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! Ready.

"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 asked curiously: "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 left beforehand."

"What's up?"

Lin Cheng glanced at Mr. Dai, "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 glanced at the coach next to him strangely.

"Is there still a review for today's game?"

"What do you mean, we still need to review it?"

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 leaks and fill in the gaps? Didn't we make any mistakes on the field? Do you understand 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.

Lin Cheng is always the first one to slip away every time a training match is reviewed. How dare you 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 did not even go back to the room to change clothes, but gathered outside the training room door.

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 with a gun salute and a smile on his face.

"Happy birthday to you!"

Chi Shengxi stood behind the door holding a cake, and Lin Cheng sang happy birthday along with the fools.

"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 clapped his hands and sang happy birthday, then 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 the domestic saying that one year old is considered two years old in Korea, so ft is 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 at that time.

“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 revealed, Lin Cheng pretended to be nonchalant, 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 would be the greatest gift I've ever received in my life."

He spoke carelessly, but 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, it 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 how many people care that Deft has been training hard in silence for nine years since his debut?

He has put in no less effort than Faker.

For nine years, Deft has lived an ascetic life and has never had any negative news. The only thing that may make fans feel uncomfortable is that he once complained about the bad food in EDG's cafeteria.

But later, many parties confirmed that EDG's cafeteria was really bad before, so it was not his hypocrisy.

Today, he suffers from back injuries, but Mr. Dai still endures with an almost paranoid attitude,

just as 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 can give up."

Money, he had many opportunities to earn more.

Family, he has lost too much time to accompany his family since becoming a professional player.

Health, back injuries even prevent him from sitting for a long time during training, and he must adjust his body after each game.

"I'm scared, maybe I'll 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 closer to the trophy that his schoolmate had won three times.

But he is not a purely rational champion chaser.

He is always influenced by emotions.

In his peak period, he refused EDG's big contract extension in order to play Brothers League with General Pawn who was suffering from a back injury. Pawn was unable to become the pillar of KT1.0 due to physical reasons.

Things don't stop there.

Pawn's body was in a very bad state after 2018. In order to continue to bind his contract with Pawn, Deft transferred to KZ, which was being rebuilt, in 2019.

That year can be said to be the year when Deft tried his best, and it may also be the year when his personal performance peaked throughout his entire career.

It's a pity that he can't support it alone.

Mr. Pawn's body can no longer support frequent games, and he almost didn't appear in the summer season. It was the limit for Deft to withstand the management turmoil in the team and lead KZ to the final bubble game.

Unfortunately, they still fell under the impact of DWG in the final round of the bubble match.

After that, General Pawn retired, and Deft was also troubled by health problems.

Looking back, he found that he seemed to have been making wrong choices throughout his career.

"Fans must pay more attention to the results, but I pay more attention to the process."

He said this, but he seemed to be more eager for the results than others.

But his previous choices always made him deviate from the championship.

In fact, before this year, Deft really felt that he might not have a world championship in his career again.

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 that this year is really close.

"Thank you."

"Ah?"

Lin Cheng dipped his hand in cream again and prepared to attack Mr. Dai. Suddenly, he was stunned when he heard him say thank you without thinking.

Just when Lin Cheng was stunned, Mr. Dai pressed Lin Cheng's hand on his face.

Just as Lin Cheng was about to fight back, Peanut also grabbed a piece of cream and smeared it on Lin Cheng's neck.

Lin Cheng was furious.

"Han Wanghao, are you crazy? The birthday boy is Kim Hyuk-kyu, why are you messing with me... Damn it!"

"Who did this again? My eyes are blinded!"