Sweetest In The Universe Chapter 12

They ate dinner in a restaurant of porridge hotpot, near their base.

Before they went in, Han Ziliang and Yin Yuanxia, who were walking at the end, mumbled while walking, "Porridge hotpot sounds like a mystery, is it some kind of new viral food that's become famous recently?"

"But Xie ge rarely goes to eat in restaurants that go viral online!" Yin Yuanxia said, "He's very picky, you should know."

Zhou Tian heard what they were saying and couldn't help but explain: "It's not some kind of food that's gone viral online recently. Porridge hotpot is very famous in Guangdong, and it's also very delicious. Although, it is quite rare in places outside of Guangdong."

TL Note: Guangdong is a Chinese province.

"Oh?" Han Ziliang obviously didn't expect such an explanation, "Out of all the hot pots from Guangdong, I only know the hotpot called 'beef hotpot' or something."

"Chaoshan beef hotpot!" Yin Yuanxia knew that too, "A few years ago, there were a lot of those restaurants in Shanghai, they tasted really good."

After he finished speaking, he blinked at Zhou Tian and said, “You people from Guangdong really know how to eat.”

Zhou Tian pursed her lips and explained, “In fact, those Chaoshan beef hotpot restaurants that are in places outside of Chaozhou, aren't as delicious as the local ones, mainly because the restaurants here cannot make those hand-made meatb.a.l.l.s. It's a test of skill.”

At this time, it was time to have supper, and it was quite appropriate to chat. So as soon as Zhou Tian spoke, the other members of the team started to consult with her about Guangdong cuisine along with this topic.

“I used to work for the fishermen that my parents knew.” She said lightly, “I was responsible for helping them send fresh fish and shrimp to various restaurants, and I saw the chefs of many restaurants. Most of the best and cla.s.sical beef hotpot restaurants, slaughter animals right on the spot, and then rely solely on employees to make the meatb.a.l.l.s. Those kinds of meatb.a.l.l.s taste really different.”

The team didn't expect that she had such a level of experience and were very surprised.

“Before… before becoming a gaming livestreamer?” After becoming so shocked, Yin Yuanxia asked first.

Zhou Tian nodded, and then the whole room went silent.

She probably guessed the reason why they were silent and simply explained, “I didn't take the middle school's end of the year examination, and I didn't go to high school or vocational high school. I went to work as soon as I graduated from middle school.”

Although the eSports circle was generally a lowly educated circle, and there weren't that many few people who hadn't attended high school, it was still extremely rare for her to start working as soon as she completed compulsory education.

After all, the age of fifteen was simply too young for work, or to be more serious, it was simply illegal.

“Your family…” Ying Yuanxia didn't hold back. “What the h.e.l.l were they thinking?”

Two years ago, Zhou Tian wouldn't have been able to restrain her emotions and would've gone directly red-eyed when mentioning this, but after she started living alone and starting depending on her live-streaming income, she could gradually think better. So as she was asked by her teammates at this moment, she just answered quietly, “They wanted to save money for my brother to go to school and be able to marry someone.”

Although this answer was totally reasonable, it still felt like thunder in the ears of the audience.

The atmosphere in the room was, thus, frozen. In the silence, Xie Yi opened his mouth. Xie Yi said: “What do you want to drink?”

Everyone was used to Xie Yi ordering.

The crowd immediately returned to reality and asked what was there on the menu.

Xie Yi quickly quoted a chain of names of drinks.

“Yangmei juice, it's summer.”

“I also think that Yangmei juice is good.”

“Then that's it,” His answers were always simple, and then lowered his head and quickly put a check beside "Yangmei juice."

Because they weren't in a hurry to go back anyway, supper finally ended after almost three hours.

During dinner, they discussed the two games that SAg had won against tSD, and finally concluded with SAg and how they had fixed their disadvantages with their team members. They truly shouldn't be underestimated.

“But we don't need to worry too much about tSD, they were the champions of the spring season.” The coach said, “As long as we enter the summer playoffs, we'll be able to go to this year's S-match. The only thing is that we have very few points on in the spring match. We have to do our best from now on.”

The S-match was the league's highest professional level and the strongest level of compet.i.tion, also known as the League of Legends Global Finals. There were only a certain number of places in each division, and the way to get a place was to get enough points in both the spring and summer season compet.i.tions.

The YYg team's spring result was third place. If they wanted to ensure that they would enter the S-match, then the most secure way would be to at least reach the final round in the summer playoffs.

Of course, if they could win the summer championship and directly enter the S-match, then it would be even better.

“I think that if we maintain today's status, then we'll have very big hope.” After listening to the coach's words, w.a.n.g Ren was the first to talk, and he was very confident,”After all, we didn't expect to win so smoothly before playing.”

“The main thing is that SF has changed so much. Can you believe that they were in second place last season with their status and cooperation today?"

“They changed two players in their first team all at once. It still has something to do with it. I feel like they hadn't gotten themselves together during the whole match today, especially with the new Top player. He was always two steps slower than the others.”

“To be honest, this is no longer a cooperation problem.” w.a.n.g Ren spoke without consent, he wasn't going to be polite at all, not even when he was mocking his teammates. "He got into a disadvantaged situation ever since the beginning and had been (100) times by you in thirty minutes, and you're not even the best Top player in the league."

TL Note: This part was a bit unclear, thus the (100) thing.

Han Ziliang: “f.u.c.k you, you said all of that just to say the last sentence!”

“Stop fighting, let's go back after dinner.” The coach seemed accustomed to this scene, and resignedly stood up to stop them, “Old rules, you'll have a day off, no training tomorrow, take a good day of rest.”

“Why is it only one day!”

“Yeah, wasn't it two days before?”

The coach, however, said, "Don't you ever look at the schedule of the summer season compet.i.tion? We'll have a second match in four days, and we'll be going to Guangzhou. Rest for two days?! Do you even want to keep your status right now?"

While he continued mumbling on and on about how they only think about vacation, Xie Yi had already brought in the waiter and had paid for the bill.

Zhou Tian sat close to Xie Yi and clearly heard of the amount of payment that the waiter said. She was very shocked.

Although the members in the team regularly took turns paying for takeouts, there was still a huge difference between a meal that costed a few hundred, and a meal that costed almost ten thousand.

She felt as if this dinner was really a bit too expensive and felt awkward for Xie Yi for having to pay for this dinner all by himself.

It was just that Xie Yi's speed of paying was too fast. While she was still surprised by the amount, he had already settled the account.

This evening's supper was a typical Chaoshan flavored meal. She was the one who was thousands of miles away from her hometown and had eaten the most out of them all. She felt as if she deserved to be the one who paid for the meal.

Zhou Tian thought about it that way, and on the way back, there were a few times where she had wanted to speak but couldn't find the right words. She just couldn't find a suitable moment to talk with Xie Yi and give him the money.

At last, she decided to simply transfer the money directly in WeChat.

TL Note: Ah, WeChat, an app that Chinese people use to communicate. Very useful, 100% recommend.

Xie Yi did not immediately click to accept the payment, nor did he reply to her. She thought that he hadn't seen it yet. 

She did not wait for him to respond, but instead went to take a shower first.

When she came out from the bathroom and picked up the phone, her WeChat showed that she had some unread messages, but that he still hadn't confirmed the payment.

He just sent her a question mark.

Zhou Tian: "….."

“I'm paying for this meal.” She typed into the chatbox, as she blew her hair.

Xie Yi, over in his room, was silent for a while, then sent her a period, but still didn't accept the money.

Zhou Zheng was getting anxious: “Take it!”

He replied with something completely off topic, “Come down and duo rank.”

Zhou Yan was speechless. She wasn't feeling sleepy yet, so she changed her clothes and went downstairs.

The lights in the training room downstairs were still on. Xie Yi was sitting in the middle of the room without headphones and heard the sound of her pushing the door, but he did not turn his head around to look at her. Instead, he only said, “I've already turned on your PC.”

Zhou Tian: “…” Why are you so enthusiastic!

Of course, she didn't say that out loud. After she actually sat down and entered the game to start ranking, she immediately entered the state.

TL Note: The state of competing^

This evening, the two of them played four rounds and practiced using the Jungling and AD heroes, so that they would be prepared for the new version of the game.

At the end of the fourth round, Zhou Tian suddenly sneezed two times. She crossed her arms and rubbed herself on the arm and said, “Can the air conditioner be turned off for a while?”

Xie Yi did not disagree, but it seemed that her voice had changed, so he looked at her sideways before speaking.

He froze.

Because Zhou Tian was obviously looking as if she was freezing, her eyes and nose were red, which looked particularly pitiful.

Xie Yi was startled: “Did you catch a cold?” He was too indulged in the game to notice the difference in her voice. 

Zhou Tian heard the words, and subconsciously wanted to shake her head to say no, but sneezed again before doing so.

“f.u.c.k, it seems like I've really caught a cold.” She rubbed her temples, and her voice became even more hoa.r.s.e. “I didn't do anything, though.”

Xie Yi leaned on the back of his chair, looked her up and down, and finally affirmed, “You didn't completely dry your hair.”

Zhou Yan: “…I think so too.”

In fact, it wasn't a big deal to not dry your hair after showers since it was summer. The only thing was, the air conditioner in the training room was turned on very low all year round, and coincidentally, Zhou Tian's spot was directly below the vent.

The two played four rounds in a row. She sat there for almost three hours, and cold wind was blowing against her wet hair. It'd be a miracle if she didn't catch a cold.

“Did you feel sick before?” Xie Yi frowned.

“No, I just felt a little cold,” she told the truth, “But the game matters the most, of course.”

Although Xie Yi would usually agree with this logic, he was a little angry the moment when he saw the tears in her eyes.

“Take your medicine and go to bed,” he said. “We're done for the night.”

“But we're already in another round…” She felt a bit unfortunate. After all, the ranking speed of the high-ended bureau was obvious to everyone.

TL's Note: Obviously slow^

Xie Yi: “…It's not a big deal to quit one round of the game.”

Zhou Tian was startled: “I never thought you would say something like this?!”

Xie Yi felt that this girl really needed a lesson. He simply got up and walked over to pull her up from the chair. He then said, “Go upstairs and rest.”

Zhou Tian: “Okay, okay, fine, I'll go.”

“Oh wait! You need to take the money!” She suddenly remembered. “You guys hardly ate anything tonight. It seemed as if I was the one who did most of the eating. It's more appropriate if I pay for dinner.”

Xie Yi had paid the meals for his teammates so many times, but this was the first time that he had encountered this kind of situation.

He wanted to laugh, but eventually held back and said, “I don't lack money.”

Zhou Yan: “But—”

He interrupted her: “If you really want to make up for it, then come down and help me in the lower path more.”

Zhou Yan: “…” This is no way to bully your Jungler!

credits: Sydney, Dora, & Katimu

Aiya another late release, oof.