Chapter 373: Pre-season

Stray Circus meeting room.

Wang Shun opens the panel, showing the various aspects of the information and explaining the process in a clear and structured way.

"Now that we've won the stage and the pre-season is coming to an end, we're up against teams in the higher circles, not as strong as the Fever Lambs, but we shouldn't take it lightly."

As he was speaking, Bai Liu pushed his way through the door, walked straight to the chair at the front and turned to sit down, raising his hand to gesture for Wang Shun to continue.

Wang Shun nodded to Bai Liu and continued to commentate, "President Bai, Captain Tang and I have discussed this and we feel that you are almost ready to train, so the next step is to focus on your team matches."

Bai Liu turned around, leaned back in his chair and tapped his fingers on the table in front of Mu Sicheng, who was dozing off, "Do you know what the point of the tournament is?"

Mu Sicheng was drifting off to sleep with his head propped up, he had been injured during the game and had expended a lot of energy, he was now completely exhausted, and only now that Bai Liu had cued him did he shake his head and wake up, looking at Bai Liu in a daze: "...... sense of cooperation? "

"No." Wang Shun looked worriedly at Mu Sicheng, "It's the energy, God Mu."

"Next you're going to have not only a single match, a pairs match, and a team match, but unlike the training in the games pool and the small pre-season matches before that, it's basically the same level of intensity as this pairs match today."

"Unlike mental and physical strength, which can be restored by potions, your consciousness is maintained in a very tense state during these intense battles, which is very draining, and this also makes you tired and your state slips very badly."

Wang Shun looked at Bai Liu with concern: "Chairman, with two strong teams in a row, God Mu and the newcomers may not be able to keep up with their energy.

"I came back mainly to discuss this with you." Bai Liu crossed his arms in front of him, " Liu Jiayi is the most important of the team players, she needs to keep her form and her skills are not suitable for solo and duo matches, so she will only play in team matches."

" Muke, you can play a single match when you are in good form and Mu Sicheng and I will play a double match."

Bai Liu looked up at everyone, "The regular players in the singles are usually me and Captain Tang and the regular pairing in the pairs is me and Mu Sicheng, do you have any comments?"

Tang Erda led the way with a nod, "I'm all good, no comment."

"I have a problem with that." Mu Sicheng immediately followed suit and objected.

"You're a regular player in the singles, you're a regular pairing in the pairs, and you're the tactician for the team?" Mu Sicheng's eyebrows knotted up, "No, Bai Liu, two games in a row and you say we newcomers won't be able to keep up, you're a newcomer yourself, three games in a row and your energy will be able to keep up?"

He had just played one game, and after the skills used by Yang Zhi and Kong Xuyang, Mu Sicheng's brain was still buzzing, and his eyes dropped as soon as he played, and he just wanted to sleep, without thinking about how much those more outrageous skills would hurt the player's consciousness later on.

Bai Liu had to be exhausted to last three games.

At the end of Mu Sicheng's sentence, Tang Erda was struck with relief.

He didn't see anything wrong with this arrangement at the time, as Bai Liu had played three games in a row all year round in other world lines, but now that he thinks about it, Bai Liu is still a pure rookie in his first year of league play, and playing against a strong team, three games in a row is indeed a bit outrageous.

He wouldn't even have been able to maintain his form for three games in his place.

Liu Jiayi made a suggestion: "I don't have a problem with my allocation, but Bai Liu, there's a big problem with your allocation. I won't say anything about the singles, it's true that Muke, you and Tang Erda have the right skills to play in the rotation, but it's not necessary for you and Mu Sicheng to be a fixed pairing in the pairs. "

Muke muses: "Would it be possible to have a pairing of me or Mu Sicheng and rotate the rest of the team?"

"But Mu Sicheng doesn't have enough coordination to support the rest of the team in the rotation." Bai Liu analyses in a flat tone, "The only player who can be fixed in the pairs is me, and I can work with everyone."

"But Tang Erda and Muke will rotate in the singles, so it was perfect to pick Mu Sicheng as my double partner."

Liu Jiayi's lips pursed up, she couldn't argue with it.

In fact, everyone knew that Bai Liu's proposal was the best one, but at the same time, it was the most taxing on Bai Liu himself.

"If you have no other comments." Bai Liu stood up and announced the resolution lightly, "Then the tactical line up is settled for now, everyone is tired today, let's go back to rest first."

All of them had objections in their hearts, but they swallowed them when they saw the blackness under Bai Liu's eyes and the tiredness on his face.

...... The most tired person today is Bai Liu, who really needs a good rest.

Wang Shun couldn't resist glancing at Bai Liu.

In fact, Bai Liu had already decided on this layout, but Wang Shun was easily convinced by Bai Liu.

Bai Liu just smiled and said they would agree.

At the time, Wang Shun thought it was unlikely that the players were worried about Bai Liu and could not have let him wear himself out like that, but when it came down to it, Bai Liu made light of the fact that the players were worried about him.

Wang Shun sighs as he sorts through the paperwork in his hands.

There it is again, the President Bai who ostensibly fought to discuss with them, or the one who decided everything on his own.

And I wonder who will be able to get the over-egoistic tactician to change his mind.

By the time Bai Liu and his group logged out of the game, night had fallen in the real world.

Du Sanying didn't log into the game to watch this match as he had forgotten about it and only suddenly recalled it when he saw Bai Liu coming home.

Du Sanying bowed frantically 180 degrees to Bai Liu, terrified: "I'm sorry, Mr. Bai Liu! I really forgot!"

"Never mind." Bai Liu enters and casually takes off his tie and hangs it on a hanger as he walks towards the house, he smiles and looks at Du Sanying, "We won, what did you eat today?"

In Bai Liu's case, winning was simply mentioned, as if it was a trivial matter as light as three meals a day and a matter of course for him.

Du Sanying was also naturally carried away by Bai Liu, who started trying to remember what he had eaten: "I had beef noodles in the morning and roast goose box lunch for lunch."

"Haven't you eaten yet tonight?" Bai Liu slumped on the sofa and pulled his phone out of his suit trousers, leaning back lazily to look at Du Sanying, "How about I treat you to hot pot?"

From Du Sanying's angle, he can see the knot of Bai Liu's throat sliding up and down slightly under the first button of his shirt, his collarbone and spine loosely outstretched, his shoulders and neck slumped against the sofa, his eyes half-closed, because Bai Liu has taken off his tie.

Bai Liu's gesture struck Du Sanying for a moment.

For some reason, Du Sanying felt that Mr Bai Liu was relaxed and seemed to be in a good mood today.

Is it because you won the game?

But it doesn't seem to have happened before when Mr Bai Liu won the competition ......

Bai Liu looked up obliquely at Du Sanying and shook the phone in his hand, "Want to eat? I'll ask the others to join me if you want?"

Du Sanying was flattered: "No, it doesn't break the bank, does it?"

"It won't break the bank." Bai Liu smiled, "I'll call someone then?"

In less than a second, Du Sanying heard Bai Liu call, " Lu Yizhan, are you off work yet?"

Du Sanying faintly hears what seems to be a complaint about overtime from across the room, and Bai Liu smiles a little.

"Mr. Lu, I won the game against the Raging Lambs." Bai Liu lowered his eyes and casually mentioned it in a casual manner, "Let's celebrate today and go to your house for fondue?"

Du Sanying was stunned to hear this - he had been educated by Wang Shun and knew that in-game stories were invalid for the general public.

Why is Mr Bai Liu suddenly talking to a normal person about in-game stuff?

Bai Liu reaches out and rests his hand on the back of the sofa, flexing his fingers and tapping them regularly one by one, and Du Sanying can't help but follow suit - seven times.

Seven clicks later, Du Sanying heard Bai Liu's confused voice on the phone: "Bai Liu, what did you just say?"

Bai Liu smiled again, a very light smile, like a cloud floating on his face that would dissipate if the wind blew.

"It's nothing." Bai Liu said, "Just remembered that I hadn't been to dinner with Sister Dot for a while."

Lu Yizhan was silent for a moment and laughed, "Yeah, after your birthday the year before last, I don't know what happened, but you seem to have grown up suddenly and don't want to come over to my house for dinner anymore, when you were at least willing to buy two pounds of discounted oranges for dinner."

Lu Yizhan said, "Fang Dian and I used to celebrate your birthday every year, but then you didn't want to celebrate your birthday either."

"Speaking of which, your birthday is coming up this year, isn't it?"

Bai Liu gave a dispassionate hoot.

Lu Yizhan's voice was tinged with a bit of flirtatious laughter, "What, are you rejuvenated or nostalgic at 25, finally willing to come to your sister's house for dinner and let us celebrate your birthday?"

"But it's still a bit early to celebrate, let's just have a simple hot pot meal for today." Lu Yizhan recited, "I'm not off work yet, go buy your own food first, Sister Dot is home, you have the key to our house, buy what you want to eat, go back to the house and let your Sister Dot make it for you, I'll transfer the money for the food to you later ......"

"Eh forget it, your sister Dot can't cook, you two take care of the dishes first, or wait for me to come back and get ......"

" Lu Yizhan." Bai Liu interrupted Lu Yizhan abruptly, "If one day there was a game that both you and I really wanted to win, would you still lose to me on purpose?"

Lu Yizhan was silent for a long time, then gave a very, very soft, airy laugh: "No."

"I'll do everything I can to win you, Bai Liu."