Chapter 1
"Leaving now?"
"come on!"
"After retiring... go back to school"
"Wait for us to start, and when the time comes, I will become a star and sign for you!"
WE Club.
Bai Qiu, wearing a WE uniform, looked at the reluctant eyes of his teammates from the second team at the door and sighed slightly in his heart.
One month after his rebirth, he finally figured out his identity.
In this parallel world, he became the youth training top laner of the WE second team. At the age of fifteen, he left home to pursue his dream of e-sports.
Thinking that he was just a high-level player in his previous life, and his highest rank was diamond, when S10 just ended, he watched SN lose the game at home... Thinking about it this way, there is nothing wrong with returning to S7, after all, the Bird's Nest is the beginning of the dream.
But... now his situation is very embarrassing, because his predecessor's own talent and strength are limited. After playing for several years, he has no chance to enter the WE first team. Now, even WE, the famous"youth training camp" of LPL, has tactfully persuaded him to quit.
"Go back and do your best. Although we are not teammates anymore, our relationship will not change. We will keep in touch in the future."The mid-lane in the second team has the best relationship with Bai Qiu. Looking at Bai Qiu, he felt a little uncomfortable for some reason, as if he had seen his future in advance.
""Let's go. I'll see you off." The manager of WE's second team took Bai Qiu to the outside of the club.
There was no grand retirement ceremony, and no fans shed tears, because Bai Qiu had no fans.
There was no ridiculous ridicule from teammates in novels, and no contempt, because everyone knew that Bai Qiu worked harder than anyone else.
He just didn't have the talent.
The manager was very kind to him.
Unfortunately... if someone ridiculed Bai Qiu at this time, maybe he would feel better.
The cruelty of e-sports can be seen.
Without strength, no one will even pay attention to you, so how can you talk about ridicule?
All the way to the door, at this time a group of young people in red WE uniforms just came in. After seeing Bai Qiu and the manager, they were stunned for a moment. The thin Xiye greeted them:"Going out? This is...……"
"Something happened at home, so Xiaobai is taking a leave for a while." The manager was very polite to Xiye.
This is a well-known star player in LPL, and the starting midfielder of the WE club's first team, the eldest brother among the eldest brothers.
Everyone is an insider, and they all know what the manager means when they hear what he said.
Xiye patted Bai Qiu on the shoulder, said nothing, and turned around to lead the other WE starters into the club. After living in WE for a few years, Bai Qiu is familiar with the people in the first team, but it is only limited to familiarity.
When leaving, a pat on the shoulder is the greatest comfort and friendship.
After sending Bai Qiu to the door, the manager said before leaving:"The club will pay you the remaining salary... You have worked hard in the past few years. If you quit early now, you will have the opportunity to go back to school. In fact, everyone... is reluctant to let you go."
Because Bai Qiu's contract with WE has not expired, so as the name suggests, it is a vacation, which is actually considered early retirement. WE did a very good job in this regard and did not make things difficult for an eighteen or nineteen-year-old child.
After saying goodbye to the manager, Bai Qiu could not help but look back at the club gate.
This look might be the last one, and in the future... there would be no chance to come back. After getting in the car, the driver drove towards the suburbs under Bai Qiu's guidance.
At the same time.
Inside the WE club.
The deputy manager of the second team looked at his partner who was walking back:"Gone?"
The manager of the second team nodded, his face a little gloomy, and he felt inexplicably guilty towards Bai Qiu.
Because in the beginning... it was him who signed Bai Qiu.
But now WE... really doesn't need him. In 2017, they won the spring championship. Not long ago, they represented the LPL region in the MSI. Although they did not win the championship, they are now the number one brother in the LPL region. 60E dominates the world, and teams like RNG and EDG can only avoid the limelight temporarily. What the audience remembers is only the five starting tigers of WE who are now in high spirits.
For Bai Qiu... I can only apologize.
"Phew…" The deputy manager breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile,"Finally he left. He would have stayed here for free. To be honest, if he wasn’t so young, I would have persuaded him to leave long ago."
The manager frowned and didn’t answer.
"By the way, his contract expires in a month, and now he has left...what about the remaining salary..." the deputy manager asked tentatively
"Please be more polite." The manager looked at his partner calmly and said,"The child signed with you when he was fifteen years old. Even if he has no merit, he has worked hard. We all have to work in the circle in the future. It's not good to ruin our reputation because of a little money, right?"
"Think about it from another perspective. If your child was delayed for a few years, I hope you can still say this."
The deputy manager opened his mouth and was speechless, because when he put himself in the other's shoes... he suddenly felt that the club's treatment of a child like this... was understandable, but it was indeed... cruel!
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Arriving at the outskirts of Shanghai, Bai Qiu got off the bus with his backpack and walked into a neighborhood that was both strange and familiar.
He remembered that the last time he came here was several years ago. Although he had not been able to perform on stage in the past few years, he had been training very hard, and he had less contact with his old friends.
After recalling, Bai Qiu came to a room on the fifth floor. Just as he was about to knock on the door, he heard a pleasant and familiar scream from behind:"Surprise!"
Looking back, he saw Tuan Tuan, who was still very thin in 2017, standing behind him with a funny look on his face, and stretched out his hand to cover his eyes,"Qiu Qiu, long time no see, surprise?"
Bai Qiu paused and said,"Promise me, don't eat anymore in the future, okay?"
"Huh?" Tuantuan didn't understand what he meant.
"Don't call me Qiuqiu, it's too rustic…"
"Oh, these are not important. How come you have time to come to my place?" Tuantuan came around, opened the door, and led Bai Qiu in.
"No need to change shoes, my mansion is always open to you." Tuan Tuan sat down carelessly, with a bossy demeanor:"Tell me, what's going on, aren't you going to play professionally?"
Bai Qiu looked at the messy environment in front of him, the walls were all rough cement, it was obviously a half-finished house, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and said:"In the future... I won't play professionally anymore."
"Huh?" Tuantuan immediately put away his smile and asked seriously:"What's the matter, brother? Haven't you wanted to be a professional player since you were a child?"
Bai Qiu and she are childhood friends and grew up together. It's not an exaggeration to say that they are childhood sweethearts, so Bai Qiu didn't hide it from her and briefly explained the matter.
After listening, Tuantuan was immediately furious:"How can WE do this? Huh? You played in their club for four years, and they didn't let you play. They shouldn't have signed you at that time. You gave them the best four years of your life. Even if it is a big club, it can't bully you like this!"
"You are such a dog that looks down on people. You are right to come back. We won't tolerate this!"
As he spoke, his nose felt sore and his eyes suddenly turned red, because Bai Qiu... was delayed for four years!
How many more four years can there be in life?
The best four years were gone just like that.……
""Damn it, you are such a piece of shit, bah!"
Bai Qiu nodded with lifeless eyes, speechless.
Tuantuan thought he was worried about his future situation, so he immediately adjusted his mood and pretended to wave his hand:"Don't worry, you don't have to worry about your family, just stay with me first, if it doesn't work out, we can do live streaming together, I tell you, although my live streaming is not very popular now, but... I will be famous sooner or later!"
"When the time comes, I will take you to eat and drink delicious food, and to a very professional team. These dogs are DX (things)!"
"Hey, why don't you say anything? Are you touched? If you are, kowtow to me."
A group of people chirped in his ears, but Bai Qiu didn't pay attention to it, because at this moment, all kinds of notification sounds in his mind were like a mobile phone turning on, ringing non-stop.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for activating the talent victory system"
"Ding, testing host's talent, score: C"
"Ding, the host's talent is improving…"
"Ding, the talent upgrade is successful, and the host's talent lower limit is raised to S level (currently no one in the world has reached this level)!"
""Fuck!"
Bai Qiu cursed and burst into tears."
System, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you for a long time!