Who says support can't carry

The semi-final stage is bigger and more gorgeous than the quarter-final stage.

In 2013, the stage was small and there were not many audiences, but Cao Yuan still felt that the stage at that time was very luxurious.

Cao Yuan sighed like this when he first stepped on the stage.

But he never felt that this was the end, because he had climbed higher mountains.

He and Jian Ming were always one step away from the trophy and became the number one losers.

Who would have known that every time everyone was congratulating the champion, there would be their lonely figures behind the trophy.That golden rain never fell for them at Worlds.

afraid of failure?

No, it's not.

Is afraid that there will be no coming year.

He was afraid that he and Jian Ming would not be able to see the LPL move the trophy back to their own division and back to China before they retired.

Every time the music played by BO5 for the winning side resounded in his ears again, Cao Yuan never had any envy in his eyes. He looked back at Jian Ming, who was already sweating profusely, and stretched out his hand to cover his swollen elbow, slightly smile.

Looking at Jian Ming's flushed cheeks, just when he thought he wasn't really sad, tears welled up in his eyes and dripped onto the floor 'pattapattapatta'.

Falling in the semifinals again, Cao Yuan bit his lip, couldn't help lowering his head, and began to cry softly.

"I'm sorry, Ming."

Jian Ming wanted to smile at him and say it's okay, but no matter how much he said, he couldn't make a smile. He could only quietly look at the keyboard on the desktop, which had been with him for several years.

Liu Shiyu saw Cao Yuan's trembling shoulders from a distance, and almost trotted over.

"Yuan Yuan."

Cao Yuan raised his head when he heard the words, his eyes were red and swollen, his nose was red and swollen, he sobbed twice, "Brother Shi Yu..."

Liu Shiyu didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only reach out and stroke his hair, "Yuan Yuan didn't cry."

Cao Yuan was so infected by the warmth on his head that his eyes filled with tears again, he stood up, threw himself into Liu Shiyu's arms and cried loudly, "Brother Shiyu..."

"Well, I'm here." Liu Shiyu patted him on the back lightly, looked back at Chen Yutian and the others who were also trying to comfort him, gave him a wink, and asked them to shake hands and go to the curtain call.

Cao Yuan had cried enough, grabbed Liu Shiyu's clothes and wiped away his tears and nose, "Brother Shi Yu... you must... hiccup... do you know that by bringing the trophy back to China?"

Together with Si Jin, bring the trophy that symbolizes the highest honor back to China.

"it is good."

The other HZG players had already left the field, leaving only Jian Ming standing aside, the disappointment in his eyes couldn't be hidden at all.

When Cao Yuan calmed down a bit, Jian Ming took Cao Yuan off the stage, and Liu Shiyu walked to the center of the stage to call the curtain.

The picture of Liu Shiyu embracing Cao Yuan and comforting him was shown to the whole world through the camera.

The audience applauded warmly for him, and the audience chanted HZG, cheering for them, just like every year when LPL falls in the World Championship, there will always be fans cheering for them and cheering for them in the coming year.

Enduring the pain in his hand, Jian Ming stood with Cao Yuan at the entrance of the stage, listening to the congratulations to HAL, and the audience and fans giving them a tsunami-like 'HZG', which made him feel even more uncomfortable.

When I was sitting at home watching the S7 finals last year, I heard 'HZG' resounding through the Bird's Nest.

I am really sorry for those who have always supported me.

Cao Yuan clasped the door with both hands, looking at the grand stage outside with tears in his eyes, full of reluctance.

"Ming..."

Jian Ming hummed.

"Take a second look." This stage, take a second look, after all...it's the last time...

Jian Ming followed and took two steps forward, and carefully described the entire stage with his eyes, as if he wanted to engrave this stage in his heart.

In the past, the infinite scenery that this stage gave him was dazzling, and it seemed that it all turned into smoke at the moment when he just lost the game.

From 2013 to today, the six-year journey has finally come to an end today.

Liu Shiyu was interviewed on the stage, and he was still confused when facing Korean.

"%*&#￥@#!@￥@￥@￥@#￥!"

"@#!@￥@￥!@!@￥@#￥@#@!"

"#@#...￥##￥%#￥@#￥@#"

Liu Shiyu thought to himself, what the hell are you talking about?What about translation?

Looking to the side, he and the host were the only ones on the stage.

What's the meaning?Dissatisfied with the three LPL teams entering the semi-finals, and now even the translation is not arranged, do you want to embarrass him?

Just when he was about to lose his smile, the interpreter finally came on stage.

"Today we are interviewing HAL's SUP·Rubbish, can I say hello to everyone?"

"Um...Sorry, our interpreter may be late due to physical reasons before going on stage."

"Rubbish is the MVP of this BO5, I believe everyone knows him very well."

After understanding these three sentences, Liu Shiyu rolled his eyes in his heart.

"Hi everyone, I'm Rubbish."

"We know that in five games, Rubbish took a total of five different heroes, including non-mainstream supports such as Annie and Void Eye, and started a team to ensure that everyone is right. What do you want to say to the summoners who play support? ?”

Liu Shiyu rolled his eyes again in his heart, what is there to say?The effect of the training match is good, so it will be taken out.

"To do a good job of basic skills, vision is the most important." Superficial skills must be done well.

......

Coming down from the stage, Liu Shiyu saw two figures from behind just disappearing around the corner. The feeling of failure was unbearable to anyone, but he also knew how inappropriate it was for the winner to comfort the loser.

Looking out, I saw the spectators exiting the arena, and the support sign that hadn't been disassembled, the characters on it were still glowing.

'YUANWANG you are always the best'

Liu Shiyu suddenly remembered that Cao Yuan and Jian Ming were a bot duo that shocked the world when they debuted.

Debut is the pinnacle.

After years of tossing and turning, they each transferred, but returned to HZG to meet again.

When it comes to the taste of failure, Liu Shiyu thought, no one can understand it better than them.

Runner-up, runner-up, runner-up.

Every year is so close to the trophy they want, but so far away.

Number one loser.

They debuted for six years and pursued their dreams for six years, but in the end they failed to get what they wanted.

Liu Shiyu suddenly felt a lot of emotion.

A genius also depends on his teammates.

Teams can never just look at one person.

"Shi Yu."

Liu Shiyu looked up and saw a figure standing with the backlight.

But he saw the man's face clearly through the thick fog.

There is also another person who has struggled for six years under the aura of Jian Ming.Even before 2016, few people knew that there was such an ADC in LPL.

Wherever Jian Ming went in the past, the spotlight always gathered on him, and all other ADCs were dimmed.

That person even entered the LPL finals for the first time this year, but he still lost with regret.

He didn't have so many legends in his career, and he didn't have a good team and good teammates when he debuted like some people.

The first team he joined was even in relegation.

His talent is not as high as that of Jian Ming who debuted at the same time, nor is it as talented as Li Zhouyu who debuted later.

"Xiao Jin."

Liu Shiyu thought, but he has perseverance and hard work that ordinary people don't have.

Today's results are what he should have had.

And this person, I never watched how unsuccessful he was when he debuted, but he also accompanied him along the way, watching him grow up to the invincible appearance he is now.

As of today, HZG's World Tournament is over, but HAL and HSG are not over yet.

The appearance of the red and white alternating flying dragon in the sky seems to indicate something.

Back at the hotel, HAL didn't have a celebration banquet. When he won MMG before, he went out for a snack, but this time he didn't even have an extra meal.And the people from HAL immediately played training games with HSG after dinner.

After eight o'clock, people from HZG also joined in.

Cao Yuan was still talking and laughing around Liu Shiyu as before, not as lonely as he was on the stage just now, while Jian Ming stood behind and watched because his hands were still bandaged, expressing his own opinions from time to time.And Jian Ming's position was filled by Li Jianxin. After all, among the three LPL teams this time, only HAL brought AD as a substitute.

"I think the routine that Hero said before can indeed be used, choose the red side, use the last move of Conte, or use it to swing. They must not have thought of it."

"It can be. But the focus of SXG is still on the top lane. Although they have a high level of dominance in the LCK in the bottom lane, they are not like in the LCK when they are in the group stage against Co□□□os and Rubbish..." Si Jin touched his chin and thought about how to describe that feeling.

"Indiscriminate killing." Liu Shiyu continued.

Si Jin and Liu Shiyu looked at each other and smiled, "That's right, it's random killing."

"so?"

"So, I have confidence in the next road, and I will never collapse."

Si Jin's self-confidence may not be understood by a large number of people. The SXG bottom lane combination and the HAL bottom lane combination are almost [-]-[-], and HSG is a bit inferior to HAL in the summer finals. Confidence comes, and when encountering a [-]/[-] bot lane combination with HAL, it can guarantee that the line will not collapse.

But none of the people present refuted him.

Facing the powerful SXG, what is needed is self-confidence.

"Then let's practice this lineup and see if it works."

"Okay, then I will choose..."

"Go down the road and take..."

Time passed by every minute and every second, and one set after another in the training match, the critical point was reached soon.

After the last fight and analysis, the three teams dispersed.

Liu Shiyu and Si Jin stood on the balcony at the far right of the hotel corridor, chatting about small daily matters with the breeze blowing.

"Yu Tian came to the scene today."

"Why is he here?" Liu Shiyu closed his eyes, enjoying the caress of the breeze.

When Si Jin thought about the two of them, his head hurt a little, "I came to find Fang Qingzhou."

Liu Shiyu waited for a while, and didn't wait for Si Jin's next words, so he didn't ask, but just patted him on the shoulder, "The wind is over, and my heart is relieved, go back to sleep."

"kindness."

Liu Shiyu insisted on sending Si Jin back to his room, saying that Si Jin is now a key national protection target, Si Jin was sent back to his room dumbfounded, and Liu Shiyu turned back to his room.

But in the corridor, I met someone.

"Jane Ming."

Jian Ming nodded, looking tired, "Shall we go downstairs and have a chat?"

There is a 24-hour coffee shop on the second floor, and the two went there.

"I hope you can help me persuade Xiao Yuan."

"What?" Liu Shiyu looked at the fat man in front of him with some surprise.

"The doctor advised me to retire after looking at my hands in the 2016 summer split. But I always thought that I should win the S championship with Xiao Yuan before retiring. But it can't work now. After playing today, I realized that , I am really not suitable for playing professionally anymore. So, I am going to retire. And Xiao Yuan, he is still young and can still play, I don’t want him to follow me to retire.” Jian Ming said this very slowly, in a very calm tone, It's like seeing through, lifeless.

Liu Shiyu was a little dazed by the news of his freshman year, "Are you going to retire? Yuan Yuan is going to retire too?" Seeing Jian Ming nodding, Liu Shiyu slowly came to his senses that it was true.

"You also know that Xiao Yuan has experienced a lot of changes in the past few years since his debut, especially during his time in HAL. He was so desperate that he wanted to retire. Later, we all returned to the place where our dreams began--HZG. The results of the past two years It is indeed much better, but it is not what we want. And he should not retire in such a mess. In the past two years, he has become the LPL's support brother, and his ID has been resounding all over the world. Until this year, he was the No. [-] player in the LPL. One. But now he wants to retire with me. This is not what I want to see. So I hope you can persuade him. Apart from me, he is the best with you."

Liu Shiyu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He could imagine how much trouble would be caused if the news of Jian Ming's retirement got out.

Besides, Cao Yuan was added.

This pair of bottom laners has always been the reassurance of the LPL. No matter how many troughs the LPL has experienced over the years, the veterans have retired, and the rookies have not been accepted, but they have used their strength to tell the world that as long as they are there, the LPL will not be bullied.

The results in the world championship were not good, but they only lost to the LCK. To be precise, they only lost to one team.

When other teams are robbed by the major competitions, stand up and tell everyone that they are still in the LPL.

No matter how much Liu Shiyu's fans increase, and no matter how top-notch Si Jin is, the combined number of fans of the two is far inferior to that of Jian Ming and Cao Yuan.

This is enough to prove that everything that Jian Ming and Cao Yuan have done for LPL over the years is moving.

"Yuanyuan, he never told me about this."

"Of course he won't tell you." Jian Ming said, "Bring him to HAL. Together, you take him, win a championship and let him retire."

"HAL gave Yuan Yuan a lot of bad memories." When Liu Shiyu arrived at HAL, Cao Yuan had already left.These things were all told to Hu Bin on the Internet later.

At that time, Hu Bin was dispatched to other teams, and he had no chance to get close to Cao Yuan. When he came back, Cao Yuan also left, but he heard Fang Qingzhou say a few words.

Jian Ming is naturally more aware of Cao Yuan's experience. After all, he has been by Cao Yuan's side since his debut. During Cao Yuan's low period, he asked the team for Cao Yuan's assistance and rescued him from HAL.

"In the past, they didn't like Xiao Yuan, and there were also Xiao Yuan's own reasons. He was used to be a little arrogant by me, and lost his temper at every turn. But now HAL has you, and..." Speaking of this, Jane Ming paused for a moment, as if he wanted to laugh, "Also, during the year that Xiao Yuan was in HAL, all the sharp thorns have been worn away."

Liu Shiyu didn't want to argue for HAL, "I'll find a time to talk to him after it's over, but I can't guarantee the result."

Both cups of coffee have bottomed out.

"Thank you!"

Liu Shiyu stared at Jian Ming's face, "Will you have any regrets?"

Jian Ming looked at the scenery outside the window and chuckled, "If you bring the trophy back to China this year, I will have no regrets."

Liu Shiyu didn't speak any more, and watched the neon lights outside together with Jian Ming.