【61】I Am the Team’s New Jungler, Wind
Wen Ran received the email at the arcade.
Xiao Huang took second place again and cried his way onto the hot search that night. The team members took turns comforting him for a long time.
Fortunately, Xiao Huang was young; sadness came fast and left fast. Today, he insisted on dragging Wen Ran out shopping.
City S indeed had a lot of fun things. Wen Ran had been here for over ten days but had only wandered around the vicinity casually. Xiao Huang grew up in City S and claimed to be an arcade master in middle school, able to solo this entire street. He dragged Wen Ran to the arcade.
There was a game here that was an adventure shooter, where warriors defeated monsters on the road to save the princess.
Xiao Huang put the tokens in. “Let’s play a two-player mode!”
Two-player mode allowed naming their characters. Xiao Huang picked his early on: the very arrogant “Boss Huang Invincible.”
Wen Ran thought for a moment and tapped a few times on it. Xiao Huang leaned over to look. “wrxhjy, what is this stuff?”
“Just playing casually anyway; the name isn’t that important.”
He brushed it off. Actually, when Xiao Huang went to buy tokens just now, he had already seen that this game had a built-in leaderboard. If the score was high enough, it would be hung up there until surpassed by the next player.
Wen Ran’s so-called “leaving freely” could only fool Four Leaf Clover. He knew in his heart that he couldn’t let go of Jiang Yan at all.
He liked Jiang Yan, liked him very, very much.
In these eighteen years, Wen Ran had never liked anyone this much. Even though he now knew Jiang Yan had someone he liked—a childhood sweetheart who matched him well—he couldn’t bear to do anything that would hurt Jiang Yan.
He didn’t even have the courage to make a scene in front of Jiang Yan. He was afraid to hear from Jiang Yan that he was just playing with him, and he couldn’t bear to put Jiang Yan in a difficult position.
He could only be like an elementary school student, hiding the name of the person he liked in an ID, carrying his pitiful love that Jiang Yan might consider a burden.
He didn’t even have the courage to type out his full name.
Wen Ran and Xiao Huang were both pro players, so playing this kind of game had absolutely no pressure. They scored 9872 points, going straight to the top of the leaderboard, three thousand points higher than second place.
Wen Ran wasn’t sure how long his score would hang there. Maybe by the time someone surpassed this score and pushed these two IDs down, he wouldn’t like Jiang Yan anymore.
Xiao Huang didn’t notice his emotional state and was still scouting for the next fun machine.
Wen Ran’s phone rang once. He saw that email.
A trial invitation from Team WK.
Wen Ran simply couldn’t believe his eyes. At the high price of 27 million, there was actually a team willing to give him a trial?
Generally speaking, if a team didn’t want a certain player, or if the price was dissuasive, they absolutely wouldn’t specifically notify them for a trial. Since WK was willing to extend an olive branch, it meant they acknowledged his skills and genuinely wanted him to play.
As long as he could pass the trial, he could transfer!
Wen Ran looked at the contact information and WK base address below, gripping the hem of his clothes tightly.
Xiao Huang came back at this moment, shouting loudly, “Brother Ran, want your brother to take you to catch dolls?”
“Little Brat, a team notified me for a trial.”
Xiao Huang froze upon hearing this news. 27 million. In any club, that was enough to buy two top-tier players. The captain had said before that Dawn’s situation would be difficult; without presentable results and not being a star player, rarely would a club be willing to take such a loss.
But now, a club was actually willing to pay!
More lavish than STE buying Ling Han!
Xiao Huang’s tone immediately became excited. “Which one?”
Wen Ran had no reason to keep him in suspense. “WK.”
“Damn, isn’t that your idol’s team?”
Xiao Huang had known Wen Ran through surfing the net before Wen Ran knew him, and knew he was a fan of Senior Wind.
“That’s great! If they’re letting you trial, it’s mostly a done deal.” Xiao Huang was also very happy for his friend. “With your strength, there’s absolutely no problem.”
“And WK is in Group S. We can meet in the arena!”
Wen Ran added the WeChat provided above. The contact was directly Brother Wu.
Logically, this kind of thing was usually managed directly by the external HR department. It was rare for a manager to specifically add a player who hadn’t trialed yet. But since he was someone Wind had mentioned with such emphasis, and their training group was interested in Dawn anyway, Brother Wu didn’t think much of it.
Compared to the strict hierarchy in some teams, he was already quite close with the players in the team. WK’s internal relations had always been very good.
Their team’s Mid-laner, Wei Xie, was getting older now. Staying in Group S was somewhat taxing for him, especially compared to those young Mid-laners; his hand speed and mechanics couldn’t keep up. Reasonably speaking, he had already won many championships and achievements, and had his highlight plays. If he did streaming or retired gloriously, they would be good choices.
But Wei Xie wasn’t willing. He still chose to stay in the arena to continue playing, even willing to switch to Support.
Because of his decision, WK had already started scouting for a new Mid-laner this season. To be honest, they all thought quite highly of Dawn because his mechanics and awareness were online. They heard he was also a fan of Wind. Plus, given DS’s poor results this season, he shouldn’t be too expensive.
As a result, when the listing price of 27 million came out, it almost scared the manager into throwing his water cup.
But Wind was willing to pay this money. WK Manager Brother Wu and Wind had a very good relationship; after all, they had climbed up from the bottom together. That their team could reach where it was today had a lot to do with Wind.
If he hadn’t led the team to win the championship back then, attracting many investors to WK, these people would probably have scattered long ago.
Wind was truly gentle and powerful. 27 million—the team could actually afford this money, but the premise was communicating with the boss and investors. Wind didn’t use past feelings to hostage them but stated clearly that he would pay this money himself, and specifically said “if the trial passes,” giving them enough face.
Moreover, Jiang Yan had used his own company to invest in Team WK, obtaining a portion of the shares behind the scenes. This way, spending the 27 million was also perfectly justifiable.
Wind was really attentive to this Mid-laner.
After Wen Ran added Brother Wu, Brother Wu told him the specific trial items and time.
Team WK’s base was in City B. Brother Wu even bought him a plane ticket and told him some things to note.
When Wen Ran arrived at the base, it was Brother Wu and July who came out to pick him up.
The youth training base and WK’s main base were not in the same place. He had only been here once before, visiting the formal players’ living environment as a trainee.
Back then, the WK base was far inferior to now, small and crowded. He had only one thought at the time: This is the environment Wind lives in. He trains here, reviews games here. In such an environment, he can still be so strong, leading the team to win the championship.
The few years after Wen Ran ran away from home were the hardest. After he discovered the game, the first match he watched was Wind’s match.
The breathtaking operations instantly made Wen Ran admire him deeply. But despite working so hard, he still lost the match.
Wen Ran remembered his name and watched this person step by step, leading his teammates to the peak.
He counted as one of Wind’s earliest fans, watching him get crowned all the way.
Wen Ran saved money for a long time to watch an offline match. On the big screen in the venue, the fighting heroes and splendid operations gripped the hearts of the live audience. After one exciting match after another, WK won the championship.
It was also after the dispersal that night, in a small alley, that Wen Ran heard Wind comforting a crying player, telling him:
“As long as there is passion, one will never be buried by mud.”
The idol’s words became Wen Ran’s life motto from then on. He practiced his skills even harder and signed up for WK’s youth training, just hoping that one day, he could fight side by side with his idol.
“I’ve watched your matches; very strong.” July’s unstinting praise pulled Wen Ran out of his memories. “Dawn, don’t be nervous during the trial later. Just perform normally.”
“Thank you.”
The content of the trial was nothing more than the items from DS before. Wen Ran completed them exceptionally well, and his coordination with teammates was also good.
He had stayed at the base for five days, and almost all content had been tried once. The training group was very satisfied and finalized the contract.
They found Wen Ran then and there to sign the contract. Brother Wu patted his shoulder earnestly: “Dawn, you’re a WK man from now on. Changing to a new environment, if there’s anything you’re not used to, just tell me.”
“Let July show you around these two days. When our Jungler arrives in a few days, we can start scrims.”
Wen Ran had been doing trials with a Jungler these past few days. To be honest, this Jungler’s skill level wasn’t high, and his awareness and mechanics weren’t strong either. In Group S, it was indeed a bit lacking. However, according to Brother Wu, another team already wanted him, but to help his old employer WK, he insisted on staying to help trial Wen Ran before leaving.
But what about the new Jungler?
Wen Ran hadn’t seen anyone else coming for trials these past few days.
But he was never the talkative type, so he didn’t ask much.
Xiao Huang messaged him every day, tirelessly asking about Wen Ran’s trial progress. When he heard it was finalized, he wished he could set off firecrackers on the spot to celebrate.
“Brother Ran, holy sh*t, 27 million transfer fee. Players get a 15% cut, that’s over four million!” Xiao Huang said. “You’re now the player with the highest transaction price in the League. Too awesome!”
“Although that stupid club of yours won big, at least you escaped that fire pit and still made money.”
“Is it justifiable if you don’t buy me a figurine this time?”
The person Wen Ran contacted most these two days was Xiao Huang. He smiled lightly. “You come find me, and Daddy will buy it for you.”
“You said it!” Hearing about the figurine, Xiao Huang couldn’t sit still at all. “I’ll come over in the next couple of days!”
He really wasn’t joking. Xiao Huang loved to play to begin with, and now it happened to be the off-season. Although Wen Ran had a toxic mouth and mocked and bullied him at first, Xiao Huang didn’t know what was wrong with himself; he just really liked Wen Ran and wanted to be friends with him.
Wen Ran wasn’t familiar with City B either. It was Xiao Huang who opened the navigation on his phone for them to find the shop. Xiao Huang was truly not polite; he excitedly carried two figurines to the cashier counter, then hugged Wen Ran’s arm coquettishly. “Brother Ran, pay up~”
Wen Ran: “…”
When paying money, it’s Brother Ran. Usually, it’s Brother Ran (younger brother), right?
How did you learn to change faces so quickly at such a young age?
Afterward, the two went to a restaurant for a meal. Without other entertainment activities, they watched a movie.
As a result, unbeknownst to them, someone took photos, and they actually rushed onto the hot search.
The title was extremely bizarre: #Dawn and Bu Mie Tour City B Together, Behavior Ambiguous and Intimate
[Help, what the hell is this hot search? Can we focus more on pro players’ skills?]
[Okay, before opening the picture, I admit I was narrow-minded. What the hell are they doing? This is too ambiguous, right?]
[Xiao Huang is really so cute, hugging Dawn’s arm acting coquettish, Mother~]
[Toxic Tumor, let go of my son! He’s younger than you, damn it!]
[No wonder Xiao Huang muted people for him on stream before and roasted netizens. Turns out he’s a ‘husband-protecting treasure’.]
[Wait, isn’t Dawn so short? Can he ‘top’ Xiao Huang? Xiao Huang grew another centimeter recently; his net height is 176.]
[Why are you sisters shipping already? Xiao Huang is a minor, a minor! Dame yo (No way)!]
[I suddenly thought, good girls tend to like hooligans. Xiao Huang has been good for so long; it’s easy to be led astray by this kind of prickly toxic tumor, thinking he has charismatic personality.]
[Cult, cult! Xiao Huang, don’t be foolish! If you’re going gay, at least find someone taller than yourself!]
[Help, it’s kinda shippable. Not gonna lie, this Dawn is really good-looking. Even in this angle of candid shot, he looks good.]
[Don’t spread rumors, okay? Maybe our Little Sprayer is just hanging out with a friend?]
[This marketing account really knows how to write. What if he went for a trial?]
[Trial? 27 million, would a club really want him?]
[As far as I know, only WK is in City B. Are they willing to pay so much to buy this tumor?]
As soon as Jiang Yan’s plane landed, he saw those two photos, and his sense of crisis grew heavier.
Tsk, looks like Qiao Yu hasn’t given this brat enough extra training; he has time to steal my home base.
The next morning, Wen Ran saw a message in the group chat saying to go to the training room; the new Jungler had arrived, get ready to practice coordination.
Wen Ran was muttering in his heart about how big of a background this new Jungler had to not even need a trial, going straight to coordination.
However, just as he walked into the training room and saw the new Jungler, he froze completely.
Wen Ran was like he was nailed to the spot, looking incredulously at the man draped in the team uniform in front of him.
Broad shoulders, long legs, the jacket unzipped. The inner shirt was a black T-shirt with WK’s team emblem embroidered in gold thread on the chest.
Although it was a loose fit, because of his upright posture, it added a lazy temperament.
How could it be!
How could it be Jiang Yan!
Looking at that face he had missed for so long, Wen Ran felt he had suffered a huge impact and couldn’t recover his senses at all.
The other’s lazy eyes looked over his whole body, and the familiar voice rang out in the entire training room:
“Let me introduce myself. I am the team’s new Jungler, Wind.”
Boom!
Wen Ran felt his mind go blank.
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