Chapter 83 – Noisy
The next morning, when I woke up, the people around me were gone.
Liang Feng had a splitting headache. He pounded his forehead to calm down and noticed a small piece of paper beside his pillow.
The elegant lowercase script is Gu Xincha’s handwriting.
[Three wishes:
- Live a good life and take care of Xiao Bai.
- Keep pursuing our dreams.
- Don’t ask me where I’ve gone. I’ll come back when the flowers on the balcony bloom.]
In the lower right corner of the paper, there was a small smiling emoticon.
Indeed, there was no sign of Gu Xincha anywhere. The whole house was cold and empty, except for the lingering warmth in the sheets from last night.
Liang Feng looked at the keys and notes on the table, feeling puzzled. Where was he going?
To the TG team, perhaps… It should be.
After all, they had the losers’ bracket finals tonight.
It was his own fault for forgetting about it. He had let Gu Xincha down last night.
In the evening, in the losers’ bracket finals, TG was playing against SYG, their longtime rivals. The quality of the matches was high, with back and forth plays, even going to a full BO7 series.
It was a peak showdown.
Gu Xincha brought out the combination of Diao Chan and Gong Sunli as the marksman and support, Lian Rong used Shiranui Mai, and Lian Po played as the top laner and Pei Qinhu as the jungler.
Their overall strength was high, and the early game went smoothly. The shortcomings in the late game could be compensated for by the mobility of Diao Chan.
On the other side, they had a semi-turtle lineup, with the powerful combination of Taiyi Zhenren and Sun Shangxiang as the marksman and support. Zhi Shi also used Shiranui Mai, as the mid laner, and Liu Ling Wang played as the top laner.
Liu Ling Wang provided vision, while Liu Bang provided tankiness and protection.
In the early game, as expected, SYG was suppressed by TG.
However, at the fifteen-minute mark, TG’s jungler made a mistake, and then Diao Chan was caught.
Mo Luo’s Gong Sunli coordinated with the top laner and mid laner to engage in a 2-for-5 team fight at the Dragon Pit. Gong Sunli secured a pentakill, but unfortunately, the Elder Dragon was taken by Liu Ling Wang before dying.
“Pentakill!!! Mo Luo with a pentakill in the losers’ bracket finals!”
“This is Mo Luo’s second pentakill in the series!”
The pace of the game went back and forth.
When Sun Shang Xiang, the “Miss” of SYG, reached her power spike, she could use her second skill to break armor and instantly eliminate most of the squishy enemies with her first skill passive.
At this point, SYG truly became fierce.
TG’s Diao Chan was caught again.
Without Diao Chan’s ability to split-push, the risk of solo carrying became greater, so Lava and the others had to play defensively.
“Sun Shang Xiang’s damage explodes and instantly takes down a full-health Shiranui Mai!”
“Lian Po survives the ultimate with Purify, and Pei Qinhu comes in for the kill! Taiyi Zhenren trades his life for a resurrection! Sun Shang Xiang can still counter-attack! Double kill! Triple kill!”
“Sun Shang Xiang takes out Gong Sunli in an amazing play! Quadrakill in hand!”
When Da Qiao revived, all four of his teammates were killed. There were twenty seconds left on the interference, and they couldn’t clear the super minions. Helplessly, he watched as the three opponents pushed the crystal.
“Victory!”
“Let’s congratulate SYG! They have successfully advanced to the 2018 Autumn Championship Finals!”
…
“Are you okay?”
Lin Xingling patted Liang Feng’s shoulder in a comforting manner.
Liang Feng just glanced indifferently at the flowerpot he brought back from Gu Xincha’s house… Inside it was a piece of rock.
“There’s a kind… called Stoneflower, hmm, I think that’s it.” Lin Xingling rubbed his forehead and looked at that annoying thing, supposedly a plant, together with him.
But it clearly was a rock…
When the rock blooms, he won’t be able to come back.
“He might… need to take a short break to clear his mind, you know, he’s under a lot of pressure.”
During the post-match interview on the live broadcast, Gu Xincha yawned lightly with faint dark circles under his eyes and said a few words.
He felt guilty, taking all the blame upon himself.
Although anyone with clear eyes could see that it wasn’t his fault…
Less than five minutes later, the top search on Weibo became “TG team coach resigns due to self-blame.”
Liang Feng didn’t say anything and went back to his room.
“Rest well,” Lin Xingling instructed with concern.
“I know.”
…
“Xiao Bai, Xiao Bai, come over here, to your big brother!”
Cheng Che and Liu Ying were playing with Xiao Bai, and Xiao Bai wasn’t shy at all, playing happily with the children.
“Xiao Bai, look, there are biscuits here~”
“Xiao Bai!”
Lin Xingling stood up and walked over, lightly tapping Cheng Che’s fluffy head with his fingertip.
“Shh, lower your voices, the coach needs to sleep.”
Cheng Che looked up at him and said, “I think I should go to bed too.”
So well-behaved.
Well-behaved kids don’t exist.
They were well-behaved for one night, and the next day was a noisy day.
First, they went out with everyone to fly kites, but the kite couldn’t take off. Cheng Che and Wu You argued about it.
Cheng Che said Wu You couldn’t do it, and Wu You said Cheng Che was just talk.
They gave the kite to Cheng Che and let him fly it, but he couldn’t get it up for a long time.
Cheng Che:…
“Xiao Luo took cosplay photos, let’s go check it out…”
Wu You: “Just say it.”
When Cheng Che became anxious, he spent ten yuan to buy two hydrogen balloons and tied them to the kite, making it fly.
“Clear the way, the road is smooth.”
Lin Xingling, who was playing with his phone, sighed.
“Oh, there goes today’s soda money.”
Cheng Che: QwQ
Mo Luo was truly miserable. They didn’t win the match but got two pentakills. He even cosplayed as Yu Ji and Gong Sunli.
Yu Ji’s Farewell My Concubine and Gong Sunli’s Infinite Stars Reward.
The comments section was full of people calling them their wives.
Cub Luo really liked the headpiece from Farewell My Concubine, and he even wore it during the live stream.
But he had already changed into the team uniform.
[DCT-Clear: “Is this Yu Ji’s Glory Limited skin?”]
“Yes, Clear, hehe~”
[“Clear, talk more.”]
[“Yu Ji·Jade of the Abyss?”]
[Mid lane mage Yue Yang: “It’s not the Glory Limited, it’s the Qingming Festival Limited.”]
[“Yue Yang, are you itching for a fight?”]
Mo Luo laughed and cursed, changing his account on the live stream.
Lin Xingling leaned over to take a look and said confidently, “His cosplay doesn’t look as good as yours.”
Cheng Che looked at him blankly.
“Ah…”
A bit awkward, isn’t it…
“If it looks good, I’ll wear it in the afternoon when I go home…”
Cheng Che tidied up his messy hair in front of his ears and blushed slightly.
Lin Xingling:…
Help, I didn’t mean it that way!
In the afternoon, when they went home, Han Chuan called to play ranked games, and the child happily went to play ranked with someone else, forgetting about cosplaying.
By the time they remembered, Lin Xingling was already taking a nap.
He went to bed before five and has just fallen asleep.
Cheng Che stood by the bed and watched for a while, then turned around and went out to play with Liu Ying.
Liu Ying was video chatting with Lian Rong.
From their conversation, it seemed that Lian Rong was imparting his experience of playing mid-lane to Liu Ying.
With nothing else to do, Cheng Che could only tease Wu You.
One day without teasing feels like three autumns.
…
At night, Cheng Che put up a note at the door of Wu You’s room that said “Beware of Evil Monkey, No Entry,” and Wu You chased him to beat him up.
Fortunately, Phantom stopped them, and Xiao Pei earnestly lectured them, “Get along well.”
Wu You:…
Cheng Che: “Thank you, Xiao Pei. You won’t be bothered by Wu You anymore.”
Phantom: (brandishing a weapon)
Stopped by Liu Ying.
Cheng Che: “Liu Ying, you’re so nice. You won’t have any scumbags around you anymore.”
Liu Ying: (brandishing a weapon)
Stopped by the coach.
Cheng Che: “Brother Feng, you’re a really good person.”
Liang Feng:…
“Lin Xingling, come out and see your child.”
Lin Xingling pushed open the door and came out of the room, with a face covered in random turtle patterns drawn with colored pencils. He helplessly said, “He’s still young, just mischievous.”
Everyone:…
Hahaha, okay, your face is quite convincing.
“Dad Starts, let me tell you a joke.”
Wu You covered his mouth and giggled. Without waiting for him to speak, he said directly, “I hit the gong, but it made a loud noise. I got a little angry and said to the gong… If you’re going to be so loud, I can’t do anything about it.”
Cheng Che, mischievous? If you think so, I can’t do anything about it.
He’s purely asking for trouble himself.
“Hey…”
Lin Xingling didn’t think too much and took Cheng Che back to the room… When he closed the door and turned around, he saw the child sitting obediently on the edge of the bed, looking at him.
“What’s wrong?”
“Well… nothing.”
Seeing Cheng Che hesitating to speak, Lin Xingling thought he wanted a kiss, so he walked over, pressed his shoulder, and leaned in to kiss him… but Cheng Che avoided it.
Why is the child playing hard to get…
Lin Xingling looked at him seriously and said, “Don’t move, let the captain give you a kiss.”
Cheng Che’s perspective:
Facing Lin Xingling, whose face was covered in turtle drawings: “Jibber jabber macaca~”
Cheng Che couldn’t help but laugh.
“Tsk…”
The more he wanted to kiss him, the happier he laughed, giggling uncontrollably. Finally, Lin Xingling compromised and said, “Stop laughing, brother…”
Little brother, you’re really something else.
Cheng Che shook his head, wiped away the tears of laughter, his eyes moist, his face flushed… he did look pretty.
“Don’t… don’t look at me like that…”
The turtle drawing was done by him and wasn’t that funny, but when paired with Lin Xingling’s serious expression, it was really hilarious.
Lin Xingling, how can you be so funny…
“Let me see what’s wrong with you?”
Lin Xingling was getting more and more puzzled.
He leaned over and pinned the child under him, who burst into laughter as expected.
That’s great.
Lin Xingling sat silently at the desk, just watching Cheng Che.
Cheng Che was still laughing.
The mischievous support and his heartless marksman.
When Cheng Che finally stopped laughing, he quickly told Lin Xingling to wash his face.
“Cheng Che.”
Lin Xingling came out of the bathroom with a gloomy face.
The child was already wrapped in a blanket, pretending to be asleep.
Not really asleep, but pretending to be.
“You’re so mischievous, you little rascal…” Lin Xingling patted his back and sighed.
Cheng Che mumbled and promised to behave from now on.
The next day, he continued to do his own thing.
Getting up half an hour earlier than everyone else, he tied a rope around the doorknob of Wu You and Phantom’s rooms across from him, then went back to his room and slept in Lin Xingling’s embrace.
When Wu You and the others woke up, they had a tug-of-war competition with the corridor and the door panels.
Phantom and Wu You were unaware, and neither of them let go.
“What’s going on? Our door won’t open!” (You)
“…” (Pei)
It wasn’t until Liu Ying heard the noise and came out to see the rope tied between the two doors that he told them to stop pulling and untied the rope himself.
The two of them came out and looked at each other.
“Why do I feel like… Cheng Ge has been overly energetic lately…”
Author’s Note:
Of course, he has to be energetic~