Chapter 86 Coward
"Coach, we're here." Lin Chen called softly.
Ke Yue's sleep was very light. When she heard the slightest movement, she immediately opened her eyes.
The group got out of the car and returned to the base.
As soon as they entered the gate, Chen Xichen and Lu Wen collapsed on the sofa.
"How do you feel on the first day of the playoffs?" Lin Chen asked with a smile.
"Tired!" Everyone said in unison.
Compared with the regular season, the playoffs have two completely different feelings. It is a real battle for the top eight. The rhythm is tight, and there are more people watching. Only the winner will be qualified for promotion.
And unlike the regular season BO5, the best-of-five game system brings not only physical fatigue, but also huge psychological pressure.
In the playoffs, mental breakdowns due to consecutive losses often occur, and there are also teams that come back against the wind and directly complete the feat of letting the second team chase the third team.
Sometimes the battle situation is so intense that it takes five rounds, which is definitely a major test for the players' physical strength.
But although they were tired, each of their eyes were bright.
The excitement on the field has not faded yet.
This is the first time the results of the mid-field linkage between black and white have been revealed, and the effect is unexpectedly good.
Especially in the last two games, the refreshing feeling like the autumn wind blowing away fallen leaves is so refreshing!
"Okay, let's go and have a rest." Lin Chen took some fruit out of the refrigerator and gave it to them. "During this period, you should all pay attention to your physical training and work and rest patterns. In the later stages of the playoffs, your physical strength must be high. Keep up.”
"Especially Lu Wen, you are the laziest in Black and White. All the Yao girls in the gym are more diligent than you."
Lu Wen looked at the sky.
"The playoffs are in a group format, and the games in different groups are staggered. The next game in another group will be between the seventh-ranked Zhuiying and the sixth-ranked Toptop. Taking advantage of this gap, you can still take a rest. "Ke Yue picked up the schedule.
"But in the third game, we played against the fourth-ranked blueblood."
Blueblood is good at AOE burst flow. During the regular season, Black and White lost to the opponent once.
With the Comet Rune combined with large-scale group skills, team battles in the later stages are almost impossible to solve.
"The next game will be more difficult than today." The boy said.
That's how the playoffs are, go round after round, step by step.
"You don't have to be too nervous. You have been adjusting well recently. There is no need for high-intensity training. I will arrange adaptive training for you."
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Somewhere on the outskirts of the city, the lake sparkled under the sunlight, glowing with a gold-like color.
It is rare to see water birds this season. Occasionally, a few leaves are blown off by the wind and float to the lake.
"You are really leisurely and elegant." The young man sat casually on the chair and played with a fairly regular pebble.
Lu Zhizhou skillfully hung the bait on the fishhook and cast the line in one go.
After fixing the fishing rod, he also sat down.
"Autumn is a golden period for fishing. It's rare that the weather is so good, so of course you have to go out and relax."
Besides, if he hadn't taken Ke Yue out to fish, this man would have been busy in front of the computer all day long without even knowing how to take a break.
"I heard that your team just played a game recently. How was the result?"
"But we only played one game, so there's nothing more to say." The young man smiled.
"Really?" Lu Zhizhou added another bait.
"I remember you went to play e-sports when you were in junior high school, but the team suddenly disbanded, and you left for three years."
He turned to look at Ke Yue, "I still don't know what... happened to you."
"It's nothing." The young man looked indifferently, "It's just that I was acted out by someone."
Acting in a scene... Do you really want to be so calm and gentle, and your hair can turn gray?
After a while, Lu Zhizhou sighed, "I sometimes wonder, how can there be people like you in this world."
"Emotions and anger are invisible, and the disguise is impeccable. Has anyone ever said that you are hypocritical?"
"Hypocrisy has always been a compliment to me. After all, how can people survive in reality if they are not hypocritical?" the young man replied.
Lu Zhizhou was almost amused, "You and I grew up together, but in the end, I never understood you at all."
Ke Yue stood up, her thin figure looking even more lonely among the fallen leaves, like a delicate and fragile object.
"Perhaps, even I can't understand myself."
She suddenly turned back curiously, with a slight smile on her lips, "Lu Zhizhou, will you betray me?"
"Me? How dare I." Lu Zhizhou groaned, "I was almost scared to death by you when I was a child, okay? If I betray you, wouldn't I be the first to die?"
"It's been so long ago, and you still remember it." The young man sneered, "Coward."
Where she didn't notice, Lu Zhizhou's hand on the fishing rod tightened and then relaxed.
Yes, coward, am I not a coward?
Ke Yue weighed the pebbles in her hand, suddenly smiled, bent down, and threw the pebble out diagonally.
The pebbles jumped on the water surface, causing a series of ripples. Finally, they lost their strength and fell from the water surface, sinking to the bottom of the lake.
"Hey!" Lu Zhizhou was very dissatisfied, "You scare away the fish I'm about to hook!"
"When the time comes, the fish will naturally take the bait. The temperature hasn't come up yet, so why are you anxious?" The young man turned around, his peach blossom eyes behind the lenses lazily looking like he had succeeded in a prank.
For a moment, Lu Zhizhou suddenly realized that he actually found a trace of Shen Yue in the young man.
A little bit of fresh life.
"Instead of worrying about you, a fish, it's better to worry about the Lu family." In just a moment, Ke Yue returned to her usual indifferent demeanor, as if the little bit of vitality just now was simply an illusion.
"I heard that Mr. Lu has been having a hard time recently."
"Yeah, it's very difficult. A new brand was launched but for some reason it was suddenly targeted by an emerging company. I really lost a lot." Lu Zhizhou smiled, "That's why it's rare for me to be so relaxed."
The young man cannot deny it.
"How is your sister doing lately?"
"Let's just leave it like that." He checked the bait again out of boredom, "Now you don't like asking me for news about you. She won't come if I take her out fishing today. She doesn't seem to want to see you."< br>
"This is a good thing." After all, for a girl like Lu Zhizhi, it's best to stay away from her to be safe.
The sunlight gradually warmed the water, and the fish began to look for food.
"It's almost time." The boy said, "The code sent to zero last time has been responded to, and the settings have been completed. It's time for us to hire some people."
Lu Zhizhou nodded, "That's good. If it's later, I'm afraid I won't be in a hurry."
"Don't worry." The young man sat down next to him again, "There will always be time." (End of Chapter)