Chapter 1006 Resumption

"Yeah, I can come back now. Time really flies." Ye Xiu's tone also carried some emotion. A full year had passed since he left Excellent Era.

"However, there's no need for me to apply or announce it right now. No matter what, I can't return to the pro scene this season. Everything depends on next summer," Ye Xiu said.

"Yeah," Chen Guo nodded.

Ye Qiu's unbanning date was being watched by more than just the little reporter Chang Xian. Apart from Cao Guangcheng, who had completely lost faith in interviewing Ye Qiu, anyone who made a living off Glory and had a bit of news sense had noticed this doubly special day.

After all, Ye Qiu was the number one figure in Glory history. Even after a year of retirement, it wasn't enough to make such a famous god into a nobody. What's more, Ye Qiu's news had been constant throughout the year, and rumors of his return had been circulating for a long time. The shadow of Ye Qiu in Happy's fight in the Challenger League was so strong. All of this formed the reason why many people would pay attention to this topic.

It was a pity that everyone waited in vain for a day. On this day, there was no news of Ye Qiu's return through any channel. There were only endless guesses and gossip.

Excellent Era Club was also nervous for a whole day.

Ye Qiu had organized a new team to challenge them in the Challenger League, so of course they would be fully prepared for Ye Qiu. When Ye Qiu announced his comeback, who knew what topics would be brought up, so Excellent Era had to be fully prepared for public relations. Manager Cui Li even gathered the team's players and held a special meeting on this matter. He subtly reminded everyone to not speak nonsense if they were asked about related topics.

Cui Li was speaking very seriously about this matter when he heard a disdainful snort. Cui Li looked over and felt a great headache.

Su Mucheng.

When Ye Qiu was still around, no one had thought that Su Mucheng would also be a troublemaker. In everyone's eyes, Su Mucheng always obediently followed Ye Qiu. She didn't talk much and didn't cause trouble.

But what about now? Apart from the fact that she still seriously dealt with the matches, everyone had never seen the Su Mucheng from the original team in other aspects.

She now made no secret of her contempt and disgust for Excellent Era. Sun Xiang, Chen Yehui, Cui Li, and even boss Tao Xuan had all encountered various soft and hard nails with her. The once well-behaved girl seemed to have changed overnight.

To be honest, Cui Li had been enduring it for a long time. He was becoming more and more impolite to Su Mucheng. Because at this point, Cui Li was very clear that Su Mucheng would definitely transfer freely after this season. In fact, back in the summer, Excellent Era hadn't considered sending Su Mucheng away, but for various reasons, it didn't happen in the end. Now, seeing that they would lose both the person and the money after this season, he got a headache and felt depressed whenever Su Mucheng was mentioned.

Now, at this meeting, Su Mucheng showed her disdain again, making Cui Li even more nervous. Su Mucheng had already broken with Excellent Era in her heart. Playing the matches seriously was the professional attitude that a pro player should have, but as for other aspects, she probably wouldn't have any inclination towards Excellent Era. Would Su Mucheng comply with what Cui Li wanted the players to do now?

That cold snort was pretty much the answer. And the club couldn't do anything about players who had reached this point. They couldn't just lock them up, right...

Cui Li's embarrassment was seen by the vice-captain and Xiao Shiqin, who felt helpless in their hearts.

Having joined Excellent Era for almost half a year, Xiao Shiqin had basically learned about the entanglement between Ye Qiu and Excellent Era from various gossip channels.

Excellent Era's actions were indeed not very kind, but Xiao Shiqin could somewhat understand the minds of the operators of Excellent Era. Other clubs seemed to be in harmony, but that didn't necessarily mean that their operators were noble. Perhaps it was just because their teams didn't have Ye Qiu, this special one.

Xiao Shiqin didn't have much of a mind for gossip about Excellent Era's entanglement. What he noticed was an even more terrible fact right now.

Excellent Era forced Ye Qiu to retire, but that didn't defeat Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu started from the new server online game, planning and preparing step by step, and then organizing a team to participate in the Challenger League. He didn't compromise or give up because of this at all.

On the contrary, Excellent Era itself had been affected by this incident. It had been a year already. Looking at the various expressions of many people in Excellent Era when they mentioned Ye Qiu, as if this was a taboo, you could tell that this matter had become a shadow in Excellent Era's heart.

Ye Qiu was all alone, starting from scratch.

On the other hand, Excellent Era was carrying a heavy psychological burden. Xiao Shiqin even began to wonder if Excellent Era's miraculous relegation last season was due to the influence of this psychological burden? And now that Ye Qiu had become an opponent they needed to face directly in the Challenger League, their psychological burden seemed to have become even heavier.

And the meeting that Cui Li was holding now was, in Xiao Shiqin's opinion, an even more unwise decision. The team urgently needed to eliminate the shadow of Ye Qiu, but you insisted on putting the issue of Ye Qiu on the table so seriously. Wasn't that just expanding the shadow?

This couldn't continue!

Xiao Shiqin thought, just as he was about to say something, he didn't expect Su Mucheng to speak before him.

"I think, is Manager Cui a little too worried?" Su Mucheng said.

Cui Li was still tangled up with Su Mucheng over there, but he really didn't expect Su Mucheng to actually speak. Su Mucheng had always been too lazy to pay attention to them.

"Actually, I'm very sorry," Su Mucheng continued. "We've worked together for so long, but you don't understand him at all. He's a professional player, very professional. All of his persistence is dedicated to Glory, dedicated to the arena. Do you think that because you treated him like this, he will definitely come back for revenge? You're wrong. He's back simply because this is Glory. He's at odds with you simply because you're too disappointing and have fallen to the point of playing in the Challenger League. He's facing you, and it has nothing to do with you being Excellent Era, and it has nothing to do with you forcing him to retire. It's simply because that's how the system is. So Manager Cui, you don't have to worry. He won't use the gimmick of his comeback to say anything about Excellent Era, because in his eyes, you're just an opponent, and there's no essential difference between you and any random player team he's defeated along the way. It's just that your strength is stronger, so he'll face you more seriously and actively. So Manager Cui, if you don't want to lose, then hurry up and practice. This kind of time-wasting meeting is completely unnecessary. I won't accompany you."

After Su Mucheng finished speaking, she stood up and turned to leave the meeting room.

The room was silent. Just as everyone was wondering how long this silence would last and how it would eventually be broken, someone stood up.

"I'm going to train."

Qiu Fei.

This rookie, who had only been promoted from the training camp this season, actually dared to oppose the club's manager at this time. "I'm going to train," he said at this time, which was simply an echo of Su Mucheng's last words.

Ignoring everyone's gazes, Qiu Fei also left the meeting room. The remaining people stared at each other, occasionally peeking at Cui Li.

This time, their captain Sun Xiang was the first to speak: "Hehe, this kid really has a personality. Interesting."

Damn it! Everyone facepalmed. Big Brother, you've got the wrong thing to care about, right?

Xiao Shiqin had seen Sun Xiang's incompetence in this area more than once, so he didn't discuss this topic. Seeing that the meeting was no longer possible to continue as originally planned, Xiao Shiqin simply spoke to Cui Li: "Manager Cui, why don't we take a break first?"

"Alright, then everyone can go back first!" Cui Li also took the opportunity to step down. The players left one by one. Cui Li walked out last in frustration, only to find that Xiao Shiqin also seemed to be deliberately lagging behind. Cui Li immediately understood that this god had something to say to him!

"Manager Cui, I have some thoughts that I'd like to share with you." Xiao Shiqin said as soon as everyone had left.

"Yes, Vice-Captain Xiao, please speak freely." Cui Li didn't dare to neglect this god, whom the team had spared no effort to invite this season.

"It's like this..." Xiao Shiqin told him his honest opinions about the current situation of Excellent Era.

"Now, Ye Qiu has become an enemy that we need to face directly, and we can no longer allow this burden to continue to weigh us down. Strategically, we should despise him, and tactically, we should pay more attention to him." Xiao Shiqin finally gave his opinion on the correct approach.

Cui Li sighed after listening to Xiao Shiqin's words. The transfer in the summer was really the right decision. Neither Liu Hao nor He Ming, who had left, could have said something as calm as Xiao Shiqin had just said. Especially that Liu Hao, who was probably scheming to find ways to target Ye Qiu!

But speaking of which, Xiao Shiqin was also somewhat of an outsider looking in. He, who had only joined this season, was the only one who wouldn't have the "Ye Qiu emotions" that they had carried for so long. Fortunately, this outsider had sobered him up at a crucial moment. Cui Li had also realized that this concern for Ye Qiu had invisibly burdened them with a heavy pressure. They had to abandon this mindset and treat Ye Qiu as an ordinary opponent, just like every player team they had defeated before.

Huh, why did this idea sound a little familiar? Cui Li immediately remembered that this was Ye Qiu's idea that Su Mucheng had said at the meeting a few minutes ago, and he was stunned again.

"Manager Cui, what do you think?" Cui Li was so busy feeling emotional that he didn't say anything for a long time, so Xiao Shiqin had to ask.

"You're right, we should let go of this shackle." Cui Li nodded, and he was even more determined in his heart that he could communicate more with this vice-captain in the future. As for that Chen Yehui, he had to call him over and give him a good wake-up call.