Even though his girlfriend told Lin Yan to rest well, he still didn't sleep well that night.
His roommate, Mongoose, was so excited that he rolled around on the bed. He didn't look like Phyllostachys Pubescens, but more like a green caterpillar.
"Can't you be more mature like me?"
Lin Yan slept until two o 'clock in the morning, but he was still woken up by the rustling sounds of Xiao Tian rolling around. "It's not your first time winning the championship. Why are you so excited?"
"I'm working hard …" Xiao Tian felt wronged. "But I really can't sleep."
He wanted to watch some dramas, but he was afraid that the bright light from his phone would stimulate Lin Yan. He simply tiptoed out of bed and ran to the training room on the same floor.
Since they had just won the championship today, the hotel hadn't checked out yet. Naturally, Teng Jing's employees didn't have time to clean up the place.
There was no one in the training room. Xiao Tian started a live broadcast to pass the time. He was surrounded by a group of male night owls who praised him for his diligence.
The next day, he ran to Shuangliu Airport with his teammates' families with faint dark circles under his eyes. He was listless.
"Damn, did you pull an all-nighter last night?"
Guo Hao had nothing to do, so he went to Weibo to take a look. He found that there was a video of Mongoose's live broadcast in the early hours of the morning under a group of posts studying their MSI opponents.
"Yes, yes …" Mongoose rested his head on the back of the chair. His voice was extremely weak. "I still owe more than thirty hours."
"That much?"
Lin Yan was stunned. He carefully calculated the amount of time he owed. It seemed to be true, and it was a lot more than Mongoose.
If he wanted to make up for the time he spent on the live broadcast, his five days of vacation would be wasted. In addition, he still had to record the mid-season promotional video. The intensity of his work was about the same as normal training.
"Why don't we just cancel?" Lin Yan was very bold. "I already owe so much. It's not a burden to have so much debt."
"Up to you."
Guo Hao, on the other hand, was at a loss. After all, the live broadcast contract was in Lin Yan's hands. How much he earned had nothing to do with the club.
Lin Yan returned to Shanghai with the idea of resting for five days and getting a good night's sleep. However, as soon as he arrived at Tong Ji Bei Garden, he received a message from the shark fighting platform.
He wanted him to prepare for the official launch of the champion's skin, and to broadcast it live with his teammates and other streamers.
"Ah …" Lin Yan's entire body became dispirited. I didn't think that the one who stabbed me in the back would be me!
He opened the door and sat on the suitcase, feeling hopeless.
Su Cheng found it funny. She patted her boyfriend's head and comforted him, "It's okay. I don't have anything to do during the May Day holiday. I can accompany you all the time."
Now that the mid-term exams were over, she finally had some free time to relax.
Lin Yan got up and put his backpack on top of the suitcase. He looked at Su Cheng expectantly. "Where's the surprise you mentioned?"
"It's a surprise …" Su Cheng took off her sneakers and socks, revealing her slender white toes. "It means that you can drive."
"Drive?" Lin Yan's eyes lit up. "What car?"
Su Cheng heard her boyfriend's unusually urgent voice. She looked up and saw that Lin Yan's expression was even a little excited.
"BMW. I heard from dad that you like that 760?" Su Cheng thought that her boyfriend was just like many other boys and was more interested in cars.
"You …" Lin Yan quickly changed his words. "Our parents bought it?"
During the New Year this year, the parents of the two families had discussed the dowry and betrothal gifts. Lin Mingdong would pay for two houses, and Su Cheng's parents would pay for two cars.
Lin Yan didn't expect it to be so fast.
Su Cheng heard how her boyfriend addressed her dad. She rolled her eyes at him. "No … BMW China gave it to you."
"Huh?" Lin Yan was stunned. "There's such a good thing?"
"Yeah. Seeing that you're so popular in the e-sports circle, it's already been approved. You'll probably receive the news in two days."
Su Cheng pushed her boyfriend away from the suitcase. She changed into her strawberry bear slippers and squatted down to take out the clothes that needed to be changed.
Lin Yan was quite excited. Although he couldn't afford the two million yuan car, who didn't like to be a freeloader?
However, this excitement was fleeting. Lin Yan leaned against the wall dejectedly. He took the short-sleeved shirt that Su Cheng took out from the suitcase. His eyes were blank as he deftly folded the shirt and put it on the sofa.
Su Cheng emptied their suitcases while chatting with her boyfriend.
They talked about everything from her studies to the interesting things that happened when she watched the finals. She and Lin Yan hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they chatted quite happily.
However, Su Cheng's senses were also very sharp. Although Lin Yan tried his best to respond to her topic, she still noticed the sadness in her boyfriend's voice.
"What's wrong with you?"
She didn't understand what Lin Yan was unhappy about. "You won the spring competition, and you can even get a BMW for free …"
Lin Yan interrupted her. "These are all good things, but that's not what I want now."
"For example?"
Su Cheng took out a few rolls of socks. She was familiar with the process, and the two suitcases were emptied quickly.
"For example, I don't want to drive a BMW right now." Lin Yan spoke quickly.
"Then what kind of car do you want to drive …" As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Su Cheng realized what this person was hinting at. Her cheeks were slightly tipsy as she picked up a few clothes on the sofa and jogged all the way to the bedroom.
Lin Yan wanted to follow her in, but she used her knees and arms to keep him outside. The two of them were in a mess, and the temperature in the enclosed room rose sharply.
"Wait." Lin Yan grabbed Su Cheng's snow-white wrist. "I thought of something fun. Do you want to try it?"
Su Cheng's originally calm and controlled voice was now soft and weak. "What?"
Lin Yan cleared his throat and told her his plan.
Unexpectedly, Su Cheng was very interested in it. Her eyes were shining. "Then wait for me."
Lin Yan let her into the bedroom, and he walked around the living room. In the end, he chose to go to the kitchen to get two bottles of mineral water from the fridge, and then ran to the study to get a probability theory book.
After waiting for about fifteen minutes, the bedroom door gently opened.
Lin Yan slowly looked up from the coffee table in front of him. He saw that the pair of strawberry bear slippers had changed into black high heels, and above her slim ankles was a smooth and slender calf.
The cream-colored skirt reached her knees, and the matching cream-colored blazer outlined a beautiful and moving waistline.
Su Cheng also had light makeup on her face, so she looked much more delicate than before.
"You're so beautiful." Lin Yan said sincerely.
Su Cheng enjoyed her boyfriend's praise, and her face blushed even more. However, she refuted him seriously. "You're a student now. You can't talk to your teacher like that."
Lin Yan nodded and continued to talk to Su Cheng. "Have you prepared the textbook?"
"It's ready, it's ready." Lin Yan was full of anticipation as he placed the probability theory textbook on the coffee table. "But this is the English version."
"It's okay. My English is pretty good." Su Cheng sat next to Lin Yan. "Then let's start the class."
She took out a black pen and drew a line on the textbook. "First, we have to look at the Distribution Function. Then, we'll talk about the Measurement Theory later …"
Su Cheng seemed to really want to teach Lin Yan a lesson. She explained the profound in simple terms, and Lin Yan, who didn't know much about probability theory, could understand it.
However, he obviously had an ulterior motive for proposing to cosplay with Su Cheng. His girlfriend's reaction made Lin Yan a little anxious.
"What about absolute continuity and strange distribution?" He flipped the book back a few pages.
Su Cheng had a serious expression on her face. "We haven't finished the class yet. You can't be so impatient."
Lin Yan unscrewed the bottle of mineral water and took a sip. The water that he just took out from the fridge was a little cold, and it suppressed the restlessness in his heart.
"There's only one book. If you talk like this, I won't be able to see it." He calmed down and asked.
"Then I'll sit closer to you."
Su Cheng moved closer to Lin Yan's body so that both of them could easily see the textbook.
However, Lin Yan said, "This won't work … We're both right-handed. If we stick together, we won't be able to write with a pen."
Before Su Cheng could express her doubts, he continued, "Sit on my lap and hold my hand. We can solve this problem by using the same hand to write."
Su Cheng glared at him. "What are you thinking?
Are we still going to class? "
Lin Yan hugged his girlfriend's slim waist and answered the question with his actions.
The temperature in the room rose again, and it was mixed with the sound of breathing that made one's imagination run wild.
"… You don't want me to do any teaching trials, do you?"
Su Cheng was in a daze. Her ears were burning, and her whole body was weak. However, she slightly straightened her body and whispered into her boyfriend's ear.
"You just realized?" Lin Yan was very surprised. "I thought you knew."
Su Cheng punched him on the shoulder. "Lin Yan, you lied to me, didn't you?"
She originally thought that Lin Yan was being kind by asking her to put on a formal suit and do a math lecture. He even said that he was thinking about her job after graduation.
"Tsk, be gentle. My suit is so expensive." She snorted and did not forget to remind her boyfriend.
…
By the time Lin Yan woke up again, it was already the next morning. The warm spring breeze rushed into the room through the half-open window and washed away the charming atmosphere in the room.
The golden sunlight shone through the slightly opened curtains and Lin Yan was awakened by the strong light.
The blanket next to him was empty, and he had no idea where Su Cheng had gone.
Lin Yan still had a headache. He saw the phone signal light on the bedside table flickering, so he picked it up and glanced at the message.
It was from BMW China. Just as Su Cheng said before, they wanted to give him a new car and agreed on a time to pick it up.
Lin Yan knew that Su Cheng's father probably helped, so he specially sent a thank you message.
Not long after he sent the message, Su Hongmin's reply came.
[Originally, I only wanted to give you a 5 Series, but now the configuration is changed. Consider it an early birthday gift.]
Lin Yan expressed his thanks again, and then he smelled something burning.
He put on his pajamas and ran out of the bedroom with a serious face.
As expected, Su Cheng was standing in the kitchen with an apron and a spatula in her hand.
"Stop!" Lin Yan copied Er Kang's posture and rushed forward without thinking.
"Hey, why are you in such a hurry?"
Su Cheng turned off the fire and shoveled the fried eggs and bacon into the plate. "I can't make other things, but how can I not know how to make breakfast?"
Lin Yan took a closer look and found that it was indeed not bad.
It just looked a little bad, and the edges of the fried eggs and bacon were a little burned.
Lin Yan felt relieved and went to wash up. When he came out of the bathroom, he heard the sound of the toaster reminding him to wake up.
She took out the sliced bread and warmed up milk, and breakfast was ready.
"Are you free these days?" Lin Yan asked as he watched Su Cheng spread strawberry jam on the bread.
"I'm fine, but I have some homework for a few classes, and it will take me a day or two." Su Cheng put a fried egg and bacon between two slices of bread, took a bite, and frowned. "Let's buy fried dough sticks and soy milk tomorrow."
Lin Yan took a bite of bread. "I have a live broadcast of the champion's skin tonight, and then I have nothing else to do. How about we go to Shanghai and have some fun?"
"No." Su Cheng shook her head. "It's the May Day holiday, and the scenic spots are full of people. What's there to see?"
"That's true." Lin Yan thought for a moment and had to admit that Su Cheng was right.
He felt that this holiday was not a good holiday, and it seemed that he could only stay at home to make up for the broadcast time.
"By the way, have you heard about the Asian Games exhibition match?" Su Cheng was more interested in this topic. "Have the candidates been decided?"
"Yes …" Lin Yan had a general understanding of the situation. "The current players should be drawn from YM, EDG, RNG, and WE teams. The head coach is Abramovich."
Abramovich was now a member of the management of the EDG club, and had been away from the position of a first team coach for some time. Compared to White Crescent and Hanyi, his biggest advantage was his seniority and fame.
Of course, a large part of his fame was negative. After all, he was the god of dark history. In comparison, Ouze was just a good kid with a foul mouth and a kind heart.
"The players will be drawn from the four teams?" Su Cheng could guess the reason after hearing her boyfriend's words. "You want to divide the cake for this kind of thing?
If Jin Gong can't go up, he'll change the top laner to Zoom, 957, or Letme, and the other four players will use YM? "
"You're right. There are six players in the starting lineup and the substitutes. YM can get about three and a half. That's already a lot." Lin Yan swallowed the bacon strip in one gulp, and the fragrance of the oil spread in his mouth.
His meaning was obvious. The other half would be fighting with the others for the rotation.
"Jack?" Su Cheng asked tentatively.
Lin Yan did not comment.
After breakfast, the two ran to the market and the supermarket to buy the necessary ingredients for the May Day holiday.
It was already late when the two of them woke up. The vegetables in the market had already been picked. The uncles and aunties in the nearby residential area were not only knowledgeable, they were also good at picking vegetables.
Lin Yan walked around and did not find much to buy. During this time, he was even caught by a young couple for a group photo.
"Brother Ran, do your best in MSI!"
One of the boys was probably a fanatic of YM. Even the casing of his phone was from the YM club. Before he left, he even waved his fist and cheered him on. "Crush Little Peanut!"
Lin Yan did not say much. He smiled and waved them off.
Little Peanut, his old rival and a strong contender for League of Legends' Grand Slam, came to MSI again.
He went through a not-so-great journey in SKT. Pinat deeply realized that he was just a mercenary to this Korean e-sports powerhouse. Naturally, he did not feel a sense of belonging.
After leaving SKT, Little Peanut wanted to find a strong team that could fulfill his talent. KZ, which was renamed from Dragonball, approached him.
Both sides hit it off and were very satisfied with each other.
KZ and KZ were first-tier Koreans at the very least, while Khan and BDD were world-class players.
They also wanted to change their jungler. ICU's performance in last year's international competition could be considered a war criminal. In the quarterfinals, they achieved a heaven-defying performance of 0 kills, 20 deaths, and 1 assist. Angry Korean netizens even sent him many razor blades and dead rats.
Little Peanut once again played Brothers LOL and brought his talent to KZ.
This spring, they had a smooth journey. They won 16 matches and lost 2 matches. Their win rate in small matches was as high as 83%. They easily defeated Team Africa in the finals and advanced to the mid-season championship.
Many Korean media claimed that this was LCK's revenge and that KZ would show LPL the strength of the Triple Champions.
This made a lot of the domestic audience very unhappy.
'You've lost for two years in a row, how can you still be so arrogant?'
However, the Koreans had their reasons. LPL had also taken second place in S3 and S4, but were they not arrogant in S5 as well?
Everyone was arguing on the forums, but in the end, they still had to see who was better in the competition.
Lin Yan bade farewell to his fans and left the market with Su Cheng. They ran to the supermarket.
After walking around for a while, Su Cheng set her eyes on the chicken wings.
"How about we make braised chicken wings when we get back?" she asked cheerfully as she held Lin Yan's hand.
"Teacher Su," Lin Yan imitated his girlfriend's usual manner of speaking and said seriously, "I suggest you remove the word 'we'. It'll be more serious."
"Pfft …" Su Cheng was very unhappy, but she couldn't find any reason to refute him.
Lin Yan took out a disposable glove and picked up the chicken wings carefully and seriously.
"These chicken wings aren't fresh, let's go," he concluded.
"Huh?!" Su Cheng was very surprised. "How can you tell?"
"With my eyes," Lin Yan retorted and was met with a light punch. "Let's eat pork ribs and braised pork. We'll have a meal tonight and another meal after the holidays."
"That's fine." Su Cheng didn't have any objections as long as there was meat.
The two picked a piece of pork belly and decided to buy pork ribs when they got back. It would be better to eat it fresh.
"What flavor of potato chips do you want?" Su Cheng pushed the shopping cart and looked at the shelves on both sides.
"Original flavor is fine," Lin Yan was choosing drinks in another row and answered casually.
"Do you want cucumber-flavored ones?" Su Cheng ran over excitedly. "Look, it's green!"
Lin Yan gave Su Cheng a death stare and successfully persuaded her to leave. She obediently took two packs of original flavor potato chips.
When they left the supermarket with shopping bags of various sizes, it was almost noon.
The two originally wanted to go to the Golden Arches, but when they saw that there was a sea of people inside, and a large proportion of them were young people, they immediately dismissed the idea.
If they let Lin Yan go in at this time, it would be equivalent to a sitting beast.
They could only order takeout on the way home. After lunch, Lin Yan still had to prepare the ingredients for the braised pork.
After everything was done, it was already evening. Lin Yan rushed into the bathroom to wash off his tiredness before he could rest.
"Phew …" He took a hairdryer to dry his hair and only felt physically and mentally exhausted. "I think it's not easy to be a househusband after retirement."
Su Cheng giggled and fed Lin Yan the strawberries she bought from the supermarket. "Right?
I think it's good for you to go to school after retirement, then open a club and be your own boss. "
Lin Yan also felt that this was a pretty good choice. The two found a movie to watch while eating dinner. It was quite comfortable.
When they finished watching the movie, it was already seven in the evening. Su Cheng ran downstairs to the study to do her homework, while Lin Yan turned on the computer to prepare for the live broadcast of tonight's champion skin.
"Coming, coming, Model Worker is here, brothers." Lin Yan greeted the first batch of viewers who poured into the broadcast room.
【？？
I didn't expect you to be Model Worker. How many hours do you owe?]
[Don't be so awkward. In a team like YM, where everyone is lazy, is there a problem with Brother Ran praising himself as Model Worker?]
[You don't see me as a person?
He's the most hardworking person in streaming every month. Brother Ran really can't do it.]
[Haha, in front of Xiao Tian, he's a noob. Have you seen someone stream ranking in the wee hours of the morning after winning the championship?]
[Shouldn't you study your opponents in MSI?
Put up the information, and we'll check it for you.]
Lin Yan glanced at the bullet screen. "Did none of you congratulate me on winning the Spring Competition?
Why are you all paying attention to these weird questions? "
He successfully led the flow of the bullet screen. Among the gifts and congratulatory messages, Lin Yan saw a message that stood out from the rest and successfully attracted his attention.
"Take a look at the latest video released by YM on Bilibili?" Lin Yan mumbled as he repeated the bullet screen. "What's going on now?"
If it were any other video, Lin Yan probably wouldn't even look at it. However, he still had to take care of his own club's reputation.
Even if he could bring one percent of the millions of followers in his Fighting Shark channel to Bilibili, Guo Hao and his colleagues in the operations department would be overjoyed.
However, the bullet screen quickly reminded him that he couldn't show Bilibili's video.
"Are you serious?"
Lin Ran hadn't been livestreaming for long. He didn't know if there were any new rules recently, but he was afraid that his livestream would be banned. He quickly found the executive in charge of livestreaming on Dousha from his WeChat contacts.
Lin Yan's popularity was unique on the platform. Naturally, the treatment he received was different from other streamers.
Soon, he received a reply. "It's fine. Just cover the Bilibili logo."
There was still half an hour before the start of the promotional event. Lin Yan was worried that he wouldn't have time to waste. He quickly opened the website and found the club's account.
The latest video was from the Spring Finals.
Lin Yan was quite surprised. His team's efficiency was really high. The Spring Finals had only been played for two days, and they had already edited the team's internal audio.
He moved his camera to cover the Bilibili logo and clicked on the play button.
Then, he laid down on the ergonomic chair and started to waste time.
After some fancy special effects and opening animation, YM's black and red team logo appeared in the center of the screen. Below it were the logos of BMW, Logitech, and other sponsors.
"Let's take it slow. Don't rush. Let's take down their high ground first!" Lin Yan heard his own voice.
"Take it slow. Take it slow."
Jin Gong was still anxiously repeating in the voice chat. The screen switched to the first round of the finals. At this time, YM had obtained the Dragon and was preparing to organize a push.
Even though everyone in the team was shouting for them to take it slow, YM's people were moving quickly. The speed of the demolition was abnormally fast.
During the Dragon's buff, they madly pushed down three towers and a high ground to maximize their economic advantage.
"Jack, sell it!" The camera panned. Lin Yan's shout was particularly loud in the team's voice chat.
"Huh?" Jack was dumbfounded. "Again?"
The audience watching the video with Lin Yan was stunned.
[Box Box Box Jack Bait, specialized in fishing for RNG.]
[Do you know what plain water is?]
[This method of fishing works, and it's all Jack's credit. The main thing is that this kid is too cheap. No normal person would be able to take it.]
Having just won the championship and not seeing it for a long time, Lin Yan's stream was getting more and more viewers, causing the comments to be stuck.
He roughly scanned through them and took advantage of the time when the screen was changing to say thank you for the gift.
At this time, the microphone video had already reached the second round. As usual, the tactical layout was skimmed over, focusing on the less important audio content.
First, it played the scene of Jin Gong being one-shotted by the RNG's perfect control chain in the vanguard team battle.
Jin Gong's self-reproaching apology drew tears from the bullet screen.
But after that, the style of the voice chat instantly changed.
"Just lead, lead them to death. Don't fight with RNG!" Lin Yan heard his own fierce tone and felt a little embarrassed.
"Yes, yes, yes. Lead them to death. RNG can't help it!" Liu Qingsong was still loudly echoing.
Jin Gong and Ryze were leading crazily in the bottom lane, while RNG were preparing to kill Dragon.
"Hold them back, don't let these people come back!" Lin Yan in the video said as he teleported, rushing to the bottom lane to push forward with the eight Xiba players.
Dragon was quickly killed by RNG, but the other three members of YM also rushed to the front.
"Wuhu!" Phyllostachys Pubescens let out a gloating laugh. "Your family's account is gone!"
With a swing of his axe, he directly cut off Mi De Hu's hopes of returning to the city!
"Hahahaha …" YM's team voice chat suddenly erupted in a burst of deafening laughter, almost sending the audience away.
"Don't even think about leaving!" Liu Qingsong laughed like Invincible East, completely subverting his cold and aloof persona.
"Let's push the tower, let's push the tower!" Along with the cheers of the audience, the atmosphere suddenly heated up.
"This strategy is too disgusting!" Jack added, "If I was on the other side, I'd be pissed to death!"
[XSWL, why are these b * stards so annoying?]
[They're really despicable, but they don't team up hahahaha]
[Substituting into RNG's perspective, you've successfully experienced a spike in blood pressure]
In the third round that they lost, they still played a rough voice chat before hurriedly ending it.
In the crucial fourth round, YM uncharacteristically played Lin Yan's command voice chat.
"Xiao Tian and I are just going to circle the bottom lane with Predator and trick them into using their skills first."
"Jack, pay attention to the river eye, you can teleport later."
"Jin Gong, push the line back to the city, find a safe position and prepare to TP. Tear, pay attention to your flash, RNG should give you a chance."
In his steady voice, Lin Ran commanded his teammates in an orderly manner. YM was like a high-speed machine. Everyone was in charge of their own duties.
Switching perspectives, YM's perfect operation rhythm slowly unfolded!
[GG, so cool!]
[This commanding ability is top of the top.]
[If it wasn't for this wave of rhythm, RNG could've dragged it to the fifth round …]
[This big chrysanthemum view is f * cking ridiculous!]
[With this command, doesn't Jin Gong deserve 13% of Brother Ran's credit for MVP?]
The comments were noisy. Lin Yan turned off the video, logged onto the top of the canyon according to the event flow, entered the custom room, and prepared for the main event of the day — promoting the champion's skin.