Two years ago.
Yu Sui put the half-finished cup of lemon tea on the table and lay down on the bed.
In the captains dorm room of the FS team base in Shanghai, all was quiet. The warm afternoon sun was just right. The windows of the room were open and the curtains swayed gently with the breeze, sweeping across the glass of lemon tea on the table. .
The phone on the side of the bed was constantly buzzing, and with every buzz it slowly slid a little towards edge of the bed; little by little until finally fell to the floor.
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Yu Sui opened his eyes slightly, glanced down over the side of bed, and turned over to continue sleeping.
An hour later, Yu Sui, who had caught up on sleep, got up, bent down, picked up the mobile phone on the ground, and put it back on the bed.
Yu Sui washed his face, sat by the window and lit a cigarette. He picked up his phone and looked through it.
His WeChat was filled with both useful and useless ssages. Yu Sui looked through them one by one and replied to those that needed it. A little unexpectedly, Yu Sui saw several missed voice calls from Ke Hao.
Ke Hao was a classmate and childhood friend of Yu Suis.
Although the two no longer kept in touch, their relationship has always been good. Yu Sui called back Ke Hao, and it quickly went through. Yu Sui slowly said, I just saw it, whats the matter?
Ke Hao on the other end of the line sounded as though he had grabbed onto a lifesaver and said miserably, Ancestor, why couldnt I get in touch with you? I was about to try to camp out at your doorsteps.
You wont be able to find
at my house. Yu Sui smiled. I can only go back there few tis a year. Why are you looking for ?
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Ke Hao then tentatively asked, Can you do
a favor?
Yu Sui took a puff of his cigarette. What is it?
Ke Hao sighed. My cousin, he had a complete falling out with the family recently. Not only did he leave the house, he also isnt going to school anymore. I heard that recently he does live gaming broadcasts.
My uncles lungs are about to burst from anger. If he later becos an internet celebrity...well, what a way to bring honor to our ancestors, huh?
Ke Haos family was engaged in business, but for the past eighteen generations of the family, they were all n of letters. They were a proper family with a literary reputation. They were old-fashioned and conservative. Yu Sui couldnt help but smile.
But there were a lot of internet addicted teenagers who didnt want to go to school and ran away from ho. Most of Yu Suis friends were like this.
Ke Hao said sadly, Hes in high school. Hell have college entrance examinations in two months and his grades are not bad. If he really dropped out of school at this ti ... then what would you call this?
And it would because of playing gas
that ga of yours, FOG! My God, my uncle doesnt dare tell my grandfather. Hes afraid the news would send him directly to the hospital.
Without waiting for Yu Sui to speak, Ke Hao said quickly, Hey, dont be so touchy! Im not saying that what you do is bad. Id be happy if he really could follow in your footsteps. But just how many can actually get into your business?
And hes not even playing as a profession, hes doing live broadcasts! An anchor! Anchor, do you understand? !!!
I understand. Yu Sui blew out so smoke, I occasionally broadcast live too. Whats wrong?
Ke Hao said miserably, This really wont do. He hasnt graduated from high school yet. Where can he go from here? Can you ...
help?
Yu Sui said, How can I help?
Ke Hao said, If he really, really doesnt want to study, we cant force him. Hes this old now, he cant be tied down. To be honest, my cousin has been rebellious since he was a child. He has never been obedient.
These past few years hes tornted my uncle so much, hes long given up already. But ... he cant really just be an anchor. If my grandfather knew about this, hed be worried to death.
I also convinced my uncle to take a step back and make a compromise. Ke Hao said helplessly, If he really likes that ga so much, he could play it professionally like you, instead of trying to make a living by doing live broadcasts. I thought about how my grandfather had always liked you.
If he knew my cousin was in the sa profession, maybe he could accept it.
Yu Sui held his cigarette between his lips, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly. Do you think anyone who plays gas can get into my line of work?
No, no, no! I know its harder than testing into Tsinghua! Ke Hao frantically tried to apologize. My uncle shouted at
so much, my brains been scrambled. My idea was to ask you to please take a look.
Can you see if he has what it takes or if hes a dud?
Ke Hao said, If hes a dud, then thats it. But if he could develop into that direction, then he could be a professional player.
Yu Sui was not optimistic. Im telling you now, there are a thousand people who brag about going pro, if theres even one of them that actually has the qualifications for the job, that could already be considered as a pretty good turnout.
Ke Hao said quickly. I understand, but it actually seems like he really can play pretty well. And he plays the sa position as you do, that, that ...
Yu Sui raised an eyebrow. A dic?
Ke Hao slapped his thigh, Yes!
Yu Sui nodded, Okay, send
his ID. Ill look at his ranking on the national server.
Ke Hao stuttered, Wha-what are you talking about?
Yu Sui said tersely, Its his ga account. Send it to .
Ke Hao drew a blank. Huh?
Yu Sui sighed. You can just ask him, hell understand.
Ke Hao said miserably, He already blacklisted
a long ti ago&#k2026;
Yu Zheng couldnt do anything about it. He said, Then send
the address to his live broadcast, and Ill go watch it.
Ke Hao sighed. To be honest ... I dont know where hes doing his live broadcasts.
Yu Sui was so angry that he laughed. Then f*ck off. I cant help you.
Dont be like that! Ke Hao said incoherently, Its not my fault! My uncle only told
that he was working as an anchor, but he didnt tell
where! I asked my uncle and he was shaking with anger. Then he asked
back, just what the heck a live broadcast was.
What could I do? I knew that youd know, but I was afraid you were busy with competitions so I didnt dare bother you. So, I asked my classmates who are in China.
My classmates tried to explain it to
for a long ti, but ... I really cant understand any of your gaming jargons. I searched for several days like a headless fly. My uncle and my father ca to remind
again.
I havent even finished writing my group essay for the week and my heads going to explode. Yu Sui, help
out ...
Yu Yan lit another cigarette and shook his head. No way, you dont know anything. Where would I even begin to look for him?
You must have a way, cant you help? Ke Hao was afraid that Yu Sui wouldnt care about it anymore, and shalessly said, Look... I really didnt want to bring this up. But you rember when you started your career?
That year you had a falling out with your family, who gave you tuition and living expenses so that you could go to school while you were still training your skills?
Yu Sui asked in reply. How much was the tuition?
The tuition wasnt that much, but do you want to compute your living expenses? Ke Hao rembered these past matters and was filled with anger. You spent tens of thousands worth in living expenses every month! Have you forgotten whose pocket money you spent?!
My mom suspected that I was already providing for so starlet at my young age!
Pfft! Yu Sui laughed. I paid it back to you a long ti ago, didnt I?
Yes, you paid it back but the bla I took for you is nothing to scoff at either!
All that money I saved up for so many years by living frugally was all spent on starting your e-sports career! Ke Haos tone was unstable from anger, You can ask anyone, what kid who runs away from ho lived as cushy a life as you did back then?
Yu Sui really did owe Ke Hao a debt of gratitude for this matter. He nodded helplessly. I ... Ill think of a way.
Yu Sui sighed. Ke Hao was instantly relieved. I cant tell you how thankful I am!
Ke Hao believed himself to be in the wrong. He chuckled. I know youre busy, but I had no other way. Ill invite you to dinner when I return ho.
Alright. Yu Sui thought to himself that it was lucky he was idle recently. Send
his contact information.
Ke Hao hurriedly sent a bunch of information and said, I have given you his na, age, mobile number, and QQ number. The phone is probably a dead end.
Its been shut down for half a month, and he wont add any strangers to his social networking accounts......I guess youll still need to start from his live broadcasts.
Yu Zheng minimized the voice call to see the ssages. Shi Luo. Your surna is Ke and your cousins is Shi, since which generation has your family been green-hatted, huh...
Bah! Ke Hao mocked good-naturedly. Its not convenient to tell you the family scandal right now. Ill tell you so other ti.
Yu Sui never actually intended to ask. He was about to hang up when Ke Hao hurriedly added. Hes really bad-tempered. Just be patient with him, hes in his rebellious period.
En, said Yu Sui and then hung up. He then received several ssages from Ke Hao.
Ke Hao sent all the information he had on his cousin, even his grades from school.
Yu Sui narrowed his eyes as he took a look.
Shi Luo, male, 17 years old, 181cm tall.
Ke Hao, being overly careful, also sent several photos. Yu Sui raised his eyebrows as he looked at the photos.
Handso.
Very handso.
The 17-year-old teenager in the photo had extrely short hair that was dyed white. He had several rings on his ears. Even if he squandered away this aristocratic appearance, people could still see through his appearance into his true nature; seeing that he was indeed very handso.
The rebellious young man had eyes and brows that looked a bit wild and ruthless, almost as though his expression was telling strangers to keep away.
Yu Sui gave a call to this Shi Luo. It was turned off.
He added him on WeChat. There was no response.
He could only begin his search from the live broadcast. Yu Sui sent a ssage to his club owner and forr captain Ji Yanhan. He gave him a brief rundown of the situation and sent Shi Luos na and age.
He requested Ji Yanhan to ask a few people he was familiar with in the live broadcast platform companies. Maybe they could directly find Shi Luos live broadcast room.
Ji Yanhan was out discussing business, but he imdiately replied after receiving the information and asked Yu Sui to wait for news.
Yu Sui left his mobile phone on the bed and went to take a shower. After he took a shower, he placed the clothes he had changed out off into the clothes hamper and sent it to the bases cleaning aunt. He then took a look at his mobile phone. Ji Yanhan had already sent news back.
Ji Yanhan: [I couldnt find him. Either he doesnt broadcast on these mainstream live broadcast platforms, or he does, but he didnt sign a contract with them and didnt upload his real personal information, so they couldnt find him. Who is this guy?
Yu Sui hadnt been expecting that at all. They couldnt find him?
Yu Sui let Ji Yanhan get back to work. He told him not to mind him anymore.
Then he really had to search for his live broadcast. This needed luck. Itd be great if Shi Luo was broadcasting at this ti. He doesnt know how many rounds of searching hell need to do before he bumps into him.
Yu Sui really didnt want to bother with this anymore, but thinking about that ho before, he couldnt refuse. That scene when he went to Ke Haos ho and ate Ke Haos mothers dumplings for New Years Eve flashed across his mind. Yu Sui sighed and headed towards the training room.
Yu Suis teammate, Chen Huo, just happened to co back from outside. When he saw Yu Sui enter the training room, he followed in. Isnt it a rest day? Are you still going to train?
Yu Sui shook his head. Its a personal matter.
Chen Huo shrugged his shoulders. He wasnt going to touch a computer during his hard-earned short vacation. So after walking around the training room a couple of tis, he left.
Yu Sui was the only one in the empty lounge. He opened the first live broadcast platform and opened the FOG ga category.
Male, young, playing a dic.
Yu Yan screened out the professional players he knew, and based on the agre information Ke Hao provided, he began to investigate one by one ...
Half an hour passed.
An hour passed.
Three hours passed.
Yu Sui let go of the mouse, lowered his head and pinched the corner of his eyes.
He was going blind.
Chen Huo had co back from eating barbeque with the team next door. Seeing Yu Sui still sitting at his computer desk, he beca curious and said, You havent opened the ga client and youre not doing a live broadcast. Just what the heck are you doing?
Yu Sui said expressionlessly, Going door to door to help my buddy find a missing child.
Scary! Chen Huo was horrified. Who lost him?! How old is the child? How tall?
Yu Sui opened another live broadcast room. Seventeen, one ter and eighty-one.
Chen Huos face revealed shock. ... I think youre losing it.
I think so too. Yu Sui took a new pack of cigarettes and drew one out using his lips. I f*cking dont believe it anymore. The little bastard...
Huo Chen was afraid that hed be roped in by Yu Sui to do the work, and so he ran away on tiptoe.
Yu Yan took a puff of his cigarette and continued to investigate.
Two hours later, Yu Sui looked at the live broadcast room on his screen, his face ashen.
The ga that was being broadcasted was FOG, alright.
The live broadcaster was playing as a dic, alright.
The webcam was turned on in the live broadcast room. Yu Sui looked at the picture sent by Ke Hao on the mobile phone, and then looked at the person who was broadcasting livethats him, alright.
Its this person.
There was nothing wrong. The live broadcast was also pretty popular. Logically, it should have been easy to find, but ...
Yu Sui really wanted to type in the live chat and ask his Shi Luo: You, a technical ga anchor, why ... why the f*ck did you classify yourself under the house dance channel?
You......
Yu Yan hadnt eaten all night. Right now, he was so angry, he was getting a stomachache.
He really had expended a great deal of effort just now. After checking all the possibilities, he could only believe the impossible.
Yu Sui opened the strange, more unlikely channels one by one, and then he finally saw Shi Luos unique ga interface and indifferent male face amongst a group of trembling cat-eared maids on the house dance channel.
Yu Sui was so annoyed that he wanted to call the platform administrator to report the anchors malicious mis-categorization, but thought better of it and pulled his hands back.
Shi Luo hadnt signed a contract, and the platform administrator had no way of controlling under which channel he placed his streams.
F*ck.
Yu Sui took a deep breath and opened his ga client.
Yu Sui re-opened the live broadcast room, glanced at Shi Luos ga ID and then opened the clients national server rankings. He entered 2000-Luo in the search bar.
The search results ca out instantly:
2000-Luo, national server ranking 179.
Yu Sui was stunned.
It has been less than two months since the new season started. At this point in ti, a lot of professional players hadnt yet entered the top three hundred of the national server rankings.
Of course, the possibility of soone else actually playing his account couldnt be ruled out. Yu Sui closed his client and opened the live broadcast room to watch him play.
Combined with the webcam image and the ga being broadcasted, Yu Sui could basically rule out the possibility of soone else playing for him.
He was the one playing this himself.
Yu Sui watched Shi Luo play another round. He then sent a ssage to Ke Hao: [Ive found your cousin. Theres a possibility he could beco a pro-gar.]
Ke Hao imdiately replied back. [What do you an by possibility? Were you able to see his ranking? ]
Yu Sui: [A high rank doesnt necessarily an he can play professionally. Theyre not necessarily related.]
Ke Hao: [Then how can you judge?]
Yu Sui was too lazy to explain to this layman, saying, [There are a lot of things to ascertain.]
Ke Hao replied, [Then can you help
check to make sure?]
Yu Sui: [No way.]
After having said so, Yu Sui was about to close the live broadcast room when Ke Hao hurriedly sent a ssage over: [My allowance! !! !! New Years dumplings!
!! !! Dragon Boat Festival dumplings! !!
!! Mid-autumn Festival moon cakes! !! !!
!!]
Yu Sui paused and typed: [Give
a few days ... I need to communicate with him myself.]
Ke Hao was instantly relieved and sent another ssage. [Great, I wish I could contact him, but he said that he had nothing to talk about with an old man like . Then what ... Youre the sa age as .
You, you ... you should watch out for that. ]
Yu Sui held back his anger. He threw the phone aside, reopened the ga client, and applied for a side account.
Recalling what Ke Hao said just now
He said that he had nothing to talk about with an old man like , when he was filling out the details he changed his age to fifteen. He tried to rember the youthful trends when he was young.
After incorporating it with this rebellious boys aesthetics and interests, he quickly changed his nickna and signature.
Yu Sui used a side account to send a friend request to Shi Luo in the ga. He said to himself: A career assessnt has co, young man, if you dont pass this, it will be too much of a loss...
At the sa ti, at a certain internet cafe, Shi Luo friend request notification flashed.
Shi Luo opened it
[ Heartbroken Person] sent a friend request. Reason for the application [Little gege, wont you ease my broken heart a little?]
Shi Luo looked at the ID, his slightly sharp eyebrows twitched. The next second, he decisively pressed decline.
Translators notes
very important:
To understand why Yu Suis catfishing ssage was like that, you have to understand that this (see below) is Yu Suis ntal image of Shi Luo.
Its also necessary that you understand this so that you can understand why his ssages in the next chapter sound the way they do. This is the Bury Love/Shamate Family subculture in China. Theyre characterized by the outrageous hair and make-up.
Theyre often viewed as less-educated partly because a lot of them ca from families of migrants from the provinces. Of course, a lot of them are young teenagers so theyre also kind of emo. You know, railing against the system, being angst-y, stuff like that.
So his ssages to Shi Luo, are kinda of dramatic/emo sounding. In the original Chinese there were tons (like 90% of the ssage) was spelled wrong. Sigh...I guess, to reflect the uneducated image people in this subculture have.
I guess, the closest Arican equivalent would be Emo-punk? But of course, there are a lot of cultural differences.
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