After Su Mo returned to the base, the night breeze was slightly cool, which dissipated some of the drunkenness.
Yu Shuang's words, "Everything is fine," and her last meaningful words, "I hope I have another chance next time," were still echoing in his mind.
He shook his head and laughed out loud. Perhaps she is overthinking it. As the face of the LPL, Yu Shuang has a very high emotional intelligence, and maintaining good relationships with players in the circle is part of her job.
Back at the dormitory, Jiejie was still awake as expected, wearing headphones and bragging to the viewers in the live broadcast room. Seeing Su Mo come in, he immediately took off his earphones and came over with a bad smile on his face: "Brother Mozi, it's okay. Are you coming back so late, are you talking to Aunt Yu Shuang...hehehehe."
“Tch, I believe you.” Jiejie pouted, but didn’t ask any more questions. He put on his headphones again and devoted himself to his live broadcast.
Su Mo finished washing and lay on the bed, the screen of his mobile phone lit up.
It was a message from Yu Shuang: "Are you home?"
Su Mo replied: "We're here, where are you?"
"Arrived too, good night [smile]."
Su Mo didn't reply anymore, put his phone on the bedside and closed his eyes.
However, what he didn't know was that this ordinary dinner between him and Yu Shuang had already set off huge waves in the ocean of the Internet.
A paparazzi studio known for breaking scandals in the entertainment and e-sports circles released a set of high-definition photos on time at 11 o'clock in the night.
In the photo, Su Mo and Yu Shuang walked out side by side at the entrance of an elegant Japanese food store. Although there was no overly intimate behavior, the scene of the two smiling at each other and the back view of them sitting in the same car seemed full of story under the ambiguous lighting and tricky shooting angle.
【Exclusive news! The god of e-sports Mo Ye met with LPL boss Yu Shuang for dinner, and their suspected love affair was exposed! 】
This title, like a depth charge, instantly detonated Weibo.
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The comment section was completely destroyed:
"Holy shit! Damn it! The wall between my two dimensions is broken! What kind of magical combination is this!"
I can't accept it! Brother Mozi is mine! Aunt Yu Shuang is also mine! "
"There is a saying, a talented man and a beautiful woman are a match made in heaven, so I will respect you first!"
"Guan Zeyuan burst into tears! The cooked duck flew away!"
Hence "Don't bring any irrelevant people upstairs, this time I stand with Mo Shuang CP, who agrees and who opposes?"
"Objection! Mo Zige and Rita are obviously a couple! I can't accept it!"
The whirlpool of public opinion soon spread to another party involved.
At this time, Rita had just finished a live broadcast and was applying a facial mask, lying lazily on the sofa and scrolling through her phone.
When she saw the dazzling hot search, the smile on her face froze instantly.
She clicked on the photo and looked at the harmonious figures of Su Mo and Yu Shuang in the picture, and an inexplicable sourness and grievance came to her heart.
She picked up the phone, her fingertips hovered over Su Mo's number for a long time, and finally dialed it.
The phone rang for a long time before it was connected, and Su Mo's sleepy voice came from the other end: "Hello? Sister Tazi?"
"I didn't disturb your rest, right?" There wasn't much emotion in Rita's voice, but Su Mo still noticed something was wrong.
“No, I was just getting ready to sleep. What happened?”
"It's nothing serious," Rita paused, but couldn't help but ask, "I just wanted to ask you, was the dinner with Yu Shuang... delicious?"
Su Mo suddenly woke up.
He clicked on Weibo and saw the hot search, and suddenly felt dizzy.
He said with a wry smile, "She just invited me to dinner. It's a normal dinner party for colleagues."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment.
"Well, I understand." Rita's voice sounded a little muffled, "Then you should go to bed early, good night."
After saying that, she hung up the phone.
Su Mo listened to the busy signal on his cell phone and sighed helplessly.
He knew that when Rita said she was fine, she must have been jealous in her heart.
What is this?
Obviously, I didn’t take advantage of anything!
I don’t know which shameless guy secretly took the photo for traffic.
…
The scandal gradually subsided even though both parties involved ignored it.
After all, Su Mo's scandals are not repeated once or twice, and the people who eat melons just watch it for fun and will not delve too deeply into it.
The battle for the LPL Spring Split is in full swing.
As planned, Su Mo entered "vacation mode", and EDG's starting top laner was Flandre, the holy gun brother.
EDG, with strong support from Viper and Flandre, showed strong dominance in the early spring split, winning consecutive games and topping the standings. Viper's unstoppable laning ability and Holy Spear Brother's experience make this EDG look flawless.
For a time, the Internet was filled with praises for this galactic battleship.
"Viper is so powerful! This is what a champion AD should be like!"
"Brother Holy Spear has come to EDG. Finally, he no longer has to be the dean. It's so comfortable to play!"
"It's over, Brother Mozi can retire with peace of mind, this EDG no longer needs him!"
However, in the fourth week of the regular season, EDG faced their first real test of the new season - against the reorganized RNG.
Today's RNG has experienced huge changes in its lineup.
Legendary ADC Uzi retired, mid laner Xiaohu transformed into top laner, and newcomer mid laner Cryin and jungler Wei took up the leading role. This RNG team, which seemed to be in a rough patch, burst out with astonishing energy even though it was not expected to be promising, and went on a winning streak, ranking second in the standings just behind EDG.
This game is known as the "Battle of the First Rankings" and is also regarded as a fateful showdown between the old and new generations of giants.
On the match day, the stadium was packed with seats.
"Welcome to the highlight of the LPL spring regular season!" Miller's voice was impassioned in the commentary box, "The two sides facing off today are EDG, which is currently undefeated, and RNG, which is so impressive! This is destined to be a battle between Mars and the Earth!"
Su Mo was sitting on the sofa in the lounge, watching the game on the big screen.
Beside him was the factory director who was also absent.
"This one is not easy to fight." The factory director looked at the BP on the screen and suddenly said.
In the first game, EDG relied on Viper Kai'Sa's perfect performance in the late team battle to defeat RNG with difficulty and take the lead.
But everyone can see that it is not easy for EDG to win.
RNG's jungler Wei put huge pressure on Jiejie's jungle, and Xiaohu, who transformed into a top laner, played superb Gnar, which also made it very uncomfortable for Jace, the Holy Spear brother.
In the second round, the situation suddenly changed.
RNG's bottom lane combination of GALA and Ming selected the Xia Luo combination, which exerted absolute suppression in the lane and directly penetrated Viper and Meiko's Senatamu.
At the same time, Xiaohu's Gnar stood up again, and several key waves of Tathagata Palm directly smashed EDG's formation to pieces.
RNG successfully regained a victory!
In the decisive game, the atmosphere on both sides was extremely tense.
In order to prove himself, Brother Holy Spear chose Lucian, who is strong in the lane, and wanted to suppress Xiaohu's Gnar online.
However, Xiaohu, a veteran who has been fighting for many years, used his rich experience to perfectly neutralize Brother Holy Spear's offensive. He controlled the line, called the jungler, and even used precise anger control and a set of smooth combos to complete a single kill on Brother Holy Spear in a fight after level six!
This single kill became the straw that broke the camel's back.
· RNG's morale is at an all-time high, and they continue to snowball around their top lane advantage. Finally, at thirty-two minutes into the game, RNG won the decisive game with overwhelming momentum!
2:1!
RNG ended EDG's winning streak!
When the RNG players rushed to the center of the stage and hugged each other to celebrate, there was a dead silence in the EDG battle table.
Brother Holy Spear lowered his head, covering his face with his hands and trembling slightly.
He came to EDG to chase the championship, but he did not expect that he would become the end of the team's winning streak.
The huge pressure and self-blame almost crushed him.
In the backstage lounge, the atmosphere was tense to freezing point.
Abu and the factory director looked bad, the team members were also downcast, and no one said anything.
At this moment, Su Mo, who had been looking at the screen silently, stood up.
He walked up to Brother Holy Spear and patted him on the shoulder.
Brother Shengqiang raised his head, his eyes red: "Brother Mo Zi, I..."
"It's okay." Su Mo's voice was calm, but with a soothing power. "It's just a regular season loss. The sky will not fall. Discovering and solving problems is what we should do now."
He looked around at his demoralized teammates and said slowly: "You We are all very strong, but you are playing too "politely" now. You always want to have the safest cooperation and the most perfect team fight, but the game of League of Legends sometimes requires some unreasonable things." He paused, and his eyes finally fell on coach Abramovich.
"Brother Bu," his voice was not loud, but very clear, "In the next game, we will play TES, let me play."
Abu and the factory director looked at each other, and they both saw surprise and relief in each other's eyes.
They knew that the sleeping "Hidden Boss" would finally be awakened.
Su Mo's words were like a reassurance, instantly relaxing the depressing atmosphere in the entire lounge.
Jiejie was the first to jump up and wailed: "Brother Mo Zi! You are finally out of the mountain!"
Brother Shengqian also raised his head and looked at Su Mo with complicated eyes, a mixture of gratitude, guilt and relief.
He knew that Su Mo chose to step out at this time, not because he did not play well, but to help him and help the entire team share the pressure.
"Brother Mo Zi, thank you." He said sincerely.
"Thank you, we are teammates, don't forget that I am your substitute." Su Mo smiled, with a calm and calm attitude, as if it was not his team that lost the game just now, "You need to rest for a few games, adjust your mentality, and see how I play on the court. Sometimes, playing games requires a little bit of bravado."
< br/> Abu nodded and said to everyone with a serious expression: "Okay, now that Xiao Mo has decided to play, our next tactics must be readjusted. The next game of TES will be a tough battle! Jackeylove and Knight are in hot form, we cannot take it lightly!"
The news that EDG lost to RNG quickly caused an uproar on the Internet.
"EDG's undefeated streak is over! RNG is awesome!"
"Let me just say it, without Brother Mo Zi's EDG, it's just like that!"
Hence "Brother Shengqiang is still a bit embarrassed, he can't stand up at the critical moment."
"I feel sorry for my Viper, I try my best, but the road is a breakthrough."
All kinds of doubts and pessimistic voices are rampant.
However, amid all the noise, EDG’s official Weibo released a brief announcement at noon the next day:
【In the fifth week of the LPL Spring Split, EDG faced off against TES, and the starting lineup was updated: top laner EDG.Mo. 】
This announcement, like a thunder, instantly shook the entire LPL e-sports circle.
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"Oh my God! God is coming out?!"
"Hahahaha! I knew it! As soon as EDG lost, Brother Mozi couldn't sit still! This is the return of the king, and he's coming to clean up the door!"
TES: I was so scared at the time! We just wanted to play a regular season, why were we ranked as the final boss?!"
"Knight vs Scout, Jackeylove vs Viper, Karsa vs Jiejie, this is already a top-notch matchup, and now we have to add Mo vs 369? This picture is so beautiful that I can’t watch it! Before the game even started, I was already suffocating!”
The news of Su Mo’s upcoming comeback quickly overshadowed all the negative effects of EDG’s defeat, and fans’ expectations were instantly raised.
Everyone wants to see how this god who has been lazy for nearly a month will lead EDG to face the powerful Taobo team.
One week passed by in a blink of an eye amid intense training and the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
On the match day, Shanghai Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center was once again filled with enthusiastic fans. The red TES support flag and the silver EDG support flag complement each other, forming a spectacular ocean.
Backstage, in the lounge of TES, the atmosphere was relaxed and confident.
"Brothers, play well today!" Coach Bai Yueya clapped his hands and made the final mobilization, "EDG just lost the game, and their morale must have been affected. Although Mo is on the field, we are not vegetarians! Knight, put some pressure on the middle! Karsa, focus more on the top lane in the early stage, don't let him feel comfortable!"
On the other side, in the EDG lounge, Su Mo was closing his eyes to relax.
Jiejie was walking around, looking even more nervous than he was on the field: "Brother Mozi, are you okay? I haven't played in a game for so long. Is your hand raw?"
"What do you think?" Su Mo didn't even raise his eyelids.
"I think..." Jiejie thought for a while and said with a flattering smile, "I think TES can already prepare for the next one in advance."
Su Mo's mouth twitched: "You kid, can you be more reliable in what you say, so that people won't hate you to death."
"Hey, Brother Mozi, you are in front, what should I be afraid of?" Jiejie had a mean smile on his face, which made Su Mo helpless.
However, it can be seen that everyone's mentality is very good at this time, and it has not been greatly affected by the previous loss to RNG.
With much anticipation, the players from both sides appeared on the stage.
When Su Mo's figure appeared on the stage again, the cheers that erupted were even louder than during the opening game. It was not only a welcome, but also an expectation of "the return of the king."
"Okay, audience friends! Welcome to the highlight of the LPL Spring Split! EDG vs. TES!" In the commentary box, Miller's voice was full of excitement, "After a short break, we saw that man, he is back! Player Mo will make his regular season debut in this powerful dialogue!"
Wawa also lamented: "TES must be under a lot of pressure now. However, this is what LPL should be like! The strongest players, on the most watched stage, competing in the top showdown! I can't wait!"
The game has officially entered the BP stage. (End of chapter)