GTRSH Chapter 29

Yu Xinche really wanted to send an audio version over to He Ci.

Anyway, there was nothing that cannot be said.

Unfortunately, the lights were off now and his roommates were asleep, which was not very convenient.

He replied with a meaningless Samoyed emoticon, saying that his roommate was asleep and he would definitely do it next time.

Most of his emoticons were of various dogs. He Ci should have noticed this and asked:

– You like dogs?

– Yu Xinche: Yes!

Yu Xinche remembered that some clubs would keep cats and dogs, but he had never seen them in TZ’s documentary footage, so he asked:

– Are there any small animals in the base?

– He Ci: There are two cats and a fish tank

Yu Xinche saw the fish tank during his tryout. It was in the lounge. It was a beautiful landscape with colorful fish, but he didn’t see any cats.

-Yu Xinche: Ah

-Yu Xinche: I didn’t see the cats last time

He Ci replied after a while and sent a picture of two little black cats.

– It’s black so it’s hard to find

– Yu Xinche: Oh oh.

One of his friends also had a black cat at home, and he often sent photos to the group and asked them to find the cat. Sometimes they couldn’t find it even after ten minutes of searching, because black cats blend into the environment so easily.

He guessed it also appeared in TZ’s documentary, but he just didn’t notice it.

He Ci added: Xiao Ou got a cat last year because he wanted one. If you want a dog, you can also ask for it.

Yu Xinche really wanted to have a dog. When he was a child, his grandmother had a small dog. He liked the dog very much and would play with the dog for a long time every time he went there.

Later, when his parents divorced, his custody was awarded to his father and he no longer had the chance to see the dog.

However, he also knew that it was presumptuous to make such a request when he first arrived at the base.

– It’s not appropriate.

– I’m new here, so forget it, we’ll talk about it later

He Ci replied:

– Well, it’s inappropriate.

Yu Xinche: “?”

He typed: And you still suggest it

He Ci: Draw you a cake[Footnote]画个饼” (huà gè bǐng) literally translates to “draw a cake”, a slang meaning “to paint a rosy picture”[/footnote]

Yu Xinche was speechless at his shameless words.

-You are so confident in drawing your cake

He Ci on the other end of the screen paused and said: Once you are familiar with the rhythm of the profession, you can ask for it if you still want to raise one.

In fact, He Ci also likes dogs. His parents have a Border Collie at home. It’s a little naughty, but it’s pretty cute most of the time.

Because he has raised dogs before, he knew that dogs were clingy and needed company.

There were too many things going on in his career, and when he was busy he had no time to care about the feelings of the animals, so even if he liked them, he had never raised them.

Since they were talking about this just now, he subconsciously said that Yu Xinche could raise one if he wanted to.

As soon as He Ci sent the message, he regretted it. Of course, Yu Xinche could raise a pet if he wanted, but not now. He had to first understand the intensity of playing professionally, and after understanding it, to decide if he felt that he could be responsible for the pet.

Fortunately, Yu Xinche knew his limits and didn’t say he wanted to raise a pet directly.

He Ci pinched his brows. He found that he seemed to often go out of his way to do extra things (or redundant things?) in front of Yu Xinche.

Just like when he sent Yu Xinche back on that rainy day, and today too.

*

The next day, TZ made a dinner appointment with Yu Xinche. They considerately chose a location near his school so that it would be convenient for him to go back home in the evening.

As soon as they met, Ou Xiaoyu said, “Hey, you’re the one who found my ID card, right?”

Yu Xinche: “Yeah.”

“I left my ID card in an internet cafe, so I asked He Ci to get it for me.” Xiao Ou told his teammates in the middle, “But he didn’t know He Ci or me, so he refused to give it to us.”

Yu Xinche discovered that every time a professional player met him for the first time, they would make a fuss about the fact that he didn’t know them.

He smiled obediently: “Now we all know each other.”

Xiao Ou patted him on the shoulder: “That’s pretty good.”

Xiao Ou was the first to make this joke, and everyone soon started chatting about it during the meal.

The three teammates in top, mid and jungle did not come to the base during the last tryout, so this was the first time they met Yu Xinche.

Kong Zhiyi believes in He Ci’s vision and has always been relatively friendly towards Yu Xinche.

Although Shangye and Ye did not vote for approval at first, they had no ill will towards Yu Xinche. After a few rounds of conversation, they found that this handsome boy was very polite and had a lot of wit in his words, which made them have a better impression of him.

Yu Xinche was not restrained either. He knew that these were his teammates with whom he would be spending every day in the future, so he was willing to open his heart and get to know them as soon as possible.

During the meal, Xu Le sat next to Yu Xinche and told him about the things he needed to pay attention to when playing professionally and some of the processes currently being carried out.

“The contract is still in progress and the league is reviewing it now.”

“Only after it passes the review can we follow the process and take you to register as a player. After that, there will be official photos and videos to be taken.”

“But you can come to live in our base anytime. If you have a lot of stuff, you can call us and the driver will come and load it up and help you move.”

He said something and Yu Xinche nodded and said “hmm”. They got along well, but the only drawback was that he was too busy listening to move his chopsticks.

“No hurry.” He Ci sat on the other side of Yu Xinche, “Eat first.”

Xu Le looked at him and said, “Okay, we’ll talk about the rest later.”

“But we can start thinking about the ID now.” Xiao Ou said after a while.

“Remember, don’t take one that’s too long,” Kong Zhiyi said.

Yu Xinche didn’t understand: “Why?”

BURN: “It’s very tiring when signing.”

Yu Xinche suddenly realized and turned to look at He Ci: “That’s why your name is so short?”

He Ci: “Yes.”

Xiao Ou complained: “It took him half an hour to sign the posters, but it took me and Brother Yi an hour.”

Yu Xinche was stunned, not believing that He Ci was called FIX for such a simple reason: “Is it really because of this?”

He Ci nodded: “Really.”

Yu Xinche still didn’t believe it and looked at him.

He Ci put down his chopsticks and explained, “There is a player named Gu Zhui from the game next door. When I was picking my ID, he reminded me not to use a name that is too long.”

Yu Xinche was still skeptical, because He Ci had teased him so many times before, but he didn’t dwell on this question: “Then I’ll call myself FREE.”

“Why?”

“People on the forum say that my worth is like free compared to yours. Free is FREE, and it just happens to be quite short.”

After these words were spoken, everyone was silent for a moment, and they all looked at Yu Xinche carefully.

Then they were relieved when they found that there was nothing unusual on his face and he wasn’t upset about the criticism on the forum.

“I think it’s okay.” Xiao Ou is only one year older than him, and they have similar trains of thought. “When you become more valuable, you’ll keep this ID to slap the haters in the face.”

Kong Zhiyi found it a little funny: “Such a gentle appearance, but so aggressive.”

Yu Xinche blinked innocently: “It’s okay, the meaning of FREE itself is not bad.”

Yu Xinche was telling the truth. Last night while having supper, his friends told him about the recent public opinion. Many TZ’s black fans compared him to PURE, saying that He Ci was rejected by PURE and that’s why he found No. 51 as a “stand-in”.

Some people said that the common point between 51 and PURE was that they were cheap. Pure was given away for free, while 51 was given away for free after rounding off.

His three million was not worth tens of millions of other people in TZ. He was lucky enough to get on this galactic battleship.

After hearing this, Yu Xinche smiled slightly and didn’t care.

During adolescence, he was once criticized and mocked by some classmates right in front of him. Although the intensity was not strong and it soon subsided, it was still a real experience of being criticized and mocked in the real world.

After such experience, such online comments are unlikely to hurt him now.

Not only that, it will make him feel confrontational.

Get a relevant ID, so that every time you win a game it would be like a mockery to the trolls: I am free, I can come to TZ, I can win, if you have the ability you can come too.

“That’s fine. After all, this one is short and easy to sign on.” BURN agreed.

Xu Le was more sensitive than them about this aspect and warned them: “If you really want to take it… it’s not impossible, but you must not really say what’s in your heart during the live interview.”

“Indeed, but once your name comes out, others will know what it means without any explanation.”

Xu Le: “What others think is their business, as long as the official doesn’t acknowledge it.”

“That’s true.”

Kong Zhiyi noticed that He Ci had been silent, so he asked him, “Young Master He, why don’t you speak?”

He Ci glanced at them and then looked at Yu Xinche.

After a long pause, he finally said, “Why don’t you change to something else? If you’re so haughty right after your debut, you’ll be the focus of trolls in the future.”

Afraid that Yu Xinche wouldn’t believe him, he gave an example: “AR’s captain cursed at the fans when he was a rookie. Now, in every game he plays, there are people looking for mistakes with a magnifying glass, and the posts cursing him are all very ugly.”

After he finished speaking, Yu Xinche raised his head as if he wanted to refute, but after the two looked at each other for a moment, he agreed.

“Okay, I’ll change it.” His tone seemed a little reluctant.

“Yeah.” He Ci said, picking up the cup and drinking it all in one breath.

There was a voice inside laughing at him.

Yesterday he was still reflecting on doing less unnecessary things, but now he can’t help it but get involved.

He himself thought what he just said was too long-winded.

Not only him, but everyone else in TZ was silent.

After a while, Kong Zhiyi said leisurely: “I’ve never seen anything like this before. He Ci has begun to persuade others to stop pretending to be cool.”

 

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