“3:0！
YM swept WE in the finals and won the 2017 LPL Spring Season Championship! "Mille shouted excitedly as he watched the base Crystal shatter!
【Sweeping is too boring, right?
WE didn't even put up any resistance.】
【Woah woah woah, if WE played RNG in the finals, wouldn't Xi Ye ride on the other team's face?】
【Let's be honest, the difference in strength between LPL teams is really big. From the semifinals onwards, they were swept. They couldn't even win a small match. Every match was finished in two hours. It was a crushing victory.】
【Strong, YM!
Keep going, go, go!】
Accompanied by the deafening rhythmic music, the spotlights crisscrossed above the stage and finally landed on the heads of the YM players!
At the same time, golden ribbons fell from the sky and sprinkled on top of Lin Yan's head.
The spectacular scene blended with the cheers of the audience in the stands. It was like a dream.
Lin Yan calmed down after a moment of excitement.
For him, the result of this final was not suspenseful. For Lin Yan who had already won the S League and LPL Championship, it was not a surprise.
However, the Prophet's expression could even be described as excited.
He jumped off his chair and stepped on the stage in his stockings. He waved his arms and went to find his teammates to celebrate.
Jack was just about to look at the damage panel when he was hugged from behind by the Prophet.
Shiba Inuto was stunned.
The Prophet's excited voice was mixed with a bit of sobbing.
Is this for real?
"Brother, do you have to be so dramatic?"
Jack realized that Lin Yan's damage was still higher. He smacked his lips and turned off the damage panel in dissatisfaction. He then turned his head to deal with the Prophet.
"You haven't won before, right?" Jack's tone had a hint of ridicule.
"… Yeah, I haven't won before," the Prophet replied as he rubbed his red eyes.
The coaching staff had already rushed over from backstage. White Crescent looked as excited as the Prophet and hugged Jin Gong's neck.
The impact was so strong that even Jin Gong's neck could not withstand it.
Phyllostachys Pubescens happily watched Jin Gong being strangled.
Guo Hao slowly walked at the back. His expression was as calm as Lin Yan's.
The two of them high-fived each other.
"Go and shake hands with them." Lin Yan turned around and called out to his teammates. "Prophet, don't just stand there!"
When they shook hands, Lin Yan found that Xi Ye looked very sullen and gloomy, as if he would jump up and stab him to death at any time.
Lin Yan didn't dare to say anything more to him. He quickly turned around and left.
As they left the WE contestants' area, Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong rushed over from backstage in their team uniforms. They headed straight for the Silver Dragon Cup in the middle of the stage.
"Let us congratulate YM once again!"
Mille looked at the YM players holding up the championship trophy. "They will participate in the mid-season championship in Brazil in May as the LPL champions!"
Doll saw that WE, who used cards and Shen Global Fluid Systems, lost the game. The little discomfort in her heart instantly disappeared. She suddenly felt refreshed and energized. Her voice was full of energy.
"I hope they can bring glory to themselves and the competition zone and climb to the top!"
"Look at the camera." Lin Yan reminded the Prophet in the middle of the stage. "Smile more!"
The Prophet turned his head and looked at the flashing lights and the dense crowd in front of him. He was so nervous that the muscles on his back tightened. Beads of sweat dripped down his forehead.
He had a stiff smile on his face, and he was frozen in the camera along with his teammates.
This photo would be sealed in YM's commemorative album along with countless moments of holding the cup.
Ren Dong of the Undying Grasp quickly walked to the center of the stage.
"The winner of the 2017 LPL Spring Finals is …" He opened the envelope in his hand. The LPL expert panel had already announced the winner of this award.
“YM.Tian！”
Little Tian revealed a faint smile, and his eyes narrowed into two slits.
Lin Yan patted his thin and weak back. He had won all three games as short-handed heroes who were forced to tank in lane. The first 15 minutes of lane play would definitely not be good.
Even if he took out characters like Stoneman and Succubus, it would not be enough to overshadow Xiao Tian's brilliance.
Jack, on the other hand, glared at Phyllostachys Pubescens with dissatisfaction.
He had not received a similar MVP trophy yet. There was no lack of team glory, but there was no hard individual award.
Jack felt that he had maxed out his damage output in the three finals and even got a lane kill. Why was the trophy not his?
"Is there a problem somewhere?" Jack scratched his head.
Lin Yan, who was touching the championship trophy, was very confused. Why did he feel that his teammates were speaking in a strange tone?
On the stage, Xiao Tian was holding the MVP trophy and answering Ren Dong's question.
"Everyone says that the championship trophy is a reward for the best team, while the MVP trophy is a reward for the strongest player. I don't think that's the case."
"This award is, of course, an affirmation of my individual performance in the finals." Xiao Tian pushed up his glasses. "But an individual's performance requires the sacrifice and help of the other members of the team."
"My teammates are all very good professional players. Their silent contributions made my performance amazing." Xiao Tian raised the MVP trophy with his thin arm. "This trophy does not belong to me alone. They also contributed."
"How much credit?" Jack whispered to Lin Yan. "One-third?"
"Why one-third?" Lin Yan was confused.
However, before Jack could answer him, the YM team stood in the middle of the stage under the invitation of the live host, Ren Dong, and raised the 1.5 million gold medal.
"So much money …" Lin Weixiang's eyes were shining with the light of gold coins. He fiddled with his good friend Liu Qingsong. "How much do we get?"
"Hao said that the two of us together would get about 110." Liu Qingsong saw that his teammates were not paying attention to him and responded. "We didn't even play a single game in the playoffs. How much do you expect?"
Lin Weixiang used his lack of mathematical knowledge that he did not even finish middle school to calculate that his after-tax bonus was 60,000.
It was not a small amount. Lin Weixiang had never received so much bonus since he started playing professionally.
When Lin Weixiang thought about the bonus in his bank account, he immediately straightened his back and looked very confident.
Guo Hao waited for everyone to finish their interviews before clapping to attract the attention of the team members.
"We'll leave later. We can go back to the stage and take a group photo!"
Jack was anxious. He did not want to break his leg in the third game because he wanted to eat osmanthus duck.
"It won't take up much of your time!"
Guo Hao knocked on the head of the Shiba Inu. "I just called to order the duck. You'll have it tonight."
Guo Hao was so popular in the e-sports circle that he forced the official photographer Ichimura to work overtime to take a group photo for them.
"Come on, come on, line up!"
Ichimura squatted on the ground and motioned for the YM team to move closer to the center. "You're standing too far apart. My camera can't fit all of you!"
This time, not only the YM team members and coaches, but also the operations, planning, and business teams that had also come to Nanjing. There were dozens of people in the group.
A group of people originally planned to imitate the format of university graduation photos and line up in several rows. However, they found that there were no stair props for them to use on the stage. If they took the photo on the stage steps, the lighting effect would be very poor.
They discussed in a mess for a while and decided to let the players and coaches squat in the first row, while the rest of them formed an arc.
Jack simply sat on the ground and grabbed Xiao Tian's MVP trophy to play with.
"Teacher Su, come here." Lin Yan found Su Cheng's position.
Today, she was wearing a printed chiffon shirt and casual pants. She looked intellectual and elegant. When she squatted down slightly, her pants moved up, revealing her white ankles.
Seven players, three coaches, and the manager, a total of eleven people, squatted in a semi-arc in the first row. In the center of the arc was a huge silver dragon cup.
"Three, two, one …"
The moment Ichimura pressed the shutter, Lin Yan fully displayed the reaction speed of a professional player. He stretched out two hands. One hand grabbed Xiao Tian's MVP trophy from Jack's arms, and the other hand gently pulled Su Cheng's ponytail.
Jack bared his teeth and pretended to grab Lin Yan's arm, while Su Cheng turned her head and looked at her boyfriend with her almond-shaped eyes.
The camera froze at this moment.
They went to Han Fuxing to pack a few thousand yuan worth of duck and then ran to the barbecue restaurant to book a few private rooms.
"Let's take a five-day break. We'll gather on May 5th and then fly from Shanghai to Brazil."
Guo Hao sat in the private room and scrolled through his phone. "If your house is close, you can go back and take a look. If it's too troublesome to go further, you can stay in the base."
He had a lot of things to deal with as soon as YM won the championship.
He had to coordinate with Fist's officials about the flight tickets to Brazil, hotels, and other travel issues; contact Tengjing's official Spring Competition documentary crew; and send the photos sent by Ichimura to the official Weibo operators and let them post a nine-grid …
"Are you going back?" Lin Yan, who was sitting on the side, looked at Su Cheng beside him.
"I should be going back. After all, it's the May 1st holiday." Su Cheng took out the barbecue meat with a pair of tongs and cut it up to distribute to the few people on the table.
"Then I'll go back too. The villa's already renovated. I can go back and take a look." Lin Yan helped. He was excited when he thought about how he could live in a new house tomorrow.
"Lin Weixiang, remember to prepare the visa information and send it to our logistics department," Guo Hao said to Brainless Man while replying to a message on his phone.
Lin Weixiang was focused on the barbecue meat on his plate. He nodded without thinking. "Okay …"
"What the hell?"
He suddenly raised his head and looked at Guo Hao. There was still a bit of barbecue seasoning on the corner of his mouth. His thick eyebrows were still.
"I can go to Brazil too?"
Guo Hao didn't even raise his head. He was still confirming the hotel's training room information with Fist Winston. "What else?"
"A team is allowed to bring five starters, one substitute, and one emergency substitute. Why are you staying at the base instead of going to Brazil?"
Lin Weixiang's eyebrows were about to dance.
He didn't expect that there would be a mid-year team-building activity after joining YM. Jack's current condition was stable. Unless he was allergic to seafood, Lin Weixiang wouldn't have a chance to play.
Wasn't this a free overseas trip?
Lin Weixiang was already fantasizing about Brazilian barbecue and samba.
"Su Cheng, you're not going to Brazil, right?" Guo Hao was still counting the number of hotel guests.
"I'm not going." Su Cheng put down the knife, then picked up a piece of barbecue meat on her plate and stuffed it into her mouth. "I still have to prepare for the mid-term exam when I come back on May 1st."
"Aren't you almost done with your second-year courses?"
Lin Yan didn't want to go to Brazil with this group of men. He originally wanted to take Su Cheng with him.
Su Cheng shook her head and said, "Then I'll have to do some exercises for these courses before the exam." Her black ponytail drooped down on her shoulder as she said, "Not to mention that the mid-term grade of analytic geometry takes up 30% of the weight. I have to prepare for it."
She turned her head to look at Lin Yan, who seemed a little disappointed. She thought about how she hadn't been at the S6 event last year, and now she had to let him go to a foreign country alone for this year's MSI. She felt a little guilty and hesitated for a moment before saying softly,
"Don't worry, I'll definitely be there this year."
She reached out and messed up the hairstyle Lin Yan had done this afternoon.
"Ugh …" Jack, who was still enjoying the storm, pretended to vomit when he heard what Lin Yan and Su Cheng said. "Can you guys not be so disgusting?
This table is full of single dogs. "
"Who said I'm single?" Guo Hao answered his girlfriend's video call confidently.
"Do you see this Silver Dragon Cup?"
He hugged the championship trophy and shouted at the woman on the phone, "This is the second one, there will be more in the future!"
Lin Yan lowered his head and took a bite of the barbecued meat.
The grease from the barbecued mutton hadn't completely disappeared. Instead, a portion of it remained on the surface of the meat. Together with the crispy crust of the barbecued meat, the texture was rich, and the aroma lingered in his mouth as soon as he bit into it.
The fresh and slightly spicy sauce exploded from the barbecued meat. Together with the firm meat, it left a rich aftertaste.
"You said you had to go to the Bird's Nest." Lin Yan swallowed the barbecued meat and looked at Su Cheng.
She nodded vigorously.
"I'll definitely go."
On the 30th of April, Lin Yan and Su Cheng boarded the high-speed train to Suzhou. He used the two-hour journey to accept a few phone interviews from the media.
After YM won the championship, the focus of the online discussion had shifted to the upcoming MSI competition.
In reality, starting from the 28th of April, the MSI had already begun.
However, the competition that had started now was the preliminary round.
The eight champions of the wild card division, LCS, NA, and LMS divisions would go through three rounds of the preliminary round to fight for three spots in the group stage.
Even if these three spots were decided, in the eyes of the majority of the domestic audience, they would just be free points. The real competition would be between the two top divisions, LPL and LCK.
[Let's get straight to the point, isn't YM very close to achieving a grand slam?]
[That's true, they've already won the Spring and Summer League Championships and S6 Championships. Now they're just missing the MSI.]
[Stop bragging, there's also the new continental competition that Fist organized this July. They're still missing two championships.]
The continental competition, also known as the Continental Tournament, was a new thing that Fist had created this year.
The competition was held in July every year. They wanted to let the players and audience build a sense of honor in the division and go head-to-head with the main opponents in different divisions to fight for the strongest division.
The Asian Tournament was made up of China's LPL, Hong Kong and Taiwan's LMS, and Korea's LCK. Other than that, there was also the European and American Tournaments, South American Tournaments, and so on.
[How could I forget about the continental competition?
Then YM's grand slam is basically gone. Other than WE, there's no one else in the country who can go head to head with LCK.]
[Indeed, SKT, KT, and SSG are not to be trifled with.]
During the short break, the number of discussions about the upcoming international competition on the internet had skyrocketed.
However, this had nothing to do with Lin Yan. On the second day back in Suzhou, he invited Su Cheng to visit his newly renovated villa.
He pushed open the villa's aluminum door. Just like Su Cheng's house, the garden was decorated with small trees and shrubs, stone walls, and translucent lights, highlighting the layering of the visual space.
The leather-woven door was matched with a Yale lock, making it look secure and secure.
Lin Yan scanned his fingerprint and opened the door. What greeted him was the dark palm marble floor and a sky-gray leather cabinet.
"Where are the shoe covers?"
Su Cheng followed behind him and poked her head in. Her first reaction when she saw the smooth stone floor was to look for the shoe covers.
"I asked someone to buy you a pair of slippers. They should be the right size."
Lin Yan took out a pair of strawberry bear slippers from the cabinet. They were exactly the same as the ones Su Cheng wore at home.
Su Cheng did not expect Lin Yan to be so considerate. She recalled the shoe covers she bought for her boyfriend when she brought Lin Yan back to her house during the Spring Festival.
Fortunately, she had also bought a pair of slippers for Lin Yan online. She kept them in her room just in case.
Su Cheng lowered her head and looked at Lin Yan's feet.
He was still wearing the chocolate bear slippers. They were the same style as the ones she bought.
Su Cheng, who had been feeling a little guilty, felt that she could speak with a straight back again.
"The decoration of the living room is different from the one in your house. The design team said that they made a new set according to my personal preferences." Lin Yan led Su Cheng to the living room on the right, which faced south. "I saw the renderings, and it really feels good."
"Wow …" Su Cheng opened her mouth in surprise when she saw the living room.
The retro Crystal chandelier was placed high up. There was no obstruction above the living room. It was completely hollow, and the ceiling of the villa could be seen at a glance.
"A hollow living room with a height of 9.9 meters. Is it okay?" Lin Yan was very satisfied.
"It's so cool." Su Cheng exclaimed.
The decoration of her house was arranged by Su Cheng's father. Although he used the same design team, the style was more introverted. A hollow living room with a height of nearly 10 meters was definitely not possible.
Opposite the living room was a semi-open study. There were a few books on the bookshelf, as well as Lin Yan's various honors.
2016 Best Newcomer, Best Mid, MVP of the year, 2017 Spring Season MVP … and an S6F MVP trophy.
There was an assembled computer on the desk.
It had a Logitech G900 mouse and a Corsair K70RGB keyboard. He had been using this set of peripherals since he had never played professionally. It was quite handy. A 24-inch monitor was placed on the mahogany table, just as required for the competition.
"You turned the study into a livestream room?" Su Cheng had no interest in computers. She had seen Lin Yan's set of peripherals countless times.
She was more interested in seeing what the books on Lin Yan's bookshelf were.
"I originally wanted to put the computer in the bedroom, but it's more spacious here," Lin Yan explained.
"You still have these '53' books?" Su Cheng discovered that they were a few teaching books and notes.
"I brought them over from the old house yesterday," Lin Yan flipped open a slightly old white notebook with a slightly old cover, "I remember you gave me these math notes after the college entrance exam."
"I gave you a lot. You haven't taken notes since middle school. When did you not rely on me?" Su Cheng snorted.
"Where's your bedroom?
I want to see your bedroom! "Su Cheng rubbed her hands together, eager to try.
Lin Yan took her upstairs. When they went upstairs, they could see the extremely exaggerated layout of the living room. There were chairs, sofas, and beverage cabinets placed at the corner of the stairs. Sitting there, they could overlook the living room to their heart's content.
His room was at the end of the corridor on the third floor. When they entered, they saw the herringbone floorboards. The visual hierarchy was progressive and clear.
The bed and side cabinets took up a lot of space. Lin Yan's various hoodies and outerwear hung in the cloakroom. There were also two custom-made suits for last year's annual ceremony.
"Huh?
Since when did you like to collect shoes? "
Su Cheng saw a transparent shoe cabinet in the cabinet above the cloakroom. There were two pairs of sneakers with the same name.
"Oh, that …" Lin Yan glanced at them, "Ning gave them to me. I heard they're quite valuable."
"Why did he give you shoes?" Su Cheng wondered.
She more or less knew some things about the first generation of YM. Ning's relationship with the current members of YM wasn't bad, but it wasn't good enough for him to give them expensive shoes.
"Wasn't he the starting jungler for last year's German Cup?"
Lin Yan took out two bottles of mineral water from the small fridge in the bedroom, "I did well with him in those games. Ning even signed a contract with IG for nearly a million yuan a year."
"To express his gratitude, he gave me two pairs of shoes before he left."
Su Cheng finally understood the cause and effect.
"But why did you buy such a big bed?"
Su Cheng shifted her gaze and looked at the double bed behind her. It was two times bigger than the bed in her room.
Su Cheng suspected that she wouldn't fall down even if she rolled on it.
"To sleep. The double bed is comfortable," Lin Yan answered matter-of-factly.
"Really?" Su Cheng had never heard of this theory, "Can I try?"
She only knew that a bed that could stretch out one's legs and arms was quite comfortable, but Lin Yan's bed was a bit too big.
After getting her boyfriend's permission, she took off her strawberry bear slippers and rolled on the bed twice.
Lin Yan noticed that Su Cheng was wearing a pair of white stockings. After taking off her slippers, the exposed ankle bones were unusually soft.
He found that Su Cheng's feet were the same as his. The arch of her foot was perfect, and the second toe of her slender toes was particularly long.
"You don't say, it's really comfortable." Su Cheng stretched her body on the bed and turned over. "Gouzi, you really know how to enjoy life …"
She followed Lin Yan's gaze and finally stopped at her feet.
Su Cheng asked warily, "Why are you looking at my feet?"
Lin Yan didn't say anything and drank a mouthful of ice water.
But Su Cheng had already thought of what happened when she invited Lin Yan to her house during the Spring Festival.
She blushed and quickly stuffed her feet into her slippers.
"You can't be …"
Lin Yan quickly suppressed the restlessness in his heart.
"I'm not. I'm not. Don't talk nonsense." He denied it three times in a row.
Su Cheng didn't pay attention to him, but her cheeks were red.
…
On May 5, 2017, YM gathered in Shanghai after a short break and prepared to fly to Brazil for the upcoming mid-season championship.
"Big Head's son, why are you fat again?" Lin Yan saw Jack and felt that this guy had gotten a lot wider.
"Don't say it …" Jack sighed. "I've been dragged out by that dog Shi Senming to eat hot pot and barbecue several times these past few days. I'm fat now."
"Lose some weight. It's not good for your body to be too fat," Lin Yan warned him. "Be careful of high blood pressure and diabetes."
"Why don't you go for a morning run with me?"
Lin Yan felt that it was boring to do morning exercises alone and wanted to pull Jack along. "Exercise is good for your health."
"Don't think about it. It's impossible." Jack refused firmly. "Running is impossible. It's impossible for me to run in my life."
"I'm a lazy dog."