Chapter 32 ◎ Hanging something on it looks better ◎
The match where the two second-team members were set to play was scheduled for two days later. Although Lin Sumo and Pei Yun didn’t need to play, they still accompanied the others to the venue, just in case of any unexpected situations.
“It’s best if we don’t have to go on stage,” Lin Sumo said with a smile. “We’ll just do a good job guarding the water cooler.”
Yu Pei knew he meant that he hoped there wouldn’t be any emergencies, so he said, “Mn, you two just pay attention.”
Lin Sumo agreed enthusiastically, “Roger that!”
Beside him, Pei Yun was much calmer: “Okay.”
Facts proved that Lin Sumo had great potential when it came to jinxing things.
After the first two games of the BO3, Trust and the opposing team were tied one to one.
In this situation, they had no choice but to swap out the two new players and let the two veteran players take the field.
In the lounge, everyone remained silent, making the air pressure in the room extremely low.
Jiang He wanted to alleviate the atmosphere, but unfortunately, he was someone who didn’t know how to speak properly: “This can’t be right. Didn’t we used to beat this kind of team easily? We should have won by now.”
The two new players were almost scared to tears, bowing their heads, not daring to move. Lin Sumo hesitated for a moment, then reached out and gently patted Field’s back, whispering, “It’s okay, don’t worry.”
“Alright, alright,” Jiang He really couldn’t stand the atmosphere. “Aren’t we tied one to one with them? It’s not like we lost. Besides, even if we lost, there’s no need for you guys to be so heavy-hearted.”
“True,” Yu Pei smiled. “What’s more, we still have two trump cards to save the day, don’t we?”
As he said this, Yu Pei looked at Pei Yun and Lin Sumo.
Lin Sumo, who didn’t know when he had become a trump card: “?”
He was a bit incredulous: “Trump card? Me? No way, right?”
“He’s joking,” Pei Yun said mercilessly. “Why, have you ever seen a trump card play like shit?”
Lin Sumo: “……”
“Alright, alright, stop arguing,” Shen Chen interrupted. “If you don’t want to really lose, stop arguing. The few minutes of halftime are almost gone because of your bickering. Come over and discuss tactics.”
Lin Sumo glared at Pei Yun, then walked over to listen to the coach’s lecture.
For the final game of the BO3, Trust made a substitution, swapping two people at once.
Commentator A: “It looks like Trust is adjusting their match strategy.”
Commentator B said: “Not necessarily. It’s possible that the two newly swapped-in players coordinate better with the other teammates, giving them a better chance of winning.”
Commentator A smiled: “True. Let’s wait and see.”
In fact, Lin Sumo and Pei Yun were indeed effective. In the final game, Trust completely defeated the opponent in just 18 minutes.
After the match, the two second-team members looked at Pei Yun and Lin Sumo with admiration.
Field: “Senior Solve, you’re too amazing. I was suppressed by that opposing mid-laner in both games, but as soon as you went up, you beat his KDA into the negatives!”
Joy also said excitedly, “Senior Print is also so amazing. The burst damage from a full combo in the late game is really high; you can even instant-kill tanks!”
The smile on Lin Sumo’s face couldn’t be hidden: “Ah, you flatter me.”
Pei Yun spoke mercilessly: “Watch yourself, don’t get carried away.”
Lin Sumo turned to him and said word by word, “Has anyone ever told you that you are very annoying?”
Field: “……”
Joy: “……”
Why did these two… start tearing into each other again!
It wasn’t too late after the match ended. The two second-team members took the car back first, while the main Trust team members went for a stroll in a nearby mall.
There was an arcade in the mall. As the group walked leisurely past it, Lin Sumo suddenly spoke up, “Hey, want to go play for a bit?”
“Sure,” Yu Pei said. “We play video games every day, but we haven’t really played this kind of thing much.”
So, the group of internet-addicted teenagers exchanged two hundred game tokens, planning to play a round in the arcade.
The most abundant machines in the arcade were undoubtedly claw machines. As they walked toward the claw machines, Yu Pei said, “How about we play this first?”
“Are you sick?” Jiang He glanced at the neat rows of pink claw machines. “You’re a grown man; are you going to sleep hugging a doll?”
“Scram,” Yu Pei punched him. “The point is the experience, okay?”
So, Yu Pei confidently went to play the claw machines while the others watched from the side.
Five minutes later, Yu Pei hadn’t caught anything.
Yu Pei: “Accident. Didn’t have the feel just now, now I know how to play.”
Ten minutes later, Yu Pei still hadn’t caught anything.
“I don’t believe this,” Yu Pei took a half-step back and turned to look at his teammates. “I have no problem catching mid-laners, marksmen, and supports. I don’t believe I can’t catch this doll.”
The others: “……”
Lin Sumo reached into the basket and took out two coins. “Captain Yu, face reality.”
Yu Pei raised an eyebrow, put down the joystick in his hand, and looked at Lin Sumo. “I’d like to see what kind of tricks you can pull off.”
Lin Sumo smiled and inserted the coins. The claw machine music changed. Lin Sumo didn’t do anything fancy; he aimed directly at the doll and pressed the button.
Everyone held their breath, only to see the claw, which hadn’t listened to Yu Pei at all just now, steadily grab the doll and not let go until it was over the chute.
Amidst the “Holy crap” from the others, Lin Sumo calmly took the doll out.
It was a small plush pendant—a gray-bodied penguin wearing a little yellow duck hat on its head and carrying a yellow crossbody bag, small enough to be held in one palm.
Lin Sumo looked at his teammates, smiling exceptionally brightly. Then, while Pei Yun wasn’t reacting, he hung the penguin pendant he just caught onto the backpack on Pei Yun’s back.
Pei Yun: “?”
Lin Sumo kept smiling. “I think your bag would look better with something hanging on it.”
Pei Yun didn’t speak and silently accepted his action.
About an hour later, they finally came out of the arcade, all holding something in their hands.
Yu Pei was truly convinced this time. “Solve, you’re awesome. How come it feels like you can do everything?”
Lin Sumo smiled and shook his head. “Not really.”
The group didn’t walk in a row; they were scattered. Lin Sumo followed behind Pei Yun, watching the pendant he had hung on Pei Yun’s bag sway back and forth with Pei Yun’s movements.
For some reason, Lin Sumo, as if possessed, took out his phone and took a picture of that pendant.
After taking the photo, Lin Sumo opened Weibo and posted the picture he just took, without typing a single word.
[What does Solve mean by posting this?]
[Although… what a cute little penguin!]
[Sisters, look quickly at the ID on the team jacket, that’s Print!]
[It is indeed Pei Yun’s bag, but I’m very sure there was no little penguin on the bag this afternoon.]
[With Print’s personality, he probably wouldn’t hang things on his bag, right?]
[Definitely not, but this Weibo was posted by Solve.]
[Sister above, I guess Solve hung it on for Print.]
[I guess so too! Ahhh, shipping it again!]
[I announce that YunSu CP is the sweetest, accepting no rebuttals!]
[YunSu Saigao!] (Translator’s Note: Saigao = Supreme/The Best)
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