【133】 Grand Finale Proposal, Their Love is Firm and Radiant
After the World Championship finals, the SPL Summer Split finally ushered in its finals. After a grueling battle of full seven games, the Ni Feng Team defeated STE 4:3, winning the SPL Summer Split Championship.
Nan Xi won the FMVP.
Before the club’s holiday, Wen Ran went out with Orange once. He cherished his friend Orange very much. Seeing that he could prove himself with results in his new team, he was genuinely happy for him from the bottom of his heart.
Wen Ran dragged Orange along to play through an entire arcade street and even won two prizes.
By the time they came out, it was already ten o’clock at night.
Wen Ran was still planning to go to the food street, but Orange tugged at his sleeve: “It’s 10 PM, aren’t you going back to the club?”
“I came out to hang out with you, so I didn’t plan on going back,” Wen Ran looked at Orange with a puzzled expression. “If we get tired of walking, we can just find a hotel and sleep for the night, right?”
“It’s not like we haven’t slept in the same room before.”
Orange: “……”
Orange: “What I mean is, is it okay if you don’t go back tonight?”
Wen Ran: “What could happen to me?”
Orange: “It’s just, won’t Senior Wind be anxious looking for you?”
“I just need to let him know.” Wen Ran grabbed Orange’s wrist and pushed him forward: “It’s rare for us to be able to come out and stroll through the night market. Let’s go, let’s go, after playing for so long just now, I’m getting a bit hungry.”
“Did you know, Dawn, last time I even heard staff in our club praising you as a winner in life,” Orange said to him. “FMVP, World Champion, and a boyfriend who would be hard to find even with a lantern.”
“Why are you suddenly telling me this?” Wen Ran glanced at Orange: “Didn’t you win First-Team Best Support this season?”
“Oh, I know.” Wen Ran put on a look of sudden realization: “Do you have someone you like?”
Orange suddenly became flustered for a moment, hemming and hawing to change the subject: “There’s grilled squid over there, I’ll go buy you some.”
No matter how dense Wen Ran was, he could sense that something was wrong. He quickly chased after him: “Are you for real, An Chenxia?”
Seeing that he couldn’t hide it, Orange could only nod with the red tips of his ears: “Mhm, but, I haven’t successfully pursued him yet.”
To be precise, he hadn’t confessed yet.
Wen Ran originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but Orange adamantly refused to say more. He also said that nothing was settled yet, and once they got together, he would definitely be the first to tell him.
“Alright,” Wen Ran gently rubbed Orange’s curly hair and said very affectionately: “When the time comes, come find your Daddy, Daddy will give out wedding candies.”
Orange feigned anger and pinched his face: “Stop taking advantage of me!”
Father Jiang created a family group chat with the four of them in it. Mother Jiang brought up many times in the chat for Jiang Yan and Ran Ran to hurry back once they were on holiday, so they could see about taking a trip abroad for a few days before returning.
Although they said that, the two of them still went back to City D first.
Zhao Dou was a local of City D. After hearing that Jiang Yan was coming back, he specially invited the two of them out for a meal.
“Yan Ge, we haven’t seen each other for almost a year, right?” Zhao Dou still looked exactly the same, with almost no changes. He still called Jiang Yan “Yan Ge” like before. He sized Jiang Yan up: “You’ve already become a world champion.”
Jiang Yan didn’t come back to attend the graduation ceremony because he was busy preparing for the World Championship during that time and simply couldn’t spare the time.
Fortunately, the school had always been open-minded. Plus, Jiang Yan’s personal abilities were outstanding, and he was out winning glory for the country, so they didn’t make things difficult for him.
He still got his graduation certificate.
Moreover, the school leaders even praised the outstanding graduate representative, Jiang Yan, at the graduation ceremony, briefly recounting his deeds.
It drew a round of applause from below.
Everyone commented that the difference between some people was simply bigger than the difference between a person and a dog.
“Yan Ge, let me tell you, this feels like a f*cking dream.” Zhao Dou took a sip of his drink: “Wind, the god of Ling Xiao, is my roommate, and also the jungle daddy who carried me in ranked. Saying this out loud is enough for me to brag about for a year.”
He looked at Wen Ran and added: “And the FMVP Mid Laner, who also boosted my account.”
“My life is considered complete.” Zhao Dou said: “Those fans must be dying of jealousy!”
“You two are simply the modern-day Return of the Condor Heroes couple.”
Wen Ran: “……”
Jiang Yan: “……”
Zhao Dou still couldn’t hide his gossipy soul: “Sister-in-law, tell me the truth, did you and Yan Ge really meet for the first time at an internet cafe?”
Although Wen Ran didn’t know why he was asking this, he still gave an “Mhm.”
“Holy sh*t!” Zhao Dou covered his mouth in horror: “You two just kissed like that and fell in love at first sight?”
Wen Ran thought to himself, We did the deed first before falling in love, none of your damn business! Why is this Zhao Dou so gossipy!
“Too shocking,” Zhao Dou said: “Seeing how fierce and sharp-tongued you were back then, and that you took the initiative to kiss him, even if you beat me to death, I wouldn’t have guessed that Yan Ge actually likes this type.”
“And could strike Yan Ge’s heart in one hit.” Zhao Dou gave a thumbs up: “Sister-in-law, you are awesome!”
Wen Ran: “……”
“After all, the legend in our school was that the type Yan Ge likes is the obedient and soft type,” Zhao Dou said: “Later on, I also frequently watched your live streams to learn the art of cursing.”
“Ever since I started watching Dawn’s stream, my back doesn’t ache, my legs don’t hurt, and I can flame nine people all by myself.”
Wen Ran: “……”
Is this something to be proud of?
“Hey, hey, how are you speaking?” Jiang Yan reached out and placed a peeled shrimp in front of Wen Ran: “What ‘legendary favorite type’?”
“In the twenty-plus years before I met Ran Ran, I never even thought about dating. After meeting Ran Ran, he is the ideal type.”
“We’re going to get married in the future.”
Looking at the other’s skilled movements and these words filled with the sour stench of love, Zhao Dou instantly felt that he should have worn sunglasses here.
Zhao Dou held his forehead: “I’ll single-handedly play a 36.”
“Other than 6, it’s still 6.”
Zhao Dou didn’t continue teasing them, but Wen Ran’s thoughts were completely thrown into disarray by that sentence “We’re going to get married in the future.”
He had envisioned a future with Jiang Yan countless times, but he had never dared to think about marriage.
To be liked by Jiang Yan, to be accompanied by him, and to have their relationship made public, he was already very content.
How could he dare to wish for anything else.
It wasn’t until Zhao Dou bid them farewell that Wen Ran remained somewhat absent-minded.
Jiang Yan saw through what was on his mind: “What are you thinking about? So engrossed.”
“Jiang Yan,” Wen Ran still couldn’t hold back, his fingers twisting together nervously: “Just now, you told Zhao Dou that you’re going to marry me…”
“Are you serious?”
“What kind of question is that?” Jiang Yan bent his finger and knocked it against Wen Ran’s head. “When have I ever joked about this kind of thing?”
“From the moment I started dating you, every single day, I’ve wanted to marry you, hold a wedding, and then live together openly and legitimately for a lifetime.”
Jiang Yan’s eyes were filled with affection. When he said these words, he stared straight into Wen Ran’s eyes. Wen Ran felt as if he was going to melt in his gaze.
Wen Ran choked up a bit, pursing his lips: “But, I can be by your side for a lifetime without a wedding.”
He knew that for two men to be together, making it public was already considered difficult. Getting married, and even holding a wedding… with Jiang Yan’s family background being so prominent, would he be dragged down by him?
Being liked by Jiang Yan, he was already very content.
“I can’t!” Jiang Yan cut him off decisively. “If you’re in a relationship with me, I won’t let you suffer the slightest bit of grievance.”
“Getting the certificate, the wedding, the honeymoon, not a single one can be missing.” Jiang Yan suddenly bent down and hugged Wen Ran, his voice low and deep: “Ran Bao, I’m a person with no sense of security. I can’t wait to announce to everyone that you are my wife. Just treat it as indulging me, okay?”
Wen Ran knew perfectly well in his heart—how was Jiang Yan lacking security? He was clearly making promises over and over again for the sake of the insecure Wen Ran.
He forcefully hugged Jiang Yan’s back in return and gave a firm “Mhm.”
Jiang Yan rubbed his head, then pulled a small box out of his pocket.
Wen Ran felt his heart thumping wildly.
“Ge has been carrying this ring on me for many days now, but I just never found the right moment to propose to you.”
Jiang Yan rubbed his wrist. It had been a long time since he was this nervous in front of Ran Ran.
This was a small path in the park. The trees on both sides stood tall and straight, and the light fell through, sprinkling mottled shadows of the leaves.
Jiang Yan got down on one knee, asking reverently and gently: “Ran Ran, are you willing to go home with me?”
Wen Ran nodded his head heavily. The ring was gently slipped onto his ring finger, along with deep, profound love.
A ray of light fell, and the silver gleam of the ring shone brilliantly.
Just like their love.
Firm and radiant.
After the World Championship ended, the national team players returned to their respective teams to prepare for the SPL.
Their pursuit of their dreams would not stop here.
However, unexpectedly, with the new season update of 《Ling Xiao》, the Mid lane ushered in a massive version overhaul.
First, the core magic items for Mid Laners were heavily nerfed, and several new items were added, all of which required long-duration skills to coordinate and stack passives. Not only that, but some of the previously commonly used item sets had now been reduced to being useless—either over-capping stats or unable to max them out, and their build path was also very slow. This was extremely unfriendly to core Mage-Assassins who relied on burst damage to output, initiate team fights, and dive the C-position.
Furthermore, several champions were adjusted. Ren Ling, Yan Shen, and Ying Xuan Ji all received a slash. Wen Ran’s commonly used champions had now all been reduced to the gutter.
In layman’s terms, the Mid lane position was practically useless.
Mid Laners provided almost no help in-game, and many teams directly adopted the strategy of using champions from other lanes to play Mid.
However, in the match of WK versus Right, Wen Ran brought out the Mid Laner Tao Yao.
The livestream chat was filled with pessimism, everyone saying that Dawn couldn’t adapt to the version, that the Mid lane was already useless but he still insisted on picking it.
[I want to see how this toxic tumor continues to play. The Mid lane strength is right there, can he make flowers bloom out of it?]
[Look at this item build, it’s centuries ahead of the meta.]
[If he can deal damage playing like this, there must be a ghost.]
[Did the WK coach get his head kicked by a donkey?]
[Or is being a world champion so great that you can go against the version?]
[Praising this toxic tumor so much, they might as well cultivate other lanes instead.]
But the result of the match made their jaws drop. The role Tao Yao played in the game could practically be considered a mini-assassin. Although her solo-kill potential was poor, by cooperating with Jiang Yan’s Die Ren, the characteristics of her skills were completely unlocked by the new items.
Not only that, in the following two games, Wen Ran also used Mid lane champions. When they finally won the regular season match 3:0, he even took two MVPs.
[I’m dumbfounded, you can actually play like this?]
[About how I thought the champion Li Yi was useless, but she seems even stronger now.]
[What got nerfed were the champions and items, not his mechanics.]
[Dawn, you are my Daddy, please quickly release guides for other champions, you are the God of us Mid lane players!]
After WK officially posted Wen Ran’s post-match photos, the comment section buzzed with discussion.
The top comment had over 300,000 likes.
“They said the version has changed, and your legend will stop here. But I know you won’t stop. Even if this is no longer the era of Mid Laners, the era ruled by Dawn has only just raised its curtains.”
–End of the Novel–
T/n: Thank you for sticking with me through this journey. Stay tuned for the extras~
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