Let Me Sleep a Little Longer [Esports] - Chapter 12

After the three secured the first blood, they no longer lingered in battle and smoothly cleared the minion wave before returning to base.

At this moment, Kennen on the top lane had already realized that the only opponent there was Lee Sin, a paper tiger. Coincidentally, Lee Sin is a melee champion, and unable to suppress his killing intent, Kennen decided to challenge him to a duel.

Meanwhile, Su Heng also became aware of Kennen’s intentions; this wave of minions had only three minions and one cannon minion left unlast-hit.

However, in Su Heng’s calculations, if these minions were not last-hit, her setup would be affected once again.

In an instant, she decided to secure the last hits on this wave of minions.

Shen Jianian frowned involuntarily behind Su Heng.

Just now, Su Heng’s command was brilliant, turning a failed gank into something valuable.

But her current insistence on clearing this wave of minions is, no matter how you look at it, unwise.

Originally, Kennen naturally counters melee heroes. Although Lee Sin has mobility, Kennen’s mobility also comes with damage.

And now, a Lee Sin below level 6 still lacks the ability to protect himself, and her health pool cannot be considered healthy.

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Sure enough, Kennen came to the minion wave and stood directly in front of a few low-health allied minions. If Lee Sin tried to last-hit at this moment, he would inevitably enter Kennen’s attack range.

Su Heng also realized this.

She furrowed her brows and moved her left hand slightly, and Lee Sin kicked out a Sonic Wave between Kennen and the minions.

The distance between the three was extremely close, yet the blind monk accurately kicked the cannon cart.

Shen Jianian didn’t even know who she was trying to kick.

At the moment of the kick, Su Heng’s brows slightly relaxed.

Immediately after, the blind monk used the second part of Q to advance, releasing E at light speed to clear the surrounding minions.

Kennen charged straight into the embrace.

Seeing Lee Sin approaching, Kennen immediately used W followed by a basic attack, watching as Lee Sin’s health instantly dropped to one-fifth.

Yet Su Heng showed no sign of panic; Lee Sin pulled out a free ward, cast W to gain armor and moved forward, with Kennen activating E to closely follow.

Although Kennen was still some distance from Lee Sin, he kept his Q ready, waiting for this very moment.

In the blink of an eye, Kennen cast his Q shuriken in the direction the Blind Monk was fleeing. Su Heng didn’t even look back; she veered to the left, not intending to escape back to the defensive tower, but instead ran toward the Baron river path.

At this moment, Blind Monk’s Q cooldown had just barely refreshed. Su Heng kicked out her Q toward the river crab while running, hitting the mark perfectly, yet she did not follow up.

A few seconds later, within the final window of the second Q, the river crab suddenly accelerated and moved toward the mid lane.

At that moment, Su Heng followed up with her second Q.

Kennen was far behind and could no longer catch up to the Blind Monk.

Just as one wave settled, another arose. Seeing he couldn’t catch up, Kennen quickly signaled the little fish in mid lane to flank.

The little fish tried to chase toward the Baron river path, but when Zhou Lingxing’s Yasuo blew a wind, the little fish instinctively tried to dodge and ended up using his E.

However, Yasuo didn’t advance and surprisingly ignored him, instead focusing on last-hitting minions.

When the little fishman tried to chase the Blind Monk again, he not only wasted time but also lost both his chasing ability and evasion skills.

At this point, the Blind Monk successfully escaped, went home to buy equipment, feeling very pleased.

After gaining the advantage in the first wave, it was like a snowball rolling downhill—everything went smoothly with the lead growing bigger and bigger.

Several players have top-notch skills, and as long as they gain the advantage, the second team basically has no chance to turn the game around.

27 minutes, pushed onto the high ground, achieved victory.

Post-match reviews are a routine part of every training match and official game.

Besides being the head coach of GI, Shen Jianian holds multiple roles, so usually Sun He hosts, but today Shen Jianian watched the entire match on site, so the hosting duty naturally fell to him.

Shen Jianian signaled everyone to go to the conference room, with Sun He and himself walking at the back.

Sun He rubbed his nose: “What do you think?”

Faced with Sun He’s sudden question, Shen Jianian did not hesitate: “Not bad, as long as the training time can keep up…”

Shen Jianian said as he took a cigarette pack out of his coat pocket, tapped the top twice with his fingertips, and pulled out a cigarette.

Maybe, we can go to the United States next year.

Sun He paused in his steps and looked at Shen Jianian’s face illuminated by flickering firelight under the night sky. “You mean S6?”

I’m seeing it in her,” Shen Jianian nodded, exhaling a light puff of smoke, “I see hope.

Sun He smiled wryly, “Me too.”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

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

Wave and Old Fish stared at each other wide-eyed; this round of the game basically had nothing to do with them, it could be said they neither contributed nor failed.

Su Heng glanced at the silent crowd and spoke calmly: “In the first wave, I ganked without being familiar with the hero’s skills, almost affecting development, which was my fault. From now on, I will familiarize myself with more heroes to avoid impacting the match.”

Shen Jianian nodded slightly, “It’s good that you can clearly recognize your own problems. Are there any others?”

Su Heng pursed her lips; she couldn’t think of any other issues she had during the match, so she could only look at the only man standing in the conference room with a questioning gaze.

Shen Jianian smiled calmly, “Do you think there’s no problem with the fact that you almost got caught by Kennen because you were greedy for a few minions?”

She frowned, “If I had kicked the cannon cart in that wave, I would have gone up to last-hit minions; if I missed, I wouldn’t have gone up.”

Shen Jianian didn’t understand and just quietly looked at her.

Su Heng continued, “I use Q to hit the cannon in the very center, then use E to clear the minions and still have the W skill to escape. I’ve taken into account the crab’s movement and Q’s cooldown. If I can’t Q the cannon in the center, the E skill won’t be able to clear all the minions, and my risk would be meaningless.”

Shen Jianian smiled again, “Even if you’ve calculated everything, without Zhou Lingxing covering you in the mid lane, you’ll still be caught by the little fish in the end.”

Su Heng blinked, Isn’t it natural to cover for your teammates?

Zhou Lingxing sat opposite Su Heng, looking at the dazed girl and nodded, “That’s fair, but you should also take into account the times I failed to cover for you.”

Su Heng continued blinking, did she just say out loud what she was thinking?

Zhou Lingxing sneered, “You didn’t say anything.”

Su Heng: ??????????

Sun and the others looked at each other in confusion. What kind of riddle were these two playing?

Shen Jianian instead laughed out loud: “Alright, it seems you two already have enough tacit understanding.”

Then he shifted his tone: “But Su Heng, you must always remember. This is a team game. During the match, your teammates are right beside you, so you must communicate at all times, even if you are confident.”

After speaking, Shen Jianian faced everyone and said calmly: “This is not 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 refused to give in, “What does this have to do with us? This is the first time meeting her. Brother Sun invited her to come live here, but she didn’t come. Why should we be the ones to take the blame?”

Shen Jianian ignored Wave’s struggles and turned to the girl, “Why won’t you come live here? If you join us, you definitely have to move in. Building rapport and training together is the most basic requirement.”

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

Hearing the sudden female voice from inside the room, everyone looked toward Su Heng, waiting quietly for what would come next.

Su Heng received several questioning glances directed at her and felt her throat grow a bit dry.

Didn’t you say…” She lightly tapped the table rhythmically with her fingertips, “that we have to win Friday’s match and be accepted by all the team members to officially join the team?

Upon hearing this, Sun He looked toward Shen Jianian, who had been intently watching Su Heng all along, wondering what he thought.

It was clearly Shen Jianian who set the conditions at the beginning, but now they had become her rigid excuse.

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

Ignoring Wave’s glare at him, he continued to say to Su Heng, “Don’t waste our practice time over such a ridiculous reason. Move over here tomorrow.”

Su Heng was at a loss, unsure whether she should agree, and also felt that her stubborn refusal to come over was indeed somewhat delaying the training.

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

Before she could recover, he continued, “After your debut in the match this Friday, you can start live streaming. During the regular season, 48 hours per month; during the off-season, 96 hours per month. I will inform you of the specific details after the match.”

Wave and Lao Yu were dumbfounded. Shen Jianian set the terms himself—how come he wanted to sign a contract even before winning the match?

Is this still the Shen Jianian they knew?

Sun He buried his head and chuckled. The person who was once said to have lost his mind—how is it that now he seems to have completely lost it?

Zhou Lingxing couldn’t help but laugh; he was really hit right on the mark by his words.

As they spoke, besides confusion, a hint of sleepiness appeared in Su Heng’s eyes.

When she spoke again, her voice was no longer as clear as before: “Alright, I’ll move over tomorrow. I’ll leave now, I’m a bit sleepy.”

If Su Heng hadn’t mentioned it, it would have been fine, but once she did, everyone remembered that this woman with particularly dark circles under her eyes was actually a narcolepsy patient.

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

Zhou Lingxing stood up and said, “Let’s leave it at that for today. I’ll take her back.”

Shen Jianian nodded, indicating no objection.

Su Heng stood up and pushed the door open, waving to them, “No need, I’ll go back by myself. I’ll start moving my things over tomorrow morning.”

Without even giving them time to think, she left in a hurry.