Chapter 588: The Gift

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"I didn't expect that GNR, in whom we placed high hopes, would fall here. Sigh..."

"It really was unexpected that they would end their S8 journey in such a way..."

"Whether for the fans or the LPL audience, this result is really hard to accept, but this is e-sports; there has never been an invincible general."

On the commentary stage, several commentators were giving their post-match remarks with solemn expressions.

Just a moment ago, the GNR team, viewed as a favorite to win the championship, unfortunately lost to the 2G team with a score of 2:3, ending their S8 journey here.

At this moment, the camera cut to the player seats, where all the GNR members were slumped in their chairs, trapped in a state of self-isolation. The Chinese audience at the scene also fell into a deathly silence.

Before the match started, the vast majority of people thought this was a match that could be easily won 3:0. Even if a 3:0 wasn't necessary, they were only allowed to lose one game at most.

But now, all those bold words spoken before had become jokes and handles for trolls to attack them.

Yes, the moment the GNR crystal was pushed down, the public opinion in China had completely exploded.

"GNR Lost" dropped onto the top of the Weibo trending list. In less than five minutes, over 300,000 comments burst out. No other Weibo post this year had reached such a level of discussion, not even Miss Luo Quan, who was known as the Queen of Trending Topics.

However, such high popularity wasn't something glorious. Among so many comments, ninety-nine out of a hundred were scolding GNR, and the vulgarity of the language and the viciousness of the tone were simply rare.

Celebrities who liked to ride the coattails of e-sports popularity were all mute at this time; not one came out to speak.

Actually, it was quite normal. In such a stormy rhythm, anyone who jumped out would be brainless. Didn't you see that the GNR official Weibo went silent after posting a match summary?

As for the players, they were probably still in the lounge doubting their lives, not knowing how to face the overwhelming public opinion online.

Before they came, they were the world's number one team, favorites to win, an all-Chinese lineup, the expectation of the entire LPL, and were praised by everyone.

And now, after they lost the possibility of gaining honor, slander and abuse immediately surged in like a tide. Some were aimed at the players' performance in the game, while others were aimed at GNR's fans.

It could only be said that apart from their unsatisfactory performance in the match, the players hadn't done anything wrong elsewhere.

And the reason they faced such huge attacks was mainly because of the sins committed by GNR fans themselves. Over the past month or so, these fans didn't know how many teams and players they had stepped on; they had made too many enemies.

Now that the match was lost, being kicked while down was also a very normal situation; they couldn't blame others.

At first, Miss Luo Quan had a bit of a "saintly" heart, wanting to persuade everyone to be forgiving, but after thinking about it, she decided against it.

"Do not persuade others to be magnanimous if you haven't suffered their suffering." The fans of the teams that had been stepped on by GNR fans definitely wouldn't want to see this.

After all, when they were being scolded back then, no one stood up to say "be forgiving."

"I can only say there's no way. Understanding that they were a whole version behind, it was already quite good to be able to reach the final game." Miss Luo Quan was live-streaming the whole time and also gave a summary after the match ended.

"The championship is gone again this year; it's another disappointing year."

"Didn't iG enter the semi-finals? And there's also EDG."

"EDG, who are in the top eight every year?"

"It's okay this year; they were only in the top sixteen last year."

"From the coach to the players, everyone is a war criminal. I suggest they swim back along the Han River."

Seeing the fans filled with righteous indignation and also a bit of discouragement, Miss Luo Quan comforted them: "Everyone, believe in iG, okay? I think the probability of them winning the championship this year is very high. As long as there is still a Chinese team left on the S-tournament stage, we should not give up easily."

Although she said that, the atmosphere she could stir up was still relatively limited.

After all, although GNR fans were annoying, before this, GNR was indeed recognized as the strongest team. If even they lost, there was basically no big hope for other teams.

So in the eyes of many, this S8 was considered over, even though iG had entered the semi-finals.

The remaining two matches of the quarter-finals were finished the next day. FNC defeated EDG. In less than two days, the LPL went from the initial prediction of sweeping the champion and runner-up to having only iG as the sole remaining seedling.

The semi-finals would be held in Gwangju, South Korea, five days later. At that time, not only China but also South Korea would probably pay close attention to the outcome of iG. After all, this was the only team in all of Asia, and it contained not only Chinese people but also Koreans.

As for Miss Luo Quan, her LOL live-streaming had also come to an end. After resting for a day, the release of the new album continued, and today's new song was a bit different from the past.

Although it was a pop song, it sounded like a nursery rhyme.

"Miss Luo Quan's New Song: 'Be What You Wanna Be' (Original by Darin, a very classic song)"

Compared to the first two songs on the album, this song was completely different in style. The lyrics contained not a bit of romance; it was quite positive, and it used a large number of children's choruses. Miss Luo Quan herself seemed to be just joking around; it seemed to make no big difference whether she was there or not.

However, setting aside these flaws, if you looked at this song by the standards of a nursery rhyme, there was no doubt that this was a quite good song with inspirational educational significance.

Even from a pop perspective, the melody of this song was catchy and brainwashing enough, and the children's chorus was the finishing touch, making the song full of memorable points.

But what made people curious was why she would release a nursery rhyme?

At this time, fans came out to explain: this song was mostly written for Miss Luo Quan's unborn sister.

A while ago, Miss Luo Quan was caught by reporters at a gynecological hospital, which caused quite a bit of attention and public opinion. Fortunately, it was clarified not long after: she was accompanying her mother to the hospital, and it was her mother who was pregnant.

However, because this matter didn't blow up, and it wasn't Miss Luo Quan herself who was pregnant, it didn't spread to everyone.

But now everyone knew that Miss Luo Quan was about to welcome a cute sister, and before she was born, she had written a beautiful and inspirational nursery rhyme for her.

Look at these lyrics: being a doctor, being a lawyer, and even being a president—these were all high-class professions in the US, definitely belonging to quite high expectations.

But compared to the song, passersby were more concerned about Miss Luo Quan's sister who was about to be born.

As everyone knew, Miss Luo Quan's family was the best-looking family in the world.

Miss Luo Quan and Yu Miss Luo Quan—the sister and brother's looks were world-number-one without any dispute. Placed in the ancient West, they basically belonged to the category of angels descending to earth; their looks didn't belong to mortals.

And as for the couple Luo Ni and Eric, fans hadn't seen photos of the two of them, but even if they couldn't compare to their children, they were definitely top-tier.

They all said daughters looked like their fathers, but Miss Luo Quan's facial features, besides being able to tell she was white, were very similar to her mother's, such as those eyes like a pool of autumn water, the soft jawline, and so on.

So passersby had reason to believe that Miss Luo Quan's sister would very likely be the same type as her sister Miss Luo Quan.

Of course, fans of different nationalities hoped to see different things. For example, Chinese fans wanted to see a sister with black hair and black eyes, while foreign fans might hope for the exact opposite.

Of course, no matter what she looked like, in the end, it was estimated that there wouldn't be much difference from her sister's appearance. Maybe eighteen years later, she would be another "World's Most Beautiful."

Speaking of which, eighteen years later, Miss Luo Quan would be almost forty. Even if her looks were invincible in the world now, it was estimated that she wouldn't be able to possess the same dominance as she did in her youth by then.

The loss of collagen was something humans couldn't resist. Time was fair to all life; people would slowly age, but there would always be people in their prime.

If at thirty-eight, Miss Luo Quan, perhaps with wrinkles starting to appear on her face and even her figure starting to lose its shape, could still slaughter in the "World's Most Beautiful" competition, that could only mean her appearance was indeed not in the same dimension as mortals.

But currently, it seemed that the possibility of Miss Luo Quan's sister taking over her sister's mantle would be very high. It was just that she didn't know what Miss Luo Quan's sister's name was. If she knew, she would have probably built a global fan club for her long ago...

"Judy, this is a nursery rhyme your sister sang for you. Does it sound good?" Luo Ni stroked her belly. On a table a bit further away was a record player playing music.

Although mobile phones had radiation, in fact, if you kept them further away, it wouldn't cause much impact; more of it was actually psychological.

As for playing music for the baby, it actually had a lot of scientific basis.

When the fetus was four months old, it had already developed hearing. At that time, Eric was also lying on his wife's belly every day calling the baby.

As for now, Luo Ni mostly played some songs to give her daughter prenatal music education. Doctors said this helped adjust the mood of the fetus and the pregnant woman.

As for what was spread online—that prenatal education could improve the fetus's IQ and talent—it hadn't been scientifically proven. It could only be said to be the beautiful wish of parents hoping for their children to succeed.

But some parents also did prenatal education for the sake of prenatal education, never using their brains, signing up for various classes when they were only pregnant for a month or two, without thinking about what the baby in the belly was like at this time.

"This is just a nursery rhyme; the gift is still to come." Miss Luo Quan sat beside her, holding a pen, and wrote a string of English on the staff: *Hey Jude*.

This was the birth gift she prepared for her sister—a song that would let the whole world know it was written for her.

Besides music, Miss Luo Quan didn't have many other creative ideas to conceive a gift for her sister's birth. Thinking it over, writing a song was still the best.

Music was the language of all mankind; as long as it was excellent enough, it could be passed down for a very, very long time.

"This song title sounds like it's greeting the sister." Yu Miss Luo Quan looked over and mentioned with a chuckle.

"You can understand it that way." Miss Luo Quan continued to write the lyrics.

The lyrics of this song were actually not complicated, especially since the essence part had no lyrics, so it wasn't difficult to sing.

And it was precisely such simple music that often possessed extraordinary popularity.

Yu Miss Luo Quan didn't know yet how famous this song would become in the future, but he knew that since it was a song his sister gave to her family, the quality would definitely not be bad.

Grandpa's birthday, the wedding of Father and Aunt Luna—those few pieces were now all in textbooks and music history. As long as human civilization existed for one day, these songs and the stories behind them would be remembered forever.

Yu Miss Luo Quan actually wanted to achieve such an achievement, although he definitely couldn't compare to his sister in terms of music; his rap wasn't strong enough to reach this level.

But at least in film history, he had already occupied a place with the role of Jack. Now he was still young, and there were still many, many opportunities to expand his achievements in the future.

But speaking of which, in terms of acting, he seemed unable to compare with his sister. In *The Silence of the Lambs*, his sister portrayed a perverted serial killer image that made people applaud in less than twenty minutes.

In the eyes of the outside world, winning the Oscar for Best Actress was already a done deal.

And although the Jack he played was perfect in every aspect, he had almost never heard any calls for him to win Best Actor.

Still couldn't compare; comparing people to people, it would anger people to death!

Yu Miss Luo Quan suddenly shook his head and sighed. With such a monstrous sister, the pressure was sometimes actually quite great.

"Done!" Miss Luo Quan finished writing the lyrics for *Hey Jude* and put down the pen.

Although the song was written, it didn't mean it would be released immediately. The better things were often left for the end.

The album had only released three songs so far; she still had a full six songs to stir up the fans' emotions and pave the way for the final climax.

However, the fans didn't know that Miss Luo Quan had prepared a big move for them. After the third song came out, the general feeling online was that there was some gap in quality compared to her previous songs.

The song was definitely a good song, but it wasn't good enough.

In the eyes of fans, every song on this English album should be the kind that could win a Grammy, just like Miss Luo Quan's first English album last year.

Although everyone knew that an album of this level couldn't be released once a year, the vast majority of singers couldn't produce such an album in their entire lives.

Miss Luo Quan was actually already very prolific, and the quality of the songs was also online, but because the hopes the fans had held before were too high, there was now some disappointment.

However, no one would mention anything about "talent running dry." Miss Luo Quan didn't apply to this discussion because she had slapped the faces of doubters too many times.

Sure enough, the fourth song Miss Luo Quan released the next day immediately reversed public opinion, and the situation of being praised by the whole internet appeared again.

This love song called "Apologize" (PS: Original by OneRepublic) seemed to be apologizing to the fans, but the lyrics didn't mention any fans at all; it was just a love song, a love song with quality high enough to leave an incomparably deep impression in the listeners' minds.

Without a doubt, this was Miss Luo Quan's true level, and only such a song was qualified to compete for a Grammy.

Although yesterday's song made the listeners slightly disappointed, no one would think that Miss Luo Quan would let them be disappointed forever.

This "Apologize" was the best response. ===== CHAPTER 589 =====