Warm Water Spirits

The military training ended at the end of July, and Jiang Yunqi returned to the Yunfu Ladder to continue preparing for the Rome World Championships.

After winning the Hong Kong Spring Games, the idea of ​​forming a joint team became clearer and clearer.

Even Xu Yang didn't beat around the bush to ask Lin Xiyao for Jiang Yunqi's ideas, and brought Wei Yijia directly to their base several times to discuss—once the idea of ​​the joint team took shape, what should be done at the beginning.

At that time, Jiang Yunqi was leading the first team and the second team to continue to replay the previous major tournaments in the US server and European server since the previous year's World Championship.When Xu Yang comes to visit, they will discuss the experience of the US server, especially the M19 team.

——This is not an exclusive secret that needs to be avoided.

In Jiang Yunqi's view, as long as the sincerity is sufficient and the bottom line is clear, the most important thing to do at present is to be both Asian server teams and develop together to support the Asian server.

But no matter how wide the face is, it can't touch everyone's deepest thoughts.

In Xue Minghuai's words: "Xu Yang is a smart person. Everyone knows that if we unite again, there will be a third, six or nine ranks, right? He can't win the first rank, and the second rank must be grabbed first. "

After all, it is human nature.

They are both teammates and rivals.In the long run, the situation can be fair and just, but in terms of details, after all, the strength of each team is different, and what should be considered is still to be calculated.

At the beginning of August, when everyone was preparing day and night for the knockout match that officially started in September, Xie Fei suddenly brought all the GOG team members to Jiang Yunqi and said that he was willing to join the joint team.There is only one requirement, to maintain the GOG team name.

Jiang Yunqi said no problem.

Lessons learned from P11.

The joint team is not to create a star team, so that it is logical to erase every team behind it.

Although it is only a name, it is the most obvious and direct example in terms of the team's subsequent development-it is not subordinate or affiliated.

Independence and unity is the original intention of the Asian server joint team no matter how far it goes in the future.

On the night after Xie Fei left, Xu Yang brought Sed-team captain Wei Yijia and two main players.

At that time, Xue Minghuai had just finished training, and while watching Nuan Nuan's new role preview, he was eating supper on the second floor, and heard Bo Yu talking with them from the second floor, so he paused the video and asked Xu Yang if he wanted to come up to eat Point: "I guess you—haven't eaten all day—can you sit still?"

Xu Yang: "..."

When Jiang Yunqi led the second team downstairs from the training room on the fourth floor, Xu Yang had already eaten his second bowl of noodles.

Wei Yijia was talking to Bo Yu in a low voice, and there was a freshly cut fruit plate in front of them.Auntie didn't leave, she stood behind them smiling. Sed's other two sniper players, Gu Ning and He Wei, - while chewing gum - watched Xue Minghuai, who was full and full, try out Nuan Nuan's new plot, and their expressions were a little strange.

The noodles are very fragrant, and it seems to have added salt and pepper shrimp, which is tender and crispy.Xu Yang ate with vigor and excitement, Jiang Yunqi glanced at him, but Xu Yang, who had his back turned to them, didn't notice.

The aunt asked them what they wanted to eat.Jiang Yunqi and the second team sat down at another table and said, let's eat noodles, don't bother.

At this time, Xu Yang, who was working hard as a thief from another family, noticed that Jiang Yunqi was coming. He came over with a noodle bowl.

Xu Yang: "This shrimp is so delicious!"

The aunt who turned around and just left was happy, turned her head and said kindly: "There is more! I will give you some later!"

Xu Yang: "Okay!"

Jiang Yunqi: "..."

Wei Yijia, Gu Ning and He Wei were so embarrassed that Quan pretended not to see it.Xue Minghuai nodded happily.

Soon, the restaurant on the second floor was filled with the aroma of hot and rich noodle soup.

"...Then, will you return the million Xie Fei?" Xu Yang started.

Jiang Yunqi said: "I have to pay it back. It's not selling myself."

Xu Yang nodded, drank the last drop of soup in his bowl, stretched out his chopsticks to grab Auntie's special deep-fried salt and pepper shrimp, chewed and said, "What are you going to do?"

Before the words finished, Xue Minghuai said: "Who are you? Tell you? Brothers have to settle accounts clearly. Why, plan to change your surname when you come back? Take my surname. Xue Yang sounds nice, and Jiang Yang is so-so."

Jiang Yunqi: "..."

Wei Yijia's complexion was not very good immediately, but his team captain owed him, so he couldn't say anything.

Xu Yang didn't turn his head back and laughed and scolded: "Go away."

But Xue Minghuai's meaning is very clear, and no one present does not know.

Xu Yang lowered his eyes and thought for a few seconds, then put down his chopsticks and said, "I told Yijia and the others that if the plan you proposed is feasible, Sed hopes to contribute as well."

This sentence is short but also simple.After Xu Yang finished speaking, Bo Yu smiled and said, "The more people there are, the better."

Xue Minghuai turned off the microphone this time.He Wei and Gu Ning surrounded him from left to right, not looking at his phone, but staring at Xue Minghuai's mouth, afraid of saying anything that wasn't shocking.

Jiang Yunqi also put down his chopsticks, looked at Xu Yang and said, "There is only a preliminary plan."

Xu Yang thought of the knockout match that was just around the corner: "Will you help in the knockout match GOG?"

Jiang Yunqi shook his head: "The game is still played in the name of an independent team. First will not participate in the GOG team honor."

Xu Yang is not stupid, he quickly realized the hidden meaning behind this sentence, he nodded and said nothing.

At this time, Xue Minghuai said again: "It's too late to help. GOG's internal level is too low, so we have to start from scratch."

Xu Yang understood, but then he was a little confused: "So... you want to help them with youth training? But their youth training level... To be honest, they are worse than yours—"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Yang finally understood.

Jiang Yunqi spoke slowly: "In the first step, we plan to re-recruit youth training in the name of a joint team. In the past, the selection of youth trainees was in the name of a single team. The upstream teams were eliminated vigorously and kept improving, and most of them were directly taken away. Talented players, at the same time, because there are many games, there is not much energy to further develop them, and it is easy to waste players. The mid-range teams are uneven, and it takes time and money to train them. Most of the time, they will give up halfway due to financial problems. Downstream teams don’t need to Having said that, if a general is selected from among the dwarves, he can fight - a match."

Xu Yang couldn't agree more: "Now we're all circled together, cultivating together, and organizing a team?"

Before Jiang Yunqi nodded, Xue Minghuai said coolly: "'We'? Xu Gou, is this 'us'?"

Xu Yang smiled: "Shut up, ancestor!"

Liu Zhi happened to go upstairs, Xu Yang immediately stood up and complained: "Quickly, Zhihuang, take care of your sniper's mouth."

Liu Zhi rarely joked, he walked towards the refrigerator: "I can't control it."

Xue Minghuai stared at him.

Liu Zhi took a bottle of cold drink from the refrigerator, closed the door, turned around, met Xue Minghuai's gaze, and - while smiling - twisted the bottle cap: "I'll take care of it."

Xue Minghuai was extremely arrogant, he casually looked away.Liu Zhi originally planned to go downstairs to continue watching the youth training. It would be fun, so he walked over to him for a while, listening to Jiang Yunqi talk about recruiting the youth training of the joint team.After Jiang Yunqi finished speaking, he took a sip of water and said, "This matter has to wait until the end of the Rome World Championships. If you have good results, you can recruit more. Of course, if you join more teams, you can also recruit good players—Xu Yang you confirmed?"

Asking like this, Xu Yang hesitated again.He is very knowledgeable and feels that if Sed wins a better result than First in the Rome World Championship, then the follow-up matter cannot be decided so directly.

Xue Minghuai saw at a glance that just as he was about to open his mouth to taunt, Xu Yang, like a radar, turned to him and said, "I know, I know. Emperor Ming, can you save yourself some scolding? It's not the first day you know me. Besides, Sed Not bad. Can't I be more cautious?"

Xue Minghuai heard the words and the boss rolled his eyes: "It's the first time I've seen someone say that I'm so brazen."

Xu Yang: "..."

Jiang Yunqi smiled, and Liu Zhi looked at each other, each of them understood.

Although everyone hopes that Sed will show his attitude now, so that it will be more straightforward to operate later.But people are always like this, once they see more possibilities, they will always hesitate and hesitate.In fact, it is a good thing to delay until the end of the World Championships.After all, he can completely cut off his thoughts and settle this matter.

Boyu looked around - circle, smiled, and said harmoniously: "Good things take time."

There is a clear direction for all the clues, and the next step is the imminent September knockout.

Before that, Jiang Yunqi had one more important thing to do.

Pei Zhe's birthday.

If Pei Zhe didn't have time to come during the military training, Jiang Yunqi originally planned to go out to see Pei Zhe on his birthday in August.The military training meeting is an extra surprise, Jiang Yunqi didn't expect it at the time, so the parting is particularly painful.

In terms of professional relationship, Pei Zhe is almost never busy all year round.

The core projects of the institute - one after another, material testing, performance development, and every data update requires careful evaluation experiments.At the same time, the proposed negotiations are also being followed up endlessly round after round. The foreign affairs process is cumbersome and complicated, and often a single clause requires three or four countries to go back and forth for approval.Pei Zhe was meticulous in his work, but he could not avoid being incapable of doing everything.

Especially during this time.

The most intuitive feeling is that it is becoming more and more difficult for Pei Zhe to reply immediately to the messages sent to Pei Zhe.Most of the time, Jiang Yunqi will receive messages and phone calls from Pei Zhe in a certain period of time.For a short time, the content of the conversation revolved around each other's daily life, Jiang Yunqi's competition training, or what happened at home—even though Pei Zheren was in the family group, he still knew many things when he and Jiang Yunqi called Jiang Yunqi.

For example, Wenwen quarreled with Pei Yue again, and she already had the idea of ​​running away from home, and she is currently staying at Pei Zhe's house.For example, since Aunt Song's leg got better, due to worrying about her two ends recently, her joint pain broke out.Pei Yue took her to the Provincial People's Hospital for an examination and, by the way, used this as an excuse to "force" Wenwen to take the subway back to her home for dinner.For another example, Wen Yi seems to have reached the age of a dog...

Jiang Yunqi planned to surprise Pei Zhe, but Pei Zhe was too busy, and his whereabouts changed every two or three days. He had no choice but to contact Pei Zhe in advance and ask him where he would be on his birthday.

On the phone, Pei Zhe, the head of the phone, said with a smile that there was a summit in Geneva, and it should be in Geneva in those few days.Jiang Yunqi just oh-oh-ok, now I have amnesia for 5 minutes!

Pei Zhe smiled lowly, and after a while said in a natural tone, "What did you say just now, baby?" Jiang Yunqi smiled childishly.

He is always like this, no matter how unreasonable Jiang Yunqi's coquettish temper is, Pei Zhe can take it for granted and properly handle it. His tone of voice, speech and manner are reserved, gentle and calm, as it should be.

Jiang Yunqi was always within Pei Zhe's expectations.

But on that day, the meeting scene was a bit unexpected for the two of them—Jiang Yunqi was very happy, because it was a surprise to some extent.

When changing planes in Brussels, Jiang Yunqi had just passed the customs, and a door suddenly opened at another customs channel on the far side.

At that time, Jiang Yunqi was still thinking about the chocolates in Brussels, thinking that cakes could be bought on the spot, and chocolates were also available. If he hadn't changed planes in Brussels, he wouldn't have bought them either, and Pei Zhe didn't eat them——

From the corner of his eye, he passed the glass door, and the three leading white men in suits and leather shoes gave way to the people behind him. They spoke very fast, but there was a Chinese pronunciation that Jiang Yunqi was very familiar with.

—— Pei.

Looking back from the corner of his eyes, before he could fix his eyes, he collided with the solemn Pei Zhe who had just walked out the door.

Jiang Yunqi carried his schoolbag on his back - he couldn't walk anymore, and his mind went blank for a moment.

Of course Pei Zhe saw him.But in the eyes of others, Pei Zhe described his behavior as usual.

Yu Cheng'an, who was following behind him, almost dropped his eyeballs the second he saw Jiang Yunqi, and almost immediately, he turned to look at Pei Zhe.

Pei Che didn't show any expression, and turned his face slightly to talk with other foreign affairs representatives in a low voice, speaking at the same speed, without moving his eyebrows.When passing by Jiang Yunqi, even a few white people nearby who were not talking noticed Jiang Yunqi's silly staring gesture, while Pei Che only slightly curved his mouth almost invisibly, and his eyes and expression showed no flaws.

Passing by - seconds -

Only the sweetheart knows what it feels like when the sweetheart suddenly appears in front of your eyes.

Jiang Yunqi felt that at that moment, the faint light that fell on him almost set him on fire.

The crowd was bustling, and Jiang Yunqi was not far or close, and his behavior was not sneaky, but a little silly.

Several times, Pei Zhe accidentally saw through the huge glass reflection in the shopping mall, and always felt that Jiang Yunqi, who was walking around and looking around among the crowd, lacked an antenna on his head.

But soon, they entered the waiting room where irrelevant personnel would definitely not be able to go to rest and wait for the flight.Jiang Yunqi was wandering around, his mind still in a trance, walking around aimlessly, like a little ghost.

Of course Pei Zhe wouldn't let his little ghost hang around for too long.

Soon, Jiang Yunqi's mobile phone received a message.

In a few minutes, Pei Zhe had already booked him a hotel in Geneva and a contact person, and told him that someone would pick him up when he got off the plane, so don't wander around.

The same destination, but not the same flight, Pei Zhe departed before Jiang Yunqi.

When Pei Zhe and the others were boarding the plane, Jiang Yunqi was watching from not far away, which made Yu Chengan so funny that he laughed out loud several times.

However, Pei Zhe remained calm the whole time. On the surface, this man was flawless.

Only a few times of raising his eyes and looking at each other in a blink of an eye, the black eyes that looked over were calm and focused for a few seconds, Jiang Yunqi only felt that it was difficult to breathe, he didn't know how to put his hands and feet, and stood even more stupidly.

Under Pei Zhe's arrangement, Jiang Yunqi's subsequent schedule went very smoothly.

As soon as he got out of the terminal, he saw a local man holding a sign to pick him up. He was a Chinese named Borden, and there was no obstacle in communicating.He took Jiang Yunqi to the hotel to check in and put his luggage.

On the way, Jiang Yunqi asked him if he knew Pei Zhe.He said he didn't know him, but his boss definitely knew him.Jiang Yunqi knew it and didn't ask any more.

It was getting late, around four o'clock in the afternoon.Jiang Yunqi was a little anxious after putting his luggage away, and asked if there were any cake shops near Bodden, and Bodden took him to look at the cake shops one by one.

The weather is fine, the clouds unwind in the evening, and the twilight gradually becomes colorful.The outline of the snow-capped mountains is very clear, within reach, within a few blocks, the field of vision - turns, becomes out of reach again.

The street that Borden took him to is probably a famous shopping and eating spot. As soon as he stepped in, the sweet smell of baking and the fresh smell of cut fruits immediately hit his nostrils.

There is a cake shop every other section, with exquisite appearance and dazzling design. After watching this, Jiang Yunqi thought about going to another shop. Later, he also ate dinner at the cake shop.

I don't feel like buying every cake when I'm full.

When it was almost nine o'clock, Jiang Yunqi returned to the hotel with a box of big cakes enough for five people.

The form was grand, and Borden thought there would be a small party in the evening, so he offered to help with the decoration of the hotel room.Jiang Yunqi's eyes brightened, he nodded and said yes, yes.

When "Happy Birthday" was hung up, Jiang Yunqi suddenly felt something was wrong.

——This is not like celebrating Pei Zhe's birthday, it feels like celebrating Wen Yi's birthday.

But it would be a waste of Borden's kindness to dismantle it.

Jiang Yunqi sent away in embarrassment, even more excited than him, Borden, and then frowning at the wall full of colorful balloons and bubbles.

After a while, Jiang Yunqi asked Pei Zhe when he would be back, but Pei Zhe didn't reply right away.Waiting and waiting, Jiang Yunqi couldn't take it anymore, moved the stool and started to remove the moon balloon, cloud cotton and - flashing - small sparkling light bulbs on the top.

Arrive one day earlier, the best situation is that Pei Zhe can finish his work before midnight, and they will blow out the candles together.

But when Jiang Yunqi took off the moon and put the cloud carefully on the sofa, it was already ten o'clock, and there was still no news from Pei Zhe.

Anyway, it wasn't the first time, Jiang Yunqi counted the time and thought, at worst, he would sing it first, and when Pei Zhe came back, he would blow it again and make a formal wish.

The small light bulb that was taken off was not very powerful, and the light was a little weak when it was almost zero.But when the dome light is turned off, the brightness is just right against the pitch black surroundings, but I don't know how long it can last.

In the hazy and dim room, Jiang Yunqi put candles on the big cake and lit it, and began to prepare.By the way, send Pei Zhe an instant photo of the scene with the text: "Brother Pei, I'll blow it first."

Pei Zhe still didn't reply, Jiang Yunqi put down his phone and started blowing candles at zero o'clock.

The timing was just right, and Jiang Yunqi just took a deep breath when the doorbell rang.

Jiang Yunqi glanced at the time, the last 15 seconds!Immediately jumped up: "Brother Pei——!"

As soon as the door opened, the person who wanted to hug him hadn't hugged him tightly, but Jiang Yunqi-Lu yanked the cake in front of him forcefully.

Jiang Yunqi was so anxious that he stared eagerly at Pei Zhe, who looked around with interest and said, "Hurry up—wait a minute! Let me see—" As he spoke, he clicked on the countdown displayed on his phone. Jiang Yunqi was extremely devout, staring at Counting down to Pei Zhe on the phone: "Three—two—uh—"

The chin was held, and at the last second of the countdown, Pei Zhe kissed Jiang Yunqi.

Small clusters of candles burned leisurely.

The latter situation is beyond the control of the candle, and it is also beyond the control of Jiang Yunqi.The room is filled with a light fragrance smell, as well as the sweet fragrance of fruit and cream.

The small light bulb on the sofa was sleepy, blinking - blinking, lacking energy.

The flickering light was indistinct by the bedroom door, and Jiang Yunqi was held in Pei Zhe's arms. His eyelashes reflected the thin light outside the door, whether it was sweat or tears.

-Down. -Down.

Jiang Yunqi, who was so weak in his legs and hands, remembered that the cake was not eaten, the candles were not blown out, and it was a birthday as promised.He had been picking out the cake for a long time, and he had to make a wish.Jiang Yunqi wants to cry but has no tears.

Pei Zhe was amused by Jiang Yunqi's unwillingness, and kissed the side of Jiang Yunqi's sweaty neck: "What's wrong?"

As soon as the voice whispered in his ears, Jiang Yunqi was tensed. He subconsciously tightened his arms around Pei Zhe's shoulders, and his breath was difficult to calm down. Ask him "what's the matter".Jiang Yunqi frowned, pushed Pei Zhe after a while, and said pantingly, "I want to blow out the candles..." Pei Zhe felt that this was nothing serious, so he carried someone outside to blow out the candles.

Jiang Yunqi felt that Pei Zhe was too bad, and he really wanted to bite people.If it weren't for lack of strength.

Pei Zhe blew out the candle in one breath, and then asked Jiang Yunqi what else he needed to do.

Jiang Yunqi—unable to say a word, Jiang Yunqi hugged Pei Zhe tightly, and was moved to tears.

On the bed, Jiang Yunqi remembered and said to make a wish, but he didn't make a wish just now: "I still want to eat cake..." A few words were smashed into pieces, and the trembling of overwhelming power came again, Jiang Yunqi kicked his legs in fright, —While crying, he said to Pei Zhe: "I want to make a wish, you go and make a wish... Brother Pei, what is your wish?"

Pei Zhe stared deeply at Jiang Yunqi, who was white everywhere, and pulled him back: "Don't cry. Keep your butt up."

Jiang Yunqi: "..."

Outrageous, simply outrageous.This is Jiang Yunqi's last feeling.

The next day, Pei Zhe had breakfast with Jiang Yunqi, held Jiang Yunqi in his arms and said, there is no way, the wishes of adults are more practical.

Jiang Yunqi almost fainted.