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I have heard long ago that life is endless ups and downs, and now Zuo Zhengyi realizes it.

He wasn't as sad for Scorpion as he was when he left WSND, but when the departure was a foregone conclusion, he couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional.

In fact, it is not so much that life has endless ups and downs, it is better to say that there are distinct stages.

In the life of ordinary people, between birth and death, there are adulthood, entering society, marriage, childbirth, and possible divorce, unemployment or retirement. These are major turning points for entering the next stage.

No stage is without trouble.

Zuo Zhengyi is different from most ordinary people. He doesn't have so many stages in his life, especially he lacks the experience of being a child.After becoming gay, there will be no chance of being a parent.

His kinship is fairly simple, approximately equal to none.And because of his outstanding ability, he does not need to rely on in-depth interpersonal communication to develop his career, which makes him a bit out of touch with society psychologically-he has many friends, but none of them makes him feel "unable to lose".

He is like a man who only lives in his own world.

For most players, e-sports is just a part of life.But for him, esports is pretty much everything.

Therefore, his life stage should be divided by transfer as a node.

WSND is the first stage.

Back then when the club changed owners and changed its name, Zuo Zhengyi knew he had to leave without even thinking about it.

On the one hand, the "WSND" in his mind is dead, and on the other hand, it is not completely dead in his mind, but has just returned to reality.Zuo Zhengyi was still immature at the time, but he already had a premonition of the upcoming Yingying Gou.He is unwilling to accept the reality, and leaving is to protect his memories.

And the longer you leave, the more moving your memories will be beautified by the filter of time.

For him, WSND is a broken ivory tower.

Scorpions are the second stage.

At this point, Zuo Zhengyi should also make a summary of his career as a scorpion.

He won the world championship trophy in Scorpion. With this foundation, no matter how "unfinished" the ending is, it cannot be regarded as a failure.

Those days and nights of fighting with Ji Jue were precious and beautiful.

Their championship is hard-won. Even if they are old in the future, looking back at Seoul in the S12 season, they should feel relieved, right?

——After five months, Zuo Zhengyi experienced the joy of winning the championship with an extremely delayed time.

Speaking of which, their champion skins are coming soon.

Thinking of this, Zuo Zhengyi had no more thoughts.

After December 12, he didn't talk to Pu Yecheng for a second time, and he didn't take the initiative to contact the management of Scorpion.On the contrary, Du Yucheng personally came to talk to him once, and his words were more tactful, asking if he had any intention of renewing the contract.

Describe the current scorpion in one sentence: eat what is in the bowl, and look at what is in the pot.

It's not that they really don't want Zuo Zhengyi anymore, they want it, but they feel that with Akey as a substitute, Zuo Zhengyi is too expensive and the need to renew the contract is reduced, so the price should be lowered appropriately.

In addition, the attitude of team fans also affected the management to a certain extent.

Zuo Zhengyi didn't like hypocrisy and submissiveness, so he told Du Yucheng straightforwardly that he would not continue.

After nearly a year of getting along, Du Yucheng also understood Zuo Zhengyi's temper, and knew that it was useless to talk too much, so the communication ended.

Zuo Zhengyi's career in the Scorpion Club also ended, and he has never had a chance to play since then.

He has two months left on his contract, but technically only has one month to stay on base.

One month later, the EPL's winter offseason begins.

This month, Zuo Zhengyi's life has been lackluster, and the live broadcast has not been played a few times.There are more and more rhythms about his transfer, and there is no peace in the live broadcast room. If the atmosphere is not good, he doesn't bother to broadcast.

His interaction with his teammates is also decreasing. Except for Ji Jue, another group of people has faded from his life.

Zuo Zhengyi felt that there was no need to say goodbye solemnly. There was friendship between everyone, but only a little, not much.

What he didn't expect was that it was Akey who cared more about his future than Zhang Zili and others.

On the morning of January 1th, Zuo Zhengyi packed his luggage in his room.

Akey had just put away his laptop, wrapped his mouse cable and put it in his bag when Akey knocked on the door.

The door of the room was not closed tightly, and Akey knocked twice and refused to invite himself in. He was forever young and never qualified.

Zuo Zhengyi glanced at him, thinking that he was about to leave, he was too lazy to waste his time arguing with him, and continued to pretend, waiting for him to express his intention first.

Akey is not a character who likes to go around in circles, so he cut to the chase: "Have you found your next home yet? Where are you going?"

"No, thank you for your concern." Zuo Zhengyi was polite and cold, but when he thought that he would never be bothered by this person again, his mood improved a lot, and a relaxed smile appeared on his lips.

He never gave Akey a good face. The latter was slightly taken aback, thinking of something, and said in silence for a moment: "Did you leave Scorpion because of me, or did you not want to stay in the first place?"

"What do you think?" Zuo Zhengyi asked back.

Akey said: "Don't you want to stay?"

"..."

So he knew.

Zuo Zhengyi also thought that an extremely confident person like Akey would have no doubt that he pushed his competitors away with his strength.He actually has a sober moment.

"Have you watched my game seriously?" Akey asked suddenly, "Have you noticed my style?"

"..."

Of course, he watched it carefully. Zuo Zhengyi watched every game of the Scorpions from the audience. As a mid laner, he paid the most attention to the mid laner.but--

Zuo Zhengyi frowned, and said bluntly: "You don't need to care so much about my evaluation, do you? Don't you think that your attitude towards me has long gone beyond the scope of healthy competition? You look like—"

Zuo Zhengyi made a thoughtful expression and suddenly realized: "My deep cabinet."

Akey didn't even refute, as if there was nothing to hide, he finally showed his cards and said, "That's right, I came to play professionally just because of you."

"..." Zuo Zhengyi almost choked on his own saliva, "Huh?"

Akey added: "To beat you."

"You don't remember the solo match three years ago?" He said, "I was selected by the WSND youth training camp and was about to sign a contract. But you suddenly had a whim and said that you wanted to test my level for yourself. .Then you won, the manager asked you how my skills were, and you said 'so-so', and the manager gave me up."

Akey stood at the door, and said in a straightforward tone: "'So-so', you don't know how much these three words hit me back then, and destroyed my confidence."

Zuo Zhengyi: "..."

There is such a thing?Really?How can he not remember?

Stimulated by Zuo Zhengyi's blank expression, Akey took a step forward and approached him: "So what's wrong with me wanting to beat you? I can do everything you can do, and I can do it better than you. I'm not 'average' - you are."

Zuo Zhengyi's suitcase was lying open on the floor next to the computer desk, and Akey stepped over the suitcase and came to him.

The atmosphere was tense, and Akey seemed to want to grab his collar or do other actions, but he couldn't help it.

Zuo Zhengyi still didn't think about this old incident, but he didn't care.

If it is true, Akey lost to him, Zuo Zhengyi doesn't think his evaluation is too much.Even today, three years later, it is difficult for Zuo Zhengyi to give Akey a particularly high evaluation.

It's just a "replacement", and he thought he was a "high-end version". Is this the self-confidence he rebuilt after being destroyed?Ridiculous.

Zuo Zhengyi looked directly at Akey without hesitation, and said coldly: "Whatever you think, I'm not interested in flirting with you. Since you think you are better than me, then I wish you the best of luck leading Scorpion to the world championship." ,come on."

Zuo Zhengyi patted Akey on the shoulder, not without irony.

Akey said: "Of course I can do it, it's just a matter of time."

"Okay." Zuo Zhengyi pushed him, "Get out of the way, I haven't finished cleaning up yet."

"..."

Akey took two steps back, staring at Zuo Zhengyi's hands constantly folding clothes into the box.

Zuo Zhengyi's injury has completely healed, but there are still plasters on his wrist.

His hands are beautiful and slender, fragile yet powerful, but it's been a long time since he left the field, and even Akey can't remember its deterrent power.

Before leaving, Akey said the last sentence: "See you on the field, don't let me down."

Zuo Zhengyi didn't raise his head: "OK, get out."

……

This is the first day of the EPL winter vacation, and it is also the last day Zuo Zhengyi will stay at the Scorpion Base.

After packing his luggage, he called Ji Jue.

SP is also on holiday, but Ji Jue said that there seems to be a team building activity on SP's side, and everyone is required to participate.Ji Jue repeatedly expressed that he had no interest or time, but he really couldn't violate the team rules. Cheng Su Nian was unreasonable.

Zuo Zhengyi didn't think much about it when he heard it yesterday, but today he realized it was a little strange.

Has Ji Jue been assimilated by SP's unity atmosphere?With his style, if he didn't want to participate, he would just disappear without saying a word, right?

When did he ever play by the rules?Can Cheng Sunian tie him up?

But since Ji Jue said so, Zuo Zhengyi didn't want to spoil his social interaction in SP, so he said on the phone: "You go, I'll wait for you at the hotel first."

He dragged the suitcase and went out.

People who move more often have less luggage. Zuo Zhengyi's suitcase is lighter than ever before leaving Scorpion this time.

It is very cold in Shanghai in January, and it is raining in winter today.

It was damp and cold to the bone, Zuo Zhengyi tightened his scarf tightly, his hands were also cold, he didn't want to make too long phone calls outside.Just about to hang up, I heard Ji Jue say: "You come too."

Zuo Zhengyi wasn't interested: "Your team is building, what am I going to do?"

"It's a family member." Ji Jue said seriously, "It is said that several people will bring their girlfriends, and you are my girlfriend too, Brother End."

Zuo Zhengyi: "..."

"Neuropathy."

Zuo Zhengyi said he was reasonable and said to go to the hotel first, but in fact he didn't like Ji Jue socializing with others.

Of course Ji Jue understood this, but today he seemed to be missing a string in his brain, and wanted to play disco in his minefield, and even seriously persuaded him to join: "Come on, brother. In fact, there are not many people, let's have a meal first." After dinner, go to KTV to play for a while, and we will go back together after the end. Okay?"