You're Beautiful When You Smile

CHAPTER 121

The match didn't end well for both Old K and Old Cat. After the match was over, Old K stood up and said that he was hungry and was going to order take-out. Then he went downstairs. Old Cat was left behind watching Old K turn off his computer and go downstairs. 

With both Little Fatty and Tong Yao looking at him, Old Cat mumbled: "Actually, Old K is normally a mild-tempered person, just like his face. A good-natured person."

"Then why do you two still bicker every day?" Tong Yao asked."I like to nag, he just listens to my nagging and laughs it off." Old Cat took a look at the direction where Old K was heading, then lowered his head: "I'm not finished yet-- --Good-natured people usually don't get angry easily, but once they are, it's hard to appease them......"He looked like he wasn't sure what he could do about it. 

Little Fatty: "......Now you know you should regret it."

Tong Yao: "Talk nicely to him. Don't cause a negative impact on our game tomorrow."Old Cat mopingly nodded. He had realized the seriousness of the matter now-- --It was him who was being petulant since the game against Team Alpha. It was also him who didn't go help when Old K was surrounded by enemies during today's skirmish. It seems that he was the one who caused all the trouble......After he had the realization, he made up his mind to earnestly apologize to Old K tonight before going to sleep-- --He was too ashamed to admit his mistakes in front of too many people......However, another minor incident happened that afternoon.It was probably because Lu Sicheng had checked the stats of the skirmish of the afternoon on Tong Yao's computer while she was streaming, someone had taken the screenshot of the stats page. In any case, soon the news about how [ZGDX was badly defeated by CK. ZGDX's top and jungler seemed to have split up] was all over the place-- --

[It can't be? Didn't they say that ZGDX never loses any skirmishes?]

[It's not never, how many times have they beat Korean teams? I heard they had lost to Korean teams OP and TAT more than just a couple of times-- --It's because Chinese teams are overall weaker. This year Chinese teams could only be ranked in the top eight of the world at best!]

[hhhhhhhh didn't they say that the new mid Smiling is very strong? That the new lineup is invincible in the major league? How come I haven't seen her lead the team to victory?]

[.................................With ZGDX's all-win record in both groups now, they can't beat the Korean team OP? Team TAT without Pope can defeat ZGDX? Damn, aren't they just boasting out of proportion?]

[If their top and jungler are having issues at this very moment, the team is really going under. I have a feeling that tomorrow YQCB is going to win.]

[Above post is the one that's hyping YQCB out of proportion. It was still a relegation team during the spring season and just one Pope makes you feel so smug.]

......There were all sorts of sarcastic comments. Many were bad-mouthing the Chinese regional LoL competitions. The main reason was that ZGDX had been doing very well so far this season. They hadn't lost any best of three matches yet. Many had high hopes for them, saying that the team was the last hope for the Chinese region to go to the international competition-- --The sudden news that they had lost to CK during a skirmish made everyone feel uneasy. Everyone was hoping that the Chinese League could win the world championship one day. Therefore, they subconsciously became harsher on the team's performance-- --Old Cat was disturbed from reading all those comments. After reading them for a while, he threw down his cell phone and went back to his room to catch up on some sleep. He waited in his room for Old K to come back after he woke up......But Old K didn't come back till one o'clock in the morning. Old Cat opened the room door to check downstairs and found Old K was sitting next to the B team jungler. He was gently teaching the kid how to play the champion Nidalee......Old K didn't even lift his head up when he heard the sound of the door opening upstairs. 

Old Cat sulkily murmured: "You have a match tomorrow yourself, why to bother with other people." Then he slammed the door shut with a bang. When everything quieted down upstairs, Old K continued instructing the B team jungler: "After farming this, don't mind Malphite, go directly to bot. When passing by mid, take a look at the minions there, if it's near our own side, then help with farming them." As he was talking, he lifted his eyelids to glance upstairs, paused for a moment, then cast his eyes downwards again without saying anything.-- --Tong Yao rested her head on the railing on the second floor and saw everything happen. 

She continued leaning against the railing for some time before she sensed that someone was coming closer from behind. A big hand reached over to rest on her waist, a firm chest pasted onto her back, and the man bent over with his hairy head nudging against her head. He asked in a low voice: "What are you looking at?"

"I'm watching to see how far these two are going to keep it up like this."

"They won't make up before tomorrow."

"......Then the match-- --"

"Be prepared to lose."Tong Yao slightly widened her eyes and turned her head around. Her lips briskly brushed over his. Lu Sicheng briefly paused, then slightly forced himself down on Tong Yao-- --His lean and long fingers held her chin in place and he lowered his head ready to catch her soft lips: "It's only group matches now. I would feel rather uneasy if we really did have an all-win record......These guys are already getting bloated. Today I heard Little Fatty ask to play Bard for tomorrow on his own."Little Fatty didn't play Bard well. The last time they played against YQCB, Little Fatty was so reluctant to play Bard when asked by the team in order for them to play 4 protect 1...... Though the team won that match in the end, Little Fatty still didn't feel comfortable playing Bard."The team next door is quite strong nowadays......"

"En." Lu Sicheng's lips were on the corner of Tong Yao's lips and answered absent-mindedly: "As such, we can lose the game simply from carelessness, being out of touch, or being not fully prepared."Tong Yao looked downwards. She thought for a while and whispered: "But I don't want to lose, even if it's just a group match......"Lu Sicheng stopped rubbing next to her ear. He lifted slightly his heavy head which was resting upon her shoulder and pondered earnestly before saying: "We don't have to lose. But it's better to lose now than at a more important moment-- --If not now, then when? The final match of the summer competition or the final match of the world championship? The team next door is strong, but the strong teams from the Korean professional league are much stronger than the one next door-- --Wait till the world championship, then that'll be the time when we can't really afford to lose."

"......"

"Look at how bloated they are now. A minor issue during the game will cause them to blame each other, get into fights, or even mess up a skirmish. They thought they're really invincible just by winning several group matches in a row?" His voice was low and slow, with a tint of coldness. Tong Yao couldn't respond: "......You've always figured out how to set up your teammates, the upper management of the club, and me, aren't you exhausted?"

"Sure I am. I'm over-exerting myself." Lu Sicheng picked Tong Yao up, ignoring her struggling, and steadily strode towards his room: "Then how about giving me some reward?"Tong Yao lifted her hand to pinch his face: "You're acting like a bastard."Lu Sicheng giggled and tightened his arms and slightly lifted his head to kiss Tong Yao's chin......Tong Yao giggled as she tried to avoid him. As she was teasing back and forth with him, somehow Tong Yao's mind was filled with anxiousness about tomorrow's game-- --Ever since she joined the team, except for the night before the first game of the summer season, she hadn't had this feeling for quite some time now. It was a feeling of apprehension about a brewing storm.