League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 161 Forget it, it doesn't matter.

After the meal, everyone was quite full. Xiangguo and his parents were the first to leave the team, saying that they would take a taxi to send his parents to the hotel first, and then he would go back to the base.

Chen Dongqing was also discussing the upcoming arrangements with his parents.

Dad asked, "I didn't drive today, I'll just take a taxi home. Are you going home to sleep tonight? If so, you can come with me."

"Hmm, forget it." Chen Dongqing shook his head. "I'll take the bus back to the base. I'll pack my luggage tomorrow and come back by myself to avoid having to travel back and forth."

After a brief exchange between father and son, the father took out his phone, hailed a car, and drove off with Lin Yuanhua in the car.

Watching the car drive away, the team members were all a little bewildered.

Why did they take the woman instead of the son?

After everyone had been seen off, the next step was naturally to take the bus back to the base.

Along the way, several teammates surrounded her, asking all sorts of questions, eager to find out even the color of Lin Yuanhua's underwear.

But Chen Dongqing, of course, knew nothing about it; he didn't know, didn't recognize, and had never seen it before.

Seeing that the boy was so tight-lipped, the others simply stopped asking questions.

Chen Dongqing sat happily in his chair, replying to celebratory messages from his friends. Then, as Linko requested, he logged into Weibo and retweeted the team's official Weibo post about winning the championship, both to ride the wave of popularity and to manage his personal account.

The tweet celebrating the victory featured a nine-photo grid, with Chen Dongqing rightfully taking center stage. However, Yicun felt that the photo of him giving a thumbs-up was a bit too corny, so he chose a cool photo of Chen Dongqing holding up the FMVP trophy.

In the picture, Chen Dongqing stands tall and straight, with a confident smile, and seems to radiate light.

Shining Tiga belongs to that category.

It was already late, so when the bus stopped at the base entrance, the group didn't even glance at the training room before heading straight upstairs.

Chen Dongqing felt sleepy and took a shower before falling into a deep sleep.

The meditation training began again as soon as I closed my eyes.

Chen Dongqing initially wanted to skip it quickly, but then he suddenly realized that there weren't many opportunities to fight against SKT.

So he simply chose the second game he lost and used it for targeted training.

The results were surprisingly good.

After Chen Dongqing finally turned the tide in the second game through numerous attempts and practices, his [Awareness] attribute increased once again!

Just then, a system message arrived!

[Host: Chen Dongqing]

Age: 19

[Operation: 96]

[Reaction: 91]

Teamfight Ability: 90

[Consciousness: 92]

[Version Understanding: 95]

At the same time, his reputation finally improved again.

[Grade: Upgraded from A+ to S]

With your mechanics and understanding of the game at a world-class level, and no weaknesses in the other three areas, coupled with your FMVP accolade, you are now undoubtedly the world's best top laner!

Only the world's best top laner can be rated S in this system? That's pretty strict.

So what kind of person can be rated S+?

First in history?

The next morning, Chen Dongqing casually packed a few pieces of spring and summer clothes into his schoolbag and set off on his way home.

This holiday lasts for fifteen days, a little over two weeks. Chen Dongqing plans to laze around at home for a week to rest, and then spend the remaining week back at the base to grind for points.

After returning home, Chen Dongqing felt that her sleep quality had improved a lot, and she was even able to sleep an extra hour every day.

Although he had the system, the recent Spring Split was Chen Dongqing's first top-tier league experience since embarking on his professional career, so he had been on edge for the past few months.

The competition went on one match after another, and some minor problems arose along the way, which really took a lot of effort from Chen Dongqing.

Fortunately, the ending was positive, with the two champions perfectly summarizing the first half of the year.

5 month 20 number.

Five days have passed, and the LPL summer transfer window is almost over. Compared to the winter transfer window, this summer transfer window is relatively quiet. According to past history, Uzi would have transferred to RNG at this time, but this has obviously become impossible with QG's championship victory.

Uzi did receive a call from RNG, but he remained unmoved by his former team's invitation.

Royal family? I'm really not familiar with them.

I'm a QG member now!

The only thing that can be considered important is that Vietnamese jungler SofM joined Snake Esports, and that Scout took over the mid lane due to Pawn's back injury.

Besides that... there's nothing else.

Meanwhile, the news of QG's victory continued to spread, with the Chinese League of Legends homepage featuring a picture of QG holding the trophy, and a half-price sale event was launched. In no time, many players who did not follow the competition learned about their region's team's victory.

The LPL officials were very supportive, providing ample resources for promotion, and the topic remained trending for a long time.

As a result, the replay data of QG vs SKT on major video websites has been rising steadily, and the total number has already exceeded 10 million!

Chen Dongqing still got up at ten o'clock. He lazily rolled around in bed and, as usual, got up to browse the e-sports forum.

Although five days have passed, the frequency of posts in the forum remains extremely high. QG's victory has even brought a lot of new users to the Anti-Fighting Forum.

As soon as I entered, I saw a classic question.

[For rational discussion, can Brother Tree be considered the best in the world now?]

[If he's not the best in the world, then who is? He's already finished a round of LPL matches, and he even completely dominated Duke. Smeb? Don't be ridiculous.]

Indeed, his position as number one in the world is still secure.

What about Shi Yishang?

[Shi Yi is fine too, can Marin beat Tree Bro?]

[That's enough, upstairs. History is all about honors. You should get an S-series FMVP first.]

To be honest, I feel it's only a matter of time before Brother Tree wins the FMVP.

[Here we go again. What's the difference between QG and EDG last year?]

Forget it, let's not discuss this topic anymore; it's pointless.

Chen Dongqing looked at the post and couldn't help but slightly purse his lips.

If you're asking him to compete for the title of best player in history, that might be a bit difficult. After all, Faker has two championships to his name, and it would take him at least two years to surpass him.

But what Shi Yi said might not be too difficult for him!

If all goes well, he will be the one by the end of this year.

Just wait, it won't be long.

Chen Dongqing exited the thread and continued refreshing.

In addition, various "Luoyang shovels" (a metaphor for unsavory practices) dug up all the posts from before this MSI where Korean fans were making disparaging remarks, and the forum members happily left question marks one after another, making it a large-scale face-slapping scene.

Chen Dongqing just watched this for fun; he used to be one of those people who kept asking questions.

As he continued scrolling down, he suddenly came across a post that startled Chen Dongqing.

To be honest, there aren't many posts on the Anti-Japanese Forum that can scare him these days, but this post is definitely of some value.

The post reads: "How would you evaluate the fact that Brother Tree didn't play a single game of League of Legends during MSI, but played over a hundred games of Honor of Kings?"

Upon clicking into the post, it turned out to be a screenshot of Chen Dongqing's recent King of Glory (Honor of Kings) match results.

All of them were victories, and the results were all very impressive, indicating top-tier boosting skills.

But this scene looked incredibly bizarre no matter how you looked at it.

Furthermore, the poster confirmed that the account belonged to Chen Dongqing through various means, including in-game location tracking and screenshots from friends.

Upon seeing this, Chen Dongqing gasped in shock.

There's a mole inside! Terminate the deal!

The QQ account he uses to play King of Glory is the same one he's used since childhood, containing many classmates, friends, and even strangers.

It's unclear which mole discovered his record and posted it online.

Fortunately, this person still has some conscience; at least he didn't reveal his QQ number.

Chen Dongqing looked at the replies to the post. The post, which was made last night, already had more than three thousand replies and hundreds of thousands of views.

Clearly, the news has spread.

And just then, Lin Yuanhua suddenly sent a message.

Chen Dongqing stared wide-eyed and saw that it was a screenshot of a trending topic on Weibo.

The top trending topic at this moment is: [#ChenDongqingKingofGlory]

Actually, given the current influence of esports, it's quite difficult to reach the top of the trending topics list, but unfortunately, this time the trending topic spans two fields.

This is a dream collaboration, a double delight for fans!

Chen Dongqing: "."

He also opened Weibo and glanced at it. Underneath the trending topics, all sorts of amusing people were popping up.

What kind of sleep schedule is this? Why is he still playing King of Glory at 2 or 3 AM when the match is supposed to be in the afternoon?

[What's so surprising? He even played a few rounds of Master Yi the night before the finals!]

This guy is definitely a "troll" type; he'd never play League of Legends, but he's having a blast playing Arena of Valor.

[Don't be so harsh. Tree Bro is indeed practicing new heroes. Look at the Yang Jian and Marco Polo he's playing; aren't those the heroes he played in MSI?]

What are you talking about?

[Holy crap! So Tree Bro's Lucian was leveled up by playing Marco Polo, huh?]

It's confirmed.

[Haha, so he also played as Master Laozi, does that mean he also practiced weapon skills?]

I predict that weapons will be featured in the Summer Tournament.

[Sigh, I'm really fed up. Brother Shu is always doing nothing productive, and the worst part is he still manages to win a championship. Can you stand that?]

This talent is truly undeniable.

If other League of Legends pro players dared to play Honor of Kings, they would definitely be heavily criticized, since there's a certain animosity between League of Legends and Honor of Kings.

But if Chen Dongqing were to do it, not only would he not be criticized, but the show's entertainment value would also increase immediately, since this guy is known for not doing his job properly.

With the championship title, everything he does is right. Even if he plays Old Master before the finals, fans will think he's just practicing his weapon skills.

Although he was really training

Of course, in this situation, it's like the fans are planting a bomb and setting up a fuse.

If Chen Dongqing loses the match one day, the public opinion will explode instantly and backfire.

Chen Dongqing wasn't afraid. He logged out of Weibo, switched back to WeChat, and typed, "Want to go out and have some fun? Want to grab lunch together?"

Today is a workday, and neither of their parents are home, so neither of them has any food.

The other side first replied with three dots, then typed, "Okay."

Chen Dongqing nodded, rolled to the bedside to get dressed and put on his shoes, quickly washed up, and then slowly went downstairs to knock on the door.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yuanhua didn't open the door immediately this time. Instead, a message came from her phone: "Wait a moment."

Are you taking a dump?

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow, and this was the only answer that came to mind.

When the two of them go out, Lin Yuanhua never wears makeup, and leaving the house is a matter of minutes.

Chen Dongqing figured it wouldn't be long, so he decided not to go home and just waited at the door.

But little did they know that this wait would last for twenty minutes.

Finally, the door opened, but this time, Lin Yuanhua was clearly wearing makeup. Although she wasn't wearing heavy makeup or thick foundation, she had eyeliner, eyebrow pencil, and lipstick—and perhaps other details, but Chen Dongqing couldn't tell.

"Why are you wearing makeup?" Chen Dongqing asked cheerfully. "I'm just going to see a movie, I'm not seeing anyone."

Lin Yuanhua glanced at Chen Dongqing, then rolled her eyes and decided not to say anything more.

The two strolled around the mall for a bit, then had some barbecue around 11 o'clock, and then went to the movie theater for a walk.

There aren't many holidays at the end of May and the beginning of June, so it's considered a slow season for movies. There aren't many movies showing, but luckily it's the release date of "Captain America 3," and the two of them chose this movie, which had been promoted for a long time, almost without hesitation.

Although Chen Dongqing had already watched all of Marvel's movies up to Avengers: Endgame, he wouldn't mind watching them again.

It was already 2 PM when they finished watching the movie. The two of them strolled around the shopping district, but had nothing to do.

"Go home?" Chen Dongqing asked.

"Going home already?" Lin Yuanhua refused. "If I'm only out for a few hours, wouldn't my daily disposable contact lenses be a waste?"

Chen Dongqing frowned and asked, "What is a daily disposable lens?"

"Daily disposable lenses are your father!" Lin Yuanhua didn't want to explain such a stupid question, and sneered repeatedly from the side, "With your skills, how will you ever find a girlfriend? You can't even understand makeup, and you don't know such basic common sense."

"Ha, finding a girlfriend is easy for me, isn't it?" Chen Dongqing sneered. "Believe me, if I just called out from gate A of this mall right now, the line of girls would stretch all the way to gate B!"

Lin Yuanhua's gaze suddenly turned cold. "Then you go and greet them!"

After saying that, the young woman suddenly sped up and walked quickly forward.

Chen Dongqing knew something was wrong as soon as he saw this, so he quickly took two steps forward and grabbed the other person's wrist.

He always did this: if you're angry and want to run away, then he won't let you run!

Hehe, I'll make you so mad!

But this time, unexpectedly, as soon as I grabbed his wrist, I clearly felt his body tremble.

"Where are you going?" Chen Dongqing said casually. "Just kidding, why are you in such a hurry? Since you're not going home, I'll take you somewhere nice!"

Lin Yuanhua's gaze had softened considerably by now, and she said coldly, "Lead the way."

Soon, ten minutes later, the two stopped in front of a place called "Xinxing Internet Cafe".

Lin Yuanhua was dumbfounded: "This is your ideal place?"

"Isn't this great?" Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow. "A non-smoking internet cafe with private double rooms—isn't this perfect for us? Come on, let's go in and play a few rounds, and I'll show you the power of a champion top laner!"

Lin Yuanhua had no choice but to follow them inside.

Then, they spent the rest of the time in front of the computer until dinner.

Although Chen Dongqing played the bottom lane, when he duo-queued with Lin Yuanhua on a smurf account, it was a complete game-changer. Lucian dominated every game, practically impossible to kill.

"Hey, Silver and Gold players still have some skill, huh?" Chen Dongqing sprawled on the sofa and said casually, "My record against SKT is about the same."

Hearing this, Lin Yuanhua couldn't help but chuckle, and for a moment she didn't know how to respond.

Because the results of these three games were indeed similar to the three games he won in the finals.

When it was time for dinner, the two of them didn't linger at the internet cafe any longer and simply went home to prepare for dinner.

When Chen Dongqing got home and saw his son, his mother was exceptionally warm and welcoming. She immediately pulled him to sit on the sofa and asked excitedly, "Son, did you go out with Yuanhua?"

"Yes," Chen Dongqing nodded. "What's wrong?"

"What were you playing?"

Chen Dongqing honestly replied, "I didn't do anything, I just ate a meal."

Mom nodded: "Anything else?"

"I also watched a movie."

Mom nodded again, smiled, and asked, "Anything else?"

"I also spent two hours online."

"Huh?" Mom's face was full of doubt: "Going online!?"

"What's wrong with going online?" Chen Dongqing asked, somewhat puzzled. "Never mind, I'm going back to my room to play for a while. Call me when it's time to eat."

Watching her son walk back to his room, the mother was momentarily stunned.

My dad then leaned closer, smiling, and said, "Maybe this is just how young people interact these days. You have to learn to understand."

Meanwhile, Chen Dongqing, back in his room, breathed a sigh of relief, plugged his phone into the charger, and was about to turn on his computer.

But then, after the phone was plugged in to charge, the screen automatically lit up.

Chen Dongqing suddenly noticed today's date.

5 month 20 number.

Chen Dongqing's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Is today a special day?

Never mind, it doesn't matter anymore.

This feeling of unease only lingered in Chen Dongqing's mind for less than five seconds before being immediately dismissed.

Let's play video games instead.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is so much fun!

And so, the days continued to pass.

On May 21st, Lin Yuanhua shared some good news with Chen Dongqing. She had suddenly received a message from Banana Culture that he had passed the assessment and officially become an LPL host.

Because of this, she needs to report, sign a contract, and complete a short training course within the next two days.

This training is necessary for every female host; it mainly involves getting to know the team players again and learning about the game.

Even though the holiday is two days shorter, who can resist a promotion and a raise?

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing finally nodded.

This can be considered a good thing. To celebrate, Lin Yuanhua specially invited Chen Dongqing out for a meal, and the next day she embarked on her journey to the training center.

Chen Dongqing's vacation was halfway over. He packed his bags and boarded the car to the base.

The base wasn't exactly close to home, but it was still at least half an hour away. Bored in the car, Chen Dongqing simply opened Weibo and searched for his club's official Weibo account.

After winning the championship, QG Club's operations department was also very efficient. Only six days after winning the championship, they quickly edited out a documentary about the victory.

Then, at the manager's request, all the contestants shared the post, which quickly became a hot topic. Now, when Chen Dongqing looks at it again, the number of likes, shares, and comments has exceeded 100,000.

The moment I opened the documentary, I was greeted with a thunderous opening scene: the QG team lifting the trophy, accompanied by Wawa's excited shouts, instantly transporting Chen Dongqing back to that championship night.

Immediately afterwards, the scene shifted, and time moved to the beginning of MSI.

QG's journey to MSI was actually quite easy, after all, they started the group stage with a nine-game winning streak, and all of them were clean and impressive victories.

The match that took up the most screen time in the group stage was actually the last one, the rematch against SKT, which QG lost.

"My goodness, my goodness, brothers." Chen Dongqing grinned on camera, "I'm never playing Irelia again, this champion is really not good."

The other team members didn't blame him, since this match didn't affect their chances of advancing, so they weren't playing seriously.

What should have been a joyous family scene turned out to be incredibly strange when it involved QG.

As anyone who watched the finals knows, this B's Irelia did something during the finals!

Therefore, the comments at this time were all pranks.

I don't believe you for a second!

Good grief, they not only fooled the audience, but they even fooled their own teammates!

Upon seeing this, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but recall the scene from that time.

He was genuinely sincere at the time, because he wasn't sure if he could practice playing Irelia while playing Yang Jian, so he naturally had to lower his teammates' expectations first.

The promotional video then continued playing.

After the group stage, QG entered the knockout stage and faced Flash Wolves. This time, the result was not unexpected. The young Flash Wolves were overwhelmed and the players were somewhat out of their minds in the last game, and they easily won 3-0.

Immediately afterwards, the scene shifted to SKT defeating CLG 3-0, setting up a final showdown between China and South Korea.

At this point, the atmosphere in the documentary instantly became somber.

Then the illusion crumbled instantly.

In the first game, Chen Dongqing immediately picked Irelia and still laned against Maokai.

Doesn't that immediately create a good show effect?

After the match started, SKT devised a little trick at level one, directly invading Xiangguo's red buff. Just as Xiangguo was swearing and the editors were frantically censoring his words.

Chen Dongqing's words immediately calmed Xiangguo down: "It's okay, come tower dive top lane at level three, I have a big advantage in top lane."

The camera cuts to the top lane, where the minion waves have just begun to overlap... When Xiangguo asks where the advantage lies, Chen Dongqing replies, "He didn't go to lane at level one, so he's already lost the laning phase in the top lane."

The number of comments surged dramatically at this point!

【Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!】

That's outrageous!

But he actually did it!

That makes sense, since Maokai only has an advantage against Irelia at level one, and if he can't reach level one, it's definitely a bit tough.

The camera quickly shifted to show Faker's Fizz had reached 5-0. Just when everyone was worried about what to do, Chen Dongqing stepped up again, chose to duel Fizz one-on-one, and completed the solo kill.

"Nice!" The excited shouts of the QG members instantly made the documentary atmosphere incredibly exciting!

"Faker's skills were pretty impressive," Chen Dongqing boasted loudly. "He almost beat me!"

After this wave, QG officially launched their counterattack, expanding their advantage through wave after wave of team fights and ultimately winning the game!

However, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse in the second game.

When SKT picked Kindred, their tempo was unstoppable, and they quickly gained an advantage and began their classic Korean-style macro play.

When QG's aggressive fighting style was restricted by the "cheating" combination of Time and Kindred, they struggled to gain an advantage for a while.

Twenty-seven minutes later, the economic difference was 10,000.

But just then, someone suddenly spoke up.

"Damn it, let's fight them!"

This statement was met with immediate and widespread approval. QG immediately started a dragon-hunting campaign with a negative economy of 10,000, and then happily sent themselves away.

"That feels so good, that feels so good."

Listening to the team members' words, I was actually quite happy at that moment.

[I must say, this is a really good mindset.]

[It just goes to show that the team atmosphere is good. If someone like Wuxing (someone who is not performing well) were on the team at this time, it would probably put pressure on his teammates.]

The puppy used to like teammates who put pressure on him, but it seems like he's changed now.

Uzi used to be the team's leader, but now he's a real little dog with no say, hahaha.

In the third game, QG countered SKT's strategy by choosing a poke composition to counter SKT's porcupine lineup, and ultimately won easily.

Viewers also benefited a lot from this, as they all felt the BP (ban/pick) battles between professional teams!

Then came the final game.

QG surprised everyone by pulling out their double marksman flexible lineup, which they had been keeping hidden until now, and the game finally began.

As usual, Chen Dongqing and Xiangguo planned to tower dive at level three from the start, but things didn't go as planned. This time, Xiaohei chose to sacrifice himself to save the top lane.

But... it obviously didn't work.

Chen Dongqing casually said, "I'll gank the top lane myself." Then, with a series of maneuvers, he defeated Ekko and, together with Xiangguo, invaded and killed Tahm Kench.

This time, SKT suffered a double loss, their initial setup was a complete disaster!

Moreover, Chen Dongqing's performance has only just begun.

A moment later, Chen Dongqing pulled off another 1v3 on the sideline, stunning everyone present!

The background noise was filled with the wild cheers of the audience, and Xiangguo was also extremely excited!

"**! Chen Dongqing, you were absolutely phenomenal today!" While protecting Chen Dongqing as he recalled to base, Xiangguo excitedly sent a telegram: "You managed to take on three opponents at once?! And you even got solo-killed by Faker again!"

"Stop making baseless accusations!" Chen Dongqing grinned. "I didn't solo kill Faker; I killed Faker and his jungler together."

By this point, the outcome of the match was no longer in doubt; what followed was the routine split pushing and securing the dragon.

Thanks to QG's excellent execution, after destroying the towers, the team headed straight for the Baron pit, guarded the Baron spawn and started fighting immediately, taking it down in eight seconds, setting a record for the earliest Baron takedown in the game.

Immediately following was a bloody team fight, in which QG easily defeated their opponent and stormed the enemy's stronghold!

As the gate tower collapsed, the QG players in the video looked extremely agitated, and the number of telegrams they sent increased dramatically!

Finally, the base was leveled, and the five people embraced each other in their excitement!

Finally, the screen went dark, and the documentary ended.

Chen Dongqing was quite satisfied with what he saw.

I must say, the cut is pretty good.

Because he was the FMVP, the documentary subtly focuses on him, highlighting several of his boastful moments.

At this point, the comments section under the video was filled with "ilex is awesome!"

Previously, viewers knew that Ilex was insane after watching the matches, but after watching the documentary, they truly realized that they had underestimated him!

Is this even human?!

"He wasn't online at level one, so he sent it," "I can just bypass it for him myself."

Is this even human language?

Chen Dongqing is usually quite thick-skinned, but he couldn't help but blush when he saw the comments praising his rainbow spiral hairstyle.

The taxi had arrived at the base by then. Chen Dongqing politely paid the fare and then got out of the car and walked into the base.

He put his luggage away first, then changed into slippers and went into the training room. At that moment, he could see that only Lin Weixiang, a big smart guy, was playing games in the training room.

It was a rare long holiday, especially since they had won the championship, so the team members all chose to go back to their hometowns to relax.

That's why even Doinb chose to go back to South Korea this time.

Their round trip is so troublesome, it's impossible for them to come back in seven days, so right now there's only Lin Weixiang from the second team in the training room.

"Xiangxiang, you're so diligent!" Chen Dongqing asked cheerfully as he leaned closer.

"Brother Qing is here so early?" Lin Weixiang was a little surprised, but he still said, "I will definitely do my best and try to make it to the LPL in the second half of the year."

Lin Weixiang was well aware that with Uzi on the team, it was impossible for him to be a starter. Therefore, he still had to rely on himself and fight his way up through the promotion and relegation matches.

"Yeah, making it to the LPL shouldn't be too difficult for you guys." Chen Dongqing nodded, then sat back down in his seat.

The holiday is over, and he has to start grinding for points again.

Of course, the first step to accumulating points is to start a live stream.

As a result, the Douyu platform, which was originally somewhat calm, seemed to have been hit by a depth charge, exploding instantly and causing huge waves!

Brother Shu has started streaming!

Today's total is around 8,000. As you can see, I'll write a live stream chapter tomorrow, and the Summer Split starts the day after.

See you tomorrow, brothers!

(End of this chapter)