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Shanghai Esports Association, President's Office.
Fang Hao's tone was casual and normal, but when the last sentence fell into Chu Fang Nan's ears, the latter could not help but feel his heart skip a beat.
Fang Hao did not seem to notice the strange expression on Chu Fang Nan's face. He asked for Chu Fang Nan's opinion as if nothing had happened.
"What do you think?"
Chu Fang Nan coughed and nodded.
"Hmm, I think it's not bad."
Indeed, if this year's National LL High School League was going to play a new trick and let Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou respectively choose a high school team to participate in the next year's National LL High School League, then Shanghai would naturally have to send their strongest high school team.
To put it bluntly, this was actually a secret contest between the three major esports associations in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
It just so happened that the Shanghai Sixteen Schools League in Shanghai had just ended. It was the safest and most reliable method to choose the team members from the top three teams.
"The champion this time is High School 13, right?"
Fang Hao was already leading the conversation in a certain direction.
Chu Fangnan braced himself and answered,
"Yes, Shisan High School is a dark horse this time. In the end, they defeated last year's champion, Shanghai High School, with a score of 3: 1. The strength of the team members is really good."
Fang Hao continued nodding.
"Yes, I heard about it."
"Their team captain … what's his name again?"
The last sentence almost made Chu Fang Nan choke to death. He coughed for a long time.
"This, this …"
Before he could finish, Chu Fang Nan heard Fang Hao slam the table heavily.
"You stinking brat, are you still planning to hide something from me?"
Fang Hao looked at his most capable subordinate in front of him with a rare dark expression.
True enough.
He was still discovered.
But for this situation, Chu Fang Nan was already mentally prepared when he sent the email to Fang Hao. At this time, he did not panic much. He could only smile awkwardly and helplessly,
"Brother Fang … you have to listen to my explanation …"
But Fang Hao had already interrupted him. He looked straight at Chu Fang Nan, and his tone instantly became stern and solemn.
"So, tell me honestly —"
"Is it really him?"
Chu Fangnan paused, then met Fang Hao's gaze and nodded heavily.
"Yes, it's him."
Fang Hao could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. After obtaining such a certain answer, even someone like him, who had experienced great storms and could already remain calm in the face of any changes, could not help but feel incomparably complicated and shocked in an instant.
Lin Feng …
That Lin Feng?!
Seriously …
aple！？
Chu Fang Nan helplessly explained with a wry smile, "I only found out before the semi-finals … That guy Lin Feng insisted that I keep it a secret for the time being, so I didn't tell Brother Fang …"
Fang Hao waved his hand. This kind of trivial matter was no longer important to him. He was still trying to digest this shocking news.
Or …
It was an incomparably huge surprise.
"Is, is it really him?"
Fang Hao couldn't help but lose his composure. He couldn't help but ask again.
Chu Fangnan nodded seriously once more. "Yes!"
His confident tone finally made Fang Hao snap out of his daze. He took a few deep breaths before he could suppress the shock in his heart.
"Good, good, good!"
The four "good" words that came out of his mouth were enough to reflect the excitement and joy of the chairman of the Shanghai Esports Association.
"That brat … he finally knows to come back!"
Although there was a hint of anger and reproach in his tone, Chu Fang Nan was incomparably familiar with Fang Hao's personality. At this moment, the man in front of him, the man he respected the most, was absolutely filled with unspeakable joy.
They were all witnesses and participants of the S1 season that year.
And in that era, the true genius mid laner, APLE, and the weight of the Chinese esports veterans' hearts was incomparably heavy!
So even after a few years, they still felt incomparably regretful when they thought back to the past.
So when APLE's name and figure came into view again …
They would only be pleasantly surprised and excited!
It was as if they had seen the brightest hope of the new generation of the Chinese server!
… …
After eating hotpot, Lin Feng and Tian Tian walked to the subway entrance and said their goodbyes.
"Fatty, you have to keep training when you get back!"
Lin Feng enthusiastically waved at Tian Tian.
"Next time you have time, come find me again. I'll call Bao Bao and TangTang!"
Tian Tian nodded vigorously. "Yeah! Of course! Lin Feng, you too! "
Suddenly, Tian Tian thought of something.
"By the way, Lin Feng, I heard this morning that there's a new National University League coming up. Are you going to participate?"
"Huh?"
Lin Feng was stunned for a moment.
"Me? That's the National University League, not the High School League. How am I supposed to participate if I'm not a university student?"
"Oh, right …" Tian Tian scratched his head awkwardly. "I forgot …"
Lin Feng was now in his third year of high school, and Tian Tian was a few years older than him. Although Tian Tian's main focus was on King's team, he was still in college. The teachers at the school had given him the green light to not attend classes during the competition, and he could slowly make up for the credits he had earned from his exams.
Tian Tian was a little disappointed.
"My teacher asked me if I could represent my school in the National University League, so I thought it would be great if you could participate."
Lin Feng laughed.
"How could they let you participate? If you participate, the other schools won't be able to participate, right?"
Indeed, the number one top laner in the Chinese server, Circle God, was participating in a university league. That would be too much of a bully.
But Lin Feng was a little disappointed.
"University League Tournament … It sounds interesting. If only I had already gone to university …"
If he could, he would be a little interested in the National University League.
…
Lin Feng chatted with Tian Tian for a bit longer at the subway entrance, then watched Fatty turn around and walk down the elevator. The warm smile on Lin Feng's face gradually faded.
Then he lowered his head and fell silent.
Back in the hotpot restaurant, he mustered up his courage and asked Tian Tian the question that had been bottled up in his heart for a long time.
And he got the answer.
How were the other three teammates of the past doing now?
Eleven, the jungler, was still playing professionally, but for various reasons, he had been reduced to playing for a second-tier professional team in the LSPL First Division, and it seemed very difficult and unsatisfactory.
Qiu, the support, and Mo, the A-team, had both retired.
Even Tian Tian found it difficult to contact the two former teammates in the bottom lane of the team.
It was said that both of them had returned to their hometowns and began to work hard for their lives in the real world.
Qiu seemed to have opened an internet cafe and was the boss. His days were plain. Tian Tian once went to Qiu's hometown and was treated to a sumptuous barbecue. After that, they gradually contacted each other less and less.
And Mo …
He seemed to be the one who was the least heard from among the few members of the team.
Just like his silent and quiet personality back then, even after retiring, there seemed to be no news of him.
Tian Tian found out from Qiu that Mo seemed to have returned to his hometown in Fujian to help his family with some small business.
Then he was also a small boss —
Lin Feng thought silently. He felt happy for his former teammates who were living a stable life, but he couldn't help but feel an indescribable sadness.
Because …
He still remembered the high spirits of the five of them back then.
He remembered that everyone was still talking about their esports dreams in the middle of the night.
That was their pursuit and belief when they were young and fresh.
It was the passion and blood that they could easily boil.
But now, it seemed that the edges had been slowly smoothed out by the dull reality.
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