After a moment, Sheng Kuang gave a faint smile and continued watching the competition.
He had only watched for a few seconds before Sheng Kuang chuckled again.
Lan Bowen was quite the drama queen, just like his female fans in his live stream.
No, he was even more of a drama queen than his female fans in his live stream.
He was so dramatic that he was almost as dramatic as that classmate on Weibo who always drew all sorts of inappropriate pictures of him, calling herself Sweet Sweet Sweet classmate.
...
The next day, Lin Jing woke up at nine-thirty in the morning, about the same time she usually woke up.
It was overcast today, looking like it might rain at any moment.
This kind of weather always gave people the illusion of not being fully awake. Lin Jing stayed in bed for a while longer, then slowly got up, rubbed her sore eyes, and went into the bathroom.
The first thing Lin Jing did upon waking up in the morning was take Xiao Kugua out for a walk.
Seeing her emerge from the elevator, Xiao Kugua immediately perked up, stood up in its cage, and wagged its tail enthusiastically at her, acting cute.
"Wait for me to get a drink of water, and then I'll take you out," Lin Jing said, stroking Xiao Kugua's fluffy head through the cage. Then she headed towards the dining room.
There was the sound of clinking tableware in the dining room. At this hour, the group of boys was fast asleep. Apart from her, the only other person awake in the villa was the aunt who came to clean around eight o'clock.
Lin Jing thought it was the aunt making the noise, and without much thought, she entered the dining room with a yawn.
To her surprise, people were gathered around the dining table.
Everyone was there except her.
Not only were they all there, but each of them had a plate in front of them, with fried eggs, bread, bacon, fruit, and nuts on their plates.
In short, the breakfast was very healthy and nutritious.
Lin Jing was startled, and the half-finished yawn was abruptly cut off.
She looked at the group of boys around the dining table, eating breakfast and dozing off, and blinked her eyes in disbelief. She pulled out her phone to check the time, and seeing that it was indeed nine in the morning, not nine at night, she opened her mouth as if she had seen a ghost: "...Why are you all up so early today?"
One by one, they turned their listless heads to look at her.
It was clear they were still drowsy, too tired to even speak.
The only one who seemed a little more energetic, Lan Bowen, called out to the aunt to serve Lin Jing breakfast, and said, "It will be this early from now on. The World Championship is over, and the qualifiers are next week. After that, it's the KPL Autumn Season, so we need to hurry up and train. We can't be so undisciplined anymore."
As Lan Bowen spoke, Jiang Zui, sitting opposite him, glanced at his phone screen and immediately perked up. He stopped eating and picked up his phone: "Anti-addiction has finally been lifted."
Lin Jing thanked the aunt who brought her breakfast. Seeing Jiang Zui already selecting heroes in the game, she said, "Jiang Zui, you're quite diligent."
"He's not diligent, he's been provoked," Chen Jing said, gulping down a large cup of black coffee, finally waking up and becoming more talkative. "It's because people online mocked him for his low rank, saying he was just a fluke. He stayed up all night, playing ranked matches until now."
Qin Yu added, "Not only that, but he also complained that the account people were mocking him for had no skins or heroes. He not only collected all the heroes but also bought all the skins that were available." Su Dan Novel Network
Lin Jing: "..."
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This year's qualifiers will have six teams participating. The tournament will adopt a single round-robin Best of 3 group stage, where each team will play three matches against every other team. Each win earns one point, and each loss deducts one point. The top two teams with the highest total points will advance to the KPL Autumn Season.
Each team will play five matches, and it is estimated that the qualifiers will involve a total of fifteen matches. To avoid delaying the KPL Autumn Season, the qualifier schedule is very tight, with matches scheduled for both morning and afternoon, and three arenas operating simultaneously.
This means that each team will play a match against a different team every half-day within two and a half days.
The qualifiers will be held in Beijing, just like the World Championship semifinals, so it's practically at our doorstep. Lin Jing, who missed Sheng Kuang's match last time, felt that she absolutely had to be there in person this time.
Sheng Kuang is returning to the competition after a two-year hiatus. Although it's only the qualifiers, many of Sheng Kuang's fans have been keeping an eye on the qualifier tickets since the day YLs officially announced it.
To avoid any mishaps, Lin Jing specifically asked Lan Tingting to help her grab tickets.
She set an alarm in advance, and five minutes before the tickets went on sale, she started a voice call with Lan Tingting and waited on the ticket sales webpage.
The tickets were sold out within a minute of going on sale.
Lan Tingting's payment got stuck for a moment, and by the time she re-entered, the tickets were already gone.
Lin Jing used her password-free payment, and there were no issues, so she fortunately managed to secure one ticket.