Full-time master: I have a spirit behind me.

"Seven days of rest, what a great time..." In the lounge, Fang Rui sat on the sofa, watching Zhang Jiale and Wang Jiexi playing table tennis with juice straws in their mouths. He looked so leisurely that he really deserved a beating.

“Don’t relax too much.” Ye Xiu, who was holding the folder, patted the back of his head. “Although you have plenty of rest time, don’t use it all to rest, okay? The upcoming matches will only be more intense.”

“I know, I know… Is this the analysis sheet of the last game?” Fang Rui sat up a little straighter and looked at the thing in Ye Xiu’s hand with some curiosity.

Ye Xiu did not hide it: "Yes, from the analysis of the four games yesterday, except for us, the American team did not enter overtime, and they killed the game in the second game cleanly."

"I remember that the American team seemed to be playing against the German team... What a pity." Sun Xiang came over and spoke.

It is indeed a pity. Apart from qualifying from the same group as the German team, the Chinese team has also conducted in-depth research on the German team's personnel and tactics. If the final opponent is the German team, the overall situation will be much easier.

Unfortunately, the German team was eliminated.

The conversation here quickly attracted the attention of others, and everyone put down what they were doing and came over.

Seeing that everyone was most curious about this, there was no need to wait until the afternoon meeting to announce it. Patting Fang Rui on the shoulder, this guy stood up very servilely and said with a polite smile: "Come on, team leader, sit here, I'll warm you up."

Ye Xiu was a little speechless, and suddenly felt like he didn’t want to sit down: “…According to the schedule, our next opponent will be between the Korean team and the English team.

As of yesterday, the total score between England and South Korea was 1-1, and they will enter the third day of overtime."

"England, England, England must win." Fang Rui made the sign of a cross on his chest and prayed earnestly.

"Indeed, it would be nice if England won..."

Apart from not liking Korean players very much, the most important point is that, like the previous American and German teams, the England team once had a friendly match with the Chinese team. After that game, everyone also did simulation analysis of tactics, and the research on the England team far exceeded that on the Korean team.

Other than that, the only thing left is that I don’t like the Korean team very much…

"That group of guys is really outrageous." Xiao Shiqin couldn't help but raise the information in his hand: "The average number of timeouts per game is almost one."

In the World Invitational Tournament, players from both sides have the right to pause the game. After all, it is an e-sports competition and anything can happen during the game.

A player's hand cramps, the network fluctuates, or there are other sudden situations.

Li Wen has never liked competing with Korean players. Logically speaking, the level of Korean players is considered to be online, but some of them have too many small movements.

For example, deliberately kicking off the power cord during the game, causing the game to be restarted...

And, not just once.

After learning that the South Korean team was invited to participate in the World Invitational Tournament, Li Wen paid special attention to checking the location of the power cord during the pre-match inspection of the World Invitational Tournament seats.

It's wrapped.

This made Li Wen and Su Muqiu feel much more relieved.

"Suspend every game?" Chu Yunxiu was stunned for a moment: "Did the referee agree?"

"Every time they have a reason." Xiao Shiqin shrugged: "If you are interested, I will send it to you later, but I suggest you don't read it. It is extremely abstract. There are even people in the preparation seat telling the referee to stop the game..."

"This is... supporting the England team." Zhang Jiale scratched his head.

"Apart from these factors, the strength of the Korean players is online, absolutely at the upper level." Yu Wenzhou sighed: "So, what's the need for those little tricks?"

"If we really meet the South Korean team, don't give them a chance," Sun Zheping said with a sneer.

The sneer seemed to be contagious, and soon the entire lounge was filled with sneering sounds.

"Alright, alright, if you keep laughing, the air conditioner will have to turn on the heat soon." Ye Xiu said helplessly: "The remaining game is between the Russian team and the Japanese team."

In the match between the fourth and fifth place teams, the difference in level between the two teams was not that big and the battle was extremely tense. Although the Russian national team won the first game, the total score was seven to six. They relied entirely on the home advantage and rushed to the death against the Japanese team in the team competition.

In the Japanese team's home court, the score was 11 to 5. The team system of multiple ninjas and thieves caused the Russian team, who preferred to be straightforward, to suffer a great loss.

"That's roughly the situation." Ye Xiu closed the folder. "We've already reached the semi-finals. Everyone, cheer up. Every game is extremely important. Especially since we have a big advantage, we must make full use of it."

"So..." Yu Wenzhou seemed to have thought of something.

Ye Xiu smiled and said, "In two days, let's go to the venue to watch the game and watch it from the audience's perspective."

"Go go go go I'm going I'm going I'm going to sign up!" Huang Shaotian raised his hand and shouted impatiently.

"Do we still need to sign up? Is there anyone who doesn't want to go?" Xiao Shiqin asked happily.

Well, of course not.

Watching the game is actually a form of rest for them.

It just so happened that I had an appointment for a training session in the daytime three days later. After training, I could directly enter the venue with my player card, which was convenient.

"Do you want to continue fighting?" Zhang Jiale glanced at Wang Jiexi and waved the racket in his hand.

Wang Jiexi shook his head and put the racket aside: "No more playing, I'm going to go back and watch the game video..."

"Curly dog."

A low grumble sounded, and no one knew who said it. Yu Wenzhou smiled apologetically at Wang Jiexi, then raised his hand to lift Huang Shaotian's ear and walked outside: "How many times have I told you, Shaotian, be respectful to Captain Wang..."

"Hiss, hiss, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts..." Huang Shaotian begged for mercy repeatedly, which made others feel very happy. This should be regarded as a case of "one thing conquers another" in the Blue Rain ecological chain, right?
Shaking their heads, the others were no longer in the mood to continue playing.

No, let Captain Wang take care of everyone, right?
The days always pass quickly

Three days later, the third overtime of the first round of the World Invitational Tournament knockout match took place in Hall C, where the Chinese team once fought.

"This is completely different from what I usually see on the field." Fang Rui, wearing a hat, looked at the crowd below with some amazement: "There are so many people..."

"It's the World Invitational Tournament after all..."

These two rows are special seats and are not for sale to the public. They are reserved for reporters from major e-sports magazines or league sponsors.

It seemed a lot more spacious, with only the Chinese team sitting in the last two rows. "Wen, do you want some popcorn?" Su Mucheng held two large buckets of popcorn and handed one to Li Wen with a smile, "You really need snacks to watch the game!"

"Eh? What about mine?" Fang Rui blinked and looked at Su Mucheng.

"Turn right and then left when you go out. Oh, if you go there, please buy me a glass of juice on the way!" Su Mucheng said with a smile.

……

"I'm tired." Fang Rui pretended to be very sad: "Captain, what do you want to drink? Let's go buy some..."

"The competition is still quite long, let's go together." Yu Wenzhou stood up with a smile. The others didn't feel anything at first, but when they saw Su Mucheng, Chu Yunxiu, Li Wen and Ye Xiu happily holding popcorn, they couldn't help but move their throats...

Otherwise, why not go buy some?
Others left their seats one after another and rushed towards the place where snacks were sold.

"Hiss, there are quite a lot of people in this scene. Shall we watch this one?"

"Let's see. After all, they are their next opponents..."

"Yeah, let me take a look at the seats here... Hey? Little girl, is anyone sitting inside?"

"Ah, there's someone... Brother Tao?!" Su Mucheng raised her head, and was stunned the next moment.

"Mu Cheng? Old Ye?" Tao Xuan was stunned.

“Wait a moment…” Ye Xiu turned his head and looked at the familiar figure behind Tao Xuan: “Old Wu?!”

[Old Wu?!] Su Muqiu's eyes lit up, and she rushed over and put her arm around Wu Xuefeng's shoulders: [Long time no see, Old Wu! You... huh?]

Su Muqiu looked at the little girl who was timidly holding onto Wu Xuefeng's trouser legs, and then looked at the woman next to him: [Holy crap? You're married? You have a child?!]

"What a coincidence, ah..." Wu Xuefeng was also stunned for a moment, looking through Su Muqiu at the two people who stood up from their seats in surprise, and a smile also appeared on his face: "Ah, I should say, long time no see."

……

"Is that Wu Xuefeng?" Fang Rui curiously turned his head to look at the seat behind him and sipped his juice.

"Yes, the second player of Excellent Era, the Qigong master, the absolute core, the one who plays the game completely with his brain, Wu Xuefeng." Zhang Jiale shrugged and turned his head to look at Wu Xuefeng: "So many years have passed, and he hasn't changed much..."

At the beginning, in the first match between Baihua and Jia Shi, Zhang Jiale had an encounter with Wu Xuefeng. He was a very ordinary person, completely overshadowed by One Autumn Leaf, and became the greatest contributor to the establishment of the Jia Shi Dynasty.

The seats in the back row were all reserved for Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, Tao Xuan, and Wu Xuefeng's family...

Oh, Li Wen is here too. As soon as Wu Xuefeng's daughter saw Xiao Wen, she reached out for a hug. Now she stays there with Su Mucheng and Mrs. Wu to take care of the little girl.

Well, Su Muqiu’s artificial body was also held in the little girl’s arms.

“You didn’t even tell us you were getting married…” Ye Xiu started to complain, “The child is already this big…”

"You were very busy at that time. As a professional player, you didn't have any vacation. You didn't even have an ID card at that time..." Wu Xuefeng said with a smile.

Tao Xuan smiled awkwardly, scratched his head, and kept stuffing the snacks in his hand to Su Mucheng: "You've lost a bit of weight..."

Su Mucheng took it silently. Her feelings towards Tao Xuan were still complicated and she didn't know how to face him.

"Yeah, it already existed at that time." Ye Xiu glanced at Tao Xuan, changed the subject without leaving a trace, and shrugged: "Why did you two come together?"

"Brother Tao brought me here." Wu Xuefeng smiled and pointed at Tao Xuan. "He said the professional league gave him some tickets for the backcourt. I happened to be free, so I came here with my wife..."

"Although we no longer have a club, we still have some connections," Tao Xuan said with a smile.

"What? Do you still want to find an opportunity to fight back?" Ye Xiu asked with a smile.

"Oh, no, no, I'm almost out of energy. I'll look around and still think my hometown is good everywhere. I'll go back to H City and open an Internet cafe when the time comes." Tao Xuan smiled and shook his head.

Everyone tacitly agreed not to mention the past. Li Wen held the little girl and glanced over there. Brother Mu Qiu was also sitting next to them, smiling and saying something they couldn't hear.

"Brother, do you know the big brother over there?" The little girl came over and asked in a low voice.

Li Wen was startled, and subconsciously glanced at Sister Mu Cheng who was chatting with Mrs. Wu, then glanced at the team members in front of him who were laughing and making noises. After hesitating for a moment, he asked in a low voice, "Can you see the big brother over there?"

"I can see it." The little girl said in a low voice: "Is he a ghost?"

"Well...sort of, right? His name is Su Muqiu. Although he's a ghost, he and Brother Xuefeng, um, your father, and your Uncle Ye and Uncle Tao over there are very good friends." Li Wen said with a smile, "So, don't be afraid of him."

"I know. He gives people a warm feeling, just like an older brother." The little girl said crisply, "Is he wandering around in the world because he has some unfulfilled wish, just like in Coco?"

"Yes, all ghosts are people that others want to see again day and night." Li Wen said.

“Then, let’s make a promise not to tell anyone else about this.” Li Wen smiled and stretched out his little finger.

The little girl also stretched out her little fingers and hooked them together: "Pin it, and don't change it for a hundred years..."

"What is Yinyin talking to Brother Li Wen about?" Su Mucheng came over and asked happily.

The little girl looked at Su Mucheng warily and turned her head away quickly: "It's a secret."

"Hey, tell me. I promise I will keep it a secret for you." Su Mucheng raised her hand and handed the snacks to the little girl temptingly.

"We've already made a promise. I won't tell you." The little girl shook her head repeatedly, glanced at the snacks, and said firmly, "Mom and Dad said that we must do what we promised. I promised Brother Li Wen that I won't tell anyone..."

Mrs. Wu smiled happily and patted the little girl's head: "This child really likes Mr. Li Wen."

Li Wen's face turned red: "Well, sister, just call me Xiao Wen..."

"Yes, yes, just call him Xiao Wen. Tell your sister that you will be taken to the amusement park tomorrow, okay? Oh, isn't that okay?" Su Mucheng didn't want to give up. Just when she was about to make some more promises, the competition began.

Both players enter the field...

(End of this chapter)