Top Of Glory[Esports] Chapter 8

Notes

The following week, Hechen was sent to the FP base for special training whenever he had time.

Fade was always crazy about people, but this time he became completely familiar with him. He didn’t forget to give He Chen a Coke when he came back.

“Go on.”

“Ah, thank you.” He Chen raised his head to express his thanks in a hurry. His palms were cooled by the ice from the Coke bottle, so he didn’t drink it and continued to study.

“No, we just finished training and you didn’t even raise your head. What are you looking at?”

He Chen rolled his eyes and thought for a moment. Lin An and they were both in the same team, so it shouldn’t matter.

So He Chen raised his hand and showed him the cover.

“Let me see this is…POG…game rules…interpretation…and introductory guide…” Fade read out loudly.

He didn’t see Lin An, who was receiving the water across from him, paused for a moment after hearing this, and was still chattering: “Oh, our little crappy game has also come to the forefront, and there is an introductory guide…”

He Chen lowered his eyelashes. He was very focused when reading the materials, and automatically blocked out the previous words of Fade. Only the last sentence leaked in.

He looked up at Fade and said strangely: “Isn’t this what everyone on the team has?”

Venus, who was witnessing everything next to her, was thinking like lightning. Her eyes flicked back and forth between He Chen and Lin An several times. She suddenly realized something and coughed hard.

Fade didn’t receive his signal at all, “It’s not easy to get better from a cold this season. You should quickly find the team doctor to get some medicine.”

Then he started to talk nonsense to He Chen: “I, Fade, am the FP mid laner. I have been in the team for three years. I have never heard of this thing, let alone seeing it before. Is it because Lao Tao thinks I am too good and is targeting me? Or does the captain already think that I am a cancer in the team and want to kick me out?”

Fade was beating his chest at the gorilla, “I’m not going to live anymore—”

“Stop howling,” Lin An came over and gave him a kick, “Venus has a cold, go find some medicine for him.”

“Why are you kicking me? Brother Goddess has a cold and he goes to find medicine by himself. Why should I go?”

“The top laner and mid laner are in perfect harmony. We have a good relationship.” Venus was so stupid that he couldn’t stand it anymore. She got up and walked to the medical room with her arms around him. “Let’s go, let’s go, I don’t have it either.”

“Then why does he have it?”

“They have a good relationship, don’t ask.”

He Chen retracted his gaze, fell on Lin An, and blinked.

Lin An: “…” It’s time to capture those two people. If Qing Baibai interferes with them like this, he has a guilty conscience.

He Chen still remembered that when Lin An handed this stack of information to him, he said that every new member of FP would have a copy, but he didn’t think much about it.

FP is a veteran team with mature operations. Even the youth trainees they recruit are young talents selected from various competitions. How can there really be new players who are pure novices.

In particular, the text in these materials is not so much a beginner’s guide, but more like the notes written by someone who studied the rules and mechanisms of the game.

Lin An was helpless: “You are the first pure newcomer in our team. I didn’t want you to think too much about it, so I said that everyone has it. You…”

“I made a profit.” He Chen rubbed the material in his hand. The paper had a grainy texture when pressed against his hand. He said softly: “Captain FP gave me the notes he took personally.”

What he said was a bit unexpected.

Lin An’s heart moved, looking into He Chen’s dark eyes, and finally just smiled and sighed: “Yes, I wrote it, how can you repay me?”

“I’ll repay you with a game.” He Chen’s tone was calm, but his eyes were like grapes, staring at Lin An without moving an inch.

Lin An has been in this circle for a long time, and he has never seen anything so dirty and dirty. He suddenly saw such a simple and sincere person who looked foolish, and he didn’t say anything for a while.

“…You’d better be.” Lin An lowered his eyes for a while, his meaning unclear.

He Chen opened his mouth and was about to say something else, but Lin An’s phone suddenly rang.

Qiao Zhilai called and asked him to go upstairs.

He Chen consciously shut up and avoided it, and continued to study the notebook.

Lin An had a guess as to why Qiao Zhi was looking for him. After hanging up the phone, he looked at He Chen twice.

He Chen sat sideways on the sofa, with his back straight, a posture that was not very relaxing.

It’s more reserved than when Grandma Liu went to the Grand View Garden.

Lin An thought that he probably wasn’t in a good mood when he came here in the first place, and walked to He Chen’s side.

He Chen was immersed in his own state of absorbing knowledge, holding the information in one hand and the unopened ice coke in the other. He didn’t even notice Lin An’s approach.

The water droplets on the outer wall of the Coke can melted into the palm of my hand, which was quite cool and comfortable.

He Chen was startled when his hand suddenly became empty.

Lin An took the can of Coke from his hand and opened it with a snap.

The carbonated drink made a soft sound of popping bubbles, and the condensed water vapor on the can slid down Lin An’s hand.

With a “pop” sound, He Chen’s thoughts were interrupted for a moment.

Summer is entering in S City, and the sunshine outside the window is warm.

He Chen felt a sense of relaxation and coolness that he had not seen for a long time.

He looked at Lin An and recalled the summer long ago.

He can no longer remember the hot weather and the incessant chirping of cicadas at that time. In his memory, he seems to only have the sweetness of watermelon and the refreshing feeling of the bubbles of Coke exploding in his mouth.

“Here.”

The Coke was handed over, but He Chen didn’t respond for a while. Lin An snapped his fingers in front of his eyes with his other hand.

This action startled He Chen, and he hid back as a reflex.

It wasn’t until the Coke was put into his hand that He Chen came back to his senses from the slight stupor and said, “Thank you.”

Only the crystal lamp from the ceiling was turned on in the living room, and half of He Chen’s face was outlined by light and dark lines, looking a little lonely and at a loss.

Lin An looked at him and blinked at him in confusion, and his heart couldn’t help but suppress all the speculations again.

“Wait for me.” Lin An went upstairs and came down soon. He took a desk lamp in his hand, put it on the coffee table in front of He Chen, and pressed the switch.

“It’s hard on your eyes to see like this, the lighting from the desk lamp is better.”

“If you have any questions, write them down first. I’ll tell you later.” Lin An raised his wrist to look at his watch and told him: “There is still time, so you can play two more games by yourself, either single or double row, to adjust your feel. I will take you to have a midnight snack later.”

“Okay.” He Chen had no objection.

Lin An went up to the second floor. In the conference room, Qiao Zhi was already waiting for him.

Without Qiao Zhi opening his mouth, Lin An could tell just by looking at his face that the result of his negative attitude towards He Chen might not be satisfactory.

“What’s wrong?” Lin An pulled up a chair and sat down.

“This kid may be a little more troublesome than imagined.” Qiao Zhi looked serious.

“Is it so serious?” Lin An lit a cigarette, “Is there still trouble that you can’t deal with?”

“I’m the manager, not the bastard from the wishing pool. Please find it out. Thank you.” Qiao Zhidao handed Lin An a stack of information.

Lin An took it over smoothly. There were some normal resumes in front of it, which introduced Hechen’s life and personal resume in detail, focusing on the projects and competitions he participated in during his undergraduate studies, and listed his internship experience.

“A top student… How come a student from S University has such complicated internship work?” Lin An frowned slightly, “How much money does he need?”

“I’m afraid there are many.” Qiao Zhi said with a headache, “Look back.”

Lin An caught a subtle hint of… sympathy from Qiao Zhi’s expression besides being upset.

Lin An turned the page.

Different from the previous resume, this page has no text description, only a screenshot of an old news page.

Lin An saw the picture above clearly and his pupils slightly shrank.

S City Daily, a piece of news from ten years ago.

The chairman of a certain group was unfortunately killed in a car accident on a cross-sea bridge, and a young female college student was also killed.

Chairman He has an only son who is seven years old. He was pushed out of the public relations department because of the turmoil in the group’s stock market.

Ten years ago, some media were not so ethical, so the boy’s frontal photo appeared clearly on the front page of the news.

With just one glance, Lin An recognized that boy as He Chen.

He was wearing a small black suit, his white face was tensed up numbly, and he wore a white filial belt on his sleeves.

Under the siege of reporters, the scene looked as ironic as a cold joke.

“These people…” Seeing this, Qiao Zhi couldn’t hold back any longer, “Are they human beings who return his father’s favor? Just take a picture of him from the front…”

Lin An had a sullen face and silently looked at the information in his hand.

But Qiao Zhi was so familiar with him that he could see the unnatural airiness in his expression.

“I suggest you not to feel distressed so early and save some emotion for the next page.” Qiao Zhi choked on Lin An’s cigarette and coughed, “Smoke over there.”

“My father has just passed away, and relatives are eyeing that position. He is a child, no different from a plate of food. The media wants to be popular, family members want power and fight openly and secretly. The family members of the accident victims want compensation. Everyone wants to take two pieces of flesh from him.”

“He is only seven years old. If you don’t bully him, you won’t bully anyone.”

The cigarette burned between Lin An’s fingers, and the ash fell on his knuckles, but Lin An seemed not to feel anything.

He continued to turn the pages, and what happened next was just as Qiao Zhi said, everyone would drag him to drink a mouthful of blood and eat a mouthful of meat.

“So? I have only seen a few media outlets that have no regard for moral integrity and even snatched up human blood steamed buns.” Lin An raised his eyes: “What does these scum have to do with He Chen? What did he do wrong?”

“Don’t get excited. I didn’t say anything for a long time while I was reading it. Tell me from the bottom of my heart, Lin An, I am more anxious to sign him than you are.” Qiao Zhi held Lin An’s shoulders, turned over the information in his hand, and clicked with his fingers.

“The headquarters is urging me to give an explanation. Isn’t it difficult for me? But we need to consider the matter in the long run.” Qiao Zhi said this without regret.

Lin An finally saw the hidden danger that Qiao Zhi thought.

“Another victim’s family sued? Judging from the previous circumstances, it was relatively clear that the accident was an accident… was it his father?” Lin An frowned and sat up straight.

“Just as you think, they sued Hechen’s father, saying that his daughter was forced into the car, and demanded compensation from the family. We don’t know the details… but Hechen lost that lawsuit.” This is where Qiao Zhi’s anger lies.

“Lin An, the high-definition frontal photos of Hechen that were exposed online in the early years, and the cases involving immediate family members, any one of them is a scandal, and they may be exposed at any time.” Qiao Zhi said earnestly, “Even if he is a good person, we all know it, but who can believe it? And the case has been decided. You also know that in the Internet age, the sins of parents will harm their children. There is no way.”

He lowered his voice as he spoke: “Do you expect the executives at the headquarters who are waiting to make profits to understand him?”

Lin An’s clenched fists unknowingly unclenched.

He understood that Qiao Zhi’s worries were not groundless.