In the final match, both she and Mu Wan played exceptionally well, but her opponent won the championship, which only proved that the other person was slightly better than her. Mu Wan was overcome with emotion and cried tears of joy. She had won—she had truly won. The violin she had abandoned in her previous life had brought her the championship in this one. Everything was different now.

“O Rou Jie, I’m so happy,” Mu Wan said, still in disbelief. She had achieved it—given herself a world championship title.

O Rou wiped her tears away. “You’re about to go on stage to receive the award, don’t let your makeup ruin the moment. You don’t want a photo of you with smeared makeup on the Jian Jia company wall, do you?”

Mu Wan instantly smiled through her tears. “O Rou Jie, you’re not much of a comforter, are you?”

But she also felt a little embarrassed. It was clearly O Rou who had lost, yet she was the one comforting her.

O Rou smiled softly. “Well, you called me ‘Jiejie,’ and we still have plenty of chances to compete.”

When it was time for the award ceremony, Mu Wan quickly touched up her makeup before going on stage to receive her prize. During her acceptance speech, she said:

“The road is long and obstructed, but if you keep going, you will reach your destination. As long as you don’t stop, the future is full of hope!”

She had once abandoned the violin, and in her previous life, she never had the chance to stand on this stage. But now, by returning to it, she had persevered, and that determination had given her this beautiful moment in life.

—

After the award ceremony, it was already 1 PM local time. Mu Wan quickly grabbed her phone to check the live stream of the HW finals. She saw that ST was leading 2-1 against their opponent. The fourth match was still in progress, and no winner had been decided yet. She checked the time and realized that if she rushed over, she could still catch the final game.

She hurriedly ran out to hail a cab, but O Rou stopped her. “Wait, you haven’t changed out of your gown yet.”

Since the violin competition required participants to wear formal attire, Mu Wan was still wearing her red strapless gown.

Mu Wan grabbed her jacket and put it on. “It’s fine, the dress only reaches my ankles, so it won’t hinder my movement. I want to go watch Kuang Ye’s final match.”

She wanted to watch her lover, who she had missed at the global competition in her previous life, fight for his dream in this one.

Li Yue spoke up, “It’s inconvenient to take a taxi now. How about you take the bus we rented? We can drop you off there.”

Mu Wan hesitated. “But won’t that waste your time?”

The bus was originally supposed to take everyone back to the hotel to rest.

A colleague from Jian Jia spoke up, “It’s fine, I also play HW. Boss, do you have any extra tickets?”

Mu Wan replied, “I do.”

Manager Zhang had many tickets for friends and family.

The others from Jian Jia chimed in, “Then we’ll go too. I’ve never seen this kind of competition before.”

After some discussion, everyone agreed to ride the bus to the HW competition venue together.

As soon as Mu Wan sat down, she heard the audience on the opposite side of the stadium erupt in excitement. She looked up and saw that the team opposite ST had just won their match. Now the score was tied at 2-2. The final match would be the deciding game.

In the competition room, the ST team wiped their faces in frustration. Xu Yijin spoke into the microphone, “Coach, let O Lan play in the next round. Their mid-laner has been swapped, and he’s very good at controlling heroes. The hard support will be at a disadvantage, let’s bring in someone who can handle the control.”

“Okay,” Yang An responded, agreeing to the substitution. O Lan entered the match.

When selecting their heroes, O Lan was about to pick a hero with crowd control when Kuang Ye suddenly stopped him. “O Lan, you’re better with control heroes, right? Pick Lin Dong and bring a talent to counter control.”

“You’ll stay in the backline and compare control with their mid-laner. Can you do it?”

O Lan hesitated. “Captain, I’m a support. I’ll be compared to their mid-laner in control?”

Kuang Ye reassured him, “It’s fine, Lin Dong used to be a strong mid-laner. Just go for it.”

O Lan gritted his teeth. “I can do it!”

It wasn’t just about controlling, he could do it—he could handle it. Lin Dong was a ranged hero, and with control abilities and a counter-control talent, he could definitely fight.

—

Not long after, the match began. Since it was the deciding match, both teams played cautiously at the start. But fortune favors the bold, and Kuang Ye took an opportunity to kill a small monster and reached level 4 first. He then went to the bottom lane to help the support and AD secure the first kill.

“Call me if they’re low.”

“1,” the live commentator said. “ST gets the first blood! The support’s second skill was perfectly timed, predicting the opponent’s escape route and freezing them.”

O Ruo, with a proud smile: “Of course, don’t you know whose little brother I am?”

Mu Wan, her eyes never leaving the screen, watched as the opponent secured the first dragon and killed both ST’s mid-laner and AD. She felt a bit nervous.

“ST is a bit behind now. They’ve given away 400 gold and lost the first tower in mid-lane.”

Inside ST’s earphones, Kuang Ye’s voice was decisive. “O Lan.”

“Got it!”

While the opponent was basking in their victory, a Lin Dong suddenly emerged from the middle bush, launching his ultimate. All the heroes, already injured by the dragon and ST’s AD, were slowed, and O Lan’s second skill froze one of them. A huge shark immediately appeared from the river, quickly finishing off the frozen enemies, and then rushed toward the remaining three.

Double kill! Triple kill! Killing spree!

Three of the enemy’s heroes were down, with one managing to escape using Flash. But the enemy’s support soon arrived and, together with the only surviving AD, killed Lin Dong. They then turned to attack ST’s jungler.

Kill!

ST’s mid-laner, from a distance, used an ultimate ability to deal a large chunk of damage. The opponent’s AD, who had just managed to heal, immediately lost two-thirds of their health.

ST’s mid-laner flashed forward and attacked, taking down the opponent’s AD. Now, the enemy had only one support left, who managed to kill the ST jungler with basic attacks but couldn’t escape afterward. It was an exhilarating trade, both sides losing players in the end.