GTRSH Chapter 17

”I’m glad you’re okay”, Yu Xinche replied with an emoticon.

As for He Ci’s last sentence, he simply pretended not to see it.

He Ci was teasing people in a serious tone again. Yu Xinche had gotten used to it and didn’t even blush when he saw it now.

On Friday, Yu Xinche went to TZ Club at the appointed time.

The club was a bit far from school and apparently it was a new area developed in recent years, surrounded by various small studios and parks.

On the way, He Ci sent him a message, asking him to let him know in advance when he was almost there, and Yu Xinche agreed.

When he followed the navigation to the entrance of the park, he saw He Ci already standing there.

He Ci was wearing a dark grey T-shirt today, and with hair in the same colour as the aurora, from a distance he looked very eye-catching with his broad shoulders and long legs.

He was also very cool, but suddenly he felt that He Ci had a sense of distance.

Yu Xinche was still a little nervous.

The previous few times he interacted with He Ci were all in a relaxed atmosphere, but this time he was about to be scrutinized by him and his teammates and coaches.

As they approached, the two greeted each other and He Ci took him inside.

“Today there are two players who play other positions who will try out for our second team. We will let you play two games together, see your operations, and then ask you some simple questions.” He Ci said.

These information He Ci had sent in advance, and Yu Xinche nodded: “Yeah.”

The park was very large and had good greenery. Not far away, He saw a few fat little pigeons on the lawn. They were not afraid of them and even when Yu Xinche walked next to them, they did not fly away.

After walking for five or six minutes, when they were almost at the club, He Ci stopped and said, “Because I recommended you, I won’t accompany you to the second team’s training room to avoid suspicion.”

Yu Xinche: “En, okay.”

He Ci pointed at the person waiting at the door and said, “That’s our manager Xu Le. Just call him Brother Xu and he will take you there.”

Yu Xinche: “Okay.”

Xu Le also saw them and walked towards them quickly.

“Then I’ll go?” Yu Xinche asked.

He Ci didn’t respond immediately. He looked at him for a while before speaking in a low voice: “En. I’m in the next building. If there’s anything, you can call me directly if you don’t want to find Xu Le.”

Yu Xinche nodded.

As he spoke, Xu Le had already approached.

When he couldn’t see his face clearly from the distance just now, he felt that Yu Xinche was a handsome man with an aura, tall and straight, with a part of his arms glowing white under the scorching sun.

It’s even more amazing when you look closer. He had heroic eyebrows and a straight nose, and there was a faint smile at the corners of his mouth when he looked at people.

He doesn’t have the babyish face that was popular nowadays. Instead, he was a typical gentle and handsome guy, which easily reminds people of the model student who gave speeches on the podium during his school days.

He was not the same style as the arrogant young master He Ci, and was exactly the type that their club does not have.

Some clubs that were unable to achieve results but love marketing could sign Yu Xinche just based on his face.

If these players were good, they would be promoted; if they were poor, they would be made substitutes. Just posting photos of them can attract fans for the club.

However, TZ was a serious club, and Xu Le was a professional manager. He did not pay any extra attention to Yu Xinche’s appearance. After a brief greeting, the two went to the tryout room.

There was also a top laner and a marksman in the room. The three of them had screen recording turned on on their computers, using a specially provided account with all heroes and runes.

After they started to form a team, Xu Le also left the room and went to the next building.

The review room in the next building was broadcasting the screen recording of three people in real time.

In addition to the coach and He Ci, the remaining four members of Team 1 were also watching together via an online video call.

Of course, the main focus was on Yu Xinche’s operation.

After all, he was the one He Ci wanted to recruit as his teammate, and they didn’t care much about the other two who were going to join the second team.

The heroes for both games were designated in advance.

In the first game, Yu Xinche played Tide and AD played Rain.

The jungler Ou Xiaoyu felt bored and complained over the video call:

“Hasn’t the video of the support playing with He Ci been posted in the group? They played this lineup that day. Isn’t it boring to watch it again?”

“At that time, He Ci was leading him in the game, so the effect was good. Today, these two are both newcomers, so they can’t play as well. When the time comes, we will know who is better in terms of level by comparing them.”

“Oh, I see. If Rain dies suddenly in a team fight, it means the support can’t protect him and his skills are not good enough, right?”

“Yes. On the other hand, if Tide can protect him but Rain can’t deal damage or kill anyone, it means Rain is a bad AD player.”

He Ci stared at Yu Xinche’s screen the whole time.

He hasn’t seen his first-person perspective before, but after watching it today, he found that Yu Xinche switched screens quite frequently.

From time to time, he would switch to other lanes to see how his teammates were doing, and would also judge the movements of the opposing jungler through the real-time economic performance panel.

“Dude switches screens so frequently, just like our C brother.” said top laner BURN.

“He’s still a little worse than me, right?” C brother is the team’s mid laner CONTROL. The two of them were at their own homes, and they still had to argue over the Internet. “He’s much better than our Brother B. Brother B doesn’t even look at his teammates once during a game. He’s an autistic top laner.”

BURN: “Only you know how to switch screens. Last time—oh my god, awesome.”

On the screen, four enemies came over to attack the bottom lane group. Yu Xinche flashed instantly and avoided the enemy’s fatal control skills.

At the same time, he cleverly used this flash to adjust his position, came to a very tricky position, and accurately released tide’s ultimate skill, knocking the opponent back from his own AD’s face.

The timing and angle of this ultimate was perfect, pushing the enemy away from the AD without completely pushing them outside the defensive tower.

The opponent’s support was within the attack range of their own defence tower the whole time and soon died while taking the tower’s damage.

The AD player who came for the tryout also kept up the damage and cooperated with Yu Xinche to kill the opposing mid and jungle.

Unfortunately, the enemy outnumbered them, and in order to protect him, Yu Xinche was killed by the only remaining marksman on the opposite side.

“Tsk, AD is saving his flash for the New Year? If he flashed to the left and killed them all, Tide didn’t have to die.”

“But a three-for-one deal is still a good deal.”

“Alas, indeed, I can only say that there is still room for improvement.”

“Young master He, please give your comments?”

He Ci had stricter requirements for AD positions than for supports.

He was silent for two seconds, and said in a restrained manner: “AD is a bit cowardly, not worthy of the support.”

This was just a small team fight during the laning phase, but it accurately reflected the situation of the entire game.

Yu Xinche’s performance was remarkable. He rescued people and started team fights in a timely manner, and the switching between Tide’s two states was just right.

The first game was won smoothly. The other two had their own strengths and weaknesses, but overall they were at the passing level.

Everyone’s attention was mainly focused on Yu Xinche, who played this game perfectly and the coach also praised him.

“The tryout is still necessary. He was more focused this time than in the recorded games, and what he showed was closer to his true strength.”

“He does have potential. He has the ability to respond and has awareness. His operation is a bit rough, but that’s a minor problem.”

“Young Master He has a keen eye for talent.”

“Indeed! I was wondering a few days ago how good this college student He Ci wanted was. Now it seems like he’s pretty good, huh?”

“Sure, the two celebrity supports are waiting for our team’s reply. If we can really decide on a support, they can follow suit and choose another team.”

“If the support chnages, other positions may also change. So I’ll round it up, anyone who wants to transfer now needs to wait for the results of this new player’s tryout.”

“One move can affect the whole body. He is so impressive.”

“If this support can succeed, Young Master He will be so happy that his mouth will be crooked.”

“HPL’s most perfect concubine has appeared.”

He Ci frowned. He never liked this joke.

“Let’s not talk about this.” Xu Le came out to smooth things over. “I just took a photo of them and posted their photos in the group. Take a look. Xiao Yu is really handsome.”

“Damn, it’s true.”

“The boy next door.”

“Then again, you are indeed satisfied, right?” Xu Le asked He Ci, “Just now I said I would go pick him up directly but you refused and insisted on waiting for him by yourself. What? Are you afraid that I will bully him?”

“And when I walked over that time, what were you whispering to him about?”

“Nothing.” He Ci said.

Xu Le felt that he was being stubborn, so he turned around and said to everyone, “You know when you send a child to school on their first day right? He just had that feeling.”

“It’s not that exaggerated.” He Ci couldn’t stand it any longer. “He’s young and hasn’t been exposed to these things. It’s normal for me to give him a few more words of advice.”

Ou Xiaoyu immediately added fuel to the fire: “I’m young too. Why didn’t you treat me like that?”

He Ci: “I’m not good to you? I bought you your phone.”

“Hmm…”

Xiao Ou remained silent.

“I think you’re quibbling.” It was a rare opportunity to tease He Ci, so CONTROL joined in the group fight and said, “Do you dare to bet if he had an ordinary face, would you still be so considerate to him?”

He Ci said without hesitation: “It has nothing to do with the face.”

Yu Xinche was a very nice person. Even if he was not handsome, He Ci would still take care of him more.

Control didn’t believe it, and used his second trick: “I already know from Brother Xu’s photo. Do you dare to say that this is not the type of look that you like?”

“…”

What a soul-searching question.

Yan Gou¹Yan Gou 颜狗” (yán gǒu) is someone who is obsessed with looks He Ci was silent, he didn’t dare to say anything anymore.

 

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