Chapter 8

A week passed since the day Ye Xiu met Ye Xue. There has been no news from Ye Xue, nor the committee. Ye Xiu is also busy arranging this year's training regime, so the talk with Ye Xue has been pushed to the back of his mind.

The summer camp will officially begin in two days. The committee isn't that heartless as to not let the pro players have summer vacation, but they only give two week's time for refreshing. Compare to the usual pro players, two weeks is so short. But even with two weeks of break time, no one actually goes back home.

Ye Xiu usually finished choosing the candidates before the season ended, but the official invitation will only be delivered two days after the season ended. Pro players have known beforehand about this and have specifically waiting for the invitation to be delivered. No one wants to miss this out, as the requirement to be chosen isn't to be a champion but to have a good performance. Every pro player waited for two days before planning the next step.

For those that have been chosen, as soon as they received the invitation, they directly come here despite the fact that the summer camp is in two week's time, in which it gave Ye Xiu a headache. Ye Xiu himself only come to the training camp around a week before it started.

Despite the fact that his family already let him do what he loves, he still takes part in his family business. As he has said before, "It's time to go home." And he really meant it.

What does Ye Xiu do at home though? That'll be a story for another day...

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Ye Xiu was once again looking over the training regime that he had arranged. Making sure that there won't be any more problem with it, he printed it out and hand them to the administration staff to make copies. That will be the booklet for the candidates to train in this year's summer camp. He made it after painstakingly watching all the videos of players from other countries.

Several newcomers have made a quite big name in the past year, so he needs to take them into account in case they are chosen as the representative.

Ye Xiu was going to light his cigarette when a knock was heard. He took off his cigarette from his mouth and walked to the door. Standing outside his room is the Head of the National E-sport Association's secretary. The secretary gave a polite bow as soon as he saw Ye Xiu.

"Sir Ye, Boss is asking you to attend this afternoon meeting. It'll be held at the meeting room, 2 p.m. on the dot." He said as he pushed up his glasses.

His gesture made Ye Xiu think of Zhang Xinjie and his glasses.

"What does the committee want to talk about this time?" Ye Xiu asked while playing with the cigarette that he had yet to light.

The secretary pushed the glasses again. His face is as serious as he previously is. "The topic will be told to you at the meeting, Sir. Please don't be late."

Ye Xiu cracked a smile. "Relax. It's not like I will run from the meeting. Haven't I always attend important meetings?" He simply said.

The secretary refrained from saying that Ye Xiu will have a reason to not attend meetings 9 out of 10 times. As long as he doesn't feel the topic is important enough, he will find 101 reasons to not attend them.

Ye Xiu knew what the secretary is thinking. He sighed at the suspicious look that the secretary shot him. "I get it, I get it, I'll come to the meeting. No need to stare at me like I'm a criminal." He grumbled.

The secretary nodded in satisfaction. "Then I'll take my leave." He said before bowing to Ye Xiu again. Without waiting for Ye Xiu's answer, he left. Just like that.

Ye Xiu raked his hair lazily as he looked at the secretary's back. He stared at the cigarette on his hand for a while, seemingly in deep thinking. After a while, he closed the door and walked back to his desk. Taking his lighter, he lights his cigarette.

He took out his phone and opened the QQ App. His thumb is hovering above the "UnknownCode080" name before he changed his mind and closed the app. He took a long drag of his cigarette.

He glanced outside the window. Today's sun is especially bright to the point that it's blinding to people's eyes.