Secret Room Book 4 - Chapter 11

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

Playing Fish Trapped in Secret Room

Book 4: The Return of the King

Chapter 11

As Ai Qing was muttering to herself facing the wall, Dt suddenly dragged
her to the monitor.

The web page on the computer screen displayed the results of today’s matches.

He hugged her.  “Take it easy as you read it.  I’ll go back to the club first for
my punishment.”

“Oh……”  She nodded.  “Send me a text when you get back to the club.”

Dt answered and picked up his jacket.  He also went to the kitchen and carried
the two bags of trash with him.

The door was locked.

She was the only one in the room.

Though…...she wanted him to accompany her as she read through all the results,
she was fully aware that Dt was the captain K&K’s team.  Dt didn’t just belong to
her alone, he also belonged to K&K and the whole esports circle.

She walked to the desk, pulled out the chair, and sat down.

She quietly looked over the results on the computer screen, line by line. Gradually,
tears started to well up in her eyes.

Her team had performed well.

Dt had also left windows open that held the script of the live broadcast of today’s
competition.  The atmosphere in the arena was very chaotic. There were also videos.
She could hear quite an uproar when she played the video.  He understood that Ai Qing
would definitely search for it, so he just set up everything for her. Letting her fully
understand about everything that SP went through today.

As the topmost club in the nation, SP was always greeted by cheers and applause,
seldom under public scrutiny.  They were all heroes, adored by fans. They were also
respected by players in the esports circle and the media…...All of a sudden, they were
now being treated completely differently, from heroes to being targets.  They had fallen
from heaven down to hell. How many of them could easily deal with it?

……

But her teammates could.

Winning 5 games that went overtime, putting them far ahead second place.

There was nothing to doubt because that was SP’s capability.  They weren’t affected by
anything, no matter what was happening around them.  Her captain had been in and out
several times of the esports circle. Her teammates had all won various championships.

Fights in the arena, shady referee plots, and throwing games from the allure of money,
they had all seen and experienced it before.

Who cared about gossip and slander.

Ai Qing cupped her cheeks with both hands while looking at the computer screen.  She
could even imagine how they waved fists to the booing audience after they finished the
last match and threw away their mouses.

Suddenly she broken into laughter.

She lowered her head to look at the cell phone on the desk.  There were many unread
messages.

Since she had turned off her ringtone, she didn’t notice them before.

All:  Stop this nonsense.  Celebrate for us.

Inin: Ya ya ya ya, can I eat dinner with my idol?

Following:  The little bastards were deterred by us and cried.

Bug:  Manager.  See you tomorrow.

Slide:  Fortunately, we didn’t screw up the first thing Solo had asked us to do. I don’t want
what happened ten years ago to happen again.  Gou Gou, you’re born for this. No doubt
about it. Keep moving on. All your brothers are supporting you.

There were many other messages from those she was  good friends with in this circle.

Among these, there were two short messages from unknown phone numbers.

The first message: Madam manager, too scared to show up just because of a little storm?  
You really look down upon your brothers too much.

The second message:  Stay calm. There’s always Solo and I.

She felt a lump in her throat.

Heaven, was this what not knowing whether I should cry or laugh is?

Ai Qing put down her cell phone and cover her face with her hands.  She rubbed hard and
exhaled a long breath.

She took up the cell phone again and opened Weibo which had seen a storm of activity for
the last twenty four hours since last night.  She opened the app and then immediately closed
it. She didn’t want to look at them so as not to affect her mood.

She disregarded all the @s.

There were two @s that came from good friends after she had removed the spam.

She didn’t dare look at Dt’s, so she touched open Solo’s @.  It was a long Weibo post.

Solo:  

As the head of SP in Asia, I and SP officials will not have any comments to everything that
has happened since last night until today.  Nobody violated SP’s rules and nobody affected
the competition results. This matter is over as of now.

Meanwhile, please let me speak for one minute not as a member of SP’s management.

I have explained about the disbandment of my team in the past.  It was entirely because I
wanted to play individual events. That is all.  Please do not harm all my friends that I have
had by any means. I thank the following teammates I have had in the past: Gun, Appledog,
Xiaomi, All, Kaikai, Xiaoyo, 090, and Yiqian.  To me, we have never separated.

If a person only has love in his/her eyes, then this person does not deserve to love whether
it’s a man or a woman.

These words have encouraged me to be at this position today and I will keep moving on.

Alright, one minute is up.

SP is still the same SP.  Please continue to await our eventual success.

Ai Qing lowered her eyes and silently closed the message.

There was also Dt’s message.

She was too afraid to open it.  She couldn’t imagine how Wu Bai would respond to this
issue…...She realized suddenly that he had left on purpose.  He left her by herself to look
at his Weibo post.Ai QIng took the cell phone and walked around the room.  She really
wanted to send him a message to ask him what he had posted.  It was actually very easy
for her to find out, but

found it too difficult to tap on the message……

After ten minutes, she kicked her slippers off in frustration.  She sat down on the sofa in
the living room and held her knees.

She opened the Weibo post.

He forwarded a Weibo post and posted a message.

Dt: Since I was twelve years old, I have been working very hard in order ‘to be qualified
to stand beside her’.  She is the person who changed me from a person who had no idea
about esports to become the Dt of today. In a competition, Dt belongs to team without
any personal feelings.  Out of the competition field, I belong to her and it has nothing to
do with anyone else. @Appledog

The Weibo post he forwarded was the short announcement published on K&K’s official
Weibo:

Dt has been removed from the position of K&K Secret Room team captain because he
had violated the Club’s rules.  Vice captain Grunt now replaces him as the team’s captain,
effective immediately.

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.