Grandpa's surgery was very successful. The attending doctor optimistically told Su Zhe's family that grandpa would not have any major problems for at least three years. Su Zhe was sincerely happy when he heard this news.
Although Grandpa's life in this world is getting shorter and shorter every day, Su Zhe is already very grateful as long as he can have one more day.
Grandpa's condition improved that night, and the old man who had just finished the operation was not tired at all. Looking at the children beside the hospital bed, the old man only smiled at Su Zhe.
"You all go out, I will talk to my grandson."
Su Zhe's parents and aunt's family felt guilty and quickly nodded and exited the ward. So only Su Zhe and his grandfather were left in the empty ward. The grandfather and grandson were lying down and sitting, facing each other quietly.
After a long time, grandpa asked in a low voice: "Xiao Zhe, have you helped grandpa to make money for the hardship? Have you suffered any grievances?"
Although the old man was ill and lying in bed, his heart was clear. His son and daughter decided to give up on him, and the old man knew it well.
The old man knows better than anyone who paid for his surgery. He understands that although his grandson is young, he understands filial piety better than many adults.
Hearing the old man's question, Su Zhe smiled and shook his head.
"Grandpa, don't worry, I haven't been wronged and I haven't suffered much."
The old man smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't try to lie to me, money is not that easy to make! As a child, it is a hundred times harder to make money. Several adults can't get together, but you can actually get it together. Just with this
It definitely shows that your kid has great potential!"
"Grandpa, I will be eighteen next year. I am no longer a child. You married my grandma when you were eighteen." Su Zhe said with a smile and patted the back of his grandfather's hand.
"That's true..." A smile filled the corners of the old man's eyes, as if he was recalling the past.
After a moment of silence, the old man asked again: "Xiao Zhe, did you make this money by your own ability, or by relying on the support of your friends?"
"Alright, what's wrong?" Su Zhe asked.
The old man smiled and said: "If you rely on your own ability, then God will reward you with food. Since God rewards you with food, you must be worthy of the rice bowl given by God, and hold it respectfully without any slack or scorn...
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After a short pause, the old man continued: "If you rely on the support of a friend, then our kindness should be repaid with a spring. If this friend needs anything in the future, we will go through fire and water without hesitation."
"Grandpa, I understand!"
Su Zhe nodded seriously, every word of the old man's words engraved in his heart.
Seeing Su Zhe nod, grandpa smiled happily. At the same time, he stretched out his rough hands filled with calluses, gently touched Su Zhe's shoulders and said, "Thanks for having such a good grandson, the pain is really not in vain..."
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After becoming an official team member, Su Zhe entered the rigid life of school, family, and club. The training of professional players is very hard. Almost on weekends, he has to dive into the training room for training, Saturday and Sunday.
The cumulative training time is close to 30 hours, and a total of more than 120 rounds of recruitment mode battles have been conducted.
And all the hard work has only one goal, and that is the next City of Kings Tournament - Imperial City Station.
The Imperial City Station of the Kings City Tournament is the last selection event for this year’s Northern Division. It is also the last competition to provide participating teams for next year’s Northern Division Finals of the Kings City Tournament. The champions and runners-up of the Imperial City Station will be eligible to advance to the Kings Arena in January next year.
In the competition in the Northern Division of the City Competition, you will then win a ticket to the National Finals of the King of City Competition through competition.
After more than half a month of training, the City of Kings Tournament is finally about to kick off. The auditions for the Imperial City Station will be officially held on Sunday morning. Su Zhe and Paw Club will also officially have the opportunity to make their debut.
Tomorrow is the first game of the audition, so Su Zhe rushed to the club's training room early in the morning. Regarding the enhancements to the Eyes of the Phoenix and Boots of Calm in the first version, Su Zhe thought of two more before going to bed last night.
A wonderful routine. Su Zhe believes that if one of these two routines can be played, it will definitely have the final say in the City of Kings.
Su Zhe eagerly opened the door of the training room and said excitedly: "Good morning everyone, are you ready to go into battle to kill the enemy? The auditions will begin tomorrow, are you all a little nervous?"
Su Zhe usually got a response no matter what he said in the morning. But today he opened the door and shouted, but he still didn't get an answer.
Taking a closer look, I saw that the room was not empty. In fact, except for the substitute Huang Shan, most of the team members were already sitting in their seats. But the strange thing was that everyone's faces were full of excitement.
Listless, as if something bad had happened.
"Hello? What's going on? Why do you look so miserable? Did you lose your wallet?"
Su Zhe hung up his coat and walked quickly to everyone and asked. Even when he cooperated in a team battle and was defeated by the reserve team, Su Zhe had never seen everyone so downcast. The current situation really left him confused as a monk.
After asking, no one responded, Su Zhe coughed and pushed Wangcai, who always talked a lot.
"Wangcai, tell me, what happened? Why are everyone looking so serious? Our club has been acquired?"
"No...something big happened..." Wangcai said with a bitter look on his face, and at the same time he stretched out his hand and pinched his forehead in an exaggerated way.
"What a big deal, you tell me! You are planning to kill me!"
Su Zhe urged helplessly.
At this time, A Fei, who was sitting next to Wang Cai, sighed and whispered: "Captain, it's like this. Sister Juan came over just now and told us that the battle list for tomorrow's audition has been released..."
"Oh?" Su Zhe immediately picked up the clue from A Fei's words. Since A Fei mentioned this matter, it must be that the results of the Paw team's grouping were not ideal.
"The opponents we have been assigned are very strong? Are they entering the group of death?" Su Zhe asked speculatively.
As expected, he was asked this question, and A Fei said with a wry smile: "Our opponent is not very strong, but extremely strong... Captain, the third runner-up in Zhenyang Station of the King's City Competition, and the third runner-up in the Xiongding Station of the King's City Competition
, the third runner-up in the King City Competition on Huangdao Station, do you know what the similarities are between them?"
"What... are they similar?" Su Zhe asked blankly.
"They are all in the same team, and the name of this team is 'Nirvana'!" A Fei said in a deep voice.
"What? The third place runners-up in these three City of Kings tournaments are all from the same team? The third-place team for thousands of years?" Su Zhe asked, dumbfounded.
At this time, Wangcai said seriously: "Captain, don't underestimate this team. They were able to win third place in three city competition selections. This is enough to show that their strength is too strong. It is a pity that every stop of the King's City Competition
Only the top two can advance to the North District selection, so this is the fourth time that the 'Nirvana' team has signed up to participate in the City of Kings competition."
"And our first opponent in tomorrow's audition happens to be the 'Nirvana' team!"
Ah Fei said in a deep voice, his expression extremely solemn.
"I see..." Su Zhe nodded lightly, and finally understood what everyone was worried about. A team that could always take third place in the City of Kings competition, its strength and experience were obviously terrifying enough.
Encountering such an opponent in the first game is not a good thing for the novice Paw team who is participating in the City of Kings competition for the first time. What is even more dangerous is that the auditions are all in a BO1 format, which means the outcome is determined by one game.
Therefore, if they are not prepared, the Paw team is very likely to "go out in the first round" and only play one game before going back to their hometown...
"No wonder everyone is worried, the other party is really difficult to deal with..." Su Zhe sat down on his seat and said slowly.
Ah Fei raised his head and glanced at Su Zhe, and couldn't help but say in admiration: "Captain, I really admire your mental quality. You encountered such a strong opponent in the first game, and you were so relaxed."
Su Zhe picked up the mineral water on the table and took a sip, then said with a smile: "What's the point? Don't forget, our opponent tomorrow is the Millennium Lao San. If we lose to them, it means that our strength can only be
Ranked fourth, and only the top two can advance to the King City Competition. If you can't make it to the top two, then ranking fourth and ranking last are both eliminated anyway, so what's the difference?"
