E-Sports Boss Wants To Post Messages With New Players Every Day Chapter 30

Chapter 30

The next day, Xu Ziyan woke up early. Remembering Xie Wei’s instructions, he took out his phone and sent Xie Wei a message.

Soon, Xie Wei replied.

Wait for me downstairs at the dorm building. I’ll take you over.

Xu Ziyan felt a little strange. It wasn’t like he didn’t know the location of the A-Team training room, so why did Xie Wei seem worried that he would get lost?

This question was answered only when he followed Xie Wei into the training room.

Perhaps because it wasn’t yet time for formal training, the A-Team training room was quite empty. In the warm morning sunlight, rows of computers were neatly arranged in the room, with a sofa and coffee table nearby. The bookshelf held a few novels and comics. Directly opposite the door was a wall-length display case, filled to the brim with all the honors TWG had won over the years.

And in front of the computers in the second row sat a graceful figure.

It was Qu Qingyue.

Needless to say, Xu Ziyan immediately felt awkward. He thought, no wonder. If Xie Wei hadn’t been there, running into Qu Qingyue alone would have been hundreds of times more awkward than the current situation.

Before this incident, Xu Ziyan and Qu Qingyue’s relationship, though not close, was still amicable.

But knowing that Qu Qingyue was preparing to transfer, and with Xu Ziyan as her replacement, meeting her again made him feel uneasy.

More importantly, after seeing the message she sent Xie Wei on New Year’s Day, he vaguely sensed that Qu Qingyue likely had feelings for Xie Wei.

Adding the rival-in-love dynamic made the situation even more awkward.

Qu Qingyue heard the movement and shifted her gaze from the screen in front of her. When she saw Xie Wei, her eyebrows raised slightly, her eyes widened, and she curved her lips, about to speak, when she saw Xu Ziyan following behind.

Her smile froze on her lips.

Xie Wei said, “Clear, this is Ice, the new substitute Medic for the A-Team. You two know each other, so I won’t introduce you further.”

Xu Ziyan and Qu Qingyue exchanged glances, both noticing the stiffness in the other, and simply offered a dry greeting.

Xie Wei led Xu Ziyan to the newly vacated computer station, gave a few simple instructions, and returned to his own seat.

None of the three were the type to talk much during Ranked Matches, and the training room fell silent, with only the sounds of keyboards and mice echoing overhead.

Xu Ziyan connected his peripherals, turned on his computer, and while waiting for it to boot up, he quietly glanced in Qu Qingyue’s direction.

From his position, he could just see Qu Qingyue’s back. The girl was clearly distracted after his arrival, her attention no longer focused on the Ranked Match, but occasionally turning her head to look in Xie Wei’s direction.

Xu Ziyan sighed deeply.

Just as he could guess Qu Qingyue’s feelings for Xie Wei based on a single message, Qu Qingyue had most likely also noticed his affection for Xie Wei.

After his conversation with Bai Ke yesterday, Xie Wei’s image in Xu Ziyan’s mind shifted from the aloof, indifferent, and steady person who remained calm even when Mount Tai collapsed, to a careful and sensitive person who was actually a blockhead completely clueless about emotional matters.

His decision to bring Xu Ziyan today was indeed out of consideration for the discomfort Xu Ziyan might feel encountering Qu Qingyue.

But he certainly hadn’t anticipated that the reason for the discomfort wasn’t just the A-Team Medic position, but also because of him.

However, in all likelihood, Xie Wei himself was probably unaware of the latter reason.

Xu Ziyan withdrew his gaze and skillfully logged into his account.

In any case, now was not the time to think about these things.

He knew his skill level still lagged behind the top-tier Medics in the league. To close this gap, he had to work even harder now so he wouldn’t show weakness on the competitive stage.

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As Xu Ziyan guessed, Xie Wei was completely unaware that he was caught between two Omegas who liked him. At this moment, he was typing on his keyboard, replying to a message from the KW team captain about scheduling a scrim.

He was undoubtedly shocked when Yu Guangzhou told him that Qu Qingyue was transferring.

Although it was common for professional players to switch teams, the four members of TWG had gone from obscurity to their current glory with almost no personnel changes. Coupled with their stable recent performance, Xie Wei truly couldn’t figure out Qu Qingyue’s reason for deciding to transfer.

But he respected Qu Qingyue’s decision. All good things must come to an end, and besides, they weren’t saying goodbye forever. Being in the same league, and still friends in the game, playing a few rounds together was something they could do anytime.

After a while, Shen Xiao and Bai Chen also arrived at the training room. They had all been notified beforehand, so they weren’t surprised to see Xu Ziyan.

Shen Xiao greeted Xu Ziyan warmly: “Wow, Ice, I didn’t expect us to be teammates so soon! Impressive, impressive, worthy of being the Rookie King Medic. What do you say, want to play a couple of Ranked Matches together?”

His voice was just loud enough for the entire training room to hear.

As soon as he spoke, Qu Qingyue’s back visibly stiffened.

Xu Ziyan had enough sense to notice this and smiled apologetically: “God Xiao, I have self-training today. Maybe you can carry me to higher ranks another time?”

Shen Xiao didn’t sense anything amiss and laughed, “Sure, sure.”

He was about to say more when Bai Chen subtly stopped him: “Coach Yu is coming soon.”

So Shen Xiao had to stop talking and sat down at his station.

Xu Ziyan breathed a sigh of relief and couldn’t help but glance at Bai Chen.

If Xie Wei gave off a feeling of detachment, then Bai Chen was thoroughly cold.

As an Assault Player, his style was incredibly calm. Many of his split-second judgments and operations on the field clearly resulted from rigorous thought, making it hard to imagine how he managed it.

Shen Xiao’s style was carefree, relying on his accurate and ruthless marksmanship and excellent reaction speed to dominate. Bai Chen’s calm composure perfectly complemented him, keeping TWG’s assault line consistently ranked among the top in the entire league.

When Xu Ziyan first met Bai Ke, he often wondered how Bai Chen, such a cold and solitary person, could have such a talkative younger brother.

Now, Bai Chen had changed in his mind from “a friend’s older brother” to “a friend’s crush.” Xu Ziyan couldn’t help but look at Bai Chen a couple more times.

He happened to meet Bai Chen’s cold returning gaze, and his heart jumped. Xu Ziyan quickly looked away, thinking: The two Bai brothers have such different personalities, yet their sharp intuition, as if they can see right through people, is surprisingly consistent.

The A-Team’s scrim was scheduled before dinner, allowing for a review session right after dinner.

Today’s scrim was against FTK. Their team liked to pair one Assault Player and one Sniper for coordinated kills, while the other Assault Player and Medic focused on applying frontal pressure. While this playstyle suffered on point-capture maps, its intensity immediately ramped up in escort mission game modes.

In the first round, Yu Guangzhou still had the four Main Roster Players of the A-Team play. It happened to be a defense map. Xie Wei set up his rifle on the clock tower. His accuracy was ridiculously high; he was practically one shot, one kill. Qu Qingyue’s healing support was also perfectly timed, allowing the front-line Assault Players to output damage comfortably. FTK couldn’t even capture Point A and were forced to concede defeat.

This result was within expectations.

It was Xu Ziyan’s first time watching a scrim between top-tier teams, and he observed very seriously. Just as he was thinking about how he would handle certain situations on the field, he heard Yu Guangzhou next to him say, “Ice, you go in for the second round and try it out.”

Although he knew he was there to fill a vacancy, Xu Ziyan didn’t expect the opportunity to come so quickly. It was only his first day on the team, and he was already being put into a scrim.

As he sat down at the computer and joined the team, his fingers were shaking with a rare nervousness.

He had imagined and longed for this moment countless times, often thinking it would never happen. Now, sitting in the TWG A-Team training room, looking at the ID TWG-Shining in the team roster, he felt blood rushing to his head, his nerves taut.

“Check your class and basic settings. Hit ready when you’re done,” Xie Wei’s voice in the headset was slightly different from his real-life voice, yet it overlapped with the voice in the video Xu Ziyan had watched. “Listen to the command, don’t be nervous.”

Xu Ziyan immediately realized that the last sentence was directed specifically at him. His heart skipped a beat, but his nerves miraculously relaxed because of those three words.

The second round was TWG’s turn to attack, with FTK defending.

In the first round, Qu Qingyue chose a pistol and smoke grenades.

Xu Ziyan, after some hesitation, chose a healing flask and a stun gun.

This meant that, apart from the limited control uses of the stun gun, he had completely given up on self-preservation.

Outside the match, Qu Qingyue frowned slightly.

Everyone had their own preferences for secondary weapons. But what she couldn’t understand was why Xu Ziyan chose the healing flask, which increased healing output, instead of the armor pack, which could stack armor for the Assault Players.

While the healing flask provided more healing, the benefits of the armor pack were more obvious: it could stack on top of a character’s base health. A character with 100 health could be stacked up to 150 health.

The most powerful bolt-action sniper rifle bullet deals 125 damage on a headshot, meaning the armor pack could protect an Assault Player from the danger of an instant death from a headshot.

Qu Qingyue had chosen the pistol earlier to ensure some self-preservation, considering the coordination between the enemy Assault Player and Sniper.

But a healing flask? Not only here, but across the entire competitive scene, very few people chose it.

She remained silent and continued to watch.

She had to admit that Xu Ziyan’s positioning and awareness were excellent. Even with occasional small mistakes, he could compensate with his outstanding reaction speed.

Most importantly, he used the stun gun exceptionally well.

At the first point, the FTK Assault Player and Medic coordinated with the Sniper, providing ample frontal firepower. At the same time, another Assault Player silently sneaked to the back of the TWG team, attempting to take out Xu Ziyan, the Medic.

However, the moment he rushed out, Xu Ziyan calmly threw down a healing flask, replenishing his health, followed immediately by a precise stun gun shot, freezing the Assault Player in place. Xie Wei landed a headshot with his sniper rifle, securing the kill.

Seeing this, FTK, having lost an Assault Player, had no choice but to retreat, yielding Point A to TWG and turning to defend Point B.

Qu Qingyue watched this series of smooth operations and smiled bitterly: she knew very well that she couldn’t execute such moves.