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After acing Kcc, PG conquers the Demonic Dragon effortlessly and the rest of the battle that follows thereafter is smooth sailing. Not once do they give Kcc the chance to counterattack.
At long last, the battle is concluded 15 minutes into the game. Kcc didn’t collect even a single head. This is their total defeat.
This is undoubtedly a one-sided crushing game where they utterly grounded the opponent into submission. Neither the audience nor the commentators are able to tell now, whether it is PG who is too strong, or Kcc who is too weak.
Then again, it could simply be a natural result of the two teams’ battle styles.
PG: A team that becomes inhumanly fast the moment they pick up their pace. After gaining the upper hand, they have no rival under these Heavens. A team whose forte is the first half.
Kcc: A team that screws around to the point where even their own members are pissed. Only after snatching the dragon, then does this team burst into a mad race to turn the tables. They are a team whose strength lies in the latter half.
If “PG can’t win without losing their Dragon” is a joke amongst netizens and most people do not in fact believe in it, then “Kcc can’t win without Snatching the Dragon” is written plainly before everyone’s eyes.
Kcc also knows about their own shortcomings, but they never expected to be trounced by PG to such an extent.
Upon seeing the word “Defeat” blow up on their screens, the entire team’s mood plunges at once, almost as if it was the end of the world.
Despite grouching about how “This is all MOMO’s fault. PG wouldn’t be this ferocious if not for MOMO”, they can’t be any clearer of it in their hearts. This is the unbridgeable gap in strength between them.
This is entirely unrelated to MOMO snatching PG’s Dragon twice. This is also unrelated to PG’s Jungler going out on a whim to use Burial Sword.
In any case, Kcc at present is simply no match for PG. This isn’t a problem that can easily be resolved by snatching OP demons.
It’s questionable whether it’s because Kcc were dealt too great a hit. In the second round, Kcc’s play was almost bad enough to rival MOMO’s when they were defeated after snatching PG’s dragon. Numerous errors crept up endlessly. They even forgot to farm their own creeps, and the gap in gold only widened by the second.
Jing Yu’s Moonshadow Spider was once again banned, and Burial Sword was snatched. Therefore, he happily returned to using Frozen Heart, and yet, he clinched a battle score that’s in no way lacking compared to the last round.
This time, the comments barrage is finally able to confirm it:
【So it’s not because Burial Sword’s OP! But it’s because Kcc’s wayyy too weak!】
【How can Kcc suck so badly? How did they get into the Qualifiers?】
【Kcc’s such a veggie! Why not let me have a go instead?!】
There are also a bunch of bullet comments who pass all of this off as metaphysics:
【Looks like PG’s seal has been ripped off completely.】
【Who can seal PG once again ah?!】
【One will in blood begging for PG to be sealed!】
Thankfully, the commentators didn’t lose their heads:
Yoyo: 【Let’s congratulate PG on winning their second match in the Qualifiers! To date, PG has already gotten 4 points, safely qualifying for the next round. With that, all that’s left is to see whether ANE can defeat MOMO, taking the 2nd slot for the Elimination Round!】
Fang Luofan: 【Kcc is still quite green. That’s exactly why they lack the experience and allowed the 1st round to get to them, causing their general performance to plunge across the board in the 2nd round. I hope they will pull themselves together soon, facing their next match with an optimistic mindset!】
PG thus calls it a day with this.
After taking a look at the post-battle score, Jing Yu feels slightly lethargic. Therefore, he returns upstairs to sleep – This time, he really goes straight to sleep.
After all, his focus was at an all-time high during these two rounds. The moment the match’s done and over with, his nerves all instantly relax, and he is utterly drained of all energy from head to toe. Besides a nap, there’s nothing else he wants.
Since Coach Fang Luofan is not around, he only has to get Qin Fei’s permission. Qin Fei naturally nods without a pause.
Jing Yu: “Call me when it’s time for dinner?”
Qin Fei: “Totally OJBK**.”
(**OJBK: O-Ji-ba-Kay ; O-freaking-kay)
Seeing Jing Yu off from the Training Room with his gaze, Qin Fei turns his head to eye the other members without thinking.
The Qualifiers have hardly ended and they still have that match with ANE still remaining, yet these bunch of chatterboxes are already discussing the Elimination Round afterwards.
Luo Yiming: “I’m so looking forward to the Elimination Round! I wonder what the offline match’s like? Will I be on TV?”
Han Leng: “You sure you want to show up on TV with that blond head of yours? Those who’re none the wiser might even think you’re a hooligan!”
Luo Yiming: “What? Are you looking down on hooligans?!”
–Is that really the point?
Ye Hong is a bit reluctant: “How can you all be thinking about the offline round? I don’t want to appear before the crowd at all.”
–Out of the entire PG, it seems like he’s the only one who looks like an average Joe.
Han Leng: “I’m fine either way. But when I think about what the other teams must look like, I think it’s quite interesting! Those that are like ANE’s HI, whose every word is filled with ridicule, they’ve surely got to look like a sour-faced, ol’ Uncle!”
Ye Hong: “Heheh. When it’s time, don’t be surprised if we’re the oldest of all.”
Han Leng: “……Suddenly, I don’t look forward to the offline match at all.”
Qin Fei huffs in laughter, picking up his phone to make his leave from the Training Room.
Ye Hong’s gaze follows after his back without thinking. After hearing him reach the 2nd floor, then does he finally stir: “Why do I feel like Fei Ge’s very pleased?”
Luo Yiming: “It’s natural to be happy after winning a match!”
Han Leng: “……Do you think everyone’s like you?”
Qin Fei is indeed quite happy. This is because he just received a message coming from a person under the saved contact, “Qi Xuan”.
He hurries upstairs and back to his room precisely because he wants to reply to this person.
Qi Xuan: Yo, finally got out of the Qualifiers? Your new teammate’s not bad?
After Qin Fei returns to his room, he makes a beeline to perch on the bed, replying:
Qin Fei: Nn. He’s not bad.
Qi Xuan: That’s quite the evaluation? Does he play better than you?
Qin Fei: I’m the solo-laner, he’s the jungler. We’re two worlds apart.
Qi Xuan: What’s the difference? Don’t think I didn’t keep an eye on that PGL of yours! I’ve watched the Qualifiers. That kid managed pentakill, but what did you get?
Qin Fei: ……
Qi Xuan: Looks like the hot shot within PG is him, not you. Tsk, tsk, tsk. This is simply one wave rolling after another in the Yangtze River, slamming the previous wave dead on the shore!**
(**Basically, QX’s teasing him in a dramatic manner: You’ve expired thanks to JY!)
Qin Fei’s caught between tears and laughter. Sometimes, he seriously doesn’t know how to reply to this woman’s words.
Qi Xuan: How does he look in person? Is he more handsome than you?
Qin Fei: Nn. Pretty good. Probably the type you’d like.
Qi Xuan: Oh? A boy toy?
Qin Fei: ?
Qi Xuan: Didn’t you say he’s the type I like? I just like boy toys. I even kept one around a few days back.
Qin Fei: ……
Qi Xuan: Do you have any pictures? Send one over. I’ll decide whether he’s worthy.
Qin Fei: ? ? ?
Worthy?! Worthy of what?! Of being kept by you?!
Qi Xuan seriously dumped a pail of cold water down Qin Fei’s spine with that line. After sending three question marks back, he finds it meddlesome to type the words and thus, initiates a direct voice call. A few seconds later, it’s through.
From his phone comes a playful lady voice: “HAHAHA! Calling me right after I said I want to keep him? Looks like he’s already your prey?”
The lips of Qin Fei’s lips twitches, subconsciously itching to retort. Yet before he’s even able to get in a word, the woman beats him to it: “What progress have you guys made? Have you eaten a meal together?”
“……We have.” Qin Fei replies almost instinctively.
Qi Xuan: “Kissed yet?”
Qin Fei: “……Madam Qi Xuan, need I remind you that he is a guy?”
“Guys are the best! How can you stay together if one of you is straight!” Qi Xuan chastises, “Besides, I may not have been in contact with you a lot in these past few years, but you’re still a piece of flesh that has fallen off me. How can I not know you? Don’t think I don’t know. In the past, you used to look at my Male Model Magazines in such a scary way……”
“Coughcoughcough!” Qin Fei interrupts her with violent coughing. Since he can’t hide it, he can only divert the topic, “Alright. So I do have a bit of feelings for Jing Yu. Still, there’s no sign of anything happening yet ne. Don’t you dare gossip about this elsewhere.”
“Qi, gossiping? Who can I gossip to? Moreover, am I really that sort of person?” Qi Xuan says disdainfully, “Alright, if you’re done, then make yourself scarce**. Really, I don’t want to hear your voice in the slightest.”
(**Make yourself scarce: Qi Xuan says this like the Empress of the olden times.)
Having said her fair share, she seems ready to hang up only to hesitate a note later, asking tentatively: “When are you guys taking a break? During that time, are you moving back in with me?”
Qin Fei falters, not replying.
Qi Xuan: “When that time comes, make sure to bring your Little Goldfish over too. I’ll inspect him for you!”
“No need.” Qin Fei turns her down without missing a beat, “As if I’m letting him know I’ve got such an unreliable Mom.”
“Yo! So now, you’re acknowledging me as your mother?” Qi Xuan snickers, “You call me your Mom, but what are you calling that woman?”
Qin Fei: “I only have one mother, and that is you.”
Qi Xuan stops. After falling into a short silence, she grins uncontrollably: “Alright. So you are becoming quite the sweet talker. I’ll wait till you catch Little Goldfish’s heart. You’ve got to bring him over to let me take a look. You hear that?”
“Got it.” This time, Qin Fei doesn’t reject.
“I’m hanging up. Talk to you next time.”
“Okay. Bye.”
Qin Fei has only just finished saying one “bye” before the call cuts off. He puts down his phone. Staring at the blank screen on his phone, he zones out briefly.
Did he just out himself to his birth mother… just like that?
It’s just that simple?!
Qin Fei has never acknowledged his sperm donor as his dad, and the same goes for that man’s wife. That’s why, he totally doesn’t give a damn about how those two see him.
Be it dropping out from university, or creating PG, or coming out of the closet to his teammates and older cousin, he has never once hesitated the slightest bit.
The only exception is Qi Xuan – his birth mother. He couldn’t say he likes men no matter how he tried.
But to think, even without him saying a word, she’d already figured it out much earlier.
“Heh.” Qin Fei blacks out his screen, tossing the phone carelessly onto his bed. Falling backwards, he lands on the bed smoothly.
To pursue Jing Yu ah…… First, he’s got to find a way to confirm whether he’s really the same as him. Otherwise, when it’s finally time to do the deed, Qin Fei might want to top him but Jing Yu might actually take him for a bro instead.
Over on the other side of the phone, after Qi Xuan hangs up, the beam on her smile vanishes without a trace.
The male secretary at her side hands her a folder: “President Qi, this contract requires your signature.”
Qi Xuan takes the contract in hand, flipping to the last page in a practiced manner and adding her own signature. Subsequently, she evenly says: “I want you to investigate a person – PG’s new Jungler, Jing Yu. The more info you collect, the better. But don’t cause any unnecessary alarm.”
The male secretary takes back the contract, nodding respectfully as he answers: “Understood, President Qi. I’ll update you within a week at latest.”
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Tamago: Jiao Xi ️ Qi Xuan. Reminder: This is a dogblood-free, dogfood-scattering novel!
Mara: I really like Qi Xuan, she just seems so wholesome when facing Qin Fei. Also, our Qin Fei eyed male models when he was young, hmmm….. Heheheh I wonder what she will find out about JY. I’m curious~
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After acing Kcc, PG conquers the Demonic Dragon effortlessly and the rest of the battle that follows thereafter is smooth sailing. Not once do they give Kcc the chance to counterattack.
At long last, the battle is concluded 15 minutes into the game. Kcc didn’t collect even a single head. This is their total defeat.
This is undoubtedly a one-sided crushing game where they utterly grounded the opponent into submission. Neither the audience nor the commentators are able to tell now, whether it is PG who is too strong, or Kcc who is too weak.
Then again, it could simply be a natural result of the two teams’ battle styles.
PG: A team that becomes inhumanly fast the moment they pick up their pace. After gaining the upper hand, they have no rival under these Heavens. A team whose forte is the first half.
Kcc: A team that screws around to the point where even their own members are pissed. Only after snatching the dragon, then does this team burst into a mad race to turn the tables. They are a team whose strength lies in the latter half.
If “PG can’t win without losing their Dragon” is a joke amongst netizens and most people do not in fact believe in it, then “Kcc can’t win without Snatching the Dragon” is written plainly before everyone’s eyes.
Kcc also knows about their own shortcomings, but they never expected to be trounced by PG to such an extent.
Upon seeing the word “Defeat” blow up on their screens, the entire team’s mood plunges at once, almost as if it was the end of the world.
Despite grouching about how “This is all MOMO’s fault. PG wouldn’t be this ferocious if not for MOMO”, they can’t be any clearer of it in their hearts. This is the unbridgeable gap in strength between them.
This is entirely unrelated to MOMO snatching PG’s Dragon twice. This is also unrelated to PG’s Jungler going out on a whim to use Burial Sword.
In any case, Kcc at present is simply no match for PG. This isn’t a problem that can easily be resolved by snatching OP demons.
It’s questionable whether it’s because Kcc were dealt too great a hit. In the second round, Kcc’s play was almost bad enough to rival MOMO’s when they were defeated after snatching PG’s dragon. Numerous errors crept up endlessly. They even forgot to farm their own creeps, and the gap in gold only widened by the second.
Jing Yu’s Moonshadow Spider was once again banned, and Burial Sword was snatched. Therefore, he happily returned to using Frozen Heart, and yet, he clinched a battle score that’s in no way lacking compared to the last round.
This time, the comments barrage is finally able to confirm it:
【So it’s not because Burial Sword’s OP! But it’s because Kcc’s wayyy too weak!】
【How can Kcc suck so badly? How did they get into the Qualifiers?】
【Kcc’s such a veggie! Why not let me have a go instead?!】
There are also a bunch of bullet comments who pass all of this off as metaphysics:
【Looks like PG’s seal has been ripped off completely.】
【Who can seal PG once again ah?!】
【One will in blood begging for PG to be sealed!】
Thankfully, the commentators didn’t lose their heads:
Yoyo: 【Let’s congratulate PG on winning their second match in the Qualifiers! To date, PG has already gotten 4 points, safely qualifying for the next round. With that, all that’s left is to see whether ANE can defeat MOMO, taking the 2nd slot for the Elimination Round!】
Fang Luofan: 【Kcc is still quite green. That’s exactly why they lack the experience and allowed the 1st round to get to them, causing their general performance to plunge across the board in the 2nd round. I hope they will pull themselves together soon, facing their next match with an optimistic mindset!】
PG thus calls it a day with this.
After taking a look at the post-battle score, Jing Yu feels slightly lethargic. Therefore, he returns upstairs to sleep – This time, he really goes straight to sleep.
After all, his focus was at an all-time high during these two rounds. The moment the match’s done and over with, his nerves all instantly relax, and he is utterly drained of all energy from head to toe. Besides a nap, there’s nothing else he wants.
Since Coach Fang Luofan is not around, he only has to get Qin Fei’s permission. Qin Fei naturally nods without a pause.
Jing Yu: “Call me when it’s time for dinner?”
Qin Fei: “Totally OJBK**.”
(**OJBK: O-Ji-ba-Kay ; O-freaking-kay)
Seeing Jing Yu off from the Training Room with his gaze, Qin Fei turns his head to eye the other members without thinking.
The Qualifiers have hardly ended and they still have that match with ANE still remaining, yet these bunch of chatterboxes are already discussing the Elimination Round afterwards.
Luo Yiming: “I’m so looking forward to the Elimination Round! I wonder what the offline match’s like? Will I be on TV?”
Han Leng: “You sure you want to show up on TV with that blond head of yours? Those who’re none the wiser might even think you’re a hooligan!”
Luo Yiming: “What? Are you looking down on hooligans?!”
–Is that really the point?
Ye Hong is a bit reluctant: “How can you all be thinking about the offline round? I don’t want to appear before the crowd at all.”
–Out of the entire PG, it seems like he’s the only one who looks like an average Joe.
Han Leng: “I’m fine either way. But when I think about what the other teams must look like, I think it’s quite interesting! Those that are like ANE’s HI, whose every word is filled with ridicule, they’ve surely got to look like a sour-faced, ol’ Uncle!”
Ye Hong: “Heheh. When it’s time, don’t be surprised if we’re the oldest of all.”
Han Leng: “……Suddenly, I don’t look forward to the offline match at all.”
Qin Fei huffs in laughter, picking up his phone to make his leave from the Training Room.
Ye Hong’s gaze follows after his back without thinking. After hearing him reach the 2nd floor, then does he finally stir: “Why do I feel like Fei Ge’s very pleased?”
Luo Yiming: “It’s natural to be happy after winning a match!”
Han Leng: “……Do you think everyone’s like you?”
Qin Fei is indeed quite happy. This is because he just received a message coming from a person under the saved contact, “Qi Xuan”.
He hurries upstairs and back to his room precisely because he wants to reply to this person.
Qi Xuan: Yo, finally got out of the Qualifiers? Your new teammate’s not bad?
After Qin Fei returns to his room, he makes a beeline to perch on the bed, replying:
Qin Fei: Nn. He’s not bad.
Qi Xuan: That’s quite the evaluation? Does he play better than you?
Qin Fei: I’m the solo-laner, he’s the jungler. We’re two worlds apart.
Qi Xuan: What’s the difference? Don’t think I didn’t keep an eye on that PGL of yours! I’ve watched the Qualifiers. That kid managed pentakill, but what did you get?
Qin Fei: ……
Qi Xuan: Looks like the hot shot within PG is him, not you. Tsk, tsk, tsk. This is simply one wave rolling after another in the Yangtze River, slamming the previous wave dead on the shore!**
(**Basically, QX’s teasing him in a dramatic manner: You’ve expired thanks to JY!)
Qin Fei’s caught between tears and laughter. Sometimes, he seriously doesn’t know how to reply to this woman’s words.
Qi Xuan: How does he look in person? Is he more handsome than you?
Qin Fei: Nn. Pretty good. Probably the type you’d like.
Qi Xuan: Oh? A boy toy?
Qin Fei: ?
Qi Xuan: Didn’t you say he’s the type I like? I just like boy toys. I even kept one around a few days back.
Qin Fei: ……
Qi Xuan: Do you have any pictures? Send one over. I’ll decide whether he’s worthy.
Qin Fei: ? ? ?
Worthy?! Worthy of what?! Of being kept by you?!
Qi Xuan seriously dumped a pail of cold water down Qin Fei’s spine with that line. After sending three question marks back, he finds it meddlesome to type the words and thus, initiates a direct voice call. A few seconds later, it’s through.
From his phone comes a playful lady voice: “HAHAHA! Calling me right after I said I want to keep him? Looks like he’s already your prey?”
The lips of Qin Fei’s lips twitches, subconsciously itching to retort. Yet before he’s even able to get in a word, the woman beats him to it: “What progress have you guys made? Have you eaten a meal together?”
“……We have.” Qin Fei replies almost instinctively.
Qi Xuan: “Kissed yet?”
Qin Fei: “……Madam Qi Xuan, need I remind you that he is a guy?”
“Guys are the best! How can you stay together if one of you is straight!” Qi Xuan chastises, “Besides, I may not have been in contact with you a lot in these past few years, but you’re still a piece of flesh that has fallen off me. How can I not know you? Don’t think I don’t know. In the past, you used to look at my Male Model Magazines in such a scary way……”
“Coughcoughcough!” Qin Fei interrupts her with violent coughing. Since he can’t hide it, he can only divert the topic, “Alright. So I do have a bit of feelings for Jing Yu. Still, there’s no sign of anything happening yet ne. Don’t you dare gossip about this elsewhere.”
“Qi, gossiping? Who can I gossip to? Moreover, am I really that sort of person?” Qi Xuan says disdainfully, “Alright, if you’re done, then make yourself scarce**. Really, I don’t want to hear your voice in the slightest.”
(**Make yourself scarce: Qi Xuan says this like the Empress of the olden times.)
Having said her fair share, she seems ready to hang up only to hesitate a note later, asking tentatively: “When are you guys taking a break? During that time, are you moving back in with me?”
Qin Fei falters, not replying.
Qi Xuan: “When that time comes, make sure to bring your Little Goldfish over too. I’ll inspect him for you!”
“No need.” Qin Fei turns her down without missing a beat, “As if I’m letting him know I’ve got such an unreliable Mom.”
“Yo! So now, you’re acknowledging me as your mother?” Qi Xuan snickers, “You call me your Mom, but what are you calling that woman?”
Qin Fei: “I only have one mother, and that is you.”
Qi Xuan stops. After falling into a short silence, she grins uncontrollably: “Alright. So you are becoming quite the sweet talker. I’ll wait till you catch Little Goldfish’s heart. You’ve got to bring him over to let me take a look. You hear that?”
“Got it.” This time, Qin Fei doesn’t reject.
“I’m hanging up. Talk to you next time.”
“Okay. Bye.”
Qin Fei has only just finished saying one “bye” before the call cuts off. He puts down his phone. Staring at the blank screen on his phone, he zones out briefly.
Did he just out himself to his birth mother… just like that?
It’s just that simple?!
Qin Fei has never acknowledged his sperm donor as his dad, and the same goes for that man’s wife. That’s why, he totally doesn’t give a damn about how those two see him.
Be it dropping out from university, or creating PG, or coming out of the closet to his teammates and older cousin, he has never once hesitated the slightest bit.
The only exception is Qi Xuan – his birth mother. He couldn’t say he likes men no matter how he tried.
But to think, even without him saying a word, she’d already figured it out much earlier.
“Heh.” Qin Fei blacks out his screen, tossing the phone carelessly onto his bed. Falling backwards, he lands on the bed smoothly.
To pursue Jing Yu ah…… First, he’s got to find a way to confirm whether he’s really the same as him. Otherwise, when it’s finally time to do the deed, Qin Fei might want to top him but Jing Yu might actually take him for a bro instead.
Over on the other side of the phone, after Qi Xuan hangs up, the beam on her smile vanishes without a trace.
The male secretary at her side hands her a folder: “President Qi, this contract requires your signature.”
Qi Xuan takes the contract in hand, flipping to the last page in a practiced manner and adding her own signature. Subsequently, she evenly says: “I want you to investigate a person – PG’s new Jungler, Jing Yu. The more info you collect, the better. But don’t cause any unnecessary alarm.”
The male secretary takes back the contract, nodding respectfully as he answers: “Understood, President Qi. I’ll update you within a week at latest.”
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Tamago: Jiao Xi ️ Qi Xuan. Reminder: This is a dogblood-free, dogfood-scattering novel!
Mara: I really like Qi Xuan, she just seems so wholesome when facing Qin Fei. Also, our Qin Fei eyed male models when he was young, hmmm….. Heheheh I wonder what she will find out about JY. I’m curious~
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If you like what I’m doing, please donate to Covid-19 Relief Efforts!
For every USD$3 worth of donations accrued, I will add 1 chapter to the Cour, and release the extra chapter on the day itself (with a cap of +10 chapters).
You may also donate to a charity organization of your own liking (local or otherwise) that is currently helping out with the Covid-19 situation.
Please don’t forget to forward any confirmation email / screenshot of the confirmation page to [email protected], and drop a comment to let me know you donated!
Current Donations: $12/3 (+10)*
*We have reached the cap of the 10 extra chapters that are currently available! The $12 balance left from the current batch will be carried into the next batch. In other words, once the next batch of extras is open for donations, 4 extra chapters will be released all together at once, and you get to enjoy~! Thank you for your donations! And we seek your kind understanding in awaiting for the next batch of extras! ^^
