At half past nine in the evening, the plane landed at the Guangzhou White Cloud Airport. The group of YYg members picked up their luggage, got onto the bus that they booked before they arrived, and set off for the hotel.
Zhou Tian had had a nap on the plane and was woken up before they landed. And now, she still felt sleepy, and her brain couldn’t function either.
Fortunately, there was no other activity tonight, so she could sleep right after arriving at the hotel.
She didn’t know if it was because she still had a fever, because that night, she was especially sleepy, and slept deeper than usual.
After an entire night of sleep, she felt completely refreshed after she woke up.
Guan Bo Niang, who had slept in the same room with her, was still sleeping. She thought about it a little and made her movements very quiet. She quickly did her simple morning routine, grabbed her phone, and went out of the room, wanting to go have breakfast downstairs.
The result was, when she went out of the door and turned around the corner, she met Xie Yi.
They were both surprised to see each other, as it was simply too early right now.
“You feeling better now?” At last, it was Xie Yi who spoke first. He wanted to ask how she was feeling.
“Much better.” She said while pushing the button on the elevator, “Just a bit hungry.”
“Breakfast?”
“Are you going to have breakfast too?” Zhou Tian blinked, “Then let me pay for the meal. I’m very familiar with the local streets.”
Xie Yi didn’t decline and only asked, “You’re from Guangzhou?”
She shook her head, and said that she only stayed in Guangzhou for a while a year ago, when she moved out of her hometown, but that she was actually from Chaozhou.
“At that time, I lived right nearby,” She continued her explanation even after going into the elevator, “Because I knew that there was an internet cafe on this street at that time, and a lot of Sports teams train over there every time they come to Guangzhou for competitions. I was thinking about whether I could come here and livestream or not, but Guangzhou had really strong security, and so they never let me into the internet cafe.”
“Mhm, it’s right downstairs.” In fact, YYg chose to stay at this hotel precisely because this hotel was very close to that internet cafe that was allied with huge e-gaming teams, and so it would be very convenient.
TL’s Note: Xie Yi doesn’t talk much, but he meant that the internet cafe is right downstairs.
Just when he finished his sentence, the elevator stopped at the lobby and made a “Ding!” sound.
Zhou Tian was the first to walk out. She wanted to introduce him to a few breakfast restaurants that served traditional and delicious plates. She asked what he wanted to eat.
“I’m fine,” He really wasn’t picky. But after this reply, he realized that he sounded perfunctory, so he added on after pausing for a moment, “Depends on what you want to eat.”
Zhou Tian was familiar with his personality and didn’t force him to make a decision. She rubbed her temples for a moment, while she thought about it, then said, “How about the Wonton noodles across from the internet cafe?”
“Then, we can go rank for a few rounds after we have our breakfast!” Zhou Tian said, “The simulation competition is during the afternoon anyway.”
It was impossible for Xie Yi to say no to anything that was related to rank, so he nodded immediately.
So the duo left the hotel and headed toward the Wonton noodles restaurant that Zhou Tian told Xie Yi about.
Because she knew that the owner of the restaurant was a local of Guangzhou, Zhou Tian switched to her not-exactly-traditional Chaozhou Cantonese.
Before, when everyone in the eSports circle all said that Yuzhou Mei’s voice was very sweet and soft, Xie Yi almost never had any special feelings.
Later on, the duo became teammates and duo ranked every single day. She was the one who directs all the time, and she cursed naturally now and then, which, even more, made him think that she had nothing to do with the words “sweet” and “soft”. But right now, when he heard her talk in Cantonese and drag the ending letters, he suddenly felt that the comments made sense after all.
Every single word that came out of her mouth sounded coquettish.
“There’s an empty table over there!” Zhou Tian, being very astute in observing, dashed in and took over the last table in the restaurant after ordering breakfast for the both of them.
After she took over the table, she realized that he was still at the entrance. She then blinked a few times, raised her hand high up into the air, and enthusiastically waved at him.
Like an idiot, Xie Yi thought. Coquettish and everything else, of course, was an illusion.
The Wonton noodles were fresh and delicious, Zhou Tian, who didn’t eat anything yesterday, gobbled down everything quickly.
When her bowl was halfway empty, she turned her head to look at Xie Yi. Seeing that he was delighted with his food as well, she finally felt assured.
It turned out that Xie Yi had to pay for this meal again because the owner said that she lost her phone and only accepted cash payments these days.
Zhou Tian, who only brought her phone when she came downstairs: “……”
She complained: “Ah, why is it always you who pays for the meal at the end?”
Xie Yi: “Next time you can pay.”
“Alright, that’s a promise. Next time when we eat a meal together, let me pay for it,” She said loquaciously as they crossed the road, “Wait, no, I’m still not eighteen years old and aren’t an adult. Won’t the internet cafe kick me out again?”
“Nope,” Xie Yi paused, “Cooperation with eSports teams.”
There were always a few teammates who were not yet eighteen years old, in every single eSports team, no matter if they were in the best team or the second best one. If the internet cafe that was allied with them couldn’t think of that, then it wouldn’t be necessary to cooperate with them.
TL Note: basically, if the internet cafe didn’t let their underage teammates enter, then it wouldn’t be necessary for them to cooperate with each other. Also, according to Sydney, each eSports team has a best and a second best team.
Anyway, with Xie Yi with her and showing his identity, this time, Zhou Tian was finally successful in entering this internet cafe that was famous in the professional gaming circle.
It was the beginning of summer, and there were a lot of students who came to the internet cafe to watch football games and play games the entire day and night.
And these students, of course, knew a few things about the League of Legends eSports circle, so there were a few discussions and whispers going on when the duo entered the cafe.
Zhou Tian even realized that a person raised their phone stealthily and was going to take a picture of them. She wasn’t used to it, and instinctively turned away.
But even so, pictures of them two entering the internet cafe together still ended up on the internet.
Fortunately, the person who took pictures of them wasn’t doing so in a bad way, and only thought that it was a huge surprise to meet a professional gamer in real life.
“Daddy Xie is so tall and thin, he’s so handsome in real life! Yuzhou Mei seems like an elementary schooler standing next to him……”
Zhou Tian almost leaped high into the air in anger when she came back to the hotel and saw this post from Guan Bo Niang’s phone.
“I’m not that short!!” She said, trying to state the fact, “I’m 160 centimeters tall, alright?”
Yin Yuanxia coughed, and said, “But Xie ge is 185 centimeters tall! There is a difference of twenty-three centimeters between you. Do you know how much is twenty-three centimeters?”
He said, then reached out his hand to outline the difference of height between her and Xie Yi.
Zhou Tian: “……” Fuck, you two from the bottom lane are so annoying!
Guan Bo Niang, who travelled everywhere with the team, came over to reassure her: “It’s okay, I am going to send out the microphone recording of the first week in a few minutes. And then, everyone will watch this and won’t have the time to continue reposting that post.”
TL Note: Microphone recording = a recording of what they said when they played in the match.
“How long is the recording?”
“A bit over five minutes. You guys talked more during the ban-pick section.”
At twelve o’clock sharp, the post was sent out. The group of teammates was sitting in the restaurant on the top floor of the hotel and was waiting for their meal, all clicked onto the post and were eager to hear which parts of their conversations were in the edited version.
The result was, Zhou Tian’s voice filled their ears the moment the recording started.
【It’s only my first time on stage, is it even necessary to target me like this?!】
Zhou Tian: “???”
The good thing was, the next part of the recording was Wang Ren and Han Ziliang bickering with each other when the competition just started.
It was probably because the editing team knew that she was new, so they didn’t put in the sentence where she asked Wang Ren if she could have the first kill. Instead, they put in the part where she said that Further could handle the entire bottom lane. And there was a caption that read: “Congratulations to your new rank as Xie’s Sycophant!”
【Middle path, middle path!!】
【I’m teleporting, I’m teleporting, hold on!】
【The AD on the other side isn’t parrying, the tower is open, it’s open! I’m gonna go try starting a wave!】
TL’s Note: A wave of attack.
…
【It’s a wave! A wave! Just team fight.】
【Crocodile, crocodile, the crocodile is up again, someone go!】
…
【Xie ge should be the MVP this round, fuck, Xie ge’s always MVP when he gets the Lu Xian as hero! I’m just so jealous.】
【But this time he didn’t get five kills in a row, hahahahaha!!!】
Everyone thought that it was pretty good after they finished watching the edited version. Not only did the editing team put in the splendid team fighting parts, they also put in funny parts where the fans would be happy to watch.
Zhou Tian also sighed in relief, she thought that the editing team did great and thought a lot about her, because they cut off a lot of things that she said when she was getting too angry or excited.
“But after the competition and during the interview, Xie ge already said that you’re fierce,” Yin Yuanxia said, sighing, “Did you forget?”
Zhou Tian, again: “……”
Just when she was speechless and was glaring at the “bottom lane duo”, Xie Yi, on the other side, raised his head: “Good to be fierce.”
His tone was casual and he said it in a very simple way, but Zhou Tian’s anger somehow disappeared.
“W-Why?” She asked after pausing for a long time.
He pursed his lips and didn’t answer.
Credits: Sydney & Kathrien
Vandez Translations 
Thank you for the translation! I play a lot of League of Legends, so if you ever need help with editing for gaming/League terms, let me know!
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