• Preparations for their big match in the championship, at this point I already knew that the author was going to end the novel with them winning against their rival/enemy/other team
• Although Shi Luo's (mc/shou) diary love entries in his side account were cute... I just wanted to see more romance, but eh thats just me :D the story is good overall
• I wanted to read another novel that was romance-centric.............. ha ha

The game descriptions of the quarter finals in the World Championship where they trounce the German team are probably the only ones that didn't have me skimming the paragraphs.

Side Note: There is no NSFW in this story. A few kissing scenes and some very vague, well maybe not exactly vague implications, but nothing crazy. You can decide if it's a good or bad thing.

It's about when YS go to Europe. There is some misunderstanding because YS didn't exactly tell SL why he need to transfer to Europe and why SL can't join YS. YS tranfer to Europe made his fans disappointed cause they think he betrayed China E-sport (BUT THE TRUTH IS NOT THAT!!!)

in this novel, the Europe E-sport (especially YS former team) is too arrogant. They taunt YS, SL and their other China e-sport team. I'm burning from anger when I read that exact chapters!!!! Very mad!!!

Wow. I just adore Yu Sui and Shi Luo a lot. I do. They deserve to be happy together. And one more thing, the writer has successfully increase my level of affection for these two when they got together. I used to encounter many CP who lost the charm when the chasing is done. But not our twin stars. They will make you squelling so hard with how much a cutie pie they are.

MC has a rough childhood with a twisted family. He acts distance. But then comes ML, who dotes on him. He looks like a child full of wonder. He is facinated from the care he receives with ML. ML has enchanted him with his kindness as he is the first person who sincerely cares from him. That's why ML's decision is like the sky falls down. He feels betrayed. He feels bitter. He feels... lost. And what surprise me, MC is the possessive one. Haha, finally. I'm getting tired with possessive ML.

ML, Yu Sui, you deserve the world. He has faced so many unfair situation. He is so selfless. He will protect his love ones until the bitter end. And I'm so glad he never gives up even when he feels hopeless. It is thanks to him he, MC and his teamates could reunite. Truly an admirable one. And I disagree with the fans comunity who brand him as 'Slag Man' lol. There is no slag man. There is only a faithful and doting lover.

Man, Free's personnel and other national teams has made this novel more colorful. You will get invested with them as the story goes.

A few common ones I recalled off the top of my head:

blood => health/HP

double row => duo queue

• This one especially appeared multiple times. In competitive team-based games, players can either join ranked games as a solo player (solo queue), two-player team (duo queue), or full premade team.

nonsense => no shit or obviously

baobei/baobao => babe/baby

• Sorry but Western came first, influencing their CN counterparts almost as loan words. Same as CN "me-me-da" being loan word of Western "muah"

A snippet from Chapter 13

"I won't help my dad to fight for a share of the will."

Yu Sui looked quietly at Shi Luo. "So you dropped out?"

"Yes."

Yu Sui looked at Shi Luo with a smile on his face and an unlit cigarette between his lips.

Were it someone else, they would have perhaps earnestly persuaded Shi Luo to not sabotage himself for the sake of some momentary satisfaction.

But the person before him had been Yu Sui.

At that time, Yu Sui simply said, "Your choice, your freedom."

His future was his own.

... It wasn't Yu Sui's place to forgive anyone for the wrongs Shi Luo had suffered.

*When MC admitted that he tried manipulating ML, ML didn't get angry. In fact, he didn't care.

As qouted from Chapter 51—Yu Sui said, "I'm not the kind of straight man who doesn't know when I'm being made the subject of some scheme."

To him, there's no such thing as schemes/manipulation if the one on the receiving end is aware and more than willing. It is not to be said that THESE are TRIFLE matters, but this principle is only IN ACCORDANCE to ML's character.

When their old club faced a crisis, ML took care of all the problem. There could be other ways, but he decided to take the most reckless path. BUT that's explainable because he was just 19 at the time. Young people can indeed be wishful sometimes. They think they can take upon all kinds of problems.

During the first half, he treated as if the mere mention of the ML's name is a taboo. He made it seem like the ML owed him something BIG. But in fact, they had no old accounts to settle. I could understand that the MC lacked parental care as a child, so when ML showed him A LOT of warmth, he became dependent to him. He was just 17 when they separated, so he was deeply hurt. BUT. 2 years later, I expected for character growth. As someone who loves the ML, he should've been the one who understood ML's situation better. He should've tried better to understand his sufferings too, not just his. The MC is supposed to be really smart, but he has a very LOW EQ. He can perfectly discern other people's intention with logic, but when it came to ML, he refuses to. It became a stark contrast to his character... perhaps it's what they say that intelligent people are a fool when in love. But the MC is not s*upid, he's just really stubborn. He refuses other people's help, and he refuses to let go. For the sake of the consistency of the character, I think the author did really well on that area. I just wished, the author focused more on the character development, as there is actually A LOT of room for the MC's potential growth.

except for that one team who plays dirty