Seeing Jiang Shuiyun deep in thought, Xi Rong realized he might have said something inappropriate and quickly tried to make amends, "But it's alright, Teacher Jiang. With your skill level, as long as you make a name for yourself on the field, money will definitely not be a problem."
Jiang Shuiyun nodded in agreement, "Okay, then I'll have to trouble you with the sheet music, Brother Xi."
"Teacher Jiang, you're too kind. It's no big deal. Leave it to me," Xi Rong readily agreed. He then glanced at his teammates, who had shaken off their usual dejection and were now full of energy. "Alright, I won't bother you any longer. I'll go and get you the invitations for the tournament. See you later."
"I send you."
Jiang Shuiyun saw Xi Rong out the door and happened to see Yi Jinbai standing in the corner of the yard admiring the flowers. Large, beautiful roses were in full bloom.
As Jiang Shuiyun slowly walked to Yi Jinbai's side, she followed his gaze and saw a wooden sign hidden among the flowers, with a sentence engraved on it.
Some people plant flowers, some people admire them, some people pick them, which one are you?
Jiang Shuiyun read the words on the sign aloud, then turned and met Yi Jinbai's bright eyes. Jiang Shuiyun felt as if she understood the meaning in Yi Jinbai's eyes; she was waiting for her answer.
"I think I was looking at the flowers." Looking into Yi Jinbai's eyes, Jiang Shuiyun answered hesitantly, having no idea what that meant.
"These flowers are beautiful, don't you want to pick them and take them home?"
Yi Jinbai unusually pressed Jiang Shuiyun for answers.
Jiang Shuiyun touched the rose's layered petals with her hand. "Why pick it? It'll die soon if you take it home. It's better to look at it here a little longer."
After saying that, Jiang Shuiyun looked at Yi Jinbai and asked somewhat uncertainly, "If you want to pick some, how about I pick two for you? These should be allowed to be picked, right?"
Jiang Shuiyun wasn't sure if she was seeing things, but she thought she saw a smile on Yi Jinbai's face. She gently shook her head, then bent down and touched the bright red petals. "Let it grow. You go ahead and do your work. I'll watch it for a while longer."
"Okay, it's a bit chilly today, don't catch a cold. Watch for a while and then go back."
After confirming that Yi Jinbai didn't need her help picking flowers, Jiang Shuiyun nodded and walked back.
After Jiang Shuiyun turned around, Yi Jinbai looked up at her back. Could amnesia really cause such a big change in a person? She seemed like a completely different person from head to toe.
"Whatever I set my sights on, whether it's a person or a flower, it has to be mine. Even if it's dead, it has to die by my hand!"
The words from the past echoed in her ears again, and Yi Jinbai frowned slightly. These voices, which seemed like they came from another world, could still make her hands tremble slightly.
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Chapter 16
Xi Rong had just returned to the company when Shen Yunyi summoned him. He pushed open the door to the president's office and looked at Shen Yunyi standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. "President Shen, is there something you need?"
"How is Team Miracle doing?"
Shen Yunyi didn't turn around, and asked the question directly.
Xi Rong knew perfectly well that Shen Yunyi, as the president of Shengguang Group, would normally not bring up such trivial matters. However, he was paying extra attention to the matter of raising a gaming team under Shengguang Group because he himself liked playing games. But it shouldn't be this much of a concern. He guessed that what his president really wanted to ask about was his friend, Teacher Jiang.
"President Shen, this is truly thanks to you! The Miracle Team has really come back from the dead. Teacher Jiang saved them. I just went to check on them, and now the Miracle Team is not far from their peak level. This is the result of Teacher Jiang only training them for half a day. My goodness, President Shen, you don't know, I was stunned. Yesterday, they were all hotheads who were very unconvinced, but today they call Teacher Jiang 'Captain' and are completely convinced."
Xi Rong guessed what Shen Yunyi wanted to hear, so he talked more about Jiang Shuiyun, since it was the truth anyway.
Shen Yunyi turned around and looked at Xi Rong, somewhat disbelieving, but Xi Rong really had no reason to lie to him. "Is she really that amazing?"
"I'm being modest. Mr. Shen, you'll see for yourself when you get back. Those kids can't hold back anymore and insist that I give them a chance to compete. I'll go and arrange it right away. I definitely won't let you down, Mr. Shen!"
Xi Rong took the opportunity to tell Shen Yunyi about the Miracle Team's upcoming participation in the international invitational tournament.
Shen Yunyi thoughtfully turned his watch on his wrist. "Anything else?"
Xi Rong scratched his head and thought for a moment, "Nothing else is a big deal, it's just... I don't know if I should say this."
Shen Yunyi glanced at him, and Xi Rong immediately dropped the preamble, "So, Mr. Shen, did you meet Teacher Jiang when you were doing that undercover investigation? Teacher Jiang didn't seem to know that you were the president of Shengguang Group. She only realized it after I said your name. I don't know if I've messed up by revealing your identity?"
This matches what Jiang Shuiyun said about amnesia last time. Shen Yunyi thought for a moment and said, "It's nothing. We've known each other for many years. She just hasn't asked me or told me. Is there anything else?"
Xi Rong didn't know who was being too careless, but it wasn't his business. Hearing Shen Yunyi's probing questions, he simply explained everything clearly, "Teacher Jiang also asked me to do a personal favor."
"What personal matter?"
Shen Yunyi pressed for details, wanting to see what Jiang Shuiyun was really up to.
Xi Rong hesitated for a moment. Was his boss, Mr. Shen, being too concerned about Teacher Jiang's affairs?
However, having taken someone's money, he knew he had to tell them everything. Xi Rong also told Shen Yunyi about Jiang Shuiyun's plan to buy sheet music and musical instruments for Yi Jinbai. "To be honest, Teacher Jiang is flawless. He's so capable, his character is impeccable, he has a good temper, he's humble and straightforward in his dealings with others, and he's devoted to his wife. Mr. Shen, how can someone be so perfect?"
Shen Yunyi frowned more and more as he listened to Xi Rong's words, becoming increasingly confused. Was this about Jiang Shuiyun? How could she be so completely different from the Jiang Shuiyun he remembered?
In the past, when people mentioned Jiang Shuiyun, they could never avoid calling him a good-for-nothing, disrespectful to elders, morally corrupt, arrogant and domineering. He had all the bad habits of a spoiled brat. How could he have transformed himself in such a short time?
"You go and make the arrangements."
Shen Yunyi waved his hand, signaling Xi Rong to leave.
After Xi Rong left, Shen Yunyi felt increasingly uneasy, just like when he recently saw Jiang Shuiyun in person. It was clearly the same person, but something just didn't feel right.
Jiang Shuiyun was unaware of Shen Yunyi's doubts, as she was currently busy with training.
The training was indeed effective. With experience from game to game, everyone followed Jiang Shuiyun's instructions completely once they entered the game. This competition was too important for them to make any mistakes. They did whatever Jiang Shuiyun said. Even though Poisonous Snake seemed to have something on his mind today, it didn't affect them much.
Jiang Shuiyun was satisfied with this change, but obeying orders and building team cohesion and cooperation was only the first step. After lunch, Jiang Shuiyun asked Jiaoyang to take his place and continue training.
"Within the team, you are free to express yourselves. Let's begin."
Some of them didn't quite understand Jiang Shuiyun's approach, but since he said so, they did as he said. Without Jiang Shuiyun's command, the first game started off somewhat unfavorably, but fortunately, their training hadn't been in vain. They quickly adjusted their mindset, found the key to their teamwork, and won the game.
"Very good, that's it. We are a whole, but we are not united because of individuals. It is because we are the Miracle Team. The game brought us together, and the team brings us together. In this team, each of us is a vital component. Perhaps someone will leave, just like a complete machine is missing a part. But the remaining parts should not be scattered. Instead, they should try to work together to fill the gap and move forward."
Jiang Shuiyun didn't let them start the next game immediately this time. Instead, he looked at them seriously and said, "Today, the person playing this position can be your captain, Shen Dao, or me, or Jiao Yang, or even any of you. This game doesn't have many fixed requirements, and there's no rule that you have to choose the optimal configuration. As long as you can win, that's fine. Similarly, as long as you're from the Shenji team, that's fine too."
After Jiang Shuiyun finished speaking, no one spoke, because they understood what Jiang Shuiyun was trying to say.
They had scattered and were no longer a cohesive unit after their captain's retirement. Now, because of Jiang Shuiyun's extraordinary abilities, they are all centered around him and overly reliant on him in the game. This still doesn't make them a complete unit; it's more like a distorted and precarious relationship. This relationship allows them to achieve their desired results in the short term, but in the long run, it will definitely lead to bigger problems.
However, this wasn't because Jiang Shuiyun understood everything, but because everything was proceeding according to her rhythm, with a balance between tension and relaxation. Only through probing left and right could she find the balance point they truly wanted and quickly integrate a coordinated and unified team. This required not only a certain level of ability from them, but more importantly, a psychological transformation.
"Captain," Viper spoke first after Jiang Shuiyun finished speaking, "the reason we acted the way we did before wasn't just because of Captain Divine Blade, but also..."
“Viper,” Jian Guang interrupted, “let’s not talk about the past. The captain just arrived.”
Jiang Shuiyun observed the atmosphere among the group and realized there was something she didn't know.
“It’s precisely because the captain is new here and just starting out that he should know about this,” Yao Yao Ling interjected, looking at Jiang Shuiyun. “Captain, are you really friends with President Shen of Shengguang Group?”
"Huh? You could say that?"
Jiang Shuiyun looked at the group uncertainly, "Does this have anything to do with him?"
“It’s alright,” Yao Yao Ling hesitated for a moment, “Captain, do you know what match-fixing is?”
Jiang Shuiyun thought for a second, then took out her phone. "Let me search."
"Huh?" Several people simultaneously raised a row of question marks above their heads. "Captain, you've never encountered this before? You don't even know this?"
Jiang Shuiyun had just finished searching when she looked at the explanation above and nodded. "Now I know, you guys fixed the match?"
"no!"
Poisonous Snake slapped his forehead in exasperation. He was truly exasperated. The serious and heavy atmosphere from before had been completely shattered by Jiang Shuiyun's two sentences. "It's not that we fixed the match. It's that our captain, Divine Blade, was framed. They said that he took money from someone to fix the match, and then the company found out about it. That's why he was forced to retire. He's innocent. Someone was definitely trying to frame us, but the company was determined to make him retire."
The viper spoke quickly and explained the whole story in a short time.
Jiang Shuiyun glanced at the explanation of match-fixing on her phone again, "Shouldn't there be solid evidence for this kind of thing?"
"The company said they had it, and Brother Xi also said they had it, but they said they couldn't show us the evidence. Then Captain Shen Dao left a message saying that the innocent would clear themselves, and chose to retire. But we've never seen that evidence from beginning to end. This is clearly a frame-up and a slander!"
Jiaoyang provided further answers to Jiang Shuiyun's questions.
Jiang Shuiyun understood. "So you want me to go and get that evidence?"
"That's not what we meant. We just wanted to explain to the captain why we've been so down for the past six months, refusing to accept any new members, including our attitude towards you yesterday. It's all because we have this thorn in our hearts. We haven't gotten over this hurdle. After the captain came, we all realized that only when we become strong enough and stand in a sufficiently important position can we truly have the right to know the truth. We understand all of this, so we will train even harder in the future."
After Yao Yao Ling finished speaking, they all looked at Jiang Shui Yun.
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Chapter 17
"I believe in you all, that day will come. Let's cheer each other on and keep training."
Jiang Shuiyun didn't expect such an unexpected gain. The fact that these people were willing to open their hearts to her and put aside their barriers was a very good change.
"yes!"
Feeling relieved, the group packed up and continued training. Even without rest, they were still full of energy.
The training days were repetitive and simple, and always passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, another week had passed, and Yi Jinbai's foot was completely healed. Every day while Jiang Shuiyun and the others were training, she would take care of the flowers and plants in the yard.
After finishing another morning of training, Jiang Shuiyun stretched and sent the others to the gym on the second floor to exercise. She glanced at her phone; she had recently learned something new: online shopping.
A similar concept existed in Jiang Shuiyun's original world, but that thing was called a holographic store, which was quite different from online shopping; it was essentially closer to real shopping.
After learning how to shop online, Jiang Shuiyun tried buying some things. She just received a message saying that her items had arrived and she needed to go out and sign for them.
Jiang Shuiyun stepped out of the room and saw Yi Jinbai talking to a stranger at the gate of the courtyard. There was a cart in front of him with a large pile of wooden boxes on it.
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Shuiyun went over to ask.
He said he was looking for Jiang Bai.
Yi Jinbai was a little confused, as there didn't seem to be anyone named Jiang Bai here.
"Jiang Bai?" Jiang Shuiyun looked at the deliveryman outside. "You need something from me?"