Although he was now recognized as the best top laner in the country and even in the world, Lin Feng, Li Shiyi, and a few of his former teammates knew Tian Tian's true situation very well.
In fact, this guy was a rather timid fatty who couldn't handle the pressure.
In fact, when he first started playing professionally, Tian Tian would be so nervous that he would tremble before every match. He could not even hold the mouse steadily. He had to let his teammates take turns to think of all kinds of ways to comfort and encourage him.
But that wasn't enough.
In the end, they found that it seemed that only food could truly divert Tian Tian's attention and temporarily put down the huge pressure of the upcoming match. Only after eating could he really pull himself together, or rather, muster up the courage to face the opponent on the field.
He couldn't eat his fill and didn't have enough stamina.
Tian Tian couldn't eat his fill and didn't have enough courage.
Back then, even when everyone was eating instant noodles, they had to buy an extra bowl for Fatty to ensure that their team's top laner could play with the required stability on the field.
And later, when Tian Tian went to the KG club, the team members, as well as the team leaders and coaches, gradually discovered this. In the end, the higher-ups held a special meeting to discuss and finally decided that the other players' pre-match meals still needed to be controlled by the club, but as for Tian Tian …
In any case, as long as he didn't get food poisoning, he could do whatever he wanted.
This also led to an interesting scene in the KG team. On the night before the match, all the other members of the team would sit around a small table and eat pitifully, looking extremely healthy and healthy. All the envious and jealous gazes would be directed towards the other table, only to see Tian Tian alone with a bashful expression as he wolfed down the greasy and sumptuous meat in big mouthfuls …
This was even taken by an esports reporter who dug up gossip material and posted online. At that time, all the players of the Chinese server and netizens were completely laughing. Even members of the other teams and clubs followed suit and commented:
"All of KG's club funds have been eaten by Round God alone."
"He ate so much … no wonder he could support the entire KG team on his own."
Of course, it was all a joke.
Nowadays, the development of the Chinese esports industry was getting better and better. Every team and club was poor. Forget about eating fish and meat, for a world-class top laner like Tian Tian, KG would have no problem providing him with all kinds of delicacies every day.
But back then, it wasn't like this at all —
They were poor back then.
Everyone was poor.
Therefore, when they encountered Tian Tian, a bottomless glutton, it was an incomparably troublesome problem for the other four members of the team, including Lin Feng.
During the European S1 finals, Qiu had complained countless times, "Hey, Fatty, if you keep eating like this, you're going to eat up all our food expenses for the next three days."
At that time, Eleven, who was in charge of the expenditure planning, looked at the overspending food bill with a frown.
Ah Mo didn't say much about this, but he couldn't help but remind Fatty a few times, "Ah Tian, eat less … It's not good for your health if you get fat."
As for Lin Feng, who was the captain at that time …
"You came to my place and took all my pocket money." An Xin squinted at him from the back of the taxi.
Lin Feng laughed awkwardly.
"Aiya, you still remember this —"
"It's all in the past, all in the past ~"
It was all in the past, but now that he recalled it again, the past was still vivid in his mind, incomparably clear.
Perhaps it was because he once again came to this land on the other side of the ocean that he couldn't help but recall so many memories of the past.
"Maybe I'm getting old."
An Xin sighed.
The girl next to him rolled her eyes.
"Don't even think about it. How old are you? Aren't you embarrassed to be flaunting your seniority? There are a lot of older professional players these days."
That was true.
There had always been a saying that the golden age of a professional player was only a year or two, and that after reaching twenty, the physiological state of a professional player would gradually decline. The age of seventeen to twenty was the peak of an esports player's career, but that saying didn't seem to be entirely true these days.
Although there were newcomers constantly appearing in the industry, it was not time for the veterans to retire yet.
Seven Kings, Four Emperors.
Of the eleven players at the top of the esports pyramid, only a third of them had only played for a year or two. Most of the rest were veterans who had played for at least three seasons, and there were even three or four who were over twenty-five. The third of the Four Emperors, Phoenix, and the God of Support, Autumn, were already twenty-six or twenty-seven.
"Is F also twenty-two or twenty-three?"
An Xin suddenly remembered to ask Lin Feng. Lin Feng scratched his head and said, "I don't think so. He's only two years older than me."
Lin Feng was only nineteen this year.
Even the leader of the Four Emperors, F- Han Shihao, was only in his early twenties.
"But it feels like it's been a long time …" The girl sighed. "From S1 to S6, it's been six whole seasons. He's been with League of Legends since its inception."
An Xin glanced at Lin Feng and lectured him.
"Look at him."
"He's been playing professionally for six years without a break, and he's always been at the top of the pyramid. He's way better than you."
Only she could give Lin Feng such a lecture.
Lin Feng listened humbly and nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, yes … That guy is indeed better than me in this aspect."
He clenched his fists.
"But when I come back next year, I'll beat him!"
His words were filled with pride.
In the next second, a strange rumbling sound could be heard. A certain someone froze on the spot and awkwardly reached out to touch his stomach … The girl, who had also just reacted to the situation, laughed so hard that she almost flipped over in the backseat of the taxi.
"Alright, I know you're good."
"If you're that ambitious, fill your stomach first."
… …
The taxi finally stopped at its destination.
This was Manchester's southern Chinatown, home to the second largest city in the UK, China City.
The number of Chinese students studying in the UK had been increasing over the past few years, making this China City more and more lively. Business was booming. Students from China who couldn't get used to Western food in a foreign country would often head to China City. Not to mention, the city had gradually developed into a Chinese community, which naturally attracted a large number of Chinese.
After all, this was the only place where everyone used the same language, and everyone had the same familiar and friendly Eastern faces. This was the only place where they could talk about their homesickness.
Of course, the main reason was convenience.
There were Chinese supermarkets, Chinese restaurants, hotpot restaurants, breakfast shops, hairdressers, and so on. This China City had almost everything. Furthermore, from the owners to the cashiers, the waiters and waitresses were all Chinese, so there was no barrier when it came to language communication.
An Xin's expression didn't change at all as she explained to Lin Feng the information about the Chinese city in front of her.
When Lin Feng heard this, he nodded his head in admiration.
"Steamed Bun, you're really familiar with this place!"
But the next second, his attention was drawn to a shop with an eye-catching sign next to it. The moment he saw the Chinese characters on the sign, he cried out in excitement.
"Oh! Hotpot! "
In the next second, Lin Feng had disappeared and was already at the shop's entrance.
An Xin patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Lin Feng flipping through the menu in front of the hotpot restaurant.
So …
I've managed to fool them again.
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