FOG [e-sport]

Chapter 9

Two years ago.

Yu Sui put the half-finished cup of lemon tea on the table and lay down on the bed.

In the captain’s 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.

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 messages. 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 Sui’s.

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, what’s 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 couldn’t I get in touch with you? I was about to try to camp out at your doorsteps.”

“You won’t be able to find me at my house.” Yu Sui smiled. “I can only go back there few times a year. Why are you looking for me?”

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Ke Hao then tentatively asked, “Can you do me 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 isn’t going to school anymore. I heard that recently he does live gaming broadcasts. My uncle’s lungs are about to burst from anger. If he later becomes an internet celebrity…well, what a way to bring honor to our ancestors, huh?”

Ke Hao’s family was engaged in business, but for the past eighteen generations of the family, they were all men of letters. They were a proper family with a literary reputation. They were old-fashioned and conservative. Yu Sui couldn’t help but smile.

But there were a lot of internet addicted teenagers who didn’t want to go to school and ran away from home. Most of Yu Sui’s friends were like this.

Ke Hao said sadly, “He’s in high school. He’ll have college entrance examinations in two months and his grades are not bad. If he really dropped out of school at this time … then what would you call this? And it would because of playing games — that game of yours, FOG! My God, my uncle doesn’t dare tell my grandfather. He’s afraid the news would send him directly to the hospital.”

Without waiting for Yu Sui to speak, Ke Hao said quickly, “Hey, don’t be so touchy! I’m not saying that what you do is bad. I’d be happy if he really could follow in your footsteps. But just how many can actually get into your business? And he’s not even playing as a profession, he’s doing live broadcasts! An anchor! Anchor, do you understand? !!! ”

“I understand.” Yu Sui blew out some smoke, “I occasionally broadcast live too. What’s wrong?”

Ke Hao said miserably, “This really won’t do. He hasn’t graduated from high school yet. Where can he go from here? Can you … help?”