Chapter 289, Holding Hands

It was already six o'clock when the dinner was over. The Longyin Team collectively booked a flight ticket of 8:30 to Changsha. Lan Weiran wanted to go to the airport in advance, but unexpectedly, he received a call from his mother Wang Keru as soon as he walked out of the restaurant. The woman's voice came from his ears was familiar and soft: "I watched the live broadcast of today's game, and you played very well. How many days will you stay in Shanghai this time? If you have time, go home for a meal, and I will fly back to Shanghai tonight."

Lan Weiran said regretfully: "Mom, I just happened to go back to Changsha with the team members tonight. Time is tight this time, so I probably won't see you."

Wang Keru smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. There are opportunities in the future. You should work on yours first. The game is important."

Lan Weiran said: "Well, I'll go home to see you in the offseason."

After hanging up the phone, Lan Weiran's expression on his face was obviously a little disappointed. Ye Chenxi asked softly: "Is it my aunt's phone number?"

Lan Weiran nodded.

Ye Chenxi said: "Don't mind, you are so busy leading the team to play games, and the aunt will definitely understand."

Of course, Lan Weiran knew that his mother would understand, but it was one thing for her elders to understand. But he felt uncomfortable as a son. Since his father passed away, he has gone abroad to learn painting and has very little time to spend with his mother at home. Sometimes he can only meet once every six months. This time, he didn't have time to wait for her to come back from another place. Looking back, it was a long time ago that the mother and son had dinner together for the last time.

Lan Weiran was silent for a moment before saying, "You go back, I'll take a taxi to the airport."

Ye Chenxi said: "I'll give it to you."

When Lan Weiran faced the young man's persistent gaze, he turned around and sat in Ye Chenxi's car.

The airport has unobstructed highway. Looking at the familiar scenery along the road, Lan Weiran couldn't help but say, "The schedule is too tight, and I'm almost flying in the air all day. I don't have time to go home when I arrive in Shanghai. I must stay with my mother during the offseason."

Ye Chenxi smiled and said, "You don't have to worry. This season will end in one month, and there will be opportunities in the future."

Lan Weiran nodded and said nothing.

When he was the captain of Luohuaci, he was in Shanghai at home and could go home to visit his parents on weekends. At that time, his father would come to the scene to cheer for his son every game. The audience held a sign of "Liaohuaci". After the game, he would go to the backstage to see his son, regardless of winning or losing. He patted his son's shoulders and encouraged him a few simple words. The old players of Luohuaci all felt that Lan's father was still childlike, and Lan Weiran's father always said that he was the most loyal fan of Luohuaci team.

Now things have changed. It has been more than four years since my father passed away. He is no longer the captain of Luo Huaci, and he is no longer at home when he comes to Shanghai to play games. His father cannot sit in the audience to cheer him, and he will not be able to see him win.

The biggest reason why Liu Chuan was encouraged to make a comeback was that he was very unwilling to give up and wanted to give a trophy to prove that he had made up for his past regrets.

——But even if I win the championship trophy, my father will never be able to see it.

Ye Chenxi drove the car and saw Lan Weiran's face from the rearview mirror. He knew that he must have remembered the past. Shanghai is the most familiar city for Lan Weiran to grow up, but it is also the city that makes him sad and desperate the most.

That year, it was the fourth time he lost to China in Shanghai, and he also saw his beloved father away here. As the saying goes, Lan Weiran always looks relaxed and lazy, but he will also feel sad, depressed, or even collapsed. Perhaps only Ye Chenxi has seen Lan Weiran, who was emotionally collapsed in the hospital corridor with his own eyes.

Thinking of the scene back then, Ye Chenxi couldn't help but shook his hand with heartache and said, "Don't think too much."

The warmth from the back of the hand made Lan Weiran slightly stunned, and he pulled his hand back uneasy and said, "I don't have time to think about it anymore. Every time I return to Shanghai, I think of my father and feel uncomfortable."

Ye Chenxi turned around and said, "Is it because the knot in your heart has not been completely untied yet?"

"..." Lan Weiran remained silent.

Ye Chenxi said softly: "Don't worry about the past. Although you lost to Huaxia in a critical game, aren't you back now? Liu Chuan also said in an interview today that the Dragon Roar Team is a new beginning for you. Since you have decided to start over, just put down the burdens of the past."

Lan Weiran smiled slightly and said, "When did you become so good at speaking? I remember that you were very introverted in the past and always looked at me timidly in the corner, afraid that I would bully you, but now you are comforting me?"

Ye Chenxi smiled and said, "I have been trained as a captain in recent years. Actually, I am not very good at comforting people, so I can make my master laugh."

When Lan Weiran met his apprentice's gentle gaze, he jumped and quickly looked away.

In fact, he didn't need verbal comfort, but Ye Chenxi knew everything about him in the past, so he didn't have the need to pretend to be himself in front of Ye Chenxi. He would feel much more relaxed when he said the words in his heart.

Lan Weiran took a deep breath and looked at the trees that were quickly retreating outside the window.

Ye Chenxi paused and said: "This year's competition system reform, all the playoffs will be held in the host city. If the Longyin team enters the playoffs, you will have to play many games in Shanghai."

The host city of the 13th season is Shanghai. In order to facilitate live broadcasts, ticket revenue, ratings and other considerations, the league has revised the playoffs regulations. In previous years, the playoffs were played directly, with both sides flying around at home and away. This year's playoffs were divided into two groups to play double-defeated knockout matches, and all teams gathered in the same arena - that is, the largest e-sports venue in Shanghai where the opening ceremony was held.

In this way, the quarterfinals of the playoffs will compete in the Shanghai arena, and the players will be exempted from the fatigue of flying around.

Lan Weiran turned around and said, "I certainly know this, but it's not certain whether the Dragon Roar Team can enter the playoffs."

Ye Chenxi said confidently: "It must be possible, I have great confidence in you."

Lan Weiran couldn't help but smile.

In fact, he is also very confident in the Longyin Team. Currently, the Longyin Team is still fifth in the standings. If this momentum continues, the Longyin Team should not have too many problems entering the playoffs.

However, things are unpredictable, and now is not the time to relax.

It was already 7:30 when the two arrived at the airport. Ye Chenxi took his master to the door and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will tell you what's wrong with Shanghai."

Lan Weiran said: "Yeah, bye."

Just as he turned around and was about to leave, Ye Chenxi suddenly stretched out his hands, hugged him gently, and said, "Goodbye."

Lan Weiran: “…”

Isn’t this hug and say goodbye wrong?

But when Lan Weiran said nothing about the sincere and innocent eyes of the young man in front of him, he gently patted his apprentice's shoulder, then turned around and went into the airport to check in with the box.

Ye Chenxi kept watching his back gradually fade away.

——Master, maybe you didn’t realize that in your heart, Ye Chenxi’s disciple is also a special person.

——He accompanied you through the most difficult moments of the year. He had seen you collapse in the hospital. He remembered all your preferences and habits. Therefore, in front of him, you would involuntarily relax and say a lot of things that would not tell others.

——He is the person in this world who loves you the most and knows you the most.

——So, if one day he confesses to you, can you give him a chance to accompany you?

Ye Chenxi looked at Lan Weiran's back, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

Lan Weiran was obviously a little surprised at the hug just now, but did not push him away, nor did he show disgust. Although the way of hugging and saying goodbye was a bit abrupt, the distance between the two was unknowingly narrowed because of this intimate action.

Perhaps, I really have hope to get into his heart?

Keep up the effort, Ye Chenxi!

***

After Lan Weiran entered security check, he found that a group of people from the Longyin Team were sitting in a row at the boarding gate, which looked quite spectacular.

Of course, it attracted the attention of the masses. Everyone was not wearing team uniforms, but wearing casual clothes. Lin Tong and Jiang Xue were still good friends, wearing clothes of the same brand and the same color, with their heads tied together and browsing Weibo with their mobile phones; Liu Chuan and Qin Ye were discussing something seriously, which was obviously related to the next game; Wu Zewen was seriously studying videos with an iPad; Li Xiang and Xiao Yu were playing games on their mobile phones; Xu Ce wore sunglasses and sat there coolly closed his eyes; Jiang Shaoqing lowered his head and focused on reading magazines.

This scene made Lan Weiran smile knowingly - everyone in the Dragon Roar Team felt particularly friendly. Perhaps because he had been with everyone for a long time, he also developed a strong sense of belonging to this team.

Seeing Lan Weiran coming, Xiao Yu immediately took away the bag from the seat next to him and said, "Come on the deputy team, I'll take you a seat!"

Lan Weiran walked over and sat down, smiled and touched his head and said, "So good."

Yu Xiangyang widened his eyes and said, "Can you stop touching my head? I'm not jojo, I'm afraid I won't grow taller."

Lan Weiran said: "It doesn't matter, you are at least 1 cm taller than Lu Xiang, and Lu Xiang has stopped growing, and you still have room to grow."

Yu Xiangyang: “…………”

The Deer God is only 168 cm taller than the shortest Deer God in the alliance. Is there anything to be happy about?

Yu Xiangyang was a little depressed and felt that he would definitely not grow tall in the future. In the Longyin Team, he was at the bottom of his age, had the bottom of his IQ, and had the bottom of his height. Even the two girls Lin Tong and Jiang Xue could look down at him when they put on high heels. They couldn't happily add blood to them!

Lu Xiang, who was shot while lying down, was at Qingdao Airport. He sneezed for no reason, rubbed his nose, and then picked up his phone and sent a text message to Liu Chuan: "Master, who will command your next battle against Seven Star Grass?"

Liu Chuan replied: "You guess:)"

Looking at the smiling face that deserves a beating, Lu Xiang said depressedly: "Let's forget it!"

After a pause, he quickly typed a line of words and sent it over: "Today we played 2:7 with the Seven Star Grass. Lao Xiao is really fierce. By the way, Xue Ke, the apprentice of the Wheel God, and Chen Xiaobei, Lao Xiao's apprentice, these two little guys have also made rapid progress. You should be careful in the next game."

Lu Xiang himself was less than 20 years old and said that Xue Ke and Chen Xiaobei were little guys, and it was really funny to show off his attitude of "I am a senior".

Liu Chuan couldn't help but feel inferior and replied to a text message to stimulate his apprentice: "Snow Ke and Chen Xiaobei seem to be taller than you :)"

Lu Xiang: “…………”

Liu Chuan's knowing blow caused fatal damage to Lu Xiang!

As the only tragic man of less than 1.7 meters among all the male players in the league, Xiao Luxiang looked up at his teammates who were taller than him, especially Team Shao, who was 20cm taller than him, and finally withdrew his phone without tears.

Seeing his depressed look, Shao Zehang knew that he had hit a stumbling block with his master again. He couldn't help but rub his hair and said, "Don't go to Liu Chuan when you're idle, you know that he likes to bully you the most."

Lu Xiang said depressedly: "I will never send him a text message again, curse him to hit Qixingcao and call him 0:9!"

Just after getting angry with his apprentice, Liu Chuan received another text message on his mobile phone. He originally thought it was a curse sent by Xiaolu, but when he opened it, he found that the sender's name showed that it was "Xiaohuang". The text message was also simple and simple in three words: "Who commands?"

Liu Chuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, whoever you say is, is who you are."

Emperor Xiao said: "That's you."

Liu Chuan said: "Abide by the order."

Emperor Xiao said: "Very good, wait for me torture you to death."

When Liu Chuan saved the number in his mobile phone, he gave everyone a nickname that was easy to identify. For example, Xiao Sijing was called "Xiaohuang", Su Shilun was called "Wheel Queen", Tang Yufeng was called "Ice Cream Emperor", Yang Jian was called "Xiao Jianjian", Liang Haibin was called "Turt Liang", Ye Chenxi was called "Ye Jian", Zhang Shuping was called "Long-minded Commentary", Xiao Luxiang was called "Silly Foodie", Silan was called "I'm so lazy"...

If these people were allowed to see Liu Chuan's mobile address book naming method, they would probably join forces to kill him.

——Liu Chuan’s ability to hang hatred is simply born.

Wu Zewen, who was sitting next to him, happened to see the text message and couldn't help but say, "Who is Emperor Xiao? Xiao Sijing?"

Liu Chuan nodded: "Well, he sent me a text message to ask me who will command the next game."

Wu Zewen came over curiously and took a look. He found Liu Chuan’s strange address book. After a long time of speechlessness, he took Liu Chuan’s cell phone and said, “Show me.”

When I opened the address book, I saw that the first group was: my dad, my mom, my sister, and my academic master.

Seeing his number being placed in his collection address book and being lined up with his family, Wu Zewen's ears turned red slightly, and he even felt that his phone was a little hot and almost fell down.

Liu Chuan came over with a smile and said, "What? I don't worry, I'll take my phone to check the job?"

Wu Zewen stuffed his phone back with red ears: "No, I'm curious to see."

Liu Chuan smiled and took back his cell phone, lowered his voice and leaned into his ear and said, "Don't worry, my body and mind are all yours. With your IQ of Detective Wu, if I dare to do small moves on my back, wouldn't you catch me accurately?"
To be continued...