Chapter 12

After the three players secured first blood, they no longer wanted to fight and proceeded to clear the minion wave before returning to base.

Meanwhile, in the top lane, Kennen had already noticed that the only opponent was the blind monk, who was essentially a paper tiger. Coincidentally, the blind monk was a melee hero, and unable to suppress his urge to kill, he moved in to challenge the monk.

At this moment, Su Heng also realized Kennen’s intentions. There were only three minions and one cannon left to be farmed in this wave. However, in Su Heng’s calculations, if these minions weren’t killed, her strategy would be affected once again.

In an instant, she decided to finish off the wave.

Shen Jianian, standing behind Su Heng, couldn’t help but frown. Su Heng’s previous command had been excellent, turning a failed gank into something valuable. But her current fixation on completing this minion wave didn’t seem wise at all.

Kennen naturally countered melee heroes. Although the blind monk had mobility, Kennen’s mobility also dealt damage. Furthermore, the blind monk was still under level 6 and lacked self-preservation abilities; his health was not exactly great either.

Sure enough, as Kennen arrived at the minion wave, he positioned himself right in front of several low-health allied minions. If the blind monk tried to last-hit the minions now, he would inevitably enter Kennen’s attack range.

Su Heng realized this as well. She furrowed her brow and moved her left hand slightly, watching as the blind monk kicked a Sonic Wave toward the cannon positioned between him and Kennen.

The distance between the three was very close, yet the blind monk accurately hit the cannon.

Shen Jianian didn’t even know whom she intended to hit.

At the moment of impact, Su Heng relaxed her brow slightly.

Immediately afterward, the blind monk used his second Q to move forward and quickly cast his E to eliminate the surrounding minions, right into Kennen’s trap.

Seeing the blind monk approach, Kennen activated his W and followed up with an auto-attack, quickly reducing the blind monk’s health to one-fifth.

Yet, Su Heng showed no signs of panic. The blind monk pulled out a free ward, used W for armor, and moved closer, while Kennen activated E to follow right behind.

Although there was still some distance between Kennen and the blind monk, Kennen had his Q ready, waiting for this moment.

In the blink of an eye, Kennen threw his shuriken in the direction the blind monk was fleeing. Su Heng didn’t look back; instead, she shifted left, seemingly not intending to escape back to the turret, but rather towards the river near the Dragon.

At this time, the blind monk’s Q was just about to reset. While running, Su Heng kicked out a Q toward the river crab, hitting it perfectly but not pursuing afterward.

Seconds later, during the last moment of the second Q, the river crab suddenly accelerated toward the mid lane.

At that moment, Su Heng’s second Q caught up.

Kennen could only watch in despair, unable to catch up with the blind monk.

Just as one problem faded, another arose. Seeing he couldn’t catch up, Kennen hurriedly signaled to the mid lane fish man to flank.

As the fish man was about to pursue towards the river, Zhou Lingxing’s Yasuo blew a wind gust over, prompting the fish man to instinctively dodge by using E.

As a result, Yasuo didn’t pursue and started farming minions on his own.

By the time the fish man attempted to chase the blind monk again, he had wasted time and lost both his chase ability and escape skills.

Thus, the blind monk managed to escape successfully, returning home to buy equipment, feeling quite satisfied.

After the initial advantage was established, everything snowballed from there, with the situation becoming increasingly favorable.

All players had top-notch skills, and as long as they maintained their lead, it would be nearly impossible for the second team to turn the tide.

At the 27-minute mark, they pushed to the high ground and secured victory.

Post-match reviews were a regular routine after every scrim and official match.

In addition to being the head coach of GI, Shen Jianian held several other positions, so usually, Sun He would lead the debriefs. However, today, Shen Jianian was present throughout the entire match, and the responsibility naturally fell on her shoulders.

Shen Jianian signaled for everyone to head to the meeting room, walking behind with Sun He.

Sun He scratched his nose and asked, “What do you think?”

Faced with Sun He’s sudden question, Shen Jianian didn’t hold back: “Not bad, as long as the training time keeps up…”

As Shen Jianian spoke, he pulled a cigarette case from his jacket pocket, tapped the top twice with his fingertips, and took out a cigarette.

“Maybe we can go to the United States next year.”

Sun He paused in his steps, looking at Shen Jianian’s face illuminated by flickering lights in the night, “You mean S6?”

“I see hope in her,” Shen Jianian nodded and gently exhaled a puff of smoke.

Sun He smirked: “So do I.”

The two exchanged smiles.

A few people sat down in the conference room, and Shen Jianian adjusted his glasses: “You guys go ahead and discuss the issues during the match.”

Wave and Old Fish stared at each other, as this match had basically nothing to do with them; they could be said to have neither contributed nor failed.

Su Heng glanced at the silent crowd and calmly spoke: “In the first wave, I ganked without being familiar with the hero’s skills, which almost affected my development. That’s my problem. Next, I’ll familiarize myself with more heroes to avoid impacting the match.”

Shen Jianian nodded: “It’s good to clearly recognize your own problems. Is there anything else?”

Su Heng bit her lip, unable to think of any other issues she had during the match, and could only look at the one man standing in the conference room with a questioning gaze.

Shen Jianian smiled calmly: “Don’t you think there’s a problem with that time when you almost let Kennen catch you just because you wanted to steal a few minions?”

She frowned: “If I had kicked the cannon minion, I would have gone up to last-hit; if I didn’t kick it, I wouldn’t go up.”

Shen Jianian didn’t seem to understand and simply watched her silently.

Su Heng continued: “If I hit the middle cannon minion with Q, I would use E to last-hit and then W to escape, and I’ve calculated the river crab’s positioning and the cooldown of Q into it. If I couldn’t hit the middle minion with Q, I wouldn’t be able to last-hit all the minions, and my risk would become meaningless.”

Shen Jianian laughed again: “Even if you calculated everything well, without Zhou Lingxing covering you in the middle lane, you would still get caught by the fish man.”

Su Heng blinked; isn’t it supposed to be the team’s job to cover each other?

Zhou Lingxing sat opposite Su Heng and nodded at the now-dazed girl: “It is, but you should also consider the possibility that I might fail to cover you.”

Su Heng kept blinking; did she just say what she was thinking out loud?

Zhou Lingxing sneered: “You didn’t say it.”

Su Heng: ??????

Sun He and the others exchanged glances; what kind of riddle were these two playing?

Shen Jianian laughed out loud: “Alright, it seems that you two have enough synergy already.”

Then he changed the subject: “But Su Heng, you must always remember. This is a team game. Your teammates are right beside you during the match, and you must communicate at all times, even if you are confident.”

After speaking, Shen Jianian faced the crowd and said lightly: “This isn’t just her problem; it’s also because she hasn’t fully integrated into the team yet. Simply put, everyone has issues.”

Upon hearing this, Wave was unwilling to back down: “What does this have to do with us? This is the first time we’ve met her. Sun Ge asked her to come live with us, but she didn’t want to; why should we take the blame?”

Shen Jianian ignored Wave, letting him flounder, and turned to the girl: “Why don’t you come live with us? If you join us, you must move in to develop synergy; training together is the most basic requirement.”

Su Heng calmly licked her lips: “It’s not time yet.”

Hearing the abrupt voice from inside the room, everyone looked at Su Heng, waiting for her to continue.

Su Heng felt the questioning gazes from several people and felt her throat was a bit dry.

“Didn’t you say…” she lightly tapped her fingertips rhythmically on the table, “that we need to win Friday’s match and gain recognition from all the team members to be considered part of the team?”

Sun He turned to look at Shen Jianian, who had been focused on Su Heng, unsure of what he thought.

At first, it was clearly Shen Jianian who set the conditions, and now it became her rigid reason.

Before Shen Jianian could respond, Zhou Lingxing raised an eyebrow: “Haven’t we already recognized you?”

Ignoring Wave’s glare, he continued speaking to Su Heng: “Don’t waste our practice time with such nonsensical reasons. Move in tomorrow.”

Su Heng felt helpless, unsure whether to agree, but she also felt that her stubbornness in not moving in was indeed delaying training.

Seeing this, Shen Jianian extended an olive branch to Su Heng: “Let’s do as LING said, move in tomorrow, and after the match on Friday, we’ll sign the contract.”

Before she could react, he continued: “After the match this Friday, we can start streaming. During the regular season, it’s 48 hours a month, and during the off-season, it’s 96 hours a month. I’ll inform you of the specifics after the match.”

Wave and Old Fish were dumbfounded, how could Shen Jianian, who set the conditions, go straight to signing a contract before the match had even been won?

Is this still the Shen Jianian they knew?

Sun He chuckled to himself; the person who had rushed ahead before is now not taking it easy?

“Is this still the Shen Jianian they knew?

Sun He chuckled quietly. Back then, they said he was impulsive, but now it seems he’s not being reckless at all.

Zhou Lingxing couldn’t help but laugh; he was indeed hitting the nail on the head.

As they spoke, there was not only confusion in Su Heng’s eyes, but also a hint of drowsiness.

When she spoke again, her voice was no longer as clear as before: “Okay, I’ll move in tomorrow, so I’ll leave now. I’m a bit tired.”

Su Heng’s mention of her fatigue made everyone remember that this woman, with her particularly dark circles under her eyes, was actually a patient with hypersomnia.

After spending half a day together, she seemed no different from a normal person, which made them forget that she had a troublesome condition.

Zhou Lingxing stood up: “Let’s leave it at that for today. I’ll see her home.”

Shen Jianian nodded in agreement.

Su Heng got up and opened the door, waving at them: “No need, I can go back by myself. I’ll move my things over tomorrow.”

Without even giving them time to consider, she left briskly.”