Chapter 1498 Dreams will bloom the most beautiful flowers
After the interview, the lounge was relaxed, with the team members chatting and playing with their mobile phones.
Lin Cheng sent a message to Chi Shengxi.
Lin Cheng: Sister Shengxi, are you ready? We are coming back!
Chi Shengxi: OK! Preparations are complete.
"Let's go, let's go back to the hotel."
Following Lin Cheng's order, the fools stood up one after another.
After leaving the venue and getting on the bus, Mr. Dai curiously asked: "By the way! Where has Sister Sheng Xi gone? It seems that she hasn't seen anyone since the last game."
"Sister Sheng Xi has to leave beforehand."
"What's up?"
Lin Cheng glanced at Mr. Dai and said, "Don't worry about it!"
Mr. Dai shrugged, huddled down and played with his mobile phone.
Lin Cheng winked with the little peanut next to him, and then said loudly: "That's right! After returning to the hotel, don't rush back to your room. Follow me to the training room to review the game first."
None of the fools had any objections, but Mr. Dai looked at the coach next to him strangely.
"Is there still a review for today's game?"
“What does it mean to still need to review?”
Lin Cheng's eyes widened, "Lao Dai, your thinking is very dangerous! If you win the game, you don't need to review the game? Do you understand that we can check for mistakes and fill in the gaps? Didn't we make any mistakes on the court? You know the importance of review
A veteran player wouldn’t know that, right?”
Mr. Dai smiled helplessly and stopped talking.
The words are correct...but there is something wrong with the person who said it.
The coach didn't say anything.
This guy Lin Cheng is always the first one to slip away during the review of every training match. Do you have the nerve to talk to him about the importance of review?
Did this guy take the wrong medicine?
Mr. Dai didn't notice that all the other teammates were making intense eye contact.
Back at the hotel, under the supervision of Lin Cheng, everyone gathered outside the training room without even going back to their rooms to change clothes.
The training room door was closed, and Lin Cheng motioned to Mr. Dai to open the door.
Mr. Dai didn't think much and pushed open the door of the training room.
Bang!
"Surprise!"
With a bang, colorful ribbons sprayed out from behind the door, and Mr. Dai was sprinkled all over.
Assistant coach Acron stood by the door holding a gun salute with a smile on his face.
"Happy birthday to you!"
Chi Shengxi stood behind the door holding a cake, and Lin Cheng followed the other fools in singing a birthday song.
"Happy birthday to you!"
"You... wow!! It's really..."
Mr. Dai smiled and turned away his head in embarrassment.
He finally realized why everyone was so weird after the game. It turned out to be a surprise for him.
In fact, today is not Mr. Dai’s birthday, it was two days ago.
But at that time, Mr. Dai rejected everyone's plan to celebrate his birthday because he had to prepare for the quarterfinals.
He originally thought that would be the end of it, but he didn't expect that his teammates would do something like this today.
Although Mr. Dai has a somewhat reserved personality, he is a very emotional person. Looking at the smiles of his teammates, for some reason he suddenly makes you want to cry.
“Happy birthday to alpaca~~~”
Lin Cheng sang happy birthday while clapping his hands, and walked up to Mr. Dai and winked at him.
"You sing so poorly."
After Mr. Dai finished speaking in disgust, he couldn't help but lower his head and rub his eyes with his palms.
As the birthday song ended, everyone clapped and cheered.
"Happy birthday! Kim Hyuk Kyu!"
"Happy birthday Hyukkyu!"
Chi Shengxi handed over the cake, and Deft blew out the candles at the door, with a shy smile on his face.
More like an alpaca.
There was another burst of applause, and everyone filed into the training room.
The walls of the training room were covered with balloons, and the words "Happy 26th Birthday Kim Hyuk Kyu" were posted on ribbons.
Koreans use fictitious years, and a one-year-old in China is considered two years old in Korea, so Deft, who was born in October 1996, is also considered to be 26 this year.
Chi Shengxi pointed to the camera next to him and indicated that the recorded Vlog could be shared with fans.
"How is Hyukkyu feeling now?"
Mr. Dai scratched his head and said, "I'm very surprised. In fact, today's victory is the best birthday gift for me."
After a pause, Mr. Dai suddenly turned around and pointed at Lin Cheng in warning.
This guy scooped up a lump of cream with his fingers and was about to secretly smear it on Mr. Dai's face.
Realizing that his whereabouts were exposed, Lin Cheng pretended to be nonchalant and put his fingers into his mouth and licked the cream clean.
"Hey! What does a stinky top four mean? Brother Cheng, it's my decision to give you this year's champion as a birthday present. I'll store the trophy with the organizer first, and we'll get it back after a while."
Lin Cheng's shameless words made everyone laugh.
"Really? That will be the greatest gift I have ever received in my life."
Although he spoke carelessly, Mr. Dai's eyes seemed to be shining.
There were once two boys of the same age who studied in the same high school.
After debuting as a professional player at the age of 16, he has been living the life of the "strongest". He won the domestic championship and won the world's highest honor trophy three times. He once said, "Even if there is a downturn, you will not decline."
He is Faker, the big devil that everyone knows.
The other person debuted at the same time as Faker and has always been a competitor of Faker.
But competition must have winners and losers, and the person who always plays the role of loser is Deft.
Everyone admires Faker's glory and regards him as a benchmark for professional players.
But do you know how many people care that Deft has been training quietly and hard for nine years since his debut?
He put in no less effort than Faker.
Deft has lived an ascetic life for nine years and has never had any negative news. The only thing that made fans feel uncomfortable may be that he once complained about the bad food in the EDG cafeteria.
But later it was confirmed by many sources that EDG’s previous cafeteria was really unpalatable, so this is not considered hypocritical.
Nowadays, he is suffering from back injury, but Mr. Dai still endures it with an almost paranoid attitude.
Just like he said in an interview last year.
"You ask me what I am willing to give up for my dream?"
"I seem to have given up everything I could give up."
Money, he had many opportunities to earn more.
As for his family, he has lost too much time with his family since becoming a professional player.
His health and back injury even prevented him from sitting for long periods of time during training, and he had to adjust his posture after every game.
"I'm very scared whether I will never be able to stand up again."
He once said this when he was hospitalized for a back injury.
But he finally returned to the game, still wanting to get close to the trophy that his alumni had won three times.
But he is not a purely rational champion.
He is always judged by his emotions.
During his peak period, he refused EDG's heavy contract extension in order to compete in a brotherly alliance with General Pawn, who was suffering from back injuries. Pawn failed to become the pillar of KT 1.0 due to physical reasons.
There's more to it than that.
Pawn's body has reached a very bad state after 18 years. In order to continue to bind Pawn to the contract, Deft transferred to KZ in 2019, which was demolished and rebuilt.
That year can be said to be the year when Deft tried his best, and it was also probably the year when his personal performance was at its peak in his entire career.
It's a pity that it is difficult to support a tree alone.
Mr. Pawn's body can no longer support playing games frequently, and he almost didn't play in the summer split. Deft withstood the management turmoil within the team and led KZ to the final bubble game, which was the limit.
Unfortunately, they still fell to the impact of DWG in the deciding game of the bubbling match.
Afterwards, General Pawn retired, and Deft was also troubled by health problems.
Looking back, he realized that he seemed to have made wrong choices throughout his career.
"Fans must pay more attention to the results, but I pay more attention to the process."
As he said this, he seemed to be more eager for results than others.
But his past choices always led him to deviate from the championship.
In fact, before this year, Deft really felt that he might not have another world championship in his career.
But at that time, Lin Cheng called.
He asked if he wanted to be his teammate.
Will dreams really bloom the most beautiful flowers?
It seems like this year is really close.
"Thanks."
"ah?"
Lin Cheng dipped his hand in cream again and was about to sneak up on Mr. Dai, but suddenly he was stunned when he heard him say thank you without any clue.
Just when Lin Cheng was stunned, Mr. Dai pressed Lin Cheng's hand on his face.
Lin Cheng was about to fight back when Little Peanut also grabbed a piece of butter and smeared it on Lin Cheng's neck.
Lin Cheng was furious.
"Is there something wrong with you, Han Wanghao? The birthday boy is Kim Hyuk Kyu, why are you doing this to me... Damn it!"
