For Love of the Game

Shen Huai did not let Liang Minghui participate in the evening training, and at the same time adjusted the already determined combination.

"Yunshen, try it with Song Xueyang first. His sniper can only hide in the distance in 2V2. He needs a teammate who can 1V2. I think you are more suitable."

Jia Yunge nodded, and Si Jinjin hurriedly asked, "What about me?"

"Try it with Jin An first, and see if the Huo Guy is not around, and if the two of you can do a good job in the chain bonus."

"Okay!" Si Qianjin happily teamed up with Jin An, as long as he was not allowed to team up with Xiao Zhang, he would do whatever he wanted.

Xiao Zhang asked coldly, "Captain, what does this mean? Song Xueyang and Jia Yunge are in a group, what about me?"

Shen Huai said calmly, "I really think that Sun Yuan and your team are very suitable. Qigong masters have battery life and explosion, but they lack a little control, and the ice method can just make up for this. If you want..."

"I don't want to." Xiao Zhang interrupted him lightly.

Sun Yuan's face was clouded.

Xiao Zhang asked, "Are there any other candidates?"

"I haven't thought of it yet, but 2V2 combinations are limited, you can play team battles or single-player arenas."

"Heh." Xiao Zhang chuckled, picked up his cell phone and left.

Shen Huai glanced at the door that was slammed shut by him, then turned to look at Sun Yuan, "You come with me."

Sun Yuan was very reluctant, but he didn't have Xiao Zhang's courage, so the boss followed Shen Huai away unhappily.

When the two went out, Shen Huai turned around and said in a low voice, "Sun Yuan, you should know that if the fire guy and the captain participate in a team battle, you can't participate, because the effect of two fire spells is stronger than your ice spell alone." Much bigger. You can’t compete with me, Guan He, and Xiao Zhang in 1V1, if you don’t work hard in 2V2, you will have to sit on the bench in the wild card game.”

These words were like a thunderbolt to Sun Yuan, he could not feel Shen Huai's earnest persuasion at all, only felt the threat.

He gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Shen Huai couldn't tell what he was thinking, "So, do you want to form a 2V2 with me first?"

Sun Yuan clenched his fists tightly, "Okay."

Back in the training room, the two started team training.

Shen Huai's attention was not on winning the opponent, but on observing Sun Yuan's style of play and thinking about a more suitable partner for him.But Sun Yuan didn't think so, he saw that Shen Huai played so casually and didn't show his skills at all, so he thought that he deliberately made things difficult for him, and didn't want him to play 2V2 at all.

He was angry and anxious.

If he can't play the game, what's the point of his hard work to get this wild card spot?No matter what, he must find a way to pull Shen Huai from the captain's position!

They practiced until 10.30 at night. Shen Huai first went to Liang Minghui's dormitory to check on his condition.

Shen Huai asked him if he could bear the intensity of today's training.

Liang Minghui smiled and said no problem, don't be too careful with him.

Shen Huai saw the warm water bag he put on the bed, presumably it was used to relieve back pain. On such a hot day, he didn't dare to turn on the air conditioner in the dormitory alone.

"Then you rest early and start training at 8.30 tomorrow."

"Okay, Captain, go slowly."

When Shen Huai returned to the dormitory, Song Xueyang was packing up his things, "How is the Huo guy?"

Shen Huai shook his head, didn't say much, and asked instead, "Which pair do you think is the most powerful 2V2 combination today? I saw the two-sword combination of David and Gina in the US team, and it was very difficult to deal with because of its high explosive control. I didn't think of a suitable way to deal with it. There is also the spell team battle that the UK is better at, we don't have the holy light to solve the state, and I am afraid that the chain bonus will suffer when they meet them."

Song Xueyang pressed his index finger on his lips, "Hush."

Shen Huai was puzzled, looked around to make sure there were only the two of them in the room, and found nothing unusual.

Song Xueyang pressed him on the chair, "Since you became the captain of the wild card game, you talked three times more than before, and you fell asleep an hour later than before, and you didn't talk to me about anything other than the game lineup every day. The topic is that I was not so busy when I was the captain, why are you spinning like a small spinning top?"

When he said this, the tight string in Shen Huai's heart seemed to be loosened. He relaxed and nestled on the chair, and let out a long breath.

Song Xueyang turned the chair to his side and helped him pinch his shoulders and cervical spine, "I know you have no experience in leading a team, and the time is tight, and you are under a lot of psychological pressure. But you are always so tense, and your condition will get worse and worse. Problems that cannot be thought of can be figured out if you think about them slowly, there is no use in being impatient.”

Shen Huai turned the chair and asked him to pinch the shoulder on the other side, "Actually, I'm not expected to be the captain, I can't let go of too many things, I just force myself to do it."

"But you've done a good job." Song Xueyang's gentle voice came from above his head like a gurgling stream, relaxing his tense nerves. The needs of the players, the provocations of the teammates, and the training arrangements have been carefully considered. Even if any of the captains of the top eight teams came, they could not be as good as you."

Shen Huai couldn't help laughing, he didn't take Song Xueyang's praise to heart, and said slowly.

"I don't know much about the wild card game. I only studied the playing styles of top players from other countries. The reason why I took the position of captain of the wild card game is because I want to win the championship with my own hands. This is very important. I am not at ease in the hands of others. Maybe the more I want to succeed, the more I am afraid of failure. I want to do everything I can to make this team better, but I always feel that the progress is slow.”

"Your request is too high."

Song Xueyang sat down by the bed, turned his chair around, and pulled it in front of him, "The teams for each country's wild card competition are temporarily selected from each team, and the training time is about two weeks. Law and tacit understanding all start from scratch. In this regard, we are standing on the same starting line, not to mention that the level of Chinese e-sports is among the best in the world. What do you have to worry about?"

These words really enlightened Shen Huai. He wanted to train this team to be as tacit as the top eight teams, but after all, this is only a temporary team. Compared with the top eight teams that have been trained and accumulated?

As long as they train hard and cooperate better than other wild card teams, that's enough.

Shen Huai nodded, "I see."

Song Xueyang patted his head, stood up and asked, "Are you hungry? You wait in the room, and I'll go to the restaurant to get you some supper?"

"it is good."

Song Xueyang was planning to leave, but Shen Huai added, "Fortunately, the person by my side is you, thank you."

What he said was very serious, Song Xueyang saw his incomparably sincere gaze as soon as he turned his head, and immediately strode back and kissed him heavily on the lips to show how moved he was.

Song Xueyang went out to the restaurant, Shen Huai sat on the chair and didn't want to move, he didn't feel tired before, but after being pointed out by Song Xueyang, he felt exhausted from body to heart.He felt that the room was terribly stuffy, so he slid the swivel chair and opened the window, and the cool evening breeze blew through the window, which made him feel much better.

Song Xueyang came back and saw him blowing the air, and pushed him away like a patient, "I worked so hard before, but now I'm not afraid of catching a cold? I brought you some pastries, porridge and spicy soup."

Shen Huai didn't dare to eat spicy food, so he drank some porridge.Song Xueyang was more interested in Hu spicy soup, but thought it wasn't spicy enough, so he picked up his phone and made a video call to Fan Jingming after not eating much.

They all came to participate in the wild card training. Now only Fan Jingming and three children are left in the team. Song Xueyang made a training schedule for them before leaving, and asked Fan Jingming to report the training situation to him every day.

Shen Huai ate slowly, he loved to listen to Song Xueyang's words, his tone rose slightly, he was not busy, and he managed the team in an orderly manner, he was a born leader.

He thought that Song Xueyang was also very busy, while he was busy preparing for the wild card game, he also had to worry about the training of the players, but he seemed to have no burden, walking more steadily than anyone else, and he should be like him.

At night, Shen Huai lay in Song Xueyang's arms and fell asleep quickly, but he couldn't wake up the next morning. Maybe it was because of too much pressure recently, and the cold wind blew last night, Shen Huai suddenly fell ill .

It was the first time Song Xueyang had seen him have such a severe cold, so no matter what, he refused to let him go to training.

Shen Huai disagreed, "No, Chairman Hua will come for inspection the day after tomorrow, so I have to go."

Song Xueyang pressed him back to the bed, "Most of our players are the captains and vice-captains of the top eight teams, and they are not children who need to be watched to train, let alone the off team, what are you worried about? Take a good rest in the dormitory for a day, Heal your illness."

Shen Huai was persuaded, "What about you?"

"I'll stay and take care of you."

Shen Huai nodded reassuringly, and quickly realized, "No, you have to go to training."

Song Xueyang was amused by his appearance, "Do you want me to accompany you, or do you want me to train? Let me tell you first, you are sick and alone in the room, I can't concentrate on training. "

Just as Shen Huai was about to refute, Song Xueyang pointed at him and said, "If Captain Guan asks me why I'm not in shape, I'll tell him it's all because of you."

Shen Huai couldn't say no to him, so he had to lie down, looked at the ceiling and said slowly, "I used to have no time to rest when the crew was sick, and I still had to shoot the rain scene that should be filmed."

Song Xueyang touched his forehead, "That's because I wasn't there, if I was by your side at that time, I definitely wouldn't let you go to shoot the rain scene."

Shen Huai smiled and said nothing. He imagined that he was acting in the entertainment industry, and Song Xueyang was his manager. No matter how he thought about it, he thought that scene was a bit funny.

He took the medicine, and soon felt groggy and fell asleep.After waking up once in the middle, when he opened his eyes, he saw Song Xueyang sitting at the table training with his back facing him, so he fell asleep again in peace.

Shen Huai's illness came on quickly and went slowly, and the fever subsided after a day and a half of rest.During this period, Song Xueyang took care of him every step of the way, bought food and medicine for him, Shen Huai also calmed down and came up with a few 2V2 combinations suitable for Sun Yuan.

That afternoon, he went to the training room and asked Sun Yuan and Jin An to practice in a group. The Xiaowolf team is a lineup of double ice magic and three swordsmen. Definitely easier too.

He thought that after his enlightenment that day, Sun Yuan could work harder, but he didn't expect his performance to be worse than the previous few days, and Jin An had a violent temper, so he was so angry that he scolded others.

In this way, Chairman Hua and Chairman Pi came to check the training results the next day.Shen Huai divided everyone into four groups and played a 1V1 wheel battle respectively, and then played a 2V2 ring according to the grouping during training.

Chairman Hua is not an expert in games, but seeing Chairman Pi's satisfaction with them, he knows that the training is quite good.

Shen Huai didn't expect that everyone would improve so much after a day's rest. It was expected by him that old players like Song Xueyang, Jia Yunge, Guan He, and Zhou Ning would get along faster, but even Luo Lie was in such a short period of time. Within a short period of time, he adapted to Captain Tao's offensive rhythm. The two cooperated with each other in a relaxed manner and were very skillful.

But the combination of Jin An and Sun Yuan didn't go so smoothly. The two played their own way, and the rhythm was chaotic.Jin An planned to retreat, but Sun Yuan threw out a big move, forcing him to go up, and finally lost the battle.

Shen Huai frowned, and Chairman Pi also said, "It still needs to be strengthened."

At the end of the game, Chairman Hua gave them a few words of encouragement, and Shen Huai sent them out.

When the three of them walked to the door, Sun Yuan suddenly chased them out.

"Chairman Hua! Chairman Pi! I have something to say!"

Chairman Pi knew him already, while Chairman Hua remembered his appearance because of his poor performance just now.

Sun Yuan glanced at Shen Huai and said, "I know that my performance today is not good enough, and I may leave a bad impression on the two chairmen, so I have to defend myself. From the beginning of our training, Captain Shen used public affairs for personal gain. Don’t arrange a partner for me, and crowd me out everywhere, the combination of Jin An and I is to meet your inspection, it was temporarily formed yesterday afternoon, and we only trained for a short half day, of course it is impossible to compare with other combinations.”

Chairman Hua frowned, "You mean Captain Shen made things difficult for you?"

Sun Yuan said firmly, "That's right. Although my level in the team is not good, I'm not that weak. If I was given enough time to get in touch with my teammates, how could it be possible to play like that? At first he didn't arrange a partner for me. , and then came to me and said that he would form a team with me in person, and I happily agreed, thinking that it would be worthwhile to be able to form a 2V2 team with Yushen. But I didn’t expect him to rest in the dormitory the next day because of illness After two days, when I came back to practice, I said that I would change my partner. The teammates know about these things, everyone can testify for me, Shen Huai is not worthy of being the captain at all!"

"I don't know where I offended him. I heard that he obstructed my entry into the team in every possible way when I was drafting, but I didn't expect that he would threaten me and say that if I don't listen to him, I will let you join the team." Sitting on the bench in the game. I took up the spot in the team, but I couldn’t play the game. How can I explain to the captain when I go back? How can I face my teammates?”

What he said was so eloquent and so convincing that the two chairmen believed it only by listening to it.

Chairman Pi remembered that Shen Huai made a special trip to find him to replace Sun Yuan before, and he was skeptical, "Shen Huai, if he dares to say it in front of you, it proves that what he said is not false, right?"

Shen Huai shook his head, "What he said is indeed true, but his understanding is completely opposite to what I really mean. The partners of each team in the team are all formed by themselves. I didn't arrange a partner for anyone, but Sun Far from being willing to form a team with me and Song Xueyang, maybe because he didn’t like the former captain and refused to train all the time. I talked to him, but he thought I was threatening him. I had a cold and a fever the day before yesterday and rested in the room. To help lead the team, Team Guan said that he helped Sun Yuan change a few partners, but he still refused to train hard.”

The two of them insisted on their opinions, and the two chairmen couldn't judge. Chairman Hua didn't bother to care about these trivial matters, "The misunderstanding between the two of you can be resolved by yourself. The training time is only a few days. Don't waste your time on meaningless things. superior."

Sun Yuan never expected that what he said was dry and touching, but Chairman Hua didn't take it seriously at all. He was thinking about what to do when he heard Shen Huai call out the two chairmen.

"There's no way this matter can be resolved by itself."

Chairman Hua stopped to look at him with sullen eyes.

Shen Huai said categorically, "Sun Yuan must leave the team."

Chairman Pi's eyes widened, "Shen Huai, I told you later that the Wild Card Tournament was restructured to allow more players to participate in the World Championship, and Sun Yuan cannot be rejected because his career does not match the team. Team."

"It has nothing to do with that." Shen Huai glanced at Sun Yuan coldly, "If he just doesn't match his profession, it doesn't matter, I can do everything possible to match him with teammates who are suitable for him, and find opportunities for him to play , as long as he trains hard. But he doesn't."

"You're lying!" Sun Yuan shouted, scratching his neck, "I've never been absent from training, and I'm on time every day. You don't care if Xiao Zhang is late or leaves early, and you don't care if Huo Duo's training time is three or four hours less than others every day. Say I didn't train hard?"

Shen Huai was unmoved, "You don't think about making progress, and you focus on who spends less time training than you, who arrives late and leaves early. Is this something a serious player should pay attention to?"

"You speak too much!"

Shen Huai continued, "As an e-sports player, you don't think about how to improve yourself, but you are always opportunistic, using your connections to join the team, and playing the emotional card to drag me into trouble. This kind of person only knows how to study thick black science all day long, but Players who don’t want to rely on technology to go further, staying in the team will only affect the state of other players.”

Sun Yuan was trembling with anger, what's wrong with being tactful and clever?No circle can climb up by relying on ability. People, money, and eloquence are the capital for progress!Those who only know how to train in the most glorious time are fools. How many professional players who are in the limelight can't even sit securely as an anchor after retiring?Does anyone still remember his glory at that time?What's the use of training alone?

Chairman Pi persuaded, "You should mediate well. These are minor problems. There are only ten days left before the start of the wild card game. It is impossible to change players now, right?"

Shen Huai insisted, "Replace Sun Yuan, I can take the first place."

Chairman Pi didn't expect him to say this, Wei Wei was taken aback and was about to persuade him, Chairman Hua suddenly pushed him aside, "Are you serious?"

He stared straight at Shen Huai, "If you replace him, can you guarantee that the Chinese team will get No.1 in the wild card match?"

Alarm bells rang in Sun Yuan's heart, and he said hastily, "The competition is not for him alone, it requires teamwork, how can he guarantee it for others?"

But he was no longer in the eyes of those two.

Shen Huai said solemnly, "I promise, if you replace Sun Yuan, Team Loong will be No.1 in this year's Wild Card Tournament."

"You can replace him, but you can only choose players from the Supper team to join the team."

Shen Huai had an idea a long time ago, "Yes, I want the black spell sunny of the Supper team."

"Okay!" Chairman Hua responded immediately, then turned to Sun Yuan and said, "Go back and pack your things. I'll let Sunny report in the afternoon."

Sun Yuan panicked immediately, "No, Chairman Hua, don't listen to him, Chairman Hua!"

But Chairman Hua ignored him at all, and left with Chairman Pi.

Sun Yuan turned his head to look at Shen Huai, his eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes, "Oh, you are really there, Shen Huai. Do you think you can replace me and get the first place? Just dream!"

"I gave you a chance, but you didn't train seriously, and you deliberately released water during Chairman Hua's inspection. Team Loong doesn't need a player like you."

After Shen Huai finished speaking, he turned and left, and Sun Yuan's angry roar came from behind him.