Chapter 807: Don't you want a home?

In the departure banquet's private room.

Fu Lan Duo glanced at Liang Yan's phone, saw the message he had just sent, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy shit, brother, do you have to be this awful? They're already suffering enough."

Liang Yan chuckled: "I don't understand what you're saying."

Xiao Duan said with a furtive glance: "Exactly, exactly, my brother Yan has always been kind and loyal—how could he have any ill intentions?"

Liang Yan couldn't stand the flattery, pressed Xiao Duan's head and shoved him away.

Jinyibo was clinking glasses with Gao Jun and A Bu, noticed the commotion out of the corner of his eye, turned his head and asked, "What's up?"

Liang Yan smiled and waved his hand: "It's nothing."

Jinyibo seized the chance to chat: "Little Liang, you're really hot right now—how much is Boss Lu going to pay you next year?"

The private room fell silent instantly.

For the VG members, this topic was rather sensitive.

The others were just curious.

Everyone perked up their ears.

Liang Yan calmly picked up a chopstickful from the hot pot, his expression composed, glanced at Jinyibo, and said, "It's way too early—this kind of thing can only be discussed after the world championship."

Jinyibo blinked slightly, but he caught a different tone in the words.

Among the members of the other two teams, there were plenty of sharp individuals—some who could influence management decisions or were themselves part of management—and their minds started racing.

Looks like there's an opportunity?!

Since Liang Yan joined VG, starting from the spring split, VG could be said to be riding atop all LPL teams, taking what they wanted, their dominance unquestionable.

Nobody wanted to go through that again next year.

So many people privately said that Liang Yan absolutely cannot stay on VG next year; if he does stay, the others must leave—otherwise, letting VG keep its current roster would leave no room for other teams to play.

In fact, someone had already discussed this with Jinyibo, even offering some concrete suggestions; Jinyibo, caught in the middle, felt torn and gave no reply.

But there is one thing Jinyibo agrees on: the LPL must never be long-term dominated by a single team, or else the entire LPL ecosystem would be utterly destroyed.

These days, Liang Yan's attitude seems somewhat ambiguous.

Perhaps by then it won't even be necessary for Jinyibo to play the villain.

Of course, as Liang Yan said, it's premature to start considering these matters now; everything must wait until after the world championship. If VG suffers a defeat in S7, next year's situation will surely deteriorate significantly, and by then Jinyibo won't need to worry about it.

But from Jinyibo's standpoint, this year's global finals are being held in China, and he naturally hopes immensely to keep the trophy domestically; among the three teams, the one most likely to accomplish that is undoubtedly VG.

Jinyibo really is in a tough spot.

He let out a silent sigh, Jinyibo showed no emotion on his face, smiled, raised his cup, stood up, and said, "Come on, come on, I'll toast everyone—may our LPL be victorious in this year's world finals and take the championship!"

"The championship must stay in the LPL!"

"Go for it!"

The private room bustled again.

……

The departure banquet lasted over three hours; returning to the hotel, it was already past 1 a. m.

Those who were drunk lay down directly; Liang Yan hadn't drunk much, so after returning he took a shower, changed into clean clothes, held a cup of tea, and sat on the balcony.

Fu Lan Duo was already snoring like thunder, with no one disturbing his thoughts.

He sat for several tens of minutes before going back to his room to sleep.

No one knew what Liang Yan was thinking during those tens of minutes.

……

The next day, the LPL team disbanded, each taking a plane or high-speed rail back to Shanghai.

The VG members returned to the base, tidied up, and then went their separate ways.

Lu Wenjun granted a three-day leave.

Liang Yan had nowhere to go, so he remained in the base.

The huge training base was empty and deserted.

The next day, Lu Wenjun passed by the training room, saw Liang Yan alone in front of the computer with headphones, watching a movie, thought for a moment, walked over, and patted the back of his chair.

Liang Yan turned around, saw Lu Wenjun, and took off his headphones.

Lu Wenjun pulled over a nearby gaming chair and sat down.

Liang Yan thought he wanted to talk about the contract again.

But Lu Jun smiled and said: "Every time the team gets a break, I always see you alone staying at the base, and it pains me to see it. So I actually asked some friends in private to look into your background, hoping to find your… relatives."

Liang Yan was greatly surprised; he hadn't expected Lu Wenjun to have done this.

But right after, Lu Wenjun sighed: "Too bad, there's no news at all."

"It's fine," Liang Yan shrugged, "I've long given up any hope—I myself have never even looked, and being alone isn't so bad…"

After a pause, Liang Yan looked at Lu Wenjun solemnly and said, "Still, thank you for your trouble."

Lu Wenjun waved his hand: "But don't you want a home?"

"This."

Liang Yan scratched his head, his expression somewhat subtle.

"To be honest, I haven't thought about it."

"It's something to consider." Lu Wenjun's expression turned serious: "No matter what, a person needs a home—even if living alone, at least they should have one."

"You mean a house?"

"A house is the foundation." Lu Wenjun nodded: "I suggest you start by buying a house."

"Oh…"

Liang Yan understood.

Turns out you were waiting for me here!

However, Liang Yan did not refute.

Although Lu Wenjun's motives weren't pure, Liang Yan believed that Lu Wenjun genuinely cared for him. In fact, other friends had hinted at similar ideas to some extent, such as Fu Lan Duo, Easyhoon, etc.; even just yesterday, before the group left, Ma Ge had actively invited Liang Yan to spend the holiday at his home, and Liang Yan rarely saw Ma Ge show such a hesitant expression.

Lu Wenjun's words are not without reason.

Actually, even Liang Yan felt that, putting himself in a friend's shoes and looking at things from their perspective, his situation indeed would cause worry.

He has no ties with anyone in this society, like a rootless duckweed that suddenly appears in people's sight, and no one knows when it will suddenly disappear.

A house needs to be bought.

Then Liang Yan said: "Okay, let's buy a house."

Lu Wenjun was stunned at once, obviously not expecting Liang Yan to agree so readily.

And Liang Yan was not polite either: "You have more experience; in your opinion, where should I buy my first home?"

Lu Wenjun observed Liang Yan's expression, confirmed he wasn't joking, then became serious as well: "May I ask, what are your savings…?"

"There's no problem with money; just consider other factors." Liang Yan didn't answer directly, but he actually had answered.

Lu Wenjun was secretly startled.

As the person who personally signed that contract, Lu Wenjun naturally knew Liang Yan was a small-time millionaire; he had even roughly estimated Liang Yan's assets, and a small goal definitely existed.

But now it seems, Lu Wenjun felt he might still have underestimated Liang Yan.

This kid, perhaps is far more extravagant than I imagined!