Top Of Glory[Esports] Chapter 41

birthday

In the last game of the group match, it was finally FP’s turn to play in their own venue.

There is no need to get up early in the morning to change clothes and go to the competition venue to adjust the equipment. There is relatively plenty of time and you can have a good rest the day before.

“Everyone doesn’t need to be too nervous. In terms of points, even if we are promoted 0:2 today, we can enter the next round as the second in the group, so we can relax a little.” Qiao Zhi comforted.

“Then we can’t be lifted 0:2,” Lao Tao disagreed. “Believe it or not, if our front foot is lifted, our players on the back foot will be scolded and become hot searches? People think that we are setting up games for others, and then people report negative games…”

“Oh, don’t nag, that’s what I said.” Qiao Zhi said some words of comfort, then looked at He Chen, who was quietly sleeping on the side with his head down, and looked up at Lin An, who was sitting next to him.

“What time did he go to bed last night? Didn’t he say he went to bed early?” Qiao Zhi whispered.

Lin An was holding He Chen’s fingers, pinching a tube of ointment, dissolving some ointment on his fingertips, and carefully placed it on the scabbed wound on He Chen’s palm.

He Chen moved in his sleep, his eyebrows slightly twisted, as if he was about to wake up.

Lin An’s palm, which was not stained by the ointment, patted his shoulder a few times comfortingly. He Chen tilted his head and fell asleep again.

Seeing that he had fallen asleep again, Lin An whispered back to Qiao Zhi, “After the practice match with HAH, he adjusted the time to get off the plane to half past two.”

In addition to the team’s training schedule, Hechen also made a schedule that added his own personal training and live broadcast plans, and he will strictly follow the above plan.

Qiao Zhi handed over a pack of wet tissues, and Lin An took one out and wiped his fingers clean.

Fade threw away his notes and leaned against Venus, “Brother Goddess, I also want to sleep on someone, and I also want someone to apply medicine.”

Venus made a “tsk” sound and pushed him away, “Throw things away casually, and Lao Tao will scold you again later.”

Only then did Lao Tao react, and went over to pat him on the head, suppressing the anger, “Is that my note? It’s a prodigal thing, let you throw it, let you throw it, let you throw it…”

After Lin An finished applying the medicine, when no one else saw it and the person involved didn’t know, he secretly pinched He Chen’s fingertips for a while and counted his eyelashes.

Qiao Zhi asked him in a low voice: “I’ve booked the box, have you done everything else? Is there anything you need my help with?”

“Everything has been arranged, and all the requirements have been discussed.” Lin An thought for a moment, took out his mobile phone and handed it to Qiao Zhi, “I’ll leave my mobile phone here for you. If there is a call during the game, you can answer it for me first. If it is related to… at night, you can watch the coordination. If you are not sure, just wait until the game is over…”

The staff came over to rush on stage, but Pian Hechen woke up at this moment.

He heard Lin An’s last words and raised his hand to rub his eyes, “If you have anything, you can tell me…”

Lin An’s fingertips slipped out of his hand.

Hechen’s beautiful eyes were half-opened, and his double eyelid lines were more obvious than usual.

“It’s a small matter, I don’t have to work for you.” Lin An smiled and stood up.

He Chen also sat upright and stood up, preparing to send them outside the arena.

Everyone else went out, with Lin An and He Chen walking at the end.

He Chen had just woken up and was still a little distracted, so he followed Lin An step by step. He didn’t notice that he suddenly stopped and stepped on Lin An’s shoes.

“…I’m sorry,” He Chen woke up, “I just didn’t pay attention.”

Lin An looked sideways and lowered his head. The moment He Chen apologized, he was shaken.

“I’ll be back soon.”

Lin An left these words. He raised his team uniform jacket and pulled in his sleeves. He passed through the players and walked to the front——

With the zipper pulled down to his heart, Lin An pushed open the glass door.

There was a roar of people.

At FP’s home court, the cheers of team fans were loud. He Chen was separated by a corridor and couldn’t even hear the host’s voice clearly.

Very strange.

Lin An said five very simple words, without any ambiguity or hint, but He Chen’s heart started beating wildly and it has not stopped until now.

He pressed his heart and did not return to the lounge. He watched Lin An from a distance through the glass door of the passage as he walked into the soundproof cabin to check the equipment.

Unlike the laziness and relaxation he had just felt in the lounge, Lin An was more focused than anyone else on the field, his thin lips pursed into a line, and the light from the spotlight reflected on the glass door, leaving a pink-purple glare on his face.

Lao Tao sent them off to the field with a few words of caution. When he came back, he saw He Chen still standing outside, seemingly distracted.

“Go back, you can’t see as clearly as the backstage.” As he got closer, Lao Tao could still see the lingering smile on his face, and he couldn’t help but be surprised. Could their arrangement have been exposed?

When they met He Chen’s eyes again, the two of them turned their heads in confusion and returned to the lounge with their own concerns.

The last game in the group ended with 2:0 without any suspense.

This time, the six groups are relatively balanced, with each group consisting of one or two teams with relatively strong overall strength. Therefore, in the FP group, overall, only Green is an opponent of comparable strength to FP.

But on the field, the situation changes rapidly. For the players, every game is played one by one, and no game can be called easy.

Fade collapsed on the sofa as soon as he returned to the backstage, “It’s over now. My palms were sweaty during the last round.”

“Look at your potential,” Qiao Zhi couldn’t stand his Ge Youpan. “It’s not your first competition. Can you stop acting like you’ve never seen the world?”

“What’s going on?” Fade didn’t care much. “You have to put on a show outside, but you’re not allowed to talk at home?”

“Anyway,” Lao Tao came out to smooth things over, “We also have the highest points in the group and have entered the second round of the summer split. We still have to celebrate tonight. I will give everyone a holiday tonight.”

Lin An was the last one to come in. He had just finished the post-match interview. Listening to Lao Tao talking, he naturally walked to He Chen’s side while picking up his mic.

He Chen put his hand on his left wrist and rubbed something through his sleeve. He seemed to be listening to their conversation, but in fact his eyes were empty.

“Qiao Zhi has booked a restaurant that specializes in local cuisine. It has everything in the private room, and you can continue to play after eating. I will order whatever dish you like first, and we can go there and start eating right away.”

“Ah, ah?” He Chen blinked. He is a local and really likes this. “But I didn’t contribute anything today. If you want to celebrate, you can’t mess with me. This is not good.”

“I’ll pay later and you can just eat. What’s wrong with it.” Seeing that he still didn’t react, Lin An pushed him into the car without exposing him.

He Chen always felt that the attitude of his teammates today was a bit strange, as if they were hiding something from him.

He looked at everyone in the car suspiciously, and finally stopped at Qiao Zhi’s face, “Manager Qiao…”

“Ah.” Qiao Zhi responded casually while contacting the team to arrange the announcement of entering the top twelve.

“Did I do something wrong?” He Chen started thinking, “Are you going to sell me out?”

Qiao Zhi: “…”

The others also held back their voices and remained silent.

Lin An secretly laughed.

“What are you thinking about?” Lin An hooked his shoulder and shook it, “If you want to sell it, I will sell it, will it be their turn?”

Then why are you all so weird?

He Chen was filled with an indescribable weird feeling. He didn’t know what they were trying to do, so he could only follow them passively.

That guild hall was as elegant as Lin An said, and it was the style that He Chen liked.

There is a small bridge and flowing water in the yard. I don’t know what device is installed under the cobblestone path. Stepping on it creates smoke every step of the way.

The private room is decorated in a retro style, and the door panel has a scent of pine wood.

It’s a bit like the smell of Lin An.

He Chen was pushed to the front by them, and without thinking too much, he opened the door directly.

“Bang——”

Fireworks fell from the sky, and He Chen’s eyes flashed with flowers, covered with colorful ribbons.

He Chen was really confused this time. Everyone’s strange reactions today rushed into his mind at this moment.

He was still shocked by the unprecedented scene, and an almost whispered “Happy Birthday” sounded in his ears.

He was the first to send blessings in a voice he could hear clearly.

When He Chen turned around, Lin An had straightened up again and looked at him with a smile in his eyes.

Everyone blessed him with one voice.

“Happy birthday——”

He Chen couldn’t remember the last time he celebrated his birthday. He hurriedly took out his phone and opened it. The screen froze for a while before it lit up. Today was actually July 22nd.

Ever since he lived alone, he had been busy all day long, either studying or working. His birthdays every year were just like normal, and he gradually forgot about them.

Anyway, one person has one mouth, and what he eats is different.

But He Chen looked at the carefully decorated box, looking back at his teammates fighting side by side, and thought to himself, it was still different.

“Thank you.” He Chen lowered his head and calmed down for a while, grabbed a can of beer with an unknown name from the cart, and drank a few gulps without waiting for anyone to stop him.

“Hey, don’t drink it so fast.” Lao Tao said, “It’s all ice.”

Lin An did not ignore the momentary redness at the end of Hechen’s eyes when he raised his eyes, but did not try to stop his behavior.

“It’s okay,” He Chen smiled, “I’m very happy. This is a toast to everyone. Thank you very much.”

“Oh,” Fade hugged him, “Why are you so polite to your brothers? You are now the youngest brother in our team. Just have fun today.”

Venus had no choice but to come over and hand He Chen a box, while tearing Fade off He Chen’s body.

The kid didn’t have the eyesight to see, and he didn’t see the captain looking at him all the time.

“Accepting gifts.” Venus didn’t say as much as Fade, but it happened to remind others, and everyone gathered around.

Lin An stood in the outer circle, watching with a smile as He Chen was surrounded and looked at him for help in bewilderment.

He leaned against the pool table, opened a can of beer, and just watched quietly.

He hopes Hechen has all the beautiful emotions.

Just like the question He Chen once asked him, he also hopes that He Chen will be happy every day in FP and have no regrets.