For Love of the Game

"No." The boss flatly rejected Hu Nana's proposal.

胡娜娜坚持道，“今年的枫月不同往年,有苍羽加入我们单人擂台的胜算并不高,不如干脆放弃,让萧章和我组2V2,这样我们在6V6和2V2上就能取胜！”

The boss waved his hand, "Maple Moon's 2V2 has always been a rookie combination, it would be too ugly for the two of you to bully others. Besides, the ace partner must maintain a sense of mystery. It was just shown against Thunder this time, and it will come again next time." , the fans will be immune, it has no game effect at all."

Just as Hu Nana was about to speak, the boss interrupted him again.

"What's the most important thing about a game? It's the effect of the game. The thrilling ups and downs of the game come back against the wind. Only this kind of game will be liked by the audience and the fans will be impressed. You have to show your ace combination to play against two rookies. It's interesting. Is it? Everyone knows that you will win, and still thinks that you are bullying the rookies. Our God of War has players like you and Xiao Zhang, why would we give up the single-player arena? It’s a joke to say it.”

"But I have a hunch! This time, Cang Yu will definitely appear in the duel. It may be Cang Yu and that little girl, or it may be Cang Yu and Xueshen. In that case, we won't be able to win at the level of our team's 2V2 players!"

Hu Nana argued, "Our team battle lineup is better than Fengyue's. 6V6 is very promising. As long as we win 2V2, we can guarantee to qualify for the first place in the group. The competition in Group A is already over. If we If you get No.2, you will most likely meet Xiaolang in the first game of the playoffs, and if you lose, God of War will miss the semi-finals!"

The boss was startled by her words. He suddenly remembered that this year's grouping situation is too special. Both Xiaolang and WG are in Group A, and now Xiaowolf has qualified first in the group, and WG is second in the group. Judging from the rules of the matchup between the first group and the second group matchup, the probability of God of War drawing Xiaolang is 1/2.

It is okay to fight with WG, but with Xiaolang...

Hu Nana was chilled when she saw the boss's pensive look. God of War is a veteran team, and the strength of the players is obviously not bad, but since the former captain Yao Jun retired and the team started to praise Xiao Zhang, they have become more and more timid.

What is Xiaolang?In the past, he was also defeated by God of War, but the experience of losing to Xiaowolf twice in the playoffs and the global finals last year made the boss a little scared.

The boss pondered for a long time and asked, "Do you think Fengyue is very strong?"

Hu Nana said with certainty, "Yes, if you don't come up with the duo of me and Xiao Zhang, it is very likely that we will lose."

"If you and Xiao Zhang meet Cang Yu in a duel, are you sure you will win?"

Hu Nana pursed her lower lip, "All I can say is that the odds are great."

Fengyue is now on par with their points. In order to qualify for the first place in the group, Song Xueyang will definitely use his trump card. Hu Nana can't guarantee that she can win against that man.

Seeing her hesitation, the boss simply shook his head, "No, no, if you are not sure of winning, I will not let Xiao Zhang play with you. The God of War Golden Boy and Jade Queen card combination is invincible and has never been defeated. The game can Lose, you two can't lose."

Hu Nana was shocked by these words. The players are meant to serve the team. If the team loses, what's the point of the ace combination winning?

"Furthermore, Fengyue is only Song Xueyang and Cangyu. Our God of War has you and Xiao Zhang, and there is nothing we can't beat. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if we really lose, we may not necessarily draw Xiaolang. Nana , as the captain, you have to have confidence in the team, don't always think about giving up, our God of War has the strength, even if we beat Fengyue 3:0, it's not impossible, okay, you go, I won't agree of."

Hu Nana withdrew from the office and leaned against the wall in the corridor.

Ever since the boss found out that the combination of her and Xiao Zhang is very profitable, she has been very fond of them. As the captain, she has to get the approval of the club's senior management if she wants to come up with this combination. The game didn't allow them to play at all.

What ace combination, invincible, really ridiculous!

The effect of the game, the number of fans, and not being able to win are all bullshit!

The reason why they dared to play against the champion Xiaolang team was because everyone in the circle knew that Guan He himself never played 2V2!

Shouldn't the trump card be used when encountering powerful enemies?

"Yo, Nana."

A disgusting voice came from behind, Hu Nana walked away without turning her head, but Xiao Zhang took a quick step to stop her.

Hu Nana took a deep breath and raised her eyebrows, "What's the matter?"

Xiao Zhang supported the wall with one hand, lowered his head, "I heard that you hit a wall with the boss, come here to care for you."

Hu Nana was unmoved, she simply didn't believe that a dog could spit out ivory.

Sure enough, Xiao Zhang's face changed in the next second, "Nana, I warn you, I've made up my mind in the single-player arena, and no one can stop me in this match with Cang Yu."

Hu Nana sneered, "Xiao Zhang, you look like a retard in my eyes. You don't naively think that you can beat Cang Yu, do you? Maybe last year you still have hope, this year? Oh, you have come to train this year How many times? How many times have you been defeated by Cang Yu, don't you know why?"

"That's just because I haven't played other professions much this year, so I'm not familiar with them! If I get a Qigong master, he won't be my opponent at all!"

Hu Nana didn't want to spend too much time talking with him, but she also thought that if it was Xiao Zhang, the boss would consider it seriously.

"Xiao Zhang, maybe you and Cang Yu's act of resolving personal grievances in the ring is very cool, but you have to know that only you win and the team loses. Such a result is meaningless. You and I will play doubles, and we Winning in 6V6 and 2V2 is the safest arrangement."

Xiao Zhang looked at her silently, "Do you want me to form a 2V2 with you?"

Hu Nana continued to coax, "Yes, we won Fengyue this time, no matter whether we meet WG or Supper in the playoffs, we will not lose. God of War defeated Fengyue, don't you think this result is better than Xiao Zhang's victory over Shen Huai?" okay?"

Xiao Zhang took a few steps closer to her, and pressed his head in front of her. The tip of their nose was almost to the tip of their nose. He suddenly opened the corner of his mouth and said in a low voice.

"You beg me."

Hu Nana froze and couldn't speak a word.

Xiao Zhang was still coaxing, "Nana, as long as you open your mouth, I'll go and tell the boss, you want to win, don't you?"

Hu Nana suddenly felt so cold that her lips trembled, her eyes that were always calm and wise turned faintly red.She spoke in a soft voice that was almost imperceptible, "I just discovered today that the God of War is my God of War alone."

After speaking, she bypassed Xiao Zhang and went downstairs. She walked out along the path, and the passing team members stopped to say hello one after another.

She had some pain in her stomach, and her chest was also swollen and painful. The day of the match against Fengyue was just a few days before her menstrual period.

Hu Nana has always been the type who suffers from pain in the first few days of her menstrual period. After taking over the God of War team, she was overworked and everything went wrong, and this problem became even more serious.Before, every time she caught up with her menstrual period and had a competition, she would take some medicine to stagger the time, but this time she felt it was unnecessary.

If she felt very angry when she came out of the boss's office, then after talking with Xiao Zhang, she felt very sad.

In order to win, in order to stabilize the status of God of War, how much effort did she put in?However, she is the only one who really cares about the team's victory or defeat. What's more sad is that no matter how much she hates Xiao Zhang and wishes to leave the team immediately, she can only win by relying on his strength.

Hu Nana felt that she was useless, she couldn't convince the boss, she couldn't deal with Xiao Zhang, and she couldn't win the game by herself.As the captain, she watched helplessly as her team was about to lose the game, but there was nothing she could do.

why?

Why should she care about something that everyone doesn't care about?

After all, she is already 23 years old. Although the God of War has not achieved great results in her hands, she has barely stabilized the position of the champion and runner-up. In two years at most, or next year, she should retire. Are you so tired?

She was sitting in the pavilion in the garden thinking blankly, when suddenly someone called her name from behind.

"Nana!" Yao Jun was very happy to meet the junior he had promoted, "What are you doing here? It's so cold to sit here, get up."

Hu Nana didn't expect to run into Yao Jun, she quickly gathered her emotions and stood up, "I'm fine, why are you here, Captain?"

"Why can't you change your mind? Didn't I tell you to call me Brother Jun?" Yao Jun gave her a reproachful look, but soon smiled, "It's hard to come to Chengdu to explain, of course I have to go home and have a look. "

When Hu Nana heard him say "home", her nose turned sour, and her tears couldn't stop streaming up.

"Oh, ouch, why are you so excited to see me? You can't cry now that you're the captain, our team is still pointing fingers at you." Yao Jun handed her a pack of tissues, "Are you confident in fighting Fengyue tomorrow?"

Yao Jun just asked about Hu Nana's most difficult pain point.

She didn't speak, Yao Jun didn't notice, and took the lead to go to the club, "Fengyue's lineup this year is very strong, you should show your best form, but don't be too nervous, you and Xiao Zhang are both top players, this time I am looking forward to the game.”

Hu Nana let out a muffled "Yeah". Yao Jun was in a good mood after not coming back for a long time, and he kept talking about things in the team, "I called the boss during the Chinese New Year, and he even praised me for your ability. Fei Du has more than doubled compared to when I was on the team? Hey, my former captain is a bit ashamed to come back."

Hu Nana said quickly, "Brother Jun, what are you talking about, God of War will always be your home."

Yao Jun smiled, "Yeah, I have to thank you for taking care of this house so well. I know Xiao Zhang's temper. It's really hard for you to hand God of War into your hands. Fortunately, Xiao Zhang is just a little skinny, enough The strength of hard work is not bad, I think you two have been getting along very well, but it is much better than when I just left the team, when you two always quarreled."

Hu Nana remained silent, but Yao Jun just said the opposite.

Xiao Zhang is no longer the Xiao Zhang in his memory, instead it was those noisy days back then, now thinking about it, it is the happiest time after joining the team.

Xiao Zhang has changed, and the boss has also changed. God of War is no longer the giant team that Yao Jun is familiar with, who worked together and won the world's best results of the Chinese team in one fell swoop.

It's just that Hu Nana couldn't say such words in the face of this former captain who had experienced many battles and retired after a successful career.

Yao Jun went to say hello to the boss first, and then went to the team's training room. His visit made the team members very happy. Xiao Zhang finally knew where to restrain himself in front of the former captain. The atmosphere in the training room was very pleasant. Yao Jun Jun didn't notice the difference either.

When Hu Nana wanted to drive him off when he was leaving, Yao Jun saw that she insisted, so he refused twice and didn't refuse again.

After Hu Nana fastened her seat belt, Yao Jun asked abruptly, "Nana, did you blame me when I insisted on giving you the position of captain?"

Hu Nana's hand paused, remembering the darkest time for her.

When Yao Jun retired, everyone thought he would hand over the position of captain to Xiao Zhang, but unexpectedly, he said to himself——"The God of War will be handed over to you from now on."

This sentence is unbelievable even thinking about it now, but it was actually said by Yao Jun at that time.

Her qualifications and level were inferior to Xiao Zhang's, and she even joined the team later than the rest of the team, but Yao Jun pushed her directly to the captain's position despite all the arguments.

The first days were really miserable. Hu Nana once felt that she was going crazy because she had to withstand the doubts of the outside world, convince the team members, and shoulder the responsibility of being the captain of the championship team.

But she survived. At that time, Xiao Zhang still supported her. This person had no interest in being the captain, and only focused on the competition. Unfortunately, time has passed, but now it is completely different.

"How come?" Hu Nana pulled into gear and stepped on the accelerator, "Without Brother Jun, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Yao Jun laughed, "When I saw you for the first time, I thought you were different from others. You are aggressive and calm, and your eyes tell me that you are someone who wants to make a difference. There are a lot of old teammates who have retired, and the only ones who can afford it among the newcomers are you and Xiao Zhang, but I am not worried about Xiao Zhang as a player, and it is still not enough to be the captain."

He shook his head, but didn't say anything specifically, "Originally, it's okay to hand over the team to Xiu Ran first, and then hand it over to you when he retires in the second year, but I still want you to be the captain earlier, you are right There’s no sense of belonging to this team.”

Hu Nana slowed down the speed of the car, and couldn't stop looking to her side.

"Others are very happy to win the game, but you just want to be stronger, and you rarely talk to everyone at dinner parties. I thought you were a girl at first, and there was nothing to talk about with a group of men, but then I slowly It turns out that you're just focusing on yourself."

"You want to be strong, you want to prove yourself, you want to break the deadlock that top professional players are all men, and you don't care about other things. There is nothing wrong with focusing on yourself, but when you stand at the top, you will find In fact, that’s all there is to it, there’s nothing left but the sense of accomplishment of achieving the goal.”

"The career of an e-sports player is just a few years. When the time is up, no matter whether you have climbed to the top or not, you have to come down. When you go up the mountain, don't just keep your head down and climb, so that you can go down the mountain without regrets."

"I didn't tell you this at the beginning because you still don't understand. You brought out the God of War now. Do you regard it as your home?"

Hu Nana didn't know how she sent Yao Jun away, she only knew that she couldn't stop crying after Yao Jun got off the car, and wiped away tears when she cried hard.

For a long time, she thought that Yao Jun made God of War today, and she must defend it, but now that she thinks about it, God of War's achievement is not her hard work.

Others don't care about winning or losing, and can ignore her efforts, but she can't, she wants to win, and she has to do everything she can to be worthy of herself!

Hu Nana turned the car sharply, drove to a nearby pharmacy, and bought a box of contraceptive pills.

After paying the bill, I happened to meet a starfish.

Haixing blushed when she saw her, and said hello falteringly, "Na, sister Nana, why are you here? Are you feeling unwell?"

Hai Xing is a little strange, this is near the stadium, but the God of War Club is far away, even if Hu Nana buys medicine, she won't have to travel so far.

Hu Nana put the medicine in a plastic bag and hid it behind her back, "Well, I'll send Captain Yao over to buy some medicine. I'm not feeling well recently."

Haixing was very worried, "The temperature has changed a lot recently, did you catch a cold? Go back and drink more hot water. The food in Chengdu is too spicy, so eat less these days."

He slapped his hands around his mouth as he spoke, as if he had just eaten a bunch of peppers.

Hu Nana couldn't help laughing, she knew that Hai Xing had some meaning for her, but this child was not only young, but also very cute, it really couldn't give her the feeling of being liked, on the contrary, every time she saw this little guy, she felt like seeing him Like his own brother.

"Okay, I see, what are you here to buy, are you sick?"

"Oh, I'm here to buy some medicine for promoting blood circulation for Shen Huai. Although his hands are almost in good shape, isn't this a competition right now..."

Halfway through his speech, he realized that his opponent in the next match was the God of War team, so he fell silent.

Hu Nana thought that Shen Huai's hand was injured because of Xiao Zhang, and her eyes turned cold.

"That's it, then buy it quickly, I'll go back first."

Starfish was still a little bit reluctant, "Okay, be careful on the road."

Hu Nana smiled, "Okay, come on."

Goddess told him come on!

Hai Xing felt as if there were a bunch of little suns turning towards him in his heart.

After buying medicine for Shen Huai, he suddenly remembered the medicine box Hu Nana was holding and asked, "By the way, what medicine did she buy just now?"

The two pharmacists looked at each other and smiled, "What are you asking about? You can't say it."

Hai Xing was not very happy, glanced out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly saw the medicine that Hu Nana had just bought on the side cabinet. He couldn't remember the name of the medicine, but the box was exactly the same.

"Is it this! Levonorgestrel tablets... what is this?"

The two pharmacists kept silent, their faces full of indescribable expressions.

Hai Xing lowered his head following their weird gazes, and saw a reminder sticking on his hand—a counter for contraceptives.

"..."

Hai Xing didn't know how he got back, he threw the medicine to Shen Huai and then sat in front of the computer dejectedly, without saying a word all day.