent into the flame array set up in advance center.

Gao Yingjie puffed up his face somewhat depressed, but his movements were not slow at all. He manipulated the character to accept and then quickly jumped onto the broom. Few of the little ghosts in the flame formation had time to pounce on him. fly away.

One Inch Hui strode after him, and Mu En turned around and raised his hand.

The arc light of the full moon slash and the starburst of the magic ray complement each other to form a brilliant silver.

Xingxin still lost the team competition in the end.

The gap between them and a veteran team like Tiny Herb is not so easy to bridge.

Ye Xiu was old-fashioned, and Wang Jiexi didn't give in too much. The key to winning or losing was the strength of the other players on the field, especially the actual combat experience - when to back down, when to delay, when to fight for damage, and so on.The avatars of Mu En and Soft Mist were almost wiped out one after another, but the prices their opponents paid were quite different - Baozi Invasion and One Inch Ash lost almost one blood, while Flying Sword lost only a quarter of it. one.

In the end, when the situation on the field became four-on-three and one side had no treatment, the outcome of the game was basically doomed.

It was already too late after the press conference, and Tiny Herb had to go back to City B the next morning, so of course there would be no social activities, the members of the two teams just stopped to chat casually in the passage.

Qiao Yifan politely greeted his former teammates one by one.What he got this time wasn't complete indifference, but it wasn't an enthusiastic response either - Tiny Herb won the game, and One Inch Ash didn't have a brilliant personal performance.Only Xu Bin, who transferred from Team [-] to Tiny Herb last season, said a few more words to him.

Qiao Yifan has long been used to this kind of treatment, and he doesn't care.The few members of Team Xingxin who were a little more considerate, although they noticed the interaction between him and the others in Tiny Herb, saw that Qiao Yifan himself didn't care, so he didn't say much.

On the other hand, Gao Yingjie, who was silently watching from the side, felt wronged for him, so he leaned over and called "Yifan" in a friendly tone.

Qiao Yifan smiled embarrassedly: "Hey."

He thought he had done enough psychological construction for his opponents on the court and his friends off the court, and he mercilessly sent Mu En out of the game. When they met after the game, they still couldn't get used to it.

Gao Yingjie's mood was also very conflicted.This is obviously not the time to talk about friendship, but he is a little ashamed to mention the match just now.After holding back for a long time, he still smiled and said to Qiao Yifan: "You played very well."

Then he hesitated for a moment, lowered his volume and said, "I... am very happy for you."

He didn't say that because it was Qiao Yifan.Whether it was a head-to-head match or when he was watching from the sidelines, he could see very clearly that the result of defeat could not cover up the role of Zhengui in this team competition.

If there is obviously a problem with this position, Qiao Yifan suddenly feels a strange softness in his heart.He didn't even know what to say, so he could only reply with a small smile and thank you.

It seems that the conversation has come back to me, what should I do... Gao Yingjie opened his mouth, and said bravely, "Next time——"

What's next?he thought a little distressed.I will behave better next time?no no.Now that you are an opponent, you have to be tougher and more forthright.Then - next time we will have a showdown, shall we? ...I really can't say it.

There was a moment of silence.

At this time, the conversation between Wang Jiexi and Ye Xiu had just ended, and the two sides called their players to go back and rest.

Gao Yingjie could only regretfully say, "See you next time."

Qiao Yifan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, "See you next time."