matchstick heaven

Shen Qing didn't even meet Zhou Chenshan before the winner's bracket final between the Eagles and KOG.

He did more pre-match preparations alone, discussed with team analysts from late night to the next late night, tested the lineup with the players, studied opponents intensively for 2 days and 2 nights, did not sleep or rest, and only ate energy drinks and cereal.

On the day of the competition, the players had a good rest and set off in good spirits.

Shen Qing followed at the end of the team, and felt very sober at the moment, a sense of excitement was eager to try in her mind.

He knows that this is his best form.

But other people don’t think so. The first thing everyone sees him is “How is Coach Shen?” Some people say his eyes are swollen, and some people ask him if he needs a hot towel, but he politely declines. up.

His high-pressure state can maximize his concentration during the game, at the cost of a few days of slowdown afterwards.

Fortunately, next week, the two teams with one win and one loss will play in the knockout round, and then there will be the finals.If we can win this match, the final will be arranged half a month later, and if we lose today, then we will play NKG next week, which is not that difficult.

He only hopes that he can do his best in today's game and get the best result.

Shut up all those harsh voices.

"Coach." In the lounge, Little F came to chat with him.

"Ok?"

"I can see that you are actually very unconvinced by being scolded like this, right?"

Shen Qing froze for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"I always thought you were a very calm and gentle person, but in fact, you are also very tempered."

Shen Qing blinked: "Why do you say that?"

Little F said: "E-sports players must have a temper. Usually you look too peaceful, but we like to see how you look these days."

The young jungler gestured to several other teammates with his eyes.

"We all support you, coach. And these days so many people scolded us for no reason, we are also very unwilling, and we want to fight back. We must win today."

Only then did Shen Qing smile: "I can't lose."

"Hey, I feel relieved with your words. Have you read the latest announcement? I haven't heard of the place at MSI this year, so I want to go!"

"Montenegro?"

"Well, coach~ You have been to many countries before playing games, right?"

"Just a few, not many."

Little F showed envy: "Coach, you are too Versailles."

Shen Qing smiled.

Every time he thinks about going abroad to play, his memories are not good.

At this time, the team leader came over to greet everyone to get ready, Little F patted Shen Qing's right arm on the ground, jumped up and left.

The contestants began to hand in their mobile phones, and Shen Qing also handed in their phones.

He took a last look and realized that he had missed the message from Zhou Chenshan just now.

is an old saying.

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

Shen Qing stared at these words for a long time, and unconsciously clenched her teeth, feeling an urge to roar.

He wanted to enter the game right away, to fight against powerful and familiar opponents, to end the game with his own hands, to prove that Eagle is greater than KOG.

he thinks--

At this time, a staff member came in to remind him that it was time to get ready to play.

Shen Qing got up with the players and walked out of the waiting room.

Every scene before going on stage is so familiar.

His own players were chatting relaxedly behind the curtain of the stage, and on the opposite side were familiar opponents, all spying on him with curious eyes.Outside the curtain, spotlights, cheering sounds, team logos, passionate inter-court battle songs...

At this moment, Shen Qing inexplicably thought of the fat eagle that Zhou Chenshan gave him.

It should be joyful and full of fighting spirit.

It is not the "bad team" who are called "tea team" and accused of "storage of filth".

At this moment, Shen Qing really wanted to erase the filth on her body in the past.It's a pity that there is no chance.

It's been so long in the past... what else can be explained?

"Next—let us invite—EagleGaming team members—appear!"

There was enthusiastic applause from the audience, mixed with a few passionate cheers.There are still fans who choose to believe in the team to support them on the spot.

Shen Qing took a deep breath and walked towards the center of the stage with the team members.

……

EagleGaming and KOGaming played very anxiously in this winner's bracket final. In the protracted whole BO5, both sides fought to the end in the fullest state, with extreme operations, impromptu opportunities, and extreme comebacks.

The 10 players of the two teams showed their tenacity and bloodiness to the peak.

Even after the fight, the roars of the players surpassed the voices of the audience.All members of the Eagles shouted loudly, blushing and thick necks, and overwhelmed the cheers of the audience with 5 enemies.

The game reached the decisive game. When the main crystal of KOG exploded in the last game, the whole audience was boiling.

All the warm applause was dedicated to the 10 players on the field.

The commentator said that this is the most intense BO13 since S5. Both sides are evenly matched and well prepared. Both winners and losers should give applause.And the last BO5 that was played so fiercely was the summer finals of S12, the ROP team led by coach Shen Qing played AT.

Shen Qing waited for the team members to be interviewed together, and seeing the joyful expressions on everyone's faces, she felt relieved.

He was a little tired and wanted to go back to rest early.

Brother Zhang said that he won the game and went on vacation at the same place. The players laughed and said that they were going to eat "foreign houses". Shen Qing declined their invitation, saying that he only wanted to go back to the base to sleep, but was laughed at.

A commercial vehicle picked up the group of kids who ate "foreign houses" and left, while Shen Qing followed the bus that came and returned to the base with the others.

This BO5 has been played for too long, and it is now close to the early morning.

As the car drove through the empty avenue, the light and shadow of the street lamps had to go through one window after another, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, hitting Shen Qing's face.

The tiredness after being overexcited finally spread.

The noisy voices in the stadium were still in his ears, and it was also buzzing in his head.

The tired song came out of the earphone again, and the song asked him "how long can I walk with dragging feet", but he couldn't answer.

"coach--"

Someone is calling him.

"coach?"

"Huh?" Shen Qing took off the earphones, "I just fell asleep."

"Hahaha, Coach Shen has been working really hard recently, go back and get a good sleep."

"Ah."

"I want to ask when will the leave be accepted?"

At this time, Shen Qing couldn't think of anything, and could only cope with it: "Let's decide, let it go for a day, and those who want to go home can go back."

"yeah!!!"

"Great!"

The members of the coaching staff and the staff all shouted happily.

Shen Qing felt very tired, forced a smile, leaned her head against the slightly bumpy car window, and soon lost her mind again.

When returning to the base, it was the driver who woke him up. The group of people sitting in the front went on vacation excitedly, and no one noticed that there was another person huddled in the dark corner of the back row.

Shen Qing thanked her, returned to her room in a daze, and fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

……

When I woke up, the room was still as dark as when I fell asleep, except for a little light from the corner of the quilt.

It's the phone ringing, Zhou Chenshan's call.

"Hello?" Shen Qing's voice was rough.

"are you sleeping?"

"Um……"

"Then you can sleep a little longer."

Shen Qing woke up: "Is there something wrong?"

Zhou Chenshan's voice on the other end of the phone was very gentle, and he could hear the announcement from the vehicle system: "It's all right."

Shen Qing asked: "Where are you?"

Zhou Chenshan paused for a moment, and said, "It's at the gate of your base."

Shen Qing turned her face into the quilt, and after a while, moved it out again, propped herself up: "Wait, I'll open the door, they may all have gone out."

The flip-flops that Shen Qing usually wears are placed beside the bed. Shen Qing wanted to put them on, but found that he was already wearing shoes on his feet—the leather shoes he wore during the game were still on his feet before he had time to change them out.

My toes hurt when I take off my shoes.

Shen Qing rubbed the insteps of her feet, and hurriedly kicked on her slippers to open the door for Zhou Chenshan.

He guessed that his condition might not be good, anyway, Zhou Chenshan stared at him for a long time, frowning tightly.

"Uh...how did you come here?"

The voice is also very hoarse.

Shen Qing found a pair of thinner cotton slippers for Zhou Chenshan, and turned to get the mineral water in the refrigerator.

He handed Zhou Chenshan the cold water, and then took a bottle for himself.

"I'm almost ready over there, take the time to come over and have a look." Zhou Chenshan's sharp facial features seemed to soften a bit at the moment, making that stunning face even more alluring.

Shen Qing lowered her head to deal with the cap of the bottle of water in her hand, and asked in a muffled voice, "What are you going to do?"

"Fight back, you can't just let people bully you."

"Oh……"

"It might involve you too."

"fine."

"But when the dust settles, they probably won't dare to say anything more, and they will definitely be polite to you in the future."

Shen Qing felt a little curious.

"why?"

Zhou Chenshan smiled and said, "Let's see when the time comes."

I don't know if it was Shen Qing's illusion, but he felt that there was a bit of complacency in that smile, like when he was a child, he wanted to show off something but also wanted to hide it.

Shen Qing could probably guess that Zhou Chenshan's sphere of power in the entire Zhou family was rapidly expanding, and Zhou Dao had no foundation, so he couldn't beat him in the end.

"After this time, will KUP completely belong to you?"

"Ah."

Shen Qing smiled: "That's good."

Zhou Chenshan asked: "What about you? I saw that the last game was played very well. Everyone is saying that the Eagles have booked the spring championship in advance."

Shen Qing shook her head, and took a sip of cold mineral water to make herself more sober: "High-level battles all depend on the state of the scene."

"That means you can't relax until the last day?"

"Yes...but let them relax these few days, it's not good to be too tense now."

"What about you?" Zhou Chenshan asked.

"What am I?"

"I see you are tense too."

Shen Qing was speechless.

Zhou Chenshan stood up and approached: "The eyes are all red."

"I……"

Zhou Chenshan's pupils were a bit lighter in color, that kind of gray that looked very expensive. When Shen Qing looked closely, he unconsciously held his breath.

"Sit down," Zhou Chenshan pressed Shen Qing on a swivel chair, "I'll give you a massage."

With a sense of coolness, the slender fingers gently placed on Shen Qing's temples on both sides.

Pressing with moderate strength made him feel very comfortable.

For a while, the base was extremely quiet.Shen Qing closed her eyes, feeling the coolness from Zhou Chenshan's fingertips.

"Is it comfortable?" Zhou Chenshan's voice was very low, soft as if coaxing someone to sleep.

"Ah."

Really comfortable.

It seems... so comfortable...

Shen Qing struggled to open her eyelids, ordered the lazy bones all over her body to move, turned around, and avoided Zhou Chenshan's half-raised hand.

"Aren't you busy today?"

Zhou Chenshan withdrew his hand: "Didn't you say you came here on time."

"Oh……"

"Just woke up? Want something to eat?"

Shen Qing shook her head: "I have no appetite."

"Eat a little, do you have dumplings? Cook some for you."

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome..." Shen Qing thought for a while, "There is cereal, let me eat cereal."

When he doesn't know what to eat and has to eat something, he always chooses cereal.

"it is good."

Shen Qing originally wanted to get it by herself, but Zhou Chenshan was one step ahead of him.

Zhou Chenshan took out a bowl of milk from the refrigerator, put it in the microwave to heat it, and then went to the kitchen to look for cereal.His back and shoulders look broad, and his back looks so tall and reliable.

Shen Qing fell into a kind of confusion.

At this time, there was a loud noise from far and near outside.

Before Shen Qing came to remember to respond, the door opened.

—— None of the brats went home, and they collectively took leave and returned to the base ahead of schedule.