Chapter 629 The Meaning of the Journey

"Xiao Wen?" Chu Xue's voice was slightly hoarse, but full of magnetism, and she was a little apologetic: "I'm sorry, I have just been talking to others about the issue of cooperation and endorsement next year..."

While drinking tea, Chu's father rolled his eyes, closed his little cotton-padded jacket and said, "Have you become someone else?"

Chu's father put down the tea cup, looked at Chu Xue with a somewhat stern look, and asked her to go outside.

Chu Xue glanced at her father, thought for a while, nodded, stood up and walked to the balcony: "New Year's Eve dinner... where did you eat it?"

Zhang Jiale's home

Zhang Jiale consciously ran to the toilet, but from the perspective of the shadow, he was probably eavesdropping.

Regarding the gossip about their captain and their boss’s wife, that is one of the top spices for Ember Team! Zhang Jiale couldn't even imagine how happy Dai Yanqi and Chu Yunxiu would be every day if they came to the Embers!

Li Wen didn't see Zhang Jiale's shadow, but just smiled and said: "Brother Jiale, I came to eat at home. My uncle and aunt cooked a lot of dishes, which were delicious. We also played mahjong together and watched the Spring Festival Gala... Hmm , but the Spring Festival Gala is not very interesting.”

"It's really not interesting..." Chu Xue thought for a while and whispered: "Then, come to my house to celebrate the New Year next year?"

"Next year?" Li Wen was silent for a long time.

[Promise, Xiao Wen! 】 Su Muqiu on the side urged anxiously.

Li Wen looked at Su Muqiu helplessly. It's not like Brother Muqiu didn't know what was going on...

but……

Recalling that Chu Xue even had these cautious feelings just now, Li Wen couldn't say anything about it when the time comes.

"good."

"Then it's settled! Happy New Year!"

Perhaps because she was afraid that Li Wen would regret her refusal, Chu Xue quickly hung up the phone.

He touched his face which was a little hot. It seemed that he had never been like this since he was a child.

but……

not bad.

With her hands behind her back and even humming a song, Chu Xue felt that this year would definitely be a good year.

"Are you done?" Father Chu asked seriously.

"Yeah." Chu Xue stopped smiling: "Boss Chu, I feel that we still have some differences on the contract issue. Specifically, the share of players under my Ember banner needs to be improved."

Dad Chu almost spit out the tea: "Do you still want to improve? The Civet Cat has already reached the peak level that championship teams from all walks of life can achieve!"

"However, there will be bigger competitions in the future." Chu Xue said seriously: "And I can guarantee that at least two members of the Ember Team will participate..."

Dad Chu was stunned for a moment. As the largest e-sports related industry boss in the industry, he had naturally heard some rumors. If things can really be done smoothly, then it is not unacceptable to improve a little more...

Chu Xiong ate melon seeds and looked at his father and then his sister with a blank expression.

Why do you feel like something big is about to happen?

You still don’t know the most important thing? !

Chu's father looked at his useless son who had a blank look on his face, and sighed helplessly. Just improve as long as you improve. Anyway, with Chu Xiong's behavior, he can defend the city more than enough, but development still depends on Xiaoxue's future. It's all elementary school money, whatever she does. Bar……

First grade of junior high school

After sleeping for a while, Li Wen was dragged downstairs by Zhang Jiale to set off firecrackers. The two of them lit the red blanket firecrackers two or three times but failed to light them.

"Well... how about I buy some incense or something? If not, buy a pack of cigarettes and give it to Old Wei when he comes back?" Zhang Jiale glanced at Li Wen, who was holding a broom in his hand and was about to clean, and asked with a smile.

"I can only..."

"Ha." A sneer sounded. Sun Zheping walked over in a black coat, picked up the lighter, squatted down, stood up, and pulled Li Wen away in one go.

Zhang Jiale ran over in a somewhat embarrassed manner, took the lighter thrown by Sun Zheping, and shouted loudly: "Can't you tell me in advance?"

"Thankfully you are still playing with ammunition." Sun Zheping sneered, then looked at Li Wen aside: "Xiao Wen, do you have any plans today?"

"Brother Zheping, what did you say?!" Li Wen covered his ears and asked loudly.

Sun Zheping said nothing and waited until all the 10,000-ring firecrackers were set off before asking again.

"There's not much place to go in the first year of junior high school, right? Let's not talk about this for now. Have you eaten? Xiao Wen and I haven't eaten yet. Why don't we go up and eat some dumplings?"

Sun Zheping was startled: "I've eaten at home, so I won't go up. I'm down there..."

"He acted coquettishly like a little girl, let's go!" Zhang Jiale pushed Sun Zheping towards his unit.

"You, wait a minute, Xiao Wen is still sweeping away firecracker residue..."

Sun Zheping said helplessly.

In the end, Sun Zheping followed the two of them to Zhang Jiale's home. Zhang Jiale's parents were a little surprised by Sun Zheping's arrival, but they still welcomed him very much. Jiale's mother also complained that Sun Zheping hadn't been a guest at home for a long time.

Sun Zheping said calmly, without telling Jiale's mother the reason, he was just apologizing.

At first, I cut off contact so as not to affect Zhang Jiale, but now that I think about it, I was too self-righteous...

After eating the dumplings, Jiale's mother did not leave the three of them to chat. Today, she still wanted to spend a rare time with Jiale's father in the world of two. The three of them also knew each other well and helped clear the dishes and left the house directly.

The streets were already a bit lively on the first day of the new year. In the next few days, everyone would be busy visiting relatives and other things, so there were more people today.

"Where are you going to play?"

"I don't know..."

"You came out without a plan?"

"You talk as if you have a plan."

[Isn't this how men go out? ]

The three of them walked and talked, and soon they met acquaintances.

Baihua's deputy captain Zou Yuan, who had a beautiful sister by his side, was naturally the target at a glance as a gunner. Zhang Jiale, who wanted to leave, naturally found the target at a glance and pulled Sun Zheping and Li Wen who wanted to leave: "Wait a minute, look over there! Zou Yuan is a good guy, he's in love!"

"... It doesn't seem like it." Li Wen looked at it and shook his head. Zou Yuan's expression was helpless, and the attitude of the girls around him towards Zou Yuan didn't seem like love...

Although Li Wen had only watched a few love anime, he did feel that way in his heart.

Sun Zheping shook his head. He was not very familiar with Zou Yuan, so he did not know much about the situation. He just looked at him and waited for the curious Zhang Jiale and Li Wen.

"I really have something to do today..."

"What is more important than hanging out with me? You have grown wings, right?"

"I... Hey! Captain Li, Captain Zhang, Captain Sun!" Zou Yuan's eyes lit up and he waved his hand quickly.

"It's not appropriate for us to just pretend we didn't hear it and leave now, right?" Zhang Jiale scratched his head awkwardly.

Zou Yuan ran over like he saw a savior, and it was indeed a bit inappropriate to pretend he didn't see it.

The girl next to Zou Yuan, however, lit up when she saw Li Wen, Zhang Jiale, and Sun Zheping: "Xiaoyuan, are these your friends?"

"Uh, these two are my seniors, Captain Li..." Zou Yuan hesitated

"They are friends." Li Wen said with a smile.

Zou Yuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Yes, this is Li Wen, we are friends, this is my sister... She doesn't pay much attention to the things about Honor, but she has played Honor, but she played it as Honor Nuannuan..."

Sister Zou Yuan elbowed Zou Yuan: "Hello, thank you for taking care of Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan is a child..."

"Ahem, that, sister, that..." Zou Yuan, who knew his sister's temper well, interrupted hurriedly. If he continued, he would be in trouble: "That, your friend seems to be over there, didn't you make an appointment to go shopping together, go quickly, I will go with the seniors..."

"Hmm?"

"I... I will go with you." Zou Yuan closed his eyes painfully.

Li Wen and the others nodded awkwardly and left hurriedly.

Sister Zou Yuan looked at their backs with some regret, and hugged Zou Yuan: "Xiaoyuan, how does sister treat you usually?"

"Not... very, very good." Zou Yuan said with a dry laugh.

"Look, my best friend and I always bring you along to create opportunities for you. Isn't it okay for you to push those three handsome guys to me?" Zou Yuan's sister asked with a smile: "If it doesn't work, just give me the WeChat of the handsome guy with the doll hanging on his shoulder..."

"Sister, he has a boyfriend..." Zou Yuan said helplessly, remembering the gossip she heard after the match with Yanyu.

"Tsk, that cold guy..."

"Senior Sun Zheping and I are not that familiar."

"You are really useless!"

Zhang Jiale, who had already left, suddenly sneezed.

It's said that they were going out to play together, but there was really nothing fun. Most of the time, Sun Zheping and Zhang Jiale took Li Wen around. Except for two or three days during the summer vacation that year, Li Wen really didn't visit the city properly. The most familiar road was only the three kilometers around the Embers Club, then to Spring City University, the train station, the high-speed rail station, and the airport.

"Although it is a tourist city, if you really want to talk about it, the locals are the least impressed." Zhang Jiale smiled helplessly.

"Travel is just to go to other cities where you are tired of staying, and then go back to the city where you are tired of staying." Sun Zheping said calmly.

"But... the journey itself is very meaningful." Li Wen tilted his head and smiled, looking at the scenery in front of him and the hurried passers-by: "The new friends you may meet, the new scenery you see, the days you experience together, these precious memories are the greatest meaning of travel!"

Sun Zheping and Zhang Jiale were stunned, turned their heads to look at Li Wen who was watching all this, and couldn't help laughing.

"What? Xiao Wen actually taught you a lesson."

"Yeah."

[Xiao Wen is the one who never goes out unless it is necessary, right? ] Su Muqiu directly exposed the old bottom.

Li Wen scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Second year of junior high school

Li Wen said goodbye to Zhang Jiale's family, visited Sun Zheping's house for a while, and then left.

The second day of the Chinese New Year is the time for everyone to visit relatives, so it is better not to cause trouble.

After returning to the club, Li Wen began to plan the team for next year. Judging from the overall environment of the last two games, all teams have begun to move away from the adaptation and rehearsal stage at the beginning of the season and have entered the stage of rushing for points and preparing for the playoffs.

The closer it gets to this time, the more we cannot be careless because of the current points lead.

Yu Jin, who was the champion team last season, has his own obvious flaws in his playing style, which is why in the champion team prediction, Yu Jin's support rate is much lower than that of teams such as Samsara, Micro Grass, Blue Rain and Howling, and is almost the same as Team Tyranny.

Is there any good solution to this problem...

[There is a solution...] Su Muqiu said.

Li Wen took off his plain anti-blue light glasses and looked at Su Muqiu.

[According to the current situation, even if a rotation plan is made, it cannot be guaranteed to be foolproof. The state problem of our players is the same as that of Team Tyranny. If other players seize this point and consume to the extreme, even if we can enter the playoffs, the state problem will become an ant hole in the dam. 】

This point has been mentioned in every team meeting, but all that can be done is prevention and simulation, and it cannot be truly avoided.

"So, Brother Muqiu, what do you think..."

[Speed ​​up, since the opponent wants to speed up, then we will satisfy them, with you, Qiu Fei, Bai Shu, and Fang Rui and Sun Zheping who are in better condition as the main players, and one or two auxiliary positions to increase burst damage and reduce the consumption of others. ] Su Muqiu mentioned a commonplace question before: [Among these people, Xiao Wen, you bear most of the pressure, physical damage is easy to maintain, and mental pressure, we will bear it together. ]

"Mechanic high burst transformation... But for the sharpshooter, should we follow the idea of ​​Samsara?" Li Wen frowned and thought for a while: "Xiao Qiu's playing style is still different from Sun Xiang's. If you deliberately imitate it, I'm afraid you will end up with something worse..."

[Then don't do it the way they do it. ] Su Muqiu said confidently: [As for the cooperation between the sharpshooter and the battle mage, I am better than Samsara! No, they don't have any cooperation at all, they are all powerful single cards rushing, and the others just cooperate! 】

"Brother Muqiu, have you fallen in love with some card games recently..." Li Wen asked helplessly: "Some of the money in our account is missing, didn't we agree to leave it for Sister Mucheng and the others..."

[Ahem, don't worry about these details! Inform others about this news! ] Su Muqiu changed the subject abruptly.

"Forget it, at least wait until the seventh day of the first lunar month..." Li Wen glanced at the calendar: "It's a rare time for everyone to reunite with their families."

[That's true, then let's plan everything first, sort out an invincible new plan, and then scare them! ] Su Muqiu said with full energy.

"Okay! After that, the grandest stage will be left to the seniors." Li Wen took a deep breath.

Full of energy!