Secret Room Book 4 - Chapter 21

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

Playing Fish Trapped in Secret Room

Book 4: The Return of the King

Chapter 21

I’m sorry.

Solo had said those two words before when he knelt down in
front of Ai Qing.

It was only three of them in the room then.  Now it was still the
three of them in the room.

The two nineteen year old young men at the time were now
close to thirty years old.

Ten years.

These two men, who had no support back then, were now the
heads of the two biggest esports clubs in the nation.  They were
also responsible for the clubs’ overseas business. What is
success exactly? What have they lost?

Ai Qing couldn’t hold it in any longer, tears began streaming
down her face.

She didn’t know whether the man with his arm covering his face
and the man covering his eyes with a cigarette in his hand were
also doing the same thing as her.  Each of them must have felt
as if they were facing the waves of a tsunami as they stood alone
on the rocks. The sky was falling and the ground beneath them
was splitting open, all as the wave rushed towards them...

“Solo.”  Ai Qing was quiet for a long while, then she smiled and
spoke with both eyes filled with tears,  “In my mind, you’re always
the best captain. Thank you.”

Thank you, for never letting me feel that I loved the wrong person
in my youth.

At least you never let me down during the days when we loved
each other.

In ‘08, after he had given his answer after the grievance round which
was the opposite of everyone’s expectations, so many friends and so
many fans were extremely disappointed at him.  The overwhelming
amount of rumours and threats, all the turmoil disheartened her and
led to her decision to retire.

He faced the same troubles back then, some even questioned his
character and SP was also at the center of the storm.  But he kept
quiet, spoke not a word, and continued moving forward.

He bore the name of Solo’s team and was the only person in the
team still fighting in the esports circle.  To this day, he single-handedly
built SP’s A team, calling both All and Xiaomi back.

Without him, the spirit of Solo’s team would have disappeared long ago.

None of them spoke a word for twenty minutes.

It was like in their youth, when they felt helpless against some new
obstacle, they always liked to stay inside the same room past midnight,
without any words, just to keep each other company.

They accompanied each other in silence.

When Gun and Ai Qing finally walked out of the room, the young girl
jumped forward very quickly.  She carefully held Gun’s arm. “Han Shangyan,
are you thirsty? Do you want to drink water? Is your stomach feeling alright?  
Do you have a headache?......” Ai Qing found it difficult to hold back a chuckle
as she heard her rapid fire questions.

Gun glanced over at the elevator, the young girl was somewhat taken aback
but laughed.  “I’ll go hold the elevator for you~” Then, she took the hint and
ran away, leaving some space for the two of them.

Gun took out a candy from his pocket, peeled the wrapper off, and ate it.  
He whispered to Ai Qing.

“I was unfair to Xiao Bai. I didn’t give my blessings before.  I’m sorry. I won’t
do that in the future, either. One is my buddy and the other is my younger
cousin.  But, Gou Gou……” Gun stopped for a long while, then he put his
hand on her right shoulder, “With that guy’s temperament, he won’t need
nor care about my blessing.  Do you understand?” Ai Qing responded lightly,
“En. Yi Qian is at downstairs.”

“Yi Qian?”  Gun was stunned slightly, but immediately broke into laughter,  
“Today I drank enough and also cried enough. You take care of him.  I’m
leaving.” He strode away afterwards, waving his hands with his back facing
Ai Qing as goodbye.

I’ll see you tomorrow at the competition site.

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