"Team Happy, champions of Season 10!"
Amidst the grand announcement, the championship trophy with the words "Season 10, Happy" engraved on it was being presented to Happy by the chairman of the Alliance, Feng Xianjun. The first person to receive the trophy on behalf of Team Happy was naturally their captain, Ye Xiu!
This was his fourth championship trophy, but it was also his first time personally receiving a trophy from the Alliance. Everyone's eyes were focused on him at this moment, witnessing the birth of this fourth and first champion.
The trophy.
The glittering trophy, the symbol of the highest glory, was finally handed over to Happy.
Ye Xiu received it with both hands, but then the trophy slipped from his hands.
"Ah!"
Amidst the screams of the crowd, Su Mucheng and Fang Rui, who were flanking Ye Xiu, quickly reached out to hold the trophy. Then, one hand after another reached out to hold the trophy firmly. Happy's players were no longer standing in a row on the podium. Instead, they gathered in a circle, surrounding Ye Xiu.
"I say, even if you don't care for it anymore, don't throw it away. I don't have it yet!" Fang Rui said sternly.
"That's right, that's right," the others echoed.
Ye Xiu smiled.
Of course, he wasn't going to throw the trophy away. His hands were already weak and he couldn't hold the trophy at all.
Fortunately, he had so many reliable teammates around him.
Perhaps they had already realized this, so in that instant, they all reached out to help Ye Xiu raise the trophy over their heads.
The championship belongs to us!
At this moment, even if they weren't the hosts, they had already received enough applause. After the official award ceremony, Chen Guo finally walked onto the stage and gathered with Happy's team. As for whether she was crying or laughing, it didn't matter.
This was a Happy moment, but since it wasn't their home court, there was a limit to how much they could celebrate. After the award ceremony, Happy quickly left and returned backstage.
Even if it was the deciding match of the finals, the post-match press conference was the same.
Samsara quickly came out to participate in the press conference. There were too many classic moments in this match, but whether it was Zhou Zekai's 1v3 in the group arena, or Tang Rou's reversal of the 1v3, or every player's spectacular performance in the team competition, all of them paled in comparison to Ye Xiu's 6.5 second triple kill.
That was an extremely difficult final attack, the final attack that sealed the victory. Samsara was asked about their thoughts on the match, naturally, they couldn't hide their thoughts on Ye Xiu's final performance.
"He's a great player," Samsara's captain, Zhou Zekai, said. He, who wasn't good with words, described Ye Xiu as "great". The other members of Samsara also expressed their agreement. They had lost, but they weren't unconvinced. Whether it was Ye Xiu or Happy, they had done too many unimaginable things. Their efforts, their gains, were all worthy of respect.
"I look forward to fighting them again next time!" Samsara's anticipation could be considered the highest level of acknowledgment they could give to an opponent.
After Samsara, the main character appeared. The reporters had prepared plenty of questions, but in the end, Ye Xiu wasn't among the members of Happy's press conference.
Everyone was stunned. After Happy's victory, everyone's first question was: "Why didn't Ye Xiu attend the press conference?"
"He's too tired. He needs to rest," Su Mucheng answered the reporter's question. Whether they believed it or not, there was nothing they could do. But without Ye Xiu's press conference, Happy's press conference, it was like they were missing the main character, the backbone, and the press conference immediately became dull.
After Happy won the championship, there wasn't a single interview with Ye Xiu. There wasn't even a single word from him. Even Esports Home's reporter, Chang Xian, who had a good relationship with Happy, was politely declined by Happy.
The main character of the championship wasn't interviewed? Some of the reporters who were new to the Glory scene found this inconceivable. But the reporters who had been interviewing the Glory scene for ten years suddenly felt that this scene was very nostalgic.
Without the main character, wasn't this the scene of the Excellent Era's third year dynasty? At that time, Ye Xiu didn't even show his face, let alone an interview.
Was this guy going to return to the past?
For a moment, everyone began to speculate. At the same time, they didn't give up on trying to interview Ye Xiu. But no one would have thought that raising the Glory Season 10 championship trophy with Happy's teammates would be Ye Xiu's final image in Glory.
On the fourth day after the finals, Happy took the initiative to hold a press conference. Originally, everyone thought that Ye Xiu was finally going to appear for an interview. Who would have thought that in the end, it was Happy's boss, Chen Guo, and Su Mucheng who appeared at the press conference. And at the press conference, they used their official status to announce Ye Xiu's decision to retire.
Retire?
Ye Xiu was going to retire?
Even though it had already happened once before, even though Ye Xiu's age really was there for all to see. But his impressive undefeated record in Season 10 and his explosive 6.5 seconds crushing of Samsara's three great experts made everyone forget all of this. Everyone felt that with Ye Xiu's condition and skill level, it wouldn't be a problem for Ye Xiu to play for another ten years!
But retirement?
Such a sudden and resolute decision. He didn't even show up to greet everyone personally before leaving just like that?
Why?
Everyone wanted to know the reason. But Happy's boss, Chen Guo, didn't seem to want to talk about it. Her smile seemed very forced. She clearly didn't want Ye Xiu to leave more than anyone else. She wanted nothing more than for Ye Xiu to not make such a decision.
But …
"It's time to go home." This was the reason Ye Xiu told everyone when he made his decision. He didn't hide his reluctance to leave Glory, nor did he give up on his pursuit of the championship. He just wanted everyone to know that he also had another responsibility.
"You're welcome to come back anytime." Chen Guo obviously didn't want Ye Xiu to leave, but she couldn't stop him from leaving. She only hoped and hoped that perhaps Ye Xiu would receive his family's approval. Perhaps he wouldn't have to make such a difficult decision and could shoulder both responsibilities well.
She hoped it would be like this.
Chen Guo silently hoped for it. She hoped for it all the time.
"Go home." She told the reporters that this was the reason for Ye Xiu's retirement, and also where Ye Xiu would go after he left. Although this answer left the reporters at a loss, Chen Guo didn't want to explain any further.
"And Happy, Su Mucheng will be the captain from now on." Chen Guo accepted Ye Xiu's decision. She didn't feel down because of it, and she definitely wouldn't let Happy feel down because of it. And Su Mucheng also didn't show any signs of worry after Ye Xiu made the decision to retire and go home. Because she knew that this was Ye Xiu's own decision. This was a mature decision. She wouldn't let herself become a factor in Ye Xiu's worries. Instead, she would continue to do her best to help Ye Xiu and get rid of the worries in his heart that he couldn't let go of.
So she didn't want to be a side character anymore. She wanted to take over everything that Ye Xiu had done. In the future, she wanted to be like Ye Xiu and become the main character of Happy until the day she retired.
"Keep in touch. I'll wait for you to retire." This was the promise that Ye Xiu made to her before they parted.
The news of Ye Xiu's retirement was quickly reported and caused a huge uproar in the industry. Just like last time, he left quietly without saying a word. Then he let everyone know about it through the media.
Pity, regret, blessings, doubts …
All sorts of emotions. Everyone had already felt these emotions two and a half years ago. But this time, the emotions were even more complicated. Because in these two and a half years, this guy had gone from the Glory game to the Challenger League to the Pro League. He had made a huge mess of his existence and turned everything upside down.
But in the end, was he going to leave quietly and unexpectedly like this again?
Was he going to hide in a corner again and then suddenly come out again and secretly stab everyone in the back?
Some people jokingly guessed and immediately received high approval from everyone. After denouncing Ye Xiu's despicable actions, everyone fell silent again.
In the end, everyone only offered their blessings.
For their strongest opponent.
For their best friend.
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