The Esports Big Shot Wants to Cuddle His New Teammate Every Day chapter 20

Chapter 20

Lu Donglou recently noticed that Xu Ziyan spent significantly less time in the training room. For others, this might be a sign of laziness, but happening to Xu Ziyan, he felt incredibly relieved.

After all, since joining the team, this new Medic had shown extraordinary diligence. Training late into the night and pulling all-nighters in the training room were common occurrences. Lu Donglou was almost worried he would ruin his health.

Now that Xu Ziyan arrived at the training room on time and left slightly later, he looked noticeably healthier, with a rosy complexion and full of energy every day. En, this is what a young person should look like.

Lu Donglou nodded with gratification.

Of course, he would never guess that these improvements weren’t due to sufficient rest, but due to Xie Wei.

Originally, Xie Wei was a bit troubled, wondering if this so-called “company” required physical intimacy. Later, he discovered that just being in the same room, sitting a bit closer, and releasing a little pheromone was enough to make Xu Ziyan feel much more comfortable, so he completely relaxed.

When they were together, naturally, they didn’t just sit there.

Xu Ziyan made the most of it, taking out his laptop and asking Xie Wei directly about points to note for 1v1s and special terrains on maps.

Xie Wei was very helpful, holding nothing back. At the same time, he discovered that Xu Ziyan’s Medic playstyle was actually completely different from the ranked match where they first met. A strange emotion flashed through his heart, but it was fleeting and he didn’t take it to heart.

After all, Xu Ziyan had said before that he was his fan.

Xie Wei had seen even more fanatical fan behavior than this. He smiled faintly and let it pass.

Half a month passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, the day of the Newcomer Cup arrived.

Despite ample training and psychological preparation, when the competition arrived, Xu Ziyan inevitably felt apprehensive.

Since it was an individual competition, apart from the coach, he was the only team member departing. The afternoon sun was warm, and the wind rustled the leaves.

Xu Ziyan stood downstairs with his backpack containing his peripherals, waiting for the driver to bring the van around. He looked down, idly scrolling through his phone, but he was actually too nervous to take anything in.

Suddenly, someone patted his shoulder lightly from behind.

The action was without warning, but Xu Ziyan wasn’t startled. Because he smelled the incredibly familiar lemon mint scent that had lingered around him every day for the past half month.

He put away his phone and turned around. “Captain Xie.”

Xie Wei smiled and said, “A little nervous?”

Xu Ziyan nodded obediently.

Xie Wei teased, “Who was it last night that vowed to me they wouldn’t be nervous and would definitely perform beyond their level?”

After speaking, he patted the top of the youth’s soft hair and comforted him, “Alright, don’t put too much pressure on yourself, and don’t think about taking first or second place. just relax your mind. Your career is just beginning; there will be plenty of competitions in the future.”

Listening to Xie Wei’s words, Xu Ziyan unexpectedly found that his previously anxious heart was actually slowly calming down.

He had to admit, when Xie Wei was distant, he was truly cold. But when he wanted to be gentle to someone, he was truly meticulous, observant enough to notice and soothe even the slightest fluctuation of emotion.

Xu Ziyan had thought that over this half month, he would slowly sober up and learn to restore his mindset to how it was before.

But the result was that under Xie Wei’s tenderness, not only could he not withdraw, but he fell deeper and deeper. Turning back now was almost impossible.

Actually, it doesn’t matter.

It’s unrequited love either way. Since I can’t have him, whether the symptoms are mild or severe doesn’t really matter.

Xu Ziyan smiled. “Okay, I’ll work hard.”

Xie Wei didn’t say anything else. He squeezed his shoulder lightly and said, “Fighting.”

The Newcomer Cup was held at the local Sports Center in City A, not far from the TWG base—a fifteen-minute drive, arriving quickly.

The competition time was 4:00 PM. It was only 2:30 PM now. But with styling, plus various pre-match preparations and process confirmations, it was about right.

The van stopped in the underground garage. Lu Donglou led Xu Ziyan through the staff-only passage. Since it was still early, apart from staff and players, there were only a few spectators in the Sports Center. However, in another hour and a half, all the empty seats here would be filled with crowds.

Xu Ziyan looked around as he walked, realizing that many people passing by were quite famous streamers and “Pub Kings,” as well as a few retired players with high popularity.

Seeing his confusion, Lu Donglou explained in a low voice, “After the official match ends, there are exhibition matches to be played. They are invited guests.”

Xu Ziyan nodded.

While he was looking at others, others were actually looking at him too, secretly guessing the identity of this strange young man.

Xu Ziyan had an excellent appearance, eye-catching enough on its own, and wearing the TWG team uniform made it normal to receive attention.

But after discussing it back and forth, no one could recall any famous ID on the ladder joining TWG recently, nor was there any news leaked?

So they let it go.

In the team lounge, Lu Donglou took out his phone to check messages and suddenly burst into laughter.

He looked at Xu Ziyan. “Just walking that one round, everyone is asking who you are, what position you play, and when you joined the team. Ice, you’re getting a lot of attention.”

After speaking, he looked thoughtful. “The new season is about to start soon. Your official announcement should be put on the agenda.”

Official announcement, as the name suggests, meant the team’s official account announcing new members joining or old members leaving on major social platforms.

Xu Ziyan said, “I’ll listen to the arrangements.”

Lu Donglou knew he wasn’t one to use Weibo and laughed. “You’re quite open-minded.”

Not long after, a makeup artist came over to give Xu Ziyan a simple styling. Then the floor manager briefly informed him of the competition flow—where to enter, where to exit, where to go for interviews, and so on. Soon, the time approached four o’clock.

The competition was about to begin. Lu Donglou stood up and patted Xu Ziyan’s back firmly. “Don’t think about rank. Do your best and strive to let more people know your ID!”

Xu Ziyan nodded vigorously. “Okay!”

Guided by the staff, Xu Ziyan sat down at the desk with his number, connected his peripherals, and did a simple debug. Everything was exactly as Xie Wei had taught him before.

Soon, the referee’s voice introducing the rules came through the headphones. After the rules were introduced, preparation time ended, and the match officially began.

The random map began to spin rapidly. Xu Ziyan’s hand gripping the mouse unconsciously tightened.

Soon, the wheel stopped.

The map for this round was Gasvinia, a prosperous metropolis situated on green land near the sea.

The map was complex with extremely high buildings, suitable for sniping and guerrilla warfare. However, there were also parts that were completely open ground, as well as an empty beach with very few hiding spots.

If Xu Ziyan wanted to survive as a Medic, he would have to rely on luck.

He selected his loadout, exhaled lightly, simply moved his finger joints, and clicked to enter the map.

Outside City A Sports Center.

Even from a distance, the thunderous screams and cheers from inside could be heard. Inside a black van, Qu Qingyue opened a livestream to take a look and said, “En, perfect timing, the match just started. Let me see where our team’s little Medic chose to land.”

In the very back seat, Shen Xiao stretched, lying almost entirely on top of Bai Chen next to him with zero posture. Hearing this, he asked, “Which map?”

“Gasvinia.”

“Wow.” Shen Xiao whistled and laughed. “Such a troublesome map? Looks like someone is going to suffer.”

Qu Qingyue hummed “En,” turned off her phone, and wondered, “I don’t know what kind of madness the head coach is struck by, actually dragging our First String to the scene to watch the Newcomer Cup. This is unprecedented.”

She turned her head. “Captain, do you know what’s going on?”

Xie Wei was currently wearing one side of his headphones watching the match stream. Hearing this, he replied, “There’s a streamer appearing in the exhibition match later. He’s young, plays Assaulter, a good seedling. Coach Yu wants to poach him for the team.”

Shen Xiao raised an eyebrow. “TWG’s head coach personally coming to the scene to invite him? Damn, is the guy some once-in-a-century genius? That’s awesome.”

Qu Qingyue rolled her eyes at him. “Hey, hey, as someone who also plays Assaulter, you should have some sense of crisis. Geniuses are coming one after another, you know.”

Shen Xiao grinned. “Don’t worry about your Brother Shen. The geniuses your Brother Shen has beaten up over the years number fifty if not a hundred. I’ll beat up whoever comes.”

Qu Qingyue gave him a thumbs up.

Soon, Yu Guangzhou returned to the vehicle, and the car drove into the underground parking lot. The members of the First String put on their hats and masks, covered up tightly, entered through the staff passage, and found several empty VIP seats in the spectator stands.

The view here was excellent. The commentators were impassioned, and the big screen happened to cut to TWG-Ice’s perspective.

On the screen was a corridor of a high-rise building. The Medic holding a healing gun moved agilely, dodging sideways into a room, evading a string of bullets fired by the Assaulter behind him.

Timing the reload interval perfectly, the Medic leaned his upper body out. The healing gun’s bullet accurately hit the Assaulter’s brow center. Headshot damage flashed, instantly reducing the Assaulter’s health to a sliver.

Just a tiny sliver of health left—anyone would be tempted by this. But the Medic on the screen resisted the urge. He wasn’t greedy and shrank back into the room.

Seeing this, the commentator outside the screen couldn’t help but joke, “Ice’s playstyle is still quite cautious.”

The other commentator nodded in agreement. “Indeed, and we have to admit that this style is also very effective. Currently, Ice already has two kills in the bag, ranking among the top in the overall standings. As a Medic with limited offensive means, this is already a very remarkable thing.”

The perspective on the screen switched again, and the topic of the two commentators shifted along with it.

Off-stage, Xie Wei let out an inexplicable sigh of relief, then laughed.

He hadn’t told Xu Ziyan today that he would come to the scene because he was afraid the boy would feel nervous.

Now seeing Xu Ziyan in good form, Xie Wei felt much more at ease.

Just then, he suddenly heard a discussion from the row behind him, not too loud but audible.

“Hey, did you know? I heard this Ice is an Omega!”