【30】 Old Beast
To stop Wen Ran from constantly coming over to “help” him, Little Huang, an ADC with a usually fierce playstyle, was forced to hide under the tower, trembling in fear. He was the starting ADC of a strong Group S team and had played so many matches, yet he had never played so stifled before.
But their Captain said he wanted to see this Mid Laner’s level and learn the Jungler’s thought process for their own use, so he ignored him and followed Wen Ran instead.
Forget it, just treat it as pressure training.
But even though he had minimized his presence, Wen Ran still frequently came to “help him catch people,” and every time, the mechanics were scalp-tinglingly good.
And Wen Ran’s timing was calculated perfectly. He wouldn’t come when Little Huang was in a good state or trading blows with the enemy ADC. He insisted on bringing the Captain over right when Little Huang was critically low on health and fleeing in panic.
And he would add a sentence:
[Don’t worry, I’m here ^ω^]
But Little Huang clearly felt he was saying: [Is this it? Is this it? Is this it?]
After a small team skirmish broke out, Little Huang had one-quarter health left, while Wen Ran had a little over one-third.
Just as he walked under the tower and planned to eat a health pack to recover, Wen Ran’s message arrived.
[My Mechanics Are Better Than Yours: Can I eat one of your health packs? ^_^]
He even added an admiring, chin-resting action.
Little Huang felt the subtext was: [Rebel son, hurry up and give Daddy the health pack. Are you even worthy of eating it?]
Although he had played so many games and never seen a Mid Laner actively ask an ADC for a health pack, given his current state, recalling to base wasn’t wrong either. Little Huang could only endure the pain and stiffly maneuver his hero to stand aside, pressing the recall button.
Watching helplessly as Wen Ran ate his health pack.
After playing three games together, Little Huang felt he had fully grasped the hidden meanings of this flamer.
For example, when he said: [It’s okay, just be careful next time ^ω^]
It meant: [No way, noob, you can die from that?]
[Remember to check the bushes oh ^ω^]
It meant: [Control yourself, don’t feed and make Daddy scold you!]
After finishing the last game on pins and needles, Little Huang let out a long sigh of relief.
The Captain praised Wen Ran’s skills as being quite good.
[My Mechanics Are Better Than Yours: Everyone is very amazing ^ω^]
[My Mechanics Are Better Than Yours: It was very comfortable playing with you guys ^ω^]
Only Little Huang, who had no gold or silver medals and an extremely low kill participation rate, wondered if Wen Ran’s evaluation of the others was sincere. But for himself, who performed poorly in all three games, saying these words was definitely sarcasm!
It was like saying: “With the four of us, we could win even with a dog tied to the bottom lane.”
Little Huang pursed his lips, just wanting to act spoiled and complain to the Captain, when he heard Wen Ran turn on the mic: “ADC Brother, I see you have some misunderstandings about me. Do you see now? I am very gentle.”
Suddenly called out, Little Huang felt the hair on his body stand up.
Threat. This was absolutely a naked threat!
Not knowing what he should do, he immediately turned on his mic to respond: “Ah, ah, yes, yes, yes.”
Going against his conscience: “You are very considerate.”
Showing off while not forgetting to mock him sarcastically/passive-aggressively—truly very “considerate.”
However, Little Huang was also a bit glad he was teammates with him. The poor second team’s ADC barely saw his screen light up.
First game 3-8-5.
Second game 2-12-6.
Third game 1-13-4, he was directly autistic. If it were him on the other side, he would probably have been targeted even more miserably by this petty flamer!
Jiang Yan listened to the conversation between Wen Ran and Little Huang and couldn’t help hooking the corners of his lips.
Kitten pretending to be good.
After leaving the room, Jiang Yan sent a skin card to everyone except Qiao Yu.
They could choose a skin they liked to redeem.
After all, the younger brothers’ holiday didn’t come easily. Since he took up their time, giving some benefits was only right.
The team’s Top Laner was the first to exclaim in surprise: “Wow, the Jungler just now sent me a skin card!”
To protect his old friend, Qiao Yu hadn’t told his team members Jiang Yan’s real identity, and everyone didn’t ask much.
Moreover, Jiang Yan wanted Wen Ran to learn macro awareness and tactics from Qiao Yu, so for these three games, he played T1 blue-collar Junglers. He didn’t leach mid-lane farm and even gave the Blue Buff to Wen Ran.
He didn’t need to show off mechanics particularly, so these kids didn’t figure it out.
“I got one too!” Little Huang checked his mail. After suffering for three games, finally, something made him happy!
“So nice?”
“It’s a Legendary card!” Little Huang cheered. “I’m going to exchange it for a skin for my Frost right now!”
“Quite sensible,” Qiao Yu checked his own mail while speaking. “You guys all have one, so surely I have tw—”
Qiao Yu’s smile froze on his face before he could finish.
Why is there nothing!
Wind actually didn’t send one to me?
Little Huang gathered around tactlessly: “Captain, you brought the person here. Did the tycoon send you two?”
Then he saw the empty mailbox.
“Ah, this—”
Qiao Yu looked again, and that ‘wrsxhd’ had already gone offline.
Good on you, Jiang Lao Liu!
Qiao Yu quit the game with a dark face. “Everyone else rest. Little Huang stays for extra training. What kind of garbage did you play today!”
Little Huang: QAQ
What did I do wrong?
Qiao Yu kept sending messages to Jiang Yan. When the other party didn’t reply instantly, he called.
Jiang Yan had just said goodbye to Wen Ran in the game. Picking up the phone, he was greeted with a torrent of abuse: “Wind, explain yourself. What is the meaning of this?”
“Explain what?”
“Skins!” Qiao Yu gritted his teeth. “Why didn’t you send me one?”
Jiang Yan held the phone a bit further away. “With our relationship, do we still lack these external material things?”
“I was thinking, next time you come to City D, I’ll treat you to a meal.”
Hearing the word “meal,” Qiao Yu immediately felt comfortable. When they went to City D for the competition, he would take the whole team to rip him off severely. “That’s more like it.”
“But, this little friend is really quite good. Which club is he trying out for? How about coming to our HG?”
He observed Wen Ran for three games. It was no exaggeration to say that the opponent’s operational level was better than most active Mid Laners in the League. If awareness and tactical layout could be learned through practice later, then hard conditions like hand speed depended entirely on talent.
Clearly, Wen Ran possessed this talent.
Jiang Yan: “He applied for DS.”
Qiao Yu: “DS?”
Qiao Yu: “Then Yexin has pressure.”
“After this season passes, who knows if he can still be a starter.”
“I haven’t asked you yet,” Qiao Yu was getting more and more curious about the two of them. “Where on earth did you meet this kind of little friend? With this hand speed, he’s not very old, right?”
“Mn, eighteen.”
Jiang Yan chuckled lightly. “Slept with him to get him.”
Qiao Yu: “???”
He froze for a long time before realizing that “slept” was a verb. Blushing, he roared: “Holy sh*t, eighteen and you could still lay a hand on him? An old ox eating tender grass—Old Beast, do you have no shame!”
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