[Chapter 296, Birthday Gifts]

In order to film the advertisement, Xie Mingzhe took a day off with his master today. The shooting was completed at 4: 00 p.m. due to a very smooth schedule. It was too early to see, Tang Muzhou simply took Xie Mingzhe to his place and joked: “Since you promised to come and live with me on vacation, ask your leader to visit the place in advance to see if it is not in your mind. ”

Xie Mingzhe happily accepted the name “leader”, put his hands in his pocket, and curiously visited the brother's residence - this was not his first time here, but he used to be a "guest”, but this time he had to visit as a boyfriend, always felt different.

The villa is very clean, with soft carpets underneath the sofa in the living room, it feels very cozy and decorated in a warm tone that Xie Mingzhe likes very much, with a “home” feel.

On the ground floor is the dining room, the kitchen and the large master bedroom with a king-size double bed in the middle of the bedroom occupying a large walled wardrobe with a separate bathroom next to it. The entire facade of the bedroom is made of floor-to-ceiling windows, the window is the balcony, the view of the neighborhood is particularly good, there are comfortable loungers and small coffee tables on the balcony, it seems that the brother enjoys life, sitting on the balcony in the summer drinking tea, reading books, not to mention much comfort.

Xie Mingzhe looked at the bed with a little heart. If we live together in the future, do we live in a separate room, or do we sleep in this bed with our brother? This bed looks soft and comfortable...

His questions were quickly answered.

Tang Muzhou took him to the second floor, which was very luxurious. There were four large rooms, all the doors were open, and none of them had been renovated into bedrooms - it seemed that he could only sleep with his brother, and Xie Mingzhe was very pleased with the result.

The first room upstairs is a gym with a lot of equipment and is very professional at first glance - no wonder Brother has such beautiful abs, obviously as a result of long lasting exercise. If he moves in with him in the future, Xie Mingzhe also wants to develop a good habit of fitness with him.

Next door is a sophisticated study with lots of paper-based books, many of which are related to economics learned by Tang Muzhou, and some classics and such. You can just relax and flip. The next room is the games room, with spinning seats and smart helmets, just two sets, and Xie Mingzhe asks curiously: “How come there are two gaming devices? Are you ready to play games with people in the future? ”

Tang Muzhou said: “I moved in a few days ago and it was our endorsement. I bought two sets from the manufacturer. ”

Xie Mingzhe took a closer look at the fact that the trademark was indeed the manufacturer of the advertisement today, and that the helmet had not been removed, obviously a new one.

Tang Muzhou walked over and held his shoulder gently, explaining in a low voice: “Before I was with you, I didn't think my boyfriend would be a professional athlete, so the room on the second floor, apart from the study and gym, was always empty and I intend to redecorate it to my lover's liking in the future. After confirming your relationship, I thought it would be useful to have a games room and a card showroom, both of which I've only recently renovated and I think you'll like.” He just brought Xie Mingzhe to the next door: “Let's see, I set aside a small room to collect the cards we made. ”

The three walls of the spacious room are all made of delicate display cabinets, with some cards neatly arranged on them, all of which are solid cards that can generate the illusion of a star card. Among them are plant cards designed by Tang Muzhu such as the Millennium Divine Tree, Mandolo Flower, and others, as well as character cards designed by Xie Mingzhe such as Sun Zhe and Zhou Yu. The cards are arranged together as if they belong to them.

Xie Mingzhe remembered that he had a habit of collecting all the competition awards he had received from childhood to university. After a long time, he turned around and it was all beautiful memories.

And Tang Muzhou now specializes in freeing up this card showroom to collect the cards they make themselves.

A year, three years, even five years from now, when they walk into this room again, will all three wall display cabinets be filled? By then, watching these cards that you once made, and the little drips that you've had since you met each other, will come to mind.

These cards are a souvenir, but also a testimony to their emotions.

Lin Daiyu was placed in the most prominent position, which was the first card made by Xie Mingzhe a long time ago, judging the flower dead, which is why he attracted the attention of Fenghua Guild, met Tang Muzhou, and Yin and Yang mistakenly became professional players.

Tang Muzhou placed the card in the middle, apparently to commemorate the beginning of the two of them because of the card.

Xie Mingzhe's heart was slightly warm, and his brother was really very attentive to him, which he could feel in many details. I've been busy playing cards lately, rarely met each other, I didn't expect Tang Muzhou to be preparing for the future of two people, and deliberately renovated the room on the second floor for myself...

Upon Tang Muzhou's gentle eyes, Xie Mingzhe couldn't help but reach out and hold him gently. Seriously said: “Thank you very much, I love this room, put other cards in later. After many years, maybe we can still look together, full of memories. ”

Tang Muzhou: “…”

He was too enthusiastic to take the initiative to give a hug to his little brother. Tang Muzhou steadily held Xie Mingzhe back with a smile and said softly: “If you like it, this is also my birthday gift for you in advance. ”

Xie Mingzhe shouted: "Ah? Birthday?”

Tang Muzhou rubbed his hair intimately: "Did you forget your birthday? ”

Xie Mingzhe's birthday is August 1st, next Friday. At the same time, August 1st is also the opening day of the second half of the Star Card Pro League - if not the brother's reminder, he did forget.

However, since he was a child, he had no parents, other children would eat cake on his birthday, his birthday was no different from every other day, and Xie Mingzhe himself had little interest in having a birthday.

Tang Muzhou prepared his birthday gift in advance. Xie Mingzhe was surprised, but was also quite happy. Immediately after returning to God, he smiled and squeezed his eyes. "Thank you, this gift is very interesting, I especially like it! ”

Tang Muzhou smiled: “There's more. I'll give it to you later. ”

Xie Mingzhe was curious: "Do you want to give it back to me on August 1st? It was the opening day, and I don't think our club would be able to spend your birthday alone after the game. ”

Tang Muzhou: “Then how about we spend the night of July 31st together until midnight? ”

Xie Mingzhe couldn't bear to let his brother's preparation turn into work for nothing, so he simply promised to come down: "Okay, so I have to go home late, I have to take leave with my master, and then you will help me lie. ”

The two smiled silently and quickly colluded to cope with the master's lines.

*

After dinner and returning to Nirvana, Chen Qianlin asked him casually: "After filming the advertisement, why did Chen Xiao come back alone? Where have you been? ”

Xie Mingzhe shifted his gaze in vain: “I went with my brother to buy some everyday items. ”

“Oh.” Luckily, Chen Qianlin did not ask, calmly said: “The competition schedule has been sent out, come and see. ”

“Finally!” Xie Mingzhe has also been waiting for the schedules. When he heard that he immediately came to the meeting room with his master, Chen Xiao and the three of them were there. On the projection screen, he was magnifying a form. He looked up and came running after seeing him: “Cheol, I don't know if it's good news or bad news, our double race is in Group A! ”

“What's wrong with Group A?” Xie Mingzhe looked up and saw that there were so many players enrolled in this doubles, so he divided A-H into eight teams, each with six teams, first playing the intra-group round, calculating points according to the winning field, and the first two of the teams went into the top 16. It's been a knockout since the 16th inning, losing straight out.

Group A is the first team. In addition to Xie Mingzhe and Yike Ke, three of the other teams are from the notorious second-rate team, but there are two partners whose names are very familiar - Liu Run, Xiaoqi Zhou; Baixu, Yitianyang.

Xie Mingzhe glanced: “Liu Run and Xiaoqi Zhou, are you new to Fenghua Club? ”

In order to improve Xie Mingzhe's actual level as soon as possible, Tang Muzhou had Fenghua's newcomers come to him as a companion. Xie Mingzhe used Wang Xifeng and Qin Keqing's water-based card team to turn several newcomers into dizziness. Sister Zhou Xiaoqi reportedly had nightmares for several days and dreamed that she had been persuaded to hang herself by Qin Keqing.

Xie Mingzhe was very impressed with both players - both seeds of potential that Fenghua focuses on cultivating, and his consciousness is good. Sister Zhou Xiaoqi was the champion of the last master's tournament. She would make her own water-based plant cards. What kind of seaweed, seaweed, purple vegetables and so on. Interesting. She just got a little timid and played the game with her hands and feet. Therefore, Tang Muzhou has been left for training in Fenghua, and there is no official way out.

Looks like the two rookies are officially on their way to the double?

Chen Xiaoqiao looked at Xie Mingzhe with a smile: “This should be the first show of two newcomers. I think it will leave a serious psychological shadow in their careers when they meet you, the Great Demon King. ”

Xie Mingzhe: “…”

Am I that scary?

Xie Mingzhe looked at the schedule, pointing somewhat uncertainly to the name Yi Tianyang: “Bai Xu is also in our group, who is his partner Yi Tianyang? Why don't I remember? ”

Chen Qianlin explained: "Yi Tianyang was a former player in the dark night capital and had a good relationship with Pei Jingshan. He left the club last year because of his graduation defense, but did not announce his retirement. His file remained in the league. This time, he was presumably invited back by Bai Xu to help. ”

“Then why didn't he return to the Dark Night Capital?” Xie Mingzhe thought about it and speculated, "Did Xiaobai give him better conditions to dig him up? ”

“It's possible.” Chen Qianlin analyzed, "the Starfleet is only Baixu's own strength is not bad at this time. Heavy gold digging in the past just improves the overall level of the team. Ye Tianyang was not particularly famous, but he was a strong player. He was a first-class supporter of the professional league, and he was more powerful than Xu Hang of the Temples. After he left, Pei Jingshan brought out a rookie team match, all of which used to be his assistant Pei Ye group. ”

In this way, with this powerful auxiliary help, Little White will gain strength in the doubles.

In the first half of the tournament, Nirvana and the Stars competed for a bloody spot in Group B, and eventually Nirvana came out of the tournament, and the Stars Never Ended in the Post-Season. Now that we're in the double race, we're in a team with Xiaobai. That's really fate!

Does Xiaobai want to cry when he sees the group list?

Xie Mingzhe doesn't want to bully Tang Mu Zhou's brother all the time, but he can't deliberately drain water when playing games, so he can only hope that Xiaobai will be slightly more able to bear it after being abused more than once - he will know that Xie Mingzhe and his brother are a couple in the future, don't be angry.

When Xiaobai stared at him and asked him, "You're actually my brother's boyfriend”, Xie Mingzhe couldn't help but grin and touch his nose. Ignoring the matter with Baixu, he turned to look back and say, “What's the good news and bad news? ”

"The good news is that the competition in Group A is not particularly intense. Without a particularly strong Grand God blocking the way, we can still hope to get out of the line. The bad news is, because Group A is at the top of the list, the opening ceremony on August 1st arranged our match! It's our new pair against the wind. ”

There's a game on the opening day? It was a surprise to Xie Mingzhe.

He thought the doubles would open by inviting players who had previously won a championship to play a game for the viewers to enjoy, but he didn't expect them to be in Group A in the first place.

No one knows exactly what the rules are for clustering coalitions, but there will be no more than two particularly strong combinations per cluster. On the face of it, Group A's overall strength is the weakest - after all, the group's people have never won any medals in a doubles race.

But that's not what real insiders would say.

Because Group A appears weak, but has the most destabilizing factor in the Alliance.

Xie Mingzhe and Xie Ke.

Although these two are the "rookies” who have just entered the doubles this season, Xie Mingzhe's strength is in everyone's eyes, and may be the strongest black horse in the doubles!

Xie Mingzhe took a closer look at the situation in the other groups. Tang Mucheng and Xu Changfeng were divided into Group D, Chen Xiao and Qin Xuan were divided into Group F. The other famous combinations were randomly disrupted during the group stage until these powerful combinations met in the hexadecimal 8 elimination. And Nie Yuandao and Shanlan of Group C, when their names appeared on the official website, attracted countless fan screams--

The Nielan team actually participated in this doubles tournament, is this going to win three consecutive championships?!

This pair is the absolute king of the doubles and has won two championships. They've known each other for 20 years, they're invisible, and the air strikes and land wars are very powerful.

Xie Mingzhe knew that his chances of winning the championship were not very good. He mainly wanted to see all kinds of powerful combinations of play routines and accumulate some fighting experience. He could only walk one step at a time and play every game well.

* * *

[Chapter 297, Opening of the Second Half of the Year]

The Alliance requires major clubs to announce their card sets before the tournament starts to ensure the fairness of the postseason tournament, which implicitly allows them to continue to make cards and produce new insignificant cards during the doubles and individual stages.

The rules of the doubles are that each contestant carries 10 cards, 8 cards, 2 cards, and each player operates an unlimited number of cards, which can be freely assigned.

Usually, each person operates 5 cards. If it is an attacker plus an aid, a combination like Chen Xiao and Qin Xuan, it is 6, 4 or even 7 or 3, because the doubles do not require too many support cards.

Chen Xiao and Qin Xuan's card team were matched by Chen. During this time, he made a lot of dark plant cards, plus the previous card was more than enough to play for two, but Chen Xiao thought: "My output card comes with dark plants, the auxiliary cards should be chosen from cards made by Cheol. I am better at attacking cards, and the auxiliary cards made by Cheol are less comprehensive. ”

This is also personal style, Chen Xiao's output cards are very strong, each of the black magician, blood-sucking vine, black rose and other plant cards output explosion, but he doesn't have that many ideas to make the auxiliary cards, unlike Xie Mingzhe hole to break through the stars, the auxiliary cards are strange.

The club card group can be shared. The League has no restrictions on whether the card maker is a player himself. As long as there is no copyright dispute, the card with the club can be used freely. Xie Mingzhe will naturally not object. He simply said: “Brother Chen, pick any card that I have recently made. All of the cards have been upgraded by Sister Chi Qing. Several sets have been copied as an alternative. ”

Chen Xiao: “I will try to pick up the character cards that Qin Xuan is more skilled at operating. We still play a wave of games quickly. Qin Xuan brings more strong control cards. One protection card is enough. ”

Hold the wave and pop the key card across the second, which is the style Chen Xiao is better at.

Xie Mingzhe is different. His combination with Xie Ke is a dual output. The playing method is quite variable. He can bring more output cards to clear the field quickly. He can also take the auxiliary cards to die slowly. After discussing the specific card group with his master, Xie Mingzhe briefly paired up several sets and then adjusted them according to his opponent.

* * *

Same time, Starry Sky Club.

Bai Xu stared at the schedule and looked extremely complex.

Ye Tianyang sat beside him and asked with a smile: "Why? Did you see Xie Mingzhe with us in Group A and not confident to beat him? ”

Baixu immediately lengthened his face and said coldly: “Are you kidding me, how could I lose to him? ”

Yi Tianyang: “…”

You can't change what's wrong with saying too much before the game? There was hope of winning. It's not funny to hear you say that.

Look at Yi Tianyang rubbing his eyebrows there headache, Baixu's ears slightly blushed, arguing: “I mean, Xie Mingzhe's personal strength, although it's okay, can be said that Ke's personal strength is not so strong, can be aimed at Ke's defeat them! ”

Just take out the light brain, open the card display cabinet connected to the game, confidently said: “I've made a lot of new cards lately, I can use them, then put two must-kill cards in the secret card, specifically for Xie Mingzhe, we still have hope to win. ”

Yi Tianyang said with great focus: “Just do your best. For the second half of the year, we should focus on next year's season. Don't report too much hope, and you won't be too disappointed. ”

Bai Xu was depressed: "Can you stop talking like Pei Jingshan? I'm not a kid when I say that every day. Find out, I'm your boss now! ”

Yi Tianyang smiled and thought: Aren't you a child?

On the face of it, he pretended to be obedient: “Yes, Boss Bai. ”

Bai Xu: “…”

This is bad luck. Why are you with Xie Mingzhe again? Besides, does this great god from Heavy Gold look unreliable?

* * *

Fenghua Club.

Zhou Xiaoqi made a clear dark circle these past few days. Zhen Mun looked at her so hard, she couldn't help but grieve: “Xiaoqi, the first game against Xie Mingzhe and Xie Ke, I know you are under a lot of psychological stress, but you don't have to push yourself too hard, relax, to play your strength, your emotions are too tight. ”

Zhou Xiaoqi thought with a white face: I can relax! This is my premiere show, I'd rather meet Xie Mingzhe, the Great Demon King!

Liu Run with her partner is calm a lot, calmly said: “Xie Mingzhe is really strong, but this is a double race, he and Yue Ke have been practicing together for less than six months after joining Fenghua, we have been practicing for a year and a half. By implication, our cooperation must be higher than theirs, so we also have a chance of winning. ”

“That's a good point.” Tang Muzhou's voice sounded in the training room. Everyone looked back and saw him walking in in a casual outfit that was very casual. He looked in a good mood with a smile on his face. "Archer's personal strength is very strong, but the double race is about cooperation. You don't have to worry too much. You don't have to play the game to be afraid of your opponents. This is a big taboo. ”

He looked at Zhou Xiaoqi, who immediately tightened his fists and firmly said: “I know Tang Shen, I'm not afraid of him, I'm just afraid of what strange cards he's playing, so I want to be more fully prepared. ”

Tang Muzhou nodded with appreciation, "You're right, the weakness of the combination lies in Xie Ke, his strength is not as good as that of Archer, then you can kill the ghost card of Xie Ke, quickly establish the advantages of the number of cards, then surround Xie Mingzhe, understand? ”

They looked at each other and said, “Yes! ”

Tang Muzhou followed closely and added: "Relax, team games, how can you be like playing Boss? ”

Two: “…”

Isn't your little brother the scariest boss in the league?!

The training of new recruits has always been Zhen Manchu's business. Tang Muzhou came to comfort them and walked away. Zhen Manchu called the two little guys to the past and carefully solved them. He also taught them a number of strategies to deal with Metaphor.

- The combination of metaphors, killing metaphors first, seems to be the consensus of all.

At this time, however, they didn't know that at the Nirvana Club, Xie Mingzhe was smiling and discussing tactics: “We haven't played doubles in public before, we don't know how we work together, people will definitely kill your ghost card first, and I think you're bullied, Kirk. You know that? ”

Metaphor nodded: “Yes! Persimmons have to pinch softly, they must think I'm weak, kill me first. ”

This is self-evident to him. He is certainly not as good as Xie Mingzhe. Recently, when training on the team was single-handedly, he beat Xie Mingzhe by up to 35% - his tactical thinking was too flexible, and he could only do one trick.

In a team match, you all know to pick your opponent's weakness, and a double race is a reason, and the person in the combination who is easily defeated will be the priority target of the fire.

Yike Ke is very clear that he is the "weaker” one in the pair, but he is not discouraged. Instead, he has the confidence to "do his best anyway, Chul can lead me to lie down and win”.

Instead of believing in himself, he believes in this amazing teammate around him!

Yike Ke quickly cheered up and looked seriously at Xie Mingzhe: “Cheol, don't worry, I won't drag you back, you let me do what I do. ”

This guy is especially obedient, and this is what Xie Mingzhe likes most about Xiao Ke. No matter what task he is assigned, he will not get involved and will only do it seriously. Xie Mingzhe wrapped his shoulder around him and whispered in his ear: “Listen, Ko, I have an idea. Since the other side will give priority to setting fire to you, why don't we set up a trap and use your ghost card as bait, then...”

Yike Ke listened and couldn't help staring.

Damn, that's a great plan!

Chul is so bad, he has some sympathy for the next opponent. It felt like beating Boss to death with all kinds of skills when I was playing a copy, and then Boss suddenly laughed and said, “Hello naive, my death is just a decoy, the one behind me is the real Boss! ”

The two newcomers are expected to vomit blood.

Metaphor nodded excitedly: “No problem, I will cooperate fully. Let's practice this formation and try to surprise the audience in the first game! ”

Tomorrow's race begins, we agreed to add more on the weekend, I'll add 2 chapters in the day tomorrow, and we'll see more at night, okay?