Chapter 30 Part 1

[yqcb, Aijia: Cheng Ge, let me tell you something, but don't get scared.

I thought I saw a ghost just now in the yard of your base…...It's scary,

wearing a white skirt and a Sun Wukong mask on its face, just floating

around…...I almost choked to death just by looking at it-- --I heard this

place has good feng shui, why is there still such terrible thing! ! ! !]

[yqcb, Aijia: I told Shusheng and the others, no one believes me! ! !

But I really saw it! ! ! I swear I saw it! ! ! That Sun Wukong mask even

glows green!]

[yqcb, Aijia: …...Besides I keep hearing rushed footsteps over your place

and sounds of something heavy being dragged around. Sounds like the

ghost is moving, wuwuwu-- --]

[yqcb, Aijia: qaq Scary. Cheng Ge, do you guys want to have a feng shui

master come over to check it out?]

Twenty minutes later,

[djwdb2333: ...]

[djwdb2333: Send you a link. You can see on Taobao glowing masks for

children for all the characters in Journey to the West.]

[djwdb2333: Glowing masks.]

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[djwdb2333: The one you're seeing isn't a ghost, it's the crazy Mid of our team.]

"Shorty." The man who was looking down to type suddenly raised his head

and used his long leg to kick the person eating a mango next to him. "You're

wandering around with your pajamas on, again?"

"I just showered. I was taking Dabing out to the yard for some fresh air and

waiting for the delivery of fruit we ordered." With the Sun Wukong mask covering

half of her face, the girl put down her fork, confused. "What's wrong?"

Lu Sicheng glanced at the oversized shirt over her pajamas, paused a bit, then

lightly stated, "Nothing."

"...Oh, Cheng Ge, want some mango?"

"No."

"Then I'll eat it myself."

"Aren't you afraid that the uniform will make you look fat? And you're still eating?"

"...Little Fatty, want some mango? It's very sweet."

Lu Sicheng took a look at the girl, who had put down the fork and tried to

move her chair to give Little Fatty some mango, and continued typing without

any facial expression-- --

[djwdb2333: The running and dragging sounds you heard aren't from the ghost

either. It's our two crazy Mids fighting over a chair.]

[yqcb, Aijia: ......…...That's Tong Yao? Why is she wearing the

mask for? Where did she get that mask?]

Lu Sicheng: "..."

…...He could feel across the screen that the guy next door was about to

have a breakdown.

But he couldn't sympathize with Ai Jia. Ai Jia lived next door, he, on the

other hand, shared the same roof with that lunatic.

[djwdb2333: Her fans gave it to her. As for why, it's probably because

weirdos attract each other.]

[yqcb, Aijia: You just said that you have two mids, hum? When did your

team have another mid!]

[djwdb2333: Lu Yue's back.]

[yqcb, Aijia: ......….]

Facing the line of ellipses, Lu Sicheng pondered a bit then put away his

cell phone…...Tong Yao had already moved her chair back to its original

position-- --It was time for her beauty sleep-- --She also seemed to be

thinking about whether she should carry her chair upstairs and lock it

inside her room...

"I can still use your computer standing if you move your chair back." Lu Yue

sneared. "I'm used to standing outside the classroom for the whole morning

when I was in college. You can try me if you don't believe me."

"Don't be so shameless." Tong Yao stared at him.

"You shouldn't be so selfish." Lu Yue tried to talk some sense into her. "You

can't use the computer while you're sleeping. Why hoard it…...Is every woman

unreasonable like you?"

"That's right. Every woman is like this. Aren't we cute?"

"..."

"You two, shut up." Lu Sicheng looked at Tong Yao. "You go sleep, leave the chair."

Then he turned to look at Lu Yue. "You, come play rank. I'll see how you are

right now-- --If you have dropped too much, you leave tonight."

Tong Yao resentfully pulled down the mask to cover her whole face and made

a face at Lu Sicheng behind the mask. She jumped down from the chair and

reluctantly went upstairs…...Lu Yue faked a smile at Lu Sicheng, seemingly

unappreciative of the arrangement or the chair as when Tong Yao was present.

He just turned around towards the refrigerator to get a bottle of yogurt drink and

started drinking it-- --

Once the two mids were separated, the whole base regained its usual peace

and quiet.

Xiao Rui came out of the bathroom, looking around. "Where's Wukong?"

Lu Sicheng replied without raising his head, "Wukong has gone up for her

beauty sleep."

Xiao Rui walked behind Little Fatty who was happily eating mangos from the

box. "Piggy[1], don't eat anymore."

Little Fatty: "After this box, I'll start dieting tomorrow."

Lu Yue sat down on Tong Yao's seat, logged on the game using Tong Yao's

account, and prepared to start a ranked game…...Lu Sicheng slanted his head.

"You don't have your own account?"

"I haven't played on the Korean servers for a while." Lu Yue grinned carelessly.

"I haven't played any placement matches on my account yet." (*Every year after

the season is over, every player's rank is reset to zero. At the beginning of the

new season, every player has to play 10 placement matches to decide on their

new starting rank based on their performance.)

Lu Sicheng responded while checking his friends' list, "Oh. Ah Tai is also

in queue."

Just as he finished talking, Lu Yue entered a game. The name TAT, Tai appeared

on screen at the same time-- --

Lu Sicheng quickly glanced over the list of Lu Yue's teammates. "He's your

opponent."

Lu Yue casually smirked.

Right at this moment, the girl who had gone to bed ten minutes ago dashed

downstairs. She stood behind Lu Yue, squinted to see the computer screen,

then she shrieked, "I was wondering why I can't sleep! You're sitting on my chair

and wrecking my account! You dog!"

Lu Sicheng briefly chuckled, as if he had foreseen it all.

"...She's cursing, why don't you say something?" Lu Yue rubbed his ears and

looked at the girl who stood behind him with both of her hands on her waist.

"Didn't you go to sleep already? Why did you come down again?"

"There's always someone eyeing my chair! How can I sleep tight!' Tong Yao was

tightly holding the sleeping cat in her arms, but didn't try to push Lu Yue away.

"Play well, I just got back to Master..."

Lu Yue: "I'm against Ah Tai."

Tong Yao: "..."

Tong Yao quieted down immediately. She cast a glance behind

her and stuffed the cat into Xiao Rui's arms. Then she pulled up

a stool to sit next to Lu Yue-- --The game was already in the banning

phase. It was Lu Yue's turn to ban a champion. Tong Yao furrowed

her brow, "Ban Leblanc."

Lu Yue lazily cast a look at Tong Yao. "What's the hurry."

Tong Yao was taken back: Normally, Lu Yue was acted like an

annoying punk, but when he sat down in front of the computer,

his demeanor was exactly like his brother...

Arrogant and overbearing.

Soon the banning phase was over-- --The opposing mid probably

realized that Tong Yao was the opponent and picked Leblanc again.

Tong Yao's stomach cramped, it felt like stomach acid was crawling

up her throat. She felt as if she was going experience the same

nightmare from the other day...

It was Lu Yue's turn to pick his champion.

Tong Yao was nervous. "Take Ekko, or Diana will do, too. Farm in the

beginning and wait for team fights later on..."

Lu Yue: "I don't know how to play them."

Tong Yao: "Ahri?"

Lu Yue: "No."

Tong Yao: " Kassadin?"

Lu Yue: "..."

Tong Yao: "You don't know anything. Why are you playing professionally

then? Go home and raise a pig! What goddamn champion do you know?"

Lu Yue locked in as Azir.

Tong Yao: "..."

Tong Yao: "Whether you win or lose this match, the image of me being

an idiot will forever be ingrained in that Korean's mind."

"Sooner or later he'll lose." Lu Yue said lightly, "Why do you care what

he thinks? You have nothing better to do."

The game began, Tong Yao kept her mouth shut so as not to distract him.

Lu Yue was completely absorbed in the game-- --At least, it seemed, he

played Azir much more smoothly than Tong Yao. In the early stage of the

game, he concentrated on farming minions, keeping his distance from Ah Tai.

At the three minutes mark, he hadn't missed a single minion.

It was a very difficult task to achieve with Azir facing a Leblanc in lane.

Tong Yao had missed one or two minions occasionally when she was

playing Azir in a custom game and that was without any interference from

enemy-- --And that was only after a bout of intensive training. Yet, Lu Yue

wasn't intimidated by Ah Tai. In terms of basic training, he definitely was at

the same level of international A-list players.

The maturity he displayed when he was playing the game was a total

contrast to his flamboyant character.

Lu Yue had made the full use of Azir's defensive abilities. Though his

teammates at both top and bot had died several times in the hands of

the enemy Jungler and his team's kill count was much lower than the

enemy's, their mid turret had yet to fall-- --Close to the 30 minute mark,

their mid turret was still standing because of Lu Yue. The enemy couldn't

push forward, couldn't gain control of jungle, couldn't kill dragon; the

advantage that the enemy had earned from ganking in the early game

was slowly slipping away...

At the 35 minute mark, the match had entered the late game. Leblanc

was gradually getting weaker because he hadn't been farming…...During

team fights, the team with a strong Azir was in a better position to win.

Winning several team fights helped Lu Yue's team go from an inferior

position to equal standing, then gaining the upper hand-- --

In the end, they turned the match around and won.

This was probably the textbook tactic when playing as Azir against a

Leblanc: keep Azir alive and stubbornly defend the mid turret so the

enemy's mid will be trapped at mid as well. Let the teammates at the

other lanes farm as much as they can and then carry the team to victory

later during the team fights.

They watched the enemy Nexus crumble. Tong Yao kept her silence.

Lu Yue remained quiet until the last second when the enemy Nexus

exploded then he flatly said, "Azir is fine for beating Leblanc, it just

doesn't suit you-- --Everybody has some champions that they're good

at and some that don't suit them. You used a defensive champion to try

and race for the most kills, you're just falling for his trap."

Tong Yao stood up, thought for a moment, and flipped her hair. "You

do know how to play game."

"I was the substitute for Ming god before." Lu Yue smiled with his eyes

narrowed. "Whenever there's a need for a defense mid, they would put

me on. That's the reason why we were doing so well last year-- --"

"What's the point."

Little Fatty, sitting nearby, abruptly interrupted Lu Yue.

Everyone was surprised and raised their heads to look at the chubby

guy who was usually overly cheerful-- --What they saw on Little Fatty's

face was certainly not cheerfulness. It was the first time that Tong Yao

had seen him like this...

Little Fatty pushed his own keyboard away and stood up. He darted a

glance at Lu Yue. "Did it matter that we played so well last year? Did it

matter that we got invited to play in the world finals because our team

was at the top of the rankings? How dare you mention Ming god; have

you forgotten who's the reason that he has to retire from injury this year-- --"

It was dead quiet in the room.

"I'm still standing firmly in my opinion." Little Fatty turned to talk to the

team manager, "It's fine if he wants to be the substitute, that's up to

the club to decide. But, I personally refuse to accept a teammate like that."

He turned to go back upstairs after he finished and slammed the door

shut…...hard enough that it sounded like the door was going to break

into pieces. Lu Sicheng stood up, patted Lu Yue's shoulder, and dropped

one line, "I'll go see what's going on." He followed Little Fatty upstairs...

Old Cat and Old K seemed embarrassed by Little Fatty's outburst.

Old Cat murmured, "It was in the past a long time ago, why bring it

up now…...Even Ming god hasn't said anything."

Lu Yue hadn't spoke a word up till now. He raised his head to look at

Old Cat after he heard him. "Don't say that. It was my fault."

Tong Yao: "? ? ? ? ?"

Tong Yao was completely lost.

What was going on?